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AT HOME WITH OLD FRIENDS.
Ill weather, friend, and wild enough
To spur the de'el's own nag on!
OBce store from windy night and rough
Around the hearth and flagon.
Ab4 cttnk a- glass and pour ye strong.
And sire us Shakespeare and a song!
No witches of the mad Macbeth.
With cold and devilish cunning.
But scenes where Falataff "sweats to
.death"
And lards the lean earth" running!
Once store call Bardolph Pistol Nym
The Prince, too and a health to him!
Faith! Saw ye ever such a night?
Storm-racked each gnostiy game.
Prominent G. A. R.
John Mitchell Vanderslice. past de
partment commander of Pennsylvania,
Graad Amy of the Republic, was
bora aear historic Valley Forge. Pa.
He left Freeland seminary in Mont
gomery county, where he received his
education, in his seventeenth year, to
enlist, at the outbreak of the war, in
the Eighth Pennsylvania cavalry, with
which he served with distinction until
the end of the struggle, being a pris
oner at Appomattox at the time of the
surrender and witnessing many of the
Interesting incidents of that great
event. He has been for many years
secretary of the regimental associa
tion. At the close of the war he re
turned to Freeland seminary to renew
his studies In Latin and Greek. In
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The Death of Johnnie Burns
Occasionally one comes across n
Terse or line that unexpectedly touch
es a dormant chord in the heart and
bids the tear drop spring. Into the
past we wander under the influence
of such excitant and by-gone memor
ies, then come to view pictures long
since veiled even from ourselves.
Memory uprises, silences upstarts,
fttfe and emotion that once were real
econte again to us a reality. That
which in this way touches one heart
bids fair to touch others, and just
now a letter in print brings before
the writer of these lines a. boyish face
of the long ago, a childish companion,
who turned his face toward the loved
South, never by us his boyhood's
friends, .to be seen again.
But let that pass. The subject Is.
"The Death of Johnnie Burns," possi
bly now told for the first time in
Its realistic pathos to his relatives
and friends, if relatives he has yet
living. Johnnie Burns was a Cincin
nati boy, a hero whose name history
Ignores. No shoulder straps were his
part, but that he was a hero will be
evident to whoever reads the story
this Southern soldier, forty years af
ter the boy's death, tells in his letter
to the Confederate Veteran, which
chances to come before my eyes. It
Is a toachingly pathetic talc, and
challenges thought One cannot but
wonder which Baptist Sunday school
in this city the boy attended, who
were his loved ones, whether that
Bible with the bloody finger marks on
the fourteenth chapter of St John
ever reached his mother. And one
cannot but further wonder, after these
years have passed, if in this city lives
a friend to value this veteran's touch
ing tribute paid to their boyish sol
dier of that sad long ago. or if it
strikes only empty air in the home
city where once the child was a pet
With a view of possibly doing a
service to relative or comrade, possi
bly bringing some member of the
Fourth Ohio into touch with the
Southern soldier who cared for a
brother In blue. I presume to offer
for publication this confederate's let
ter concerning the death of Johnnie
Burns of Cincinnati.
From the Confederate Veteran:
C. L. Gay, an Alabama veteran,
writes that Joe T. Williams of Mont
gomery, was a member of company D,
Twenty-f rst Alabama regiment, and
tells this:
"A comrade and I were searching
the battlefield of Shiloh for some
missing men of our company, D, of
the Twenty-first Alabama regiment In
passing through a swampy thicket
near where that regiment charged the
Fourth Ohio regiment early in the
morning, we heard the voice of a
wounded man crying: "Boys! boys!"
Thinking it might possibly be one of
our men we went to him. He first
begged for a drink of water, which I
gave him out of my canteen. After
he was wounded he had rolled into
the edge of this thicket in order to pro
tect himself from being run over by
the flying ambulances, artillery and
cavalry, constantly passing near. His
left knee cap was entirely shot off,
and he was extremely weak from the
loss of blood. His pitiful appeal to
help him we could not and would not
resist after talking to him. His name
John Burns of Cincinnati. Ohio,
y B. mourui onto regiment He
1 to be carried to our field hnnl.
tnL where he might receive attention.
ami. If possible get word to his loving
mother, being her only son. He had
a small Bible In his hand, with his
thumb resting inside on the fourteenth
chanter of St John. His thumb being
Moody it made a bloody spot on this
chanter. He desired that the Bible
shouH be sent to his mother, showing
where he last read.
" Omt field hospital being a few hun
dred yards in the rear, we carried
him there and requested our surgeon.
Dr. Redwood of Mobile, to examine
Mm, which be did la a few "minutes,
shahseaital being crowded with pa-
On examination tne ooctor
to he fatal and his
far an
But Mistress Qulckly's well in sight
' And spreads a goodly table.
"A plague of sighing and of grief-Better-good
friends, and beer, and beef!
Away now with a world of woes.
Till all our wits shall tire:
Dim sorrow to the black Night goes.
And blithely sings the lire!
Sighing and grief will turn ye gray
Make merry, masters, while ye may!
Ill weather but .the flame burns bright
Though storm rocks roof and steeple:
"Will" Shakespeare Is our guest to-night,
And welcome all his people!
