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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1901)
V 'P V i! MWMMW.V "JWIJ 1 I i it ) I 1 ) ) 1 f i SENATE HEQIN8 CONSIDERATION OF THE CANAL TUEATY. Lodge lixplalncd (he Dllltrcme Itelween Hit Old Canal Treaty mil llie New One A Change )l Wording (lives Hit United Stales Hie Klght to I'orllly and Control Hie Canal In Time ot War. Washington, Deo. 11. Tlio open mMMiun of tho Hoimlii yesterday wns dnvolod to roiitlim business, kiioIi a till) prOIMlllllltloll ()( IiIHm, petitions mid inimii.rlals. Tho scmiito then wont into oiruutlvo session on motion of l.ndgo, who has ohargo of the liny. Pniiheofnto treaty, anil adjourned nt I . r. r. . . . . i i . ... i. ' i . innr going I til I) ox- 4'outivo session, Senator Hour present ed tlio ruport of tlio ciiiiiiintKit on judiciary, recommending tho ,.,,. Illllliltlon of Altoriiny (lonornl Knox. Tlio Miimto tliun, Uiforn inking up tlio Isthmian cuniil trciity, proceeded to liUMd upon other iiomimaionR, of wliloli thtirt) urn tin exceptionally largo minilMir before llm somite. Altur ii number if iiuuiiiiiitions lluil been confirmed Senator Lodge illlctl lii tho ennui treaty mid umdi) u lirluf statement togarding that, con- VUlitlon. I ho Miinite then adjourned ill order to give the Democratic mom kim of tho coin in it ten an opportunity to hold a mooting. Lodge contended tliul the new treaty does away with all the objec tionable feature of tho last eonven tion, and eniinierated the particulars in which the revised agreement con fomiH to tlu action of me uenale in tho hint emigre, when the old treaty was lieforo it. He analyed the new trimly from beginning to end, show inn that in specific terms it abrogates tho Clayton Ilnlwer treaty of lMit), which, he miiil. had hIimmI coiiht jntly in llm way of the construction of an isthmian canal. The abrogation of thin treaty, he contended, waH ,Ml iinKirtant ncliiuvei t, and ho did not believe that tint 1,'nited HIuIoh xlionld or would Iikc an oppdrt unity to make secure that coiiciimiiiii. Senator I.Mlgo also called attention to the omission in paragraph 1 of; article .'1 of the words "in time of war an in time of mmoo. " He said that in tlio old treaty the paragraph road "that the canal shall Ik) free mid ohiii in time of war uh in timo vf piMce, to tho vessels of commerce nnd of war of nil HMtioiiH on tenon of ontiro equality, " etc. lie urged that the omission of thin phrase hud tho tffoel practically of leaving tho United State to do with thu canal in timo of war according to it own pleasure. Ho also referred to thu fuel that rnlo 7 in tho treaty of tho power regulating the control of the Sue, canal, which had Imtii em bislicd in Ihonrigiual llay-l'aiiiicefotc treaty, had been omitted from the re vised draft. He quoted from tliU rule, which proMiletl that "no fortifications shall lie erected commanding the canal or the watern adjacent, " etc. Thin, ho Hiiel, wan h material conccH.iiou to the United States, and wan quite Hiitlicient to meet the objections made against the Agreement, that tho UniU'd State would have no power tn protect iln properly. It practical ly left the United Statea free .to fort ify tho canal in cubo it should Ik) coli Hidereil doiirahlc to do ho, mid wan in lino witli the omission of tlio restric tion keeping the canal open in timo of war. WAR VETERAN UILL. I'ensliin Measure Which Mm Hern Introduced tiy Senator Mludell. Mnshihgioii, Deo. 12. Henntor .Mitchell's Indian war veliiran loll, recently Introduced, read a follows: "That the provisions, liinitutioiiH and honofitH of an act entitled 'An granting pensions to thu survlv- Vu8i.i . I,Mli"" warn of 18:i2aml IHU, iiKilimive, known a tho lllack Hiiwlc war, (Jreek war, Cherokee diH lurhanceH, and the Kcminolo war,' ipproved July 27, 1H!)2, ho and tho ame are Hereby extended, from llm dalii of IhopaiwiKo of thin net, l' the MiirviviiiK olllcera and cnliHted inen, including niarinen, and alno the volunleerM of tho military ami naval Mcrvien of tho United Htatrn who mirveil for III) iIuvh in ilw i.'l.inl. and (Jt'orgia Keminolo Indian war of iJ to 1K1H; tho Kevro river ludinn war, of lllmoiH, of IH27; tho Kac and x Imlian war of I KM ; tho Kaliino Indian didtuibaiiccMof lHIlt) mid 1H.'