Corvallis gazette., April 15, 1904, Page 3, Image 3

FAIR BILL PASSES
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION
MONEY NOW SAFE.
Majority Is Large, Rising- Vote Even Is
Not Necessary Conference Is Next
Step Appropriation Can be Increased
bnt Net Reduced Carries an Appro
priation of $475,000.
Washington, April 9. The house of
representatives, without a rollcall, or
even so much as a rising vote, yester
- day afternoon passed the Lewis and
Clark exposition bill carrying an ag
gregate appropriation of (475,000.
The bill was passed 38 minutes after
a special rule providing for its consid
eration was laid before the house,
thereby breaking the record of the class
of legislation that always leads to pro
tracted discussion.
The bill passed in the same form as
reported by Tawney's committee on
March 28. In addition to appropriat
ing $475,000, it authorizes the coin
ing of 250,000 souvenir gold dollars,
which virtually amounts to a total ap
propriation of $725,000. In reality,
congress is aiding Portland far more
than appears from these figures.
Chairman Tawney, speaking on this
point, said:
"The $475,000 alloted for govern
ment buildings and exhibits is equiva
lent, under other circumstances, to an
appropriation of between $600,000 and
$700,000 for the Portland exposition,
oecause the government exhibit has al
ready been assembled at St. Louis, and
will only require transportation to
Portland, thereby saving that city the
cost of assembling a new government
exhibit."
The passage of the bill removes the
last doubt as t the fate of the Lewis
and Clark appropriation. The bill
that is finally agreed upon and signed
by the president will carry at least the
amount contained in the bill passed by
the house, and may possibly be in
creased. There can be no decrease.
Any change must be in the nature of a
compromise between the senate and
the house bills.
INSURES BARLY ADJOURNMENT.
tfouse Makes Swayne Case a Special
Order in December.
Washington, April 11. The Swayne
impeachment proceeding, which has
been looked upon as the only possible
check to an early adjournment, was
disposed of in five minutes by the
house today by the adoption of a reso
lution making the case a special order
for DecemDer 13 next. In the mean
time the judiciary committee is to
take additonl testimony in the case.
After disposing of a conference report
on the army appropriation bill the
house took up the bill extending the
coastwise laws to the Philippines, and
by a vote of 122 to 100 adopted a spec
ial rule to vote on this bill aftei a de
bate of two hours. This debate was ex
hausted, save five minutes, when the
house adjourned at 5:30 p. m. An
amendment to the bill postponing the
operation of the law until July 1, 1906,
instead of 1905 will be proposed.
The partial conference on the army
appropriat on bill was agreed to. Four
senate amendments were still in dis
agreement. CORBA TO PROTECT MINES.
American and British Ministers Make
Formal Requests.
Seoul, April 11. J. N. Jordan and
H. N. Allen, respectively the ministers
to Corea of Great Britain and the
United States, have requested the
Corean government to give protection
to the British and American mines in
the country.
This request is a mere formality as
the Japansee authorities have given
assurances of the safety from local up
risings. Mr. Jordan says the Japanese
have been extremely considerate to
ward the British mines. They have
shown no desire to hamper mining op
erations, have promised not to make
heavy levies of food upon the farmers
of the surrounding country, and have
agreed to facilitate the passage of specie
for the payment of wages, and even to
supply specie for the purpose.
Desert Land Law Wins.
Washington, April 11. By a vote of
8 to 3 the house committee on irriga
tion of arid lands today defeated the
bill to repeal the desert land law.
Those voting against the bill were:
Chairman Mondell, of Wyoming, and
Representatives Terrill, Massachu
setts, Pwight, New York; Marshal,
North Dakota; Williamson Oregon;
Cooper, Pennsylvania; Hitchcock, Ne
braska, and Bell, California. Those
in favor of the repeal were Representa
tives Keeder, Kansas; Van Duser, Neva
da, and Underwood, of Alabama.
Russians Can Soon Assume Offensive.
Berlin April 11. The Tageblatt's
war correspondent, Major Dajke, writ
ing on a train while nearing Harbin,
says : 'Only six traians daily pass east
on the railroad to Manchuria, and only
four thence to Harbin, but they consist
of as many as 38 cars. The railroad is
apparently able to meet the military
demands." The correspondent adds
that the Russians will be ready to take
the offensive about the middle of this
month.
Russia Declines a Loan.
