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We held oar sacred dead aloof.
We put taeai by like treasures old.
No awre for them or hearth or roof.
Bat Barrow dwellings lone and cold.
The dear, warn hearts that fell asleep!
Way un them In our secret thought?
Why ever at a distance keep.
As If some change were In them
wrought?
They cease not from their constant love.
They are not strange and far away.
Their presences about us move
Closer than presences of clay.
Bow It mast grieve them, whenthey e
Heart-close, and find WClmb
Or whisper love, and find us dumb.
Forgetful, hedged with servfle care!
Oh. let us hold our dear ones we
Closer and closer, when they move
Beyoad the veil! For no one knows
i r human love!
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Yeaagest Miar.
The honor of having been the
youngest regularly enrolled soldier of
Mr. Yaa Zeadt as He IS Te-Dey.
the civil war is claimed by Gilbert
Van Zandt of Kansas City. Van Zandt
was 10 years old when he enlisted as
a drummer boy August 6. 1862. in
Company D. Seventy-ninth Ohio Vol
nateers, in the little village of Fort
William. Clinton county. Ohio. HU
discharge at the close of the war de
scribes his as a "soldier 13 years old
4 feet high." He was bora at
Vaa Zeadt at the Tlaie ef His
tMseaerge treat the Amy la 1SS5.
Port William, Ohio. December 20. 1851.
He is a member of the Farragut
Thomas Post. No. 8, Department of
Missouri. G. A. R.
Uecola's Peaslea Petition.
Col. Walter H. French, file clerk
of the House, has, perhaps without
exception, the finest collection of
scrap books of any public man in the
country, aays the Washington Times.
Not only scrap books, however, but
aatographs of statesmen long since
passed away, and rare old public doc
uments, the history of which is most
fascinating.
Among his collection is the original
petition of Mrs. Lincoln, widow of the
saartyred President, to the Congress
of the United States, asking for a pen
sion. The petition is signed "Mrs. A.
Lincoln."
A copy of that petition was printed
a few years ago. Just now it is of
peculiar interest the statement having
been i cently made that the widow of
ao President had ever applied for a
pension.
Uttle Creelty la Civil War.
"It was not necessary," said the cap
' tain, "to restrain the boys from cruel
ty. It was not in the soldiers of forty
years ago to be cruel. I served from
flrst to last in the same brigade with
General Jacob H. Smith, now in the
Philippines. He was an Illinois boy
aad I was an Ohio boy. but we both
enlisted in the Second Kentucky vol
unteer infantry, mainly because It
was reported that Major Anderson,
just arrived from Fort Sumter, was to
command the brigade.
"Our first experience of war was
la the mountains of West Virginia,
bat our first great battle was Shtloh.
where Captain Smith was left on the
eld wounded. He recovered rapidly,
however, and was soon with his com
pany. At Stone River. I saw that
Brigade meet the charging rebel lines
ia a crash well calculated to develop
all the ferocity in soldier nature.
"I remember that as I looked at the
laces of our men as they went over
the tret rebel line and into the second.
. t had a feeling of dismav at what
happen. Every face was ablate
i fury, and the men as they sprang
into the melee looked like so
may demons. That was a time tor
oselty. That was a time for brutal
; aad merciless stroke, but in an
t it seemed to me. two or three
dred confederates threw down
riles, uabuckled their belts, and
their cartridge boxes to the
id. aad there, in the midst of the
little. I saw oar men offer their can
to aad shake bands with the
i who. ten minutes before, they had
striving to IdlL" Chicago later
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Urn war between the North and the
svth. At' the age of 10 Mr.' Garr re
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forts were built The order for an
able-bodied men of certain ages to as
sist In the construction of the forts
had been issued, and many Southera
sympathizers were looking about foi
some way to evade the edict, says th
Louisville Courier-Journal. Judge 8
A. Garr, father of the deputy Jailer,
openly declared that he would do ao
work for the soldiers from the North
He also declared that his negroes
should not help build the forts, aad
the officer in command of the federal
troops heard of lt A squad of soldiers
was dispatched at double-quick time to
the Garr homestead, which was with
in a hundred yards of Westera Park.
When the soldiers arrived they
found a barefoot boy sitting upon a
fence post He was swinging his legs
and whistling as only some boys can.
A lieutenant was in charge of the sol
diers and he drew rein, whea he saw
the boy. He Inquired for Judge Garr.
The boy shook his head and answered
that he did not known him.
The soldiers passed. An hour later
they returned and the boy was rtlU
upon the gate post All day the sol
diers searched in the woods and all
day the boy sat upon the gate post
The following morning the soldiers
returned and again the boy was upon
the gate post
"I sat there for about four days,"
said Mr. Garr. "My father and several
neighbors and all of their negroes
were hid In the woods, and by meaas
of a signal code we were able to com
municate with one another.
