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Tollis, a business man of Mc Cool Janction. missed a roll of tails mounting to $65. The money was carried ia his watch pocket. - At McCool Junction Charles Mark ..worth and Ed Galasha became in volved la a heated political argument 'which brought on a flstlc encoanter. b the Ight Markworth's an was bad iry cat with a-knife. ; While land has been selling very kigh la Saunders county the past year, 'a record breaker was made one day last week, when Cbappel G. Haggard sold eighty acres without improve ments to John Dolezal for $8,000. The monthly report of Superintend ent Fulraer, which was read at the ateetiag of the board of education at Beatrice, showed the total enrollment of pupils In the public schools ap tS date to be 2,003. This is a gain of nearly 300 over teat year. Walter Whitcomb is lying at the point of death at his borne Ave miles nuthwest of Ravenna as the result of a murderous attack, evidently prompted by the motive of robbery, while his assailant has fled to parts unknown. The fugitive is a young Arrangements are being perfected by the city teachers for a series of spelliag contests to be held in the Wahoo schools this winter. A coun ty contest will be held some time next month, in which nearly every school district in the county will be repre sented. Mrs. Charles Depew, who shot Mrs. Elmer Berry in the left leg at Fre mont, claiming that the latter wa too friendly with Mrs. Depew'a hus baad, may not be prosecuted. It is understood that all parties are anx ious to drop the matter to avoid fur ther notoriety. Consul General Joseph Langer of Wilber. who is visiting in Nebraska, has been appointed a colonel on Gov ernor Mickey's staff, which appoint ment carries with It the right to wear the dazzling uniform of the staff upon every possible pretext and in any nuarter of the globe. Charles Bloedorn, a Platte county boy by birth. Is home for a few days at Columbus. He Is engaged in rais lag rice and owns a large plantation la Louisiana, 150 miles west of New Orleans. He speaks well of the south and says It offers many opportunities for safe investments. George F. Houseworth, who has held the office of clerk of the district court ia Cass county for eight years, filed his resignation with the board of coun ty commissioners, the same to take effect on December 1. He will re move to Seattle, Wash., and engage la the 'real estate business. State Food Commissioner Thompson has decided to enforce the law which prohibits the use of oleomargarine in hotels and restaurants unless a sign on the wall opposite each table in forms the eating public that it is being served with spurious butter. A hotel keeper at Kearney was selected as the first victim and was fined $25 and costs, the minimum penalty. The people of Papilllon beheld a brilliant celestial phenomenon. A ball of fire of quite large size appeared high ia the sky to the northeast of the town. Governor Mickey Issued a statement through his private secretary that A. V. Cole, commandant of the Soldiers' home at Grand Island, had resigned because of the 111 health of his wife. There was no friction at all between us," said the- governor. "Mrs. Cole was ia ill health and Mr. Cole decided that a change of climate would do her good, aad that is the reason he re signed." A smooth appeariag, well dressed man giving his name as Walter Dress er surrendered himself to Sheriff Bauman of Dodge county and told him that he was an escaped convict from the Iowa penitentiary at Anamosa and had two more years to serve of a five year sentence for criminal assault He said he had become tired of evad ing officers and wanted to go bock aad finish his time. The Iowa author ities were notified of the case. The case of Minerva Wilkins vs. William Wilkins was settled in the county court at York. The defendant was held on two counts. One was for abandonment of his wife and one for ahaadoalag his child, aged eight years. Wilkins married a widow wKh seven children some time ago aad from the evidence the family was too large for him to support, and he left them to get along aa best they could. He was bound over to tie dis trict court for abandoning his own child. John WUHS of Litcoln. foreman of a.Burtiagtoa car repairing gang, severely injured at Gretna. He under a car, when In some er the Jack slipped out aad the fen upon Willis, badly cruahina ate arms aad otherwise injuring him. . An epidemic of mumps is ragtag thsaghout the western aad southera part of Sarpy county. Maay children ate flown' with the disease, materially reducing the attendance at the coun try schools. Old persons also are af ffteted, some being dangerously m. While Mart Melia was hunting on the Island weal of Gretna he shot a mammnth eagle. The bird was gray in color and measured seven feet one sack.-ami a quarter from tip to, tip. Parties reefdtag In that vicinity any .there are several more of the same .'variety. It is the intention to have .the eagle stuffed and mounted, j The postoalce aa!e at Danaebrog wa dynamited at aa early hoar In the the burglars $ llamhhi eaaa aad Jewelry which ami r Wa haSt ta ttm salt t ettliist. NEBRASKA, Return Received from Practically All -the Counties in the State. Complete returns, many of them of ficial, have beea received from seventy-nine of the ninety counties In the state, as follows: 1993 ISM 8ulU- HoW ' .j Barnes, van. Bed- len County. Rep. Fus. wick. beck. Adams 1647 1656 1629 191 Antelope ..... Banner jyiBinc zSOjTQ jtsooue Brown SalTaUo Burt Butler Vln vrTJaT D"aTy Cheyenne VefcX Colfax .. 13S7 .. 117 .. 1OT .. KB .. 