Paris, April 11. According to private
information receired from St. Peters
burg, tne Russian government refused,
at all events for the present, an offer
of a loan coming from French quarters,
and declined also a large number of
propoeals for war supplies made by
foreigners.
OFFICB SECRETS OUT.
Stenographer Gives Alleged Methods of
Land Buyers.
San Francisco, April 9. Sensational
testimony was given today in the hear
ing before United States Commissioner
Ilea cock in the Hyde and Dimond land
conspiracy case. Mrs. Belle A. Curtis,
who was a stenographer for Hyde frem
October, 1897, to November, 1899, was
the chief witness, and her evidence
went to show that affidavits were man
ufactured by wholesale in the offiec;
also that Hyde and John A. Benson
were partners in the alleged conspiracy
to defraud the government. She de
clared Hyde and Benson employed
"dummies" to make out applications
for school lands, and that the colored
janitor was frequnetly instructed to
bring in his friends to apply for school
lands for their own use, and were then
piloted to a neighboring notary to
make affidavits. She said that assign
ments of these claims to Hyde and Ben
son were often made at the same time.
She said the plan of Hyde and Ben
son was to have these school lands in
Oregon and California transferred to
forest reserves, with the assistance of
corrupt government officials. When
the lands were so transferred, the as
signees of the school land scrip had the
privilege of exchanging their holdings
for more valuable lands outside of the
reservation.
Thomas McCusker, freight agent of
the Southern Pacific, at Portland, Or.,
testified that he had secured many ap
plications of school lands in Oregon for
John H Schneider, who was Hyde's
agent. Mr. McCusker said he received
pay for his services, but he did not
know that he was engaged in an illegal
business.
Miss Marian Doyle, who' succeeded
Miss Curtis as Hyde's stenographer,
will testify at the next hearing.
TO PRISON FOR LIFE.
Mrs. Botkln Found Ouilty of Murder In
the First Degree.
San Francisco, April 9. Mrs. Cor
delia Botkin, accused of killing Mrs.
John P. Dunning, of Dovei, Del., by
sending her poisoned candy through
the mails, was tonight convicted of
murder in the first degree, with the
penalty fixed at life imprisonment.
The jury was charged late this af
ternoon, and at 4 :3G o'clock retired to
deliberate. Later they were taken out
for dinner and upon returning asked to
have some testimony read to them.
At 11:15 o'clock the the jury reported
that an agreement had been reached.
The ominousness of the announce
ment was apparent in the attitude of
the defendant, who buried her face in
her hands and remained in that po
sition until the foreman of the jury
had finished speaking. The court in
quired if a verdict had been ai rived
at, and the foreman handed him a slip
of paper upon which was written :
"We, the jury, find the defendant,
Cordelia Botkin, guilty of murder in
the first degree, and fix the punishment
at imprisonment for life."
Mrs. Botkin looked up as the court
was thanking the jurors for their close
attention to the case, and presented a
woe-stricken countenance to her coun
sel, who spoke some comforting words
to her.
The court named April 16 foi formal
ly pronouncing sentence.
BELIEVES TOQO WILL BLOCK IT.
Military Expert Predicts Success of
Move on Port Arthur.
London, April 8. The naval expert
of the London Times, in an extended
review of the aspect of the present situ
ation, expresses the belief that Ad
miral Togo will succeed eventually in
attaining his object in blocking the
entrance to Port Arthur harbor.
"If he does succeed," says the corres
pondent, "the Russian fleet cannot pre
vent the landing of Japanese troops in
Manchuria, or anywhere else, while
the Japanese fleet will be freed from
the trying work of holding the harbor
entrance, and will be available for
service elsewhere. It can then feturn
to its original base, and after refitting,
proceed in the search for the Vladivo
stok fleet."
Strict Censorship Prevails.
London, April 9. The brief dis
patches from the seat of war in the Far
East appearing in the London news
papers duiing the last few days have
all been of a curiously stereotyped char
acter, indicating thatl an active censor
ship is prevailing there, and adding
nothing to the information contained
in the dispatches of the Associated
Press. This applies particularly to
points under Japanese control, but
from the Russian side also it is evi
dent that care is being exercised to
prevent news of operations leaking out.
China on Verge of Joining Japan.
New York, April 9. Reports are
said to have reached an ambassador,
says a Herald dispatch from Berlin, to
the effect that China is on the verge of
throwing in her lot with Japan. The
first defeat on land for Russia will, it
is asserted, be the signal for a forward
movement on the part of the Celestial
empire. Japan, the correspondent
adds, shows no anxiety for help, rea
lizing that China's intervention may
cause more embarrassment than profit.
