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isSPSsJ&xfii m& gagSFkH rf?T Hk,f .-"-, 1 f-V .-?- 'Tc - - te , Akr-rf J -:n -. k K PI I? - L? . n ? . st7. ffeS &?&C2 With the Twas Yaakee Doodle went to war Te fight the British lion. WRa llatieck rifle i his hud his hora to tie oh. Hessians laughed to scon. Thnsch bought with English boodle. To tad at Concord; Lexington, The grit of Yankee. Doodle. .CHORDS. This Yankee Doodle kept it up With can sad powder handy. - And made the redcoats dance the step To "Yankee Doodle Dandy." The lion sprang upon his prey. At Bunker Hill and Trenton. And furious bristled mane and tail, Twas frightful how he went on. Said Yankee Doodle. "Better dry Your pesky takin' on so; 111 pant saltpeter in your eye And give your tail a twist 0!" At Princeton, too, and Bennington, At Fort Ticonderoga. The bloody Hessians bit the dust. Aad next at Saratoga. For Yankee Doodle picked his flint. And fired such tamal powder, The critter lost the 'tother eye And growled with rage the louder. At Eutaw Springs he clipped his tail. To Yorktown then pursued him. From start to finish whipped him out. Politely hacked and hewed him. So sneaking back to tory land. As sullen as a clam, sir. With Yankee Doodle did lie down, The Lion and the Lamb. sir. W. O. Pierce in Exchange. SeMlers Hmn. The national home for disabled volunteer soldiers at Washington has branches at Dayton. O.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Togus, Me.; Hampton, Va.. Leav enworth, -Kan.; Santa Monica. Cat.; Marlon, Ind.; and Danville. 111. Then there are state homes in California. Colorado. Connecticut. Idaho. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa, Kansas. Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, Missouri, Mon tana. Nebraska, New Hampshire. New Jersey. New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington. Wisconsin and Wyoming. Disability that prevents the applicant from earn ing his living is a common require ment for admission. A veteran re ceiving a greater pension than $16 a month is ineligible, under ordinary conditions, for the national home; else where the practice varies. Gem. HMptM Receverlag, Gen. Wade Hampton, who is slowly rallying from his recent attack of heart failure, is now in his eighty fourth year, and has not suffered in health to any inconvenient degree, since he was wounded at Gettysburg. The general is one of the few re maining types of the old school chiv alrous gentlemen of the South. He was born in Columbus, S. C, and the last public office he held was that of United States senator. He left the senate in 1891 and has since lived in retirement. Defease of the MtlltU. "It appears to most of the officers and men of the Massachusetts militia that Secretary of War Root has been erroneously quoted as to the efficiency of the land militia in opposition to the volunteer," says a veteran of the Spanish-American war. "Those of us who ware at.Chickamauga and Alger and Wyckoff know from actual observation where the volunteer stood in compari son with the militia soldier of the states. We know that the percentage of illness, the percentage of deaths, was less with the militia volunteer than it was with the rookie pure and simple in the ranks of the United States service, simply because the militiaman was drilled in the care of himself. Figures can be presented to prove this. It used to be the most re sentful criticism that a volunteer could hear at Chickamauga that he was militia, and therefore the crude volunteer, hit or miss, was superior to him. because he was tarred "regular" by reason of the regiment to which he was assigned. That was all there was to It, but the records of the ser vice will show that the militia volun teer lost less men approximately than any other so-called regular regiment in the service." to Vleksharr. The chances are that a good-sized party of Milwaukee and Wisconsin veterans will take advantage of the excursion to Vicksburg's battle field, which is being arranged as a prelude to the New Orleans Mardi Gras. It Is intended that excursionists shall stop over for a day at Yicksburg on the way to New Orleans. The excursion train will leave Chicago Tuesday even ing. Feb. 4, reaching Vicksburg at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and leav ing there at noon next day for New Orleans Wisconsin veterans in par ticular have cause to remember Ylcks barg wtih pride on account of useful service there during the battles of the Peter MacQseea, the well known lecturer, who was with Presi- Jtoosevelt at Santiago, and with In his mat campaign in the ma a fund of interesting aheat army life, and Is an ea- ttariaattc admirer of the regular army private. .whose. sense of humor, he de clares Is aafalHwc The following is asm of his favorite stories. In the last expedition General Lawton made against Seats Cms two regiments, the Fourth Cavalry and an Idaho regiment, were, sent sp the Lagtma de Bay in native boats. In the darkness the two regiments ran into one another, and great confusion resulted. "Waat fanner outfit are your vailed the Idaho boys, derisively, at the clusssy cavalry. " tawtoa's Fourth Cavalry.' answer ed the regulars. "Five cavalry. was the z&za 't s FJ?iJ Mlgfem Veterans. " 'Here in oar knapsacks,' replied the cavalry, rattling their cans of 'salt horse."' When the spirit of Mrs. Anna M. Frintz fled there passed from the world a woman whose life story was one that was full of the remarkable, a woman whose fidelity to duty and to those she loved makes an exceedingly pretty story. Mrs. Frintz died at her home in Cincinnati in the sixty-second year of her age, and the early part of those sixty-two years were filled with stirring