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When th. brown man finds abrother in The white man firm and true. On people, one Ood and just one nag. The old red, white and blue. -Robert B. Carr In the Denver Times. to Leave Banker Hill. v Amanda, near Spencervllle, Ohio, w tke last resting place of probably om of the greatest heroes of the battle of Banker Hill, and the very last man to leave the trenches in that memor- able aght Peter Sunderland. By the time the British had made the third charge up the grade the pow der snarly i the fort had become ex hausted, and the Americans were . obliged to ight with gunstocks, clubs and atones. Mr. Sunderland, after ex hausting his own supply of ammuni tion, picked up three guns of wounded comrades, only to find that each of ' them had been discharged. He raised the fosrth gun when a British soldier slated a blow at his neck with a sword. A anlck turn of the gun caused the swors to strike directly in Mr. Sun derland's mouth, cutting each cheek half wsy to the ears. Again the Brit ish soldier struck, and again the blow was partially parried, causing the sword to cut through the wall of Mr. Sunderland's abdomen; but at the state time the "fourth gun." which lsckily proved to be losded, was dis charged Into his antagonist, and the bayonet on the gun was thrust through hist, silling him instantly. The fate of this warrior seemed to check the other soldiers for a moment, and Mr. SuaderUad, who was the last man to leave the fortification, escaped to the ins below, where he found a man, woman sad baby. Sunderland bound a large handkerchief about bis abdomen, sad the two men and the woman swam across the pond, but the babe had to be pitched from one to the other at seep places. Om the opposite shore Mr. Sander land lay concealed in the bushes for three days, steadily growing weaker, the man and woman having sought safety in flight His comrades came back daily to search for the wounded, sat he could not make them hear, ow ing to his exhausted condition. On the third day he attracted the attention sf his comrades by breaking some sticks sad was rescued. He west to Ohio about 1817 and set tled oa land near Dayton. Soon after this he came to Ft. Amanda, where his oa. Dye Sunderland, entered land that Is still owned by the Sunderlands. Peter Sunderland and wife are both hnried st Ft, Amanda, where a monu- it marks their resting place. Tarehla's War Col. Thomas G. Lavrler, postmaster of RockforL 111., tells an interesting ttory of Gen. Turchin's widow, to whom the senate has voted a pension at ttt a month. Mrs. Turchin has seen at the door of actual want at her some la Radom for several months. Contributions by members of the Orsad Army of the Republic and athers have been sent to her from time to time. At the outbreak of the war Gen. .Oeorge B. McClellan was a civil en gineer ia the employ of the Illinois Central and Turchin was an assistant ta the same road. Col. Lawler was a machinist ia the shops, and all joined the Nineteenth Illinois regiment Mrs. Turchin followed her husband when his regiment was called to Washington to defend the capital after the battle of Bull Run. En route the train went through a bridge, the tim bers of which had been cut by the Knights of the Golden Circle, near Vsaeeaaes. Many of the soldiers were sadly iajared, and on this occasion Mrs. Turchin cut up much of her cloth lag for bandages. Cel. Lawler ssys thst it is a matter of record that Mrs. Turchin. in Paint Rock Vslley, between Winchester, Teas., aad Larkiasville. Ala., went to the rear aad brought up a section of artillery and personally directed its Ire oa the bushwhackers who were mercilessly peppering the federals the rocks of the mountain. far the Army. The chief of ordnance of the army ass submitted estimates to the secre tary of war looking to the enlargement sf the Springfield Armory plant so that its dally capacity will be 400 riles. He has also submitted an esti ssste for the enlargement of the ar senal at Frankfort, so that 150.000 roamds ot small-arm ammunition can be supplied each day. Gen. Crazier is eaerajetkally pushing all the work be ing done aader the ordnance depart sseat He has ben advised thst the work oa the aew army rifles is pro- aad that satisfactory prog- i.is being made with the tests of leM guns at Sandy Hook. I had a very interesting expen ses," said a veteran lieutenant re- itly, "with Geo. Grant I had beea in th telegraph aad signal corps ser vice ia the army, aad I had seen him a goad many times at his best After the war I weat iato the newspaper aad when Grant made his the northern states in 1S65 I to several ot his big you know. I could the temptation to shake him, ae seemed so timid and em- ia the face of 50.000 people. so afraid of cheering men. . sad children, when in the pres et BMW soldiers he- would have right the other way. that I was itly oa the point of speaking to In nil my life I aever had seea a Bsaa so asoalstsly helpless as he was before a large crowd. lay x pressed threaga tae the baleeay where the gen eral was to stsfd. aad as I was then a pretty Isras man. I had a hard time ot L I gt to the balcony oat ot breath of patience with ail the but- I tnwdtwo soys the little halcoay. aad tear was' asrigaed i attorn aad. aesmelv resist He null ftt sartssk' mo that they were very much Old out of place, and, without making any inquiries of the only other newspaper man on the balcony, I caught the boys by the arm and was hustling them out when Gen. Grant said quietly: "Those are my boys "For an instant there was the old general that I had known on the field. Those four words said all there was to sav. and I stood cbasbel as under a stinging rebuke. Then r turned to my tewspaper friend and said, 'Captain, won't you kick me down stairs and kick me up again and report to Gen. Grant in writing?" That struck Gen. Grant