HA8 NOT SHOWN HtR HAND.
II UN I) Rttl)tt Kllihlfil)
EAHTHQUAKE WHECKED A CITY
IN 80UTHEHN MEXICO.
Ihittl mired Luit Their l.lvei and as Many
Were lniired Many lluilnen llouici ami
Meildencei In Uulni Tin Properly Lou
Will lie Ciiofinnui .Shock I'tlt In Mex.
leu City.
City of Moxin), .Inn. 20. Olio or tliu
moHt lorrlblu eutiiHlroiihoH In thu his
tory wf thu Hlntu of CJuurrorii Ih rs
ported to huvu occurred Into ynstor
iluy iiflnrnoon, when ati uttrmnoly vlO'
luiil iiurtluiunku shock 'wuh full ut
Chllpiuulngo, cuuhIiik u Kruul Iohh lit
llfw mill ItiJuriiiK many piiihoiih. Do
t utln from tliu Htrlekon dlHtrlet a to
viry monger, hut Hcatturlug reports
i ccl voit hero liullnito thai probably
iiOO people wuru killed, mill mi inittiy
more liijiirnil. It Ih known that tho
Hlnto Capitol, tlio purlHli church anil
many ImihIiiiihh Iiouhch ami leHhlmiccH
tiro In mliiH, iiml tliut thero Ih much
HiitfnrliiK iih a rt'Hiill of tlm awful
nolninle disturbance. Olio of tlio mil
ficcs that Hurforcd iiiohI wan tlio fed
cral tulugruph ottlco, which uxplaliiH
tlm paucity of iiuwh thai Iiiih ho far
i cached tlilH city.
Monger (IiiIhIIh llnnlly bogan to lu
ll vc horn. Tlio telegraph IIiiom ami
apparattiH at ClillpiuizliiKo wuro hailly
ilamuKuil, hut tliu (Uiiployi'H, all of
whom woro uninjured, quickly pro
ceeded to uroct an Impiovlmid lulu
Krnph olllco on tlm ouUklrtH of thu
city.
The niimhur of duntliH wax gtuntur
In tlio parlMh church than In any single
placo, iih a crowd of worHhltiurH wiih
Kiilburoil thurii for thu nfturiioon norv
lei'. Tho hoIIiI masonry walls anil
thu roof cnnwi toppling ilown on tho
wowhlpurH. ami many of thoso within
wuro killed.
Tlio War Department Iiiih onlurcil
troops In thu neighborhood to cooper
nlu In thu work of rescue. Until thin
work Ih completed, It will ho Imp"
slhlo accuratuly to leant tho tuitnliur
of victims. It Ih believed, howuvur,
that tlilH Ih one of tlm iiiohI destruc
tive hoIhidIc phenomena that han ovur
occnrreil In Mexico. Tho greater part
of the population of Chllpmizlngo nio
now camping out iimlur tentH around
tht town, which Ih five ilnyH' Journoy
from the nntlonnl capital.
Kurtliqunko shocks woro full In
many other cltlcK anil towiiH. In tho
City of Moxlco thu eurthiiinku oc
cur red at 15:17 o'clock ycHtenlay after
noon, ami waH of Htich vlnlenco au
to nhnku thu moHt HiihHtnntlnt build
ings. Tho I'nn-Amerlcan Congress
wan In hchhIoii at the time, ami many
of the (IclcKiiti'H were greatly alarmeil.
Tho (lrnt movement hero wuh onu of
trephlutlou, anil waH vury Hharp. It
wan followed hy nn enrthly oHclllatory
movement north-northeast to south
southwest. Tho diirntlon wnH 55 hoc
oihIh. The damage In this city was
ullltht.
The Statu of Onerrcro ha always
be-on thu focus of no I h rule disturbances.
lieportH received hero Htato thai thu
Mhock was vury severe nl Chllapn. No
cnmmlUes nro ho far reported from
there.
Tho nnrthquako was nlno IntoiiBO al
Igualn, In thu Statu of (luorroro, do
Htroylng thu pnrlsh church nml many
InitlillnKH In thu city and neighborhood
Tho property Iohh Ih LmmeiiHo through
out tho Stnto of (Juorruro.
AN INTERCEPTED LETTER.
Junta Adviicd Lukban to Surrender hut Not
Swear Allegiance.
