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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1902)
A mu LOUS MARCH TGIimULE HAIIDBHIP8 8UFFEP.ED OY A PAUTY OF MAHINEH. Men Were Wllhoul I'iiuiI lor Several Days Uellel Parly Countl Several of Hit Com. iny Delirious Insurgent Officer Sur. rcntltrctl right llctwccn Police and lit. bill Ld by Two Americans. Hnnlln, Jan. .'10. General Chuffco oiirtnllod It Im Irlp mill returned linru tlilrt morning. Jlo hi'm tut found thii conditions satisfactory everywhere ox supt In Kiiiimr, whom cuntliiiinuH rain during lint minI two mouths bus re tarded tliii cniiipulgii, escclally against niirli mi elusive enemy. Tim condition ol Caitaln David II. Portor'H murines, who took part In tlm xMlltlon Into tint Interior u( Hamar, Ih worwi than previously described. 'II 117 suffered (earful hardships, and worst wltlioill fins! for several days. Tlmy had Ik-cii irnvlde with ration for only five ilayH. Tim natives who ticcompuiilcd tlm inarlneM declared they worn unalilo to distinguish the edlhln root, which the murines did not be llnvti. The anger of tlm inarineN against the natives 1m intense. None of the latter returned with tlm marines. Tlm murines suffered so acutely (rum stnrvutlnu that they ate raw the I lech of two dogs. When Captain Porter and 2(1 of IiIh men staggered Into camp January 2 thoy worn delirloiiH, and dlfllculty wax 'XM)rIencd In ascertaining the wherea bouts of their companionM. Williams, of the First Infantry, headed the relief xKdltinu in the face of a terrlhle storm which Hooded tlm rivers, lie xuiTcded in reaching the remaining 10 moil, who would otherwise huvu cer tainly perished. He found them all delirious. Two o( tlm men went din covered in tlm brunches of trcex, burk Inn like dogs. Some of the marinex am no ill that they are not likely to re cover. Gcnornl Cliaffee hax ondenvorod to ohUiln full detailx of tlm trip of the inarincH, hut Captain Porter ix not yet ahle lucidly to explain matterx. Major IM and three Filipino lieuten ant, with 10 rlflex, three rovolvcrx and 21 Itolnx, xiirremlered to .Major Andor M)ii, o( the Sixth cavalry, yosterduy at I.ipn, province o( ButungiiH. Iot -wax brought In xirk on a litter. He Ix cordially hated at I.I pa, where he hxtcd $5fi,000 worth of jewelry from promin ent famlllex. NIckerum'H scouts have niptuml Colonel Iot, 11 brother of Ma jor Lot, near Butuugus. Lieutenant I-ariied, of tlm Sixth cav nlry, had it slight engagement with some Filipinos, during which Im killed two insurgents and captured a captain and two soldiers. Tho general nut l(K)k in Butungas province ix decidedly favornhli). A party of insurgents, led hy two renegade Amerlcaiix, recently entered Jtlniigulung, in I)' to province, claim ing they wure constabulary, hut not yet uniformed. Tlm impostors were taken to police hcndipuirtcrH and were royally entertained hy the native sergeant in charge. At 11 given signal the rem) guile and insurgents fell on tlm police, who, though oiituumlicred two to one, fought dexperately and drove off their nxxailnutx after 11 haiiil-to-hand light, which holox were tlm chief weaponx. The victory wax notable, ux the police were completely surprised and outnum bered. They lost two men killed and Intel one man wounded. The insur jjontu loft one man dead. TENEMENT-HOUSE FIRE. Eight Livti Loit in 1 lloiton Maze Several More Serlouily lnurtd. Boston, Jan. !I0. F.ight porxoiiH woro killed, threo probably fatally burned, three seriously hurt In Jump ing from windows, mid othorH more or Iohh hurt ax a result of 11 llru juxt be foro 2 o'clock in an Italian tenement houses on Fleet xtreet, North End. Sovcn of the dead are adtillH, three of them women, and the eighth ix a child. The building wax xix stories in height. The llru wax not scon until it wnH under hiic.1i headway that thu sleep ing inmatex on tho upper Hour wero cut off. Iloforo tho llromen got on tho xcono two women and 11 man wore won to throw themselves from tho wiiidnwx of tho third floor to tho street below. After tho firemen had succeeded in subduing tho llamox they began n Honrch of tho far roomx and found eight