RAISING BEEF IN CORN
BELT FOR THE MARKET
Greatest Discretion Must Bo Exorcised In Selection of
Stock nnd Propor Combinations of Feeds.
By J. B. Bwrrls.
DEWEY'S AIDE GOES BLIND
MUM
near-Admiral Uonjamln Peffer Lnmbcrton, who
served as chief of staff to Dewey nt the bnttlo of
Manila Hay, has gone blind. The trouble started
within a fow months of tho grcnt tight and tho
adtnirarB physician attributes tho origin of tho
malady to the strain of that trying occasion. Ills
Bight Is now Irrecoverably gone, hut, surrounded
by his family, he Is rounding out his days in
hie pretty Washington home and interesting him
self In church work, keeping up his cheerful atti
tude toward tho world, beloved by everybody nnd,
except for his one allliction, in perfect health ami
in possession of nil his faculties.
Admiral Lnmbcrton held the rank of com
mander when, in tho early part of 1898, ho wan
ordered to take command of tho Olyinpla, rollev
Ing Capt. Oridloy. Ho arrived at Hong Kong Just
after tho declaration of hostilities, but did not nHsume immedlato command,
owing to Qrldley's request that ho be permitted to round out his career with
a tight.
Realizing thut J-mnborton, too, would want a chance, at tho "Doiib,''
Dewey created tho position of chief of staff for his now Hag captain nnd in
Hint capacity Lnmbcrton took part In the famous ".May party," witnessing
tho engagement from the bridge of the flagship, where ho Btood with his com
mnuder throughout the light. Ho commanded tho Olympla on her long Jour
ney home nnd at the Dowey celebration a year niter the fight.
The Navy Register hoAors tho old fighter with italics und a noto which
states that ho was "advanced for eminent nnd conspicuous conduct In battle
during tho war with Spain." His nppoiutmcnt as captain came to him 11
dayB nfter tho Manila battle. Ho was made a rear-admiral in 1003.
GREAT REFORMER MUST DIE
Tho most picturesque of nil forma of execution
has been revived In tho Chinese capital and Its
first victim is to be the great ex-viceroy, succes
sor to Li Hung Chang as tho leading politician
of China, Yuan Slilli Kni.
Yuan has been In disfavor with tho present
regime from its beginning. Organizer of tho mod
ern Chinese nrmy, ho was growing too powerful
and popular to pleaso tho governing powers. Tlioy
ordered his execution at tho time ho was removed
from tho ofllco of viceroy, but it was reported
that nt tho intervention of Prince Chlng nnd
Chang Chlh Tung tho order was withdrawn.
Now It is reported that live messengers have
taken 'the ox-vlcoroy tho yellow cord. Sent to an
official by tho emperor or, as In this case, tho
regent, tho cord Is an ordor for self-destruction.
Tho victim Is expected to use the cord to strangle himself.
It Is said that Yuan is to have two months to put his house in ordor nnd
ho 1b then to pnss out by his own hnnds.
At tho time of tho denths of tho emperor nnd dowager empress of China
Yuan Shlh Kal was accused of having poisoned tho emporor, In a dispatch
received from Shanghai at tho Now York branch of tho Chlneso Reform asso
ciation. The communication is said to ho as follows:
"Yuan Shlh Kal poisoned the emperor.
"PlenBO cable to Pekin to attack him."
It was declared at the Mott street headquarters of tho association that
Identical dispatches had been sent to branches of the Reform association In
all sections of the world and that demands would bo made on Princo Chun,
tho new regent, to depose Yuan Shlh Kal from power and "do away with
him." It was asserted turther that Prince Chun's failure to act upon these
requests would make the prince himself the object of the association's attacks.
WOULD APPOINT JUDGES
Judge James G. Jenkins, former chief Justice
of tho United States circuit court of appeals, de
clares that tho Judicial system of this country
can never rlso to n reasonable level until tho
whole method of naming our Judges Is changed.
Judge Jenkins would have no Judges elected.
Prom the highest national tribunal to tho lowest
local court all Judges should' bo appointed. As ho
explained It in the address ho has Just delivered
to n professional gathering In Chicago, all federal
Judges should bo appointed by the president, nil
judges of stato courts by the governor. Politics
should cut no llguro in the selections nnd all
Judges, after serving a long term, should bo re
tltrcd upon a pension. This plan would to a very
great extent tako the courtB out of politics, al
though there would still be a possibility that a
governor, for Instance, with political ambitions of his own would probably
Bee the Importance of naming expert politicians from doubtful sections for
fat Judicial positions or in payment, sometimes, of political indebtedness.