(7; the CayiiKo Indian war of 1H47 and INlKon the I'acillc eoant; tlio Florida warn with the Seminole IndiaiiH from IKIlilo iHiH, incliiHive; the Toxin and Mew Mexico Indian war of 18 til to lH.1fl;tho California Indian dihturh anocBof IH51 and I8.ri2; the Utah In dian diHtiirhaneen of I KHO to I85.'l, inehiHive, ami the Oiegon and Wiwli iiiKton territory Indian warn of I8.rI to 18.11!, inehiHive: and iiIno In in clude the HiirviviiiL' widowH of nuch oIIicitk and enliMed men, provided, that Hindi willows have not remarried, and provided fuitner, that where there ia no record of enlintmont or miiHter into tho servico, in any of tho warn mentioned in tlim act, tho re cord of pay hy thu United States filial! lie accepted iih full and uatinfaotory prooi oi hiicii nnlistincntanil Kurvicu. A CARNEGIE OEFEH WILL GIVE $10,000,000 FOn NATIONAL UNIVEH8ITY. STILL HAVE RATE TROUBLES THE BRITISH COAL TRADE. rlllm Oil or Exporli Ciuiti (ioud Deal of Apprchcnilon. Now Yirk. Dec. 11. Tho situation in tlio Hritiidi coal trade is canning a fcroat deal of apprcheunion on the jmrt of tho ownern and merchants, nnd there is a resumption of the outcry against the export tax which formed so prominent a feature of Sir Micliaol llicks-Itoacli's last budget, nays tho London correspondent of the Trihtino. Coal exports have de creased hy lfi8,000 tons during the first 10 iiiontlw of the present year, nnd the average nuinlier of days worked hy tho colliers lias genurally fallen oil', while in most of the prin cipal districts thu supply is inqo.ecss of tho demand. The iron industry, which usually acciunts for Hfi.OOO, 000 to .10,000,000 tons a year, has greatly reduced its consumption, owing to thu reduction in tlio num hor of furnaces in Idast. Violent Dliturhance In the Kocky Mountain Keijlon All Llnei Concerned. Salt Lake, Utah, Dec. 12. Kvery muromi uoing imsinofts in Utah, ac corning in me llerald, is engaged in a rate war, tho slashing heing prin cipally on west hound trallic, for which thero is it wild scramble, rc gardless of rates. Tho llio (irandc road and tho Missouri Pacific, com prising tlio western part of tho Could lystem, are said to have been active in starting thu fight. Tho Oregon Miori j.ino and the Union I'acilic says tho Herald, held well aloof on Chicago and Missouri river west bound business until yesterday, when snippers over that system were in formed that they would Ik) "taken caro of," no matter what might come up. With tho Union I'aciTic in the fray, all tho roads aro now mixed up in it, and westbound business from tho At lantic seaboard is Itoiug moved in many instances at CO jior cent of the regular tariff rates. Dusiness from Chicago and Missouri river was taken yesterday at .(0 to IS jwr cent reduc tion on tho regular tariff. Tlio trouble originated, according to tlio Herald, about a mouth ago, when tho Mallory and Morgan stcaiu ship lilies liecame engaged in active competition on shipments from Now 1 ork via ;sow Orleans and tialveston to points in tho Kooky muoutain tcr ritory. DOLE DENIES REPORT. Cruller May Oo to Panama. San Francisco, Dec 12. Tho Unit ed States cruiser Philadelphia has coniu down from tho Mare Island navy yard, whero she has Jieun under going repairs, and is now awaiting orders. It is oxpectedtlmt she will The armv transport i r.,,,.,,,i. ; uniuulnli'd to sail for Manila on tlio Kith, with UH) sol diem nf tho Twont V-SOVCIltll infantry I'I.k Ri.i.ri.bm will bo in readiness to limu. Shu is to carry 1,700 soldiers and passengers. Arid Land Hill. Wasliington, Deo. 12.- A confer enen of tho senators and representa tives intonwted in legislation for tho irrigation of arid lands bus tlctoi inlni.fl to innko tlie 1 Iiinborough' V.....I.....1 I. Ill tl lnidis of notion, nnd WMU1H Mill HI' tit 'this measure is being perfooted lo united tttipport. It lirovidiM that tho proceuds of thusulo of pub hi fund for HUH Hawaiian Governor Hat No Thoueht of Rc. ilnlnj Foreign Physlclani Excluded. Honolulu, Dec. .'