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Practically all the saaaare burled at such a depth was wasted. The asparagus Is a plaat that feeds near the surface. It re tains a good deal of water, but it does art draw Its food from the water. It will not feed below the water table ia the soiL Today fields are well pre pared and enriched, aad the planting of the asparagus roots proceeds about as rapidly as does the planting of po tatoes. The roots are placed at a depth of a foot or leas, sometimes not more thaa a fourth of that It Is bet ter to place the plants at a depth of six inches or more. This Is especially the case whea the plantation corers a large field, as It Is necessary to culti vate over the plants to keep down the weeds. Shallow plaatiag may give aa early yield for the first year or two, hat the plants will not be so satisfac tory la years to come. Another old fallacy was that of close planting. Fifty years ago the plantations of as paragus were mostly oa small areas. It was no aaasaal thing to find the plants set in rows a foot apart and six laches apart in the row. This In a few years gave a perfect aetwork of roots' la the soil, aad the asparagus stalks were hardly larger thaa lead pencils. Now the plants when set oa large areas are generally at least three feet apart, aad sometimes the rows are four feet apart, with plants three feet apart la the rows. The plaat that we illustrate on this page Is a good oae to exterminate, es pecially If there are young children to play la Its vicinity. It u poisonous, and the life of more thaa oae child has been sacrificed to it Children are poisoned by playing with the leaf la the month, aad after the seeds rlpea by eating them. They are also dan gerous te cattle. These weeds are gen erally feand oa vacant lota Mew the weeds aad scatter grass seed la their place. it la Steer y ! A co-operative experiment In steer feeding is being carried on under the direction of Professor H. W. Mumford of the University of Illinois at the farm of E. D. Funk. Shirley. Illinois. The object of the experiment is to de termine whether shock corn or ensi lage is the best ration for beef making. Fifty calves, each eight months old, were divided into two lots, one of them getting a ration largely of shock corn with a minimum amount of whole oats and clover hay. The other lot gets exactly the same amount of oats aad clover hay, but the calves in this lot get their corn and corn stover In the form of silage. Equal acreage of silage and shock corn were set aside for this work so that at the end of the experiment Professor Mumford will be able to determine whether more pounds of beef can be made from an acre of shock corn. Careful records are also available showing the rela tive cost of harvesting and feeding the silage and shock corn to be used In this experiment. The calves will be turned to grass about the middle of May aad gains through the summer season observed. The animals used in this experiment will be finished on si lage aad shock corn next fall and win ter. the reports of the weather ba- we compile the following In formation relative to the present con dition of the tobacco crop: Kentucky The plants generally are rather small aad thin in beds bat an te he la good condition ether- New Kaglaad Tobacco beds la good New York Tobacco beds made. North Carolina Tobacco beds are still thin, bat the plants have made growth. Transplanting began baft jala w assist te enable this tete carriei en extensively; on se esaws sc tne small sue of the plants a lKam delay will art be harmful. Onds Tobacco plants are doing fair ly welL trnaeplaated and good stands se- Plsata coatiaae plentiful The te tobacco arffl he rland and Delaware like all tobacco has suffered from the (dry weather. Ia part of Anne the planters have plowed ap to lasiar thaa ever before. Teasiimiii Tobacco plants are ready te ( Iaescts have injured young piss hi seme localities. fJBfiJsIs Tobacco plants coatiaae la Pswaee Oearge's aad Calvert ties tae planes are saaallvsmd ward. Ia parts of 8t Mary's o the plants came ap badly in late but ia other parts of the are well filled. Gen- erashr thisusjjbert-ahe tobaccoiwwirg metiiite the advance ia plowing has aaeavbjsfifci ssamaeseary. The fiy has rtfaajtTjiiimiil,thls seaesa . c ama. Professor Fraser of the Illinois Ag ricultural College has been maTriag some dose computations as to the rel ative value of milk and beef as food. In this time of high-priced meat, those who are Inclined to a milk diet will find much comfort In perusing the fig ures. A reading of them will Increase the respect of the ordinary consumer for skimmilk. The professor takes 2S cents' worth each of steak and milk for comparison. With the sum named' he purchases five quarts of whole milk, or eight and nine-tenths quarts of sklmmilk, or two pounds of round steak at 12 cents per pound. In the whole milk he finds .36 pounds of protein. In the sklmmilk .657 pounds and In the beef steak .360 pounds. At its market value the skimmilk con tains more food value than either the beef steak or the whole milk. It will be noticed that the protein contents of the whole milk and of the beef steak are practically the same. Remember that this comparison Is made with round steak, one of the cheap classes of meat and one of the most nutritious. When we get to comparing milk with porterhouse steak the argument Is still stioager In favor of the milk, for por terhouse steak is art more autritloas than round steak but Is much higher in price. Milk as a diet has, however, one drawback and that is its bulk. The stomach of