HOG HOUSE ADAPTED TO VARIOUS SECTIONS ; ' t Swlno Thrive. Wharo There Is Good Shelter In Winter CHINA1X) .unci SImcIo in tho SummerBy u fr. J. E. Bridgman. NOMINATED FOR MAYOR Otto Trcmont Bannard, tlio Republican cnndi- date for mayor of Now York, is probably tho worst election campaigner over nominated for that ofllcc. That Is said without any reflection whatover on Mr. Bannard as a man of culturo and as nn astuto business man with n rare capac ity for organization and a genius for tho direc tion .of Important undertakings. But ho cannot mako n Bpecch. Ills best friends frankly admit ho Is probably tho worst specchmakcr In Now York. So If ho takes tho stump, as mayoralty candi dates usually do, and nttempts to tell tho votors from a public platform his conception of a prop erly governed city his well-wishers will bo ovor- Joyed if he doesn't get into a hopolcss mazo of I oratorical tangles. Bannard has no hallucinations about himself or anything else. When ho got back from Europo a few weeks ago his closest friend, Herbert Par sons, said to. him: "Otto, I think we ought to nominate you for mayor." "You had better lot mo alono, Herbert," Dnnnard replied. "I am not a good candidate. I can't mako a speech and tho peoplo don't tako kindly to a trust company president, anyway." Parsons thought thcro was wisdom in that and did let Bannard alono for a Bhort tlmo. The chairman of the Republican county committee wns so suro there would be no need to draft his friend for tho mayoralty race that ho put Bannard on the committee of flvo to represent tho Republicans in all tho conferences with tho fusionlsts. But in tho ilnal showdown It becamo necessary to drag Bannard to tho front, and when ho knew his nomination was inovitablo ho fled to Chicago, largely to escapo photographers and inter- vlowors. Ho is reserved in manner as well as speech. Ho Is not a "mixer" In tho political sense, though popular among men who really know him. Ho is kind-hearted and a genuine hard-luck story sends his hand into his pocket. Ho is a bachelor and wealthy. Ab president of tho Now York Trust Com pany ho gets 50,000 a year, which ho would be compelled to relinquish were ho elected mayor. A' COMMANDED BRITISH SHIPS Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, tho British olllcer who commanded tho big squadron at the Hudson-Fulton celebration In Now York harbor, la one of Britain's most distinguished ofll- cers. Ho is particularly persona grata to tho United States becauso ho commanded American forces as part of tho allied army in tho Chlncso expedition of 1900. "Slnco 1905 ho has held tho title of "admiral of tho fleot," being ono of tho six officers bearing that tltlo. The admiral has won his titlo through long and arduous service. Though tho son of a clergy man, ho comes of a lino of scadogs and is tho grandson of a baron who won his honors In naval service. Entering tho navy In 1852, Sir Edward, at tho age of 12, first saw service In tho Crimean war. Ho wub actlvo in the bombardment of Odessa, being praised for his coolness under fire. For bravory at the shelling of Scbastopol and Kinburn and his conduct In tho war generally he won a medal and clasp. In 1857 ho saw service in tho Chlneso war, being present nt tho dostruc- tlon of the Chlneso flotilla and at tho capturo of Canton and tho Polho forts, Ho next was engaged In operations against tho Chinese rebolB In 1862 and at the ago of 2G becamo a commander. Wounded whllo aiding to suppress piracy In tho Congo river, ho was pro- vented from taking part in tho Nares Arctic expedition. Ho again distinguished himself In tho Egyptian war of 1882 and In 1887 was made nido-de-camp to tho queen. As commander-in-chief on tho China station from 1898 to 1901 Admiral Soymour led tho allied expedition against the Chlneso In 1900. Thus ho was ono of tho few foreign ofllcers who havo commanded a body of American sailors and marines under fire. His conduct on that memorablo Occasion won pralso from tho several nations directly interested. It is said that ono of Emperor William's favorite paintings is that showing Sir Edward, in a hotly contested engagement on tho road to Poking, giving the command, "Germans to tho front!" FROM BARON TO A COUNT In raising the Austrian foreign minister, Alois von Aehrenthal, from