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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSTJOUUN L FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10 11)09 ) The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal Tbo Nown , Kntabllshod 1881. The Jouriml , Established 1877. THE HU8E PUDLI8HINO COMPANY. W. N. Huao , N. A. Huso , President. Secretary Every Friday. By innll per year , $ l.fiO. Entered lit thu postofllco nt Norfolk , Noli. , nu Hccoiul class matter. TelephonesEuMtorlal : Department No. 22. Business OIllco nnd Job Hooina No. II 21 ! . Wlmt will Walter Wollman do now with hla bnlloon ? Somcono fmy there Is Brent fascina tion In working. Working who ? Strange how much contention there IB over having peace In the world. A movement In on foot to beautify Chicago. A movement to purify It would also bo In order. The report comes from Paris that two men have boon hurt In a French dual. Astounding , If true. John D. Rockefeller says the world looks good to him. Why shouldn't It ? John has It largely fenced In. When n strike can bo carried on -without n riot , the public will have more sympathy with the strikers. The hntlcss clubs are going out of fashion. They will never bo nn nll-the- year-round success In this country. The' town or person who Is still waiting for prosperity to return Is way behind the procession. Prosperity has arrived. Not so much has been said about the now $60 bill as nbout the new penny , rrobnbly because so few newspaper men have seen one. The edict has gone forth from Presi dent Taft that politics must bo elim inated from the census. Strange world we're living In under this admlnlstra- Supposing Boston should be cap tured by a hostile army , what would they do with the old HXib where cul ture and baked beans go hand in hand ? It would bo quite fitting for the In- dlannpolls speed course people to make n protest against the Mexican bull fight In the interest of humanity and civilization. Hugs and carpets , considered as works of art , will not get into Amer ica free , even If they are 100 years or more old. The government has put its foot down on them. Twenty-five thousand more children than applied last year are seeking ad mission to the New York public schools , this year. More children than over before will bo on half time. Crop prospects abroad are not so fa- Torablo ns In America , generally speaking , but reports of great agri cultural prosperity come from Cuba , where the crops are highly satisfac tory. An enterprising club of vegetarians discovered that certain kinds of alfalfa could be used for food. Now a Mil waukee man Is making alfalfa cigars. These are guaranteed as harmless as Fosturn. President Taft is investigating the charges that coal land In Alaska has been Illegally acquired. President Taft doesn't flourish the big stick nil the time , but ho can use it vigorously on occasions. President Taft , when his present trip shnll have been completed , will Imve visited more places , seen more people and traveled more miles than any other man who has ever occupied the white house. David B. Hill and Alton B. Parker propose to revive the democratic par ty. They will have to take a double close of their revivifying compound themselves before they can do much for their party. The whole country is watching San Francisco to see what It will do on election day to Francis .T. Honey. His election would bo accepted as positive proof of that city's redemption from the power of graft. A new fast mail train between Chicago cage and Seattle which will make the long run In sixty-two hours is In pros pect In the near future. It Is a won derful triumph of modern Ingenuity which discounts distance to this ex tent. A New York paper says a man of Theodore Roosevelt's type Is wanted for mayor of New York. Since there Is only one man of that typo and he refuses to accept it , It Is difficult to see how the long felt want Is to bo satis fied. Emma Enmes says she has closed her operatic career and will live the rest of her life In Paris. However , If the call Is loud enough It Is quite like ly that Emma may bo Induced to make nt least two or three farewell tours in America. Princess Anna de Sagan reported to the Rholnes police that , while attend ing the aviation races with her hus band , aho won robbed of 110,000. Had the ofllcer searched , the prince , who Is n notorious spendthrift nnd gambler , they would probably have discovered tlio money In his Inside pocket. The University of Chicago has drop ped a hundred students because their scholarship was not up to n satisfac tory standard. This course will bo much more to the credit of the