-Senator Sued by Ward.
(
The suit for $50,000 for broach of
prom IRC against Senator Win. V. Sul
livan by Miss Lucy Mnl Lcoton crea-
utp's ' a lively Interest In the town of
AVaiTcnton , Vn. , where both tire well
known. Miss Lceton Is well remern- ,
liorcd there , whore .she . attnndod the
Fanqulor Female Instltuto.Sho wan on-
toiod ; at the school in January , 1898 ,
by Senator Sullivan , as his ward , and
remained there until the closing of
the Kc.s lon In Juno of that year.
V hllo a student at the Faiuiulor
Female IiiHtltuto , Senator Sullivan was
frequent visitor to Warroiiton , and
IjlK attentions to his beautiful ward
wure , It IK said , more those of a lov-
jr than those of a guardian , and this
uivfiiK attitude toward each other was
much commented upon. Usually ho
Ste'NAtOIl'WILLIAM ' VAN AMllER'G
SULLIVAN.
Mississippi Statesman , Who Is Sued
for $ GO,000 Damages for Broach of
"
Promise.
would como from Washington on
Saturday and remain over until Mon
day , and would always have Miss Lce-
lon leave the Institute and slop with
dm at theWarren Clroen hotel dur
ing each brief visit , to this , place.
A great many clrqumstiuic.es that
wore commented on then , but not
viewed wUh"susplelou , wero-easily
understood' ' in the light of recent de
velopments. '
.Tampa Brycc , thoMlstlngulshed Eng
lish statesman and author , Is In Paris
for his first genuine visit , to the
French capital. Ho says that when
ever ho has boon there before he was
simply passing through , and , that ho
IH less acquainted with Paris' than any
of the other great continental capitals.
May Wed a "Billionaire.
Mm. Adolph Ladenburg , whose re
ported engagement from London to
Alfred Bolt , the
richest man In the
world , is an
American. Her fa-
thcr was the late
Alexander Stevens ,
cashier of the
Ghllatln National
balik. Mrs. Laden-
burg Jest her hus-
bahd In 189G. He
. , . was a member of
Ladcnburg.
ljadoilburB | Tlml.
iiiiuin & Co. , bankers , mult hud been
Hiendng | | the winter south. . Jle was
returning from Nassau In February
and was missed from the steamer Ni
agara during a violent storm.
Alfred Bolt is said to bo the only
man In the world worth $1,000.000,000.
lie could bo worth whatever ho
pleased , for his flnn qontrols the entire -
tire output of diamonds from South
vAfrlcn and regulates the supply seas
as to keep up the price. Ho Is dl-
icctor of all the big South African cor
porations auch as the Do "Doors com
pany and the Chartered South Afrl
can company.
Mr. Belt owns the palace built by
llarnoy IJarnato lu London. . Ho 1
47 years old , u
tmcholor , and the
leading partner In
the firm of Worn-
I her. Belt & Co. ,
wvhp own the most
valuable diamond
and gold mines In
Africa. He is a
modest , rather re
tiring man , little
known In the so
Alfred Belt.
In
cialhut a power
tiio financial world. His exact wealth
is unknown , but it Is so many millions
that ho Is considered to bo wealthier
than oven any ono of the Rothschilds.
Wcrnhor , Belt & Co. have more mil
lions at their command than any lu-
Htltiitlon In England except the Bank
* ) \ England.
'A library to bo known as the "Scy-
jiiour Technical Library" Is to be es
tablished at Johannesburg by friends
of the late Major L. T. Seymour , aa
a'memorial ' to his services to the win-
lug Industry In South Africa.
The English Lalc "District
Menaced.
The proposition to construct an
electric railway through tin- heart or.
the lake district In EnKl.mil , for which
a bill will bo offerwl In the new par
liament , Is meeting with strenuous op
position , not ulon < > because It will tend
towards the defacement of that beau-
tlful region but because there IH no
demand for It in the' district Itrielf ,
the scheme being simply prompted
by monetary motives. Some time ago
an attempt was made to build a steam
railroad through the district. It was
defeated , but theio In now Imminent
danger that the electric road promot
ers may succeed. The London Spectator
tater , discussing the project , says that
all who uro dr.uvn there by scenery
or association can easily got there , but
garlzed and exposed to defacement or
why "special facilities should ho given
to the tripper to 'carcon tip and down
the avenues of this lovely park , " In
juring everything he touches. It In-
tlmatcs that while the lake district
cannot bo fenced in , even by act ot
parliament , there Is n possibility of
a | national trust which may do for It
what this government has done for
the Yellowstone park.
