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cMI war?" asked ft au la swap
whs were telh1aabost coffee.
tta caps ware the real article, the 1 heat
awaBty of heavy tta-almost as "
aad datable a sheet lros.
I still tare the me I cmrriea mil
threegh the war; aleo my kslfe asd
lark, tia platter aad apoos. Mosey
nallat hay them. Wheaever I wok
at that tla cap It brings back a Bosad
.v unr aaard asywhere
hat la a aviator's cams, to theearg
wses the men mn
this cartoaa clatter raas aU
the caaip: CTery aolaier was
. i. mHab of coffee la his
hkj tta cap with the lrom haadle ofhls
The araty coaiaa 1 j w-w
. .mmbj with tam. aad aoaad-
w- ., wu th oalr way we
hai of aMkiag it fae eaoagh to ez
tmet tta esaeace by boiUag. Soaw of
as aM so expert that yoa coald hardly
have toM ear pomaded cotee froai coc
fse groaad la a U1. bat it took tlaw
aail patleace.
My cM tla cop Is battered la the
kottoat like a heatea brass plaqae. I'd
Mke to aaow It to yoa. Bat with all
that haagtaf aad hard asaae It aerer
apraasaleak.- No. slree. TJacle 8aat's
tta caps were aude for roach service,
aad they stayed by as aattl the war
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Mara B AU t as.
O. W. Bradley, who has been ao-
Joaralac at BrowasrlUe. Teaa., Is SS
yaars old. aad Is said to be the oldest
Urtaf ex-coatederate la the Ualted
He was bora JaBe 9. us?, six
LyacabarK. Va. He Is ac-
tlTa. aKhoaxh alaiost a ceateaariaa.
Ha faaght la eighteen smoky affrays
C she civil war. was tora to pieces by
a shell, om lex was brokea. aa eye pat
mt aad a heel tora off. Despite these
(Oldest Uvlax ex-Ooaf ederate Soldier.
a ResMeat of Teaaeasee.)
lajarles, he eaa aow ride a horse or
tamp frost a street car If aeceaslty re-
Bradley had a aamber of relics la
the way of watches aad cues, some of
which he has gives to the soldiers'
heme aesr Sedalla. Ma He coasts oa
solas at the Dallas reoaioa. He was
mtdnr Gea. Sterllag Price aad was la
the Osage. Pea Ridge aad Lextagtc
campalgas aad ft "marcher" from Tex
as to MIsBsoari. His home Is la the
to 8av
"After all said the Coloael. "It la
oaly by calllag oat the recoUectloas of
soldiers that we caa get the real color
aad atmosphere of life in the old army.
Bome time ago when the discatsloa
as to the maaaer of the shooting of
OsL Daa McCook at Keaesaw was at
whtta heat. I met James R. Midcap
of the Tweaty-aecond Indiana. He
had been talklag about soldiers hav
ing severe attacks of back fever in
hattle. aad wlthoat aay reference to
the ooatioversy he said that he had a
eevere attack of that kind the day
CeL Daa. McCook was shot
"Everybody asked la a breath where
he was at that time, aad he said
awletly that he was withta reach of
CeL Daa'a coat-tail and saw the man
who tred, the shot that struck the
caleael down. Up to that time, he
said, he had been greatly excited, bat
whoa he saw the talL thin rebel aim
directly at the colonel, the back fever
left him, aad he aimed carefally aad
deliberately biased away almost la
the lace of the man who tred the fatal
hot at McCook. bat aa taataat too
late to save McCook. la answer to
the aneaUoBB of fae boys, he said no.
he dtd not know whether he killed the
fellow or not. and he didn't care to
know, hat he was sare that he aimed
wen and that when he palled the trig
ger ho was never cooler in his Ufa.'
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ve memorial arch is to he
at the Confederate Camp
cry la Cehunbas, Ohio, by
the
Ualoa soldiers of Colam-
a arch will he anvetled Jane 7
lis has Brat to he erected by the
people to mark the anal
place of the Confederate dead.
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at Camp
JB therGrand Army organisations
of tta dry wffl participate la the exer
ctaaa at the vavelllag next Jaae.
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issjoc appoiated by Gov.
the posltlaaa of I1U-
i-dariaf; the rlaaa of
Is at Chati
what rJaftolB has
astahiishing aatfoaal park
Lookoat Moawtala
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):-: After anuaxac
battleteld and mark the position 01
each reglmeat darlag the various as
saalts. The iBteatkra Is to erect monnments
to the memory of the soldiers who fell
at Ylckabarg between the dates of
May 1 aad Jaly 4. 183. Seventy-nine
Illinois organisations were engaged la
the siege, which representation was
more than doable that of aay. other
state.
