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Rett Ints Fence After Sebifl Carried a rhMdred Yards. TECUM8EH. Fraak Skumer, a Germaa farmer who lives about alae allies, aorthwest of Tecumseh,- was called to Ellis by tke very serioas coaditioB of his brother. Joseph Sha mer. who faram aaar thaj; place. Tke last earned geatlnaiaa 'was strack by ra Rock Islsad fast freight trata aad lifted oato tke cowcatcher of the lo comotive, carried felly 30ft feet, whea he rolled off the pilot aad rolling dowa the right of way was stopped by comma; la contact with a wire feace. Mr. Skumer was driving a horse aad buggy la the atom, aad haviag the side curtains of the baggy ap did aot see the approachtag train. He was strack with the above result He saffered a slight fractare fo his skHll aad was otherwise badly Injured. . Selecting State Architect. The state board of public leads and ' buildings will meet sooa to select a state architect, as provided for by the late legislature. The architect will receive a salary of 12.500 per year and his assistaat $1,200 aaaaally. The board has beea laboring aader the lanpresBioB that the architect was aot to be appoiated until Jaly, but, re cently the attention of the board mem bers was called to the fact that the bill creating the office passed the leg islatare with the emergency clause at tached. Nebraska Bey Wins Hener. Paul Harrington of Wayne "showed" the Missouri boys down at Weatworth Military academy at Lexington. Mo. by carrying off first honors in science and military tactics. Adjutant Gen eral Culver received a .letter from Captain Davis, the regular army offi cer detailed to that academy, stating that Harrington had carried off the honors aad that he had recommended the young man to, the secretary of war for a commission. Given Penitentiary Sentence. SEWARD. Fred Lee. one of the three young men charged with break lag Into the oflce of Mr. Linvll at Tamora oa the night of April 20, was sentenced- to ,the. penitentiary for fif teen months. Robert Chandler aad Harmed White, the other two charged with the same offense, were acquitted, but the sheriff is holding them for the officers at Palmyra, where it is alleged they committed burglary. Diasn Ceanty Has New Treasurer. PONCA. Ex-Sheriff H. HTHart was appointed by the county board of su pervisors to ill thevacaacy caused by the death of Treasurer J. W. Thompson. Lightning Striken Scheel Hems. NORFOLK. Lightning struck the hlgh'school building, entering the sev enth grade room where the teacher, Misa. Edith Morrow, was at work with a graphaphone, giving her a severe shock aad destroyiag the instrument Several pupils were affected. Stolen Herses Recovered. PLATTSMOUTH. The horse which was recently stolen from. Joseph Lynn, who resides near Union, was found by Sheriff J. D. McBride la the possession of a farmer earned Christ ian, two miles south of Ashland, and has been returned to the owner. Nebraska Jadfe Serieasly III. GREELEY, Colo. Judge, -A. M. Rus sell', of Weeping Water,' Neb., who has been for several days in the trial of a -case in the district court, was taken suddenly ill and is in a critical condition. Cutting Insurance Rates. TECUM8EH. The fire iasurance mea of Tecamseh have beea very active the past week. Oa the part of some of them rates have been cut and slashed aad the war goes merrily oa. Oae representative says there is a disposition on the part of certain insurance companies which are ia the "combine to make tke independent companies come- into tke fold and write atfiCpmbiae prices or go out of . T Treat Diseased Cattle. OSCEOLA. M. V. Byera. assistant. stateveteriaarlaa, has beea ordered to go to Raahville, hi tke aortkwestera part of tke state, wkere a large num ber of diseased horses aad cattle are aaaraatiaed.' . Yeanfl Fai AINSWORTH. The Insanity board met here aad kad brought before it Robert Ferguson, a yoaag farmer liv tag sear tUa place. He was pro- ' COLUMBU8. Ernil '-maa whose home kaa alwaya beea at tale place ia wader arrest here oa tke serioas charge of dasHtlng from the Uaited Stales aavy. AUBURN. Neb. Aagast Heitxlg, a it farmer , of this county. la the I wags knack, a mOe The aedy was re- frt' - . west sf. this cftx -. a-w-'Z j nte'irr" " " r"r 1 MMbMsss SMrMt Nebraska. ! NEWSY STATE BRIEFS. West Point graduating class Is six boys aad six girls. The site for the new postoMce at Fairbury kaa been selected. General rain throughout the estate greatly Interfered with Decoratkm day exercises. Three divorces were granted at the receat term, of the district court in Richardson county. The ministerial association of Lin coln waat the stores of the city closed oa Saturday afternoon and night. Such is the burden of a aet of resolutions passed at the last meeting. Committees have been named, by the Wymore volunteer fire department to make 'arrangements for the Fourth of July celebration which they ex pect to be a glorious affair. Mrs. Ed Mead of Hastings was so frightfully burned that her death re sulted la a few hours. It is supposed that the accident occurred as she was attempting to light the kitchen 'fire. At preliminary examination in In dmnola, Charles McMillan was held to the district court without bond on the charge of killing Lee Jones on Mny 30. The prisoner claims self-defense. The camp meeting and Epworth as sembly which was to have been held in Callaway from June 4 to 14 in clusive, has been called off on ac count of the backward spring and the wet weather. Joseph Tolbertthe colored porter of a Missouri Pullman sleeper, was run down and instantly killed at Om aha by a union Pacific diner that was being switched into the Union sta tion. Deceased was 55 years old. The home of Fritz Staac, four and a half miles north of