Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1900, Page 5

ALGER IN HIS OWN DEFENSE ExeBeoretary Reviews at Length Army Oanned Beof Boandal. VERACITY OF GENERAL MILES IMPUGNED Declares That All the Food Supplicd the Soldiers Was Good and That No Bmbalming Fluid or Other Preservative Was Used. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The North Ameri- ean Review In its next issus will contain an article on “The Food of the Army Dur- ing the Spanish War,” by Former Secretary ot War Russell A. Alger. The article says in part The commission appointed by the presi- dent at my request to investigate the con- duct of the War department during the war with Spain, met on September 24, 1803 On December 21 the major general com- | manding the army appeared before the com- mi:s 01 then sitting 1a Washington and male !his statements with respect to the canned ifresh and refrigerated beet furnished to | the army. General Miles retused to be sworn | or afirmed, as every other of the 495 wit Imesses had been declaring, in substance, | that he would make his statements with- !out being sworn and was responsible for | what he said. \ Aithough the commission had been sit- ting nearly three months, the charges with respect (o canned and refrigerated beef were now made for the first time, and stranger and more inexcusable and more | unsoldierly still, during all those months [ with this pretended knowledge of facts, which, If they existad, should have been made known to the secretary of war for the protection of the army, General Miles never mentioned the subject. Nor did I ever hear a rumor of chemically-treated beef | boing purchased for the army until the ! general's testimony was given before the ! commisston. Alleged Answers of Miles. In anewer to inquiries as to how canned | beet became a part of the army ration, | General Miles sald You had better ask the secretary of war or the commissary general. I think they ean tell you. 1 know it was sent to the afmy as food, and the pretense is that it Was sent as an experiment. P nt to Porto Rico 337 tons of what Is known as, or called, refrigertor beef, which you might call embalmed beef. Now, If you want to ascertain the cost to the government of this so-called refrigera- tor becf—embalmed beef--take the original cos . . . . . 1 do not know what may have been in- fected !nlu it . ¥ . The understanding 18 that this is a se- erot pgogess of preserving beef It may be that they are still sending the stuft down there. I don't know. 1t it was furnished for any expedition n this country, or any other, with such atuff T would prohibit the men from tak- ing it x 3 4 i I don’t think that beet such as was sent e——— MR. AYERS NOT DEAD. Wery Much Alive and Out With a Let- ter Telling How He Was Saved. MINNBAPOLIS, Minn,, December 25th, (Speclal.)—Few who knew how 11l Mr. A. E. Ayers of this city had been with Bright's Disease and Diabetes ever expected he eould live. Four doctors gave him but three or four days to live. He recovered through the prompt and continued use of & well known remedy and has glven the following letter for publication. It is dated at Bath, N. Y., where Mr. Ayers now re- sldes, Soldlers and Sailors Home, Bath, N. Y. Dodds Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Dear Sirs: 1 wish to tell you what Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for me. As far as I am con- cerned they are the best in the world, for they not only saved.my life, but they have glven me new lfe and hope. I lived in Minneapolls for forty-nine years, and am well known there by many people. I suf- fered severely with Bright's Disease and | Diabetes, Four well known physiclans | gave me up to dle. In fact they gave me only three or four days at the longest to live. I had spent nearly every thing 1 bad in the effort to save my life. but see- ing an advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills, I scraped what was nearly my last balf dollar, sent to the drug store and bought a box. 1 had very little hopa of anything ever dolng me any good, as from what the four doctors had told me, it was now a mater of hours with me. I com- menced to take the Pills, and from the very first they helped me. 1 took in all sbout forty boxes. I doubtless did not need 80 many, but I wanted to make sure, and after all $20.00 is a small amount of money to remove the sentence of death and save ones life. 1 bave since recommended Dodd's Kid- ney Pllls to hundreds of people, and I have yet to hear to the first one that did not find them all that you claim for them. 1 can remember of two people to whom I had recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills, and who afterwards sald to me that they received no benefit. 