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By ft lOi WILBUR D NEiQBIT Skinning a Cat Gone Into ObiivxoTv By MARSHALL CROMWELL KHmP nvv PLYMOUTH ROCKS AR HARDY i Cross Between Black Java and Amerli can Dominique With Probably Other Asiatic Blood. " Plymouth nocks, alt things consldi ercd, riro perhaps tho most popular vn; rloty bred In this country at tho pros, ent time. Tho barred, which is most mined, Is commonly Riven ns a cross between tho Black Java nnd tho Amor lean Dominique Besides tho Java, other Asiatic blood has probably been, Barred Plymouth Rooks. ased In making tho brood. Tho Ply mouth Rock is moro llko tho Aslatlo than tho European chicken. The greatest recommendation for tho Plymouth Hock Id tho excellent growth mndo by tho young chickens, In this quality they liavo no superior. Tho Plymouth Rock pullets nro good layers, but as yearling hens nro pronq to turn tho feed Into fat rather than eggs. Ono objection to tho barred variety Is tho difficulty in keeping tho breed truo to the stnndnrd typo. Tho pure bredo are required to bavo oven and distinct bnrs of tho snmo shado in malo and foroalo. Thoso nro difficult points to maintain and resort is often tnado to doublo matings or tho keep ing of two breeding pens, ono to pro duco cockorels and tho othor pullets. Whlto and buff Plymouth Rocks art later products than tho barred variety Much of what lias been snld will apply to these also. The white vurloty it free from the color objection of the barred type, but the objection to the rattening tendency applies to hons ol this variety perhaps moro forcibly than to the barrod. Buff Plymouth Hocks will average smaller than the other varieties of tho breed. Although a solid color bird, they, llko all bull breeds except tho buff cochin, will bo found difficult to breed of ono color, owing to tho tendency to possess black or whlto in tho wjngs nnd tall. FRENCH METHOD OF FEEDING Food Is Forced Down Throats Qeese by, Use of Stick and Tube Kept In Cages, of In Franco tho goeso which aro in tended to supply tho main ingrcdlont of the dollcacy "pato do fols gras aux truffos" (gooao-llvor paBto with truf fles), aro kept confined in narrow cages. The slightest movomont Is thus prevented, and food is forced down their throats, often with noth ing more than a tubo and stick, in on der to produoo an extraordinary de velopment of tho liver, says tho Popu lar Mechanics. The drawing illustrates a newly do vised IntHrmnunt for this mechanical treatment,- which in a measure nlle viates the inhumanity of tho forced feeding, in that it does not injuro the throat or prevent breathing. It con slsts of a funnel of galvanized Iron, French Method of Feeding. ' provided with n piston which cannot protrude beyond tbo end of tho tube At Alio lowor ond of tho galvaulzod Iron tubing Is n ooctlon of rubber tubing. Washing Dirty Eggs, .It's annoying, porhnps, Just about supper tlmo to. hnvo to stop to wash nifty oggsi when tho hens breaks ono, but this is a task that must not be put ore until tomorrow. RAILROAD MAN camo to Chicago, and by sheor pluck and determination secured a good business education. Ho ontorod tho sorvlco of tho Burlington na a stenographer in the trans portation department in 1890. A tow years lator he succeeded his lmmodtato superior and took chnrgo of tho department, as suporlntendont of transporta tion. The Importance of this office has steadily grown under Mr. Dlckeson'a management. t During the recent hearing beforo the Interstate commerce commission in tho famous freight rnto case ho was modo general spokesman for tho railway presidents, his record ns spokesman for tho general managers in tho striko arbitration negotiations having commended him. SUCCESSOR OF William A. Day was eloctod presi dent of tho Equitablo Life Assuranco society to succeed tho lata Paul Mor ton, Mr. Day has been acting as presi dent sinco Mr. Morton's death. Ho has been vice-president of tho company since 1900. Mr. Day acted as special assistant to tho attornoy gonoral in tho intorstato commorco and nntl-trust ensos. Mr. Day's salary , will bo $50,000 a yoar, as against 980,000 n year paid" Mr. Morton, The board went on record in favor of rnutuallzation, continued tho com mittee on mutuallzntion, nnd Instruct ed it to co-operato