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    HIKE
DAIRY-BKEO VEALS .
gRING HIGHEST PRICES
.Calf Supply In Not Incrcnstna; nud Consumption Io Evi
dently Surpnoahia Production In tho
Lflrjjor Cltlos.
FIGURES MADE HIS FORTUNE
V u
V. I tlmn Il,s
ures early developed an alertness of mind which
enabled him to grasp a situation quickly and to act quickly with an unerring
Judgment rb to tho result.
It was energy supplemented by efficiency that led Mr. Trumbull rapidly
up from n clerkship in tho freight ofllco of tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway at Scdalla, Mo., whero he received $45 a month when ho was not
yet 10. When 21 ho was chief clerk nt a salary of ?17G a month. At 23 ho
hnd ,170 men under him In the freight claim and accounting dopartmont of
the Missouri Pacific. In 14 years ho hnd mastered every detail in that depart
Then ho did n remarkable thing. Ho gave up railroading for ilvo years. Ho
went into tho coal business In Colorado. Hero ho paw his chance to study
tho shipper's end of tho great game. Incidentally ho was engaged In making
reports on railroads and other properties to New York nnd Loudon bankors.
In 1893 thero wns a bitter light In Denver over railroad matters. Tho courts
guvo tho Donvor & Gulf railroad, then a part of tho Union Pnclflc, a sepa
rate existence. This road becamo tho Colorado & Southern. All tho lighting
factions wcro given a week to agreo on a recolvor. On tho last night of tho
week, whon six names wcro under discussion, they agreed on Frank Trumbull.
And hero begins a Btory us wonderful as that or Aladdin or any magician who
ever said "Presto!" When Frank Trumbull took hold of tho road 10 yearo
ago, It was a local oro lino In Colorado, a-illtlo moro than a thousand miles
long, and Its principal assets were "two streaks of rust and a right of way."
It was bankrupt and lii the hands of a receiver. Four months later camo tho
great Dobs strike of 1894. But tho Colorado & Southern of to-day Is nearly
3.000 miles long nnd the reports of 1908, 15 years after, show earnings of
$15,000,000, and Frank Trumbull is Its president.
NEW MINNESOTA GOVERNOR
Soon aftetr his graduation, howovor, Mr. Eber
hart abandoned church work nnd took up the study of law in tho ofllco of
Judge Grny at Mankato, IiIb homo town. He was successful as nn attorney
and soon, built up n large practice.
Ho was at one time clerk of tho United States circuit nnd district courts,
and later was United Stntcs commissioner for the district of Minnesota. In
1903 ho turned his nttention to an elect! vo ottlco and "was elected to the state
senate. In 1905 ho was re-elected. In 1900 ho was elected lleutennnt-gover-nor
nnd was re-elected In 190S. H1b majority was almost as high In 1906 as
Johnson's.
Mr. Eborhnrt'B name orlglnnlly was Olson. Hut there woro In Mankato
during his resldenco thero half n dozen or moro Adolph Olsons, nnd as a
result many Instances of confusion of Idontlty occurred, not tho least of these
being errors In the delivery of lmportnnt mall. So when tho futuro state
ofllclal was married ho asked the court to permit him to tnko'tho name of
his wife, a petition that was granted, and Blnco then he has been Adolph O.
Eberhart.
MAY BECOME CARDINAL
uic uuministratlon or tho delegate's oillco, seem
to bo regarded by tho Vatican as ample qualification for the dlsclmrgo of
still more important functions in the church. Not yet 70 years of ago, a man
of rlpo scholarship and profound knowledge of church diplomacy, Mgr. Fal
conio, oneo In Home, would bo oliglblo to tho headship of the Catholic church,
which ho has served all his life In tho humblest as well as In tho most distin
guished stntlons.
When ho succeeded MnrtlnelU nt Washington eight years ago, Mgr. Fal
conio was welcomed us an American citizen, for although ho was born nnd
educated In Italy, he came to America as a young man and much of IiIb work
was done on this side of the ocean, as an educator at tho College of St. Hon
nventuro, at Albany, as n priest in the Italian colony of Now York and among
th'O wild peoples of tho Newfoundland const. A Franciscan, tho present, npos
tollc delegate was at tho absoluto command of tho heads of his order that
ancient order of bnrefootcd friars pledged to chastity, poverty and obedl
once and ho never hesltnted to answer tho word of command.
