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    WATSON NOT VISITED.
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'NATIONAL' CHAIRMAN BUTLER
In Washington.
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f' ■**•"<• tomtfhat Ratlcat and tha Wkala
1 Natter Is Ktra or Lew Mysterious—
Satisfied With the Resalt of tha Fopa
t! Hat Exrrotlre Goamalttea Meeting—
Potion Arranged la Nearly All the
— 5 'States. •
■;< ' Chairman Batter la Washington.
Wabhinotow, Oct. 17.—Senator But
.>p, chairman of the Populist national
.•committee, did not go to Georgia to
See Thomas G. Watson, Populist nojhi
nee for Vice President, as was reported
from Chicago, but came here instead,
because, as was declared, it was abso
lutely necessary for him to do so. It is
also reported from Chicago that Com
mitteeman Keed and Subchairman
Washburn have not started for Georgia,
. And the whole matter is more or leap
biysterious.
Mr. lhitler refused to talk of the
Watson matter this morning, but ex
pressed himself as satisfied with the
result of the Populist executive com
mittee meeting and the general out
look, and said that fusion would be ar
ranged in all States but Georgia and
North Carolina. He regarded Ohio as
doubtful, ludiana as safe for Bryan,
and Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and
Iowa in the balance. He classed Ken
tucky as safe and Maryland and West
Virginia as doubtful. ,
Senator Bntler at noon stated that
he had not received Mr. Watson's let
ter of acceptauce, and declined to dis
cuss the probable character of the let
ter or to ’say-whether he would give
put the letter ‘ when received. His
friends say that it is probable he would
. not consider it his province to make it
public in case it should be received by
him before it should be given to the
press. They argue that it is customary
for the candidate to make public such
documents and that there is no ques
tion of etiquette involved. .
Senator Butler docs not admit that
there are any differences between Mr.
Watson and the party managers, but
’it is no secret that the committee has
felt considerably annoyed by Watson’s
attack upon its fusion policy. It is
stated to be a mistake to conclude, as
appears to have been done in certain
quarters that an effort will be made to
secure Mr. Watson’s withdrawal from
the ticket.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. I .—Mr., Watson
wired to the Atlanta Journal to-day as
follows, regarding1 the publication of
liis letter mailed to Chairman Butler
accepting the nomination: “Mr. But
ler must decide as to the letter. I did
not wire Butler not to come. On the
■ other hand, 1 expressed a willingness
to sec the committee here.”
KILLED BY A MANIAC.
M ardor* Ills Sister, Brother and an
Old Ban.
^to., Oct. 17.—A triple
Iragedy occurred . in this, Reynolds
county, yesterday, on Logan’s'creek,
aear Ellington, formerly Barnesville.
r1 John Imboden, with an ax, brained his
, sister, about 10 years of age, his
y brother, some older, who was sick In'
bed, and a very old man named Jacob
Wilhelm. The girl and Wilhelm were
killed in the yard. He then entered
< the house and killed his brother. Two
„ younger sisters escaped to their father,
who wqs ^t work in a cornfield. They
then went to a neighbor and gave the
alarm, fearing to return to the house.
When the citizens and constable col
’ ’lectod and returned, Imboden was in
• the yard, .where two of his victims lay,
with the bloody ax in his hand. The
ofli^er had to threaten to shoot him be
. ' fore he would surrender. Two months
ago Imboden lost his wife and two
daughters suddenly, and it is supposed
that this, together with a hard spell of
sickness, has deranged his mind. He
, was a prominent citizen. Excitement
is very high.,
WATSON STILL BITTER.
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•Somw » Telegram Savagely Denouncing
the Fuslonlats. 1
Topeka., Kao.. Oct. 17.—The follow- 1
Stiff telegram was deli verd to Abe Stein
Iterger, secretary of the so-called mid
dle-of-the-road State committee yester
day:
Ulcerated throat will prevent my
keeping appointments. I greatly re
gret this. The middle-of-the-road
Populists all over the union have
my sympathy and admiration.