Two or three men were statloaed In
the treetops. We all had white hand
kerchiefs. I watched the soldiers. One
wave meant that they were in the
neighborhood, two meant that they
were leaving, and three meant that
they were not in sight and that all
was welL"
The Oaly Peastoaed Vetersa at ISIS.
Hiram Cronk of Ava, a veteran of
the War of 1812, and the last surviving
pensioner of that struggle, was 102
years old April 29. Heretofore the day
has been celebrated in some appropri
ate manner by ithe relatives and
friends of the old veteran, but owing
to the advanced years of Mr. Cronk
and the fact that he has been some
what feeble for some time past, it was
deemed unwise to mark the occasion
this year by any special event
Mr. Cronk was born in the town of
Frankfort, Herkimer county, April 29,
1800, but In his early youth moved to.
this county and lived for some time at
Wright Settlement the family later
moving farther north and locating in
the town of Ava. During the last
months of the War of 1812 Mr. Crons
then a mere stripling, enlisted with'
his father and two brothers and served
about 100 days at Sackett's Harbor.
For a long time he received but 8 a
month pension, but within the past'
few months, by a special act of Con
gress, his pension had been Increased
to $25. Utica Dally Press.
At Oetrraaarg.
As the One Hundred and Forty-seventh
New York was making its glo
rious record, the Iron Brigade swept
forward and entered the woods just
as Reynolds was being carried to the
rear dead. The West had in that line
Its noblest sons, there to defend and
to crimson the soil of our state with
their blood, and what a fight they
made on that July morning! Of this
brigade the Twenty-fourth Michigan
lost 60 per cent killed and wounded,,
and. in addition. 83 missing; the'
Nineteenth Indiana lost 56 per cent
and 50 missing; the Second Wiscon
sin 43 per cent and 20 missing; the
Seventh Wisconsin 41 per cent and
43 missing. This regiment had 10 of
ficers and 271 men killed in battle
during its term of service. Taking
the five regiments of the Iron Brigade
as a whole, we find the killed and
wounded to have been 49.5 per cent
with 249 missing, many of whom were
among the dead.
Habit ef taa Otter.
The otter, as is well known, will eat
none but the choicest portions of the
fish it catches, and will, for preference
select even those choice portions of
the plumpest and best-tasting var
ieties. It is this trait in its character
which leads it to play such havoc in
trout streams and other preserved wa
ters. In order to provide for itself
a meal of perhaps two or three dozen
mouthfuls. the otter will not infre
quently catch and kill nearly as many
fine fish, contenting itself with a small
portion from the back of each victim
immediately behind the gills. When
an otter kills a moorhen which is not
seldom when these birds abound near
its habitat it devours the neck only,
leaving the body intact and devoid of
every drop of blood.
A Seldlei's Seavealrs.
A collection of war mementoes
owned by Corporal John Maurer, who
is in charge of the recruiting station,
at Terre Haute, Ind., tells of the
world-wide movements of Uncle Sam's
soldiers. Maurer has been in the army
for seventeen years. He has several
hundred articles obtained by himself
and they include Indian blankets,
pipes from China, shells from Cuba,
photographs and guns from Borneo,
bolo knives and photographs from the
Philippines. Among the photographs
are pictures of the Gllmore party,
taken at the time they were rescued,
after a long captivity, by the Filipinos.
Among the many articles Corporal
Maurer has is a drum he himself took
from a Spanish drummer in Cuba.
Geaersl Jack.
Old Hickory was a sobriquet con
ferred upon General Jackson in 1813
by the soldiers under his command.
The name was not an instantaneous
inspiration, but a growth. First of all,
the remark was made by some soldier,
who was struck with his commander's
pedestrain powers, that the general
was "tough." Next it was observed
that he was "tough as hickory." Then
he was called "Hickory." Lastly the
affectionate adjective "old" was pre
fixed, and the general thenceforth re
joiced in the completed nickname us
ually tbe first won honor of a great
commander.
f Carter ITswatre Dead.
Hugh McQuaid dropped dead of
heart disease in the lobby of the Cos
mopolitan Hotel at Helena. Mont Mc
Quaid was an early settler and report
ed the Custer massacre for the Asso
ciated Press.
For many years he was editor of the
Helena Independent, and was also a
well-known mining man. He was a
civil war veteran. He just had been
appointed custodian-of the new state
house.
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In different parts of the West there
has been much complaint of "alkali
soils." In all cases complained of
these soils-have been under cultiva
tion, the alkali at first act seeming to
affect the crops. The rendering bar
ren of the soil has occurred after the
application of irrigation water, and
usually after a number of years op
erations. Year by year these barren
tracts have increased till it has be
come a question of some moment as to
what should be done to reclaim we
Ic3t areas aad to prevent other ares
from becoming also infertile. Oa care
ful Investigation it has been found
that the alkali In these soils was to
distributed through the soils at Irst
that It was not harmful to plaata.
