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The OM Fashioned Cider Mill.
Slur uv tbe modem elder mill, with aU
Its speed an' size. . , ,
Boast uv !ts gearin' up to date, an laud
It to the skies;
In of its bl capacity hydraulic press
n flow
Til take the cood ol' fashion mill uv
flfty years ago.
Ths good !' fashion cider mill uv fifty
The stay an' "beaten cider mill whose
nWr Is sunken low:
Ths csrmtry mill beneath the hill where
to -an' from the school.
TVe knelt beside the foamy tub an' suck
ed the juices cool.
The modern mill hez glasses now. or
gela-Ilaed cups to sip.
The good el straw we uster use fureer
hes tost its grip: . , M .
fhe ol white boas nez lost his job an
leans sgln the wall.
Far in this modern cider mill harsh
science does it all.
More quarts per day. more water used.
mere style in ev'ry way.
Mora flUergree an' fol-der-rol. more mod
ern eVry day;
lfere like the new. less like the old. less
tesBBtln'-that 1 know-
TLess llaWe to draw a crowd ihan fifty
years ago!
Mas; not to me in heartless verse uv
mills "right up to date'
I want' the goad ol' fashion mill in all
Its native state;
t want' the hoss. the grlndin' cogs, the
straw we uster know
TIm real ol' fashion' cider mill uv fifty
years ago.
New York Sun.
Soldiers' Incidental Hurts.
8aid an Eighty-Sixth Illinois man. "I
did not ran to bullet wounds, but I had
braises until I couldn't rest, and in
the army a bruise was a bruise, as I
learned by long and painful experi
ence. I got my r.rst bruise before I
had been in the service sixty days.
That was at Perryville. Oct. 8. 1862.
We were lying down behind a rail
fence when a bullet from the rifle of
s, rebel sharpshooter struck a rail
right above my head, flattened out like
a pancake, glanced off in my direction,
struck me on the shoulder, leaving a
black and blue spot as big as my hand.
That bullet hurt me worse than if it
had gone through me, and yet I was
reported bruised, not wounded.
"Again at Jay's sawmill at Chicka
mauga a flattened ball or a piece of a
hell grazed me so close as to bruise
and blister the skin, and again I got
do sympathy and was laughed at for
not tallying a hit At Buzzard's Roost
la May. 184, we fought in a corn field
from early morning before daylight
aatll 8 o'clock at night Along in the
afternoon, tuckered oat with the hot
fighting and the hot weather, I
soared myself behind a tree for a
rest
"I told tbe boys I was going to take
a nap. This was meant to be a joke,
but. sitting against the tree. I went to
sleep, my head wabbled to one side,
exposing my camp-kettle hat, and a
Johnnie put a bullet through the hat
en close to my head as to cut the
hair. I awoke with a start to be
laughed at by the boys. I got another
cratch at Kenesaw and a blister or
braise at Peach Tree Creek, and an
other at Joncsboro, but I got no fur
lough on any of them. I can't truth
fully -say that I was wounded, and yet
that bruise on my shoulder troubles
me to this day."
"I had worse luck than that." said
U.0 sergeant. "On the night our divis
ion crossed the Tennessee river in the
snare on Chattanooga, in September,
ISO, I met with the queerest mishap
that ever befell a soldier. I had been
on heavy duty for two days and nights
and it seemed to me I couldn't keep
awake another minute if all of Bragg'a
army came swooping down the gorge
throngh which we were moving. I
remember looking up at the ruins of
the high bridge and trestlework at
Falling Water, between Skellmound i
and Lookout mountain, and then all
war blank.
"I had gone to sleep, walking. We
etw marching in fours, rifles at a
right-shoulder shift, and the men on
dither aide stood shoulder to shoulder,
o tor a time 1 slept and walked.
When a tarn came in tbe road the
mechanism of my body, set for going
ahead, stopped, aad I went down like
a log. my rifle striking me a cruel blow
y face striking the rough
I was hurt worse than if a
bullet' had gone throngh my arm, but
fta my paia and misery i heard the
and shouts of tbe men Jeering
I carry the marks of that fall to-
ay.
bt the men of the old comoanv
ball an a fraud if I should say
wounded at Falling Water."
"My moat painful wound." said the
Captain, "did not come irom bursting
heW, or rifle bullet or saber cut. In
ajemg np Missionary Ridge I was close
behind a great big fellow, who push
ad his way throngh brush and abattis
attar the manner of a fly-bitten bull.
At one point he bent forward the
sharpened prongs of a branch of a
fallen tree. aad. releasing himself, let
the eharp points fly back. They struck
ate at the knee, with the swiftness of
a awtiag saber, tore my trousers on
leg. and left three great gashes
the knee. It was not a wound
i' the soldier's point of view, and I
did net fall out I climbed on. blind
wHh paia, and I carry the scars to this
day, hat I was not among those report
ed wounded." Chicago Inter Ocean.
With Old Tecumeeh.
At an Informal dinner of about a
dweea Grand Army comrades, the other
veaiag. one who had served as cap
tain uader Gen. Sherman in the civil
remarked that he had read with
interest the incidents of Sher
man at 8aUoh published In the Tri
bune last week. And then the conver
nation took the course of reminis-
of 8hermaa8 "March Through
One of the veterans related
a story in this way:
awerybody who served uader Sher
snaa an a commander must give him
credit for his strategy In flanking the
rebels oat of their strong positions.