Manila, Jan. 18. Oonnrrtl Chaffeo
wilt leave Manila for tho Inland of
Snmnr next Saturday. He will thor
oughly Investigate tho Hituntlon there,
hh It Is desired to stnmp nut the Snmnr
InHiirroctlnn during tho dry bohboh.
A captured communication from tho
Filipino Insurgent junta at Hong Kong,
addressed to General Luklmn, tho In
surgent lenilur on Snmnr Island, nil
vised Oonnral Luklmn to surromlor If
he wlnhed to do so, hut does not lid
vncato this action. If General Lult
han surronilors, tho letter goes on to
say, ho need not rtollvor n slnglo Fili
pino Bolillor or olllcor to tho Ameri
cans, nor must Oonornl Luklmn or
any othor olllcor ho forced, to nccept
civil nppolntmont. Thoy 'may oml
grato If nllowcd to do so, hut no Fill
plnn must ho obliged to tnko Hip oath
of ulleglnnco to tho United States.
Under theso tonus tho Hong Kong
Junta has no objection to Lukbau's
surrendering.
Sonor Gomez, president of tho town
of 1'nslg, provlnco of Manila, has been
nrrostod on tho clmrgo of appropriat
ing 'municipal tnxos to his personal
nno.
Schley In School Books,
nnltlmoro, Jan. 18. Tho Haiti
inoro County Taxpnyoi-R' Convention
him plncod n bnn on nny toxt-boolc
which (Iooh not glvo Hoar Admiral
Schlny credit for tho naval Ylctqry at
Santiago. A resolution wns unani
mously passed calling upon tho Balti
more County dologntlon In tho Legis
lature to-linyo a law onnctod whlah
will prohibit tho uso of such toxt
hooks In tho public schools, of lha
county. i
CHEAT MINING TUNNEL.
A'aika li In Have One l Hit Longest In
the World.
Port Towncenil, .Ian. 17.- Latent
ailvh'UH from Duwnon wuru received
today on the Mourner Cottage City by
CliurloH llorryimiu, who left tliu Klon
dike capital In the latter purl of Die
cumber. Ilerryiiian nays there h a
stampede on from Dawnon to Hornier
win creek, near Hlewart river, the nccuo
of tlio latent gohl ntrlku. (lold wan
known to oxlnt on thin creek nomo
time ago, and many claims worn lo
cated, but later abandoned. Jlut re
colli work Iiiih nliowu that tint crook U
rich, and il Ih yielding $1 .81) to tlio
pan ami clulinn cannot bo purchiincd
nhort of fnbuloun prlcen. Ilerryiiian
reports that no vera I tlioiiHaud men aru
on the creek. lie nayn tlio gold belt
extends a illntam-e of 10 iiiIIch, and
owiiith of clailiiH refunu to counider
proportions to MireliaM even Intorents
in any of their holdings.
I'repiirutory ork Iiiih been com
menced on olio of tliu largest and long
ent mining tuiinelH in the world near
.liineiui, Alanka. The tunnel will be
about H.OOII feet long, mid will bo
nliirtrd on the beach t-outli of Juneau
and run into a mountain to tap a large
number of claims in the Silver How
bimln, formerly owned by Charles ).
Jwuie, who mid them to tlm Alanka Kx
plorutloii Company. Tliu Troadwel)
mine elalniH will be tapped by an up
ralne of about H00 feet. A largo mill
will be built on the bench wlioro it can
bu oieratiHl the yeiir round. Il Ih ox
liected that new volnn will Ihi tnpM-d
in ruiinliig the tunnel, an the moun
tain through which il in to be driven
Ih iilmont nolid quart. The tunnel,
and mill will cont in the ncighWhwnl
of .f L',000,000, ami nctivu work will be
commenced .March 1.
KoblM'rlen and holdup uru nniil to bo
numeroiiH in Dnwnou. Thu latent rob
lnry wan the holdliig-up of the Domin
ion Fiihnin by two mimked men, who
necured .$1,100. Two men were nrrent
ed for the crime. One of them con
fewed, implicating the other.
OIQ ALA8KAN SNOWSLIDE.
White Pan and Yukon Road lllockaded-An.
other Klch Strike Reported.
Port TowtiHend, Wnsh., Jnn. 20.
