INAUGUBATION PLANS
GENERAL PORTER MAKING THE
ARRANGEMENTS.
A. H« Blackburn of New York Appointed
Chief of Staff—Those Who Will Be
Alds-de-Camp—The Columns to March
. Twenty-four Abreast — Washington
Mews and Motes.
The Inauguration.
Washington, Doc. 25.—Chairman
Bell of the inauguration committee has
returned from New York, where he
had a conference with General Horace
Porter, chief marshal of the inaugura
tion parade, who has appointed A. N.
Blackson of New York chief of staff
and Colonel H. C. Corbin, U. S. A.,
special aide.
General Porter has decided that
when once the big, parade shall start it
will not be allowed to stop until the
disbanding point shall be reached.
Both military and civic associations
will be required to march in columns
of twenty-four front instead of sixteen
as heretofore and in close order, the
purpose being to have 12,000 men pass
ft given point each hour.
Large representations of cadets from
the naval and military academies are
expected, but from information re
ceived General Porter does not expect
as large a representation of the Na
tional Guard of Pennsylvania as usual.
Circular letters to governors of states
are in course of preparation, asking
information as to their personal escort
and the number of state troops who ex
pect to take part in the parade. All
organisations will be required to no
tify the chief marshal of their desire
to participate prior to a certain date
to be hereafter named, in order that
there may be no confusion as to posi
tions.
HOME RULE FOR CUBANS.
Administration Working for This—Sec
retary Olney Busy.
Washington, Dec. 25.—Whatever
course Congress may finally take with
respect to the Cameron resolution, the
instant efforts of the present adminis
tration, at least, will continue to be
exerted in behalf of an autonomous
government for the Cubans. During
the correspondence between this gov
ernment and Spain, the Canadian sys
tem has repeatedly been referred to as
a model which Spain would do well to
follow in granting home rule to her
Cuban colonists. The objection, how
ever, has been made, and with some
reason it is admitted, that a system
which would work admirably with her
majesty's subjects in Canada might
utterly fail if applied to the Cu
bans. That Spain has intimated that
under certain conditions she would
not be averse to granting a reasonable
m- -.sure of home rule to the Cubans is
beyond question. She, however, in
sisted that nothing less than a disas
trous defeat in battle will cause the
insurgents to heed such propositions,
and it is regarded in Madrid as useless
to attempt any of the reforms sug
gested until Weyler strikes a decisive
blow. This government, however,does
not fully agree with that view of the
case, and undoubtedly it is making
some progress in its contention for
peace on a basis alike reasonable and
honorable to the Cubans, as well to the
Spain.
One of the principal motives which
has actuated this government. in the
course it has taken in the matter is
the protection of the persons and
property of citizens of the United
States now engaged as tobacco and
sugar planters in Cuba.
Although the planters generally are
said to sympathize with the Cuban
cause, information has reached this
government that, as a rule, they en
tertain serious doubts as to the abil
ity of the native Cubans, if wholly
successful, to maintain a stable and
satisfactory government. What the
planters most desire is annexation to
the United States, but as the adminis
tration has made evident that it re
gards this as out ot the question, the
planters next favor an autonomous
government under the executive sup
ervision of Spain.
Should Spain consent to allow Cuba
to legislate as to her own internal af
fairs, the United States, as stated by
Mr. Olney to Congress, would con
sent to become responsible to Spain
for the faithful observance of the con
ditions of the treaty between the two
countries. The idea of this govern
ment is that this agreement could be
made a part of a new treaty between
the United States and Spain, the ne
cessity for which is admitted by both
The Spools'", authorities, it can be
stated, shu-r", iac feeling1 strongly en
tertained by the United States, that
the present treaty has long outlived its
usefulness. It was ratified and pro
claimed in 1795, and bears every evi
dence of its antiquity. At that time,
Florida and Louisiana belonged to
Spain,, and a good part of the treaty
relates to the boundaries between the
United States and the Spanish colonies
which have now become American
■states.