with tho stato de partment of Insurance, tho trustees nnd Mr. Morgan. Tho voto stood twonty-Blx for Mr. Day nnd threo ugnlnst, and was mndo unanimous.' Thomas Spratt, chair man of tho commlttoo on reorganiza tion, anld thoro was no opposition to Mr. Day on porsonnl grounds, but that tho trustees and Superintendent havo been postponed until a doflnlto ANOTHER FROM Twenty-first ward resident appointed tion. Besides Secretary Flshor, Secretaries Franklin MncYcagh nnd Jacob M. Dickinson, honds of tho tronsury nnd from tho Twenty-first ward, and former Aldorman Francis W. Taylor of tho wnrd recontly wns nnmod ns assistant to Secretary MacVeagh. Qeorgo A. Cnrpontor Is Unltod Statos district Judgo; 'William J. Calhoun, minister to China, nnd Henry T. Doutell, tulnlstor to 8wltzorlnnd. All nro from tho Twenty-first ward. CAPTAIN RESTORED TO DUTY Tho court of sovon roar" admirals which trlod Captain Austin M. Knight, U. S. N., on charges of "culpablo negli gence nnd inotilclcncy in the perform ance of duty" relattvo to tho ordnanco test on tho monitor Puritan, haB re affirmed its original verdict of com ploto nnd honorable acquittal, but Secretary of tho Navy Moyor has dis approved tho findings. Tho officer has been restored to duty, liowovor, and the action rollovcs him ot arrost and formally terminates his trial, Tho conclusion of tho case, with tho secretary's disapproval ot tho verdict, creatod n mild sensation among ofll cors ot tho navy, Tho nothblo court, headed by Rear Admiral Itobley D, Evans, which trlod tho nccused ofllcer, hold its session at th'o Norfolk navy yard. . Attor an exhnustlvo examination ot tho record by tho legal nnd -executive ofllclals ot tho navy department tho seorotnry announced that tho de partment becumo satisfied that tho ovldcnco ot tho trial proved all the speci fications cited against tho olllcor. Tho secrotnry thereupon referred tho enso back to tho court for re consideration. Tho rovlow of tho testimony fnilod to change the opinion of tho court nnd consequently tho vnrdlct of acquittal stands. Captain Knight Is tho sonlor captain of tho navy. By IiIb acquittal and restoration to duty ho probably will bo promoted to tho rank of rear admiral as soon as a vacancy occurs, IS HONORED O. L. Dickcson of tho Chicago, Bur lington & Qulncy Hallway compnny was appointed vico-prcsldont of the Whlto Pass & Yukon route, tho most Important rallwny property tapping tho rich mineral fields of Alnskn. This promotidn comes to Mr. Dick cson after a brilliant record, achieved Iri tbo Chicago and mlddlo west rail road world. As superintendent of transportation of tho Burlington, ha has handled many of the important general policy transactions, not only of tho Burlington, but of all the rail roads centering in Chicago. Mr, Dickeson is a young man. Ha was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1877. His fathor was a pionoor Baptist min ister, and is still living, enjoying a primo old ago, now moro than eighty years of age. Ho recolvod his early education in tho Ottumwa public schools. At tho ago of flftcon ho was compelled to mako his own way. Ho PAUL MORTON Hotchklss bellovod tho election should rnutuallzation plan had been effected. CHICAGO WARD The Twenty-first ward of Chicago, which has already furnished olgbt membors of President Taft's official family, haB boon drawn upon for still another. Snmuol Adams has been appointed by Secretary ofrtho Intorlor Flshor ns hlu first assistant to fill the vacancy causod by tho resignation of Assistant Secrotnry Frank Pierco of Utah, appointed by former Secre tary Balllnger. Mr. Adams waB born at Syracuse, N. Y in 1871. Ho graduated from Harvard in 1892 nnd later studied at tho Harvard Law school nnd tho Northwestorn University Law school Sinco 1893 ho has practiced law In Chicago. For tho past few years ho hns boon a inombor of tho firm of Adnms & Candeo. During tho traction litigation in Chicago ho wns a special counsel for tho city, associated with Walter L, Fisher, now secretary of tho intorlor. Mr, Adams rosldos nt 48 East Elm stroot, and is tho ninth to a position In the Tnft administra war departments, respectively, hall The UtOo boys of twenty years ago- Bad little boys, that la had ono queei trait Which many folic considered crude and low; 'Twaa calculated to exonerate. Cut 'twaa expressive, and 'twas under stood By thoae who saw It though It alwuyt ranked ' With words and actions that were foi from Rood, And boys caught at It sometimes would bo spanked. 