Judge Jenkins Is a Milwaukee resident, knows something about politics
himself and wns thrust into world prominence in 1893, when ho Issued tho
first of tho sweeping-labor union injunctions which restrained Northern Pa
cific employes of all grades from striking against a cut in wnges. The order
was appealed and sustained. The labor leaders threatened to impeach the
Judge, but tho throat was not carried into offect.
EX-SENATOR NOW MAYOR
Joseph Simon, recently elected mayor of Port
land, Ore, is tho same Joseph Simon who was
formerly United States senator from that state.
He Is a lawyer and has boon prominent In Oregon
politics for years, serving as Republican stnto
chairman, national committeeman, president of
the state sennto for flvo sessions and finally go
ing to tho national senate. Ho served a full torm
nnd retired from the latter body in 1903.
Hut Simon Is not tho first cx-senntor to be
come mnyor of a city. In fact, Portland set tho
fashion In that respect. Oeorge II. Williams,
United States sonator from Oregon In 1865-71,
later attorney-general In Gen. Grant's cnblnet and
named by that executive for chiof justice of tho
United States supromo court, was elected mayor
of Portland in 1902 and served until 1905. His
selection for tho supreme bench was not confirmed by tho sennto, which was
at that time at loggerheads with tho president.
NAMED SENATE CHAPLAIN
Rev. Dr. Ulysses G. 1), Plorco, who has been
named as chaplain of tho United States sennto
In succession to tho late Dr. Kdwnrd Everott
Hale, Is alrendy known to the nowspnper-rendlng
public. aH "President Tnft's paBtor." In other
words, ho occupies tho pulpit of All Souls' Uni
tarian church in Washington, In which tho presi
dent occupies a pew upon most of tho Sundays
when ho attends divine services.
Dr, Plorco was orlglnnlly Intended for a Bap
tist minister by his family and was oducnted at
Hillsdale, Mich. While attending school there
he holped pay his expenses by editorial work
upon the local weokly paper. Thore, ho says, ho
found' that ho" had crossed tho boundary lino bo
tween Hnptlst orthodoxy and tho liberal fold and
his Uultnrlanlsm became a permanent nnd posl-
tlve thing nfter his graduutlon from Harvard later. Tho late Dr Halo wua
likewise a Unitarian.
GtOWC CROSS C3
An object of unusunl Interest to resi
dents and visitors In Troy, a "steeple
Jack" has for several weeks past been
swinging dally nbout tho steeples of
St. Joseph's Provincial somlnnry, tho
fnmous "Towers of Troy," ns they hnvo
como to bo cnlled, occupied, with as
much nonchnlnnco ns though on terra
Anna, In the task of making oxtenslvo
rcpnlrs to thoso Btecples and placing
nu eight-foot gilded cross on each of
tho four spires. Tho "Towers of Troy,"
from their elevated position on tho
crest of tho hill overlooking tho cen
ter of tho city, form a landmnrk enslly
recognized for many miles In -nil direc
tions, nnd liko stnlwart Bcntlnela thoy
havo stood guard over tho busy com
mercial section of the city below theso
30 years or more.
Weakened by ngo, n high wind sev
eral mouths ago carried away tho
pinnacle of ono of tho spires nnd drow
attention to a general weakening of
tho others, bo tho Sisters of St. Jo
seph, who hold tho seminary property,
recently nwnrded a contract for
strengthening tho steeples and placing
a largo gilded cross upon each. Gcorgo
Ferguson of Albany, n famous "stcoplo
Jack," was solocted for tho hazardous
undertaking, and for tho last six
weoks ho has been engaged with two
assistants In performing tho work.
A fow minutes of observation of tho
painstaking, methodical movemonts of
tho "stcoplo Jnck" Is sufllclent to con
vlnco tho obscrvor that his Is no easy
task. Hcsldo being a sort of mechan
ical engineer, tho "stcoplo Jnck," to
bo n success, must bo a master of sev
eral trades. To observe a man sented
In his boatswain's chair anchored
against tho nldo of a splro mny give
tho impression thnt tho work Is easy,
but lmaglno Btnndlng In n loop of ropo
and sawing off a section of tower
abovo ono's head weighing nearly half
a ton. Yet thnt was what was done
on these towers. Tho old flnlnl orna
mentB, placed at the top of tho spires
whon tho building wns erected back
In tho '70's ns n Methodist university,
wero each 14 foot high and nenrly
four feet In diameter, nnd In their do
cayed condition consldorabio skill wns
required to prevent them falling tho
wrong wny and causing damngo to tho
building.