Goes as a Missionary.
Miss Elizabeth Stanley of Richmond ,
Ind. , has Just sailed from Now York
for India to begin a career as a mis
sionary. She is twenty-six years old ,
and acorns to be particularly gifted for
work of this character. She was born
and reared In Richmond and has made
her home with
her widowed moth
er and her broth
ers. She has boon
a member of the
Lutheran denom
ination from early
childhood and became -
came Identified
with the congre
gation of the Sec-
o n d L u t h o ran
church In West Miss Stanley.
Richmond when that church was es
tablished. She attracted the atten
tion of prominent workers In" the
congregation and arrangements wore
made to give her an education that
would lit her for the llfo of a mis
sionary. She prepared for this work
at Wittenberg college , Springfield , O. ,
recently completing her course. The
general synod of the Lutheran church
In the United States picked upon Miss
Stanley as ono of Its general mission
aries for India , where a vast amount
of work has been done during the last
few years by this and various other
denominations. Miss Stanley goes to
India In company with several other
missionaries of the Lutheran synod.
Charles M , Hays ,
Who Has Been Selected for the Posi
tion of President of the Southern
Paclilc.
"Trincc of Tan-Handlers.
His love for a Philadelphia girl Is
said to bo responsible for the reforma
tion of George
MUnro , known nil
over the United
States for more
than twenty yeara
as tjio "prince of
pan-handlers. " In
the language of
the street a "pan
handler" Is a man
who gets his living
without working
for It by plying the George Munro.
arts of n confidence man in a small
way.
way.Now
Now that he has reformed , Munro
has no hesitation in declaring that
there Is not an honest man who really
needs food begging for money on the
streets of a great city. His advice to
people who , whllo kind at heart , ob
ject to being victimized , Is to refuse
every request for money made by
street or house beggars. When a man
cornea to the door and asks for some
thing to eat , Munro thinks ho ought
not to bo turned away because "no
professional pannor will go around
from door to door begging for cold
victuals. "
In recognition of the eminent serv
ices he has rendered to the cause of
scientific explorations the British gov- .
enime nt presented nrNauBqn ; with a
llfty-vqlumo sot of the Challenger Re
ports. 'Ho IB the first single Indivi l-
dual to receive them , their cost run
ning up to several hundred uounds.
SAYINdS and DOINGS
A. hammer Rational Capita ! .
The suggestion made by a writer In
Harper's Weekly that thr United
Statea hnvn a summer capital is plan-
nlblo but Impracticable. It Is urged
that many officials find the heat un
bearable Thus , Secretary Hay hna
spent much time In New Hampshire
and President McKlnloy has found rest
at Canton , whllo other members of tht
administration have been forced to flee
the torrid atmosphere of Washington.
It Is undeniable that the national capi
tal IH not an ideal plare of summer
residence and the heat Is hard on the
clerks , continues the Chicago Tribune.
Perhaps it would be pleasant for them
If the capital were located at some
delightful summer resort , such as Chi
cago. The dual capitals would en
tail great additional expense and , al
though Chicago would bo a good place
as a summer capital , Chlcagoans can
not expect the government to settle
hero , oven temporarily. The tempo
rary Inconvenience to officials is out
weighed by other considerations.
Meanwhile it cannot bo said that the
government suffers by the occasional
absence of the heads of departments
In summer. It might have been true
In the days of mall coaches , but now
the telegraph and telephone enable a
man to keep In touch with his busi
ness in almost any place he may be.
Stctuart House to "Be Sold.
A. T. Stewart's famous mansion , at
the northwest corner of Fifth avenue
and Thirty-fourth street , New York ,
will soon become the property of a
member of the Astor family.
