l)AfcOTA UlTY HERALD DAKOTA CITY, NEB. JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. CANADA'S NEW TOY. The germ of the Canndlnn navy rapidly developing Into a lively or tanlsm. The cruiser Rainbow, It Is announced, will soon start from Ports Imouth for the racinc coast of Canada after having been thoroughly over hauled and Inspected under tho au thority of the British Admiralty. The cruiser NIohe will leave Portsmouth for Halifax. Each warship will carry a full complement of Rrltlsh officers, who will serve In the Canndlnn navy for two years and a "skeleton" crew, of which tho members will be engaged for five yoars, snys Toronto Globe. It Is not expected that It will be at all difficult to obtain the necessary offi cers and mon In Canada when It be comes necessary to enlist them. It la Interesting to note that the first proposal to construct a drydock of large dimensions under the legisla tion of laBt session has been made by the English firm of Vlckers & Maxim, which has filed plans at Ottawa for works at Montreal covering fifty acres and costing two and a half million dollars. The construction of torpedo destroyers has long been a specialty with this celebrated firm, but far more Important for this country Is the build ing and repairing of steel vessels of large size. The Introduction of such a plant will mark a new atnge In the evolution of shipbuilding In Canada. The Chicago public school authori ties are preparing to establish a new high school course of two years, for the benefit of pupils who for financial reasons can remain no longer In the high schools. It Is bolleved that by doing this many pupils who now go out Into the business world from the district schools could be Induced to take a special course of two years ar ranged with a vlow to their future em ployment The development Is In line with effort to strengthen the publlo schools as institutions for the prepa ration of young men and women for the practical work of life, and Its out come will be noted with Interested by educators. GAYNOR SO G IT MAYOR'S STAMINA PROVES A SUR PRISE TO HIS ATTENDANTS. FRANK TALK OF GALLAGHER Executive's Assailant Gives Out His First Statement Calls Act a Lesson to Humanity "Big Bill" Edwards Receives Threat from a Crank. The rush to the newly-discovered gold fields of Alaska continues, and thousands are on their way, notwlth standing the certainty that many hard' ships and risk of failure to "make good" await them. And this in spite of that alleged discovery by a Scran ton alchemist of a method for trans muting baser metals Into the precloui varieties, with the supposed possibil ities of cheapening values. Evidently the glamour of gold has not yet lost power to lure the adventurous. Look over a crowd of men In any place and it will be seen that black and the darker colors predominate in their clothes, no matter how hot the weather. Destdea being unnecessar ily nncomfortable they exert a de pressing effect upon both wearer and beholder. A freer use of colors in men's clothing would make the world a brighter place for most of us. A Pennsylvania man has gone intc bankruptcy with liabilities of $1,446. 773. Borne of the actors who have gone Into bankruptcy will be surprised to learn that his assets amount to considerably more than the price of an overcoat with a fur collar. New York. Mayor William J. Cny nor of New York lay lit St. Miiry's hos pital Woduowlny nlRht. v-lili the hcr monts of a upllt bullet fired Tuendny by James J. (inlliiKbcr, who hoiikIU to assassinate him, still burled In his nock and mouth, but bo 1ms shown not one alarming symptom. It in beyond human power to say whether he will recover, for not even tho most re nowned Kpeclnllnt can say whether blood polsoninK will he the aftermath, but an yet the mayor's temperature has given no cmiHo for alarm. Kvery Indication is that the wound In lienllntf satisfactorily. Gallagher's .statotitont, made Wed nesday evenlnR, was his first frank talk concerning the crime. "Wlillo I will not say that I nni sorry." he said, "I now hope that the mayor gets well. Dut I wnnted to teach high officials to regard tho rights or subordlnntoH. I consider that I hud to nhoot the may or as a lesson to the country. I did what I did for personal principles and wan not prompted by any anarchistic belief. "I am sorry that Commissioner Kd wnrds was wounded, for I was alining only at the mayor. Hut even the thought of killing had not been long In my mind. In fact, I reached 110 de cision until I got up Tuesday morning. jThe paper said that Gaynor wns going to sail for a vacation. That made 'me angry to think that lie should have a vacation in Kuropo while I did not even have a chance to work, much less get a vacation. So I hurried over to tho Twenty-third street ferry nnd inquired my way to the Kaiser Wil helm. My wrongs had proved more than I