They have been sold out and their
party made a foot-mat for Demo
cratic politician^ to wipe their feet
on under the hypocritical pretense of
patriotism. The fusionists have aban
doned principle and gone into a mad
scramble for the pie counter. If Bryan
is defeated it will be the fault of the
traitors in ills party and ours, who
have ignored the St. Louis compromise
and tried to force the Populist vote
for Sewall. the bondholder, national
hanker, corporation plutocrat and gold
• clause millionaire.
4 , » Thomas E. Watson.
ATLAfof A' BANK CLOSED.
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riie Merchants, One of the Town's Old- j
«st. Forced to Make an Assignment.
Atlanta. Ga.. Oct. 17.—The Mer
chants bank, one of the oldest and for
many years soundest financial institu
tions in this city, closed its doors this
morning and made an assignment.
The failure of tile bank was due to the
withdrawal of deposits within the last
few days. The amount owed to depos
itors is *375.000.. There is no run on
n:iv of the other hanks._
A Bank Injured by A Run.
Wu.i.iMANTic. Conn., Oct. 17.—Owing
to a run on the Willimantie Savings
institute, during which *70,000 was
withdrawn, the directors to-day issued
» statement in which they announced
their intention of taking advantage of
the four month s law. The cause of
the run is not yet known.
No Search by the Turk*.
CONsrANTiNoer.K. Oct. 17.—The em
bassies of the powers have sent an
identical note to the porte refusing its
dciuanl to be accorded the right of
searching foreign vessels in Turkish
Waters for Arm »ians,
AFTER “DYNAMITE DICK,
Kutlutl Thomas of Oklahomi
▼olaly Baton a Bad Missouri Section.
Sidalu, Mo., Oct. 17.—United State.
Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas o:
Guthrie, Okla., who killed Bill Doolin
passed through here yesterday on th<
trail of Charles Clifton (“Dynamic
Dick”), who was believed to be at i
farm house near Clifton City, twentj
miles northwest of here. To-day the of
fleer returned empty handed, but left or
the east-bound morning train and re,
fused to divulge the whereabouts oi
his destination. “Dynamite Dick” and
six other desperadoes robbed , a South
west City bank in 1894. Five of the
seven were killed in a running fighl
i with officers and others, who, on theii
I side, lost State Senator Scarboro and
! another. Later “Dynamite Dick's’
surviving associate .was killed in the
territory.
I The country around Clifton City has
j often been frequented by outlaws,
i More than twenty-five years ago the
James boys and their companions had
a rendezvous there. The Lamine rive*
passes through that section, running
south from Clifton City toward Otter
ville. Twice were Missouri Pacifia
railway trains held up at the latter
place. Early in the ’70s the
James boys, after corralling a
number of citizens in a black
smith shop, robbed a train in a deep
cut near the Lamine river bridge, just
east of the town. A few years ago
bandits again stopped a train near
Otterville. Several sacks of money
which the robbers had been compelled
to drop in their flight were afterwards
found in an adjoining field.
The country is broken and densely
covered with timber, precipitous hills
and bluffs forming the shores of the
Lamine river, and offering almost in
accessible retreats. Bill Dalton is said
to have been in camp there two years
ago, and other desperadoes, to elude
officers in Oklahoma and Indian terri
tory, have secreted themselves among
the Lamine river hills.
BURIED IN CANTERBURY.
Ult Bites for the Frlmste of England
In the Great Cathedral.
London, Oct. 17.—All yesterday the
body of the late Archbishop Benson of
Canterbury, Episcopal primate of Eng
land, lay in state in Canterbury cathe
dral, watched throughout by the
clergy of Canterbury, the Sisters of St.
Peter and the boys of St. Augustine
school, while a continuous stream of
clergy, notabilities and members of
all classes bf society passed.
To-day the old cathedral looked cold
and a dismal rain was falling outside
and the atmosphere within the huge
edifice was charged with moisture,
while even the famous Martyrdom
chapel looked dark in spite of the many
lighted tapers within it. All the other
parts of the grand old building were
lighted, but without dispelling the
gloom. The primate’s throne was
heavily draped with violet velvet, on
which was richly embroidered the arms
of the see of Canterbury on a silver
ground.