bodlos. Tho flremon and police olll cliils labored bard in giving tho unfort unates omorgmicy treatment, but tboir offorts worn in vnin, for nil hud in haled flanio nnd smoko, and thdlr bod Ioh, in moxt ciihoh, wore blixtered by tho florco heat which thoy had 011 fountored. Admiral Klmberly Dead. WnRhington Jitn. !!0. Secrotnry Iong biiHrcoolved a telegrnm nnnoiidnc Ing tho death of Admiral LowIh N. Kimborly, U. 8. N., retired, at W'wt Nowton, Miihx., thin morning, of heart dlxortxo. Admiral Kimborly wax soloctod for xorvico on tho Sehloy court of Inquiry, but wiih compelled to do cllno on account of ill health. Ho had a long and dlBtinguiahod xorvlco in tho United Statos navy. Ho wiih bom in How York, und appointed from IllinoiB. 8KY8CIIAPEH8 UOYCOTTED. Peculiar I'ljilit llclnit Made by Clilcajto Coal Tcamileri. Chicago, Jan. IK). Cuul teamxlerx renewed their war 011 big down town hulhllngx today. The (Joal TeaniNter'x Union decided that itx meuiborx xhould cart no coal to buildingx whoro gax Ix iikoiI during tlm xuminur moiithx. At H o'clock 10(1 drlvorx worn ordered to xtop by olllclalx of tlm union, and promptly obeyed tho order. President Albert Young, ol tlm Coal Teamxlerx' Union, Hald: "Wo have already utoppcd hauling coal to tlm Old Colony building, the Mnnaduock, the Palmer homo and tlm Auditorium, and before night not 11 union teaumter will bo hauling coal to a building that iifch gax for fuel during tho xuinumr. During tho hint cold fillip our men wero worked to death. Ilulldiugx that had formerly mcd fuel gax found nut that coal wax neeoxeary anil our men had to work day anil night, and at that time were nimble to meet the demand. Many of tho regular coal hurnerx wore compelled to wait for coal, and xuffered greatly on ac count of our Inability to mipply the de mand.' .Milton llixith, Mcrctnry of tho Coal Teauixterx' Union, cald: "Wo tire not In the fight alone, hut have the mipport of the coal men. Wo would have conducted tho ciimpaign alone had It been ncciwitry, but witli the aid of our nmploycrx wo are in a much better condition to conduct the light ami it will lie a lively one." Alter the teauiHterx' boycott againct tlm cky pcraixTX had been In effect (or (our liourx, llremen, enulueerx and elevator comluctorx threatened to co operate with the tcaun-torx. 'I'll Ih af ternoon a meeting of the prominent coal dealerx and property ownerx wax held, and a truce wax declared until Friday. In tho meautimo union men )iohi to inllueiico thocoumimcrH.to burn coal tho year round'. CHOICE OF ROUTE8. Substitute for Nicaragua Canal lllll li Intro, duced In the Senate. Washington, Jan. .'JO. Juxt before tho adjournment of tlm i-eniite Senator Hpoonor today introduced a Mibhtltutn (or the Nicaragua canal bill. The new bill ix a practical authorization to tho pruxldciit of tho United Statt'x tochnoi-o between tho Panama and Nicaragua route. Tlie Ilrxt provlxiou lnokx to tlm acipiixitiou of the frnnchii-cx, right of way and other proH!rty of tho new Pnnamii canal company of Franco, in eluding that company'x control of tho Panama railroad. Tho president ix uilthori.ed to iay $10,000,0(10 for thepo "pnivided a cut ihfactury title can Ikj obtained." Ho ix then authorized to M-ctiro tho necoxMiry conceiixlonx from tlm republic of Colombia, the.e to Include the perH!tual control of a 10 mile xtrip of territory from tho Caribbean hu to tho I'acillc ocean. A canal xuflicieiit to ac comiiKxlalo tho largext vcjk'Ih ix then to bo conxtrucUsI, under tho Mi)or vlxh.u of tho Kccretury of war. Tim bill alxo carriex an alternative proviHiou authorizing tlm president to priH'eed with tho coiiKtructinu of tho Nicaragua canal in caxo ho fallx to te cum tho necoxi-ary concomdonx from (Colombia or a Mttixfactory title from tho Panama canal company. An immediate appropriation of $10, 000,000 ix niitdo in either evunt. Tho limit of cott ix llxod at $i:!,r,000,000 in ciim) tho Panamii route ix choi-un, wlille $1110,000,000 Ih allowed in cuk tho choice fallx on tho Nicaragua route. GREAT HOTEL EMPTIED. Fire In Adjoining Building Drove Gueiti From the Llndell. St. Iiuix, Jan. 30, Two hundred