Thus, in a layer of earth three feet
deep there would be a certaia amount
of alkali, enough to be decidedly
harmful If it were moved from Its po
sition In the subsoil and accumulated
In the first foot of aolL The irriga
ting, of the fields and orchards has
hmiirht ahont this very thing, as the
amount of water anolled was not suf
ficient to more than supply the needs
of the crop and of evaporation. Had
the water been sufficiently abundant
to have supplied a good quantity for
drainage the alkali would have re
mained largely distributed through the
soIL As It was, the water in three
feet of soil was gradually drawn up
ward by capillary attraction and took
the alkali with it Thus the alkali
was brought to the surface and de
posited in a thin layer. A continuance
of this process increased the alkali to
a point where It destroyed all vege
tation. The Arizona station has ap
parently solved the question for all
localities that are subject to flood
waters. These should be used to flood
these lands, covering them to a depth
of eight inches or more. The result
would be the carrying away of much
of the alkali and the washing of other
portions into the subsoil.
The CaaiBaeU Bieth.
Several years ago, when Mr. Camp
bell was publishing through the coun
try the wonderful things that his sys
tem of soil culture would do, he re
ceived small attention. We thought
then, and think now, that his system
Is of no particular use In Illinois,
Wisconsin and adjoining states or in
other states where the supply of soli
moisture Is ample in most years. The
system seems to be particularly adap
ted to the lands In the more arid re
gions, especially where those lands
have the soil water long distances
from the surface. For some years now
the system has been tried in Westera
Kansas, and favorable reporU are re
ceived from it Professor H. M. Cot
trell. of the Kansas Experiment Sta
tion, is particularly enthusiastic in
support of it for Kansas. He relates
many circumstances where It has giv
en good sized crops where all others
have failed, and says that every farm
er in Western Kansas should give it a
trial. Mr. Campbell has purchased a
farm at Hill City, Graham County.
Kansas, on which he is showing what
his method can do. The farm was one
of the most unproductive ones in the
county, the crops generally failing on
account of drouth. Mr. Campbell has
changed all that The crops grown
on his lands last year were good ones,
while crops grown by other methods
failed. It may be that the Campbell
soil culture will yet push the line of
profitable farming further west
Seaseai la Porte Rtee.
The question "when to plant?" Is a
puzzler to the Porto Rico agricultur
ist It seems to make no great differ
ence when a crop is planted the re
sult is always the same a good har
vest. Some years ago, one of the Is
land's most enthusiastic agriculturists,
in endeavoring to force Nature to di
vulge her season secret planted a patch
of corn each month consecutively for
a year with the result that sixteen
months from the time of the flrst
planting he was rewarded with his
twelfth" good crop. There was a slight
difference In the height of the Decem
ber crop from the other eleven and It
was a few days longer In ripening, but
aside from these two differences, there
was nothing to show that Nature fa
vored one crop more than another.
Another prominent grower, in experi
menting with pineapples, produced an
abundance of this fruit in March, fully
three months before its "season."
These two citations of the many like
experiments that have been made on
the island, make it easy to understand
how it is possible for the people in the
United States to have fresh fruit and
vegetables 365 days in the year.
Porto Bico Agricultural Journal.
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Mr. John Howat in an address said:
The lamb has its enemies and the
shepherd that can succeed In constant
ly getting a crop of lambs on the mar
ket without serious loss is deserving
of a statue. The stomach worm Is
the worst enemy of the Iamb. We
have read and studied and experi
mented with all or nearly all of the
so-called remedies, worm powders,
gasoline, turpentine, and so forth, but
the conclusion of the whole matter
is that in the long run they do aot
pay. The damage to the lamb's thrift
is not compensated for in results. Our
theory, which we have partly demon
strated by practice, is to feed the
ewes and lambs grain until the lambs
are in the habit of seeking grain on
their own account, then feed corn in
a creep with a tonic that will aid
digestion and keep the stomach in
the most vigorous condition. This Is
the only cure or preventive against
stomach worms that Is practicable
and profitable.
Bye Faetarage.
A correspondent of the Farmers'
Review mentions the fact that hut
year he had twenty acres of rye and
will get a good crop from it this
spring. He says that in addition he
saved $50 worth of feed by pasturing
it in the fall and spring. It came par
ticularly bandy this past winter when
hay was selling at 8 per ton and corn
it 55 cents per busheL The rye crop
frequently works is to advantage with
Dther crops, and wherever it can be
ldvantageously used will pay well. It
is of great value to the mea that have
no silos and have to feed dry hay all
winter. It adds succulence to the ra
Jon. and in that is like fresh silage.
The practice of pasturing rye is an
jld one, but may yet survive the in
uoschment of modern methods.
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her house now beglas to set out
:at!rs and hang up the hammocks.