1 asked to see thelr Pill boxes, and behold, instead of Dodd's Kidney Pills, it was ——'s Kidney Pills, an imitation of the genuine Dodd’s, and not the real thing at all that they had been using. [ gave each of them an empty pill box that Dodd's Kidney Pills had been put up in, so that they could make no more mistakes, and they afterwards came to me and told me that they had bought and used the genuine Dodd’'s Kidney Pills, and were cured. 1 still continued to use the Pills off ana on, and would not be without them it they were $50.00 a box. I think that every old gentleman in the world would be healthier and better, if he would take one after each meal. 1 wish I ecould think of ‘enough to express to you my gratitude for what your mediciie has done for me. It 18 not often, I suppose, that a man who In staring death right in the face, Is per- mitted to live and tell of the means which saved him, and as that is my position, my heart is overwhelmed with thankfulness to God for His mercy to me in permitting me to ses the advertisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills, when it scemed that 1 was beyond all earthly power to save, that I cannot ex- pross my real feelings. It anyone doubts the statement I have made, they may write to me, and I will try and prove to them that all I have said in this letter is true, and more than true. There are hundreds of people in Minneapo- s who know all about my case and the way Dodd's Kiduey Pills pulled me through, when 1 had been glven up by the four doc- tors, of Bright's Disease and Diabetes, and Bad practically lost all hope. You are at liberty to publish this testimonial which 1 give you from the bottom of my heart, and 1 sincerely wish that I could find the right words to express my feelings of grat- itude to you and to Dodd's Kidney Pills, for my restoration to life and health (Bigned) A. E. AYERS, Late of Minneapolls, now at Soldiers ana Sallors Home, Bath, N. Y. Mr. Avers Is only one of thousands of sged gentlemen who say that their lives Bave been prolonged and their declining words strong years made worth living by the use of Dodd's Kiduey Pills. \ \ to Cuba and Porto Rico would be good in any country 1 tha stomach of any man. They could get some bacon, but that is not congidered, sultable food for the tropics. v 0 b b You ask about food In my judgment that was one of (he serious causes of 80 much sicknass and distress on the part of our troops. Not content with these grave and scan- dalous charges thus made public for the first time before the war investigating commission, General Miles permitted him- self to be interviewed on the following day at Cincinnati, O., when he made simil charges The allegations that unsuitable food, not A part of the legal ration, had been f nished to the army under pretense of an experiment and that refrigerated beef treated with poisonous chemicals had been and was being supplied to our army of 276,000 men, were indeed serious, implying, as they did, criminal incompetence on the part of the Commissary department, if not wiitul negligence and disbonesty. Sy Eagan Wans Struck Assassin-Like Upon Commissary General Charles P. Eagan the charges fell with the sudden- ness and sharpness of & blow frem an as- sassin’s knife out of the dark. General Egan had been an officer of the regular army for thirty-six years. He had rlsen from a second leutenancy to the highest rank in the commissary depart- ment to which his ambition could aspire Gallant and fearless on the battleflelds of the civil war and the hostile Indian plains of the west ho had a record for soldlerly qualities of which any officer might well be proud. With energy, hon- esty and zeal he had administered his de- partment during the war with Spain, a fit- ting climax to a long and honorable career in the service of his country. No other supply bureau of the army had excelled the commissary department in promptness, efficiency and successful administration during the war. I never entered the War department, whether early in the day or late at night and called for the commis- sary general that he did not report at once. I never gave him an order that was not immediately carried out to the letter. Indeed his zeal and anxlety for the soldiers in camp and fleld were so great that his efforts in their behalf during the long and weary days and nights of the hot sum- mer nearly resulted in his prostration from overwork. The charges of General Miles, made 5o publicly and so positively and the manner In which they were for the first time made known, seemed to General Egan in his nervous condition the more magni- fled and horrible. Upon hearing them he pititully exclaimed: ‘“General Miles has crucified me upon a cross of falsehood and misrepresentation.” Eagan Gonded to Desperation. General Eagan had already boen exam- Ined by the war investigation commlission when General Miles' hearing occurred, but when the testimony of the latter appeared in the newspapers General Eagan imme- diately requested a rehearing. General Eagan read his reply to the commission from a typewritten manuscript. Lashed to the quick by the allegations contained in General Miles' testimony and in his subse- Quent finterview, which appeared on De- cember 23 in a New York newspaper, his indignation passed the limits of his self- control and In his efforts to deny the charges made his language become vit perative, extravagant and highly improper. 