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with sold flexuous Hair ana races
duskr as night, and wearing stars
lBce flowers,
"Ah. lovely!" I mHmured-bat the secret
powers
Of slumber, lasulag an occult command.
Changed these fair wanderers to a
SMHraful band
That aaoved with earthward brows
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Soaked Blue Jetvni Willianns
A Twenty-sixth Ohio veteran writes:
"I am reminded of a joke on Blue
Jeans Williams. Although there is no
record of it Williams saw service in
the army. I was at Camp Morton.
lad when John Morgan made his
raid through Indiana and Ohio. A
force of 1,500 men belonging to a
dosea different regiments was hastily
organized and harried off to Hamilton,
Ohio. We arrived two hours after
Morgan, were sent to Cincinnati, and
from there up the Ohio river. But
before we caught up with Morgan he
was captured by another force, and
we came down the river to Cincinnati
aad returned from there to Camp Mor
ton. "When we were organized before
the start from Camp Morton, Col.
John Coburn appointed Blue Jeans
Williams adjutant of the mixed com
mand, and Williams went through the
campaign, or routine as the boys
calied It, as adjutant. On the return
trip, while at Cincinnati, one of the
boys who had a great contempt for
civilians, confiscated Blue Jeans'
blankets, and the man who was at
a later date Governor of Indiana was
greatly inconvenienced. He spent tho
sight In the cars without blankets or
overcoat and was thoroughly chilled.
"When the sun came out the next
Gold Hidden In Civil War
Saturday morning a stranger an-.
Beared at the residence of Mrs. Sallie
Prince and requested permission to
go Into the cellar and see if he could
Sad a relic he had left there in the
spring of 1861. He stated that he be
longed to the Federal army and that
a nephew of his had died in the house.
It being at the time used as a hospi
tal by the Union forces. The stranger
further stated that at the time of his
nephew's death he had concealed
something of value in the cellar.
Mrs. Prince readily granted the re
quest and at once proceeded with him
to the cellar. On entering the place
the man took a tapellne from his
socket and, making several measure
meats, pointed to a spot in the rock
wall, at the same' time saying to Mrs.
Prince, This Is the place. Will yon
allow me to make a small hole in the
wall?" The permission being given
the mas at once made a small opening
from which he drew out a tin snuffbox.
Opening the box he poured out the
contents and counted them. After he
had laished the count he said to Mrs.
Prtnce that it was all right, there be
ing nine twenty-dollar gold pieces.
just $180. The stranger
Joked With Gen. Leggett
The Wheaton reception the other
Bight," said the Captain, "called up
a good many stories of the old cam
paigns when Wheaton was serving
on Gen. Logan's staff. Gen. M. O.
Leggett was as well known in Sher
man's army for his temperance no
tions and his religious scruples as
was O. O. Howard in the Eastern
army. He didn't swear, but he was
as gruff sad violent in speech arid
manner as many of the hard swearers.
His men liked him. but they never
Jsked about him or with him as they
did with Sherman. His superiors and
his subordinates knew that Leggett
could not take a joke, and they were
surprised when Captain Charlie Page
of the Twentieth Illinois cracked a
Joke at his expense.
This was in January, 1864, on the
march to Meridian. It was a hard
march on everybody, and as Leggett
passed our regiment he looked like
a man who needed comforting. Capt
Page, who had a canteen loaded 16
the- muzzle with whisky, asked Gen.
Leggett as the latter rode up if he
would not like to have a drink of
good spring water. Leggett said that
nothing would suit him better, and
Page, lifting his canteen strap from
Firs Shot of the Civil W&r
Capt James M. Kenny of Green
wich. Conn., who is now a messenger
Baser the sergeant-at-arms of the
Hosse of Representatives, bears the
distraction of being, so far as he is
able -to determine, the sole survivor of
the crew of the "sidewheel steamer
Star of the West which became so
famous at the beginning of the civil
war by reason of having been the tar
get of the first shot fired in that mem
orable struggle.
Cast Kenny, referring to some of
the Incidents of his' early life, said
the other day: "When we were fired
upon by the Confederates while we
were trying to take supplies to Major
Anderson st Fort Sumter. I remember
very well what a feeling of indigna
tion was aroused all over the North.
Before that time I was attached" to
the steamship Atlantic of the old Col
lins line, which took Lieut-Gen. Scott
CoL Robert E. Lee and Dr. Maury
dowl. to ban Juan del Norte, or Grey-
Gen. Force's Good Nature
Gen. Force was a notable figure.
He was tall, well formed, and digni
fied, but he had very large feet and
he wss joked a good deal about them.
In the .heat of battle he was as lm-
figure and he was always
there was hard figbtlne. On
Bccastoa in front of A ita he
with his command where the
were firing thick and fart and
, the coolest bub Ib the brigade.
Reunion tki Gettysburg.
the thirty-third assual ra
the Society of the Army of
at
It sad M. the
C New Tsck National Guard -win. it
bbs seen .IHanely decided, act as
to the society. It will
tie
a the sfestcstioa of
to
the Potomac
was frtUlsaUi
the sssBssasat
TBeriBslii army ami the Ka-
HOURS.
through leafless bowers.