The mansion took seven years to
build and cost at least $1,000,000 , ex
clusive of the ground. Tons and tons
of the purest marble were brought
from Tuckahoe for the outer walls ,
while for the Interior Mr. Stewart pur
chased marble in Italy , cut according
STEWART MANSION ,
to the directions of his architect , piece
by piece , all polished and ready to
sot.
The Manhattan club , for the llrst
five years It occupied the Stesvart
mansion , paid $37,500 rent per annum.
Later this was Increased to $40,000.
London's . /Veto Lord Mayor.
Alderman Frank Green , the new
lord mayor of London , Is the head of
the great paper firm of Frank Green
& Co. Ho has been
a merchant of London -
don for forty years.
$ fl lu 187S h ° was
/ . ttM elected a member
of the council and
since then ho has
held various offices
U1 tao corporation
of London-
that of sheriff ,
. . . , _ which he niled in
Lord Mayor Green. .
1897.8
> undep thJ
mayoralty of Sir
H. Daviea. It was Mr. Greciuwho , as
alderman. prepared and carried
through the council the report author
izing the construction of the famous
Tower bridge over the Thames , the
picture of which "Is
familiar to almost
every school child
In the world. Mr.
Green Is a widow
er , and hence there
will be no lady
mayoress during
his administration.
The duties of lady
mayoress , however ,
will bo undertaken Mj-
by his elder daugh
ter , Mlfcs Kathleen Miss Green.
Hnyden Green , n
most charming woman , whoso talent
as a poet has won her considerable
praise from competent critics. Miss
Green Is a regular contributor for the
Sketch , Mr. Astor's Pall Mall Maga
zine , the Literary World and other
current publications.
Great French Statesman.
Plerro Waldcck-Rousseau , Whoso
Ideas Will Dominate the Coming
French Legislature.
It is not always an easy matter to
discover the cause of stumbling In
driving horses ; hence It Is a good plan
to make a study of the matter and bo
prepared to make a proper examina
tion of the animal that is giving
trouble'from this bad habit. Wo have
called it a habit , for that Is often the
case , and especially so where the horse
has become fat from over-feeding and
lack of exercise , and we see the same
thing In many horses driven by wom
en who are loath to use the whip and
do not , as a rule , "keep the horse ui >
to the bit , " with the result that he ac
quires a slovenly way of going and , be
ing half asleep , stumbles whenever he
comes to an object that is above the
level of the road. The cure for these
patients is to "waken them up" and , u
fat from the use of corn , feed them
upon a ration of sound old oats and
bron ( along with good hay.
Another common cauae of stumbling ,
and perhaps the commonest cause of
all , is the practice of the smith in
leaving the toes too long at each shoeIng -
Ing time , and of cutting down the
heels. After doing this he fits the shoe
with a high too as well as heels , which
prevents any chance that the horse
would otherwise have had of "getting
over" the long toe , which acts as a
fulcrum , requiring an added degree
of leverage , which naturally becomes
tiresome and puts a strain upon the
back tendons. The result is that , while
the horse may for a time go well
enough , he begins to stumble as soon
as he becomes tired and this ends In
broken knees , possibly broken shafts ,
and fltiito frequently smashed check
lines and saddle hooks. The remedy Is
not , as some seem to think , the high
checking of the horse , for this only
tires him the sooner , and he will surely
stumble when he becomes tlrc.l. The
cure la to cut down the too all it will
stand at each shoeing and leave the
heels and quarters alone ; then fit on
a shoo that has no toe calking , but n
pair of heels that raise the heels of
the foot a trifle , or to some extent
when the habit is a bad one. Shoelnc
In this way will relieve the sore ten
dons , but If there is contraction and a
good deal of thickness It will also be
necessary to blister the back tendons
to remove the swelling and strengthen
up the cords.
The presence of corns or other foot
troubles Is also a cause of stumbling
and It may also be duo to defective eye
sight , but still another feasible ex
planation of the habit Is given in the
following Interesting remarks by n
writer in the Horseshoer's Journal :
I have given this question a great
deal of study , and I come to the con
clusion that the same ratio of diffi
culty does not exist in the prevention
of stumbling as can bo found in some
other defects of the horse's travel.