Syracuse, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Staack was at home at the time but was unable to save anything. The home was one of the nicest in that part of the county. The board of insanity commission ers of Richardson county decided that Sylvester Tuttle, a young man living In the south part of the county, is a fit subject for the asylum and sent him to Lincoln. Lee Jones of Bsrtley was shot and instantly killed by Charles McMillan, a harness maker, employed in Lord's shop at Indianola. The parties had been drinking and got into a dispute over the playing of a game of poker. The murderer is In jail. The city council of York has grant ed druggist permits to all of the drug gists of York and imposed on them conditions and rules under which they can dispose of intoxicating liquors which makes it nearly impossible for anyone to buy liquor unless for purely, medicinal purposes. The Nebraska weather crop bulle tin says: The past week has been cold and wet The daily mean tem perature averaged 4 degrees below normal In the eastern counties and, 1 'degree below in western. The rain fall has been general and heavy. Over the eastern half of the state it has exceeded two inches, and in most of this district it has ranged between, three and six inches. The continuous' and heavy rain has practically pre vented all the work In the fields for the past week. In all except the ex treme western and a few 'northern counties a large amount of replanting will be necessary because of the washing out and covering up of corn or the flooding of the lowlands by the excessive rains. John Zanechek, a young man living six miles southeast of Wiiber, just over the Gage county line, was found dead by his parents. He had arisen at the usual hour and was found lying on his face where he had fallen. It Is presumed that he died of heart trouble. Deputy Labor Commissioner Bert Bush is busy preparing for the com pilation of the biennial report of the department. The blanks have been returned from the printers and these are being mailed as rapidly as The size of the office force will permit to the various manufacturers and, other sources from which information is ob tained. Erail Hoehen, arrested in Columbus and charged with desertion of the navy, has been released from jail on 500 bonds penDing the arrival "of a representative of the government to resist" habeas corpus proceedings in stituted by his father, who alleges that the boy is under age and therefore not subject to the call -of the navy department Mrs. John Mehlin, a widow of Humboldt arrived from Upland, where she went a month ago to spend the summer with relatives. She was right la. the path of the tornado which did so much damage there. None of her relatives lost their lives, but their property was swept away, and Mrs. Mehlin lost -all of her clothing ex cept what she had on. She was thankful, to escape with her life and tells n graphic story of the horrors of the storm. The commissioners of Cass county were conferring with the commission ers of Nebraska City regarding the replaciag of three large bridges on the county line, taken out by the re cent storms. The commissioners are learaiag of new bridges that are out over the county every day. The annual convention of the Cass Coaaty Sunday School association will be held in Louisville on Monday and Tuesday. June 15 and 16. Every San day school in the county is expected to be( represented. A new Independent telephone' or gaaizatkm is being; formed by farmers residing north and east of Ord. - The object of the orgaalxatioa Is to con nect Ord with North Loup. Many farms aad ranches between the two towns will be' connected to the line. Articles of incorporation have been filed in the sum of 15,090 by the Loup Valley Agricultural society. Tke stock of tke organization has all been sub scribed for. the' stockholders being all influential stockgrowers and bati- of tke Loup valley country. Mat ivr irjim -f -ii'4-- -TinBTTnii r i iridTamiii uyi - -w v waml siawr - . ,' Z eaaaa wo iw-ao mmv hwidrde asfaaaa M" rmaaaawmWinBavr M jj- a. f 1 I Brw.BnflLs'MLLBl MHL Mi I Ml. m 'm vBaMsmr maMPSr arB'.mamfK Mi Wi 25am2Bm)" ' ..-- -,M.n BMKftaM,-d iaL. WIutBSi )mBk JEjM pw9t Ml- - - - aal SIRCUMVENTINO THE TICK. Prof. W. H. DalrympJe of tke wm. station, in aa.addxeaa to Ne- Maakm atockatea, , We ia the Soath consider, so fax as. mr cattle tatarests axe.coaeersed, aad jre alight also say, those at the North jrn breeder who alma at creatfag narket la the 8oath, that perhaps the aost valaabla discovery ever made, is, Aat wkea a faw. drops of blood are Irawa from one of oar native tkk afested animals, aad Injected aader seath the akla of a susceptible oae, It ffl produce la tke latter a ailld at atck of Texas fever, from which, la -he great majority of eases, the aalmal treated will recover, aad after aards be able to withstand asbse ineat attacks of tke 41sease. brought aboat by traasmlsskm of the specific organism through the medium of the somaioa cattle-tick, or, in other words, oecome lmmaae. I do not know Jest how It ia ap kere la Nebraska, hat dowa oar way, there are still to be found a few people, the exact num ber I have never attempted to esti mate, who have a sort of Ingrained aversion for anything to which' the term "scientific' is applied, but who. at the same time, seem absolutely ob livious to the fact, that scientific in-, vestigation, about which they appear to possess such crude notions, aad at which they are inclined to sneer, as If there v was some sleight-off-hand Juggling connected with it, nothing more nor less than persistent, pains taking searching after the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In this very work of immunisa tion, we kave an excellent