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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1900)
Fstding Corn to Horses. The season of tho year when horses may safely bo fed corn has arrived, hut thero Is a right and a wrong way of feeding this grain, and the latter seems to bo most commonly practiced. To get full value out of corn for horscB It must bo crushed or coarsely ground and mixed with other foods Btich as cut hay, straw, bran, etc. To simply throw twelve cars of corn Into tho horso's manger three times a day Is not scientific or even common-senso feeding. A horse so fed passes a great deal of tho corn unmastlcated In tho manure and certainly iloes not show good results from tho feeding. Old corn, shelled or on the car, Is two flinty for horses to mastlcato proportly and too starchy to form a complete ration. The boot results have been found to follow tho grinding of tho corn and cob together for horses, as it renders tho maH3 of food moro porous, hence better digested, and more especially so If it bo mlxsd, as It should be, with oats and chopped hay or straw, carrots and othor roots. It Is to be understood, however, that this does not apply to tho feeding of Immaturo horses, for corn In such cases should form but a very small portion of tho rations. Nor should it bo freely used for breeding animals, especially stallions and bulls, as there Is no more, common causo of lost virility than excessive feeding upon corn. Corn Is peculiarly a heat and fat producing food, hence Is particu larly valuable in winter time, when for working horses it mny form one third of tho dally ration, and for Idlo maturo horses one-half to two-thirds along with oats and bran. Where, however, tho Idlo horses aro kept In the barn without exercise, this amount of corn would bo too great, and wo might expect to see bad results follow its use, such as stocked legs, grease, lymphangltla, etc., Jii3t as on the other hand too exclusive feeding of oats to idle horses may produce such diseases ns azoturla, surfeit, skin troubles, etc. In what ha3 been said In the foregoing wo have had rcferenco to old, hard, thoroughly dried corn; but it must not bo taken for granted that soft new corn will givo good results because it 13 easily masticated. On tho contrary now corn, oats and hay aro much more Iiablo to produce colics and other forms of Indigestion, and tho rule hold3 good that no grain or foddor crop should be fed to horses tho same year in which it Is harvested. In com mencing tho feeding of corn to horses the change should bo made very grad ually; then ill effects will not bo seen, and toward spring tho same gradual change should be made again to an all-oats ration to get tho horses in prime muscular condition for spring work. It is tho worst kind of folly to suddenly change tho rations of any horso or to expect that a corn-fed horso will at once do hard work in spring or hot weather, for tho simple reason that the corn diet has been stopped and oats fed to him. Proper winter and spring feeding, with very gradual changes of food, will entirely atop the common complaint of horses sweating, panting and lagging at work, and prevent also heat exhalation and many cases of sunstroke. A lliirn-riy Trap Tlmt I'allocl. Tho Kansas Experiment Station thus reports on their trialc to capture and kill' horn Hies: Now to furnish better protection to our dairy hords and cattle against the attacks of tho horn-fly Is a quesMon of growing Importance In this state. Tho losses from tho disease of butter-fat and flesh, through the attacks of this pest certainly demand that some sort of relief bo furnished to our stock. Dur ing the past year, tho Kansas Experi ment Stntlon has carried on a series of experiments with this object In view. Among tho many measures employed, considerable time was spent In trying to construct a "trap" which would catch and kill tho files, and not mere ly repel them, as Is often tho case with so many of tho "horn-fly mixtures." The general plan of our trap was to pass tho cattle through a dark spaco or room. At