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Alas! the nearins; time. Aad the aad. sad day to me. peath the daisies. o 01 . wlU foiaea oe. Bat. eh. beyond this shadow land. Where all is bright and fair. 1 knew-.fall well these dear old hands palms of victory oemr; ryatal streams throat endless tear ever golden sands. And where the old grow young again. I'll eiaap my mother's hands. Boston Budget Wartlma Frallea. "I was la a New Jersey regiment," asM tae Doctor, "aad ia the winter of IMS we were camped at Falrriew witk aiwa ragUaeats of Veraioat troops. Ocr regiment was newer than the ethers, aai was nearly as stroag nnmhers as tae three Veraioat regi Mats. We were camped oa the lope ef a kill aad the Venaoatsrs here as aear tae summit The camp aeaatlfal one aad camp me laasaat. When a henry snow tae Yenaoaters challeaged as to fght, aad we accepted. We under leld oalcers. as did tae Venaoaters, and we iuiiy Denereo we ceald charge up the hill and drive theem eat of their camp. -We atade the charge. We went up. la gaad shape. 8aowbnlls few as tfefek ns ballets at Gettysburg. But Tensoatera were ora snow ngai They not only stopped our bat drove as back dewa the kUL Altsr that whenever we aasien the erawat regimenU the mea would aaaat. Hnnt your boles. Jarseys.' At laal our boys determined to get evea. of tae mea uuea a inraw nog, aad dressed tae carcass, aaa baag it ap la plain sight 01 we ver Mmt camp. We aiade a show of patting frr'" about it, kaowiag the Tsrmoaltrr supposing the enrenss to be that -of n sheep, would attempt to steal It The plan was to let them raid, ear guards were not alert aad have it sad whea they made their taw leg carcase was carried off. -We awaited developments in a af wild expectancy, aad our reported that the Vermocters simanrtlar w tri& were oa the point at dtvttiag the carcass aatoag several ptsasa,v Before this was done, how ever, .the character of the meat was discovered aad the carcass was thrawaaway. After that whenever a Ma af aar regiment met a Vermoater af weald whistle, and whea the Jer ssysaaa jpassed the Vermonters an the abarch4M- la line all the former would witistle aad all the latter would shout 'aat your bales. Jarseys.' Whenever I bear In whistle on the street aew,I thank of the frolics the Jerseymen bad ft wartime." Chicago later Ocean. Seldiere. were sosse sneer cases la y." said a veteran. "We had m la Cemaaay B, Flfty-eecoad beat the band. I don't be- Here any other company in the army had ale eaual. His name was Patriot Paa. aad be was oae of the recruits who eame to as la the winter of ltd. af medium size, about 4i aad carried himself like a sailer af experience. He would go anywhere with the bravest, aad ia the thickest of the fght at K saw, Jaaesbsro aad other places, bat ever kaewa to f re a gun. Ha always well to the frost, with who fred rapidly, but ha never a trigger. No oae naderstoed K. Pat did ale daty as he understood U, aad we let K en at that nt was Ohio. given the Tory beat guas then aetata- w gprtagaeld maskets. aaa wa of them. Jast alter wa laskets, oae of ear maa. detailed far the adjataat's oflee, or on street oa which there waa a gpae aaaloftraveL Oar nana went oa daty last aa the eaaateralga was given oat. tastructed to recogaize ao A dtiaea who had gone. In It as ho came aat to look at It ex- that the bearer mast have The dtiaea became it aad said he would go out Thereupon the guard snld: seaehey. If yon trtr-try that IH lay th-th-thlu g-g-gaa dowa. aad d-d-dowa, so help am The dtiaea peralsUng. the pat dowa his gua aad used h to each purpose that the au glad to retura to headquarters aad gat the countersign." Yewng's Way. la the recoastructioB period of Lteat-Gea. S. B. Toaag, chief of the seaeral staff of te United Beaton Army, proved him ana! a hero at the fearless. Intrepid atripe. The iaddeat occurred ia Tex an. Ha waa la commaad af a gnrri asa la the Lane Star State. Ceaetd arable friction developed between the aad the dttaeas of the towa. divers threats, and followed suit Young the law. but those were tkmee, aad the iron hand dawn la that coaatry. The bat Tawag merely TTaallj the towa authorities arrest I aaa at the soldiers aad haled him Teasioa waa high Ia the MtUe.towa. aad things looked dark for the r prisoner. Toaag learaed of the He dida't call in his staff- for aad ha dMat wait to consult with, bis nsllitary Jariets. The .exi- gsarj had to be saet gaietly, .aad -Twang acted inetunter. He ordered aat m fie af asldiers, placed. himself at their hand, aad amrched rapidly the etreets to the court bonne. the townsfolk. ia aagry graaps. bat it famna the future af the army.0 Oaha wd t wCol- t oat as the Uttle fie fnslflaij reached, the eourt my BTBi 1 a. ma was t Tba march atartlad Tbirgamd s steps, aad up they starched aad dowa the aisles of the court room, where' Corporal Smith, the pri.-oaer, resigned to his fate, was standing, while the judge was proaouaclag bis seateace. the justice paused la bis jadidal dec- aad became dumb with it Touags ayes lashed. . "Corporal." be called out. "abeat face, forward, awrcb!" Quick aa a lash, the corperal wheeled aboat ia the prisoaera dock aad auircbed with regular stop to Young's relief detachment Young's column surrouaded the prisoner. Young glanced at tae Jndge, aalatod him in mock courtesy, aad again turned to bm mea. "About face, fbrward!" be ordered, and tae soldiers with the rescued cor poral la their midst moved oat nnd fled ap the streets to the army post It was a nervy net that might have precipitated riot in these days, bat the cltlsens of the towa were paralysed with amassment, aad to this day bare never taken any ateps la Collier's Weekly. Net Hiring Qenorala. Since the war some of the privates have told with great relish of the aid farmer aear Appomattox who decided to give employmeat after the surren der to any of Lee's veterans