Illustra tion: Texas fever, the hitherto dread ed bane end bugbear of every South ern stockman, below the fever line, whose desire It was to purchase. In northern latitudes, pure bred cattle for the purpose of upbuilding nnd im proving his degenerated herds, either of beef or dairy animals, has almost as many names as there are .breeds, of cattle, and just as many theories as' to its cause and methods of treatment And it is probable that such a chaotic state of affairs would still have existed had It not been for the Indefatigable, dogged, and persistent efforts of the scientist in his search after truth, which has resulted in the accuracy of the knowledge now possessed relative to tke true cause and nature of the disease, and the more intelligent and effective measures by which to com bat Its ravages. As has been previously hinted, the actual, or exciting, cause of Texas fever is a germ a malarial type of germ belonging to the protozoa, the lowest form of animal life. Technic ally, this organism is known as plro plasma bigeminum," nnd It can be found within the red blood cells of any of 6uinatlve southern cattle that have been exposed to tick infestation.' It may be of interest to state at this -point that we have Southern na tives, however, that are. non-immunes. This may appear rather strange to some of you, as It did to many, in cluding some of our leading stock journals, when a South Carolina herd of cattle became infected with Texas fever after exhibition nt'the Charles ton Exposition In 1901. The explana tion of such an occurrence, however, Is quite simple, when we realize that the tick is, so far as we know, the only Intermediary host of the disease-, germ, and that there are many places In the southern states, as, for. ex ample, the alluvial lands of my own state, or lands subject to periodic inundation, on which ticks are rarely to be found. Consequently animals born and raised on such tick-free places are non-Immune, because they have not had the opportuaity to be come inoculated by the natural meth od, viz., through the Intermediation of the tick. But, if animals so raised are afterwards placed upon tlcky pas tures, they will contract the fever just us surely as If they had been lm: ported from North of the Federal Quarantine Line. In short, It Is, With us, a question of ticks, or no ticks. PRACTICAL VALUE OF TUBER- CUklN. While the use of tuberculin ns n diagnostic of tuberculosis of cattle has been undoubtedly nbused in many Instances where forcible entry was made- Into 'private stables' by unpro fessional, uneducated employes of state officials, the fact remains that It Is, properly used, a reliable and valu able agent In detecting the presence fit the disease. There need be nothing hidden in the use of tuberculin. Any intelligent farmer may use it success fully himself with a little instruction. We have given such instruction many times nnd results following the first use of the ngent have been mere than successful. This being the, case we have always advised that tuberculin should be employed when there is rea sonable suspicion in the mind of an owner that one of his cattle may be afflicted with tuberculosis and more especially when the udder Is the seat" of the trouble. We find that It Js a common thing for a milch cow to showthe following symptoms: The udder becomes caked, (gargetty) now and then nnd recovers without' treatment There is no good reason for the attack. The cow suf fers no chill or fever. She eats well nnd appears healthy. The milk from the affected teat or quarter is changed In quality for but a few days-then be comes normal again. Tuberculosis is never suspected by the owner, but in these cases we always suspect it and consider It by far the most danger ous form of the disease so fsr as users of milk are concerned. Quite recently a cattle breeder sent us tke following report of a cow owned by him: JA foar-year-old cow dropped her first calf, carried' full time, thir teen months ago, and has. not stood to service yet She was a 'very poor milker nnd tke calf was taken from ker when three or four months old std the cow dried off la a short time Jt was noticed that oae of her rear teats. was larger than normal, aa though it might have beea caked a little in dry ing ker up. It has gradually'fncreased la size until now' that quarter of the adder Is about five' Inches screes, hard pad hot What shall I do forit? The cowseema ta nrst rate aeaerai aeatta with the exception of oae eye which irritated while on pasture last ier and seems blind now. She has had. no grain for several months, ns I thought It possible she' would be more apt to breed If redaced in flesh: Aa examination shows the mouth of the womb so tightly closed that I have been aaahle to latrodace a kardl rusher dilator aboat Inch In di ameter. What do yon think of the The owner was advised to us t&at we suspected tabercaloais and givea CATTLE I fall instructions ss to the sinking of a' of wklck the Mlowiac Is a Tsamaaratara of cow tioa of the Uberculm, a aw lttj; 11: a. a10t: $:! pVnL 1MU. av jected t cable ceatlmeters of takana 11a aader akla of neck at l:N M. day arelimlaary tarn Next results: Cs,av,10CJ;t :; 12 noon, M7.2; t p. at, 17J; f a, m. 107.8 This Is a asost Cow reported to be "la first rata kealth" with aot; the pickm of Ubercalosls oa tke 'part of -the owner was by.tke above taharrulla test provedto he very aaaeroaaly tuberculous. Her udder was doabUess tke aeat of tke 'disease, bat (Unas throaghoat the body were also ap doabt Involved ia the disss air 'Tke cow that kaa stood aext to 'thai cow la stable foraome time was also tasted aad showed' by her reaction to tke tabercalla that she' is to be consid ered aasplcioBS and a sabseaaeat teat