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When their stomachs are filled they chop their victims into pieces and leave the fragments to strew the " surface with blood and cadaver. The great swallower is another kind of glutton, that in human form would find a place in the seventh circle of Dante's inferno. He is an emaciated being, resembling in nor mal -condition the eel, but he pos sesses the most distensible stomach in the whole animal kingdom. A mouth like that of the pelican enables him to seize a fish three and often five times his own size, which is drawn into his gutta percha interior with the sharp teeth of the boacon strictor. Having gotten around his meal he becomes dormant and falls an easy prey, with his undigested food, to a larger fish. The swordfish has been the theme of writers since the days of Pliny. His terrible offensive weapon caused him to become the rival in romance of the sea serpent and the octopus. Thrilling stories have been told of his attacks on ships and the sinking 'of vessels from holes driven by his sword through their hulls. In Siena, an ancient city among the hills of northern Italy, where Christopher Columbus was educated, is the hel met and armor of the discoverer and tiir wonTvnn nf a warrior killed bv the explorers when approaching the ' PROPOSED The period prescribed by the emi nent engineers who have given study to the subject within which the Erie, Oswego and Champlain canals can be improved so as to make them capable of floating 1,000-ton barges is five years. The adoption by the people of New York of the canal referendum voted on at the recent election completed ail of the legislation necessary for the "Gladstone's Loquacity. John Morley, in his life of Glad-:- stone, tells the story of the states- - man's examination for admission to - Oxford university when he was a youth. The examiner, having utterly failed to floor the candidate on some point of theology, said: "We will now leave that part of the subject." "No, sir," replied the candidate; "if you please, we will not leave it yet," and proceeded to pour forth a fresh stream. The dean, in Mr. Gladstone's day, was Gaisford, famous among other things, for his trenchant brevity. "This laconic gift," observes Mr. Mor ley. slyly, "the dean evidently had not time to transmit to all of his flock." Good So Far as It Went. ' Prudent Mamma "Esmeralda, I wish you wouldn't turn up your nose at young Mr. Slimm. Although he may not be much to look at, you must remember that he comes of an old and wealthy family and has aristocratic blood in his veins." Esmeralda "Oh, I suppose he has. mamma. But I don't believe he hai four pound of it in his waste bodr." SBflMgARfO 3 7 American coast the sword of ! swordfish. One finds in old nautical records accounts of terrific battles between the swordfish and the whale. The thrasher shark is described as the ally of the swordfish in these at tacks. Salt water yarns, reeking with briny flavor, relate in quaint doggerel the terror of such ocean fights. Capt Hill of an English traveling vessel spins this yarn: "The thrasher sharks just do serve out the whale, the sea sometimes is all blood. A whale once got under our vessel the .hurricane to get away from these thrashers and when she was there we were afraid to throw a rope overboard, almost to walk out, for fear she would chuck her tail and punch a hole in our ves sel. She was full length in water, as clear as gin, right under our bottom, and laid as quiet as a lamb for an hour and a half and never moved a fin. Where they had been a-thrashing of her the sea was just like blood. I have seen these 'ere thrashers fly out of the water as high as the masthead Hand down on the whale, while the swordfish was a-picking of 'em. There is always two of 'em, one up and one under, and I think they hunts together; and you can see the poor whale blow up in great agitation, and I'll be bound the pair on 'em don't leave him until they have their pen na'orth out of 'em. It is just for wengence they does it. Whether Mas ter Whale has offended 'them or not, it's hard to tell. If they eats him, they must have a tidy blowout of him, but I don't think they likes the oil. I saw one engagement off the Staples; it was all of two or three hours they was at it. I don't think they leaves him until they kills him." The flying fish swim near the sur face. Immense schools haunt the Cal ifornia coast, where they skip, sail or fly through the air. Those about the Santa Barbara island are the largest of their kind and have the greatest power of flight. The act of ROUTE OF THE $101,000,000 CANAL. issuance of state bonds to the extent of 5101.000,000, which is the esti mated cost of the carrying out of the pioject. It now becomes the duty of the state controller to cause to be irepared bonds