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Tia prottless cow Is a subject
has beam haraed oa now for a
may years, bat, wo are sorry to re
late, she still remains U Ue land. A
cow census would show that, so far as
the farmer Is coaceraed, half of taa
cows could be seat to the butcher
without loss to their owners. Taa
public would of coarse be the loser.
for a definite amount of milk would
be taken out of trade, and the remsla
der would be in such demand that the
price would be enhanced. On the
farmer's side, however, the result
would mesa profit Ultimately the
general public might get its milk as
cheap as at flrst for the poor cows
would no longer produce poor cows,
but the entire supply of calves would
come from profitable milkers. Now,
year after year the farmer puts a cer
tain sum of money in the way of feed
into his cow and gets back the same
sum. He throws in his work. Most
of the men that are doing this do aot
know It for they have never kept aa
account of what they are doing. They
have no idea as to the results imam
their milking operations. They take
It for granted that the hard work they
are putting in is profitable. Little by
little the poor cows are oemg ww
out of the herds, but progress is stow.
We need to use more universally the
milk scales, the Babcock test and the
lead pencil.
A Baeteilal War.
Investigations have shown that bac
teria wage a fierce war among them
selves, just as do the grasses ano
weeds that clothe the surface of the
earth. It is a common remark that
blue grass will drive out other kindf
of grasses. So do certain kinds of bac
teria destroy or drive out other kind
of bacteria. Not that the one kind
feeds on the other kind. But one kind
takes possession of. the food supplies
and the others perish from lack of
sustenance. In milk, when it is drawn
there appear numerous bacteria. The
lactic acid ferments are few In num
ber, yet these are the blue grass that
Is to drive out all other kinds. For
the first few hours after milk Is drawn
the miscellaneous bacteria Increase
and seem to have possession. But in
twelve hours the lactic acid bacteria
have increased enormously. In a few
hours more the miscellaneous bacte
ria have about disappeared. As days
go on and the cream ripens the lac
tic add bacteria become as high as 98
per cent of all and in some cases 100
per cent all other forms having dis
appeared. Later the lactic acid bacte
ria themselves are destroyed by their
own products. These facts are of In
terest as showing a possible increase
In healthfulness of milk and cream aa
It grows older. It may be that dis
ease germs that get In are themselves
destroyed by the lactic acid ferments.
It is a field that has not yet been
widely explored.
A Good Illaatratlea.
Senator Dillingham, of Vermont in
a speech before the United States sen
ate recently said: A circumstance has
come to my personal knowledge which
occurred in the city of Washington,
and indicates the way the business has
been done under existing law. I was
appointed last year as one of the vis
iting trustees of the government re
form school located in this city, and
when there upon a visit I learned that
it was the custom of the officers of the
school to advertise monthly for the
supplies needed during the nexf
month. They did this upon one occa
sion. They advertised for oleomargar
ine. They advertised also for butter.
They procured both, as they supposed.
Before the month was gone they were
in doubt and caused both samples to
be examined at the department of ag
riculture. One was found to be oleo
margarine and that which was bought
for butter was also found to be oleo
margarine, and the government of the
United States had been paying 14
cents for oleomargarine bought as
oleomargarine, and paying 23 cents fot
exactly the same article furnished un
der the name of butter and in answer
to the contract which they had made
with the grocer to furnish butter.
The Fare MUk Frebless.
Frank Dewhurst: If the milk Is
held for some hours before delivering
to the factory, the storeroom should
be clean, and If running water is not
present the water In the tank should
be changed frequently. Milk should
not be stored near manure heaps or
any other strong smelling material, as
it Is so very susceptible to taints. In
hauling to the factory a cover should
be placed over the cans. This will
keep out the dust and In hot weathei
be some protection from hot sunshine
The cover must be clean, or it will be
useless to prevent the entrance of dirt
The whey from the factory may be
responsible for poor milk. The whey
tank should be scrupulously clean In
fact the entire factory should be an
object lesson to the patron In clean
liness. All cans should be emptied at
once on reaching the farm and the
cans cleaned. This precaution Is too
often neglected, and the fermentmg
whey stands In the hot sun for hours.
It Is very difficult to clean such cans
so that they shall be odorless.
Kew Zealaad Seamer Batter.
The New Zeslanders are preparing
to invade in earnest the RngUsh and
other European markets with their
butter. They say they are not afraid
of the presence in the market of Si
berian and Russian butter. They ar
gue, and that rightly, that the geo
graphical position of New Zealand
gives her an advantage not possessed
by any European nation. HertocatJoB
la the southera hemisphere makes it
possible for her to be turning out fresh
grass butter when Europe is buried in
snow. Winter dairying Is not a great
factor ia northern Europe and will
not be in this generation. New Zealand
seeds 'oaly follow summer dairying.
-She can ship her batter to Europe aad
have it reach there at a time whea
butter is at its highest price oa ac
couat of dry feed and winter condi
tions. In other words at the sraiua
of the year whea butter sells highest
in Europe it is being made
ia the southera hemisphere.
In raising chickens it is necessary to
have the temperature la which they
live for the flrst week or ten aays uni
formly high. Many chicks are lost by
the temperature being permitted to
tall too low.
The man that Is running an Incuba
tor mast see that his lamps are
cleaned and trimmed once every day.