ia a few months may show plainly that ake kaa contracted the disease without doubt There' Is surely a valuable lesson to. be leaned from this case. Farmers' Review. THE AMERICAN ROYAL STOCK SHOW. ' From the Farmers' Review: Kansas City, Mo. Breeders aad Importers of draft and coach horses are taking a lively interest in the coming Ameri can Royal Live Stock Show, to be held ia this city October 19-24. aad thela dlcstions are that the exhibit of horses will be a large one, aad oae of excel lent quality. Messrs. Wolcott, Beers 4b Co. of Kansas City have offered $500 In cash prizes for the horse de partment of the show. McLaaxhUn Bros, of Columbus, O., nnd Kansas City, have just announced that they will contribute 300 to the fund for prizes, and that, they will exhibit 30 to 40 of their "best animals. Crouch ft Son of Lafayette, Ind., and J. W. Roblson, have also signified their in tention to enter large numbers of ani mals. It Is expected that the Perch eron association will offer a. liberal sum In prizes. The success of the sheep department, one of the new de partments to be added to the show this year, is assured. Dwight Lincoln of Milford Center. O., secretary of the American Rambouillet. Sheep Breed ers' Association, nnd F. W. Harding of Waukesha, Wis., breeders of Short-, horn cattle and Rambouillet sheep, are working enthusiastically to get a large representation of their favorite breed. They have raised $100 by individual subscriptions to be added r to the amount offered by the Kansas City Stock Yards Company for prizes. The stock yards company offers $200 In cash to each of the breeds of sheep exhibited. Leading breeders of Cots wold, -Shropshire, Sonthdowns and Ox ford Downs have signified their Inten tion of taking part in 'the sheep ex hibit The erection of a new barn to be used for the sheep, goat and swine exhibit, has just begun. This will take the place of the tent used last year for the swine and goat ex hibits. Jno. M. Hazelton. TREATMENT OF THE SOW. Youqg sows should be liberally fed on flesh nnd bone-producing foods, such as ground oats 'and wheat bran. In summer they should have a run on clover, and in winter comfortable quar ters, with access to the yard. It should never- be forgotten that exercise is essential for breeding sows. Sows should not be mated before they are nine months old. At nil times they should be kindly treated. A good brood sow is worth caring for, as she Is more profitable than a brood mare. Her progeny mature more quickly, do not require such expensive stabling, are exposed to less risks, nnd a ready market is always obtainable for them. In winter a ration of grain roots and clover hay, with access to a yard for exercise, is an economical and suit able way of caring for brood sows. The farrowing pen should be roomy and warm, with just a sufficiency of litter. In very cold weather it is a good plan to heat a couple of bricks and put them In a basket, cover with chaff, and then put the young pigs on this until all are farrowed, when they may be placed near the teats. For. the first twenty-four hours after farrowing give the sow nothing but perhaps a drink of warm water, an food or slops may kill her. The act of a sow In eating her young is often the fault of the owner in feeding heat-producing food prior to farrowing, and giving little, or no exercise. Prof W. J. Fraser. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN AYR 8HIRE8. 'I have recently received the report of tie official milking tests of Ayr shire cows in Scotland for the year 1902, and hnte selected the five giving the highest iccord for butter, also the five giving the highest record in the Home Dairy test in the states for the year 1902, a comparison ef which Is of interest, all being official and supposed to be among the best of the breed in either country. The natural conditions in Scotland are more favorable for a large dairy yield from the same cows than In America on account of the more uniform moisture In Scotland, and the consequent succulence of pas- turage. The record In both countries, shows a good degree of uniformity and a good class of dairy cows.. The five Scotch cows gave per day of milk (pounds) respectively 60, 52, 30, 45. 46. an average of 46. Their milk tested In butter-fat, 3.87. 3.50, 5.92, 4.47, 3.30. Butter made per day was (pounds). 2.73, 2.11, 2.05, 2.03. 1.76, 2.13. an average-, of .13. The Amerlcaa cows gave per day In pounds, 51. 42, 46, 42, 47, an average of 45. Their milk tested 3.80, 4.60, 4.00, 4.50, 3.80. The butter made per day was 2.26, 2.26. 2.14. 2.10, 2.08. an average of 2At. C M. Winslow, Secretary. Tales From the North. The Eskimos were very angry with the arctic explorer. "What did he do?" asked the mem ber of the relief expedition. "He pettett our dogs," explained the little native "Is' there ny harm in petting your dogs?" t " ' "Yt their tails were frmn atfff j d wnen mey.went to wagthem they f broke off." V ' Retert Courteous. Husband (daring the spat) I would n't be n fool if I were, you. ; Wife (calmly) My .dear I can read ily understand that If you were me you wouldn't be a fcol. - The "saddle" is the posterior part of the back, running to tke tail In a cock aad answering to the cushion in a hen. cushion, however.