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T1IH NORFOLK WKKKIiY XKWS.lOUHXAL , PHI DAY , JANUARY .14 , 1910. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal Tlio NUWH , Established 1881. The Journal , EBtttbllshtMM877. 'THE HUSE PUDLISHING COMPANY. W. N. 11 n HO , N. A. HUHO , I'roHlilcnt. Secretary. ICvory Friday , lly innll per year , jl.tiU. Entered nt tliu pottlolllco at Norfolk , Nob. , IIH HC'coinl cluHH mutter. _ _ _ _ _ * T6foph one's : f'TdllorlarTioparlment No. 22. MnsliiosH Olllco and Job Rooms No. II 22. Already those resolutions resemble HOIIIO of the family brle-a-brae. There IH IKIIIO for every imiii In tlio world except tlio man who swears a Miiour. There nro M.OOO oysters of full size In ton. Tltnt'8 a good many church mippors. Why not refer the IJalllngor-Plnohol controversy to the University of Cop enhagen ? Of how many of Dr. Eliot's live foot of choice books can yon repeat the namt'H , please ? The people who refused to pay two dollars to hear Dr. Cook speak are now looming np large. Xolnyii has gene and hid himself. Now If he'll continue In obscurity everybody will bo happy. The American people still own over 700,000,000 acres of public lands bo- Hides liGS.OOO.OOO acres In Alaska. The commission plan of city govern ment seems to be gaining headway everywhere throughout the country. Chile has ordered a consignment of the biggest guns made. Going to make It hot enough so It won't be chilly. Dr. Cook is said to be hunting for Ills missing records. Probably some phonograph company has stolen them. If the postal deficit seems large remember - member that It was incurred by the distribution of tons of franked freight. Husiness reached much higher fig- nres during the closing month of 1909 than ever before in the United States. Zolaya insists that he Is president of Nicaragua still. Now if Mexico will only keep him still all will be for- Riven. A Chicago cashier has escaped with $20,000 and is being pursued relent lessly. He should have taken two million. During the llrst ten days of 1910 there were disbursed In New York 220 million of dollars In dividends and interest. Postmaster General Hitchcock sug gests that the franking privilege be abolished. There are many brave men living still. There is no truer statement in all human philosophy than that a man gets out of life no more than ho puts Snto it for others. Will some one gi\'o ' us a definition of the terms- that will tell the differ ence between a "trust" and a "gentle men's agreement ? " The year of 1909 had a record of giving over $110,000,000 for benefac tions and 1910 will have to go some to out distance its predecessor. There is a rumor that Secretary MaeVongh will leave the cabinet. Xo member of the cabinet stands closer to the people than Mr. MacVeagh. The removal of the Christmas snow cost New York city $200,000. The money made a merry Christmas to many a man who sorely needed it. The best service yon can do for the town In which you live is to make It bigger and better during 1910. lie- member that every little boost helps. Secretary Wilson says that food prices are too high. A good many people who have to pay the grocery bills have realized that for a long while. There Is said to be a steady in crease in the height of American wo men which is much more marked than the Increase In the height of the men of the nation. Mrs. llarriman may have more money than any other woman In the world but Mrs. Hetty Green can still grip hers tighter than any other wo man in the world. If there is one delusion and a snare that men will chase after In these strenuously prosperous days It is a dollar. They simply have to In order to keep np with the procession. The reason for the preference dis played by German aviators for the dirigible balloon typo of airship Is said to bo because It looks so much 'like a big sausage. President Taft has Issued an appeal for an endowment of two million for the National Red Cross association , .Incidentally , ho has remarked that be should like an endowment of live mil lion Instead of two. No other country In the world has so many domestic fowls as China. Yet there are no poultry farms where they are raised In large ( | iiantltcH ! as in other countrla but almost every family keeps a few hens. 11 would be a kind and lilting thing If the world could return to Mark Twain some of the laughter and good cheer ho has given It In such largo measure , now that sorrow , old ago and weariness are his portion. Over sixty aeroplanes have been entered for the aviation contests which are to bo hold at Los Angeles , begin ning .January 10. It Is expected that over 200,000 visitors will bo In the city during the ten days