DOG
Pbomioplc
A STATEHOOD ENTHUSIAST
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I ONO familiarity Induces
tho avorftgo (armor to be
stow nary n socond
thought upon many a (ac
tor In (arm llfo that bo
JBI would discover, whoo ho
it, plays a most Important
part in tho routine o(
rural oxlstonco. Among
those things nnlmnto and
Inanlmato o( whoso Influ
onco wo aro so dimly
conscious a promlnont place should
be Accorded to "tho (arm dog," or
probably It would bo bettor to soy the
(Ann dogs, (or it Is rathor unusual (or
ia farmer to liavo only one canlno
faolpur nnd ho may possess hair a
dozen, without giving any more
thought to the subject than the aver
ago city man would have to bostow
upon one small (our-footed servitor.
, For all that the busy and preoccu
pied farmer accepts the presence of
pLflppppH
i
i fvuriu dog so niMch as a mattor
of course It Is noticeable that the
favored animal seems to have apme
mission as "man's best (riend" that
requires his presence on all occasions.
Certainly a trip to town would be In
complete without Rover romping
along, barking teaslngly and snapping
playfully at the patient Dobbin or
leaning out 61 the tonnuau to bay at
passing vehicles if his master has arrived .at tho
luxury o( an automobile. And In nlno cases out
of tea the (armor and his family could not drop
contentedly off to slumber at night without the
aiWHrajice that one or tnpre dogs aro on watch to
give quick warning of anything out of the or
dlnary,
The dog on tho (arm holps In a vnrloty of ways,
tyt It Is a question after all whothor his great
est value does not He In tho companionship ho
affords, The farmer and the farmer's wife, par
ticularly if they live In an tsolatod locality, would
be nighty lonely at times save for the (nltbful
dog and a lone child on a farm, with no play
mates within several miles, might be hard put
to It (or amusement were it not (or tho seK-samo
animal proverbially patient under chlldUh ty
ranny and ever roady to Join In any diverting
jproject. And, since moat peoplo consider big
doga the beat companions, tho farmer Is fortu
natn In his ability to choose with reference to
much preference. The city man living in a house
In a row or, worao yet, cooped up In a Hat, finds
-the term "house dog" synomolis with small size,
but hi tho country, where tho average home has a
targe lawn and the dwelling has wide porchos,
there need be no line of dlHcriminatlou drawn be
tween the house dog and the "out doora dog."
Closely linked to the sentimental value of the
tfarm dog aj a companion Is the worth of the serv
ile he renders as a guardian of llfo and proporty
on the farm. It Is not merely, (or lnstanco, that
sweh a dog can 'servo as companion (or tho farm
er's wire when she is left alono, but hotter yet,
keep. Volumes havo been written rogurdlng tho
romnrkablo tntolltgonco and Judgment displayed
by tho shophord dogs of this nnd other countrlos
in minding Hocks of sheep and thousands of dogs
are today doing men's work In this flold. Similar
ly ofTlclont sorvlco Is performed vory froquontly
by dogs In assisting to drive cattle to markot or
to tho railroad yards and oven In tho more doll
cato work of "rounding up" poultry. Finally thoro
aro a hundred minor services as, for example that
porformod by tho hunioroua farm dogs that have
been taught by tbolr masters to moot tho rural
(roo dollvory carrier each day and to bring to tho
(arm houso tho mall and tho dally paper. This
Is a big tlmo-saver (or tho (armor when, as Is so
often tho caso, tho It. 1 D. box Is located a con
slderablo dlutanco from tho dwelling.
Some porsqns have oven predicted that tho
time will come In America when somo o( our
fanners will employ dogs as thoy do In Holland
and other foreign countries to draw tho carts of
milk to tho creameries and do other work that wo
now entrust to horsos, but this prediction is not
gonorally ncceptod becauso of tho great distances
Involved In this country. Howcvor, thoro Is no
reason why, tho UBQtulnesB of Intelligent canines
should not bo still further developed and cortnln
ly as the "automobllo habit" spreads In tho rural
communities tho (armors are going to And dogs In
dispensable In one more direction, (or It has boon
proven that thoro Is uo detorront llko a dog that
looks as though bo moant business (or warning oft
tho Joy ridqro who aro wont to appropriate nuto-
a dog oa the (arm has a bearing on
tho case. As a sheep dog or Indeed
for any duty In connoctlqn with
"minding tho stock" there Is no dog
to compare with the faithful collie.