univer sity than to pass students along from year to year whoso work amounted to nothing , rather than drop them. A Yale professor Is complaining ol tlio bad spellers among his students. Bad spoilers are n great deal more common than they were twenty-five or more years ago , and spelling has become no more difficult , except whore wo nro asked to use "dactylograph , " for Instance , In order that wo may mark the difference between the type writer nnd the machine. A railway college has been estab lished at Omaha by the Union Pacific road In which employes will bo given Instruction In nil departments free of charge. Three objects are aimed at In establishing the school assisting em ployes to assume greater responsibil ity , increasing their knowledge and efficiency , and preparing pjpspectlvo employes for service. The value of such nn institution Is obvious. It has come to light In the writings of the historian , Cesnre Alessl , that about two years after the discovery of America an Italian Inventor made a daring and successful attempt at flying with a mechanical contrivance at Pe rugia in 1494. The feat was performed in honor of the marriage of a prince , nnd after ho had made his flight , the mntter ended. Apparently the Invent or had no thought of perfecting his In vention. Dr. Wiley In his vigorous pursuit after lurking germs and microbes which endanger the nation's food sup ply has turned his mlcroscop6 on the household ice box. Ho finds many of these food receptacles are not as they should bo and urges the housekeepers to give them strong doses of hot soda water , frequent disinfecting with for maldehyde. It will bo hard on the re frigerators , but never mind , if the germs are only routed. The expenditure of the country nt Inrgo upon education last year was $442,000,000. These figures leave no room for doubt as to the attitude of the public mind toward education. Nevertheless , there Is hardly a large city In the country that does not fall short of fulfilling Its whole duty tow ard education. Nevertheless , there Is hardly a large city in the country that does not fall short of fulfilling Its whole duty toward its children. The comptroller of the currency has found upon Investigation that less than one-fourth of the bank directors of our 50,000 national banks are familiar with the banking laws , conversant with the bank's affairs or keep in touch with the details of Its operation. This con dition calls for a reform. A man who has not time to attend the board meet ings and perform the duties devolving upon a bank director , should decline election to so important n position. Another fitting recognition of the newspaper was given by the repub lican state central committee when Harry G. Thomas of Harvard was made a member of the executive com mittee for the Fifth congressional dis trict. Mr. Thomas is editor of the Harvard Courier , one of the up-to-date newspapers of the southern part of the state , nnd incidentally he Is serv ing with ability as secretary of the state printing board nt the stnto house. President Lehmnnn of the Americnn Bar association gave that body some sound doctrine on the corporation tax and its socalled "Inquisitorial fen- tures. " Ho said that corporations had no ground for objecting to it because It Invaded private business since there could be no such thing ns private cor poration affnlrs , because the corpora tion is creature of the " a public. "Cor porate powers are not natural rights , " said the eminent lawyer , and "the gen eral welfare is the only justification for granting them. " In. spite of 111 health , Mr. Harrlraan is optimistic concerning the business outlook in the immediate future and in ultimate America. In his roseate conception of the American commer cial , Industrial and transportation fu ture , Mr. Harriman is but Indorsing the abiding judgment of all the great men of affairs in the nation's commer cial history who by the courage of the faith that Is in them have not only realized great fortunes for themselves , but , as well , promoted great values for others. Gen. Carlos Garcia Velez , Cuban minister to Washington , has found It necessary to deny very definitely the numerous and persistent reports which are being circulated concerning the danger of another Insurrection and an other intervention. It Is quite possible that there are ulterior nnd sinister mo tives behind these stories. Anyway they should bo given no credence among our people. If the little repub lic is doing the best that it can In the primary grade of self government , It should have encouragement. Professor Shaw of St. Paul sounds n note of warning to the