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AT NIGHT SESSIONS
Livelier Scenes In Congress Than
In Daytime.
ENJOYED BY "SOCIETY FOLK
Debates of the Lower House at These
Times Especially Are Likely To
Be Vitriolic One Closing
Night of Song.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Woahlngtoi. la tho deslro to ad
journ, congress probably will begin
holding night sessions soon; In fact,
thoy may bo tho ordor at any mlnuto.
When night sessions aro going on the
capltol Is a picturesque and lively
place. Prom without tho great build
ing It looks llko what In a sense It
really Is, an illuminated palace ot
white, tho thousands of lights showing
through hundreds and It may bo
thousands of windows.
Washington society takes advantage
of night sesslous of congress for an
opportunity to visit the capltol. So
ciety In the main Is not great on early
day outings and It Is only occasionally,
when drawn by some big event, that
tho social leaders go to Capltol Hill
oven In tho late afternoon. Tho novel
ty of a night session attracts not only
society, so-called, but thq thousands
of visltora In Washington and other
thousands of residents who, working
all day, get little opportunity to see
the law makcrB at their labor In tho
daylight hours. Tho galleries at their
night sessions almost always aro
crowded.
Debates Livelier at Night.
Night sessions, especially when the
day sessions have begun at 11 o'clock,
seem to got on the nerves of tho mem
bers of both houses and one Is much
more apt to hear a vitriolic debate
and to witness the losing of tempers
at night than ho Is in the daytime.
Tho night before tho day of adjourn
ment is always a gala time in tho low
er house. As a rule then the houso is
through with Its business for the ses
sion and Is simply waiting on the sen
ate to catch up. The senators work
away tho last night harder than they
have worked at any other night of tho
session, whllo the house members fre
quently give themselves over to play.
It Is rather sad to relate, but occa
sionally tho plar In tho houso becomes
something more serious than play. If
tho day has been long and hot and tho
debates have been sharp and bitter,
and especially If politics has been
touched upon, tho members aro led
from play to something more serious
and whllo names need not bo men
tioned, there have boon one or two oc
casions when tho last night of the
session of tho house has developed
healthy rows.
One Famous Closing Night.
'It Is probable that the most pic
turesque of night sessions of congress
In many years was that whlch'wound
up the long session of the year 1904.
Tho adjournment was well along Into
tho early summer. Congress was
tired and wanted to get away; the
houso had ended its work completely
except for the mere details of closing
and tho members gave themselves
over to frolicking.
On that night tho sceno of which
likely is to bo reproduced this year
every representative In the chamber
was given an American flag and with
it thore was handed to him a song
book. Tho night was spent in flag
waving, in Blng4ng and in telling sto
ries. West Point Frolics.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Barry is tho
superintendent ot the United States
Military Academy. If tho war de
partment wero to believe all the
reports that come In, General Barry
Is having a hard time of It In
enforcing discipline. Government of
ficials, however, have always taken
with more than a grain ot salt stories
that come out of West Point Gen
erally they have been found to grow
In tho coming.
Major Geueral Barry was sent to tho
Military academy as superintendent
after a notable career In Cuba and in
tho Philippines, and with a fine record
for eillclency and maintenance of disci
pline. Tho last story which camo
from West Point was to tho effect that
tho superintendent virtually put tho
whole corps of cadets under arrest
whllo ho was trying to find out which
of the flvo hundred odd boys it was
who yelled "Fore for the supe." Foro
1b a golf term, as everybody knows,
and General Barry, It was said, hear
ing tho codet'B words through an open
window of the mess hall, took them as
being subversive of discipline and as
having the ring of Impertinence in
them. lie did not find out who It was
that had used tho offending words,
but the story of his method and ot a
, good many other things connected with,
tho Incident were found lo be untrue.
Every time anything happens at West
Point which Is enlarged in tho telling
there are intimations that congress
will start Itu-jstlgatlng, but the
chances are that congress In this caso
will have nothing to do.
How Things Are Started.
To give an idea of how attempts are
made frequently to start tho war de
partment "going" with stories about
West Point, It should bo said that In
connection with this General Barry
matter, which waH a trlvlalty In Itself,
It was said the affair at the academy
wps tho most tremendous disciplinary
broach In a quarter pf a century and
that tho only thing which equaled It In
tho history of tho government Institu
tion was when the cadets ot 25 yoars
ago mannged to hnul tho levoiiie
and sunset gun up to tho top
of tho barracks and thoro discharge
It, to tho smashing of a few win
dows nnd tho breaking of many
regulations.