thought I could bear. Over nnd over I sized up my hard station In life and contrasted it with that of some other men of Gaynor, who had wrong ed me, in particular. At length I de termined to seek the revenge which I concluded should be Justly mine. I was not drunk, q.h has been intimated." MISSING FOR FOUR YEARS An Aliened Forger to Be Returned to Anderson, .Ind., .For Trial. Anderson. Ind. After he had es- caned Identification for lour years, JameB O'Neill, formerly a. capitalist of tlha cltv. waB arrested at St. UuU on the charge of having forged his broth er's name to a chock for ?2o. accora ing to a telegram received by the po lice here Wednesday ntgnt. u immh wtli be brought back to this city for trial. O'Neill's arrest was brought about by information given to the St. Louis police by a man who had been employ ed by him here and recognized hlm,on the street In St. Louis. Losing a large fortune which ho had Accumulated during the Indiana "nat ural gas boom," O'Neill became bank rupt and disappeared four years ago. The charge of forgery was then laid against htm. His brother has since died. 1 Pi ROFITABLE DAIRYING Bjr HUGH G. VAN PELT Dairy Expert Iowa State Dairy Association Feeding the Cow When Fresh I At a class dinner of a woman's col lege It developed that of the seniors fourteen were brides-to-be. ''This doesn't look as It Dan Cupid were worrying much over the higher edu cation as a serious obstacle to his business. Why can't people learn to say the wbetter"maa won, Instead of the "best" man, when but two contend T How jean we hope to be a great people as long as the populace will be so care less? Bethlehem, Pa., reports that the la tentor of "pink circus lemonade" is dead. To have lived all these years, be himself couldn't have drunk much of it $90,000 Fire Loss. Portland, Ore. The little device utilised by women to hold up their lace collars a piece of celluloid about two inches long nnd a quarter of an inch wide, worth 5 cents the half dot en cost the United States Laundry company a flro loss Wednesday of 190,000 and imperilled 200 laundry workers. The collar stay had been left unnoticed In a woman's waist, which, with hundreds of Blmllar gar ments, had been placed in the drying room of the basement. The waist was hung close to the superhented pipes that lined the room. Suddenly tne cel luloid exploded and Instantly the room was aflame. Two or three days after tho cow has freshened she should bo given a grain ration consisting of foods which are rich In protein, such as bran, oil meal, cottonseed meal, gluten feed, alfalfa hay, etc., with an additional amount of corn ellago that she will consume together with some cornmeal which, of course, will cheapen the 1 at ion. Re ceiving this amount of feed, tho milk which she produces thereby should be weighed to determine the amount of milk that she will produce without be ing forced. This, of course, enn bo de termined by the milk scales, which are in invaluable adjuct in the dairy barn or mllkrocm at all times. After being allowed to remain on this ration for two days the feeder has determined the quantity of milk given and should then increase the ration one-half pound and allow her to remain on the ration of four and a hulf pound for two days and agntn determine tho amount of milk produced by tho cow for the feed consumed. Now, If the scales show that thers has been an Increase in tho production of milk sufficiently largo to pay for the In crease on tho one-half pound of grain and a profit thereon, then it Is wholly a buainess consideration nnd the feed er should assume further risk and in creases the ration by another one-half pound of grain. Then, with the cow on a ration of five pounds of grain a day tor two days, it Is possible by the continued weighing of the milk to de termine whether or not this another additional hulf pound of grain has been Instrumental in increasing the milk flow to such proportions that the sys tem is profitable, and so tho feeder should continue Increasing the ration one-half pound every ether day just so long us tho cow continues to respond with the increase in milk production sufficiently largo, that if placed upon the market at prevailing prices It would pay for tho increase In the feed and a profit on the investment. Determining Amount cf Feed Needed. When by carefully giving an addi tional tit of grain, the cow ceases to respond, then one or two things may be true; either tho cow has reached the limit of her ability to produce milk or the character of the ration Is not suitable to her needs. The proposi tion which confronts the feeder now is to change his ration in such a way that It possible further efforts on the part of the cow may be stimulated. This can be done by substituting one grain or feed for another. It the ra tion constats largely of corn, a portion of this teed may be taken away