events. When the country was plunged into civil war Mrs. Frintz was a bride of but a few years, and her husband felt that he was called upon to go to the front. Then it was that the intrepid spirit of his wife asserted itself, aad. nothing daunted by the fact that she had a young babe, she determined to follow her husband, and follow him she did. She was with Rosecran's army in West Virginia, and even when the shriek of the shells caused a tremor among the men she remained intrepid. Her husband, Louis C. Frintz, was a major in the twenty-eighth Ohio, and a splendid soldier. Mrs. Frintz was very active in organizing the Women's Corps Auxiliary to the Loyal Legion G. A. R., and the Union Veteran Legion. Mast Walt far Arssy Register. Although the war department has completed its arrangement of the lin eal rank of first lieutenants of cav alry and Infantry, the secretary of war has decided that no announcement will be made of the same pending the publication of the annual Army Register. The Register will be late inappearing this year, as there are still many officers to be appointed and examined under the provisions of the act of February 2, 1901. Secretary Root has ordered, however, that all examinations of officers entering the army under this act be completed by the last day in January, so that the prospects are that the Register will ap pear toward the latter part of February or the beginning of March. or Iaterast t The following executive order has been issued, directed to each executive department: "The attention of the department is hereby called to the provisions of the laws giving preference to veterans in appointment and retention. "The president desires that where ever the needs of the service will jus tify and the law will permit, preference shall be given alike in appointment and retention to honorably discharged' veterans of the civil war who are fit and well qualified to perform the du ties of the places which they seek and are filling. (Signed.) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "White House. January 17, 1902." Aaiarlcaa Eaalvateat Saperler. It is announced that Canada has of ficially adopted the new United States army ambulance and the Munson ven tilated hospital tent The regulation litter has been officially adopted by the Mexican army. Samples of the ambulance have been ordered by Eng land, France, Spain, Chile and Mexico. The medical department of the British army has recently purchased complete sample sets of the United States army medical, surgical, sterilizing and detached-service chests, folding field furniture, bath tubs and brigade hos pital mess chest on the recommenda tion of the British military attache in Washington, who considered them superior to their own equipment. Celebrate Jaeksoa Hay. The eighty-seventh anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans was cele brated at Nashville, Tenn., on Jackson day by the Ladies' Hermitage Associa tion with a large ball at the Tulane, the entire first floor of which was su perbly adorned with the Jackson vine and Jackson favorite flower. Roman hyacinths. A full-length portrait of General Jackson, wreathed with hya cinths, occupied the place of honor in the ballroom, and the historic silver from the Hermitage was used in adorning the tables in the dining room. Xoaated Anay Eagiaeer. In the future twenty-four men out of each company of army engineers will be mounted in conformity to the urgent recommendation made on sev eral occasions by Gen. Gillespie, chief of engineers. The beginning of this important and notable change will be made in the Philippine Islands by Gen. Chaffee in accordance with a written request made last summer by Gen. Gillespie. Caaaea for Genua Vetera. Phince Henry will bring with him to the United States a bronze cannon, as a present from the kaiser to the Central Union of German-American veterans who fought in the war of 1866-70. The cannon was captured from the French. It is destined for Philadelphia, where the prince will probably make a speech in presenting it to the veterans. Chaatelas Stay Harry Soldiers. United States military chaplains regularly on duty in Cuba, will here after be invested with sufficient au thority to perform the marriage cere mony in this island, and a certificate of their commission showing that they are duly commissioned chaplains of the United States army shall be suffi cient evidence of their authority to perform said ceremony. Swedea's Klag- a Scholar. The king of Sweden is acknowledged to be one of the most learned men in Europe. He speaks seven languages and can now write to -China's emperor in Chinese. Priests Waat to Sbrry. A bomb has exploded in the midst of the sleepy Roman congregations, which has effectually awakened the old-time priests from their dreams. The priests of Sicily want nothing more nor less than to be allowed to marry. They have sent an eloquent address on the subject to all the col leges, sacristaries and so on. The pamphlet is most violent in form, and demands the abolition of the obliga tory law and vows of chastity for priests, monks and nuns. The Arch bishop of Palermo has been peremp torily ordered to take every measure to suppress the diffusion of the pam phlet, but it is feared too late; its con tents are known. Marconi's sweetheart evidently thought his system too intangible Tor purposes of matrimony. j& . IX.' -i. ...... - .,.." '",-; - jt FARM AND GABDEN. MATTER OF MITEREST TO OULTUMSTS. fja-ta-l of VHIealtaro Crap aa Weather CoaSttloaa. December In Kentacky. according to weather bureau reports, was not very favorable for wheat, oat it was pro tected by snow daring the period of extreme cold from the 16th to the 22d. It la small and thin and does not look very promising. Fruit trees appar ently were" not injured by the cold weather. 