184 1075 C5 75 724 1116 292 1599 813 1778 1923 1344 421 420 1685 1113 1378 1S56 6S2 479 1196 234 1984 S875 231 1472 955 619 1019 1729 216 441 184 813 13S8 1C21 1297 772 231 423 1083 1046 93 934 201 294 1212 146 91 671 1277 292 1782 1412 1435 2269 1227 637 637 1708 848 1136 1895 681 534 1173 Ml ITU 9554 289 mi 859 662 1132 2188 2sl 288 80 490 1557 1395 1323 797 297 399 876 1595 1312 952 225 311 129 1311 5055 153 1640 990 912 15S6 1273 2133 1391 175 1056 753 1011 992 968 2215 435 684 1925 1891 262 1657 419 154 637 1550 70S 1376 974 1227 2069 5 53 586 1107 903 1479 794 1744 1854 1269 432 432 1432 1153 1261 17T9 062 4TB 1151 233 2192 7688 269 1602 931 596 999 1891 213 it 45 779 1165 15f 1226' 786 208 361 1094 .. 1TO . 1431 . 1293 . 2225 .1150 . 635 . SSt . 1569 . 811 .1196 . 1910 . aa . 599 .1196 . m .183 . 8678 . 396 .1606 . S79 . 712 Uolllaj JJcUCOtjJL aaWC8 Douglas AUIrQJr Tlllmor Franklin ........ Froatier ......... Furnas a 1026 UaffJO 2996 ... 256 ... 413 ... 155 ... 519 ... 1783 ... 1345 ... 1336 ... 819 .. 272 TW .. 831 ... 1497 ... 1153 ... SOB ... 227 ... 366 ... 105 ... 276 ... 4S93 ... 168 ... 1786 ... 873 ... 640 ... 1508 ... 1250 ... 1973 ...1284 ... 155 .. 823 .. 934 .. 845 .. 1010 ..2122 Oarfleld Gosper Grtnt Greeley ...... Holt HamlltOtt .... Harlsin Jn Ayes Hitchcock ... Howard Jefferson .... Johnson ..... Kearney aveitn Keya Paha .. Kimball "Knox Lancaster .... IiOUp . Madison Merrick Nance ......... Nemaha 1174 93V 23 1139 2774 124 1425 834 679 1167 1132 1616 721 184 764 791 1966 1091 655 3909 256 788 2125 1577 209 1589 630 149 678 1080 593 1087 804 847 1526 1 J3 1274 ITS 86ft Nuckolls ..... Otoe Pawnee ....... Perkins Phelps . Pierce ...... Platte Polk Red Willow . Richardson .. 81! 740 112 67? atj 80. 3Q0q 168 24a 1561 538. 5 654 1171 396 1080 824 1102 1565 aVOCK ttH Sarpy 689 Saunders 2000 Saline 1789 Scott's Bluff 381 Seward ............. 1642 Sherman 518 Sioux 147 Stanton Thayer Thurston ... Washington Wayne Webster .... York 623 1413 553 1303 1011 1031 2913 Totals 90871 Plurality. 82692 94161 83463 Fancy Price for Bank Stock. BEATRICE A number of the old local stockholders of the First Na tional bank of this city and other Be atrice parties have succeeded in pur-! chasing a large amount of stock lu the institution owned by non-resident-stockholders, the price paid, it is said,' being; $150 per share, or SO per cent more than the par value of the stock. New Band for Humboldt. HUMBOLDT Steps -have been tak en toward reorganizing; tho Humboldt city band,- which has been In dor mant condition for some time. Arf Smith, a local musician, has takea hold of the matter and will act aa Instructor to the new members. Ui Husks 125 Acres of Corn. PLATTSMOUTH Tay Richards, a' Cass county farmer, has husked 125; acres of corn and finds, as compared with last year's crop. It will yield just! two-thirds as many bushels per acre. He has about 300 acres. Large Boiler at the Asylum. HASTINGS One of the largest boll-. era ever used In this state was brought? to the asylum for the chronic Insana' in this city and set In position. The boiler weighs over 47.000 pounds. Candidates for Cole's Place. The old soldiers are on the march again, this time to land the position of commandant of the Grand Island home, made vacant by the resignation of A. V. Cole. Among those whose names have been placed In the hopper are: A. Tharp of Grand Island, J. W. Bowen, present adjutant general of the home; J. B. Conway of York, Colone? C. L. Harris of Omaha, James Wall ing of Lincoln and J. H: Davis of Sta plehurst. TF- Handle Gun Carelessly. EDGAR Charles Taylor, 17 year of age, residing three miles west of Edgar, wa accidentally killed while hunting ducks in company 'with two other young mea. Taylor's gaa lay la the bottom of the boat and he tried to' draw it toward him by tie muzzle.' Both barrels were discharged . One' catered his left arm, the other charge eaterlag the chest. His companion took him home, but he died an hour after the accident Meet Death After a Spree RU8HVILLE Cart Fisher, a farm er, left Rushville to drive home In a wagoa. Next day he wa discovered ia Rash Creek, Ive mile sooth of Rushville. The wagea had upset and the team was drowned aad hi lifeless body lay underneath the wagoa' box. Aa lDuet wa held by Sheria! Hem aad a veaaict of "ait death wail ta a atQxJcAttmVa retaraii DETAILED VOTE UVEIEbMINS m wtmztl Pax' Americana. We love to stag of the old Kearsarge. - Ana the famous fighting crew: m How they woa the day on the Moody deck, ilehlrt deck. v While h&rh above the ssllatesed wreck The brave eld ensign : M a ' . . new. Bat what of the race of the aew Kear- atrge? Kf lesser laurels these . & never a check, through billow aad foam, Her siteiy firemen drive her home Peace-keeper of the seas. Didn't Know the Company. "Some men," said the captain, "re sember the Incidents of the battle and forget the anecdotes of their associ ates. Others remember the anecdotes and forget the battle incidents, but Judge J. 8. Anderson of the Fifth Wis consin remembers incidents and anec dotes. Some of his stories, at our regimental reunions, are worth re peatlag. Speaking of Gen. Hancock, reminded him of Hugh O'Nell, of ready wit Hugh was coming into camp with haversack, and arms full of sweet po tatoes and garden vegetables, and, in sneaking past Hancock's headquarters, was confronted by Hancock himself. The general asked Hugh where he got the vegetables, and pressed the question in such a way that Hugh be came rattled, and, in answer to the per emptory 'Where did you get them, sir?' stammered: 'I drawed them There upon Hancock thundered: 'Don't an swer me that way. sir. There has not been a vegetable ration issued to this command for a month. How did you draw them?' Hugh was himself again, and answered, meekly: 'Wliy. by their tops, General.' He was permitted to go his way. "This story was probably common property in the army of the Potomac, but I had forgotten It and Anderson had remembered it Here is another, pertaining to an adventure of Ander son himself. After the battle of Gettys burg, In pursuit of Lee, troops were sent over South Itauntain. A storm came on and it was very dangerous marching In the darkest kind of dark ness and among precipices and gullies. Late at night the column was halted simply