contest. Charles W. Morse , the convicted New York banker , la now serving sentence In the federal prison at At lanta , Ga. lie expresses himself bit terly because of the verdict. The way of the transgressor Is hard. China has started out on a sovcn year campaign In working up a navy. At the end of that time the Celestials expect to have eight llrst-class bat tleships , twenty cruisers , ten gunboats and three flotillas of torpedo boats. The democrats of Missouri are go ing to have a big dinner at Kansas City at which they will outline the issues of the next state campaign. The democratic party is always hunt ing for Issues , and never meeting the real problems that demand settlement. Sixty-seven servants accompanied the now minister from China to serve him In his Washington lesldcncc. Evi- dentally the servant problem is not so serious In the orient as It is in America. Fancy an American taking sixty-seven domestics to China with him. A human skeleton has been unearth ed in France which scientists declare has been burled for a period of 20,000 years. We are accustomed to thinking and reading of the civilizations which flourished three or four years ago , but 20,000 years is an incomprehensi ble lapse of time. Madame Patti has celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of her appearance as a public singer. During her remark able career of half a century It is esti mated that she must have earned four million dollars with her voice. A larger sum than Is credited to any other woman's Individual efforts. A bright exchange gives some very worthy advice in these words : Let's ,11 ot pray for brains they get moth- eaten so easily ; nor for fame It bags at the knees so early. Let us get down on our kness and tell Ged we'll be much obliged if He'll just soak us full of good common sense. " Sir Oliver Lodge predicts that the constant reduction of solar heat will eventually turn the earth into a huge iceberg , which is a gruesome outlook , but as ho gives us 20,000,000 years be fore the transformation takes place , there may betime to reform the tariff before humanity is entirely frozen out. Senator Ualley of Texas threatens to retire from public life. The brainy Texan has certainly added a great deal of Interest to public affairs dur ing his congressional career. He will never be president and he la seldom right but with all his dellnquences his splendid intellectual ability has never been questionel by friend or foe. Those who want to help take the census must hurry. They must fllo their written applications with the supervisor of the district in which they live before January 25. The hup- orvisor will pass upon the examinations by February 22 , and the actual work of taking census by the enumerators will be begun on April ] " > . Calvin Moon of South Hend , Ind. , has issued a handy compendium of defi nitions. Among the helpful definitions contained in this valuable volume arc these : "Collector , one whom nobody wishes to see but everybody invites to call again ; cinder , one of the first things to catch your eye , when travel- Ing. " The rest are equally to the point. General Weyler , the butcher of in- oxcrable fame , through whose cruel ties Cuba really gained her Indepen dence because of America's Interfer ence In behalf of humanity Is now In Harcolona , where ho has been sent to suppress a revolutionary outbreak. If any man would make a revolution justified It would bo such a one as Woylor. It would have been Interesting If Peary had established a weather sta tion at the polo so wo could know just what to expect from headquarters , but as ho failed to do this wo shall have to depend on Wiiinopog to show ns what old winter Is capable of. Already these hardy Canadians have seen the mercury crawl Into the forties and the end Is not yet. Tuberculosis causes about ono-third of all the deaths that occur between the ages of twenty to fifty yearn. It Is estimated that the total number of dcathn from tuberculosis each year In the United States Is 200,000. It Is no wonder that the thoughtful men and women of the country arc engaged In a crusade against this awful white plague. Sunshine , pure air and clean liness are Its greatest enemies. President Taft Is determined to find out the true cause for the prevailing high prices of the present time. Ho does not bollevo the tariff Is responsi ble for It all. Supply and demand are also to bo sternly Interrogated and the real miscreant who Is causing us all to pay out all wo can earn and Ihon some for the necessities of llfo is to bo punished according to his sins. Let ns hope the president and his numerous Investigating committees will discover the real reason that the