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These are your own-Oh. city, hold them Fight A Westfall Where ConfeeWaleo Wero Driven IT Vanwi Th1na rnntrihntes the following to the Ohio State Journal: 1 "In the State Journal of May 31 ap pears an account of the ravelling of a monument to the memory of Con federate soldiers at Westfall. Mo., a auburn of Kansas City, by the Daugh ters of the Confederacy. "Many of the survivors of the Niaety-lfth and Seventy-second regi ments. O. V. L. of the late Gen. Mc Millen's brigade, well remember the battle at Westfall on Little Blue river, Missouri, seven miles from Kansas City, on Monday morning, Oct. 24. 1864. We were not engaged In that battle but made a nearly all night march hurrying to get there in time. "The command under Major Gen eral A. J. Smith, three divisions, went from Memphis to Little Rock the first week of September and headed oft the enemy, which came down from West ern Missouri, under command of Gen. Sterling Brlce to take Little Rock. The enemy was driven back into western Missouri, and on Oct 23 our command marched twenty miles in close pursuit of the enemy, which was mounted, and went into camp at Sun set, within ten miles of Independence. At 12 o'clock that night we received orders to march again, as the enemy Origin of Memorial Day First Decoration off sv Soldier's Grave Wavs Ssonto-neoae Act of Nature Will B. Smith, author of "On Wheels, and How I Came There." sends the following to the Los An geles Times: "On a beautiful May day. thirty-fivo years ago. there gathered beneath the overhanging boughs of a fruit-bearing tree beside an open grave in a little churchyard among the mountains of New York, the friends and kinsmen of one who. though a mere boy. had faced the brunt of battle, his body pierced by the enemy's bullets and had won for himself the golden crown of martyrdom in the military service of his country. There were also gath ered there a few of his comrades in arms, bronzed veterans, survivors of the red lames of carnage that swept Pickett's division from the field of Gettysburg, who had come to drop a tear at a comrade's grave and voice a tribute to his memory. An Appetizing Stew OM SoMler Telle off Finest Meal Ho Has Ever Esvten "I never saw a guerrilla in my life," aid one of Col. Opdyke's Tigers (One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio). "I ever saw a prisoner cruelly treated, but I was often cruelly treated myself- mostly by circumstances, but I generally came out in pretty good shape. I had uie worst luck while we were penned up in Chattanooga, after Chlckamauga. While in the act of stealing corn from a mule I receiv ed a kick from the aforesaid mule that seemed to me the very quint essence of cruelty. There I was starv ing, and here was a mule eating corn. I didn't want all of his blamed corn, anyhow, but the momsnt I tried to take one ear he let loose and I went over backward. "When I got to my feet I was in a retaliatory mood. I killed the mule, skinned the carcass, cut out what I regarded as the choicest bit of mule Wm"i MmM iijMWMWWWWWWV Togedder We "8tories of Osterhaus." says a Fourth .Iowa man, "reminded me of something that happened at Dallas. Georgia, dur ing the Atlanta campaign. There was beautiful lighting in front on the right flank, and a cross fire on our position; which made the situation extremely interesting. In the heat of the fight Gen. Osterhaus rode up to our posi tion with only two or three mounted men as escort As he came in range he quickly dismounted and gave his horse to one of his orderlies, and di rected him to go to the rear. "The general dropped all dignity for the time being and made a run to get behind a tree. When he reached the tree he found there a big German In An Old Well A few, days ago an old citizen of this town informed Janitor Hennlnger that when the workmen who are ex cavating for an addition to the court house would reach the bottom of a well back of the old Hope Fire Com pany's house, in the rear of the court house, they would likely find some h nmns bones. This morning the work- reached the point indicated and quantity of human bones were din- together with a number cf buttons. 'Being questioned farther the man who gave the information said that daring the civil war. before the town was burned by the Confederates, a res Meat of Chaabersburg an? a Confed erate ohlcer were engaged in a game of cares in the fire company's house. Mr. Henainger's informant was prev ia seat by the Chambero- to purchase some beer. On his return he found the Chambers- alone. Upon being asked become of the Confederate the Chamberseurger replied i altercation had ensued; that ht the fan his had thstai he sad thrown THE SONGS OF THE BUGLES. - fast! These are your own. and the great sea waits to greet them. And down the way that leads to her your strong men march past. March past! March past! And what's to stop or stay them? March past, march past, and whos . say them nay? There was no prayer that you could pray to hold them or delay them. For the flag Is on the April wind and all the bugles play. Cheer! For high hope, or young courage burning. , Cheer! For quiet eyes and for the steady tread , Cheer! For all those who go! Cheer. for their safe returning. Aye. and cheer your hearts out to cheer to pledge your dead! Arthur Ketchum. In Ainslee's Mags sine. Bavck Into Western Missouri was being held at Little Blue River, Gen. Blount's and Curtis' cavalry, six miles beyond Independence, by having come in from Kansas; Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry force was In our front and in