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BRYAN CHANCES HIS CAMPAIGN
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H* Will Enter Actively Into the Can*
pelffn About September let—In the
Meantime Needed Best Will be Taken—
The Proposed Trip to Maine Aban
doned — Disposing of Accumulated
Mall.
Mr. Bryan’s Movements.
r Nkw York, Aug. 1.Y—After a confer
“Slice with members of the Democratic
-national committee it was decided
that Mr. Dry an should tour the coun
try next month, addressing people at
nil towns visited from the rear of a
railroad car, and the following an
nouncement was prepared by the
-chairman of the national committee.
Senator Jones: “It has been decided
that Mr. Bryan will enter actively
into the campaign about September 1
and continue on the stump until the
election. In order to obtain a much
needed rest and to prepare the letter
of acceptance before the speech mak
ing begins, he will spend the next two
weeks at some quiet place not yet de
cided upon. The visit to Bath, Me.,
will, therefore, be postponed until the
latter part of September, when Mr.
#» Bryan will make a. number of speeches
t- in Mew England.”
The members of the national com
mittee felt that it would not be well
for Mr. Bryan to visit Maine prior to
the State election next month, when
the Republicans are almost certain to
4‘ ,T win., Chairman Jones and his chief
advisers are afraid of the effect of a
disastrous defeat of the silver men in
■... that State following a series of
■t* apeeehes by Mr. Bryan there, as be'
had set his heart upon doing. They
■ are also said to be afraid that he will
make some mistakes in the course of
his speeches and thereby injure his
cause and, though Mr. Jones an
nounced a general tour of the coun
try, there is an undercurrent in the
national committee that the best
tiling for the Democratic cause would
be for Mr. Bryan not to make any
more speeches from cars.
Mr. Bryan was urged to consent to
a re-arrangement of his plans. He
has had the policy to offer no resist
ance to the wishes of Mr. Jones uud
Mr. Gorman and will avoid Maine un
til after that state’s election.
Mr. Bryan explained as follows his
reasons for reading his speech in re
ply to the notification of his nomina
tion at Madison Square garden:
“Knowing that it would he printed in
full, I thought it more important that
It should reach in correct form the
millions who will read it than that
the delivery should please the few
> ;>- thousands who were present. It is
always unfortunate when a speaker is
compelled to read a political speech,
but in this instance I thought it best
, i not to risk the errors which always
creep into the report of an extempo
raneous speech. ”
Mr. Bryan applied himself this
morning to disposing, with Mrs.
Bryan’s aid, of a three days’ accumu
lation of correspondence.' Both will
‘ leave. lo-morrow for Irving-on-.the-.
Hudson, where they will remain until
Monday as the guests of John Bris
bane Walker, editor of the Cosmo
politiau. Prom Irving they will go
to the Upper Bedrock where they will
be entertained by Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Perrin for about a week. Mrs. l’er
rin was formerly Mrs. Br.van’s soliool
teacher. It is expected that Mr.
Bryan will speak at Buffalo on Aug
ust 27 and at Erie, Pa., two days
later.
MELVILLE’S OPINION.
Th0 Engineer of tho Jeanette Party
Talks About llr. Nansen's Eqpeclition.
Washington, Aug. 15.—Commodore
Melville, engineer in chief of the
Davy, who was a member of the
Jeanette party, which served as a
pattern for Nansen's attempt upon
the North pole, holds that the result
of the explorer’s voyage clearly proves
Nansen’s theory of polar drift to be
groundless. In his opinion Nansen
only closely paralleled the voyage of
Wyprecht and Payer in the Tegethoff,
who rounded the north point of Nova
Zembla with the intention of travers
ing the north coast'of Liberia. During
the winter their Ship was crushed
and in the following summer the
escaped in their boats and were picked
up off Cape Nassau, one of the* head
lands of Nova Zembla. Nansen, Com
modore Melville points out., did not
enter the ice on the side of the polar
basin from where he was picked up,
, ao his trip fails utterly to prove that
a current exists that may be relied
upon to carry,a ship across the polar
waters and bring it down on the east
side of Greenland. As a matter of
'fact, he was heard from east of
p Nova Zembla and he just drifted
northward and back again. This is
precisely in acoord with the judgment
passed upon Nansen’s theory before he
.—.. undertook his voyage by the commo
dore, who had carefully calculated
- the proba’’e drift in the Arctic
regions, no h of the New Siberian
islands, fro. . the experience he had
With the Jeanette.
