THE- BABY.
Th little itottering baby feet,
With faltering Steps and slow.
With pattering echoes soft and sweet,
Into my heart they go;
They also go in grimy plays,
In muddy pools and dusty ways.
Then thro' the house In trackf ul maze,
They wander to and fro.
The baby hands that clasp my neck
With touches dear to me.
Are the fame hands that smash and
wreck
The Inkstand foul to see;
They pound the mirror with a cane;
They rend the manuscript in twain;
Widespread destruction they ordain
In wasteful Jubilee.
The dreamy murmuring voice,
That coos its little tune.
That makes my listening heart rejoice,
Liko birds in leafy June,
Can wake at midnight dark and still,
And all the air with howling fill
That splits the ear with echoes shrill,
Like cornets out of tune.
II. J. Burdette.
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP.
The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there is stillness everywhere;
Like trebled spirits here and there
The firelight shadows fluttering go.
And as the shadows 'round me creep,
A chlldiEh treble breaks the gloom.
And softly from a further room
Comee: "Now I lay me down to sleep."
And, somehow, with that little prayer
And that sweat treble in my ears,
Sly thought goes back to distant years
And lingers with a dear one there.
And as I hear the child's "amen,"
My mother's face comes back to me,
Couched by her side I seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again.
Oh! for an hour in that dear place!
Oh! for the peace of that dear time!
Oh! for that childish trust tutollme!
Oh! for a glimpse of mother's face!
Yet, as the shadows 'round me creep,
I do not seem to be alone
Sweet magic of that treble tone
And "Now I lay me down to sleep."
Eugene Field.
A Lost Shoe.
ARS SWANSON had blue
and white hair and a downy
mustache. He was broad-
shouldered, hard-handed and
the low shoes that encased
bis feet were No. 10's. His
garb was coarse and his
language what little of the English
he had mastered was "hard," as the
expression goes. Lars had not been
reared in luxury. His father had been
a day laborer, and lived in a little
house tn the outskirts of a village in
the oil country. His mother had
worked, too, when she could find em
ployment, and Lars was forced out to
shift for hirmelf at an early age.
When ho reached his twentieth year,
he had saved enough money to buy
his passage to America In the steerage
of an ocean liner. Stockholm was the
first great city he had ever seen. New
York was larger, and was full of very
strange life. , When he landed in Castle
Garden, he was lest in the Babel of
tongues that greeted his ears. Grad
u&lly he worked westward, and at last
reached Chicago. He stopped and
again sought work.
Chicago was his Mecca,
He drifted into the lower channels of
life. He could- not have done other
wise.
One Sunday he passed by the open
door of a mission, heard the singing
and paused. A kindly man asked him
In and he entered, taking a seat near
the door. Presiding at the organ was
a dark-eyed young woman, neatly
dressed and sweet-faced. When she
sang. It was in full tones which in
spired ooi.f.dence in the wavering vote
es of the congregation. The congrega
tion? It was made up of just such
men as Lars. A few there were who
wore black clothes, high collars and
white ties. When the singing was over
one of these men spoke, vigorously.
earnestly, in the first flush of college
enthusiasm. Lars did not understand
the sermon. He did not understand
the words of the song that followed
the sermon, but he caught the in
splratlon and watched the side face of
the woman at the organ. Then there
was a little intermission, and the Sun
daty school convened. The organist
stepped down from the platform, took
her position among the benches and
began her work in the infant class.
Iars was escorted .to a seat in the
row; over whSch) he presided. She
talked to him and he stammered out
his replies in broken English, but
showed that he had considerable
knowledge of the Bible.
"You must come again next Sun
day," she said.
He followed her to the door and saw
her enter a carriage, saw a coachman
in livery mount the box and drive
away. Lars followed the carriage to
Michigan bculevard, and lost sight of
it in a tangle of tally-hos and fash
ionable turnouts.
The next Sunday he was early at
the mission, though it was raining
hard and the streets were muddy. He
reared (the organist would not come.
She came. Again 'he wathched when
she lead the singing, and he attempted
to Join in the sorg. When the classes
wre called he took his position in the
organist's row, and sat in front of her.
The lesson was the story of Christ
and the leper. "He touched. the leper
wid made him whole." the organist
said, and as she said it, she leaned
ftrward, and with her delicate, jeweled
fingers, touched the red hand of Lars.