'Twaa this: The thumb In lnaolonce wai placed Against the nose-tip and tho flngori spread Fan-wise, derisively; their wiggles traced The "Yah!" tho daring youth must leave unsaid. A silent Jeer a most Insulting Jeer It Hung a challenge to a youthful foe. Or wiggled at the back of teacher deal When from the schoolhouso door sh bado us so. Oh. can't you see a freckled, tow-halrod boy, With two teeth out In front, with twin kling eyes, Who thumbed his noso and made' that sign with Joy When he saw one whom ho must needi desnlso? The grave town marshal who had chased In vain Tho lads who had been robbing orchard trees, Tho brakoman who had kept them from the train, Tho splnstor who would scold In stri dent keys. But now no more times change; so doei tho lad. What newer rudeness now makes cleat his scorn T What docs ho do to mako folk call him bad And vow ho'll rue tho day that ho wai born? But we, old, fat, bald-headed men- How oft there comes a memory that' shows A boy with stono-brulscd feet who spreads again His nngers, with Ills thumb against ins nosoi - SOCIETY NOTE8. air. nna mrs. Kneoriy-uusted are spending eighty dollars end fifty conts at Takem Inn, New Hampshire. Mr. Feerco Tltowadd spent fifty dol lars nt Atlantic City. Otherwise he bad a good timo. Mrs. O. Wnttsurnnfm woro hor two hundrod dollar dross nt tho raatlneo Wednesday. She paid four dollars for her box seat. Miss Vera Glddolgh word her spring complexion at the golf dlnnor.Tuos- day. Miss Olddelgh is always uncon ventlonal. Mr. Domtnor Yett has purchnsod two now pictures for his art gallery. Thoy aro very nttractlve. Ono cost ?3,G00; tho other closo to $4,000. MIbb Ima Frlto was tho contral fig ure In n serious accident Wednesday. Sho was thrown from an nutomoblle and suffered a sprained finger, as well as breaking her ?7G parasol and spoil- mg nor 387 coat. Insult to Injury. Thoro was one n young man who oecame involved in an altercation with a largo, rudo person of' sudden manners, who Kicked htm Aur nf ti,n "house and down the stroot, Whllo ho was being kicked along tho sldowalk tho young man exclaimed: "Sir, you aro heaping Indignities upon moi" "How's that?" domnndod tho person with tho lively foot tm . largo uecuuBu evoryoooy wno sees ua will think that I havo proposed for tno nana or your dnughter." uotntnKing himself that ho would glvo his family tho appoaranco of trying to break into society, tho an gry man doslstod from kicking the youth any further, A Clearlng-House. "That boy of ralno is going to bo an othor Piorpont Morgan or Carnegie,' says tno visibly proud man. "What's ho dono7" asks tho other.' "Why I told him last night I would havo to whip him for somo mlschloi ho had been in, and ho explained to mo that ho had gone Into a combina tion with tho other boys In tho neigh borhood, so that thoy pooled thol punishmonta and rowards, and that at present tho rewards offset tho pun ishments duo threo to ono. Ho of fered to got me tho position ot audi tor for tho crowd." (Copyright, 1911. br Aitoelaud Literary freai.) "Well, what do you think?" Cyrus Standon, regarded tho young physician with undisguised contempt "Examination proves what I sus pected," said Guy quietly. ''If you do not take a comploto rest, you will bo como a physical wreck and possibly n mental ono." "Comploto rest," scoffed Standon, Look here, Dr. Bray; you can lead a patient to tho physician but you can't mnke him tako his prescription. got a rest; a comploto mental and physical relaxation ovdry, nftornoon. tell you there Is nothing llko a gome of golf to sot a tnnn up." "It hns, in part, enabled you to keep up as long as you have," was tho oven answer, "but It will not keep you going forever. Beforo it la too Inte, Mr. Standcn, I urge upon you tho necessity for taking a rest Threo months will set you on your feot ngaln." "That's all nonsense," was. tho im patient roply "I camo here to ploaso Irmn. I thought that It I submitted to an examination, you might pos sibly bo able to porcelve how thor oughly incorrect your absurd theorlos woro. I see that I havo