PRIZE WINNER FOR
"BEST DAIRY COW"
Good Qualities That Go Far Toward Malting tho Most
Prfltbl0 Milk Producor Importance of
JOHN ARBUCKLE5S NEW FAME
hap.-By J. Grunt Morse.
IN THE PUBUC EYE 1 A
Thu now way of raising ships by compressed
nlr which had Its latest successful demonstra
tlon rocontly, has brought tho nnmo of the old
multimillionaire coffee merchant, John Arbucklo,
Into additional prominence Tho nnvnl collier
Nero, Btniclc on n reef whllo going out of Narrn
gnnsott bay. Professional wreckers of long ex
perience tried to haul tho big boat off, but In
vain. Thoy could not patch hor hull and pump
tho water out, which used to bo tho only wny be
fore Arbucltlo entered tho field of raising sub
merged ships. Finally tho government sought his
aid and agreed to pay his prlco. Tho hull was
sealed and mado air tight, except whoro a great
gash had beon torn in her sldo by tho Jagged
rocks of tho reef. Dig compressors pumped In tho
nlr and forced tho water out. By careful calcula
tion n sufficient pressure of nlr was maintained to keep tho water from en
tering again. She floated, wns towed to Nowport nnd soon will bo repnlred
and bo as seaworthy aB ever.
This Is tho third or fourth Job of this sort that tho Arbucklo engineers
havo done after n wreck has been abandoned as hopelessly lost, tho most
striking Instance of which wns tho partial salvngo of tho United Stntos ship
Ynnkco, which was wrecked In tho samo wators as nearly engulfed tho Nero,
After tho Yankoo went ashoro tho customary naval board of survey mot,
looked hor over with duo solemnity and then dcclured It was useless to at
tempt to ralso tho ship. When this opinion was mado known publicly tho per
sistent and lndefatlgablo Arbucklo mado nn offer to tho government to do tho
work. Grudgingly ho was allowed to try his hand at It, and within a com
paratively short tlmo tho "wreck" wns onco moro afloat and boiind In tow for
Newport. Hut sho wns destined for Davy Jones' lockor, It would seem. For"
In tho courso of this last voyage a galo of unusual vlolanco sprang up and tho
work of Arbucklo's englnorlng crow went for nothing. Tho Ynnkeo had sailed
for tho Port of Missing Ships.
Curiously enough, John Arbucklo docs not claim to know anything much
.nbout rnlslng ships from tho bottom of tho sen. Ho lenves that to his en
gineers. IIo is n business mnn nnd mnkes the contrncts. Thoy do tho tech
nical, practical part of tho work. Hut when this now Bchemc for rescuing
ships was brought to him for financial backing somo tlmo ago ho was kcon
enough to fco Immediately that It was practicable and to put It to a thor
ough tost without having any misgivings as to tho result.
John Arbucklo Is nbout 75 years old now. Ho is ono of tho greatest cor
fco mcrchnnts In tho world; nlr.o ho Is a power In tho sugar trade. Ills name
la familiar to as many millions of peoplo aljnost aB Rockefeller's. Yet tho
public knows less about his personality than It docs nbout tbnt of somo ?10,-000-a-ycar
man who diligently seeks to get his namo Into print.
MAY MARRY A GREEK PRINCE
The gossips In London uro absolutely deter
mined to marry off MIbs Margaretta Drexel to a
prince of Greece.
Soon nfter Mrs. Anthony Drexel gavo hor
"small dance," which eventually becamo a ball
attended by moro than 600 guests, it was reported
that pretty Miss Margaretta was engaged to
Princo Christopher of Greeco, tho younger son of
tho Greek king, and a nophow of Queen Alexan
dra. This rumor nroso from tho fact that Mrs.
Drexel had planned a "young peoplo's tablo" at
supper.
At this tablo Mis3 Anita Stewart, Miss Drex
el's cousin, sat next to her fiance, Princo Miguel
of Uragauza, who kept everybody .laughing with
his somewhat antediluvian Jokes in broken Eng
lish, and Miss Drexel herself sat next to Princo
Chrlstophor of Greece, to whom she made herself very agreeable, as usual,
but whom sho found a little difficult to entertain.