8tock generally is in fair condition, bat there has been some loss of cattle In stalk fields. The weather bureau review of weather and crops of 1901 In the Maryland and Delaware section states that December weather was general ly satisfactory, though some injury was wrought by the cold wave that prevailed from the 14th to the 17th. At the beginning of the present year grain and grasses were promising in their appearance and outlook. Of crops the report says: A careful sum mary of crop 'results, based on more than one hundred special reports, shows that wheat was below an aver age yield, and only fair In quality. Rye was short In amount, but the quality waa fair to good. Oats were a poor crop, and of inferior grade. The early cuttings of hay were short, but' the late was better; the entire crop was somewhat below average yield, but the quality fair to good. Corn was a magnificent crop; there were very few reports of Inferior grade, and these were from some of the more southern localities, where, in a few instances, the yields were also a little below the average. A few ap ple orchards gave fair yields, but the crop as a whole was very disappoint ing, and many complaints of knotty and otherwise imperfect fruit were re ceived. Peaches were variable in quality and yield; the yield was gen erally poor to average, but the grade on the whole was fair. The season waa very favorable for tobacco; there were no deficient yields, and the en tire crop was secured in excellent con dition. Pennsylvania reports state that when December closed very little snow remained on the ground except In the northeastern section. Grain was in sufficiently protected and suffered con siderable damage from floods and washouts. Flordia pineapples, where unpro tected during the severe weather of December, show bad effects of frost No serious damage befell the crops on the lower southeast coast In central portions the plants were well protect ed as a rule and are now In good con dition. The California hop crop Is being marketed and the latest quotation from Sutler county growers was ' 83' cents per pound. Olive growers are also harvesting their crops. The trees are loaded and the acreage is large. Growers who sell from the trees have heretofore usually disposed of their product for 960 per ton, or S cents per pouna. me crop uus year is more than, double the usual yield, and olives now being only S40 per ton as they come from the tree, and half of that goes to the pickers, leaving the grow ers but 20 per ton. Recent weather conditions have not been very favor able. Cold, foggy weather, with fre quent frosts, has prevailed in northern California, and abnormally high tem peratures and drying winds in the southern part Rain is much needed, particularly for late-sown grain, for which the outlook in southern dis tricts is not good. In many places green feed is drying up. Plowing and seeding are making good progress. Orchards and vineyards are in good condition, and large shipments of oranges are being made. Irrigation water is plentiful To Get Best Frlees far Aaaloa. At the recent meeting of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, H. M. Dun lap said: Those who were fortunate enough to have a full crop of apples this year ought certainly to have been well satisfied with the proceeds from the orchards. There never was a time, I think, in the history of the state when everything was disposed of to so good an advantage In the markets as this year. They made, in some in stances, as high as four grades of ap ples, three of them were shipped to market and the fourth was shipped to the evaporator or cider press, and they got good prices for all, even the latter bringing from 20 to 25 cents per bush el; in many Instances 50 cents per hundred was not an uncommon thing on the track by the carload for elder stock and evaporator stock, and ap ples sold by the barrel, orchard run, hand-picked, ran from SL25 to 92.75 per barrel. The diversity in price seemed to be more on account of the number of packers there were la that neighborhood rather than the quality of the fruit, so It behooves us as growers to have our localities well advertised in the aiarket, aad there is no way in which we can advertise our special lines of fruit growing so well as ia sending out fruit -that Is properly, carefully and honestly packed. If a neighborhood as a whole will do this, they will find that the buyers will look up that locality every year, and look it up to the advantage of the fruit-growers themselves. Progress la Hert leal tare. From Farmers Review: In horti culture the greatest advancement is ia orcharding. Farmers are begin aiing to see that they must cultivate and take care of orchards aa well as other farm crops. Spraying is also receiving more attention than former ly, and now apples being a good price will be quite an inducement to those having orchards to give them more attention. Orcharding is the only line of horti culture in which I can see any profit for the future, and the person who will go at it In a business-like way, by gaining all the Information possi ble, maklag it a study, and not being afraid of work, should and will suc ceed. The small fruit industry here has nearly disappeared, for more rea sons than one, the chief reason is the men who were in it They expected too much. They expected to get the same results from their efforts in the growing of small fruits that mea got who had followed it and made it a lifetime study. It ia hard to get some thing for nothing, even In fruit grow ing. L. N. BesL Jefferson County, Il linois. Mat am Uau. From the Farmers' Review: I have 'considerable experience farming, and raising stock. for the past 'fortystx - A -- j v. ! I -.;:?