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At Peach Tree Creek, companies H
and K crossed the creek on a foot log.
and made their way toward the timber
in front Before we had gone far we
met'a heavy colama of rebels, and,
deployiag aa skirmishers, we fell back
on a hoase with a paliag feaee aboat
It Corporal Coleman of Company H,
In trying to make his way throagh
the fence In front of the hoaae, was
held for some minutes nnder the ire
of the enemy. He got his body
through all right but bis knapsack
caught In the palings, and la a way to
hold aim fast He struck out with his
hands and feet like ft man swimming,
but in a few minutes got a grip .oa
himself, coolly unbuckled the straps
of his kaapsack, left it hanging la
the fence and rashed oa with the
company to the hoase, where he did
good service, natll we were re-enforced
by. a fall brigade. Chicago later
Ocean.
atrtv-atx rr Cast.
The NlBeteenth Indiana, Col. S. J.
Williams commanding, went into ac
tloa at Gettysburg in line with the
Twenty-fourth Michigan, crossing Wll
loughby Raa in the first rush and
charge of the day, and tanking Arch
er's Confederates, doing its full share
in the capture of that command. In
the afternoon it held the left flank of
the Iron Brigade, meeting and repell
ing charge after charge of the enemy.
The ire of the regiment was so deadly
that for one hour after the line of the
enemy had advanced to the attack not
a live Confederate succeeded in cross
ing the stream. When the command
was finally withdrawn with the re
mainder of the brigade, 56 per cent of
those who held the line were dead and
wounded.
"After the surrender at Appomat
tox," said a veteran recently, "a com
rade aad myself went over Into the
camp of Walker's division to see how
the men of old Stonewall brigade took
the surrender. The regiments marched
out stacked arms, and were moving
off quietly In splendid order when
their brigade band struck up. 'Ain't
I Glad I'm Out of the Wilderness aad
all stopped to listen. Then the band
played 'Dixie.' but there was no cheer
ing. Later came 'Home. Sweet Home,'
and a cheer swelled around the Con
federate lines and was carried Into aad
around the Union lines. It was not n
cheer of exultation, but of common
sympathy and rejoicing."
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion have started a movement to ac
quire possession of the site of Fort
Meissr. the location of the oldest
white settlement la Illinois. The
property, which Is oa the Ohio river
la Massac county. Is owned by Judge
Green of Cairo, and he has offered,
to give It to the asaoclatioa provided
it is able to secure the necessary state
or national aid la permanently caring
for the historic place. It Is proposed
to lay oat a park and otherwise mark
it as a great strategic point in the
history of the country.
All records of speed in the enact
ment of pension legislation were bro
ken' by the House of Representatives
on March 15, when 229 private bills
of that character were passed In 110
minutes, or more than two a minute.
Since the beginning of the present
session of congress, 5,672 private pen
sion bills have been introduced, and
it Is morally certain that with the
close of the present fiscal year there
will be at least one million names on
the pension rolls.
Historic BrMc.
The Illinois Central Railroad com
pany is now removing one of the his
toric bridges of southern Illinois. It
is the bridge across the Bug Muddy
river north of Carbondale. During the
civil war the place was considered a
strategic point The southern sympa
thisers in "Egypt" threatened to burn
the structure to keep the northern
army from moving troops to the Ohio
river. It was guarded for some time
by several companies of artillery and
cavalry.
Slace the recent Spanish-American
war the following societies have been
organised in the United States: Naval
and Military Order of the Spanish
American War; Society of the Army
of Santiago de Cuba; Military and Na
val Society of the Porto Rlcan Expedi
tion; Rough Riders' Association; Dis
tinguished Service Order of the United
States of America; Naval Order of St
Louis and the National Association of
Spanish-American War Veterans.
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The Grand Army club of Massachu
setts have nearly completed arrange
ments for its annual tour to national
eacampmeat to be held at 'Washing
ton. The trip will Include a visit to
Gettysburg, a day's sojourn at Balti
more, as guests of the Grand Army
dab of Maryland, and three or more
days at Washiagtoa. The clab will be
quartered at the new hotel Barton.
Fifteenth street Bear the treasury
balldiag.
Darlag the 'hearing of a prosecatloB
at Halifax under the factory acts the
factory Inspector Informed the bench
that whea he became a factory la
specter he made a point 'of endeavor
tag to tad aa attendant of a Joiner's
planing machine who was ia posses
aton of all of his lagers. He was tv
years before he came across sack a
A monument to the memory
Lieut Gea. Leonids Polk, has beer
erected on Pine Mountain, Georgia
It marks the spot where the genera
killed darlag the hattle of Kea
iwinlK4.
is often bat
symaathy with
How many people realise the
ful. oftea fatal, lnlaenee of unhealthy
thoaghts?
How many know that ordinary un
reasoning fear of disease may be aa
deadly as an Inoculation of poisonous
germs?
Yet this Is ah established fact
Physicians are coming moreaad mere
to recognise the power of the mind
over the body, and almost every prac
titioner will admit that a large part
of his work is the use of mental sug
gestion in overcoming morbid bodily
conditions.
Every one has noted the Influence of
a cheery personality ia the sick room.