'a yenmg woman of Georgia could
help observing his milltary-
and her remarks were amus
to any the least She told how
s's army marched down
her country, and how he de-
hie commanders to do certain
I think I can recall her Ian-
which was about Uke this: 'It
fair far Sherman to fight the
i soldiers on end. Now. it was
rkj-ht'sanart of Gen. Bragg to form
two streaks of fight in our dooryard
with waDdag soldiers, and then he
gat Gen. Joe Wheeler to line np one
I lira of fight with critter soldiers
'(earning cavalry) behind the house.
And! Just as ear aide waa ready to whip
the Yankees Sherman sent Joe Hooker
aad he flanked Bragg and aside
tall hack, which he did in each
as-wry that ae upset dad's ash hopper
eat 2.5 la Atlanta, aad
no haw ha 1a agola' to awe
watte. Bat I'd Ilka to kaov
te Tanks get that gnu wale's
that
Osorgla.
things.
atnat. which
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wns&
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isai
ihey load on Sunday and fire all the
week?'
"I remember a young Confederate
prisoner, who was standing near the
young woman, evidently her best fel
low, who responded with this remark:
'Why, Sherman can do anything. He
gets on a hill, flops bis wings and
crows; then he yells out: "Attention,
creation! By kingdoms, right wheel,
march!" And then we git'" New
York Tribune.
Farrasut's First Command.
The story of a boy of 12 years act
ing as commander of a ship seems
rather wonderful, yet Farragut was
but twelve years and four days .old
when he was put in command of the
Barclay, a prize ship taken by Capt.
Porter. In consideration of his ten
der years, says the author "Twenty-
Six Historic Ships," the former Eng
lish master of the vessel was sent in
her for the possible benefit the young
prize master might find in his advice.
Farragut tells the story of the queer
division of authority in his Journal as
follows:
"I considered that the day of trial
had arrived, for I was a little afraid of
the old fellow, as every one else was.
but the time had come for me at least
to play the man; so I mustered np
courage and informed tbe captain that
I desired the maintopsail filled away
in order that we might close up with
the Essex Junior. He replied that he
would shoot any man who dared to
touch a rope without his orders. He
would go his own course, and bad no
idea of trusting himself with 'a blast
ed nutshell,' and then he went below
for his pistols.
"I called my right-hand man of the
crew and told him that I wanted the
maintopsail filled. He answered with
a clear 'Aye, are, sir.' in a manner
that was not to be misunderstood, and
my confidence was perfectly restored.
'From that moment I became mas
ter of the vessel, and immediately
gave all necessary orders for making
sail, notifying the captain not to come
on with his pistols unless he wished
to go overboard, for I really would
have had very little trouble in having
such an order obeyed." Memphis
Commercial-Appeal.
Buckeyes at Chattanooga.
"There was no Jealousy hardly riv
alry." says Grant of the battle of Chat
tanooga, where various divisions
of the Army of the Potomac,
the Army of the Tennessee nnd
the Army of the Cumberland serv
ed under each other's standards. That
is the spirit in which the dedication
of a monument to commemorate
Ohio's part In the culminating moment
of tbe victory the storming of Mis
sion Ridge was undertaken by the
Buckeye State veterans yesterday, and
ia which it will be received by their
brethren in other states.
Ohio men were thickest in tbe Army
of the Cumberland. It fell to that
army, which had been so grievously
battered in the defeat at Chickamauga
eight veek8 before to strike the finish
ing blow nt the Confederate center
after Bragg's left had been turned by
Hooker and his right fought to a stand
still by Sherman. The Ohio generals.
Grant Sherman and Sheridan, loom
large in the story of the victory, but
when the Ohio regiments moved oat
for that dash up the mountain side
their commander was Thomas, the
great Virginian. Nothing stopped them
when they started.
Many a Buckeye commander was
made by the work of that day, and
many a deed was performed that Is
still recited around the camp fires of
Ohio veterans. Every state has its
heroic episode to point to in the civil
wnr. Perhnps the supremest moment
ot Ohio history blossomed on that
bloody Tennessee hillside. New York
Mail and Express.
"Making History."
"That bearded colonel nt Stone Riv
er," said the major, "must have been
in our division. There were a good
maay full-beared officers in those days,
but this particular one must have been
in our part of the field. There was
hot work for all of Palmer's division
that day. and the 2d of January follow
ing. I remember one young fellow of
the Thirty-first Indiana, a tall, slender,
black-haired lighter. Whose face
was black from powder smoke, but
who fired as rapidly as any man in his
company. Finally his ramrod stuck in
his overheated and foul gun barrel.
Turning to Capt Hallowell. he said:
'Cap, my ramrod's stuck. Have you a
rag about your person that I can swab
her out with?'
"The captain tore his handkerchief
in two and handed one-half to the own
er of the stuck ramrod. The latter,
with the zip. zip of rifle balls in his
ear, proceeded coolly to swab out his
gun. This was not an easy job when
a man had nothing else to think
about; it was a very trying one with
the bullets flying. But the young fel
low worked steadily until hie gun was
in good working order, when he went
into action with energy nnd enthusi
asm. Just before he resumed busi
ness, looking up into Capt HultoweU's
face, be said, conversationally: 'Jeru
saelm! Cap, ain't we makin' history
to-day?' The captain probably thought
the slender youngster was doing "his
full share of history making." Chica
go Inter Ocean.
Rare Southern Flag.