This Is a requisite for the setter con
trolling of the temperature.
The Malays are supposed to be ef
As parent stock of the Black Javas.
Mt have never been popular In this
jouatry. They are bred for exhibition
paly, not pom ana sg euaMUes for prac
tical purposes. They are of medium
Use. and In carrlasw are particularly
aprlght and powerful looking, the
back being almost always at an angle
f forty-five degress. Their plumage
!s very close and red or maroon aad
black in color. The body tapers from
the broad shoulders to the tail, which
troops almost la a straight 11ns with
the back. The thighs are loag aad
powerful. A striking feature of the
Malay is the head. It is long and
snaky, the brows over the eyes heavy
tad projecting, giving the bird n cruel
and flerce expression; the neck is long
and scanty of hackle, the sUa of the
throat Is a bright red. aad the scanti
ness of the plumage causes the red to
show distinctly, and this Is a charac-
terlstlc of the breed. The wattles and
ear lobes are slight in development
The shanks and toes are bright yel
low. The Malays are large and hardy,
and are used for crossing with other
breeds to infuse vigor and size. In
disposition they are reputed to be very
savage and In battle literally tear their
opponents to pieces.
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The nonltrv raiser is too often In
clined to work out the problem of
poultry raising rather than to take
from others his Information. This Is
especially true if the owner of the
poultry happens to be a farmer with
just a few hens. For when he was a
boy he took care of chickens, and that
is the start he has or thinks he -as
of others. But the great world around
us Is full of wisdom that has been
gained by the experiences of a thou
sand lives, none of those lives running
parallel to the others. It has been
said that a man can learn more in
one year by taking information from
others than he could gain In his own
experience in twenty years. The say
ing, unlike many popular adages, is
true. The flrst thing a new maa at
poultry raising should do Is to go
systematically about learning from
others. This will cost him something
In the way of time and money, but it
will be the best investment he can
make.
reality Petals Picked Vp.
In an experiment to test the loss
of moisture in Incubator eggs the
West Virginia station found that the
smaller eggs lost a very considerable
larger quantity of moisture than did
the larger eggs. This is as it should
be, as the relative surface on the larger
eggs Is less than on the smaller eggs.
The result should be that the moisture
content of the large eggs should be
more constant than In the small eggs
and in some seasons this should give
hutching results in favor of the large
eggs.
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For a good many years now the ad
visers of amateurs In poultry raising
have been advising to feed the young
chicks on hard boiled eggs chopped
fine. Now some of the poultrymen
are declaring that the practice Is not n
good one, and that the hard boiled
eggs are too hard on the young chicks.
We would like to have the opinions
of some of our readers on this point
If chopped hard-boiled eggs are bad
for young chicks we ehould know it
as the practice of feeding such Is evi
dently very widespread.
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One poultryman says that he finds
it advantageous to have two sets of
drinking vessels, using one one day
and the other the next By this
means one set is sunned and aired In
the off day. He thinks he keeps down
disease germs by this method. With
out doubt drinking vessels so handled
will be free from slime and Other
things that may foster the develop
ment of disease germs.
Partridge Wyaadettes.
From Farmers' Reveiw: The 1 art
ridge Wyandottes compare very fav
orably with the rest of the Wyandotte
family. They are good layers and
make good table fowls, their flesh ba
ing very juicy. They are early to
mature. They breed very true to color
snd markings and better than 75 per
cent of nil birds raised make good
breeders. I think that In a very few
years the Partridge Wyandottes will
be the most popular of the Wyandotte
family. C. F. Avery, Whitley county,
Indiana.
ffaJ Peed Hard ta
The pare food bills that are based
on the discovery in them of deleterious
substances sre practically impossible
of enforcement A judge must depend
on expert testimony for the determina
tion of the polats iavolved. Ifasciea
tlst comes oa the stand and declares
that a certaia drug ia food Is harm
less, that testimony carries weight, no
matter how many thousands of other
scientists declare that It is harmful.
The Judge is not in a position to sum
mon all the experts in n nation. An
Illustration of this is shown ia the
verdict of an English jadge recently.
Food preserved with borax was found
by the inspectors and the owner sum
moned Into court He brought in wit
aeeses to testify that borax Is n great
help to the aJgestion. The jadge took
the side of the defendant in the ease.
The natural Inference Is that milk so
adulterated would not be harmful, but
we have a great mass of dreumstan
Ual evidence to prove that the pres
saes of horadc add la milk has re
sulted ia the death of maay children
In smgiaaa, where the matter has been
sore fully investigated than la this
rouatry.