-.-.. a, . . . m. . - ; I have always lwaai the oat crop very praeHahle aa4 very nec essary ia ralslag colts, calves aad figs, to give them bene formatloa. I sever raise oats to seU. I always raise them to feed on the tana. I est them at the proper time, aad thresh sa soon ss they will do, so I get the full benefit of straw, which ia worth half Its bulk In hay, If it Is kept la the dry. There Is more profit in oats. It fed to good, well-bred stock, than to scrubs. One way I have found a profit .In the oat crop Is, we live ia a country where we raise winter wheat I al ways had a better yield of wheat, from three to five bushels to the acre, when it followed an oat crop, and could al ways make a smoother surface to sow grass seed for meadow. And when I don't waat to follow it with wheat I fall plow it aad tarn the stubble un der, which makes a good fertilizer for corn in the spring. James A. Teel, Schuyler County, Illinois. Cheater-White etatloa, American Chester-White Record As sociation held the eighteenth annual meeting at Columbus, Ohio, on the morning of January 15th. A large number of members were present Result of election of officers for 1903 follows: President, I. T. Cummins, KlUeen, Texas; Vice President, F. P. Hardin, Lima, Ohio; Secretary-Treasurer, Carl Frelgau. Dayton, Ohio. Board of Trustees, J. L. Berlager, Marion, Ohio; A. L. Glover, Delaware. Ohio; N. P. Kershner. Aasonia. OhSLC. v- ... k. -Anm in W. H. Pool. Delaware. Ohio: F. P. -. -iu Hardin, Lima, Ohio; C. Hints, Fre mont, Ohio. Resolutions adopted and kept it force were. That a breeder may be come a member of the Association by sending in pedigree and one dollar fee, each, until thus twenty pedigrees ami 920 have been sent, when a certificate of membership will be issued. That members may record the pedigrees oi pigs that they sell, for 50 cents each; provided that the pedigree Is sent it for record within sixty days after date of sale. Send all pedigrees and fees tc Carl Frelgau, Dayton, Ohio. Cereaa Foxtail SUUet. Herewith we illustrate Corean Fox tall Millet which has been quite ex- rertaO tenslvely experimented with by the government at Washington. There are several varieties. The one here shown has a slender head, nearly cylindrical, erect or somewhat nodding. The chaff Is green or purplish, ss Is the seed. Thlaalas Frait. In 1900 the Massachusetts Experi ment Station made some tests In the thinning of fruit Some old apple trees 9 to 12 inches in diameter were sub jected to the thinning process. The re sults are published below. The figure 1 in the table means nnthlnned, the figure 2 means thinned: Cost of -thin- Yield, ning. L Astrachan ...... .... 2. Astrachan 91.20 1. Early Harvest 2. Early Harvest.. .15 1. Hurlbut : 2. Hurlbut 45 L Baldwin 2. Baldwin. .60 1. Greening 2. Greening .15 1 I Ml UgfUrhhh ST h It lav il II if I jW Vs ' iBlrl INa fsM I M II 4' ' N ll ITi alX if MJI w .a sUjWHfBilW aBssBMkp'BMeaaa BaamavsaaaHamaVaaTl a? I sasTl a aaHBraaam slIaaaauaTaaaaaaav Ml 'KlsaaaaaWTr "nRi NjHsasKX VI aim' NHf V aT - x mm- bbls. Value, 4.8 93.00 5 6.05 1.6 0 1.5 .98 5 I.0C 5 3.55 3.25 2.0C 4 . 2.90 2 1.50 2.5 2.10 This shows a gain for thinning, but not as great a gain as has been real ized by some private orchardlsts. Also, the true value of thinning can be re alized only when the process Is con tinued from year to year. With an orchard just coming Into bearing, thin ning should be far reaching in its ef fects on the bearing power of the trees. Fee rtler SBace. From the Farmers' Review: I have fed silage for four years with good success, and have never seen any bad effects of using it In the meantime I have gained a very large business over non-feeders. I feed daily from thirty pounds to all that will be eaten per cow. I have also fed oat and pea silage. There are not very many silos around here, but farmers have been watching mine and have made up their minds that silos are just the thing. I am feeding now about fifty head of cattle, and would say that for me "no silo, no dairy." Geo. L. Franz, Berrien County, Michigan. At the recent convention of Hlisois dairymen, the question of' the con struction of silos was discussed. One man said that in lathing his silo he placed the lath diagonally. He had obtained his ideas of the construction of a round silo mostly from H. B. Cur ler. The question was asked whether Mr. Gurler lathed his silo in this man ner, but, Mr. Gurler not being present, it was unanswered. Later, the Farm ers' Review addressed an inquiry to Mr. Gurler on the subject and re ceived the following reply: "I think it best to put on the lath horizontally, as we get more resistance that way thaa when the lath is put on diagon ally. Our idea is to have strength In the circular form to resist the lateral pressure." Gardens that pay best are those that receive the most atteation. A garden will not take care of itself and yield a profit Probably no part of the farm pays as large a profit as the garden in good hands. A man that realizes this will give It the first at tention in the spring, both as regards labor and fertilizer. The garden lov er will aot forget it when other parts of the farm also need attention. If a man will not do the work necessary or have it done, he may as well aot attempt to have a garden. Men are lacking In serve force when It comes to painful operationa. I DAffiY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. Saw Thai mt Uvo Steak The AaM BUI. uaoag the bill as to oleomar- After much altercation i supporters of the Grout whether or aot uacolored garlae should be taxed one-fourth cent