So far as Spain is concerned, there
is reason to believe she will welcome a
new treaty as a means of securing
changes which the present war has
shown to be vital, but will insist on
delaying such treaty revision until
Cuba ;s pacified, in a large measure at
least.
The commercial features of a new
treaty will be of importance, owing to
the enormous trade between Cuba and
the United States.
It is said that under the new treaty
nothing could be done to restrict fili
bustering, although this has been one
of the most serious causes of trouble
developed by the war, since it is a sub
ject covered by international law
rather than hv at v.
The Ex-Congressman Passes Away, Snr
Hannibal, Mo., Dec. 25.—Hon. Will
iam H. Hatch died at 9 o’clock last
night. When dissolution took place,
which was peaceful, his wife, his
daughter, Miss .Sallie; his brother,
John C. Hatch, and wife, of Chicago;
his sister, Miss Emma Hatch; Misses
Jennie and Mary E. Hawkins and
Elijah Hawkins, sisters and brother to
Mrs. Hatch, and Col. Corneliur Vorr
his. Mrs. Sarah Hart, H. G. Hamlin
and George Johnson, old friends, sur
rounded his bad.
MR. HATCH DEAD.
rounded by Hie Family.
COT ABOUT $2,000,
Th« Amount of the Hunt Hade by thu
Blue Cut Train Robbers.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 25.—No ar
rests hare yet been made ol the Blue
Cut train robbers, but the officers are
at work on several promising- clues
and expect soon tocapture the bandits.
The robbers searched the express car
coolly and leisurely. Messengsr Frier
was forced to surrender the key to the
local safe, in which are stored pack
ages for delivery at points along the
run. It is an iron box about three feet
long by one and one-half feet wide.
If rom this box the robbers reaped a
harvest, but the exact amount of
money taken the United States Express
company refuses to state. It is thought
to be about $2,000.
The train robbers tore open the en
velopes and threw aside all those
which did not contain money. They
laughed and shouted with glee when
they discovered bills in any of the
packages, and joked with the messen
ger about their “rich haul.” In an
envelope they found several gold coins,
and one of the robbers tossed them
high in the air and catching them
deftly, said: “Yellow boys; that’s the
stuff.” There were more money pack
ages than usual in the small safe on
account of the holiday business.
Directly across the car from the
small safe was the large iron through
safe. In this safe large amounts of
money are often carried, but as a pro
tection for the express company the
pnanager is not given the combination.
The safe can be opened only at the end
pf the run. The robbers were finally
Induced by the messenger to abandon
It. and escaped.
V»rtUL-L.n 10 /V UIUM 1 L.
The £x*Coninl Desires C. H. J. Tay
lor's Place.
Washingtoni Dec. 25.—It is an
nounced that Ex-Consul Waller of
Kansas, who became an intenational
charactor because of his confinement
in prison for an alleged attempt to in
cite an insurrection against the French
protectorate in Madagascar, is an ap
plicant for the office of Recorder of
Deeds for the District of Columbia.
The place is now held by Charles II. J.
Taylor of Kansas, and pays $4,000 a
year. A colored man has received this
appointment for several administra
tions, which accounts for 30 applica
tions, mainly from colored men, which
Major McKinley must pass on, Until
recent years considerable patronage
was connected with the office, but the
civil service rules have been establish
ed there, without regard to the de
mands which are made upon a colored
office-holder bv his friends.
CLEVER SWINDLERS.
Two Men Work Ohioans for Money for
Post offices for Themselves.
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 25. —About six
weeks before the recent election two
men took rooms at the Chittenden.
They represented themselves as con
nected with the National Democratic
state committee, and wrote to sev
eral gold Democrats that President
Cleveland was about to remove 100
Ohio postmasters and had placed in
their hands the task of selecting 100
successors, who were presumed to be
gold Democrats. J. J. Runyan of Mt.
