Egg Mystery Has Led to 20 Fights
YORK. That deep mystery ,
NI5W
"Fowl Business ; or Whoso lieu Laid
the Egg ? " hasn't been solved yet In
the Flatbush court. Two leading resi
dents of Cannrslo appeared to press
charges of assault against each other
n few days ago and Cnnarolo Is all
torn up over the case.
The litigants were accompanied to
court by all tholr ftlcmlu , families or
neighbor : ) , for Hiich problems aa the
possibility of war with Japan , the
price of clams or ( he high coat of liv
ing have faded Into Insignificance be-
sldo this egg affair. Only the hen can
nettle It and she won't tell.
When court opened a' small man
bubbling over with oxcltcn nt Jumped
to his feet at the Round of hla name ,
William Clomar. Ho rushed up to the
Judicial bar and before Court Officer
Dalton could stop him ho exploded
with :
"You know how this hero trouble
started , Judge ? " Well , a week ago my
hen , Matilda , laid an egg at least , I
will awcar to my dying day that it
was our hen that laid It. My daugh
ter picked up the egg and started
carefully for the house. On the way
Bho was mot by our next door neigh
bor , Mrs. Mary Pennluger , who upset
the child In her attempt to seize the
egg.
I Big Wart Hoodoos a Champion Sleeper
f * HICAGO. James White , n long
T * dlatanco nleopcr , was carried out
of the Vestibule lodging house , 09 Van
Duron street , on a stretcher to-day
as a "corpse , " buj. aa ho was about to
bo taken to the morgue ho rolled off
and was awakened.
"I ain't dead , " ho yollcd , stretching
himself , yawning and rubbing his eyes
in wonderment.
"What the " began Policeman Kel
ly , as ho lot his end of the stretcher
fall.
fall."Who
"Who tickled me ? " demanded the
indignant sleeper.
Policeman Kelly laughed , but Gabcl
only utarcd at the "corpse. " ,
"I thought maybe ho was only
asleep , " explained Kelly , amlllng , "and
tickled his rlbu. "
The "corpse" moved away.
"Walt'here , " ordered Gabol , aa ho
turned and went hack to the clerk.
"That follow ain't dead , " ho com-
plnhicd to the clerk.
, . "Sure ho is , " Insisted the clerk.
"Now , It appears that she wants the
egg , and FO do wo. Wo are lighting
for the principle Involved , and so la
she , she says. Hut the egg there's
the trouble , judge. Then , on Monday
wo are haled to court to prove wo
own the egg. Matilda left her coop ,
and wo do not knoW exactly when she
laid the egg. The Pennlngern claim
t
the ngg waa laid by one of their hens.
"Naturally , wo resent their denial ,
which almost says we are lying. Last
night I opened a window which com
mands a view of the Pennlngcr hen
nery. Aa I did BO Pennlngcr point
ed u finger at mu and exclaimed to
JoHoph Taylor , who waa with him :
' "That's him ! That's the meddler !
He butlH Into the affairs of his neigh
bors and can't let his wife light her
own battles. '
"That wan too much , your honor , so
1 fought them both In turn. Look at
Penninger ! I guess 1 beat him to It ,
hey , Judge ? And ho hit me first , at
that.
"Hero's another point , Judge , " added
'Gemar. " 1 have possession of the egg
pending your olllclal determination of
Its ownership. Should you decide that
thaj. man Penninger owns It 1 propose
to charge him storage on It for every
day I 1mvo kept It.
"Think of It , your honor ! Ono egg
has been the cause of 1C fights be
tween our children , four between Pen-
ningor and hla wife and mo and my
wife and several domestic tlffa , to say
nothing of our pugilistic encounter
last night ! "
Magistrate , Nash held Pennlngcr and
Qcmar each in $300 ball ,
"Two porters punched him with the
'feeling utlck' and he didn't wako up. "
Outsldo , the tramp was being held
a prisoner. The clerk and Patrolman
Gabol came out to look him over
again.
"Pretty live corpse , " commented the
clerk.
"Well " began Gabol , but then the
deeper broke In :
' 'I ' was sleepy and had only been In
bed 21 hours. "
"How much sleep do you take ? "
asked the clerk.
"Oh , sometimes a couple of days. "
said the sleopcr , > awning again. Then
ho wont on : "It'a that Infernal wart
on my nose. "
"What about it ? " demanded the po
licemen.
"It's my hoodoo. "
Neither the policemen nor the clerk
spoke , and the sleeopr resumed :
"You sec , I ain't had no luck since
the wart camo. Guess It will bo my
death yet. "
"Why don't you have It removed ? "
"He-moved , oh ? And how ? I've
tried everything. I've tried to got
ahead , hut I either got hurt , got
'pinched' an a suspect , arrested for
being drunk , or lose my Job. And
"Move on , " broke In Patrolman Cu
be ! . The Blcopor moved.