1 belleve that had General Eagan's health not been serlously impaired by overwork and anxiety the two objectionable para- graphs—of 300 words out of an aggregate of 2,000 words contalned in his reply- would never have been written or uttered. Even yet, divested of its offensive adjec- tives in the two paragraphs referred to, his reply to General Mlles remains unan- swerable In-its logic and« inéontrovertable in its facts. The allegation that I had inspired or had any knowledge of General Eagan's intended attack upon the statement of General Miles Is absolutely untrue. He did not make known to me the nature of his proposed answer. Nelther did he consult me in the matter. 1 never saw the reply nor did I know its character until a copy of it was handed to me by a member of the press. Had General Eagan submitted his manu- script to me he would undoubtedly be at this time in full possession of his office. {As 1t was, the self-prejudicial reply made by General Eagan convinced the commis- slon that there was no foundation for the charges and insinuations deducible from the terms “pretense or experiment” and ‘“em- balmed beef." . Mortified at Eagan's Outburs As soon as | learned of General Eagan's statement before the commission I sent for him. 1 informed him of my surprise and mortification at his conduct. Why did you not permit your friends to read your testimony—why did you not show it to me and thereby have prevented the d grace that is now sure to come upon you and the uniform you wear? You had no right,” I continued, “to make use of such unbridled language at such a time and under such clrcumstances, which will assuredly re- sult in assoclating the president’s name and my own with a disgracetul episode. The language of General Eagan could not bo overlooked. He was tried by court-mar- Ual for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and for conduct fo the preju- dice of good order and military discipline. Of these charges and specifications he was fourd guilty and recommended to ba dis- missed from the service. The sentence of the court, however, was commuted to sus- pension from rank and duty for six years, until his retirement. The suspension of General Eagan from the functions of his office until his retires ment stripped the service of an honest and able officer. His court-martial was not the outcome of General Miles' charges, but the result of intemperate and unmilitary lan- guage concelved In an indignation, pardon- able, perhaps, in its excess, but unpardon- abio in Its mode of expression Another Thrust at Miles, General Miles scemed to be pleased with the notoriety which his startling statements before the commission and in his subsequent newspaper interviews gave him, for again on the 31st of March, 1899, tn New York City, he published additional charges. In this Interview, which appeared on the morn- Ing ot February 1, General Miles was called upon to deny under oath, and as he was un- able to do so, part of his statements in It were used by the court of Inquiry as a basis for investigation. It is proposed to treat General Miles' allegatlons specifically and in detall. Hiy charges with respect to canned roast beef were that it was not a part of the army ration and (by inference) had been lssued to the army by the secretary of war and the commissary general without authority of law and that it was a meat residue, a beef pulp left after the extract had been taken from it. With respecct to refriger- ated beef he alleged that it was “embalmed beef,” which had baen artificlally preserved by injecting chemicals into it; that he had overwhelming evidence that the “em- balmed beef” was treated with chemicals to preserve It and that the refrigerated beef would not be good in any country, In the stomach of any man. He also sald, generally, that bacon was not considered a sultable ration for the tropics and that the beef furnished the army was the cause of much sickness and distress; that it was largely responsible for the sickness in the army and that he had medical authority for this statement Canned Fresh Beef Part of Ration. General Miles should have kaown that neither the secretary of war nor the commissary could legally alter the ration. Its compouents can be changed only by the president of the United Stat i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1900. General Miles d4id not know that canned fresh beef was a part of the army ration, then he displayed an ignorance in an im- portant matter of his profession that is, to say the least, most remarkable. If he did know that canned fresh beef was