And tho collie 1b a mighty fine all
around dog, too. Proverbially good
tompored and gentle and possessing
tho highest order of Intelligence, he
Justifies by tho possession of good
qualities his bandsomo appearance.
And finally, bo It said In his favor
that if a (armer desires to establish
a canine colony (or profit there is no
class of dogs that will sell more
readily or bring bettor prices than
tho coIIIob.
The old-fashioned Newfoundland
dogs that woro onco tho favorite
playfellows of tho tots on tho farms
Booms to havo disappeared for tho,
most part. In their placo wo now
havo tho Great Dauos and tho rough
Iind smooth-coated St. BornardB. Tho
attor, alow and ponderous 4n raovo.
nent, will put up. with any amount
of pulling nnd pummollng by child
ish hands and thoy aro usually a very
saloablo dog If pure-blooded. Hounds
of ono kind or another are to bo
found on many American farms and
go likewise nro hunting dogs, such as
pointers, particularly In districts
whero tho farmers have tho time and
tho Inclination to go out after Bmall
gamo in season. On most (arms the
dogs mako their headquarters In tho barn or sta
bio or in somo ono of tho outbuildings, but an In
creasing numbor of country gentlomon havo tak
en to providing dog houses of greater or less pre
tentions and pn the estates of somo wealthy Amer
icans, such as J. Piorpont Morgan, thoro aro ken
nels that cost a good deal moro than tho barn of
tho nveroge prosperous farmer.
Tho bulldog Is famous as a watch dog on the
(arm and thoro aro many (arms nil up and down
the land whero ono o( thoso pugnaclouB boasts Is
considorod ludlsponBablo. However, ttio seem
ing inability o( many a bulldog to distinguish be
tween (riend and (oo has put tho clan In bad favor
on many a (arm whero thoro nro numerous unex
pected callorB or whero summer boardors from
tho city aro included in the housohold in vaca
tion season. The smaller dogs such as the Boston
and fox terriers, the black and tans, etc., are well
roprosonted on tho farms. Such dogs aro more
dependable than some of tho heavier specle3 (or
duty as watch dogs Insldo dwellings or (arm build
ings and If the canine family bucomos too nu
merous It is usually easy to tldn a market In the
city for tho surplus, tho city folks being partial
to the3o small dogs. Ono thing that tho farm
dogs havo had to learn of lato years Is a respect
(or tho automobiles that whiz past at scandalous
speed. Not a few valuable dogs woro killed on
the rural roads oro tho moaning of the now men
ace was learned.
moblloo that thoy find standing unguarded In tho
he is able to offer vory tangible protection (romBtroot?,1or.Jn .m.arli.0tBPa,co r at Wcnla .
anoyance by tramps or otl.or unwelcome vis- " ' "X" , "
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BIRD3FI0HT THEIR IMAGES,
Mora, Similarly the Intelligent canlno can oxer
clso an almost human watchfulnoss ovor tho chil
dren when thoy aro out of sight and out of hoar
Ing of their elders, and in proof of tho dog's ca
pabllHlon In thla role It is only nocossary to point
to the very frequent roocues from drownings In
which dogs play the part of lioroos.
At night when tho farmer and his family aro
asleep this vigilance on tho part of alert canines
In an almost Invaluable safeguard and under ldoal
conditions It affords tho furmor as good or hotter
protection than cau bo claimed for his city cousin
residing on a street patrolled by pollcomcn. It is
because of tho diverse responsibilities ot this
night sentry work that many a shrewd (armer
thinks It wise to keep not merely ono good dog,
but tbroo or (our, With one dog inside the houso
and aHotbor outside the building and with other
dogs liiKldo and outside the barn the (armer nood
feave IKtle (ear that ho will lack (or warnings
nhpuld anything out of tho ordinary transpire,
Those dogs can bo dopondod upon, moreover, not
only, co give warning of tho approach of trespass
ers, but they nro equally serviceable as alarmists
hei;ld fire break out of should nny of tho, stock
cot toose in tho night or Invade tho food bins,
flfcch canine services, tangible as Is their value,
are by no moans ail the responsibilities that
grateful dogs assurne n roturn fQr their modest
exhausts tho possibilities of tho subject On nil
Increasing number of (arms It has been (ound
that dogs can bo mado a oourco of actual revonuo.