and more bran or ollmenl added. On the other hand. It the ration la made up of feeds of a more nitrogenous charac ter, the likelihood is (bat by substi tuting for a smell amount of them mora cornmeal, the cow will again be set to work. By changing the ration back and forth In thia manner a time or two, the cause for ihe lack of re sponse on the part of the cow may either be remedied or the reason for it determined. It it be true that she has reached the limit of her ability to produce milk, then ot is wholly un profitable to give her an additional amount of grain for all feed given her in addition to that which she will con vort into milk must be remembered la wasted. A good dairy cow placed un der this system of management and feeding will require In the neighbor hood of thirty days to come to the limit of the amount of feed which she can handle profitably, or in other word., to the limit of the amount of milk she has the ability of producing. At this time also she ia very close to the limit of her capacity or the amount of feed which she has the power of assimilating successfully. It Is then necessary for the feeder to decrease her ration In the same gradual'man- mllk production la that during the first 30 days, if fed property, they in crease gradually In their llow of milk, and after that time they bg;n to grad ually decline until at tl.s end of a certain period they are ngcin dry. In this particular, dairy cows differ greatly from common or diial purpose cows. The dairy cow has been bred for the purpose of milking persistently as well as largely throughout the year. The common cow or ih dual purpose cow has not be"n bred or raised par ticularly with this point in view, and as a consequence she dries up very readily, oftentimes At the fnd of six or eight months. The cow which Is profitable Is the cow which milks throughout the entire yeur. and the most profitable methods of caring for and feeding the dairy cow are those methods which Induce her to milk largely over this long period of time. First 30 Days an Index. Now, it is plain to be seen by any reader that if during ihe first thirty days the cow Is stimulated In her milk production In a gradual manner nnd In such a way thnt. the climax of her pro duction when renched Ij a large amount, It will take her longer to de cllno in her milk flow to tho period when she is dry than though her milk flow lc stimulated to tho degree which induces her to give only a small the cow throughout the remainder of the year in order to eiimliinte the lia bility of her declining rapidly In milk flow. The cow muBt be watched close ly, and If she begins getting too poor more corn nnd loss of the other fends should be given her. On the other hand. If (he begins to decrease In her (low of milk, a portion of the corn sbouM be taken away from ber ration nnd oil meal, bran, cottonseed meal, gluten feed or some other feed rich in protein should be substituted for it, and by so changing tho ration from time to time back and forth In quality and quantity, tho greatest production at the lenst cost enn be brought about Study the Cow's Environment. If one will study the conditions that are present In the cow's en vironment at the time, he will be Impressed with a great mnny facts tnat will bo valuable us a tencher w the best methods to be employed In feeding dairy cows. Later, when tho summer approaches, with heat and files, pastures become dry, the grass less r.bundant and less palatable, then the cow begins to decre.-uo In her milk flow. Later on the giar.a becomes so short nnd the days so hot nnd the files so pesky that It 13 n'.most, if not quite Impossible, for the cow to secure the great amount of feed that Is nec essary to supply the nutrients required for producing the ninoani of milk which she has the ability ot producing. If sho Is not assisted at this 'inie and Is of a special dairy typa. she will again begin robbing her body, and by the end of the summer when the fall rains come ngaln, sha will be ex tremely poor and emaciated. Following up tho lesson which Na ture teaches in May and June, it has been found thit to supply the cow with extra feed of a succulent nature, either In tho form of green oats or clover or green corn or silage, and providing her with shado during the day and allowing her to graze at night when It la cool, there is a possibility of not only keeping the cow in good -1 t ' "CC" I1 . ! YV I N t I l r 1 1 y .1 s f f -inf. There is a German periodical called Der Gesundheltslngenleur. It must have trouble In finding room to put the picture of a girl on the front cover. John Allen Dead. New York. Tho death Wednesday at ML Vernon of John Allen marked the passing of one of the most noted noli t leal characters of his day. He played an unusual part In the nomi nation of Abraham Lincoln tor presi dent H breaking away from the New- York delegation, rusting a single vote for Lincoln and turning the tide to ward the man later to be assassinated. Two men In a New York town made their escape from Jail by means of a safety razor. But It was a close shave. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Sioux City. Wednesday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Top hogs. S. 25. Top beeves, 17.50. When the mother birds are gadding about the little birds of today are learning to fly by watching the aero, planes that Dayton, O., sends out and up. It the comet was responsible for the unseasonable chill many people would now be glad if arrangements could be made for a return engagement. Three Killed by Train. East Greenwich. N. Y. Three boys were killed and one Injured by an ex uress train bound from Host on for New York, on the New York. New Ha ven and Hartford railroad, Wednesday sfternoon. Parts of the bodies were itrewn along tho tracks for 200 yards New England holdups are Just as bad as those born In the west. Count Zeppelin, aged 7. dlrocted the fitst passenger sir flight ever un dertaken by uniu and brought it to successiul conclusion. Another solar plexus for tho Oslerlun thuory. !!n'H ics.? their heads In emergen cies, c tr.e-n stick their heads out ot 1.. x'.j-Y, v. a It :icu: to be a mat . r i"T lisle Now -Hit (".!'t'l hps liecom By tlu.e. Cheyenne, Wyo. An army paymas ter's safe containing IC.fiOt) was stolen from the maneuver camp at l'ol mountain. 25 miles west of here, Wed oesday nisht, and carried away. Dog Attacks a Child. Taris, Ky. The efforts of seven men were required to make un angry bull dog reloaso Its hold on the face of Bamuel, the 3-year-old son of Gus Mar- lolen, of this place. Twenty-seven Hitches were taken in the boy's face, An Egg Dealer Held. Philadelphia. As the result of an experiment upou a guinea pig that died twt-lve hours after being Inoculated with frozen ckks. J. Uuschel. an eg dealer of this city, -s arretted charged lth selllug eggs unfit for "Missy of the Glen," Champion Cow of Guernsey Breed Record, 954 Pounds sf Butter In One Year at Age of 3 Years. amount , even at the time when the climax of her milk producing ability is reached. As an instance, we might consider a certain dairy cow, the abil ity of which was to produce on her best day 60 pounds of milk. Now, if this cow is so managed and fed that she is gradually brought to the point where Bhe produces in one day 70 pounds and then gradually decreases in her milk flow from V0 to 69, 69 to GS, and so on, It will be founjk even at the time w hen one wishes her to be dry that she Is still giving from ten to twenty pounds of milk daily. On the other hand, we will presume that the methods employed in feeding this cow when fresh are improper and she Is stimulated to produce only 40 pounds of milk in a day when she should give 70, and then as her ma ternal Instincts become dull she be gins to decrease, falling from 40 pounds to 39, 39 to 38, and so on. In all likelihood she will be giving no more if as much milk at the time when she should be dry and as a result her year ly work has amounted to much less than though during the firyt 30 days she has been stimulated by proper methods ot care and feeding to do the best in her power. Throughout the year the cost of her feed has been al- :: Y7 ' .r 'i. Y3 c:-f '.y Yt;Y a.;.; '. condition, but also in keeping up the flow of milk which the conditions of June hue stimulated. When fall comes nlona; with the cold nights and the rainy days, there is another chance that the cow will begin declining in her flow. The farmer and dairyman always dislikes to see the time come when it is necessary for him to con fine his animals to the barn so he puts off from time to time taking the cows in from the pasture, and us a result. although he is not aware of it, unless the milk Is weighed daily, the cowa begin dropping eff seriously in their milk flow because their feeder and owner is not following the dictates of the lessons which he learr.s from Na ture when she was supplying the con dltlons most suitable. The feeder should bear In mind that whenever the cow declines in milk flow, wheth er tho amount is small or great, it 1b Impossible to bring her back to the point of production where she will supply so great an amount of milk even though th9 conditions be greatly bettered. The conditions that are most suit able to milk production are surround ings that are comfortable tc the cow and feeds supplied In abundance that furnish the nutrients required for making milk and having the cow In that condition which makes it possible for her to do her best work. !Y ..xi-.