who might wish to work a few daya for food nnd small wages. He divided the Confederate employes lato saaads ac cording to the respective raaks held by them in the army. He was uaeda cnted. but entirely loyal to the South ern cause. A aelghbor ingulfed of him ns to the different sguads. "Who are those mea working there?" "Them is privates, sir, of Lee's army." "Well, how do they work?" "Very fine, sir; frst rate workers." "Who are those ia the second group?" "Them is Lieutenants nnd Captains, nnd they works fairly well, but not ns good workers ns the privates." "I see you have hired a third squad, who are they?" "Them is Colonels." "Well, what about the Colonels? How do they work?" "Now, aelghbor, you'll aever hear me say oae word ag'ia aay maa waa ft in the Southern army; but I ala'C a-gwine to hire ao Oeaerals." From General Gordon's "Reminiscences." (Scribner's). Clara Barton's Memory. During a G. A. R. encampment la Wnshington n few yenrs sgo Miss Bar ton wns nt the bend of the reception committee ia the Capitol, aad hoar after hour shs shook bands with the veterans. Suddenly a lady standing near Miss Barton noticed nn old am minus a leg aad aa arm coming ap the line, with eyes all aglow, and face full of antidpstioB. At length ha re reached Miss Barton, who shook ate hand nnd passed him along with the crowd. He did not go far, however, aad the lady who had frst observed htm saw the light die out of his eyes nnd the tears steal dowa his cheeks. Stepping ap to him she said, geatly. Ton kaaw Miss Barton?" "Know her!" he exclaimed. "Know her! Why aha named ma thraagh this." pointing pathetically to the maimed members. At the sound of bis voice Miss Bar toa's remarkabls memory asserted Itself, aad reaching aat both heads she exclaimed. "Why. John Biggs, Is that youT" Their last meetiag aaa neea at Gettysburg. Hew Filibusters Landed the Cabana. The doleful landing violently affect ed the Burnt flamboyaat of the adven turers, a former cavalry bugler of the regular army. Jack Gonaaa. "It's a hell of a place" said he. "It would take a mowing machine to get a maa suited oa a marca caroaga that Jungle. There nln't a Cuban sol dier ic sight, aad from all I can hear there ain't none within a bundjred nsiles. aad the aocea or ao that's left In this province Is bulla' la the tops of the tallest trees ia them mouatalna back yonder. And this gaag of patri ots Is sittla. ia plag bats aad cutaway costs, with the staff piled ap around them like the wreck of a hardware store. I was proadsed a commission ia the Cuban nrmy, but where In hisses is the army? How am I going to pick off Spanish officers at oae thou saad dollars apiece if we are supposed to go after the Spanish nnay with the Gad-forsakea oatft? Am here I am barate up with fever aad ao hos pital in the nearest seveataea Has." Ralph D. Paine, ia Outing. ' Getting Tea Clean. Apropos of recent revolutions ns to corruptioa ia federal office, a Waah lagtoa maa tolls a story of how Gea. W. P. ("Baldy") Smith fought tempta tion in civil war days. The veteran Veimontar wns stntieaed in a south era state aad was ordered to prevent nny cotton shipments through his lines. This meant vast loss to the planters, some of whom quietly gave him to understand that he would "lose nothing" by relaxing his vigi lacce. Smith iadignaatly got rid 9t them aad wrote to Washington nsking to be relieved from that location. The planters fnally came dowa to specifc offers, their last bid bdag flia,09. The general had sent to Wasblagtoa full details regarding these interviews nnd when the planters offered the sum mentioned he wired to Washington: "Mast be transferred to some other commaad at once. They are gettlag too aear my fgare." Service Pension Bill. Department Cemmsnder Jeaa 8. Koster calls utteatiea to the eirenlnr Issued some time ago from the Nation al Headquarters regarding the resolu tioa ia favor of the proposed Service Peaskm bill passed by the last na tional encampment of the G. A. R. ia reference to it he says: "Unless the members of our order stand together upoa this question wa cannot hope to induce Congress to eaaet legislation of that character. Wa must have ae divided sentiment or pnrpose la 'our efforts to secure addltkmal paablua laws for the benefit of oar comrbdes, aad it is Important that all posts la this dspartmsnt take early action 1a this matter by approving tea actioa of the lata aaimaal encampment fa coadadve to to ward H& to their rag 1 peetiva ranresetUtlvee aad hi rTAYftBrWflK J- . IBBBBBBBBL .BVBfam BLTT BBBBBb.BS BBI BT -H BB IV BbbVBVBVBTBHLIB .BEaWtfBWSBk. I AflSBVEBVr .AKV.ViklV - . A Bl NEWS IN HANC HIMSCLF IN SCHOOL. Hunted Fugitive Taking Hie Own Ufa. CRBMHTON One of the caUar cases ia the history of the state aaa Jast coma to light ax the town af Verdigris, north of here. About three aumthe ago n quiet appearing man who save the name of 'Braeet Johasoa appeared bare aad 'secured work on the Jacksoa ranch aear towa.: Hd steady aad a good worker aad speedily ia the good graeee;of his employers. Ha aever said aaythlag about his past, bat m there waa aoth- iag mystortSBS la hie aettong wo thought aaythlag' aboat this. " About three 1 lawn oame to towa aad auma tenui ties .conceratag Johnson aad where ha could bo found. Joaaeoa learaed of tSatr preseace aad disappeared aa completely aa thoagh the earth swallowed him ap. The whole try waa searched by .the ofleara and ao trace of the ama' could be fouad aad the oflleers flaally gave ap the haat and returned to Iowa. They stated Johaaoa was wsated la his former Iowa home oa the charge of criminal aasaalt aad awreer aad that they had been an Johasoa's trail far four BBoa the before ktcatlag him at ardigrw. The case waa a sevea days' wonder la the towa. bat was gradaally botes forgotten until a few daya ago. The teachers aad pupils la the pabllc school building at Verdigris