the adult Is not so con stituted that milk can be made a sole diet It does not hold enough of It The proper method of utilizing milk Is to combine It with bulkier foods. Varylar, vwltv Wfc JMUk sold In cities has a surprising lack of uniformity. Figures collected by people connected with Hull House, Chicago, and with Lewis Institute, Chicago, show this. Though the price may be constant, the food value of the milk sold is never that The legal re quirements for milk in Chicago are 9 per cent solids other than fat and 3 per cent fat total solids, 12 per cent Yet some of the samples of milk taken fell below 8 per cent total solids, in cluding the fat while others went as high as 16 per cent solids. One sample of whole milk analyzed 2 per cent fat and 424 per cent other solids. An other sample analyzed 8.2 per cent fat and 8.08 per cent of other solids. There were ail sorts of variations between these two extremes. In the case of the very poor milk mentioned there Is no doubt that water had been added co piously. In the case of the richest milk It Is altogether probable that the milk Included more than its rightful proportion of cream. Sometimes fraud is the cause of the inequality and sometimes it is accident It is obvious that if a can of milk Is served out from a faucet the cream will continue to rise while the milk Is being ped dled out As a result the last custom ers get an excessively rich milk at the expense of some others. f the Mm SOL The oleo bill has passed the Senate again, after being sent back to the House, and Is now In the hands of the President The bill contains now much more than it did when It went to the House on Its first passage by the as sembly. The bill then provided only for the controlling of the oleomarga rine product The Senate amended it to Include all renovated and adulterat ed butters, aad made the annual tax for manufacturers 8600. When it got back to the House that body reduced this tax to 850 In the case of renovat ed butter. The Senate agreed to the amendment and so the bill passed. It has taken several years of very hard work on the part of the dairymen to get this bill enacted Into law. Its best provision is perhaps placing these ar ticles of food under police regulation of the various states. So it will be no longer possible to ship in packages of bogus butter under the cloak of the "original package decision." The oleo margarine men assert that the law will be declared unconstitutional, while its friends are equally certain that it will not so be declared, but that It will stand approved by the courts. Wea-Iaspeetleai ef milk. There are In the state of Illinois some hundreds of cities and populous villages. Yet in all of these, with the exception of six. there Is no milk in spection. In Chicago and five other cities an effort is made to inspect the milk sold. People are almost complete ly at the mercy of the milk dealers. It is unfortunate both for the milk buy ers ana for the milk producers that this is so. It is a premium on dirty methods of milk production and on the use of harmful chemicals in milk. One man who buys milk In a large Illinois city told the writer that he stopped taking milk of a certain milkman be cause he could leave the milk out of doors for a day or two In the hot sun and It would not sour. Under the cir cumstances he was probably justified in being suspicious. fnaliw. We are In receipt of the preliminary premium list of the three National Hereford shows to be held this fall, and Secretary Thomas informs us that prospective exhibitors should write him at once for same. The classifi cation does not differ materially from that of last year except that there is an additional class for yearling bulls. so that this year there is a class for senior yearling bulls and another for junior yearlings. At the American Royal at Kansas City the Stock Yards Company is giving 500 in prizes for car lots of Herefords, 8200 of which is for fat stock and 8300 for feeding cat tle. This Is In addition to last year's premium list For the International at Chicago the Hereford Association offers 8900 in prizes for carload lots of fat Herefords. This amount is in addition to the premiums offered by the International management and should bring out an exceptionally large exhibition of "white-faces" in the pens. Write C. R. Thomas, Sec 225 West Twelfth St, Kansas City. Mo. for a premium list which will rive full particulars. The maa who makes butter, whether in the creamery or on the farm, needs to be a student He needs to be 'en terprising to the extent of learning from others all things possible. There arc many things that he will have to learn in the creamery or dairy room lrom experience, but the lessvof thi knowledge the better. Such lessons are always expensive. Never call a maa Car if be is big ger than you -are. If you are positive that he is a liar hire a cheap mp re break the news to him. There are mothers and mothers: On: kind turn their children into thetreri tu keep the he rse tidv. From the Farmers' Review: The Cochin breed given recognition in the American Staadard of Perfection are , Patridge. White and Black, these four varieties nave merits to. recommend them to those who may fancy their color, their individual merit as a breed, worthy as things of seauty and usefulness; gentleness of UspoBitlon and the fact that they are leavy. short-legged, small-winged, not inclined to fly fences. This recom- mpnrta them fowls easilv kept In Inclosures, where Cochins are given range, are systematically fed and cared for they prove good ranter layers of huge brown-shelled