weekly pay check is no longer big enough to go around. It Is always pitiful to note the pov erty of any human being , but It Is perhaps more pathetic to read of the downfall of people who have enjoyed luxury and position until they are obliged to pass through the most cruel stages of suffering and humiliation. The wires record the story of Alegera llarrios who was at one time wife of a former president of Guatemala. Her husband was assassinated a short time after ho became president. From her palatial residence she , passed down among the people of lesser means and gradually lost her eyesight , became penniless and without any means what ever to earn her livelihood on New Years xlny she knocked for admis sion at the Alms house at New Or leans. Dr. Grenfall , the noted-medical mis sionary who has had such a remark able career in Labrador , takes occa sion in an article in the Outlook , to censure the missionaries who return to their native countries to tell of their work in foreign lands , and gather help for continuing It , for not adver tising their lectures and charging the rates which explorers receive for lec turing. When one compares the ex periences of Dr. Grenfall witli those of explorers whoso only object is to gain fame by reaching a mythical spot on th map , the lectures of Dr. Grenfall gain immense value by the compari son. This is always true when work done for selfish aggrandizement is compared with self sacrificing service for needy humanity. Frank Harrison , C. O. Whedoii , At torney General Thompson and a few other disgruntled politicians held a lit tle meeting at Lincoln and appointed a committee to issue a call for a state assembly of "Insurgents. " As usual , the busy Mr. Harrison , politician and "reformer , " and his coterie of follow ers , are intent upon throwing mud at the republican party because they can't run It to suit their own private inter ests. And as usual , the republican party of Nebraska will emerge and live on. Though this little band of malcontents , sore over not having oflices hurled at them , are bent upon either run ning' or wrecking the republican party in the state , they will find that repub licanism and loyalty to Its fundament al doctrines are more deep rooted than they dream of. Mr. Harrison has led an insignificant band of complaining "insurgents" over since before Taft was nominated for president. In an effort to discredit him and the re publican party. Mr. Whedon , a habit ual ofllcesneker of small calibre , who would like to get on the public payroll , this time In the shape of senator , thought he saw in the flurry at Wash ington opportunity to get into a band wagon In Nebraska that won't bo built , and ride into the upper house. So his meeting his and Harrison's "con demned" Senator Burkett's record as senator. Hut Instead of boosting Mr. Whedon into the senate and Mr. Harrison risen Into some fat job , this dozen erse so of ofliceseekers who took so much upon themselves will likely find that they've merely dug their own political graves. They're entitled to nothing at the hands of the republican party , and It is doubtful if they could gain anything from the democratic party which , though joining them In their attacks upon republicanism , would hes itate to plan wreaths of laurels upon their brows. ARREST THE TRAIN CREWS. Promiscuous switching over Norfolk avenue continues. Apparently some of the crews who do the switching don't realize that Norfolk means business In the matter. A few arrests of train crews , with fairly heavy lines , ought to help Im press the importance of the matter up on their minds. Let the chief of po lice make it his particular mission to look after the public's Interests In the matter for a time , and the switch ing is more apt to stop. THE IULLINGER COMMITTEE. Congressman Norris and tlio other Insurgents In congress who voted with the democrats in the proposition to have the Dalllngor Investigation committee named by the house mem bers Instead of by the speaker , wore distinctly In the right of It and their victory was a victory for fair play. The Investigation Is to bo held for the purpose of bringing out the truth regarding Bnlllngor. The public wants the truth , without prejudice for or against. And there seems no real good reason why the Investigating committee should not be selected open ly by the entire house , Instead of by one man. It may bo that Speaker Cannon would have appointed an un prejudiced committee , but the chance would have been left to say that his committee was stacked and the public will be much better satisfied with a committee selected by tlio entire mem bership of the house. THE YEAR TO M.OOST. This Is the year