Pile on the logs! and pour ye strong:
And give us Shakespeare and a song!
Atlanta Constitution.
Organizer
Jena Mitchell VaadersUca
Has Oee4 Werk in Pennsylvania
18f.fi he entered the law office of Theo
dore Cuyler and was admitted to the
bar in 1SC9, and has boen in active
practice ever since. He is one of the
oldest members of Post 2, and served
as its adjutant in 1873 and 1874. In
1S7C he was appointed by Commander
James W. Latta as assistant adjutant
general of the department of P3m
sylvania and served in that capacity
for six years, when, Ii 1882, he was
elected department commander. He
displayed wonderful ability as an
organizer, and during his term evcral
posts wore added to the department.
His work extended into other states,
and he was looked upon as one of the
most successful organizers in the
Grand Army of the Republic. In 1883
he was appointed adjutant general by
Commander in Chief Robert B. Beath,
and during that year the increase in
membership was nearly 100,000.
In 1889 he was instrumental in re
organizing the Gettysburg Battle Field
Memorial association, and was a di
rector for sixteen years, when the
field was transferred to the federal
government. He was unanimously se
lected by the association to write a
history of its work, which included a
history of the battle. He Is the au
thor of "Gettysburg There and
Then," which is the recognized au
thority upon the battle. From 1880
to 1886 he was an active member
of city councils. He is ex-president
of the Society of the Netherlands, the
first master workman of his lodge.
Ancient Order of United Workmen,
and past regent of Integrity Council
of Royal Arcanum. He is also direct
or of the Fredericksburg Battlefield
commission.
Pathetic Tale of Yoerthfaf
SeMier Who Died a Hera
operation. He was 18 years old.
When the doctor told him there was
no hope, he inquired if there were
any Christians present We told him
yes. In the meantime several of out
comrades had gathered around him.
He requested a prayer, to which one
of us responded, all being deeply
touched, then repeating a few line
of his mother's favorite song:
"There is a land of pure delight.
Where saints Immortal stand."
Which he requested us to sing with
him. This song begun there was tak
en up through the entire camps, even
back among the federal prisoners. All
around then bid him good-by. He
handed me his Bible, and requested
me to hand it to Sergeant Stevenson
of company B, Fourth Ohio regiment
This sergeant knew his family, and
he wanted him to send it to his
mother and tell her he 'died a Chris
tian.' The next morning I went to
the hospital and learned he was dead.
" 'As his body lay there I thought his
face bore the most peaceful look I
ever saw. I learned this Fourth 'Ohio
regiment was a part of Gen. Prentiss's
brigade which we had almost entirely
captured and had them corralled near
our lines. I told my captain about
the incident and requested a pass to
the prisoners to see if I could find
Sergeant Stevenson. He granted my
request, and I soon located the Fourth
Ohio regiment and inquired for the
sergeant calling his name. He came
forward to know what I wanted. I
inquired if he knew Jorn Burns. He
said, "Yes. have you all got him?"
I replied, "No, he is in glory." I then
told of his death. He was visibly af
fected and I could not restrain my
self. He said: "Johnnie Burns was
the best boy I ever saw; he was a
pet with the company. I boarded with
his family in Cincinnati, Ohio, and
was his Sunday school teacher In the
Baptist church." Other comrades gath
ered near and heard of his death, all
being very much affected, and ex
pressed their gratitude to me for what
I had done. During my entire service
of three years I frequently noticed
the fondness which existed between
Ohio and Alabama soldiers.
"'This narrative I have frequently
told, and now. in my declining years,
I desire it published. After the bat
tles are over there still exists that
tender tic between mankind and hu
man sympathy which is wondrous
kind.' "John Uri Uody in Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Butterflies and Birds.
Of all the "children of the air" that
gladden a June day, the monarch but
terfly is one of the most noticeable.
Its wings shimmer like gold alloyed
with copper as it pursues its lazy
flight in the sunshine. The male mon
arch is a true dandy and carries on
each hind wing a black sachet bag
containing a strong perfume, most
attractive to the other sex. The mon
arch is immune from bird enemies;
the callow birdling that takes a bite
from it wipes, his beak in disgust
and forever after connects the noi
some taste with orange wings. A too
hasty conclusion, of which the viceroy
butterfly takes advantage, and, by don
ning the monarchVuniform, escapes
scatheless, although any bird might
find it a beaksome morsel. Country
Life in America-
Moving Matches.
Put a few matches on the surface of
water in a basin in such a way that
they will form a star, with their heads
toward the center, thrust a piece of
soap, pointed at the end into the wa
ter at the center of the star, and you
will find that the matches will begin
to move away as if they were afraid
of the soap. Tou can coax them back
by putting a piece of sugar in the
center.
Only one subaltern in every 1,086
can hope to become a field marshal.
Do not try to do business for your
health. It Is hard on tne business,
and does not help the health any.
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In Selecting Feeders.
