A DROP OF WATER.
FARM AND
POULTRY
HINTS. HELPS AND SUGGESTIONS
If nil rtM.tiM do look nllke. nil Game*
are not Just Glime». na u glum e nt our
rooster eutn will allow. iliv fighting
Game dale» lui' k n thousand year» Im-
fore tlu> I'lirlatlun era
Hr Im» licked
everything In algin down through the
agea. but li. Indian Gaule la not n
prancing fsmltry pugilist. but u big.
Juicy market fowl. "Iivuvy ua lend."
Illa look» nrv deceiving. you'll be
alow nt believing. but (lie cockerel pic
turi-d here weighs just eight pound».
At drat thia breed WHS called Indlnil
Game, but the bloody >allutn of that
name Game so affected Its fume
through the |M>pular mistake as to Ita
Identity that the two varieties were
i
Photo by C. M Hamits
whits
con.sisii
oocksmbu
There Are Times When It May Become
a Bourse et Real Terror.
The four of ailenio and loneliness
not seldom attacks burly miners who.
fur that rvusou, refuse tu wurk aluue
in distant drifts, lu China the very
refinement of torture la tu confine a
condemned criminal lu a place where
sound cannot reach film and user the
plank to which be Is bound to place
a vessel of water, so reguluted that
once every few uiomeuts u single drop
shall fall upou tile brow. There is no
light and no aound to distract bls at
tention. and tbe thoughts of the poor
wretch become so concentrated un the
ex|>ectatlou uf tbe neit drop uf water
that when It falls it seems to strike
him with tbe impact of a bomb, and
reason qannot long withstand the
strain, lu bls book, "In Ixitus l.and -
Japsn." Mr 11. G. Pouting says he
came to understand the strange dread
of silence through an exfierlence in a
California mine at midnight.
Five hundred feet into the crust of
the earth I went nnd felt no new sen
sations except one uf disappointment
as tbe shaft echoed with my footsteps
—BOO feet. 700 feet. MX> feet and the
bottom uf the mine.
But ns I stood there a creepy feeling
came over me. Wliat was this con
sciousness that suddenly oppressed me
mid imide my bluod seem chilled? I
bad felt nothing like It before. My
candle guve but a feeble glimmer, and
I found myself peering furtively Into
tbe shadow» with a feeling almost akin
to drend. All at ouce 1 knew it was
the silence- the immense, oppressive
silence. Hitherto when I bad been
dowu In the mine there bad always
been the regular beating of tbe barn
mere on tbe drills. Now there was
nothing but thick, velvety silence.
Then a sudden sound, like tbe crack
of a stock whip, put every sense on tbe
alert. Was I not alone, then, after all?
In a moment tbe Instinct uf self pres
ervation reminded me that I was un
armed. Who could be down here at
this hour, nod what could be bls ob
ject? Had I been followed? Without
ii wea|s>n 1 was nt the mercy of nny
ruffian. All this rushed through my
brain tn a moment, nud as 1 tried to
pierce tbe shadows my candle only
served to make the darkness visible
Another ernck. almost like a pistol
shot, nnd then enlightenment and re
lief flashed upon me. It was nothing
but a drop of water falling from the
hanging wall In the sump below yet
in this dread silence It struck with al
most the noise of a fulminating cap.
renamed t'ornlsh nnd White Indiana
Then, the mime Indian seeming a mis
nomer for n fowl thnt orlginnted In
Cornwall. England, the Inal standard
again changed the breed mime to Cor-
nlah Fowl, now conalatlng of three va
rietlea, Dark. White and White l.n< ed
lletl. the latter new variety weighing
ONCE A WIDE CANAL
one pound lean than the other».
It Is claimed the Ihirk Cornish la a Broad Street. Naw York. Where the
mixture of lx>rd Derby Black Brenst-
Curb Brokers Now Operate.
ed Itrd Game, Bed Aaerl nnd Sumatra
The curb brokers of New York, who
Gnme. nud the White 1» a »|sirt from now operate on IlniBil street, would
thia combination, though other exiierts have l>eeu forced to conduct their bust
declare the White la from a cro->a of ticHS from gondolas or canal boats bad
White Game nnd Mnlay.
they made use of thnt thoroughfare In
We are not here to wrangle over early days. for where solid pavement
rooster history, but mainly to remove now stands there was a wide ennui.