we're going to pave. This Is the year we're going to got a now Industry that will once again breathe the breath of llfo Into the now silent walls of the old sugar factory. This is the year Norfolk's territory expands by the building of new towns in Trlpp county , S. I ) . , and by the prosperous opening of more Indian lands In the Rosebud. This is the year wo take the census and find that Norfolk has nearly double its population of 1900. This is tlio year that now build ings are already planned for , the year wo finish the Carnegie library and the Y. M. C. A. TJie foregoing sentiments are those suggested in the recent letters to The News from Rev. Edwin Uoolh , jr. , and from II. C. Matrau. They are sen timents of optimism and construction such as all Norfolk can unite in en dorsing. Let this be the year that every Norfolk man tells the good side of Norfolk's story the story of Its Ideal geographical location , of Its 24-hour- earlier access to a vast rich territory that is prosperous and growing , of its almost unparalleled railroad radia tion , of the fact that tins is the me tropolis of almost half of two great and growing states , and the gateway to this entire region. Let this be the year wo forget to dwell upon disadvantages of the town , unless we are prepared to offer a real , genuine remedy. Let it bo the year In which no agitator speaks out in pessimistic notes unless he can put forward a practicable plan for reliev ing the disadvantages ho complains of. Let it bo a year of boosting , not knocking ; of dwelling upon and of telling to every person who will listen , the good side of Norfolk's story. A POWERFUL MESSAGE. That was a powerfully constructive message that President Taft sent to congress Friday afternoon , and one which every American citizen should endorse. It is a message teeming with originality and with positive sug gestions of unquestioned strength. The entire people of the United States may well urge congress to get busy along the Hues laid down in the doc ument , and to enact Into laws those ideas presented by the president. The ridiculous inelllcioncy of the Hepburn act , enacted into law a few years ago after a tremendous row in congress , Is brought to public atten tion by President Taft. The fact that railroads can so easily secure injunc tions against application of rates re quired of them by the Interstate com merce commission at present , draws the fangs of the Hepburn act until It is absolutely worthless , as is shown. The president would create a new court of commerce , to deal exclusively witli rail problems , and ho would pro vide for the immediate compliance with their orders , instead of allowing prolonged delays through investiga tions. Injunctions would not bo grant ed against enforcement of the Inter state commerce commission's orders unless irreparable damage threatened. The president would provide uni form train equipment to save train men's lives , and he would make it easier to get service on a railroad company in the employers' liability act. He would provide a federal Incor poration for trusts , giving the govern ment supervision over all big inter state business and thus going n long way toward getting at the evils of mo nopolies. This message is but one of several in which the president plans to sug gest constructive legislation. These are the policies which he asks the republican congress to support , and upon which ho is entitled to united republican support. It Is for the sake of getting these policies drafted Into laws that the president Is anxious to see a united harmony In the party In congress , and those congressmen who buckle In and help support these meas ures will unquestionably have little cause for complaint as to patronage being withheld. / FOR NORFOLK'S EXPANSION. The plan suggested by President Killlan of the Commercial club , and en dorsed by business men In general who attended the recent annual meeting of the club , for the employment of an expert secretary In connection with the position of managing n credit as sociation to bo formed by business firms , should meet with serious consid eration. Other cities find that the employ ment of an export city builder pays big returns. Norfolk has a geograph ical location that is Ideal for many lines of business and industry , and this commanding gateway Is growing In importance with each passing day. Every Increase In the population of the territory tributary to Norfolk , and every additional acre of ground brought under cultivation In this vast rich field , means added Importance to Norfolk and added possibilities and opportunities for business institutions located here. With the rapidly Increasing popu lation