Mr. Ferguson declares that tho only
pnrt of tho work which may bo called
easy Is tho actual climbing. This Is ac
complished In a novel manner, for tho
steeples, rising 76 or moro feet In tho
cmc wr WORK
nlr, present nothing upon which n hold
mny bo secured, nnd yot ho climbs
without scaffolding. Patiently It
may seem tediously tho stcoplo is
climbed by means of two ropes so
curely wound nround tho towor, leav
ing a loop to Blip over tho body. Al
ternating from the lowor to tho upper
loop, similar to hitching up a polo, tho
"8toeplo Jnck" gradually works tip to
tho very top, carrying tncklo nnd
swlngchnlr, from which ho proceeds
to repair or paint ns required.
Mr. Ferguson Inherited his ptofes
8lon ol stceplo-cllmblng from his fa
ther, who followed that business for
moro thnn 32 yenra, climbing tho high
eat spires throughout tho enstorn
states and finally mooting his end by n
fall of 30 root at tho Albany peniten
tiary building In 1891. A decnyed wall,
capped by stone, gnvo wny whllo ho
was painting It, nnd ho wns killed In
stantly. Tho boii was .nerving nt tho
tlmo aB an npprentlco In tho navy, n
calling which presonts Bomo slmllnr
situations, and when ho received his
discharge In 1892 ho succeeded to his
father's business. Of modest but
Jovial disposition, ho credits tho fnct
thnt ho has had no nccldonts to his
athletic build and tempernto hnblts,
for, as ho strongly declares, drinking
Intoxicants nnd stceplo-cllmblng "do
not mix."
Tho Illustration ;;lvcs an Idea of tho
slzo of tho crosses being glided be
fore placed.
RURAL AUCTIONEER
DREADED CHARA CTER
Last Act of Tragedy Is Where He Plays the Leadiug Part-Novel
Sights on the Day of the Sale as Old Farm Is Delivered
.Into the Hands of Strangers.
Tho most conspicuous character In
tho last act of tho humblo tragedy
of tho abandoned farm Is very often
tho rural auctioneer, says Collier's, lie
It Is who rings tho curtain down with
careless quip and boisterous Jest. Per
haps his burly prescuco haB been
menacing tho household through long
years of gripping strugglo with nd
vorslty. Tho land has been becom
ing poorer, tho ambitious men of tho
family havo gono away to seek their
fortunes olsowhore, nnd on tho hcols
of mlsfortuno has followed tho chat
tel mortgage- Unsung heroism, In
crcdlblo economies, toll unceasing
havo not sufficed to check tho steady
deendonco of tho farm nnd Its af
fairs. 8omo day, when tho ultlmnto
disaster can no longer bo held nt
nrm's length, n printed bill, nnnounc
Ing tho salo nt nuctlon of stock, tools,
and housohold, Is posted In tho vil
lage storo and tho postofTlco.
Tho Idlers scan tho bill with curi
ous Interest, but with no marked
symptoms of surprise Tho nuctlon
has been a foregone conclusion for
some time. Tho storekeeper remarks
to his leisurely customers:
"Old Jonathan Woodman has been
llvln' alono on tho farm for years and
years. Ho'a tho last of 'em. All
petered out, ain't they? Ho's going to
llvo with his granddaughter in Now
mnrkot, so thoy toll mo. Hung on
longer thnn I oxpected, tho old mnn
did. Too old to do much farming and
no money to hire help."
On tho morning of tho Bale tho
roads leading toward tho Woodman
plnco aro populous with vehicles moro
jervlceablo than4 elegant concords,
lomocrats, buggies, carry-alls and rat
tling wngons. An auction ts a diver
sion, n mild excitement, nnd tho wom
en folk forsako their spicy kitchens to
enjoy n day'B outing, with tho bulging
dinner bnsket tucked under tho front
seat. Long beforo tho nuctloneor Is
rendy Jo begin his tnsk tho Woodmnn
houso, dooryurd and bam nro overrun
by a curious, shrewdly calculating
crowd discussing tho family history
and tho vnluea of Its goods nnd chat-tols.
The Day They Celebrate.
OJIbwnys of tho Mississippi hand
have regularly each year slnco 1808
celebrated their ncceptanco or tho
Whlto Knrth reservation In western
Minnesota.