a pouad, the ones in favor of such a tax have won. The Committee on Ag riculture of the House of Representa tives has reported for favorable action the 'following bill: "Section 1. That all articles known as oleomargarine, butterine, imitation batter or imltatloa cheese, or any suh staace la the semblance of butter or cheese aot the usual product of the dairy, aad aot made exclusively of pare sad unadulterated milk or cream, transported Into any state or territory, or the District of Columbia, and re maining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall, upon the arrival within the limits of such state or territory, or the District of Colum bia, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or ter ritory, or the District of Columbia, enacted in the exercise of its police mm f a tt matnm mrrftmt and in the : .. .. hnn.i, mrh articles uunmiiww uau ucui uivuuvm such state or territory, or the District of Columbia, aad shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being Intro duced therein in original packages or otherwise. "Provided, that nothing In this act shall be construed to permit any state to forbid the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine in a separate and. dis tinct form and in such manner as will advise the consumer of its real char acter from coloration or ingredient that causes it to look like butter. "Sec.- 2. . That the first clause of sec tion 3 of an act entitled 'An act defi ning butter, also Imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale. Importation and exportation of oleo margarine,' be amended by adding thereto, after the word 'oleomargarine' at the end of said clause, the following words: 'And any 'person that sells, vends or furnishes oleomargarine for the use and consumption of others, ex cept to his own family and guests thereof without compensation, who shall add to, or mix with, such oleo margarine any ingredient or colora tion that causes it to look like butter, shall also be held to be a manufac turer of oleomargarine, within the meaning of said act and subject to the provisions thereof. "Sec. 3. That on and after July 1. 1902, the tax upon oleomargarine, ss prescribed In section 8 of the act ap proved August 2, 1886, and entitled 'An act defining butter, also Imposing a tax upon and regulating exportation of oleomargarine,' shall be one-fourth of one cent per pound when the same Is not made la imitation of butter; but when made in Imitation of butter the tax to be paid by the manufacturer shall be 10 cents per pound, to be lev led and collected In accordance with the provisions of said act "Sec. 4. That wholesale dealers in oleomargarine shall keep such books aad render such returns In relation thereto as the commissioner of inter nal revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may, by regulation, require, and such books shall be open at all times to the In spection of any internal revenue offi cer or agent And any person who wilfully violates any of the provisions af this section shall for each offense be fined not less than 950 and not ex ceeding 9500 and imprisoned not less thin thirty days nor more than six months." Cross Balls. From the Farmers' Review: We have bred Polled Durham cattle ten years, and have never had an ugly bull on the farm, which I credit to the way they are handled. A bull of any breed may be made ugly by improper hand ling. An ill-tempered man with a pitchfork and a profane mouth can spoil any bull In a week's time: but a gentle hand and a pan of oats work wonders with a young bull. We halter-break and handle our young bulls from the time they are seven months old. Should we find one Inclined to want more than one-half the road, we do not back up and go around him, but give him to understand that we have the right of way; that is, con quer him right then, on the start, while young, and with kind treatment thereafter you will have a docile bull. I would not consider it policy to breed to a cross bull, and I believe as a rule that the Polled Durhams are more docile than other breeds. I have in mind a case where a young bull was allowed to bunt and rub around those who came near him, in play. One day he hit his master a hot shot, which downed him, and also scared the man out From that time on the bull was fed from the opposite side of the partition, ana wnen taken out a strap in a ring was trailed along through the partition, and a club ac companied the man. F. A. Murray, Grundy County, Illinois. Separators oa the Dairy From Farmers' Review: In regard to cream separators will say that I have used one about two years in my milk business for- separating for cream, and separated milk trade, and I have found out that they are just the thing In a dairy, whether you sell your cream or make butter. I have used the United States first one and a half years by hand, then a short time by dog power and now by steam. For a small dairy of twenty or twenty-five cows, a power, run by a dog or sheep, a calf, or something, would be the most economical. The reason I use steam is I cut and steam my feed, con sequently use the same for running separator. I think and know from practical experience that they will pay well In a dairy of five cows, as any one will make 100 pounds of butter where they make 80 pounds without one, and better butter, too; and then, the skim milk for feeding purposes Is much better to feed calves while It Is warm and sweet N. Woodmansee, Washtenaw County. Michigan. Gotea lata the FoaTtry Baalaeo. From Farmers' Review: The gen eral farmer that has-ao special aim la poultry keeping sad that intends to go Into the business should consult the wishes of his wife as a first esseatlal. As a second, the