noticed aa effaaatve odor which grow atroager from day to day until fnally it became aeceosary to dismiss school oa account of it aad some of the maa started aa lavestlgatioa to ascertaia the cause. Ia the garret of the school building the body of Johasoa was fouad bang lag aad from its condition It' was evi dent that he had gone to the school building and hung himself on learning that the Iowa offleers were after him. The body was cat down, the Iowa peo ple aotlfed aad oa their request it waa ssat to his former Iowa home for burial. MANY AGRICULTURAL MEETINGS. Lincoln to Be n Buoy Place During January. UNCOLN Letters of Inquiry re garding the program or organised ag riculture are pouring in from all diree tloas, indicating that there, will be a large awetiag. The followlag asso ciations will meet during the week of January IS at the usiversity farm, Liacola: The State Board of Agriculture. Jan nary it. 2u and 21. State Swine Breeders' association, January It. Nebraska Improved Live Stock Breeders' ussociattoa. January 20. Nebraska Dairymen's ussodntion, January 2d aad 21. Nebraska Veterinary Medical asso datioa, Jnnunry 21. Duroc-Jerssr Breeders' association, January It. Assodatioa of Agricultural Students, Jnnunry It. Nebraska State Horticultural soci ety, January it, ft and 21. State Farmers' lastltute. Nebraska State Poultry assodatioa. Nebraska Shorthorn Breeders asso: datioa. January 21. Nebraska Cora Improvers' assoda tioa. January tL Nebraska Bee Keepers' assodattoa. January It. Nebraska Irrigation association, Jan nary 21. Nebraska Park aad Forestry asso datioa, January 21. The Farmers' Co-operative Grain nnd Live Stock State aasodatloa. The eveaiag asssloaa will be hdd un der the auspices of the State Board ef Agriculture. Buying Right of Way. PAPILUON Represeatativea of the Omaha, Lincoln A Beatrice line have been In this vicinity during the past w aaylBg ap the optJoas of the rightof way of the proposed road which were made last summer. It is posi tively stated that the road will com Bteaee work of coastractioa la the early sariag. Work oa the Omaha A Southwestern lino has been stopped. Scalp Tarn from Head. NBBRASKA ClTT-OIlle Holbrook. a lT-yeer-eld girl living here, waa prob ably fatally Injured la an aeddent ia a baker's shop. She wan standing near a bread kneading nuchiae whea her long hair caught oa the rapidly revolviag shaft nnd before the ma chine could be stopped, her entire scalp waa torn from her head. Old Seldiere Feast GRAND ISLAND The ramatos of the soldiers' aad saUors home were treated to a Christmaa diaaer by Com- maaaaat Askwitu. Special means were priated. the front covers being with a pidnre of the Ameri- flag la colors. Broke Large Plate Slaas. YORK Two mea by the name of Boa aad Borgia filed ap oa cora juice nnd started la to have a settlement of accounts in front of a plate glass la the Jones block. The damage amounts to $7i. Cody Owno the Whole Shew. NORTH PLATTK Word has been received that W. F. Cody has purchas ed the interest of the heirs of Nate Salsbury In the Wild Went show, ing htm sole owner. Attacked by Feroeieue Bull. TABLB ROCK Bdgar Woods, a farmer living some three miles west of this place, was terribly braised aad dlafgured by an infuriated bull. He was discovered by one of big children ia a daaad condition aad utterly un able to give aa accoaat of Ma Injuries. Later ho waa able to describe haw he was injured. He waa attacked by the aalauU, reedviag and: braises nbout the head aad face, but amangad to es cape quiekly. He Is uaable to toll how toag ft was before he was discovered. Charlotte Grant is DBCATUR Charlotte Grant of the reservntion Is dead. She will be bur led seeordiag to Indian custom. Two big wagon loads of bow furniture was taken oat which wOl he distributed smaag Meade aad relatives of the dead at the funorsL Mrs. Gnat was a-granddaughter of Pater Dick, a run away slave of the eld ante-bellum a rssrusd br the aai afterward adapted iato the tribe. He was the only negro to witl the NEBRASKA THR STATR IN BRIEF. ' Furnas county la ths term of dis trict court just receatly eloaad estab- a divorce record far southern ghtoan divorcee were granted. A' young ama aamed Joseph Ray worth of Saliae county caught his right hand la a cora shredder. Aad It was ao mangled that it was amputated at the wrist Willis Slater, a -year-old bay. waa drowned hi the Bins river while skat tag with several companions. The body was recovered aa hoar later by the aes of grappling hooks. Mrs. Matthew Mitchell of Valpar also. Saaadars county, waa examined before the board oa complaint fled by her husband, nnd adjudged Insane. She will be taken to the asylum nt Liacola. ' A movement Is oa foot la . West Point looking to the establishment of a free library and raadfag room. A aumber of persons of Influence nre back of the movement aad satisfactory result Is nsBured. Harvey O. Ward of Table Rock, a young ama it or 24 years of age, ac ddeatany shot himself la, the foot, aad. aa a result, and, one of his toes amputated, aad may possibly lose one' or two others. Tolaey Sears was lucky enough to captare oae of the flnest specimens of aa otter ever seen ia Falls City The animal measured f ve feet from tip to Up aad had beautiful far. The otter was captured on the Neauha river. The merchants of Fremont report aa exceptionally good Christmas trade this year. The f ae weather and smooth roads brought tie farmers out ia good numbers nnd thdr purchases were of more expensive articles than ordinarily. A horse belonging to a ' Saunders county farmer aamed Geering fell over n bluff forty feet high nnd had its back broken. The horse wns one of a team which wns pulling n wagon in a cora f eld. The other animal fell over the. bluff with it, but was not hurt. B. H. Smith, n railroad man well known in Omaha and Lincoln nnd who wns for many years passenger conduc