!, via San Fran cisco, Dec. 12. Governor Dolo has given another statement in an inter view that hu had no thought of re signing. The board of health has adopted a rule requiring that all examinations of physicians wlio apply for licenses to practice hero bliall I hi in tlio J'.ng lisli language hereafter. Tho rulo may uxcludo many Japaueso anil ither foreign physicians. The steamer Tainpieo, of tho now line between Honolulu and heattle, arrived here today from tho bound port, after a stormy trip, nho was Hi lays covering mo instance, owing to tho fearful storms encountered. During one of the gales iier lorccastlo rail was carried away. The transport Uosecrans arrived here on November 27 from Portland, en route to Manila. bho tools on coal and left December II, continuing on her journey. ... The battlcslmi Wisconsin is in pon here, having arrived from Pago Pago on December 1. She will take 1,000 tons of coal and leave in nuoui a week for Acapulco, Mexico. Molten Metal Exploded. Sharon. Pa.. Di'o., 12. An explo sion that shook tlio earth for miles around, shattered windows in hun dreds ot houses at South Sharon, moved adjacent buildings from their foundations, ami caiiseu uiu n ju.jr nine men, two peruaiM mi....j, curred at tho Sharon Steel Company s nlant today. The explosion i..v' n tho easting department of tlio pig mill The metal was being poured from' tho liu i,lt" the easting ma chine when it cauu. in com o .. somu water, cainiuK "Jr Kitchener's Weekly Report. London, Doo. 12.-Lord Kitchener, in IV uispatoh from Pretoria, reports that tho result of lasl .week's work .a :il liners killed, 17 wounded. .l.iJ uiul0 lu.i8oners, ICI sunendered and mmiititiesof supplies captured. J y u'vanuingtholi-fof W; !idKS:oniu,s.ini:piA h t n e, to carry out systematic and Prtildenl Kooievell Will Send Ills Utter Conrcii In a Special Menaje Duel Niil Aik (he (loverinrnt to Appropriate a Dollar Leading Educators of the Country Endorse the Plan. Washington, Deo. J 1. President Roosevelt has received a letter from Andrew Carnegie in which tho latter oilers to iiuiku a donation of $10,000. 000 to tho United States. Tlio lotto will bo roferrwl to congress by the president In a special messago. Jir. Lamegie s gift is for tho our pose of establishing in Washington a university for higher education. An far as his idea has been developed, it proposed a gift nfler tho milliner of the bcijiiesl of .lames Sniithson, the I'.ugllHhmiin, who gave $1,000,000 for the establishment and minute nanco of what is now known us tho Smithsonian institute. Kmithson desired thu institute founded by him lo be a factor In tlio dilliision of n entiflc knowledge. Mr. Carnegie pro posed that the university which hi to endow shall lie the greatest msti tution in tho world for the develop ment of higher education. Ho has consulted President Oilman, of Johns Hopkins University; President Had ley, of Yale; President Kliot, of liar vard; ex-President Into of Cornell and all the leading educators in the country. I buy heartily endorse his plans. J he proposed university will not interfere in tho least with the cduca tional institutions already established nui, win Htiiiniomciii itiem. lor. ac cording to tho present plan, its doors will be open only to those who desire to take up a post graduate course Mr. Carnegie also wants tiio new uni versity to take the lead in original researches, so Mint the United States can eventually stand side by side with liormany, if not excel that nation. in Miieutihc development. Mr. Carnegie's plan does not tiro pose a national university in the sense that an appropriation will be asked or needed. I ho government is.simply to no the trustee ol tho magnihcuut en dowuieut, just as it administers tho fund bequeathed by Smitlison. Jt is probable that a hoard of regents will bo appointed, as in tho case of the Smithsonian institution, or it may be that tlio government will he retire acntcd upon tlio board of directors, which, it is contciuplatetd, shall con sist of men of national reputation. Mr.Carncgio has kept tho proposed endowment