Then faintly across say dream a
was borne, . .
The form you first beheld, so blithe.'
of mien,
Look thus to eyes that hope's warm
glory cheers; -
WhUe they that walk funereal and fsr-
lorn, j
Though stlU ths same, by differing eyes.
are .
Through shadows of anguish and coin
mist of tears."
Edgar Fawcett
morning, bright and warm, Williams
not his feet out of the car window to
warm. them. The warmth was very
agreeable, and he settled back In his
seat in the position of a man with
his feet on a table. He looked com-,
fortable, but the boys resented the
unmilltary act The train stopped for
water, and as it started again some
of the boys on top of the cars caught
up the rope from the tank and as
the cars passed turned the water om
the boys at the windows, instructing
them to wash up for breakfast When
Blue Jeans' feet came in line the boys
at the rope, asking no questions,
pulled the valve wide open and,
drenched him from head to foot
This caused an uproar. Col. Co
burn ordering the guards to arrest the
men who had turned the hose on his
adjutant Realizing that somebody
had blundered, the water boys dis
appeared from the tops of the cars
and no one could give the Colonel
or the Adjutant any information as
to who they were or what became
of them. Mr. Williams was made
comfortable, and before the journey
was over laughed at the incident as
a joke. When he was a candidate
for Governor, some one told the story
on him. but the way in which he took
it helped him with the people.
thanked the lady and stated that he
was going to Atlanta, Ga., and that he
would return in a few days, when he
would have something else to divulge.
Mrs. Prince wss so surprised at
what was passing before her eyes that
she was almost paralyzed. Many peo
ple here remember the time when the
house was occupied as a hospital dur
ing the war, but few of them have any
faith In the unknown ever putting in
his appearance here again soon. It
has now been nearly forty years since
the money was hidden, according to
the statement of the party who un
earthed the treasure, and numy peo
ple believe that he came into posses
sion of the knowledge of the where
abouts of the hidden gold by finding a
paper among the effects of some dead
Federal soldier giving a description of
the place of Its concealment Parties
who have examined the place where
the money was found state that there
is a small chamber in the rock wall and
that the imprint of the box Is clearly
visible where It had remained so many
years. Tullahoma (Tenn.) Exchange.
People never find a conscience antn
they are found out
his shoulder, handed the canteen to
Leggett who raised It at once to his
lips.
The look on Leggett's face as the
whisky went into his mouth was In
describable. He spit it out without a
moment's hesitation, and, holding the
canteen mouth downward, flung it at
Page, shouting: 'You infernal scoun
drel! What do you mean by offering
me whisky? I can't and I won't ex
cuse such Impertinence. Page made
a jump to save the whisky that was
gurgling out of the canteen, and then
begged that he might be permitted to
apologize.
"He said, with extreme earnest
ness: 'Why, General, when I said
spring water I supposed you under
stood that I had a very fine article
of whisky. That is what we call it
all through the division, and I will
venture to say that there is not an
other man in your corps that does
not know what spring water means.
In the army vernacular. Therefore I
thought you understood the situation.'
Leggett rode away and afterward
complained to the Colonel of the
Twentieth Illinois that he had been
Insulted by Page." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
town, to settle some difficulty between
Nicaragua and the United States.
"I remember that soon after we sail
ed the ship's carpenter was ordered
to knoek out a partition between two
berths in order to provide accommo
dations sufficiently roomy for the con
venience of the portly old general. 1
was acting as storekeeper, and Capt
Jeff Maury, who was In command of
the vessel, and who was a cousin of
Dr. Maury, ordered me to entertain
Gen. Scott in various ways during the
trip, one 'of my duties being to play
checkers with him. The general was
very fond of the game, and usually
beat me hands down." Washington
Post
Trust not the woman that thlnketh
more of herself than another; merer
will not dwell in her heart
A real clever woman makes It a
business to look very dense s times.
but his horse was greatly excited and
pranced this way and that One of
the men said to a comrade, "What's
the matter with Force's horse?"
Looking at the General's feet the
other replied. "He Isn't used to work
ing In shafts." Force passed the joke
without a remark.
A wise wife always feeds her hi
band before askinr his ftw- '
tional Guard of Pennsylvania wfllalso
be represented.
Acquainted with the Place.
"Doesn't she keep summer board
ers?" he asked, indicating the aharp
vlsaged lady with the market basket
ob her arm. "Not long," explains out
friend, who has boarded so km that
ae caus tae swag room lies by
first
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Immediately after ths cosclsstoa at
the soUtfcal campaign la' which Hor
ace Greeley was sowed sader by U.
3. Grant for the presMeacy of the
United States, the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, 1b coauscm with thousands
of others, felt sad over the terrible
lesolattoB of his old friend, aad jest
as soon as Mr. Creels
eelf pace more la joaraalistlc
addressed to him the following, letter:
"Brooklyn, Nor. . 1171.
"My Dear Mr: Greeley: I read your
tard in the Tribune with sincere pleas
ure, aad congratulate ssyself aad the
cause of journalism on your return to
a field la which you hare won so much
reputation aad where yoa have done
such service that the history of Amer
ica cannot be written, without Includ
ing as aa Important part of it your
life and services.