The blood mounted to his cheeks, and
Burned against his forehead and
tnrobbed against every pore in his
body. Could he understand? He un
derstood, though he could not say so.
His tongue clave to the roof of his
month. He felt that every eye was
upon him. Then the singing came.
and he walked out into the sooty air
and rain.
The organist stopped to talk to one
of, the young ministers. When she
came out, she tripped lightly across
the grimy plank, and, with a flounce
of skirts was in the carriage. A dainty
rubber over-shoe was left, in the mud
at the edge of the pavement. Lars
saw It and ran to t pick it up for her,
He was too late.
Lars carried the shoe home anl
washed it clean l mud, kissed it ami
thrust it into his pocket a treasure;
a token. That night it was beneath
pillow.
war out of work. The land-
ook pcfseeeton of bis bundle and
hfan Into the streets on Thurs-
he day was clear and bright
ra early morning until the noon
place, seeking employment.
fund him cn Michigan boule-
le thought of the organist. It
toils street that she had been'
drive!.' The broad pavements Were
tempting, and he strode on and on,
southward, until he came to the rail
lead trasks at Sixteenth street. I
There was a cry of alarm from the
g- toman. A worn in in a pony-chaise
wis about to drive upon the tracks
in front of a train. Lars saw her face
nd knew her. Pushing past half a
dozen men who were dazed by the
danger, he sprang at the horse's head,
siopped him, swung him about, and
f.'ll against the engine as it passed.
"When he vias picked up, blood Was
trickling frc-m a gash in his forehead
r nd staining his white hair crimson,
and his arm bent under him as he
was roiled to one side by the crushing
thrust of the locomotive. The woman
n-hom he had rescued pushed her way
Through the crowd that was gathering
nulckly. The policeman who did duty
:..ear the crossing was taking the
l.ames of the witnesses to the accident.
T'ae woman tore open the oat of the
unfortunate man who had saved h.?r
life, and was fanning him with his
Hat when ehe saw the toe of a rubber
rhoe protruding from 'his pocket. She
irew the rubber forth, recognized it,
I hen wiped the blood from the still
face before her. It was her Sunday
school scholar. She felt for his pulse.
It was still.
AMERICA IX COREA.
Our Citizens Hold Some of the Best
Offices There.
It is an interesting fact, not genar
ally known, that American influence in
Corea overshadows
that of all other
countries, even of
China and Japan,
and that American
I . C .. l,nU nvtA
WSy3 1 of the most impor
tant government of
fices. The most
prominent and in
terestl n g figure
among these Ameri
cans is General
Charles W. Le Gen
dre, who during the
O. W. LHOKNDEM.
civil war commanded a New York reg
iment. Soon after the war he was
sent to Amoy, as consul general, and
there distinguished himself as a diplo
matist. In 1867 he went to Japan,
where he arrived just at the beginning
of the great civil war, in which he
took part, and it is believed his influ
ence had much to do with the advance
ment of Japan. Four or five years ago
the general began to take great inter
est in the complicated Corean ques
tion, and he left Japan to go to Seoul
as vice minister of the home affairs
of Corea. Ever since then he has been
struggling to keep Corea free from
China, Japan and Russia, and must
be taking a most active part in ihe
events now taking place.
MARIA DE FELICE.
She Has Been Exiled to Mores
by
Premier Crispi.
Maria de Felice, the daughter of the
Italian ex-Dtputy de Felice, is but
fourteen years of
age and is a polit
ical exile. She was
born in Can tan ia,
and in 1892 delivered
her first speech be
fore the labor fed
erations. Her fath
er wis recently sen
tenced to eighteen
years imprisonment
at Palermo for lead
Ing a revolt against
the novernmenit. The
MABIA DB FELICE, jau&hter at once
tcok up her father's doctrines and has
Jacomle ;a soolaillat oraitoat Premier
Crispi has exiled her to Mores, a little
town of 2,400 inhabitants in the island
of Sardinia, to keep her quiet.
MULEY ABDUL-AZIZ.
The New Sultan's Accession to the
Morocco Throne.