Japan (Had Russians Bought It.
Berlin, April 9. Mr. Inouye, the
Japanese minister here, does not share
the view that the sale of the Hamburg-American
line steamship Fuerst
Bismark is a breach of neutrality.
"From one viewpoint," said the minis
ter, "we are glad to see the Russians
buy good ships. The Russians buy
them and we capture them."
HE IS SENT TO JAIL
SENATOR BURTON, OF KANSAS, AC
CEPTED A BRIBE. v
Court Sentences Him to Six Months' Im
prisonment and Fine of $2,500
Case Will Be Appealed It Is Only by
a Strong Effort . He Suppresses His
Emotion When Sentenced.
. St. Louis, April 8. Senator Burton,
of Kansas, was today denied a new
trial and sentenced to six months in
the Iron county jail and to pay a fine
of $2,500.
Senator Burton, accompanied by his
leading attorney, Judge Chester H.
Krum, came into couit at 12:30. A
case was being tried, and Judge Adams
granted a recess to take up the Burton
case. Judge Adams summoned Senator
Burton to stand up, and then spoke of
the motions that had been filed for a
new trial and for arrest of judgment.
The court, after briefly reviewing the
motions, overruled them both. The
court then said to the defendant :
"Have you anything to say as to
why sentence should not be passed up
on you?" Trembling and evidently
suppressing his emotions with a strong
effort, Senator Burton stood leaning
with both hands on a chair back as he
said :
"Your Honor will please allow me
respectfully to decline to say anything. ' '
The courtroom was almost empty
and the silence was almost oppressive
as Judge Adams, in low, modulated
tones, began delivering the sentence to
be imposed.
At the conclusion of the sentence,
Senator Burton, who had not taken his
eyes from the court, and who had
scarcely moved as he supported him
self by the chair back, turned and sat
down, with his head bowed and his
eyes on the floor.
Attorney Judge Krum immediately
filed a bill of exceptions in the case
and offered a bond of $10,000 which
was accepted, and court took a recess
until 2 o'clock to resume the previous
case. Senator Burton and Judge Krum
then hurriedly departed from the court
room. The case will now be appealed to the
United States district court of appeals,
the highest tribunal in the matter.
It is a coincidence that the amount
of the fine $2500 imposed upon Senator
Burton is identical with the amount
which according to the evidence he re
ceived from the Rialto Grain & Securi
ties company. The Iron county jail to
which Senator Burton was sentenced
for six months, is located in the county
seat at Iron ton Mo., on the Iron Moun
tain railroad. Theijail is a two-story
brick structure and in a portion of it
Sheriff Polk makes his home with his
family.
According to the rule of the jail
which shortens each year's sentence of
a prisoner by three months for good be
havior, Senator Burton's period of in
carceration there may be reduced to
four and one-half months.
FOR PURE FOOD.
Heyburn, of Idaho, Urges Senate to Take
Some Action.
Washington, April 8. After waiting
with much patience for many days,
Heyburn of Idaho today found oppor
tunity to speak to the senate on the
subject of pure food. Teehnically, the
epeech was in support of a resolution
calling on the secretary of agriculture
to send to the senate the results of the
investigations made by his department
into adulterated foods, but in reality it
was in support of the pure-food bill.
Heyburn contended that a very large
proportion of foods, drugs and liquors
were adulterated, and many drugs were
absolutely poisonous.
The greater part of the remainder of
the day was devoted to Quarles' amend
ment for grading the salaries of rural
free delivery carriers. Finally it was
declared out of order. The committee
amendment bearing on the salaries of
carriers and regulating their service for
private individuals was accepted.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
still before the senate when it ad
journed. Canal Deal Soon to Be Closed.
Paris, April 8. After a conference
between Ambassador Porter and W. A.
Day and Charles W. Russell, the assis
tant attorney generals, who came from
Washington to assist in the transfer of
the Panama canal property, it has been
arranged that the signing of the con
tract whereby the United States will
acquire the ownership of the Panama
canal shall take place at the United
States embassy, which is now nominally
American soil. The date of the sign
ing is not yet fixed, but probably it
will be about April 25.
Miners Will Qo on Strike.