"Ton may think, amid clouds of
smoke and dust, that all your old
friends who partecl company with you
in the late campaign will turn a mo
mentary difference Into a life long
alienation. It will not be so. I speak
for myself, and also from what I per
lelve in other men's hearts. Your
mere political Influence may for a
time be impaired, but your own power
for good in the far wider field of in
dustrial economy, social and civil crit
icism, and the general well-being of
society, will not be lessened, but aug
mented. It Is true that hitherto the
times called for a warrior, and such
you were; yet I cannot bat think with
regret how much ability has been
spent by you that died with the occa
sion, and which might have built" up
positive and permanent elements. But
I look upon your years to come as
likely to be more fruitful and irradi
ated with a kind and beneficent light
which will leave your name in honor
far greater than if you had reached
the highest office.
"I beg that you will pardon my In
trusion, especially when you stand in
the shadow of a great domestic trou
ble. I hoped that a word of honest
respect and sympathy might not dis
please you. There are thousands who
would like to do as I hare done, and
who with me will rejoice once more to
be in sympathy with yoa in all things
beneficent and patriotic I am, my
dear -Mr. Greeley, very truly yours,
"Henry Ward Beecher."
WIT OF PRESIDENT. WOODROW.
New Hssd of Princeton Makes Him
self Popular With Students.
A Princeton man tells of an Incident
of Dr. Woodrow Wilson's elevation to
the presidency of Princeton which he
regards as indicative of the way in
which he will hold the students in
leash by ready wit and a genial smile
Instead of trying to awe them with
his dignity.
When darkness lent cover to the
project on the evening of the day on
which the announcement of Dr. Wil
son's election was made, some of the
more boisterous spirits organized a
celebration, and having requisitioned
horns and a green grocer's stock of
head lettuce, descended upon the new
president
At the first toot of a horn he knew
what was coming, but before bedlam
could break loose. Dr. Wilson was out
among the serenaders, graspiag each
one by the hand and thanking them
Individually and collectively for their
congratulations, pretending; not to see
the lettuce heads which the students
made desperate efforts to keep out of
view and to get rid of.
When the students recovered from
this unexpected overthrow of their
plans some one shouted:
"What's the matter with Woodrow
Wilson?"
And the answer came loud and
clear:
"He's all right He's a brick."
The students then marched away,
singing, "For he's a jolly good fellow,"
and carrying their lettuce heads with
them.
Love's Triumph.
He waited while the long years
won
away;
To one. In happy youth, he gave hli
heart;
But fate was Jealous of him, and one
day
Contrived, for spite, to put them far
apart
Another claimed her, but the man who
Ant
Had given her his love went on alone;
rhe love ahe gave to him he fondly
nursed.
Still hoping he might claim her as hi
own.
Through many long and lonesome yean
he prayed.
And ahe in widow's weeds one day
went past
He rushed to claim the joy so long de
layed And held her In his arms his own at
last!
He waited long and hopefully and drew
Her fondly to his heart at last and
then
3rew weary of her in a month or two
And wished that he could wait and lov
again.
S. E. Klser la Chicago Record-Herald.
A Very Loud CalL
A committee called on Minister Wu
to request him to address a society
connected with one of the fashionable
churches of Washington. Casual men
tion was made of the fact that the
youthful minister of the church had
recently resigned to enter upon a nes
field of labor on the Pacific coast
"Why did he resign?" asked Mr
Wu.
"Because he had received a call ti
another church." was the reply.
"What salary did yoa pay him?"
'Four thousand dollars."
"What is his present salary?"
"Eight thousand dollars."
"Ah!" said the disciple of Confucius
"a very loud call!"
London Writer Describee Yerkes.
Charles T. Yerkes is credited wit
saying that men are la then appren
ticeship until they reach the age of
40 and that a business maa Is ao'
ripe uatil he Is tea years older thsz
that The London writer who quote
him thus draws this brief pea picture
of the forma Chicago tractioa mag
aate: "Pallid, dark-eyed, soft-voiced
with white hair aad mustache aad ar
air of subdued refiaemeat the.railwai
autocrat might be takea for 'a quiet
scholar rather thaa a graduate o
the most strenuous roagh-aad-tumbl
school of fighting In the world.
To ttHOy Auroral Displays.
Prof. Birkslsad Is at the head o
the expedlttoa which leaves Copea
hagea tale summer for Nova Zemble
He win have six nempeslons aad th
object of the eipeillhrn is to stud?
the pheaomsss soaaected with sure
rsl displays. The party wffl wme
at Mstolshbm Star la a house bail
years ago by aha
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spsesraacss count for much if
the product is to be I'ajossi ef ether-
wise than la the family of the pro
ducer. The saaa that to making hal
ter for private customers win flap tt
to his financial advantage to pat lis
hatter late the most tasty Barrage
Boastals. The coaverse ef this la also
truebad appearaaces lose sseaey 'for
the producer. We have heard ef hat-jcer-mskers
trying to sell batter that
was put up In discolored woodea pack
ages aad with a crash towel over the
top. This does sot iacrease its chases
ef a saw. The bright aew package,
with ths clean crisp parchment paper
over it takes ths lead by a long ways.