The accession of the new sultan,
Abdul-Aziz, to the throne of Morocco,
which for some
time was rather
doubtful, seems now
to be an accom
plished fact. Mu
ley Mohammed, the
elder brother of the
new ruler, at first
protested against
the accession of
Abdul-Aziz, who, by
the late sultan had
been appointed his
successor, but has
UI.TAI? abdtjicAZIZ now submitted, as
have the other pretenders to the
throne. Muley Abdul-Aziz, although
very young, is very energetic, well ed
ucated, an excellent horseman, while
his brother is a. fanatic ' Mussulman
who detests all Europeans and Chris
tians.
COUNTESS WACHTMEISTER.
She Is Now in This Country A
Theosophist.
Constance, the countess of Wacht-
meister, now. in this country, is one
of the best known
representatives of
theosophy, ranking
in importance with
W. Q. Judge, Annie
Besant and H. S.
Olcott. She has en
joyed the intimate
friendship of Mme.
Blavatsky, the high
priestess of the
faith. She was born
in Florence, Italy, in
1838, the daughter of
COTOTESS wacht- Marquis de Bourbel.
meisteb. The fle Bourbels
wtre among the ancient French, and
settled in Normandy in 936. The count
ess was merried in 1863 to her cousin,
Count Wachtmeister, who died in 1871.
the was attracted to theosophy in 1881
and since that time has been unflaglng
in her zeal for the advancement of the
society. She has been a vegetarian for
fourteen years, and is described as
being of medium height, with blond
hair, blue eyes and a singularly win
ning manner.
CHAMPION SWIMMER.
James L McCusker is the champion
American swimmer, who has gone to
England to swim
against Joey Nut
tall, who is the
world's champion.
The men will prob
ably meet in Sep
tember for a mile
swim for the inter
national champion
ship and a stake
of $3,000. McCusker
is a ixwerf ully
made young man,
24 years old, 5 feet
9 inches in (height,
J AS. JU X'rUSKKB.
and at present weighs ISO pounds. He
was born in county Down, Ireland, but
came to this country when four yearn
of age. His powers of endurance are
wonderful, and the contest with Nut
tall promises to be the greatest swim
ming match that ha ever taken place.
WW'?7"
Short Story of German
Military Life
It Is Believed to Be from
the Emperor's Pen.
The Hero a Spendthrift Officer, a Typfc
W hich the Kaiser Thinks Is
Too Numerous.
As a strategist and sportsman, artist
and soldier, preacher and virtuoso, af-
ter-dlinner speaker and debater, as
architect, composer, stage manager,
censor, diplomatist in all these var
ious roles, the readers of the World
know and have watched the Kaiser,
who is as versatile, If not as crafty.
as his great ancestor, Frederick the
Only, the name given to "Old Fritz"
by his fjithful Germans.
At this present moment his majesty
is about to pose before his subjects
as a short story writer, a writer Of no '
mean merits, either. A book now in
the press, "Tales, Legends, and)
Dreams," the title page of which bears,
the name of Count Eulenberg as au-j
thor, contains, among other things, a
remarkable narrative, said to be from
William's pen, that cannot fail to
make a deep impression. It deals with
the topic, so much in evidence on the
continent, and especially in Germany,
"Luxury among Army Officers," which
the kaiser once before discussed in a
general order three years ago.
Members of the court and Berlin so
ciety accrediting to the emperor the au
thorship of tha story. "A Letter," in
the book fathered by Count Eulenberg,
give as one of the reasons, the fact
that his majesty is almost a fanatic
on the question of reforming his offi
cers' corps. He discusses it on all
occasions, and an Incident, such as re
lated in "A Letter," has actually hap
pened in the artillery regiment of
which the kaiser is colonel.
Count Eulenberg Is the German Am
bassador at the court of Vienna. He
belongs to the ancient nobility, and for
many years has betn 'the kaiser's close
personal friend. William calls him
"My Votaire." He stands in the same
relation to the emperor's literary and
musical efforts as the French philoso
pher did to those of Frederick the
Great, with this difference, however,
that the kaiser allows his co-worker a
fair share, :r even more of the 'honors
jointly earned. It will be remembered
that the kaiser's musical composition,
recently made ''nown, mentions the
count as the author of the text.
Eulenberg is spending his vacation
with his majesty on the Hohenzollern,
bound for North cape.