of the state to the amount specified, and within three months after the issuance of the bonds or some part thereof by the controller the superintendent of public works and tbe state engineer are directed by What Fair Is. The teacher was trying to commu nicate to a class of small children an idea of faith, and, to better illustrate it, she held up an orange and said:. "If I were to tell you there were no seeds in this orange you would be lieve me without further proof, would you not?" "Yes, ma'am,' 'answered the class in chorus. "Well, that is faith," said the teach er. The next day, in order to test their recollection of the lesson, she asked: "Who can tell me what faith is?" "I can," promptly answered a small urchin. "It's an orange what ain't got no seeds in!" Transvaal Gold. The gold production in the Trans-' Vaal for September amounted to 276, 1S7 fine ounces, or aoout $5,235,000. New Zealand Endeavorers. New Zealand Christian Endeavorers now number 1,000- They publish a handsome quarterly. tf!3U3HTFJStt flying Is begun by a distinct vibra tion of the pectorial fins. Flight can be prolonged almost indefinitely. When in the water the sole source of motive power is in the action of a wonderfully strong tail. On rising the movements of the tail continue until the whole body emerges. As the ac tion of the tail ceases the pectoral and ventral fins are spread and held at rest. They are used as parachutes to support the weight of the body In the air. While in the air the fish re sembles a huge dragon fly with a mo tion that is at first swift and straight, but which later is deflected in a curve. Deep sea explorations of recent years have established the fact that some fishes are-charged with electric ity and have the power df imparting shocks. Like a torpedo they have the power of stunning and killing crea tures on which they feed. The power is exhausted after repeated uses, and time, repose and nourishment is need ed to restore it No real sea yarn is complete with out the sea serpent. It is the marine monster of tradition, the fish that causes more smiles than fears. His right name is Regalecus Glesne, and he is classed as the largest of the species known as the ribbon fishes. Reggie is harmless, as indeed most of the worst looking fishes happen to be. It is those of the clean build and powerful bodies which wreak their vengeance on man and other mem bers of the finny family. Sportsmen find delight in the tuna, the tiger of the California seas, one of the greatest of the game fishes on the American coasts. He is a living meteor that strikes like a whirlwind, and when played with on a rod that is not a billiard cue or a baseball bat he gives the average man the contest of his life. He usually takes 500 feet of line before the angler is aware of.it, and has been known to tow a fishing boat ten miles to sea before surren dering. MCWCAHAL' LP CANAL law to proceed with the work of en larging the canals. One effect of the construction of the 1,000-ton barge canal which those in terested in canal navigation expect to see realized is the restoring to the canals of the coal carrying trade to the Northwest It is coal and the heavier class of manufactured goods which it is believed will furnish the 1,000-ton barges with their return cargoes. Applicant Got His Office. Gov. Van Sant of Minnesota was unusually amused this week to receive a letter from a constituent asking for an appointment to a political office. The letter read: "I want to be an office holder. I am not very particular as to the of fice. Anything within your power to confer will do; any old thing left over." This so amused the governor that he at once made out a commission ap pointing the applicant a notary pub lic and charged him $3vfor it New York Times.- Mabel Explains. The scarlet fever epidemic was bad in a neighboring villsge and a cau tious teacher inquired of n scholar who had been absent, "Mabel, why did you stay away from school yester day? ". Mabel "Please, miss, muv vers sick." Cautious Teacher (anx iously) "What is the matter with her; what does the doctor say it is?" Mabel "Please, miss, he says It's a KM xrhangr "Every now and then, job know," amid the old cItcub man, "yon aee in the. papers a paragraph headed 'Chased by an Infuriated Bun,' It Is a simple little story, and it always about the same: ' shire was crossing his pastara lot om Thursday last he was chased bj an in furiated bull,' and it goes on to tell bow Farmer Jones barely escaped,! and all that, the bull hooking o the top rail of the fence just as Farmer Jones went over it, and so on. "A simple little story, sure enough; and one that we've read a hundred times; but do you know if the news papers should stop printing It I should miss it greatly? For somehow that little story has always interested me very