-y,.),. Sheltering Cows and Calvss from the Sun In Summer. nor. a pound or two. in order that the ration will Include the factor of safety; because If the cow la fed for a Ions I erlod of time at th limit of her ca i':oit ;. it U very likely tint at times '.u will f liken of her feed and a set ': c'.t li: lu r production will result This method upplles inoive nearly to ;hf cow that fiibhons in the fall or v. inter, when she do8 not receive pas- fire praxes. In lh' sueuner time, when the cow U uirneJ diy and grass U gcod, it is doubtful whether auy ra Mo:i can lie supplied thai would be nun- ttl.clent In br.nit.ng aliout the proper f res-heiiluss condition than will good, frt ah ature grasses i:i aliun .iar.ee. Alter the freshens. hui-vv.-, It he Is a Ur;t milkUis cow. I ilaie tay that grain ted to h r la th manner it ow lieteribod will be protitalile. eih. not nt once, rut it wlil br.n ier to her greatest postib.e t'.o oi ii. k most as much In on-? case as In the other, and the result -f h- r work ha been r.lnicst fifty per cei.t greater pain iu one instance ihnn it- the other, snd III consqie'nce of thi the resuitb ot her wink are measured in one in nanrv by th profit, while in the other the liUi'ihood U that there is n loss A I .!oi:;.'.i ihU particular m i hod wouid (emit in greatly incerasii.s the aver ; Si" ptiMiuc'ioii of th:? cows, in Hie ecru he!:, it is neces.-ary lor b.-t-l results to take lurtht r ;ireca :t ma Hy the Method it, ; ct lh.'d th - cow has liev i . tiau'lr.led to .unveil the surpl u l.n and i::e!cv stolid i:: in tie" Lody t The Useful Crocodile Fish. In the rivers and lakes of the Mex ican state of Tabasco there swims fish known as the "crocodile fish," which, according to word received at tho department of commerce and la bor, is most useful to mnn. The skin of the crocodile fish properly cured, may be utilized for any of the purposes for which the lighter weights of leather are em ployed. The oil of the crocodile fish is a perfect lubricant, nnd also used for softening leather. In addition to its qualities as a lubricant and emol lient, the oil possesses medicinal qua! Itles for which a superiority to the finest of Norwegian cod liver claimed. The flesh of the crocodile fish is extensively used by the na- lives as food and highly relished by them aa one of the delicacies of the country. Crocodile fish range In length from ten inches to four feet, and when dried assume an ashen hue, with lighter shadings of a blue ish tint. oivu up rstiiic tt il la-.ner t.it. nut ir m i.ci:-.s i he l.i rapidly i elr-s a:--nil. ivdueed i i .'or and eivacrel con-Mti'i l t ! ! end ot ihe t:i sl :' w I . ue la readied U:-.. greatest lietg! of '.-.f-r t'-oducttei; he ha at tllf sa.. ' -ie reached t lie oini where l.i . i.iibunt; s a hesvy '. itu n N ,( Definition of Poison. It has been found difficult by au thorities to define the word poison For inst ince, a dose of powdered glasi will kKl a man. but can it be said to "poisou" him? A dose of typhoid rn:i l ii;!it also be fatal, but It has ; I et a contended th u it should not be i described as "poisoning." Hence our ! ii.tcHM in a novel definition by Prof, j U. V. Jaksch, who uses the following : d t'r.ition of a poison: "From a clin , !i : 1 1 1 n t cf view everything may be ! t r.ed a poison w hich can damage Thu hUtory of every uiry rvur' i U itvcvttsry lor the k-eiitr to ; j.:u:!sin not alone by Its quality a hut t y simple excess in quantity i i n toed"; and truly he discusses the . p;si nous properties of all foodstuffs i . ::ti'k. fats, flesh, fish and carbo , :iv,--to- and their substitutes. In 1 .i i. many rrore people may be said ' hr- ptlsoned by excess ot food than . t: a..e who die of starvation Telegraph Doomed "Selector" Now Makes 'Phone Practical By THIRDE RAYLE BRUCE -a '.5 WKMTY-FTVK venrs no-n tlin tnnn with the femerifv to sntr- ji I g8t that tlie telegraph would disappear from the railroads witnin nan a century wouia nnve been set down as a 1001 oi crazy. Today tho railroad telegraph is on the brink of the abyss and a little shove will push it over. Thirty of the principal railroads of the United States are experimenting with a sub stitute for the telegraph. Eighty have given serious consider ation to the subject and a majority have decided to begin the change. These eighty roads operate 2 11,081 miles of track, 70 per cent, of tho country's total, nnd at the present time have 11,C3'3 miles equipped for the new experiment. The new means' of communication between stations is to be the tele phone. For several years railroad officials have been considering the tele phone as a possible substitute for the key in the operation of trains. Noth ing was done except in a small wa', because there was no way to prevent every other person on tho line from hearing tho message. rpi. i: ii ni i ? i. ii . li ! t i frM a ne liiveiiiioii oi ine selector put me inauer in a new lignt. i lie "selector," which has been made practicable, is an instrument that makes it possible for the central office to communicate with any subofficc un known to all the other