agriculturists of the United States nnd Canada , after visiting the great farming districts of both countries. Ho says unless atten tion Is paid to renewing the soil with fertilizers the world's supply of corn and wheat will gradually bo cut off. Already they are deteriorating. Mixed farming Is the ultimate salvation of these great wheat and corn belts. Now the straw Is largely burned. In a few years the farmers will bo keeping stock nnd using their bedding for fer tilizing purposes. Representative Bennett of New York has broken Into the letter writing squad by sending an epistle to the secretary of war , claiming that there Is graft In connection with the Panama canal purcha&os. Any facts which Mr. Bennett may bo able to produce for the good of the service nro nlwnys In order , but the public was beginning to have a great deal of confide ! " 0 In the honesty and efficiency of the Panama canal management. As yet no "muck rakers" have been able to make good on charges of wrongdoing , but It has not been because they have not tried. The merchant marine of the United States is not creditable to the nation. The stars and stripes are not been In the high seas as they should be. What ever the cause , It should bo searched and removed. We are In the anoino- lous position of being n great com mercial nation practically without rep resentation upon the world's ocean highways. If this Is due to a policy that refuses to encourage American shipping that policy should be changed. America does not lag behind In other particulars. Why should she be contented to bo n laggard in this ? Only lately has It come to the notice of financiers that large profits are to be made in the railroad business in China by reason of the country's dense population , large commerce and cheap labor , and it is only n question of time until the entire kingdom shall be cobwebbed - webbed with railroads. New construc tion of this kind is not expected on so large a scale elsewhere , but the elec trification of the present steam roads of nearly every other country In the world Is a mntter that Is being se riously considered. When once under taken it will mean complete recon struction. It is not probable that President Taft will discuss the tariff bill , as passed , to any great extent In his trip through the west. For so doing would merely lose him friends. The people believe that President Taft got what concessions he could at the last and that he sincerely tried to uphold and redeem his campaign pledges. They understand that after receiving these concessions to have vetoed the bill would have split the party , but the people of the middle west are not sat isfied with the tariff bill , and until some genuine downward revision can be brought about , the less said about It the better. It has always been a matter of much speculation as to how the ancients moved and set in place the enormous stones such ns are found in the pyra mids and other antiquarian ruins. The theory Is now advnnced that these great blocks are not quarried stone but masses of concrete rock placed by the shovelful instead of being lifted In one huge block. If this be true , it proves that another of our boasted modern inventions is as old as the hills and the great "cement ago" is another proof that "Wo think the snme thoughts that our fathers have thought , we tread the same paths that our fathers trod. " Governor Hughes of New York , In his first public utterance after returnIng - Ing from a visit to Seattle and the coast told the New Yorkers that the spirit of "boost , " accompanied by a spirit of honest criticism and earnest construction was making the cities of iho west. Merely "boosting" is not enough , there must bo unremitting ef forts to make the homo town worthy of Its citizens' praise. It must be kept clean , healthful , supplied with pure water , nnd rents and other ac- commodntlons brought within the reach of the people of moderate means. If local combinations so control af fairs as to make the cost of living high a town cannot grow ns it ought to. HOW ABOUT COOK'S STORY ? And now the world domnnds the proof. How nbout the truth of Dr. Cook's story that he found the north polo ? Where is his evidence ? It would seem essential that before credit is given to any mnn for the greatest eea exploration of all time , and the finding of a goal sought but undiscovered for 400 years , that man must present satisfactory evidence on top of his own word to historically es tablish his story. A man capable of exploring and fig uring the longitude and latitude , would bo capable of sitting down in his own homo and fnking a record of alleged dally journeys. There