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mNOB EVENTS OF THE WEEK=
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The appointment of Charles Hallam
Keep as Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, to succeed Milton E. Ailes,
who recently resigned to accept the
Vice-Presidency of the Rlggs National
Bank, was announced at the Treasury
Department.
THe ueparrment or justice is to reopen
proceedings in the Oberlin M. Carter
ca?e. with the hope of recovering
part of the money alleged to be stolen
from Mhj Government and securing the
extradition of Gaynor and Greene from
Canada. <
Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassa- i
dor, and Secretary Hay received many <
letters criticising them in the matter
of the Kishineff and anti-Hebrew outbreak.
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The promotions of over 3000 postal j
clerks were cancelled by Postmaster- 1
General Payne. j
Secretary Hay called England's at- j
tention to a claim of the heirs of (
Charles Brown to mining lands in t
South Africa worth $3,000,000, which {
has been pending since before the Boer
War. 5
OCR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
An honorable acquittal was given 1
Captain Carl F. Hartman, of the Signal ]
Corps, at Manila, charged with einbez- I
zling Government property. t
A measure safeguarding public 1
money was passed at Manila. There f
are said to have been eight serious '
cases of dishonesty among American 1
officials in the last year. <
Eighteen persons living in a San ^
Juan. Porto Rico, boarding house and ,
several of the staff and patients at the '
Maternity Hospital were poisoned by
drinking milk. All were saved by
stomach pumps.
DOMESTIC. j
Arrested for the murder of Joseph c
Dabney, colored, I. Simms died of \
fright on the way to jail at Chicago.
The national convention of master
plumbers, meeting at San Francisco,
Cal., decided to continue the present , i
.system of apprentices.
When Thomas Choatte, a farmer, refused
to stop abusive language toward J
John Graham, at Jasper. Tenn.. Gen- s
eral W. E. Donaldson, a friend of I]
Graham, killed Choatte. fc
The Wisconsin Legislature adjourned t
sine die. s
For the first time in twenty-two years J
the convicts at the State Penitentiary.
Joliet, 111., ate together Instead of in ?
their cells. J
After an exciting battle, Mose Hart, j
colored, was killed by citizens at Cor- t
inth, Miss., because of insuiting lan- c
guage he had used during his trial before
Mayor Young. (3
Diphtheria in light form prevailed at o
the naval training station at Newport, p
B. I., over 125 apprentices being 111. s
, In the contempt cases against miners 0
before the Federal Court at Charleston,
8. C., It was proposed to compromise
by imposing small fines only.
senator tianna issuea a siaiemeui announcing
that he is opposed to a resolution
by the Ohio State Convention
Indorsing President Roosevelt for an- fc
oth?r term and adding that he is not <]
and will not be a candidate for the $
nomination. t
An elevator in a dancing academy at 1
Pittsburg, Pa., fell Ave floors. Four *
persons were killed and five or six were T
Injured. r
The shops and roundhouse of the Sea- *
board Air Line, at. Portsmouth, Va.,
were destroyed by fire. The company's f
loss te estimated at $750,000.
Great damage was done to farms f
around Lacrosse, Wis., by the sudden ^
rise of the Mississippi River. I
A log house occupied by lumbermen J
t Campus, W. Va., -vyas burned, two e
of the occupants being cremated, while C
fivo-were badly Injured.
Sixty-four religious exiles from
France reached New York City on the
Bteamer La Champagne! forty-six of 1
them bound for Metuchen, N. J.
Th? T*pv. Hnnrv Storev. a Bantist
minister, was burned to death and his
wife fatally Injured in a Are at their
home in Richmond, Ind.
President Roosevelt took part in
laying the cornerstone of a monument
to Lewis and Olark at Portland, Ore.
FOREIGN. Emperor
Francis Joseph refused to
receive the Dalmatian deputies who
called to ask him to interven to prevent
further bloodshed in Croatia.
Reports at Yokohama confirmed tfoe
presence of Russian troops on the Korean
side of the Yalu River.
King Edward's private secretary authorized
the statement that there was
no truth in the reports regarding the
King's ill health. " t
- While watching the inflation of a balloon
at Paris, Louis Efondell was asTvhT-rintori
hi" hvrtrncpn
The Austrian Government intends
asking Parliament.to approve the expenditure
of $18,000,000 for the extension
and Improvement of the harbor
facilities at Trieste.
A great demonstration of labor and
Nonconformist partisans against the
Education bill was held at Hyde Park,
London. *'
The arsenal at Santiago, San Domingo,
was blown up. General Frias
was killed and twenty-one men were
mortally wounded. - ;/ . .
General Botha announced that amnesty
had been granted to all Cape rebels.
.
Advices from Somaliland, East
Africa, stated the Somali camel corps,
operating with the British columns
against the followers of the Mad Mullah,
became mutinous and probably i
will be disbanded.