In person ho Is slender, rather under than over tho middle holght, with
gray eyes and whlto hnlr. Ills address is excellent, easy, simple, direct, and
ho opeakB English with a very slight accent.
NEW JAPANESE ENVOY
- . "-n"""u mi. lulling.
After two years' sorvlco In that capacity ho was appointed director of the.
Japanese political bureau am! promoted vice-mlnlstor of forolgn affairs. From
1001. to 190G he again served his country nt Peking, In Fobrunry, 19u7, ho
was olovnted to tho post of Japanese ambassador to Austria-Hungary and
has remained at Vienna to dale.
Fratik Trumbull Is perhaps tho only ono of
tlio Rront railroad rulers of whom It can bo said
literally that his figures woro his fortune that
Is to say, by his marvelous quickness and accu
racy at llguren ho grow Into tho great railroad
and llnanclal world until ho hati become a i;lant.
At tho age of 12 ho was a mathematical "won
der" In tho little town of Pleasant Hill, Mo. He
had then been through nnd was proficient In all
tho branches of nmthemntlcB from arithmetic to
and Including trlgonomotry, but was compelled to
.. . . I 1 !,,.,...,. 1.1. ... fnH,nM
Dot,y T-lfty 110 Is 'president of a big
runroau system oi mo wcai nnu souin, oi wnicu
ho took chargo 1C years ago, without n cent in
his treasury. His natural ability In handling fig
Adolph O. Eberhart, n Republican, formerly
lieutenant-governor, has succeeded to tho seat of
governor of Minnesota to act during tho unex
pired term of the lnte Gov. Johnson. Although
of different parties, tho rolatlonB between Mr.
Eberhart and Gov, Johnson woro cordial, tho
chief oxccutlvo leaving tho stato often In tho
hands of Mr. Eberhart. No changes nro antici
pated In the legislative system o tho state. Mr.
Eberhart now is a resident of St. Paul.
Mr. Eberhart was born in Sweden 38 yonrs
ago, but camo to Minnesota in 1881, when ho was
10 years old. Ho attended tho public schools nnd
was afterward graduated from Gustavus Adol
phus college at St. Potor, as a minister of tho
gospel.
If Mgr. Dioniede Falconio Is chosen for eleva
tion to tho collcgo of cardlnnlB at tho January sit
ting of tho consistory at Homo, ho will but bo
following In tho footsteps of his lllustrlousTprede
cessors nt Washington, Mgr. Satolll and Mgr.
Mnrtinolll. It scorns to bo recognized nt Homo
that thoso who servo as apostolic delegates to
the United Stntes aro In the direct lino of suc
cession nnd nro to be called from their post only
to bo tho popo's counselors in directing tho policy
of tho church throughout tho world?
Ab tho popo's personal roprescntntlvo In tho
United States Mgr. Falconio has exercised a
Jurisdiction wider tlinn that of any othor apos
tolic delegate, nnd tho qualities of high diplo
macy, which are Indispensable nt Washington In
Y. Uchlda, former vice-minister of foreign
affairs, and recontly ambassador to tho court of
Austria, will succeed Daron K. Takahlra as Jap
anese ambassador to Washington. Mr. Uchlda is
a distinguished momber of the diplomatic corps
of Japan. Ho was born nt Kumanoto-ken In 1805
and has been In tho diplomatic service of his
country since 1887.
His iirst appointment was as attncho o the
legation nt Washington. Three years later, in
1890, ho wbh mado pormanont secretary to Count
Mutsu, minister of agriculture and commerce, and
remained with Count Mutsu when the Intter vns
transferred to tho foreign ofllce.