One physician by his sunny contdence
and cleverly turned assurances will
seem actually to Impart new strength
and tone to the diseased body. An
other physician with a solemn, gloomy
countenance nnd demeanor suggestive
of an undertaker will strangely de
press aad retard the patient
And the same is true of one's own
thoughts. In fact it is hardly too
much to say .that every thought has
its effect on the condition of the body.
Imagination can give one almost any
disease on the calendar.
It is said that there is the germ of
fatal thought In ninety-nine persons
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FIRST ENGLISH DAILY
CimbjIi at WatierM Advance ia
The first English daily paper was Is
sued two hundred years ago last
month. It was the Daily Courant,
which was published next door to the
King's Arms Tavern at Fleetbridge,
London, on the thoroughfare that is
still the headquarters of English Jour
nalism. There were no cable messages or
telegraph reports for the Courant In
coming ships did not report 400 miles
off the coast by wireless telegraphy.
There was no organised news service,
covering the whole civilised world and
furnishing the most intimate details
of the world's news on the day that it
occurred.
.Such a thing as a foreign corre
spondent had never been thought of.
and the modern perfecting press, with
its output of many thousands of
many-paged newspapers an hour, was
as undreamed of as Marconi's span
ning of the Atlantic with his tele
graphic ether vibrations.
Instead, the Courant consisted of but
a single sheet of the sise of a halt
sheet of foolscap or deed paper, and
was printed only on one side. There
was no editorial comment and no ad
vertisements. The sole source cf
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ered at the Abbey mine, near Kendall,
Fergus county, Mont The cave is
about 150 feet long, part of it being at
an angle of 45 degrees and part per
pendicular to the formation. Another
unusual feature Is that it is found in
an Immense ore body.
The main chamber of the cave pre
sents a beautiful appearance, portions
of the wall being decorated with
masses of crystallized lime and sili
ca, while from the lofty roof hang In
numerable scintillating stalactites.
On the floor of the cave are hundreds
of tons of cyanide gold ore, as rich as
aay found in the mine proper, averag
ing about $20 a ton, and one side of
the cave Is formed by the foot wall of
the ore body.
The miners were drifting to con
nect witn the main ore body, and at
the end of the shift one evening last
week set off the final blasts for the
day. Returning the next morning,
they discovered that the drift had
been connected with a targe cave, and
preparations were at once made to
explore it
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BOY'S IDEA OF HIS SWEETHEART
As Dalaty CniUMt aa O CoM
DMlrr.
A young matron who lives in a
Washington apartment house with her
little daughter is viewing with great
interest a courtship going on under
her very eyes. The daughter, Naomi,
is the most engaging, dignified and
dutiful little girl of 11 ever seen in
that part of the city across the creek.
So she has been taken by her mother
to call upon a great many older per
sons, and has made the acquaintance
of numerous boys of fifteen or there
abouts. Not long ago one of these
boys came to see his friend's mother
very formally and sat and talked with
her until the tensity of a formal call
nearly burst his Jacket Then he arose
and with a polite bow asked for a
portrait of the little girL .The matron
demurred, of course.
"Well said the young suitor, "it
you will give me a good picture of
Naomi I will give you back a picture
I have already. It isn't a good one at
alL But 111 give it back to you for
a better one." .
The mother was greatly mystified.
She dedded after awhile that the boy
has photographed her little girl on
the sly, and in order to find out she
sent him word that she would make
the exchange.
Next day there came to her door a
long box with a note on the outside.
"i am greatly privileged to send you
Naomi's picture," read the note. "It
Isn't half as pretty as it ought to be."
The young matron opened the box
curiously, says the Washington Star,
and looked at its contents a long time
without saying a word. It held a sin
gle American beauty rose.
CLARK A COOP CHESS PLAYER
Stow tb aaaMaa Ciatoacr mt tfc
mrag to BUs AlatMat
Duriag the war between the United
States and Spain extraordinary tater
est was aroused by the voyage of the.
battleship Oregon from the Pacific and
very great credit was given, to Cap
tain Clark for his 'success in doubling
the American continent and navigat
ing hla ship to Join Admiral Samp
son's tag. whea there was a chance
that the Spaniards might cut him
aff. N '
- Aa iaterastiag story Is now. being
oat of every hundred, aad that the cul
tivation of optimism and philoaophy ia
practically a universal necessity.
There have occurred scores of doacas
of cases where healthy persons have
thought themselves into' aavlag fe
mora aad cancers cases which admit
of no doubt whatever that the dUeaeea
resulted from constant morbid, fear.
We should have fewer rasas of cancer
if some great doctors could ensure the
world that it Is not a hereditary dis
ease; but morbid-minded persona on
hearing that there is cancer in their
families, generally do the very1 worst
thing they can do under the dream
stances they conceive an awful dread
that they will be atUcted with it
They dwell upon, the fear constantly;
and every trilling ailment which
troubles them Is at first taken for the
premonitory symptoms of cancer.. The
morbid condition of mind produces, a
morbid condition of body, and if the
disease does happen to be In the sys
tem it receives every encoarageaieat
to develop.;
A melancholy thought that fixes
itself upon one's mind needs as much,
"doctoring" as physical disease; It
needs to be eradicated from the mini,
or it will have Just the same result'ftj,
a neglected disease would have.