rear of the enemy. "Gen. Smith's command started at 4 o'clock a. m. The enemy knowing that the cavalry would be reinforced by the infantry at sunrise made a determined charge on our cavalry lines and fought its way out "Gen. Smith's command arrived on the battle ground about an hour after the battle. There was every indica tion that there had been desperate fighting; bloody nats were lying scat tered about, and there were many bodies of both Union and Confederate soldiers lying in the timber along the stream. The southwest bank of the stream showed evidence of a fierce struggle. "Our command remained there dur ing the day gathering up and burying the dead and then went on into Kan sas. The cavalry followed the enemy into the Indian territory. The in fantry command returned to St Louis. We suffered terribly, as we had only rubber blankets and the weather became extremely cold, with snow fifteen inches in depth, before our arrival in St Louis on Nov. 12." "Just as the solemn rites of burls,' were over and the last shovelful of earth had been heaped upon his rest ing place. God's breath shook the overhanging boughs and sweet beauti ful apple blossoms came gently down and decorated the hero's grave. "This incident coming to the ears of Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan was the inspiration that caused him to issue the order creating Grand Ar my Memorial Day. and ever since on the 30th of May the loyal people of this Union gladly follow the example heaven so graciously set and to see that no veteran's grave is neglected with the flowers of spring, and place thereon the flag which the valor of himself and comrades kept flying un der the blue heaven." Liberty consists of letting your wife Co as you please. flesh, boiled it until it was thoroughly cooked, seasoned it with salt and pep per, to which I added the stolen corn, after parching and grinding it, by putting it into a stocking and beating it until it was practically meal. This stew was to me in my starving con dition the most appetizing food I ever ate. Sometimes when I go Into the high grade restaurants or go to my own table, where the choicest food has been cooked in the best possible way, I think of that mule stew at Chattanooga. Do you know, no din ner in the world has ever ceemed as good to me as the flesh of that mule which kicked me for stealing corn. This was cruelty, of course. The mule was cruel to me, and I was cruel to the mule, but it was war." It is better to be true to the false than to be false to the true. Stick When Gen. Ootorhams avndl German SoMler Took Refuse Behind Ti named William Kenney of the Fourth Iowa. As Kenney himself was almost too large for the tree, the general said: 'Get away, maa. get away from here.' Kenney turned, and in his cool, deliberate way, asked: 'Must I to the rear go?' Osterhaus said at once: 'No, no, my good man. Stick right here; we cannot spare you just at this time. The tree is big enough for two.' Then. replied Kenney, toged der we stick.' Osterhaus remained behind the tree, directing operations until he was satisfied that the fight was going the right way. and when ever the boys of the Fourth Iowa saw him after that they said among them selves. Togedder we stick.'" Remains off Confederate Officer Unearthed at Chambersbtirg, Pa. been broken, and in order to get rid of him he had thrown the body down the well. The man who is supposed to have committed the deed has not been a resident of this town for many years Chambersburg (Pa.) Correspond ence Philadelphia Press. Only One at This Reunion. There was an "old soldier" reunion at Paris, m., recently, with one veter an only taking part, but he went through the ceremony with evident en joyment sajs th'. New York Times He is Daniel G. Burr of Paris. With no audience save the trees of the fail grounds he called the roll of the men who went from Edgar county to the Mexican war. but who are either dead or so widely scattered that he alone is left in the county. In former years the annual reunions were well attended, but gradually death and removal left him alone. For several years, he has issued the call for the reunion, and himself been the only person to respond. He ta S3 years eld and feeble. Range Notes. Mohave County, Axis.: Our ranges a this comity are at this time very iry and poor. They are bow stocked rfth cattle and horses that are dotrng airly well, bat that are sot fat. There s one hand of goats sixteen miles torn here numbering something like ,M head. They are a good breed of tngoras and the owner wants to aeU hem. They can be bought for U-W ler head. O. D. M. Gaddla. Coconino County. Axis.: Ranges Is his vicinity are Just fair. A coatin ious stretch of dry weather has re laced the moisture to such an extent hat the outlook Is anything but en tturagiag. Ranges, considering the safer supply at present, are fully ttocked with sheep, horses and cattle, beep being in the majority. All stock :ook weU at present but unless rain somes soon the outlook is bad. a W. Davis. Carbon County. Wyo.: We have a very dry season. The grass oa the ranges started nicely and. has held out remarkably well; but the continued lrouth has been very detrimental to it I have been surprised to see the grass hold out so weU without mois ture, but it is sow practically gone will a few good rains would save it ret We have cattle, sheep and horses on these ranges. All are doing fairly weU np to this time. Sheepmen say that there win be no winter feed and that even now on the prairies the feed is aU gone. Once grazing over ground with sheep now cleans up every spear of grass. Animals