Bnssla Ignored Korean protests in re
gar a to me esrauusuuieui oi a post at
the mouth of the Yalu. Korea sent a
message Insisting on withdrawal.
Prince Radziwill, a Russian attache
in London, engaged to fight a duel Jn
consequence of a dispute at cards.
It is stated that the Russian Governor
Bogdanovitch was assassinated out of
revenge for his suppression of riots in
the Ural State mine*.
The Russian Ministry of Finance sent
the Council of the Empire a bill to
abolish the refunding of the excise duties
on sugar exported from Russia.
Rebels in the Province of Yun-Xan.
China, captured the prefectural city of
Lin-An-Fu; an imperial edict ordered
the Viceroy to suppress the insurrection.
The Jews in Russia armed themselves
for defense in spite of the Government
order forbidding it.
It is expected in Newfoundland that
further negotiations regarding the
Bond-Hay convention will begin in the ,
tall. ,
The Earl of Onslow, the Colonial
Under Secretary, was appointed President
of the Board of Agriculture, in
succession to the la-te Mr Hanbury.
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accusedoftaking bribe
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D. V. Miller Summarily DismisseJ
From the Postoffice Department 1
AitltUnt Attorney Arrested?The John J,
Ryan & Co. Turf Concern Said
to Have Paid Money.
Washington, D. C.?Daniel V. Miller,
an Assistant Attorney in the office of j
the Assistant Attorney-General for the
Postoffice Department, was arrested
Dn a charge of conspiracy to bribe and
to accept money in violation of the law.
rhe charge is made In connection with
the case of John J. Ryan & Co., a turf (
Investment concern accused of fraudu- .
lent use of the mails. Mr. Miller, be- !
fore his arrest, was discharged from
the department by Postmaster-uenerai i Payne.
Miller was the only man left t
in the office of the Assistant Attorney- ]
General after the dismissal of Judge
Tyner and the suspension of First As- 1
sistant Attorney Christiancy. J
Miller "was arraigned before Commis- '
sioner Mills, and bail for $1500 -was \
furnished.
A warrant has been Issued also for *
:he arrest of Joseph W. Johns, of 1
Rockville, Ind., who is charged with
laving been a partner or go-between in '
he transaction. It is said that Johns (
cept $2000 as his share of the bribe. a
ind that Miller received $2500 for what *
ie did. The warrant includes the t
lame of Johns and also that of Ryan c
>f the get-rlch-qulck concern. The s
ipecial charge against Johns Is the c
ame as that against Miller?conspir- 1
icy to bribe and to accept money in 1
iolation of law.
Cincinnati, Ohio.?Word was received J
>y Federal officers here that Joseph
J. Johns was arrested in Rockville, J
nd. Johns is Prosecuting Attorney *
>f Parke County, where Miller former- "
y uvea. j.
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MARYLAND DROUTH BROKE. c
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'errlflc Thunderstorms Followed by ?
Heavy Rain?Crop Losses.
Baltimore, Md.?For thirty-six hours t
laryland was the centre of electrical
tornis and heavy rains. The drouth <]
a all parts of the State is effectually i
iroken, and dispatches from the best t
ruck-growing sections of the penin- 3
ula and the southern counties state 1
hat the loss will not be as heavy as ^
eared a few days ago. The tomato
rop will not be as large as usual, and
he conditions may affect the packing
adustries. The wheat crop on the 5
Sastern Shore will be cut in half. Iu I
he western part of the State the hay t
rop is ruined. t
While no fatalities are reported, the \
amage by lightning in various parts p
f the State is considerable. In some a
arts of the State five furious thunder- c
torms followed each other within six 0
r eight hours. f
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TOWNS SWEPT BY TORNADO.
I?7 Persons Killed and Injured la f
Nebraska.
Hastings, Neb. ? Fifteen persons
:illed, twenty seriously Injured and r
lamage done to the extent of nearly. a
100,000, is the record of a tornado j.
hat raged through Nebraska. Frank- a
in, Clay and Kearney counties were a
he hardest hit. In one of these trees a
vere torn out by the roots, houses de- g
Qolished and carried far from their
oundatlons, and their inhabitants mu- a
Hated and killed.
The storm was felt with unrelenting E
ury-near the village of Pauline, which t
larrowly escaped destruction. The 0
arm house of John Mamma was |,
vrecked and six of Its occupants were p
;llled. The dead are John Mumma,
Jrs. Mumma, Bertrune Mumma, Flor- D
nee Palmer, John Palmer and Ray .]