It was tho prince's flrst visit to England, and, being very shy, ho was
rather dazed at tho splendor of tho Drexel entertainment. Ho Is a very
"good looking" youth, who will bo 21 soon, but his coming of ago will not bo
celebrated formally at Athons until lato in tho fall, when tho Greok royal
family come tocether after many months of travel.
Mrs. Anthony Drexel, although onco described as a very ambitious wom
an, has no idea of forcing hor daughter into any alliance, nowovor great,
which tho girl does not approve of, and Miss Drexel herself Is a young wom
an of strength of character. In tho last threo years sho has refused moro
brilliant offers than any girl In London, and sho is not likely to bo carried
nwn by the engagement of hor cousin to a princo of Hraganzn.
Tho Drexels, after a stay at Marienbad, will como over to Now York in
October for a short stay.
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"FATHER" TIRED OF HIS JOB
That some Americans havo a right to vote for
an English member of parliament is not generally
known, yet it is a fact. All graduates of tho old
or universities in England havo this privilege, and
thoso from over tho water who happen to bo in
England at tho time soon will havo tho chanco to
oxcrclso their right, for J. G. Talbot, M. P., who
has represented Oxford university for 31 years,
will seek re-election at tho general election, now
believed to bo not very far off.
On tho death of tho lato prlrao minister, Sir
Henry Campboll Hannormnn, Mr. Talbot succeed
ed to tho tltlo of "father" of tho house of com
mons. Ho has sat continuously in that assombly
for a longer period than any of hlB colleagues, be
ing returned for West Kent In December, 1808,
tho samo month in which tho previous holder of
tho title of "father" also entered. In 1878 when Mr. Gathomo-IIardy, then
member of the university, went into tho house of lords, ho wns invited to
become candldalo for tho vacant seat. Ho, thereforo, resigned his seat for
West Kent nnd was elected for tho university, a position ho has held over
ViBCL.
During his 41 years in tho house, Mr. Talbot has hold no prominent pub
11c nosltlon. As boilts tho constituency which ho represents, ho has con
corned himself mainly with Questions relating to religious and educational
matters. Ho is an ecclesiastical commissioner and a privy councillor.
DIVORCES -A POLO PLAYER
xfru Mnrv Lawrence Keeno. wifo of Foxhnll
U. Keeno, mllllonairo turfman, polo player and
society leader or Now yont city, nas ueen granted
a divorce.
Thn iloorno win mnilo liv Judco Watts Parker
on July 3, In Lexington, Ky., but tho court and
tho lawyers on both sides kept tho matter n pro
found socrot. All of tho ovidonco in tho caso was
taken by deposition by Attorneys Allan and Dun
can of that city, representing Foxhnll Keeno, nnd
iv nnnrirn Rhanklln. acting for tho wifo.
Mrs. Keeno was not present in person at any
ctnrrn nf thn nroceedlmis.
Friends of the Keenos in Now York wore Bur-
prised by tho dlvorco ns it was ueiioved that tho
nntlnn hnd lioon drODDCd.
Thn domestic affairs of tho Koono's havo been
discussed in eocioty for moro than scvon years. They soparatcd In Octobor,
190 1. At that tlmo It was reported their dlfforcncos aroso from tho financial
reverses suffered by Mr. Keono In tho falluro of tho stock brokerage llrtn of
...... i. i i rr.,,i p. rinmnimv (n whlnh ho was n nartnor with Mr. Tnvlor.
lilJUUl .1. liljiwi ix. , - .
his brolher-ln-law. Porbona close to tho couplo doclared that had nothing to
dtr with it nnd that tho cause of their separation was duo to a natural dlf-
Him' In Incomnatlbllitv. Mrs. Keeno loft tho flno
ItJlUllVU Ul iv,-i-v. ww....j -
homo of hor husband at Whoatley Hills, L. I., and wont to llvo with her fa
ther Frederic Lawrenco, at uaysiuo, u. i. wrs. neeuu una eiium mucu oi
hor tlmo slnco tho separation in Europo, whllo Mr. Keeno lias divided his at
tention between Now xorK ana i.eniucay, vuuru no nub u biuu imm.