of all kinds are in rood condition up to this time, though the condition of the range is such that horses are reluctant to leave bay cor als and when they do go out they go far, wander a long distance to find feed. The outlook for winter feed on the range is very poor unless we get abundant rains. We depend entirely on irrigation for crops here and the summer being warm crops of every kind are in fine condition. The hay crop will be above the average and all kinds of grains and vegetables are coming on finely. J. F. Crawford. Pima County, Aria.: The ranges in this locality are at present in a bad condition on account of the Jong con tinued drouth. Cattle are dying, espe cially cows and calves. Only those which have been kept up and fed could be moved at present Only 1.12 inches of rain has fallen at Tucson since November 1st, 1901, which is aa un precedented drouth. July usually brings our summer rains. B. L. Whit more. Saguache County, Colo.: Four suc cessive years of deficient rainfall with overstocking, finds the range la very poor condition this year the very worst for many years. Stock consist largely of grade cattle (mostly Here fords), broncho ponies and large num bers of scrub sheep and goats. Tne losses have not been large even this year, but the outlook is not bright J. T. Melvin. Cochise County. Ariz.: Prospects for cattle on the range are of a most dis couraging nature. Stockmen are ship ping them out by the thousands as there is no grass. The animals that are left have to Uve entirely on the foliage of the mesqult bush. About forty per cent of the cattle are Here fords and they are very thin. Range horses are' still in fair condition. There has been no rainfaU to amount to anything In this county for five months and there Is no prospect of any in the near future. Springs in the mountains which have afforded water for stock have dried up so that ani mals have to travel fourteen or fifteen miles to the creek for water. Ellas Summers. Mutton Breeds and Merinos Compared Prof. W. A. Henry: The Merino sheep is peculiarly a wool bearer, and nearly all lines descended from the Spanish stock have own selected with that single end in view. The story of the Spanish Merino In Its home coun try forms one of the most Interesting chapters extant in the history of Uve stock. In their pilgrimage from South to Central Spain each spring and their return in the fall, the Spanish flocks make annual Journeys covering In all about 1,000 miles. Only the strongest and most rugged animals survive the long, fatiguing and perilous marches. The ability to exist In enormous flocks, to range over a vast territory, and to subsist upon scant food, are the leading of the many remarkable quali ties wrought by stern fate into the very fiber and constitution of the Merino sheep. Almost opposite In some respects are the English mutton breeds of sheep, which have been reared in small flocks confined to Umlted pastures, the best specimens being saved and nurtured by kindly hands with intelligent at tention to all their wants. They have been sheltered from storms and given roughage and grain from barn and stack, whenever the fields were scant of herbage or the weather severe. In general, the life of the English mutton sheep has been one of plenty almost to surfeit and quiet contentment In this country we cannot hope to attain the wonderful success reached by British sheep-owners unless we follow closely or Improve upon their methods. The rules and practices prevalent in this country in handling Merino sheep wiU prove satisfactory with the mut ton breeds, and the feeder, in the very inception of his flock experience, should duly consider the habits and characteristics of the animals he is hlriHng- Incresse of Silos. Reports from New York say that a good many new silos are being erected in that state. The farmers are com ing to appreciate the advantages of having on hand a good supply of nu tritious feed at all times of the year. The drouth of last year that so seriously- cut short the summer pastures was a lesson to those that are willing to trust to luck whether they have anything for their cows to eat or not The silo is an insurance against short supplies of feed. One of the great ad vantages of it is that a rood crop one year may be stored and held over for years without detriment to Its feeding quality. As the use of silos becomes more general we wIU have more aad more the practice of storing for years in advance of need. In this way the feeder may render himself indepen dent of tae accidents of weather, and the supply oi dairy products will be come uniform. As it is' at the present time only the best managed dairies have abundant feed the year round. It Is weU known that the palm-like nlpa tree of tropical Asia has a sap exceedingly rich in sugar, but so salty that its utilization has not been found profitable. Ants on Lawns. & B. French asks: "What Is the best way to destroy black ants. they f oral colonies em the lawn in the door yard?" One of the most common ways of exterminating them It to destroy their mounds as they build them, them off with a scythe at the Just before a rain. The passages win then fiU with water. This has been the practice followed by the writer in regard to such mounds in the fields, and it should work equally wen on. lawns. A scientific writer gives the following list of methods: (1) Pour carbolic add water down their nests. (2) Boii one pound of cape aloes ta a gallon of water and add six ounces of powdered camphor. Excavate the ant hill and pour in a quart of this, cov ering as much space as possible, and then fiU