Gilead was selected as one of the suc
cessors, and he sent $100 in currency to
the men for insurances contained in
three strictly confidential letters. Run
yan waited a reasonable time for his
commission and then called the atten
tion of the authorities to the fact that
ha had been swindled, after he had un
burdened himself to a friend, who had
also purchased $100 worth of exper
ience. _
Stone’s Respite of Perry Condemned.
Mansfield, Mo., Dec. 25.—The news
of Governor Stone’s action in granting
a respite to Ed Perry, condemned mur
derer of the Sawyer family, whose ex
ecution had been set for the 30th inst.,
has been the subject of much adverse
comment. It is certain that Gov
ernor-elect Stephens will immediately
receive an emphatic protest from
the citizens of Douglas county. The
protest will be based principally upon
the ready acquiescence of the people
in allowing Perry to escape the ven
geance of a mob in seeing that he got
a fair trial. The fact that Tom Love
of Springfield, secretary of the Demo
cratic state committee, and a warm
personal friend of the new governor,
has Perry’s case in hand has given
strength to the already prevalent
belief that a great influence is being
brought to bear to save Perry’s neck.
Jealous of Maceo.
Havana, Dec. .25.—Reliable informa
tion has been received that Maceo
passed the trocha December 4 by land
and not by sea. It was his intention
to deliver a (Treat blow for the Cuban
cause near Havana and then to pro
ceed eastward. It is alleged that he
mads Maximo Gomez and others indig
nant and that they abandon d him to
his own fate without assisting him.
beiap jealous of the influence acquired
by him by his able management in the
province of Pinar del Rio. It is fur
ther alleged that the white element
among the Cubans looked with un
friendly eyes upon him because he was
a mulatto.
Mr. Bryan's »u-« i. care.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 25.—Mr. W. J.
Bryan made his first appearance on the 1
lecture platform at the Irand opera J
house last night. The : ouse, which I
seats 3,000 people, was filled. Mr. !
Bryan was cheered when he appeared
on the stage. Mr. Bryn spoke for
one hour on essential principles of
good citizenship, presenting his re
marks under the title of “Ancient
Landmarks.” At the end, hundreds
crowded around to shake his hand.
Mr. Bryan referred to the silver ques
tion only incidentally._
Twelve Passengers sud AH bat Foar of
a Bark's Crew Lost OB Mexico.
San Deaoo, Cal., Dec. 24.—A fierce
storm occurred in the Gulf of Cam
oeche December 11 and 12 and among
other casualties reported, is the wreck
of the bark Jamaica, with twelve pass
engers and most of the crew lost.
The captain strapped 100 Mexican dol
lars upon him and clinging to a barrel,
tried to reach shore. The survivors
saw him sink, owing to the weight of
the metal. One passenger after an
other sank, the boats proving entirely
unmanageable. Only three men and i
a boy escaped. The vessel sank soon i
after she was abandoned.
OLNEY IS SUSTAINED,
EDMUNDS UPHOLDS THE SEC
RETARY OF STATE.
The Ex-Vermont Senator Says that Pass
age of the Cameron Resolution Would
Be Contrary to All the Principles That
Ungulate Intercourse Among the Na
tions—The Effect Upon Cuba.
Olmj’i Action Approved.
Wasitington, Dec. 23.—In response
to a request for his views on the pend
ing Cuban resolution and Secretary
Olney's declaration of the President's
position, ex-Senator George P. Ed
munds of Vermont said to-day: “Sec
retary Olney not only acted properly,
but it was a patriotic duty for him to
make the statement he did. As the
official of the government intrusted
w’*h the management of our foreign
relations, it was his duty to clearly
state the result of such action, and I
hare no doubt that if he had taken the
opposite view to that which he did the
men who are now denouncing him
would have been the first to say he
was acting in a perfectly proper man
ner. He did the only, proper thing,
and would have been neglecting his
duty had he done differently.”