much, and ever since a little ex perience that the greatest of all giants bad once with an infuriated bull it has interested me more still. ' "We had a pasture lot right next to the home lot at the show's winter quarters, and in that pasture lot we had at one time a bull. The home lot and the pasture lot stretched along .from the house alongside a road. "The giant stepped over the fence between the home lot and 'the pasture lot one day to make a short cut across the pasture to a point down the road, and just as he'd got pretty near across somebody back in the home lot hollers out to him: "Hey, Lofty! The bull! "The bull, down in one corner, had spied the giant making across the pasture, and it started for him at once. It didn't make any difference to the bull how big the giant was; yon can't scare a mad bull. "Did the giant start and run away from it? He could have done it easy, but he didn't stir a peg. He just stood still till the bull was about ten feet off him and then he side-stepped just one step, which was equal to three steps of an ordinary man, and stood stock still again; and when the bull turned around to follow him, and just as he was ready to spring, the great giant took him, by the horns. "He gave the bull a swing and swung him clean off the ground and up and around his head, nnd swung him so twice, like a hammer thrower swinging a hammer before he throws , it, and then he launched the bull into the air. And the bull went sailing over the pasture fence, and over the road, and over the fence beyond, and disappeared! "But it didn't take long to find him. On that property across the road there was an abandoned quarry, that had been quarried out to the depth of about sixty feet, and had about ten feet of water in the hole at the bot tom, and the bull had dropped into that quarry; and here he was when we got over and looked down the sides, swimming around in the water down below. . "Well, we got out some of our tent tackle that had been stored for the winter and got the bull out and put him back in the pasture lot, where he frisked around as gayly as ever,vwhat you call defeated, but not dismayed; and he'd have charged on the giant again in a minute if the giant had set out to cross the lot again. "But that was something the giant never tried to do. He was a man of sense, the giant, and he knew that it was doubtful the next time he threw him, whether the bull would come down in as soft a spot as a pool of water, and he didn't want to hurt the bull, and so the giant and the bull never met again. "But that one meeting between them as you can easily imagine gave me a new interest in the time-honored little story that we see in the papers ever now and then under the heading of 'Chased by an Infuriated Bull,' and every time I read it I think of what happened when the bull chased not Farmer Jones, but the greatest of all giants." Chicago Inter Ocean. Afraid of the Dark. Who's afraid In the dark! "Oh. not I," said the owl. And he gave a great scowl, And he wiped his eye And fluffed his jowl "To-whoo!" Said the dog. "I bark Out loud in the dark Boo-oo!" Said the cat, "Miew I'll scratch any one who Dares say that 1 do Fee! afraid Miew!" "Afraid," said the mouse. "Of dark In the house! Hear me scatter, Whatever's the matter Squark!" Then the toad in the hole. And the bug in the ground, They both shook their beads And passed the word around. And the bird in the tree. And the fish and the bee, They declared all three That you never did see One of them afraid In the dark! But the little boy Who had gone to bed Just raised the bedclothes And covered his head! Cincinnati Enquirer. Cause for Disappointment One of the women passengers on' the Cedric asked Senator Turner of the Alaskan Boundary Commission why the Canadians were so keenly disappointed over the line which the tribunal established. "Because," said the senator, glan cing slyly at one of the Dominion rep resentatives who was in the group, "we didn't draw the line along the St. Lawrence and through the lakes." "Yes," retorted the Canadian, "the United States included our gold, but excluded us." New York Times. Choice in Metals. It was at a hotel in Flint) in Wales, that the guest found in the 'morning that the soap which he was expected to use possessed several of the char acteristics of the geological name sakes of the town, and he made a kick. "Here," he said to the boy who re sponded to the bell. "I want some soap 1 can wash with." "What's the matter with that you've got?" insquired the boy. "It's no good." "It ought to be. It's, the best Castile soap." "Oh, is it?" sneered the guest "WelL you can take it away and bring me some of the best cast iron soap. Maybe I can handle it more satisfac torily." . , Why They Call Them "Hams." "I have traveled all over this conn - try," said