and wealth of this territory , and with the continual opening up to settlement of more South Dakota In dian lands , In Norfolk's territory , there Is no need for a vivid Imagination in picturing the Increasing opportunities that must be presented by Norfolk to all sorts of enterprise. There are all over the nation people ple looking for good openings. There are everywhere people searching for location In which they can start on a small scale and grow up with the country. Such an opportunity Is pre sented in Norfolk , but It requires the time and brains and energy of an ex- perl to know just how to bring the story of Norfolk's great future possi bilities to the attention of the parties lohklng for just such chances. It Is worth a mini's time to plan for Nor folk's Industrial expansion , just as it Is worth a man's time to plan for the expansion of any business. So few of the cities of this slzo have the advantages to offer that Norfolk has , that it would seen on the surface that such an export would get ample returns to justify his em ployment , and The News believes that the buslnes men of Norfolk are willIng - Ing to pay the cost if the results can be gained. It would be worth -n years test , nt any rate. AROUND TOWN. Any other babes in these parts want ing a homo ? What sort of luck Is It to have a fur nace lire go out this kind of weather ? Wo ought to bo thankful for small favors. The weather man gives us two days between waves. The man who "visits" a good deal is always a shiftless man. And the same rule is more or less true of the wo man visitor. Tlio News Isn't in the gambling busi ness , but hero's a flyer We'll bet $100 to ? 1 that Smith doesn't fly on Monday. Now If you're sporty A Norfolk woman and a neighbor were discussing a third woman in ( ho block. They said she was double- faced. Later in the day the third wo man called at the first woman's house and a 4-year-old , looking her over , said , "Mamma , Mrs. doesn't have two faces. " Just as we thoiignt tney o oecome chivalrous and romantic up in Cherry county. In electing a woman county treasurer , our dreams are shattered. The man on the job refuses to give up the cash to the woman elected. Now is that the kind of cowboy country chivalry we read of ? You may think it's chilly , but you don't know what cold weather grief is. Think of the poor devils in Nevada , where there are floods , and in MOIL tana , where there are mountains of snow , and in the sunny south where the zero weather cuts deep , and out on the prairie where inexperienced homesteaders , not knowing the sever ity of a winter on the plains , in many instances suffer untold agonies. You're lucky , if yon only knew it. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. "Yon , " everyone is saying in manner and thought to a new widower , "will soon get over it. " An easy chair will not keep a man at home unless he is otherwise dis posed to stay there. We wouldn't care to have the repu tation of saying meaner things than any other man living. When a man pays a doctor bill ho acts as though ho were paying for nothing more than an experiment. When a woman smiles at her hus band's jokes it is the same kind of a forced smile you see on the stage. A man can't half work and half play ; he must either be a hard worker and a success , or n poor worker and a failure. "My cow Is becoming so poor , and feed Is so high , " said a man the other day , "that I am half tempted to drive her on the railroad track. " Coropratlons are robbed and black mailed every day , in the most cruel manner possible , by men who claim to be shocked at the immorality of tlio corporations. Every time we pick up a newspaper , wo see this expression : "Poets arc born , not made. " We are becoming as tired of It as wo are of "All quiet on the Potomac , " which everyone seems to know. So far ns wo have been able to find out , the women read the worthlnr.s stories in the magazines for the solo purpose of saying , on concluding them , "I could have written n better story than that myself. " "If I don't marry , " a girl says In some anxiety , "I'll bo an old maid. " "If I hadn't married and been hampered by a husband and children , " she says some years later , "I would have won fame and fortune by writ ing for the magazines , " Home Course In Live Stock Farming XI. Raising Draft Horses. By C. V. GREGORY , Author of "Home Course In Minimi Atfrlculllirc , " "Mnklnif Money on the farm , " Lie. CoDyrlKht. I WOO. by American I'rcsi AiMiclnllon AISING draft horses Is one ol the most profitable branches < > f live stock farming. It can l > e carried on to good advan tage In connection wlili general fann ing , since the brood mares can be used for Held work. Five or six brood mares will easily do all the work on a qiiarier section. In this way they will pay for their feed and care , leav ing the colts for profit. In selecting mares from which to raise draft colts size Is an Important consideration. A horse has to weigh at least l.CUO pounds to come In the draft class. Every pound that he weighs over that will add at least ' _ ' . 