Begarding the resolution Mr. Ed
munds said: “The passage of such a
resolution would be so destructive to
all the productive and business inter
ests of this country as well as so con
trary to the just principles that regu
late intercourse amongnations, that I
cannot suppose congress would, after
consideration, take such a step. The
right of congress in its legislative
character to declare war is expressly
given by the constitution, but the
power to make peace and to preserve
it is given by the constitution
to the President, acting in most
cases by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate. To say the
least, therefore, the right of Congress
to recognize the establishment of a
new state in the family of nations
against the judgment of the executive
branch is extremely doubtful, and to
do so would, under existing circum
stances, necessarily produce evils, the
extent of which can hardly be esti
mated. It would, I think, do no good
to the Cubans, for the foreign enlist
ment act would have precisely the
same force if Cuba were an independ
ent nation. It prevents giving any
kind of aid to the enemies of a nation
with which we are at peace. Until
there shall be war with Spam the peo
ple of this country have no right to
give military aid in any form to the
Cubans.
“To recognize as a separate and in
dependent state anything so mythical
as the republic of Cuba would put this
country in a very undesirable position,
and one in which no civilized nation
would like to be placed. Should the
resolution pass both houses and be ap
proved by the president, it would result
in clothing the special myth with a re
ality it never possessed, and our gov
ernment would receive the minister of
the new state and send a minister and
consuls to thac country and its cities
and towns, if they have any. The
republic of Cuba has no stability, no
autonomy, no organization, no capital.
We may pity the condition of the peo
ple and deplore the atrocities which
are being committed on the island, bnt
to go the length proposed is some
thing which no self-respecting nation
could do.
“Should the president veto the reso
lution and it be passed over the veto,
it would be a declaration of Congress,
which, perhaps, would have same effect
as if the president had signed it, if he,
as the executive, should deem it had
that lawful effect. But if the president
should be of the opinion that the
recognition of a new power was a pure
ly executive function and refuse to
carry out the instructions of congress,
there would be nothing left for con
gress to do but to either submit or im
peach him for high crime and misde
meanor in refusing to obey what they
regard as a valid law. But I have no
idea that the resolution will pass, so
that question is hardly likely ever to
arise.”
Hew York Cuban Meeting.
New York, Dec. S3.—The demon
stration in favor of the Cuban insur
gents under the auspices of the Society
of American Friends of Cuba, last
night, was a remarkable one. Four
thousand men marched from East
Eighty-seventh street to Cooper Union,
led by Frank Meyer, a survivor of the
Virginius massacre. The parade was
divided into ten columns.
A Young; Senator Wanted.
Mexico,' Mo., Dec. 23.—W. W. Pry,
chairman of the state judicial conven
tion, said to-day: ‘‘The Democracy of
this state should be represented in the
United States senate by a young1 man.
Senator Vest has served his time with
honor to the state and Cockrell is ad
vanced in years. We have the best of
material among the young men of the
state. There is Sam U. Cook and
others we might name, who would fill
the place with honor. The state and
the times are ripe for a new man from
the people.”
Many Settlers Concerned.
Washington, Dec. 23. — Solicitor
General Conrad has hied amotion with
the Supreme court to set aside the
judgment entered and grant a new
hearing in the ease of the Northern
Pacific railroad vs. Leonard P. Col
burn, in order tii at the United States
may have an opportunity to intervene,
lie stated that the case involved the
rights of many thousands of settlers.
Oklahoma Farmer Murdered.
Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 23.—William
Nichols, a farmer living two miles east
of the city, was murdered last night.
His throat was cut from ear to car
:vith a knife. He was a bachelor and
ivas suspected of intimacy with a
neighbor’s wife. Suspicion points to
iwo neighbors.
Hyan Win. In Seven Rounds.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 23.—Tommy
’.van of Syracuse won the fight from
lilly McCarthy of Australia in seven
ounds before the Empire Athletic
dub last night.