tho center of tho room, in the roof, was a glass cupola, the sides of which wero composed of four window-sashes, with a large pane of glass for a roof. All tho Joints wero mado tight eo as to leavo no openings through which tho flies could mako their escape. A few feet from tho en trance and exit doors of the room wero roofed screens, allowing tho cattle to pas3 In and out, but cutting off tho di rect light from the outside, thus mak ing the spaco Immediately below tho cupola extremely light nB compared with the rest of the room. As tho ani mal passes under tho cupola It enters through the exit doorway, which Is lined with a series of brushes, sweeping all parts of the body. Tho flies, being disturbed nnd brushed off, would, it was hoped, be attracted by tho great est light and would therefore swarm up Into tho cupola. To catch the files In tho cupola, small tin troughs, containing kerosene, wero attached firmly to tho baso of each pano of glass. Tho troughs wero ono Inch deep, ono Inch wide, and of the length of tho distance from slde-rnll to slde-ratl of tho wlndow-sash. Tho files, In dancing up and down tho win dow panes, will at some time or othor strlko tho bottom rail of tho sash, but when troughs aro attached they will In stead fall into them and be destroyed by tho kerosene. By this stylo of "horn-fly trap" wo wero nblo to kill but nbout one fly out of twenty upon tho cattle. After passing fifteen cows through several times In succession, only threo hundred flies wero caught In tho troughs of kerosene. Quito of ten the troughs would be nearly filled wlih other species of flics, where only ono horn-fly would bo captured. This style of trap, however plauslblo It may seem, was certainly not a success. It was never possible to get nil tho files to romnln on the cows till tho brushes wero reached. Invariably, after the cows had entered tho room for two or three feet tho flies would suddenly rlso up and pass out at the entraneo door way. They did not seem to llko to enter tho dark room. Dy equalizing the light a little In tho room with that on the outside, a trlllo larger percent age of illcB was secured. Hut If too much light was ndmlttcd from tho doorwnys the light In tho cupola was not sufllclcnt to attract tho flics, but instead the flies, being brushed off, would follow nfter the cattle, and again renew their attacks. Olilu Hncnr Itoot Experiment. Tho Ohio Experiment Station sent out for testing purposes 509 pounds of sugar beet Heed tho last spring. From beets produced by this seed 118 sam ples were sent to tho stntlon to bo tested for sugar content. Tho beets tested on nn average 12.7 per cent sugar, with a purity coefficient of 81.8. Tho best averages wero from tho northrrn pnrt of tho stato, -whero tho sugar content df S3 samples was 13 per cent and a purity coelllclont of 83. These aro above tho factory require ments of 12 per cent sugar In tho beet and a purity of 80. Tho avorago weight of the beets sent In for analysis was twenty ounces. Tho summary of a table published on those analyses Is ns follows: Northern section, 83 samples, nvcrngo weight of beets 10 ounces, sugar con tents 13, purity coelllclont 83. Mlddlo section, 17 samples, nverago weight of beets 25 ounces, BUgar con tents U.S. purity 77.5. Southern section, 18 samples, aver age weight of beets 21.3 ounces, sugar contents 12.1 per cent, purity 78.5. Average for stnto, 12.7 per ceut sugur, purity S1.8. Tho station has been assured of a limited supply of sugar beet seed to bo Imported from Europe by tho United States department of agriculture for experiments In Ohio In 1000. In view of the great dlfllculty In securing a good stand of beets In 1S07 and 1898, by the late planting that lato Eccd dis tribution made necessary, it has been suggested to try planting tho beets much earlier. It Is hoped In this man ner to get the beets started beforo tho (lashing rains and hot sun of May and June. It seems to bo ndvlsablo to try planting Into in March and in April, just as soon as the ground can bo well worked after fall or winter plowing