There is , above all , one cause that
produces stumbling , and that Is the
natural build of the animal. When we
find that nature has not been kind in
proportioning the animal's build , stum
bling then becomes a most aggravated
evil and difficult to cure. A stumbling
horse , it will usually bo noticed , is
built heavier in front and the same
part will bo lower from the withers to
the sole of the feet than from the ex
treme height of hip to the sole of hind I
foot. The horse will always have the
front limbs sot somewhat prominently
In front of the shoulder , and the feet ,
instead of being proportionately set ,
will extend beyond the line of limb
This is faulty conformation and is the
natural cause of stumbling. Taking
such as an extreme case , I have shod 1
with success , by bringing the heels ol
the shoo well back , leaving them as
wide between each as possible and us
ing a shoo with the too well set backer
or improve on the defects which na
tural conformation has caused. Some
times I find It necessary to place a four
calk shoo on an extreme case of stum
bllng , raising the heels to a good
height and lowering the toe calks as
they proceed toward the toe of the
shoo , at the same time rolling that per
tlon to give the horse an easy and free
motion as he is passing over the point
of toe. The heel calk , on such a shoe ,
should bo placed on the extreme out
side of the web and the web at the
heel should be as wide us possible , seas
as to take in all parts of the heel and
bar In their bearing.
Tlie Llpton Corner In Porlc.
Recently barrel pork in Chicago ex
perienced a sharp rise , going up to $10
per barrel. It was charged that Sir
Thomas Llpton had cornered the mar
ket by buying up 75,000 barrels. On
this point , Sir Thomas In an Inter
view , says :
"Tho pork I now hold I purchased
for purely legitimate trade purposes. I
need it in my business and propose to
sell it to ray regular customers. I do
not believe In corners , and if I thought
that the advantage I now hold in the
pork market would work any hard-
snip to American people or would Inany
way compromise my reputation 'as a
straight man ot business I would throw
up the whole deal. Not a pound of the
porK that I have bought In Chicago is
to be used for speculative purposes. As
I said before , it will all go Into the reg
ular channels of trade. The people
who are raising all the cry brought
the situation on themselves ; they are
speculators and 1 am not , and I see no
reason why 1 should Itit them have
what pork I own and need in my regular , -
lar business to pull thorn out of a hole.
If the American consumer Is to suf
fer , that is another matter , but so far
aa I am advised it Is the speculators
alone who arc concerned , and I have
no sympathy with them. "
The Llpton Interview has been ac
cepted as a fair statement by nearly all
the dealers In the provision pit.
Progress is the law of the prehistoric
ages , the world has been fully per-
suaded ; not so'fully that It Is also the
law of history. Rev. Dr. Crafts , Pres
byterian , Washington , D. C.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Ilutr Succrmftil I'nrin < Opiiruln Tlil
Drpnrttnont if Ihc Farm A 1'nw
Hint * in to thu Ciiro of l.lto .Stock
mid 1'oultry.
Poultry Ilrlef < .
The greatest poultry show of the
season will bo that held In Chicago
Jan. 21 to 26. It will be in the now
Coliseum building that has been
erected on the site of the old Llbby
Prison Museum. Doubtless the finest
birds from all the other shows In the
surrounding states will meet at this
place , and it is expected that poultry-
men will como from all parts of the
country to gather what lessons they
can from the exhibition.
* *
Many deaths of ehiclts in Incubators
are caused by overcrowding , and often
the poultry man or woman does not
suspect the cause. On going to the
brooder in the morning the several
chicks are found dead. The chicks at
night , especially , if the night ia cold ,
will crowd to the center for heat , and
in so doing will Ho on and smother
those on the inside. The remedy ia
to give a little more than enough heat
and that Will make the chicks spread
out and avoid crowding. ,
* * *
There Is a vast difference between
the man that makes a specialty of
poultry raising and the man that
raises a few hens for family use only ,
as to the methods that each must em
ploy. It may fairly be nald that the
divergence Is at the beginning. The-
specialist must first study his market.