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THE UNION PACIFIC.
Senator Pettigrew li for Government
Ownership.
Wasiuxotox, Dec. 23.—The urgent
deficiency bill as reported was passed
by the senate to-day with minor
amendments. It carried 2884,88(5, the
larger part of which is for the continu
ation of the work of the navy depart
ment. '
Mr. Pettigrew called up his resolu
tion appropriating #10,000,000 to take
up the trust notes of the Union Pacifla
railway. He said that this step was
imperative to protect the interests of
tne government against those who held
the notes, whose purpose was to absorb
the branch lines of the Union Pacific.
He declared his belief that the Union
Pacific was not insolvent and that the
floating debt was created for the ex
Eress purpose of complicating and em
arrnssing the government liens.
Mr. Gear of Iowa, chairman of the
committee on Pacific roads, asked if
Mr. Pettigrew favored the operation of
the roads by the government.
The South Dakota Senator answered
that certainly the government could
not possibly manage the Pacific roads
worse than they had been managed. It
would do away with the pools, combi
nations and discrimination in rates
which made the American railroads a
target for criticism. He urged that
the government Bhould embrace this
opportunity for an experiment in gov
ernment ownership of a great conti
nental line. Ho believed the govern
ment should take possession and
operate the Union Pacific road and its
branch lines.
Mr. Platt of Connecticut spoke of
the imperative necessity of considering
the important question of settlement
with the Pacific railroads. The in
debtedness, reaching #115,000.000, was
in danger of being lost, and yet this
seemed to disturb no one. He hoped
it would be one of the first subjects
considered after the holidays.
. Mr. Morgan of Alabama said the
statements made by Mr. Pettigrew
were of a most grave character. In ef
fect, they meant that certain individ
uals had made a fraudulent combina
tion to load down these Pacific roads
so as to absorb them. It was difficult
for any single mind to grasp the “lab
yrinth of fraud and rascality” that had
made this subject a perfect “saturnalia
of fraud." It was a twin brother to
the Credit Mobiler frauds, carried on
by the same methods of bribery and
ooivuDtion.
THE ILL NOIS NATIONAL.
The Biff Bank Wrecked by Many Heavy
Louts.
Chicago, Dec. 23.—The listed assets
of the Illinois National bank are said
to include, in addition to the $2,475,000
.loaned to the Calumet Electric com
pany, $500,000 advanced to Robert
Berger, a son-in-law of President
George Schneider; $500,000 advanced
to G. A. Weiss, another son-in-law, and*
over $800,000 of doubtful debts. Berger
is a partner in the firm of E. S. Dreyer
& Co., which also went into the hands
of a receiver yesterday, and Weiss is a
brewer.
The losses by the failure will fall
upon 1,971 individual depositors and
350 national, state and private banks.
Included among the depositors are the
treasurers of the city of Chicago and
the state of Illinois. The deposits of
the treasurers of the eity of Chicago
and Cook county will aggregate $1,000,
000. The amount on deposit by the
state treasurer was comparatively
small.
Among the depositors were many
large corporations and receivers. They
included the receivers of the Northern
Pacific railroad and the receiver of the
Whisky trust. The deposits of E. 8.
Dreyer & Co. include the funds of the
West park board. The amount at the
time the bank closed was about $310,
000.
Robert E. Jenkins, one of the direct
ors of the bank, said: “The directors
did not know the size of the loan on
the Calumet Electric. The discovery
of the condition of the loan was as
much of a surprise to me as to the pub
lic. The same is true of the loan to
Dreyer & Co. The directors were una
ware of the loans, which appear to
have carried the bank down, or were
until the latter part of last week. I
do not care to say who I believe was to
blame for the directors being kept in
the dark as to the magnitude of these
loans.”