Has Job for an Expert Stamp Licker
MILWAUKEE , Wls. If you are In
search of employment In a Mil
waukee drug store you must bo a
stamp IJcker. The unofficial word has
gene forth among owners of drug
stores that llcklcss Individuals In
search of work are to bo turned down
cold.
cold.That
That the ability to lick etampa is
one of the prlrao requisites of a nifty
drug clerk Is just becoming known.
Tlmo was when Mllwaukeeaiia licked
their own stnmpa , stuck them on
their packages or letters , and that waa
all there was to It No more ; the
clerk must lick the stamp that ho
sells.
Ordinarily the now wrluklo of stamp
licking IB not noticed , but at such
times na Christmas and Now Year ,
when the tongues of the overworked
clerks become weary from overmuch
contact with glue , a wall goes up and
the new order cornea under the pub
lic's observation.
However , there have been drug
clerks within the last few days who
positively refused to lick any more
stamps , says the Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin. Their refusal Is made on
the ground that If they should overdo
the operation It would seriously Inter
fere with their speech. Many of the
clerks who refused were women.
"It'a simply awful , " declared one
clerk In discussing the situation. "A
woman comes In hero and buys a
bunch of stamps , She has her letters
In her hands. Sometimes there are
14 or 15. You give her the stamps. '
Thou she counts them nut , a stamp
to a letter , and politely hands them
back to you with the demand , "lick
'em , please" and you have to do it to
hold your Job.
Hint of a drug clerks' union , com-
poacd of members banded together
under the sacred promise to never lick
another stamp , has been heard , but
until the present time the movement
la so small that It has not created
Interest oven among the clerks them
selves.
Meanwhile the licking demand In
made and stamps are being assiduous
ly licked.
Dragged Uut ot a Grave to Jail Cell
YORK. To bo taken out of a
NEW
grave on a warrant on n charge of
threatening to kill hla wife and fam
ily was the unusual experience of Al
bert Smith of Long Island City.
Dut the grave was not his own.
Smith , who Was employed In Cal
vary cemetery , was simply engaged In
digging it when Patrolmen Quinn und
Kltno went hunting him.
"Hey , Smith ! " shouted Quinn , lean
ing over the edge of the grave , "aro
you down there ? "
"Ay , bane , " said Smith , who ia an
Anglicised son of Sweden.
"Comln' out soon ? " Inquired the po
liceman.
"Nnw ! Ay bane tank Ay stay hyar.
It bane nice an1 quiet an' charful
place. "
"Come on up. " said Quinn. coaxing-
ly. "I've got something for you. "
"You bane knpe what you got Ay
no want any present. "
Quinn. who was In plain clothes ,
stopped aside and gave Kline , who
waa In uniform , an opportunity to try
his authority.
"Come up out of that , " said Klein ,
"or I'll go down and get you. "
"Dla har bane might' narrow place "
returned the Swede. "It bane built
for ono only. '
Smith came up nt last , and was
then taken before Magistrate Gllroy.
in the Long Island City police court ,
whore ho was hold for examination.
UTEST
WITZHRLAND recognized the
benefits of forest protection and
development COO years ago when
the forest ordinance of Bern
was Issued The Slhlwald of
Zurich , one of the most perfect
ly managed and moat profitable for
ests In the world , baa been handled
under a working plan since 1C80 The
little Alpine republic still reports
progress In forest work , and ' the
American consul writing for SL Gall
says :
"The government of Switzerland
hns so carefully regulated the timber
output that It has never been permit
ted to exceed the natural growth. The
thick growth of timber on the' ' moun
tain aldea , purposely allowed to be
come dense , has perceptibly lessened
the danger and frequency of ava
lanches and landslides , which In for
mer times were BO frightfully de
structive. To control the spring floods
In the rivers and streams , massive
dams , fortified by thickly planted
trees , have been erected at exposed
In the Swiss forests , and then In or
der of their Importance como the
white fir , beech , larch , pine , cypress
and a few other varieties.
"Tho principal revenue derived
from the Swiss foiests is from the
lumber output , there being no manu
factures of resin , turpentine and sim
ilar by-products. To offset the cut
ting , there were planted In 190S , 23.-
OUG.225 trees , of which 18,031.n90 were
conifer and 5,064,035 deciduous , and
no less than seven tons of seed were
sown.
"Statistics of the receipts and ex
penditures of all forestry work in the
country are not available , but a cou
ple of casoa may bo cited which show
gratifying returns. The tottjl re
ceipts from the sale of wood in 1908
from 2,421 acres of state forests In the
canton of St. Gail are given aa $24.-
457.37 and the expenditures at
$7.104.81 , leaving a clear profit of $17-
352.56 In the forests of the town of
Wlntorthur , amounting to 2.833 acres ,
the receipts were $51,174.63 , and the
places In the extraordinary attention
paid to Its timber lands , the govern
ment has taken Into account also the
necessity for sheltering and pasturing
cattle , the maintenance1 of the soil , the
roads and the natural springs , climate ,
and the control of mountain streams.