5
v ciAPtLtrprc RttfH. crror
Stnndiug on tho steps of tho 6tnto
cnpltol at Denver, Gov. Shafroth of
Colorado smiled and waved his hand
to a Bcout car that was quickly speed
ing away from tho capital bearing tho
flags of Old Mexico and tho United
States and followed by a dozen well
tilled cars.
This wn3 tho final farewell to tho
car and Its crew of four men who
wore going to make n trip from Den-
er to Mexico City, n dlstanco of al
most 2,400 miles, tho greater part of
which was unexplored.
Tho trip was being taken to map n
route between Denver and tho McxU
can capital over which an enduranco
contest will be run next October.
Georgo A. Wahlgrecn, a leading citi
zen of Donvor, laBt fall offered a
handsomo trophy to tho car that
would cover this dlstanco with tho
best enduranco record.
Four men undertook this trip In n
30-horsopower car, which had already
qulto a full experience For tho past
30 days this car has been driving
through Old Mexico nnd tho men havo
been having strange experiences In a
country where nutomobllcs have never
been boforo and tho American never
beforo set his foot. This path was
laid over miles nnd miles of snndy
desert wnstes nnd rock strewn plnlns
and parched sands. Thoy traveled for
days without tho sight of a bird, wn
ter, a human faco or even a human
abode. At nights they slept by tho
sldo of their car, with revolvers in
hand, and were sung to sleep by tho
wall of tho coyotes, which broko tho
awful stillness of n semi-tropical des
ert. Tho party consisted of Hilly
Knlpper, nn experienced driver of
racing cars; F. Ed. Spooncr, newspa
per man; W. E. McCarton of Donvor
and James II. Howard, n guide
This party left Denver May 1 nnd
arrived in Mexico City Juno 3 at mid
day. Tho trip from Denver to El
Pnso, tho last stop this sldo of tho
Mexican border, was full of pleasant
driving, soon to bo forgotten whon
tho car gat Into tho unexplored coun
try. Tho trip wub made literally
along mountain tops. The enr start
ed at an altitude of Fi,173 feet above 1
sea lovel and ended In Mexico City,
which Is 8,000 feet above sea lovel. At
no tlmo was tho route below 3.C00
feet.
In every town thoy stopped nt thoy
met n lively reception.
Tho party arrived In El Pnso May
12. Tho pathfinders took on a great
coat of tan during tho eight dnys of
traveling over tho mountains and des
erts.
Tho party spout ono day of rest In
El Paso and this tlmo was spent In
generally overhauling tho car und get
ting nddltlonal supplies for a dash
Into a country In which tlmy did not
know whon they would moot mnn
ngnln. Tho crow found here Hint tho
trip of tho Amorlcan car Into Mexico
was being nccepted as of much grcator
moment than thoy had anticipated.
Thoy wero Informed that down In
Mexico, nil along tho lino, prepara
tions wero being mndo to receive tho
tourists nnd oxtond every courtesy.
Thoy left El Pnso with light hearts,
not knowing that It was theirs to re
turn again.
it wnB hero, though, that they had
somo tried difllcultlcs In gotting
through tho customs on May 13, but
finally tho car was passed and tho
members received their passports car
rying tho additional rlghtB of explorers.
They passed tho Mexican burros
drawing wood und wntor and tho Mox
lean drivcro were found to bo vory
npnthotlc. Inquiries of these Mexi
cans by interpreter James Ilownrd
led to plenty of replloa. Ono snld It
was "dos clgarros" to Guadaloupo,
meaning thnt two cigarettes would bo
smoked during tho dlstanco. Others
used leagues as measurements, othors
used kilometers.