and subsolling, which should now bo done. With tho sugar beet it Is ad vised to follow tho custom of onion growers and aim to secure germination beforo tho crusting of tho sol) by the rain and sun which lo so liable later. It Is not believed that fro3t danger Is greater with duo care than the danger Just stated for lato planting. Tho Ohio Experiment Station Is now ready to receive applications for sugar beet seed Intended for plnntlng in 1900. It is tho purpose to send out tho beet seed In March, 1900. The. amount sent any person will be limited to twelve pounds. T irlcoalnn Alfiilfii. A Washington correspondent of tho Farmers' Review writes: The value of tho Turkestan alfalfa as n cold reslster 13 occasioning no little satisfaction among tho people who last year un dertook Us Introduction and distribu tion over the west. This alfalfa was expected to show moro drouth resist ing than cold resisting qualities, but Its hardiness is proving of tho great est value. "Turkestan alfalfa," Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson said to your correspondent, "seems likely to accomplish groat results In tho west. In my own state, Iowa, last winter, about nil tho ordinary alfalfa was kill d by tho severe weather, and this we lenrn from our correspondents, wns the case very generally over largo west ern areas. The loss can bo computed In tho millions. Wherever the Turkes tan variety was planted, no dead al falfa was found. It stood tho extremo cold. The fact is significant and calls for no remark. "Tho work genorally," continued Mr. Wilson, "which tho department la do ing nlong the line of grass and forngo Introduction and distribution cannot fall to attract attention. Our men in all parts of the world aro visiting countries and regions whero tho cli matic and soil conditions correspond to the different sections of our own country nnd then they aro finding In many cases thnt crops aro being rais ed which seem exactly fitted to tho conditions. Wo aro through our va rious experiment stations making tests of such plants." Plea for tho Tortoises. London hu manitarians havo received another shock, and as a rosult Bovoral humane societies of England havo rnlsed their voices In a protest ngalnst tho manu facture and uso of combs, hairpins, cigar nnd cignrot cases, and othor dainty articles mado from tortoise shells. They havo discovered that tho procuring of tho mottled shell Is at tended with considerable pain to tho original possessors of tho precious ma terial. "Well, my dear, aro you coming on nicely with your music?" "Oh, yes, mamma. Last month when I played four-hnnd pieces with my music tonch or I was always a couplo of bars bo hind. Now I am always at least threo ahead." Would Llko a Change Dorothy (who la accustomed to havo her eggs prepared before they como to tho table) "Mamma, can't I havo my eggs cooked with the covers on some- AN OLD RIDDLE, I am obliged to plant a grove " To gain tho hand of her I love. Said grovo sho says I miut composo Of Just nlno trees In ton straight rows, And three In every row must place, Or ne'er expect to seo her face. Hut if tho grovo in order rise, I win the girl, a glorious ptlze. Yc lenrned bards wlth'laurels crowned, Assist my hand to till tho ground, That this fantastic grovo may shndo Tho blushes of this charming maid. How Butter is Scored. Scoring butter Is a profession, nnd the competent scorers aro very few In number. Formorly tho Judge would point his finger to a tub nnd say: "This Is tho best, and that Is tho sec ond best." Now each nnd every tub in tho exhibit is scored and tho rela tive standing of each to nil tho others mado known, and tho particulars In which It falls aro specified for educa tional purposes, writes E. C. Bennett In Homestead. Besides the score as pub lished, sldo notes aro mado whero practicable, nnd theso are given, not to the public, but to the exhibitor. For instance, If ho were scored down in color the sldo note tolls him whether It Is too high, or whether It Ib streaked or mottled or uneven In color. The score card Is nrranged arbitra