Tho class of 1880 wanted In some
way to mnrk tho incoming ot tho year
of their graduation. So its members
resolved to hnvo a colebratlon at tho
stroke of twclvo at midnight ot the
Now Year, January 1, 1880. Now this
affair at tho academy, Instead of be
ing a mero matter of taking a cannon
on tho roof and firing It off, was really
n terrific outbreak of noise, confusion
and regulntlon breaking. Some mem
bers of tho corps had been given a
Christmas leavo of three days, and
on their return from Now York they
brought to tho academy a largo quan
tity of fireworks, which they hid In n
convenient placo after they landed at
tho dock. Later these fireworks woro
transferred to barracks and hid In
mattresses and from that time until
the night of December 31, tho evo of
Now Year, a great many cadots slept
on veritable mines.
Fired Off All the Guns.
A dotnehment of cadets tolled off
Tor tho purpose went down to tho river
early on the night of Docember 31 and
loaded all tho seacoast guns, the siege
battery gun, and old Binooth-boro guns
of Battery Knox. At ten minutes be
fore midnight 20 endets left barrack3
and made their wny to tho river bat
teries. At the stroke of 12 they be
gan pulling tho lanyard and It was
"roar and boom nnd tear" from every
gun along tho plateau's front. Tho
echoes wero awakened far up tho Hud
son to Nowberg and down to Sing
Sing. It sounded as If tho post were
under bombardment, and In a twink
ling tho wholo post was up, officers
running hero nnd there In half waked
condition, not knowing Just what had
happened. Across tho parade ground
came tho veteran General Schofleld in
hi3 uniform, but with something whlto
showing which proved that ho had not
completely tucked In his clothes In his
hurry to get dressed.
Simultaneously with tho bombard
ment every window In barracks was
opened and forth camo fiery sky rock
ets, roman candles and all tho other
similar devices known to tho Ingenu
ity of man. In addition to this 75
members of tho plebo class had
devil's fiddles which had been manu
factured under cover, ftound shot were
rolled down tho iron-bound stall 3, and
the uproar and the firing and confu
sion were, In modern slang, "some
thing fierce."
The wholo corps was put under ar
rest and later every man had all his
privileges taken away from him, and
thoy woro kept away for flvo months.
English Sparrow as Food.
One of tho expert biologists of
tho department of agriculture, Mr.
Ned Doarborn, says that the Eng
lish sparrow is a pest, a thing
which hardly needed repetition, and
that one way to get rid of them 1b to
eat them.
Mr. Dearborn has Issued a bulletin
telling how to trap English sparrows,
how to shoot them and how to cook
and eat them. He says that sparrows
as food compare favorably with tho
best kinds of smaller game. Years
ago some ono tried to lnduco tho peo
plo of tho congested districts in tho
cities to eat English sparrows.
Ono can learn from tho agricultural
department If the members should
chooso to write about It or tell about
It that there aro scores of animals
In tho United States which no one,
thinks of eating and yet which are
perfectly delicious food when properly
cooked. Can anyone Imagine a man
eating a skunk? And yet a skunk
properly prepared Is by no means to
he desplwfid It Is'sald that tho edi
bility of tho skunk wns learned by an
experimenter who noticed that great
homed owls were very fond of skunks
and ttiat they would catch them, kill
them and eat them In preference to
rabbit. So ono experimenter tried tho
skunk and found that the meat was
better than that of the rabbit.
A great many peoplo know that the
muskrat Is good eating. Tho govern
ment's scientists found this out a long
time ago and they have, written bulle
tins about the muskrat as food. It has
been found that tho name rat destroys
people's appetites for this creaturo.
in tho markets ot Baltimore and oc
casionally In Washington mu'skrats
are sold In large quantities, but are
they called muskrats? No, they are
called marsh rabbits.
Snakes Good to Eat.
Some men squirm at tho thought ot
eating eels, whlto others eat them and
consider them tho best of fish. If an
eel, why not a snake? Down In tho
southwest rattlesnakes have boon
eaten frequently with no bad results
Tho flesh of the rattler Is said to b6
whlto and of good flavor. An army of
ficer who was also a great ornltholo
gist. Cnptaln flendlre, once was given
some rattlesnake to eat. Ho did not
know what It was but pronounced It
mighty good. Later he was told what
he had eaten and although In hU
tramping afield ho had been compelled
mnny a time to eat all kinds of thing,
tho tliought that ho had eaten a snake
was too much for him nnd naturo re
volting, ho parted with his breakfast.