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ia Twa Baadrcd Years.
foreign news was the Continental pa
pers, principally those of Paris, and
credit was always given to the paper,
"for an assurance that we will not
under pretense of having" private in
telligence, impose any addition of
feigned circumstances to an action."
The most modern thing about the
Courant was its effort at accuracy. At
that time various weekly papers were
In existence, but their news was of no
unreliable a character that the Jour
nals became a byword for inaccuracy.
The Courant scorned these methods
and the evils of subsidised comment
and, in its clean character as well as
in its very existence, opened a-new era
in news dissemination.
The porprietor of the Courant was
one E. Mallet, and it was he that first
showed the practicability of his own
excellent conception of a clean news
paper. Samuel Buckley bought the
Courant on April 23, 1702, and added
advertisements, consisting chiefly of
announcements of new books, such as
"A Modest Inquiry Concerning the
Opinion of Guardian Angels.-"
Time and tide wait for no man and
a woman is always behind time.
Thousands of crystal pendants,
some as white as alabaster, others
with a golden tint seemed to be try
ing to outsparkle one another in the
candle light The walls, In places,
glistened with their beautiful deco
rations. From this beautiful crystal palace
the explorers proceeded to the low
er chamber. Three ladders were
lashed together and lowered into the
hole, but it was found that they were
too short by at least forty feet The
chamber is about eighteen feet
square, and its walls perpendicular,
as though squared by expert marble
cutters. Its color is that of the na
tive rock, a lime formation.
It is a characteristic of this 'cave
that the brilliant white crystal deco
rations have gold ore as a- back
ground, which serves to enhance their
beauty. In picking off. spedmens the
soft ore comes with them, and, as a
rule, the crystallization is but a thin
covering to the ore.
The shortest 'way to honesty Is
around expediency.
told of how he was appointed to the
ship. The selection of the best officer
to command was felt to be a matter of
great importance, and was much dis
cussed in Secretary Long's office,
where Captain Clark's name had been
mentioned. "Has he the stick-to-it-iveness
to take him clear through?"
asked one officer.
"Did you ever see him play chess?"
rejoined another.
The officials could not see the point
but Captain Clark's friend assured,
them that the chessboard was no bad
introduction to naval strategy. It was
explained that Captain Clark was one
of the most brilliant of American
chess players and that when he played
at the Mercantile Literary Club at
San Francisco, to which he much re
sorted, he did so with such concen
trated earnestness that he was bathed
in perspiration and heeded no invita
tions to refreshment
This"intenseness impressed the of
ficials. "If anyone." said his friend,
can pilot that battlehip through the
Pacific and bring her Into action
promptly in the Atlantic, it's Clark!"
And he was appointed and Justified
his appointment
PROOF OF THE LORD'S KINDNESS
Caaraai f
Lack t AeeeaaalfchaMata.
As one of the great Atlantic liners
was nearing the end of its voyage, re
cently a wealthy passenger on board
gave a champagne supper tojthe other
male passengers. Each one" of those
invited was to render payment by
singing a song, dancing a Jig or tell
ing a story. Among those oa board
was one person who had won a reputa
tion for moroseneas, for in spite of the
constant stream of moss-grown tales
which one is forced to listen, to on
shipboard he had never tried to re
venge himself by telling one of his
own. Accordingly when his turn came
to speak everyone listened eagerly;-
"Gentlemen," said he aa he rose to
his feet. "I can't stag a aoag or tell a
story and I have never danced ft. Jig,
so I can only offer a conundrum. In
what way is the Lord kinder to a tar
key than to man?"
Of course everyone gaye.it np
"Because." came, the answer, "he
doesn't allow -It torhe staffed with
chestaata till after it Ja dead." ' -
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Batter have
Bath avarl hit hv taa asMBd-
it h TTnltatft Oft Ranato Ban
tacked onto the oleomargariao blu.
Onder this Senate amoadmeat what la
knows aa "adaKeratod butter" is da
land to be a grade of batter produced
by mlxlag, reworking, rachuming la
milk or cream, refining or In any wiy
prodncint a uniform purited or Im
proved product from dlffereat Iota or
parcels of melted or unmelted butter in.
which any add, alkali, chemical or any
substance whatever la introduced or
used for the purpose or with the affect
of deordorislBg or removiag therefrom
raaddtty, or any batter with which
there la mixed aay substance foreign
to batter with latent or affect of cheap
ening in coat of product la aay way.
Wo are not certain that this amend
ment did not come from the olea peo
ple. Some of them at least have be
lieved that the fanda to carry on the
fight against colored oleo have come
from the manufacturers of process bat
ter, who might reasoaably expect to
profit by the passage of the bilL How
ever, there la no good reason why
process batter should not be placed se
der federal rales aa well aa oleomar
garine. It la perhaps a little hard on
ladle goods, which are often mado from
good grades, and are reworked, to get
uniformity of color and salting.