rily. Tho flavor being esteemed of most consequence, nearly half tho points arc put on flavor In some com petitions, exactly half, or llfty points but In Iowa forty-five. Body stands next In Importance, and perfect body Is represented by twenty-live. So on with tho minor qualities, salt, color and packages. Flavor is compound and comprises odor and tuste. Or, as sometimes worded, lasto Itself Is composlto, the sensation being derived from tasto proper nnd smell. This Is why tasto Is deficient when a cold nffecta tho smell, and why an onion may taste llko an apple if tho noso Is held so no odor reaches the olfactory nerves. Tho Judge first draws his finger nlong his trier of butter to crush tho sub stance and llbernto tho odors. Then ho "files" tho end of his noso with the butter, nfterwnrd tastes It, and from the combined sensations he decides na to tho flavor. No butter Is called per fect In flavor, ns It Is wholly n matter of taste, nnd Individuality comes In also, for different judges may prefer slightly different flavorB, and again It is possible n better flavor may bo mndo later by some one, and thero would be no way to designate the Improvement If we called what we now have perfect. FIno flavor comes from clean milk, skillfully ripened nnd churned at the proper temperature. Tho sldo notes (unpublished) say of six of tho ex hibits, "flavor not clean." This means that a traco of filth was present and tainted tho butter. Two others wero marked "sour"; others wero simply marked "off." Deterioration had set In, or wo might perhaps say, decom position had commenced. Body is tho consistency of the but ter, or Its mechanical texture. Good body requires low temperature, and working by pressure, not by grinding. Ono of tho exhibits was marked "over worked." Severnl were not worked enough, or had not viun washed prop erly, for thoro wero cloven exhibits mnrked, "too much buttermilk." A trace of buttermilk Is ncctt-jary to glvo flavor, for butter fat Is of neutral taste, and tho flavor Is duo to tho traco of buttermilk In the butter and to the smnll amount of casein remaining. Too much buttermilk or casein gives a rank flavor. Several wore marked "weak." Too high temperature Is the common causo of this. Milking Quiilllj- of (liillovriiyn. (Condensed from Farmers' llovlew StenoBrnplilo llcport.) At tho annual meotlng of tho Amor lean Galloway Association, rccontly held In Chlcngo, tho milking qualities of their favorite breed wero discussed nt some length by members In attend ance. Prof. Elmer II. White of Iowa said: "As to milk, Bomo families aro vory good milkers. This quality can be de veloped or not, nt tho will of tho owner of tho herd. Should ho deslro a trlplc-purposo cow ono that pro duces beef, cream and robes let tho heifer with her first calf bo milked for nlno months or longer, und by tho tlmo sho Is 9 years old alio will bo valuablo for hor milk as well as for her beef and robo. By thla method a herd of Galloways would bo produced that would compare favorably with other milking breedB. Tho amount of mi)" wJll not bo as groat na aomo otl.jr breeds, but tho quality cannot bo BiirpnsBed." Mr. It. B. Carusa of Michigan, who was unnblo to attend the convention, sent tho following lettor concerning the milking qualities of the Galloway: "I find them better ns butter pro ducers than any of tho other beef breeds. Somo of them nro extraor dinary milkers. Wo havo two cows In our herd, nosy 4th 8C55 and Molllo Jano 2d 5596, that nro uniiHiially good milkers. During tho milking season Rosy 4th gave over forty pounds per day for threo months, and whon tested at ono of tho Institutes held hero tho milk showed G per cent butter fat. This wns a winter teat. I kept a rec ord of Molllo Jano at tho samo tlmo that I kept a record of Rosy, and hor milk was tested with a Babcock tester at tho samo tlmo as was Rosy'a. It showed Vt per cent of butter fat and a dally yield of milk of over forty-ono and one-halt pounds. Their feed was wild hny, two quarts of meal (equal parts of corn and oats), and thirty pounds of