tor on the Union Pacific, bus brought a suit in the district court at Colum bus aad asks damaged ia the sum of 20,000 for false arrest-and detontioaJ Mrs. John Lewis, one of Kearney county's old settlers, in some wny nc cidentaliy caused a lamp to explode, setting Are to her clothing, nnd before assistance could reach her she was burned to death. Her husband, who recently had n stroke of paralysis; was unable to help her. A cltlsen of Bancroft who has the welfare of the Indian nt heart has se cured n building on Mnln street and is preparing to open n comfortable rest and waiting room for Indian women nnd children. That such a room is al most a necessity, especially during the winter season, is obvious. Rev. Freu Warren of Plnttsmouth, who returned from Claremont I. T., was aboard the ill-fated 'Frisco train which was wrecked a few days ago near Fort Scott, Ran., in which ten people were killed nnd thirty-two in jured. The car In which he was rid ing fell in n heap ahead of the engine, but he was fortunate in escaping with only a few bruises. After an investigation lasting sev eral days tae authorities have come to the conclusion that John Nelson, the man found dead ia the -woods along the Platte river in Sarpy county, bad committed suicide. He was found hanging to a limb of a tree by his neck with his feet upon the ground, a gash had been cut la his throat ex tending from ear to ear and almost severing his head, muking a horrible wound. The 4-year-old daughter of Charles Goslln. living fourteen miles northeast of AInsworth, is lying nt the point of death from playing with kerosene near a stove. The state headquarters of the Ne braska Woman's Suffrage society will be removed from Omaha to Tecumseh, for the coming year, at least This uctkm bus been decided upon by the executive committee. Relatives of George Vascaldn, a young farm hand formerly employed nt the ranch of Mnrk M. Cond, east of Fremont report that he has been missing for nearly six months, nnd from certain circumstances connected with bis disappearance they nre fear ful that he has been murdered. Prof. Burnett of the state university farm came to Tecumseh aad ia com pany with William Bract, sr.. visited the farm of Lawrence Murphy, six miles west of Tecumseh, for the pur pose of inspecting n 2-year-old steer, full brother to "Challenger," the steer ibat took the grand prise at the Chi cago live stock show a few weeks ago. This animal is n perfect one nnd now weighs 1.00 pounds. It will likely be come the property or the state farm. Ths little t-year-old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. L. Blum of Plnttsmouth is dead aa a result of eating too much raw sauer-kraut Frank Patrick, formerly of Ravenna, is one of twelve men who have re cently incorporated what is known ns the Nome Quarry Mining company nt Name. Alaska. The company owns twenty-four clnims on Glacier river, nnd on thdr property is the first quarts discovered in the Nome distrid. The ore is free milling, nnd assays from tlT to tt.tvd per ton, nnd averages 10S per ton. Miss Hallie Bruce of Nebraska City won the M00 piaao ia a votiag con test conduded by a local newspaper. Miss. Bdaa Kooatz, the second in the contest received $25 in gold. . The combined showing of state and national beaks la Nebraska make evea a better showing than was disclcor by the statement of- the state beaks alone. The combined deposits ia state aad national banks is t81,lCt,4t7.71. aa Increase of $8,000,000 over the de posits oae year ago. The inerease.Jn the deposits in state banks alone waa $2,5,22. Thieves stole the weddiag suit of Al bert Lemp and his wife's weddiag bon net from their home In Silver Creek. Later they entered nnother house near Duncan and took two grips filed with clothes, which they later abandoned. Joaa Bpley, oae .of the early set tlers la the neighborhood of Elk Greek, called all his children, six In partake of a Christeias diaaer. After ', dinner Mr. Bpley proceeded to .give each of them a deed to a sjaarter asc tioa of good laaaV afehueaveralaaa tions left SbbbbbVbTBbbVbbbT a BmmkaWW bbbb. . .ABl aBBBBBB.-. ,b V -bbbbbEbbbbbbb1bbbb " bbW ' -T". I l-VSBBBBVM'iBT'VSnA o "T. Cam In Feeding Sklaunllk. ' Whole milk Is the beet of nature's foods, hat whole milk la seldom fed. Ia the operation of skimming the fat Is rearoveo, which. changes the char acter of the food very materially. Sktaustlk Is rich la bone aad flesh formiag material, but owing to the tat being removed It Is nvery oBe-ateod ration, having what Is known aa a Barrow autritlve ratio. It hag a great toadeacy to be constipating whaa fed. Sloan to young pigs. Maay farmers cava suffered much loss by feedlac too much sklauaed milk to youag pigg whea shut ap ia psaa where they. could not gat to the grouad or succu lent food, such aa grass aad roots. The pigs usually look fat and well uatil some morning, whea betas' fed, oobm of them will take what Is comssonly kaown aa a ft aad amy die laslde of aa hoar. If they do recover, aad the food Is not changed, they and their companions will show u' dirty, scurvy appsaraace oa the skta about the ayes, hack of the ear aad back of the shoulders, aad the hair becomes early, aad the pig will have a toadeacy to go arouad with his back humped up. This Is owing to a deranged coadittoa of the digestive organs, which should be remedied by glviag the pigs a does of raw linseed oil, and then follow by glviag plenty of succulent food, such as roots or grass, and plenty of exer cise. I do not wish to bo understood to condemn skimmed milk for food. . It is one-of the best of feeds, bat It should not be fed In great quaatltiss to youag pigs. A little grouad flaxseed is aa excellent thing to add to it Henry Glendenning. Why From Farmers' Review: It is far easier for ma to raise, geese than to write about theau My experience with 'them Is that they will