must bo some scientific proof beyond the diary. Dr. Cook has been given a remark able demonstration at Copenhagen. Ho will bo one of the greatest heroes In America just ns soon as he can satisfy the scientists of the accuracy of his statements. " But ho must'give proof. The world has a right to bo skeptical and to de mand convincing evidence. It Is fortunate that the United States has outlined n plan for controlling at j least to some extent , the belligerent South American republics through the medium of their finances. Nicaragua Is not for the present within the 1m- I mediate scope of this financial control , but the $10.000,000 worth of Ilondurnn bonds which will soon bo transferred to New York , will go far toward se curing Honduras from aggression by Nicaragua. Costa Rica has enjoyed Immunity from Nlcaraguan Interfer ence for some time because of Its close proximity to the Panama canal , which made the early control by the United States of any military demonstration a certainty. If Guatemala can bo suc cessfully Included In this financial scheme the predominance of American financial Interests from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border - , dor of Columbia will by Itself provide a gradual solution of the Central Americnn problem. This plan Is a vast Improvement on the scheme of policing Central America by the joint efforts of the United States nnd Mex ico. ALL HONOR TO AMERICA. "It never rains but It pours. " This old snylng never found more complete verification than with the suddenness with which come two announcements from two entirely Independent explor ers , that two Americans have found the north pole. The first word of Dr. Cook's triumph came like a thunder bolt out of a clear sky. And the second end the cablegram that Peary had found the pole coming as it did upon the very heels of Dr. Cook's story , afforded probably the most remarkable coincidence in the history of the world. That the news of Peary's achieve ment should come while the world was still stunned by news of Dr. Cook's feat , and while Dr. Cook was in the midst of cheera from all the world , make the double report all the. more singular and astounding. And America now rests secure In the honor of discovery. One or the other has surely succeeded and the stars and bars unquestionably do float over the top of the world. Practically speaking , Its discovery is of little value. We knew as much about the north pole before as we do now , and these and all the brave men who have explored the frozen north have merely satisfied our curiosity but have added little to the sum of human knowledge that is worth while. Never theless , these men are entitled to and will receive the admiration and homage age of the whole civilized world. They are of the stuff heroes are made. They dared to face great odds , to meet the most untoward conditions and risk their lives In order to accomplish their quest. They made a good fight. They have triumphed. The pole has been reached. All honor to them and the other brave men who have sought the same goal ! AROUND TOWN. Please pass the pole. Which are you for Peary or Cook ? And the theater season is about to begin. Do "pole cats" come from the frozen north ? Wish Christopher Columbus was here. Are there any names that have been omitted ? Well , little one , do you love your teacher ? Already the teacher's pet Is nailed to the cross. It seems lonesome around hero with out Dr. Bear. Now fo.r n "seeing the north polo" airship service. Nothing left to explore but the south polo and Meyer county. Both agree that strangers are coldly received at the pole. Peary Is going to bo a disanpointed man when he wakes up. The Peary punch and the Cook cock- tall are the latest drinks. Do we understand correctly that there are now two north poles ? Read the first list of candidates in The News voting contest today. Now the pretty school ma'ams and the laughing , bright eyed chil-dren. Move the expressions , "a pitcher's battle , " and "lone bandit , " be canned. Labor day Is 'the day the banker rests and the rest of us labor like the very deuce. To got at the facts , they'll have to put both Cook and Peary through the "third degree. " It never rains but It pours. Two en gagements In a Norfolk family are an nounced today. At all events , the American eagle Is perched on top of the polo and scream ing Its darndest. There hasn't been so much excite ment over one man since Dewey ex plored Manila Bay. Now that It has been found , the north polo appears to bo the earth's vermiform appendix. ' It takes n man of about 17 to toll you nil the line points , pro nnd con , on every automobile