Quality. We may well dtotingatoh
Mtweea what might be called (a) gen
eral quality and (b) handling quality,
(a) General quality. By general qual
ity Is meant general reflaement of ex
ternal conformation as seen la the
head, horn; bone, compactness and
smoothness of outline. General qual
ity la affected by nothing so much as
breeding; la fact the two are very
closely associated. We seldom flnd
good quality in a plainly bred steer
and we generally flnd it in the well
bred, high grade animal. The desir
ability of general quality can not be
too strongly emphasized. While it Is
a characteristic that involves many
points and is difficult to describe. Its
presence or absence is quickly dis
cerned by the trained eye of the in
telligent buyer. It is this characteris
tic In the stackers and feeders more
than any other we depend upon as in
dicating that the animal has within it
the possibility of making a market
topper or at any rate a prime steer.
The ablUty to select stackers aafl
feeders having within them the possi
bility of making prime steers is one
of the first and most important lessons
for the stockman to learn. Profits in
steer feeding come not so much from
skill In feeding and management as
from Intelligent buying and selling.
The profit resulting from an increase
during the fattening period, of the
value per pound of the total weight
af the animal it as important as that
resulting from the method employed
in the feeding and management It is
seldom possible to produce at a profit
gains which do not iacrease the value
per pound of the total weight of the
animal. Hence the importance of in
telligent buying, or the selection of
feeders and stackers of good quality.
(b) Handling quality. Good han
dling quality indicates that the pos
sessor Is a good feeder. It shows that
the animal is in good health or thrift
ind capable of beginning to gain aa
3oon as an abundance of food Is sup
plied. We speak of cattle as possess
ing good handling quality when the
skin is mellow and loose. A thick,
mossy coat of hair of medium fineness
and a moderately thick skin are also
desirable. Prof. Herbert W. Mum
ford.
The Battle of Grass and Weeds,
The dominant vegetation existing
in any section of country, if left to it
self, usually repels invaders. The rea-'
son that certain kinds of plants only
ire found growing predominantly any
where is because, for the time being,
they are best fitted to survive under
local conditions. Those less well fit
ted are crowded out, and perish. In
an old plant region, as a forest or a
prairie, vegetation of a particular sort
has established Itself as the result Of
centuries of competition with other
plants contesting for the same space.
Seeds of invading species, however,
nay He dormant for some time In the
soil, awaiting the clearing of the land
to germinate and grow. Notice the
new plants that appear where land is
cleared of trees or sod and left to lt
jelf. So long as the conditions in na
me surrounding the wild prairie
;rass remain the same, they will con
tinue to grow in about the same pro
portions and to about the same extent
Man, however, changes natural condi
tions violently. By breaking sod and
putting In crops he opens places
which afford room for strange plants,
weeds, the seeds of which are carried
thence to neighboring grazing land.
Even then they will not drive out the
wild grasses if the latter are left to
themselves. On the contrary, if a
farm is abandoned, weeds may riot for
a few years la the broken toad, hat the
sod retakes the soil eventually in the
prairie regions, and the weeds are
crowded out H. F. Roberts.
Sweet Clover as a Soil AmetioranL
Bulletin 233, Ohio Station: Those
who have carefully observed the hab
its of the wild sweet clover (other
arise known as Bokhara clover or mel
Hot) have noticed that its volunteer
growth is practically confined to road
sides where the surface soil has been
scraped away or where the ground has
been puddled by trampling, and to sim
ilar locations elsewhere, such as the
bottoms of abandoned brickyards or
places in pasture fields where the soil
has been trampled while wet, or hill
sides from which the surface soil has
been washed away. It is practically
never found invading pastures or
other lands which have been kept in
good condition. At the Ohio Experi
ment Station the seeus of this plant
have repeatedly been sown on soils
which were merely thin, but not
washed or puddled, but Invariably
without success. The only case in
which it has been induced to grow
was where it was sown on the bottom
Df an old brickyard at Columbus in
1888. Here full stand and vigorous
growth was obtained, and the crop
was allowed to stand and re-seed itself
jntil the fall of 1891, when it was
plowed under and the land sown to
wheat The result was a yield of 26.9
bushels of wheat per acre on the land
where melilot had grown, against a
yield of 18.6 bushels oa similar land
alongside, which had been cropped
with corn and oats the two season's
previously.
Developing the Rice Industry.
The work of iatrodudag new plants
Into this country Is proving exceed
ingly beneficial from a commercial
standpoint The introduction of rice
from Japan a few years ago illus
trates this. Secretary Wilson in a
recent report said: In my last report
attention was called to the fact" that
the Introduction of Japaaese rice re
sulted in aa Increased production,
amounting to -at least 81.000,000, of
this commodity: la .Louisiana, and fur
thermore, that the Impetus given to
the work ia Louisiana aad Texas tod
to the Investment of not less than
820.000,009 ia the Industry. "In 1900
about 8,000,000 pounds more rice were
produced than in 1899. aad this year
65,000,000 pounds more were produced
than In 1900. With the rapid la
crease ia our owa production the Im
portation of rice from foreign coun
tries is falling off, as shown by the
fact that ia three years the imports
have decreased from 154.000,000
pounds to 78,00999 pounds. All the
increase in home production can not,
of course, be ascribed to the depart
meat's introduction and distribattoa
of Japanese rice, bat the great im
petus to its production In this coun
try was given by the department's in,
traduction three years ago. Evi
dently it will he hat a few years until
the United-States will" not only grow
all the rice consumed here, hat will
export part of the product as well.