do better with ponds. My reasoas for this statemeat 'Is that If you notice a goose oa a day it is thawiag you will notice aha will ;go anywhere that a little water Is oa the ground and act aa if she waa go .Ing crazy to get into n pond to swim. :Then, again, take geese that are shut ;In yards and only get water to drink, -will they not stand about the water dish trying to wash until the water la jail gone? I once saw a goose that was penned and could not have aay tmore. than enough water to drink, have what I call a fit She would go : through the motions she would If she iwus In n pond of water, and was un- lable to atop. After this the goose waa allowed to go to the pond and jwas all right but as sooa as aha waa ikept from It any length of .time aha : would be as bad aa ever. Then agaia .these geese that have ao ponds da .'not lay as fertile eggs ns the geese that do have ponds. If I wished to .keep geasa aad had no ponds for them I shoald take large tanks and sink them In the ground where the 'geese could get to them nnd keep the .tanks full of water at an times. Last winter when the ponds were frosea I would once a week put a tub of water where they could get at it and I think. I enjoyed seeing them wash aa much aa they enjoyed It Mrs. L. D, Cary, Lake Couaty, Illinois. .Dairy fuccsss In -Kansas. Twenty-years ago Kaasaa had hat 47LS4t srilch cows, aad scarcely a creamery worthy the aaaw. aad their product wns unsought, says F. D. Co burn. Tea yearn ago Kaasaa had StT, 352 milch cows; creameries of a hat ter clans ware being slowly establish ed, but their output begged a market To-day Kaasaa haa t02,72t alloa eowa. or Bure thaa at aay prevloas tfame, aad many high-grade creameries aad cheese factories, iacradlag the largest creamery la the world, huadreds of contributory reedviag aad skim sta tions, and their product Is not oaly favorably kaowa la the prindpal mar kets, but sought beyond the supply. ;Thus Is marked the progress of this iadustry fat Kansas In a decade be come one of the most prominent of 'successful dairy states. While this Is true, and withlaT that time the aggre gate annual value of our dairy prod ucts has nearly doubled, aad while our foreaaoat dairymen, by constantly striving, to raise, the staadard of pro duction, now have exceUeat high-yielding herds. It Is unquestionably a fact that large numbers of our cow popu 'latloa are act paying for their keep. -The cause for this Is to be found eith er ia the aum or the cow, or both. Brains la the ama aad blood aad feed ia the cow are essential to success la Kansas, as elsewhere. A Heg House. ; At a meeting of Missouri hog rais ers, Mr. Schooler said: I have beea 'using different kinds of houses for a number of years, but last spring I built one that la different from aay that I have ever before used. It Is .six or eight feet square aad haa the 'roof exteaded each way. From the grouad the distance is three feet to the eaves, and from the eavea it la 'three feet to the comb of the house. The house Is sided up with ship lath, and for the roof I use tongue grooved iflooring. I All la with lend or paint so as to amake the house perfectly itight The wiadow is square aad made la the shape of the gable of the house, and la huag on hinges. By having the house made perfectly tight .1 find it aaves a great deal of work In chnnging beds. The bed keeps much dryer la the tight house. Then I have 'a house floor, but the floor Is separate from the house. I make the floor from commoa timber so I can set the house oa the floor, or in warm weath- "er take the floor out and let the hogs lie oa the ground if I wish. By mak ing a Uttle house 1 can earry aad set it over a sow that has young pigs ia aay part of the pasture. I like It the heat of aay house I have ever used. A Cass af Abduction. ' WUttaai Loath af Areola, nUaoie, Is reputed to owa aa old Flyawuth Rock aaa that .haa many motharly traRa aad hi aa aactioaate sort of creature. Recently after beiag bereft of a brood of chiasmal aha formally adopted a ceepto of Uttaas, sad has since beea lining tham aador the protecting care of her wiag. The kittens were already blsssed with a materaal aa cestor that provided for tham aad bo stowed upoa them the amat Indulgent stteatioa, bat this fact atada ao dlffer eaee to the haa, ao aha walloped the cat until aha wag glad to gat away. aad than, clocking to the kittens, she i to aay the Uttaas took kindly aad will bow fallow her about to narattvely uttle to .their owa mother. is the . x Winter Sheep I Feeding To stake the wiater feeding of a flock of lambe prof table aome pria dples proved by practice should be wall aaderstood by the begtaaer aad by farmara who this year for the frst tbao have veatured into the business. Ia the first place it may be said that rapid gains must be aimed for. If the feeding process Is allowed to drag akmg the profits will. diminish ac cordingly. Everything possible should ha doae to fattea the sheep off quickly aad have them go oa the market la prima condition aad la uniform tots. Cheap shelter will do well enough for sheep. They do not require expea dve stables aad should have a great deal of fresh air, provided they are sheltered from Inclement weather and cold aerthweet winds, it will saMce to furnish a shed giving this shelter. aad. the aext point la to have the bed dry at aU times. Sheep cannot stand damp aad wet They shoald aever be allowed to Ue upon wot grouad or damp, dirty, decomposing manure. Such beds give rise to irritating gases which cause sheep to cough aad eoatlaaal coughing means loss af than, loss of appetite aad suspend ed cud-chewiag. Sheep to do well ahoaM ha kept quiet, dry aad com fortable. They will not make money for their owner if they are allowed to raage over targe areas such as corn stalk fields, aad will not put on flesh from such food. Their drinking water ahould tie