Thu steamur Dlrlgo arrived from
Hkagwny today, bringing DO pnsncng
ern, some of whom were from the
Klondike. They report that connldor
able excitement provnlln at DawHon
over the ntrlklng of second bedrock
on tho Kldurndo, on tho bunch claim
Joining No. 27. Thu dnpth of tho sec
ond bedrock Ih 30 feet beneath the
Unit, nnd when thu grnvel was renched
near tho bedrock it ran from Jl to
$r to thu pan.
Thu White Pass & Vukon ILillrond
Ih blockaded and passengers hnvo to
bo trnnHferred across a big snow-slide
which covers th'u track. On tho night
of January 3, thero wns n slldo a mile
and a hnlf whlo nnd 100 feet long,
covering tho track to n depth of eight
fcot It extends clear across tho sum
mit and as far along Lake Dennett as
Pennington. Just as thu Dlrlgo sailed,
rotary hiiow plows woro sent out, nnd
It was expected tho track would bo
cleared In n fow dnys.
Circle City, onco n lending mining
camp In tho North, Is now deserted ex
cept by storo-kcopers, tho population
having stampeded to Good Pasture
Creek, In tho Tnnnna country, whom
rich gravel has been discovered. Tho
pay on Good Pasture Creek runs
from 10 to 20 cents to the pan. Pny
dirt has also been struck on sovoral
trlbutnrlus of tho crook, nnd about
200 claims have been located.
DANISH ISLAND PLANTERS.
Say Sugar Trade Will lie Ruined II the Sale
It Not Consummated.
St. ThomnB, D. W. I., Jan. 11.
Tho following cablegram signed by n
largo number of tho residents of the
Danish West Indies, was sent from tho
Danish island of St. Croix to tko Min
ister of Finance nnd tho Hlgsdng at
Copenhagen January 3:
"Continuing tho memorial to his
majesty, King Christian, Juno, 1900,
tho unilorslgnod planters, representing
38.000 acres out of a total of 50,000
ncrcs, and merchants and other rep
resentatives of tho Danish West In
dies nssort that If tho Aniorlcnn innr
kot Is not secured by tho snlo of the
Islands, tho sugar Industry horo will
suffer sovoroly nnd will havo to couso
In tho near future, tho prices for sugar
now ruling being bolow tho cost of
producing Unit nrtlclo."
Subsequent signatures secured to
this moBsngo raised tho rntlo of rep
resentation to nlno-tonth of tho total
acrengo under cultivation.
Philadelphia Returns to Panama.
Colon, Colombia, Jan. 15. Tho Unit
ed States ei'iilBor Phllnilolphln re
turned to Panama yesterday from La
Tablns, whlthor sho convoyed tho
commissioners who purposed to nr
rango an oxchango of prisoners bo
tweon tho Colombian govornmont and
tho Liberals. An oxchango of fifty,
olght prisoners was llnnlly agreed up
on, to talto placo on tho Island of Tn
hoga, in tho gulf of Panama, ton miles
south of Panama.
SKNAT0HS UII0SKN
GORMAN, FORAKER AND MC
CREARY ARE ELECTED.
Ilouies Voted Separately, hut Will Meet in
Joint Senlon to Ratify Action - Demo,
erati Were Solid In Hie Maryland Legli.
lature They Alio Elect a Slate Treat
urer, Annapolis, Mil., Jan. in. Dx-Unltud
States Senator Arthur I'uo Gorman
wits yoHterilay elected to occupy the
placo In tho Honate which ho lost In
tho general elections four yoarH ago,
and regained in November IuhI. He
received ovory Democratic voto in
both branches of tho General Assemb
ly. Gorman will talto IiIh neat in
March, 1903, when Heator (leorgo L.
Wellington will retire.
Senator foraker Re.Elecled.
Columbus, O., Jan. 10. The House
and Honato of the Ohio Legislature
balloted separately yoBterday for Unit
ed StutcH Henntor. Senator Joseph H.
Foraker, ciiuciih nominee of the Re
publicans ,wiih reelected over Hon.
Charles W. Maker, of Cincinnati, thu
Democratic nominee.
Election In Kentucky
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 1C James II.
McCruary was formnlly elected Sonnt
or by thu two houses of the Legisla
ture ycHtorday In separate hchhIoii.
The votes will be ratified In Joint ses
sion today.
INCREASE IN POPULATION.
Percentage In Different Parti of the Country
In the Lail Decade.