made. Sporting events : Polo vault Cook , , first , time 4:21:08 : : ; Peary second , time 4:0:09. : : Wollman distanced. Who wouldn't marry the girl who wins that cnr ? Or , perhaps more to the point , who really will ? Why not arrange n joint debate be tween Cook nnd Pcnry for the forthcoming - coming Norfolk fall festlvnl ? The Norfolk Auditorium will give Cook nnd Ponry half the proceeds If they'll appear hero for n week. Has your home been wrecked over the question ns to whether you ought to put snlt or sugnr on your cnntn- loupes ? One Norfolk mnn Is still wonrlng his straw hat because he says ho paid $ G for it and ho hasn't hnd that much value out of It. There's only one thing that has grown faster than the corn In this re glen during the pnst summer that's The News want column. Peary and Cook and Roosevelt need not have gone on such expensive hunts. They'd have found the same sort of sensation hunting for a house to rent In Norfolk. It's too bad Wlsner Isn't on the north pole route. Al West is the best ol them all to strike when you're perish ing from the cold and want to borrow five overcoats on the spur of the mo' ment. The News finds it hard to sympa thize with the nation's weather man who broke his arm yesterday. On cer tain days during the past summer It would have given some satisfaction If all the weather men had broken their heads. The files have begun to bile a fel low's head , the mice will soon begin creeping inside the house nnd the grate of hnrd conl chutlng the chute Into the basement bin has commenced. Verily , fall is here and the Ice man's reign is coming to an end. Stung ? Wlsner , Neb. , Sept. 8. Editor News : I have noted your comments in The News In regard to Al West's overcoats. Now If you knew as much about thes e vcoats as I do , nnd hnd the experience' that I have , you would let up. W. E. Kelso. Dad Burnhnm , Golf Champeen , Front and Center ! On this measly , drizzly , sloppy , chilly , rainy , muddy Labor Day , we have a victor not of labor but of play , to celebrate. And you're it. Cook may have found the pole , but you have Braden's corroborative evidence that you have smashed the Norfolk golf reqord with a score of 54. Not in the past 400 years has the Norfolk golf links or perhaps it should be "have the Norfolk golf links" not In 400 years has or have ( as you will ) the Norfolk golf links been circled in 54. You slipped away silently upon your expedition , while the world was at rest. You chose the same route that others have chosen before you , but your equipment was different. With one left handed driver , one left hand ed brassy , one left handed cleak , one left handed mashie , one left handed putter , und n new 75-cent ball that Da rius Mathewson brought home from old New England , you explored the unknown and found the sportsman's paradise. You got back alive by tak ing a short cut from hole No. 9 to the clubhouse. We presume a drink at that point tnsted mighty good. The waters' fine , anyway. The worse Braden - den played the better you seemed to hit the ball. His emphatic language when he sliced into the river , or topped or drew or foozled , only drove you on to greater driving and lofting and putting , so duo credit should be given to Bradeu for this Labor Day event. But to get down to the point of this speech , please accept this $500 stick pin nnd this gold mounted brassy as a token of appreciation from the slxty-niners. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. If a man dies without money , his relatives will bury him , but not for love. We could never see anything partic ularly funny In calling n left-handed pitcher a "southpaw. " A man wearing a green hat attracts the same sort of attention that a wo man attracts who wear. ? too much false hair. Occasionally you may sen a girl on the street with a tooth pick In her mouth. She looks a great deal worse than If her hair were In curl papers. If a marriage engagement is broken , the men , In talking about it , should never insinuate that the man broke it. The women will skin them If they do. Perhaps one reason widows nro In greater demand with the men than Spins , is that a man knows If he mar ries a Spin her favorite cat will al ways bo asleep In his rocking chair when ho wants to sit In it. When a girl has had a liberal steady for several years , and suddenly loses him , she is an object to be pitied. Sometimes she does not get a taste of popcorn or Ice cream for three months , and never sees the Inside of a theater or circus tent. Making Money On the Farm XII. Poultry Manage ment By C. V. GREGORY , Author of "Homo Course In Modern Agriculture" Copyright. 