The market of the amateur Is so near
that he does not need to study It , as
he is not afraid of rivals. The spe
cialist must be an accountant , but the
other carea littln whether he makes
or loses he wants the products fresh.
For this reason the amateur may suc
ceed where the specialist would be
sure to fall. But for all of that the
amateur poultry raiser Is the greatest
factor in the poultry world , both be
cause he Is the most numerous and be
cause he Is the most Independent.
Some men have enthusiasm enough
to begin In the poultry business but not
enough to continue , in the face of ob
stacles. We knew of one young man
with a little money that started in the
poultry business as a side issue. Ho
built a large poultry house , as we re
member It. about 30 feet long by 15
wide. When the writer saw it it was
empty , the owner having tried his hun
dred hens in it and met with disaster.
On inquiry it was found that the ama
teur poultry raiser had also tried an
Incubator , but he had given It up
after one attempt to hatch chickens
with it. He said they hatched out well
enough , but as soon as born almost
they would start on a run and after
going a few yards would fall ov.er ap
parently In a fit and die. The trouble
with this young man was that ho had
not the perseverance to keep at the
business till he had learned the les-
sons necessary to make success pos
sible.
*
We may expect to see the south some
day become the leader In the produc
tion of poultry. The rate of progress
of that region in this direction will
depend to a great extent on the in
crease of railroad facilities. The cll-
mate of the south Is Fuch that one of
the great obstacles to poultry raising
in the north does not exist there. The
mildness of the climate makes It pos
sible to obtain eggs during all the
year and to change the times of egg
production so that the supply will bo
greatest Just when it is least in the
north. In fact , wo may expect the
time to como when the north will pro
duce the summer eggs and the south
the winter eggs , with an equalization
of prices. In time the storage of eggs
in the north will become a thing of
the past , the eggs from the southern
hen keeping prices at too low an aver
age during winter to make storage
profitable. Of course this change will
take place only so fast as the south
ern fanners become educated and
grasp their opportunities.
Grass as a poultry feed Is , we believe -
liove , not fully appreciated. Where
the owner of fowls must keep them
yarded during the entire summer and
where it is not convenient for him" to
raise special crops , such as rape , for
them , ho should flguro on the feeding
value of grass. All fowls consume a
great deal of green material and often
consume it so close to the ground that
the roots of the grass are destroyed.
Pasturage for the fowls should bo as
certainly provided as for any other
farm stock. And It should be pro
vided in sufficient area to give them
good feeding grounds at all times and
without being fed too close. To get
the best results from such area the
sod should bo an artificial ono de
veloped on ground that has been previ
ously cultivated and fertilized. The
plan of enclosing only thin native sod
is not a good one , as It does not pro
duce enough herbage to pay for the
work of enclosing it. ,
The Cow * * DlRrgllnn.
Prof. Joseph 13. Lindsey of the Hatch
Experiment Station says : Digestion
is the changing of feeds In the stomach
and intestines Into soluble and dllTusl-
blo substances , that can bo taken up
by the blood. The process briefly
stated , Is as follows : The feed Is
chewed In the mouth , and thoroughly
moistened by the saliva. The moisten
ing of the feed thus enabling it to bo
enally swallowed is the principal
value of this secretion. The stomach
of the ruminant has four dlvlsohs. The
slightly chewed feed passes to the
large first stomach or paunch , and
then Into the smaller second division.
The food , thus softened , Is returned
from the second stomach to the mouth
and more thoroughly masMcated and
then passes to the third stomach. Thin
third stomach has numerous folds , be
tween which the food is pressed , and
the soluble portions directly rcsorbed.
It then passes Into the fourth stomach
where the ordinary process oi diges
tion begins in the same manner as in
animals hiving a simple stomach. The
feed is hero subjected to considerable
motion and Is acted on by the so-called
gastric juice , the active principles of
which are pepsin an.l hydrochloric
acid. This action of these substances
changes the protein Into a soluble form
called peptone. Neither the fat nor
the carbohydrates undergo any change
in fho stomach.
Small amounts of some kinds of pro
tein are so changed In the stomach as
to be taken directly into the blood.
