WATSON NOT VISITED. - __ 'NATIONAL' CHAIRMAN BUTLER In Washington. / - 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. X •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. ’ _ 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' 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, - • - * V- • -i