_ The floor about the grave which is
situated in the northwest corner of the
cathedral under the tower was covered
with scarlet cloth, and the grave itself
was lined with violet velvet. The
doprs of the cathedral were besieged at
the earliest hours in spite of the rainy
weather, and the strong police force
was reinforced by a squadron of the
Sixteenth lancers who did sentry duty
around the old building whiie the
ceremony lasted. The religious ser
vices began at 8 o’clock in the morning
when the Dean of Canterbury, Dr.
Farrar, celebrated holy communion.
MARRIAGE FRAUD.
An Aged Millionaire and a Woman Be*
sort to the Court*.
Saw Francisco, Oct. 17.—Mrs. Nancy
A. Abbott declares that she is the con*
tract wife of Thomas Quackenbush,
the millionaire, and has produced her
contract, which is dated November 17,
188S*, and has engaged attorneys to
look after her interests.
Yesterday Quackenbush brought
suit to have any alleged marriage con
tracts to which he is alleged to be a
party declared void. He declared that
Mrs. Abbott, whom he had befriended,
was in possession of two such con
tracts, which she secured by fraud.
Under the pretense of signing a power
of attorney when he was sick, so that
a bill might be collected, he was in
duced to sign what he now believes
was a marriage contract.
Mrs. Abbott, who is about 50 years
old. says that her contract is genuine
and that, up to a short time ago, she
lived with Quackenbush as his wife.
TO HELP BRYAN.
IV. R. Hearst Leases Space in a Chicago
Paper to Print Demorratie News.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 17.—William R.
Hcarst, publisher of the New York
Journal, the only silver paper in Goth
am, lias leased two pages of the morn
ing Record from now until November
"i, and during the brief period that re
remains before election will give the
silver cause powerful support. After
the election, it is said. Mr. Hearst in
tends to start a new paperTiere.
Sold Whisky Illegally.
Sr. Joseph, Mo.. Oct. 17.-Dr. A1 Hol
loway, a prominent druggist of Fair
fax. Mo., was to-day sentenced to jail
for six months for selling whisky il
legally. He was convicted on thirty
counts, ami the tines, which he will
pay in addition to his jail sentence, ag
gregate SI,147. lie will serve out his
sentence here in jail. Dr. Holloway
belongs to one of the oldest anil most
highly resneeted families in Atchison
county.
Divorce In High I.ire.
San Francisco, Oct. 17.—A divorce
suit has been tiled in this city by Mrs.
Lillie Jerome, wife of Larry Jerome of
New York, on the ground of failure to
provide. Mrs. Jerome is a daughter of
the late Judge 11. C. Hustings of this
city. Her sister is Mrs. Darling, wife
of Major John A. Darling, U. S. A.
Mr. Jerome is a cousin of Lady Ran
dolph Churchill.
A Correspondent's Expulsion Demanded.
Rio I)E Janeiro, Oct. 17.—The Cham
ber of Deputies has requested the
president to expel the London Tituc*
correspondent from Brazil.
BUSINESS IMPROVING.
OUTLOOK ON EXPORTS AND
IMPORTS.
**• Record tor ifptimbn Mora Satlifao
tory — Gold Exports Wore SSI,080,
Compared With SI 7,494,085 for Sep
tember, 1895—Breadstuff*. Cottoa.Mer
ebandlie, Mirer—Bureau of Statistics
Fasts.
Our Foreign Business.
Washington, Oct. 16.—The Septem
ber statement of the principal articles
of domestic export issued by the bu
reau of statistics shows as follows:
Breadstuffs, *17,054,333, against #11,
130,547 in September last year; for the
nine months ended September 30, 1896,
*115,434,088, against *85,335,340 last
year. Cotton exports during Septem
ber, 1896, *16,849,163, against *4,935,015
last year. Mineral oils exported dur
ing September, 1896, *5,491,190, against
*4,677,573; for the last nine months the
gain in the exports of mineral oils was
about *7,130,000, The exports of pro
visions during the last month amounted
to *13,398,838, as compared with *11,
319,135 for September, 1895; for nine
months, *130,987,047, against #113,450,
933 for the same months in 1895.