. Sugar Beet Pulp as Feed.
Bulletin 193. of the Michigan sta
tion, says: the establishment of hast
sugar factories in Michigan has tar
nished farmers a new stock food la
the shape of beet pulp. This palp Is
clean in appearance, almost odorless,
very wet and heavy, but reaoily eaten
by all kinds of live stock. As the palp
leaves the factory, it passes through a
press which removes some of the wa
ter, but leaves from 89 to M pounds of
water to each hundred pounds of palp.
In Germany pre, s have been Intro
duced which reduce the per cent of
water to 80. Where each hundred
pounds of pulp is made up of ft pounds
of water and 19 pounds of dry matter
It is evident that a toa of it will have
but 200 pounds of dry matter. If by
the use of Improved presses a palp
can be produced by the fac.orlas one
hundred pounds of which shall con
tain bat 80 pounds of water, with M
pounds of dry matter, it is evideat that
a ton of it will contain 400 aonads
of dry matter. In other words, re
garding the water as of no value, a
ton of the pressed pulp is worth, as
far as content of dry matter is con
cerned, twice as much as a ton of the
palp as found -in the piles of the mate
rial at the factories in Michigan. Ex
periments in this country and abroad
have shown conclusively that while
the addition of a succulent food to
a ration otherwise made up of dry
feeds, prodrces results Indicating a
value to the succulent food out of all
proportion to its content of dry mat
ter, forcing an animal to consume an
undue amount of water results in a
positive loss. It is, therefore, to be
hoped that ere long the factories, upon
finding a demand for the pulp as a
stock food, will so prepare it as to
leave In it no greater per cent of wa
ter than 80.
Many of the Michigan factories han
dle as high as 600 tons of beets per.
day, turning out fully 300 tons of pulp.
The average campaign Is not less than
90 days. It is safe t estimate the
annual output of beet pulp In this state
with the present 13 factories, as fully
300,000 tons. The economical utiliza
tion of this vast amount cf material Is
therefore a question of considerable
moment At nearly all the factories
the great bulk of the pulp Is left to
decay where it is dumped by the con
veyor. Injurious Inbreeding.
A practice that has been extensive
ly tried in the past is that of in-and-in
breeding mating near relations, as
sire and offspring, etc. The history of
the greatest breeders the world has
ever known has shown it to bean un
desirable practice, resulting in lack of
constitution, infertility, and weakness.
Bakewell, Booth, the Collingses, and
even Cruickshank, In a measure, re
sorted to In-and-in breeding, with the
hope that it would produce the ideal
animals they desired. Yet in every
case they found it necessary to intro
duce fresh blood into their herds is
order to save them from ruin. The
close inbreeding practiced by Thomas
Bates resulted in placing a stain on the
name of Bates cattle that it has takea
generations to overcome, notwith
standing that Bates was, perhaps, the
most wonderful breeder of the nine
teenth century. We must have fresh
blood in our herds; otherwise there
will result deterloriatlon lack cf
stamina, size, and general quality. If
one wishes to breed within certain
family lines, then it Is wiser to prac
tice line breeding, keeping as far from
inbreeding as possible, and yet using
the blood relationship of animals
within the same general family.
A Hog House.
Mv nle house Is 200 feet long by
thirty-two feet wide, with eight foot.
driveway through the middle, Tnat
leaves an eight-foot pen on each side.
These pens are used for sows to far
row in and for finishing up fat hogs.
I put from four to six In each pen,
according to size, so they cannot pile
up. We drive through the center to
clean up and put in bedding. I have
no floors of any kind in this house.
Cement is too cold; stone is too hard
to lie on; wooden floors will swell and
retain urine, which will freeze, and
this also makes it cold. I fill up
with sandy soil, so that water cannot
run in from the outside. It is the
warmest floor that I know of. This
house is so situated that stock can
go to their different pastures, and
also come into it for shade in hot
weather. To the center of the build
ing I have attached an addition, six
teen by thirty-two feet, in which I
keep ground feed, a water tank, feed
tank. cob bin and a steamer. We
scald feed in very cold weather, and
take the chill from the water. Wa
ter is forced into the tank by wind
power. Theodore B. Mead.
Age and Gain in Weight,
A swine raiser needs to be some
thing of a scientist and an observer
to be able to determine just when a
hog is making his most profitable
gains. This period does not begin
as soon as the pig comes into the
world nor does it last till the pig Is
ready to die of old age. The pig is
like a plant At first he grows very
slowly and the gain being made Is not
very perceptible. As he grows older
the rate of gain per day Increases till
by the time he is two months of age
he is beginning to make money for
his owner. This period of profitable
gain lasts for perhaps eight months,
when a decline in rate of gain sets
in. This brings the pig to the age of
10 months, at which time it will be
found profitable to dispose of him.
The old custom of keeping a hog till
he was eighteen months old was long
since abandoned by scientific breed
ers. Horses In Australia.