*uigg. f
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MISSING OFFICIAL FOUND. I
Jrldgeton BalldiDR Loan Man BefaMa to
Admit Defalcation. ^
Bridgeton, N. J.?Richard L. Howell, *
ormer secretary of the Bridgeton
Suilding and Loan Association, was
irrested in Hoboken at the request of 5
he Bridgeton authorities, and ar- C
alined before Recorded Stanton there. 0
iowell disappeared from Bridgeton 3
learly a year ago. He said in court he I;
md been living In Hoboken for the t
ast eight months. He added: [
"I left Bridgeton for business reasons
-trouble over the accounts of th<? f
3uilding and Loan Association ot [
vhlch I was secretary. I turned over c
>roperty to the Building and Loan Aslociation,
but they were not satisfied, g
! do not admit that there was any de- [;
alcation." C
The amount involved is said to bo f
>15,000. Howell was handed over to o
he Bridgeton authorities. I
THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. I ?
Xooaevelt S?y? Those Who Favor HI* t
Nomination Will Endorte Hltn.
Walla Walla, Wash.?Secretary to
lie President Loeb gave out tiie roiiowng
statement: 3
"In speaking of the sudden political 1
ievelopments in Ohio the President r
said: ?
" 'I have not asked any man for his v
support. I have had nothing whatever E
:o do with raising the issue as to my o
ndorsement. Sooner or later it was f
jound to arise, and. inasmuch as it has *
low arisen, of course, those who favor '
ny Administration and nomination will 5
indorse them, and those who do not c
tvill oppose them.'
"The President also said he was
ieeply touched by the action of Presllent
McKinley's home county, in 1
tvhich Canton is situated, in instruct- t
ng so heartily in his favor. Nothing I
:ould have pleased him more." i
Milk Famine Killing Babies.
Mortality among Infants in Chicago (
has increased twenty per cent, since )
the refusal of the Milk Wagon Drivers' 1
Union to deliver milk more than once a i
day went into effect, '
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Big Snowstorm in Montana.
The greater portion of Montana is
covered with snow to a depth of from I
two to ten inches. Sheep men have 1
suffered heavy losses because of the J
storm. i
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Labor World.
Laborers in Holland receive but five
cents an hour.
Grocery and butchers' delivery men
of Flint, Mich., will form a union. They
complain of the long hours.
Tile setters at Alameda, Cal., have
received an increase of $1 a day. They
now receive $5 for eight hours' work.
Grave diggers at San Jose, Cal., are
on strike, having refused to work on a
ten-hour schedule for nine hours' pay.
Wages of workmen in the iron industry
in the Ruhr district and Saar and
Lorraine, Germany, have been reda<?&.
'TIMETOiSSg
Russian Minister Repudiates Story
of Anti-Jewish Order.
10,000 VICTIMS ABE HOMELESS
ti Belief Agent la Klibiaeflf Reports TOO
Houses Were Deitroyorl, GJO Shop*
Sacked, Forty-five Persons Killed
Outright, and Over 300 Store or Leaf
Injured by the Frenzied Iklobj.
St. Petersburg, Russia.?An explicit
lenial appears in the Official Messen* I
;er of the allegation that Interior Minister
von Plehve sent a confidential j
etter to the Governor of Bessarabia
shortly before the anti-Semitic out- |
jreak at Klshineff and referring to the i
possibility of disorders there and the j
steps to be taken to suppress them. |
rhe Messenger, naming the London
rimes and a Continental newspaper as
lubllshing the alleged letter, quotes
'rom them as follows:
"'It has come to my knowledge that
a tne region intrusted to you wiue
llsturbances are being prepared
igainst the Jews, who chiefly exploit
he local population. In view of the
general disquietude, the disposition
if the population of towns to seek
l vent for itself, and also in view
if the unquestionable undesirabilty
of Instilling, by too severe
neasures, anti-Governmental feelings
nto a population which has not yet
>een affected by propaganda, your Ex-,
ellency will not fail to contribute to
he immediate stopping of disorders
vhich may arise by means of admoniIons,
without at all having recourse,
towever, to the use of arms.' "
The Messenger adds: "These reports
lave .been invented. No letter of the
ibove stated purport from the Minister
f the Interior tn the Governor of Besarabla
exists, and no communication
whatever was made to the Bessarabian
uthorities preparing them for the disurbances."
The Chief of Police of Kleff has orlered
the Police Commissaries within 1
lis jurisdiction to institute a fresh injulry
Into the legal status of the j
ews and to forcibly expel those who
lave no legal right of residence and j
rvKsv MAfiiaa fA laoro
vuu muoc iv itai vi
10,000 Person* Homeless in Kishlneff.
Berlin.?The German-Jewish Relief
Society, which is seeking to relieve the 1
vlshineff sufferers, has sent an agent
o Klshlneff, who reports that 700
louses were destroyed, that 600 shops '
vere sacked, and that about 10,000 P
>ersons, or 2000 families, are homeless ,
s a result of the massacre of last
oonth. Forty-five persons were killed
utright during the massacre, elghtyour
were severely wounded and 500
rere slightly Injured.