the nest again. ..here the nests cannot.be found, dilute this largely with water, and sprinkle over leaves, etc., through the nose of a watering can. (3) Tobacco water is effectual if poured on for a few nights till they disappear. (4) Puffing insect powder into their holes every morning for a few days will usually clear out ants, (i) Another excellent exterminator is to take four ounces of potash and one-half pound flour of brimstone. Set them In an iron or earthen pan over the fire until dis solved and united; afterward beat to a powder. Infuse some of this in water, and wherever sprinkled about the house or grounds the ants wiU die or leave. (6) Another plan is to punch a hole in the ant hiU with a wooden stick or iron rod; pour a little blsulphate of carbon Into this hole, and then fill it by pressing the earth around it; the fumes wiU pene trate the hill and exterminate the ants. As this is an explosive sub stance It must be used with care, but if kept away from the fire is com paratively safe. It Is a volatile liquid and its fumes are very destructive to animal life. Seed Testing. If a farmer believes he can not af ford to grow and select his own seed, he surely can determine its value be fore seeding. If he wiU take an ordi nary dinner plate, put a little sand in it and moisten the same, count out 100 or 150 seeds of the various grasses and clovers, put In separate plates and Invert other plates over the ones containing the sand and let them stand at the temperature of the Uving room for several days being sure that the sand Is kept moist, he can readily determine how much of this seed wiU germinate and whether it Is worth his while to sow It Seed testing la such a simple process that it Is sur prising that every farmer does not give more attention to it, especially when It is so very important Though the experiment station has tried to use discretion in the purchase of seedi it has been found that many samples sent us would not show 25 per cent ol germination; some went below this while very few came up to a tali standard. It Is the lack of viUlitj that should be guarded against as it causes an appalling waste of money, not to speak of the annoyance whicl could be prevented by making a ger mination test of the seed before they are purchased or only buying them oa the guarantee that they show a certaix germination test Seed Testing. Outlook for Applee and Peaches. A government report says that the average condition of apples is, on the whole, unfavorable. Of the fourteen large producing states but two report a. condition above the ten-year aver age, as follows: North Carolina, 68, a gain of 1 point and Michigan 87, s gain of 6 points. In Maine the condi tion is 93, corresponding with the ten year condition in that state. Neu York reports a condition 5 points be low the ten-year average. IUlnoif and Iowa 9 points, Ohio 12, Pennsyl vania and Kansas 16, Kentucky, Vir ginia and Tennessee, 17, Missouri 18 and Indiana 19 points, and in the re maining states it is probable that con siderably less than an average croj will be produced. The present pros pects of the peach crop are quite fav orable, notwithstanding the fact tha several Important peach - growing states report conditions conslderablj below their ten-year averages. Tht states showing such reductions are: Tennessee 5 points, Georgia 8, Kansat 32. and Missouri 35 points. On thf other hand. Mississippi reports a con dition 1 point, Virginia 2, South Caro Inia 5, North Carolina 7, Alabama 10 Texas 13, California 16. and Arkansas 25 points above such average. Spraying to Keep Off Frost From time to time we have noted the experiments made to determine the value of spray as a means of keep ing off frost in late spring and early fall. In the orange groves of Florida it has been successfully done at dif ferent times. The film of water keeps the temperature Inside the fruit oi leaf or twig from tailing top low, and this is effective in keeping off frost, If the latter Is not too severe. Most of the frosts that do great damage are light frosts coming very late la the spring or very early In the faU and catching the tender vegetation. In New York state this practice is com ing into vogue for protecting vine yards. A number of grape growers have this spring sprayed their vines at times of heavy frost and have thus saved their crops. We do not see why the remedy would not be as effective In the early fall aa In the late spring Doubtless the plan Is worthy of ex tended attention. Beet Pulp as Cow Feed. The pulp from the beet sugar fac tories is now largely wasted. Thai this condition is hastening to aa enc appears certain, however, as a polr drier has been invented that seems tc accomplish the mission for which ! was created. A Michigan factory hat erected a building-for ths special pur pose of drying the pulp and fitting it for market as a cattle feed. This It done by subjecting it to pressure tc get out the water aad afterward dry ing it with heat In excess of 266 de grees Fahrenheit By this process the. pulp is reduced to a smaller compact and can be transported with made ease: Moreover it can be kept loaf enough to make It an object for feed ers to handle it The dairymen wU) doubtless find pulp quite a valuable feed when It becomes possible to treat it as other foods are treated. But beet pulp cannot -take the place of a con centrated feed, even In its dry state. - A foci may start. a strike, but -it i takes a wise axan to stop it Minnesota Sutter in Europe. A press dispatch from St Faul, Minnesota, says: Minnesota batter to good enough to compete with Danish hatter