The. "Richmond Grays, organized
seventeen years before the civil war,
had a fine silk flag, the Stars and
Stripes, which was carried by Color
Sergeant J. T. Rodgers until 1859.
when a new one was obtained nnd
carried until the company went
into the Confederate service.
Daring the civil war the wife
of Sergeant Rodgers carefully preserv
ed the original flag, which was pre
sented to this post when it visited
Richmond in 186C. It is still in excel
lent condition, and it attracts much
attention from those who visit the hall
of the John A. Andrew Post 15 at Bos
ton, for tbe flrst time, as it has a
prominent position in the halt
Quaint Custom of the
A quaint but almost forgotten cus
tom waa revived when the mizzen
mast was belag stepped fa a Schooner
hunched- In Maiae recently. Mr.
Ftoae. Capt Charles Traak aad Mr.;
Malvaaey aU put bow quarters oa top '
ot tho keelson, so that whan the heavy
stick came down it closed over it for .
II !'- XV W. ..! 111
. a u in ivaeei
will
he without money." naM
Mr.
8tone, smiling.'
K?
Ivew Forage Plant, Bereoem.
Recently while at Washington aad
in coaversaUoa with D. O. Fairchild,
the Department of Agricnltare. tsa
quostioa waa asked by the writer If
there waa any new forage plant re
cently introduced inat gave promise
of being of exceptional ralue to Ameri
can farmers. Mr. Fairchild, who has
traveled extensively ia foreign lands.
seeking new plants that would be of
heaaflt to oar agriculturists, replied
that, fa his jodgmeat, the forage plant
earned Bersecm was destined to play
Croat part la the coming agrtcul
tnral history of oar conatry. Bur
seem ia. ia a word, the great forage
and soiling plant of the Nil ralley.
Egyptian agriculture is bow most
prominent oa account cf its cotton,
which has obtained a world wldo
celebrity. Bat the foundation of that
agriculture does not rest upoa cotton
bat upon the leguminous plant ber
aseuu In Kgyvt as elsewhere, it Is
the legume that upholds the fortuity
of the land, for the -t rflow of the
Nile Is by no means the only element
In the retention of the fertility ot the
conatry.
Beraeem Is also called Alexandrian
clover aad Egyptian clover. It Is
closely related to our ordinary red
clover aad Is kaowa ootanically as
Trlfollom Alexandiianm. It is be
lieved, however, that the plant did not
originate at Alexandria hat that It
came from some other Mediterranean
region and was Introduced into Egypt
in comparatively roceat times. Mr.
Fairchild says that it is a plant ot
very great importance now in all
parts of Egypt. It Is the first crop
planted after reclaiming the salt
lands; it famishes the green fodder
for all the work animals ia the big
towns; all the beef aad milch cattle
graze upon it; the camels are fed upon,
It; aad the well-kept donkeys get'
their portion of It Every coachman
carries a bag of it for his horse, aad
every drayman has a handle of it on
top of his load for the feeding of his
donkeys or bollocks. It is brought
into the cities green and is sold in
large quantities in the market place.
The Egyptians have found oat the
value of clover aad are building up
aa agricultural prosperity upoa it Ten
years ago about a nrdlllon acres of it
were planted in that country and the
area is increasing. In America clover
is one of a number of fodder crops;
in Egypt it is THE fodder crop. The
Egyptians also keep up the supply of
nitrogen in their soil largely by the
use of this legume. It is also a great
weed destroyer, on account of its vig
orous and rank growth.
Bat what Is its value to our coun
try? Chiefly aa a plant to grow ia
irrigated regions where the winters
are not enough severe to kill it oat
Uader s.ch conditions it starts into
growth with remarkable rapidity, oat
growB most kinds of weeds and yields
one of the most palatable and nutri
tious fodders known. When young it
bears a strong resemblance to alfalfa,
but does not have the same kind of
flowers. Its hollow stems are very
succulent Its root system is small
but well supplied with tubercles. It
is found advisable to use it as a win
ter crop, planting it in the fall and
catting it in the spring. The United
States government has imported a
good deal of the seed cad is trying
It experiaiontally in the Southern
states and ia California. It is looked
upon as a probably trainable soiling
aad cover crop for orchards in Texas
and Arizona. For forage In the north
west it is advised to plant it in the
spring after the danger of frost is
past aad harvest it in the fall, as It
Is aa annual ot about ten months
from seed to maturity, a yet it Is
ia the experimental stage, bat great
things are hoped from it Farmers
Review.
The Farm Home a Picture.
In traveling about the atate we see
too saany buildings painted either in
a gkxmiy or a gaudy color says Del
bert Utter of Wiscoasia. Now, why
not use a color that will blead with
aaturo's colors, choosing white aad
the noatral tints of gray, green aad
browa, blending colors that will be
restful and cheerful to the sight This
simply follows out the thought that
we are making a picture and all tbe
colors should harmonize.
In forming our picture we wish to
make the better parts moat prominent
and cover aad hide the ugly parts
with vines and shrubbery. The barns
should be givea the beat of attention.
When making a new lawn the flrst
work is to grade properly. It should
stops away from the house in all di
rections, making drives from roadway
to barn aad house. Drives to the barn
should bo direct, while the one to the
house should diverge in easy aad Bat
umi curves, never losing sight of the
thought that we are atriving fiat for
utility and second for beauty. The
driveway should be excavated to the
depth of six to twelve laches, accord
ing to soil conditions, filling flrst with
coarse gravel or cinders, then finish
the last three inches with screened
gravel or crushed stone. Nothing adds
-more to the appearance of a lawn
than a well made and well kept drive.