Within tho limits of Its boundaries
in northern Minnesota thoso peoplo
havo como out of bnrharlsm Into nn
advanced BUigo of civilization. From
being American wards nnd helpless
children thoy nro now citizens nnd
owners of the Innd. with deeds duly
signed with their own signatures prov
Ing their claims.
Kven to this year tho dnys of June
15 and 1C aro celebrated Instead of
July 4, though It Is posslblo thnt here
after tho Americans' Independence
day will be accepted as their own
tlmo or rojoiclng. Fur News.
Alarmed.
Suddenly tliero was a grcnt commo
tion In spneo and Mars was observed
fo bo whirling away from tho enrth at
top speed.
"What's tho trouble?" queried tho
astronomers on tho enrth, "Afraid we
want to steal your canals?"
"No," slgnnlcd tho Martians, "wd
Just heard 'that thnt man Castro was
about to pay us a visit."
A Herd of Fat Stock Ready for Market.
The present era of high prices for
nil forms of feeding productH mnkos
It Imperative to exorcise tho greatest
discretion In feeding beef cnttlo for
mnrkot.' This condition must glvo
emphnsls to the three fundamentals
of beef production, viz: Tho selection
of tho feeding steer, tho proper com
bination or feeds, tho feeding period
nnd conserving tho manure, wrlten J.
1). Hnrrls In tho Ornngo Judd Fnrmor.
I bollove thnt on $100 por acre land
In tho corn belt thnt feeding cnttlo
cannot bo practiced at n profit unless
ono hnn a well-bred herd of milking
shorthorns nnd hns u good, rellnblo
mnrkot for tho Burplus milk. Then
also must tho cnlf loso nono .of Its
milk fat, but bo pushed to u finish us
baby beef, nnd novcr carried through
moro than one winter.
It costs on high-priced land about
$24 to keep a cow a year, nnd to this
" r
Prize-Winning YounosterB.
must bo added tho coat und keep of a
slro, qulto nn oxpenso In Itself, In or
der to produco a calf that could bo
bought In tho open mnrkot for $20.
From this ovldonco 1 nm Inclined to
bollovo thnt for tho most pnrt feed
ing cattlo of any ngo having fair
quality can bo purchased more cheap
ly tliiui when grown on tho corn
bolt farm. If cattlo can bo purchased
PIN MONEY FOR
FARMER'S WIFE
Varlou Woya for tho Women
to Uorn u Penny'.
In ndvlslng u farmer's wife or
daughter to earn money most people
will say "hens," "garden truck' or
"bees." Now, If you llvo on a farm,
you know thut lions nnd garden truck
don't thrlvo to u very great extent on
tho Hamo farm. And If thoy did the
t'nmlly nnd hired help would play hobb
with tho profits of elthor, for tho first
will uniformly go to pay tho grocer,
and tho second 1111 tho Innner mnn.
Hut I bcllcvo bees can bo profitably
kept If you know how and nro not
nfruld of them. Now, I don't know
nnd nm afraid of them, so.wlll leave
that to some ubler pen to explain, says
tho Agricultural Epltomlst,
One way to earn u ponny Is to stm t
tomntoes nnd cabbage plants in the
houso early; put only ono plant In
each tin enn that Is finsoldored nnd
tied together with n string; keep them
growing, nnd If they nro ready to blos
som by tho tlmo nil danger of frost Is
pnst, so much the bettor. Dig n hole
where you want to set them, wot tho
dirt In tho can thoroughly, nntlo your
string, Blip a knlTo nround tho can nnd
slip your tomato Into the holo; press
tho dirt around It and It will novcr
know it has been traiiHplnnted, and
you can sen lomuioos tu ir cents a
dozen beforo your neighbors' vines nro
In bloom.
Cnbbugo and melons und oucumbors
can bo treated tho sumo way, nnd nro
nil n pnylng crop, whllo lottuco nnd
radishes can bo grown roady for mar
ket In tho bay window or upstairs If
your houso Is reasonably wurm.
8helter for Geese,
Old geeso thrlvo Iti nil kinds of
weather It glvon a shed shelter closed
on tho windward sldo, Hotter a Bhed
to thomsolves than tho cow barn, bo
cuuso thoy nro snro from being stopped
on, A pasture too poor for other
stock wll Btlll do for goqso.