The number of horses in Australasia
Is placed at the following for the year
1899, the last year of which we have
any report: New South Wales, 482,
200; Victoria, 431,547; Queensland,
479,127; South Australia, 189,385;
Western Australia, 65,918; Tasmania,
31,189; New Zealand, 261,931;. total.
1,932,247. The total value is placed
at 883.732,999. Horses In. that part
of the world have increased very
greatly in the last forty years, as Is
seen by the following: 1861, '459370;
1871. 782.558: 1881. 1.249,765; 18JL
1,785.835; 1899. 1,932,247. Queensland
shows the greatest Iacrease, the num
ber being about thirty times greater
than, ia 1861. -
The lakes on the Mangishlabe pen
insula in the Caspian sea are sweet
smelling, owing to the presence of
violet-scented seaweed.
Hand Separator Cream.
Prof. E. W. Curtis, at a Kansas con
vention said: The farmer that has
been ia the habit of separating his
milk oa the farm will not again go to
hauling his milk to the creamery. He
avoids hauling. The skim milk from
a hand separator is more suitable for
calf feed than is whole milk. On the
other hand, the cream separated by
the hand separator to not so good as
the cream the creameryman separates
from the whole milk brought to him.
We can't get the patrons to take care
of their cream. We can get some of
our patrons to do that at first, but
they soon flnd out that they get no
more for their milk than do the pa
trons whose cream Is brought to the
factory ia poor condition. Wa have
triad scoring, bat that has not proved
successful. We arenow baying cream
both by the Babcock test aad by the
acidity test, paying less for the cream
that has too much acid. The time is
coming when there will be a pasteur
ising establishment In every village
of the state. Ia that case only sweet
milk can be taken, for It will have to
be received sweet to be successfully
pasteurised.
Q. What does it cost to gather the
cream separated by the hand separa
tor? A. I find that my summer make to
four times what It to In winter. Prob
ably the, average cost of hauling to
about 1 cents per pound of butter
fat A farmer: 1 am a patron of a
creamery and have a hand separator.
I have been getting six cents per
pound more for my milk than those
that haul their own milk to market,
and 1 have the sweet skim milk to
feed to my calves.
Uniformity in Butter.
Uniformity in butter Is one of the
most difficult tilings to be obtained,
yet It Is ono of the things that the
market demands. It Is claimed that
the British market Is even more ex
acting iu this regard than to our
own market The foreigner demands
that he receive the same kind of but
ter each time, for he wants to know
that It Is good, and how can he know
that it is good unless it be uniform?
Moreover, the taste becomes educated
to a certain product, and demands to
be catered to- The grocer that goes
Into a commission house to purchase
a large lot of butter will take what
he knows to be uniform, and that
only. As soon as he finds butter that
Is not uniform he to afraid of it. It
requires uniformity to give confi
dence. The butter makers on the
farm have to face the same condltioa
of things that to faced by the makers
of. creamery butter, If they want to
sell their butter on the open market
Uniformity can be attained only by
scientific methods, and these meth
ods are within the reach of every per
son that cares to make the effort to
have his butter product uniform.
Guesswork will need to be dropped
and exact measurements substituted.
The salo must be weighed into a
known weight of butter. The ther
mometer must be used both in the
ripening of the cream and at churning
time. The acid test must be under
stood and utilized. In fact, the per
son that desires a uniform product
cannot afford to neglect any detail
of operation to secure that uniformity.
The English Buying American Cows.
The agent of a large creamery es
tablishment In England to In this
cuntry purchasing cows to ship
home. He says that the English have
buen for some time purchasing cows
is. the European countries, but espe
cially in Holland. It has, however,
buen found difficult to secure enough
cows of the kind needed, and so he
has crossed the Atlantic for that pur
pose. It is a pity that American dai
rymen find it advisable to sell cows
to go across the water. We need in
this country all the best cows as
breeders. It may well be feared that
American dairymen will sell the best
they have In this line, as the English
will pay enough to make it an object
to do so. It is reported that cows
are very much higher in price in Eu
rope than In this country, and that
Is a disturbing factor viewed from
the standpoint of the American dairy
Industry. It to to be hoped that this
buying will not become popular with
Europeans, as it pays the American
far better to sell the products of our
dairy cows than to sell the machines
that produce the dairy products.
Paying for Fat and Casein.
In Prince Edward's Island some of
the cheese factories have adopted the
plan of paying patrons for not only the
fat In the milk but also for the casein.
According to the rules that have been
adopted by most of the factories in
this country purchase by fat content
only to practiced. This seems to be
the correct method. It has been shown
that the relative casein and fat con
tent of milk to about constant This
Is the case with normal milk. Of
course if a man skims his milk and
and then sells it by the Babcock test
he himself Is the loser of a part of
the casein. But this factor to unim
portant as it to not likely that many
farmers that send milk to cheese fac
tories skim off a part of the cream.
We can see no, particular advantage In
taking the casein into consideration
when buying milk for anything, pro
vided that milk be bought on the
Babcock test
Improving the Land Through Feeding.