eggs, on aa.aver age not so large as a Brahma egg. yet equally rich la nutriment When bred to the long loose feathered type now in demand by the fancier, they will not compare as layers with other more closely feathered breeds and varieties. Having bred them for fifteen years I feel confident when I make the statement that as winter 1-yers from the time they are fully moulted in December to March they will lay as many eggs as any other breed known. During summer they tend to get fat and breed-lice more abundantly than most other varieties, 'with shorter plumage. This fault however, can easily be remedied by a liberal use of insect powder and clean nests. Cochins are not bred so extensively to-day as they were some years ago. The farmer In his Indifferent manner of keeping chickens cannot get as many eggs from them as he can from closer feathered breeds. As meat producers they do not mature as rapidly to a presentable and salable size as other breeds, wh se feathering is shorter and more rapidly grown. The young have deeply planted pin-feathers that at frying age are objectionable; when well matured no meat from any fowls Is more tender or juicy than tnat or. the Cochins. Their excess of feather ing on legs and toes make them ob jectionable as a farmer's fowl. If however, kept on grass lawn nothing shows up more conspicuously than a uniform flock of Cochins. The Buff variety has been popular for many years. Those who once breed them as a rule find much to say In their praise. The Partridge variety with its rich mahogany brown (every feather laced with a double or triple pencil ing of black) Is admired by all who have ever seen a truly superior speci men. The male, with his solid black breast rich red lacing of neck hackle around a greenish black stripe, the same color on back, is very attractive In appearance. Then their massiveness and carriage is always majestic. Of the black and white Cochins there are not as many supe rior specimens bred or shown. Cross ing Cochins with Plymouth Rocks or Wyandottes produces a very rapidly growing chick. It also causes an in crease in egg production, but their character for form and beauty of plumage is lost when again outcross ing. Such become mongrels, undesir able and indifferent layers. D. T. Heimlich, Morgan County, Illinois. Yekateaaa Swwls. Yokohama fowls are noted for the Immense length of the tail and hackle feathers. Another variety, said to be superior in these points, is called Phoenix fowl. The Fung or Phoenix fowl Is one -of the myths of the Jap anese religion, and is often seen in Japanese pictures. It is thought the Yokohama fowls are like those often seen in the paintings, hence the name Phoenix is applied to the breed. The tails of these fowls average about a yard in length, and their colors and general appearance are those of the games. White SUu Tarftwya. This variety Is sometimes known as the White Turkey. It is not so popu lar as some other kinds, yet in a few localities it Is a favorite. Many breed ers that have had an opportunity to compare this turkey with others assert that it Is one of the most profitable kinds. The White Hollands grow rapidly and attain a heavy weight at an early age. They are perhaps the best layers among turkeys. It is some times reckoned as a fault that few hens want to set early in the season, and a large number of eggs and no broody hens Is not an uncommon oc currence. I believe them to be good turkeys and worthy of the best efforts of the breeders and farm ers In general, and think that no one need be seriously disappointed in them if he goes ahead properly and knows what he is doing. The standard weight for White Hollands is given as 26 pounds for the cock and 16 pounds for the hen. George C. Watson. aast raeklar. From Farmers' Review: Would ad vise all growers of small fruit to put their fruit up in new cases and to be honest in their packing; that is, have fruit run uniform in quality and give good meas ure. The - trade here discrimin ates against the use of second-hand packages and against short measure. If an article Is number oae the best trade is always In the market to buy. We would further suggest that if grower Intends to remain In the busi ness It will be to his advantage to use some particular-brand for his number one fruit Buyers, after finding that some particular liae of fruit gives sat isfaction to their trade will In the ma jority of cases leave standing orders for same, the price under the circum stances being of secondary considera tion. An attractive package always helps to sell the fruit M. George. (Commission Merchant). Chicago. Think more of your own faults and yon will have less time to consider the faults of others. A collection that is cannot, be an offering. aa extraction Women row old only,, for want of somebody to tell them they are as young as ever. Never do anything gratis today that some one is likely to pay you for do ing to-morrow?" 