The ecene of the story "A Letter,"
is laid in a fashionable Berlin restau
rant, name not given, but easily rec
ognized as Borcharts, on Charlotten
strasse. It is, by the w,ay, the ortly
public supper room ever frequented
by the , kaiser. His majesty was
breakfasted at Borcharts some time
ago by the officers of the guarde du
corps, and when later on he learned,
by accident, of the enormous cost of
the banquet, hj became very much
enraged, saying It was small wonder
his officers were never a penny above
a baggar if they paid so extravagantly
for food and drink.
Here follows the story:
"A LETTER."
"In a restaurant not a thousand
paces from the Linden, the most pa
latial thoroughfare of any European
city, with the monumental Branden
burg gate at one end, and at the other
the venerable Hohetizollern Schloss,
there assarrtbled the other evening a
gay company of army officers, young
men and old, most of them In uniform
and all distinguished for a certain air
of refinement, the result of birth and
education. The resort is known as one
of the most aristocratic in the city,
probably because the prices charged
by the proprietor are high enough to
frighten away ordinary citizens, who
earn what they spend, without ' re
course to patrimony, found by more
fortunate persons at the side of their
cradle.
"Is it right to style them more for
tunate, or extol their good luck, as it
were? The question has been asked
again and again, philosophers have de
nied and reasserted it self-maxle men
despise those born with a silver spoon
in their mouth, as the saying Is. Who
shall decide what, after all, is a matter
of individuality? A strong mind is not
easily swayed by good fortune, a weak
one often perishes under a small load
of adversities.
"The two foremost Prussian mon
archs, the Great Elector and Fred'
erick the Only, spent their youth in
comparative penury; they were de
prived of the benefits that usually fall
to the heir of the crown, but these cir
cumstances, which most of their con
temporaries, styled misfortune, only
tended to strengthen their characters,
to increase their vigilance, to make
them most expert students of human
nature. And when they finally entered
upon their inheritance, they did so
with a will to defend what was theirs,
to assert their rights.
"I am not wandering off my subject.
The remarks, though apparently forced
eminently apply to the party of gentle
men we meet at the gilded resort I
am about to describe. It has none of
the outside glamour by which similar
establishments attract customers; its
location in a building bearing a strong
resemblance to a private residence
guards against unwelcome intruders
and insures exclusiveness. There are
no show windows, no tempting plac
ards or signs; the door keeper in fault
less evening dress receives agreeable
guests with a low bow, and frowns
others away. I heard a story the
other day in one of the military ca
sinos to the effect that a certain saloon-keeper
in New York selects his
German waiters among the staff offi
cers emigrated to tha strange country
in preference to men below the rank of
captain. In similar style the proprie
tor of these snapper rooms distinguishes
between men' of the aristocratic and
tha nouveaux riches classes. I do not
credit him, however, with disbelief in
the Roman Emperor Vespasian's non
olet theory; he would skin a negro if
it were not for losing his feudal cus
tomers. " 'Feudal' is the word that most ac
curately describes the three gentlemen
grouped with others of their Ilk around
the festive boprd Jn the evening when
the incident to be related harmony! '
they were 'Junkers,' a. nasty title.
Which self -respecting men would scorn '
to adopt, if its true significance were
known. The word really implies a;
description of the plaintive yelping of
a dog? under the master's whip. The
young esquires of knightly times, it
appears, were soundjy thrashed at
their riding -and fencing let-sons, and!
the common people, who quite natur
ally rejoiced at the fact, nicknamed
them the 'junkers,' or yelpers. The '
term has stuck to the lower nobility,
and is regarded as one of honor by
many who ought to know better, but
the very people who should be best
vitoJ In history generally make the
Worst mistakes when it comes to ex-!
plain ini facts and fancies of bygone
time.-:
"Of the three junkers, two wore the
kaiser uniform, the older gentleman
was in civilian's dress, an assessor,
one of many seasons. After killing ten
'semesters' at various universities,
this nofcleman entered the service of
his country and has since been rejected I
at two official examinations, held to
establish his claim for a position on
the bench. Being tolerably well off by
inheritance, he cares little for advance
ment in his profession and is abso
lutely adamantean to the dishonor at
taching to his repeated failures to
prove himself a worthy official. He
has become gray in a subaltern po
sition, but bears his head high in the
air, disdaining the acquaintance of his
superiors, who are not privileged to
place the word von' In front of their
names.