la British markets even after the lnflaeaces of a long sea voyage. It has done so in the past, and will prob ably do so again, according to State Creamery Inspector B. D. White of the state dairy and food department Mr. White recently returned from at tendant at the monthly tests at Chi cago, held under the auspices of the department of agriculture, at which he assisted ii the scoring of butter. Mr. Whits says that butter has been shipped from Minnesota at various times la the past and has competed successfully with the best Danish but ter put upon the English markets. Fouryearsago firms at Albert Lea con ducted a regular export trade and their entire supply found ready sale In English markets. The demand grew as the English consumers be came acqualated with the Minnesota product, bat the trade did not flourish long, as the prices at home rose to such an extent that it was more profitable to seU the product on the home mar ket Since then the prices have kept so high that the trade has not bees re sumed, although the Minnesota firms 'handling the product have had repeat ed requests from British dealers for a resumption of the trade. "While the present prices for butter hold out" said Mr. White, "there wiU be no re sumption of the trade. If the market goes down to a point that admits of shipping at a profit Minnesota butter will find its way into a renewed pop ularity in English markets." The Farmers' Review has repeatedly pointed out this condition, under which it Is impossible to build up and hold a butter market in Europe. Dairying Improves Farms. It Is an undeniable fact that dairy ing Improves the farms on which it is carried on correctly. The best way to increase the value of a f."-a is to put live stock on it This the dairyman does. If he sells butter and feeds the milk on the farm the conditions must Improve from year to year. There is, however, a way to run down a farm ever, when dairying is carried on on it That way is to grow timothy for the cows and seU the milk to the city milk peddlers. There win be a con stant removs! of the elements needed in the soil, and the farm, instead of being improved, will become impover ished. There are many farms now in the vicinity of Chicago that are now undergoing this experience. There are on the other hand, farms on which are kept more cows than can be fed from the crops grown on the area. To in crease the feed, concentrated foods are purciiased and the droppings from the cattle are constantly ?ut upon the land. Even If no foods are purchased there should be a betterment of the land from year to rear if the manures are returned to the soil and incorpor ated with it before they have lost any thing from evaporation or leaching. The process of food elaboration Is go ing on in the soil from year to year. and if the annual draft on the soil is not large the land will not retrograde. Nature's plan, however. Is for aU fer tility to go back to the land, and rhe has not planned to have the fertility In any one field taken away year after year and nothing returned in its place. The man that attempts that is in a manner bankrupting himself, as he Is constantly using up the capital stored in his fields. Profit-Sharing Creamery. The Continental Creamery of Kan sas, one of the largest I stitutions of its kind in the world, has adopted what It calls the profit-sharing plan. To a newspaper man that interviewed the president of the company he said: Our profit-sharing plan inaugurated since Jan. 1 is rapidly proving itself an unqualified success. The more gen erally I. is understood the more popu lar it becomes. The plan is very sim pie. The prices we pay for butter-fat are absolutely out of our hands. We have arranged matters so we cannot control the price. We base the price every day upon the New York market, paying always two and one-half cents less than the quoted price. Then we ask the patron to pay the actual running expenses of the skim ming station. This expense runs from one-half cent to five cents per pound, according to the amount of milk re ceived at the station. It takes about the same labor and expense to manu factrre 20,000 pounds of butter as it does to make 100,000 pounds. If we re ceive 20,000 pounds of milk per day at a station it takes little more labor and expense to handle It than If we were receiving 1,000. So the running ex pens o of the rtatlon is In the hands of the patrons. They get aU the profit gained by the greater quantity of mUk received; there is a corresponding de crease In the cost per round for hand ling and the patron gets all the sav ing. Where a permanent hog pasture is not to be had a good substitute may be bad by sowing a field of rape. Value of Silage. The great value of silage !s its suc culence. Foods lose In value as they lose succulence. This quality once lost is lost forever. The corn that dries in the field has the same chemical corstituents in its dry form that it Lwd in its green form, but It has lost some succulence and Is not therefore so valuable as It was in its original state. The fermenting of the stover renders it more digestible. This is illustrated by the experience of the dairymen that feed silage the year around. They find that when the sil age gives out in the summer -id they have to turn to feeding corn stalks gren there is a decided falling off in the quantity of milk made. To rem edy this some of o: Jrymen are building enough silos to hold a large enough quantity of silage so that they can have weU fermented silage to feed the year around and not have to feed silage newly put into the silos. Russian Dairy Schools. The dairy schools