"The actual forest area of Switzer
land romprlsea 2.205.50S acres , 21.48
per cent , ot the entire surface of the
country. 77.004 of which belong to the
state and 2.128,504 to the cantons ,
communes , municipalities and private
corporations Seven hundred and
eighty-one acres of the state forest
are set aside aa a nursery From this
nursery In 1008 aver 22.000.000 young
trees were taken mid transplanted In
the various forests
"Swlas forests are classed ns 'pro
tected' and 'non-protected. ' The for
mer are those which are situated on
mountain slopes where the Imminence
of washouts , stone and ice chutes ,
landslides and avalanches calls for the
constant exercise of extraordinary
care and attention The 'non-protected'
ore those on comparatively level
ground requiring only ordinary atten
tion to liecp them In good condition
Because of the character of the coun
try , the great majority of the forests
art1 "protected'
"The law provides that 'the forest
area shall not be diminished' and that
all forests shall be maintained In n
fairly dense condition Even In pri
vate forests close cutting or clearing
up la strictly forbidden , especially In
exposed places , without the consent of
the federal authorities , and then only
In small nreaa and when prompt re
forestation la guaranteed Trees for
cutting are carefully selected by for
estry experts
"Through the forests there are ex
cellent roads , made Inrgaly by the can
tonal authorities The year 1908 was
marked by suph activity In road con-
Ktructlon that the stae. | which bears
a proportion ot the expense , paid to
ihiciintous the sum of $46,034.00 on
account alone |
u ihu most Important tree
expenses S21.G34.50 , leaving a net
profit of $29,54013 , or an average
profit of about $10.42 per acre.
"It Is not to bo presumed that the
Revenue from the entire Swiss forest
atea can bo approximated by taking
as a basis the earnings of the St. Gall
or Wlnterthur forests , which have
been for many years under most In
telligent and excellent management ,
but the universal opinion among for
estry officials la that the jealous care
with which the Swiss timber lands
have been guarded has vastly bene
fited both national and cantonal treas
uries from the financial point of view. "
Surprlssd Her.
A gentleman who had spent the
greater portion of his life In Canada
relates an amusing experience which
bcicll him.
Ho had been on a hunting expedi
tion for several days In the back
woods , roughing It lather severely ,
and on taking a seat In a railway
train returning homeward ho looked
aa begrimed and weather-beaten a
trapper as ever brought hla akina intt *
a settlement.
Ho happened to find a seat next to
n young lady evidently belonging to
Boston who , after taking stock ol
him for n few minutes , remarked :
"Don't you find an utterly passion-
ful sympathy with nature's nio'untalns
nnii the dim aisles of the horizon-
touching forests , my good man ? "
"Oh , yes , " replied the apparent
backwoodsman , "and I also am frequently -
quently drawn Into an exaltation of
rapt soulfulnesa and beatific Incan
descent Infinity of abstract contiguity
when my horse stumbles. "
"Indeed ! " said the young lady ,
much surprised , "I had no Idea the
lower classes felt like that. "
A Dubious One.
So Jellaby always gets a warm wel
come at homo. "
" 1 aupose so. I know his wife al
ways keepa him to hot water , "
DAIRY NOTES.
Do not allow any foul air around the
cow stable or places where milk and
cream are kept. '
Even with the greatest care It Is
hard to keep the cow stable ventilated
as It should be.
Cleanliness first , last and all the
line , should bo the watchword of
every dairyman.
Milk and cream are the first foods
of this world , and should bo the purest
and most sanitary product wo consume -
sumo
To Induce the greatest possible milk ,
low In heifers their calves should bo
omoved from them the first week
ifter calving.
lly caving the calves from his best
producing cows and brooding his best
cows to high-grade males , any dairy
fainii'i1 can build up a paying herd
cheaply
Vigilance and common-senso are
what wo need In the dairy , whether
the product la sold to the city trade ,
made into butter on the farm , or used
In the home kitchen.
The cows milked dally In the United
States yield an average of 3,560
pounds of m'illc a year , which makes
the annual total output for the coun
try about 70,000,000,000 pounds. /
It Is well to consider that the helfor
which is not worth more than $30 to
$40 when two years old has not been
of very much piollt to the owner.
Good stock does not eat more food
than poor stock.
Don't forget that dairy success de
pends much upon the Individuality of
the cow. With the same feed and
care in every way one cow may bring
her owner a clear profit of $30 a year ,
while another will not pay expenses.