This Is accomplished by breeding blooded dogs
(or tho market. It Is of nocosslty a "side line"
to bo suro, but It can bo mado a most profltablo
ono, (or flno dogs bring big prlcos nnd the (armer
has tho (acllltloa (or breeding dogs undor tho best
conditions without n fraction of tho Investment
that would bo required of a man who established
a konnel on a tract of land Used for no other pur
pose Morcovor tho farmer's wife nnd children
can do most of tho work ot caring for tho dogs,
Just as thoy do In so many Instances in tho case
of the poultry, Thero la not much danger that
it will prove IrkBomo either, for there is nothing
moro amusing than tho avorago puppy, and ho
does not as a ruto require that oxtremo solicitous
' caro that must bo bestowed upon somo othor
classes ot pot stock.
Tho spoclos of dogs which may most advan
tageously bo seloctod ns farm holporn is, of courso,
a matter of Individual opinion and thoro nro al
most aB many dlfforont oplutons on tho Bubjoct as
with tho regard to tho ago at which peoplo should
marry. Naturally, personal preferences on tho
part of tho farmer and tho mbmbors of his family
otttlmes have much to do with a cholco npd then
again sort ot assistance that Is desired from
But So Do Fish, for That Matter. According to
Darwin.
A correspondent (or the Scotsman recently re
ported what ho doscrlbod as the "curious froak" ot
a blackbird Hying against a parlor window many
tlmos at tbo oamo Bpot continuously. Such an In
cident Is not uncommon. Birds havo boen known
to light tor hours at a tlmo, day attor day, with
their own Imago rottected in a pano ot glass, peck
ing and fluttering against tho pano and qulto ex
hausting themselves In tholr fury to demolish the
supposed rival. It la another lnstanco ot how the
arts of our civilization corrupt and confuse tho
birds.
It Is tho samo with Hshos. Darwin tells a
story ot a pike In an aquarium soparated by plate
glass from dsn which were Its proper food. In
trying to got ut tho fish tho plko would often dash
with such violence against tho glass as to be com
pletely stunned. It did this for more than three
months before It learned caution. Thon whoa
tho glass was removed tho plko would not attack
thoso particular fish, but would devour others
freshly Introduced.
William II. Andrews, knows tor
years In Pennsylvania politics as
"Bull," Is highly olatod ovor the ad
mission of Now Mexico along with
Arizona, and id making no effort to
conceal it
Andrews became a resident ot thq
Territory somo years ago, and has
represented it in congress as Terri
torial delegate. He hopes to be a son,
lator from the new state, in which h
'claims twenty-five years' resldonco.
"Tho happiest moment I havo had
since I took up my homo in Now Mox
lco was at tho White Houso when,
President Taft latd tho pen asldo that
trucod his signature on the bill giv
ing the glorious old Territory state
hood," said tho rejoicing "Bull." x
"I say it was tho happiest moment I
have had slnco I became a New Mex
ican becauso it ondod a long, woary
nnd at times discouraging struggle
which I pursued first as an Individual,
then aB a representative of tho peoplo here for admission to tho Union.
"For me that struggle was continuous for twenty-tlvo years soventcen in
tho Territory and eight horo."
"Will Now Mexico bo a crodlt to tho Union?" continued Mr. Andrews en
thusiastically. "Will she shoulder tbo new responsibility now resting upon
her with honor? My answor is: Watch her." '
EDUCATOR WHO WAS OUSTED
Alay Wasn't Slow.
Pa Munn I want Helen to marry a buslnosa
man. She's going to get nil my money.
Algy That's grand! What business' woud you
like to sot mo up In T Philadelphia Bulletin.
Although only two months had
elapsed since his first wlte committed
Bulcldo, Prof. Charles W. Mlnard,
principal ot tbo Marquette school In
Chicago, was" secretly remarrlod to
Mrs. BCssie Belenger, and the cbuplo
are now living on a Wisconsin farm
belonging to tbo much-discussed school
principal.