a recog- nized part of the ration, then his allegation to the contrary is so much more reprehen- sible, On August 1, 1878, canned fresh beef first became a part of the travel ration of the United States army, then under the com- mand of General Sherman, and while Hon. George W. McCreary was secretary of war. Cafined fresh beef was again spe- cifically referred to in general orders un- der dates of November 1, 1879, of Septem- ber 28, 1881, January 19, 1888, and February 8, 1885, The last mentioned order changed the army regulations and included in those regulations a reference to canned fresh beet. The allegatios of General Miles that canned fresh beef was not a part of the army ration and that it was fssued as ‘“the pretense of an experiment’ were not only contrary to fact, but were made abso- lutely without a particle of evidence or excuse. 1 General Miles really believed his serfous charges his conduct is all the more blumeworthy In that he apparently made no effort to assure himself of their truthfulness nor to report them to the secretary of war before publicly utttering them. Mite oncaty Questioned. It we are to belleve written evidence to the contrary, it does not appear that Gen- eral Miles was even honest in making his dilatory charges that the canned beef was sued the pretense of an experiment and that it was not a part of the ration. On June 17, 1898, his most confidential staff officer signed a letter by “direction of the major general commanding the army” in- structing the depot commissary at Tampa, to furnish to General Nunez 10,644 pounds of canned roast beef to be lssued from the “‘subsistence stores of the army.” If we are to accept the reading of this letter as correct it proves that Gemeral Miles knew that canned fresh beef was a part of the ra- tion; that he knew there was a largo quargity of it at Tampa for issue to the troops and that he so far approved of its use to direct that the ration be furnished in large quantities to our allics. It was never intended by the commissary department. that canned beef should be used other than as an emergency or travel ra. tion. General Egan's predecessors in office had twenty years before the Spanish-Ameri- can war, highly recommeneded its use and it had been officlally fncluded in the reg: lar ration. Canned fresh beef has, ever since the civil war, been a part of the regu- lar army ration, 500,000 pounds of this food being used annually in our navy before the war with Spain. For years large quantities of canned fresh beef have been shipped to the European armies. With a legal warrant for its use, the approval of at least two previous commissarles general, its general use abroad and its large con- sumption In our own navy, General Egan was certaluvly fortified {n his belief that it could be efficaciously used by our troops. Mcreover, the present commissary general, then Colonel J. F. Weston, in a letter to General Egan under date of March 24, 1898, favors its use. Objection to Corned Beef. Fresh canned beef was preferred over corned beef, because of the fact that the salt in the latter produced thirst, a decided ob- Jection in a tropical country, but the tinned beef should have been used only when cooked with vegetables and properly seas- oned. In this statement lies the secret of the source of complaint against canned fresh beef. The only fault with the ration that it was unpalateable when served with- out additional cooking and without vege- tables and condiments. The ration was not used to any great extent in the army In the United States, but only on trans- ports to Porto Rico and Cuba, and a short part of the time, by Shafter's army in the trenches, where objection could be raised OWIDg to the inability to cook it. Few errors were made In Porto Rico, and yet despite the improper precautions of the food, owing to unavoldable consequences resulting from military necessity, no complaints of its un- palatabllity reached the War department After the charges made by General Miles, the most expert and scientific men in the country were therefore employed by the government to further the investigation, such chemists as Prof. R. H. Chittenden of Yale and Prof. W. O. Atwater of Wesleyan, as well as Dr. D. W. Bigelow, a chemist in the bureau of animal Industry in the De- partment of Agriculture. The court of inquiry visited several of the large packing houses, accompanied by Dr. Bigelow. The results of personal exam- inatlons by the experts employed conclu- sively showed that there was not one jot or title of evidence for the claim that canned fresh beet was the pulp after the beef ex- tract had been removed. Matter Before Two Tribunals. The imputations with regard to canned fresh beef were most carefully and thor- oughly examined and reported upon by two impartial tribunals, one being composed of eminent citizens, soldiers and a disting- uished general oMcer of the regular army (I refer