MILKING THE KICKING COW
Stout Chain Securely Fastened to Wall
and Tied Around Animal's Leg
Serves Purpose.
A writer in an exchange gives the
following method of milking a kick
ing cow :
Got a lag screw five or six Inches
long and have the blacksmith put an
Securing the Kicker.
eye anil ring on the end. Bore a hole
In studding directly behind the cow
and fasten screw In place. Got a
stout chain five or six feet long with
a hook at each end , one hook large
enough that the chain will run through
In a clip noose. Tie cow In her
stall , put slip noose aiound cow's leg ,
run the other end through ring In wall
and draw back till the foot just stands
on the ground. The cow soon finds
out what you want , and in a few days
you can milk in safety without the
chain.
Hardy Dairy Breeds.
An occasional farmer offers as an
excuse for not Introducing Into his
herd Borne of the Improved dairy blood
the reason that he does not want a lot
of thin-skinned , weak animals that
cannot endure the cold and vigorous
climate. What folly. This lack of so-
called hardiness In the case of dairy
stock ia a matter of individuality
rather than brood. A fine milch cow
is not a Rocky mountain goat. The
great Lambert family of Jerseys was
developed in the far north and Is as
hardy as any dairy bred animal need
bo. The dairy breeds are inclined to
hardiness rather than weakness , any
way.
Demand for Dairy Butter.
There Is always a good local demand
for really good farm dairy butter ,
t'rhere is a sentiment connected with
[ home-made butter which te not at-
.tached to that made In butter fac-
'toilcs which Impels people to buy It at
something nbovo the going price.
Knowing Each Cow.
No man can succeed In dairying un
less ho knows that each cow is paying
him n profit A dairy cow that docs
'not more than pay for feed and care
is a robber that should not bo allowed
to live.
Muslin Window Best.
Cows tmould not stand facing a win
dow unless the window bo covered
with muslin. By the way , the muslin
window In a cow stable is better by
far than glass , { t gives a subdued
light und -furnishes ideal ventilation.
HOW TO USE AN ACIDEMETER
Directions for Arrangement of Appara
tus to Determine Acidity In
Milk and Cream.
_ _ _ _ _
In ti convenient place erect n small
shelf to support the largo bottle. Cut
a notch In the front or back of the
Bholf to allow the brass pipe to pass
through.
Then add the contents of the small
bottle of alkali to the largo bottle ,
rinsing the small bottle several times ,
and each time pouring the rinsings
Into the largb bottle. Then add soft
water to the largo bottle until the
level reaches the mark filed on the
bottle. You will then have 2,300 cublo
centimeters of a one-tenth normal
alkaltno solution.
The small wash bottle attached to
( ho neck of the larger one should ho
half tilled with thin solution. Then the
\visfi \ laff/
copper band
Determining Acidity.
rubber and glass connections are made
between the two bottles.
The burette holder Is fastened un
derneath the shelf so that the alkali
from the large bottle can enter it The
dropper bottle is then filled with indi
cator.
Measure with a pipette nine grams
of the substance ( milk , whey , cream ,
or starter ) which you wish to test ,
and place it In the white cup. Add two
drops of the phenolphthaleln Indicator.
Then allow the alkaline solution to
run into the cup from the burette , one
drop at a time , until the fluid In the
cup , which Is being constantly stirred ,
shows a very faint pink color. By
reading the grduatlons on the burette
wo can ascertain the amount of acid
in the substance tested. Each one-
tenth cubic centimeter of alkali repre
sents one one-hundredth per cent ot
acid In the fluid.
FASTENING THE COW'S TAIL
Illustrations Practically Explain Good
Method of Treating Trouble
some Animals.
1 give a simple , hut most conveni
ent and effective method of fastening
a cow's tall while milking , writes F.
W. Browne in Orange Judd Farmer.
The illustrations practically explain
themselves. A is a bent wire hook
made from a bit of ordinary binding
wire. To this is attached loop , B. Be
hind each troublesome cow Is fastened
trom above a piece of twine having
a fair-sized loop at Its lower end.
These bhould not hang down lower
than a point some six feet from the
barn floor. To make the fastening ,
wln'd the end of loop B a couple of
times around the animal's tall and
draw A through it. Then catch the
Fastener for Cow's Tall.
hook Into ono of the loops hanging
from above. If the twine used la
reasonably coarse the operation ot
making or undoing the fastening can
bo accomplished almost instantly. 1
have made use of the above device
for several years , and have found it
n great convenience.
"Creamery Shark. "
A few years ago the "creamery
shark" Infested the land and organ
ized creamery companies among farm-
era in order to equip the creameries
with machinery at about Hvo tlmea
what it was worth. This business
died ns such enterprises must. Now
comes the condensary with golden-
tinted stories of what farmers might
mnko by organizing cooperative con-
rion&lne factories.