and thirty guoutH of the Llndell hotel wore driven from their npartmeutx into tlm Hleoty htreot tonight by Humes which wrecked tho adjoining building at thu corner of Seventh xtrcot nnd Waxbington avenue, und for 110 min utes threatened to Hweep nwuy tho Iioh tolry. Women wero curriod from tlio upper lloor.n by clovator, nnd down tlio xtnirx in n fainting condition. MotherH with iufautH in their arms groped their wny through xuffocatlng xmoko. Men dragged thoir trunkn after thorn down tho broad Htairwayn of tho hotel, and clerkH in tho olllco hastily pro cured the valuables of tho guos-tH from xafox and vaults and carried thorn to placex of greater xafoty. Tho Htructiiro in which tho llru originated wiih tho old O'Neill building. A dozen or more firms occupied it, nnd tho lossos mifforod by then) llrms will approxl mato $300,000. Tlio Lindoll hotel wax damaged by wnoko to tho extent of $lio,000- Japanese Soldien Frozen to Death. London, Jan. HO. Tlm Tokio corre spondent of tho Dally Express cablos that over 1200 xoldlers luivo boon frozen to doatli in Nothorn Japan. Drouth in India. London, Jan. !10. Tho viceroy of India telegraphs that tlm drouth is drying tho crops in liongal, tlio Norm wostorn nrov iicoh anil In Punjab, llio nutuinn crops nro fair In tlio provlnco of Bcind and in tho JJombay uecenn. MATH ANJ) JtUIN OIIEAT EXPLO8ION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Six Men Lose Their Uvei Number ol In. jured Keachei One Hundred lllait Goet Oil Without Warning at Tunnel of New Rapid Transit Hallway Property Loss is lisllmated at $1,000,000. Now York, Jan. HI). Tho roxurvn Hiipply rif high (ixploxivox stored at tho Park aveniio shaft of tho lEapid Transit tunnel, now In courco of comitriictlou, blew up shortly after mxm today. Tho giant blast killed six xjrionx, injured 100 others and damaged all tho projxir ty reached by tlm flying debris and the vibration of tlio shock. Tho irregular sipiaro formed by tho Murray Hill hotel 011 tho west, tho .Manhattan Kyu and Knr hoxpitul and thu (irand Union hotel 011 tho oust, ami tho (irand Central station on tho north, wax tho scene of tho explosion. I Tlm buildings named sustained tho. greatexl damage, but tho area extended for several blocks in tlio four directions from tho center, (ii'iieral alnrmx brought firemen, po lice reserves ami every available aiiibu- lanco to tho spot. A majority ol tho wounded were treated on tho spot, and tint white coated ambulance surgeons worked for an hour in the debris-strewn streets. Police linen wero thrown at either end of Park avenue andacroxs the Intersecting streets. Tho cause of the explosion and tho (piautity of explosives that blew up aro not definitely known. Several causes have Ix-en advanced. Ono wax that 11 flro started near the xjudcr room. Another was that It started from a spark produced from a stray current of electricity. A third placed tlio blamo iiK)ii 11 blast in the tunnel. Still another gave a gax explosion from elec trical contact with the trolley conduit in tho electrical subway. It will take an olllcial examination to reveal the true explanation. Tlio damage may exceed $1,000,000. The first estimate of tlio damage to the Murrav Hill hotel places the Ioxx at $100,000, but later tho hotel wax abandoned ax unsafe. If tho building ix condemned, the loss on it alone will approximate $1,000,000. 18 BEST FOR THE CANAL. Delay in Reporting Hill Saving of Time Lat er Nicaragua Is Most Favored. Washington, Jan. 'JO. An attempt Is being made to make capital out of the delay in roKrting tho canal bill, but Senator Mitchell xays that time will be saved in having every jHissiblo feature of opposition to Nicaragua developed in tho committee, so that there can bo no reipiestx for further investigation, or further delay after tho bill comes lxiforo tho senate. Then it will simply Ihi a question which is tlio ln'st route, and while the matter may bo discussed at length, debate cannot bo drawn out, as it might be, should some senator hold that the committee had not gath ered all the facts obtainable. Senator Hunna acknowledges that the commit too is Hiirely in favor