of Russia have brought that country to the front as we of the foremost producers of but ter, cheese and milk in the world. After handling a subject without doves the wise orator proceeds to trash his hands of the whole affair. Chicago Daily News. A counterfeit of any kind always ihows some defect that betrays its pretensions. Fortunate la the actress who does Mt. depend oa her wardrobe for suc aanaafn"nPWSJHniw The Kseaeka Duck. This very handsome bird is a native of Asia and is one of the few large ducks, being as large aa some of the smeller breeds of geese, sad consider ably larger than the Labrador duck, writes Ira W. Shaw in American Poul try Advocate. The female is a trifle smaUer than the drake, but act nearly so great as In the Muscovies. They always go In pairs and during the laying and hatching season the drake watches over the duck with much so licitude, following her constantly wherever sho may go. When domesti cated they feed much the same as oth er ducks, but in addition require some grass. In their native hauata they make their nests on the ground under some smaU bush or la the tall mild grass and rushes. The eggs, never more than six in number, are pure white and round with very thin shells. The period of incubation is the same as in our common domestic breeds of ducks. While they have very hand some plumage, this is seeoadary to their general carriage and bearing, which is elegance, itself, and whether swimming or posing on a nice lawn they are objects of admiration to all observers. As in the case with all our wild and parti-colored domestic ducks. the drake is more brilliantly attired than the female. The colors running through shades of grey, green, red aad black; bill black and legs and feet grey. During the breeding season they have the quarrelsome trait of the Muscovies, but this slight fault does not in any way bar out com mendation of the Kasaska as worthy a place among the many handsome and valued aquatic fowls. Japanese Bantams. The striking beauty and peculiar shaped tails of the Black Tailed Jap anese Bantams make them great fav orites and place them in the front ranks of the bantam class. They are white, excepting the tali and wings. The tall is black, the sickles black, edged with white. The wings are large and 'long, with drooping points; the color of the primaries and second aries Is dark slate, edged with white. When the wing Is folded it Is appar- -""r" Start-tiM lnw BMMB tk.' ently white. The tall Is expanded and carried in an upright position, almost touching the back of the head; sickles, long and gracefully curved. The shanks are free from feathers and bright golden In color. Do Not Market Bad Eggs. Every farmer that sends or takes eggs to market should test or candle his eggs before disposing of them This wiU prevent putting on the mar ket bad eggs. There are many ways of candling them. One of- these ways is to roU up a piece of heavy paper into the form of a tube. Place an egg in one end and permit the light of the sun or of a lamp to shine through the egg. The eye at one end of the tube wiU be able to see through the egg and determine the condition of its contents. If the contents of the egg appear cloudy or blurred the egg is not fit to go to market Good eggs present to the eye contents that are clear and translucent Bad eggs de press the market After people have gotten hold of one or two bad eggs they turn to other kinds of food and cease to buy eggs. If only good eggs were sold at all seasons the con sumption of eggs would be enormously increased. Especially if the farmer have private customers is it foolish to market eggs that have not been candled. There is nothing that willbuilc up private custom like always giv ing absolutely perfect eggs and there is nothing that will so quickly destroy a private trade as a few bad eggs scat tered through the lots sold. Guess work need not enter into this matter, as candling is entirely feasible and can be rapidly performed. Who la to blame? The poultry raiser that fails to make money with bis fowls often asserts that his birds were to blame. Usually be says that there is no money in poultry anyway. Seldom is he willing to admit that his failure was due to himself alone. Yet such is about al ways the case. A man fails because he does not know enough to succeed. That is the one great cause of failure. The antidote is to know more. This knowledge must come both by exper ience and study. There are some peo ple that never could learn enough to succeed with poultry, because they are lazy and refuse to busy themselves about details. Some people take to the culture of poultry thinking It to be a lazy way of getting a living. Never did they make a greater mistake. The Supply of New Potatoes. The supply of new potatoes has not been very large this season and buy ers in the cities are fearing a short age in the crop available for summer use. It seems that the very unequal distribution of moisture has resulted in a considerable shortening of the crop. The very abundant rains that have fallen In the neighborhood of the Great Lakes have in many instances prevented the development of the crop of early tubers. In the extreme west the drouth has been so severe that the vines have made little growth. A like condition exists among the truck gardens of the Atlantic slope. The drouth there extends from New Eng land to Georgia and has resulted in the cutting short of much of the gar den truck. Some of the Virginia grow ers wiU have no crop at all. Up to the first of June the prospects there were favorable, but since that time all has changed. Just what