I ' • Officers Defeated by Robbers.
Bf.nson, Ariz., Aug. io.—The ban
flits who last week raided the Inter
national bank at Nogales, ambushed
(Sheriff Loathcrwood and posse near
the New Mexican line. Frank Rob
son, United States line rider, who was
one of the posse, was killed. The
bandits having gained accessions to
their ranks, now outnumber tho
officers, who are now returning, bring
ing the body of Robson with them.
CoantarfeltlDg on a Large Scale.
Washlnnton, Aug. 15. —The secret
service bureau of the Treasury depart
ment bas been requested to look into
a report of extensive counterfeiting
of United States silver dollars in one
of the Central American states. The
information comes from a Mexico pa
per and was seat to the State depart
ment by Minister Ransom. It states
that in one of the Central American
states a company has been organized
by Americans, who have purchased
the silver dollars of the state, worth
47 cents, and coined them into Amer
ican dollars
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DR. NANSEN'S RETURN.
Four Degree* Nearer the North Pol*
Than Any Other Explorer.
Mai.mo, Sweden, An;. 15. — The
newspaper Dagensnyheler has re
ceived communications from Dr. Nan
sen and Lieutenant Schottansen from
the island of Vardo, Norway. These
communications state that they aban
doned the Fram in the autumn'of 1895
and resorted to the ice.
The steamer Windward, carrying
supplies to the Jackson-Farnsworth
expedition, picked them up near
Franz Josef land. They expected
that the Fram would eventually drift
to the east coast of Greenland.
Did Not Reach the Polo
Dr. Nansen left the Fram on March
14, 1395, in 84 degrees north latitude.
He traversed the polar sea to a point
88 degrees, 14 minutes north latitude,
situated north of the new Siberia
islands. No land was sighted north
of S’J degrees of latitude, or thence to
Franz Josef land, where he passed
the winter, subsisting on bear’s flesh
and whale blubber.
Dr. Nansen and his companions are
in the best of health. The Fram is
expected at Vardo or Bergen shortly.
■She stood the ice well. There were
no sick persons on board when Nan
sen left her.
The steamer Windv/ard took letters
for Nansen when it started to the re
lief of the Jackson-Farmsworth expe
dition, as Mr. Jackson expected to
find Nansen and was convinced that
his idea of drifting across the pole in
the ice was impracticable. He was
also convinced that Nansen would re
turn in the direction of Franz Josef
land.
Dr. Nansen failed to reach the
North pole, but he touched, a point
four degrees nearer than* any other
explorer has done.
Has Been Gone Three Tear*.
Dr. Fridjof Nansen started on his
expedition in the little ship Fram, to
try to reach the North pole, in June,
1S93. His plan was different from any
that had hitherto been attempted. It
was based on the theory of an open
polar sea and the existence of currents
netting northward into it from the
New Siberian islands. Dr. Nansen
proposed to sail northward from Nor
way and eastward along the Kara sea,
skirting the Siberian coast to the New
Siberian islands; then leaving the
land to continue northerly until the
pack ice was reached. He intended
to ram his ship into the ice, trusting
to the currents (the existence of which
had been indicated by the drift of
certain relics of the ill fated Jean
nette), to carry him with the ice pack
into the polar sea, and out again be
tween the eastern coast of Greenland
and the island of Spitzbergeu.
In accordance with this plan. Dr.
Nansen had his vessel, the Fram—in
English, the Forward—built upon a
special design, intended to resist the
pressure of ice. The hull was U
sliaped in section, built with the
greatest strength and braced inside,
so that its power of resistance would
be such that the pack ice, instead of
crushing it, would lift the vessel on
The Good Ship Fnm.
She was 101 feet long end with a
beam of one-third her length. She
was fitted with an engine of ICO horse
power, capable of developing a speed
of six knots an hour, consuming about
two and three-quarter tons of coala
day. The crew consisted of twelve
men. The ship was provisioned for
five years and carried 300 tons of coal.