-being re? Etricted to a, very considerable devel opment as in Cocklns." while -saddle" may be applied to any breed. FERMENTS ANO FLAVOR IN BUT TER. Tlw production of lactic acid causes the aearaeaa of cream, aad is largely accountable for the. desired aavor ha better, it Is the most Important erod ed formed, and serves. as a guide la testing tke rlpeaesa of cream.' The carkoale acid gaa Is mostly givea oat, bat the volatile coastitaeata amy aa importaat part, If the . ripeetag be properly carried oa, la producing a fine aroma, which Is not obtained whea foreign adds are added to sweat cream la the attempt to secure the same aavor without ripening. For this reasoa aweet cream batter M very little favor, aad It. la only throuxh the ripening or soaring of cream tkat tke favor of batter Is obtained. The ripen ing of cream may develop good or bat savors depeadiag upon the kinds of bacteria which take part ia tke far msataUoB. A particalar kind of bac teria; aa a rale, givea rise toa fer mentation characteristic of that spe cies and conseqaeatly the fermeata Uoaa that give rise to a bad aavor are alwaya due to some undesirable germs that have gained access to the milk. Tke source of these last named germs in the milk Is filth, due to careless and dirty milking or to the use of unclean utensils, or sometimes to the use of milk from a diseased cow. Filthlness Is the great source of trouble In the art of battermaking, so muck stress must be laid on cleanliness la every phase of milk and butter production. Oscar Elf. ABOUT 'SEPARATING. Unfavorable conditions for c separatioa are: L Speed below that which the ma chine la calculated to run. 2. Feeding separator to Its capacity or over when speed Is too low. 3. Milk below a temperature of 84 degrees when being separated. 4. Making very heavy cream by ad justment 6. Vibrating, swaying, or unsteady running of the bowL. Reversing these conditions, of course, will cause the' most favorable conditions for thorough separation. Every buttermaker should see that his separator runs smoothly and with regular cpeed, and that as near as pos sible to the speed Intended for thnt particalar machine, which is usually stamped on the bowl. It la not wise to run any separator much faster, ow ing to the danger of injuring; the bear ings or bursting the bowl. As soon as separation Is complete the aepara tor should be thoroughly washed, get ting every particle out of the crevices, and then have it thoroughly blown out with live steam, so that all parts com ing in contact with milk or cream will be perfectly sterile. The heat absorbed by the bowl will then cause all dampness to vaporize, thus leaving all parts dry and free from danger of rusting. J. W. Newman, before Ontario Dairymen's Convention. GOVERNMENT DEMANDS PAS TEURIZATION. The movement for the pasteurization of all milk and cream from which but ter Is made, has received a new im pulse In the demand by the govern ment for such butter for use In the navy. A Kansas creamery company controlling many creameries and skim ming stations has been awarded a contract to manufacture several hun dred thousand pounds, but It is speci fied that this butter must be from pasteurized milk or cream.' This should have considerable Influence In reduc ing the amount of sickness In the navy. Disease germs live in butter as well as In milk, and It is impossible to estimate how many epidemics may have occurred with infected butter as a source. But there Is another reason for requiring pasteurization, and that Is that the percentage of spoiled but ter may be reduced, and that the. keeping quality of the good butter may be increased. This must be a large matter in a year's butter supply of the navy. Some of the large creamery companies that do not pasteurize, ex press their discontent nt the require ment by the government nnd hint that .it was a dodge to throw the contract in a certain direction. But few 'will look at it In this light If they cannot keep up with the demand of the times for 'good butter, they have only them selves to blame. FLAVOR OF BUTTER. It Is safe to say that the principal defect In the quality of Canadian but ter, as in the butter from any other country, is in regard to the matter of flavor, said J. A. Reddick in an ad dress. The causes which give rise to this defect are many and not always easily located, but the buttermaker has a great advantage over the cheese maker, inasmuch as he has It within his power to control the flavor of the butter to a very great extent by the use of good flavored fermentation "starters," and by proper attention to the ripening, of the cream. His failure to do this is one reason why the but ter Is often Inferior in flavor. Butter makers must study this question of ripening cream and' the use of "start ers." The trouble is that very often the "starter" produces a bad flavor instead of a good one. When the farmer sows his seed he expects to reap what he sows. If he sows wheat he reaps a crop of wheat, but if the grata he uses Is full of mustard-seed I need not point out what the result will be. It is not possible to get fine flavored butter where bad starters are used any more than it Is to get a crop of wheat from the mustard seed. The difficulty is that many buttermakers apparently do not know the difference between what Is a proper starter and what is not HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIA- TION. The eighteenth annual meeting of the Holsteln-Frieslan Association of America will be held at the Yates Hotel, Syracuse, N. Y., on Wednesdsy. Jaae it 1903, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the election of officers and the tran saction of any other business which may legally cpme before it F. L. Houghton, Secretary, Putney, Vt In the Gleaming. ' They were sitting alone on the old rustic porch. The yoaag maa waa very bashful. "Dont you know," ke said finally, more to break the monotony than any thing; else, "some people nre mean enough to think I am a freak?" m Wen." replied the pretty girl, with ayawn,' "I think you are something of aa 'armless wonder' myself." "Secondaries" sre the quill feathers of- the wings, which sre visible when r the wings sre folded. DUCK CULTURE. From Farmers' Review: The Imaortaat tame hi to have lost healthy pareat stock that is aot in bred. What we mean by Inbred Ja using: mala birds from your owa eggs for breeders several years without rettinr new blood from some other source. Oar practice Is to get some other breeder to excaaage eggs with as from which wo hatch aad raise oar owa drakes for 'breeding for next seasoa. bt raising stock for breeding wa start from the time the pareat stock la Batched. These are selected from the April and May hatches aad are aot forced same as ordinary stock for market They do not come to ma turity la four weeks. As sooa aa they get their feathers (except the wings) we sort them, picking out all the most promising ducks for breeders. The. drakes are put back In peas nnd fat tened for market. For breeders we select the medium-size ducks, with drakes jaat a little under-sized. These we think are more active and eggs are more fertile. As soon aa we have oar breeders sorted we turn them out to pasture la flocks, say 200 on about .two acres with plenty of shade and a creek running through the lot They are fed sparingly on a light feed com posed of three-quarters bran with the rest equal parts core meal, low grade flour, ground oats, 5 per cent beef scrap; also one-third of entire mix ture, cut clover rowen of second' crop clover cut very fine, with nil long stems -screened out, or -green corn fodder cut every day very fine Feed sll they will eat up clean quickly. Keep them purposely a little hungry. They are kept here until Nov. 1 to 15, according to weather. Then they are agala sorted and put in pens 12x 100 with 10x10 pen inside house. 20 ducks aad 5 drakes to a pen. Each pen has a feed trough 1 foot wide 6 Inches deep, 12 feet long, with an other for water 6 feet long outside. Inside they have a feed trough same as others with a 15 quart pail for water not over 14 inches high. This pen Is kept bedded with fine planer shavings preferred, it has a box for oyster shells and gravel size of wheat or com. Here the feed Is all changed to equal parts: corn meal, bran, low grade flour, ground oats and stale bread or crackers, It can be had, 10 per cent, beef scrap and one-third en tire mixture, line cut clover. Steam the -whole mixed thoroughly with warm water, not sloppy,' but In n con dition so It crumbles. Feed Inside in stormy weather nnd outside if the snow Is off the ground. They should start laying by last of December or first of January. The eggs are gath ered first thing in the morning, when one can see to get them; also again at 9 and 11 o'clock. This is to keep them from getting chilled. Later when it is warm 9 or 10 o'clock will do. i.8 the pens are kept bedded the eggs which are laid on the floor are most all clean. Those that are soiled are washed lightly. We set our eggs twice or three times a week never using eggs over one week old. They are run in the incubator four weeks at 103, being turned on wire trays half over every twelve hours. We never open machine from time they start to hatch, until all are out Machine Is provided with a nursery under trays below into which they fall as fast as hatched and are out of the way of others that are coming out When they are all dried off we take a bushel basket and line with paper, then put in soft cloth, first warming it; Into this we place the little downy fellows, cover them up and hurry them off to the brooder house. W. P. Curtiss, Niagara County, New York. MIXED POULTRY RAISING. There will always be. some poultry raisers that will find it to their ad vantage to devote their efforts to the production of one kind of poultry pro duct and that'too from one breed. But there will always be more who will take pleasure in raising a variety of breeds and producing various things to market The specialist will turn his intensive efforts into money, but his plant will be idle a large part of the year. Whether a poultryman is to be a specialist or follow some plan for putting on the market a variety of poultry products must depend on the person, especially on his particular bias of mind in this matter. The man that follows mixed poultry raising has some advantages over the .specialist He can keep his labor employed all the year around. This is no small ad vantage if the plant is large enough to require the labor of one man. More over, he can place upon the market some kind of produce during every month of the year. In the spring he has broilers to sell; in the summer, fat hens; in the fall, marketable cock erels; and the winter eggs. A con tinuous revenue will thus be assured. It is a" question how far mixed poultry raising should be carried. There are some poultry men that boast of hav ing over 80 varieties of land and watet fowls, and in additioa several kinds oi pigeons. It is no small task tc educate oneself on the different ail ments to which so many breeds are subject In many cases mixed poultry raising is advisable, but it should be followed with moderation. STANDARD SIZE OF CORN EARS According to the accepted rules for corn judging the proper length in inches of ears of seven of the leading varieties is as follows: Reid's Yellow Dent 10; Golden Eagle. 9; Riley's Fa vorite, 9; Learning. 10; Boone County White, 10; Silver Mine, 9; White Su perior, 10. All of these should be seven Inches In circumference except Boone County White, which should be 7.5. The proportion' of corn to the whole ear should be. by weight, Reid'f Yellow Dent, 88; Golden Eagle, 90; Riley's Favorite, 90;- Learning, 88; Boone County White. 