Louisville. Anril 8. The conference
between the delegates representing the
Kentucky coal operators and miners to
which John Mitchell, of the United
Mineworkers of America, was a party,
ended today in a disagreement, and a
strike seems inevitable. The delegates
were in conference nearly all day, but
despite the efforts of President Mitchell
to bring them together each side held
to its original terms, the miners de
manding the full Indianapolis scale.
Last of Russian Troops to Qo Soon.
St. Petersburg, April 8. It is stated
that the manager of the Trans-Siberian
railway has been personally thanked
by the czar for the rapid work of trans
porting the Russian troops to the Far
East. It is stated that within a fort
night all of the men destined for ser
vice will be on their way to Manchuria.
SURB IT IS SAFE.
Oregonians Expect 1905 B1H to Pass
tbs House Soon.
Washington, April 7. There is a
prospect that the Lewis and Clark ex
position bill will be passed by the
house the latter part of the present
week, after being considered under spec
ial rule. Chairman Tawney today in
troduced a resolution authorizing con
sideration of the bill at any time dur
ing the remainder of the session, and
had his resolution referred to the com
mittee on rules. There is every assur
ance that this committee will favorably
report the resolution at its next meet
ing, notwithstanding the fact that
three members of the committee voted
against the Portland bill.
The strong showing on both rollcalls
establishes beyond question the fact
that the bill is favored by a large ma
jority of the members of the house, and
it is believed by those in touch with
the situation that the committee on
rules will recognize the wish of the
majority, and consent to consideration
of the bill. If Tawney's resolution is
reported as expected, it will be equiva
lent to a special rule, and will give am
pie opportunity for debate on the bill
and permit its passage by a majority
vote.
It is now regarded as certain by Ore
genians here that the bill will be
passed by the house and that the meas
ure signed by the president will appro
priate at least the amount carried by
the house bill, namely, $475,000.
The strength of the bill, demon
strated by the votes on Monday, testi
fies to the effectiveness of the efforts of
friends of that measure in working up
sentiment in its behalf.
PANAMA STRIKE QROWS SERIOUS.
America Warns Marines and Seamen
to Take No Sides.
Washington, April 7. The labor
troubles on the Isthmus of Panama
growing out of the strike of the em
ployes of the Panama railroad company
have taken a serious turn, and the facts
have been reported to the state depart
ment by the United States charge at
Panama. The matter was deemed of
sufficient importance to warrant consid
erable discussion at the cabinet meet
ing, and the unanimous opinion was
that everything should be done to avoid
an entanglement of the United States
with any labor controversy. But it
was determined that the government
would not withhold in any degree the
protection of the Panama railroad,
which it has assumed by treaty, and it
was directed that the railroad property,
rolling stock, track and terminals
should be protected by forces from the
United States warships at the isthmus
if that became necessary.
There will, however, be no compul
sion exercised against the strikers to
compel them to return to work. If
the railroad management can secure a
sufficient force of men to operate the
road they will be upheld in such an at
tempt. This will be done with the
full consent of the Panama government,
though under broad treaty provisions
this is not absolutely necessary.
Secretary Moody was charged with
the duty of carrying out this decision
and with instructing Admirals Glass
and Sigsbee as to the course they shall
pursue. There is ample force on the
isthmus for any emergency.
BOLD DASH FOR LIBERTY.
Missouri Convicts Hold Up Guard, but
Are Soon Overpowered.
Jefferson City, Mo., April 7. Four
convicts at the penitentiary today at
tempted to escape by holding up the
guard with revolvers. They were
forced to surrender, and when searched
several sticks of dynamite were found
in their possession.
They had succeeded in cutting their
way out of their cells, and when Guard
John Williams, in making his rounds,
came upon them in the corridor, they
called upon him to halt. Williams
fled and gave the alarm, and a corps of
guards responded and soon overpowered
the convicts and placed them in other
cells. The convicts assert that they
secured the revolvers and dynamite by
express, but the prison authorities be
lieve the weapons and explosives were
smuggled to them by friends.
Russia Will Appeal the Cases.
St. Petersburg, April 7. Russia has
completed arrangements through the
French minister at Tokio to appeal the
cases of the Russian merchantmen now
before the Japanese prize courts.
Three Japanese lawyers have been en
gaged to present the cases. Appeals
will be made on various grounds.
Most of the ships were taken before the
actual declaration of war, several of
them were captured on the high seas,
having left port before the outbreak of
hostilities, while others were in neu
tral ports.
Kouropatkln Has a Surprise.