a secret until ho could definitely arrange tho plan and scope of tho now university. Even yet, all these details have not been arranucd. so that little more than tho outline of tho gift can lx published. It is known, however, that ho does not propose to ask from Congress a single loot oi land. JUMPED A SWITCH. Wrecking of a Passenger Train on the Cen tral of Georgia. Macon, Ga., Dec. 11. Tho Central Georgia passenger train from Savanah. after crossing tho river onterinw Macon at about -1 o'clock this morninir with 100 passengers jumped a switch on a big embankment. Tho encme and tender parted from tho train. Tho iiaggago and express cars were thrown into a culvert and burned. Tho second class coach was thrown on its sido nnd burned. The first class passongor coach foil over tho embank ment. Tho Atlanta Blooper, filled with liasscngors, caught firo and was destroyed. Two coaches we're saved. FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDED. Accident Happened on a Trestle at Salem Nobody Was Injured. Salem, Or., Dec. 10. A head-on collision between tho southbound extra freight train and tho regular northbound freight. No. 22(i. oc curred at t:2.r) o'clock yesterday after noon, within 2UU yards ot the passen ger depot in this city. Tho engine of tho extra freight was badly dis abled. Nono of either train crow was njured. Tho sccno of tho accident was on tlio trestlo across a branch of Mill crock, about .100 .yards distant from Saturday's fatal wreck. Tho trestlo is on n curve, bordered by a high board feuco, whero an ap proaching train is not visiblo 100 yards aheaih Strong Appeal for Death List. xsow iork, Jicc. li. Liberal news papers aro appealing to Mr. Urodcriok to publish tho Octobor figures of tho mortality in tho concentration camps in South Africa, says tho London correspondent of tho Tribuno. Thero lias never been such delay m an' nounoing tho provious monthly ro ports, and it is feared that owing to tlio heavy rainfalls whieh havo beon reported, tho death rato among children cannot have decreased to any appreoiablo oxztont. j PNEUMATIC DYNAMITE QUN. Mil. Satisfactory Test of a New Weapon at ton Mead S. C. Savanah, (la., Dec. 11. The test of the new pneumatic gnu ,a Hilton Head, S. C, yesterday, under the auspices of a board of army olllccrs, is believed to havo been satisfactory. Major Ira McNtitt, of the ordnanco department, was chief ofllcor of tho hoard. Tho gun is at tho entrance to Port Royal harbor, which it com mands. It was shown that tho gun hfti a range of 0,000 yards. Klght projectiles loaded with explosive tela lino were fired. Six of them ex ploded upon impact and throw vol umes of water into the air. Two were fixed with timo fuses. If they exploded, it was at such a depth un der water that no disturbance was discernible. Tho explosive charges ranged from CO to 200 pounds of ni trogelatiue. Five dummies were fired to test the speed. Urn government rentiired that they should Ikj (lis charged in 20 minutes. Tlio timo taken to fire them was 10 minute.-. Forty dummies of 1,180 pounds each were then fired as an endurance test. Thero was no hitch. FORGED JAPANESE BONDS. Charge Against a Traveler Arrested In Min neapolisWill Contest the Case. Minneapolis, Dec. 11. Acting on telegraphic instructions sent from Washington by Attorney General Knox, United States .Marshal Grim- shaw today arrested Francis C. May er, charged with having committed forgery in Japan. The arrest was made upon tho Great Northern over- laud train as it pulled into Minnean- olis union station. Mavcr was ac companied by his wife, his two child ren and u Japanese servant. Mayer said that he had been in the news- pajK-r business nt Yokohama for a number of years. The charge against him is that he forged signatures on debenture bonds, but the exact nature of the crime or the amount of money involved is not known. He quitted Yokohama November 10, sailing upon the Japanese Sliinauo Maru. Ever since then the authorities have lecn on tho lookout for him. In some manner ho managed to evade the officers at Seattle. MINERS ON A STRIKE. Disagreement fictween