It was proven that tho guldo which
thoy had taken on nt El Pnso know
Uttlo moro nbout tho roads, or pre
tended to know loss, thnn thoy thorn
selves. In following his directions,
(hey took tho right fork of a danger
ous looking road nnd went hub deeri
In ndobe mud. Dlock nnd tncklo,
which wns pnrt of tholr equipment,
enmo Into piny, nnd tho enr camo out
backward. Thoy started around this
nnd tho enr wns bucking tho anna
nobly, nlthougn tho mon often had to
get out to, cut sago brush frctn tho
wny and dig sand from under tho
wheels beforo thoy could mnko head
why. Finally tho car went down over
tho hubs In whnt proved to bo quick
sand, and refused to budgo.
Tho block nnd tncklo proved of no
avail. They saw that It was a caso
of camp and wnlt for relief. This was
their tlrst taste of tho blttor of path
finding. They later found thnt they
wero stranded In a desert 4G miles
from a railroad, without food nnd wa
ter. Thoy finally decided that Dllly
Knlpper, the driver, and F. Ed. Spoon
or would stny with tho car and Mc
Carton nnd Hownrd, tho guldo, would
walk until thoy found n ranch houso
or somo other place whdro thoy could
get aid. Tho place whoro thoy woro
stuck Is known ns Tlcrra Hlancn, or
Whlto Earth, so called from tho sand
composing It. Hero tho sand drifted
lllto snow and thoy seemed to bo In
thu midst of great oceans of sand.
Tho wind heaped tho sand through
tho wheels of the enr llko a cyclono,
nnd ns fnst ns thoy would dig tho
sand from under tho wheels moro
would blow In.
Tho hardships of tho two men left
with tho car woro oven greater than
thoso of tho relief party. Tho sun
wns uromng not nmi tnoy mndo a
caver, throwing blnnkctB over two
poles lying ngainst tho car. Tholr wa
ter bags wero empty and thoy
squeezed nil tho wntor from tho rndl-
ntor of tho car. This water thoy
mixed with somo powdered pens nnd
mado a mlxturo which thoy called
cold pea soup and which thoy said
tasted llko cough mcdlclno. Thoy
wero thero for three dnyB subsisting
on this faro with no solid food.
At tho closo of tho third nftornoon
thoy saw Howard coming over tho
snnds holding n water botllo toward
thorn. They rushed from their Im
provised tent with a shout of Joy nnd
staggered as drunk for tho precious
liquid.
Tho first rellof pnrty thnt waB sont
out from El Pnso wero unablo to lift
tho car from Its bed of snnd, and thoy
nau to return for furthor assistance
Six men went out In nnothcr car nnd
by means of 380 feet of ropo used ns
a block and tncklo placed nround tho
rollof enr thoy wero flnnlly nblo to lift
tho enr from tho sand. After taking
on supplies thoy ngaln plunged Into
tho unknown country.
One tlmo during tho last lap tho car
slid on tho edge of n cliff and hung
thero on bucIi n flno point that n baby
could have dumped It ovor. It was
only by two of tho members of tho
party springing from tho car and
holding to It thnt the car and two of
Its occupants wero snved. It waB
Anally swung to snfoty by block and
tncklo and proceeded on Its way.
The dangers that thoso men mot In
going through this practically un
known country would All a book. Tho
car was met at Tula, 25 miles out of
Mexico City, Its final destination, and
escorted Into tho city with great pomp
and ceremony. President Diaz wel
comed tho pathflndorB. Now tho car,
followed by a largo number of others
tilled with local motorists, pnradej
tho streets of tho city, which was ban;
ner-flung with welcoming words. Thoy1
wero given a dinner thnt night nt tho
Hotel Gonovo nnd n bnll on tho samo
evening. On Sundny tho party was
entertained by n bull fight of renl
Mexican stylo nnd tho pathflndlng
crow wns given tho honor of carrying
Hnrpor Lee, tho grcntcst Amcrlcnn
bull lighter, Into nnd nround tho ring
several times to bo reviewed by Presi
dent Diaz by his arrangement. Ho
was prcsont In full uniform.