Paris, April 7. A St. Petersburg dis
patch declares General Kouropatkin
has been notified by the commander of
the Cossack division that the Russian
cavalry will not be heard of again for
some time, and when it is again
brought to notice, it will be through an
exploit that will both please and as
tonish Russians. Another St. Peters
burg dispatch states that the Russians
have sunk a large number of mines and
torpedoes at the mouth of the Yalu.
Battleship Virginia Slides Into Action.
Newport News, Va., April 7. With
bands playing "The Star Spangled Ban
ner" and "Dixie" and 30,000 people
cheering Godspeed, the battleship Vir
ginia was launched today at the yards
of the Newport News shipbuilding com
pany. Mies Milday Gay Montague,
daughter of Governor Montague, was
sponsor.
Cheap Poultry House.
The Illustration, will show that even
piano boxes may be utilized for a poul
try house where only a limited num
ber of fowls or chicks are to be ac
commodated; or with a number of
houses thus built, it may be possible
to furnish comfortable quarters for
the usual number of birds kept on ah
average farm. U. R. Fishel of Indiana
tells Poultry News of his twenty col
ony house constructed of piano boxes.
He says:
"We take two upright piano boxes
and four pieces of timber 2x4 and 10
feet long; we take the piano boxes
apart keeping the fronts, backs, ends
and bottoms all together. We place
three of the 2x4s on the ground and
lay on these 2x4s, nailing them solid,
making the bottom of the house (some
will have to be sawed off of the 2x4s).
The four ends of the two boxes will
make the entire back of the house,
while the fronts will make each end
of the house and the remaining lum
ber will be used in the front of the
house. The three remaining pieces of
2x4 are used as rafters to nail roofing
to. New ship lap lumber will have
to be bought for the roof, after which
the same is covered with Neponset
Red Rope roofing paper. Two pairs
of 6-inch strap hinges, one hasp and a
piece of 1-inch netting to cover opening
of door above window and one pane
of 8x10 light sash completes your
building, making a poultry house 8x10
feet, all complete, for the low price
of $7. If you can do the carpenter
work yourself the house will not cost
you over $6.". This house will accom
modate fifty growing chicks, or fifteen
to twenty ' capons, and the claim is
made that no bird kept in it and prop
erly taken care of, ever had its comb
frozen in the coldest weather. One
great advantage of such a small bouse
is that it can be placed on runners or
on a mud sleigh and moved wherever
it may be wanted on the farm. It
Is useful as a general purpose fowl
house, for hens with chicks, etc.
Helps for Butchering Time.
There is more or less work in the
killing of small animals during the
winter on many farms, and always the
annual butchering; although It is get
ting to be quite the fashion in the
more thickly settled portions of the
country to sell the hogs in the fall and
buy the meat back from the town
butcher at double price , during the
winter. Where there is more or less
butchering to be done one should have
for ready use a large boiler of some
kind so that a quantity of water may
be heated at one time; tools such as
knives, saws and other things used
should be kept in proper shape and ev
erything be in readiness so that the
hard and disagreeable work may be
over with as soon as possible.
The Illustration shows a rack for
banging the carcass of an animal,
which should be on every farm where
butchering is done. It needs but little
description. A post eight or ten inches
through and five or six feet high is set
firmly in the ground, and cross-pieces,
two inches or more thick and eight feet
long spiked to the pole, in the positions
shown, so that they will project three
feet on either side. They are notched
near the ends as shown and braced un
derneath. These racks will save one
much strength, for when the hogs are
bung on them they are easily cut.
Mo Bale
The story is being told again of a
Kansas farmer who decided to sell his
property and listed it with a real es
tate agent, who wrote a very good de
scription of the place. When the agent
read it over to the farmer for his ap
proval the old man said: "Read that
again." After the second reading the
farmer sat for several minutes in a
thoughtful mood, then said: "I don't
believe I want to sell. I have been
looking for that kind of a place all my
life, and it never occurred to me that
I had it until you described It to me.
No, 1 don't want to sell out" Kansas
City Star.
Turkeys in Cold Storage 12 Tears.
Poultry and eggs as old as eight to
ten years are being sold for consump
tion by the packers of Chicago. The
statement la made by Alderman Wend-
A CHEAP POXJI-TBT HOUSE.
yOB THE FARM BUTCHER.
king, who for years was a butcher
the stock yards, "I have known," he
says, "of turkeys being kept In cold
storage for twelve years and chickens
fn. Alnh ...a 1 1
turkeys hatched the year of
World's Fair are ret in cold stora
1896 and 1897 are also there."