Washington, Jnn. 15. Tho director
of tho census announced today the
percentage of Increase of population
in different parts of the country, show
ing for the InBt deendo n rapid do
crease from provInuB rate of growth
of population In tho wcHt, a less
marked but decided decrease In the
north, and n slight Increnso In tho
south. For tho first tlmo In tho his
tory of this country, tho population
of tho south has Increased somowhat
more rapidly than that of tho north.
Tho cast, geographically, Is Included
In tho turm north. Tho rnto for tho
growth In tho north, west and south
Is far more nearly tho same than it
over has been. Tho otllclnl announce
ment divides tho country as follows:
West, from tho Pacific to tho eastern
boundary of Montnnn, Wyoming, Col
orado anil Now Mexico; north nnd
south, tho respective Hides of a lino
formed hy tho Ohio nnd Potomac riv
ers nnd tho southern boundaries of
Missouri mid Kansas. Tho per cent
of IncrenHO from 1800 to 1880 was G1.9
In tho north, 48. t In tho south nnd
isri.fi In tho west, whllo In tho last
twenty years, 1880-1900, It was 48.7 in
tho north, 48.5 south nnd 131.5 west.
Prior to tho civil war, the northern
states nearly doubled In population
with ench twenty years, while In tho
southern states tho Increase of popu
lation was only nbout two-thirds as
great. Since 1800, tho rato of growth
In both parts of tho country has been
much less, but whilo tho rato of
growth In tho north has decreased
steadily, that In tho south during the
twenty years from 1800 to 1880 has
been slightly less. During tho last
twenty years thero has been no sub
stantial differences In tho rato of
growth of theso two sections. The per
cent of increnso of growth of theso
regions during each of tho
last two tcn-yonr periods fol
lows: 1880-1890, north, 24.8; south.
20.1; west. 71.3. 1890-1900, north, 19;
south, 2.4; west. 31.9.
If tho comparison Ih limited to tho
states cast of tho Mississippi river,
classing Minnesota and Louisiana
with tho wostom ijtntes, tho result Is
slightly different. It would show the
Increnso to bo: 1880-1890, north. 20.1;
south, 1G; 1890-1900, north. 19.9;
south, 17.7. When tho trmiB-Mlssls-BlppI
states aro omitted, tho rato of
growth In tho north Is slightly greater
than that In tho south, but tho prosont
ilKToronco botweon tho two sections
In this rospont Is nbout half what It
was between 1880 nnd 1890, nnd loss
than ono-soventh of what It wns be
tween 1850 nnd 1800.
$275,000 Grain Elevator Fire,
Chlcngo, Jnn. 15. A loss estimated
nt nearly $275,000 was causod hy a
flro that broko out nt 1:45 o'clock this
morning In tho plant of tho J. F.
Well branch of tho Aniorlcnn Malting
Company. Tho firo started in tho
clovator, a groat structuro 150 fect
high, which was filled with barloj'
almost to Its capacity. Tho building
wns destroyed nnd tho contents nro
almost a total loss. Just south of
tho .limiting company's plant nro tho
Pnnhnndlo frolght yards, nnd at tho
outset of tho flro thero was sorlous
monneo to n vast amount of rolling
stock. As It wns, sovoral freight cars
woro destroyed.
The llarcelona Strike.
Ilarcolonn, Jnn. 10. Tho motnl
workers horo at a mooting docldod to
continue tho strike, which Is consider
ed not unllkoly to last for six months.
Tho motnl mnstors havo nddrossed u
momorlnl to tho Sonntors nnd Depu
ties, making n tlnnl appeal to tho mot
nl workors. Tho mnstors say tho fac
tories will bo oponod tomorrow on n
basis of ton hours n dny nnd offor to
consider tho strikers' Just claims.
Rut If tho strlkos nnd riots contluo
thoy will closo tholr factories.
New Policy of Chlneie Onpreu Not Appar.
ent- Her Advliori Thoroughly Impreutd.
Pekln, Jan. 10. Tlio first week of
thu rehabilitation of tjio Forbldih-n
City and of tho court's resumption of
nuthorliy nt tho capital has been a
period of Interest to all classes of Chi
nose am) foreigners, hut tho work lias
hardly nulllceil to furnish proof from
which deductions regarding the policy
of the ICmproHM Downker under tlx
now condition can ho drawn. That
sho governs as absolutely as before,
and that nlio recognizes that foreign
Interests and opinions must be respect
ed Ih apparent.