Fred Ross, theatrical man ager, to Owen Westford, actor, "and I flnd that nearly all the tragedians of 'the various road companies iavaria bly ride in the smoking car." "No wonder they're called hjuas'' " chuckled Westford, llttft aaar' wmaaavar sM.nw i tt. Bat She la.' For wham is It that in childhood's happy days w mght with a boy three tees larger tkaa ourselves, and get so severely punished that we cant ait n for a week? Way, for She and e only laughs at ns for Who is it that devours all om spar change in the shape of candies and lowers, and calls for mora and gets them, too? She. For whom do we linger at stage doors with bonnets, to purchase which we have to endure a fortnight's tyrdom in lien of lunch? She. , Who m it that at the railway tanrant deals out the soul-destroying sandwich and the death-dealing bun? Tis She every tint. If it were Ha wo would slap him on the spot and glory Ib the deed. Who accepts our hard-earned gold on the pretense of being a first-class cook, and then broils our steak In a frying-pan and boils our coffee an hour? She. Who is it that accepts our theater tickets, oar suppers, our coquets, and our devotion, and then goes off and -marries another fellow? She and for this we ought to forgive her a good deal. ' Who, we ask, Is it that when we em ploy her as typist spells summer with one "m" and February with only one "r," and yet escapes without censure? It is She. Ah, yes! It is She. SKETCH OF JOHN STUART MILL mileeopher of a Nervous and Irritable Disposition. Describing his impressions of John Stuart Mill Sir Leslie Stephen says: "I heard him speak in the house of commons. Instead of an impassive philosopher I saw a slight, frail figure, trembling with nervous Irritability. He poured out a series of perfectly formed sentences with an extraordi nary rapidity, suggestive of learning by heart, but when he lost the thread of his discourse closed his eyes for two or three minutes till, after re gaining his composure, he could again take up his parable. Although his oratory was defective he was clearly speaking with Intense feeling and was exceedingly sensitive to the reception of his audience. Some of bis doc trines were specially Irritating to the rows of stolid country gentlemen who began by listening curiously to so strange an animal as a philosopher and discovered before long that the animal's hide could be pierced by scornful laughter. To Mill they rep resented crass stupidity and he be came unable either to conceal his contempt or keep his temper." Keepsakes. A dainty bit of ribbon. An old daguerreotype: A narrow, silken ribbon, With tendril-threaded stripe. A nlcture of a woman With trusting eyes of blue, A mop pf golden tresses, A face serenely true. I And them while ransacking A lot of ancient things A box of valued keepsakes; To which the mem'ry clings. I touch the ribbon softly 'Tis part or otner years. And gaxe upon the picture Why! surely these are tears. One moonlight night we wandered. Where shade Its presence lent, A haven for our dreaming Jn climes magnificent. Along the pathway fragrant With white catalpa. sweet. We found the bit of ribbon Be-petaled at our feet Upon its silken textile W e 8CIHWICU, JJ1 O.UX una mmmwimp In Cupid's sweetest language, Love's hieroglyphics rude. Then clipped the silk asunder Each kept an equal part To Join again forever If heart were true to heart And now I And the ribbon, The old daguerreotype. Heirlooms of love's first dreaming And time's relentless flight Out in the Dreamland Country, Where croons the whip-poor-will. Mayhap, with hope eternal, She keeps her ribbon still. Here in the Land of Waking, In Fate's eternal fight I cherish well my ribbon, And her daguerreotype! Mount Morris (111.) Index. How He Alighted. Many people have ' alighted from moving cars in many different ways, but none, perhaps, ever chose so origi nal a method as did a negro whom Simeon Ford recently employed. The darky came to New York from a vil lage "down south," never having been on n street car before. After his first ride he appeared be fore bis new master with blood streaming from several cuts on his face, his coat in shreds, and his hat looking like a rag. He limped pain fully. "What in the world have you been doing, Norman?" asked Mr. Ford. "Er w'ite ge'man wuz stan'in' on de step o' de cyan," answered Norman sadly, "so I jes' jumped over de back buckboard." New York Times. Truly a Modern Invention. M. Linn Bruce was spending a night at an out-of-town hotel last month, and when, upon going up to his room for the night he left orders with a col ored porter in attendance at the desk that he should have an early call, be was greeted with -this surprising bit of information: "Say boss, I reckon you am not quainted with des here modern 'ven tions. When you want to be called In the