Many people nowadays, wandering
through the narrow streets of lower
Miinhnttnn. have wondered nt Broad
street s unusual width Still more i»e
collar <vns such breadth of thorough
fare In the olden times, when streets
wore nearly all narrow, and to dis
tlngulsh It from the nlley-llke byways
that surrounded It the thoroughfare
was referred to as "the broad street."
The Dutch called It the "iieere Graft."
(The latter word had a far different
meaning In those dnya.i It was not nt
first a street, but the principal canal
of tlie city. This cannl. wide enough
for heavy boats to pass each other,
ran Into Brand street nt the southern
end and continue«! north almost to
Wall street. A similar t»ut smaller ca
ual ran through Beaver street
Peter Rtuyvesant In 1(557 bad the
canal's sides planked, and n few dec
ades later tbe waters were gradually
replaced by n street.
As that street |>erforce followed tbe
canal's former lines. It wns much tbe
widest thoroughfare In all lower Man
button and well merited Ita name of
Braud street. Had New York real es
fate lieen worth one twentieth as much
Photo by C. M Barrili»
then na at present Brood street would
rtOHTINU OAMUUCL
prol tbly have been shaved down to
the Impression that this valuable va the width of Nassau or Wall street -
riety belong» to the fighting Game New York World
class.
The Cornish cut no figure In the
rooster pugilistic world.
There Is as great a difference be
tween them and the Game cock as l>e-
tween a heavy draft horse ami a trot
ter.
Striking points of this breed are the
pencomb. short neck, wide back, abort,
drooping tall. deep, broad breast, large
thighs, thick legs, set very wide apart
They are constructed to carry a very
birge pro|>ortlon of flne fl tiered meat,
are especially good In crosses for ca
pons, and the bens are fair layers.
AND WHITE STANDARD
WEIGHTS
Pounds
Pounds
Cock ....................... » Hen .......................... 1
Cockerel ................ 1 Pullet ................... <
DARK
OOMTS
Don't mind a blister
Success and
blisters nre twin sisters
Don't expect egg» where rooster»
rough bouse. A fray, no lay. no pay.
A Romanes Shattered
An Atchison young lady lu trying t<>
discipline tier little brother has a hab
It of saying. “Now. don't you dare to
do thnt or I'll have a tit" Tbe little
brother confided to one of 111« sister's
admirers the other night that there
were lota of things he couldn't do “be
cause." be paid, "you know sister has
fits." Now tbe yonng lady la wonder
Ing why her most ardent suitor has not
been near her for two whole weeks -
Atchison Globe
Went Through.
"And you were In that horrible rail
way accident?"
“Yea”
“1 hear that one train completely
telescoped the other
How did you
ever escape Injury?"
“I wan on tbe through train "-Cleve
land Plain i»ea I er.
Two Methode.
When a man haa to get buav be rolla
•p hla shirt sleeves When a woman
really gets down to work she ties up
To Mothers—And Others
her hair In a knot at tbe back - Do
You can use Rucklen's Arnica Salve trait Free Presa
to cure children of eczema, rashes, tet
Economies.
ter, chafings, scaly and crusted humors,
Knlcker— Does Jones understand the
aa well aa their accidental injuries,— purchasing power of a dollar? Rocker
cuts, burns, bruisea, etc., with perfect -Yea What troubles him Is the pur
chasing power of bis wife —New York
safety. Nothing else heals so quickly
Enn
For boils, ulcers, old, running or fever
Give me a seat end I will make room
sores or piles it has no equal. 25 cts at
to tie down — Rpentoh
ail dealers
RUBE BEATS ALL FUR EATS.
While folks la town are huetUn' round
o-huatln' fur thalr oats
An' payin' out epoodullce fur their inters
an' thalr basis.
Ruba C'O'ntaeeel list sila at home an' piles
un hickory wood,
With aale sll etacked around him you Jlet
bet ho has it good
Is It turkey. Is It ohlekon. Io It goose or Io
It duck?
Well, you bet, sir, Mr Ruben don't de
pend on no pot luck!
Is II »assess? Io It scrapple? is It pud
din'T la It ham?
Io It butler, bread an’ inwnreun, cream
an’ milk an dandy jam?
Oh, gee crlppens. 1 can't mention all the
grub that Rube'e stacked up
Fur hie break tests, dinners, lunches aa’
the many timee Rube cups!
You poor fellers la the city. Ilvln on can
ned beans an' etch.
Go 'long out an' board with H üben, git
some sassage an' some flitch.
Rubs will meet you In ths doorway, an'
he'll yell out In one breath:
“Win Is this poor, skinny fsllsr? 'Pears
to ms he's starved to death!"