the Management and the Men. Vancouver, U. C, Dec. 11. A special from Nanaimo says that the mines at Alexandra, owned hy the Dunsmuirs, were closed down today because of a disagreement between the management and the men. Tho unions of niincworkcrs at Nanaimo. Alexandra and Extension formed general federaion on Saturday. These mines are not all owned by tho same company, nnd it was stated that, wnuo inc uunsmuir interests were willing that all tho men in their mines should federate, consent was lacking to an association between Dunsmuir miners and those employed by other companies. It is announced that negotiations are now in progress bjtween the management and tho men looking to the rconenine of the Alexandra mines. The lockout at Alexandra affects 600 men. The Extension mines, under the same ownership, employ a larger number. V4nx n4 Waterln Fowl. Whrro there la a scratching slied con nected with the potiltry-lioiiBo. nil of the fenllng should be done there. If, however, this valuable addition can not be had. and the feeding nnd watering mut lie done In the roosting room, some provision should be made so that tho food will lie neither wasted or soiled Uj the fowls, says the Indianapolis News. Crntes are Inexpensive, and are readily constructed of light material. The slats should bo of smooth lumber nnd placed so that the fowls can get their heads In nnd out without diffi culty. They should he open In front and on both tides. If placed ngalnst the walls of the house, or. If set In the open spare, they should be open on both sides and both ends. Kacli crate should have a solid floor of hoards and a hing ed top. so that the (inns of food and wnter may be placed In position with little trouble, nnd tlio crates be readily cleaned. If the house Is so small that 1'OL'I.TnY FI.KMNO CI'.ATn. these crates can not be a fixture It. they may bo placed In position feedlus time and removed later. MISS STONE HEARD FROM. Canal Route Leased. Managua, 'Deo. 11. Dr. Ferdinand Sunipoz, Nicaragua!! minister of for- oign alVairs, and William h. Merry, United States minister to x icaragua, iL-ned a treaty today by which Nio- aragtm agrees to leaso a section of Nicaragua!! territory six iimus wmo, which inoludosf.tho routo of tho Nica ragua canal, to tho United States por-petually. American Officers Will Dispatch Aeenti to Deal With trw Bandits. Sofia, Dec. 11. According to infor mation received from Salonica, Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mine Tsilka, her companion, aro concealed in tho vi cinity of Kilo, about fivo miles south of Dubnitza, in Bulgarian territory. The nows was brought hv a Mace donian, who loft thero December 1, and who furnished prcciso informa tion rcgardiing tho hiding placo and tlio names of tlio agents supplying food for tho brigands nnd their cap tives. It is understood that tho informa tion is considered roliahlo enough to justify the American officers in Tur koy to dispatch aeents to treat with tlio bandits, and application lias al ready been made to tho Turkish gov ernment for tho freo pnssago of the emissarios across tho Turkish fron tier, which is vigorously guarded by troops at ovory hundred yards. Hlwinc cticar TIret. It Is the custom In some localities to haul sucar beets to the factory If pos sible when harvested, and If It Is not possible to do this they are gathered and placed In long ricks or plies on tho surface of the ground. The base of these ricks or piles Is from 3 to 3V6 feet, with a helcht of 3 to 4 feet, tapering to ward the top. Along each side of these rlcki several furrowi are run with a stirring plow In order to loosen the dirt The ricks are then completely covered with this dirt by the aid of shovels. This covering Is put on to the depth of about 0 Inches, occasionally air spaces or ventilators being left on the tops of the ricks, which are usually made by the use of tiling or small elon gated wooden boxes or simply straw, tho purpose being to prevent fermenta tion. Storing the beets In this way Is call ed siloing, and tho ricks or piles nre called silos. In case severe cold weath er conies on, theso