4maml2llmaWBiiwsWP "KSenSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBjXk9BUSS8flBa mvSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBmmVT' 'rE3BSjc3' BllOSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBfiBEC -mJ PrTattac A good deal has been said oa sev eral occasions In this department re garding the subject of contagions abortion and its prevention, bat many seem to consider the work of stoppiag aa outbreak too much to uadertake. It strikes as.that although-there la In deed a deal of work entailed la carry ing out a systematic attack oa conta gious abortion, it pays for the trou ble and should in every Instance be engaged In thoroughly. Some say that carbolic add cannot well be given to cattle when going upon grass, aa the animals cannot be drenched without stabling, but one man at least has got around this difficulty by mixing car bolic acid In salt and allowing cattle to lick the mixture at wllL He says that this plan has given as good re sults as drenching, and we would ad vise our readers to try it when there is need of the medicine. The add should be mixed in the salt In the pro portion of .one and one-half drachms of add to one pound of salt If e cattle will take a sufficiency of this mixture to get enough carbolic add. It Is a good plan, but if they do not care for it, then it would be necessary to give the customary preventive dose (which is half a drachm twice daily every other day) mixed in food bras a drench in water. At the same time It is to be remembered that the carbolic acid treatment is not sufficiently re liable to do away with the advisability of other treatment As the germ may enter the body at the vagina it Is nec essary to sponge the vulva, tall and hind quarters occasionally and the oft ener the better In bad outbreaks, and also to treat the sheath of the bull la the same way. The latter treatment is imperative for the reason that the bull when allowed to serve a cow that has aborted and suffered a discharge or re tention of the afterbirth will be about certain to transmit the germ of ta disease to other cows subsequently served by him. The injections of the sheath are to be made by means of a fountain syringe or long rubber hose and funnel and the mixture to be used for the purpose is the same as applied to the vulva, viz.: a 1-1.000 solution of chloride of zinc. Two gallons cf this solution should also be used once daily as an injection for vagina of cow suffering from discharge. The HenetoM Age Ket Yet Some years ago, when the bicycle business was enjoying its greatest prosperity, it was very common for amateur prophets to predict the "horseless age." Every one seemed about to discard the horse forever. But the excitement proved of short dura tion, and the horse came again Into favor. But since that time the' export trade for American horses has very largely grown up, and the home de mand has also steadily increased. In 1893, the prices for horses were very low. This fact in itself was the start ing point of an upward movement The low prices proved an attraction to foreign buyers, and our horses began to go abroad in sufficient numbers to offset the imports. In 1895 for the first time in many years the foreign trade showed a favorable balance. In that year about 13,000 horses were Imported and a like number exported. From 1884 to 1895 we imported 442.450horsea an average of 36,870 per year. During the same time we exported 45,840, an average of 3,828 per year. The annua) balance In animals against as wai about 33,000. After 1895 the number of horses annually Imported fell ofl rapidly, dropping to 9.891 in 1896; to 6,998 in 1897, and thereafter being lit tle in excess, of 3,000 per year. In the meantime exports increased as fol lows: 1896. 25,126; 1897, 39.532; 1898. 51,150; 1899. 45.778; 1900, 64.722; 1901 82,250. These figures apply to horsei only. The trade in mules has grown more rapidly proportionately than hat that of horses. In 1898 we sent abroad over 8,000 mules, and the next yeai over 6,000. In 1900 the number ex ported was 43,369, and In 1901 It was 34,435. In seven years we have seal abroad 429,075 horses and mulea Meanwhile the demand at home ha been vigorous and is Increasing. Veri ly the horseless age Is not yet The PHee of Beef. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says: I predict a fall In the price ol beef as soon as the grass cattle arc ready for market There Is nothing to hinder the butchers in any cltj from making nn agreement among themselves to. put an agent in one ol the Western markets for the purpose of buying cattle, having them shipped to their city, slaughtered, and sold al a profit providing they can get the same transportation rate given to ev eryone else. j. Whosoever gets a lowei rate becomes a monopolist as he b at once given a great advantage over all those who are discriminated against I do not know whether or not there is a combination on the part ol the packers to put up the price ol meats, as I have no means of know ing. I do know, however, that owing to the shortness of last year's core crop the farmers were not able to feed cheap corn to their cattle so as to fat ten them 'for market There Is plen ty of grass cattle In the country Cora is high and the farmers have been giv ing it to their cattle at double the or dinary price namely. 50 to 60 cents a bushel. They sent South for cotton seed meal so as to help to tide over. There is evidently a large supply ol stock steers, sheep and hogs but not enough corn to fatten them. The sup ply of cattle at Chicago shows thai fat cattle are scarce. In about twe months there should be some relief, at grass fed cattle will begin to reach the market within that time. This de pends on the locality, however. Cat tle have been on grass since April 1 Those which are in good condition al that time will be ready for the market early in June. Cattle lat There is no spot on the globe, where they raise better milch cows -and beef cattle than In Porto Rico. ... It may not be generally known that Lord Durham took with him to Europe In the eighteenth century a number, o) Porto. Rico cows and bred 'them u Holstein stock, thus produdng the fa mous Shorthorn Durham, but suca is, nevertheless, the case. . . . Feed and water are most