Oafay Cam
Professor T. L. Haecker says: Al
ways avoid the cow. that has a teadeacy
to lay on fat If yoa want cheap milk
production. I am going to tell yoa
how to know a good cow. It's a simple
matter. One or two signs tell a good
cow aa well aa twenty. In a poor cow
the thigh runs down straight so there
is no space between the thigh and ad
der, on one side, and the tail on the
other. There should be plenty of day
light between the udder and the talL
Oso of the best ways to tell what kind
of a cow yon have Is by her tempera
ment A good dairy type haa a Sharp
spine, strongly developed nervous sys
tem and sharp hip bones. A good cow
has a large and powerful digestive sys
tem to use her food quickly and make
L the best returns for it
Dairy Brtef
The New Yorkers have been having
trouble with their anti-color law. Aft
er having secured many convictions
under it four Justices of the appellate
court decided that oleomargarine,
though colored to represent butter,
could be sold in the open market if It
were only sold as oleo and not aa but
ter. The agricultural department of
the state at, once went to the legisla
ture with the matter and got a bill
passed through both houses on the last
day of the session. The law now pro
vides that colored oleo may not be sold
even when sold for itself. The men In
New York that are in favor of honest
butter feel that they have had a nar
row escape from a complete reversal of
the policy that has protected them for
the last several years.
a
The Royal Veterinary Institute of
Denmark has taken up the investiga
tion of tuberculosis in its dual rela
tions to animals and men. As a result
the institute haa issued an appeal to
dairymen urging them not to pin their
faith to the opinions of Koch; The ex
periments have been conducted under
the direction of Prof. Svensson.. The
appeal declares that Prof. Koch is
wrong In his contention that human
tuberculosis cannot be transmitted to
anli"l- The Institute professes to
have demonstrated that animals con
tract the disease from people, and ap
peals to dairymen not to. employ con
sumptives to, attend their cows. The
.experiences in Denmark evidently cor
respond to those In the United States.
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, Massachusetts has passed and ia en-
forcing a law relative to the inspection
of glassware used In testing milk.
The law covers the testing of pipettes
and bottles for use in the Babcock test
the examination of candidates for pro
ficiency in operating the test and the
inspection of Babcock testing ma
chines. Already some 6,000 pieces of
glassware of the kind mentioned have
been examined. In one large order
from a supply house 149 pieces were
found Inaccurate and were rejected.
Some of the applicants for certificates
as testers that were examined were
"found to be unreliable, and a number
of machines also were rejected. The
law waa needed.
Kapa far Early Sprlac Fs
Each season's results at the Okla
homa Experiment Station give furtaer
evidence of the value of the rape plant
as a source of green feed In this coun
try. Not only has it proven a most de
sirable spring and fall pasture crop,
but a crop that will furnish a large
quantity of green feed during such a
drouthy summer as that of 1901. The
plant lived through the mild winter of
1900-01 but the zero weather of the
past winter killed all the plants.
The rape plant will be one of the
first plants available for feed In the
spring and a large area should be put
out as feed Is scarce and high priced.
The value of the plant lies in the fact
that it will furnish a large amount of
green feed in a, short period from the
time of planting. The plant resembles
the cabbage in texture and color but
the growth is erect and two to three
feet talL Good rich soil Is necessary
for a large growth and should be put
in fine tilth before seeding. The plant,
is proof against frost and may be
seeded ,the last of, February or early
March in Oklahoma.
Broadcasting will do for temporary
patches but if the crop is wanted to
last through the summer it should be
in drills and cultivated. Do not pas
ture too close if continuous growth Is
desired. For broadcasting use three
or four pounds per acre. In drills one
to one and one half pounds will be re
quired. Prof. Thomas Shaw says that
ten sheep may -be fattened on one acre
of rape la Minnesota. Twenty-three
tana of green feed per acre have been
taken off at the first cutting at this
station. Oklahoma Station.
Jfa4ly-TIa Waal.
LM. Hartley, an Iowa correspond
nt of the Farmers' Review, writes:
"To get wool to market In the best of
condition, the most essential points
are to have it tied up correctly by an
expert There should be no foreign
substances left in the wool, but It
should be strictly clean. As to mar
kets, my experience Is that St Louis
is a great deal better market than Chi
sago, and Boston a little better thaa
either." It ia certaialy true that the
woolgrower that does aot make a stady
sf the methods of marketing his. prod
act loses money on account of the wool
reachlag the market 1b a Shape la
which the bayercsa tad aa excess far'
payiag lass thaa the prevalHag prwe.
Fartaers Review: Referring
to year letter of April 7 aad the in
closed proof concerning worms Is tar
keys, which represents a letter from
Mr. I L. Phelps. I would state that It
Is aot clear to me from this letter what
partiealar- worms are present The
treatment which should be used would
vary accordtag to the kind of worms
with which Mr. Phelps has to deal. If
he will forward me some of the para
sites I will eadeavor to give him same
information apoa the subject His two
questions can, however, be answered
without waitlag for that information
1. There la so powder of any kind
which can be relied upon aa a pre
veatlva against worms In turkeys.