Tho car wns tho object of groat
curiosity, and many of tho nntlvo
Mexicans, who had been following Its
progress through tho republic south
ward, knowing tho condition of tho
Mexican roads, declared that such a
trip wna Impossible. This wna nlso
snld In tho western states through
which thu car passed.
Motorists say that this Is ono of tho
greatest feats brought to the notice oi
nutomobllcdom In years and will pave
tho way for a great automobllo Indus
try In tho southern ropubllc. The
friendly Invasion of tho curs that
cover this courso nott Octobor will
add to tho amiability of tho two great
American republics.
I think thnt the mnnngors of the
Now York state fair ore "up against"
a rather hnrd proposition If they wish
to glvo premium to tho bost grndo
cows. In tho first plnco, If rules for
entering In thin class nro not of tho
strictest kind tho premiums nro vory
rpt to go to puro bred cnttlo mas
querading ns grades, writes J. Grant
Moran In Ilurnl Now Yorker. It la n
groat deal easier to show n puro-bred
ns n grndo thnn it is to show a grade
ns a pure-bred, nnd If thoro is any
thing In breading tho grades would
stand u poor chanco by tho sldo of
pure-hreds ospeclnlly fitted by a pro
fessional showman. At first ono
would say that It will bo vory easy
to pick out tho best cows by simply
milking thorn nnd weighing nnd tost
lng tho milk, but In my opinion this
would not bo n fair way nt nil, for tho
best dntry cows nro of a very high
ou sco thnt this cow would havo
mndo n very poor allowing In a pub
lic milk test.
I think thnt tho only practical way
to Judgo theso cows In by looking at
them nnd tho man who doos tho Judg
ing should bo one of wldo cxporloncc
with dairy cattle. Ho should not only
understand cows as milkers, but he
ought to be acquainted with tho dif
ferent kinds of pure-brcds from which
they nro graded.
Theso cows should bo Judged by ft
score of points, but not tho score card
of any ono breed. For lustnnce, tho
Jersey scoro card calls for a cow with
"dished faco. wldo between tho eyes
nnd narrow between tho horns," whllo
these characteristics nro lacking In
somo other breeds. Tho shape of a
cow's bond doesn't havo nnythlng to
do with her milking capacity In somo
people's opinion, but I think that tho
nervous temperament and for this, head Is the most characteristic part
Prlio Winner for "Best Dairy Cow."
rcasou the best cow In tho lot might
mnko tho poorest Bhowlng under such
conditions as sho would moot with on
tho stato fair grounds. A fow years
ago I sold a registered Jorsoy cow to
a morcant In a neighboring village,
under these conditions: I dollvcred
tho cow and told his mnn how to
food hor nnd nt tho end of a wook
I was to como back and olthor tnke
tho cow nway or got my pny for hor,
as Uio buyer should docido ns to her
value. Well, nt tho end of tho wook
I went back nnd tho man paid mo for
tho cow. But nfter ho pnld mo for
her ho told mo that If I hnd come
back In tho middle of tho week ho
should havo told mo to take tho cow
away. Tho first day alio gnvc n good
flow of rich milk, but tho next she
began to go off, both In quuntity nnd
qunllty, und nho gavo only a vory
smnll moss of very poor milk. Then
sho began to got back to a normal
condition, so that by tho ond of tho
week sho had won her way back Into
tho good graces of tho family. So
by which wo mny determlno tho pos
session of tho high nervous tompora
ment neccssnry In tho best dairy cow.