very favorably. He held out his hand to me and said, 'Never mind, we all make mistakes.' " Oriala of "Backboard. "There are few persons," ssys a sol dier who long since returned to civic ranks, "who know how the name of buckboard came to be applied to a vehicle. It was way back in the '20s, when the transportation of goods, wares and merchandise was principal ly all by wagons. Dr. Buck, who for long years after was the military store keeper here, was then in charge of stores en route to army posts in the southwest In east Tennessee difficul ty was experienced by reason of the rough roads, and there were frequent mishaps, mostly from the wagons over turning. Dr. Buck overhauled the out fit and abandoning the wagon bodies, long boards were set directly on the axles or hung below, and the stores were reloaded in such a manner that there were no further delays from breakdowns, and the stores safely reached their destination. The idea doubtless was not new, but Dr. Buck's example was followed, especially when roads were rough, and soon much haul ing was done by the use of wheel, axle and boards only. Now the fashionable buckboard recalls the old gentleman to some of us." Washington Star. Got What Ha Gave. An army officer tells the following anecdote suggesting its application to recent events: "A campaign against the Sioux was on foot, and one of the columns was composed of three squad rons of cavalry. There were present as field officers a colonel, a lieutenant colonel anl a major. The colonel was a pleasant, easy-going commander up to a certain limit The lieutenant colonel was a cantankerous. fault finding man, and generally made him self disagreeable to the major. The major had to take it being the junior, but waited for his opportunity. The day came when on the march the lieutenant-colonel committed some fault which roused the anger of the colonel, and he was then and there, in the presence of officers and enlisted men, promptly brought to account The colonel spared no words, and the cen sure was complete. He then departed, anl after he had gone a sufficient dis tance, the major rode up to the lieutenant-colonel and gently remarked: "H'm! rf'm! and how does it seem for a lieutenant-colonel to be sat upon?" Army and Navy Journal. Frishteaed la Battle. Gen. W. D. Snyman. head of the Boer delegation in this country, was "reminiscing" the other night with several other veterans of the South African war, and finally the conversa tion turned on the question of being scared in battle "I was never frightened but once," remarked one of those present "and that was before the beginning of the first fight I was in; but after the first volley had been fired I was all right That seemed to break the -ce." "Weil. I don't know how it may be with others," said the general, who stands over six feet and is proportion ately broad-shouldered, "but I could never seem to get used to it; I was just as badly frightened in my last bat tle as I was in my first And what is more, when I looked around at the faces of my comrades. I found they were just as white as I knew mine was. With me the ice refused to break." stlchlaaa National Guard. In Michigan Adjutant General Brown recently spoke the sentiments of the state militia as follows: "The present condition of the Michigan national guard Is quite satisfactory, the entire command being fully armed and equip ped the same as the regular army, with the exception that the state has thus far received only 500 Krag-Jorgensen rifles, the remainder of the troops be ing armed with the Lee-Remington magazine rifle. There are now more than 3.000 men in the forty companies constituting the national guard." A Mexican War Veteran. John J. Elliott, a veteran of the Mexican war, has been visiting at Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Elliott was ia all the battles but one of the Mexican war. He crossed the plains to Califor nia in 1850, and has spent his life in the west He was also a soldier in the civil war, belonging to the Oregon Volunteers. For more than thirty years he has been in Idaho. He ex pects to spend his remaining years in Southern California. War Veteran KUUed by a Train. Martin Ayres, an old soldier, was killed by a Missouri Pacific passenger train near Hiawatha, Kan. He was cut hunting along the Grand Island track, which is close to the Missouri Pacific track. He stepped off one track to avoid a freight train, only to meet his death by the passenger train. Barvlvor ef th War or 181. Hiram Cronk, the last surviving pen sioner of the War of 1812, Is nagging the last years of a quiet life at the home ot his daughter at Dunn Brook, about fifteen miles north of Rome, X. Y. Secretary Root may possibly give a favorable comment upon the bill pre sented by Congressman Sulzer of New York authorizingthc payment to the estate of the late Titz John Porter the sum of about $130,060, which he would have received had his name been con tinued on the army refster without in terruption. There appears to be some good reasons for a recommendation in behalf of this measure on the basis ol the act of July 1. 1886. restoring Gen Porter to the army. It was stated in the preface of that law as a reason foi its enactment that the statute had foi its object the fulfillment of the recom mendations of the army board of 187? in Gen. Porter's behalf and to his com plete exoneration. It was the inten tion of this board, acting on its find ings, to restore Gen. Porter that o! which he had been deprived, that is tc say, his rank and pay, as if he had not been cashiere- FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. Amusing and Instructive Stories Meant for the Children. What Was It? Guess what he had In his pocket! Marbles and tops and sundry toys. Such as always belong to hoys, A bitter apple, a leather ball?