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.