But by far the larger part of the food
now termed chyme , goes from the
stomach into the Intestines , to be fur
ther acted upon. The digestive fluids
of the Intestines are the bile or gall
of the liver , the pancreatic Juice of the sm
pancreas , and the intestinal juice. The
chief use of the gall is to divide the
fat Into very minute globules i. e. to
emulsify it. The bile also aids in the
resorptlon of the fat. The pancreatic
juice contains a ferment called trypsln
which acts powerfully upon the vari
ous forms of protein , changing any
that escape the action of the pepsin
of the stomach , Into peptone , and still
further converting a part of the peptone -
tone into other simpler substances.
Another , no less important ferment is
the ptyalln , which converts a consid
erable part of the starch and similar
carbohydrates into sugar ( maltose ) .
The pancreatic secretion also acts In
the | same way as does the bile of the
liver upon the fat , bringing it into a
very finely divided condition.
The action of the intestinal secretion
is not fully understood. It contains , '
however , a small amount o ptyalln ,
which changes starchy , matters into
sugar.
In addition to the several secretions
mentioned , various bacteria play a
considerable part in the process of di
gestion in the small intestine. They
decompose or break down more or less
protein , convert starch into sugar , and
decompose the cellulose which hitherto
has not been acted upon , into a variety
of simpler substances.
Dulry Note * .
It is difficult for a creamery to thrive
in a community where good farm
papers do not circulate. The dairy
man , that Is , the mik producer , must
bo a man well-read If he Is to produce
good milk and in sufficient quantities
to make him a profitable patron of the.
creamery. " It is to the interest of the
creamery manager to raise the level of
intelligence among his patrons lii every
way In his power. He should see that
they get hold of the best literature re
lating to the work of the farm.
* * *
>
The owners of creameries , whether
individual or co-operative , should see
to it that the buildings of the estab
lishments are kept neatly painted.
This has a moral effect on the patrona
and serves as strong backing to the
ambitious butter-maker , who wants to
get only clean cream taken from clean
milk. To a certain extent all things
are bound together in the creamery ,
and it is difficult to elevate one kind
of service without lifting the whole
mass. The patron that delivers milk
to a shabby butter-maker standing in
the door of a shabby creamery will
instinctively form the opinion that al
most any kind of milk is good enough
to take to that place. _ ,
" sgj
Devon * at Illlnnlt State Fair.
Mr. W. II. Davis of Triumph , 111. ,
was the only exhibitor in this class.
To him were awarded the following
premiums : Bull 3 years old or over ,
1st on Vlzlan ; bull 1 year old and un
der 2 , first on Julius 7010 ; bull
under 1 year , 1st on American
Welshman 7112 ; cow 3 years elder
or over , 1st on Lena D. 11825 ;
2d on Dot 1st 1182G ; heifer 2 years ana
under 3 ; 1st on Dot 2d 11830 ; heifer
1 year and under 2 , 1st to Bex 2d
11995 , and 2d to Llttlo Queen 20.
12102 ; heifer under 1 year , 1st to
Anna 1227 ; 1st on exhibitor's herd ; 1st
on get of one sire ; 1st on produce of
ono cow ; champion aged bull ; cham
pion young bull ; champion aged cow ;
champion heifer.
I'llTroughs. .
A swine-raiser says : In fattening
pigs they should have the trough room
In length , not In depth. The pig
troughs I see around the country seem
many of them to have been construct
ed with the object of affording bath
accommodation for their pigs ; so deep
and wide that the pigs take headers
right into them. The room should bo
In length , not in depth , for all kinds
of pigs , and the troughs should bo kept
clean. Pigs have the reputation of
being filthy animals , but a pig will
keep itself clean if It gets Instruction
in that way for a week , and a good
example.
Feeders of sorghum to cows say
.hat if the
first few mouthfuls of
sorghum they take do not hurt them ,
no fear need bo entertained of subse
quent feeding. They say also that oven
when the sorghum in the field and in
a green state is Injurious that this In
jurious quality does not extend to the
wilted and cured sorghum.
Calculated at the price paU by the
private , consumer in Paris , t.Uq
burned dally at the Paris exposition
coMa about 50. 14
One good action
is worth more than
a hundred good intentions