Two powerH nro gaining nBcendnncy
In the council of tho Dowager Km
prcHH. The first of those Ih Yuan Shi
Knl, wtio Is pro-foreign to tho extent
of appreciating thu strength of foreign
nations and tho necessity for China's
adoption of tho Instruments by which
such strength w.'ih attained. Tho sec
ond power Ib Yung Lu, '.ho Imperial
Treasurer, who Ih tho most Influential
among tho udvlserB of tho KmpreHH
Dowager, who is ! 'tterly hostile to
foreigner but who Ih temporarily lm
pressed with the advisability of con
ciliating them. Tumi Shi Kal, the
Governor of Chi LI Province, having
10,000 or 12,000 of the best troops In
China lu and about tho capital, Is the
personage the Kmpregs Dowager mtibt
consider.
It ban not yet appeared that the
modernization of the court Is moie
than skin deep. All the old methods
of corruption nnd Intrigue for ofllce.
tho purchase of favors and bribery to
secure audiences, havo been resumed
with a vigor Indicating that official
dom Ih trying to mnke up for lost
time.
Two odlctH. which are largely tho
result of the lnnlHtanco of tho French
Minister at Pekln. woro IsBiied today.
Tho II i st In strong terms admonlsher
all olllclals to protect and maintain
the rights of native Christians, and
forbids discrimination against Chris
tians. Tho second edict dismisses
from offlco n numbo of officials for
complicity In the Hoxer movement.
NEW CANAL SCHEME.
Company Propoies to Cut the lithmus East
of the Panama Route.
New York, Jan. 17. Plans for a
new ship canal will lie prunented next
Thursday before the senate committee
on canals by General I-Mward W. Her
roll, for the American Isthmus Cana,
dViipany nnd the Isthmus Companyl
Iwtli corj.omtionH of ,New Jornoy. The
route for tho canal proponed in from
tlio Gulf of San Ulan to the Pacific
ocean lndiind the Pearl Mauds and is
called the Mundigo route.
It will be proponed that the company
buihl the canal under thu protection
and supervision of the government,
without any cont to tho United States,
which w ill lnt asked to guarantee the
bonds of the company. The company
will propo.-e that the government havo
tho lino of tho canal freo of charge for
all government vessels, and if at any
time tlio company does not do us
agreed, tho government shall take ixs
nession of the canal. The comjuny
annertsjthatitj has secured a right of
way.
The newly suggested route is less
than 30 miles long and therefore is
shorter than any other no fur pro
poned. No engineering difficulties aro
encountered, its supporters nay, until
a spur of tlio Andes is reached. This
mountain chain must be pierced by a
tunnel seven miles long and tho plans
state that it will bo 200 feet high, 180
feet wide and deep enough for tho
largest vessels which would go through
the canal. Tho rock through which
the tunnel would bo cut is said to he
solid granite. In the tunnel n trolley
appliance would tow the nhipn.
General Serrell, who is at the head
of the project, was engineer for thu
Panama rail road, and hasjCacted as en
gineer for tho government. The late
It. P. Kothwcll, who at one time was
president of the Society of Mining
F.ngincers, and editor of the Mining
Journal, thought tho scheme entirely
feasible, ami was heartily in sympathy
with it at thu time of his death.
CHINA THANKS UNITED STATES.
For Protecting Forbidden City Duriug Box.
er Tronbles.
Washington, Jnn. 15. Mr. Wu, tho
Chlncso minister, todny handed Secre
tary Hay tho following edict, trans
mitted to him hy Wol Wu Pu, at Po
kin, In n cablegram dated January
11, 1902:
"By order of her Imperial majesty,
tho empress dowager, wo submit tho
following edict:
"D'urlng tho disturbances caused by
tho Doxors last year, tho Anierlcnn
commanding officer8 Issued strict or
dors to their troops to oxort strenu
ous efforts to protect tho buildings
within tho forblddon city. This whs
nn net of friendship worthy of Imita
tion, for which wo feel exceedingly
gratified and grateful. Wo thoroforo
Instruct Wu Ting Fnng to convoy our
expression of thnuks through tho sec
retary of stnto to his oxcolloncy, tho
president of tho United States. Re
spect this."
Filipinos Buy a Ship.