The exports of domestic merchandise
during September amounted to #83,
734,333, against #57,063,808 during Sep
tember, 1895. For nine months, #650,
931,318, against *546,434,359 for 1895.
The imports of merchandise during
September last amounted to #50,835,705,
of which *36,884,038 was free of duty.
The dutiable merchandise imported
during September, 1885, amounted to
*34,736,757, and that free of duty, #30,
668,006. During the last nine months
the imports of dutiable merchandise
was about *33,439,000 less than the
amount for the same period last year.
} The gold exports for September last
were *61,050, compared with #17,434,
065 for September, 1895. For nine
months, #55.570,431, against #73,190,283
for September, 1895. The imports of
gold for September last aggregated
*34,159.130, against $749,456 for Septem
ber. 1895; for nine months. #04,888,856,
against #28,839,939 during the same
period in 1895.
The exports of silver during Septem
ber last amounted to #5,534,110, which
is practically the same amount as was
exported during September 1895. The
exports for the nine months were
#46,441,041, and for the corresponding
months last year, #38,664,610. The
imports of silver during September
last amounted to #741,578, and for Sep
tember, 1895, #1,731,193. For the nine
months the imports aggregated #6,454,
; 637, as compared with 8.980,664.
BANK ROBBERS KILLED.
I Three Shot to Death at Meeker. CoL
—Four Citizens Wounded.
Meeker, Col., Oct. 16.—Yesterday
afternoon three men entered the Bank
of Meeker, which is connected with
the storeroom of J. W, Hugus & Co.,
; who own the bank. Two of the men
; held the store emp'oyes at bay, while
i the third went to the bank cashier's
j window and, firing one shot, ordered
■ the cashier to throw up his hands.
; The order was not quickly obeyed and
: the robber fired again, whereupon the
cashier's hands went up. The man
ager of the store was then forced to
open the bank door, and after gather
ing up all the money in sight the rob
bers marched the cashier and store em
ployes into the street with hands
uplifted. They then rushed out the
back way with their booty.
Citizens attracted by the shots had
pretty well surrounded the building by
this time and opened fire on the rob
bers. two of whom, Charles Jones and
William Smith, were killed by the first
J volley. The third man, George Harris,
was shot through the lungs, dying in
two hours. He is fully identified, and
gave the other names, which are be •
lieved to be fictitious.
Fonr citizens were wounded: Dis
trict Game Warden W. H. Clark, bullet
in right breast, wound not fatal; Victor
Dikcman, clerk, shot through right
arm; C. A. Booth, clerk, scalp wound;
W. P. Herrick, finger shot off.
It is belie-ved one of the dead men is
Thomas McCarthy, who robbed banks
at Telluride and Delta, Colo.
The c<toner's jury returned a verdict
of justifiable homicide.
Meeker is ninety miles from Rifle, on
the Denver & Rio Grande railway, the
nearest telegraph station.
U. S. MAIL STATISTICS
foRtal Department Deficit Lut Tear Was
t'S,137,088.
Washington, Oct. 16.—The annual
report of the third assistant postmaster
general for the past fiscal year shows
the total expenditure of the year was
590.626,296, and receipts, 882,499,208,
leaving a deficiency of 88,127,088, or j
81,679.956 less than the preceding year.
The expenditures do not include the
cost of carrying the mails over the sub
sidized Pacific railroads, which amount
ed to SJ.55S.89S.
r.i. 7,out*>' ltegibiratloa Heavy.
St. Lot-in, Mo., Oct. 16.—The total of
tbit Thivt* days* registration is stated
hv the election commissioners to be
192.64,. names. In 1895 it was only
84.000 in round numbers, and in 1892,
the presidential election year, it was
92.0JO. Thi-i is a pain of 49,000 over
1892.
No More Silver Democratic Bulletins.
Chicago, Oct. 16.—No more bulletins
will he given out at silver Democratic
headquarters. The press bureau ]-•>■
decided to disci.liiinue preparing the
tiles of matter it has been giving out.
Don9U and Turner Mulcted.
Guthrie, Ok., Oct. 16.—In the 810.000
damuge suit of II. L. Cohen against
Fred G. Ilonfils, owner of the Denver
Post, and Territorial Treasurer Turner
for extortion and intimidation, the
jury brought in a verdict for 8400 dam
ages for Cohen.
