id* Cl*y Cmu Ball*
[paper state* that prior to a
kval inspection to Lung
I men manufactured cannon
clay, painted them black
inspection with this bogus
A Yokohama paper prints
the poetical tariff speech of
lire Brosius of Pennsylva-*
coal merchants of Japan
with furnishing coal sup
Chinese navy. The gold
jins captured by the Jap
rr Yang amount to 700,000
, Oyama, the war minister,
proclamation urging troops
cry kindness to Chinese
jatthey, “should not be
s to display carnage than
'he Japanese naval experts
bouts proved a failure at
aval battle. A Japanese
,ly beheaded in Tien Tsin,
10 be one of two students
ly the American consul.
Flaw Bevealed.
'ibune: “I wish you hadn’t
r cut so short, Harold,” ex
young woman, turning
iim involuntarily.
Jerence does it make, dear
Harold, with tender anx
u have destroyed an illus
ghed. “That is all.”
ft think 1 was a poet, did
because I wore my hair
ever suspected you of being
list?”
it illussion have I destroy
(iniied.
! should not say, Harold,”
with tears in her voice,
lie unconsciously revealed
kr suspected, dear. Your
pates.”
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ive of the ability to digest and ns
■ rest tranquilly. Use It for ma
(and rheumatic trouble and for
For the aged and inflrm it is
»1.
|(lng Colors of Glass,
ig on the ruby at the royal
'jondon, recently, Profess
’ idd. the well-known Eng
pt, alluded to the changes
certain kinds of glass
exposed to light. The
>nes in the conservatories
tally change through the
low to a purplish hue un
tight. Rubies change col
ts way under the action of
rubies turn green and on
In their original tin t. The
turns white, and the yel
crystal becomes green.
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| now made of zinc, and 95
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bought for 8100.
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have joy today who is .worry
orrow.
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Omw ■aeeetsfol Farmer* OfmM Tkk
Department of the Homestead—Hint*
aa to the Core of Un Btoek aad
Pool try.
What a Little Intelligence Did.
The following story, illustrating his
practical, common sense .methods,
has been told by ex-Gov. Hoard at
dairymen’s meetings: About twelve
years ago there came into my office a
German farmer; we will call him CarL
He said, “I got me 60 acres ground,
and I got me frau and I got me six
childrens—sometimes me think too
much childrens—and 1 got me mort
gage, and I work so hard as I can all
the time, und I don't have codings;
and 1 hear you speak about the dairy
business, und I dink I talk with you.
see if you can gif me somedings."
Now, the simple plea of the man
touched me to the heart. It was the
cry of a man who was seeking, if pos
sible, to see through the darkness
that surrounded him, for the sake of
the wife and children and the hope
that he might some day have a home
and get a better reward for the labor
of his hands. I said, “Carl, I am glad
you have come in to talk with me;
we will look it over. ” He says, “What
can I do? I got me no money; I can
not buy churns and all dem dings; I
can not buy a lot of cows. I have nine j
cows, and the frau, she makes butter,
and I sell the butter in the store, and I
I got codfish and dings and dot ish
nedings.” “Well,” I says, “Carl, look
here; the difficulty lies with you; you
have not learned how to make fine1
butter. You are making it from Carl’s
standpoint, not from the standpoint
of the man who wants to buy. You
must make your butter rightly. How
to make it—you have no money? Let
me see; you are keeping the butter in
the house?” “Yes.” “The milk is in
the house?” “Yes.” "Very well, that
is no place for it. You smoke and the
wife, she cooks cabbage and turnips
and everything, and all that gets into
the butter?” And Carl said “Yea”
“Well, we must devise some practical,
simple way. You have money enough
to buy 95 worth of lumber, haven’t
you? “Yes, sir.” “You have a good
well and a windmill? We will build
a little house over the well, and you
can get a couple of kerosene barrels,
•carityou?” “Yea” “They will cost
time in ell my deye then the time
when I went down to thet little Gor
in en, Carl, end said, "There ie the
priee of your butter, end there ia your
money, SO cento per pound.” He took
it in his hands, end catching hie wife
around the waist, went waltzing
around and around, saying, “LncoUi,
dot ish no humbug; Luoettl, dot ish
no humbug.” Carl saw hia first glim*
mer of light. A little intelligence
gave it to him. He bad been strug
gling and working apparently against
fate and could not see his way out,
and 1 tried to give him practical as
sistance. To-day that man ia worth
twenty-fire or thirty thousand dol
lars, and he does not say he has got
too many children now, for they hare
grown up and are helping him, and
every little while he sends me in a
little package of butter, “To my
friend who showed me how;” and
there has been hundreds of such in
stances __
Judging Cows.