wife and the balance of the household should decide the auestioa of how much of a poultry budaess should be indulged Is. They should thea choose a breed of each variety of the various kinds of fowls which they with to raise, be they Baeeeesfal Farmers Ooorale tats as to the Care aa Faaltey. or an. Next they aheald select a va riety aataraOy dhmossfl to hastm far gwehaswiniaytae the weigh tka most poaaea. I mention a breed of fowls of riety that would be either too ake or too good for the commoa 4hrmer, as I take it there Is aotalag too alee or too good for the farmer; lamacmlly a farmer who win do his part la every undertakiag. Revertieg. I mast say that location. climate aad geaeral such ss draiaage. space aad have a good deal to do with the rsls Isg ef poultry. T. J. Priest, Scott county, Illinois. MaJteeks That Trot. Atteatioa is draws la aa Agrical taral Ledger oa the cattle of Rajpa tana to the "Nagore" aad "Rlada" breeds. The "Nsgore" bullocks arc famous throughout India as aiagaifi cent trotting aaimals, oa which ac count, says the Lahore paper, they arc greatly sought after by well-to-do as Uvea, who drive them la ekkas. A good pair win usually commaad from Rs. 100 to Rs. 160, sad the price of s well-matched superior pair Is from Rs. 200 to Rs. 409. They are good tempered aad docile, but timid. "Rla da" mesas small, aad cattle of thk breed seldom measure more thaa for ty Inches In height, whereas Nsgore bullocks have been measured ap tc seventy Inches. "Rlnda" cattle sre used for all klsds of agriculture: work, for which parposes they are In great demaad by zemindars. They also make very good baggage aaimals, either la the plalaa or hills, betsg short-legged, with hard feet They are, however, morose, obstinate aad bad-tempered, sometimes showing fight when roused, or when ap proached by Europeans. An average Pair may be bought for shout Rs. 75. In Beawar and Marwar these breeds sre preserved in their purity. .In oth er Rajputana states, like Bikanlr, Jai pur and Kotah, no attention is paid to breeding. Important economic ben efits might result If the principle of selection could be widely taught to cattle breeders ia Rajputana states. Indian Agriculturist tMoo araarlao la Daaaamrk. The government of Denmark has Just published a statement of the produc tion of and trade in oleomargarine in Denmark. This product seems to be come of more and more extended use. There now exist in Denmark 19 oleo margarine factories. Their outpat from April 1, 1900, to March 31. 190L amounted to 40,774.000 pounds, sa la crease of 4,892.800 pounds over the pre ceding year. The' Imports In 1900-1901 amounted to 4,628,400 sounds, an In crease of 440,800 pounds. Slace the ex portation Is unimportant, .the con sumption of oleomargariae la Dee mark may be estimated at about 45. 000,000 pounds annually, about ISM pounds per capita. Ten years sgo the consumption per capita was only 5)1 pounds. In this connection. It Is in teresting to note that the consumptioB of butter in Denmark Is estimated at SS pounds per capita. Many Danish dairymen sell their butter and eat oleomargarine. Chicago Foaltry The Chicago Poultry Show was held last week and was a great success. The number of entries wss very large and the fowls entered were of high quality. The show wss so big that It was aot containable in the Coliseum snd a building oa the south of It had to be utilized. It was In fact five great shows In one, comprising farm fowls, pigeons, rabbits, dogs snd cats. All of these classes of aaimals were represented by numerous snd excellent specimens. The attendance was good, and certain ly those who attended got the worth of their money. If they had any Interest at all In any of the lines mentioned. As a mesas of education, the Chicago show la most certainly a success, and the men that have brought It up to the present point of excellence deserve great praise for the hard work they have done. We hope to have more to say on the show in a future Issue. Great Iw of Sheea. Estebe Ardaitz, sheep mea, who were working south with a large band of fat wethers from San Joaquin coun ty, arrived at Berenda Sunday and rented a piece of barley stubble. There were many heada of barley which had fallen to the ground, and the sheep had a great feast, with dis astrous results to them. It is esti mated that between 600 and 800 sheep died in one day. The owners expect 300 or 400 more to die. H. A. Buchan an hired a number of men to akin the dead animals, so that the pelts might be saved. Sheep men state that bar ley has often been known to klU sheep, as it ferments, especially after It has been wet by the rains. The rains caused many barley heads to drop, and they could not be cut There was considerable of this among the stubble, and the sheep gathered It up, with the result above noted. Madera Mercury, California. Most FMStahta, From Farmers' Review: in every trial that I have made with pure-bred swine and grades, the pure-bred ani mals have proved most profitable. First, they mature earlier than the grades. Second, it costs less for feed to mature them. Third, the sale of pure-bred swine leaves a greater profit on the credit side of my swine account I Now I raise only pure-bred swine. S. H. nois. Parker, Richland County, Illi- The phylloxera Is threatening the vineyards of California to such an ex tent that growers there sre experi menting with resistant roots, such ss those of grapes growing east of the Rocky Mountains. Have Aalssala Seals? There Is a society In Paris for the investigation of souls of animals. The have discovered that lions are greedy, monkeys vain and cats esthetic. A tiger purred and smiled over a piece ol wool dipped in lavender water, and u lion