'i cents to his value. Judging Draft Horses. After size the next point to consid er Is appearance. A draft mare should be wide , deep and massive. Shu should be fairly low set , but not so short legged that she cannot move well. She should be symmetrical that Is , all parts in proper relation to each other. Together with these other points should come draft conformation. Tliu head should be of fair sl'/.e. clean cut , with the face slightly dished and tliu eyes large , bright and e.\presslve. A small "pony" head Is very undesir able. A draft horse with too much neck is seldom found , though over- short necks are rather common. The no. xx. noon TVIMC OF DIIAFT MAKE neck should be full as well as long. The neck of a mare should not show any tendency to the crest that marks the stallion. Masculine characters In a mare or feminine characters in a stallion indicate that they will not make reliable or prepotent breeding animals. The shoulder should be neither too straight nor too sloping. A straight shoulder Interferes with action and is usually associated wJth : i stubby pas tern and generally with a long back- as well. In light horses the more slop ing tht- shoulder the better , since this conformation Is favorable to long or high action. In draft horses too slopIng - Ing a shoulder brings the point of draft too high and may even cause the collar to slip up and choice the animal. The face of the shoulder should be broad to give a good bearing surface for the collar. The top of the shoulder should not lie open or coarse and should blend well Into the back. The bad ; of the draft horse should be as short as possible from the top of the shoulders to the hips. A .short coupled , compact horse can handle himself better than one with a long , loose coupled and often swayed back. The ribs should be well sprung , long and close together. The space between the last rib and the pelvic bone should not be over three or four Inches. The loin should be wide and heavily mus cled. The region from the hips back , called the croup , should be brond. long and not too sloping. It is the hind quarters that furnish the propelling power , and size and niasslveness here are all Important points. The thighs should be heavily muscled both Inside and out and should be broad when viewed from the side. The muscling on the inside of the thighs should ex tend well down. Next In Importance Is constitution. This is Indicated by a deep , wide chest , a full fore flank , large nostril's and a deep barrel. A horse that is tucked up In the hind flank tires easily and can not be kept np In tlcsh when at work. This is an especially bad fault Inbreed brood mares. Quality Is very Important , as It Indi cates endurance or staying power. A small horse of good quality will do more work than a coarse , loosely put together animal 500 pounds heavier. Quality is Indicated by a fairly thin , pllablb n'ln : line , glossy hair ; clean ness of head and clean legs. The ten dons at the back of the legs should stand out clearly , giving the canon a flat appearance. There should be as little mentlness as possible at the hock and between the tendons and the canon bone. The hoof should be of dense , hard horn , and In hairy logged breeds the feather should bo flno and silky. There Is an old saying. "No foot , no horse. " The feet and legs are very Important , since they must do the pro pelling and receive all the hard knocks of heavy service , 'flip forearm and gaskln should bo heavily muscled. The muscles In those regions cannot be easily covered with fat. so their size Is nn Indication of the animal's muscling throughout. The forearm and gaskln should be long as compared with the canon. The pasterns should slope at an angle of about forty-five degrees with the ground. A sloping pastern absorbs the shocks of traveling on nurd roads and pavements. Unsound- nesses are very likely to develop on short pasterned horses. In moving the horse should go straight , with a long , easy stride. Unsoundneiies. Animals with serious uiisoundncHscH should not be uxed for breeders. Slight unsoiindticssos In mares are not so oh Joctloimhlc us In stallions , since tin * mare does not Influence nearly so many colts. Unsoundiicsscs are not transmitted to colts , but the weakness es that are usually