tho rank of baron to that of count, Emperor Francis Joseph marks his appro elation of tho minister's services in bringing about the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Not many months ago Baron Aehronthal was ono f tho most abused men in Europo. Ho was ac cused of the basest treachery in regard to his dealings with his diplomatic colleagues nnd was oven Bald to havo lied direct to moro than one ambassador in Vienna. Recent diplomatic dlsclo sureB havo shown, however, that in this much- vexed question of tho Bosnian annexation Aus tria's hand was forced by tho precipitate action of tho crafty Prince Ferdinand in declaring tho Independence of Bulgaria, and that tho Viennese statesman was not to blanio as much no had been too hastily assumed. Of course In Austria-Hungary, nfter tho annexation had boon peaceably accomplished, Aercnthnl was tho hero of tho hour and his advance In rank has long been prophesied. Qount Aohrenthal has mudo a rapid rise. To bo ambassador at St. Petersburg at 38 and foreign minister at 48 Is not glvon to many diplomats Aehronthal has always been a diplomat. Ho began his career at 26 as nn attache of tho embassy In Paris and wont from thero to St. Petersburg, Noxt ho spent some years in tho foreign office in Vienna and then went back to St. PotcrsburR as councilor of embassy. After that ho was minister at Bucharest and a year later went again to Russia, this tlmo as ambassador, Ho Is clover and hard-working, too, His predecessor, Count GoluchowBkl, was a moro brilliant statesman, but Is said not to havo loved hard work. HEADED "DRY" PARADE a literary controversy of considerable magnl tudo Is growing out of tho nctlon of Gen. Frcdcr Ick Dent Grant in leading tho temporanco parndo in Chicago In tho uniform of tho United States army. Following tho letter written to Secretary of War Dickinson by W. R. Mlchnelis, an oOlclnl nf tho United Societies for Local Self-Governmont,, In which ho severely criticised Gen. Grant'B ac tion nnd demanded to know what Btand tho war department would tako In tho matter, two ardent temperance workors came to tho defenao of tho assailed officer. Dr. II. C, Newton, secretary of tho tompcranco and law enforcement parado commltteo nnd A. P. Ballou of tho Hamilton club aro tho mon who tako ls8UO with Mr. Mlchaells. They also wroto letters to Secretary Dickinson declaring that Mr. Mlchaells had exaggerated tho facts and asserting that Gon. Grant deserved honor for tho stand ho took and tho exnmplo he set to tho rising generation. Mr. Ballou claims that tho parade was not a partisan demonstration, as Mr. Michaolls asserts, and that mon of all parties marched In It. Ho also denies thnt Gen. Grant wore the full uniform of a United States army officer, nnd says his net could not bo taken as otner man that of a prlvato citizen who desired to lend his personal Influence to a movement Chicago peculiarly noeds. ' Gen. Grant contends that ho bad the right to appear In tho parado In his uniform. NOTHER civilization, gauged by other moral standards, restrained, or unrestrained, of other lawn and codes, has for many years existed In 1 Now York under tho eyes I Hnd noses of thnt clty'n peoplo nnd their otllclals. In this sphere men nnd women havo moved llko tho flotsam in an eddy, against tho stream of tho world without. Tho secret rules of tho order provided tho only known os capo from tho arm of tho natlon'B law; thoy mado mon Bccure In tho commission of atrocities and vollod tho existence of a sot of moral condi tions almost beyond comprehension; cortnlnly pnst momentary tolerance Ovor tho wholo was a hectic fila ment of romanco and morbid Interest which appeared to tho chanco passor or tho sightseer to mako tho placo a curiously fascinating corner trans planted from nuother world far too original and alluring to bo romoved. Thoy called It Chinatown. It Is no placo; It Is no strcot In particular, though it has its center nnd its boun daries. It is rather a degenorato Btato of tho senses. New Yorkers know of It, of couroo, in a dim sort of way. Now and then thero was a brawl, a killing of some Oriental or an opium don raid. Thcso were matters of courso. No trao gavo them moro than passing attention. To-day, howovor, Now York knows Chinatown In Its truo perspective. Tho Elsie SIgol