A good many field scientists say
that It Is prejudlco alono which pre
vents men from eating what they
might eat and perhaps In tho Interest
Of economy ought to eat. Thero la
vegetable matter which some people
regard as poisonous and against which
thero Is other prejudice and yet mnny
of the wild vegetables of tho field are
wholesome and If thoy wero trans
planted to the garden could bo raised
In quantities and be sold for good
prices In tho market that Is, provided
the namo could bo changed and tho
prejudlco could bo killed.
DENMARK'S
KING CHRISTIAN X.
INGE
Officially Made Ruler of Denmark
By Cabinet Council.
GREAT BRITAIN IN MOURNING
Flags Throughout Europe Are at Half
Mast In Memory of Danish Mon
arch, Who Succumbs in
Hamburg.
Copenhagen, May 17. Crown Prince
Christian was officially proclaim
ed king of Denmark by the cab
inet council at Copenhagen Wednes
day uon the receipt of the nows of
the death of his father, Frederick
VIII.
The body will Ho In state in tho
chapel or Chrlstianborg palace at Co
penhagen. The funornl will tako place
on May 24, tho services being conduct
ed in tho cathedral at Uosklldo, which
Is 19 miles from Copenhagen. Tho
cathedral contains the tombs of most
of the Danish kings.
Warship Escorts Body.
Hamburg, Germany, May 17. Ac
companied by Dowager Queen Louise
and threo of her children, the body of
King Frederick VIII. of Denmark, who
dropped dead In tho street hero Tues
day night, was shipped for Lubec on
n special funeral train. Tho be
reaved queen waB prostrated with
grief and was under tho caro of two
physicians. Tho entire royal suite was
in mourning and showed evidences of
deepest grief.
Tho three royal children who ac
companied tho queen were Prlnco Gus
tav and Princesses Tngmnr nnd Thyra.
They were Inconsolable over tho
denth of their father and Insisted that
tho private coach In which the coffin
was carried should ho strewn with
white roses.
Warship Acts as Escort.
From Lubec tho body was carried
lo Travemunde, which 1b nine miles
north of that city on Noustadt bay.
Thero it was taken on board tho Dan
ish ship Dannebrog, which, convoyed
by a Danish warship, will carry tho
remains of the late monarch to Copen
hagen. The coffin containing the royal body
was carried from tho Hamburger, Hot
hotel to tho railway station early in
tho day as .the train was scheduled to
leave at 9 o'clock. The hotel was
draped In black and at a very oarly
hour a crowd of curious had gathered
to see tho cortege leavo for tho railway
station. Tho members of the royal
family and tho suite wero conveyed in
.closed carriages. Dowager Queen Lou
ise wnB dressed entirely In black and
held n handkerchief to her faco
Telegrams of condolence from nil
Hit by 11.0C0 Volts; Lives.
Now York, May 17. Samuel Ehr
hardt, a porter connected with Buffalo
Bill's Wild West company, was walk
ing on top of ono of the animal car.
In tho Mount Vernon freight yards
when his head camo In contact with
ono of tho foed wires which furnish
tho electricity for traliiB. Thoro was
a blinding flash and Ehrhardt was hurl
ed from tho car to the road bed. Elev
en thousand volts had struck him. He
was taken to the Mount Veinon hospital.
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NEW RULER
parts of tho world poured In here.
Those that came after tho departure
of tho Danish royal party were for
warded to Copenhagen.
Tho queen mother and hor children
will accompany tho remains to Copen-,
hagou on tho Dannobrog.
Troops Act as Escort.
Frederick's body was convoyed from
tho Hamburg Hof hotel to tho rallwayi
station with full military honors. A'
company of the Soventh Imperial Ger
man Infantry had beon provided for
an escort and tho soldiers wero accom
panied by tho regimental band. Tho
troops carried cased colors ot tho
regiment In honor of tho dead. Tho
streets wero lined with solid masses
of humanity. Many stood with bowed
heads as the cortege passed. '
Flags upon nil tho buildings In tho
city woro at half-mast.
,The king's body had been Inclosed
In a coflln of steel and oak, In keeping
with tho simplicity of his life.
King Frederick VIII., nccompanled
by Queen Loulso nnd their nldoa and
attendants, was on his way to tho 111
verla, where physicians had advised
him to go to recuperate trom tho ef
fects of a severe attack of Influenza
and Incipient pneumonia, of which ho
was recently tho victim.
A long motor rldo through tho damp
air Is believed to havo brought on a ro
lapse, and his lnslstenco on walking
through the streets In tho chill night
air, desplto the entreaties of his at
tendants, is thought to have aggra
vated his condition.