to the war investigation commission), the other of the court of inquiry, consisting wholly of officers of the regular army of high rank and of unimpeachable integrity, especlally sembled to investigate this Question. There was no subject to which the Dodge commission devoted more time to Investigate thoroughly than the allegations of the senlor major general of the army. What did this tribunal find? That there was no fouadation for the report that canned fresh beef was not a part of the rations or | that it had been furnished on the pretense of experiment, or that it was the pulp of beef. The court of Inquiry found that canned fresh beef was an unpalpable ration without condiments, when not cooked and when not served with vegetables. In the haste under which the Santiago expedition left Tampa proper provision for cooklng the food of the men on the transports seems to have been neglected or have been Impossible on account of the lack of time. Says Miles Was Derellct to His Duty, General Miles arrived at Tampa on June 1 for the purpose of rendering such assist- ance to the commanding general of the ex- pedition as his military experience and high rank could give. He was the speclal rep- resentative of the War department, dele- gated to overlook that expedition, to as- sist in Its embarkation. If General Miles aid not look into the question of food for the expedition he was as culpable as it he had falled to inspect all other important matters. There was @0 shortage in vege- tables. The unexpected delay of eight days resulting from the fright of the hostile fleet prolonged the use of the canned beef on the transports and intensified the dislike for it, which was created by improper cooking fa- cllities and lack of accessibility to the veg- etables. Besides finding that canned fresh beef s uusuitable when not cooked with vege- the court of inquiry also expressed the opinion that the purchase of 1,000,000 rations by the commissary general during the first two months of the war with Spain was a ‘“colossal error for “hich there is no palliation.” This, of course, is & ques- tion for judgment as between the court of inquiry and General Egan. The ration was not a perishable article and 1 do not think that the expression colossal error as applied to this pur- chase was warranted. Moreover, the Navy department purchased annually 500,000 pounds or 667,000 rations of this same canned beef. Again the War department is now sending to the Philippiues 160,000 rations of canned fresh beef a month for the force of less than 70,000. This is at the rate of approximately 2,000,000 rations a year for a force one-third the size of the army for which General Egan provided 1,000,000 rations during the war with Spatn, when he expected to feed and did feed aleo our Cuban allies, besides many stary- ing Cuban reconcentrado As to Refrigerated Beef. General Miles' charges with respect to refrigerated beef were much more serious than his imputations regarding canned becf. His allegations in substance were that the beet furnished the army had been artificially preserved by injecting into it chemicals which were injurious to healt! that he had overwhelming proof that this “embalmed beef” had been treated with chemicale. It Is significant to observe what the war investigation commission says: Of the witnesses examined by the com- mission, General Miles and Dr. Daly are the only omes who make this charge of chemically treated beef, Astounding as this statement may seem, General Miles did not base his allegations upon personal experience or submit any proot in support of them. His startling and scandalous ac- cusations appear to bave been based en- tirely upon the verbal statements of Dr. W. H. Daly, a volunteer major and sur- geon, upon his staff during the war with Spain, and upon a single leter subsequently sent him by this volunteer. The processed beef at Tampa exhibited by a Mr. Powell, referred to in Dr. Daly's letter, was brought to Tampa by the in- ventor of the method by which it was treated, on his own responsibility and at his own expense. Neither the process nor the meat he furnished, mor the inventor, Mr. Powell himself, bore any relation to the contractors who supplied the army with beef, then or since. The inventor re- quested permission to exhibit his artifi- cially preserved beef and was allowed to do 80 in his privatae capacity. He requested and recelved permission to put two quar- ters of his own beef on cne of the trans- ports. It &poiled when at sea, a few days later, and was thrown overboard. None of it was ever lssued to the troops. Mr. Powell never again approach@ the gov- ernment in the matter and he testified under oath that his secret process was neither used then nor since by the eon- tractors who furnisbed refrigerated beet to the army. Dr. Daly is Arraigned. “Upon this single exhibit his individual experience in eating of this meat at Tampa and