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RELIANCE WINS RACE.
)efeata Constitution and Colombia Over
a Thlrty.MlU Coarse.
New York City.?The Reliance, in a
ace twice around a fifteen-mile tringle
on the Sound, in a breeze varyQg
from seven to twelve miles an
our, beat the Constitution two minutes
nd twentv-one seconds, actual time, i
,nd the Columbia fifteen minutes and i
Ifty-one seconds. j i
It has been estimated that the Reli- ;
pce's racing length is about 108 and i
he Constitution about 104. On these ;
Igures the Reliance would win from . i
he Constitution by twenty-four sec- : i
nds. If the Reliance's racing length j
3 over 108 then the Constitution Is
irobably a winner.
The race showed that the Reliance is
iot nearly as stiff as the Columbia or
tie Constitution. She made much more
uss in going through the water than
he Constitution, and she was particu- 1
arly hard to steer.
IEW YORK CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
i Week of Fetes in Hobot of Metropolis'*
250th Auniveraary.
New York City.?The 250th anniver- {
ary of the civic existence of New York ! ,
Jity was celebrated royally through- |'
ut the day. The entire city was dec- j
rated. Mayor Low held a reception J
n the City Hall at 3 o'clock and en- |
ertalned a number of guests at the
)owntown Club.
Among the guests were Secretary
Sllhu Root, special representative of
'resident Roosevelt; Senator Depew,
Jovernor Odell and Secretary Shaw.
Later, at the City Hall, Mayor Low,
Secretary Root and Bishop Potter deIvered
addresses. At night more than
0,000 persons assembled in the City
lall and Central Park to see the sterepticon
exhibition of historic views and
Isten to the band music.
The celebration continued through>ut
the week, with more speeches, and
ach evening with entertainments In
he parks.
Building Trades Paralyxed.
There are 165,000 Idle men in New
Lork City, notwithstanding that every
Ine of business is booming. These
nen, but for strikes, lock-outs and disensions
among rival labor unions,
vould be earning on an average of $4
i day each, a total of $060,000 a day,
? rvorv aaa ? Va^ nnl*r la AT'Drir
'i ^0|U0U,WU it ? Ufa. iwi uutj if? ti vij
>enny or this stupendous sum lost to
hem, but 2500 building trade Arms,
epresenting a total capitalization of
>550,000,000, are at a standstill, with a
lonsequent loss of profits.
He Threw Letter! Into Watte Basket.
The postmaster at Leedy. Okla., not
cnowlng what to do with letters when
:hey were uncalled for threw them
nto the waste basket. Because of his
lge he was let off with a fine.
Billed Filipino ^anaticr.
Lieutenant Javier, commanding a
.'orce of constabulary and volunteers,
ins defeated 200 fanatical insurgeuts
:n the Island of Cebu, P. I., killing
lxty-elght of thefn and capturing twenty-nine.
The fight occurred in the
mountains near Tabogon.
Blfled Chicago Mall Boxe*.
Five hundred letters were found in
the possession of Frank Blake and
Henry Hoekema when they were arrested
at Chicago, 111., charged with
rifling mall boxes.
Prominent Feople.
Salmon Brown, the youngest son of
John Brown, the martyr, is living at
Portland, Ore.
Geronlmo, the famous old leader of
Hia Anaehp Indians, who has cost the
Government so much money and so
many lives, is to be allowed to attend
the Indian congrcss in New York in the
summer.
"Pop" Anson, the erstwhile pet of the
Chicago bleachers, was fifty-one years
old the other day, and In discussing the
matter with a reporter he observed that
"The happiest age of man is between
fifty and fifty-one.". i
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DEATHINGREATAUTO RACE'
A Shocking Series of Accidents in the
Paris-Madrid Event.
GOVERNMENT STOPPED CONTEST
Abont 300,000 Persona YPltneiaed th?
Start?Une Competitor Baroed to Death
Under His Overturned Car?Two Sol*
dlers and a Child Killed by One of the
Machine*?Blow to Anto Racing.
Paris, France.?The greatest automobile
race ever begun was peremptorily
declared off by Premier Combes because
of an appalling list of fatal
accidents attending the run from Versailles
to Bordeaux. Tbe event was
the great Paris-Madrid race, and the
most notable automobllists of the
world were the participants. At least
seven persons were killed and three
others were fatally Injured.
A mechanic, two soldiers, a woman
and a child, who were standing near
the course near Ablis, were struck by
the racers and all of them Instantly
killed.
At Bonneval L. Porter, one of the
contestants, burned to death while racing
along a level stretch at a frightful
pace. The machine caught fire In some
unaccountable way and the chauffeur
was Instantly enveloped In flame.