American Wheat Needed.
London, Oct. 16.—A dispatch to the
Times from Simla, India, says European
and American grain dra’: rs could
wheat at Cawnpore or Delhi at a good
profit in the coming months. Price*
for wheat continue to rise.
WATSON CANNOT TOUR
HU Physician Will Not Allow Him «*
• .. .. Make speech**.
Ati.awta, Ga., Oct. 16—To Tlnr n
the conflicting reports in circulation
concerning the condition of Thoma*
E. W atson, Populist nominee for Vic*
President, the Journal telegraphed tc
his physician for an official statement
of his patient's condition. To this the
following reply has been received:
“The impression has been created by
•ome papers that Mr. Watson has been
and is now quite ill with throat and
lung trouble, while another so mis
stated the facts and misrepresented
Mr. Watson as to state that he was not
sick at all, but pretending to be from
some cause, that he was out looking
after his different farms in the country,
etc. In justice to Mr. W'atson, I state
that when he returned from his last
speaking tour, his throat was in a fear
ful condition, in a mass of ulceration,
and his general system was beginning
to be impaired by it, but it soon yield
ed to treatment, and he is now in his
usually good health, except the local
trouble in his throat, which is very
much improved, and I think it will be
entirely well in a few days. Yet, I
positively object to Mr. Watson mak
ing any more speeches at present.—E.
S. Harrison, M. D.”
Mr. Watson indorsed the statement
as follows: “Dear Doctor: This is all
right.—T. K. W.”
It is reported that Mr. Watson has
mailed his letter of acceptance of the
Populist nomination for Vice President
to National Chairman liutler and that
it handles the fusion matter without
gloves.
Chicago, Oct. 1.—Senator Marion
Hu tier, chairman of the Populist na
tional committee, and George F.
Washburn, who has charge of the
W estern branch, left for Georgia last
night to confer with Mr. Watson re
garding the action taken by the Popu
list executive committee at its meeting
Tuesday. A conference was held with
Chairman Jones, at which it is said the
probable action of Mr. Watson was
considered. To-day the Populist poli
ticians say that the visit is largely a
formal one, as an agreement between
Mr. Watson and the Democratic man
agers was perfected bv Mr Washburn.
SPOKE BEFORE DAWN.
Mr. Bryan Addreaiea Michigan Voters at
ff:30 In the Itfornlnf,
Petoskky, Mich., Oct. 16. — At St.
Ignace at 5:30 o'clock this morning1 u
large crowd heard Mr. .Bryan give a
short talk, complimenting them on the
interest they were taking. The special
train was then taken across the straits
of Mackinac, and at 7 o'clock Mr. Bryan
talked to the people of Mackinaw. He
explained that a dollar with the stamp
of the United States would be worth
100 cents the world over. When asked
about the fifty-three cent dollar by one
of his audience he answered with his
usual explanation, but in such a man
ner as to somewhat embarrass the
questioner.
At Petoskey Mr. Bryan spoke from
a platform in the rear of the station.
Many of those in the audience wore
yellow badges marked “an honest dol
lar.” Noticing these he demanded to
know whether the phrase referred to
the gold standard or to free silver. A
voice answered: “Sixteen to one,” and
this satisfied Mr. Bryan, for he said no
more about it, but proceeded with the
discussion of the silver doctrine.
Fair sized crowds also greeted Mr.
Bryan at Charlevoix and Bellaire,
where he made five minute addresses.
He went over the ground already cov
ered by him, dwelling upon the right
of the American people to oust from
office by their franchise, candidates
who have proved unworthy to conduct
the government of the country.
MR. BOUTWELL EXPLAINS.
The Secretary of the Treasury la 1873
Adriaed Silver*! Demonetisation.
Boston, Oct. 16.—The principal
speaker of the Twentieth Century Club
last night was Ex-Secretary George S.
Boutwell, who discussed the silver
question. He said: “My part in the
preparation of the mint bill of 1873 was
very considerable. The bill was the
result in no small measure of recom
mendations which I made to Congress,
after careful consideration of the ex
isting currency system when I was ap
pointed to the office of the Secretary
of the Treasury. The bill contained
seventy-one sections, one of which
culled for the demonetization of silver.