Tacomn, Jnn. 15. Tho Manila
Times roports thnt tho Urltlsh ship
Colesto llorrlll hns boon purchased nt
auction nt Hong Kong by Filipinos,
and wlilhorcnftor fly tho American
flng.'fTho Ccilesto llorrlll sailed from
Mnnlla sovoral months ngo for Port
Townsond nnd Tnconin. Whllo off tho
FovmoBnn const bIic encountered a se
voro typhoon, which threatened hor
destruction. When tho storm abated
sho managed to reach Hong Kong.
MmB 'if? linv'' ,nx,'l "lp ft'rtlll,y of ,ic so" nn'1
0. -nX'My IWi I returned little to It. The farmcra of
Throwing the Hull,
Put n halter on. Take n sound or
dinary cart rope, make n loop at one
end and pass It over the head and let
It rest cIoho around the neck, low
down, like n collar; tiring the rope to
the near side, pass It over the back
Just behind the shoulders, bring It un
derneath the chest nnd paHH It under
nnd then nbove the rope, so iih to make
n loop around the chest: carry the rope
back, pass it over the lolnn and bring
It underneath tho belly, clone to tho
uniiKs; mnKe anouicr loop us in-iuivji
and carry the rope straight beliinu wie
nnlmnl nnd tighten up the loops, one
close to the cIIkjws, tho other close to
the hind Hanks. All being ready. In-
7-f
HOW TO TllllOW
struct the man who holds the baiter
Hhank to pull forward, nnd nt the same
time the men who have hold of the
loose end of the rope to pull straight
backward, and down the animal goes,
generally without a struggle. Keep
the head down nnd the rope firm, nnd
as a rule the animal lies quietly until -such
time It is desired he should get
up, when slacken the rope nnd up he
gets, none the worse for the casting.
Tho heaviest hull may be cast In this
way, but of course no one would think
of casting an In-calf cow or heifer
cither this or any other way. Ex
change. I'.tTectH of Freezing Seeds.
Prof. A. D. Sclby of the Ohio station
has tested the effects of extreme cold
upon certain seeds. Including corn,
wheat, rye. Max. sunflower, castor
bean. cucumber, mimosa, yellow lupine,
sain foln and plue. They were taken
right from the temperature of the room
and Immersed lu liquid air, for six,
twelve, twenty-four and forty-eight
hours for each lot. The liquid air rep
resents a temperature equal to 310 de
grees below zero, eertaluly an extreme
test, for it Is not often that the cold
est portion of the United States reaches
much more than 50 degrees below zero.
The seeds were germinated by the side,
of lots not subjected to treatment, and1
there wns no essential difference In the
proportion that germinated. The corn
was not of high grade, and the starchy
portion cracked badly, but the germ
did not seem to be nffected. The ex
treme cold seemed to be favorable rath
er than otherwise to the tlax and rye.
Of course the semis were properly
dried, that Is air dry, before being sub
jected to the test, hut with this precau
tion the farmer need not fear Injury
to seeds from freezing weather. If the
castor bean, native of a tropical cli
mate, could endure such cold, our gar
den beans and peas should do so, and
we see no good reason why squash,
pumpkin nnd melon seed should not en
dure cold ns well ns cucumbers, or
clover, cabbage, turnip and others of
the same size as well as lupine and
flaxseed. Amerlcau Cultivator.
Growing Corn
Secretary Wilson said, after return
ing from his Inspection of the corn
crop last fall, that thero were many
fields Injured by the heat withering
the tassels so that they failed fertilize
the silk; but this was much less uo
tlceable where there was au abundance
of organic or vegetnble mutter from
plowed-under grass roots. Shallow cul
tivating frequently, so as to maintain a
dust mulch of two or three Inches on
tho surface, also seemed n beueflt
where It wns practiced, ns It prevent
ed evaporation of moisture below, ns
also the orgnulc mutter helped to re
tain moisture In the soil. Much of
the bottom land Is too wet In tho
spring, causing the corn roots to spread
out too near tho surface, and nlso to
dry up when tho drought came. Such
land should be utidcrdralned, that this
surplus moisture may be carried nway,
tho ground bo ready to work earlier,
and the roots to strlko down deeper.
MecttiiK Farm Competition.