- Not at a!L What did he have In his pocket? A bubble pipe and a rusty screw, A brassy watchkey broken in two, A fishhook In a tangle of string? No such thing. What did he have In his pocket? ' Gingerbread crumbs, a whistle be made. Buttons, a knife wtlh a broken blade, A nail or two, with a rubber gun? Neither one. What did he have in his pocket? Before he knew it. It slyly crept Under the treasures carefully kept. And away they all of them quickly stole "Twas a hole. 1 -Child's Hour. Facts Aboat Flag. What the various signals mean in the flag code Is told thus in the last number of New Education: 1. To "strike the flag" is to lower the colors in submission. 2. Flags are used as the symbol ot rank and command, the officers using them being called "flag officers." Such flags are square, to distinguish them from other banners. 3. A "flag of truce" is a white flag, displayed to an enemy to Indicate a desire for parley or consultation. 4. The white flag is a sign of peace. After a battle parties from both sides often go out to the field to rescue the wounded or bury the dead under the protection of a white flag. 5. The red flag Is a sign of defiance and is often used by revolutionists. In our service it is a mark of danger, and shows a vessel to be receiving or discharging her powder. C. The black flag is a sign of piracy. 7. The yellow flag shows a vessel to be in quarantine or is a sign of a con tagious disease. 8. A flag at half-mast means mourn ing. Fishing and other veseels re turn with the flag at half-mast to an nounce the loss or death of some of their crew. 9. Dipping the flag Is lowering it slightly, then hoisting it again to sa lute a vessel or fort If the president of the United States goes aboard, the American flag Is carried in the bow of his barge or hoisted at the mast of the vessel on board of which he is. Woaderfat Dollies. Talking dolls are curious surprises in these days. One never knows what they are going to say. It Is said that more than 70,000 dolls which are manufactured at Sonneberg, Thurin gia. have been sent to America to be charged with the phonograph. A story of a speaking doll is told by a friend of Edison's in New York, which points out that these new toys may act as moral teachers to the young. Edison's friend had a little daughter, four years old, who, in spite of scoldings and punishments, could not be cured of the habit of telling stories. The father brought home a specially charged doll as a present for the little girl. The child played with the doll for a day without noticing anything different in it from other dolls: on the morning of the second day. however, the doll made its voice heard. The little girl gave her mother an un truthful answer to a question which was put to her. whereupon the doll, which was in her arms at that mo ment said solemnly: Little girls must never tell lies; never, never tell lies." The little one stared at the doll and laid it down on the carpet Since that time she cannot be persuaded to touch her plaything; out the timely warning has cured her more effective ly of her bad habit than any' whip pings or scoldings could do. An Eagle's Revenge. Although we are taught from earliest hildhood to have unbounded admira tion for the eagle, yet he has few qualities that merit our admiration, ind when wounded is a dangerous foe. A short time ago a woodman, liv ing near Beach Glen, N. J., shot a targe black eagle. It fell to the ground, but when the woodman attempted to secure the bird it flew at him furiously with beak and ' talons. He tried to beat off the fierce bird by using his ?un as a club, but the eagle had all the best of the struggle and tore the woodsman's clothes to shreds. Inflict ing wounds on his face, neck and hands with his long, needle-like claws. The woodsman ran with the wounded 2agle fluttering after him. Reaching the woodpile, the woodsman seized a iharp ax and turned again on the bird. The eagle fought furiously as before, but a lucky blow of the ax struck his neck and killed it just In time, as the woodsman was fast growing faint from loss of blood. Advice to Boys. Be thorough in the performance of svery duty, says a writer to boys in Success. You will not take the world by storm all at once. You must begin it the bottom and work up. However trivial and unimportant the duties may be of the first position to which you ire appointed, perform them with scru pulous care and accuracy. It is not the character of the duties to which you will be assigned that is of importance, but the method in which you discharge them. Most distinguished men in our country who have lifted themsedves to wealth and prominence bear testimony to the fact that the faithful perform ance of their work in every position which they occupied was the cause of their success. The young man .who gives absolute satisfaction to his em ployer as an office boy or a junior slerk builds his own road to prosper ity. And Kermis While the momentous affairs of the lation are being dealt with at one 2nd of the White House, at the other nd of the stately old mansion there :s the natural, unaffected lite of a typi cal American family, and now and Aen Washington society folks enjoy the stories that come from the nursery arhere the children ot its first lady in the land romp as strenuously as any jther youngsters. One evening during the Christmas season the Roosevelt children had a 'east of sweetmeats, and when Mrs. Roosevelt came into the nursery in the morning she found Kermit paying Jie penalty of overindulgence. "And - how is sister?" asked Mrs. Roosevelt "Oh. she don't know she is sick yet" ?roaned Kermit "She's not awake fet" Oae Theaaaad Tears Old. There is always a peculiar interest attached to any great piece of work completed by a people living many aundreds of years ago. This Is esped tlly so of the Great White Horse ot '.vlltshire Downs, England. As you stand oa aa elevation an look across