If I am asked the pertinent question
of why I sought to work a change in
the financial question, 1 will answer
that I had come to believe it was for
every nation of the world to recognize
and maintain the gold standard.”
Mr. Boutwell denied that the bill
was forced upon the nation secretly,
fraudulently and stealthily. Concern
ing these charges he said that “There
was not the least suspieion about the
fealty of anyone until 1878, when the
failure of the trade dollar was the sig
nal for the crusade against the act of
18T3.”
Batter, Egg* and Poultry Men Organise.
Chicago, Oct. 16.—The Butter, Egg
and Poultry association is the name of
a national organization formed here to
day by a number of local societies of
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and
Nebraska. Only shippers of the pro
ducts named in the title are to be ad
mitted. Its purpose i3 to protect the
farmers from commission men.
An Iowa Hanker Hangs mmsetr.
Dubuque, Iowa, Oct. 16.—J. D. Ken
nedy, a banker of Manchester, hanged
himself last night. Losses sustained
in World's fair investments at Chicago
are snid to be the cause of the suicide.
He was one of the early settlers of the
Northwest, and had held a number ol
public oflices.
Bias's Re-Elf.’tion Celebrated.
City of Mexico, Oct. 16.—Formal
proclamation was made in this city yes
terday morning of the re-election ol
President Diaz. Troops paraded the
streets with bands of music and post
ers flaunted everywhere. The cere
mony, an ancient Spanish one, was spe
cially solemn.
Mr. Wilson to Speak.
Washington, Cct. 10.—Postmaster
General Wilson will make his first
speech in behalf of the Palmer and
lluckncr ticket at Charlestown. W. Vsu,
i his home, Saturday afternoon.
'dairy and poultry.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS' FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
flow SaMMafnl fktmn Opmta This
D« part Kent of the Farm—A raw
Biota aa to aha Cara or Lira nook
and Poultry._
HE Iowa experi
ment station drills
In scoring dairy
cattle, as well as
teaches how to
make good butter
and cheese of the
milk. This is as it
should be, says the
Waverley Republi
can. Farmers would
all like to be good
Judges of dairy cows, as good as ex
pert feeders of steers are in selecting
steers that will feed to good purpose.
. The trouble Is that we all thought not
so very long ago that a good beefy cow
would put the feed into flesh when
dry and Into milk when in milk, and
beat any other cow at both jobs. We
have most of us found out by painful
experience that this Is not so, all of us,
except some few writers that don’t do
any milking.
And most of us have had to adjust
our reckonings with no chart or com
' y**® °f the new course. We have
found that the fat, blocky cow Is not
the good dairy cow, and what we furth
er want to know is In what particular
respects the dairy cow differs in form
and appearance from the beef animal.
Frequently visitors select from our
herd what they think the best cow.
Nearly half of them pick out one of
the very worst as the best in the herd,
but many hit upon the right one. The
two are pretty fair types of the two
different classes of cows except in color,
both being of the prevailing Jersey
color. But one has the dairy form, as
It is now called by modern dairymen,
and the other is a fine handsome cow
considered simply as an animal.
Prof. Curtiss has sent the score card
as recently revised, which Is used by
the students. We make room for the
leading points, with the scale:
Form—Wedge shaped 7, quality, hair
fine, soft, skin mellow, secretion yellow
9, temperament, nervous 4; objections,
thick fleshy form, coarsb coat or hard
handling. - ■ tu
Head and Neck—Eyes ' fall, mild,
bright S, forehead broad,1 face lean 2,
neck fine, lean, medium length 2.^
Forequarters—Withers lean,' shoul
ders light; lean, oblique 2. i
Body.—Chest low, deep wide 8, ribs
broad, long, wide apart, large barrel 6,
back lean, nearly straight, open Jointed
4, loin broad and strong 6," havel large
and firm 2. Objections, ‘Aihrrow chest,
close ribs, fleshy back or weak loins.