Time wns when tho farmer needed
only to keep closo watch of what other
farmers lu his own county or State
woro doing In order to meet competi
tion fairly. Now ho must keep his
eyo on competitors In every Stnto In
tho Union and even thou he frequently
finds himself running behind. The
remedy lies largely In chniige V meth
ods and the building up of soil fertil
ity. Many of the farms In the West,
and In the great corn-belt sections nt
that, nro not producing corn to com
pare In quality and yield per nero with
many of tho cornfields of tho Kast, on
farms that have been worked, some of
thorn, for moru than a century, because
tho owucra of theso Western farms
tho South learned the lesson of over
taxing tho soil by the constant crop
ping to cotton, nnd n bitter lesson It
was. They are wiser now, nnd nro
realizing tlm value of xtock, of legumes
and of the Judicious use of commercial
fertilizers. The soil of every farm U
the factory of Its owner nnd to pro
duce the greatest crops possible for nn
Indefinite period It must have constant
care, study and Improvements, other
wise, like nny wornout mnchlne. It will
fall to produce results. Indlanapoll.t
News.
Use of lrccrvatlvct.
The committee of the Urltlsh Local
Government lionrd hns been for two
years Investigating the subject of pre
servatives nod coloring matter In
foods, and their report does not indi
cate the danger from their use that
had been feared by the alarmists. They
name ns those preservatives four
classes, borax or boric acid and Us
compounds, sulphurous acid and sul
phites, salicylic ncld or Its soda salt,
which Ih more soluble, nnd formnllna
or formaldehyde (made from wood al
cohol). Of these the Inst Is the only
one lu which they could find nny proof
of Injury canned by their use. Yet as
milk that is clean nnd properly cared
for needs no preservatives, they would
run no risks In an article of food so
largely consumed by young children
and recommend thnt the addition of
preservatives or coloring matter to'
milk offered for sale In the United
Kingdom shall he on offense under tho
"sale of food and drugs" net. They
would have the use of formaldebydo
and Its preparations absolutely prohib
ited, and that salicylic acid should not
be used to over the nmount of ono
grain In n pint or pound of food. Thero
Is no evidence that It Is hurtful In
this small quantity. For butter,
cream and margerlne only boric ncld
or borate of soda should be allowed
to be used, and that only to amount of
one-fourth of one per cent In cream
and one-half of one per cent In butter.
Handy Feeding Ilox.
The feeding box will prevent tho
greedy or stronger Individuals from
getting more than their share of food.
Chopped roots, cabbage. etct are
placed In the box nnd by the shape of
the backboarl kept In motion as tho
supply at the bottom Is eaten through
FEEDING BOX.
the narrow opening of the front board.
The box Is supported on a low, table
like structure with a narrow cleat
around the edge, to prevent the food
from fulling to the ground. A cover
should be attached so that the fowls or
sheep can not get at the contents of
the box from the top.
Comfort for Swine.
A model sleeping room for swine may
lie cheaply constructed by using heavy
lumber nnd covering It with tnrred
paper. The house should be set up from
the ground the height of n brick laid
fiat at each corner and the space be
tween the corners filled lu with boards
to keep out the wind. The floor should
be of plonk or cement, nnd there should
be some division between the portion
where the animals are to sleep and tho
clear space In the house. This division
need be nothing more thnn nn eight
Inch plank set on edge. Plenty of straw
should bo used for bedding, nnd when
It Is broken up so thnt It 'Is too tine for
this purpose It mny be scattered orer
tho tloor In the clear portion of tho
house.
Make the Cow Comfnrtntile.
A cow Is n great deal like a person.
Sho enjoys n good nnd comfortnblu
placo to eat nnd sleep as well as any
ninu. Do you think that you would en
Joy standing out on tho south side of a
barbed wire fence to eat your meaU
when tho wind Is blowing ut the rato
of forty or fifty miles nn hour from tho
northwest In the winter? No, I guess
uott Cuti you expect n cow to mako
you money when served In that way?
Then, summing up all of this, the cow
must be nt perfect ease nnd comfort
ably situated and havo kind trout incut
In order to glvo good results.
How .Much Grain.
Tho amount of grain fed should vary
with tho Individuality of tho cowb. says
Prof. D. II. Otis. A cow giving thirty
live to forty pounds of milk dally will
need from twelve to fifteen pounds per
day, while a cow giving fifteen to
twenty pounds of milk will proliahly
not need over six to olght poundo of
grain. The nmount of grain Hhotild
vnry with the yield or milk. C,iv tlio
cows nil the grain they will coimumo ut
n profit.