Most of our readers doubtless dispose
of their butter to private customers
sad seed to take this lessoa to heart.
Everything else being equal there is
ao doubt that a' cent a pound more
can be obtained for butter put ap la
neat and tasty packages than for but
ter put up in the ordinary way. la
every business It has been found that
appearances count for much. la our
great cities the goods that are sold
In one place at a certain price are
disposed of la another at a very much
higher price because they are im
proved in appearance, and many times
it is appearance only. It is a gen
eral priadple imbedded in human na
ture. Dairy Interests of Argentine.
The dairy interests of the Argen
tine republic are just now receiving
some attention from the foreign con
suls located In that country. Hither
to Argentina has been a great cattle
producing country, but has evidently
paid no attention to dairying. la fact
oa ranches where hundreds of cattle
were kept It was sometimes impos
sible to get enough milk for coffee.
So little has dairying been considered
that at the great agricultural shows
no climes have been made for dairy
cattle. However, a rapid change is
taking place, as butter Is being de
manded more and more. la additioa
to the laereaatsg local demaad the
farmers of Argentina are considering
the possibility of imitating New Zeal
and and Australia in sending butter
to England. They have the advantage
of the Australasians in a shorter dis
tance to transport their product They
have the same advantage as the Aus
tralasians in having a summer con
temporaneous with the European win
ter. They should thus be able, to put
grass butter on the English market
any time after New Year's.
Water and Salt In Butter. -
The German government has passed
a law that all butter must contain at
least 80 per cent of butter fat and that
none shall be sold that falls below
this standard. Unsalted butter must
not contain more than 18 per cent of
water and salted butter not more than
16 per cent of water. The difference
Is made to accommodate the condi
tions that prevail in butter making,
since salted butter contains less wa
ter than unsalted butter. A butter
containing 18 per cent of water would
lose at least two per cent of it if
salted at the rate of one-half ounce to
a pound of butter. In fact the weight
of salt put Into butter Is generally less
than the weight of water it causes to
be thrown out Every scientific but
ter maker knows that salted butter
weighs less than before it was salted,
provided the method of salting be
that knows as dry salting.
Ths Co-operative Buttermaker.
Thomas Wlttig: The buttermaker
of a co-operative creamery has a larger
field of labor and a greater variety
of work than the maker employed by
individual creamery owners or oper
ators of a Une of creameries who have
competent men in charge of each and
every branch of the business. In the
average co-operative creamery the but
termaker is usually the only one con
nected with the enterprise who has
trained or fitted himself for the busi
ness, and frequently the success or
failure of the creamery In his charge
is dependent upon him. To fill his
position successfully he should have
fair knowledge of the breeding and
general management of dairy cattle.
How to formulate balanced rations
and disposing of the by-products of the
creamery are problems which the up-to-date
buttermakers should be able to
solve.
The Cow.
The principal thing about dairying
Is the cow. If more attention were
paid by the dairymen and farmers to
this factor we would have more
profitable herds. It hardly pays to
keep cows that produce less ttun
5,000 pounds of milk per year, but
the average Is less than 3,000 pounds.
If a man does not want to test bis
milk for a year he can at least weigh
it for that period. The cost of feed
ing and caring for a small milker is
just as great as the cost of feeding
and caring for a heavy milker. The
profits are found only with' the good
milker. The sooner the farmers weed
out their unprofitable cows the sooner
will the bank balances of farmers
show a healthy Increase In size. Cows
that are profitable are the only ones
to keep. A sleek cow is seldom a
profitable dairy animal.
Relative Decrease ef Cows.
W. P. McConneU. The high price
of beef has tempted some farmers to
change from dairying to fat cattle,
and the high price of feed has led
some dairy farmers to sell a portion
of their cows for beef. We vesture
the assertion that 25 per cent of the
cows now in our dairies are unprofit
able and nonpaying and should for
the financial interest of their owners,
find their way to the butchers' block.
Very few people, especially as farm
ers, have weak eyes from looking oa
the bright side of things, bat aqr
friends, there Is ao bright side to a
cow that does aot pay for her keep,
la 1850 we had 77 cows to each 1.000
of oar inhabitants, while la ltOf sta
tistics show that we have bat 57
cows to each l.eee of oar populatloa.
dispatches state that Brit
mWs are facing a cfceaer-
ate sitaatioa. It is claimed that Ameri
ca capitalists have secured ceatrel ef
an the eld cottoe oa the
have raised the price a east a
It is expected that the
mills will be forced to shut
two days ia the week until the aew
crop Is available.
Bat SaMM of the 78.ew,0 acres
of mad la New Mexico are Irrigated.
Mem do ahe head work of the werM.
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oa tahercaUa aad tobercalosls
psrimeats were made for the
of determining the effect of repeated
doses of tabercalia and the length of
time after iafectloa before a reaction
to tabercalia takes Place. For this
purpose apparently healthy animals
were selected and tested with tuber
culin, if they failed to react they
were inoculated with the tubercle
bacfllus aad tested at Intervals after
ward, ta order to determine how soon
they would react to tabercalia. One
animal that gave a decided reactJoa
whea tested oa October t sabeeqaeat
ly failed to react,. or reacted alter
nately. For two months it received
large quantities of tuberculin and en
tirely ceased to react The animal
was Inoculated with tubercle bacilli
on February and reacted to tuber
culin eight days after inoculation.