because it could not go for ward, and the tired men dropped down along the roadside and under the trees, too tired, most of them, to take cog nizance of the heavy rain that was falling. "Anderson noticed a little distance in front a good-sized fire with a log before it on which were seated two or three figures with rubber ponchos over their heads and with their feet to the nre. He went toward the-fire and the men on the log sat like statues, the rain beating on the rubber blankets. Not one of them made a movement to Indicate that he was alive. Anderson asked if he might make coffee at the fire, and one of the men, without turn ing his head, said 'yes.' "Soon after an artilleryman came up to make coffee and he proceeded to make it without asking permission. He was la a state ot mind over the diffi culty his company had met with in bringing forwara the guns, and he swore at all uie officers from Gen. Meade down, for bringing men into such a place, and pronounced them all thick-headed blunderers. In the midst of the tirade, one of the men on the log threw back his poncho, and Gen. itussell In command of the division said. 'Orderly, take that fellow out and tie him up by the thumbs until he cools off.' "The artilleryman was thunder struck. Anderson looked for the Im mediate arrest of the swearer. Just then the poncho of the other silent fig ure was thrown back, and Gen. Sedg wick, commanding the corps, said, 'Oh, pooh, Russell, let the man alone. I don't know but what he is more than half right anyway.' The artilleryman made his coffee, but he was very quiet aoout it end when he returned to his battery he explained that he had had a very interesting conference with the General commanding the corps, and the General commanains the division, and that the corps commander agreed witn him as to the movement over the mountains.' Chicago Inter Ocean. Old Soldier's Severest Wound. "I got my worst hurt" said a cor poral, "at West Point Ky. We had been marching on half rations and sinkers for nearly a month in Septem ber. 1862. and were worn out ragged, and starved, when one afternoon a glorious vision burst upon us. Com ing out of a stretch of woodland we looked across a grassy plain where were piled as high as houses all the articles in the soldier's menu. Here were great stacks of hams, there other stacks of shoulders and bacos. Just beyond were boxes of crackers corded into solid masses twenty feet high, and spreading out into lines like great fortifications, and still beyond the Ohio river, wherein Gen. Bragg had said he would water his horse. "This was the scene that met the eyes of Buell's hungry men as they came, without warning, upon it There had been great depression among us that day, because we felt that we must fight Bragg on empty stomachs. But somebody had planned better than we thought possible, and here was plenty; Officers and men were hilarious at once. Even the dignified Gen. William Sooy Smith, then commanding our division, rode down to us at a gal lop to assure us there was plenty for nil aad invite us to help ourselves. We could scarcely believe our eyes or ears, but there right before us was such an abundance of army fare as we had never seen before. "Hams, In the army, were reserved for officers, and it seemed incredible that Gen. Smith could be inviting us to help ourselves from that pile. But as the thousands of men marched up in order and filled their haversacks with the toothsome hard tack, the more toothsome because of the mem ory of siaker. or flapjacks, our regi ment passed the pile of hams, and one laring private thrust his bayonet into one of the largest and carried it off it a right shoulder shift Another did ihe same and another, and there sat 3en. Smith on his horse smiling In dulgently, if not approviagly. So it :ame about that maay of us ate more :aaa was good for us. I was sick a a horse, aad my stomach has never een right since. I have always in fisted that I was hurt worse at West Point than I was at Stone River, where i bullet went through my right arm." -Little Mac" at Antletam. The. New York Time of a recent date contained the following ooauau- Wa Geo. Geora B. McftWaa ia & & .& .& - ... at AaoetoaiT a bet e - I pends on the answer. A certain para- I doxologist matataim that h was not I ti-t. , wv-. ... n-.t?t.I J that Gen. Hooker was. Possibly i in some aulbnllaw aor I in anma nalhhllmv mrar mw "- I ... w . 7T, ... - Z JTTT may be a sort of nlawnbM foundation for this extraordlaary eoatradlction of what most people consider a thor oughly established historical fact I believe, that Gea. McClellaa himself complained of his undefined status aad that had he failed hi very life might havo beea ia danger on a charge of treason. As I understand it when most of the Army of the Potomac was de tailed to report to Pope, the. Fifth corps alone being in time to reach him before the disaster of the second Bull Rueand McClellaa was left la the air, aa It were, the frightful rout under the man who dated his letters from "headquarters in the saddle." compelled. McClellan's enemies fat Washington to turn to him for rescue, and he was officially placed In charge of the defenses of Washington. When Lee Invaded Maryland, McClellaa' de fended Washington by getting after him hotfoot hotfoot, literally, for the infantry were barefoot, or next to it at Antletam nd reorganized the Army of the Potomac (which he had originally organized) on the march, aad put the spirit In them which drove Lee from South Mountain and back into Virginia. When he rode past our marching columns in the early morning of Sept 14, 2862, the cheer ing rolled for miles along his route. The picture In the aldermanlc com mittee room in the city' hall Is really a good representation of him as he then rode past us, halting here aad there for a few cheery words. Wheth er he was de jure commander or not he assuredly was de facto, and was subsequently officially accepted as such de