To men that at this time of year are
called upon to aet as judges of cows
at local shows we desire to Bay a few
words regarding some of the points
that should be taken into considera
tion when making awards. It is un
derstood, of oourse, that at slate fairs
expert judges are engaged, and such
men would not appreciate pointers,
although it may be whispered that
they sometimes show themselves sad
ly in need of them. In passing upon
the merits of a large collection of dairy
eows in class for “best milch cow,” it
is usually a very difficult matter to
decide which animal is entitled to the
premium, as wltnout a milking test
u is impossible in nine cases out
of ten to hit upon the best
cow for businesa For a man
to select the “best” milch cow from
a bunch, merely depending upon ap
pearances as a criterion, is unsatis
factory where the cows are of mixed
breeding; it is, however, frequently
possible where the cows are all of the
tame breed and age. Every dairy man
owns cows that milk wonderfully yet
do not fill the eye of the expert as of
correct dairy type; again he has model
appearing cows that milk well for a
short time, then prove unprofitable,
and others of his cows, though not
deep milkers, pay a big profit at the
churn. Taking these things into con
sideration the Farmers’ Review is
strongly of the opinion that no good
object is attained by offering pre
miums for best family or milch
cow open to all breeds and grades
unless an actual test is made
at least an important feature in the
such palpably dishonest artlfloea We
shall not presume hare to tall tha
prospective judge what ara tha char
acteristic points of a good dairy oow,
for wa do not believe ha 'will be so
foolish as to aeeapt the office of judge
unless he can properly fulfill its duties;
snd our bast advice to all man asked
to judge is “keep out of the ring if
you are not competent)” for a man
can neither be honest to himself, the
owners or the public unless he is as
spredly “the right man in the right
place.”
IIow to Lose Money on Poultry,
“Pay no attention to any instruc
tions from your poultry or commis
sion man, for you know more about
shipping than he does. When you
order your farmer to bring his poultry
In for shipment, tell him to tie them
by the legs so they can bruise their
breasts and legs; then they will dress
up nice and green when decapitated.
Always feed them about six pounds of
feed so their craws are larger than
the fowl; be sure that the feed is some
kind that will sour very quick.
As soon as they can not eat any more
chop off their heads, some dose up to
body and some through the middle of
the head (be sure and not get two
alike), throw them in the barnyard
where there are plenty of rooks,
that they may flop all over and
skin themselves in good shape, Be
fore you begin and pick them, be sure
you have enough water, a little
warmer than milk, or else twice as
hot as it should be, so that you may
either cook or freeze them at onoe.
If your water is on the milk order
just give them one dip, so that when
you commence picking you can rub
off their yellow skin and gloss, and
they will look as if they had been eov
sred with a mustard plaster; if the
water is boiling hold them in until
they are cooked, then they need noth
ing more but seasoning, when they
will be ready to serve at the table.
Always kill about five dozen before
you begin to pick, so that when you
get to the last ones the feathers will
be set and every one will take a piece
of flesh along with it; and when your
bird is dressed (as you will probably
call it) it will look as if it had gone
through a threshing machine. Then,
instead of cutting the feet off at the
knee joints (as should be, if out at
all,) do as you have done before—cut
them off about two Inches above the
knee, and always have one leg longer
than the other. Be sure and leave
about fourteen Inches of neck on
some, and cut othersJn the same box
close up to the body. Be careful that
m- . ■_•waawimnMP ..mi IIHMII—IIMM—111 "I
THE JERSEY COW COOMASSIE, ONE OF THE ANIMALS FAMOUS IN T.IE ISLAND OF JERSEY
IN PAST YEARS.—FROM FARMERS’ 1 EVIEW.
£!. 2Q; we will burn them out to get the
oil out of them, and they will make
two good tanka Go down to the tin
ner's and get some shot cans; they
will cost you very little, and you will
get a good churn and I will come
down and we will make the butter ”
And his frau kept telling him all the
time “Look out. that Yankee man is a
humbug,” and'Carl he says, “I dink
not;” and by and by we got a start,
and be had some cream saved. I went
down and showed him bow to keep
his eream cool and how to set the
milk, till he had about fifty or sixty
pounds of cream, and I said, “I want
you to keep it 60;” and so i tutored
him along, and the man was anxious
aseould be, and 1 thought he would
learn. One day I went to his house
and took off my coat and showed him
how nice butter should be made and
how to get the delieate flavor. Then
I took a neat little package, and he
said, “What will we do with It?” I
replied, “We will put it into this nice
little package and send it to Chicago.”