1909 , by American Pro * AiiocUtlon. blood counts In poultry as GOOD ns In any other class of live stock. If the chickens nnd egga are produced for market purposes only they may bo Im proved by purchasing pure bred males of the desired breed every year. At best , however , the Hock can only bo made high grade by this method. The enterprising poultrynmn will soon begin - gin to long for a flock of pure brods. Such n flock , If cart-fully Kolocted nnd bred , furnishes n splendid source of In come that Is largely Independent of the market price of eggs or drcsHod poultry. The demand for choice pure bred epes for setting and for pure bred males Is good and the price very satisfactory. A trade of this kind when once established will add con siderably to the Income from the farm. Getting a Start In Pure Breds. Even where the flock Is kept for market purposes only It pays to have pure brods. They look better and glvo more economical returns for the food eaten. The cheapest way to get n start In pure brcds is to buy a sitting or two of eggs. It Is of utmost impor- : nnco that they be purchased of some reliable breeder ; otherwise disappoint ment is almost sure to follow. In sist that the eggs be not more than five days old when shipped , that they be well wrapped and that the basket bo scaled. Have the eggs shipped by FIQ. XXJII-COKNEIl IN roULTHY YAKD. express and refuse to accept them If the seals have been tampered with. These precautions are necessary I you would bo sure of getting what you pay for. A basket with a handle the best package for shipping eggs , ns it will be carried Instead of thrown. It has been found by repeated exper iments that eggs hatched with nn In cubator do not produce chicks with as much vitality ns those hatched under hens. This Is not very noticeable the first season , but If continued year after year will seriously Impair the vitality of the flock. It Is a general practice among successful poultrymcn to set a few of the best eggs under hens nnd use the chickens thus ob tnlned to replenish the breeding flock. Value of a Breeding Pen. The plan of having a breeding pen from which to select eggs for hatching Is n very good one. In this pen n d on or thirteen of the best hens In the flock are kept. If trap nest rocoida have been kept this will determine tea a large extent which hens are to bo put Into the breeding pen. With the meat breeds the size and conformation of the hens are the most Important points. For n brooding pen of thirteen hens one male Is nil that Is necessary , but bo should be the best that can bo secured. Some breeders practice keep ing two males , putting one In with the hens one day and the other the next. In this way the males arc kept In a better condition , nnd the chickens are likely to bo n little stronger. No roost ers will bo needed In the general flock. Indeed , the epgs will keep nil the bet tor for not being fertilized. The care and feed of the breeding flock should bo much the snme as those outlined for laying lions in article No. 11. The main thing la to keep thorn healthy. Do not overfeed , but keep thorn In vigorous condition. If possi ble the breeding pen should bo large enough so ns to Include a little green feed , such ns clover or rape. If this cannot bo done a little forage cut and put In the pen every day will be rel ished. The sitting hens should have a small house or compartment to them selves. This will avoid the great an noyance of having nests broken up and fresh eggs laid In with those al most ready to hatch. This house should bo provided with charcoal , grit and oyster shells. A dust bath In which the hens can roll will help to keep thorn free from lice. Oats , wheat and some sort of green food make a good ration. When very expensive eggs are set It Is best to keep each hen In n compartment by herself , as there will be less risk of having the nest broken up. Soon after the chick ens are hatched they can be marked by punching n hole through the web of the toe , so that they can bo picked out from the rest of tbo flock In tbo fall. Selecting the Incubator. Although Incubators are not well adapted to raising chickens for the breeding flock , they ore Indispensable to the noultrymnn who IB raising fowls for market. They are more reliable nnd more easily cared for than hens. They nro ivmly to go to work nt any time , so that early chickens cnn bo rnlspd ui mucn larger numocra tuan witn hens. The broody hens can be broken up and will soon go to laying again. Not the least among the advantages of the Incubator Is the fact that the chicks will bo free from llco when hatched. There arc two general types of Incu bators , the