Quite a little run was made to-day
on the Illinois Trust and Savings bank,
but depositors are handed thirty-day
notices except where they can satisfy
the officials that the money they de
sire is for a legitimate purpose. Out
side of this the excitement attendant
upon the collapse appears to have
died out, though runs of more or less
magnitude were made on several bank
ing institutions, notably the Garden
City Banking and Trust company.
It is generally expected that Bank
Examiner McKeon will be appointed
receiver permanently for the National
Bank of Illinois.
HID Dicatiu^ 11UUOQ
batiks it was decided to advance seven
ty-five per cent on all claims against
the National Bank of Illinois certified
as on deposit. The general opinion
was that the depositors would receive
their money in full. The bank now
has on hand in cash means nearly for*
ty per cent of their entire liabilities.
The bank of Koseland has suspended;
assets, 875,000; liabilities. 850.000
Four Mew Mexican* Must Die.
Washington, Dec. 23.—The United
States supreme court affirmed the
verdict of the supreme court of New
Mexico in the cases of Francisco Bor
rego, Antonio Borrego, Lauriano Ala
rid and Patricia Valencia, who are
under sentence of death for the mur
der of Francisco Chaves in Santa Fe
countv in isi)2._
Arrangements for the Inauguration.
Washington, Dee. 23.—Tickets to
the ball to celebrate the inauguration
of President McKinley will cost 85
each. The committee of decorations
has decided to erect illuminated arches
across Pennsylvania avenue at the in
tersection of each cross street.
Tolly Scott's Mother Dead.
Oberi.in, Kan., Dec. 23.—Mrs. David
Scott, mother of Tully Scott, the Dem
ocratic leader, died here yesterday
after an illness of several months. She
left a husband and five children, the
latter all grown. •
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmer* Operate Thla
Department of the Farm—A Few
Hlnta aa to the Caro ot Live Stock
and Poultry.
H ARLES S.
Flint, writing in
his book on “Milk
Cows and Dairy
Fanning,” aayB:
The introduction
ot clover among
the cultivated
plants of the farm
has done more per
haps for modern
agriculture than
that of any other single plant.
It has now come to be consid
ered Indispensable in all good dairy
districts. White clover Is also wide
ly diffused over this country, to which
it Is undoubtedly Indigenous. As a mix
ture In all pasture grasses it holds a
very high rank, as it Is exceedingly
tweet and nutritious, and relished by
stock of all kinds. It grows moat lux
uriantly in moist grounds and moist
seasons, but easily accommodates itself
to a great variety of circumstances.
witn respect to the mixture of grasses
most profitable for the dairy farmer,
no universal rule can be given, as they
depend very much upon the nature of
the soil and the locality. The most im
portant point to be observed and one
in which we as a body are perhaps
most deficient, is to use a large num
ber of species, with smaller quantities
of each than those most commonly
used. This is nature’s rule, for in ex
amining the turf of a rich old pasture,
we shall find a large number of differ
ent species growing together, while if
we examine the turf of a field sown
with only one or two different species,
we find a far leas number of plants to
the square foot, even after the sod Is
fairly set. No improvement in grass
culture Is more Important, It seems to
me. As an instance of what I should
consider an improvement on our ordi
dinary mixtures for permanent pas
tures, I would suggest the following as
likely to give satisfactory results, de
pendent, of course, to a considerable ex
tent on the nature and preparation of
the soil.
Meadow Foxtail, flowering in May
and June, 2 pounds; orchard grass,
flowering in May and June, 6 pounds;
sweet-scented vernal, flowering in April
and May, 1 pound; meadow fescue,
flowering in May and June, 2 pounds;
red-top, flowering in June and July, 2
pounds; June grass, flowering in May
and June, 4 pounds; Italian rye grass,
flowering in June, 4 pounds; perennial
rye grass, flowering in June, 6 pounds;
timothy, flowering in June and July, 3
pounds; rough-stocked meadow grass,
flowering in June and July, 2 pounds;
perennial clover, flowering in June, 3
pounds; white clover, flowering from
May to September, 5 to 40 pounds.