The animal was then treated to large
doses of tuberculin without reaction.
When killed oa May 22 no trace of
tuberculous lesion was found except
a casefled and Inert tubercle la a
mesenteric gland. In other experi
ments It was found that la many
cases reaction to tuberculin did not
occur until from 40 to 60 days after
the animals were Inoculated with tu
berculosis. In several cases which
reacted decidedly on the first test a
complete failure to react was noted
if the test wss repeated within a short
time. The experimenters expressed
their belief that repeated injections of
tuberculin may have some curative
effect or may retard the progress of
the disease to some extent and that
the matter Is largely Influenced by the
individuality of each animal. A few
snlmsls could not be inoculated with
virulent tubercle bacilli, although
they had not been previously treated
with tuberculin and appeared to be
entirely resistant to tuberculosis.
One Way of Spreading Charbon.
If all danger ended with the ex
piring breath of charbonous animals,
all would be well, as Is perhsps often
thought to be the case by many
stock owners; unfortunately this is
not so, but on the other hand, the
dead animal Is, through its infected
blood and tissues, the most danger
ous source of future Infection. An
outbreak generally starts with one
dead animal that has caught the in
fection from grazing over pasture that
has been previously contaminated by
the discharges from a charbonous
carcass. With the myriads of blood
sucking flies surcharged with the
germ-Infected blood of this first vic
tim, they are now prepared to start
the deadly work of inoculating healthy
but susceptible animals. -There are
many other agencies that are capable
of transmitting the virus. In fact any
thing that can carry charbonous blood
can do it but we believe that the
horseflies, and perhaps other blood
sucking Insects, are more responsible
for the extensive spread of this dls
esse In our state than all other
agencies combined, which opinion
will, we think, be borne out by any
careful observer familiar with this
plsgue. But, provided there were nc
charbonous carcasses left exposed,
then the chief source from which the
various transmitting agencies pro
cure their-deadly freight would not
exist and aecessarily it could sot be
carried. If we were asked our opin
Inon as to the most important factors
la producing our periodic outbreaks
or epizootics of Charbon in Louis
iana, we would say, unhesitatingly,
first original victims that have been
carelessly hauled out and left ex
posed. Second, horse-flies to convey
the charbonous blood from the re
cently dead animal to healthy stock.
Mange of the Horse.
The horse may be Infected with any
of the three groups of mange para
sites. With the exception of the sym
biotic mange, which is usually lo
cated about the pastern joints, the
disease is most commonly seen on
the sides of the neck, base of the tail
or on the inner sides of the limbs.
The mite Is so small as to be easily
overlooked in making an examination.
If the mites are present they may be
. seen by placing pieces of crusts snd
scabs on dark paper when the small
lighter-colored mites may be seen.
With the exception of mange of the
pastern joint the disease is very diffi
cult to cure in the horse unless it is
stopped in the early stages. Sulphur
ointment and washes with tobacco In
fusions are effective remedies, but
usually several applications are neces
sary. Carbolated glycerin or vase
line containing ten per cent of car
bolic acid are good remedies as they
soften the skin and at the same time
kill the mites. As a precaution
against spreading the disease to
healthy stock harness, saddles, blan
kets, etc., that have been used on the
diseased animal should not be allowed
to come in contact with other stock.
Bulletin 53, Oklahoma Station.
Adversity Does Not Make Trees
Hardy.
John Glfford ssys: One often beers
the srgument thst trees or any other
living thing which has survived ad
verse conditions are stronger and
hardier than they would have been
without this struggle. An animal or
plant that has been deprived of every
thing except the minimum require
ments for existence can never com
pete with the well-fed organism. A
tree csn never completely recover
from the effects of suppression and
adversity. - The. common practice of
hardening plants by growing them In
a poor soil Is a mistake. Grow them
from good seed In good soli, snd then
If they are planted in bad soil they
win grow all the better from their
good start In early youth. One might
without doubt produce hardiness by a
long period of selection, extending la
the case of trees over a period of
hundreds of centuries, but the hard
ealag effect on the individual for a
couple of years In the nursery is prob
ably very slight
Relic ef Robert Burns.
"Robert Burns to Mary" la the In
scription on a quaint looking silver
coffee pot that hss recently been sold
st aactfoa ia London for 17 gulaeas.