Jure. His orders were taken. He fought South Mountain and Antle tam. His reports as commander were received and are part of the national archives, and have beea so published under congressional authority. Hooker was a corps commander and fought like a La Tour d'Auvergne, as he always did, but fn command? How could he be, with seniors unre lieved on the field 7 A further state ment that Hooker did all the fighting Is almost too ridiculous to notice. As a matter of fact the heaviest sufferers and the most successful fighters, who drove the enemy two miles, were the men of Sumner's Second corps. W. L. D. O'GRADT, Captain late Eighty-eighth New York (Meagher's Irish Brigade). Lincoln and the Private. "Down at Springfield, Ohio, two or three weeks ago," said the Captain, "I heard a new story of Lincoln. This was at the reunion of the One Hun dred and Tenth Ohio, which went Into the service with J. Warren Keifer as Colonel. Among those present was Samuel Frank, who was the long armed man of the regiment His arms were so much longer than those of other men that the blouses made in army sizes were all too short in the sleeve. Frank complained to his com pany officers and the quartermaster aoout the blouse sleeves that came only a little below his elbow, but was laughed at, and was advised by the boys to saw off his arms. "Finally Frank, In desperation, wrote to President Lincoln, stating his case, with a good deal of emphasis, and ask ing the President if he couldn't order proper blouses or long-armed men. He marked this confidential, and sent it on to Washington. In a few days a letter came from the President to the proper officers, dlrecung them to pro vide Samuel Frank with a proper-fitting blouse. If this could not be done In the field, the officers were Instruct ed to send Frank's measure to the quartermaster's department at Wash ington, where a blouse to fit the long arms would be made. The blouse was made, and was worn through months of hard service. Lincoln's or der was given to Frank, and he has kept it as the most precious of his war relics. After that order Sam was nev er ashamed of his long arms, but was proud of them." Boy Fought in the War. Pension Commissioner Ware said re cently, in speaking of the civil war, that the army of that great struggle was 'composed chiefly of young men. This was known in a general way, of course, but we doubt If many have a definite knowledge of just how young the boys were who fought in that war. P. H. Cooney of Topeka eends the fol lowing as taken from the official rec ords of the adjutant general's depart ment at Washington, the figures being of the enlisted men In the army of the north: Those 10 years and under. ... 25 Those 11 years and under.... 38 Those 12 years and under. ... 225 Those IS years and under. . . . 200 Those 14 years and under. . . . 1,521 Those 15 years and under. . . . 104,987 Those 16 years and under. . . . 231,051 Those 17 years and under. . . . 844,891 Those 18 years and under. .. .1,151.438 Those 21 years and under. . . .2459,798 Those 22 years aad over 618511 Those 25 years and over. . . . f 46,626 Those 44 years and over 16,071 Total men enlisted. 2,778,304 At the present time, upon the same basis, there are in the United States subject to service -10,343,152 soldiers. Kansas City Journal. He Wa Hurried. -"Speaking of naming back in the face of the enemy." said Major E. S Weeden, "reminds me of an incident at Perryville. I was an outpost picket with a few men, among whom was a nervors Irishman. We knew the en my waa close to us, and as we could bear voices In front I urged the ne cessity on the men of being wide awake aad quiet There was a heavy fog and we could see nothing In trout but we could hear the voices. At last the fog lifted., and not forty feet away was rebel regiment in lire ready tc advance. I turned aad with others ran lato the brush to our rear aad made my way to the. reserve. "Pat however, Instead of running Into -the brush raa straight down the rebel line. The rebels, stand witt guns nt a ready, blazed away, firing a hundred shots at aim aa he ran. Pat was not hit and came Into our lines s little later, out of breath 'but good at new. I asked him way ha dMat jumz lato the brash, aad he replied: TaRh I dida have totme to aotJee theri Us ry.' RSVaiH .XSm- " ' Cam mas jStaMsj aa a Orchard Subaell. Prof. B. W. HHgard, Director of the Califoraia Experiment station, ta ala hut aaaaal reaort aays: w person outside ot the experi tMat station can have an Men of th exteat to which the plantiag ot or chards oa shallow soils underlaid by hnrdpan or heavy day ha caused caalary loos, often almost ruin, to old timer as well -as to aewcomer to the state. Every few days there com to as at Berkeley letters transmitting amples of tree-branches having the "dieack," aad asking about the mean of relief. We might usefully teraotyp the first latter la reply to ch inquiries, briefly to the effect: "Examine your 'subsoil!" Ia- nine case oat of tea, it Is either hardnan, or aa Impervious day substratum, which deflects the roots sideways after the second or third year, and of course prevents a healthy, normal develop ment toward the moist depths ot the soil, where abundant plant-food awaits them la all good orchard lands. More rarely it la a layer of coarse sand, or gravel, which prevents the rise of moisture from below; sometimes it is the rise of the bottom water, which causes disease of the deeper roots, sad also starves the tree. Almost In variably the question la asked: "What fertilizer must I apply to .remedy the trouble?" Well, In most cases ao fer tilizer of any kind will remedy the difficulty; the existence of which should have been ascertained before planting the orchard, or better, be fore buying the land at all. Even In the East and la Europe, careful farmers scrutinize the subsoil before Investing. In the arid region this Is tenfold more needful, because of the critical Importance ot the