Value of Dual Purpose Cow.
If a man has no use for the calf, or
has use for the calf and none for the
milk he has no use for the dual pur
pose cow.
In the former case he needs the Jer
sey or Ayeshire, in the latter Polled
Angus or Hereford. Here we need the
calves to condense feed and thus help
get it to market by condensing the
freight on It. A dual purpose cow is
one that with a paying quantity of
milk and a calf that will about top the
market when fed out It is not possi
ble to get the best dairying qualities
and best beef qualities In the same
hide, but it Is possible to get more
money out of a dual purpose cow than
can be done with a special purpose
cow, L ., milk or beef.
Th6re is no breed of dual purpose
cattle, but there Is a type of dual pur
pose cows common to all breeds. The
Herefords and Polled Angus breeds
have a few dual purpose cows, but
the Short Horns have a larger number
than any other breed. Whenever beef
bred cows have been milked for some
time they are on dual purpose quali
ties. The Short Horns, originally a
beef breed, have been used as milkers
for years, and this is why there are
more dual purpose cows In this breed
than other breeds. If starting a herd
of dual purpose dairy cows, I would
buy yearling heifers and use a bull
from dual purpose stock. When these
heifers have their first calves they
would feed strong, and would then get
rid of those that fattened and keep
those that increased in flow of milk,
but must not foreet that to DroduYa
milk, a cow should be fed a baJaned
ration. Homemade Tread Power.
A light tread power for churning,
turning grindstone, etc., is made by
mounting a disk wheel nearly horizon
tally, the axle being Inclined so one
portion win De nigner man roe otner.
The dog, sheep or calf used for motive
power is tied at one side, headed to-
TREAD FOWEB AKD CHURN.
ward the higher part As the animal
walks, the wheel turns because of the
animal's weight, and communicates
motion to the pulley or small friction
wheel beneath. There are no belts, no
cogs. The weight of the animal bears
the part of the large inclined wheel
upon the smaller wheel beneath and
causes it to revolve.
A discarded wagon wheel might be
used as the framework of the large
wheel, nailing boards on the upper
surface for the animal to walk on, or
a frame is easily made, and if some
what larger than a wagon wheel say
6 feet or 7 feet in diameter the circle
will be larger and the animal will find
the walking more direct The under
wheel may be 6 or 8 Inches in diame
ter. The power is increased by giving
the large wheel more pitch, and dimin
ished by setting it more nearly level.
B. C. Bennett in St Louis Repub
lic. How Many Seed to a Pound?
Number of farm seeds in a pound
varies greatly with even the leading
farm crops. Red top 603,000, reed
canary grass 600,000, smooth-stalked:
meadow grass 2,400,000, rough-stalked
meadow grass, 3,000,000, sheep's fes
cue, 680,000, various-leafed f escus 400,
000, creeping fescue 600, awnless
brome grass 137,000, perennial rye
grass 336,800, Italian rye grass 285,
000, orchard grass 579,500, meadow;
fescue 318,200, meadow oat grass 159,;
000, yellow oat grass 2,045,000, velvet
grass 1,304,000, timothy, 1,170,500,
meadow foxtail 907,000, vernal grass
924,000, crested dog's tall 1,127,000,
alslke clover 707,000, sainfoin 22,500,
red clover 279,000, white clover 740,000,
common kidney vetch 154,000, alfalfa
or lucern 209,500, trefoil 328,000, bird's
foot trefoil 375,000, official goat's rue
62,000.
Horee Notes to Remember.
A horse that is well trained is worth
half a dozen that are but half broken
and are therefore unsafe and undesir
able. Teams that have been partially idle
for some time should come into work
again gradually, and their shoulders
should be washed and bathed In salt
and water.
Never buy a horse with a narrow or
sallow chest, or whose forelegs are
very close together. He has not suffi
cient room for a set of strong lungs,
and will not be long winded.
In the treatment of distemper an
English veterinary advises the benefi
cial effect of binlodlde of mercury as
an antiseptic. Its good effects are due
more to its absorption than to its blis
tering action, as it is the most power
ful of all antiseptics (microbe killers).
It was used successfully in scores of
cases as a blister applied to the swell
ing under the jaws. Distemper is an
infective disease which usually confers
subsequent Immunity; on the patient