of tho Nicaragua bill, there being three majority against Panama, whenever the committee is ready to vote. Dole Not Asked to Resign Sain Parker, who was onco promi nent in Hawaiian affairs, 11 member of tlio Republican national committee from t li tit territory, is stirring up moro or less gossip about tho governor ship, and already several stories have been published that ho is to succeed Dolo. It was ascertained at tho White House today that Dole's resignation bad not yet been asked for, mid tho president has not decided to solect Parker if ho finds it necessary to make a change. Ho is considering tho case, and It is possible after ho obtains all tho facts that Dolo may bo removed, and that Parker may bo appointed, but some other man instead of Parker stands just as good a chance. It is rotorteil that General Milos and Admiral Dowoy nro to bo sent to lCuropo as roirosontativos of tho St. Louis ox position, to nrouxo interest in tho en terprise and secure foreign exhibits. Should this bo done, both will first hnvo to obtain permission from their respective departments. American Invitations to Kruger. Loudon, Jan. "II. Tho correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph at Brussels says in a dispatch that Mr. Kruger hits re ceived frosh invitations from Chicago, Now York and Philadelphia to visit those citios, anil that ho will probably start upon an American tour next April. Fire at Montclalr, N. J. Now York, Jan. 21). Firo nt Mont clalr, N. J,, early today destroyed sev eral buildings in tho business section. Otbor buildings wero badly damaged. Loss, $05,000. Mt. Athos Monastery Burned. London, Jan. 20, Telegraphing from Vienna, tho correspondent of tho Daily Chroniclo says tho nowsparorH of Ath ens report that tho colobratod St. Paul inonastory on Mount Athos, was burned two days ago. Tho prior and nino monks porishod and 20 others wore sorlously injured. Tho occupnnts of tho monastory were sleeping whon tho flro broko out, according to tho Athens pnpors, nnd tlio monastery itsolf was damngod to tho extent of $400,000. TWELVE YEAR8 IN HIDING). G, A llennett at Last Arrested (or Extensive Cattle Stealing. Missoula, Mont., Jan. 2!). O. A. llennett, formerly a prominent merch ant of this city, who for the past 12 years has Ix'en hiding from an Indict ment ul a grand Jury Issued October 12, 181)0, on 11 charge of stealing cattle, was brought last night to Missoula by tho heriff. The story of his downfall, so far ax can bo learned, is that stockmen, In the summer of 1H00, had been missing entile, and suspicion fell on Bennett and his range riders. A closo watch was kept on them with the result that evidence against licnnett, which wax laid before tho district judge, wax con sidered sufficient by that official to war runt bin calling a grand jury to investi gate the matter. Alter a session last ing several days, the grand jury re turned a verdict against llennett nnd four others, charging them with steal ing cuttle. Bennett drove from his homo direct ly through this city to some unknown point on tlio Northern Pacific, where dressed in woman's garb, ho made his escape. The various sheriffs of this county since tho escape have constant ly been on the lookout for him. Some weeks ago the sheriff located bis mutt at Albuquerque, N. M., arid quietly left the city for tho south with nil tho neco-siiry paers for Ids arrest and re turn here. At the time tho nffuir became public licnnt'tt wax operating a slaughter house und in searching the place, tho grand jury found upwards of 100 cattle hides bearing the brunds of (everal Jiitter Hoot stockmen hid in tho river nnd buried in tho ground in tlinf. vicinity. TROOPS FOR PHILIPPINES. Two Companies of the Eighth Infantry Re. ceive Orders. Helena, Mont., Jan. 20. Orders wero received at Fort Harrison today from (ienerul Miles, at Washington, for two companies of tho Kighth in fantry to prepares for transfer to tho Philippines. No time was set for the departure of the troops and the date of their leaving will probably not bo known until the arrival at San Fran cisco of tho infantry which is to tuko the place of the various