abuadaat and pure, aad all food of first class quaUty aad free from telat or mold. Grata fed twice dally pays better than ratioaa givea arore frequeatly. Hay by preference should he weU made clover with nice, bright cora stover for a change, or better still, field 'peas aad oats sown together cut green and put up as hay. la addition aome succulent food such as silage or roots should be fed. A good plaa of feedlag Is to start at t a. m, aad give each sheep that has previously beea -fed grain, one-halt pound of a mixture of equal parts whole oats, shelled com and bran. After this has beea cleaned up the sllsge should follow and oaa pound per sheep should be enough. Roots amy take the place of silage, and it haa beea fouad that aa adult shsep will require as high as twenty-four pounds la a day. The grain nnd suc culent food having been eaten, the hay is next to be fed and the amount ahould be jast -that which the sheep will eat ap clean. What they leave is best used for bedding purposes. When the hay has been eaten the lambs will Ue dowa to rest and rumin ate, aad this Is what wa should en courage. There should be nothing to disturb the sheep aad lead them to stop chewtag the cud If they are to atake rapid galas. At four o'clock the same grata ration mny be fed, to be followed by the hay, so that all of the secoad feed will be cleaned up by 7 o'clock, after which sheep do not like to eat aad should aot be aude to de so. They ahould Ue down aad com mence chewing -the cud nt dusk aad have a kmg quiet sleep, during whteh time the fat and flesh are beiag put oa. If oa the contrary they are coa ataatly required to be up and eating or running here aad there over the farm, they will consume the food nu trients for work rather thaa gala pro faction. At the start cut the flock lato several small lots to be fed sep arately. Put all of the best lambs la oae buach aad grade the balaaca lato lota according to their sue aad condition. Gradually increase the grata ratioa as the sheep become ac customed to It aad always tacrease with the cheapest of Ue foods used. Where lambs have aat beea accus tomed to grain feeding they should be started on not over a quarter of a pound of n mixture of one part whole oats and two parts bran nnd then assy be gradually accustomed to large amounts until they mny be put onto fall rations. A lamb dotag. reU should make nt least three pounds of gain per week on the above feedlag. aad if four pounds or a little over caa be obtained the work is proceeding very favorably, aad at the ead of six weeks from the start It should be possible to select a bunch of ripe Iambs and send it forwsrd to market where It will command good figures if the sheep composing it have beea se lected of oae- type aad staadard f quality aad condition. Do not sead xtlxed lots to auurket The poor lambs injure the price of the lot Farmers Review. Correctives for Swine Prof. W. H. Henry, in his book on feeds aad feeding, snys: Every stock- that has kept pigs ia coafiae- it has observed thdr strange crav- lag for seemingly unnatural sub stances send rock, soft brick, mortar, rotten wood, charcoal, soft coal, ashes, soap suds aad many other articles be iag greedily devoured whea offered. Such objects lie outside the raage of autritlve substances, sad we nre pus sled to know why they should be so eagerly consumed. Ia the wild state the hog ranges through the woods and open tracts, living upon small animals, larvae aad vegetation generally. This BMterial la of such character aad is gathered la sach manner that soma of the soil is swallowed with it With riaga la its aose to prevent rooting while In the pasture, confined on board floors during the fattening period nnd given feeds containing Uttle ash, the pig's life is passed under unnatural eoadtthms. Another cause for this craving amy be the intestinal worms, which nre checked or destroyed by some of the substances consumed. rJasstisfactory or incomplete as such expuantioaa may be, the fact remains that the pig seeks out these unnatur al substaaces aad greedOy consumes them. Ths feeder would best supply what the pig naves In this direction nnd search for explanations later If ha wishes. Ashes dther from wood or coal wfll always be la place la the feedlag pen aad evea la the feed lot It Is surpris ing how much of these wfll be con sumed by a bunch of pigs. Feeding trials show that plgr when coafiaed to aa exdusive corn diet are greatly beaeflted by ashes, this sebstaace causing the feed to be more effective aad adding to the strength of the bone the latter result probably be ing dee tc the lime la the ashes. Bone Basal ia another substance useful for strsagthenlug the boaea of pigs. By saviag the droppings, subataattaUy aU the value of this high-grade fartiUxer may ha secured for field aai garden after It haa served its purpose with the pigs. C. .Bummnn BBBmBmWdBBBnsBmsB mT bbbPw BVmBBBBmBmBmamIBBBfmT"CwBBBaem .aBBfcsmvsB.. 'AwaaaaEfior m iiTr . BLnVnmBPBPPwBpVbavM,-. awfcaYUBBBBBBTflBr:VjBBrBj ,aBsnwsw " Height ef Wheel and Draft of Waaan. This Is a subject retarding which there Is considerable difference of aphstoa; says a bulletin of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Mis souri Statioa haa put the matter to practical teat la a seriea of trials Bteee oa macadam, gravel, aad dirt roads la all coadltioaa, aad oa saead owa, pastures, cultivated f elds, stab Mo land, etc. With a net load of MOO pounds. In all cases, Urea sets of wheels were tested, as follows: "Staadard froat wheels, 44 inches; rear wheels. SS Inches. Medium front wheels. If inches; rear wheels, 40 laches. Low front wheels, 24 inches; rear wheels, 28 laches." The results obtained aad cosduaJons reached were, la brief, at follows: For the same load, wagons with wheels of standard height drew light er thaa those with lower wheels. The dlffereace la favor of the standard