For mowing lands the mixture would,
of course, be somewhat changed. The
meadow foxtail and sweet-scented ver
nal would be left out entirely, and some
six or eight pounds added to the tim
othy and red clover. The proper time
to lay down lands to grass in the lati
tude of New England is August or Sep
tember, and no grain crop should be
sown with the seed. Stiff or clayey
pastures should never be overstocked,
but when fed pretty close the grasses
are far sweeter and more nutritious
than when they are allowed to grow up
rank and coarse; and if, by a want of
sufficient feeding, they get the start of
the stock and grow into rank tufts,
they should be cut and removed, when
a fresh grass will start up, similar to
the aftermath of mowing lands, which
will be greatly eaten. Grasses for cur
ing into hay should be cut either at the
time of flowering or Just before, espe
cially if designed for milk cows. They
are then more succulent and Juicy, and,
if properly cured, form the sweetest
food.
Grass cat In the blossom will make
more milk than If allowed to stand la
ter. Cut a little before the blossom
ing, it will make more than after the
blossoming, and the cows prefer It,
which Is not an unimportant considera
tion, since their tastes should always
be consulted. Grass cut somewhat
ireen and properly cured Is next to
liesh green grass in nutritive qualities.
\nd so a sensible, practical, farmer
writes me: “The time of cutting grass
lepends very much on the use you in
end to make of It. If for working
ixen and horses I would let it stand
ill a little out of blossom; but if to
eed out to new milch cows in the win
er I would prefer to cut it very green,
t is then worth for the making of
nilk almost double of that cut green
ater.” Every farmer knows the mllk
naking properties of rowen, which is
ut before blossoming time.
Oram* for Poultry.
With the majority of poultry keep
rs, grain constitutes the principal part
if their feeding ration, at least in
aoney value, says a writer in the Poul
ry Keeper. Of the grain used In this
ountry, probably Indian corn out
weighs the rest. It Is fed whole,
racked, ground, raw or cooked. Corn
ontains very little bone-forming ma
erial, while it is very rich in fat-form
ng and warmth-giving substances. Al- ,
hough corn produces eggs with yolks
f dark colors and rich flavor, It is not ,
ecommended for layers unmixed with ]
ther grains. For fattening purposes <
: can not be excelled and should be fed i
a various forms to keep up the appe
Ite. Oats are a good nerve food and
re not fattening, but their sharpness <
i an objection to them, as is the ,
mount of waste or useless matter In ,
le husks, especially in poor, light
rain. The first objection may be re
loved by grinding them very fine, but
ils is difficult to do. Oatmeal Is an
kcellent food, but la rather expensive.
If oata are to be fed whole or ground
busks and all, the heavier they are
the cheaper. Forty-pound oats contain
hut little, if any, more weight of husks
than twenty-eight or thirty-pound oats.
Very light or small oats will often not
be eaten unless they are soaked and
made larger. This does not add to theli
nourishment, but compels blddle to get
out what little there Is In them. If
hens that should lay are too fat a diet
of oata will reduce the fatness. Ground
oats and boiled potatoes make an ex
cellent food for producng fertile eggs
and vigorous chickens. Wheat and its
by-products, screenings, bran and mid
dlings, may form a part of an economi
cal ration in many parts of our coun
try, If screenings are used they should
be fed raw so the fowls should not bo
compelled to eat the dust, poisonous
seeds and other foulness contained in
them. Moistened bran is apt to pro
duce scours, especially during the win
ter, and if fed at all should be alternat
ed with whole grain. Though wheat fa
rich In material for growth, easy of di
gestion and stimulates egg production,
it should be fed less freely than corn, as
too much of it produces diarrhoea.
SUlk And It* Change).