“Send it to Chicago! why, I will never
see my butter any more;” and I said,
'Yes, you will. You have been try
ing to measure this world by a narrow
horizon. This country grocery store
business is not a dairy market If
you make nice butter, you must send
it where men pay good prices for a
good article We will send it to Chi
cago. ” And I sent it off, and I said
to the commission man, “Here are the
first fruits of righteousness in my
friend Carl, and I want you to
tell this package of butter on
its merits.” Butter was selling at IS
to 1C cents, and the account came back
of that 20 pounds of butter at 26 cents.
I have seen some little triumph in life
since, but I have not seen a happier
competition. In the competitions
confined to pure bred animals of the
eame breed the matter is an altogether
different one, as here more than mere
profit at the pail or churn may be
taken into consideration, preference
being given to the typical cow of the
breed—the cow that is full of breed
characteristics and dairy points and
well qualified to perpetuate her race—
rather than the animal lacidng these
qualifications but markedly rich in
producing capabilities. There are
other points to be kept in mind by the
prospective judge of cows at local
lairs, and one of the most important is
to examine the milk vessel of each
cow, al>o to enforce the customary
rule that cows must have been
milked out clean at the usual
time prior to the competition.
It is common to see cows “hefted”
painfully in preparation for-the arena,
which can only be considered cruel
and dangerous, and we are glad to
note that at a recent fair a judge, find
ing the cows hefted, demanded that
they should be then and there milked
out clean, before he would go on with
the judging. Great care should also
be taken to prevent owners from ex
hibiting barren cows that are yet in
fair milk but showing much better
condition than cows that have recent
ly produced a calf. In judging Jersey
and Guernsey cows the judge should
handle the animals and ascertain
wnether the beautiful rich color in
side of the ears, thighs and upon the
udder and escutcheon is natural
or “artificial butter color.” The
writer has run across cows
in the judging ring that have been
lavishly smeared with highly colored
butter, but the watchful eye and in
quisitive finger will not be fooled by
they do not (ret cold on yonr h
as they might go through In good
shape if properly cooled. Throw
them all in some rusty old box or bar
rel (a clean one might cost ten cents,)
put a tight head in, whichever kind it
may be, so that none of the animal
heat (which shoifld have been out be
fore packing) escapes ”
The above is from a circular sent
out by Robt Purvis of Omaha, a man
who has been in the poultry commis
sion business for twenty-four years
What Was It?
To this Farmers’ Review: One
morning while talking to a friend
who was feeding his poultry, he re
marked that several had taken sick
and one or two died. The symptoms
were simply this, constant moping
and a loss of appetite. The comb of
a beautiful rooster had turned almost
black and had wilted (so to speak)
It occurred to me that it might be
that his chickens had the cholera or
some other bowel disease. I imme
diately called a small boy and sent
him to the drug store for what had
been a household remedy since my
boyhood days, especially when we
boys were suffering because of having
eaten too freely of green apples. My
friend proceeded to dope the rooster
and in a few days he recovered, began
to look bright and his comb soon
straightened up as red and beautiful
as before. He has had several afflicted
since, but a quite liberal use of this
patent medicine has cured and pre
vented others from taking. It is very
strong and a little will go a long ways
if put in water before the bran or
meal is put in for a mash. I don’t
know what the disease is, but I know
the remedy is good for cholera in man,
why not in chickens? Miller’s Mag
netic Balm is Its name. O. R. C
Downers Grove, 111
The latest investigations by t
the United States and Cana
dian Governments show the
Royal Baking Powder supe
rior to all others in purity and
leavening strength.
Statements by other manufacturers to
the contrary have been declared by the
official authorities falsifications of the
official reports.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., tOS WALL «T., NCV^VORK.
Something About Hosiery.
A cotton stocking is profcrred by
many women to n lisle thread, nn the
twist of the thread in the lisle ones irri
tates the soles of the feet. Dark-blue
and black stockings nre liked for street
wear, except where tan shoes nre worn,
and then, of course, the stockings match
the shoes. Tho navy-blue stocking is
usually chosen by those who find that
the dye from a black stocking affects
their skin. This is by no means com
mon, but the very minute it is discov
ered one should cease wearing the blnck
and select another color, or else wear
white, for one never knows to whut ex
tent a skin disorder may go. With gray
or scarlet shoes or slippers the stock
ings are chosen to match, und these
may be gotten in silk at a much lower
price than is given for black ones,
Deafness Can Not lie Cured
by local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion of tho oar. There is
only one way to cure Deafness and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gots inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
mal condition, hoarlng will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten nre caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any cose of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
thnt can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Hend for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
83T Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Hall's Family Pills, 36c.