silos are covered with straw manure, straw or some thing of that sort, and then an addi tional amount Is thrown on the straw covering. In this way It has been found that the beets will keep In very good condition until the last of Janu ary If necessary. fore and while she Is nursing the pigs. I Miring the period when the brood sow Is on the range she should have nu abundance of green food and In some variety, rape especially being good for her. The grain foods should be bran, pons, oats, nnd little or no corn, and when confined she should have plenty of clover hay to take the place of tho green food of the summer. Aside from the danger of the sow eating the young, the corn diet Is too heavy, nearly al ways exciting a feverish condition bad for Ixith the sow nnd the pigs. Ex change. rrcxcrviiiir rntt. Numerous methods of preserving eggs nre In use. snys Field n rid Farm. Tho Idea of all of them Is to keep out tho air so that oxygen decay mny be arrest ed for a considerable length of time, es pecially If the eggs are perfectly fresh at the start and are kept In a cool, dark place. The standard method most used by speculators and dealers Is to put eggs In lime wnter. The process Is as follows, tills recipe having been widely sold at $5 under pledge of secrecy. Take two gallons of water, twelve pounds of unslaked lime and four pounds of salt, or In that proportion, necordlng to tlio quantity of eggs to be preserved. Stir several times dally and then let stand until the liquid has settled and Is per fectly clear. Draw or carefully dip off the clear liquid, leaving the sediment at tho bottom. Take five ounces each of baking soda, cream of tnrtnr. salt peter and an ounce of alum. Pulvcrlzo and mix these and dissolve In one gal lon of boiling water and ndd to tho mixture twenty gallons of pure llmo wnter. This will about fill n elder bar rel. Put the eggs In carefully so as not to crack any of the shells, letting the water always stand an Inch above the eggs, which can bo done by placing a barrel head a little smaller upon them and weighting It. This amount of liquid will preserve 1.10 dozen eggs. It Is not necessary to wait to get a full barrel or smaller package of eggs, but can be put In nt any time If fresh. Tho same liquid should be used only once. Chnucinu Mil kern. What effect does a change ot milkers have on the yield of cows? This de pends both on the cows nnd on the milkers. A comparison of the dally av erage of nine cows was recently made In the Kansas Agricultural College; tho average yield both before nnd nfter n change of milkers showed that there was practlcnlly uo difference. In both cases only one out of the three regular milkers was changed. At election time last November all the regular milkers were absent from three to seven inllk Ings, and the regular routine of work was of course more broken up thnn If only one milker had changed The to tal yield for the herd was considera bly less for this period, nnd the yield In Individual cases dropped nearly one half In seven mllklugs. The more ner vous the cows the more they were af fected. A continual change of milkers would menu more or less Irregularity In the manner of handling the herd, nnd Is not advisable. Again, good milkers aro scarce, and the change Is likely to pro duce a poorer for the better hand. Officers Fight With Robbers. Lead, S. D., Doo. 11. Tho store of Edward Wood, at Galena, S. D., was robbod of some morohandiso and ?10 in nionoy Inst night, nnd Slioriff Doton, of Dcadwood, and Deputy Pat rick ratorson, of this city, pursuod tho robbers, camo up to tluom and fight ensued, Ono of tho robbors was killed, and tho drivor, who escaped, was wounded. Tho thitxl was captured. Noithor of tho officers was hurt. Ulnc Lime Intelligently. The testimony on the part of farmers to use lime without much regard to the condition of the soli Is wrong. Where the soil Is plainly acid In charnctcr as shown by tests with blue litmus paper tho uso of lime. In quantities sufficient to reduce the acidity of the soil. Is ad vocated, but Its continued uso year nf ter year Is not In the line of