Ordinary milk alters In character
after being kept for some time, says
American Dairyman. It usually loses
its sweetness and perfect fluidity, and
becomes soured and curdled. The
rapidity of these changes depends upon
certain circumstances, the chief of
which, however, appears to be tem
perature. Milk kept at or a little be
low blood heat seems to change very
quickly. That a favorable temperature
alone cannot produce the changes re
ferred to may be proved by the follow
ing experiment, says Biologist Houston
of England: If milk be drawn direct
from the udder Into the sterilized ves
sel, extreme care being taken to pre
vent even the slightest contamination,
and the mouth ef the vessel plugged
with clean cotton wool, the milk may
be kept for daysr—yea, weeks—without
In the least turning sour, even during
the warmest summer weather. If the
plug be removed for a minute or so,
and then replaced, the milk will grad
ually lose its sweetness, thuB clearly
showing that unflltered air contains
something that, If permitted to reach
the milk, has the remarkable power at
causing souring, and perhaps othei "
changes, to take place In it. Now,
what Is in the air that possesses such
potent influences upon the keeping
properties of milk? Again an experi
ment will best answer this question. If
a covered and sterilized dish contain
ing a layer Of nutritive gelatine be ex
posed to the air, either indoors or In
the open, for, say, a minute, there wiS
fall upon the surface of the jelly
minute particles of dust, together with
extremely minute spores of molds, and
still more minute living particles of
different kinds, collectively known as
bacteria. By covering the dish and
I keeping It at a suitable temperature '
there will appear—within forty-eight
hours or less—upon the clear surfact
of the jelly a number of speckB, each
of which represents a colony of bac
terla that has arisen by rapid multi
plication from a single germ that orig
inally settled on the jelly when the
dish was exposed to the air. Immedi
ately milk Is drawn from the cow it it
subject to this kind of contamination
Bacteria of different kinds and tht
spores of molds are constantly falling
upon it, and the freshly drawn milk
provides an exceptionally favorable
medium for the growth and develop
ment of these fungal organisms. Milk
Is, unfortunately, a ready vehicle foi
the transmission of germs that give
rise to more or less serious ailments
In consumers of milk. Typhoid, tuber
culosis, diphtheria, and scarlet fevei
may be mentioned as dangerous dis
eases that are too frequently dissem
inated by milk. In most cases the con
tamination comes from without, but
there are cases where the milk is germ
laden before it leaves the milk gland
of the animal. It is stated on high au
thority that a large number pf milch
cows suffer from tuberculosis udder,
and it is needless to say that such s .
state of affairs 1b a continuous sourct
of danger to public health.
A Capon aa a Mother.
Rearing chickens by artificial ■
schemes was a subject of much impor
tance before the brooder was invented,
says Norbert H. Covert In American
Poultry Advocate. The poultrymen In
those days, as well as those of today, ■
knew that the chickens reared by a
hen bear no proportion to the number
of eggs she produces. Therefore many >
artificial schemes for rearing them. ’
were attempted. The most successful,
though by no meanB the most humane,
is said to be where a capon is made to,
supply the place of a hen. He was ren
dered very tame; the feathers were,
plucked from his breast and the bare
parts were rubbed with nettles. The
chickens were then put to him, and by
Lbem running under his breast with,
Lhelr soft and downy bodies his pain,
was so much allayed, and he felt so*,
much comfort to his featherless body.
:hat he soon adopted them, and fed,
:hem like a hen, and assiduously per
formed all the functions of the tender*
:st parent
Missouri Poultry Products.—Some
statistical records from the state of c
Missouri show the aggregate sales of
:orn and oats for 1891 to be $4,606,705;
ead and zinc, $4,740,200; coal and iron.
13,753,893; poultry and eggs, $4,213,- ^
161. Here we see the little side issue ||
n excess and a close rival in money
ralue with those industries which re*
iuire skilled labor, expensive machin
ery to operate, and investments of large
•»*ltal.
So far aa la possible tn making the
>oultry house arrange It so that It wiQ
face the south or southeast sod bSY*
rtenty of light.