beets. Anothercow In 'fa neighbor's herd (not recorded) has ;w.f.e an nvcrngo of two pounds per day during tho summer. This I con sider good. 1 also find tho fat par tlcten vory fine, as a rule requiring a llttlo longer time for tho cream to rUe, and after you havo secured what you can by tho common method of stand ing for twelvo to thirty-six hours, tho mk lu still rich. I havo ncvor seen a J&r or pan of blue, poor-looking milk from Gnllownys. I wns told by n doc tor friend of mlno thnt tho milk of Galloways was tho best ho know of for feeding Infants. Tho butter seems quUc firm In texture, nnd stands tho he,it of summer well, cutting oft firm Ustead of molting nnd having nn oily appearance. It has nlso recommended Itself to our customers." Mr. McCrao of Ontario said that ac cording to his expcrlcnco tho Gnllo way beats every other breed for a fam ily cow whero tho milk Is to bo used for infants nnd children of tho family. Tho Jersey ho thought least ndnptcd to that purpose, from tho fact thnt Its milk when skimmed la poor, nnd fur ther from tho fact that tho fat glob ules In Jersey milk aro very largo nnd correspondingly dlfllcult of digestion. Tho smnll fat globules. In Gnllowny milk nnd ihc rich character of tho other solldB In It mnko It, In Mr. Mc Crao's opinion, nn exceedingly deslr ahlo food for Infants. American Cnttlo nnd l'rculi Hoof In tier tunny nnil HoIrIiiiii. Frank II. Mason, consul general nt Borlln, In a report to tho United Stales government says: Tho lutcst decree of tho German government affecting American meats wns promulgated In July nnd took effect tho samo month. It declares thnt from Iho 15th of thnt month fresh beef shall not bo im ported from Belgium Into Germany. Aa Belgium has no surplus fresh beef sup ply to export nnywherc It was nt onco evident thnt tho dncrco wns In reality aimed at American beef and wns oc casioned by the fact that tho Belgian government, which has for Bovcral years pnst prohibited tho Importation of llvo cnttlo from tho United States, has recently rescinded that restriction, leaving the butchers of thnt country free to Import nt certnln designated ports American cnttlo for immediate slaughter, nnd, unlcs3 prevented by now regulations, to export tho meat thus obtained ncrosa tho frontier Into Germany. Tho lntest decree Is there foro tho logical furtherance nnd fulfill ment of a policy entered on In 1891, and which has tho following hlstoiy: During that year Texns fovor prc vnlled in certain districts In the United States, and tfie United StnteB depart ment of ngrlculturo had during sovernl yenrs provloiiBly tho subjoct under careful and thorough scientific Investi gation. Ono vital point upon which theso studies hinged wns whether Tcxa8 fever la or la not a bacterlnl disease. In tho former enso It might bo asserted thnt thero la great danger In Its transmission through flies from fresh-slaughtered beef to llvo cnttlo; while, If tho view maintained by tho department of ngrlculturo Is correct namely, that tho dlseaso Is duo to a protozoan paraslto and is transmitted, not from slaughtered beof, but from nnlmnl to nnlmnl by means of cnttlo ticks thero could bo no danger of tho Introduction of thla dlseaso Into nny foreign country through tho medium of fresh beef. Furthermore, If tho views of tho department of ngrlculturo nro correct, there Is no dnngor of Its In troduction even from llvo cattle, slnco, ns a matter of fact, tho cattlo exported to Europo tiro not taken from tho Texas fever districts of tho United Stntcs; and even if they woro taken from tho Texas fovor districts tho dan ger of Infection could bo provontcd by tho removal of tho parasites boforo tho cattlo leavo America. It has now been conclusively shown, by eminent bac teriologists that Texas fover Is not n bacterial disease but Is conveyed by ticks. But In 1894, tho Gormnn government, assuming tho dlseaso to bo of n bac terial nature nnd thcrcforo transmis sible by the meat of dlscnsed cattlo, issued n decree forbidding tho Importa tion Into Germany of llvo cnttlo or fresh beef of American origin, nnd