"A young artillery officer in fatigue
uniform, who has just arisen to walk
off a bit of itipsiness, Is his cousin.
Both speculate upon retiring to country
seats when the relatives from whom
they have expectations make ready to
depart this life. If these gentlemen
ever do pray, it is for the hurried dis
solution of the worthy party who 'in
sists on keeping them out of their pat
rimony.' The third in the group of
friends is Lieut. Freiherr von X., now
twenty-four years old, blond and pink,
well grown, with the face of a lady
killer. He Is known among his com
rades as 'The Little Baron,' in society
as 'the Little Don Juan.'
"If I were not afriad of Increasing
one of che Frelherr's chief faults, the
mother of all others with him, as in
the case of so many young officers
vanity I would designate him the
type of the 'improvident, reckless and
conscienceless military man,' to which
the kai3?r warranted luxury as prac
ticed in the army.
"Baron von X. has practically not a
pfennig aside from his pay, but man
ages to conceal this fact, under cover
of a great name. His father was a
colonel in the Huf sars, who squandered
his fortune and left a widow, this son,
and two daughters depending upon a
moderate pension. The young ladles,
by the grxce of the king, were ad
mitted into the home for indigent no-bte-iWomeru
The privy purse also
equipped the young lieutenant for his
present position, and provides him oc
casionally with a little cash in an
swer to his petitions.
"Yesterday 'he received 100 marks
from thi.t source to replenish his ward
robe, and thjs is the way he lives up
to his promise:
" 'I had a stormy interview with my
tailor this morning, he told his com
panions in confidence. "The scoundrel
of a commoner actually attempted to
refuse credit to a baron of the ancient
empire. I let him have the length of
my tongue and eventually he felt so
cheap as to be quasi compelled to
send around the new uniform I wear.'
The trio laughed boisterously and
clinked glasses.
" 'Confusion to obstreperous credit
ors, baron!'
"The Freiherr, not to be outdone, an
swered the toast with a sneering
'Death jta Jtrotublesomei relatives!
Somebody asked across the table how
the Frelherr's immediate superior,
Capt. D., was 'behaving.'
" 'Quite ungentlemanly, as usual, in
the service, but all right in private,'
answered the baron, in an undertone,
and added loudly, 'I should have in
vited him to this love feast; It is not
every day that my tenants are punc
tual.' "The conversation then turned upon
horse, dancers, and good living, sub
jects which Interested all present, and
for which, everybody confessed having
a soft spot in his heart. Reputations
were demolished, the names of fair
women blasted by innuendoes and side
thrusts. Who cares? If perchance, a
friend or relative of the abused per
son be present, let him say so, and we
will give ample satisfaction, arms In
hand.
"The head waiter tiptoed to the
baron's chair and respectfully an
nounced that his lordship's bursche
(man) craved an audience. 'Let him
come in.' The busche entered with a
military step, resounding through the
gorgeous dining-hall. He brought a
pair of white kid gloves, a clean hand
kerchief and a boquet of roses in tissue
paper.
" 'Call a cab and place these things
Inside,' said the baron; 'I hope those
flowers won't spoil while 'Cheri' is de
lighting the patrons of the winter
garden. And say. plant yourself on
the box next the coachman, for I may
not be completely au fait by the time
wa get through here.'
"And as the bursche still remained
glued to the spot, he added. Impatient
ly, 'Is there anything else, thou block
head?' " 'A your command, Herr Lieuten
ant; a letter from Frau Baroness.'
"The assessor cried, 'Pardon my in
descretlor, my deaT Freiherr, but has
madamolselle already assumed the
family name and title?'
"Von X., tearing the letter from the
bursche's hand, said very coldly, after
scanning the address, 'From my moth
er, If you pltase.,
"A poor envelope, inscribed with ink
of a rusty hue, in an unsteady hand, j
As the lieutenant opened it, two five
mark bills fell upon the floor. The
Freiherr blushed violently, fearing'
that his boon companions might have :
observed the paltry inclosure.- He '
would rather go penniless for a week j
than incur their contempt. j
"The waiter rushed forward to pickj
up the notes, but the Freiherr gave !
him a withering look that made the
man desist. Then crushing his moth
er's letter in his left hand and placing
his foot over the notes, he cried, 'Twq
magnums, waiter! i
"The assessor smote the table before
him and said, 'Bravo, dear Freiherr, i
you are the right man to keep up one's
spirits!'