wheels was greater oa road surfaces la had condition thaa oa good road surfaces. Low wheels cut deeper ruts thaa those af staadard height The vibration of the tongue la greater la wagons with low wheels. For Bsoat purposes wagoaa with low wheele are asora coavealeBt thaa those of staad ard height Wagoaa with broad tiros aad wheels of staadard height are enmberaome aad require much room In turning. Diminishing the height of whad to from 90 to SS Inches ia frost aad 4t to 44 laches ia the rear did aot Increase the draft la as great pro port!oB aa It- increased the conven ience of loading aad unloading tae or dinary farm freight Diminishing the hdght of wheels below 30 inches front aad 40 laches rear Increased the draft la greater proportion than It gaiaed la convenience. Oa good roads, iacreas tag the length of rear axle, ao that the frost aad rear wheels win raw la different tracks to avoid cutting ruts, did aot increase the draft Oa sod, cultivated grouad, aad bad roads wagoaa with the rear axle loager than the frost oaa drew heavier thaa oae having both axles of the same length. Wagoaa with the rear axle loager thaa the froat oae require wider gateways aad more careful drivers, sad are, oa the whole, very inconvenient nnd not to be recommended for farm use. The best form of term wagon is one with axles of equal length, broad tires, aad wheels 30 to 3C Inches high in front aad 40 to 44 laches behind. Application ef Fertilizers. The questloB as to bow fertilisers should be applied Is somewhat dlflV cult to answer because It depends on a aumber of conditions, especially the kind of fertilizer aad-the amount to ha used. Phosphoric add aad potash, even in water soluble forms, do aot leach out of the soil to any apprecia ble exteat On. the contrary, they do not distribute themselves well eaough. aad therefore should be applied to some depth. Nltrogea. oa the other hand, faulty leaches out of the soil un less takea up by the roots of plants. Ia some materials, however, It Is much less readily soluble thaa la others. Tankage, for example, should be nppUed deep, nnd it is well to mix cotton-seed meal and blood with the soil; but nitrate of soda and-smmo-nium sulphate should nearly always te appUed aa surface dressings. Only oae application is advised for ammo alum sulphate, but whea large quan tities, over 200 pounds to the acre, of aiurato are to bo used, two appUca tions of 100 pounds each are oftea mada to advaatage. oae whea the pleats are fiat comlag up aad the other two or three weeks utter. Pot ash salts whea used la quantity. 100 pounds or autre to the acre, are well appUed In the fall, so that the winter. rates amy take out the chlorine, which when combined with either lime or magaesla ads la a detrimental man aer to pleat growth. Lime is also weU applied la the fall. Add phosphate whea used as a top dressing mny be nppUed either in the fall or in the early spring. When n smsil nssount of fertilizer is to be used it is best appUed as the seed Is sowa or as the plants are set out, la the row or ia the hill or, whea practicable, drilled with crops which are drilled. Aa a geaeral rule oaly a heavy appUcatloa of a com plete fertilizer, say 1.000 pounds er mora to the acre, ia recommeaded to ho appUed broadcast aad worked lato the soU for crops which are pouted la rows. BuUetia of Tennessee Sta tion. Importance of Forestry. The forest problem Is in many ways the most vital internal problem la the United States. The more dosdy this statemeat is examined the mora evident its truth becomes. In the arid regioB of the west agriculture depends first of all upon the available water supply. Ia such a region forest protection aloae caa malatala the stream flow accessary for Irrigatioa, and can prevent the great aad de strudive floods so ruinous to com munities farther dowa the same stresms that head ia the arid re gions. The relation between the for ests nnd the whole mineral Industry Is nn extremely iatricate one; for, aa every man who haa had experience la the west kaows, mines cannot be de veloped without timber usually aot without timber dose at hand. Ia maay regions throughout the arid coaatry ore Is more abundant than wood, and this means that if the ora la of low grade, the transportation of timber from aay distaaco Ldng out of the question, the aaa of the mine to limit ed by the amouat of timber available. The very existence of lumbering; of course sad lumbering Is the fourth great industry of the United States depeada upoa the success of oar work as a astern la putting practical far estry lato effective operation. Theo dore Roosevelt Women Inventors. Necessity Is the mother of invention. It wns nn American woman who in vented a baby carriage which netted her ISO.OOO. A street sweeping ma chine of great merit was devised by a New Tork lady who bad a costly dress ruined by the mud splashed oa it by a defedive machine; while one of the most remarkable of American women's inventions is that of Mrs. Mary B. Walton for deadening the sound of . .huit the onteome of her en- forced i sd residence near tne elevated rail la New York, and the consequent annoyance IBCe experwBcwa tmo iav wwmam passing trains. One of the asost the complicated catea ana canonv anwow lbs ever made, it is said. Is that mncairn for th the manufacture of reinforced . ., m- tiAa It was fba fnvaM. bottom paper of Mian Maggte Knight who front aa ouer ibvbbuob mm realised a great fortune. KvRSafeaamssV afsflTawan!! Kf)njMJBsanUm7olS I What the T Prof. E..H. FaraUagtoa. la aa"5F drees at a tamers' institute la Msai toba, said: It waa with the hope of beipteg farmers aad of lUaatratlag the ooa dltioa of ssme dairy herda that we undertook, ssme four years aaa. to aegla teetteg the cews af the patrons aupalylag milk to the Wlaesaata Dairy School. Theee patroas keep cows aad deliver ssUk to the factory la the ssme