progressive agriculture unless the crops nre such as to demand lime In grentcr or less quantities during the season. Of course, this can only be known by actual tests, for while In one soil currants, barley. oats, onions and other plants, which nre benefited by the application of lime In a general wny, will respond freely to the llmo treatment. In other soils they would not be benefited, but might be Injured. The blue litmus paper test referred to consists In placing n small piece of blue litmus paper, obtainable at any drug store, In n crack In tho soli rondo by the blade of a spade nnd leaving It there for twenty-four hours; If tho soil Is acid nnd needs lime the paper will turn red. This should be the general guide In the use of lime on farms whero a mlscellnneous lot of crops are grown. IndlnnapoIIs News, Fo- rrerchy Rnll. Herewith Is produced an Illustration of n device copied from n sketch pre sented In n leading agricultural paper In Australia. Tho device Is thus de scribed: "A block of wood Is screw ed on to each horn and n wlro stretched from block to blncl.- nose rlnir. na shown. So long ns there Is no pressure on tho wires between the ring nnd tho horns the nose riug Is simply field up ward without any discomfort to tho animal. Should the bull rush any oth er anlmnl or attempt to get through any fence the pressure pulls the nosa ring upward, cnuslng considerable pain. u requires very few experiences to teach the animal that nny misbehavior on his part Is attended by suffering to himself. One prominent breeder says even the fiercest of bulls Is quickly tamed by Ills device. Kcarsarge Joins the Squadron. Now York, Deo. 11. Tho United States first class battleship ICcarsargo left port today to join tho North Atlantic squadron. It is thought that sho will proceed dircotly to Ha vana, whoro tho other vessols of tho squadron aro duo to arrivo on tlio 17th. ' At tlio rcquost of Gonernl Wood, the squadron will remain in Havana for Christmas. Weight for Itarn Ue. Frequently tho farmer wishes to feed a given weight of this, that or the other tuff and has no scales nt hand to weigh It. If ho hns a quart men sure handly. ho enn use It to measure out the required weight. Tho quart weight of various feeds Is as follows: Cottonseed meal, 1.5 pounds; linseed meal, old process, 1.1 pounds; gluten meal. 1.7 pounds; gluten feed, l.'J pounds; wheat bran, coarse, .5 pound; wheat middlings, conrse, .8 pound, and fine, 1.1 pounds; mixed wheat feed, .0 pound; corumeal, 1.5 pounds; onts, 1.2 pounds; rye bran, .0 pound; II. O. dairy feed, .7 pound, nnd Victor corn feed, .7 noiind ner quart. Theso weights nre worked out by tho Connecticut experi ment station. With theso equivalents nt hand tho feedmnn may know where ho Is at when ho desires to feed by weight. Cn mi llm 11 am Arnnnc Fwliir, In nlno cases out of ten whero sows kill nnd cut their young tho trouble Is duo entirely to Improper feeding, and It will bo genernlly found that such sows nro fed on n corn diet nlmost exclusive ly. Tho brood sow needs protein be- Dalry (iteaiilnsr. people who consider milking will never mnke good dalry- tho tho Those Irksome men. It Is not nlwnys tho man with biggest herd of cows who clears most money from his dnlry. Gilt-edged butter Is moro to be do. sired on tho nvorngo customer's pinto than nny dellcncy of tho season. Tho dairy woman who churns beforo sun up in tho morning, often makes firm-grnlned butter without tho uso of Ice. Tho reuson some fnrmers never or. tract tho Intent gold In dnlry cows Is that they persist In looking to tho eraln nnd corn fluids for It. It Is a parody on cleanliness to trv to strain filth out of milk when It might have been obviated by the exercise of tho most ordinary precautions, Desplto nil of the laws to tho con. trary, skimmed cheese Is yet sold for "full cream," nnd oleomargarine for real butter. Whore Is the remedy? While It pays to raise good horrs In conjunction with tho dairy, It nover hns or nover-will pny the mnnufnetory to keep tho swlno quartered nenr n choesu fnctoVy or creamery. Exchauge. land reclamation nnd irrigation.