"'I congratulate "Cheri,"' laughed
the other officer.
"The next morning the scrubwoman
found two wine-stained five-mark notes
on the floor, which she kept, and a let
ter, which she turned over to George,
the head waiter, who intends selling it
to the assessor. The letter reads as
follows: I
" 'My dear son : : 1 have done as you
requested and hopy you will not find
fault with your poor old mother, as
you are in the habit of doing.- I sold
poor papa's foreign decorations, as far
as they had not been returned, and
also pawned hb sword of honor, given all, around. If heel of toe, -the inside
him by the officers of his regiment or outside of the foot, were too high
after the war of 186fc I raised 300 or too low, the relationship of the leg
marks which I would have sent you to the limb was disturbed in fact the
forthwith, had not the doctor, the land- whole mechanism of the limb was
lord, the grocer and others got wind of thrown otit of gear. Vi equal pres
the affaiA They fairly beseiged me sure, however slightly occasioned,
until I paid off my Indebtedness to ' would surely end in serious damage to
them. Twenty marks Is all I saved the limb, and among frequent results
out of the wreck, and half of that of such treatment is permanent in-
amount I enclose, trusting in God. that
you will not despise the small gift.
" Ten marks is not much in Berlin,
but, my dearly beloved son, when
spending it, think that your poor old
mother manages to live three whole
days on such "pittance," as once
before you called this amount.
" 'Do not tell me, pray, that I should
have sold the sword, instead of pawn
ing it. I could hot bear doing it. It
would make me feel as If your poor
father was cursing me from the heav
ens. " 'And, my son, you will not grudge
your mother her freeness of debt ? It is
the first time in many years that I can
look my trades people in the face.
And I need their good will, for without
it I should starve, considering that I
send you one-half of my pension.
" 'But what a price I paid for this
momentary bappiress! Ah. I must not
think of it, though, as a matter of
fact, I acted only upon your advice,
and you are the head of the family.
" 'Pray forgive me, my dearly be
loved son, whom God preserve, and
be embraced by your poor old
MOTHER.'
"Beloved son, Whom God may pre
serve! To with such a son!"
DAIRY NTES.
It Is claimed that when cows calve
in the fall there is less danger of
milk fever.
Make a superior quality of butter
and put your brand on it. Keep tip
your quality and customers will mul
tiply.
It is vry hard to overdo the making
of firat-class butter. The demand for
such goods is generally greater than
the supply.
A writer oxpref&es the opinion that
it is often the case, that the flavor in
the milk which is attributed to the
eating of some kind of weed in the
pastures is really due to uncleanliness
in some particular.
The most successful dairymen are
most careful as to the condition in
which the young animals are to be
kept which are to be used in the
dairy when they become old enough
for being thus used, says a Canadian
dairyman.
One who realizes the importance of
cleanliness in handlig milk says that
milk should always be strained through
a fine wire strainer and then through
a cloth. A single trial of the cloth
strainer will convince anyone that its
use is Imperatively necessary in order
to have all impurities removed. Four
thicknesses of butter cloth fastened to
the under side of the wire strainer
by a in ring which slips over it, hold
ing it in place, Is a very satisfactory
strainer.
The Jersey Bulletin 'believes that fat
can be fed into milk, but does not be
lieve that it can be done suddenly, or
to the same degree In all breeds, or to
the same degree In all cows of the same
breed. It is of necessity a vory slow
process. In some cows it is scarcely
percept.ble during one period of lac
tation. But it believes also that the
fat making capacity can be developed
to a small extent in the very poorest
cows, giving time, patience, skill and
plenty of rich food.
STOCK NOTES.
While looking for pedigree don't dis
regard individual merit.
Bad fences very frequently are the
cause of stock be3oming breach y,
Keep an eye on the fences between the
pastures and the corn fields.
The best pork as well as the cheap
est, says an experienced hog raiser,
is that made from hogs that have
never been wintered. Quick growth
and early maturity are essential in se
curing the greatst profit.
Here Is the list of foods with which
British mutton growers vary the ra
tions of sheep on pasture: Turnips,
rutabagas, mangolds, vetch, rape, cab
bage, beans, peas. Unseed cake, barley,
and wheat bran.