plentiful, the cat tle need no housing nor -care whatso ever and there is plenty of shade fot them in most, parts of the island a combination of conditions that, fore shadows a bright future for the cattle raising industry Jn Porto Rico. Portt Rico Agricultural Journal. Gossips are people who go aroual stabbing reputations in the back. A father's love is the best part C a child's Inheritance. . - A WhHe win to The eld Dutch church that Irvine? loved Jfeowa an its windows thick with frost. Deep are the snows upon its roof, . Its ancient aroves-Ja drifts are lest; The ley pond and rained aslll Lie. la the aMOBlle-ht white and' still. The bridge beyond the willows, where The headless horsenui rode by night Is built of carved marble now. -The winding road ia smoothly white. The boshes sheeted specters pale In Sleepy Hollow's haunted vale. But In the woodland's snowy heart A little brook I cannot see Among the stiffly frosen reeds. Still keeps its merry spirit free. And with a steadfast faith aubllme Sings of the joys of summertime. Minna Irving In the Era. lylvaafes Cesuade. Gen. James W. Latta was born in Philadelphia April 19, 1839. He was graduated from the Central High school la July. 1856, and admitted to the bar April 19, 1860. He enlisted at the outbreak of the war as private la Company D,' Gray Reserves (now First Regiment National Guard) April 19, 1861; appointed second -lieutenant Company C, One Hundred and Nine teenth Pennsylvania Volunteers Au gust 4, 1862; commissioned first lieu tenant Company E, September 1, 1862, aad captain of Company B March 4, 1864, aad specially selected from the Sixth Army Corps as. assistant adju tant general 'of volunteers and so com missioned, with the rank of captaia, April 20. 1864. He participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Salem Church. Gettys burg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Winchester, Peterstburg, Fort Stevens, Ebeneser Church and Colum bus (Ga.). and other affairs of lesser moment; was bravetted major for gal lant conduct at Winchester, Va., and lieutenaat colonel for meritorious ser- tea W. Eatta. vice in the cavalry engagements of Ebeneser Church and Columbus. His service carried him as far west as the military district of Colorado. He de clined an appointment In the regular army, and was honorably discharged and mustered out Jan. 20, 1866. He resumed the practice of his profession (the law), and again entered his old regiment the First Infantry, 'as adju tant and subsequently became major, lieutenant colonel and colonel, from which rank he was selected by Gov. Hartranft to be adjutant general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This position he retained under the two administrations of Gov. Hartranft and also the one -of Gov. Hoyt He was the first secretary of the municipal civil service board, under the new Philadelphia charter. He Is a past commander of Pennsyl vania,'' Grand Army of the Republic, a comrade of Post 2 of Philadelphia, and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the.TJnited States. SaaaipeSeS the Males. "When Gen. William Sooy Smith," said the Captain, "was preparing for his raid in 1864, a very funny thing happened at Grand Junction. Horses and mules were sent to this point for remounts and for pack trains, and hundreds of men were held there to put horses through the preliminary training. One day 250 mules were un loaded from n train that was supposed to contain only horses, and there was much swearing and' joking over the mistake. " The men assigned to look after the horses were disinclined to tackle the mules, and hundreds of darkles vol unteered to ride the mules to camp. Finally 250 delighted darkies were mounted on 250 mules and were ar ranged In line awaiting the orders of the quartermaster In charge. Before any instructions could be given, the engineer of the waiting train gave two sharp toots on his locomotive whistle, and instantly 250 pairs of mules' heels went Into the air, and 250 darkies rose in line like so many huge blackbirds taking flight The scene was indescribably fun ny, and yet was disturbing. The dar kles, yelling in unison, held on for dear life, and the mules, turning tail, bolted for the woods 200 or 300 yards away. In among the trees they went like scared deer, shedding their dark riders as they went The darkies all came back in the course of two or three days, but not more than fifty of the mules were ever accounted for. The quartermaster preferred charges agsjnst the engineer, and insisted that he be tried for malicious mis chief." Chicago Inter Ocean. rearreJ at OettyeiB. To understand 'truly and to estimate properly the -fighting qualities of the men and the organization of our arm ies, one must take the cold figures of the percentage of losses In killed and wounded and compare them with simi lar results ia other wars and in troops of other nations, says Maj. Gen. StClalr A. Mulholland. in a graphic account of the battle of Gettysburg, written for the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The Third Weetphallan. at Mars La Tour, lost 49.4 per cent killed and wounded. The Garde-Schutsea at Metx. lost 46.1 per cent The Light Brigade at Balaklava. lost 36.7 per cent This Is the story of brave men aad splendid organisations and. if I mistake aot tells of the greatest loss oa record ia single engagentents la European wars. Not -one of them lost SO per cent in killed aad wounded' in single engagemeats. Without fear of eaatradictioa, I assert that 'la the union army alone at least sixty-three raglSMats lost store thaa 59 per cent sad