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The man that expects to
money out of raising aad fattealag
cattle for market mast do thing that
other men have to do in order to
reach successC Profits cannot be ob-
taiaed by careless management The
man that Is going to fatten cattle in
considerable numbers must have sheds
for shelter ia bad weather, a good
sized feeding yard, racks as well as
troughs for feed. Moreover he mast
be In shape to make the cattle com
fortable at night no matter what the
weather may be. He must have a sup
ply of good water, and If he is further
fitted to warm this water in winter
so much the better. The man that
is finishing steers will in ordinary
years find corn and fodder the most
important and serviceable feed. It Is
then the business of the feeder to see
that the cattle get just enough of this
to keep them growing steadily. This
manner of feeding can be learned only
by practice, for the gulf between too
little and too much is not wide. An
animal must never be fed so highly
as to get it off Its feed, and, on the
other hand. It should not be permitted
to go hungry. Some feeders start in
with the intention of fattening their
anlmsls in three months. This is not
easy to do and there are tn this at
tempt many of the failures recorded.
If the process can be spread over a
year the work will be found easier to
accomplish, and the results more pro
fitable. In the one case a man must
get his anlmsls on full feed In the
shortest time possible, while in the
other case the cattle can be brought
onto full feed gradually.
SeaMes aad Cattle.
Bulletin 140, Department of Agricul
ture: The mite that causes cattle itch,
or mange, Is closely related to the mite
that causes sheep scab both belong
ing to the same genus and spedes. but
are different varieties. The sheep-scab
mite will not attack cattle, nor will
the cattle mite attack sheep or other
animals. The itch mites sre found ts
be very numerous upon affected cattle,
and n very small quantity of debris
from an actively Infested area of the
skin will often reveal a surprisingly
large number of the parasites. These
mites may be removed from an animal
and retain their vitality for a long
time. Spedmens have been collected
and kept In small glass bottles in the
laboratory at the ordinary tempera
ture of the room during the winter
months varying from 45 to 80 degrees
which lived from eight to eleven days
Exposure to bright sunlight, however,
would kill most of the mites In a few
hours. Scabies does not appear to af
fect cattle while they are doing well oa
grass nor attack those in good condi
tion over three years old. The ani
mals that suffer most are calves, year
lings, and two-year-olds, and those Is
poor condition. The first symptom ol
the disease is usually an intense Itch
ing of the skin about the neck ot
shoulders, and it extends more or lest
rapidly, depending upon the health
and vigor of the animal, along the
back and sides and down the outsldf
of the legs, but does not usually af
fect the Inside of the legs or the skin
of the abdonen.
The Vferk ef Jeeas Wee.
Elihu Burritt, writing of Jonas
Webb, says: But what higher honor
can attach to human science or indus
try than that of taking such a visible
and effective part in that creation In
sending out into the world successive
generations of animal life, bearing
each, through future ages and distant
countries, the shaping impress of hu
man fingers long since gone back tc
the dust features, forms, lines,
curves, qualities and characteristics
which those fingers, working, as it
were, on the right wrist of Divine
Providence, gave to the sheep and
cattle upon a thousand hills in botr
hemispheres? There are flocks and
herds now grazing upon the boundless
prairies of America, the vast plains
of Australia, the steppes of Russia, as
well as on the smaller and greener
pastures of England, France and Ger
many, that bear these finger-marks ol
Jonas Webb as mindless, but ever
lasting, memories to his worth. II
the owners of these well-created
things value the joy and profit which
they thus derive from his long and
laborious years of devotion to their
Interests, let them see that these finger-prints
of his be not obliterated by
their neglect, but be perpetuated for
ever, both for their good and for an
everlasting memorial to his name.
At Calvlag Tlae
Prof. D. H. Otis: If the weather is
chilly, put the cow In a box stall well
bedded and free from draught Whea
the calf is born, blanket the cow until
she regains her normal condition. If
nothing better is available, gunny
sacks, sewed together, will answer.
Give light, loosening feeds and water
from which the chill has been re
moved. Cold water Is likely to cause
a contraction of the womb and reten
tion of the afterbirth. If the latter
Is not discharged in twenty-four to
forty-eight hours. It should be re
moved. If tbe udder is hot and caked.
It Is better to milk the cow frequently
(at least once In two or three hours),
but not dry, as a fresh flow would be
stimulated which would increase the
inflammation and might lead to milk
ferer. Steaming the udder with a
flin.Y9l cloth dipped in as hot water
a tre bands will bear Is very desirable.
a.er which the udder should be rub
bed dry and treated with camphorated
vaseline. Keep the bowels loose. If
any signs of constipation appear, give
oae and one-half to two pounds of ep
som salts, dissolved in warm water.
Adhering to these points means much
In giving the calf a good, vigorous
start
t Fata as Peed.
A eovernment publication says:
higar beet pulp can be successfully
preserved In silos and makes a very
fair quality of silage. It is relished by
cattle, even the 'slightly spoiled por
tions not being distasteful to them.
In Europe the silos consist of trenches
sr pits dug in the ground, but the or
dinary silo used in making corn silage
will undoubtedly preserve the mate
rial with less loss. As the sugar beet
crop Is an exhaustive one, and the fer
tility of the soil can be maintained
by feeding the pulp, it becomes quite
sa important matter that farmers
(rowing sugar beets should combine
vith It the feeding of the pulp where
practicable.