In 1893 ho waa appointed secretary of legation
nt London and romalned thoro until J895, when
lin wnn Tnniln pprptnrv nf tntrnHnn n
TH ANATOMY Of A StOJQUlTO
THE scientists in tho Borvlco
of tho United Stntes and tho
Btates which aro waging war
on tho mosqutto have discov
ered n new mothod of exter
minating tho pest. Tills
mothod consists In propagating nnd
distributing a parasitic worm which
lodges In tho body of tho mosquito
nnd kills it or chocks its cgg-lnylng
powers.
It hns for several yoars been recog
nized, that tho mosquito in ono of tho
worso public enomlofl of tho American
people. Upward or 15,000 deaths, oc
cur from malnrla, which is spread by
tho mosquito alono. This ilguro doos
not count tho vast number of people
wnoso systems nro weakened by inn
lnrla and thus easily succumb to oth
or diseases. Tho discomfort caused
by tho mosquito In many parts of tho
country Is nlso a gravo Injury to pros
perity. Theroforo, anything which
tends to oxtcrmlnato thoMnosquitaJs
of lmmcnso public benefit.
How greatly soino regions arp In
need of relief from mosquitoes haa
Just been shown by tho dispatches
from Chonler mi TIgro, a largo nnd
fertile Island In tho Guir, off Now Or
leans. Tho mosquitoes thero havo bred
in such quantities thnt the inhabi
tants havo been forced to keep in
doors altogether, whllo tho cattlo hnvo
been killed by tho mosquitoes filling
up their nostrils ami throats nnd cho
king them.
Tho now worm which kill tho mos
quito is known to science as agomer
mis mllols monnlng "roundworm or
tho mosquito" and Is recognized us n
destructive parasite oi tho wicked In
sect. It Is also called tho "hairworm"
In many places on account or its re
semblance to a small hair. It spends
at least part ot Its lire In tho holly of
tho mosquito, and, In tho enso of tho
female, whon It does not kill her, It
prevents her from reproducing her
species a result equally satisfactory.
Very llttlo Is known of tho llfo his
tory or tho worm, or how it spondB
tho early stages or Its existence. It is
a now discovery. It wag first found
and identified, only a short tlmo ago,
by Dr. John B. Smith, who, ns onto
mologlst nttnehed to tho New Jerspy
agricultural experiment station, nt
New Brunswick, haB chargo of tho
mosquito survoy of his stato, which
iiaB a wide-spread roputation for pro
ducing a roninrkablo crop of mosqui
toes. Thoro nro, as Is well known, many
species of moBquitoos In Now Jerseyr
But tho worst of them nil, so far as
ability to annoy goes, is tho bruto
with striped legs. This Is tho real and
original "Jersey mosquito." It breeds
In marshes,' though It Hies" thonco for
great distances, and scientific mon
know It ns "culex sollcltnns."
Nocessarlly, this species cuts n very
largo ilguro In the problem which Dr.
Smith is engaged in tnckllng. With
n view to studying Its llfo history In
detail, ho has built on a marsh a cago
of wlronet, with a framework of scant
ling, big enough for himself to occu
py. In this cago ho has reared tho
marsh mosquitoes, watching thorn
through all tho stages or their de
velopment, In tho midst or their nat.
ural surroundings. Iucldontally, ho
has subjected many specimens to mi
croscopic examination, to find out how
tho egg-sacs or tho femnles dcvoloped.
and other such points.
On a number or occasions, whllo
thus Btudylng tho romnlo Insocts, ho
noticed thnt their nbdonicns Boomed
abnormally enlarged. Finally, his
curiosity being aroused by thin phe
nomenon, ho toro open tho belly or
ono or tho Insects, and found Insido
of It two-halr-liko worms nbout a third
or an inch long, nnd nothing else.
They woro something now to him,
and so ho sent tho worms to the gov
ernment helmlnthologlst signifying
"worm man" in Washington.
Tho worm man, Dr. Charlos Wardoll
Sthes, promptly identified them as
"round worms" or tho kind populnrly
known ns "hair worms" or "wiro
worms." Ho nlso gavo them tho long
Latin namo already montloned, nnd
said that they woro undoubtedly para
sites ot tho mosquito." But hi tho
moantlmo Dr. Smith had started in to
examino largo numbers or mnrsh mos
quitoes ror worms. In n lot thnt wns
Bent In rrom Barnegat bay ho round
mnny Inrcstcd. In fact, ovovy collec
tion received at tho experiment sta
tion rrom Hnritnn river to Capo May
yielded numerous worms.