the supply of new potatoes is no one can tell, as the crop depends cz. the weather from week to week. This does not neces sarily mean that the main crop of po tatoes Is to be short The late pota toes may not suffer at all In compari son to the early crop. But few girls would refuse to share a young nan's lot if it happened to be worth 81,000 a front foot Even the woman, of few words is conUnnally warming them over. .Bsssnav enV. LnmnnnnVlnsnnnwuu? Vfsnnnnnna?iBnnnnnnn snnnnnnaasfaMMBnnm faPP9wVsnnuls iuuu uttttuuattittiuiuittUttuuuuuattiuuuuuuiuuuuR One of the recent graduates of West Point tells this story: "I feU ia with aa old army oncer after the exercises. He looked me over aad asked me a good many ques tions. Among others he asked how I came to be appointed and I told him that it came about la the usual way. "'A recommeadatloa does not nec essarily mean merit' he said. "I assented to this. "'I do not think that passing aa ex amination always means merit," he added as a crusher. "I said I supposed not I had re solved that I would not violate any of the rules by getting into aa argumeat with an old regular, now on the re tired list M'I knew a young man who got here,' he continued, 'Just after the civil war, because he was mentioned by the commanding officer in an en gagement, for bravery, and the youngster never intended to be brave he did it because he did not know what he was doing, or because he could not help It He is dead now and I do not mind telling you about it "'He was at headquarters in the Army of the Potomac, and as he was a good sort of a fellow he got in with a general of one of the divisions who lived pretty high. He and this young man went on a bat on one occasion. Not to speak disrespectfully of the dead the young man got as drunk as a sailor on shore leave. "'While he was in that condition MWMWWMWMWVWMMWMWWWWWWMWWWWWWWWWWWWWM NEEDED SYMPATHY And the PhyslcJevti Wave Perfectly Willing to Give It to Her avt $5.00 avn How "When Dr. Pills went abroad," said the young physician, "he left me in charge of his practice, and opposite one address in his book he made a mark I won't say what it was but it meant that I was to call at that house every day, without fail. I naturally expected to find the case a serious one. but owing to another mark beside the name I learned that nothing in the world was amiss with the patient "It was a woman, and she lives in a handsome house in the best quar ter of the town. She has a husband who is wrapped up in his business, and two grown sons, who have their own affairs to attend to. I found her in bed. her elderly face topped by a coquettish invalid's cap. A lace shawl lay about her shoulders, and a silk quilt was spread carefully over her. "Every time I went to see her I found her in a different toilet. Even the quilt was never alike two days in succession. There was absolutely nothing the matter with her but what I may call heart ennui. She was rich, but she hadn't anything in the world to interest her, and that is all. $ RECALLS TRAGIC EVENT J SLoes of Chinese Man-of-Wevr of MaJne 9 Recently there has been a good deal of quiet discussion among naval men 'concerning the. explosion of the Maine, excited by the news which arrived from China that the warship Kai Chih exploded and sank within thirty second while lying in the Yang-tse-Kiang river, killing 150 officers and -men. The explosion of the Maine was one of the most mysterious affairs that ever happened in naval history. Notwithstanding the report of the .board of inquiry into the manner of Ber loss, there are naval officers who maintain that the cause of the ex plosion of the Maine has never been cleared up. They say that no positive evidence was adduced to show that the Maice was exploded from the out side, although the report of the board pointed out many significant facts which supported this contention. On the other hand there was some evidence tending to show that the explosion was of interior origin. Among this was the fact that about half an hour before the explosion there was an unaccountable and sud- urLpj-Lri-t-ii- - m THE EXTREMES OF INDOLENCE. Japanese Women of Rank Are the Laziest on Earth. In a recent address in Tokyo a prominent Japanese educator said: "The indolence of Japanese ladies is something amazing. I know a daugh ter of a certain peer, neither an old court nor a feudal peer, but a brand new one. and this young lady's indo lence is really beyond the idea of or dinary mortals. She will not even open her mouth of herself. As soon as the time to retire to her bed ar rives she issues her order, 'Now I will retire,' and at at once three or four maids spread the underquilts, help ueroi rather make her. for she simply stands like a doll to change her clothes, and at last the girl, swaddled in her night garment, is put to bed just like a person suffering from a serious illness, and so the poor thing goes to sleep and releases her maids from their trouble till the morn ing, when the daily routine is resum ed. First of all she issues to the maids waiting in her anteroom this extraordinary order. I shall get up now,' and then the process exactly the revarse of that of the night before is forthwith commenced by the girls. Day after day this routine is gone through and the spoiled child of the proud upstart peer forces herself from her mistaken notion as to dig nity to lead the life of an invalid and to cripple the normal develop ment of her body." She Was No Gordon Bleu. Several ladies sat in their club a few evenings ago. discussing the vir tues of their husbands. "Mr. Bingleton," said one of them, referring