hit his consort on the side of the head when she approached his bottle ol eau de cologne. Aarlealtaral Sfaehlaee la Greece. Last year the sale of agricultural machinery In Greece was fourfold that of the preceding year. Rock salt is mined and prepared fot use in the states of New York, Kaa sas, LoMJc'" and California. The American peanut Is in success ful competition with those of India aad Algiers in the French market '- Women show excellent taste selecting goods for men's wear. In r Negro Was 1 Tre." i : "aii. aasm.aans. aaaojtaahaai sav , SS ; a Hero I ". any va- , r f ' Mwawwwwwwwwww The following happened ia Georgia ia the peace which followed the ter rible war, says the Columbus State. It illustrates the love that, so away of the old slaves had for their masters aad how that love was shown: A negro man, strong and healthy, but getting gray from years, wss oa trial ia oae of the county Superior Courts for murder. He had killed aa ather negro and had been lying in jail for some time, awaiting his trial. The testlmoay against him was givea by other aegroes who witaes3ed the kill ing! When the case was called for trial by the presiding judge an old maa rose and in a voice deep and low. but full of marked gentleness, said: "Will your honor please mark me for the de fensor It was Gen. Robert Toombs of Geor gia. His face was wrinkled some with age, but it was large and strong, and the lines of intellect made deeper wrinkles than those of age. His hair was white, but it rolled back In (baby curfe from the most splendid -brow that ever graced a man. His form was tall and straight and full sized, though his movements were slow with the years. His eyes still flashed as when he stood in the Senate .chamber at Washington. The case was tried. The witnesses all seemed unfriendly toward the prisoner. Ia his own statemeat he claimed that the killing was ia self defense. VWMWWMMMWWMWIMMMWMWMWMWWWWWIMIWl Treasure in the SeL On the coast of Corfu a story is told which will perhaps some day pass into folklore, for it is of the stuff of which legends are made. Whether it is true or not no one can say, but the fisher men of Corfu believe it and dream of it. When the Empress of Austria re ceived the news of her son Rudolfs death, she was wearing a famous neck lace of Oriental pearls. That night, so the story goes, the attendant whose duty it was to care for the jewels, was horrified to see that the superb pearls had lost their luster and looked dull and dead. She spoke of the matter to her mistress, who in her sorrow did aot even listen. A month or two later the Empress had occasion to call for her peals; and. on opening the case, found every pearl of the necklace a lustreless gray. She called the court jewelers into con sultation, but nothing could be done to restore the pearls to their former beauty. Finally a famous chemist of Vienna assured the Empress that if the pearls could be left in the sea for a long time the action of the salt water would bring back their color and lustre. The Empress went to Corfu later. While there she went with Father Ambrosius, an old monk, who was her friend and confidant, to a wild spot on the shore of the island, and there they WWAWMWWMWWWMWWWWWWMMWWMWWOWMWMW i This Is the Oldest Dressmaker s Bill 1 Among the documents which have lately been discovered in Chaldea is a tablet which may well be called the "oldest dressmaker's bill in the world." It was the custom of the Babylonian kings to present to the temple sets of robes for the use of the priests and priestesses. This was usually done every year. Many of these lists are in the British Museum. The oldest hith erto known has been that of a king, about 1450 B. C. The document now discovered is. however, much older. The tablet is of limestone, aad was found in the ruins of a temple in the city of Nipur, in southern Chaldea. This temple was dedicated to the "ghost god," and had a large priest hood attached to it From the style of the writing, which is extremely archaic, and from the curious system of numerals employed, the tablet, it is said, cannot be of later date than 2800 B. C. It contains a list of ninety-two vestments which were presented to the temple by the king. The name of the king is, unfortunately, omitted. The WAAAAAA(MVMAMMAAAAAAWWWWMAAAAAAAAAAAtMAM FATE OF CORONETS. VerS Breashaa-Ts Becaase George W. Chllas Fralt Dish. Peers and their coronets are soon parted when the ceremonial use has been served, says London M. A. P. The fate of one coronet is told as- follows, by a correspondent: "When I was staying, some years ago, in Philadelphia, with G. W. Childs, the well-known newspaper pro- prietor. I noticed at dinner, one even- j inr. a peculiarly shaped gilt stand used as a support for a china dish con taining grapes. My host, observing that I was scanning it rather closely, said: "Ob. that is the coronet Lord Brougham wore at the queen's corona tion. I have taken out the velvet cap and turned it upside down; the golden balls form excellent feet, and it makes a most elegant dish-stand," and it cer tainly did. But what is the fate of coronets com pared with the fate of coronation robes? A large portion of George IV.'s wardrobe, including the coronation robes, was put up at public auction in the summer of 1831. There were 120 lots disposed of and some of the items are interesting. A pair of fine kid trousers, of ample dimensions, and lined with white satin, was old for 12s. The sumptuous crimson velvet corona tion mantle, with silver star, em broidered with gold, which cost orig inally, according to the auctioneer, 500 was knocked down for 47 guin eas. A richly embroidered silver tissue coronation waist-coat and trunk hose. 13. The purple