HOG HOUSE ADAPTED
TO VARIOUS SECTIONS
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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
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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."
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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,