Experts have christened this piece of
piste the Argyll Cup, as it is the gift
from the poet to his early love, Msry
Campbell, the "Highland Mary" of
his sweet ballad. "The Castle o' Mont
gomery," etc. The hsll mark Is dated
1784, Intimating that Bums wss some
26 years of age at the time of the
gift
Give more place to beauty la the
"Ore HBbbwSJ' 1 1
Kan the orchard
(tested lived, the country would
m weD supplied with fratt Uaferta
ately a very large aumber of all the
that are planted die before they
to a fruttiag age, aad of the re-
comparatively few ever
t to much as trait bearers. One
Mstera horticulturist estimates that
oaly eae tree la a hundred planted
at really proves to be a good bearer
af fruit The Missouri state Horti
saltanl Society estimates that oaly
we tree la twenty pleated In that
tote ever cornea into beariag aad that
Daly one tree la fifty proves to he
rultful for a aumber of years. The
setimste is made oa the total aumber
af trees planted la the state, not oaly
fty the professions! growers, but by
tanners and others that want trees
shout their bosses. Doubtless the
KOfesstoaal and skilful growers of
trees have fairly good success with
the trees they plant The loss evi
dently Is among those that are plant
sd by unskilful growers. This shows
the great necessity for the existence
of horticultural societies. The regret
is that the membership of such so
cieties is aot more general. The
people need Instruction in the matter
at handling trees so as to make them
grow. The great lack of skill In this
matter is the cause of the lack of
orchards on many of our farms. After
so many years of tree-planting we
should to-day have better orchards
and more of them than we have. A
campaign of education Is needed in
the manner of planting and caring for
trees.
Fires and Forests.
The greatest damage done by the
lumberman is not in cutting the for
est The main purpose of the forest
is to yield timber, and most of the
wood cut in the past has been over
ripe. He has left the ground covered
with slash, so that destructive fires
have followed In his wske. This hss
prevented natural regeneration. If the
destruction due to these fires could
have been prevented, Nsture would
have replenished these cut-over areas
long ago. The more the lumberman
cuts and the, fire burns, the fewer
become the seed trees, and the more
difficult becomes the natural regen
eration of valuable kinds.
Some species are almost fire-resistant
while others are extremely fire
susceptible. Certain pines, In spite of
their resinous nsture, sre remarkably
fire-resistant The yellow pine (Plnus
palustrls) is a good example. Other
species, because of the thickness of
their bark, are practically fire-proof,
sad others, especlslly hardwoods, be
csuse of a vigorous coppice growth,
sre able to survive, even If killed to
the ground. The locust Is often used
to fringe plantations, because it drops
only a small quantity of litter, pro
duces a vigorous coppice, aad is not
essily burnt It is used extensively
along railroads In Europe. Consider
ing its great usefulness for ties, poles
and posts, railroad companies might
plant It with profit along their tracks
la forest districts. la case of burning
year after year the weakest species
perish first and only those species
sre left that are fire-resistant Prac
tical Forestry.
Do Sugar Beets Exhsust the Soil?
Generally speaklsg the above ques
tion may be answered In the affirma
tive. But by rotating the sugar beet
crop with other crops and applying
fertilizer as needed the draiB oa the
land may be reduced to a minimum.
Growing sugar beets on the same land
year after year Is certeinly not a good
practice. In Germany experiments
have been carried on to determine the
effect of rotating beets with other
crops. Two pieces of land were put
in a rotation of four years. On one
plot beets were grown and on the
other not All other conditions of the
land and treatment were the same.
The beets were planted on the land
one year in four. The experimenters
claimed that the results were very
much In favor of the beets. On the
land on which sugar beets were grown
once In every four years there was
the following increase of yields over
the other plot Wheat 16 per cent
rye 6 per cent barley 29 per cent,
oats 40 per cent, pess 62 per cent and
potatoes 7 per cent Unfortunately
we do not know what the yields of
other crops were or what the yield
of the beets was. We presume, how
ever, that the hand work put on the
beet crop throughout the growing
seasons developed more plant food In
the soil than would otherwise have
been the case.
Grspe Rot Prevention.
The Ohio Experiment Station hss
already called attention to the method
of grape rot prevention by spraying,
sad to Soda Bordeaux mixture as well
as to the source where caustic soda
may be obtained for making the Soda
Bordeaux mixture. These press bulle
tins will be sent to those who spply.
Warning Is now given thst spraying
at six-day intervals Is Imperative
white weather Is so favorable for
grape rot; also, that it is no longer
safe to use the regular Bordeaux mix
ture except perhaps once on Catawba
grapes. Upon Concords, snd other va
rieties ripening with the Concords or
earlier, ammonlacal copper carbonate
or Soda Bordeaux mixture, preferably
the latter, should be substituted, since
the ordinary Bordeaux mixture will
roat the grspes too much. Grape grow
ers are urged to substitute one of the
last named sprays, by preference the
Soda Bordeaux mixture, and to persist
in the spraying until August 15; upon
Satawbaa one application should be
nade after that date. A D. Seloy,
Botanist Ohio Experiment Station!
Creamery Picnics.
Creamery pieslcs are bow being held
a some parts of the aorthwest par
dcularly Miasesota. These pleales
ire held sader the direction of the
seamery maaagers la some cases aad
ether aader the auspices of aa as
lodatiea of the creamery patrons. The
Mopie that attend the picnics laclade
he aatreas aad their families aad
Hher farmers who wish to corns. The
esalt mast be beneficial, ss the cream
try bssisrsB Is then talked over most
heroagaly. This gettlag together Is
i geed thtsg aader say name. It is
asler to set aa atteadaace st a picnic
ban at aim net snythlag else. Oae
f the dfetiagulshiBg featares of such
ia sssMsNage is the iafermaUty that
ixlsts.