If 1 woro going out after good dairy
cows 1 should hnvo in mind ono with
a long, deep barrel with woll-sprung
ribs. Tho shoulders would bo thin,
but sho would bo deep nnd wldo
through tho chest. Hor hips should
bo long and vory wide, but her thighs
should bo thin nnd devoid of much
flesh. Sho should hnvo n good, shape
ly neck nnd n nlco, Intelligent head,
dovold of much llcsh. It sho wero
fresh I should expect a good, big ud
der with largo teatn placed far1 hpnrt,
and hor milk veins should bo largo
and clastic and should oxtond well
up toward hor front legs nnd termi
nate In largo "milk wells." With this
conformation I should want to find
tho cow with n bright, healthy-looking
cyo nnd n goncrnl alert appearance,
then If her coat looked thrifty and hor
skin hnd n soft, nlco fooling, I should
think I hnd found a good "milking
mnchlno," In oxcollont working order
SELF-FEED BOX
FOR THE HORSE
Sltctcli Show in? Arrunaemont
That Will Prevent Anlmul
from Eutlnsr too Itupldly.
Some horses have a hnblt of entlng
tholr feed too fast If It la placed
loosely in a box, Thin can bo easily
remedied by making a sclf-feedor on
tho feed box, says Populnr Mechanics,
Tho accompanying sketch shows how
Feed Box for Fast Eating Horse.
a locuor can be mnac similar to n
poultry feed hopper. Tho box can bo
mado of one-Inch boards largo enough
to hold ono feed. Tho horso can get
tho grain only In small quantities, so
ho cannot cnt moro rapidly than ho
should. Tho bottom must bo mado
with enough slant to Insuro all of tho
food coming out In the trough.
principal grnln depended upon to iln
lah cnttlo for mnrkot.
For roughngo nothing oxcola alfalfa,
and somo feeders believe thnt nlfnlfu
nlono will fatten cnttlo as fast an
corn nnd timothy liny. Clover Is admit'
ablo for roughago. Cattle should be
marketed when thoy nro In prlmo con
dltlon nnd not finished for show mil
mats. Extremo finish Is oxpcnslvn
and often reduces tho profits of feed
ing opcrntlonH and should not ho at
tomptcd In commercial fattening for
tho general market.
GROWING COW PEAS
FOR MORE PROTEIN
Thnt Recommendation In Mndo to
Improve tho Food lit tho Silo
Mix Them With Corn.
GROWING GOOD
BEEF CATTLE
Fcd Grown On tho Farm Prop
erly Prepared and Fed Multtn
the Moot Profit to the
Breeder.
It takes love for tho business, in
dustry and skill to grow beef cattlo
profitably. As tho Drovers' Journal
says, tho feed grown on tho farm prop
erly prepared and fed makes tho best
profit In beof growing. Cattlo must
not bo forced by overfeeding of grain
at tho commencement of tho fattening
procesH. Corn and oats, ground to
gether with brim and Unseed mcnl
make an oxcellent train ration for
cattlo at tho beginning of the focdlng
process. Aftor cattle are well started
mora euro ouu bu fed, us com lu the
For tho purposo or getting inoiv
protein food In tho silo with corn,
Honrd's Dairyman recommends grow
lng cow pcaB In tho corn, and nays tho
Whlppoorwlll pons nro considered
about tho bost to plant with tho corn.
It Is not as leafy nu somo of tho other
varieties, but on account of Kb climb
ing habit, clings to tho corn hotter
thnn tho olhera und makes It oasy for
tho corn binder to renp tho crop.
Somo plant nbout ono gallon, of corn
nnd two gallons of peas por aero, or
sow tho peas after tho corn Is about
six Inches high; whllo othoru In plant
lng corn, drop a grain of com overy
12 to 14 Inches nnd two or threo pons
ovory eight to ton Inches. Sllagt
mndo from cow pens nnd corn mixed
together la better than from cow peas
alono, Anothor Bystom of getting
moro protein Into tho silage Is to grow
tho cow poas und corn Boparatoly and
mix them as they nro being put Into
the silo.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
It Is not nlwuys wise to feod tin?
snmo amount of grain to both hornet,
in ono team. Ono may need inoru
thnn tho other to keep It in good
health und working condition.
It may bo stuted ns gonoral rulo
that whon a shoop gots sick and you
don't know how to doctor it, it la u
good plan to allow nature to tako Its
course. Proper care, light focdlng nnd
protection ognlnst exposure will work
wouderw.
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