The edges should always be kept
straight and graded, so that water
wtU run on readily.
Discarding Poor Animals.
. One of the hardest things for a
young breeder to do is to discard
animals that are not up to the stand
ard for breeding purposes. There are
always buyers for pure-bred aniamls
at a fair price. It matters not it the
animal in inferior, it will often com
.maud enough to tempt' the breeder to
part with It Here is where a great
maay breeders tear down their repu
tation while they are tryiag to build
It up. Inferior breediag stock sold to
somebody has lived 'to vex many a
man who thought he was getting rid
of his culls to advantage. It requires
courage to sead pure-bred animals to
slaughter, but it pays when they are
not the Had to keep. The safe and
eventually the profitable plan is to
sen good animals aad keep better
ones and breed. besh ones. Thomas
McFarlaae.
Germany Is Good Customer.
Ia the first half of 1903 America
sold ia Germany 901.614 tons of
wheat, 305,319 tons of corn, 337,509
tons of petroleum, and 162,977 tons of
raw cotton.
' It to
Ply of
ai that taa worid'a sup-
that prices wOl ho
. The awn who is really groat Is
willing to leave the discovery tp other
peosw.
Care of Cows Everywhere.
Ia the boosing aad general care of
dairy cows no foreign country shows,
ss a rale, la general practice, any
methods or conditions better than
those of America, writes Hoary E. A1-.
vord in the Year Book of the Depart
eat of Agriculture. The average
conditions everywhere are bad enough,
with opportunities for Tory great im
provement; bat such Improvement Is
being made as rapidly ia this conatry
anywhere. Nowhere else Is there
a better appreciation of the import
ance and economy of abundant room,
light, air, dryness, comfort, aad clean
liness for cows. One hears much of
the close relations between the dairy
cows and the families of their owners
in Holland aad SwltxeHnad. connect
ing apartments, under the same roof,
eta; hat the stables which are seen
ia summer, converted 'Into conserva
tories aad rooms for weaving and
cheese coring are the exceptional aat
how places. Even the best of these,
when Tlsltod in midwinter, with the
cattle fa place, are often found dark,
close. Ill-ventilated, crowded, aad in
sanitary fa maay respects, although
frequently kept clean. "Taa coastroc
tloa of cow stables generally in the
dairy regions of the Old World Is of
a substantial kind, hat with little re
gard to light and- ventDatkm, conven
ience of arrangement, or ease la clean
ing. The labor necessary to keep
them In decent condition would ha re
garded as Impossible In this country.
The cow houses of Denmark average
the bast of an la Europe, bat they are
no better In any respect than the av
erage of those ia the distinctively
dairy districts ot this conatry, aad
were is here far more regard for
omy of labor ia management
Preparing for the Calf.
To get best results ia rearing calves
attention must be given to the moth
ers of the calves previous to birth.
A good dairyman will supply his cows
with wholesome and nutritious feeds
in abundance. This is necessary for
best results at the pall as wall as for
the best develonment nt tha calf.
Highest yields of milk aad butter fat
and the best calves are usually ob
tained from cows that go dry six to
eight weeks before calving. If It Is
impossible to dry the cow without In
juring the udder, continuous milking
should be practiced, says Prof.
D. H. Otis. A dry cow oa
good pasture with plenty of shade aad
water will need very little attention,
except to see that she is not annoyed
or injured by other cattle. Sometimes
heavy milkers on luxuriant pastures
will be stimulated to produce too
much milk prior to calving, la which
case the supply of feed should be re
duced. On dry feed the cows should
be kept in good condition, though not
too fat When alfalfa or clover hay
is available, little or no grain ia neces
sary. Ensilage and roots are espec
cially desirable for the cows at this
time. When grain is used a mixture
of two-thirds bran aad one-third oil
meal is excellent Soy beans make
a good substitute for oil meal. The
object ia to keep the bowels loose.
AU these points have an Important
bearing on the health of the cow and
consequently on the condition and
health of the calf, before aad after
birth. If the cow is sick when the
calf is born the milk is liable to be
affected In a way to Injure the calf
seriously.
Keeping Milk.
As a result of some experiments In
keeping milk, Professor Conn, of the
Connecticut station, publishes the fol
lowing conclusions:
Varlatkms ia temperature have a
surprising Influence upon the rata of
multlpUcatfcm of bacteria. At 59 de
grees these organisms may multiply
only five-fold in tweaty-four hoars,
while at T9 degrees they may multi
ply seven hundred aad flfty-told.
Temperature has a great Influence
upon the keeping property of milk.
Milk kept at 95 degrees (heat of the
cow's body) will cardie in eighteen
hours, while the same mflk kept at T9
degrees will not curdle for forty-eight
hours, aad If kept at 59 degrees, the
temperature of aa -ice chest, may
sometimes keep without curdliag for
two weeks or more.
So far as the keeping property of
milk is concerned, the matter of tem
perature is of more significance than
the original contamination of the milk
with bacteria.