flattered you oven in my somewhat slight estlmato of your skill., Good morning, sir." Slowly Guy closed tho door and went to tho telophono to make an ap pointment to mcot Irmn after ofllco hours. It was nt her request that ho had made the examination and it wns for her sako that ho had withheld re tort in tho faco of Standon's churlish speeches. Bray had won Irma's henrt beforo he had mndo a namo for himself In his profession, nnd It was for her sako moro than for his own that he was anxious to get ahead rapidly. Irma shook her head as Guy gavo his report a little later. "I can't do anything," she cried tearfully. "I havo begged and begged him to tako a rest and ho will not do It Ho rv-3 his golf Is all ho needs." "That's Just the trouble," explalnod Guy. "Ho mnkes his gamo of golf bis excuse for all excoBslvo strains upon his physique. Of courso an hour or so In the open docs him a groat deal of good, but his mind is still on his affairs. He is planning now coups, as ho goes from holo to hole nnd so he docs not gain tho fullest benefit" "Dr, Tracy rocommended it," she explained, "Ho said golf was bettor than all sorts of mcdlctno." "Tracy Is n golf crank himself," ex plained Guy. "Ho is nlso a med ical politician. When ho boos that a prescription is not to his patient's liking ho chnngelt to suit" "What can wo do?" sho asked. "Father, places such implicit faith In Dr. Tracy thnt we ennnot bopo to pro vail. Perhaps it was a mlstako to urgo him to submit to your examination." "Not at all," was tho comforting ro ply. "You did hot mnko a mistake, dear. It Is simply that tho problem is moro difficult than wo anticipated. I'll find n way yot There Is no or ganic trouble. It Is simply that your father's nerves nre nil run down and need a rest a complete rest Ho is colntr to tako it. too.'' "But ho won't listen to you." sho cried. "How will you do It?" "Did you ever hear that homely old proverb that thero was moro than one way of skinning a cat?" ho asked. "I'm going to skin tho follno in 'a dif ferent way sinco tho approved process is objected to. Don't fret and don't contradict your father when ho tells you thnt his golf Is all sufficient And now I havo to run nlong nnd see soma patients,. I will cnll you nn tho 'phono this ovenlng." Bray took his leave and went down tho street with a step as springy ns though tho father ot tho woman ho loved hnd not recontly Intimated that' ho was entiroly lacking in senso. Thoro was n squareness to Bray's clean cut chin that argued that bo would not readily give up tho light, but to Irma, oven with hor faith In Guy Bray, tho outlook scorned black enough. But It'seomed blacker still when her father camo homo to dinner nnd spent tho groater part of the timo tolling what nn lncompotont Bray was. "I saw Tracy this afternoon on tho links," ho concluded. "He says Bray doesn't know what bo's talking about With a lUtlo golf I'm good for 2 years yot." But ag golf had been his panacea, so it became his warning, for the first in timation of a broakdown came In a certain weakness ot stroko. His eyo seomod as clear ns ever, but now tho ball frequently went wide of tho mark. At first it .did not worry Standon much, but as his gamo bocamo worse and worse his nnxlety grow. At last thoro camo n day when tho ball be haved so unaccountably that ho left aftor tho fifth holo and drovo Into town to Beo Tracy. That gonial physician lnughcd at his fears. "Wo all havo our off days," ho re minded. Ho bravely started a gome tho noxt nftornoon, but ha no longer seemed to havo any control over tho ball. At tlmos hp would piny up to hs old form and then tho very next stroke would send tho ball wldo ot tho mark. Once It tell only six Inches from a holo, and yot it required threo strokes to bole. That night Standen sent for Bray. "I don't Kv.ow but what you may bo ? partly right In what you said tho other day," was tho apologetic preface to tho visit. J'Tracy is nn nss." "Dr. Tracy is a very clevor man," defended Guy,- "But wo aro all apt to orr In diagnosis at times. I may havo been wrong In your case." "But you wero not," was tbo onert getio reply. "By George, sir, you called, tho turn. I nm going, wrong. Guy, I used to know your father. I dandled you on my knee when you woro skirts. For tho snko of thoso old