She also had an electric light plant
and alcohol for use in cooking. She
was provided farther with six strong
boats for use in Arctio waters, with
dogs and sledges and a complete
outfit of Arctic supplies Captain
Otto Sverdrup, an experienced Arctic
navigator, who had accompanied Dr.
Nansen on previous exploring trips in
Northern regions, had command of
the ship.
The Frara left Vardo July 31. The
first part of her voyage was made suc
cessfully. her ice-resisting qualities
especially meeting the expectations
of her commander as far as they had
an opportunity of being tested. The
last seen of the ship was when she
sailed from Chaborewa, on the strait
of Jugor, Siberia, on August 3, 1893.
There M. O. Christofersen, the secre
tary of the expedition, bade farewell
to Nansen and his companions, who
started on in excellent spirits. There
have been various rumors that Nansen
had been heard from, and that he had
found the North pole, but they have
all proved totally unfounded.
WHY NANSEN FAILED^
Wu Mot Provided With a Sufficient Num
ber of Doge end Canoe*.
Malmo, Sweden, Aug. 15.—Dr. Nan
sen says that the Fram drifted with
the ice in a westerly direction to tl
jjegrees, and he expects that the ves
sel will eventually arrive at Spits
bergen. Wherever they penetrated
they found the ice broken. Large
patches of water were also found,
3,300 meters deep. Below the depth
of 190 meters tho water was appre
ciably warmer, probably owing to the
gulf stream. Rocky scars, of which
the explorers hud no -previous knowl
edge, prevented entrance into the
Olbnek river for days. In consequence
of the scarcity ol dot's with the expe
dition, he was compelled to turn back
at 30:15. It he had been provided
with a sufficient number of dogs and
canoes the pole would have been
reached. The land voyage was most
arduous, but valuable scicntiilc re
sults were obtained. In 189s he
reached the north coast of Franz
J.sef land, and built a stone house, in
wtiich he lived the whole winter.
Dr. Nansen and his companions are
in the best of health.
Harrison Will Take the Stamp.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 15.—Gen
eral Benjamin Harrison will be at the
disposal of the Republican state com
mittee during this campaign, and the
latter will attend to arranging bb
dates for speeches.
Bryan to Hake a Tour.
Nkw York, Aug. 15.—W. J. Bryan
will travel the country over, address
ing the crowds from the rear of a
railroad car. An announcement te
this effect was prepared by tfte chair
man of the national committee, Sen
ator Jones.
BRYAN’S LARYNX SORB.
The MtaiBN In the Band* of » Kir
York Specialist.
New ITobk, Aug. 13.—When William
J. Bryan, Democratic nominee for the
presidency, arose this morning he
could speak only in a husky tone, and
his condition was such that Mrs.
Bryan and Mr. W. P. St. John, whose
guests Mr. and Mrs. Bryan are,sent at
once for a specialist, Dr. F. E. Miller.
The physician diagnosed Mr. Bryan’s
difficulty as acute laryngitis, put ex
pressed the hope that his patient
would be able to meet his engagement
with the Democratic notification com
mittee at Madison Square garden thia
evening. .
Under the physician’s advice Mr.
Bryan will not leave the house until
it is time to go to thr hall in whioh he
is expected to address 15,000 people.
At noon he was enjoying a nan.
ENGLAND AT IT AGAIN.
She Seises an Island aad Boas Against
the Mob roe Doctrine,
City oy Mexico, Aug. 13.— It is re
ported that a British man-of-war has
seized the Mexican island -of Clarion,
which belongs to the State of Colima,
and that there will be a coaling sta
tion established there. The report is
given circumstantially in the news
papers, bnt is not vet confirmed. It
is also asserted the English have
planned to seize the island of
Bevillgigo on the Pacific coast. In
view of the present amicable relations
between Mexico and England, and the
maintenance of the Monroe doctrine
by the United States, the reports ap
pear incredible, although affirmed in
the press.
, . Queen Victoria's Thanks.
London, Aug. 13.—Queen Victoria
has issued a message to the people of
the empire thanking them for their
expressions of loyalty and affection
as the period approaches when the
length of her reign yUl have exceeded
that of any other English monarch,
but asking that no national celebra
tion shall be observed until she' shall
have completed sixty years of her
reign, June i8, 1898.