When taken from the wreck the body
was found to be burned to a crisp.
Barrow, the Englishman, ran over
a dog near Llbowme, which caused
him to collide with a tree. The occupants
of the automobile were thrown.
His machinist was killed and he was
fatally injured.
TVTot?/vq1 RananH tho -nrfrinpr n f thp
Paris-Vienna race, lost control of his
machine, and ran into a ditch and was
upset, which practically put him out of
the race, though he was uninjured.
Couheverac also ran into a tree and
was thrown violently to the ground.
He was in a most serious condition and
his automobile was wrecked. Farmen
met with an accident which put him
out of commission.
Fully 100,000 people -witnessed the
start at Paris at 3 o'clock a m., there
being 314 entries. Three hundred qualified
and started, one every minute for
Ave hours.
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., and "Henri
Fournier were among the racers. The
roads were found to be la better condition
than bad been anticipated.
The first stage of 343 miles -was finished
at noon, when Louis Renault
lashed at a furious pace Into Bordeaux,
having made a record run of eight
hours and twenty-seven minutes. An
hour later M. Gabriel arrived with a
still better record of eight'hours and
seven minutes. It is estimated that
fhpoe nntnmnhllfta covered sixtv-two
miles an. hour on the road outside the
cities.
It Is stated that Louis Renault's automobile
attained at Beourdinlere, between
Chartres and Bonneval, a maximum
speed of eighty-eight and three- j
fourths miles an hour.
Four Killed by Anton In Great Britain.
London.?Concurrently with the reports
of the fatalities caused by the
lutomobile race in France came reports
Df four deaths caused by motor cars in i
Great Britain. A woman seventy-two
years old was killed at Edinburgh, a
man was killed at Ivew, and at Bristol,
where bicycle races were in progress,
a motor cycle killed a competitor and a
spectator.
TOWNS WRECKED BY TORNADOES.
Live! Lo?t, Crops Damaged and Property
Destroyed In the West.
Topeka, Kan.?Half a dozen towns
were partly or completely wrecked, a
dozen people were killed or fatally jnJojod,
over 100 were badly .hurt, scores
of cattle were killed and hundreds of
LUOUSailUS Ul uunars uaiuiigc was uuuc
by a series of tornadoes extending
from Oklahoma to Lake Michigan.
The greatest damage was In Kansas,
wjiere the furious gale demolished a
string of prairie towns and razed thousands
of acres of standing crops. All
unprecedented rainfall flooded Oklahoma
City, and the total loss to property
Is estimated at over $100,000.
Enid, Okla. ? Hundreds of persons
were rendered homeless and property
damage to the extent of $300,000 was
done to the Enid Bottoms by a cloudburst
that struck west of this city. A'
hundred houses were partly or completely
submerged.
BANK OFFICER TRIED SUICIDE.
Buffalo Bookkeeper Hhoota Himself and
Confesses to Shortage.
Buffalo, N. Y.-<3rant Blodgett, genera.
bookkeeper of the Bank of Buffalo,
shot himself in the head in the
basement of the building. The bullet
entered Just back of the left ej;e, and
severed both optic nerves. Even If he
should recover he will be blind.
Blodgett told President Elliott C.
MacDougai, president or tne oamc, who
was summoned after the discovery of
the shooting that he was short $519.59.
Blodgett had worked for the bank for
sixteen years. He is married and has
a son.
ANOTHER BOODLE CONVICTION.
TIrit of St. Louis'* Lighting Cat?> Tried
?Hartmau Found Guilty. '
St Louis, Mo.?Emile Hartman, a
former member of the House of Delegates,
was found guilty of bribery and
Jils punishment fixed at six years in the
penitentiary. The case will be appealed.
This is the first of the boodling
cases connected "with the lighting
scandal and Implicates Edward Butler.
' Bailey Sella Bit Big Ranch.
United States Senator J. W. Bailey
liua sum ma ui$ iauv;u. n \,v/uu4iuwu i
0000 acres of the choicest land in
Northern Texas, and the price Is stated
to be $50 per acre.
Small Gold Exports.
Small gold exports are not cause for
uneasiness with treasury vaults holding
about $043,000,000, and it must be
remembered that thus far this year the
outgo has been exceptionally light.
The National Game.
New London has released Inflelder
Rusbworth and Pitcher Vowlnkle.
Manager Armour, of Cleveland, Insists
that he has the fastest team In
the country.
Manager Loftus, of Washington, is
after Hildebrand, the ex-Princeton
pitcher and football quarterback.
President Pulllam thinks that St
Louis has the best day-in-and-day-out
\itting team in the National League.
Brain, of St. Louis, is keeping up his
rood work at third. He looks like the
^est lafleldtog debotante of.tbe geaeoa.
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Preventing Fungns Dlreuea.