this prohibition has slnco been rigidly maintained. Belgium, Donmnrk nnd other neighboring countries followed tho load of Germany In this policy. Belgium has a donao population of working people, nnd her food import Is necessarily largo and important. Tho Belgian government hns therefore an nulled tho prohibition against tho Im portation of American cattlo and fresh meats. Tho Germnn decrco does no Injury to American trado directly, for no American fresh meat was being Imported Into Germany, but whero tho decree will Injuro Amorlcan Interosts Is In Denmark, which country Is ready to follow Belgium's lead in admitting American cattle, but hesltntca to do bo for fear that Germany will, In such event, promptly shut out fresh meat Imports from Denmark. Tho effect of tho Gorman decrco thcrcforo Is to shut American meats out of Denmark. Preventing Chinch Bug AttackB. Tho Ohio Station recommends full mcaaureB for prevention of chinch bug attacks. All matted grass nnd othor rubbish In which tho bug winters should, where possible, It says, ho burned between now nnd 'May 1st. Shocks of corn or fodder should bo drawn off tho wheat fields this fall. If chinch bugs aro found In timothy mendows, thoy can bo provontcd from doing further Injury next spring, by plowing tho ground quite deeply this fall, which will plnco them bo far bo low tho urfaco that thoy will bn de stroyed, and thus prevented from con tinuing their ravages noxt year. in timothy mendows tho pest miiBt bo looked for Just below tho surfneo of tho ground nbout tho bulbous roots of the grass. A QUESTIONER. Tlierc'a a llttlo boy nt my Iioiibo, With a round-oyed, wond'rlng stare; When ho sees tho daylight going, Tho little boy nsks mo "Where?" The world Is so full of marvels! Ilo'o learning to find thorn now; And each time n rosebud blossoms The little boy nsks mo, "How?" In Om long, still days of summer, Wh-sn the summer sun Is hot. As th) wind steals through tho gnrdcrv, The llttlo boy asks mo "what?" He keeps mo busily thinking, Each day Is today again; Tomorrow should get hero somo tlmol Tho llttlo boy nsks me, "When?" Docs nny ono know tho answers? No matter how hard I try There's nlways another question Tho llttlo boy nska mc. "Why " Clara M. Pratt, In St. NIcholnB. The Rajah of Sarawak. The life of the first rajah, Sir JnmcH Brooke, K. C. U., K. C. M. (1 LL. I)., readb llko a romance such ns Steven son or Vcmo might write, nays a con tributor to St. Nicholas. Ills wan n wild, restless nature that In his youth mado him dlssatUfled with tho quiet of his own English home, and with tho even tenor of tho days nbout his father's vlcaruge. He entered the EngllBh army nnd was dangerously wounded lu lending n chnrgo against a detachment of natives In India. He gave up his commission nnd retired on a pension nbout tho tlmo ho reached manhood, A long nnd nearly fatal sickness did not quell his thirst for adventure. He had hardly regained his strength when ho started out to explore India, Ma Inya and China. Ho wroto a valuable journal of his wanderings, nnd re turned homo Died with tho thought of exploring tho then unknown Islnnds of tho Paclllc. Tho sight of tho millions of acres of rich, untitled land that were cmbrnced within tho boundnrics of somo of theso islnmln populated by n raco of peaceful, Indolont beings, nnd clnlmcd by no European power, raised In his mind d renins of a great East Indian empire. Tho denth of his father loft him with a proporty worth $150,000. In splto of tho protests of his friends, ho very soon proceeded to fit out a small schooner, manned nnd nrmed It, nnd snlled for Singapore, and thence to the northwest coast of Borneo, landing at Kiichlng, on the Snrnwnk river, In 183S. A field of conquest nnd n hope of empire nt once dawned upon lilm. The province of Sarawak, n dependency of tho sultnn of Brunei, was governed by an old nntlvo rajah, whoso throuo was menaced by the flcrco, head-hunting Dynks of the Interior, Brooko saw his chnnco and enst his fortunes with tho weak but rightful ruler. Aftor many mnrches with his llttlo crew nnd