velvet coronation robe, embroidered with gold, of which it was said to contain 200 ounces. brought only 55. although it cost his late majesty 300. An elegant and costly green velvet mantle lined with ermine of the finest quality, presented by the Emperor Alexaader to George IV., which cost 1,000 guineas was sold for 125. No man Is ever perfectly sure of a girl's love until she declares she hates Gee. Tosachs siltimd the Jury at the met. aad after fatty lag the testlBMay of the cye-wltaoaats -he colluded than: "Tear hoaor, please, aad gsatlaaua of the jury: A few years 'ago my oaly brother fell woaaded oa the battlefield of Gettysharg. He lay there Weeding to death, with ao frieadly head to help alat Shot aad shell, the fierce, fiery stream of death, were sweepisx the earth about him. No friead could go to him. ao' sargeoa dared approach him. The siagiag of bullets sad the wild music of the shells wss to he his oaly requiem. My brother had a body, serraat a aegro maa. who waited oa him la camp. The aegro saw his mas- a ter's deager aad straight .out lato the sheet of battle aad taste 'aad death he weat A caaaoa shot tore the flesh from his breast, but on he weat, aad. gathering my brother in hie arms, the blood of the maa miagling with the blood of the master; bore him to safety sad life. Jim. open your collar!' And the jury saw oa Jim's breast long, jagged scars where the shell had ripped Its wsy. Continuing Gen. Toombs said: "Jim's skin may be black he may he a ae gro; but the maa who would do what Jim did for my brother has a soul too white ever to have killed a maa ex cept la defease of his owa life." Jim was cleared. teeeeeee Fav. t Where Are th snows Pearls ef the Empress off Austria. hid the pearls securely In a fissure un der the surface of the water aad left them. There the pearls were when the Empress met her sudden and trag ic death. f Father Ambrosius fell dead in the cloister when told of the death of his mistress. The pearls, so the story tellers say. await a lucky finder, some where along the rugged coast, and are likely to be the Capt. Kidd's treasure of Corfu. Taking the story for what it is worth, the fact remains that there are. on record many curious instaaces ia which pearls apparently sympathised with the health and mood of their wearers. Pearls, too. often lose their color and lustre for no perceptible rea son, and in many cases never regain their beauty. All through the Orieat. there are jewelers famous as doctors of sick' pearls, and to certain of these doctors pearls of great value are frequently sent by the native rulers and mer chants. The salt water treatment is one of the most common methods of dealing with a sick pearl; so If Eliza beth's necklace is by aay chance where Corfu gossip locates it. its pearls may be finding healing while they await discovery. Mounted as a stick pin. a sisgle pink rose petal, in the center a whole pearl. inscription ends with the words: "Ia all. ninety-two vestments, the bill (list) of the temple for the priests this year." Maay of the words are un known, and are doubtless technical terms employed by the modistes of that period. Among the items are "Twelve white robes of the temple, eight robes of the house of his lady; ten collars of the house of his lady, ten pure gold collars, two white robes." An item toward the end of this curious bill "Four scented robes" is suggestive of the passage in Psalm xiv.. in which are mentioned the robes redolent of "myrrh and aloes and cassia." It was evidently the custom in Baby lon to perfume the robes-, as it is at present in India and Persia. This document is of value as showing the great development which had taken place in the textile arts In Chaldea even at that early period. Money makes the- mare go and wo men make the money go. UNCLE SAM IU1LDS A TOWN. Nary Depart meat to Coastraet Bloaiea at Oleag-aao Naval Matlea. Uncle Sam is going to .build a town. It will be constructed at Olongapo. the site of the proposed naval station on Stihig Bay. Philippine Islands, says the Washington Times. S'-ch action is believed to be neces sary in order to provide labor for the plant. Plans for the town are being prepared by Rear Admiral M. T. En dicott, chief of the bureau of yards aad docks. c - Rear Admiral Endicott points out that many shipbuilding corporations have been compelled to build towns ia the vicinity of their plants. They rent ihe houses at a nominal figure to. their employes. The latter elect their mayor and other officers. '. - The plans of the department alee propose the construction of a railroad which shall connect Manila and Olon gapo. Cag-Ioad's Karat Power. There i3 some skeptcism In certain English circles regarding the fervent' praise of the British navy which Com mander Richardson Clover, U. S. N.. naval attache to the United States em bassy, uttered in a recent interview in Washington. Commander Clover waa quoted as saying that the British navy is far more efficient than continental powers believe. "This." says the Hamp shire Telegraph, "is a good thiag to publish to the world, but it is to be hoped that the continental sowers . and particularly the more beUsserest -among them will take the statemeat to heart But the British public ouxht to be sufficiently Informed by now to be proof against Capt Clover' inslel- . ous flattery. When he says that Easy? land to-day is stronger on the seas taaa'l, any two of the most powerful coati-; aental powera. with another power la " eluded, he is merely soariag iato , heights of imagination whither, no' ' British aaval expert can pretead. to fel- . low his.." J f L FJ. f T- v v k ateJ&jisAtviSi L, Vr.lytVJiWl . A.i?v .-j-"' ' --" -."g .-itr. .yg-..,v- 'jr-. j-sv r.' -.