Milk preserved at 50 degrees' or
lower wUl keep sweet for a long time,
but It becomes filled with bacteria of
a more unwholesome type than those
that grow at higher temperatures. OM
milk is not fit for market, even though
It be perfectly sweet
Corn Portlei
.The rice portieres ot Jspaa can bo
very satisfactorily imitated with la
diaa corn. Screens of this sort are
airy and effective and are not dlflcalt
to make. The flrst step is to soak the
corn, adding to the water a few drops
of carbolic acid to protect it from la
sect attack. When softened the ker
nels can be easily pierced by a strong
needle and strung upon strong double
thread. A strip of asoldlng from
which the strings can depend should
be obtaiaed and either punctured with
holes or set with brass headed tacks
to which the strings can be tied.
Some attach a temporary frame just
the sue of the desired portiere to the
molding believing that greater uni
formity Is secured by the tight stretch
lag of the threads. Curtain frames
could probably be. adapted to this
use. If no frame is used the
threads should be cut of uniform
length and need not bo attached -to
the moldtng until aU the threads are
strung. The different colors may ho
blended in a hit-and-miss way, or by
tho aid of a design chocked off
into squares like a moss stuck pat
tern, each square representing a ker
nel, tho colors may be strung in pat
terns. Still sxother way of securing
n design is to use only white or yellow
corn and when strung ia a frame to
staia tho grain while damp with color
aooordlng to tho design adopted. In
other words to dye or palat a pattern
upon taa portiere as do the Japanese'
Good Berth for Englishman.
The Queen of Holland has Just an
pointed an Englishman, the Rev. Kir
sopp Lake, of Lincoln College, Oxford,
a theological professor at tho 2sssous
Dutch Uaiversity. of jeyden. Mr.
Lake succeeds the wdl-kaowa Dr.
Manea in the chair of New Testament
exegesis.
,i
It is not what a man earns not the '
amount of his laosme, but the rate- wlM caa nuke no use of his rea-
tUcnothtoexnendtiarestohtoaealpU.0 ! , - .
that determines his poverty or wealth. Wfc- e ffM his Mdova-
I Anca. '
t
Wheat as Poultry Food.
to a aood Jood for chicks
aad
tor. faU grown fowls. Wheat
are not always as cheap as
their price would soem to Indicate.
Wo have kaowa screenings to sell at
a coat a poaad, which would equal
9 cants per haaaoL At the same time
clean, plump wheat could bo bought
for seveaty cents. The screenings
contained a very large proportion of
- eod seeds, some of them, Uke the
seeds of corn cockle, rolsoaous to
animal Ufa when taken la consider
able 'quantities. The screenings con
sist largely of shriveled wheat kernels
aad have act ia them the same amount
of food valB3 as is to be found in
the plump wheat, Jast as the material
to be found in a shriveled up apple
shriveled before It was mature is ia
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that has screealags of fcla own fron
his own wheat will find it advisable
to feed them to his poultry, but the
man that has to buy feed for the poul
try had far better buy whole wheat,
paying for it the martlet price, than
to bay wheat screenings at a Uttle
less price. As food they are worth not
only less, but a good deal less. As a
single grain food for poultry, wheat
Is somewhat more valuable than corn,
though wo would not recommend any
one grain as a complete ration.
The Supply of Litter.
Litter is a good thing la the pool
trr house, summer or winter, and if
a large quantity of It is at hand aad it
can be renewed every week or so it
wUl prove of "great advantage In keep
ing the poultry house clean. The ma
nure can bo easily talked out with
tho Utter, and a broom will complete
the work In a few minutes. We have
seen many a poultry house without a
particle of Utter, when the barn near
by had mora' chan lylag around than
the farmer knew how to dispose of.
The best kind ot Utter Is chopped
straw. It acts ac aa absorbent under
the roosts arid as a receptacle ia the
other part ot tho pen for the grains
that may bo thrown In for the fowls.
This gives them a chance to scratch,
Buckwheat hulls are good, and they
can be obtained at mills that make
buckwheat flour. The man that uses
a shredder will And shredded corn
fodder very useful in the poultry
house. One of the great advantages
of litter is that in winter the feet of
tho fowls are kept off the cold floor,
and if there are any cracks in the
floor the become stopped up with the
chaff. The litter should be changed
often aad never be allowed to become
damp. The compost it forms will be
found very serviceable in the spring.
Langshsns.
Langshans are the smallest and
most active of the Asiatic class. They
are a practical fowl in more senses
than one, and their prolific laying aad
exceUent qualities make them a profit
able fowl for the farmer and market
poultryman. They are one of tbe old
est varieties of poultry and have al
ways been held in popular esteem.
The quality of the flesh of the Lang
shan is excellent, being fine grained,
tender, and nicely flavored. Aa layers
they rank among the best, averaging
from twelve to thirteen dozen a year,
and as winter layers they are to bo
recommended. The chicks are hardy
and mature early. Langshsns are
good sitters and mothers, being ot
gentle disposition: they are easily
kept in confinement or on free range.
Being excellent foragers, they are
ideal fowls' for the farm, and wUl
gather during the year a considerable
proportion of their food.
Unacidulated Pheephates.
Acidulated phosphatlc xertlUsers are
those to which sulphuric add has
boon added to ssake the phosphates
more readily available. The base to
rhleh the acid is added is always
bono or phosphatlc rock. An agent
ox one of the Chicago packers tells us
that 99 per cent ot all the bone phos
phates sold Is acidulated. This is be
cause the users want a fertilizer
whose phosphorus is available at
oBce. Yet the producers of phosphatlc
manures prefer to sell the unacidu
lated bone and can sell it cheaper
than tho bone that has been treated
with add. Oar leading professors In
agricultural- chemistry are advising
tamers to buy their phosphates In
an unaddulated state, whether the
base be bone or rock. Such phos
phate Is in Its cheapest form. As
soon as the manufacturers of fertil
isers begia to treat the bone meal or
the ground rock they begin to add to
its cost There Is not only the cost of
tho add, bu also cost of the labor.