An exchange tells of a farmer who
fed a flock of 200 sheep for five months
in the winter on straw, and one and
one-half bushels of oats every evening,
at a total cost of $70. The fleece eas
ily paid for the keep of the flock. The
straw was turned into manure.
An experienced stockman advises to
never buy show sheep at big fairs or
away because they are fat, big and
fancy. Remember they have been ru
Ined to make them so, so far as any
usefulness as breeders is concerned.
No farmer can ever hold them in the
condition they are found when able to
win in the show ring.
A prominent horse breeder is of the
opinion that the sooner our farmers
realize the faots connected with horse
breeding, the principle one of which is
that ordinary and commonly bred an
imals are bound to have a less and less
value each year, the better it will be
for them financially. The trend in
breeding should always be towards a
higher standard, and so compensate
for the deterioration in prices.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
If hay is stacked outdoors, the stacks
should be built on good rail founda
tion?.
We are gradually tending In the di
rection of intensive rather than exten
sive agriculture.
Keep the wagons, buggies, cultiva
tors, mowers, etc., well oiled, and see
that they are under shelter when not
In use.
A successful farnfer ) thinks the
proper time to commence cutting hay
is as nearly as possible at the period
of flowering. All ruminating animals
d. better on hay cut at that time, but
horses seem to prefer it made from
grass more advanced. Make the hay
for horses last.
Have you an old rail fence occupying
ground which has' not produced you
anything for years but briars and hor
nets nests? What loads of potatoes
you might raise from it if you would
but turn It under. You have been
paying taxes on it all tho while. Stop
the leaks; Btop the leaks.
The Indiana Farmer says: Stable
manures covered with loam or plaster
will retain their nitrogen and keep in
better condition for spreading on the
field than In any other way. Much is
lost by exposure in all kinds of weath
er. Both the ammonia and nitrogen cf
manure may be easily lost by such ex
posure. ...
POINTS ON SHOEING.
An English veterinarian,' while
speaking of shoeing horses, said that
the great est care was .necessary, to
shoe the horse so that the relative po
sition of the foot to the leg In their
normal state should be maintained. I
The bearing: of he shoe should be level 1
jury to the coffin bone. Contraction',
of the heel, he maintained, was not an
active disease, .but a passive condi
tion due to the horse easing his feet
so as to minimize the pain felt at his
heels due to bad shoeing. He had lit-
tie faith in mechanical arrangements
for widening contracted heels. "Shoe
the horse," he remarked, "so that the
bearing surface is properly maintained
at the heel, and expansion will follow
as a natural consequence."
PROFITABLE POULTRY RAISING
Mr. George Shepard writes a very
timely paper on this subject, and
touches particularly upon those points
of interest to the beginner. In the
winter time, with proper care, , he
says, hens of the popular breeds will
net a handsome profit from egtfs. if
well cared for. In the morning a
warm feed is desirable and should con
sist of oatp, barley, meal vith a little
bran and boiled potatoes and scraps
well mixed; the more varied Ihe bet
ter; while in Lie middle of the day
wheat and buckwheat scattered
among dry slraw should be given.
Scattering it amon- the chart ana
straw causes the hens l work to se
cure the kernels, which affords them
exercise and tends to work off that
fatty substance that, if allowed to ac
cumulate, would be apt to soon cause
some disease to appear or else would
make them too fat to lay. At night
whole Corn should be given. By feed
ing whole com at night the hen will
be able to endure the cold nignts oet
ter, as the crop will be well filled the
entire night, as it is very slow to di
gest. At all times of the year fresn water
should be at their disposal. Water al
lowed to remain in a dish all night
becomes very foul and is very dan
gerous for hens to drink. Cabbage
and appls are much sought after by
poultry, when fed upon corn, as is also
coal ashes or gravel. Ground bone
and oyster shells are excellent for lay
ing hens, as they contain many ele
ments required in making egg shells.
Poultry, like other creatures, are
subject to various diseases, and when
once the flock is attacked nearly the
whole breed dies before the remedy
can be found or discovered.
The so-called chicken-cholera is a
disease that in seldom found to attack
a llock, although it has been suppos-d
to be always present In some locali
ties. Whn once it attacks a flock it
kills in a few hours, and the best rem
edy is to remove the fowls to another
place and apply the ax as soon as the
birds show any symptoms.