On many of the European farms the
owners plan to feed their animals
rich food for the purpose of Indirect
ly benefiting the land on which the
droppings are to go. Immense quan
tities of cotton seed meal and linseed
cake are yearly fed to cattle and the
high-priced land ttmsimproved. What
is a good thing for the European farm
ers should be a better thing for farm
ers on this side of the water, because
we are at the base of supplies. The
Europeans have to buy these rich
.feeds very largely from the United
States. They pay the cost or trans
porting across the water and over
railroads, aad for handling several
times, besides the toll to the various
middlemen under whose charge it
comes at various times.. We should
take .into consideration the manurial
value of the things we buy for our
cattle and other stock, with the ob
ject of obtaining manure as rich as
possible In fertility most needed on
the land.
Thirty-seven per cent of the world's
tobacco crop is raised la the United
States.
See that slime does aot accumulate
in the drinkinc dishes of the fowls.
"set Pronto hi Strawmerrlsa,
It to Interesting to go back la
mind to the time when strawberry
growing first became popular la this
country. The real interest In straw
berry raising began just before the
Civil War. Strawberries of the cul
tivated varieties were then very un
common. The wild ones sold for par
haps 10 cents a quart When the
improved varieties came late the
market they commanded a vary high
price, especially just before or after
the natural season for the wBa ones.
By the end of the war the profitable
culture of strawberries was drawlag
a good deal of attention. Men made
from 8600 to $800 oa single acres of
ground. The phenomenal profits In
duced thousands to rash tote the
business. Ia time the prices dropped
so that many cultivators that weat la
with high hopes of making great for
tunes abandoned the business tn dis
gust Following that came a seasoa
when the industry of strawberry grow
ing had settled down to a commercial
enterprise oa commercial ttaes,
where it has remained ever since.
Though the profits are aot now phe
nomenal, yet they are sufficient to
Insure a continuance of the vary taraa
supplies of the most popular of all
berries.
Biting and Sucking Insects.
Briefly stated, there are two 'classes
of Insects biting and sucking. The
latter group Includes those Insects
which Injure the plants by inserting
their tube-like mouth parts lata the
plant tissue and draw ap the sap of the
plant Common forms of these iasects
are the scale Insects, red spiders, wooley
aphis sad other plant lice. The reme
dy must be one that kills by contact
with the Insect body such as kerosene,
kerosene emulsion and the soap aUx
tures. The biting insects are those
which chew and swallow some portion
of the plant or fruit- The grass-hopper,
many beetles and the codling moth
larva) are good illustrations. The di
rect poison, such as Paris green or
other arsenicals, which can he applied
to the part of the plant that Is eaten by
the Insect are the surest remedies.
New Mexico Experiment Station.
The catalpa tree Is growing in favor
as a tree for fence posts. It Is a quick
grower, as trees go, aad the wood will
last a long time when used for fence
posts. Hardy varieties only should
be grown.
The reason why more trees are not
planted Is that it takes too long to
bring them to any size. The farmer
wants quick returns.
Sweet Corn.
Sweet corn for family use should be
planted at different times throughout
the season, that the users may have
It coming on at convenient periods.
The same to true if green corn to to
be sold In the market There are sev
eral advantages in the raising of
sweet corn. One of them to that sweet
corn can be harvested much cheaper
than can field corn, as the harvesting
consists only In going through the
fields and snapping off the ears that
are ready to use. Another advantage
Is that the stalks may be fed green
to the milch cows, and will produce
a large revenue In that way, provided
n farmer have several cows that are
giving milk. The fact that it does
not all reach marketable size at the
same time makes It far easier to han
dle the crop than to the case with
field corn. In addition, there Is no
fear of fall frosts, for the corn does
not have to be ripened and thus
makes the necessary growth In a
much shorter season than does the
field crop. In fact, sweet corn can
be grown much farther north than
can the corn for common uses.
The Dust Spray.
It to reported from Missouri that a
good deal of dust spraying was done
last year, but with what result we
do not know. However, it Is believed
that dust spraying does not prove as
effective as does spraying with liquids.
The dust to made by air-slaking ten
pounds of lime and adding to it one
pound of Bordeaux mixture In three
quarts of water. The lime absorbs
the liquid portion to such an extent
that dust results that can be used in
the dust sprayers. Some of the ex
perimenters say that while It to true
that the dust spray to not so good as
the liquid spray, yet three sprayings
with the dust spray can be given with
the same amount of labor required to
give one treatment of the liquid spray
ing. The dust spray Is still in the ex
perimental stage. If any reader of
the Farmers' Review has used it we
would be pleased to hear from him
relative to its success in bis. case.
Starting Cantaloupes.
Cantaloupes can be started In hot
houses and afterward transferred to
the fields. In some vineyards the
practice to followed of sowing one
seed in a box the size of a cigar box
and allowing It to develop to good
size before transplanting. The boxes
are then taken to the field and the
sides and ends torn off, the bottoms
being left to hold the roots In place.
When placed In the ground the plants
go on growing as If nothing had hap
pened, for the pieces of boards re
maining do not prevent the spread of
the roots laterally. The advantages
of this method are several. One of
them to that while the plants are un
der glass they are protected from
their Insect enemies and make a good
growth. After they become strong
and vigorous. Insects do them little
harm. Of course'another advantage
is that the melons are ripened several
weeks earlier than they otherwise
wouli be.