subsoil, overshadowing that of the surface soil, as already explained. The Irrigator who pays so dearly for his water Is doubly laterested In it and ought al ways to know how long it takes water to soak to a certain depth In his land, so aa to be sure that it does not run off the surface of natural or artificial hardnan, and flow to the neighbor be low, instead of soaking down. This seems to be such elementary common sense that It is difficult to un derstand how it is so widely neglected, despite the warnings so emphatically conveyed by experience, and published by the experiment station for twenty years past No farmer should be with out that simple and cheap, though murderous-looking implement the soil prod, which is so readily used. It is a steel rod three-sixteenths to one-fourth inch square, well pointed at one end, and provided at the other with a stout ring for a wooden cross-handle, like a common anger. Length from four to five feet preferably the latter; cost, seventy-five xents. This is forced into the ground with a slight turning mo tion back and forth, hanging to it at first If one I of low stature. The farmer will be surprised at the new information .conveyed by this simple process within the two or three min utes it takes to make one sounding; and If any doubt remains at some point the common posthole auger may be made to supplement the prod. But with a little experience, the prod alone will suffice to tell the farmer, by the change In resistance, even how deep the irrigation water has penetrated in his land. And in many cases such Information win astound him by its unexpectedness and make him under stand why certain trees in his orchard have done so poorly, or so well. However important is the presence of the plant-food Ingredients in the soil, 'the fundamentally needful point is the proper physical condition, with out which no amount of fertilization, or natural productiveness. Is of any avail. All understand the need of moisture; but unless care is taken to see that It gets where it will do the most good, and that the roots can per form their functions In the depths of the soil, water, work, and fertilizers may alike be wasted. Water and Transplanted Trees. The above subject has been dis cussed at a good many horticultural meetings and always develops a dif ference of opinion. The old method of putting In water when a dormant tree waa put into the ground Is still quite extensively followed, but certain ly has no value except it be to pack the dirt more tightly about the roots. A dormant tree cannot certainly use water through its roots for weeks, and In the case of fall planting, for months. The water sinks away and dries up, but not a particle enters the delicate root hairs, which have yet to be developed by the action of sap In the trees' and the elaboration of growth material by the leaves that are yet to open. A little water may, how ever pack the dirt about the roots more closely, and in that case it should be put into the hole before all the dirt is in: If put In after the dirt has been all put back around the tree, the water running down the roots may create an empty place below the roots which is always dangerous for the newly planted tree. In fact it Is claimed that such cavities frequently cause the death of trees. .A tree or plant transplanted In leaf will, of course, need water to keep up the sup ply of moisture being evaporated from the leaves. For the same reasoa oa a hot day it should have some protec tion from the sun that evaporation from the leaves may not be greater than the amount of water that can be taken in through the mutilated roots.' Fer the San Jose Seal. The lime, sulphur and. salt wash 1 Invariably used la California and much of the Pacific Coast for the control of 4he San Jose Scale. Experienced or chardlsts there have "used It for many years aad have demonstrated that it is, when properly made 'and applied, a successful remedy tor this pest The use of the wash ia the East has been delayed because of the belief that It. was not adapted to eastern climatic conditions by reasoa of the uncertain ty ot securing two or tfcee weeks of dry weather following treatment. But extensive esaeriments with this wash during the past two years ia IHtaoli, Georgia, New Jersey, New Jork and Ohio clearly prove that the wash is aa efficient remedy ia these states, even when applied datiag what waa consid ered etremly unfavorable weather. In spit ot frequent heavy -ralas the wash adhered weU to the trees. It appears to be a very promising rem edy for the 8aa Jose Scale and la rec ommended to the orchardists of Ohio aa deserviag of a thorough triaL Ohio Banetta. As a maa mast sleep -aad eat with himself there ia the beat reason way he should keep hhasilf deea.---!oux Cay Journal. v The arraafement, ot aests Ia tho Poultry house win -depend somewhat ea whether chicks are raised by hatch las in incubators or by tha ot . If the hea to be need for In cubation it wttl prove more smvan tageou to have the nests so arraaged thfit when the brooding time come the same aests may be used both tor ltfatT aad sitting. This requires much more atteatioe la arrangement than where the aests are made for the reception ot eggs only. Ia the case ot aests tor both laying aad ia cubation it Is aeceseary to aav quite! a large number, as soma ot the will; be needed for the sitting hens at au time ot year whea laying hens are active ia the production of eggs. For a sock ot fifty hens a dozen nests will, be necessary. These should be made. so that the hens can enter at the; front for the depositing ot their eggs;', and there should be some kind ot a' door at the rear from which the eggs; may be take. Whea a hen has set-', tied down oa one ot these nests to sit; it is only necessary to place the re quisite number ot eggs under her; and close the entrance at the frontj opening one at the back that will peN mH the hea to come off aad feed si. wiU. Wire aetting