Iowa Patent .Office Report. ■'
R. P. Dart, of Des Moines, has been
granted a copyright for a political cam
paign publication entitled, “Is It Not
True.” :f; ■ ft S: <g.
W. IX Olney, of Des. Moines, has
been granted a copyright for p politi
cal illustrated publication entitled,
“The Eagle or the Iddh.’N'
Patents have been allowed but not
yet issued as follows:
To H. E. Patterson, of Hudson,
Iowa, for a check rein holder for har
ness saddles that is adapted to hold a
bridle-rein and also an overhead check
rein as required to drive a horse ad
vantageously.
To J. J. VanOel, of Des Moines, for a
detachable vehicle wheel that may be
taken off and put on and the axle
greased without using a wrench, the
nut on the axle is removed by turning
the wheel and remains fast in the
hub to be handled with the wheel as
the wheel is taken off and put on.
To 11. J. Bently, of Belle Plaine,
for an apparatus for starting fires in
locomotives advantageously by means
of greasy waste matter for kindling
and compressed air in a reservoir con
nected with air brakes or stored in a
stationary reservoir in a round house.
Valuable information about obtain
ing, valuing and selling patents sent
free to any address.
Printed copies of the drawings and
specifications of any U. 8. patent sent
upon receipt of 25 cents.
Our practice is not confined to Iowa.
Inventors in other states can have cur
services upon the same terms as Hawk'
eyea
Thomas G. & J. Ralph Obwio,
-Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moines, Iowa.
LITE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Batter—Creamery separator.. 14 O 18
Butter—Fair to good country, 12 ft 14
Kgg9—Fresh. 8 ft 814
I’oultry—Live hens.per lb. 6 ft 6yt
Spring Chickens. 10 im 11
Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 5 00 ft 5 AO
Honey—Fancy White. 10 m 12
Potatoes—New. 20 ft 25
Oranges—Per bo* . 4 50 ft 4 85
Huy—Upland, per ton. 4 50 ft B 01
Potatoes—New... 25 9 ao
Apples -Per bbl..‘..1 50 ft 2 50
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
Hogs—Light Miked.. 2 80 ft 2 85
Hogs—Heavy Weight*............ 2 TO ft 3 75
Beet—Steers. 3 00 ft 4 05
Bulls.... 1 go ft 2 50
Milkers and springers.. '.. 2 75 ft 3 33
btaga. 2 00 ft 3 15
Calves.. 2 75 ft 5 25
.. 1 40 ft 2 85
Stockers aad Feeders. 2 00 ft 3 55
Westerns. 2 45 ft 3 45
Sheep—Native Welters. 2 00 ft 2 :'5
Sheep—Mixed Native. 2 75 ft 3 25
CHICAGO, f
Wheat—No. 2, Spring. 58 ft S5Y
Corn—Per bu. 23 ft 2814
Oats-Perbu. 16 ft leu
fork. 7 00 ft 7 20
Cattle—Native Steers. 3 50 ft 8 80
Choice calves......... 3 25 ft 5 40
Hogs—Medium mixed.3 00 ft 3 !0
Sheep—Lambs. 3 00 ft 5 85
Sheep—Western range. 2 60 ft 3 00
NEW YORK.
Wheat—No. 2, red winter. 65 ft ssv
Corn No. 2. 29 ft 29K
o*tg-No-2.::::::::: IS f
fork-. g SO g 9 25
Lard—. 4 10 ft 4 60
ST. LOUIS,
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. 6834ft 69
Corn-Perbu."i. awft 21V
Hogs—Mixed packing. 2 90 ft 3 20
Cattle—Native Ship'ng Steers. 3 60 ft 4 40
KANSA8 CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 hard. 61V® 51M
Corn—No. 2. . 21*4® 21V
Oats—Na 2.21V® 22V
CatUe—Stockers and feeders.. 2 25 ft 3 60*
Hogs—Mixed... 2 95 ft 3 03
Sheep—Lambs. 3 26 ft 4 25
Sheep—Muttons. 2 00 ft 3 00
Candidate Rentley Takes the Stamp.