Moreover the, add is not a desirable
elemeat to add to our land, much of
which already has too much add.
Tho farmer would do better to apply
his phosphate to the Isad before the
aeed flor it becomes great If appUed
then it nead act bo acddulated, hut
tho ground bona or ground phosphatic
rock can be left with nature, for her
dcUharata - process of rendering it
available. If land needs phosphates
at oaca, taa addalatod material mast
bo used, ilf the toad becomes too
add, that condition stay be changed
by the adding ot Urns, either ia the
form of quicklime, or, what to store
desirable, ground lime rock.
Selected Recipes.
Coffee custard amy be made thus:
Mix thoroughly dght egg yolks with
eight ounces of. sugar, dilute with
six custard-cupfuls of boiling milk and
n good cupful of black coffee, passed
through a fine strainer. All the cups
and put them In a low pan with boll
lag water to half their height, take
off the froth that may rise to the
surface, cover the pan aad let its con
tents simmer gently for twenty min
utes. When the custard is well set
let it cool ia the water, drain, wipe
the caps 'and serve cold.
Balaam Fritters Take two eggs,
onfrhalf cup arilk, a pinch ot salt, and
one toaspooaful of baking powder.
Flour to asako moderately thick bat
ter that wiU Just drop from the spoon.
Have the' fat hot aad Just before fry
lag stir what broken salmoa left from
supper you may chance to have In the
batten
Cranberry Relish Five pounds of
deanod cranberries, three pounds of
seeded ratolas.and the peel of five
largo oranges chopped Sue together.
Add the Juice of the oraagas aad!
taroo pounos ox sugar, snag to a
boo, than set on back ot the raage
aad simmer three hours. Bottle and
. seal. Servo aa a aset relish. Nice
witt
A aa.oaly employs his passion
si is natnrauy au in a flutter.
Determining the Age of Cattle.
One of taa great seasatloaa ot this
year's International was the tnralag
down of a pen of 15 head of Aberdeea
Aagas steers, 2 years' old aad aader 3.
by the osscfsl veterinarian. pro-
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( 2 months )
test had been tied against this grand
lot of cattle and was based upoa the
allegation .that they were over age.
To settle the matter the otscial
veterinarian, acting for the exposltioB
management, examined the months ot
7 head of the lot of 15 cattle oa Frl
I . faWAfsoalfaaw a., at naa.fam la fa. MAnr
V wam waanaa awaaa-uwf aaia a cvi a h
the. elect that two of the eight were
over S years old. This decision sus
tained the protest and threw the
pen of cattle out of the competition,
thus preventing them from winning
the grand championship of the show,
to which they would otherwise have
been entitled.
This is a most unfortunate occur
rence, but the veterinarian could pur-
sue no other coarse ia the matter, as
he found two of the animals clearly
four years old. Even where hut
six broad permanent teeth are seen
the animal may bo considered 42
months old, if all of the teeth are
fully through and in wear. "Six
tooth" cattle are, however, given the
beneflt of the doubt by veterinarians,
as there is eobm evidence to show that
forcing may Induce slight precocity
in the 'cutting of teeth. Great dis
crepancies, however, ennnot possi-'
bly be caused by nay manner of feed-
Ing or kind of environment so that a
full mouthed steer cannot on any pre
text be considered possibly within
the specified age limit allowed for
show animals In the class in questioa.
The illustratkB8 accompanying this
statement -ore taken from iulde--koper's
"Age of Domestic Animals"
and will make the subject clear to
stockmen.
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The age given under each cut is an
average one, taking everything Into
consideration, and every reader will
find them corroborated if he will go
to the trouble of examining the
mouths of cattle of which he knows
the sge perfectly.
At lost year's show a similiar pro
test was filed against a flue lot of
cattle shown in class for steers 2 years
old and under 3, but was not sus
tained, as no animnl was found to
show more than 6 broad permanent
Incisors.
We trust that stockmen generally
and cattle exhibitors la particular wiU
study the accompanying Illustrations
carefully and make their exhibits con-'
form to them at future shows. Action
to this effect may be taken, by the
management at the show, so that next
year cattle showing dentition depar
tures from standard types wUl sot be
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eligible to exhibition. It would be well
in the premises for exhibitors to make
themselves familiar with the subject
aad see to it that their animals In
tended for showing have teeth cor
roborating statements made relative
to dates of birth. Many desire to have
it believed that forcing materially
effects dentition and changes the
normal appearance of the mouth, in
dicating age hut it may be regarded
as certain that bo full-mouthed steer
win be sllowed to compete In dasses
for cattle 3 years old at future meet
ings of the International. Farmers'
Review.
Newly Purchased Hogs.
When animals are purchased to go
Into the herd there Is slways a pos
sibility thst they will bring disease
with them, snd this should no guard
ed against as much as possible. Some
swine raisers follow the practice of
keeping the aalmals separated from
the rest of the hogs from one to
three weeks, to give time for any
disease the hogs may havo to de
velop. This is certainly to be com
mended. One can never know thnt
the animal purchased is free from
disease, even though the buyer may
be cognizant of the fact that the
herd from which It came was entirely
free from nil troubles of this kind.