The most prevalent disease is called
thu roup, and is much dreaded by
poultrymen. The weaker fowls are
more apt to have this disease, as it
comes from catching cold. Fowls ex
posed to dfampness in cold weather
and allowed to roost where there is a
draft are good subjects for the roup.
At first the disease is confined to the
head, but soon spreads to the lungs,
and if not helped before this the bird
should be killed and buried deep.
The gapes, which attack young
chickens, are very troublesome in the
early spring and often destroy whol-;
broods. My theory for the cause used
to be that over-feeding of meal dis
eased the crop, and the worms in the
throat were the result of this disorder;
but from what I have read and also
learned from conversation with thos-'
who have given the closest attention
to the disease, I am satisfied that it
cymes from exposure to the cold, u'.inip
earth and unclean coops thot thu
mother hen is kept in. Cleanliness
and a warm, dry place for them to
roost in, is a safe preventive; and as
for a cure I always lost all I ever doc
tored, so I never prescribe or admin
ister to a sick hen or chicken.
I am well satisfied that this in
dustry is like any other that we have
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AT THIS STORE you can procure at all times Choice Groceries, fresh
from the markets, at prices defying competition. I have just received a fresh
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to attend to. If you do not love tha
business it is useless for - you to at
tempt to make a flock of hens profit
able. Just like that of a flock of
sheep, or a herd of cows, a fin.? stable
of horses or a yard of swine.
Two neighbors can take an equal
number of sheep under similar condi
tions, and one in three years' time
will have realized a good profit and
will still have a flock that is double
the value what they were at the time
at which he became the purchaser,
while the other will be about "run
out" of them, and what, few he has
will be worthless. If your farm and
buildings are not suited for. the rais
ing and maintaining of sheep, why,
just leave them alone. And the same
with cattle. Three good milch cows
will make more butter than five poor
ones, and you can figure the work and
cost of feed you save yourself. A good
team will do you more work with less
grain than a poor team:; and with
swine well, we have all learned about
them. You probably know some neigh
bor who, after feeding a cribful of
corn in the fall to his fattening hogs.
has only got them in shape to run a
good race, while you, by having a
well-bred kind, were unable to drive
them from the pen on account of being
too fat, and that from the sbrted corn.
The same condition exists in poul
try. A well-bred or pure-bred hen is
healthy, strong and vigorous and not
apt to become attacked with the many
diseases that are common among
poultry. From them you can expect
to get an abundance of eggs, a healthy
chicken, and a profitable income. To
have a flock of fowls of this descrip
tion does not require as much labor
and expense as one without experience
would think for. But whatever kind
you keep, bear in- mind that the secret
of success is to keep only well-bred
poultry.
JAPAN'S NEW MINISTER.
Kentaro Keneko, Japan's new min
ister to the United States, was edu
cated at Harvard
college. In 1871
when Prince Ko
matsu visited Chi
cago, just after the
great fire, Keneko
was one of the
brightest members
of the royal Jap's
suit. Soon after
ward Keneko took,
the cnllee-iate Cfliirait
. . t I , . J
C was graduated with
KSCTAiio XSKEKOh honors. He subse
quently studied for several years in
London, and on the continent of Eu
rope. In 1891. he n appeared in Chi
cug't with a commissi. -n from his gov
ernment to report upc, i the prospects
of the approaching World's Colum
bian exposition, and the elaborate ex
hibits from Japan was largely due to
his efforts. He has filled the impor
tant posts of secretary of the 'louse of
peers, the senate of Japan, and assist
ant minister of agriculture and com
merce. FOR THE ENGINEERS.
Prof. De Valson Wood Is the newly
elected president of the Society for the
Promotion of Engi
neering , Education,
which held its first
meeting in Brook
lyn from the 20th to
the 23d of this
month. This society
is the outcome of
the Interesting engi
neering congress
held at Chicago du
ring the World's
fair. It is designed
to include members
de valson wood, from all branches
of engineering, civil, mechanical, min
ing, electrical, sanitary, etc. The in
structors in nearly all the schools of
the country have joined the- society.
Only upon recommendation df the
council is any person other than those
who have held responsible positions
in the work of engineering instruction
eligible to membership.
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