Kvory yenr In which the gnrdon la
fertilized nnd tho ground worked It be
comes richer und more cupnblo of
glowing crops.
near tho place of 'finishing so mucli
tho bettor. Ono of tho most serious
problems In tills regard is to obtain
cattle of good quality.
Thoso districts which nre iiot es
sentially dairy regions hnvo such i
mixture of varying degrees of worth
lcBsuesa thnt It Is almost nn Impossl.
blllty to obtain a fair grado of feed
ing entile. This necessitates going to
KansaB City or othor western markets
for feeders. A steer In fair flesh,
Weighing 1,000 to 1,100 pounds, nnd
known in market parlnnco as n nn
tlve, would be my choice. As to
broodn I should not bo ospcclnlly par
tial. Any ono of tho three recognized
beof types will glvo good returns If
Bolccted cnrofully. Cattlo of this kind
if put in tho feed lot tho last half of
November enn bo mndo Into good beef
In from 120 to 1G0 days. Corn, clo
ver hay, silage, shredded stover and
cottonseed meal should bo used. Tho
cattlo should bo mado to consumo ns
much roughngo ns posslblo from tho
point of economy, nnd thus utilize nil
tho corn plant, if tho food lot Is cov
ered, nnd It should bo by all means,
tho amount of mnnuro saved will ha
qulto an ltom on tho credit side oC
the transaction,
Hy n judicious combination of tho
nbovo-montloncd feeds tliero la no
reason why n prlco cannot bo ob
tained for tho feed consumed equiva
lent to that obtained on tho mnrkot.
Hut this may not appear as profit.
Tho nvorage corn belt farmer can feed
tho products of his fnrm ns cheaply
ns to haul thorn to mnrkot. If thosu
products nro fed on concreto floors
under shelter fully three-fourths of
their plnnt food vnluo can bo returned
to the fnrm. Even If only" tho mnr
kot vnluo of tho feeds Is obtained nnd
tho feeder did not receive nny not
profit from tho feeding proposition an
far as tho cattlo aro concerned, tliero
would still bo n profit. Hcsldes tho
feeding fnrmor is grndunlly but sure
ly adding to tho mntorlal vnluo of hln
farm. Tho conservation of soil fer
tility Is unquestionably tho greatest
consideration In Amorlcnn ngiiculturo.
ORCHARD MADE
HOG PASTURE
Munt Bo Done in nciinoiinblo und
Juilicioua Mumior.
Tho mos.t nrdont advocates of poison
sprayB to lid our orchards of diseases
and Insects, nro nt tho same tlmo tho
most willing to use nil othor uvnllablo
means to tho snino end, Bays Home
stead. -It is found that tho destruction
or tho early fnllen fruit 1 of prime Im
portance, nnd thlH Is nccompllshcd by
making n hog pasture of tho orchard.
Somo who aro avorso to spraying go
so fur ns to sny thnt whon this Is done
spraying is unnecessary. Hut, whllo
not ndnilttlng bucIi nn oxtromo view,
the evldenco In favor of hog pasturing
Is so strong that It Is to bo advised
whenever practicable. Hut tlila pns
turlng must bo done In a ronsonablo
and judicious manner. Tho orchard
must not bo mnde a hog pasturo for
tho entire season. Rather It should
bo iiBod ns nn nnnox, for a tomporary
convenience. And caution must bo
used not to overdo it. Ton or ilfteon
hogs to tho ncro, for a fow wookH whou
the wormy upples nro fnlllng, will lm
nbout right.
Thoro aro thoiisandH of fiirniB whero
by u littlo extra fencing, tho orchnnj
mny bo bo utilized, to tho mutual ml
vantage of tho hogs and tho orchard.
If It la desirable to gather windfalls
tho hogs may bo kept out In tho morn
ing until this work Is done, nnd then
turned In to eat tho rel'uso. A little .
rooting of tho ground will do no hnrm.
nnd whllo there Is plenty of other feed
tho hogs will not Injuro tho trees. If
thoy begin to do so, It shows that you
havo tho ground overstocked, and thoy
should bo kopt out. It Is not ndvlsod
that this ho done ns n Biibstltuto for
BiM'nylng, but In cases where spraying
Is not done, do this as tho next best
thing. If this courso is followed per
alstontly for several years, n wonder
fill Improvement In the fruit will bo
noted. Cows nro soniotlmoa used aa
cull enters, but tho objection to thorn
Is that thoy reach to high nnd devour
nil tho fruit. Whore treos nro very
straight and tops upright, tho cows
may bo adnilttcd.