some refrigerated beef in Porto Rico, and upon the alleged chemical tests made by himself of meat claimed to be refriger- ated beef, this volunteer doctor based his opinions and his evidence. As a matter of fact, the inventor of the Powell process of treating meat swore that the beef exhibited by him at Tampa and eaten by Dr. Daly was treated by fumigation, and that neither borle nor salicylic acid was used at all in the operation. Dr. Daly made himself further ridiculous, in his letter to General Miles, by referring to the taste and smell of decomposed boracic acid in the meat condemned by the board on the Panama. Sclentific evidence was submitted to the effect that boraic acld does not decompose when used as a meat preservative; that it has neither taste nor odor. “At the time when the Panama incident occurred Dr. Daly himself admits that his observances had been in progress for three months. He did not communicate his sus- picions to the board which condemned and threw overboard the spolled meat which he claims to have suspected of being treated with chemicals, although the opportunity was an excellent one to have conclusively proven elther the truth or error of his opin- jon. Neither did he submit his alleged samples of that meat to the government ex- perte for examination and test, but secretly took them to his home and made an analysis himself, to which.he did not even refer in his official report on this:matter to General Miles. He did bring to"Washington a resi- due claimed to have been taken from the Panama, but not proven to be refrigerated beef, which contained traces of boralc and salicyclic acids. The circumstances s susplcious and does not reflect credit upon General Miles' only witness. “The allegation that the food furnished the army was the cause of much sickness seems to have been as little investigated or to have had as little warrant for its utt ance as the other disapproved charge Miles' Veracity Impugned. In corclusion, ex-Secretary Alger says: “The army had won its battles fn Cuba and the Philippines; Porto Rico had peace- fully come into our hands after a few ekirmishes, the protocol had been in opera- tlon for over four months and even the treaty of peace had been signed at Paris, Then comes the major general commarding the army of the United States with his charges. While the allegations of General Miles were not based upon fact, and were conclusively disproved by two separate tribunals, unimpeachable in their composi- tion and methods of investigation, the ir- reparable damage had been done. A brave, honest and faithful officer, suffering under the lash of cruel, unwarranted and un- justified imputations, while exonerated from the heavy odium of those charges was, as a result of them, sacrificed on the altar of his own passion, righteous in its existence, but inexecusable in its expression. Be- sides this, a false impression had been created throughout the country as to the food furnished the army, which may neve: be removed. The charges of General Miles, twice proven false in spirit and in sub- stance, are therefore the more heinous in their effect. Yet the present congress pro- moted General Miles to lieutenant general and has thus far failed to give General Shafter the rank of major general to retire upon in his old age, and this after his magnificent campaign at Santiago, as well as his former distinguished services.' For a Cold in the Head. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. WHICH HORSE IS THE BEST? slon of Breeds and Styles from the Standpoint of Farm Utility, I say unhesitatingly that the dratt horse is the best and most profitable horse for the farmer to raise. I say so, first, be- cause my experience and observation hi proven that larger per cent of draft horses raised are marketable than other breeds. My estimation is that by breeding to a good draft sire the farmer will raise 80 per cent marketable horses, while breed- ing to harness sires he does well If he produces 26 per cent of them marketable. T say to the farmer, leave the so-called speclalist to breed and raise the harness horse. No farmer can or will do his farm justice by taking the time that s neces- ary and putting his mind on educating, shoeing and fitting the harness horse for market. While I admit that in breeding the harness horse a chance trotter or a high “kneeactor” is secured, the average farmer does not realize It, nor does hs reap the benefit. The horse is sold to the “middleman” or to the specialist, who fits him and makes him valuable. There 1s not a farmer in 1,000 who could train and fit him and it he vould and did so he would take his time and his mind from the farm work. I have in mind & farmer of my ac- quaintance who did train and fit a trotter for the market, for which he received $3. 000, but In doing it he lost a $10,000 farm So, 1 repeat again to the farmer, leave this to the specialist—keep right on breed- ing the good quality draft horse. 