The Fish's Power.
A fish exerts in great propelslve pow
er with its tail, not its finB. The pad
dle wheel was made on the fin theory
of propulsion, and the screw propeller
had its origin in noting the action of
the tail, it is now shown that the fins
of the tail actually perform the evolu
tions described by the propeller blades,
and that the fish in its sinuous motion
through the water depends on the tor
sional action of the tail to give it pow
er. _
MIDNIGHT PHOTOQRAPHS.
Departing Audience of the llroadway
Theater Photographed—New Develop
ment of the Wonderful Art of Photo
graphy.
Mr. Rockwood, tlie well-known Photo
grapher, has conceived and successfully
carried out a new departure in his Art,
which seems to lie a deliance of all previous
photographic conditions. As good pictures
can now be mads at midnight os in the
blaze of the noon-day sun. A pliotogrnj h
of the audience of the Broadway Thentro, ,
was recently taken between eleven anil
twelve o'clock at night as they were leaving
the building. '1 ho means for accomplish
ing this result is a new pyrotechnic com
pound which Mr. Rockwood has just intro
duced. Tho possibilities of the morning
papers publishing in pirture form, the
events of the proeeding day and night are
now manifest. Mr. Roekwood prophesied
this some years ago and now sees his
dreams accomplished. With tho resources
of this Art it will la* well for the young man
about town to be sure that he goes to the
theatre with his own girl instead of some
other fellow's sweetheart.
A robin redbreast in a cage puts all heav
en in a rage.—William Blake.
Avoid temptation by keeping out of bad
company.
Immorial custom is transcendent law.—
Menn. -
Gold Ring In ■ dub.
Lieutenant James II. Minor of the
police force, says the, Florida Times,
was presented with a gold ring yester
day by Captain Harry II. Haywood,
who, at the time of coming into posses
sion of the ring was in command of the
Nova .Scotia bark Alice. Captain lluy
wood says that while the bark Alioo
was on her wuy from New York to lia- \
vana he frequently passed the time in
fishing, and on June 14, ISitS, he caught
a large bonlto fish, which on being cut
open was found to have a plain gold
ring inside. It was the common belief
of the suitors on the bark.that the fish,
had bitten off the hand of a man, who
idther fell overboard or went down ■'*,
with his ship. Captain Haywood has
Lnken a great fancy to Lieutenant ;'j!
Minor, and gave him the ring as atoken
of his friendship
Make Your Own Ulttsrat
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One package of Stokotoo’s Dry Bitters
will muke ono Gallon of the best bitters
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stomach, fever and ague. Acts upon the
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Bold by druggists or sent by mail, postage
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Cr.nr Alexander'* Diplomacy.
Russia needs peace in order to develop
licr internal affairs. She entered into
relations with France not in order to
make war on Germany, but to form a
counterpoise to the triple alliance and
prevent France from embarking on &
policy of adventure which might iiuve
I ragged Russia against her will into <
war. Now that Russia is sure of tho
pacific intentionsof France, she is bidd
ing Germany to her by ties of interest.
Thus she holds in her hands the policy
of two great nations which for nearly
a quarter of a century have maintained
a hostile attitude. If it is Alexander
HI who personally directs the foreign
policy of his empire, it must be admit
ted that he is endowed with admirablo
diplomatic resources, for the game has
been played so quietly and so surely as
to be worthy the culogium of future
historians—I'aris Herald.
A Child Enjoys
Ihe pleasant favor, gentle action and
soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when
in need of u laxative, and if the father
jr mother be costive or bilious, the .;r
nost gratifying results will follow its
use; so that it is tho best family rem
sdy known, and every .family should
lave a bottle on hand.
The root of all discontent is self-love.—J.
<\ Clarke._
Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh is not a liquid or
i snulf. It quickly relieves Cold In the Head,
Headache, &c., and really cures Catarrh. 50c.
'Hie first step to knowledge is to know
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Love is the only thing that can lengthen.
Durdens by adding to them.
If the Baby Is Cutting Teeth,
lo .ura and um that oM and welttrlod ramody, Xu.
Yikslow’s Sootiiikq Bruce for Children Teething
The only real courage is that which comes
From knowing we are right.
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If you are leading a eld'd, it may be that
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