way aa la customary at the creameries aad cheese factories throagaoat fan state. They do aot have largo herda aad It waa observed durtag the past year that the cows owned by aaa hun dred of them were probably etsaUar to the oaa aUUlea la the state. Oaly. eight out af the oae hundred patrons kept mora thaa tweaty eowa aad thirty-five ewned from two to Ave caws oaly. This shows that the ajajority. of our patroaa do aat protend to be dairymen In the seaaa af maklag the productioa of milk a oerioaa haataeaa' aad I fear that there are maay far-' asera la ao-caUed dairy districts who do aat allow the eowa to awko much' of m imprisslis oa their amsda; eta-1 er llaee af mrmiag crowd the cows oat. sa that they receivo oaly a flttia at teatioa at mUkteg time. The eowa oa for three years. Theavi per cow la lttt, from the were ftt.30; la lttt. tJOJO, aad la. 1901, $39.92. The figures do aat show much ladkatloa that the owner haa profited by the tests. Two cows that did aot produce mUk eaough to pay a profit oa thdr feed were kept la the herd for three years, aad five ether: eowa produced leas thaa ttt worth of butter la a year. The aaaual pro-' ductioa of the ssature cows durtag the, three years shows that the peer eowa. did aot Improve from year to year, bat; coBtlaued to gtvo less milk thaa re- quired to pay for the feed coasmaed. j The oae good cow was equally per-' slstent In doing welL The creamery i value of her milk for three years waa' 1200. This la flit more thaa the coat of her feed when we take ttt per year as the value of a cow's feed. The bat-: ter produced by the other five eowa! tested for three years smoaatod te oaly 1114 asora thaa the cost of their; feed during the same tiate. The sallk of oaa cow, therefore, paid the owaer; wlthla four dollars aa much profit la three yean aa the mttk of fvo eowa' la the same herd for the same length of time., Ia aaother herd the excess; of butter over cost of feed of two. cows was worth fdt, while that of Ave other eowa waa worth oaly tit. Thus the owaer received at the cream ery t2 less for the milk of five eowa; than he did for that of two In the same herd. The eatire herd of twelve' cows owaed by oae farmer oaly paid, a profit of 375 la a year aad three ef the twelve eowa paid t0 of this' amouat, leaving 325 na the combined profit of the other nine cowe la the herd. Another herd of twdve eowa peid a profit of 3228 in a year, but ha this herd there waa oaa caw that earned oaly 32 profit aad another that earaed 331 profit a difference ef nbout 400 per cent in the aaaual butter value of these two cows to their owaer. Cheese at Heme and Abroad. Cheese making is n branch of dairy-' tag In which It Is impossible to draw; aay close comparisons betweea the' metaode aad results In this country. and those abroad, saya Henry E. A1-! vord of the rJepcrtawat of Agrtcut-. turn. For the productioa af largo quantities of cheese of uniform excel lenee It In believed the Americaa fac tory system, comaum to the Ualted' States aad Canada. Is superior to aay- thing elsewhere, sad more systemati cally aad economically conducted. The average Cheddar cheese of the Ched dar Valley Itself of Somersetshire la geaeral. aad of the best produdag dis tricts of England aad Scotiaad. are' ao better thaa those of New Tork and Wisconsin nnd the best of Canada. In variety and funcy cheese this conti nent cannot yet nttempt to compete with the Old World. If one would learn the bottom facte about maklag aay of the famous specialties la cheese he must go to the locality where they originated, aad where aloae, oftea wlthla very Barrow limits, they are stUl autde la perfectioa. This applies to the English Stiltoa. the French Roquefort and Its close klnsmsn. the Itailaa Gorgoasola. the Edam aad Gouda of Holland, the Gruyere sad Emmeathal of Fraace aad Switzer land, the Parmesan of Italy, aad the Camembert Brie. Neufcbatel, aad hun dred nnd one other smoll nnd soft nnd high-flavored varieties of Franca aad other parts of Europe, iacludtag, of course, the never-to-be-forgotten Limburger. The New Bern Calf. After the calf is Ucked dry by its mother it usually haa strength enough to rise and suck, says Prof. D. H. Otis. If it does not it shoald bo assisted la aecurlag its first meal. The calf amy than be takea away. Ia which case It should be fed the colostrum milk from Its avotber, or it amy be left uatil the milk la fit for use. Where the cow's udder la la good shape It la easier to teach the calf to drink when it la takea away before sucklag at all. The reeorus at the Kansas Experiment Station show that when a calf la weaned from Its mother at once or when four or five days old. It will make good galas the first week, bat when left two or three weeks, the first sevea daya after weaning la a loetag period. If the cow's udder ia caked, however, It Is wdl to leave the caa? with her. aa the rubbing of the calf tends to reduce lafammarlea aad asft ea the udder. Where the calf la sev eral days old before weaalag, the aural atasosphere arouad th ralf pea wfll asaaUy be better if the calf be allowed to go without eatlag for twenty-four hours. By that time It Is haa gry eaough to eat without a great deal of coaxing. Advantages ef Dairying. Dairying is profitable because It brings the farmer the largest return for hie labor aad products of his farm. It enables him to get a larger gross aad net Income from bis term than ha caa obtata without It The feed that vill Bsake two pouads of beef will make a pound of butter, aad the value of a pound of batter la always mora thaa the value of two pounds of beef. area durlag the last few years of rela tively high prices af beef aad law prices of batter. , It's the toughest kted of tough luck to have your watch sreloa when yon are oa your way to pawa ft. -Cbtcaaa Ksws. . 1 11 m N& 'Srit&T. ' Ti Jt.?2.: KT$' z&ss&m IgWSaBESfe atffceatrta-?