A smile may hide a men's thoughts.
just ss paint may hide a woman's com-Dlextoa.
BLUFF WAS CALLED
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Jadge Jsrrott of the Seventeenth
iudiclal district, before whom Grant
Jvoodward was tried and convicted of
.ury bribing, tells this story to the
laasas City Star of the flrst time he
mme to Kansas City and tried n case
lefore the late Judge White of the
rriminal bench:
"I was quite young then," said Jadge
rarrott; "in fact, I was what might be
railed a green country lawyer, who
lad never been to the city before. I
lad been told that Judge White was a
tartar, so you can imagine that I was
wmewhat nervous when I appeared
before him defending oae of my owa
country boys who nad come to the dty
ind got Into trouble.
"A panel of twenty-four jurors had
been selected, and all of them had
luallfied as being unprejudiced. As
rou know, after the state's attorneys
iave made their challenges and turned
the list over to the defendant's attor
ney, a 'reasonable' time is allowed the
lefense to strike off the names of men
It does not care to have on the jury.
Pwelve of the panel had taken seats in
the jury box, while the remainder oc
moled chairs near by.
"Before the list was handed to me
Judge White looked ?er his glasses
ind scowled.
"Young man,' he ssid fiercely, I
Joa't want you to delay this court oy
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Foundlings in Demand
t ROT ElfOVGH OT THE UTT1X CASTAWAYS
S to MrtGurrcM lonixy homes.
JifflrMlrTPl
It is surprising to discover what a
rushing mail-order business for babies
could be transacted. Inquiries for ba
bies come to the State Charities' asso
ciation and the Guild from all over
the country. Recently the mayor ot a
flourishing Massachusetts city wrote
for a baby, inclosing plans and speci
fications for the same, which included
"blue eyes, light hair, girl, anywhere
from 15 months to two years old."
From a colored family in Pittsburg
was received a request for "a boy any
where under two years, not black.
Must be light colored."
From as far west as Denver and as
far south as Alsbama come the re
quests, and if investigations proves
the parties to be really responsible the
foundling does his first traveling. Un
less the child is legally adopted it is
always under the supervision of the
organization that indentured it Rare
ly does it happen, however, that the
child is taken away, even if it is not
legally adopted. Legal adoption is an
expensive affair for parents of moder
ate means the class that usually ob
tain the children and the formality
of drawing up the necessary papers is
often omitted. But the foundling is
to the satisfaction of its foster par
ents regularly adopted and treated as
such.
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COVPIX WAS EUTHrgXY VlfHECESSARY. J
Arthur Farwell, the musical com
poser, whose development of Ameri
can Indian music is attracting atten
tion, tells a story of how he had once
been taken for an intended suicide.
"While living in Boppard a few
years ago," he said, "I went to Co
blenz to attend a concert A German
musician, a young woman, accompa
nied me, and there would be no story
if we had not missed our train home
after the concert We waited in a cafe
until 3 o'clock for a later train, only
to find that it did not stop at Boppard.
"There was a strange reluctance on
the part of the inkener to whom we
applied for quarters to admit us. but
he finally gave us rooms at the oppo
site ends of a long hall. For the rest
of the night he tramped the length of
the hall, listening first at my door and
CASHIER STOLE IMMENSE FORTUNE
Aad How Is Pardeaed Afler aa I
prUoaamt of Three Tear.
Something over three years ago the
National Bank of Dover. N. J., was
looted. William N. Boggs. the cashier,
participated in the looting, his share
in the peculation being, it is said.
$00 000. He didn't run away with the
boodle but faced the responsibility
for his crime and was sentenced to
five years' imprisonment. Last week,
after having served three years, he
was pardoned by President Roosevelt
It is said that Boggs was a tool ol
others. So Is the boy on the street,
entering upon a criminal career, the
tool of adepts in crime. So is the
criminal the tool of necessity at times,
or of passion and evil instincts. Every
lawbreaker is the. tool, or victim, of
circumstances. We are not arguing
from this that every lawbreaker
should be set free, but our citizens do
not point out a reason by Boggs
should have been absolved. So long
as Eminent and model man" thieves
like cashiers and bank tellers are
dealt with leniently by the law and
then aided to escape the full penalty
contained In the legal sentence Im
posed so long will banks be looted.
Five yeTrs for a theft of $200,000 is
certainly a light P""150; ""
when pardon follows this and the cul
prit escapes with three the penalty Is
a farce.
Hew Parsers Are Swladied.
"While agricultural departments of
the national government anof "
various states are doing good work
and their investigations and experi
ments have been of great value to
famers. gardeners and stock raisers.
nU a reUred farmer the other day
"ands of sharper, take advantage of
every official announcement made by
the authorities.