commands now in tlm department of the Dakotux. Two companies o( tlio Kighth aro at Fort Harrison, ono nt Fort Missoula, and one at Fort Yates, 8. I). All are ordered to tho Presidio, whence they will embark for the Philippines. Sailing Dates lor Returning Troops. Washington, Jan. 29. Tho war de partment has been informed that the troops which aro to come homo from the Philippines will nail from Manila its follows: Twenty-second infantry, February 1; Twentieth infantry, February 1U; bead quarters and FTrst nnd Second battal ionx Seventeenth infantry, February 28 Tlm Third battalion of tlio Seventeenth infantry will sail from Manila after the arrival there of the Second battal ion of the Twenty-seventh infantry, lx-'tween March 1 and 10. Pan-American Conference. City of Mexico, Jan. 29. The pro ject for an international court of claims was presented nt today's session of .no Pan-American conference. Though it has not attracted the samo amount of attention as the arbitration treaty, it is of even greater practical importance. It is in reality itself a compulsory arbi tration plan, niiplied, however, only to controversies involving nothing but pecuniary claims. Two Freight Sections Collide. Houston, Tex., Jan. 29. In a rear end collision between two sections of 11 stock train, at 3 p clock this morning, near Keller, 15 miles north of Fort Worth, ono man wns killed and another fatally injured. Tho men wero in the cabooso of tho first section. The wreck was caused by a donso fog which pro vented tho danger signal from being seen by tlio second section. Surprised 1 Boer Laager. Pretoria, Jan. 29. Goneral Bruce Hamilton, by a clever night march, surprised a lnagor botweon Ermelo and Bethel, in tlio Transvaal colony, and charged tho Boers, who fled in all di rections and wero pursued many miles. Ah a result of this expedition 82 Boors and a quantity of stores wero capturod. Tho casualties wero email. Fire in a Well-Known Book House. Cincinnati, Jan. 20. A flro today burned tho book houso of W. 15. Dnvio it Co., 224 lCast Fourth street, causing n loss ostimnted at $50,000. Tho es tablishment is widely known among book lovers as a repository for old and raro volumes, many of which were de stroyed. Explosion on a Spanish Gunboat Vigo, Spain, Jan. 28. Tho obsolete Spanish gunboat Condor has been towed into this port in n damaged condition, due to tho explosion of her boiler, which killed four mon and dangerous ly injured seven others, including tho conimnndor.of tho vossol. Tho boat is practically a wro k. British-Canadian Trade. London, Jan. 20, Lord Strnthcona nnd Mount It oval, Canadian high com mission in London, had addrossed let ters to tho prosa in which ho calls at tention to tho oxpanding trndo botwoon Great Britain and Canada, oxprossos his belief that this trudo is capable of much greater dovolopmont, nnd invites correspondence ns to tho boat means of assisting this dovolopmont by tho dis semination of commercial information. I'nrincrx' Letter Ilm. filnce Hie government lias begun to establish free delivery In the rurol dis tricts It Is obligatory upon each far mer to provide 11 convenient nnd snfo repository for tlio mall matter, or the carrier cannot bo compelled to ac commodate blm. The letter box re cently designed by Kdson W. Phillips, of Cuxnudaga, N. Y.. nnd shown In the picture, has n number of advan tages to recommend Its use In this ser vice, tlio principal Improvement being a signal to Indicate both to the farmer nnd carrier If there Ix anything In tho box. This Is accomplished by setting the bright-colored metallic ling In a raised position. The mast which car ries the flag Is pivoted on the side of the Ihjx nnd has a short finger lying parallel with the mast. When the mall matter Is to be Inserted In tho FOR RUItAL MAIL ROUTES. box a turn of the crank rclenses the Interior catch nnd allows tho lid to bo lifted. As the lid falls the carrier or farmer lifts the masts and sees that the projecting finger enters a tube at tho side of the lid to support the flag In an upright position. The box Is. of course, water-proof, nud the Interior locking mechanism