Lincoln, Neb., A a?. 13. — C E.
Bentley, candidate for president of
the National party, left yesterday for
an extensive tour on the stump He
will spend two weeks in Indiana and
Illinois, thence going to New England
(or a number of engagements
Dockery Renominated.
Cameron. Mo., Aug. 13. —Hon. A.M.
Dockery was nominated by the Dem
ocratic congressional convention o;!
the Third district, held in this city
yesterday, this making eight consec
utive times he has been thus nomi
nated.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING I CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
i I
Bow Soccaaifal Farmer* Operate Tbl*
Department of the Farm—A Few
Hint* ae to the Care of Lite Stock
and Poultry.
HE chicken fever
Is one of the most
contagious of dis
eases. One thor
ough case Is
enough to set a
whole community
on Are. Let a thor
ough-going fancier
move into a com
munity which has
never before as
pired to anything higher in poul
try culture than raising the com
mon barn-yard fowl, and It will not
be many months until a man here, a
boy there, and a woman over yonder
will be asking the price of eggs and
, fowls, and inquiring for the address of
a good poultry paper, and seeking in
formation In general. From these,
others 'will catch the inspiration until
tho Interest will have become general,
and if they can be Induced to subecribe
to a good paper, the result will be that
many will become thorough fanciers.
The chicken fever is also a peculiar
thing Inasmuch that if It once gets a
hold on a man, It will be impossible for
him to leave It altogether. He may en
ter the pulpit, law, politics or any
other vocation In life, yet the love
for the fancy will cling to him yet,
and on the back-yard or on the ex
pensively fitted up farm yard you will
find a pen of prize fowl—his pets. This
love clings to him because It Is a most
fascinating persult Breeding fowls
present so many difficult problems for
solution, so many possibilities, yet so
many disappointments also, that a man
of a strong and determined mind will
stick to it because he will not give up
the pursuit until he has attained per
fection. But the nearer we attain un
to perfection, the further It moves from
us. That which a few years back was
a slmple^fault Is now an eye-sore fault.
If it were possible to breed a perfect
fowl the ranks of the fancy would thin ’
out in a hurry. With no possibility of
progress in the future, all Interest in
the present wpuld soon die out. We
need not go far to prove this statement.
The varieties which are the hardest to
breed to standard, have the greatest
number of enthusiastic admirers and
most valiant champions. The chicken
fever sometimes causes very strange
hallucinations of the mind and the vic
tim often Imagines that the poultry
business Is the bonanza which many
have sought and tew found, that it le
a ctyld’s work with a railroad king’s
pay. With a piece of paper and pencil
be can quickly prove with the accuracy
which attends all mathematized deduc
tions, that there Is millions in It. Alas,
he may some day find that hopes found
ed,‘on figures alone are blasted. After
one has recovered from the rigors of
the first attack, he can then settle down
to the enjoyment of the pursuit. What
can bring more pleasure to the mind
of the fancier than a yard of well-bred
fowl of his particular choice? Breeding
Is a. game which hae more chances
than a game of chess, and it requires
as broad a mind to master the one as
the other.
T
,Ponltrj Experience.
I have been engaged In raising poul
try for about 15 years, and have raised
nothing but pure-blooded Plymouth
Rocks. The Plymouth Rock suits me
best because it is a general ‘purpose
fowl, being large in size'and a good
layer. It matures early. Our poultry
house is warm and is always kept free
from filth and vermin. In winter we
feed mostly on corn, oats and
wheat. In summer we feed a mix
ture of shorts and bran, mixed and
wet, but made very stiff. We have no
particular method. Sometimes we get
good prices for what we have to sell,
but usually, as we sell in the local
markets, we do not get high prices, un
less we sell for breeding purposes. We
get eggs nearly every day in the year. I
have had the cholera in my flock. I do
not know whether it was caused by
lice or not. One or two years ago I
lost nearly my whole flock. I have lost
a good many by minks and weasels. I
have good success in raising broods
and usually raise all I get hatched. I
feed at first on hard-boiled eggs and
bread crumbs, giving them pure water
to drink at first, and after that I give I
them sour milk. I have good dry coups |
for* them and keep in the shade as
much as possible. I have doctored for
roup, cholera and gapes, and am satis
fied that cholera can be cured in its
first stages. For roup I grease their
necks and throats with coal oil and
lard mixed. For gapes I use a horse
hair Inserted in the windpipe, and with
this I draw out the little red worms.*
Some of my Plymouth Rocks are re
I have been raising chickens for the
past ten years, and in that time have
bred the common nondescript, the S.