86; Silver Mine 90; White Superior, 88. With these figures our readers can do some ex perimental work in their own con cribs if they wish to become familiar with the standards set t Northwestern university has cut 'down the college course by 10 per cent for students who enter one of the pro fessional schools of the Institution. By this plan, both the college and medical degrees, for each of which four years' work is required, can be secured by a rtudent of both Institutions in six ''years. Tke rale applies also to stu Jeata wko eater the law, dentistry, and pharmacy schools from the col lege, where they are allowed to cut down the two courses a year. - A good man isn't necessarily a desir able neighbor. Vlmt?y J- , aad dew. .'Stat tank's.. 1 ft, ftwatehtlraaiWkiaTaV t aad Mae ft fleas the areatai aky. waste it ssm he ewe. Whkher wM OM Ghwy ? Broke Up Card Playinf. "Card playing," said the Major, "was with many soldiers a passioB,' and in that form was as difficult to handle as anything in the army. Ia the first year of the war poker was a demoralizer, because officers aad men gave themselves up to it and be cause there were in nearly very regi ment sharpers and gamblers who took advantage of the unsophisticated or of those who played as a relief from the tedium of army life. . The sharpers as a rule fell out of the ser vice when the serious business of wsr opened, but the men who were cur ried off their feet by poker were num bered by the hundreds in every bri gade. "It was almost impossible to en force discipline in the matter of card playing, because if the Colonel of a regiment was a poker player, he sym pathized with the .men who were poker players, and the latter knew it So it happened that men evnded camp regulations and played on picket and even in the resting intervals of fight ing on the skirmish line. Generals like Rosecrans had small patience with this condition of affairs and did much to remedy the evil. In our regi ment, however, an incident of no great moment did more to bring about effective reform. than all the general's efforts nnd orders. "One day it so happened that half a dozen poker players were thrown together on an advanced post guard ing a road through the woods in our division 'front The boys knew the enemy was abroad and alert, but it was very quiet there in the woods, and the next picket post was not a hundred yards away. Four of the men decided on a quiet game. leaving two ne'n on watch. The game soon be came very interesting, and the men on guard drew nearer and nearer to watch the play. They, as well as the men playing, soon were so absorbed that they lost sight of their surround ings, and when the rebels rushed the post all were made prisoners without firing a shot "For a few minutes there was con sternation, almost a panic along the- line, but the post was reclaimed and the gap closed before the enemy could take advantage of it. The Lieuten ant in immediate command, knowing the men, knew how tbey had been captured. The Captain knew also, as did the Colonel, snd sll the poker players of the command wore very cerious faces. Six good men bad been sacrificed, and the regiment bad been put in a very awkward position. That night five of the captured men sneaked inside our lines. They re ported that Bluffer, the instigator of the game on the picket pest, bad In veigled his captors into a game, and when fairly started had given his fel low prisoners a slow motioned wink, which they quickly interpreted, and broke guard, running toward our lines. Bluffer himself remained a prisoner for six months, and when he '-returned found a regiment that played poker only when it was safe to play." Chicago Inter Ocean. The Coming National Encampment. The general committee of the citi zens of California in charge of the ar-rarements- for the entertainment of thS" veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic at the time of the thirty seventh annual encampment have is sued a circular in which the announce ment is made that as these veterans may never again gather in aa encamp ment on the shores of the Pacific the people of California will exert every effort to make the encampment the most memorable one In the history of the G. A. R. The veterans of Califor nia and Nevada have arranged the preliminaries for the encampment, but the whole Pacific coast is in a 'blaze of enthusiasm and is working hand In hand with the committees to make the encampment eclipse all former fraternal gatherings. The famous gardens of Santa Clara. Marin, Soncma, Alameda, Contra Cos ta and other adjacent counties will furnish the material for the grandest floral display ever seen. Quartz and hydraulic mining will be demonstrated on miniature mines, and oil wells are to be bored in the city in sight of the visitors. For the illumination and the decoration, though much of It is owned by the city, and is given free of charge, and the flowers are donated, the legislature has appropriated $25. 000 for that purpose, and the citizens expect to raise three times aa much by voluntary contributioa to d-fray the cost of dressing the city In holiday garb. Two Brave Deeds. J. Lawler Darby, a Confederate vet eran, said: "The two most touching, and real manly things lhat I recall from 1861 .OI.diBIMBia. BsmaedbsUaiBUWtwttsW.eBiwssr aadharaadclssa; . wanaag Sasaffh am waemasnw at aa am t hSajk BBBmfma' WB-anvwrnOMOMffs? latwaaasr BMftfBBt? ' Mi en a ef'heaar fast it hat est r-bjBBfiajrts Ms sad mam mat mat HecBiaBj ntet; Bsnnsff back aw drives sjaw. sad bhaiat e-sramentn--HhaiBjdasafiywsr-a iiiawaiihal wMwrwOttaanrie? SMwaaast BWHsaas? WBawBteajMttaaMaaVmejhffst) 'L90BBmm5mK" rhmfeaa hteesm It e'er me Mat Mea aft ks catenas wade amy anmeer taetr earns BMftesarr Tefitae amis it has aet tracsd-fbtwey it has aet weal to 1SS6 are taeae: At the betag waaadid aad setae 1 I walked tato the SsM of Gen. Lee. He aad bis staff were dtsBMiwated aad rahytaa; the disor dered troops. A bay was aaaatas by