Setting Apple Trees.
From the Farmers' Review: In your
issue of May 2i I read anarticle on
orchard management. In7 which Mr.
Aldrich advises setting trees leaning
to the Southeast This presents a
new phase as to leaning trees.
Neither southeast nor southwest to ad
visable. It to my experience that It
should lean toward the sun at be
tween half-past twelve and one
o'clock. Edson Gaylord, Iowa
Result cf Sunday Closing.
In Cardiff, Wales, before the sa
loons were closed on Sunday, with
a population of 80.000, there were
sixty-two convictions for Sunda)
drunkenness In 1881. Last year, with
a population of 170,000, there were
but nine cases.
For a quarter of a century no new
houses have been built In the Susse?
(England) village or Slindon.
Relations between the milkman sue
the hydrant are frequently stralaed.
About thirty miles from the port of
acajutla, in Central America, there to
generally In a stole of eruption a
luge volcano called Izalco. At night
when lying la the harbor of Acajetto.
ou may see him every twenty or
Airty minutes cover his summit with
& mantle of glowlag lava.
. So far. welL That Is exactly what
the people of the state keep a careful
watch over, and they go to sleep witn
sense of security as long as he to ia
3rupUoa. But If he stops for a few
hours then they are alarmed, as from
centuries of traditional experience
they look for a tremendous explosion
'soon, aad they put it dowa to this rea
son: In the mountain, they say, lives one
big devil with a very large family,
for which he finds it difficult to pro
vide, aad over whom he has much
trouble la exercising control. As n
consequence there are times whea the
big devil's larder to empty, the kitch
en Are goes out. or some one In the
Gen. Lee's Idea as
M Destruction of Ike Maine
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee recently gave his
theory regarding the destruction of the
battleship Maine. After relating the
circumstances of the explosion and de
scribing the scene of fire and carnage
he witnessed, on visiting the locality a
few minutes after the event he said:
"My theory is that it was done by
young officers who hnd been attached
toWeyler. After the catastrophe they
disappeared. Young officers of the
(Spanish) army did not take the trou
ble to hide their pleasure over the hor
rible affair. Many of them dropped
their usual potations of red wine nnd
opened bottles of champagne In the
cafes. The government of Cuba im
mediately tried to forestall European
opinion by sending a dispatch which
stated that the explosion had been
caused by the carelessness of the
Americans themselves. As 'to that I
want to say that the keys to the mag
azine of every American man-of-war
are brought to the captain aad are
hung on hooks nt the head of his bed
so that he can know where they arc
all the time.
"When the divers went to work on
the Maine Capt 8igsbee said to them:
"Go lato my cabin aad see if the keys
to the magazine are hanging where
they ought to be." The divers came
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Acts at Btaaanlment 1
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Jilted twenty years since on the eve
of his marriage, a Haddersfield gentle
man vowed that he would never again
so long as he lived speak to a woman.
To the day of his death, which oc
curred two years back, be kept his
word, exception not being made even
in the case of his sisters. Nor did his
resentment cease with life, for when
his will was read it was found that
only to his male relatives did any ben
efit accrue, says London Tit-Bits.
On his marriage morn a Mr. A
received a callous note from his
fiancee breaking off the match. So
affected was he by this abrupt intima
tion that he swore that he would never
again open a letter. Despite every ar
gument he stuck to his determination
so that all messages had to be deliv
ered by word of mouth, or. should they
come from a distance, by telegram a
form of communication which, some
what inconsistently, was not Included
under the ban.
In one of the largest cemeteries at
Vienna stands a handsome monument
erected to the memory of the lady
whose eulogy it bears. It was placed
there by an eccentric bachelor, who,
having in his youth been jilted by the
deceased, swore that if he could aot
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THREW AWAY HIS TROUSERS
Station Agent's Accurate Shot Left
Him in a Dilemma.
' He bad been a brakeman on the
G N railway, but. owing to In
juries received in the service, had
been given a less hazardous position
as station agent at a small place on
the line of the road. His entire ward
robe consisted of one suit of clothes,
and he was patieatly awaiting the
next payday to -get the wherewithal to
purchase another.
The fast mall and express, which
was due at midnight was reported
four hours late, so he thought he could
get in a pretty fair night's rest by set
ting his alarm clock about an hour
ahead of the time when the train was
likely to come, as he needed little
time to perform the only duty required
!of him. viz., to see that the sack of
mail was properly hooked to the crane,
so that the extending arm of the fast
mail car would surely catch it as the
train went by.
The alarm clock, of course, upon
this occasion, failed to work, and he
was awakened by the shrieking of the
whistle of the engine as It warned the
station of the coming of the train. He
jumped for the sack and his trousers,
grabbed both, rushed out on the plat
form, made an accurate throw, and
whiz! away sped the train. He turned
to pick up his trousers, when he found
he had thrown them upon the crane,
and they had gone in place of the
mail. As to whether or not he dressed
in the mail sack . But enough
said. The Drawer, Harper's Magazine
for June.
His Qualifications.