mawnin all you'se got to do is just press the button on the wall by de bed; den we comes up an' calls you." New York Times. Lutheran Church Figures. The Lutheran church ranks first among Protestant denominations in the United States, having 1,200 congre gations and a membership of 1.800, 000, 48 theological seminaries, 43 col leges, 50 academies, 10 young ladles' seminaries, 22 hospitals, 52 orphan asylums, 20 homes for the sged and g deaconess houses. Monument to Whist The citizens of Altenburg, Ger many, have erected a monument In Honor of "skat" which Is a German rariation of whist The monument consists of n column painted with dia monds, hearts, spades and clubs, and on the top are two pigs symbols of luck and a fountain throwing up n jet of water. . Faithful Dog. who recently died In a j Paris hospUsI a dog watch was greatly attached to him. During the man's stay in the hospital the animal 'never moved away from the door. Whan the beggar died the dog followed his hody, to the cemetery. it rams Is U lytag on the grave of Society. Chambers tells in the how la ltt7, while he waa paper tn Paris, he coaaetvad the Man of putting on his editorial staff an old h agger woman who had two wood on tags aad who waa a sight on the boulevard. So he paid her a regular salary aad had hrOnant interviews written with leading men and woman of Paris which llshed over the signature "The Little Old Woman on Two Sticks. He says: It soon became a matter of pride among English and Americans to know the wretched creature who had become so famous. Money waa show ered upon her by American and Eng lish visitors who had not fathomed the humor of the situation aad verita bly accepted the 'Inference that the beggar was on speaking acquaintance with all the notables of Paris. . The episode anally developed into n farce because the old woman's vanity waa roused by the attention notoriety brought her. She could not read Eng lish, knew nothing about the contents of the articles and actually flattered herself into the belief that she pos sessed physical attraction for the generous-hearted men who gave her alms or patted her tenderly on the shoulder. Like many another useful 'member of society, she. was spoiled by success and one day struck for higher wages." WAS TOO FAR AWAY. Young Maiden's Dream of Romance Sadly Shattered, Malsie was the daughter of a rich merchant, aad therefore she could f afford to be romantic. To her most young men with black mustaches and an Inclination to cheat the barber of bis just dues In the matter of hair were heroes of a high order. Papa SpilUdna cashier was this sort of young man, and Malsie decided that her heart and both her 6 hands were bis alone. One day she met him In the street, but he passed her by with an abstracted air. "Papa," she said sadly that even ing, "1 saw that handsome cashier of yours this afternoon. It is sad to think that he should be chained to the dull routine of an office. He Is n poet, I nm sure. He has such a heavenly, far-away look in his eyes." "Yes," snapped old Spiilkins an grily, "and that far away look isn't confined to his eye. It's all over him just at present He bolted this after noon with as much of my money as he could lay bis hands upon. Reform a Failure. At the hearings ..before an uptown magistrate the other day an old man was brought In, charged with drunk ennessf says the Philadelphia Ledger. He had been there before, and tbe judge knew him. He finally prevailed upon the judge's clemency to let him go, promising to take the pledge. "But I want one more drink, just one more," he pleaded. "I ain't got another cent Say, jedge, buy me a drink, and it will be the last" A saloon is right across the street, and the magistrate said: "WeU, John, I think you mean welL Go over and tell the bartender that you want a drink and that I wUl stand for it If he doesn't believe you teU him to come to the door and shout to me, and I shall tell him it Is all right" With many thanks the old fellow went across the street to the bar. "Say, Mike," he said to the barten der. "Let me have a quart of whisky. The judge will stand for it" The man behind the bar was skepti cal, however, and went to the door of the saloon and shouted over to the magistrate's office, "Is it all right, judge?" "Yes," said the judge, thinking that he referred to one drink. And the old reprobate dashed out a rear entrance, clutching the bottle. Sam Houston's Indian Wife. A movement is on foot to remove the remains of the Cherokee wife 'of Gen. Sam Houston to Fort Gibson, to rest in the national cemetery there. She was married to Sam Houston at Fort Gibson, where her people resid ed, not long after his arrival from Tennessee, where he resigned the office of governor of that state, which movement is shrouded in mystery so far as history is concerned. Miss