weepsag. The rsmmaasr placed kia kaad aaoa kia aaoalder aad said: Oe' hack, my son. and kelp your comrades; doat yea hear taemr " 'I can't I caa't; I saw my brother shot dead by my side.' "Go back aad areata his blood. said Lee. "I caa't; my heart la hrokea.' " 'Thea (A to the rear. Yoa saaa't be harmed.' "The other was at Appomattox. Col. LaFayette Hobaoa, who west out as lieutenant of Company D. Fifth Ala bama regimeat. originally caBed the Greeasboro Light Artillery Guard, waa la command of Rhodes brigade at the surrender. Passias; his regi meat la Use he saw Private Ed Hutch inson, the only member present of his old company, ready for the fight. Dis mounting he said: 'Ed, take my horse to the rear.' He wanted oae of his brave boys left Hobaoa la dead, the soldier he loved ia a worthy cttlzea of Greeasboro."' Tribute to Scottish H Hesrts and heads of wives sad widows of Amerlcaa soldiers who par ticipated in the war of the rebellion have reached across the Atlsatic ocean in n greeting of love to the half score of ex-union soldiers who nre residing in their native land Scotland. Oa aa east-bound express train which left Chicago recently there reposed n com mon wooden box. In that box is a large Amerlcaa flag. 12 by 20 feet, aad a bronze tablet. 18 by 22 Inches. The two sre the tribute of love snd honor to the Spanish-American soldiers who fell on American battlefields fightlng for the preservation of the union aad are preseated by the members of Abraham Lincoln Post No. 108 of the Women's Relief corps of Cook county. It Is tkelutention of the members of the corps to have the flag draped about the monument erected to Lin coln's memory, representing "Emanci pation" by the Scottish people nt Edin burgh. The tablet was placed on tho base of the monument on Memorial day. Leonardo Used to Haw) Cannen. A rival has risen to the great American mule aa aa adjaact to a military compalgn. You might guess a long time, bat never think that the beautifully spotted leopard has proved the equal of the prise American bick er ia haulier; howitzers, srmy wsgons or other vehicles. The leopards were first Introduced for this work in Upo gofo. in German East Africa, and now it is not nn unusual sight to see the jungle beauties chained to the wheel of labor. The leopards must be caught when young and carefully trained. They rapidly become docile and will work the best part of the day with one meal. A substitute must now be found for thnt time worn saying about the leopard's spots, as appar ently the African savage has changed the beast's treacherous nature Into one of domestic content. Made Him a Rounder. A member of the Twenty-fifth Indi ana tells this good one: "Our regiment, having re-enlisted after enjoying veteran furlough at home, was ordered to Decatur, Ala., where we were joined by the detach ment of boys who did not re-enlist, and who were distinguished from the veterans by the name of rounders. One of the men was brought before the colonel for some misdemeanor. The colonel was noted for his ready means of disposing of such cases and asked him if he was a rounder. The of fender answered in the negative. Then,' said the colonel. 'HI make yon one. Just walk around that stump about six hours. It is needless to say the fellow walked." Washtagton Post. A Notable Company ef Generals. The forty-second anniversary of the organization of the First Pennsylvania regiment, which was celebrated on Saturday. April 18, was marked by a street parade and n banquet in the Union League. The banquet waa given by the members of the Veteran Corps of the regiment, of which Col. Theodore E. Wiedersheira is comman der. Among the guests were Gen. Nel son A. Miles. Gen. A. R. Chaffee. Gen John R. Brooke, Gov. Pennypackcr and Mayor John Weaver. Gen. James W. Latta and Col. R. Dale Bcnson; with Col. Wcldcrsheim. who formerl commanded the regiment, attended the banquet. The street parade wa reviewed from the Union League bj Gen. Miles. Before and After the Vvt. One of these furious leaders at the South declared that if we would se cede from the Union there would be, no war, and if there should be a wat; we could "whip the Yankees with children's popguns." When, after tne war, this same gentleman was ad dressing an audience, he was asked by an old. maimed soldier: "SaV Judge, ain't you the same man that told us before the war that we couk wbip the Yankees with pop-guns?" "Yes." replied the witty speaker "and we could, but. confound 'em they wouldn't fight us that way." rom "My First Command and th Outbreak of the War," by Gen. Johi B. Gordon, in JLhe May Scribner's. Bar to Pensions Removed. The interior department has decided that the bar to allowance of :pens!or to soldiers who served in the Unlor army during the civil war and who hat previously served in the Confederal army is removed by section 1 of th joint resolution of July 1, 1902, relat tag to the pensionable status of suet soldiers, and it is held to be unneces sary for such claimants to file a nev application for pension subsequent t July 1. 1902. Latitude Given to Pests. The National encampment, at It: lest meeting in Washington, adopted i resolution providing that wherever i department saw fit to do so it migh cdmit post commnnders nnd past pes commanders is good standing as dele gates, or. in other words, they coul make them ex-ofaeio members of th encampmeat Deaths From Stsrms snd Floods. 1 ne deaths from storms and -flood in 1S02 were 12,000. . , .' Grease will cause the rubber In ai automobile tire to crumble. - m . t . i r i.S . rJ? -. .? .-. . , -f .. vcj --5v TvT -fc . s, . ?F! .. - -r - i-i . 1 ijE9M.i ii -i&Al'iii V j v .. "T i -, JSK -rfBPSBmj -"--; r maa-?Si-' . , l " ,',.'". - msmsmtoSlislrfsSs1 -; .. - c r ; , d-alM