the country, yoar eye catches the form of a gigantic waits horse upon the side of a hill beyond the valley. It Is a figure cut la the rock In the side of the Downs, aad ii 175 feet long from the head to the tail. It is believed to have beea made in the time of King Alfred, who died 1,000 years ago. The figure Is rather crude, but when seen at a distance the outline of a horse is very distinct Just above the figure, on top ot the hill, are the remains of an old camp. Character of the Chips Chipmunks are industrious little creatures. In rainy weather they quit work and curl up In their nests or Bids in a knot hole away from the wet Windy weather makes them very nerv ous. The rustling of leaves and wav ing branches makes them suspicious that something strange Is going on in the world. A chipmunk eats while sit ting on his haunches and holds his food in his forepaws. He drinks by lapping like a dog. He is very neat about his person, combing out his fur and his long tall with paws and teeth. He washes his face by lapping his forepaws and then rubbing them both at the same time over his face wtthj such speed thst the eye can bar!?-- follow his motions. Iadastrloas Danish Calldrea. The children of Denmark are taught to knit when but five years old. Even in the public schools this is quite an institution, although the private schools made It an absolute rule, one hour each day being given to that In dustry. The same rule applies in the homelife, one hour being devoted daily either to sewing, knitting, cro cheting, embroidery or lacemaking. Nor is this considered sufficient; the young woman of the family is sup posed never to be Idle, she must always have something on hand to be taken up. If a chance visitor comes in, or a friend arrives for the day, both have their needlework with them. Wo man's Home Companion. An IUastrloas Qaartec Many years ago there was tried in Indiana a very interesting case from the fact that each one of the four lawyers retained, although then not known outside of their own state, yet within twelve years enjoyed a national reputation. The members of the legal quartet became illustrious were Gen. Harrison, who became president of the United States; Thomas A. Hendricks, who be came vice president; David Turpie, who was United States senator, snd Walter Q. Gresnam. who rose to the circuit bench and filled two posts in President Cleveland's cabinet Came ef Blowlns the Feather. The players should all be seated in a circle with their chairs close to gether. The leader should then blow a large piece of goose or swan's down upward into the middle of the circle. The other members of the company should begin a lively blowing to keep the piece of down in the air. Should it fall to the floor, the person at whose feet or nearest whom It falls must give a forfeit When forfeits have been collected in this way from several or all members of the circle they may be sold in any one of the customary ways. Conkey's Home Journal. Waralags to Travelers. In a handbook for travelers in the Soudan issued by the Egyptian govern ment, referring to the currency, it is quaintly observed that "in the more undressed parts of the country" beads and bracelets are current In the sec tion on shooting there is a pleasant reference to the sporting tourist, whd is warned that onlycrocodilc3 may be shot at from steamers, and even this practice is deprecated as being "more dangerous to the riverain population than the crocodile." Tr!ck with Glass of Water. Yon wager any person that you will so fill a glass of water that he shall not move it off the table without spill ing the whole contents. You then fill the glass, and, laying a piece of thin card over the top of it then dexter ously turn the glass upside down on the table and draw away the card and leave the water in the glass with its foot upward. It will therefore be im possible to remove the glass from the table without spilling every drop. Foeallar Cattom In Venloa, At Venice, when any one dies, it is the custom to fix a placard before the dead person's home, as well as in ad jacent streets, as a sort of public no tice, stating his name, age, place of birth, and the illness from which he died; affirming also that he received the holy sacraments, died a good Christian, and requesting the prayers of the faithful. Tar oa His EVeft. Teacher If you face the north, di rectly behind you will be the south, on your right hand will be the east and on your left hand west Seeing a lack of attention on the part of Bobby, and wishing to catch him: "What is on your left hand, Bobby?" Bobby (in deep confusion) Please, it's some tar, an' it won't come off. Leaden Sehoelboy. In an essay on the pet subject of temperance a London board schoolboy discoursed on the unpleasantness of not being able properly to direct one's limbs. His orthography, unfortunate ly, was less orthodox than his senti ment "For these reasons," he wound up, "it must be very auquard to be a drunkhard." Plan la In some of the farming districts of China pigs are harnessed to small wagons and made to draw them. Earned His Eccentricities, Some people are making fun of the Atlanta man who had himself pho tographed in evening clothes while riding in his automobile. But an At lanta man who can secure an evening suit after buying an automobile should be permitted exceptional eccentricities. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Park areola Cities, In respect to park area the chief American cities rank in the following order: New York, Philadelphia, Bos ton. St Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, Baltimore. Pittsburg, New Orleans and CiaeiaaatL DAIEY AM) POULTRY. MTEICSTINQ CHAPTERS FOR wUR URAL READERS. This FcrtHlty of JEsS. From Farmers' .Review: Hatch ng season is either now with, or soon sill be with, poultry raisers, the time lepeading upon surroundings; and the ertiUty of eggs is the needful thing; he way to secure fertile eggs is a way ill wish to know. Some say a good ler cent of fertile eggs Is not to be tad if the fowls are confined to a Uni ted range, but we have had and have mown others to have a 95 per cent f fertile eggs from yarded fowls. Last 'ear ours hsd a limited (very) range. he yard in which six pullets, two hens ind one cockerel were confined being tbout two rods square, and in this sncIOBure the roosting room and scratch shed were placed. Yon may say, the per cent of fertile $ggs was good, but perhaps the whole lumber of eggs was small. No, the iverage from the eight hens from the 16th of February to the last of May vas 6 eggs per day; a higher aver- tge than we were able to get from the ratslde hens. The average would loubtless have been higher if we could save secured fresh meat at all times for them. We fed a mash of wheat oran, mixed stiff with kitchen scraps ind salty dishwater of a morning; tbout a quart of mash; at noon wheat r oats was scattered among leaves in the scratch shed; at night a quart of ihelled corn was thrown among the leaves. Nothing pleases hens better than to ilg up fresh moist earth for them, and 1 think there is nothing hoalthier. Breen food, cut grass, rye and wheat was fed them every day all they would eat; but the way confined hens snjoy their green meal the best is to place a slab of sod in their pen. or 2ven pull up large tufts of grass. No need to fear infertile eggs from varded fowls if you will pen only lealthy fowls. Give a variety of food; induce exercise, and keep quarters :lean. I prefer a yearling cockerel to tn older male. Whatever age the head af the pen must be in the very pink of perfection as regards health and vigor. Dne should have not more than eight lens to one male of the larger breeds; several more hens may be mated to t male If of the small breeds, ou :hicks were B. P. Rocks. Gather the eggs every day. Keep in in even temperature, several degrees ibove freezing; turn every day and rou may keep them three weeks; then let and receive good hatches as far as the age. of the eggs is concerned. It will probably take from 15 to 24 hours onger to hatch them. The above care applies equally as well .to setting eggs !rom range fowls, or any other poultry, .'f you would once try the plan of se ecting eight or a dozen of your best lens, mating with a No. 1 cockerel, rarding and using these eggs to hatch !rom, you would never try other ways. Emma Clearwaters. Water in Matter. Prof. G. L. McKay of Iowa, after a risit to Europe, had this to say about water in butter: No subject interests xr.e more than water. . I tested a lot of butter In Eng and for moisture, and the driest but r I found was from New Zealand, tome of It running down to about sight per cent. Danish butter aver tges about fifteen per cent Russia van very irregular, some very fine, but t good deal or it naa a ranK uavur. t will get over that after awhile, towever, and I believe that Russia vill come to the front rapidly. Some if the highest selling butter was the French two pound unsalted rolls. My ocperience with the Irish butter Is hat it lacks body, which results large y from the fact that it is churned at . high temperature. It contains lots if water, some samples testing twen y to twenty-five per cent moisture. This question is now before the Eng ish parliament, and it seems probable .hat it will be settled on the basis of .bout fifteen to sixteen per cent water. It has been a great problem to me hat the Danish butter has a higher ercentage of water than ours has, yet it the same time It has a mealy, dry .ppearance. Investigation showed hat their method of churning and vorking was peculiar. The churning s done at a moderately high tempera ure and the butter comes soft It is lropped at once into cold water and hen put on the table and worked hree-quarters of a minute, after which t Is again put in cold water for a oomentthec brought back and worked rom one to one and a quarter minutes. This makes only two minutes of work ng. When finished it is packed into tegs- for the market It is said that .his method is used to get the butter nllk out and have it clear, but it is irobably intended to work the water nto the butter as veil. Danish butter jpill average five per cent more water ban ours and yet does not show it routtrr tCrlefs. Eggs for hatching should be com paratively fresh. That Is, they should tot be over ten days old, though some latchable eggs arc over three weeks jld when they go under the hen or nto the Incubator. At this time of fear it ie easier to keep eggs in a :ondition for setting than it will be .ater in the season when the heat is rreater. Eggs should fe: k"-pt at be tween 40 and CO degiccs if they are t jobe kept for roue wrecks before being ased. This is a diricnlt thing to do raless the arrangeircn.t be very per .'ect The naiurtl tcriperalur of the ;arth is about 55 degrees, and this is irobably an near an ideal temperature ts we can get for o-ar eggs. We can rive them to a considerable extent ;he temperature of the earth. Now that the spring is coming and with it all kinds of germs, the drink ing vessels of the fowls should be .ooked after. Wooden vessels are not .deal for many reasons. If they are made of staves they shrink and swell with the supply of moisture and often irop to pieces when they are neglect id. Then, too, they gather slime, which mav or may not be a detri ment Iron vessels of all kinds tend vr corrode and perhaps the rust is not the best thing that can be given fowls. Drinking vessels of stone are ideal. They never shrink with the dry weather and they never rust Moreover, they are easily cleaned. Well-glazed drinking vessels are there- i fore preferable to all others. it is a noor economy that leads to the purchase of musty and even moiay feed for the fowls. When grain