Measures should be adopted If possible
to destroy the stage of the worm oat
side of the turkey. Whether such
measures are practicable or not will
depend upon the particular conditions
at hand. If the turkeys are kept la
yards the surface of the ground may be
burned with aa oil spray, or by spread
ing some straw or other material over
it and setting fire to it This will
greatly reduce the amount of infec
tion. If, on the other hand, the tur
keys roam, over large fields and It la
not practicable to- burn these fields, I
see little that caa be done to prevent
infection. It would be possible, how
ever, to treat the turkeys occasionally
aad thaa expel many or all of the
worms. If roundworms, are present I
should be inclined to try thymoL This
is one of the best drugs known In
cases of infection with roundworms.
The dose has not been established for
turkeys, so far as I am aware, but it Is
reported that in chickens a one-grain
dose causes the rapid expulsion of the
parasites. If the parasites in question
are tapeworms Instead of roundworms,
areca nut Is probably as good as any
thing that can be used. This drag
has the advantage also of expelling
some of the roundworms as well as the
tapeworms.
2. I have never heard that areca
nut stunts the growth of animals, D.
E. Salmon, Chief of Bureau of Animal
Industry, Washington. D. C
DaCkwlac Gai
The Golden and Silver Duckwlng
Games are similar in markings, the
only difference being that the Silver
Duckwlng cock (see illustration) is
white, where the Golden Duckwlng Is
golden or straw color. In both varie
ties the face, comb, wattles and ear
lobes are red; the beak, horn; breast.
tail, thigh, black; shanks and feet
yellow. In the Golden, the head of
the cock Is straw color; back, golden;
wing bow, golden, the wing coverts
forming a distinct black bar across the
wing. The golden points are white In
the Silver Duckwlng.
Peal try Folate. .
Women seem to be particularly
adapted to the poultry business. This
is doubtless due to the fact that "house
keeping" is a very big part of poultry
raising. It is second nature for a
woman poultry raiser to keep the poul
try house clean and more than that
to keep It tidy and bright Recently
the writer had the pleasure of visiting
the poultry establishment of Mrs. Alice
Brown of Winnetka, III. This lady is
both a thinker and a worker. She has
a brooder house that, we believe, might
serve as a model. Moreover, it is the
creation largely of her own brain. It
Is about as sunny and bright inside as
it is out of doors on a fine day. In ad
dition to 150 active, healthy chicks re
cently hatched the brooder house con
tained several hundreds of flowering
plants. The temperature that Is good
for growing chicks Is also good for
flowers.
In the main poultry house the lady
had her bone grinder, and a half bush
el of ground bone was ready for the
.fowls. It is one of the most important
factors of that establishment Mrs.
Brown grew eloquent as she told whst
the bone grinder would do. At regu
lar Intervals 100 pounds of bones are
brought home from the butcher's.
Tnese bones Include the ribs. The
butchers' do not stop to cut out the
meat from between the ribs, and Mrs.
.Brown says that sometimes she is able
to get off as high as fifty pounds of
meat from 150 pounds of bones. This
meat is fed to hens and chicks. The
lady expressed her surprise that any
person should try to keep poultry
without purchasing a bone grinder.
Plyaroath
From Fanners' Review: I have in
years past bred a. number of different
kinds of poultry, and have selected the
White Plymouth Rocks as an exclu
sive breed, from the fact that their
uniformity In size and color makes
them as a flock present a handsomer
appearance than can be obtained from
any parti colored birds! As egg pro
ducers I consider they stand second
to none. They are not strongly In
clined to be broody, as is the case with
the Asiatiac breeds, yet make the best
of mothers; from a utility standpoint
being one pound heavier than the
Wyandottes. I consider them their
leaders. For the table their plump
form and rich yellow skin, free from
dark pin-feathers, make them a Mar
ket fowl, superior to alL I consider
them the grandest of all American
breeds, the general purpose fowl, the
fender's favorite, the gems of the show
room. E. I Famulener, Knox Coun
ty. Illinois.
There is more eloquence In one alas
that .comes from pretty lips than ta
all thcoratory that has tallea from
them. New Tork Press.
. Money may not talk, but It cheers
a man up wonderfully.
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It ia than seas that the extraordi
narily heavy exporta of horses from
the Ualted States Is 1M1, amosstlsg
as they did to tzjaf head, were taa
primarily to ahlpmesta of S7.4S head
to South Africa a larger aamber of
horses, with oso exception, than had
ever bees consigned ap to that time
to any single desttaeiiea in the his
tory of oar country. If this factor,
however, bo eattrely ellmtaated from
the trade there Is still apparent s re-
auvkable aad almost steadily
lag demand Is both North
aad Earopeas countries -for
bred and reared Is the Ualted States.
tatla far
At the University of Wyoming ex
periments were made to determlao the
amount of alfalfa hay aad straw re
quired to feed farm horses while at
rest Two horses were kept la the
ban and fed dally all the hay aad
straw they would take. One horse,
named Ben. ate 14.92 pounds of say
.per 1,000 pounds of live weight The
other horse, Doe, ate 13.68 xoaads of
hay per 1.000 pouada of live weight
The average for both horses was 14 A
pouads of alfalfa hay per day per M00
pounds of live weight Another test
was made.