The production of dairy products In
lot iisjlsi pace with the increase
Novelties In Chkk
From Farmers' Review: Of
aU breeds were "novelties" as em
sease of the word la the segisalag.
bat by soveitles we mean breeds that
are yet to be proved, Doubtless there
are some excellent sorts smoag the
new breeds, but a good rale for the
beguaer, or the old timer, who has
a slim purse, Is to let the other fallow
try the novelties. Keep your weather
eye open, and if the new thing proves
to be profitable, thee yoa may take
hold of it There are many proven
good, breeds, and almost say paper
nowadays win sdvise yoa aa to a
choice la the matter, as aU have their
stanch admirers, yet we hope it will
not be amiss to briefly state the 'more
pronounced qualifications of some of
the more popular sorts.
For an all-around breed to salt the
farmer, a breed that will furnish a
fair aumber of eggs la fall aad win
ter, make good sitters, excelleat
mothers, sad the chicks make good
broilers, frys or roasters, the extra
stock of which can be sold at a good
price oa accouat of the weight oae
can easily aad quickly put on them.
the B. P. R. are the most popular, with
the 'Dottes a close second, so close la
fact that they are ahead in the estl
msttoa of many. The White "Dottes
sre perhaps the most popular, prob
ably on account of the greater esse
in keeping tho plumage up to the
mark. The Laced and Penciled varie
ties, while very beautiful, and just as
practical as the Whites, are harder
to breed true.
It is true the "Dottes sre not so easy
to put on fat as Rock hens, and the
young are perhaps a bit the more
meaty as to breast but the Rock pul
lets are better sitters, outside of these)
differences the two birds sre almost
identical In practical value. Brahmas
are of practical and profitable value
on a farm, the light being commonly
seen. Their drawbacks are feathers
on feet and legs, and their habit of
laying on fat too easily. If one feeds
carefully, and watches feet and legs
for the scale, the Brahmas are fine.
Leghorns and Minorcas for eggs.
Cochins for meat "you pays your
money and you takes your choice."
Emma Clearwaters.
Sultans.
Sultans were exported from Turkey
Into England about 1854, and did not
reach America for some years later.
They might with propriety be classed
with the Polish, considering the
characteristics which they possess.
A compact crest surmounts their head
and they are full-bearded. Two small
spikes constitute the comb. The
neck and saddle hackles are large
long and flowing. The legs are heav
ily feathered and booted, and hocks
vultured. They possess a fifth toe.
The tail is full and erect and In the
cock are well slckled. While their
beauty is their chief recommenda
tion, they lay claim to modest use
fulness, but only as layers, being too
small for table use. They thrive well
on a limited range or In confinement
and, owing to their docility make ex
cellent pets.
Qualities of Polish Fowls.
Polish are bred extensively In thi3
country and by some are considered
practical for general purposes, but
while some may have good results In
breeding them they are not to be
fully recommended as a general-purpose
fowl. They are considered more
ss a fancy fowl, and are generally
bred for pleasure and the showroom.
Their large crests are against them,
hindering their vision snd causing
them to become listless, inactive, and
suspicious in their natures. Extra
care must be given them to be fairly
successful In raising them, and their
houses and coops must be kept abso
lutely dry the least water in their
crests is likely to result fatally to
them. They arc fairly- good layers of
medium-sized eggs, and are nonsit
ters. For table purposes they are
considered good, their flesh being
fine-grained, tender and sweet
Indian Games.
From the Farmers' Review: Will
some of your readers tell me about
the Indian Games? I would like to
hear from some one that has had
experience with them and not mere
ly from some one that has them for
sale. Of course .the man that has
them for sale thinks they sre all
right he always does, till he has
sold his last bird. What I want to
know Is in what way they are bet
ter than our other fowls like the
Plymouth Rock and the Leghorn. Ia
there any inducement for a man to
raise Indian Games rather than other
and more common varieties? P. G.
HalL
Marketing Birds.
From the Fsrmers Review: Will
some correspondent tell me the best
way to market surplus fowls. I have
no fancy breed, only a good many
birds of the common breeds. I can
not sell them ss breeders, only for
table use. Does It pay to sell to the
wagons thst come and get the birds
or, ss a usual thing, is it just as well
to go to the grocery or meat market
whea I want to sell some of my
birds? Lem Baker.
The Andslusisn breed is a native'
of the province of Andalusia la Spate,
and was formerly classed with the
apaalsh varieties, but is aow coa
atdered a distinct breed. It' le larger
aad more hardy thsa the so-called
Spanish vsrietles, and, unlike- them
alas, the young chickens feather rap
idly and easily, which adds much to
their chances of life against storms;
and cold.
The Domisique is one of the oldest
of the American breeds, sad rceemalce
the Dorking. These birds sre hardy.
aad breed with comparative
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Poet. Secretary ef
agar company of
Michigan, has been obtaialsg some
figures showing the locaUoa of the
sugar hi beets. The object was to
sscertala how low the beets should
he topped. The general opiaioa pre
vails that the top of the beet con
tains very little sugar aad may as
wen be cut off. By the top Is meant
sot the leaves, hat that part ef the
beet above the surface of the groaad.