is spoiled too much for any other use it is the practice to try to save it by " er ..I Stw Saeceatfal raiiats omenta THpailSMal ot the Farm A Few lata as to the Care of Lira Steak poJ Psasilmw aaa roaitry. nnBBMSanna feeding it to th aomltry. It m charged by fanciers that masty graia is a fraltfal source ot sickness We cannot prove the point, bat wo are ready to accept it oa its face. It ia tow well established that some of the smats aad moulds are poisoaoas la. their character. Especially Is this the ease with oat smut Other smuts have beea little examined with this point In view. Until they are proved to be innocuous let us feed oar fowls only healthful grain. Fare Rrd Heat PreAloWe. We continually meet people who tell us that the crosses are far superior to the purebred cattle for dairy purposes. Against that we have the tact that all the great records ever made have beea from purebred cattle, carefully bred for many generations. Thus we have three purebred cows belonging to the Duke of Westminster, that gave LIM gallons, 1410 gallons and 1.448 gallons, respectively, In twelve months; this last one being at the rate ot almost sixteen quarts a day the whole year through. All dairymen will know as a fact, as well as all breeders of any kind ot stock that if you breed from crossbreds you can never tell what the result will be. It may take after its sire, dam, great-grandsire or even fur ther. We are not by any means advising dairymen to go to the expense ot pur chasing a purebred herd right off, but what we would strive to impress upon each and all is to use only purebred bulls in their herds. See that the bull Is from a good milking strain, even it yon have to give a seemingly big price for him. His cost will be noth ing compared to the herd when the heifers begin to come in. The only sure way to get together a really good herd Is to breed It You will have to buy the best you can to start with; then pick out your cows according to how they turn out, and have the helfei calves from the best, making sure that the bull is from a milking strain and purebred. By doing this, in a few years you can get together a really good herd, and, by judicious culling, every year it will be improving and the average yield gradually rising. The best investment that can be made for a dairy farm is a good bull. Even with poor cows to start with, no man need despair of getting a fair herd to gether It he can only obtain a milking strain on the sire's side." It is then only a matter of time and careful se lection. West Australian Settlers' Handbook. Quality aad qnaatity of Beef. "' A professor of animal husbandry says: Some men seem to have formed the idea that the breeding of fine cattle is an easy thing. It is unfortunate that many breeders make no effort to dis pel such folly with a prospective buyer on the ground. The sooner that men generally know and appreciate that it ia no child's play to breed fine cattle the better, and breeders generally will make no mistake in aiding to establish such principles. Breeders of pure bred beef cattle have given too much attention to the outside or external conformation of the animal and too little to the inside, where the animal really lives, and where the valuable product, beef, is found. Expert judges of beef cattle on foot are just beginning to realise that they cannot tell as much about the quality and quantity of beef an animal will cut on the block as was formerly sup posed. It Is often stated that the cat tle buyers for the packing houses know all about these things. The fact is, their skill and knowledge of the busi ness runs little farther than being able to select cattle that will dress a high percentage of beef and a low percent age of fat This by no means decides the value of the carcass, when sold over the block or the quality of beef. A plainly bred steer, properly fed. may dress a satisfactory percentage ot dressed beef and still be an unprofita ble animal when sold over the block. Oar TUto Stock lntarrst. i"V" The census bureau, in its report on domestic animals announces that all domestic animals in the United States have a probable value at least of S5, 200,000,000. Of this the value of an imals on farms and ranges constitute over 93 per cent The total value of all domestic animals on farms and ranges is $2,9S1,054,11R. against 2,20S, 767,513 in 1S90. There was a gain in all parts of the country except the North Atlantic states, where there was a decrease of horses, sheep and swine, making a total decrease of 3 per cent in the value. Iowa leads all states In total value of It3 livestock, while Texas ranks second. The former has an investment In livestock of $272,844, 034, and the latter $236,227,434. Texas, however, has the greatest number of neat cattle, mules and goats, but the average value of these and other an imals being less than in Iowa, pre-eminence in value rests with the latter state. raffdlne Cora Stalk. From Farmers' Review: I feed my stalks whole for the reason there arc not enough buskers and shredders in this vicinity. I always cut my corn before the frost and before they dry up standing. I would always husk and shred it I could get a machine to do the work at the right time. I feed about three bumllra of fodder per day. The bundles are about four to a shock eight hills square sometimes five. I never thought there was much nourishment in the butts, of course. When they an not cut or shredded they are left. I raiso SO or 40 acres yearly. I winter from one to two hundred sheep on them yearly How ard Lobdell. Van Jlurpr. County, Mich igan. ItMtls for Oalr Cow. From Farmers' Review: My three years' experience in raising beets at tho state prmlte school has been very satisfactory m results. They are an excellent conditioner, and fed judi ciously with grain, chopped feed and bran I consider good one-half beet3. one-fourth