should prevent the other heas from getting back ot thej egg aests. Aa Improvement on this la) to have a small wire yard at the hack; of each nest ia which the hea may exercise and dust herself when she comes off- to get water and food. Most people, however, do not have this lit-; tie yard for each fowl that Is sitting.' The only drawback Is that one sitting hea wiU sometimes go back onto the1 nest ot another. Some wiU object to the above that it ia not accessary to have nests for. double purposes; that when a hea be gins sitting she can be removed from one nest to an incubating nest But the write- ass found It quite difficult to Induce broody fowls to accept a alt ting of eggs in a new nest and very1 frequently the change results in thet fowl giving up the idea of sitting at all. Sometimes, too, the broody fowl has persisted in sitting, but elsewhere than on the egga in the new nest Nests for laying only should be light movable affairs, that can be de stroyed If they' become Infested with vermin, for frequently It wiU be found' easier to make new nests than to cleanse those that have become filed) with mite and their eggs. The mere' dusting ot such. nests with sulphur and insect powders win frequently tail to kill all the mites and their eggs, and new colonies win soon reappear. Cheap boxes or baskets may be used, and should be placed lower than the roosts, so the fowls will not persist In sleeping on them. If this habit be comes very pronounced, the aests may be ranged together in a row and a slanting board cover hinged to the side of the house at night This may be shut down for a time each night till the birds have fixed the habit of going onto their own roosts. The litter best adapted for the filling of nests is cut straw or hay, and this should be frequently renewed and burned whether any mites are found in it or not It Is best to be on the safe side, and this material costs prac tically nothing. Buff Turkeys. From Farmers' Review: I have been raising buff turkeys for ten years. I prefer them to other breeds on ac count of their quiet disposition..' They are more domesticated than the Bronze or White Holland and are good layers and good mothers. They are not quite as large as the Bronze, but are larger than the White Holland. I have had hena at maturity to weigh 18 pounds and toms 33 and In fact I had one that weighed 35 pounds, but that Is above the average. They ma ture early, and, taking everything into consideration, I like them best of any breed. I keep tea or a dozen hens to one torn and think if any one so de sired they could keep even more to good advantage. Of course the main thing la to start with healthy stock. I find -a ready sale for all I can raise, aad, in fact I cannot raise enough to supply the demand. I put the first two dutches under chicken hens and let the turkey have her third laying. I can sell their eggs at 25c each, which would pay well, as one can count on thirty eggs from each hen, and that Is not more than one-half what I have got and I oace had a hen that I .got 153 eggs from la one season, but that Is remarkable. I feed the little poults bread soaked in sweet milk and bard boiled eggs, with onion tops chopped fine and a little pepper sprinkled over them occasionally, and find that good food for them. Little poults are hard to raise in wet weather, and, if allowed to run out in rainy weather before they are pretty well feathered, they will droop and die. Lice are poults' worst enemies. Keep them from lice with insect powder. Mrs. T. C. Trego, Mercer County, Illinois. Butter Yield Illustration. From the dairy department of Pur due University we have received the following relative to the college butter exhibit at the recent Indiana State Fair: For several years Purdue University has operated a working dairy at the Indiana 8tate Fair. Each morning and afternoon separator, have been run; butter made and milk tested by stu dents from the dairy department un der the supervision of the Professor ot Dairying. This year was no ex ception. The quarters have been re-, modeled some and fixed up, so as to. allow the display of a large number! ot charts, giving much instructive data. Aa people spent a. good deal ot time watching the work, tnese cnaruf attracted considerable Interest Sucb: facta aa to the relative loss of fertilitjl ia various farm crops, record of la dividual cows, aa illustration ot hat; anced rations, etc. occupied the space.; These often furnished an excuse for, oaMtkma on the part of those watch-' lag 'the work, so that the middle o eaca day was a continual question box' with answer by those in charge. A'' aew feature was three column of print butter, containing In the first case the actual number ot pounds of butter made by the average cow of the, state, aa shown by the censusi which was 140 lbs. To second colj omn contained 300 lbs, and was la-! beled: "The amount ot butter a'good cow should make," and the thin col' omn, containing 374 lbs., waa thet amount of batter made by oae ot the?' university cows at a feed cost of. 146.00. The relative atoe ot the coK umas attracted attention, aad an4 doustedly sat a good many people tq thlaklag. f titter Hatter. Bitter batter ia generally found la the winter season aad mostly ia the Product ot dairies rather than at creameries. Bitter taste may be found in aay dairy product as well aa In but ter aad is oftea fouad ia milk, cream aad cheese, said C. H. Ecklea ia aa address at a Missouri dairymen con vention. The cause is the same, how ever, and what is said ot it, applies to the conditions wherever found. Bat ter may be of good quality whea made, but develop a very bitter taste later. Milk may be perfectly normal whea milked, but become extremely bitter with age. This bitter coadltioa aaa beea credited by most dairymen to stripper cows or faulty feeding, MIHc from stripper cows very rarely will have a peculiar, somewhat hitter taste, but hardly auatdeat to show ia the