murdor was tho first rift In the cloud that obscured tho fact Now tho mist Itself Is dissipated. New York knows that Chinatown tho spirit, not tho placo la ono of its cruel, almost unthlnkablo problems Tho latest outrago in Uhfnntown a placo that brews outrages faster than n quagmlro hatches mosquitoes Is tho abduction of n pretty mill girl of Weohawkcn nnd her imprisonment In a Chinese den, whero sho was sub jected to horrifying cruoltlos. This most recent unfortunato Is Christina Braun, 15 years old, blue eyed and Inclinod to bo Just n Uttlo "wild." Christina's caso differs from that of hundreds of other girls who havo fallen victim to tho lures of Chi natown only In tho fnct that sho had tho good fortune to escapo boforo sho becamo a slavo to opium tho su prcmo evil of this most vicious holo in all tho vast metropolis. Tho girl wciit to Coney Island with some friends on a Sunday. Sho lost her companions in tho crowd and, finally, nfter wandering nbout for a tlmo, went Into a chop suey "Joint" to get a blto to oat. Thero sho was drugged, aud tho next thing sho re members sho was being carried through the labyrlnthal hallway to n Chinatown den. Tho girl fought desperately to got away from two Chlneso who v wero dragging her along tho floor of tho dark hull, but sho was beaten Into In sensibility. When she next recov ered consciousness sho was In a dim ly lighted room and a hideous China man was loaning ovor her, leering into her faco. Again tho girl screamed and fought to get out of tho place, but was knocked senseless. Between beatings sho was mado to understand that she was tho slavo of her captor and that the beat thing she could do would bo to remain quiet. But devious, dark aud dirty as Chlntown is, nows will trnvel there, and tho girl hnd not been In the don moro thnn 24 hours beforo n "lobbygow" a Chinaman who acta as stool pigeon and Informer for tho po licetold two Mulborry street detec tives thnt thero was a whlto girl pris oner somowhero in tho colony. tho men sot watcn and, alter a tlmo, succeeded In starving out and capturing Joo Wong, nn Amerlcnnlzed Chlneso gambler. Tho girl wnB found In Wong's room, her fnco so bruised that her frlonds hnd difficulty In roc Agnizing hor when thoy visited her at tho headquarters of tho Gerry socloty, Wong was locked up In tho Tombs, but ho probably will got out of tho scrape on tho ground that the girl willingly accompanied him to his lair. A regularly organlzod traffic in whlto and Chinese girl slaves exists In Chinatown and every dotoctlve- who has worked in that section knows U now. It is truo that scores of womon fall prey to tho Chlneso every year by first visiting Chinatown on slumming and sight-seeing trips. Others are attracted there by tho gaudy tales about how kind nnd gentlo tho Chinese aro to women: how well they c'otho them Elevation of Hog House. CtOOh'SO JJTTLC DOYXAZ JTfiT and how liberal thoy nro with monoy. Theso talcs also nro nearly all fakes. Anyone who has over Been a roal "hop Joint" In Chinatown will nover forget tho dirt nnd degradation of It. Somo of the wcnlthlor Chlncso havo apart ments thnt are fitted up In flashy ori ental stylo, and a few of tho gambling houses aro well furnished. Three or four of tho restaurantB mnlntly pnt ronlzcd by slght-seers are gaudy in tho extreme, but back behind all this, back beyond tho tunnels, in tho kitchens, tho living quarters and up under tho roofs of tho tottering old buildings, exist squalor and misery such ns can scarce bo found olsewhoro on this continent. Tho pitiful story of Moy You nnd Ngou Fung, two Uttlo Chlneso girls, Is enough to set tho hand of all tho world ngatnst the slnvo traders of Chinatown. Those girls wero sold it is believed by tho police to Chlneso slavo trad ers In China and smuggled into thlB country. Thoy fell Into the clutches of n Chlncso merchant of somo means in Chinatown and tholr talo of tho cruelties to which thoy woro subject ed was brought to tho attention of tho Chinese chargo d'affaires In Washing ton. Tho girls are In the hnnds of tho Gerry society. Thoy doclaro that they woro compolled to work 20 hours a. day nt cooking, cleaning, scrubbing nnd covering button molds nnd that they wore beaten nlmost every day. Jtendlng of these outrages tho aver age American wonders why tho perpo