to her life partner, "never drinks and never swears indeed, he has no bad habits!" "Does he ever smoke?" someone flskfid "Yes. He likes a cigar just after he has eaten a good meal. But I sup pose, on an average, he doesn't smoke more than once a month." Some of her friends laughed, but she didn't seem to understand why. the division got orders to go to tie front aad this young fool was put tn the saddle aad told to go in the other direction. But the engagement came on quickly aad the horse oa which he sat being like Job's war charger, smelled the battle aad turning, dash ed iato the thick of the fight "The young fool who rode him had Just enough seaee to hang on and the horse plunged and neighed into the fray. It was a miracle that horse aad rider came out of it alive. "The cosxmaader of the division witnessed what I related, aad in his report to Grant he made special men tion of the daring of the fellow. The result was that the fellow was ap pointed a cadet He was a graduate. I believe, of the Missouri university before he went into the army, so he was able to pass here. " 'But what I want to impress upon you. young man. is this, if this fellow had not been drunk he would have kept his horse from being so reckless. And in thst case he. might not have been mentioned for bravery, and con sequently he would not have been ap pointed a cadet. "'He was a good fellow peace to his soul but he owed his education by the government to his horse. " 'And to getting drunk. I added. "'Well.' said the old regular. you know what Lincoln said when some body told him Grant got drunk. "And with that he turned away, evi dently satisfied with his lecture." They didn't pet her. nor make of her. She was simply pining for a little sympathy. It diverted her to see me come in. "It pleased her to be able to talk about herself to somebody who would listen. She gained in her own esti mation from having her pulse felt every day. She wanted the doctor to plan her day for her. Some days I ordered her to drive in a closed carriage. Other days I told her a drive in her victoria would do her a world of good. I always cautioned her to wrap up well. I gave her sym pathy and attention, and I made her feel that she was an object of inter est to at least one person. "Of course, she was silly and sel- fish too, but if her thickheaded fam ily had only thought of flattering her, of making of her. of treating her with anything besides their unvarying, un emotional kindness she'd never have fancied, herself an invalid. As it was. and as it is. she pays 85 a visit for the chance to talk to somebody who is sympathetic, and I'm willing to supply sympathy to the whole town at that price." Washington Post. - Cavueos Renewed Discussion f Explosion . 2 den rise in the temperature of one of the magazines, which fact was report ed to Cant Sigsbec and entered in the records. Some thought this was occasioned by spontaneous combustion in one of the coal bunkers and which subse quently exploded one of the maga zines. Such combustion is known to be liable to occur, especially when vessels are lying in tropical waters. A British man-of-war had previously been exploded by fire from spontane ous combustion reaching one of the magazines. Now comes the mysterious explos ion of a Chinese warship of large dimensions. She went to the bottom in about the same time as the Maine, and although the total loss of life was not so great as on the American ship, it was relatively higher, as only two escaped. The Kai Chih was an up-to-date ship, having been built in 1884. and she resembled the Maine in many particulars. The Chinese general codo wa3 founded 2,000 years ago. WWM WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE. Medical Paper Publishes Sayings of the Deceased Physician. The June number of the Medical and Surgical Monitor contains a well-written review by Dr. S. B. Earp of the life and work of the late Dr. Joseph .. Eastman. The article contains a num ber of "Eastman aphorisms," among which are: "Reputation is the shadow of char- . acter." "Invincible determination. with right motives, is the lever that moves ' the world." "A clear conscience is essential to good health." "Brave men are healthy;" cowards are sickly." "Self knowledge must include the y body as well as the mind." "Our bodies contain thousands of nerve cells. Each one is a citadel of life." "The man who can go without sev- -. eral meals in succession. lose two or . three nights' sleep, do two or thrco days' work in one. mental and physi cal, is the man who has swept the cobwebs out of the basement and gar rets of his lungs with good, full breath ing." Standing on the Bias. During the trial of a street railway damage suit in one of the circuit branches of the supreme court of the District of Columbia a few days ago an important eyewitness of the acci dent took the stand in the person of an elderly colored man. The plaintiff had been injured while the car was at a street crossing, and one of the at torneys was endeavoring to elicit from the witness just where the latter was standing at the moment the plaintiff was struck by the car. "As I understand you," remarked the attorney, after a number of questions had been asked, "you were standing at the street corner diagonally oppo site the point where the accident oc curred." "No. sir. I wasn't." declared the wit ness. "I guess I was standing kinder, sort er oa the bias from the spot" Is f It j I- T - ' . JV - 522&Mii, r i. &H&at&,As3i$Jte. :--. x .. .J3&f&idrr .. -vjtv .-. xJJss r7"V.S!-'2:J4fc&2raW",TVt5- -.jS- --W.- - if .-' Ji. J"zx-&in,m i5S.,- jMi-:' '. u rt v
