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lOi WILBUR D NEiQBIT
Skinning a Cat
Gone Into
ObiivxoTv
By MARSHALL CROMWELL
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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."