Mr. Pest had samples ef his bests
takea aad analyzed. Every beet was
cat tato four portions. Oae ef
these was the beet above the groaad
line. The rest of the beet was thea
divided iato three equal portions by
measurement Oae lot of beets con
sisted of roots that were about Ideal
as to form, growing very largely be
low the surface of the ground. The
four sections of the beets averaged,
counting from the top. top. 14.8 per
cent sugar, firsts 15.2 per cent sec
onds, 14.5 per cent thirds ltZ per
cent
The second lot of beets hsd a con
siderable portion of their bulks above
the ground; the figures ran 14.4,
14.16. 11.5 snd 14.1. In this lot the
sugar content was about as good as
In the first, bat not quite. The aver
age was 14.4 against 14.9 with the
first lot The third lot of beets grew
very largely above the ground, and
the whole sugar content of the beets
seemed to be lowered by this fact
The percentage ran 11.3, 12.3, 12.5
and 12.6, with an average of 11.9. A
large sprangle-rooted beet that had
grown largely above the surface was'
examined and found to average for
the whole beet 10 per cent sugar. A.
beet of this kisd would not be sccept
ed st the factories at alL It is
fit only to feed to live stock. The
data obtained by the gentleman'
named certainly favor the beets that
grow mostly below the ground. They
do, however, show that it hi a mis--take
to cut off very much of the top
of the beet before It is put into tho
process of sugar making, as this top
really contains about as much sugar
as does any other part of the beet
Problems of the Grasses.
Tsklng Into consideration the his
tory of experiment station work aa
related to stock feeding, it seems,
thst the cheapest beef and the cheap
est milk csn be made through the
medium of excelloat pastures. In
fact may sot the rise, growth and
development of the western states be
largely attributed to the phenomenal
development of the stock interests la
that section which In turn may be
traced to the excellence of tha graz
ing, which the primeval prairies sf
forded, snd which has now been so :
ruthlessly destroyed through the J
greed sad avarice of maa? The val
ue -ef meadows aad pastures is too
clearly established for the question to
admit of argument so that the real
problem that comes heme to every
farmer to-day Is how to obtain the
needed hay aad grazing for the malnte- -nance
of his rspidly-lncresslsg flocks
snd herds. Meadows aad pastures ef
the most excellent quality can be es
tablished la the middle south la spite
of the pessimistic view takea by sassy
farmers snd the numerous failures
which sre recorded with these crops.
Ib the first place, moat of the attempts
to grow grasses sad clovers fail be
cause the problem la gone at from the
wrosg ead. Not maay people realise
what a vital Influence 'the hind sad
character of the soil msy have on the
growth aad developmeat of these
crops, nor do they understand thst'
the general need of humus la the soil
sccouste for very many of the disas
trous failures reported. It does seem
strange that anyone should believe
that grasses sad clovers should all be
equally well adapted to either sandy
or gravelly, loamy or clayey soils, and
that they should give the same re
sults when seeded indiscriminately oa
first or second bottom lands or on poor
uplands. Andrew M. Soule.
Useful Grasses and Clovers.
Prof. Andrew M. Soule: It is als
well to remember that there are but
comparatively few grasses and clo
vers adapted for general culture in
any one section of the country, and
when one or more is discovered of
general excellence the farmer's ef
forts should be concentrated on the
successful culture of these. Too fre
quently we are ready to run after
false gods; to take up with the glow
ing and marvelous advertisement put
forth by the resourceful seedsman as
a bait for the unwary. It Is my desire
to emphasize the fact that thore aro
comparatively few well established
varieties of either grass or clover
adapted to general culture in the mid
dle south and that from these we
must make our selection whether tho
varieties sre always to our liking or
aot In the meantime let the maa
with the novelty exploit it to his en
tire satisfaction and after ho ha3
demonstrated its vsrae snd utility be
yond all question, there will still bo
time enough for the farmer to com
mence its culture. Some of tho
primary Irsons to learn concerning
the successful culture of grasses and
clovers sre therefore clear, namely,
that they are not all adapted to the
same kind of soil; thst they vary in
their characteristics; that they give
their very best results under certain
environments; that the number to
choose from Is comparatively limited;
and that in order to be successful it
is essential that care and study be
given to the selection of varieties
and their adaptability to the respec
tive soils of the middle south.
The Farmers' Pork.
Hsppy the farmer that today caa
produce the pork for his own family
and not have to depend on the opes
market for it He caa produce the
kind of pork that suits him best snd
he caa save all the expenses of ship
ping, freight commissions sad profits
of wholesalers sad retailers. More
over, he caa prodaee a pork that hi
healthy. He caa feed foods that will
produce a hard laatsad of a soft pork;
la the production of hogs for market
the objection to produeiac a high
olsss hog Is that such a eae costs
the farmer some more hi the way of -feed
sad that he gets ao more f oa '
Whea the fsrrner has himself ss
he caa afford to srodace
this high-class bog. for he knows that
he win get the right price for him.
The aim ef the breeder whea pro
dsclng pork for his owa table should
he to prodaee a pork that contains
a very large proportloaof teas meat -"
aad a very assail pfoportioa of fat -This
wfll he la the iatereet of health. -'
Mr. Mward C.
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