Then hs'll lake you to the tabla, then he'll
yell. "Back up your cart!"
An’ you'll oat an' eat an* eat. str. till yer
waistband busts apart
C. M BAKNITZ.
KURIO8 FROM K0RRESP0NDENT8
Q. I paid *10 for a setting of White
Ilock eggs, and the twelve chick»
batched were not pure white Should
they not tie pure white If pure bred?
A. White Rock chicks In the down
are apt to come white, canary,
smoky, grayish black, buff, and can
not lie Judged as to color until tenth
era np|iear. We have seen them al
most black, tbeu feather Into silver
white
Q I have a Leghorn cockerel with
some white I'l the face, and I notice
the stands-< disqualifies M>-<lit«-rrun
ean cockerr^A and pullets with "|s>»t
tlve white" In the face. How may I
tell whether It la "poaltlve white" or
just common ordinary white? A. Itub
the white spot with the liliger. If It
turns red and remains so for several
seconds It Is not “positive white." By
such friction this “enamel white" Is
often removed If persiste«! In.
<j What do you thluk makes my
pigeons desert their eggs and squabs?
They only feed what squabs are
hatched a few daya. A. There are a
numlier of reasons for this—exclte-
ment. mice or ticks In the nest and
the battles, flirtations, family Jars ar.d
ehqiemeuta caused by unmated birds
In the loft.
Q What Is n “squirrel tall” and
A The word
wliat Is a "coop tall
"squirrel" 1« appll>*d to ti fowl's tall
when it prefects toward the in-iul !»•■
yond a perplndli'iilnr line drawn from
The
juncture of leu'; and tall.
squirrel tnll 1» Inherited airi |>ertua
nent. but the coup tall 1« acquired by
fowls thnt nre ■■ontlnrd In a sumII
show coop
When given mon- room
they drap their tails buck to natural
position.
Q. Is II true that Canada ships more
eggs Into this country than we send
back? A. Our shipment Inst year was
t,(Ml0.000 eggs and Canada's 4NO.OOO.
FEATHERS AND
EGGSHELLS.
The fi-llow with the “marvelous se
cret" to tell the sex of eggs is again
abroad.
What has become of those doctors
who preached that fresh eggs bring
that yaller bilious look and cause liver
JlmJnms? Funny wliat fool notions
come and go!
in storing clover for fowls hang It
up In bags: otherwise much of the leaf
—the best part—is lost Cut it In short
lengths for liop|>er feeding or Into
men I for mash.
Two ducks at Jersey Shore. Pa., that
went broody at the same time adopt
ed the unusual stunt of taking turns
on the neat. Yes; It’s seldom that two
female quacks get along so well to-
get her
An editor arises to remark: “There
is no sweat, no strain, no worry, over
chickens The Industry s«>etns to care
for Itself and cares extremely
This editor Is not a liar, but
taidly mistaken
Farmers are gradually getting away
from that old style of exclusive corn
rations for hens. To those who are
still In the rut we quote the rime.
"Ixiylng strains, earnest palus and
mixed grains for best gains."
It Is quite amusing to see some of
our harebrained jioultry writers using
the u priori and Charles Darwin theo-
rics In their profound dlacusslon of
riMister origin nnd lien heredity.
If
Darwin could read their fool stuff he'd
surely turn turtle.
When the head of the query depart-
ment of a Phllndelplila dully advised
nn Inquirer to grease her old White
Rocks thoroughly with lard nnd kero
sene nnd to repent the dose In n week
she certainly didn't think what nn aw
ful mess such a mixture of grease and
rooster would make and yet some more
If the birds took a duat bnth. The
fools and the city farmers aren't all
dead yet. you bet!
Secretary of Agriculture Wllsoo la
advocating the “loss off" system for
the sale of all eggs. Under the old
plan eggs are sold by the dozen re
gardless of whether good, bad or In-
different. Under the “loss off" plan
the eggs nre candled and the seller
Is not paid for the bad ones, Thia la
a good plan, but the seller aboti Id be
a witness to the candling to guard
against a ratten deal.
Dr. Max Staller of Mount Binai hos
pltal, Philadelphia, han successfully
» used the lining of eggshells as a sub
stitute for human skin In grafting op
eratlons. This lining Is really tbe epi
dermis of embryonic chickens, con
tains cells similar to human skin,
quickly adheres to tbe burne«1 surface
and covers It with beautiful new akin
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