-For instance, tbe department an
nounces the discovery ofan insect that
destrovs the cabbage. Within twenty
JSr hours tbe sharpers are advertis
Sg a Powder that will destroy these
Insects A department oufnc "
appearance of the elm pest In every
locality in tbe country appear snv 3oth
talklng gentlemen who claim i to be
able to prevent damage to the trees
by this iwect People believe the.
and pay them money, only to have
their trees killed by the very methods
which the sharpers claim will save
them from destruction by the pests.
"The national agricultural depart-
UwjwWm
tnklnc two or three hoars to
your caallenges. By a "reasonable''
time Is aot meant all forenoon.
"Of course. I was frightened, but I
acted oa a thought that came to ma
liken flash.
" 'Tour honor.' I ssid, 'I have no de
sire to delay the court The twelve
mea who happen to occupy the jury
box will be satisfactory to me. I don't
know any of them and they don't know
"But your honor. exclaimed the
prosecutor. 'I want n few moments In
which to make "challenge."'
"Can't have it,' saia the judge. 'If
the defendant is willing to take his
chances the state surely should be
equally aa willing.'
The case was tried aad I won It I
cleared my maa. Judge White cann
dowa from the beach and walked to
where I was standing.
"'Young man.' he said, 'your're n
poker player, aren't your
"'No, judge,' I answered bashfully;
'I haven't played any poker since I be
came a man.
"'Nonsense.' said Judge White. 'A
man who calls a bluff like I made at
you a little while ago is bound to be a
poker player of the first water.' "
Three things kill a maa a scorch
Ing sua. suppers and cares.
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Only one instance is on record
where a child was returned as unsat
isfactory. That was when a woman,
angered by the visit of one of the
state eharities agents, who called to
make inquiries as to the care that was
being taken of the child, resented the
Investigation, and sent back the in
fant That the foundling never quite gives
up the hope of discovering who his
real parents were is shown in many a
pathetic Incident in the office of Mrs.
Dunphy, the superintendent on Ran
dall's island, where the records ot
New York foundlings for the past 20
years have been kept by her.
Often n man, sometimes prosperous
looking, oftener with the stamp of the
toiler upon him. will ask to see the
books of the Infant hospital for a cer
tain year. Running his finger down
the page of entries, he will pause at
a name and ask if there is any record
ot a parental inquiry after the infant's
admission to the hospital.
It is the foundling come back, with
the haunting hope that he may. after
all. find out who he really Is.
But the foundling never doc3 find
out And so. even if he rise to be gov
ernor or manufacturing magnate, ho
is. beyond everything else, pathetic to
the end. Ainslee's Magazine.
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then at hers. We were laughing over
this in the morning when the proprie
tor entered the breakfast room. He
seemed much surprised at our exhibi
tion of spirits.
"'You are happy this morning.' he
said. 'You want to die no longer.
"We stared at him in amazement
"'Want to die!' I exclaimed, finally.
'What do you mean? We never want
ed to die.'
"'Then you are not Lebensmudc?"
he said. 'Ach Gott! I watched all the
night for nothing!'
"He finally explained that Coblenz
was just then in the midst of one ol
the periodical epidemics of suicide.
Three couples had taken their lives
within a week, and he had taken us
for another life sick pair." New York
Tribune.
JSS
ment at Washington has announced
recently that the seventeen-year lo
custs will appear this year, and fol
lowing this there have suddenly
sprung into existence several unique
methods of destroying these Insects-,
or of preventing their ravafics."
Waea Jtfftnoi latervlews St. retor.
Joseph Jefferson is a firmly estab
lished favorite at Yale, where he an
nually delivers an informal address
before the undergraduates on the
afternoon preceding his evening per
formance at the Hyperion theater,
says the New York Times. List year
Mr. Jefferson was taken by a senior
to "Mory's." the orthodox chophouse
that Is one of the landmarks of Yale.
The rooms are mellow with age and
rich with tradition and are generally
conducive to reminiscences. Mr. Jef
ferson wa3 discussing the life to
come and was asked by his student
host:
"Mr. Jefferson, it is said that wc
shall have the same character of work
in the next world as on earth. Do you
expect to be an actor In heaven?"
"Well." replied Mr. Jefferson. "I'll
tell you. I am afraid that if I reach
the golden gates St. Peter will shake
his head and say: 'For heaven's sake,
Joe, change your roles.'"
The Eadarlac Ple
The young women at the University
of Indianapolis contended in a debate
with the young men that "pic is not
of greater service to mankind than
ice cream." When these young wo
men become experienced wives they
will feel shame that they should have
decried the value of pie. When there
are big bills for spring hats and spring
dresses to be paid, they will fill theli
husbands with pic. knowing that un
der its benign influence all the genlai
and generous impulses will be awak
ened. The fancy for ice cream is s
mere passing characteristic of young
womanhood; but the passion for pie
which fills the breast of every norraai
man Is an enduring source of happi
ness to the tactful wife.
In these days of progress, blood
hounds sre set not on the trail of es
caping slaves, but fugitive bandits in
Nebraska.
Aa ambassador is a truthful
sent abroad to acquire the art of dip
loezatic lyisg.
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