trators aro not sent to prison, but it must bo remombcrcd that thcro aro no men moro wily nnd skillful in con coding fnlso ovldonce thnn dishonest Amerlcnnlzed Chinese. It Is noxt to impossible to obtnin ovldcnco against tho slavo traders of Chinatown that will stand In n court of Justice. To begin with any Chlncso witness who dares testify against ono of his conn trymcn In Now York takes his llfo In his hand. Hie boldness of the China town slavo trader is utmost beyond boltcf. When tho pollco of tho entire country wero sonrchlng for tho mur doror of EIbIo Sigel no fewer than threo Chlneso who wero supposed to know something of the crlmo wore murdered. When tho pollco tried to obtain cvldenco ngatnst men thoy strongly suspected of tho murdors they woro bafllcd at every turn. Capt. Galvln of tho pollco depart ment, who Is In chargo of tho proclnct embracing Chinatown, has worked hard to "cloan up" tho placo and drlvo tho whlto women out of it, but his efforts havo been of Uttlo avail. Ho has como to tho conclusion that tho "town" needs "clennlng out" instead of "cloanlng up," and has recommend ed this nctlon to Commissioner Baker. If Galvln had his way ho would keop slumming and sight-seeing par Hob out of Chinatown. Tho "rubbor- neck" wagon often Is tho net that drags tho Innocents to tho dens. It Is only natural that tho climate and soil which will best favor the production of any llvo stock are thoso in which tho snmo stock is found wild, In his natural state. Tho hog Is found whore vogotatton is abundant and luxuriant, whero ho can find shel ter -in winter and shndo nnd plenty of wator in tho summer, writes J. T. Brldgmnn, in Ornngo Judd Farmer. Whllo ho is a heavy feeder nnd thrives best whoro ho can find luxur iant pastures, roots, etc., ho is not n ranger nnd cannot endure a great amount of travel nt ono time. As hogs aro notably affected by oxtrcmcs of cold and heat, tho character of tholr Bholtor will havo much to do with tholr successful roaring. Tho abovo being true, wo will naturally do best with hogs when wo havo ar ranged tholr home and feeding grounds, to a cortnln extent, at least, such as ho would chooso for himself in his wild state. Proper sholtor is root collar is located under tljo feed ing room for storing roots; tho stair way Is located under tho main , stair abovo. Tho floor of tTio feeding room la dropped eight inches nnd covered with stork honrdB. Tho entire floor con slBts of eight inches of cement. Tho feed room Is nlno used nn a slaughter houso, A galvanized Iron vent Black Is placed over tho cooker to carry away the Bteam, nnd a good brick flufi Is built In tho cornor, nn bIiowu. The houso is sldod with drop Hiding, and lined on tho Inside with six-Inch floor ing. Each pen has n small window and ono door lending to tho driveway, nlso ono lending to tho ynrds. A slid ing door, shown at I), clones tho drlvo way from tho feed room. A good tight floor Is laid In tho loft, nnd n fixS-foot open' door left for passing down bedding and for n ventilator. All hog mon havo tholr own Ideas of arranging tho feed nnd water troughs. However, n good plan is J 2 J ' """""" ' mm 1 I I Floor Plan of Hon House. ne doubt tho tirst ana most serious question, nnd whilo tho porfoct hog houso has not up to dato boon Invent ed, groat Improvements havo been mado during tho pnst fow years. I 1 no accompanying illustrations snow a hog houso thnt 1b won adapted to nl most ovory cllmato, oxcopt tho ex- tromo south. As shown by tho flood plan, tho houso Is 28x62-fcot square, and ten feot to tho oaves. Tho lowor story is sovon foot, leaving ample room nbovo for bedding and feed. Tho chop feed Is stored In bins nbovo and drawn through tho spouts AAA. Mixing bnrrols or boxes aro plncod closo to tho cooker, shown at C, and tho cooked or Btcamod feed carried to tho pons In n wheeled fcodor. A shown In tho pen marked X. A neal is built In tho renr corner, a water trough placod in front, n feed trough nlong tho Hide, and a 3x4 timber la then placed across tho pon from tho, rear end of feed trough. Tills maken n focdlng floor for car corn, and tho hogs will seldom foul thin pnrt of tho, floor, Tho houso nhould set on a good foundation, nnd huvo n good tight roof, and tho exterior-cxpoBOd woodwork should rcaolva nt least two coats of paint. A