responsible for un sound conditions are often transmitted The principal unsound nesses are ring bone , sldeboiie. spavin , bog spavin , thoroiighpln and curb. Sldeboiie Is a bony formation at the hoof head toward the heel. Uliigboiii- may be found In the same place. c\ tending all the way around , or It ni.i.v be higher np on the pastern , In win * h ease It Is known as high rlogboiic Spavin Is a bony formation on tlu < to side of the hock. Curb Is a bony en Inrgement at the back of the leg Just below the point of the hock. It Is ni -i usually found on "slclile hocks. " It can be readily noticed by looking .it the leg from the side , itog spn\ln Is a soft enlargciiiiMit on the inside of the hock. Thoroiighpln Is a smnller enlargement extending through the Joint , where It ciiu be fell In the \ \ clef > of the hock. Neither bog .spavin nnr thoroiighpln Is serious iinirsn ver > large. The stallion should possess the sunn- general characteristics as the nmiv-i He should show masculinity In a strung head , a nose Inclined to be Roman rntli er than dished , a fairly heavy crest and a large chest. In selecting a still lion to breed ( o do not pick out the cheapest one In the neighborhood Five or ten dollars' difference In the service fee will mean SU to $100 dif ference on the price of the colt when it Is four years old. If there Is not n good stallion In your Immediate neigh borbooil. lake your mares ten miles r more If necessary , but do not u e an inferior stallion. Often fifteen or twen ty farmers can go In together and lm > a company stallion. Do not buy .1 horse that is "peddled" by a smooth tongued agent. Such a horse Is IIUclj to be one that could not he sold in an\ oilier wa.\ . and yon will generally paj twice or three times \vliut It Is worth The best plan is to organize the com pany llrst and then send a competent man to some reliable horse establish merit to pick out the stallion. The Value of a Pure Bred Stallion. The question of breed is largely one of Individual preference. If the man'- , of the neighborhood are nearly all grades of some particular breed It will pay to get a horse of that breed. Me careful In the selection of a breed : m. . | then stick to It. Nothing will produ > i > a mongrel lot of horses more quu-Ki.\ than changing breeds every few years. \ Above all. get a pure bred. A grade may be a good enough Individual , but he will not have the long line of Im proved ancestry back of him on both sides to give him the prepotency th.it a pure bred has. The grade has inun grel blood In him , and it is bound to crop out in his colts. Entirely too much stress Is laid ou the value of Imported stallions. For all practical purposes home bred animals are just as good and can be purchased for much less money. Size In a stal * lion Is all important. A horse that weighs less than a ton In breeding condition should not be used. Tlit- mere fact ( hat an animal Is bred In a foreign country cannot add anything to his actual value , and the reasons that such an importation is rated high er than the domestic product are chief ly sentimental. It is lime that this unwarranted discrimination should In brought 10 an end. Never patronize an overfat stallion Fat Is a convenient means of cover Ing defects , but It Is hard on the an * mill's breeding powers. When the stallion is not In service he should be given plenty of exercise , preferably ar some kind of work that Is not too se vere. He should be In good condition and good spirits when the breeding season opens. During the brooditiu season lie should be given regular cs. ercise and plenty of It. Ills feed should consist largely of oats , with . little corn , and' an occasional mash with a little ollineal added. Coed bright timothy or clover hay In limited quantities will make up the roughagi part of the nil Ion. The stallion should be well trained and kept under perfect control. Nut more than two mares should be nerved KIO. XXI. OOOU ' . . . I'EltCllEHO.V STALLION. In a day , and this but seldom. A huh dred mares during the season Is ai that a mature horse should be allowed If artificial Impregnation Is used , oltlu-i by capsule method or the impregimt > i the number of marcs may be nearly doubled. A rtillchil Impregnation Is certain tain and a great saving on the horse It Is coming more Into use every year Whore this method Is used a mare seldom dom has to be returned for n secon-l service. Domestic Bliss. Mndaine I don't know where our son gets all his faults from. I'm sun1 he doesn't get them from me. MOD Blcur-No , you're right there ; you haven't lost any of yours. Trust men and they will be true to you. Treat them greatly and they will how themselves great. Emerson.