Ho thinks It beyond doubt thnt tho
pnraslto shortens the llfo or tho mos
quito " It lnrccts though this, or
course, is a mattor unimportant com
pared to tho prevention or reproduc
tion. Apparently, tho worm doo3 not
dlmlnlph the Insect's uppelltu at all.
THE WAY A VCLLOW rVR
nasQuiro bites
One nftornoon. nt Annlosen. Dr. Smith
occupied himself for an hour in cap
turing marsh mosquitoes that camo to
blto him, nnd found that fully hair or
thorn were infected.
On the othor hand tho infected in
socts wcro nojlcenbly sluggish and
easily recognized by their actions and
appoarancoB ns diseased. Investiga
tion showed that they woro lonst nu
merous In places whero tho worms
wcro most common. Evldontly, then,
tho worma nro ugcntB of nnturo for
keeping mosquitoes In check to a cor-
tain extent. They do tho work with
grcnt effectiveness. It only remains
to bo ascertained whother their tr
flelency In this lino enn bb important
ly increased by artificial means.
In other words, 1b It prnctlcablo to
breed; tho worms artificially nnd In
troduce them Into mosquito-cursed
places? Tho first thing to bo done,
obviouBly, In mnjtlng such an attempt,
Is to obtain deflnlto nnd exact knowl
edge or tho llfo history or tho para
site. Fortunately, although almost
nothing Is known ns yot on this shh.
Joct, thoro is a good deal that can bo
interred with reasonable certainty.
For oxnmplo, thoro is hardly any ques
tion ot tho fnct that tho worms breed
In marsh mud.
Dr. Smith has round them not only
In tho ndult mosquitoes, but also in tho
nbdominal cavities or tho larvao and
pupao tho two forms or mosquito llfo
following tho egg, both ot which nro
wntcr-dwollors. It seems ovldcnt, thon,
thnt Infection tnkes nlnco in Hio wntnr
nnd nowhero else. Thnt Is to sny, tho
worms (tlrtTmBolvca wator-dwollorB)
attack tho "wrigglers" and tho pupno
into which theso larvao transform
themselves, and boro Into their bolllos
DISSERTATION ON THE DAWN
Humorous Writer In Llpplncott'o
Makes a Few Remarks of Moro
or Less Value.
Tho most dlfllcult. cxnsnerntlni? nn.i
rantankorous pessimist with which tho
smiling, roatlvo nnd Irrcprosslblo on-
tlmlst hns to donl in tho rcllow who
takeo soino stock In tho old saying
that it Ih alwayB darkest Just bororo
dawn. Thero Is. of course nn 'nrmi.
mont ovor tho fact that dawn is n Joy-
ouh occnnion, oven u it Is moro pleas
ant to stny up for It, undor propor con
ditions, than to get up for It, but, snys
mo pessimist, aiimittlng tho truth of
tho ndngo, ono cannot toll whon It is
darkest, until ho nctually sees tho
dawn. Ho Is llkelv to nnv fnriimn.
more, that If It's going to bring dnwn
any Boonor, lot it got dark nn almost
anything, nnd tho soonor nnd darker
tho bettor. '
Ono positively cannot nrguo ngainst
such logic, for, ns aforesaid, dawn In a
Joyous occasion oxcopt to tho man
who Is nlsoop, nnd ho doesn't count.
Ab for tho man who is Intoxicated, it
Is also a quoatlon whothor mnny of tho
beauties of dawn aro not lost, b'ccnuBo
ho Is alrcndy ho busy with his own re
sponsibilities thnt ho cannot tako on
unynew Joy.