feed and "Utter car rier may bo Installed if tho houso has ovor eight pons, nnd will Hnvo Bomo lnbor, Tho cellar bus nn outuldo en trance, and each gablo has n largo double door for hoisting feed and bod-ding. WAGES PAID FARM LABOR Tautjht How to Prepare Lunch. Simmons college, Boston, Is nald to bo tho only placo in this country whero women can bo trained to plan and manago lunchrooms. Tho demand for fluch training Is roportod to have moro than trebled during tho last two years, as moro -and moro cities nnd school boards aro realizing tho neces sity of providing working girls and boys nnd school children with health ful midday meals. In Boston tho Women's Educntlonnl and Industrial union co-oporatos with the school board In conducting lunch rooms for pupils. Tho school board agrees to provldo tho room, cqulpmont and n certain amount of caro, while tho union proparcs and Bcrvea the menis at cost. Tho union pays the women who manago thoso lunchrooms 5 n week and tholr holpors $3. Tho work on an nverage three hours a day. Increased from $10.43 In 1070 to $17 in lOOO-Muy Tend to Hold Men On Furmn. Statistics gathored from tho fedoral government's roports show that tho avcrago prices paid farm lnbor slnco 1879 havo rlson considerably. For tho year, or Beason, tho monthly roonoy rnto paid farm labor for tho different census porlols was (10,43 In 1870, $13.29 In 1803, $12.02 In 1895, and in creasing to 17 in 1000. Georgo K. nolines, in Volumo 33, No. 2 of tho 1909 annals of tho Ameri can Acndomy of Social Science, speaks of this wugo as follows: "Tho oxpros- olons of farm wagos in monoy and as a rato is very misiuaaing nna is probnbly ono of tho most poworful causes of tho dissatisfaction of tho laborer and of his migration to higher nominal money rates of wages in town nnd city. Tho farm laborer ro- coIvch somo things besides monoy in roturn for bin labor. Moro or less in local practlco thoro nro wago pay ments which tako tho form of bonus es, such as houso rent, or tho use of a garden plot, or pasturago for n cow, or milk for tho dally uso of tho fam ily, or flrowood, or feed for a hog or two, or tho uso of horso and wagon for family plounuro on certain days. Then thcro Is tho low cost of living In tho farm laborer's favor as compared with tho cost which ho would find In tho city, which makes his monoy wages much lnrgor In fnct than tho rates Indicate. This fact, howovor, has no weight wltb tho farm laboror and Is not porcolvcd by him. "Thoso failures to perceive and to understand tho full fact with rogard to wngo earnings tend to dcploto tho farm of Its hired labor. Tho recent rlso in tho money rnto of wages may perhnpn tend to hold wngo labor to tho farm. Not until the recent pros'-" porous times in ngrlculturo has tho farmor been nblo to pay much higher wagaa than during the many von, of agricultural production doprcHsIon prc- ceding 1897 or therenbouts. Tho far mer is now getting Jnto n financial position whero ho may bo nblo to hold tho country labor from drifting, to the olty, especially if ho uxprcsaeH tho entire wogo in terms of money." . ia Where is the Don Kept? Nothing bo annoys or makes a dog ugly, snappish and uneomfortnblo as chaining him within a limited spnee Constantly nnd vainly endeavoring to got frco, U10 dog's disposition in n short time changes nnd ho grows al most useless on tho farm, sayH Farm Journal. It's truo that a (rood doer In. sldo of a dwelling is worth two out Bldo, whero acquaintance with passers' ny is easily made, nnd would-be rob bers havo opportunity easily to fix the animal; but a reliablo barn dog is best employed in running about, keep ing order, watching tho stock and prepared to alarm tho household when strangers appear. Such, a dog is a safeguard against pilferers; but cbnlned to a konncl his effortu nro hampered nnd ho is absolutely worth less as a watch-dog and a porpctua) troublo and nulsanco to IiIh owner. Advantage in Geese. One advantage in keeping tieeso Is that thoy llvo to a great ago, 25 to'-fO years, and nro broedorH till ton years of ago. If you can porporiy handle, a small flock of geeso on tho farm their feathers will prove a groat item In household economy in making p. lows and other articles for which' foathers aro used. Thoy can llvo on an exclusive diet of grass In summer,