Preventing the spread of fungus diseases
could be accomplished better by
destroying the branches and vines tnat
are cut away from trees and bushes
than by the use of other methods. It
is not sufficient to remove the portions
of trees affected with black knot. They
should be consigned to the dames, as
no remedy is as sure in the destruction
of the spores as fire.
Feeding Experiments.
An important experiment In progress
at the agricultural experiment station
of the University of Illinois Is the feeding
of various grades of cattle with a
view of determining the extent, rapidity,
nature and cost of grains for each
grade of feeding cattle recognized in
the market, and the quality of beef produced
by each grade. The experiment
involves the feeding of six carloads of
cattle?one each of fancy selected,
choice, good, medium, common and L.
ferior.
At the beeinninir of the experiment
the cattle were examined by a committee
of experts from the Chicago Union
stockyards, whose judgment was asked
with reference to the grading and the
market value of each grade. The
same committee visits the station at
Intervals of one month, when the Improvement
in value per hundred
pounds of each grade Is noted. As the
cattle are weighed every two weeks
and a careful record kept of the rations
fed, it will be possible at the end of
the experiment to determine at what
time It would pay the feeder best to
have disposed of the various grades.
The experiment wijl be terminated
with a slaughter test that the grades
of beef produced by the various grades
of feeding cattle may be determined.
Kotes Regarding Reef Cattle.
Poor care for the cow reduces the
jize of her calf.
Neglect of weaned calves stunts
them.
A small proportion of roughage, as
compared with the jfrain feed, tends to
make finer bones, more rounded forms,
and at early age better weight, in
cattle. ,
Good flesh and plnmp forms depend
on both careful feeding and the proper
Defection of breeders.
To gain size, practice uninterrupted
good feeding.
A starvation feed will reduce the size
of any breed, no matter what its natural
characteristics are.
A herd will be more profitable If of
nearly uniform type.
Either insufficient feed or feed of
poor quantity reduces the procreative
powers.
A cow that has a good flow of milk
for a considerable period will raise a
better calf than a cow that gives little
milk for a short time.
In beef cattle, aim at a smooth, sleek
form from which no bones protrude.
If the bull of a herd differs in type
widely from the cows, the progeny will
unprofltably vary In size and quality.
Intermittent care does not pay; the
care should be constant.
Common Senae Drinking Fountain.
The common sense drinking fountain,
described below, can be made by anyone
with gumption enough to be a
poultry breeder. Procure a well-glazed
milk crock and lay it inverted on an
Inch board. Mark around it one-half
an inch from the rim and cut out as
neatly as possible. Take plastering
lath one-quarter by one Inch and cut
them fifteen inches long and nail on
the circular Doara two mcues uymu
Fasten a hoop made of heavy wire to
the bottom ends to make it stronger.
Set the crock on something solid and
level, put the cage over It after tilling
and your fountain is complete. A handle
of some kind may be fastened to
the top.
This kind of drinking vessel is preferable
because they are not easily
upset and are easily cleaned, for nothing
will stick to the crock. A dash of
boiling water will remove all traces of
most any medicine that may be put in
them. The gallon size crock Is about
ten Inches across and five and one-half
Inches high; the half-gallon size is
about seven inches across and four
Inches high and cost very little.
nnrrn ia fn kPPn fowls frOm ffet
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ting into the water with their feet.?
Commercial Poultry.
Choosing Dairy Coin by Type.
Too many dairy men are feeding and
milking cows which do not pay for
their keep. What good does it do us
if we know how to care for milk, produce
th<? best cream, make flue butter
and market it well, if we lose in the
end by keeping poor cows? "Dairying
doesn't pay," is said by the man whose
cows don't pay, and how many we
keep in our dairy herds which have
neither breed nor type to perform the
work we expect of them. The difference
between a $23 and an $S3 yearly
average per cow is too great to give no
hoed. It is the difference between a
sorry loss and a good profit.
The other day. while conducting a
stock judging class, some visitors entered.
We were working on two grade
Jersey cows, one having a large.
smooth, block build, witli poor aairy
points, but she looked like what some
people call a "slick cow;" the other was
a email-boned dairy animal, with well
defined dairy points. Fortunately we
had the butter records for several years
of these two animals, and did not have
to guess at what they could do as producers.
To get an expression from
my visitors I asked them which cow
they would pick, and two chose the
large, blocky cow, while one favored
the dairy type.
. Now the real value between thesf
two animals was $35 and $135, for,
while eating nearly the same amount,
one averaged 150 pounds, while the
other averaged 350 pounds of butter a
year. These two animals were very
different in type, and any one could
see a marked variation if he had the
two before bim?for comparison.
The ability to select a dairy cow by
type is most Important and valuable.