Rogers is said to have been very beautiful, and that Houston knew her in Tennessee before her removal here. Chief-elect Rogers of the Cherokee nation is one of her nearest relatives. Mrs. Heffernan, landlady of the Trent House, is also a relative. Both have consented to the removal of the re mains, which now lie at Wilson's Rock, on the "Arkansas river, about twelve miles from Muldrow. A suit able monument will be placed above the grave in the national cemetery at Fort Gibson. Fort Gibson Post Mistake of French Diplomats. It is the custom in Abyssinia for all foreign missions to bring presents to King Menelik. The French some years ago brought a lot of Parisian mechanical toys sheep that squeak ed, pigs that ran about on their hind legs and dolls that talked. They thought such things would be certain to tickle the fancy of a dusky king. Menelik looked at them for a moment with disgust and rage, then he thrust them aside. "Do you think," he asked, "that I am a child or a savage, that I should delight in toys?" The Russian and English emissaries showed a truer Insight into his character. They brought him Mauser pistols, revolvers and the latest and best rifles they could buy. He was delighted. "These are gifts worthy to be received by a warrior and a king," he declared. The influence of the Russians and English over Menelik dates from that lucky incident Magpie Pet of German Regiment Emperor William has lately review ed a feathered veteran of the German army. One of his regiments has a pet magpie, which Is full of militar ism and very proud of its parade step. When the kaiser visited the regimen tal quarters recently he asked for the accomplished bird. A French illus trated paper publishes a picture of the incident There is the kaiser sitting sternly in the saddle and there are the officers of the regiment with mingled anxiety and pride plainly marked on all their faces. The Rich Man's Envy. A rich man looked upon a poor smb. And there was envy In his breast: The lucky rich man wore fine raiment The other was but goorly. dressed. m Tkertch man's bmem UswtAJswela. Ten thousand men his wui oneyea: The noor man's bands were big aad motted And marred with bruises toll had nude. Therteh man. as he stood there gaainc wLZI Tt. mtcr in the land. .i ZUwiad the. down-trodden Door vme he osuld shave with either hapa. Cantlene ea Calf Feeding, We tad that calves four' weeks old win eat from one-half to three-fourths f n pound per day; when eight weeks Did from one and one-fourth to one ind one-half pounds per day, mys Professor D. H. Otis. Never nix corn," Kafir-corn or any other srain la the milk. The starch of the 3orn must be changed to sugar be fore it Is digestible. This change takes place only In the presence of an alkali, and. hence, chiefly by the saUvn of the month. When the corn is gulped down with the milk the starch Is not acted upon by the, saliva, aad cannot be" acted upon by the gas tric juice of the stomach, since that is acid Instead of alkaline. It will then remain unchanged 'until it reach es the alkaline secretions of the in testines. Since the intestines of the calf are comparatively short, com plete digestion is Impossible. In this respect the calf differs from the hog, which has a comparatively small stomach and long Intestines. For this reason he may gulp down his feed, and what is not digested in the .mouth win have plenty of time to be digested in the intestines. Kafir-corn meal has proven to be a superior feed for calves. It seems to he con stipating and materially assists in checking the tendency to scours, so common with calves. Experiments at the Kansas station show, .that -alves win begin eating shelled corn when three to four weeks old, and wiU do as well and even better than when fed corn chop. When possible it is desirable to feed a mixture of shelled corn aad ground Kafir-corn. Soy beans have been tested at the Kansas experiment station as a calf feed, and all results Indicate that they ire not adapted to young calves la any quantity whatever. They are very loosening and cause scours. Where calves are Intended for dairy cows, the grain ration of corn or corn meal should be changed to In clude oats and bran or oil meal when over they begin to appear fleshy. Stariing a Flock. The best plan for a start in sheep Is to go out and buy the best common stock of ewes you can get, said Geo. McKerrow at a Dakota institute. The American Merino makes a good foun lation stock. We have many flocks n southern Wisconsin graded up from .his foundation by the use of pure- Ted rams till they are now flfteen ;ixteeaths, and higher, of pure blood. I am n breeder of pure-breds myself, ind I like, of course, to sell all the tock I can, but I cannot say con cientkrasly that you had better buy i flock of pure-breds to start with, ven