Thon thoro is tho man who would
Bjay up all night In a brilliantly lighted
room, practicing nuto-suggostlon by
repeating tho word "good." Undor tho
glaro or artificiality such a man would
bo prono to claim that thero was no
darkness outsldo, but that It wbb all
insido. But, ir nfter settling up, ,u
wont out nt tho first faint blush or
dawn, It would look to him Ilko about
30 cents' worth or adulterated tallow
candleB, and It might requlro Bovoral
subsequent sittings with the cards
running better to dlspol the hallucina
tion. All theso, ot course, nro oxcoptloiiB
which canuot bo considered. Normnlly
darknoBs and dawn havo to bo taken'
Just as thoy como, and they continue
to como with rogulnrlty, possImlstB
and' optimists to tho contrary notwith
standing. Llpplncott's,
Czar Is Largest Landowner.
Tho czar of Hussla, with 90,000,000
noroB, Is tho biggest landowner Jn the
world.
Veal never sold nn high ns nt pres
ent In tho mnrkoto or tho United
Stntoa. At Chicago cholco vcnla have
boon largely tukon by killers nt nlno
dollars per hundred-wolght, nnd $9.50
has boon a common quotation In east
ern markets. Veal appoars to hnvo ac
quired popularity, but current high
prices nro coincident with a lofty
lamb market nnd almost prohibitive
quotations on tho succulent ,pork
chops. Tho cnuso of thoso high prlcos
Ib reflected In demnnd for yearling
cattlo of both Boxes nnd It monna that
tho American people aro. domnndlng
light cuts of nil meats, showing a will
ingness to. pay n premium when tholr
tnsto Is consulted.
Not nil cnlvos command top prices,
for tho veal cntor la n dlscrlmlnntlng
Individual. Color counts with him nnd
tho cair that enn bo converted Into
tho pink veal oplcuros prize must
hnvo boon sepnrated from his dam
but n short tlmo boforo Blnughtor.
Itango cattlo usually reach mnrket
hungry nnd In feverish condition nnd
tho meat dresses n dark huo, necessi
tating snlo nt lower prlco Minn mont
from dairy calves shipped from polnta
closo to Chicago and killed beforo
hunger hns becouio ncuto nnd tho lit-
Light Dairy-Bred Veala That Bring Highest Prices,
Mo bnwlcrB becomo feverish and ox
cltod.suj'B Brooder's Gazette. All, calf
buyers appreelato tho necessity of
shortening tho-liro or tho cnir as much
as posslblo nfter It reaches tho stock
yardB. Tho cair-klllerB prlzo weigh
around or closo to 120 pounds Mint
como to tho Chlcngo mnrket from
Houthorn Wisconsin nnd northern Il
linois. Breed counta for nothing, qual
ity nnd weight everything In deter
mining prices, nnd a Shorthorn cnlf
hns no ndVantngo over a Joraoy, It Is
n Tact, however, that moro Holstotn
calves Boll at high prlccB than any
othor brood, not bocniiso thoy mako
bottor veal, but for tho rcaBon that
Ilolstoln cowb composo In a largo
nionsuro tho hords ot Intelligent dairy
men who know how to fit n cnir for
tho vealor'B purpose. Milk may bo
high, but feeding It to a cair to a lim
ited oxtont is not unprofitable.
Dosplto tho fact tho dairy Industry
FATTENED ON ALFALFA AND CORN
In Nobrnskn many farmers fatten
their hogs entirely on alfalfa although
corn Is tho ntaplo crop of that Btato.
Fed with corn, alfalfa produces larger
gains than any other food. Alfalfa and
corn should bo fed In oqual portions,
nnd tli 1 3 ration beats corn alone. Al-
SOME POINTS
Feeding Oporatlonn Generally
Started lu Fall or Karly
Wlnter-Thlnitn to
Itcmembcr.