We have, it is true, the Babcock test
and scales to find the butter capacity
of a cow,' but we cannot take these
around with us in buying our cows,
neither can -we tell by one or two tests
what an animal is worth. Therefore,
the practical method of selecting cattle
Is by type. Dealers in beef stock are
compelled to use this method alone.
An animal Is worth according to its
form and breeding. Fortunately we
are able to And, very conveniently, the
proper type for the dairy cow. Going
on the basis that "handsome is that
handsome does," and applying a few
yearly experiments by a number of different
types, breeds and individuals,
we can obtain a great deal of valuable
Information.?Professor H. L. Hoecker
before the Kansas Dairy Convention.
Far Sagging Doors.
Obtain a wheel (one from an old majine
"will answer) and, after cutting a
notch in the bottom of the door for the
wheel, attach the latter to the door by
means of an iron bar. This bar should
be round and of a diameter that will
work easily in the whole of the wheel.
Have a blacksmith flatten the rod at
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TO PREVENT 8 AGOING.
either end, twist It to fit the door frame
and make two or th*ee holes In each
end, so that it may be screwed to the
door as shown. A large flat stone
should be placed close to the door sill
on which the wheel will rest when the
door Is closed. If the ground over
which the door will swing is kept level
and built up to the proper height the
attachment of ^his device to the door |
will absolutely prevent its sagging. It
may be readily attached to an old door
after first placing the door in tho
proper position, adding new hinges if
necessary.?Indianapolis New3.
Millet and Hungarian Grais.
Millet is entirely a summer crop, and
the seed should not go in the ground
until warm weather has been assured.
It is especially adapted to light sandy
soils, upon which large crops can be
grown, but thrives well al^o on soils
that are heavier. The richer the soil
the bstter, but it Is very Important to
first get the seed bed in a fine, pulverized
condition. Plow deep and harrow
several times before seeding, using a
brush for covering in the seed. If the
location is in a good, rich and suitable
portion of the field, the seed should be
sown thickly, for the finer the stalks
the tenderer and more palatable the
hay, but "where it is sown tor tne purpose
of obtaining seed; for the succeeding
season It should be done in drills,
using less seed, though it may be
broadcasted if necessary. The appearance
of millet while growing is similar
to that of thickly-sown dwarf corn, the
leaves being broad, covering the
ground completely. It grows very rapIdly,
especially during warm weather,
If there has been a plentiful supply of
moisture, and it also stands the drouth
admirably. The tall German giant millet
is the kind generally preferred.
Hungarian grass is very similar to millet,
both belonging to the same family
of plants, but while the millet can be
cropped oniy once nuu^uimu I
furnishes successive cuttings until fall, I
which is an advantage when the soiling
system is practiced with stock; but
it does not grow as tall as millet, nor
give such heavy yields at the times of
cutting. As a hay crop for winter use
millet should be preferred. Millet and
Hungarian grass are highly relished by
all kinds of stock, especially if cut and
cured before seeding. The heads may
shoot the seed, but the cutting must not
be delayed long enough to allow the
seeds to fill out. Cured the same as
ordinary hay and stored in the barn,
the leaves do*not crumble to pieces
easily, like clover, and when run
through a cutter and seasoned with
meal, bran and a little salt, the mass
makes almost a complete food. These
crops are Indispensable in places that
are not adapted to clover ana otner
grasses, as they are not only certain
but grow and mature in a very short
'time. As renovating crops they are
excellent, for a large crop of millet or
Hungarian grass turned under furnishes
a mass of green manure, that
never fails to restore the soil to its I
original fertility where it has not been ,
cropped for grain too largely. Whenever
the crop is intended for green |
manure it should be seeded down
thickly and cut before the seeds mature,
first giving the standing crop a
good dusting of lime on a damp day,
following with a plow and chain. As
both crops grow on very sandy soil to
a certain extent they afford a means
of enriching the soil until it is fitted
for other crops, but it is well to bear
in mind that all green manure is more
effectual when used in company with
lime. If necessary, two crops can be
grown and plowed under the same season.?Philadelphia
Record.
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A King's Intrinsic Value.
When the King of Siam Is attired
in his full complement of royal robes
and is -wearing all his state decorations
the value of these amounts to something
like 11,000,000.
Leeway For Gonlp.
Charity covers a multitude of sin*,
but leaves enough uncovered to meet
the reaulrementa of sroasiD.?Puck.
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An ArtUt to Be Eorl?d. . 9|
We know of 110 one more to be envied
at the time than a well-dressed H|
cutter on a fashionable promenade..' jfffl
walking behind a stylish, artistic,
right-fitting coat that he cut, glorious- *
ly and beautifully adorning the back ^
of a well-dressed man.?Tailor and CatSince
18(52 over $27,000,000 have been H
expended in the construction of 1300 ESj
miles o? levees along the Mississippi, H
and of that amount the United Stales 6g
Government has contributed over $12,* H
000,000. ?