But many an animal, healthy at the
time of being shipped, has contracted
disease In transit to the new purchas
er. This is not Infrequently due to
disease germs in the car in which
the hogs are shipped. We assume
that there are few or no breeders
that would ship to a new locality an
animal known to be sick or that has
been exposed to cholera or aay other
contagious dlsesse. A little caution
ia this matter will be effort well
spent
Raising the Pigs.
Damp bedding is bad for pigs. It
should be dry and made from well
cored straw or hay. The little pigs
should have lots of sunshine If they
are to be expected to grow well snd be
healthy. It requires some planning to
construct a light brood house for a
dozen or store sows, especially if they
are to farrow In winter, but it must
be dona if we are to have success in
raising tka pigs. Sunshine may be'
regarded as "one of the essentials. A
cold draft on pigs Is very destructive
and to one of tho great causes of saor
tallty ear-sag winter pigs. In the win
ter exardse must be givea. Oae man
says he dost this by tuning out tho
brood SOW aad Chasing tho little pigs i
-a
about la the pen.
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rts
The second floor room of the little
cottage was decorated with a shriv
eled laat year's Christmas wreath, de
pending from the creased aad torn
shade. Oa either side of the wreath
were pinned little American and Irish
flags. It gave the cottage a particu
larly festive appearance. One of the
neighbor women, a broad aad buxom
person of middle age. stopped in pass
lag and looked at tbe window curious
ly and as she did so a little old woman,
aa withered and shriveled as the
Christmas wreath, came and bade her
good morning.
"Good mornin to you. Mrs. Conley."
said the neighbor, cordially. "It's cile
bratla ye are I see b' th dicoratioas.
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Parrot Was a Talker
Someone up la Buffalo seat Ray
mond a parrot. "Just a little present."
aid the letter tied to the cage. "You'll
And him a splendid talker. His name
la 'Ruffles.'"
. Raymond's flrst tendency was to
.send Ruffles up to his house. He for
got It the flrst day, but told this wife
when he got home about the new ani
mal aad promised to have the parrot
seat up the aext day.
- When he reached his offlce aext
morning he began to pay some atten
tion to the bird.
"Wonder why he doesn't talh?"
thought Raymond. "He must have
lost the power of speech or else my
Buffalo friend was 'Joshing' me."
Raffles merely looked oa sleepily
and said nothing.
About 2 o'clock Raymond called for
a messenger boy. The buzz of the
messenger call seemed to set magical
ly on the green aad yellow occupant
of the cage. He opened his eyes.
shook his feathers, stepped from one
foot to the other, lifted his beak, and
began to talk.
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Live in Ideal State
Denmark claims that there is not
a single person in her domain who can
not read and write, says Golden
Penny. On the northeast coast of
New Guinea, the Island of Kutaba.
surrounded by a wall of coral 300 feet
high on one side and from 50 to 100
feet on the other, maintains thirteen
villages of natives, to whom war,
crime and poverty hnve been unknown
since the beginning of their traditions.
The most peaceful and comfortable
community In Europe is the com
mune of the Canton Vaud, in Switzer
land. Nearly every one is well off,
and there are no paupers. Finland is
s realm whose inhabitants are remark
able for their inviolate integrity. There
are no banks and n safe deposits, for
no such security is essential. You
taay leave your luggage anywhere, for
any length of time, and be quite sure
of finding it untouched on your re
turn, aad your purse full of money
would be just as secure under similar
circumstances. The Finns place their
money nnd valuables in holes ia the
ground, and cover them with a big
I Longest Mail Route
Uncle Sam pays $2,329 to carry each
batch of letters from New York to a
certain station within his territory,
and the cost is the same if there is
but one letter.
. The postage on the letter would, of
course, be but two cents, the regular
rate, for this is just a regular mail
route.
Tbe distance covered in the return
journey to and from New York is 6.
904 miles, for tbe outer end :s Port
Barrow, Alaska.
The journey one way takes almost
five months, and five different meth
ods of transportation are used. Tbe
distances and modes of transportation J
are:
By reindeer. 650 miles; by dogs, 1,
630 miles; by horses, 412 miles; by
steamer, 1,000 miles, and by rail, 3,812
miles.
From Point Barrow to Kotzebue is
650 miles, and this part of the journey
is covered by means of reindeer. From
Kotzebue to Nome is 400 miles, a
The State
Saxony is one of the most prosper
ous states in the German empire, and
is the most populous in tbe world. Its
mines produce silver, lead, copper, ar
senic, bismutb. nickel, zinc, iron and
other things, besides coal, and its man
ufactures are very varied. Out of 350,
000 working people. 185,000 are en
gaged in textiles. 81,500 in engineering
and machinery, 35,500 in the prepara
tion of metals, 30.000 in papermaking.
36.000 in 'clothing. 51,000 In mining
and quarrying, 7.000 in tbe production
and smelting or ores. 6.000 in leather
and 5,000 in chemicals.
It is a veritable hive of industry.
The number of inhabitants to the
square kilometer is 280; the little
principality of Reuss (the elder),
which adjoins Saxony and is of the
same industrial character, comes next
with 216. and then the Rbineland with
213 (though it should be noted that
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Each one has hl Gcthscmane: for each
there is a day
When he -hall halt, fear-strleken y the
darkness In the way:
When he. faint-hearted, weary of the
crlef he yet must hear.