butter under any clrcumstaacea. It 1 safe to say not one case la a hundred Is due to this cause. It teed Is used with very bitter taste. It may so into milk in sufficient amounts to cause the same hitter taste, hat our common feeds are not bitter, and ta tact it Is aa well to leave this cause out ot consideratioa altogether, aa it is of so little importance. The common bitter taste is due to aa abnormal fermentation. To pro dace the desired flavor in batter, we want the cream to sour with a dean, our taste, and In fact want to keep everything else la the way of bacteria out aa much as possible. To get the cream to sour as much as we wish, we want to furnish the bacteria which do this and keep out the bad bacteria as the bitter prodadng kinds. The bac teria which produce the bitter prod ucts, we find, are generally la hay dast and stable dirt, and some always and their way lato milk, especially whea the cows are In the barn. Tela Is one of the two reasons why the bitter taste I more apt to be found In winter-made butter than In summer. The second reason, and the one haviag the most Influence, 1 that cream in win ter, in a smail dairy especially, ia often kept for a long time between churning and at a rather low tem perature. These bitter products wiU seldom. If ever, be developed In cream or milk kept at a temperature of 79 degrees or 75 degrees, as it will then sour but not become bitter, although it may become rancid If kept too long at that temperature. These bitter producing bacteria can not work in the presence of any amount of acid or sourness. As soon as the sourness begins the bitter prod uct is not made any more. The bac teria which produce the bitter taste .work best at a temperature so low that the milk wiU bout very slowly. The butter maker has the means of 'prevention always at hand. The first thing to do is to use a good sour-starter in the cream at once after separa tion, to start souring and check the other fermentations. Every butter maker who expects to make a high trade of uniform butter should make constant use of a good starter. The other point is to keep the temperature up until souring begins, and then cool. If necessary, to hold a day or two. Sour first and the bitter bacteria will not work, even if the cream be kept cool a couple of days. Keeping cream over at a temperature of fifty to sixty degrees, and later warming for souring is the condition that al lows development of the bitter defect Olecmargarine in Wisconsin. A circular has recently been sent to dealers In oleomargarine In Wisconsin by J. Q. Emery, Dairy Food Commis sioner of that state, warning them that every available force of his office wiU he exercised to enforce the state law and exact the full penalty for viola tions thereof. The Wisconsin law, which is a copy of the Massachusetts statute, is more stringent than the na tional law in that it specifically pro hibits the sale of oleomargarine "which shall be In imitation of yellow tatter," while the United States oleo margarine law of 1902 provides: "That all articles known as oleo margarine, butterine. Imitation, proc ess, renovated or adulterated butter or Imitation, cheese, or any substance In the semblance of butter or cheese not the usual product of the dairy and not made exclusively of pure and un adulterated milk or cream, transported lato any state or territory or the Dis trict of Columbia and remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall, upon the ar rival within the limits of such state or territory or the District of Colum bia, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or ter ritory or the District of Columbia, en acted in the exercise of its police pow ers to the same extent and In the same manner as though such-articles or sub stances had been produced in such state or territory or the District of Columbia, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being Intro duced therein in original packages or otherwise." In the Wisconsin statute the term "artificial" in relation to color Is not used. To be lawfully salable under the laws of that state oleomargarine or butterine must be "free from colora tion or ingredient that causes It to look like butter." Siace, therefore, the law prohibits the sale of a product which looks like butter, it makes no difference by what means, natural or otherwise, it acquires a yellow color. It Is still unlawful in -Wisconsin. The circular was provoked by the circula tion of advertisements soliciting Wis consin dealers to handle certain brands of butterine described aa hav ing "a rich creamy shade." Fatten ing -Ducks. From Farmers' Review: I have not had much experience In fatten ing ducks, as I always sell nearly all I raise for breeding purposes, and can never raise enough to fill the orders I .get For feediag my young ducks in the fall after the core bogies to drat I cut it from the cob with a corn knife and feed them, and they grow very fast Old ones will get very fat on that oace a day and ripe corn twice a day. with plenty of fresh water to drink and clean quarters. Either young or old ducks always want a clean, dry place for the night Damp ness is very hurtful to young duck. Some will not believe this, as they are a water fowl, but this has always been my experience. Mrs. J. W. Bloxham. Grundy County, Iowa. In manuring, the nature and com position of the son has to he taken into account Thus, claya derived from potash felspar, would not need potash manuring, while maay sandy saOs would, oa the contrary ha highly teaeated thereby. Also, it would not pay to add lima to a chalky soli. Kerae at the Wert Pair. The fS,C44) allotted asses aad stake at the World' Fair m divided amoac tweaty-foar risen, as follows: Trotter, Thetwaghbred. Percheroa, French Draft, Ctydeaaal and 8alre horses, ffjet ; Jacks and Jennets, $M: Freaeh Coach, German Coach. English Ceaca, Hack ney. Morgan. Bekdaa and tvsddle MJSd each; Suffolk Punch Arabian, tl.115 aach: males. 