If you want to make so heavy n investment Then 'grade up by the use of pure bred sires, true to the ype of that particular breed you se ect as an ideal. In the selection of .he sire rests half the battle. There i nothing that will damage a grade 'ock like an inferior pure-bred sire ind there are eastern breeders who vill sell you such sires, thinking that mythlng is good enough for Dakota. You know that a pure-bred sire will mpress his characteristics a great leal more certainly than a grade, so If you take euch a sire with defective form and weak constitution your flock will retrograde with wonderful rapid ity, because of his greater impressive ness. Don't look for the largest ram, nor still for the smallest, but for one jf medium size. I have been disgust ed time and time again when men of fair Intelligence would write to me for a ram and would say, "I want a big but I stand nere to say that the sire used upon a common or grade flock is more than half the flock. He is a good two-thirds in many cases, so far as improvement is concerned. Artichokes as Swine Food. I have found artichokes to be the most satisfactory vegetable food that I have ever grown. They can be grown with very little" trouble, and are without doubt most healthful food. We allow the pigs to dig them themselves and they have a great relish for them. I would not like to say that they prevent hog cholera, but I do believe they would have a tendency to ward off an attack of this disease, and, in fact, many other dis eases to which pigs are subject The exercise they receive in seeking for the artichokes is in itself healthful for them. The pigs grow rapidly when fed upon them, and they have a ten dency to produce lean meat I would not consider it desirable to feed on artichokes alone, but they should be fed in conjunction with a moderate grain ration. One great advantage with artichokes is that they can be fed in the spring of the year at a season when other vegetable food is not available. The winter frost doe3 not injure the tubers when left in the ground. In a suitable soil they wiU give a very large crop, running from 600 to 1,000 bushels per acre. The system of cultivation I have followed is similar to that given potatoes, planting in rows eighteen inches apart and the rows thirty inches apart Tbe most suitable soil for their growth would be a sandy loam, but I believe they will grow well on any soil. J. E. Brethour. A Quarantine Nursery. The Idea of a quarantine nursery comes from Austria. ' Such a nursery is one in which plants or vines may be planted out and grown for per haps a year till it is found for cer tain that they have about them no disease that would prove injurious to the plants of the country into which they may be Introduced. The Aus trian Ministry of Agriculture has been giving a good deal of attention to the cultivation of European-American hybrids. The growers of France and Italy had been forced to use American vines as stocks on account of such vines resisting the very seri ous Insect pest, the phylloxera. Later it was found that hybrids would prob ably do as well. But there was the danger that the dreaded black rot would be introduced at the same time and the Austrians determined to pre vent It if possible. They selected a plot of ground In a section of coun try not devoted to the growing of Tines and had all the new importa tions sent there and planted out for a year. More than twenty thousand specimens of hardy American vines and hybrids were planted in this nursery. The experts of the Austrian experiment station made several care ful examinations of this nursery dur ug an entire year and found it free from black rot This precaution is rent, but it shows the wisdom of the Austria H such a matter. Kansas Skim-Milk From Farmers' Review: Cattle be-, gan to change hands and to move out about the- 15th of October. About 3,09 yearlings and two-year-olds have been sold and taken out of the coun ty. Some few cows have been shipped out The range grass has cured up nicely and the cattle are doing well on it Cattle are not bringing the price that was looked for. Steers are bringing 3 cents per pound gross, with a 3 per cent shrinkage. Cows are bringing from 2 to 2 cents per pound, The cattlemen have plenty of feed for the winter. The biggest crop of bay In ten years has been put up this season. The conditions of stock raising have changed greatly !n ten years, and even in three years. One of these changes is that small cattlemen, those having from twenty-five to 200 cattle, have gone into the shipping of cream to the big creamery at Topeka. During the months of May, June, July and Au gust this year a car of cream a week was shipped out of this county. .The milch cows are good grade Short horns, "White Faces" and Galloways. They average from S2.50 to 3.50 per head per month during six months of summer. They run on the buffalo grass, and very little extra feeding is done. The calves are raised on the skim-milk, and at from one to two years old they bring just as much money as do the beeves grown from calves that run with their mothers. M. T. Grelgg. Wallace County, Kan sas. The Passing of Dale, la the death of the Hereford bull Dale, owned by Jesse C. Adams of Moweaqua. 