The horses ate straw very regular
ly during the feeding trials and It
seems that they needed more carbo
hydrates than alfalfa hay faratahes
for a maintenance diet where the ra
tio of carbohydrates should be aot
far from 7 to 8 to 1 of protda. while
the ratio In alfalfa hay Is little more
thaa 3 to L Bea and Doe were ac
cordingly put In the stable and fed
alfalfa hay morning and evening aad
were given, an ad liblaim feed of
straw duriBg the day. '
We take twelve days of this feed
ing with alfalfa hay aad oat straw,
since from the effect of the season
the grain did not fill well, hence,
doubtless, mora of the material gath
ered to fill the kerael mast save been
left Is the straw. Bes ate 14JS pounds
of hay aad 2J3 poande of straw per
l.OOt pouads of live weight and gained
44 pounds In weight during the twelve
days. During this period. Doc ate
12.85 pouads of alfalfa hay aad 2.28
pounds of oat straw per 1,000 pounds of
live weight The average for the two
waa 13.76 pounds of hay nnd 25
pounds of straw per 1,000 pounds of
live weight or, we may pat It 13
pouads hay and VA pounds of straw.
April reports from Oregon tadlcate
that grass is making a steady growth
and that pasturage In the western sec
tion is In good condition. In the east
ern section It la aot ao good, cold
weather aavlag retardea growth, and
as a result feed Is short oa the ranges
Range cattle came through the win
ter In fair condition and as boob aa
pasturage is good will take oa fat
When April opened lambing was wdl
along and there were no reports of un
usual lose.
In Idaho, clover and alfalfa have
made a start but range grass is grow
ing slowly. Sheep end cattle have
been on the summer range for several
weeks, however. The shearing of sheep
is progressing rapidly and satisfactor
ily. Live stock are ia fair to good
condition.
According to Weather Bareaa cor
respondents, March was a cold, windy,
dry month in New Mexico, especially
in Mora and San Miguel counties and
vicinity, where there was some loss In
cattle on account of drouth, but as a
rule both cattle and sheep are la fair
condition. The ranges are gettiag very
dry and outside water holes are dry
ing up.
Haying has begun In California.
Owing to' cold weather and lack of
rain the Arizona season is two to three
weeks Ister than usual. Ranges are
in poor condition In many localities
and live stock show the aeed of bettor
pasturage and water supplies.
thm raraato Stock F
In feeding cattle, the parsnip is
found to be equal, if not superior, to
the carrot performing the basiaeea
with as much expedition, and afford
ing meat of exquisite flavor and a
highly Juicy quality. The animals eat
it with much greediness. It is reck
oned that 30 perches, where the crop
ia good, will be sulkiest to fatten an
ox three or four years old, whan per
fectly lean, in the course of three
months. They are given ta the pro
portion of about 30-lb weight morn
ing, noon and night the large oaes
being split in three or four pieces, and
a little hay supplied in the intervals
of those periods. And when given to
milk cows with a little grass hay, la
the winter season, the butter is found
to be of as fiae a color and excellent
a flavor as when feeding in the best
pastures. Indeed, the result of ex
periment has showa that not only in
meat cattle, but in the fattening of
pigs and poultry, the animals become
fat much sooner, and are more healthy
than when fed with any other root, or
vegetable; and that, besides, the meat
is more sweet and delicious. The
parsnip leaves, being more bulky thaa
those of carrots, may be mown off
before taking up the roots, and given
to cows, oxen, or horses by whom they
will be greedily eaten. Stephens'
"Book of the Farm."
God's harrows of pain are the fore
runners of his harvests of perfection.
Nobody can expect to have his own
way all the time unless it is a wo-
Love ta the heart Is the secret that
clears up the sky and permits the sun
shine of God's presence to vitalise sd
make luminous the whole of life.
People needn't go wild about wire
less telegraphy. Gossips ia this town
have beea on. to the mechanism at It
far yeara.-Ltaden (Mich.)
dMso
trait aa Hahaia. and the oatlaek la
very favorable except tar pears. Straw
berrlea are ripaalag ta" soothers cons
tlea. CaaL wot weather aad freeta chocked
the growth of veaetatlea is North Car
oUas the trot week Is April, hat the
coawasaas aff estates to that trek es
caped wlthoat serious tajury.
Prof. N. E. Hassan, Sevtt Dakota:
Preemta are vary good tar fruit this
year. Is the eosthors part of tho
bythoceMi
Prof. B. 8. GaaT. University aff W
cosata: Tho msjiate far fruit are
eary fair tale asaass. Tho past vary
hot asd dry aeaaoa waa set taverahte.