wouaded la siagle eagage- I hVmVmmm ments, and saore thaa 129 regimeats lost nsore thaa 36 per cent aader like drennwtances. Oa the soil of oar owa state, at glorious Gettysburg, there were at least tweaty-tareo regl ments that lost more than 5f per cent la killed aad wounded daring, the three sanguinary days of the battle, and alae of these were Pennsylvania organizations. Eight other northera states New Jersey, New Hampshire. New York. Indiana, Wisconsin. Michi gan, Minnesota and Massachusetts were also, included In this splendid roll of honor. Truly." "there glory eaough to go all around." Cat. "Speaklag of mischief,' said Ser geant Sam Grimshaw. "reminds me of the army pranks of Col. John J. Mc Cook, now, I understand, n staid Pres byterian elder of the Rev. Dr. Hall's church in New York city. John came to his brother, Col. Dan McCook. in the Perryville campaign ia 1862. He was not more than 18 years old. aad was fresh from school. 'but he took to soldiering like a duck to water, and. serving on the colonel's staff, became very popular with the boys. "While oa our march to Crab Or chard after the battle of Perryville, we camped one night on a large plaa tatioa. Col. Dan McCook making his headquarters in the planter's house. Guards were placed about the house by John McCook. who that night did conspire with the guards to rob the planter of sundry bee hives located to the rear of the house. John placed the, guard over the hives, giving aim private Instructions to turn his back at a given signal. When morning came the guard was on duty, but hives and honey had disappeared. Col. Dan was furious, but he never suspected that his brother was the originator of the scheme to steal the honey." Chi cago Inter Ocean. Paaaaal Feasleai The secretary of the iaterior has just reversed a decision of the com missioner of pensions in a case which is of general interest especially to vet erans of the war. The case is that of A. A. Daniels of Grand Forks, N. D. Through an error on the part of n clerk In the pension bureau Daniels was paid several hundred dollars in excess of an allowance granted. In 1893 he was granted a pension of 813 a month. Later it was reduced to 86, but the higher rate was paid for some years, owing to the loss in the malls of instructions to the agent at Milwau kee. When the error was discovered Commissioner Evans decided that he would withhold Daniels' pension until the amount of the error was paid the government The secretary of the In terior decided that the claimant should not suffer through a blunder on the part of the pension bureau. The pension committees of congress are steadily at work in efforts to briag about changes in the general pension laws to make the work of the peasloa bureau easier. Death ef Gea. Kahert K. Tletle. A well-known veteran and civil en gineer died In New York in the person of Gen. Egbert L. Viele. whose name at one time stood high in military circles. Gen. Viele was n native of Waterford, N. Y., and was born June 17. 1825. He graduated from West Point in 1847 and afterwards served in the Mexican war. He resigned from the army in 1853 and one year later was appointed state engineer for New Jersey, serving until 1856. In 1860 he was engineer of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, but resigned on the first call for volunteers in 1861 and commanded the force that opened the Potomac, river to Washington. He was captain of engineers of the Sev enth New York regiment and was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers August 17, 1861. He com manded the capture of Fort Pulaski and planned and executed the march on Norfolk, Va. Later; he resigned from his active career in the army and resumed the practice of civil engineer ing. afeemmeat to J A monument to John Burns, the citizen hero of the battle of Gettsy burg. has just been erected by the state of Pennsylvania. It is situated in the open fields near Reynolds woods on the western ridge of the first day's field. It was here that John Burns won renown. The monument shows a bronze fig ure of heroic size, standing on a great boulder of battlefield granite. On the face of the boulder is the following in scription: "My thanks are specially due to a citizen of Gettysburg named John Burns, who, although over 70 years of age, shouldered his musket and offer ed his services to Col. Wister One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Col. Wister advised him to fight in the woods as there was more shelter there. But he preferred to join our line of skirmishers in the open fields. When the troops retired he fought with the Iron Brigade. He was wounded In three places. Gettys burg Report of Major-Gen. Double day." Peaslea) Cnailwlaur a Teteraa. Eugene F. Ware, of Topeka. Kansas, who has been selected by President Roosevelt to succeed H. Clay Evans as Commissioner of Pensions, is a vet eran of the Civil War with a good jecord. He is also a .prominent law yer and a writer of some renown. Comrade Ware was born in Hart ford, Conn., on May 29, 1841. He en tered the United States service in Company E; First Iowa Volunteer In fantry, serying afterward in Company L, Fourth Iowa Infantry, and in Com pany F, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, finally becoming captain of the last named organization. He also saw service in the Indian wars and in these cam paigns was seriously wounded. After leaving the army he moved to Fort Scott, Kan., and was admit ted to the bar in 1871. He was a member of the State Senate and twice .a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Later he moved to