Hindquarters—Hips wide apart,
strong 2, rump long, wide 2, thighs
thin, spare, long 5, escutcheon high
and wide 2, udder long, flat under sur
face, attached high, full behind, quar
ters large and even but not fleshy 15,
teats large, evenly placed and of good
form 4, milk velnB tortuous 4, milk
wells large and open 2, legs straight
and far apart 3. Objections, narrow
hips and rump, small escutcheon, deep
or contracted udder, teats close togeth
er or uneven, milk veins and wells
small, legs coarse or close together.
There are other minor points not men
tioned in this extract, the whole mak
ing 100 points and credited in the gen
eral divisions as follows: General ap
pearance 20, head and neck 10, fore
quarters 5, hindquarters 40. Of course
it will not be claimed that this score
card is perfect for all kinds of cows,
but students who are made proficient in
its use will have Borne foundation prin
ciples that would be very useful to all
of ufc.
filing the Separator.
In running a separator, do not have
the milk needlessly warm. Mr. Wago
ner, instructor in butter making at
Cornell university, teaches that 80 de
grees is better than a higher'tempera
ture. He believes that probably the
most important point iu running a sep
arator is the thickness of the creaib,
and says: Adjust your separator so
that your cream will be as thick as
you can churn. By this I mean as thick
as can be and yet fall from end to end
of a revolving churn and not stick to
the sides when churning. Such cream
will generally contain 35 to 45 per cent
of fat. I consider this a very important
point. Cream containing 40 per cent of
fat will churn more quickly and leave
less fat in the buttermilk at 55 de
grees than will cream containing 18 to
20 per cent at 60 degrees. The secret
of quick churning at the very low tem
perature—52 to 55 degrees, which we
know to be the best—is to have your
cream very rich. This is an advantage
you cannot secure from cold settings,
it being difficult to obtain cream of this
class with much over 18 to 20 per cent
of fat. The second point of great im
portance is to cool the cream at once to
a low temperature—at least 55 degrees
—and hold it there for a few hours be
fore warming it up to ripen. When
ever, in summer time, we are troubled
with cream that coagulates before it
gets much acid, or with different
churnings, which some of us have, I
feel sure that chilling the cream direct
ly from the separator will help greatly.
We shall get better grain, better flavor,
and more satisfactory results in every
way. I believe that this matter of care
less handling of cream after it is sep
arated 1b the rock upon which many
nutter makers split.
The lawyer had prepared- all the
locumentary formalities, and the old
, :ady stepped forward to append her
ilgnature to the mortgage on the farm.
“I kinder hate ter’ do it,** she said,
‘but Elihu hez alius been a good hus
band ter me, and l s'pc3e I ortu'ter
speak rcp’-oarlifullv' abonj, the way he’s
managed his business"
‘‘It’* only a temporary embarrass
ment, no doubt.”
"I'm aura It la. An’he feels jest an
bad about It es Iv4o,-Thet’s why he got
right out ez soon es he’d done hla part
of the elgnin.’ He hates ter hang
around an’ see It goln’ on. The only
trouble with Elihu was thet he got too
prog regal re in hla tdeea.”
"It pays to adopt scientific methods
in farming.”
"Yea; but the great mistake people la
makin’ nowadays is ter regard every
crank notion thet comes along es a sci
entific idee. Some one came along an’
told us they was big money in eggs.
I alius thought so, too. So when he
proposed buyin’ a lot of hens I J’lned
right in with 'im; but they got ter chas
in’ round and hidin’ their nests, and
Elihu says: 'We’ve gotter stop It.’ ”
"How’re ye goin’ ter do it?” says I.
“ ‘I’ll show ye,’ says he. ’I’ve been
a readln’ ’bout the sagaciousness of
animals, an’ I’m going* ter turn it ter
account'
"So what do you think he didt”
“I don’t know, I’m sure."