Shall turn aid- Into the shade ana
.sooth In calmne there
Shall turn aside and Iww his head, and
on hl-J bended !:nee
Prav that he may not take the cup and
" drain it to the Ices.
The garden wo call Gctluensane we en- j
trr it alone.
With iorrows that we only know,
and
griefs that are our own.
We tilda among the sdiadows where no
aver may -ee us thrink.
And murmur at the hyssop in tbe cup
that wc must arinic
The pn " " Mt
iwraiw
as Why fata has poured tke draught
last ssi-R'ia xae v-tob.
an mighty foiae they look. Ye must
b'lave ia ThaahsglviaV
The little old woman smiled. "Yls.'
she answered. "I'm cilebratln. Tls
for Terence, th' b'y. He's comla' home
this day."
"Is that so!" exclaimed the neigh
bor. "Terry comin' home! Ye don't
tell me! I fought he was sent up fr
Ave years."
"So he was," said Terence's moth
er, beamiag. "Yia. he waa seat up fr
flve years, but he got two years off
fr good behavior."
"Tiak of that!" said the neighbor
in toaea of sympathetic delight. "FY
good behavior! Now isa't it a comfort
to have a sob like that!"
Oh. yes. he talked! Rufltes talked
considerable! la fact, he talked till
one of the young lady stenographers
out la the aext offlce came ruaaiag
ia with her hat oa aad tendered her
resignation. She simply couldn't
listen to such language!
People la the offices came in. won
dering what was the matter with Ray
asond. Always such a mild-mannered
mnn. they could not understand what
had happened to make him use such
profanity.
At the moment when Raymond was
wondering how he could choke the
bird the messenger arrived. He heard
the language aad thought it was di
rected at him.
"I hurried Just as fast as I could,
boss!' he said.
"Take this parrot." said Raymond:
"take him down to the Society for tho
Prevention of Crime and tell 'em he's
n good subject for them to work oa."
When Raymond got home that night
he had to explain to his family that
the parrot had gone away. They were
wise enough to ask no further. New
York World.
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leaf. Such treasure is sacredly re
spected by all who pass it; but. la the
rare event of any man wishing to bor
row of his neighbor during his ab
sense, he will take only the smallest
sum he requires, and place a message
in the hole, telling of his urgent need,
and promising to repay the amount oa
.a specified date. Aad he will inveria-
bly keep his word, for the Fian Is In
vincible in bis independence.
Agneta Park, near Delft, ia Holland,
is another Utopian example. A tract
of ten acres has upon It 150 bouses,
each with its little garden and with
certain common buildings and com
mon grounds. The houses are occu
pied by the employes of a great dis
tilling company, who form a corpora
tion which owns the park. Each mem
ber owns shares in the corporation,
and pays rent for his house. The sur
plus, after all expenses have been
paid, comes back to him as dividend.
If he wishes to' go away, or If he dies,
his shares are bought up by the cor
poration and sold to the man who
takes his place.
stretch on which both reindeer snd
dogs are utilized. From Nome to
Unalakik is 220 miles, where dogs fur
nish the motive power. From Unala
kik to Tanana is 363 miles and Tan
ana to Eagle is 567 miles, both of
these stretches being covered by
means of dogs. This makes a total of
2.210 miles traveled ia Alaska alone.
T!e next stage is 594 miles from
Eagle to Skagway. via Dawson, a to
tal of 594 mile?, of which 572 is in
Canada and 22 in Alaska. 460 miles of
the distance being by horses and dogs
and J 12 by railroad.
The round-trip rate for carrying the
mall from Point Barrow to Kotzebue.
arcording to the contract, is $760.
making the single trip $375, one-half
the round trip rate, aad the other
stages of the trip are similarly com
puted. Thus the cost, whether there
!.! one letter or a big bulk of mail,
from Kotzebue to Nome is $250; Nome
to Unalakik. $263; Unalakik to Tan
ana. $402. and Tanana to Eagle. $529.
&0
of Saxony I -
the density of the special industrial
area of Rhine-Westphalia is much
greater, reaching 1.639 at Its highest
point). England and Wales come just
between these two, with 215; and all
three are a little behind Belgium,
which has 229, aad is the most dense
ly populated country in Europe next
to Saxony.
The Saxons are a prolific race: from
1816 to 1900 they have maintained a
higher mean rate of increase than aay
other section of the German people.
They have had to work very hard to
keep their place: over and over again
in the history of their industries some
staple branch of which they relied
has been reduced by competition to sa
unremunerative level aad has been
given up. Theirs is no story of facile
conquest, but of steady labor and un
remitting effort. The Saxons are a
brave, solid, industrious and friendly
folk.
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A resting place GetMemane. a place for
wearied touU
And Mchinjc hearts to heal the smarts
that tell of unwoti goals;
A place serene and comforting; a spot of
gentle calm.
Where breezes whisper through the leaves
a murmur sweet with balm.
Where, all unseen, the naked aoul may
come to understand
The reason for the heavy cup that waits
the tardy hand.
Each one has his Getbsemane. where.
tusnviitia) : sjvi as
And bent with all the heavy load of sor
row he has borne.
f-I Bias Bad rest: and kaow that bow
his night Is ahmost setae.
And see ahead the goldea glint mat
marks a haoov daws.
And then, content and fortified in heart,
he takes his cup
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