Only s portion of tho apple trees is
orchard (leas than half)
Michigan reporte tedteate
dor varieties of peach
aMy lBjared Is tho aoath
of the state by the se
of
test December, otherwise the
encouraging. The prespsci
average crop of the various
tadkated by the faUowtag
la
far
by the MksteBs
Apples. 84: pears tl
2; plume. 71; cherries. I
fruits. .
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Uador the feeterlag care of the
United States goverameBt agriculture
in Porte Rico la advaadag rapidly. It
la estimated that tho asgar crop for
this year will amount to ie,aaA teas
Railroads are beiag constructed, epea
lag ap sow territories, asd aa a cease
faesco It la believed that aext year
the asgar crop will exceed IM.aea teas
Prevlosa to tala time tho largest asgar
crop over produced waa Is lSfe, whea
18. tons waa SMasfsctared. Taea
came s decline. Now the sugar Indus
try ia oa the toad wave, aad It la ex
pected that by 19M the amount pro
duced will exesed 2ee.eee toaa Ameri
cas capitalists have aeat over mlalag
asserts, asd much good work has bees
already dene. Iron mtaea have bees
feasd sear the coast Copper, gold
asd lignite have also bees discovered.
Experimeate with cotton have bees be
gua, asd the plantations are yleMlag
high quality of cotten. The growth
la extremely rapid. Tobacco growlag
ia developlag rapidly. Last year the
yield was 3.000,000 pouads; this year It
wlU be 3.209.000; asd it la believed
coatdostly that la 1903 the crop will
amount to 9,000,000 pouada Prices
are sow very favorable. Last year the
crop aald at S to eeata a pound; this
year It la selHsg at li to 20 cents a
pound nnd sill probably reach 25 centa
before the esd of the 1
Mb
This la the great remedy for rota,
mildews asd all fungous diseases sad
it la prepared aa fellows:
Copper sulphate (blue atone), .
pouada; fresh lime, 4 to C pouads;
water. 50 gaUoas.
Pat the copper sulphate la a coarse
sack aad suspead It 1a some water till
It ia all dissolved asd dilute to tweaty
five gallons. Use either a wooden or
as earthen vessel. Then amke the
lime asd dilate to twesty-tvo galMas.
sad at the same Use stir with a pad
dle. As Important point la to use
enough lime, as it prevents the burs
tag of the foliage. To determtae if
enough lime has been used 1s prepar
iag the mixture add a few drops of a
solution of ferro-cyaside of potassium.
If the ferrc-cysaldo of potassium does
aot change, bo more lime Is seeded,
but If It changes to a dark reddish col
or, more lime must be added aad the
test repeated. Fabian Garcia.
Cart
la regard to the qaestloa "Are peach
orchards being sprayed for curl-leaf V
124 correspoadeata answer "yes" aad
254 "ao." It ta to be hoped that spray
lag will become more geseral each
year, atace it has been demoastrated
time and again that It Is very profita
ble work, asd also that good fruit can
aot be grows without It Correspond
eats geaerally agree that it Is too early
to tell defisltely about the fruit crop.
Fred M. Warner. Secretary of State,
Michigan.
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A report from Indiana says that of
the total aumber of men registered
this year la the agricultural college of
that state sot mere thaa 10 per ceat
are willing or care to accept salaried
posltloas The remaiader are prepar
ing for work oa their ewa farms.
There Is demand for men trained aloag
agricaltaral lines, asd It cannot now
be supplied. Contrary to tho general
impreeslos a very large proportion of
the atadeata ta our agricultural col
leges go back to the farms whea they
have completed their courses. The
Ohio Agricultural College about a
year ago undertook to find out how
maay of the agricultural studeats
leavtag the college west hack to the.
farm. The proportloa was fouad to bo
very large. A considerable number
of agricultural students naturally drop
into tho work of teaching. For this
opportunities are constantly opening.
The young man that becomes thor
oughly imbued with enthusiasm con
cerning agriculture gravitates back to
the farm, aad it takes very high wages
to hold him ia aay other posltlea.
EL W. Curtis: Does butter made;
from hand-separator cream have the
quality? Usually I would aay "Yes."
but under present conditions, occasloa
ally. "No." It seems Impossible under
ordtaary conditions to make as high a"'
grade of butter from farm aaad-aepara-tor
cream aa from cream separated at
the skimming station. This statement
Is rather broad, but I believe aay
creamerymaa who has handled aay
quantity of hand-separator cream
through several summers will bear mo
out is this statement The creamery-
roaa'a laabllity to get the farmer to
handle hla cream ta such a manner
that it will arrive at tho creamery
(
sweet seems to be the eases of the
trouble, aad really the farmer la paid
Just as much for poor cream, at moot
of the factories, as ho would receive
for cream that had bees weH cared for.
The largest .egg is that of the os
trich. It weighs three pouads. and la
considered equal In amount to twea-'
ty-foar hens' eggs.
Symmetry can be increased by nam-
a a a . w w .
r macaiag.
Give a mas a chance to
he will do it eves if it ia
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