prevents the blow ing open of the cover by a strong wind. Cown for the Datryniun. At the recent convention of the Iowa State Dairy Association ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin made one of his mas- trwt nlf.linnfl n il opinion totva fanners are fool ish In feeding the wrong kind of feed to the wrong kind of cows. Ho related how be had employed a W. D. HOARD. creamery patrons. man to visit 100 see what kind of cows each kept, what they fed and the cost and And from the creamery books how much milk each furnished. It was found that tulrty-flve of these 100 farmers milked their cows nt an actual loss and that every one of these losln herds consisted of dual purpose cows. "The reason for this." he said. "Is Ignorance and nothing else." The farm er was trying to dairy without cows suited to dairy performance, an.l he fed foods not suited to the production of milk. The high est pi'ollts In ev ery case came from the herds wh'ch were dairy bred and dairy fed. They bad dairy form and aptitude and fooJ containing a sutll- HOLSTEI.N HEAD. clcney of protein. Mr. Hoard's main contention Is that the patron Is in the rear. The cream eryiuen and the creameries are reason ably up to date, but the patron has not progressed. He Is In the rear, and so long as this Is the case no satisfac tory progress can be made, for no creamery can prosper without milk from prosperous patrons, and they can not prosper If tho milk pays little or no profit. Hone Meal for Cons. Dairymen are looking Into the ques tion of feeding their cows bone meal as part of the dally ration. In order to supply lime nnd bone making ma terial. This same question Is also In teresting those who raise hogs In large numbers. At this time few conclusive experiments are on record, hence the only ndvlce that can be given Is to try the plan with both cows and hogs that are fed largely on n corn ration, nnd note the results. There Is little doubt but what results will be beneficial for stock that consume considerable succu lent food, but the well balanced grnln ration ought to give tho desired results with cows without resorting to the bono meal experiment. As n rule, there Is too much feeding of bulk during the winter nnd not enough variety In the ration, and farmers will not get all there Is out of feeding until they work out for themselves one or moro bal anced rations for their herds. lluby Uecf. Thoso who wnut to produce what Is known as baby beef,' or animals well grown and well fattened for the butch er nt nu nge uuywhero from IS mouths to 2 years old, know that they cannot afford to let oven one day pass without milking some gain In llesh. Some of them have learned that this gain can bo mnde at tho lenst cost while tho animals nro growing, by tho use of suc culent food, grass lu tlio pasture nud green crops to supply Its pluco when n. drought cuts the grass short, or by roots nud other vegetables that hnvo not much market value. Of course, these foods make but n soft llesh, nud wo wight say water flesh, because the percentage ol molsturo In meat grown upon such food Is larger than that mndo from corn and other concen trated grain food. Hut (hero nro thoso who claim that ensilage nnd grain rwl together will mnko ns inrgp n gnln, or even mote. In live weight thnti nnjr other succulent food, und nt tho sniuo time. If properly proportioned, mnke n, good, firm Mesh, not too fat, nnd not m soft ns to shrink In the cooking. Amer ican Cultivator. Winter Work In the Orchard. Nine out of every ten men who hasro orchards which need pruning badly will give ns nn excuse for the neglect that they have no time to spare for the work, yet all of them have tlma nnd to spare during the winter. It In admitted thnt to advocate winter prun ing of fruit trees Is contrary to tho general Idea of when this work may be done to advantage, but skilled or chardlxts do It each year when tho snow docs not prevent. Hxperlcnccd fruit growers know that the tree may he pruned safely any time after tlio leaves fall until the sap begins to flow freely In the spring, and, this being the case, the pruning should he placet! among the winter