liran, oue-fourth chopped feed lesults in a greater flow of miik of superior quality. I am not prepared to answer in regard to tho money profit of oeets fed alone, a? we have never fed them -.vitboiit cram. We consider ! the Golden Tankard the most desira ble kind to. i-aise. TJ. t. Clisby, Branch County, Michigan. j The sum of sso.eoo s S'en to the j employes of the Boston branch of the American Scda Fountain Company by J the will of James Tufts, the millionaire J soda - fountain manufacturer. This 1 amount is given ia lump sums of 1500. $200 and SlQQ- Dogs bark when there is nothing going on. Same complaint about pco- ; pie talking. An Atchison man who is noted for being "spiritual" picked out a wife weighing 200 pound SjsjswwwsiajBiaisjaiwsjsiwo)oioiwwwwwww,wwwwww--,'-,w--n Were Never Defeated I VletarieiM Gonersvlo WKo eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeei It is curious aad iaterestiat; la read las the lives ot great military com Bsaaders to observe amoag the large number ot generals who have held in dependent commands how few have careers of uainterrupted success. A mam who, can go through a campaiga sad flght many battles and never suffer a reverse must, indeed, be a command er ot the first order. The 'Duke of Alva, one of the most emiaent soldiers of the sixteenth cea tury, aever, throughout his loag aad eventful career, lost a battle. The archbishop of Cologne was struck by his efforts to avoid a conflict, having on oae occasion urged him to engage the Dutch. "The object of a general," replied Alva, 'is not to flght. but to conquer; he fights enough who obtains the victory." Oliver Cromwell, throughout his mil itary career, never lost a battle, though he very nearly sustained a reverse at Dunbar. The Duke of Marlborough affords aa excellent example of a successful sol dier. He combined all the qualities necessary .for a great commander, and although he fought several battles against the most experienced generals MaMmmmammmammmmmmiHi ' I ma9MMm9MMm9999999n9W9mmm if Chinese Cltvns Fight I Trivial Americans in the region around Swa tow, China, have been brought face to face, unexpectedly with a curious hin drance to trade in the form of constant fights between clans over the most trivial things. As nearly every Chinese laborer is a member of a clan in that district, the commerce of the twentieth century is stopped every little while by the survivals of a past so ancient that the American commonwealth Is an ab surdly young Infant compared with it. The clans are all formed of blood rel atives and are added to systematically by interniariage so that all the mem bers are bound together by ties of rela tionship. Each member pays all he can to the headman of his clan, and the sums obtained in this way are enor mous. Thus the Ur clan recently fought for six months and the total cost of the war was only 13 cents a man, certainly as low a war budget as there is on rec ord. A few months ago two men from two different clans met In a village in the province. One mentioned the ether's clan in a disrespectful way. A pretty I" ,ML.m..m..mimm9mmmmnmmmm9mm9i9 A DREAM STORY ? jt And av Very Good One for A former Boston newspaper man told a story not long ago of an experience of a young woman of his acquaintance, which, while it has not yet been em bodied in any work of fiction, at least gives evidence of Imaginative powers and may be considered later. The young woman spent her summers at an old Marshfield farmhouse, the win dows of which had an outlook on the ocean. She had a fad. of course, and It was the collection of various kinds of seaweed. According to the story, she had a dream one night of a storm-tossed mariner who came and stood by her side and implored her aid in going on a search for treasure lost at a certain point in the Indian ocean. The dream passed and the morning came. The young woman was about to leave her room when she noticed a small pool of water which might have been caused by a dripping umbrella, near the fire place. In the pool floated a small piece of seaweed of a variety which she bad A Little Heroine. It was "over in Jersey" that a little incident happened a few weeks ago in which an 11-year-old girl displayed qualities of character wortny to be compared with the men who stood by their posts in the New x'ork tunnel disaster. The girl in question, with a companion somewhat older than her self was playing on the ice in the Raritan canal, near New Brunswick, when the latter suddenly went down through an air-hole, says Leslie's Weekly. No help being in sight, the younger girl promptly laid down flat on the ice around the hole and waited for her friend to come up. but when the latter appeared she was too far away, and her rescuer couiu not grasp her. Twice the girl sank out of sight, and when she reappeared, the other who bad commenced to yell lustily for help, but witoout changing her posi tion, managed to grasp ner friend's hair. She could not pull the drowning girl out of the water, but she held on desperately until a man who heard her cries came up and rescue both. The water had flowed over the Ice around the hole so tnat the younger girl was half submerged, and more than half froien when help came, but she did" not shrink from her effort, nor seem to realize that she herself was in any danger, her only thought being for her companion, whom she had snatched from the very jaws of death. Why Be Kent a Doc A prominent dog fancier and wealthy man of Philadelphia stepped into a grocery the other night and ac cidentally stumbled over a fat old Ger man, who was sitting in a corner smoking his pipe. Under his chair was the most re markable specimen of a cog that the gentleman had ever seen. It had the appearance of a pug. with rough red hair and a long tail. It was impossible to resist laughing at the placid old man and his nondescript dog. "What