"He started in ter train the hens. Ha
got a lot o’ pasteboard crates, an’ he
put ’em in the hen house. ’Now,’ ha
says, ‘when a hen gits sense enough ten
go an’ lay her egg right where it be
longs in the crate she'll git double ra
tions, an’ till she does she’ll go without
any.’ Ye know how enthusiastic these
inventors gits. ’Why, he kep’ a-tellin'
me, 'it’ll git so after a while thet our
poultry business’ll Jos’ run itself. In
the course o' time It’ll be hereditary
weth the chickens ter go an’ lay their
eggs thet way, an’ I kin take all the
time I need fur tendin’ garden, an’ go
in’ ter town, an’ dickerin’ with the
produce men.’ He’s a mighty stubborn
man, an’ he spent days an’ weekB tryin’
ter make them hens understan' what.
was ■ wanted of ’em. The farm run
down, an' the bens couldn’t stand the
excitement. Now we’ve got neither,
eggs ner chickens, an* not much fh'rm.
ter speak about; but 'tls a lesson, an' if
Elihu hex learnt that it’s better1 ter
stick ter farmin’ an' let fool schemes
alone, I dunno’s I’ll begrudge the year
er so he’ll take ter pay the mortgage
off.”—Detroit Free Press.
Hint* About Hormeo .. v- ^
A few horses, alike people, are had
tempered and vicious by nature, but
they are more rare than humw beings
cf that class. The majority of bad
horses are made so by unkind or un
wise treatment, and most of the evil
is done while they are yet colts or in
the process of bneaking. A horseman
cannot be too gentle. The only way to
feed grain to a horse economically, so .
that he will get the most good from
the amount consumed, 1b to feed it af
ter the stomach has been partly filled
with coarser food; then digestion and
assimilation will be more complete, but
these minor things are those of which
the average person-never thinks; says
New York Farmer. The time to sell
i horse, after you have raised him and
made him ready for market, is when
ever you are offered a good price for
him. By holding for a fancy figure you
are very apt to let the best customers.
slip by, and the expense of keeping will
begin to rapidly diminish the possible
profit. It is desirable to have the colt
foaled in the fall rather than in the
spring. He is then weaned in spring,
when fresh grass is ready for him to.
feed upon. Kept in the stable through
the winter, he can be trained and han
dled as he should be from the very first.
If he comes in the busy season he is.
more apt to be neglected. Fast horse
men condemn the draft horse as too.
large for the farm and tab slow for the
city streets, while for fire engines and.
the express wagons the American trotr
ter was the only suitable horse; the
clumsy draft horse could never be of.
any practical use. How much they,
were mistaken.
How to Hot.
Somebody ought to establish a hoeing
school and teach our young people and
our hired men how to use a hoe, is the
opinion of a writer In Pomona Her
ald. It makes me sick when 1 see how
our help do this important work. The
fundamental error with them is to
think that the purpose of hoeing Is to
kill weeds and nothing else. Con«
quently they just skip over the surface,
trying to hit the weeds, and if no weeds
happen to be there the spot is skipped
over untouched. When the job. Is done
our man or men think the weeds are wfi
done for; but in a few days the ground
is again well occupied. The fact is
this scraping over the surface is not by
any means the best way to> kill weeds,
and It amounts to nothing much in
other respects. A good hoeing should
touch and stir the whole surface, and
freshen it, and give the weeds such a
set-back that they will not recover
from It in a long time. When I hoe
I let the hoe go In. comerwise. and .
when I get done there is no spot that
is left with the old crust on, whether
there were weeds oc not. The fresh .
ground, soon after hoeing, looks smooth
and clean and attractive. There is an
inch of well-pulverized soil all over the
whole surface, and the plants, thus
surrounded by fresh, moist, loose soil,
saem to be grateful and respond with,
quickened growth. "iJ
Irrigation in Japan.—The largest
area of agricultural ■ land in Japan is
devoted to raising rice, perhaps aa
much as nine-tenths of the whole, and
as that crap requires a great deal of
water, the paddy fields are banked up
into terraces, one above the other, and
di tided fcjf into little plats, 25 or 30.
feet square, with ridges of earth be
tween them to keep the water from,
flowing away when they are flooded.
All farming lands are irrigated by a
system that Is a thousand years old.
Some of the ditches are wailed up with
bamboo wickerwork and some with '-‘S
tiles and stone.—Ex.
Indigrstion kills more fowls than iij<
: any other disease.
I It is better to be right and poor,
\ than wrong and rich,
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