Jobs. The writer was much averse to winter pruning up to Ave years ago, hut hns since practiced It with the best results. Three years ago the trees In n young orchard wero pruned In January, when It was necon sary to Jostle the snow off of the limbs In order to see where to use the knlfo to advantage. The following crop, the first one. wns good; and two very largo crops have followed. This plan of win ter pruning gives one all the time In the spring to devote to work that can not be done nt any other season. The Farm Horse. Mr. W. J. Overton, of Illinois, writes to the Breeders' Gazette, that he does not believe the place for the draft horse Is on American farms. lie has raised some of the largest and best draft horses In the county, and sold them at the yards at figures not reached by any other draft horse In six months, but he never could get the work out of them that be could get out of a good-sized American horso with as much Morgan blood as ho could get When they tried to breed their small or medium sized mares to the draft horses they thought they wanted larger horses. They got them larger In some parts. It might be In the legs, the bead or the body, but usually not all in one colt No one will claim that they have as good wearing breed of horses as tbey bad twenty years ago. "The farmer who only raises colts for his own use, with now nnd then one to sell, had better stay by the good-sized. -smooth, American-bred horse," he says. Destroying Foul Ilrood. At the annual meeting of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association at Woodstock. Out.. Professor Harrison of the Onta rio Agricultural College at Guclpb, de scribed n new and simple method of destroying the germs of foul brood. Ho placed comb3 containing larvae dead from this disease, capped cells of brood, and cells of honey. In a box. which was air-tight except for a small hole at top and bottom. Then a small alcohol lamp was arranged with the reservoir at the top containing forma lin, nnd connected by a rubber tube with the bottom of the box. This con veys to the box the formalin vapor produced by the heat of the lamp. When the box Is so completely tilled with formalin that the gas Issues free ly from" the hole in the top, both boles are tightly closed for one hour. Pro fessor Harrison has been unable to ob tain any signs of life from foul-brood germs treated In this apparatus. Value of Liquid Munurc. Every farmer should know the value of liquid manure. The Pennsylvania station publishes the result of their tests, showing that the urine of cat tle contnlns half the nitrogen and three-fourths of the potash as original ly contained In the food. Surely this valuable plant food, which. If returned to the soli Is capable of producing about half of the original crop. Is worth saving. Liquids cau bo saved by means of absorbents, straw, leaves, etc. Many modern barns are now built with mauure cellars under them for preserving all the manure, liquid and. coarse. Rye ns Food for 1'lcs. In Germany they tested rye as food for pigs In comparison with barley. In some cases the pigs refused It alto gether, and when given In largo amounts It was not eaten readily. As a slnglo ration it should not be con tinued long, and It ought In all cases, to be soaked or carefully ground. It gave best results when fed with other feeding stuff that has a larger percent age of tlbcr, more protein and lees of tho carbo-hydrates. It Is not a good concentrated food for young cattle or hogs. Farm Notes. Tho Importation of tho date palm has been n success. Egyptian cottous aro being success fully grown. Kalllr corn Is n wholesome poultry food, but uot so futteulng as Indian corn. Brood coops, cleaned, whitewashed and plied lu tiers under a shed at this season nrc murks of a careful and suc cessful poultry keeper, A small slelghhell ou the necks of a few members of your turkey flock may keep foxes and other thieves from car rying out their evil designs. Wheat can lie protltuhly substituted for corn to the extent of one-lialivof the grain ration where It Is relatively cheaper than the corn, whluli U the I cuso lu some sections.