Queen Louise Hysterical.
When Queen Loulso wns Informed
that tho body of a mnn or rank, richly,
dressed, had been found near tho wa
ter front she became hysterical and,
with a strange premonition of evil, -do-f
clared that It was the king. No do-'
scrlptlon of tho body had been glvon
nnd members of the suite ridlculod tho
Idea that the body found almost at tho
entrnnco of the docks was that of
their sovereign.
Tho body had been carried to a pub.
lie hospital ward, and after llfo was
declared extinct n search revealed doc
uments identifying It as that or Count
Kronherg. This, although tho local
authorities did not know it, was ono of
tho king's titles and was adopted by
him nB nn Incognito.
Tho Instant that tho queen entered
tho barely furnished ward sho recog
nized the corpse as that ot her hus
bnnd, and In n paroxysm or grief
threw herself across tho cot on which
the body lay.
Physicians hastened to hor sldo and
she was led, sobbing, from tho room.
Restoratives were applied and when
she became mure calm sho ordered
that the body he removed to tho Ham
burg Hof hotel with all possible dis
patch. Great Britain In Mourning.
London, May 17 Flags on nil pub
He buildings and government olflces
are at half-mast In mcmoiy or tho
king of Denmark. This Is tho second
time this year the British court tins
been plunged Into mourning, nnd tho
social season, now in full swing, will
bo seriously affected
Urge Woman Be Beatified.
St. limls, Maj 17. Thomndamesof
Sacied Heart convent havo coinmls
sloncd Theophllo Papln, Jr., of 37C5
Llndell boulevurd to go to Homo to
presont tho testimony of certain mem
bers of old families hero before tho
commission of Uev. Mother Duchesno,
founder of tho Sacred Henrt ordor in
America.
This commission of cardinals' con
sideration of tho beatification of Moth
er Duchesno is tho socond stop In tho
long process In canonization.
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MAKING YOUR OWN BROODER
Directions and Illustrations Given of
Suitable Shelter for tho '
Little Chickens.
In describing n brooder that sho had
constructed horself and usod success
fully, Mrs. Bello Stllos says in tho
Missouri Vnlloy Farmer:
A box 2V4 foot wldo by 3V4 or 4 feot
long Is mndo of matched lumber, eight
Inches deep Inside measure. A box
cover six inches deep is hinged to
DOOR
END VJEV OF BOX- COMPLETE
CYLINDER
WATER PLUG
Home-Mado Brooder.
ono sldo, nnd Is hinged again In tho
center. A notch la made In each ond
of tho box ono-thlrd of tho way across
from tho hinged sldo, with correspond
ing notches in tho covor, nnd In these
notches rests a cylindrical tank for
healing the broodor. Windows should
bo put In the front, and a door in ono
end. Small holes should bo bored In
the ends of tho cover for ventilation,
Tho cylinder tank 1b mado of gal-
XJMP
With Tank In Place.
vanlzod tin, with a hollow tubo
through tho center of such a bIzo that
bent from a lamp can bo turnod in
with nn olbow. On tho top of tho cyl
inder thero should ho a scrow plug for
putting in wator. Tho tnnk when filled
with water Is heated by tho hot air In
tho hollow tubo. This conter tubo
should bo long enough to oxtond
through tho brooder box nnd to tho
lamp set outside. Tho box should bo
carpeted with paper or litter, tho tank
put in plnco and filled with boiling
water, tho lamp put in position and
tho brooder allowed to warm up bo
fore tho chicks aro put In. When in
position tho cylinder should be two
inches from tho bottom. After the
heat Is up tho lamp may ho turned
very low. If tho chicks aro too warm
tho covor may bo raised and a stick
slipped undor tho edgo to glvo moro
air. Don't overcrowd. Glvo planty of
warm water in cold weather. Don't
overheat. Glvo plenty of grit. Koep
clean. It's a Joy to ralso chickens by
this method, and these brooders if
properly cared for will last for yoars.
MARGIN OF PROFIT AND LOSS
Record of the Cost of Production and
Sales Will Determine Whethor
Hens Are Paying.
A flock of hens should bo made to
pay a good dividend on tho invest
ment. If they do not do this thoro is
something radically wrong some
whoro nlong tho line.
If you havo kept a record of tho
cost of production and tho sales you
will ho ahlo to toll whether or not
your hons aro paying. Hens that are
laying an avorngo of 50 or GO per cent,
nre doing woll and will make n good
showing; on tho right Bldo of tho cash
book. Any avoragos above that will
be so much moro gain and will moro
thnn Justify keeping tho birds.