nn army of natives through the almost mpenctrable rubber Junglas, nnd nfter many hard-fought battles, tho rebels wero dislodged from their forts nnd order restored. Tho young general then Interposed between tho combat ants and protected tho defeated from tho rovongo of tho victors, thereby winning tho gratitude of tho former and the confidence of both aides. Tho sultnn conceived n great liking for Brooke, and finding that his native rnjah could not rule the province, he nrranged that Brooko Bhould become rajau of Sarawak, as nn Independent ruler. Upon his accession to power Rnjah Brooko set about to reform abuses and build up tho country. Ho abolished military marauding, did away with every form of slavery, established courts, missions nnd schoolhouscs and waged fierce war against head-hunting nnd plrncy. Hcnd-huntlng wns a remarkable and extraordinary custom of tho native Dynks. They strove to secure heads to decorato their houses, much ns tho American Indinn longed to go hunting for scalps. It was an ancient custom. Plrncy had been for a century the curso of tho Java seas, but Sir James Brooko know thnt tho future of his kingdom depended on Its suppression. Every iBlnnd and harbor Bwarmed with pirates. They lived In big towna nnd had fortresses nnd cannon. They wero stronger than nny of tho native rulors, and, knowing this, defied them. Brooko began with tho feebler towns, conquer ing one nfter another; then burned them nnd took possession of their awlft outrigger canoes, Increasing his forces from tho very pirates that ho was ex terminating, nnd bo worked relent lessly on. Combined with the great qualities of a fearless fighter, ho had tho noblo faculty of winning tho good will and approval of his foes to such an extent that all through tho strugglo they fought hnlf-heartcdly, knowing tho whllo thnt they wero really fight ing ngalnst their peoplc'a good. At tho end of nlno years tho last plrato stronghold waa taken, nnd the victor folt free to return home, pay his frlonds a visit nnd solicit missionary aid to clvlllzo tho country. 1'coclliiK KiUlino Duga. "Tho duty of feeding tho dogs Is often Intrusted to tho boys, and It Is no ensy work," wroto Lieut. Schwatka to St. Nicholas. "The most common food for tho dogs Is walrus-skin, about nn Inch to nn Inch nnd n hnlf thick, cut In strips each' about ns wldo ns it Is thick, and from n foot to eighteen Inches long. Tho dog swallows ono of theso strips na ho would n anako; and It In bo tough that whon ho has swal lowed about twelve pieces, It la no great wonder thnt ho does not wnnt anything moro for two dnys. Some times they cut tho food up Into little pieces Ineido tho Igloo, whero tho ildgs can not trouble them, nnd thon ttsr&w It out on tho snow; but this lo not nl i together a good Way; for then tho llttlo dogs get It nil whllo tho big doga ar lighting, for these big burly follows nro Hiiro to havo an unnecessary row over ach feeding. If pieces too lnrgo to awallow nt a gulp nro thrown Out, tho largo dogs get tho food; and so, be tween tho big doga nnd tho llttlo dogs, the Eskimo boys hnvo a hard tlmo making nn equal distribution among tho nnlmnls. "Ono winter night, I remember, whllo on our slcdgo-Journey, returning to North Hudson's Bny, Tooloonh wnB feeding his dogs, with no ono to help hi m, Ho was on Ills knees near tho Igloo door, nnd throwing tho bit.! to tho various dogs, tho heads of which wero crowded In tho ontrncc. Ono big dog, after It had received Its oharo, having driven nil tho othor dogn nway, seemed determined not to leavo. Too loonh grow nngry, seized his stick nnd ruBhod out nfter It to nottlo matters. But ho enme rushing back even faster than ho went out, seized hla gun hur riedly, nnd na hastily waa gono ngnln. Beforo we could Biirmlso whnt It mennt, a shot waa heard, and In n fow nccondti moro looloonh enmo crawling In, drugging n big wolf aftor him, Its white fangs showing In Its black mouth In n way thnt mado us Bhuddcr. This wns the big dog Toolooah had been feeding, but It did not understand tho customa of tho Eskimo doga well