C. B. Leghorns, the R. C. W. Leghorns
and the Plymouth Rocks. The S. C. B.
Leghorns suit me best. My method of
feeding has been warm mash for
breakfast, wheat, buckwheat, millet
and Kaffir corn thrown in straw and
litter, to allow them to scratch during
the balance of the day. I feed green
ground bone twice a week in fall and
winter, and blood meal mixed with
the ground feed in the summer. As to
raising chicks, I think the best way is
to depend on the brooder. For doctor
ing the roup I use the hatchet. I have |
this summer bought and shipped 180
dozen of eggs per week, besides what I
have produced myself, and I am sur
prised that people will buy eggs in the
summer time in the condition in which 1
they are taken to market. Some of the 1
eggs are stale, and others are daubed
all over in such a way as to make a.
| peraon'B stomach turn to look at them.
The general farmers pay no attention
' to the breeding or care of poultry.
Osco Poultry Farm.
Henry County, Illinois.
8am mar Feed,
Professor Lindsay, in a bulletin
sent out from the experiment station at
Amherst on economic feeding of milch
cows, gives valuable Information on
green fodders that will help out the
short past’urage, says Our Orange
Home. His conclusions are that pas
ture grass is a perfect feed for the
dairy cow, and when the animal can
secure sufficient of It without too great
efforts, maximum milk yields may be
expected. This, however, is rarely the
case, and it very frequently becomes
necessary to practice at least a partial
system of soiling. Rye sown the prev
ious autumn is the earliest green feed
to bo had In the spring. It cannot be
fed over ten days, as it grows rapidly
woody. Wheat can follow rye, and can
be fed for fourteen days. After cutting
the rye and wheat the land can be
planted to corn. Wheat can be fol
lowed by clover and grass, or by clov
er alone, sown the year previous. The
flrst annual crops froth which green
teed can be secured are Canada peas
and oats, or vetch and oats. These
should be sown as early as possible in
the spring. The peas or vetch should
lie harrowed or lightly plowed to a
depth of three or four inches and the
oats lightly harrowed in. Either com
bination makes a most excellent green
feed, and by planting several lots
about two weeks apart, green feed can
ho secured during the entire month of
July. The vetch seed is rather more
coBtly than the peas. The only objec
tion to Canada peas is their tendency
to lodge. Some prefer the champion
of England or black-eyed marrowfat
on this account. For green feed dur
ing the month of August the barnyard
millet (Panlcumcrus galli) is to be rec
ommended, This millet was imported
from northern Japan. The wild spe
cies growing in this country is the
common barnyard grass. The culti
vated species grows upright from five
to seven feet tall, and yields from
twelve to twenty tons of green mater
ial per acre. Animals eat it with avld
{ty. It makep also very good hay, lint,
telng coarser than the common millet,
there is difficulty in curing it. It needs
plenty of moisture to produce maxi
mum yields, and will not stand a
drought as well as corn. Medium green
soja beans sown in drills two and one
half feet apart about May 30 will grow
four feet tall and furnish a green fod
der rich in protein from August 20 to
September 15. Corn planted May 20
will furnish green fodder from August
25 to September 20. It can,be fed in
connection-with soja beans, one half
of each, to excellent advantage, and
furnishes a properly balanced ration.
Land from which peas and oats have
been removed by July 15 can be seeded
at once with Hungarian grass, and will
yield green food from September 20 to
October 5, the balance, if any, to be
made into hay. One can expect from
one to one and one-half tons of hay
per acre. Barley and peas sown Aug
ust 1 to 5 will furnish plenty of green
feed during October. These last fod
ders will stand very severe frosts.
Shrinkage of Driven Cattle.
A Nevada stockman, who has been
experimenting says beef cattle driven
25 miles without water will shrink 50
pounds to each animal, allowing feed
and drink at the end of the Journey
before weighing. An animal driven 50
miles and allowed to drink frequently
during the drive will shrink 20 pounds.