tlmos, my boy, try and snvo me. I'm going Insane." "Nonsense," Was tho answer. "You aro not going insane nt nil. You havo overtaxed your norvoua ByBtem nnd It needs a rest, that's all. You show no signs of insanity. Your nffalrs aro in pretty good shnpo just now, aro wiey not?" "Thero's only ono deal pending. I can close thnt out tomorrow it noces nary. It will closo naturally In a week." "Don't be in a hurry," counseled Guy. "Closo up your deal but do not engage in nny new ones until attor your return. Havo tho yacht put in commission to tako a crulso. Go to Bermuda nnd then to Florida and tho West Indies. Don't touch a club or go near a golf links until you roach Nassau, and I'll wnrrant you that by then you'll bo in championship form again." "You'vo given mo new bopo, my boy," ho declared. "I was In nn in ferno until you camo. I'll tnke your prescription faithfully and It 11 works " "It's going to work," was tho laugh ing reply. "I'll stako my professional roputatlon on tho result" Brny and tho sailing master bad laid out tho crulso and it was threo weeks bofore the yacht sailed past Hog Isl and light and irito tho harbor of Nas sau. For a week Standcn had looked forward to tho day when ho could un pack his clubs and play golf again, and ns Boon ns tho customs formalities wore over ho made for tho hotel nnd presently was off for tho links. For a momont his band trembled aa ho plckod up a club but tho troubled, look on his face vanished as tho ball sped true from tho stroko. "Guy was right," ho cried exultant ly. "That waB ono of tho prettiest strokes I over made in my life.. All I needed was n little rest I tell you, Irma, that boy knows his business." . "I thought ho was right," smiled tho girl. "I'm glad that I porsuaded you to go to him." "It was tho most fortunate thing,'- declared Standen ob ho strodo toward the ball. "He's a flno young fellow. -Seemed a littlo bit gone on you, didn't hq?" "Don't talk nonsense," cried Irma with a blush, but her father only shook his head. "It's not nonsense," ho declared vigorously as he watched tho caddlo locato tho .ball. "You go In and win him. That's tho sort of young felloV I want for a son-in-law; nono of theso cheap society dudes." It was moro than tho prescribed tli r 00 months beforo tho Standons came homo. The financier was tnAned by tbo sub-troplcnl sun until ho was as brown as a sailor. His eyo was clear and ns keen ns his appetite. Irma's first call was at Guy's office. "I thought It would work," ho said with a laugh when sho hnd amplified hor mall reports. "AH that your father needed was n rest from worry. Tho troublo was to Induce bim to tako tho rest." "It was fortunnto that his golf failed him," she said. "It seemed al most llko an net of providence." With a lnugh Guy went to his safe and drew from it n pasteboard box. "I told you thero wero moro ways than ono of skinning a cat," he re minded. "This is my patent cat skin ner." He raised the lid ot tho box and dis closed a dozen golf balls. "Thoso nro persuasive pills to be taken ns directed," he explained as ho picked ono from tho box and tossed it upon tho flat-topped desk. Tho ball wabblod drunkenly across the table, nnd falling oft tho side, pursued its erratic cotirso across tho carpet Bray tossed n Becond ono over and this ran more true, but with a doclded variation. "I saw that something must be done to chock tho golf idea," ho explained to the puzzled girl. "I had thoso balls made and tipped your father's caddie to use them instead ot the regulation balls. Thoy aro hollow and aro load ed with a metal ball Inside. Tho first and lightest load took the ball only slightly off its courso. You see what the Inst ono is capablo ot doing. That was the ono that c-.used him to come over to my way of thinking." "And it waa all fi trick?" she cried, half lnughlng, half scandalized. "To think ot what you made poor dad suffer!" "It waa for his 'wn good," defend ed Brny, "nnd, besides, think of what ho mado mo Buffer!" "I think that under tho circum stances," said Irma domuroly, "the employment of thethe cat sklnnof was perfectly permissible. It has given dad back his health and it hns given me you." "No," said Guy tenderly. "It hns given you to mo, and for thnt, dear heart, I'd skin all tho cats in Christendom."