13.416; Shetland posies, $3,410; aoalea ia harness, sage. Harass horses are allotted 84.100. Roadsters are given 1.700, divided equally between "road ster for dealer" aad "roadsters for others." Baslaes horses have been flvea $2,315, aad horses ot commerce have $1,485. These sum are exclu sive ot any special prize. The etas tor Germaa Coach includes amstFrl land Coach, Haaoverian, Holatela Coach, Oldeaburg Coach and Trakea en. Under the English Coach are included the Cleveland Bay and York shire Coach. The American Percheroa Horse Breeders and Importers' aeaodatioa has set aside $2,000 for special prizes for Percheroes at the World's Fair. The association has suggested to Chief Cobura aa arrangement ot this sum tor aa offering ot thirty-seven Prizes to provide a aumher ot classes for the especial encouragement ot Americaa breeders and ot the display of stock bred by exhibitors. The Na tional French Draft Horse assoclatloa has offered $1,000 in World' Fair special prize for that breed. The to tal amount In regular aad special prizes for Percheroa aad French Draft horses Is $15,410. The "horse ot commerce" class la the World's Fair prize list provides a new aad deserved recognition ot the market types of horses. "This class." the prize list announces, "provide for an exhibit of horses of the leading types that find a ready sale at trade centers and that are especially de serving of the nttention of breeders who appreciate the advaatages of a profitable home and foreign market assured for all worthy speclmeas." In this class a first prize of $75. a sec oad.of $50. a third of $40. aad highly commended aad commended awards are offered for artillery, cavalry, coach, saddle, omnibus aad are de partment horses and for drafters, ex-' pressers aad roadsters. Exhibits la this das are confined to geldiags four years old or over, with the ex ception that mares will be eligible in the section for saddle horses. An imals will be shown in harness or under saddle. Judges la this class will be experienced buyers on the market or Ualted States army offi cers. The World's Fair classlficatioa for horses presents a remarkable series of awards in the breeding rings, of fering nearly $80,000 for these classes alone. A single stallion may win $500 solely on his Individual merit la any of the more Important dassea. As the sire of pure-bred colts he may wla $100 additional, and In the stud rings he may help to win $750 mores The nppropriatlons for grade geldings and mures by recorded sires aggre gate $10,840 in the World's Fair breed ing rings. Making Firm fJacen. In Denmark they look upon barley as the best for good bacon. Exercise' is conducive to firm bacon, nnd il plenty of buttermilk Is used, I do not think there is any danger of soft bacon. After a pig reaches 75 or IOC pounds nlmost anything can be gires it in the wsy of feed. Some of out packers have been advocating keep ing the hogs until they nre eight of ten months old as a help to produce the firm bacon, but If fed right a hog may be put oa the market at six months old. I think In many la stances the value of roots has beea overestimated, but they certainly help to keep the hogs in good condition, and prevent them from becoming too fat when young. Without roots, our difficulty has been to get them tc grow rapidly without getting fat Fed on something bulky they will grow and at the same time not become - ?ry fat. It is a little difficult to ex plain the reason. The question of wheat feeding has never ton taken up by our Institution. In feeding It. I should mix something bulky with it, or it might be gummy and indi gestible. I wonld much prefer feed ing some roots with it. For young pigs we found oats better than most feeds. We grind them as finely as we caa mix with middlings. Prof. G. E. Day. Duroc-Jeraey Points. The following points are abstracted from a detailed description of the Duroc-Jerseys by sn official publica tion of the American Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders' Association: The bead is small in proportion to the body and tapers well down to the nose. The eyes are bright and prom-' Inent. The ears are medium In size and moderately thin, and point for ward and downward. The neck is thick and short The jowl Is broad, full and neat The shoulders are broad and deep and do not extend above line of back, which la straight or slightly arching aad cf even width from shoulder to ham. Sides are deep and riba long. Belly nnd flank are straight and full. Hums and rump are broad aad full. Legs are medium In size and length. Tall large at base and busby at polat Coat la thick and fine. Color is cherry red without admixtures. Size is large for age and condition. Two-year-old boar should weigh COO pounds; sow same age. 500 pounds; year-old boar, 350 pounds; year bid sow, 300 pounds; boar aad sow six months of sge. 150 pounds. Action is vigorous. Disposi tion is gentle and they are easily handled and driven. A Desirable Late leeming Vine. From Farmers' Review: Among the vines we have a late bloomei which ought to be grown everywhere. because of Ita exquisite beauty, de lightful fragrance and hardiness. 1 refer to Clematis paalculata grandi flora. Our native Clematis ia .beauti ful, and is really much more satisfac tory in the long run than the large flowered varieties, bat It Is far lafer lor to the variety earned above. The new candidate for popular favor has much larger flowers, and these are produced ta larger clusters, and they are displayed to much finer effect by the rich, shining, dark-green foHage. The Individual flowers have widea petals thaa those ot the old kind, aad the effect of them, as seen among the glossy leave ot the loan; breaches, is quite like that of orange abwera. The . plant Is of rampant aad rapid growth, sad win clamber to the eaves ot the ordinary house it gives good support It 1 oa of ear vary lest aanry viae .V.'-'ff Bass' - saasfe ' " BaaafcrS , . -. . - . - i , tt-.yi-