If they fall way below thlB mark
you bettor Inveatlgato and And out
tho cause of tho trouble. It may bo
that you havo a poor strain of birds,
thnt you aro not feeding tho right
kinds of foods or In sufficient quan
tities, or that you aro not giving thom
tho proper attention that they must
havo in ordor to bo great producers.
Studying Needs of One Breed.
It Is poor policy for a heglnnor to
endeavor to keep novernl breeds of
poultry. Tho probabilities aro that ho
will give them all llko attention nnd
food when thoy noed to ho treated
according to their naturnl dispositions
and peculiar neods.
Tho rosults aro that ho will favor n
certain breed becauso they do better
for him, when In reality tho others
would havo done Just as well If thoy
had received the treatmont which was
duo them. Do not attempt too much
but select n breed and then a varloty
and stick to them.
Discard Mongrels.
Mongrel fowls should not bo kept
for egg production bocauso tho oggs
will bo uniform neither In color nor
size. This factor of Itself Is of enough
Importance to lnduco ono to select n
puro breed, oven though the mongrels
might possibly lay aB woll aa tho pure
bred fowlB, but this Is very doubtful,
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Uln hair wns long; his eyes wero sot
Deep tn Ida head aa they could get
Conveniently.
Ho held his poom In his hnnd;
Vho editor said, grave nnd grand:
"Head It to me."
"Tho llttlo breezo crept down and sighed."
Ho read, the editor then cried:
"If that's a fact
That llttlo breezo that crept and slghod
Stato Just how long It was, and wldo;
rienso bo oxact."
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Tho poet flushed and read some morn:
"Tho babbling brook Its messaga boro"
Tho editor
Domnnded then to know tho causa
Of tho brook's babbling "And who was
Tho messago for?"
The poet hitched nbout, and thou
Head from his manuscript ngnln
In flustered tones:
"Tho groaning trees beat hands and
cried"
Tho editor naked, steely-eyed:
"What caused tho groans?"
Tho poet Just read on soma moro;
"Tho swooping swallows skimmed tho
shoro"
And then tho grim
Old editor naked, soft and low:
"Those swallows I should llko to know
"What did they skim?"
The poet clutched his poem then'
And did not rend a line again
Ho'd naught to say
Until the editor asked for
Its name: ho told tho editor:
"They Dying Day."
"Oho!" tho editor smiled time,
"Obituary verse you pen
And It Is flue.
Tho advertising manager
Will print tho verses for you, sir
So much per lino."
Tho poet rose, nnd straightway took
Ills groaning 'trees and babbling "brook
Outsldo the door:
And O, If poets over swoar
That Is, If such things thoy would dare
I think ho swore."
THE HOMEBODY.
Whon your old plpo becomes too
strongyou mny easily remedy It by
boiling It In mlllt for several hours,
then giving it to tho Janitor.
A noat nnd effective way ot keeping
your cravata within easy reach and
at tho samo tlrao preventing their get
ting wrinkled 1b to stretch a wire from
wall lo wall of your room and sus
pending them from it
Never lenvo your wot umbrella to
dry of itsolf. This Is apt to rot tho
material or to rust tho ribs. Closo It
and place it in tho oven over night.
Boot trees nre expensive. You may
onslly make them for yourself by se
curing a largo piece of mahognny and
whittling it to tho shape of your shoo.
If you havo a wooden leg you may
saw off the foot nnd use -this as a treo
for ono of your shoos.
Should you spill paint or Ink or shoo
polish upon the bosom of your unly
clenn dress shirt, tho stain may bo re
moved by applying nitric ncld. This
will leavo n holo in tho fabric, perhnps,
but a, piece of whlto paper may bo
neatly pasted above It.
Learn to cut your own hair. You
have no idea how much time you.
wnsto at tho barber's. By dint of a
few months' prnctlce you should bo
able to cut most of It.
Grip of the Habit.
"Sho Is bo gonerous," said tho llrst
deaf mute, speaking ot u friend wbo
wub similarly affected.
"la that bo?"
"Yes. Why, do you know, when no
one Is around for her to talk to nlin
makes her right hand talk to hor
loft."
A True Gallant.
Miss Swoote Oh. dear, It Is simply
impossible for a girl to logic any other
way thnn wilted this warm weather
Mr. Softelgh Yes, but Ire cream la
Just as sweet after it Is melted as It
was before.
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