To peka. of This name is sometimes given to Edmund Spencer, the admired auttfbr of the "Faery Queen." He is so termed in the inscription on his monument in Westminster Abbey. You cannot measure. the size of a man's charity by his sighs over pov erty. Villages la all parts of Germany still maintain "night watchmen." who act aa guardiaaa of the communltyT aid carry whea oa duty a long laace. eomethiag.of the aature of a halberd, la their head, as they perambulate their beats during the long dark hoars of the night They also have a whis tle with them, with which they pro claim to the non-sleeping inhabitants aad to prowling men aad beasts what o'clock it ia It is only a very few years ago that' the large cities dropped their "eight watchmen," but many of the smaller towns In the provinces still employ their services. ' At a town in Posen. near the Slleslaa frontier, one of these old worthies had ceased to blow his whistle whea the clock sounded the hour. The burger meister could art comprehend the negligence, and the delinquent was summoned to his presence to accouat for it At first he was at a loss what excuse to make, but oa being pressed he declared that a few days before his last remaining tooth hnd dropped oat and that consequently he could produce no sound from his beloved whistle. The burgermeister could think of no remedy, nor coeld he punish the WMWWWWWWWWWWMMWMMWMMMWWMWWWWWMWWl LOVE'S IDEAL SHATTERED OnrTs Affsctleei She stood at the top of the broad stairway, lookiag dowa over the heads of the dancers, until her eyes found him, and then sparkled with pride and joy. "My ideal!" she murmured. 'My ideal!" The band was playing the new waltz, the lights were blazing through out the house, color and brightness were everywhereand the heart of one woman was light with joy. Ia a little group in the corner of the ballroom stood a man. He was tall and handsome. His features were se rious and severe. The rest of the little group laughed and joked. He seemed cut off from them in his deep abstraction, and the woman coming down the stairs, with her cloak oa her arm. saw him and felt happy, for she held in her consciousness the memory of his caress and his words of tender love n few moments before. Her father stood waiting to con duct her to the carriage. The serious man lookekd in her direction, and smiled a rather calm goodby, which the joy in her heart Interpreted into meaning more. All night long she tossed in her bed. All night long she dwelt on the bliss e'T.re MWWWWVWIMMWMWWWWNVWMWWIWW p. "e1 Tf i t r f " 'T COST OF MODERN WAR MmHary Bsrrewhngi at Greet Bi ' They Were So far as government borrowings are an indication, says the New York Evening Post, the annual cost of the Boer war to Great Britain has been nearly double that of the wars against Napoleon. 100 years ago. Ia the period 1792-1802. when England was fighting incessantly in almost every corner of the globe,-and was in addi tion subsidizing half a dozen continen tal states, the; principal of the British debt increased 297,989,587 an aver age annual Increase of 29.789.009. Between 1802 and 1815, a period which covered the Spanish campaign, the American war and Waterloo, the debt Increased 323,386,041 an annual av erage of 24.875,000. Loans raised by the exchequer dur ing the two years following the Boer war outbreak in October. 1899, foot up 114,000.000 They include the 3v. 000,000 war loan of 1900, and two Is sues of 13,000,000 exchequer bonds in the same year; 60.000.000 consols in 1901. and 11,000.000 exchequer bonds. The 'above list does not include the temporary treasury bills issued in 1899 and 1900. or the 14,413.000 of the same bills Issued after the consols loan of 1901, and still, outstanding. TjXnj-UXJXJrLTU-U'U-J--M-M"- mmfMm00kmmmm HIS TROUBLES ONLY JUST BE6UN Eaaaaeratlm mt Trials tat Store fe Hewty-EIeeted Mayer. The newly elected labor mayor of Hartford, Ignatius Sullivan, sat at the banquet table of the Business Men's Association of that city a few nights, aero, sava 'the New York Times. Sim eon Ford was one of the speakers. He glanced pitifully at the new official, and said: "What a nerve Mayor Sullivan dis plays! Now that he is elected, he Im agines all his .labors are over. Why. they have hardly begun. He has work and worry before him for the next two years that will wear him to skin and bones. He doesn't know what he is up against I have met but one man who showed more real grit Right after the explosion at my hotel, when the place was a wreck, I went into the restaurant It was strewn with broken glass and debris. People were running about with bloody faces and torn clothes. In the corner sat a soli tary guest eating his luncheon. I think he was a Hartford man. Every one else was panic-stricken. I con gratulated him upon his coolness. He said: 'I am a man who has faced dan ger in every form. Death has for me no tenors. I was eating corned beef hash whea the explosion occurred.' ' "He is the only man I ever met whose nerve was stronger than Mayor Sullivan's." Taraed M Light. A man who not long ago made more than 81.000,900 in a steel deal was tell ing a group of friends in a New York hotel the other day his experience in Paris last summer. "A friend of mine." said he, "who is a learned statesman from Washington. left the hotel where we were staying and sallied forth in search of adventure. As he walked along the Rue de Ri veli it occurred to him that he much desired a. copy of a certain American weekly. Noticing a kiosk on the next corner, he approached the proprietor. Naturally he supposed the man was a Frenchman, and racked