kind of a dog is that ask- ed the gentleman. "I don't know." replied the German. "I suppose you use him for hunt ing?" "No." "Is he good for anything? "No." "Then why do yon value him so. "Because he likes me," said the old fellow, still puffing at his pipe, and the expression of the dog as he looked up from under the chair fully confirmed the statement "There is no better or stronger rea son than that" asserted the gentleman emphatically, as he walked away. A Kaaaas ."Grafton-" "Speaking of grafts and grafters." aid a Topeka man to a Washington Interviewer .the other day. "I knew a eeeeeeeeeei la Barope, he was aever eeos defeatea. The fsmtms Rneataa general, Sawar off, was another comarader desOaed Bed aever to suffer defeat He sjahsed asv- eral victories against the Tarks saaiast the Poles, aad ia Italy he opposed by Moreaa. Betas ce outnumbered, he effected a brilliant re treat over the moaataias ot Switzer land, throuxh Germany, iato He was held ia great respect by soldiers, aad although he showed him self to bs an exceedingly able tactician, he used to say thst the whole of hhr system was comprised ia the words "lAdvaace aad strike." The Duke ot Wellington, throaghoat his brilliant campaigns, both la Iadm. aad ia the Peninsula, has preserved to himself a remarkable record of una terrupted successes from the first bat tle ia which he was vested with su preme command throughout the Pea insular war. in which he defeated the ablest of Napoleoa's marshals, until the eventful day of Waterloo, when he defeated the greatest soldier of modern, times. Don't boaace the baby when he cries. Look for the pin. t - av fLsf. a. " battle was fought in consequence by the clans. Several hundred men were on each side. About fifty were killed. It was a ratisfsctory affair. In Chao Peng two men of the Ur Chang clan went out frog-catching aad passed through one of the villages with less clothes on than the law allows. It was late at night and oaly one vil lager saw it. But the indignity was not to be borne, and war was declared. It involved 16.000 men on one side aad 20,000 on the other. Another battle in which property valued at 110,000 was destroyed was caused by a dispute between mea ot rival clans over a gambling debt The amount at issue in the quarrel was .0028 cent. At present there is more or less de sultory fighting between the Chow Yang and the Jao Peng clans. No one knows what they are fighting about, but the rate of deaths is estimated as being ten or twelve a day. which is pretty good for mere bickering. It Is hard to be poor, of course, then, it isn't easy to be rich. Bat Thoe Who Can nWliavc It. 1 never seea before. She could not ac count for it, but it was carefully pre served in a specimen book. Not long after she was a passenger on one of the ocean liners. Among her fellow-passengers was a professor in one of the English universities, and an acquaintance was formed between the two. The professor shared to a certain extent her interest in seaweeds, aad one day she was turning over the leaves of her specimen book In hl3 company. Coming to the specimen so strangely acquired the professor uttered an ex clamation. "How did you come by that?" he asked, with a manifest show of inter est. She told him as well as could be. "It is strange." said the professor. "That is the second specimen of that variety that I have seen. The only other one that I know of is preserved in the British Museum and "was found at a seldom visited point in the Indian ocean."' Then the young woman re membered her dream. Boston Herald. MNA man out in my state who had your man beat to death. This fellow adver tised a sure potato bug exterminator. He inserted the advertisement in all the farm and country magazines and journals, offering to send his extermi nator for $1. He received dollars by the thousands. What he sent them was a little package containing two small, square blocks of wood, marked 'No. 1 and 'No. 2. The printed di rections that went with the blocks read something like this: 'Hold block No. 1 in the fingers of the left hand, the smooth surface up. Place the potato bug upon the smooth surface. Grasp block No. 2 firmly between the index finger and the thumb of the right band and uring it tlovn sharply on the back of the bug. This device has never failed to exterminate the bug.' Of course it wasn't long until the post office people were riding his neck. If I'm not mistaken he got ten years." Trash Seal, to Indians. A worker in the Indian mission field "rises in her wrath" to remonstrate in the Indian's Friend against the trash that some people regard as suitable contributions for the Indians. She writes: "I have just fired some hats and bon nets which should have been burned at the stake before entering the mis sionary field. They could never have headed off anybody aright and would have been stumbling blocks to many. If the Apostle Paul had sent them he never would have recommended such 'covers for the heads of women in his congregation. The ashes of these win make turnips grow, but may their roses never bloom above the sod. though seedy enough to plant aa acre!" What tho Bishop Wanted. Not long ago a bishop of stately mien and sanctimnious expression went to a small country town in Eng land to lecture, arriving early in the afternoon and being at once spotted by the inhabitants as something particu larly great and saintly. He went iato a chemist's shop and in a tone that froze the young blood of the assistaat. said: "Young man, do you smoke?" "Y-yes. sir." replied the trembling outh. "I'm sorry: but I learaed the habit young, and I haven't been able to get rid of it yet." "Then,,' said tas divine, without the movement of a muscle or the abatement of one shads , of the awful solemnity of his voice, "you can tell me where I can get a good cigar." 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