hot nlr and the hot wntcr mnchlnes. The heat In the hot nlr machine Is furnished by currents of warm nlr which clrculnte around the egg chamber nnd In tin- hot wntcr urn- chine by hot wntcr circulating through metal pipes. The hot nlr machine Is simpler ami gonurnlly gives butter twt- Infliction The two most Ini | > ortiitit points to consider In buying nn Incubator nro the Inmp nnd the regulator , since upon the olllclency of the.su depends the maintenance of n constant tempera * turo in the egg chnmbcr. The lump nnd chimney should bo of heavy motnl. Tlio reservoir should hold enough oil for twenty-eight to thirty hours' run. The burner should be of brass , with a cotton wick which fits snugly nnd yet works easily. It Is Important to UNO the highest grndo of oil that cnn bo obtained , ns n steady hunt cannot bo maintained with cheap oil. The function of the regulator In to rnl.se or lower n vnlvo over the Inmp , thus lessoning or increasing the amount of hot nlr that goes Into the machine. Of nil the ninny kinds of regulntorH none works more satisfactorily than the double disk typo. The dlHks should bo four or five Inches ncross. It smaller they are not sensitive1 enough , The regulator should bo placed toward the buck part of the egg chamber and high enough so thnt It will bo well up out of the wny. Avoid Incubators thnt have the regulator lever on top of the machine. Such n lever IH nhvnys In the wny nnd Is liable to bo bunt or displaced. A machine that Ims the lever nt the end or under n fnlso top Is much more sntlsfnctory. There Is nothing In the wny on top. nnd It cnn bo used ns n table for testing , turnIng - Ing nnd cooling eggs. The body of the Incubator should bo mndo of well fitted hard wood , with three walls nnd two dead nlr spaces , so ns to bo ns little nffectcd by the outside tcmpernture ns possible. The legs should be strong nnd firmly at tached. The doors should bo of double glass. The egg trnya nliould slldo easily , and there should bo at least three nnd n half Inches clearance be tween the eggs and the top of the chnmbcr. The nursery below the trays should bo at least four Inches deep. This lower space Is needed for tha newly hatched chicks. This nursery is sometimes mnde to slide out lllto n drawer. This Is n grent convenience In removing the chickens. A smnll hole covered with n removn- bio slide will provide nil the ventila tion needed In addition to thnt obtain ed when the doors nre open for turnIng - Ing the eggs. A wet sponge kept un der the egg trays will usually furnish sufficient moisture. The amount ol moisture needed cnn bo determined by the size of the nlr cell In the big end of the egg. If this gets to be moro than one-fifth tlio size of the egg more molsturo should be supplied. \ Handling the Incubator. There Is no better plnce for the In cubator than a clean , dry cellar. It should bo run empty for nt lenst n day before the eggs nre put In , so na to get the flnmo nnd regulator adjust ed. The flnmo should be clean nnd bright nnd tho.regulator set so as to maintain n constant temperature ot 100 F. It takes n day or two to get the eggs warmed up nftcr they nre put In. By the third day the thermometer should be up to 103 nnd should bo kept there the rest of the time. The eggs should bo tested the third dny nnd Infected or dead ones taken out. The eggs should bo turned every morning until th nineteenth day. This cnn be done by rolling them over with the hand or placing another tray over them nnd turning them completely over. After turning they should bo left out ten or fifteen minutes to cool. After thn nlne Fia. xxiv iNTEiaon OOOD nitooDF.n HOUSE. feenth dny the Incubator should bi kept closed until the hatch Is nboul completed. The chickens should be left In th Incubator for twenty-four hours 01 longer after hutching. After that they may bo given to broody hens that have been saved up for that purpose 01 plnced In brooders. A good brooder run nt a proper temperature IB much more satisfactory than hena for rais ing chickens on n large scale. A type in which the hcnt cornea up In the mid dle , with one or more circular parti tions of cloth reaching nearly to the Boor. Is the moat satisfactory. union Pacific Improvement * . The Union Pacific railroad IB Improv * Ing the appearance of Its right of way by planting alfalfa along the tracks. The monotony Is broken by a row of trees , elmg and plnea alternating. \ The Ruling Patilon. Goldsmith Bouiowhcro tella of nn old lady who. lying sick unto death , played cards with the curate to pass away the time and after winning all his money had juat proposed to ploy for her fu neral expenses when ahe expired.