An animal driven 25 miles and allowed
to drink frequently during the drive
will not show shrinkage if allowed to
eat and drink for three hours at the
end of a drive. A bunch of 600 pound
animals driven 50 miles with care and
alllowed to drink frequently on the
drive and at the end allowed to eat
and drink for six hours showed 15
pounds shrinkage to the animal.—Den*
ver Farm and Field,
Uniform Choose Molting.
Canadian cheese manufacturers pro
pose to Increase the reputation of their
product by a project wnich bids fair
to be more or less successful. The
Western Dairymen’s Association in
tend to adopt a system of syndicate in
struction, and for this purpose the as
sociation has agreed upon these provi
sions among others: To secure a uni
form quality of cheese there must be
uniform methods of making, and to se
cure uniformity in making, there must
be a uniform system of instruction.
There are about 350 cheese factories
in western Ontario. It is proposed to
organize them into syndicates of from
fifteen to twenty-five each. A thor
oughly competent instructor and in
spector will be placed over each syndi
cate, who will visit - each factory at
least once a month. The salary and
expenses of syndicate inspectors are
estimated to cost from $500 to $700 per
annum. This would require an aver
age of from $20 to $27.50 from each fac
tory in syndicates of twenty-five, and
from $33.33 to $46.30 from each fac
tory in syndicates of fifteen factories;
and proportionate amounts according
to the number of factories in a syndi
cate.—Rochester (N. Y.) Post Express.
Hens in the Garden.—Do not be
afraid to allow the hens in the garden
after the plants are well under growth,
as they do but little damage except
when seeds are just germinating, the
scratching of course throwing the seeds
out. After the ground is packed and
the vegetables well under way the hens
will be more Intent on seeking insects
than anything else, and if they happen
to Ho slight injury they will destroy
hundreds of insects during the day.
One of the first ways of Increasing
the profit in dairying is to reduce the
cost of producing milk. . ..... _ _ ■'
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j To CIMUN the System
effectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious, or when the blood le Impure or
sluggish, to permanently overcome ha
bltual constipation, to awaken the kid
neys and liver to a healthy activity,
without irritating or weakening them,
to dlBpel headaches, colds, or fevers, use •
Syrup of Figs. ,
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The Mystery of the Pearl.
The usual sorce of pearla found with-'
fn the oyster appears to be the intru
sion of some small foreign body which
aeta np an irritation of cuticle. The;
only means of defense open to the'
moliusk is to deposit a layer of nacre1
around the irritating particle, andi
thus cut it off from the soft, tender;
skin. A grain of sand or a small trust-;
acean may slip in between the lips,;
and setting up irritation, provoke the-'
cuticle to deposit around it a series of'
thin films of nacre. These are added;
to from time to time, the little nucleus,
is completely encysted, and a pearl la*
the result.
How to Grow 40c Wheat.
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Tolling a Horae's Age,
"The popular idea that the age of a,
horse can always be told by looking at
his teeth," said a veterinary surgeon?;
"is not entirely correct. After the*
eighth year the horse, has no more new:
teeth so that the tooth method is nee
less for telling the age of a horse
which is more than eight years old. Aa,
soon at the set of teeth is complete,; ’
however, a wrinkle begins to appear
on the upper edge of the lower eyelid,,
and a new wrinkle is added each year,
so that to get at the age of a horse
more than eight years old you must
figure the teeth plus the wrinkles."
Coe’s Cough Balsam
IsthooldMtosdbMU It will brsnk ups Cold oolds.
or than spy thing else. It Is always rsUsbls. TryEi
A ratal Shook When the Tiro Herat.
A little girl named Helen Latham, >
years old, died from fright in Mystic,,
Conn. She was playing with her
mates about the streets when shaj
stopped to watch some boys at work
on a bicycle. All gt once a loud report
was heard. The pneumatic tire had
exploded from pressure of air. This
frightened the girl so she fainted. As
she did not revive. Drs. Purdy and
Barber were called and endeavored to
revive her. In this they had partially
succeeded when the girl again became
comatose and died.—New York Sun.
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