enough to know thnt It must stop ent lng when only half satisfied; nnd thla Ignorance cost it Its llfo." Aithimla t'an Tool. Rctigger, tho Germnn biologist ami naturalist, describes a monkey which would "emplov a ntlck whcrawlth to pry up tho lid of n chest, which was too heavy for tho animal to ralso other wise." Tho spider thnt Becks out a pebblo and nnchora hor web with It clearly makes use of a tool, saya tho Scientific American. Tho pebblo Is unnlogoua to the Iron nnchor used by man. Spldors havo been Been to uso mills for nnchora. A Cnpuchln monkey waa given somo wnlnutii which he tried to crack with his teeth, but found he waa not strong enough. Ho then solr.i l a atono which wns near by, held tho mi to on tho ground with oun hnud nnd used hl stono hnmnior with tho othor, with ex cellent result8. Other monkeys havo been seen to utillzo' mitplcks. On ono occasion, owing to cxceoslvo bent, ono of tho combs of a.bcohlvo be came detnehqd and wan In great danger of fulling. Tho bees nt onco Bet to work nnd erected u ahorlng pillar botween tho engendered comb and the ono next, to It. Tho pillar braced tho comb and kept It from fulling. Then thoy re built tho wax cells fastening tho comb to tho wall nnd nftorward removed tho pillar. A iinturnllst found black nrita wero devouring tho nklns of somo bird speci mens on a tablo bo In mndo tar circles on four pieces of paper nnd put ono under each leg of tho tablo. Ants will not cross tnr. Pretty soon ho found tho ants busily nt work again nnd look ing nt tho tnr circles found onch ono wna bridged by bits of sand which tho clever nuts had brought In from tho street. In 1882 n naturalist saw a monkey at tho fair grounds n St. Louis, Mo., which would pry apart tho bars of hla cago with n stick. When given a cano ho would examine It carefully, ns If mentally testing Its atrongth; ho would then plnco it between tho bars nt just tho right spot nnd swing back on It with nil hla might. When ho hnd sprung tho bars apart ho would squcezo through and "go on a prowl." lliiB fur I'liln. Threo of tho moat curious pots thnt wore over fed woro brought to, tho City of Mexico recently, says tho Jftl'nncnpo lla Journal. They wero brought by tho butler In the household of President Dinz, who hns been on n trip to Pro grcso. They nro threo bugs of a rnro breed. Tho only plnco In tho world lu which thoy nro found la Yucatan. Tho aver ago specimen Ib nbout nn inch and u hnlf long. Its body Is In two sections, resembling tho bodies of aomo species of tho beetle, und oach section is cov ered with n stout shield or pinto, which Is almost flat, curving but n llttlo at tho edges. When tho head of tho bug la placed under a microscope It looks rather Intelligent nnd amiable. Tho bugs aro In a highly ornnto state. Some cunning artist of Yucatan has painted shields In tho Mexlcnn na tional colors on tho rear plates of thoir bodies, and highly colored bunches of flowers on tho front plntca and has glided their long, double-up legs. Llt tlo gold chains nro attached to tho mlddlo of tho roar pinto, which la tho larger of each bug's body, by which hla bugahlp can bo lifted or lod around. Ono of tho buga waa presented to President Diaz, ono to n Mexican lady nnd the othfr to nn Amorlcan lady. They nro potB in tho literal Bonao, of tho word. Tho American lady's bug Ib receiving nil kinds of aollcltoua atten tion nnd scorns to llko It. An effort will bo mndo to tonch him somo trlcka. His habits and manners aro being closely watched. Ho loves tho sun shine, having been raised in tho hot country, nnd when ho Is lifted by his gold chain and dropped In tho full glare of tho aim, with tho cork of n beer bottle In front of him to munch, ho tjccma to bo supremely happy. Perfect Salting. Perfect snltlug is 'that which tnatea "all right." Tho ol( rulo la "nn ounce to ono pound," but It Ib not accurate; sometimes moro lu needed, na when suiting la dona In tho churn, nnd sometimes less, as when tho granules nro lnrgo nnd the butter quto dry. Tho criticisms In salt road, ",ibap nnd grJtty" In moat caeca,- Er-