Mtnard has been formally suspend
ed by the board of education. He waa
first called before the committee early
in June, following tho death ot his
wife, Mrs. Mattle R. Mlnard, who
commlttod suicide June 1, during an
unoxplalnod absence ot her husband.
At that timo tho schoolmaster mado
an explanation and was retained In
his position.
Among his associates, the school
principal had a reputation for domes
tic perfection. His personal habits
woro described ns ideal. Ho waa
novor known to smoke, drink or
gamble. From tho butsldo, tho life
between tho aged couplo appeared as near1 a thing of porfoct romance aa the
song of Darby and Joan. Everything indicated an untroubled old age and a
tranquil ending.
Then enmo the explosion. Mrs. Mlnard committed suicide during a strange
24-hour nbsenca of her husband. It is said now that he was with Mrs. Bolon
gor. When he came back ho refused to account detlnltely for his whoro-.
nbouts. Ho seemed stricken with grief at his wire's death. It was a day be
fore it. was discovered that sho Had taken carbolic acid. The bottle from,
which Mrs. Miunrd drank tho acid has never boen found.
Nowa of tho marriago, coupled with reports of a long Intimacy botweon
tho two, shod a riow light on tho dual charactor of Profossor Minard, "Ideal
husband." Tho woman whom ho haa mnrrlod is different In ovory way from
his formor wife. Instead of bolng a woman of culture and education, her llfo
has boon filled with the hardness which comes from poverty. Lott a widow
with five children six years ago, sho worked as a seamstress until last winter.
FIGURE IN LABOR DISPUTE
J. W. Kline, general presldont ol
tho International Brotherhood of
Blacksmiths nnd. Helpers, has been
brought into tho limelight by the dlB.
pute between tho 25,000 mochanlcal
workmen on tho Harriman railroads
and tho management of tho systom,
KUno's hendquarters aro in Chicago,
but presidents of othor crafts in
volved havo headquarters along tho
coast.
Mr. Klino was the flrBt blacksmith
to resont the introduction of tho prri
mium system on the Harriman linos
years ago and started tho Btriko ot
blacksmiths. Ho conducted this light
vietoriously. Mr. Klino is forty-eight
years old, married and lives with his
wifo nnd family In Chicago.
Ho has boon a blacksmith fpr thlrtj
years. Ho Joined the International
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Help
ers, which organization now numbers
20,000 morabors, In 1890. Ho was elect
ed a member of tho general executive
board nt tho Buffalo convontlon ot 1901 and his first nctlvo work was In the
strlko on tho Union Pacific railroad, n Harriman lino, In 1903 and 1904.
In tho latter part of 1904 ho was oloctcd second vlco-prosldent at tho St
Louis convontlon.
In 1905 ho was elected general president nnd editor nnd manager of tholr
official Journal. Ho was ro-olocted at tho Milwaukee convention in 1907 with'
out opposition and again at tho Pittsburg convontlon in 1909.
SWIFTEST GLOBE GIRDLER
Tho latest globo-trottor and tho
BWifteBt who has over sought to glrdlo
the world against tlmo, Andro Jagor
Schmldt, wound up his trip in Paris
with a 'round-tho-world record in ,39
days and 18 hours.
Jagor-Schmldt Is n nowspaper man
and ono dny was foolhardy enough to
tell tho editor-in-chief of his paper
that tho world could bo girdled in 40
days. "Thon go and do it," said tho
chlot.
Tho young newspaper man made
preparations for bla 'round-the-world
tour nnd completed his trip In loss
than 40 days. Ho landed nt Cher
bourg, Franco, aud at onco entored a
waiting aeroplano and flow to the
French metropolis, Among iho noted
cltloa ho has vlsltod nro Moscow,
Omsk, Irkutsk, Harbin, Vnldlvostok,
Montreal and Now York. i
Attor first leaving Paris ho did not
sleop in a stationary bed with tho ox
coption of a fow hours In Montreal
nnd ono night In Now York, That was ono of his complaints mado In New.
York. Sleeping on trains and steamships is taxtng on tho nerves and does not
give tho satisfying rest tho system craves,
JagerSchmjdt ia twonty-soyon yoara old, tall, athlotlc and blonde and
with tho vivacious manner ot his race, v ,