1 have shipped many draft colts 3 and 4 years old to Chicage and other eastern markets that had never “‘looked through a collar,” sold them for “green workers and never had one rejected on account of mot working. I remember well & 3-year-old I bought In Montgomery county, this state, that never was haltered, sold him in Chicago for $225. 1 have been engaged in the horse busi ness mince 1873, so were my fathor and uncles before me. I have been in all the | principal eastern markets, as well as the | European markets and today I am unset- tled how to advise the farmer in breediug the harness horse or kneeactor—that is. any specific line to follow. I have owned them, bred in line and out of line. The best pair of coach horses I ever owned 1 purchased in Taylor county, this state They were bred from trotting-bred dams and an imported shire stallion, the latter welghing 2,100 pounds. The next pair of horses bred from the same source were mongrels and not marketable. So, T say again, the draft horse is the best and most profitable horse for the farmer to raise. Great care should be exercised in selecting siros. Just here a word. Farmers should be very cautious in joining the so-called farmer's stallion companies and purchas Ing from parties peddling them through the country. These parties are shrewd com- mission men, who often pay $50 to $200 to one or more of the company to tnduce his nelghbor to go in. In this way many in- ferior stallions are sold to furmers at a very high price. Get up your own com- panies, send a committee who cannot be bought to make your selections. In this way often $1,000 or more can be saved and besides secure a better horse and you will escape belng induced to buy through a pald neighbor or an unscrupulous salesman. T am often asked which is the safest and best draft breed to mate with your mares. I answer each of the recognized draft breeds have their respective merits. While I am a great admirer of the percheron horse, especially to ralse in this great agri- cultural state, In lieu of the great foreign demand that has grown up in the past few years for the heavy draft horse, I am forced to belleve that the shire horse is the best and safest sire. Three-fourths of the for- eign demand for draft horses comes from England and they must have the bone and “feather,” as they call it. Many times on the greatest horse market in the world-- namely, Chicago—I have had such promi- nent English buyers as Albert Hawks, John Dalinty and Mr. Simons say: “Can't use that horse; he Is too Frenchy. “We farmers may say that he is too “clannish” —with all that we must not let our own prejudices run away with our pocketbooks. Raise the kind that can be sold (o the for elgn and home buyer as well for the highest price. It is a well known fact that every draft horse sold in Chicago for $300 and over in the last three years Shire and Clyde blood predominated in his veins. Of course we farmers cannot all raise $300 horses, but we can try and are warranted in the effort so long as the fore'gn de mand lasts and I belleve it has come to stay. When in Chicago recently T was told by a commission man that out of the twenty- one foreign buyers there at that time six teen of them were buying for the English markets. Certainly there Is a great future for the breeder of first-class draft horses In selecting your mares to breed be care- ful you do not get them too fine or light boned, but rather on the coarser and more open order; mate with a heavy-boned, good quality and stylish sire and you will reap the best results. This is my theory and it has given me best results. Always look- ing out for the bone in a draft horse we can usually put on the rest, but we can- not feed on bone. It is a fact that as long as a Shire horse feeds and gains pounds he gains dollars. It is not so with many of the other draft breeds. Many of the draft breeds do not have the bone and feather to go Into our best feeding stables to be finished out as well as my good friend, Mr. McGregor of Tingley, does it. Mr. McGregor is unquestionably the best feeder in our great state. You will find in his barns at this writing that the Shire blood predomiuates in nine ont of ten of his horses. I say stick to the text and breed draft horses. OUR NEW OLYMPIA, Notable Decorations on Fighting Ship. 1 States Dewey's The Unit r' 18 under overhaul and ton navy yard estimated to cost o 0 and to be completed in June, 13 to car the handsomest figurehead in ‘the service —a work of art that will be exceptional in the navy and possesses a_good deal of hi torle value. Tt is to be for the most part a reproduction of the classic statue, “The Winged Victory,” cast in bronze from the above-water torpedo ports of Admiral Dewey's flagship in the buttle of Manila " olymp! o 'mpla_bore no Manila bay fight. a B figurehead in the 1t had on its prow sim- the national shield, in