Mnny fecdorB, but moro ospoclnlly
tho beginner lu tho business, nro npt
to mnko inlstnkcB whou putting n
fresh bunch of cattlo on focd, Ab a
general thing tho feeding operations
aro started In tho. Into fnll or onrly
winter nnd ono ot tho mnln things to
remember Is to start tho cattlo upon
tholr grain ration gradually. It must
not bo forgoUon that for irany months
previous they havo been on pnsturo
and tholr ration has conslstod largely
of groen succulent food, ir thoy nro
taken from pnsturo nud put nt oneo
upon a ration or rich, dry feed, tho
shock upon tho dlgostlvo system will
often result disastrously. Even
though, tho Bteor has a largo dlgoB
tlvo tract, it Btnnda without question
that it requires different functions to
digest groen grass than to dlgoBt corn
or com meal, aud to get t'$e beat ru-
ban boon crodlted with mnklng gains
in territory trlbntnry to tho largo clt
los oast of tho Mississippi river, tho
calf supply is not Increasing nnd con'
sumption la ovldontly BurpaBslng pro
duction. Tho rooult has been n drain,
on tho young cattlo of tho west, rnngc
brod calves ot tho hnir-brccdB golnf
to market by tho million nnnunlly In
rcsponso to high prices. Thoso wostt
om cnlvoa do not mako tho best vcaL
weight nnd condition In which thoy
roach market being ngainst tho mar
kot quality ot tho product, but audi
Is tho demand for veal that oven bis;
enlvos, weighing 2G0 pounds nnd up,
nro bought with nvldlty. Forth Worth
and KniiBna City aro shipping lncredi-1
bio quantities ot rnngo-bred vcnl to
caBtem contors of population, nnd
whon tho growor Ih nblo to selP a
cnir for moro money Minn ho haB been,
accustomed to rcnllzo on yearling;
ntcors ho la not to bo blamed for sac-t
rlflolng theso young animals, especial
ly when ho In racing a nhortago of.
grass ami most or theso western
slaughtered calvos nro koBhorcd acJ
cording to Jowlsh law, tho foro-quar-tor
soiling on tho Now York market at!
higher prlcoa than choicer cuta fetch.
In tho Now York ghotto, whero ko
Bhorcd beet wna formerly couBumcd in;
onormoiiB quuntltlos, veal la now glv-
en tho preference and calf vnluoa.
havo soared whllo heavy cattlo havoi
sold at a discount.
But after nil, thoro Is no veal lu
America aa tho Europonn epicure
knows It. Most of tho product 1
coarso and badly colored when It
goes to tho eonsumor. Such artificial:
methods na nro used In Franco, Gor
ninny nnd Hollnnd by voal finishers
nro unknown lu America. Thero tho
cnir la hnnd-fed from birth nnd when
rondy for tho mnrkot commnndB prices
Mint mako oven New York quotations
on cholco vcnl look cheap. Thero ox
lata on thin sldo of tho Atlnntlo tho
possibility or entering to tho veal eat
or,"by furnishing him with something;
cqunl to tho European article, wltlu
profit. Tho lamb growor haa dona
It BucconsruUy nnd why should soi
much good rnv material bo wasted la
tho cair mnrkot?
falfa In an excellont malntenanw ru
Mon nnd will produco excellent rork.
Fed In connection with corn It is un
excelled. Tho pigs In tho picture
woro fnttencd at tho ntato oxporlmont
Btatlon on corn and nlfaira nnd mndo'
an average gain of 5V4 lbs. por week.
BiiitB rrom oithor kind or reed th
chnngo from ono to tho othor must bo
gradual. A common method or chan
ging to tho grain rntlon Is to commence;
throwing a little corn fodder, with tho
onra remaining, into tho pashiro. In
this mnnnor tho steers will ncqulro
n tnito Tor corn. As tho amount Is
gradually increased tholr dlgoBtlvo or-,
guns will nccommodnto MiomsolveB
to tho chnngo. Sudden chunges of
this kind often rosult lu bad caseB of
scours or sometimes bring nbout
cqunlly bud ensoa or constipation,
either or which will put tho stoor out
or condition nnd It will tako n con
Bldernblo amount or feed as well nsv
tlmo to bring him back Into n tiormali.
growing condition.
Specialized Farming.
This la n day or specialization n!H
right; but specialization lu farmltijj
means that n mnn ralseB enough or
crops for family and Block, then puta
his host licks In on soma particular
lino of rarmlng. Howovor, tho farmer
who spoclallzoa too much, I. o., tho
ono-crop fnrmor, has overstepped the,
logltlnmto limits of such nnd tho law
of diminishing returns will suroly put,
him out of tho huslueoa of farming, j-