111., the breed hss lost one of its most distinguished representa tives and celebrated sires. For some time he had suffered from indigestion and every effort was made to stay the disease, butwithout avail. He was foaled on the farm of Clem Graves of Bunker Hill, Ind., who recognized the great promise of his calfhood and gave him the sort of care which would de velop the qualities that later made him a champion. When a yearling he was sold to F. A. Nave of Attica, Ind., for 11,100. Under his careful manage ment he made in 189S and 1899 the wonderful showyard records which put him at the head of the breed, and which are familiar to all well-posted breeders. At Mr. Nave's dispersion sale he was sold for $8,000 to Mr. S. H. Goodman of Wabash, Ind., and in January, 1901, was purchased by Mr. Adams for $10,000, the highest price on record for a Hereford bull. This was a large sum, but proved to be a good investment, as Dale was the sire of more champion show cattle than any other bull on record. When Milking. No loud talking should be permitted during milking. Go about this work promptly and quietly, with as much regularity in the time of milking as is possible. Some successful dairy men milk their cows "by the watch." and are very particular about the exact time each cow is milked. They are also careful to have the same cows milked by the same man in the same order. Experience has taught them that regularity in milking aids in developing a tendency to prolong the period of lactation. Always milk with dry hands: moistening the hands with milk or water during milk ing is one of the most filthy prac tices imaginable. Wooden pails should not be used as milking pails, as they easily get sour and can only be kept thoroughly clean when new. Tin pails ought to have all seams and cracks flushed smooth with solder in order to make them easy to clean. This soldering should be done when the milk pails are bought and before they are taken home. Prof. E. H. Farrington. Chestnut Growing in France. The business of growing chestnuts and preparing them for the market is very extensively carried on in France, writes John C. Covert, United States consul at Lyons. Many varieties are grown, and are called "marrons" and "chataignes." The latter is the small er and less desirable of the two. There is an undivided meat in the shell of the marron. while the chataigne Is divided into a number of pieces, each of which is enveloped in an epiderm. The marron is propagated only by grafting, while the chataigne grows wild. The marron trees only produce well when they are about ten years old. They should be planted about twenty feet apart Chestnuts should be eaten fresh, but they may be kept in a fresh siate for some time by being buried In sand. When d-y they are general ly thrashed until the shells fall off. and eaten as a food. In some places the chestnuts are pr-?erved by being scattered over a thin framework of willow branches, under which there is a slow fire that produces a great deal of smoke and no flame. In some parts or France, in what are called the "schist" lands, chest nuts form a very important article of daily food. They are boiled, pul verized and eaten like our mashed po tatoes. The best ones are about the size of our horse-chestnuts. They are used extensively in confectionery. One large factory in Lyons employs 250 persons and handles 25,000,000 pounds of chestnuts annually. The wood of the chestnut tree is considered valuable for many pur poses. It is strong and tenacious and may be subjected for years to the in fluence of air. wind and water without decaying. In some places the trees are cultivated solely for the wood. It Inflames easily and produces a great deal of heat, but is considered dan gerous as fuel on account of its ten dency to throw out sparks. It makes excellent charcoal. The tree flowers in France In May and June. It flourishes in gravelly land, in shale. A calcareous ground is fatal to its growth. In many parts of France the trees have been planted upon hillsides, because their roots take a tenacious hold of the earth and prevent washouts. Losses from inun dations have greatly decreased in the Cevennes since these tree3 wera planted on the mountain slopes of those regions. i There are many people that look npon poultry shows as useless expen-. diture of energy and money. 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