red, white and with gilded scroil workth on Vessels of re ruction principal foreign Alway ad ornate figurehend 10 vessol in our navy, or probably navy, has a bow ornanment to monumental design the Olymp! The figurehead and : taln about 3,00 pounds of ~the "historle bronze. The figureplece, which will be life- slze, represents a herofc young woman in flowing drapery, holding over her head an eagle about to take flight. The wings of “Victory” are thrown Lack against tho sides of the prow. Her feet rest upon a school of dolphins. The figurehead, from the pedestal to the ead, will' mens- ure about seven feet. Scroll work contain- ing the national coat of arms on elither side will run aft and underneath the hawse pipes about twelve f When tha whole ornament s put in 1 it will ba painted and gilded. " It wiil bo decorative, mposing, beautiful and inspiring For the stern ornament it I have an o . In scrall de comared with the 4] gned to for the ‘the na- ed on ft, rward about nsons, seroll figures emblematic of o Space ra name “Olympia’ #urmounted b tional shiela, with an eag and on elther side, running six feet to the six-pounder sy work, dolphins anc war. is. the most conspicuous symptom of Bright's Disease or other Kidney Com. plaint. It should not be permitted to continue, as that means a growth of the disease, MORROW'S are guaranteed under solemn oath an a cash forfeit of $50 to cure any case of Pain in the Back or Kidney or Bladder Trouble, This great remedy is safe, sure and prompt. NEBRASKA eared by Kid-ne-olds. In addres . H. Buck, Painter, 1951 T st Lincola B B A Tl Mrs. A 8. Powell, 1810 2 st Lineoln | . Nutting, Carpenters 308 8. 11ih st, Lincola J. E. Kirk, 1452 0 sl. Lincoln C B. Otls, Prop. Morton Hotel, Nebraska City Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills, but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty CWELLYN JORDAN 1 TRY DEPARTMEN A GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA COLL DR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN [Medical Examiner United States Treasury Department. CURED BY PERUNA AFTER FIFTEEN MONTHS’ SUFFERING., ICAL, EXAMINER OF THE NGTON, D."C. DR. JORDAN 18 AND SERVED THREE YBARS AT WEST POINT, R. LLEWELLYN JORDAN, Medical D Examiner of the U. 8. Treasury De- partment, Washington, D. C., gradu- ate of Columbla College, and who served three years at West Polnt, has the follow- ing to say of Peruna: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, 0.: ntlemen—Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the bencfit derived from your wonderful rem- edy. One short month has brought forth a vast change and I now con- sider myself a well man after fif. teen months of suffering. Fellow sufferers, Peruna will cure you.— Liewellyn Jordan. Chas. D. Smith, Angel's Camp, Cala, says: “Chronic catarrh in the head, nose and throat has been a source of trouble and great annoyance to me for more than ten years. “I have used all such medicines as camo under my notice as a catarrh cure without any help to me except at times by some, only a temporary relief, but no cure. My physician, to whom I applied, did not do any better. “My troubles became worse and my suf- ferings increased instead of improving. Loss of appetite, slecp and flesh, besides contin- ual coughing and pain showed too plainly that my case was a desperate one. * 0600000000000 00000 TUESDAY, JAN. — for the round trip. 0040000000000 000 0000000000000 o Agent. Addr N Great RockIsland WILL RUN HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Washington, Okiahoma, Indian Territory, Texas, Arizona, etc., at one fare plus $2.00 There is Government Land In Ok homa. A new line now opens up the famous ““Washita District.” For full Information apply to any Rock lelend s 1323 Farnam Street, Omaha. t.0.0.Q.0.0Q0.0.0.“.0.0.0 40 0000 00000 “I lost almost all faith in the so-called catarrh cures when I read of Peruna and concluded to try this as a last resort. Thanks to Dr. Hartman's invention I now cnjoy as good health as I ever did, sleep soundly, have excellent appetite and have gained In “elght more than I ever did in my life."—Chas. D. Smith. Catarrhal affections may be sacute or chronic, mild or severe, ephemeral or stub- born, lasting or fleeting, painful or trivial, but they all have one origin, one nature— catarrh. They all have one cure—Peruna. A HOST OF WITNESSES, rh Cure that Rests on ited Testimony of Thousands, This is an age when theories have littla or no weight on the averago mind, but actual demonstration {s demanded. The busy people of today have neither time nor inclination to speculate, and turn with dis- trust from everything that does not plainly bear the stamp of fact. The reason Peruna has gained such uni- versal hold of the confidence of the peopls as a catarrh cure Is because all statements concerning It are accompanied by facts. 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