He was pleading his cause earnest
ly. "I am wealthy," he said, "and could
make ample provision for you."
She nodded and checked one point
off on her fingers.
"I have had experience with the
world," he continued.
She checked off another point
"I have passed the frivolous point"
he went on. "and I have the steadfast
ness, the age and the wisdom to guard
and guide you well."
"The points you make are strong
ones." she said, s'but they lead unde
viatiagly to the conclusion that you
would make an excellent father for
me. Tou have all the necessary quali
fications, but just now I am looking
far a husband.
fiery hoaseheld hai
with no medicine to hand.
So reasoning hi this way they take
food, chickens and baaaaas. some
medicine, aad cautiously approach aa
aear the mouatala as they dare ven
ture. Then they light a Are. place the
fold beside it aad hasten away to a
safe distance to watch and see what
will happen. If Isalcd agate com
mences to eject lava they are relieved
aad cry:
"Ah, ha! The devil to happy again.
See. he to getting his supper." And
then they go to a cock fight or start
a revolution In perfect contentment
But if Isaico does not begin to
smoke and get his supper, then they
take flight away oat of reach of his
vengeance until his angry humor has
passed over; aad really their way of
predicting n catastrophe seems to be
as good as any other.
The
of great
often
produces great
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up with the keys. They had found
them hanging by the side of the cap
tain's bed. Furthermore, the investi
gation brought out .that the plates of
the fore part of the ship were bent
upward, showing clearly that the
force of the explosion had been di
rected from the bottom. The court of
inquiry heard plenty of testimony
which showed that there had been two
expkwicns, one when the torpedo went
off aad tore its way to the ship's mag
azine and the other when the maga
zine exploded with n roar."
The real cause of the destruction of
the Maine is still a mystery, though
there is strong reason for accepting
Gen. Lee's view. The report of the
United States court of naval Inquiry
sustained the theory of aa outside ex
plosion, but said "the court has been
unable to obtain any evidence fixing
the responsibility for the destruction
of the Maine upon any person or per
sons." The solution of such mysteries
comes In time, says the Indianapolis
Journal, and probably this one will be
solved when those who are in posses
sion of the secret think the right time
has come.
A truly great name was never
bought at the price of n good one.
aael eat Placard hy
wed he would at all events bury her.
And he kept his word: for the lady,
having fallen upon evil days, died In
the direst poverty, and but for her old
lover's strange oath woHld have been
interred in a pauper's grave.
Though her locks were red. the
daughter of a south country doctor,
like the heroine of Wilkie Collins
novel "Armadale." was a very hand
some woman, who played fast and
loose with men's hearts, aad among
them with that of a Manchester mer
chant, who, when his hopes were at
their zenith, found Himself thrown
over in favor of a rival. His resent
ment assumed a curious form, for
from that hour not only would he not
suffer aught approaching in color to
the pronounced auburn of the false
one's tresses to remain within his
house, but he swore that he would dis
inherit his two sisters, whose hair was
perilously near the proscribed hue, un
less they should adapt their appear
ance to the exigencies of his whim.
They did so, and by calling art. in
the form of a certain dye, to their
aid. happily averted the catastrophe.
Usually the little things are the
last we are willing to leave to God.
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HISTORY OF SELL FOUNDING
For Centuries Art Was in the Hands
of the Menka.
Like most other arts and crafts,
bell founding was for some centuries
almost exclusively confined to the
monks. St Dunstan was a skillful
workman, and was said by Ingulphus
to have given bells to the western
churches. Later on. whea a regular
trade had been established, some bell
founders wandered from place to
place; but the majority settled in the
large towns, principally Loadon. Glou
cester. Salisbury. Norwich. Bury St.
Edmunds and Colchester. It was long
a fixed Idea that silver mixed with the
bell metal improved the tone, but that
is now considered incorrect. The
"Acton Nightingale" and "Silver Bell"
two singularly sweet bells at St.
John's college, Cambridge are said to
have a mixture of silver; but, if true,
this is not believed by competent au
thorities to be the cause of their beau
tiful tone. This idea led to the story
of the Monk Tandlo concealing the
Sliver given him by Charlemagne and
casting the bell in the monastery of
St Paul of inferior metal, whereupon
he was struck by the clapper and
killed. In the ninth century bells
were made in France of Iron; they
have been cast In steel, aad the tone
has been found nearly equal In fine
ness to that of bell metal, but. having
less vibration, was deficient In length;
and thick glass bells have been made
which give a beautiful sound, but are
too brittle to long withstand the
stroke ot the clapper.
What She Would Say.
They were seated oa the sofa in the
parlor. His false, curling mustache
was very near to the painted roses
on her cheeks. He was doubtful,
after all, whether notwithstanding the
innumerable vows of undying devo
tion that bad passed between them, he
really loved her with the twenty-two
carat, ten-ton power that he ought to.
if be was to regard her as his future
wife, and he wondered how he could
break the news gently. So la a very
low voice he said:
"What would you say. darling if I
should ten yon that yon can never be
mine?"
"I should say. pet" she answered,
"that I've got a alee bundle of your
letters that would help to make It
expeaaive for yea,
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