stibollices. The suboffices to communicate with each other must do so through the central office. Only one set of wires is used. Recent events have added to the arguments in favor of the telephone. One of the most effective was the deision by Judg Kenesaw If. Landia of the United Stales court upholding the nine-hour law for railroad em ployees. In order to obey this law the railroads must have an additional force of 15,000 telegraph operators, the estimated salaries of which would aggregate $10,000,000 a year. It would be far less difficult to secure competent telephone operators, the advocates of the telephone train dispatching system contend, because it would require not more than one-fifth the time for them to qualify. Another economical argument in favor of the telephone is that in the country districts the offices could bo manned by "natives" with just as good, if not better, results than could be obtained by importing opera tors. The residents would be willing to cccept lower wages in order to live at home. It is estimated by some of the leading railroads that a saving of from 15 to 4G per cent, could be effected in this manner. The recent tieup in Mexico of the national railways because of a strike of their American telegraph operators is pointed to as another argu ment in favor of the telephone. The possibility of a general traffic pros- trat ion would have been averted, the argument goes, if telephones had been in use, for the telephones could have been manned by residents of the country. The perfection of the "selector" is believed to have met the former objection to the telephone that it would not be as safe as the telegraph. With every phoned message from one station to another going through the central office a constant check would be kept on the operators and tho trains. How Many Banks Wrecked By LOUIS BENKO In nine cases out of ten the embezzler who wrecks a bank uses falsified or worth less papers as a considerable part of the assets and as the abstractions are made gradually, covering several years, it's safo A I examiner had failed to m- I VPstirrnfp flip nnflirn nf ihnaa nnrvni-ti na 1m their real value. In the recent $137,000 crime at Lewi ton, Idaho, it is stated that the defalcation extended over a period of five years, aided by manipulation of the daily balance on an adding instrument. Isn't this a most ridiculous and annoy ing statement ? The national bank examiners' absolute duty is to investi gate every amount and figure of the assets and liabilities, to refoot each column and to find out in this way with absolute correctness the actual balance. If he failed to do it he is guilty and must be held criminally and the government financially responsible for the depositor's money. For the depositor makes his deposit at a national bank with entir confidence perhaps to awaken some day to learn that he has lost hit little savings of long years' toil because of the examiner's carelessness. And in most cases the depositor must ba contented with the moral satisfaction when the thief has been given a long term in the penitentiary. Object Lesson in Prize Fight By T. C. RICE rate the use of tobacco, only For the training period physically. Omitting the many things that might safely be said against the grize fight, there is one object lesson we get from it that we can turn to good account, and that ia in the matter of using liquor and tobacco. It is so commonly claimed that beer and whisky used judiciously help to give strength. x If this be true, why is it that men in training for the fight, .where strength ia at such a premium, do not make use of the stuff? Their training is scientific On the same general principle can wa that it does not produce the drunkenness. the one in training can lie classed as clean Sharp Practices Injure Nation The Chinese are tho most honorable people in a business way that one could have dealing with, and they expect to re ceive the same square treatment. Failure to do the right thing by tht Chinese will inevitably cause them to turn away from the offending party and give their custom el !-. where. Not long ago they considered that th&y had been worsted in a cargo of lumber bought from a Seattle firm. The stipulation wus that the timbr should be creasoted. Instead of a thorough process of crea- eoting only a surface coating was applied, which was a mere imitation of the true preservative treatment. The evil of such sharp practise was developed when another firm on the Faciiie coast undertook to contract for a big amount of fir. This firm put in a very reasonable bid, but the business was given to a linuItT concern in Australia, which had asked a great deal mon? money for the a;;io stuff. The Austral;;':; had not tried to get the best of the Oriental; t!i, Yankee liud. .rd ti.eir proposals were not considered. By JAMES B. McARDLE of Su Frucuco