bis memory for enough French to make known his want. But sad to say. all, he could t&nk of e7e a few commonly used phrases. He tried cue or iwo uerman expressions, but the man, in French, watchmen. A council was called to sad the subject for was IsM before the At first profoaad silence Finally eae of the saembera of the council rose sad said he had heard of the poseiWHty of replacing humaa teeth by artificial ones- adding, that to the heat, of hla belief there was a UrPreslaa .who aadertook to do He satd'he could art vouch for the truth of what he had heard, but he really had been told that this was the case! A loag sscaeatoa ensued., with the result that the watchasaa tetd to' go to Breams to get a aew of teeth. Ia due course the old returned to the. scene of his du ties provided with the neetfuL The following night the burgermeister sat up to hear the result To his astonish meat there was no sound of' the whis tle st 10 o'clock, aor at 11. nor even nt saldnlght! The next morning he sumntoned the watchasaa. to whom he expressed hie iadigaatloa. "You have got your teeth bow," he said; "why do you art whistle as before?" Ia a voice of humility the old chap replied: "Yes! I have got a aew set of teeth, bat the doctor told ase I was to put them In water overnight' . of those moments in the conservatory, till the gray dawa lulled her to sleep, aad she fell iato a gentle slumber, softly whispering to heir pillow, "My Ideal!" It was "ladies day" at the club, and the next day the woman dressed her self with fastidious care, for she knew he would see her. The halls aad lunch-rooms were filled with guests, the heat was stifling, and she left her chaperon and found herself wandering alone through n little narrow corri dor. He was ia her mind., and she won dered why she had not seen him yet She paused before a door, which was open. A group of men were around a table, with a generous supply of bot tles and glasses decorating its surface. She listened spellbound. She heard the coarse jests that came from the lips of the man she loved. She saw his stupor. She -saw his bloodshot eyes and his neglected raiment With her heart frosea, almost stiff within her. she heard him joke about his "love affairs." She bated the other men for laughing at them, aad slowly walkiBg back to join the crowd she murmured in bitterness, "My ideal! My Ideal!' New York Press. v1 e r 1 lists Are Msjcfc Lsrgsr Maw la 1812. Neither does the above list include, loans issued by the exchequer for other than war purposes It will appear, therefore, that, dis regarding the amount raised by in creased taxation in this war or in the Napoleonic contest, the Boer war has cost the British government an aver age of 57,000.00 per annum in loans, against an average annual cost of 2499.000 to 29,980.000 per annum In the Napoleonic contest. The much greater cost of supplies, ammunition, transportation and equip ment as compared with 1802. and the fact that there have been aad are still more British soldiers under arras in South Africa than were commanded by Wellington In 1815, sufficiently ac count for the heavier outlay. It must however, be remembered that the Brit ish war loans of the Napoleonic period were issued at very heavy discounts, being put out at prices as low as 60. and with Interest as high as 6 per cent, whereas the lowest price of the recent loans has been 94 for a 2 per cent loan. Uncharitable thoughts will the most charitable actions. deface evidently explained that he could not understand. A couple of Italian ex pressions and a little stray Russian also failed. All this time the man had listened patiently. Finally my friend gave it up. remarking in disgust to himself. 'Oh. rats!' The newsman's face brightened Immediately as he said in English: 'Say. mister, what the deuce do you want, anyway?' The confusion of my dignified friend was intense as he listened to the remarks of the man. who used to sell papers on New York's Bowery." Btetert frees Mrym Sfawr. Frieads of the higher education of women have been much Interested in the recent letter on the subject pre pared by President M. Cary Thomas of Bryn Mawr college. Miss Thomas has written several articles on this question, but they have usually been for the special student rather, than for the general public. Now. with the clearness and con vincing logic for which she is well known among her friends, she has summed up the present situation for the average reader. She gives statist tics that will surprise most of them. That there should be more than 21, 000 women studying in college now Is', only less surprising than the fact that these should be 27.4 per ceat of all college students. Her statements .re garding marriage and any possible preparation for motherhood are of special Interest, and few surely can read without an answering smile of . sympathy her remark: "College women, like other women, are dependent on men for marriage, and the college presidents who enjoin, upon us to teach women womanly virtues and educate them to become wives and mothers should begin by, educating their own college men to become husbands." Oar Cateeea aa The value of the cotton manufac tures sold by the United States ia the Chinese empire last year was oae third of our total exports of such com modities. The best way to win oa a horse race. is to forzet to take aav aanaav tn th poolroom with you. 11 ' fcy' raw sawemafmw CaammwmsTml UntaBraWaWaWaWa mmf ffamam 4amW . K ! i si Wr t .! .f -.ff ." r 'A- t V. N l-v. .5. .X-- r .-'-- J - 3 . :fTWfi$rt , r-i'.. . ',. . u :.- . c rv k. i ,jri . ..V v - - Ti. -. .,, .-v. Z-M&Oti