FIT8 permanently cur?d.No fits or nervous- \ H
new after first day s use of Dr. Kline's Great B
Nerve Restorer. e2t mi bottleand treatise free
Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., i*ai Axoh at., Phil*., Pa
TU? Ami maw haro a Mnuffltirtn fnr via.
dom, and yet ?e never looks on the bright \
side of life.
U?e Allen'* Foot-Eaw.
It Is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting. .
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,Corns and
Bunions. Auk for Allen's Foot-rRse, a powdar
to be shaken Into the shoes. Cures while you
walk. At all Druggies and Shoe Stores, 26c.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
Fbez. Address, Alien s. Olmsted, LeEoy, N.Y.
There are some people who would cheat >35
at solitaire.
Look for this trade mark: "The Klean, Kool -Kitchen
Kind." The stoves without gtiioke,
ashes or heat. Make comfortable cooking. -V
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Soldiers and safe robbers are obliged to
do a lot'of drilling.
Fruit acids will not stam goods dyed
with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
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It doesn't take a contortionist to pat gfl
Kimaplf nn the hack.
I'iso'sCuxelsthe be^t medicine we ever used lor
all affections of throat and lungs.?Wit- 4m
O. Endslet, Vanburea, Ind., Feb. 30, 1900. " j
The fellows wfio are adepts at making /M,
love don't make the best husbands. ]
i Many women^nd doeton do |
not recognize tlie real symptoms
of derangement of the female v'Jl
organs until too late. |
" r had terrible pains aloof wj \|] J
spina} cord for two years and 'suffered 1 >
dreadfully. I was 'given different yj
medicines,Vwore plasters; none of '?
these things helped me. Beading of ;>JH
the cures that Lydia ?. Pinlrham** 3
Vegetable Compound has brought Jn
about, I somehow felt that it was - J9
what I needed and bought a bottle to
tajke. How glad I am that I did so; H
two bottles brought- me immense xe- - Hill
lief, a ad after using thnee bottles more ~'|H
I felt new life arid blood surging
through my veins. It seemed as *1
though there had been a regular house ,;1|B
cleaning through my system, that all ~ j .1
the sickness and poison had been taken . 1
out and new life given me instead. I :
hare advised dozens of my friends to use 4
Lydla E. Pinkliam's Vegetable U
Compound. Good health is indis* 1
Emsiable to complete happiness, and f'"Sj
ydla E. Pinkliam's Vegetable
Compound has secured this to me."
?Mas. Laura. L. Bbehxb, Crown
Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Belief v
Corps. ? $5000 forfeit If original of about letter ,
proeinggenulneneu cannot be produced.
Every sick weman who docs not
understand lier ailment should
write Mrs. Pinkliam, Lynn.
Mass. Her advice is free and j
always 1??*1 . i
Police S??atloK> . ;
"Sweating" in police parlance to ; :j
about synonymous with "bullying" a
prisoner into confession. Sometimes, <
in its milder forms, it corresponds with ^ '{
"cajoling." It is the natural resource,
.if thp nolioeman who has no detective ?; \
ability, and would not know how to ; y
follow up a clew If by any chance be - J
should recognize one when he met it J
There is nothing wrong, of course, in jfl
seeking information from a prisoner, sr
but there Is something decidedly wrong ' - t,
when the police depend upon that
meahs, to the neglect of others, for the
tracing of crime.?Chicago Record-Her
:
Gypsies are supposed to have origin*
ally been inhabitants of India, and m
their Romany language has a strong,
radical resemblance to the ancient J
Sanskrit. |
BR II ^ A DANCER SPOT." | j
dangerous spot for . ;l
pain is the small
der troubles before they reach the serious
stage. Read how easily it can be ?
done. '[
W. J. Hill, of 40 South Union streot,
Concord, N. C., proprietor of hardware
and harness store. Justice ot' the Peace,
and one of the best known residents
of that city, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills proved a very efficient remedy in * > -
my case, l got 11 UUA Ul iue viiu?uu
Drug Store and used them for disor- , \
dered kidneys and backache, from
which I had experienced a great deal
of annoyance, trouble and pain. The
kidney secretions had bothered me for
a long while, were very irregular, dark {%
colored and full of sediment. The Pills
cleared it all up and I have not had
an ache in my back since taking the
last dose. My back is much stronger
and my ueaiui geueruuy is uiipruveu I
a great deal. I am glad to make a public
endorsement of the Pills, trusting i
that it may be the means of relieving
some other sufferer." "vH
A Free Trial of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr. Hill will be 8B
mailed to any part of the United States
on application. Address Foster-Mil
burn UO., cunaie, ?. x. ror saie oy ?
111 druggists, price 30 cents per box.
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