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In ten j-ean there will hardly be
enough big game In Uie West to tempt
hunter to take down hi rifle pro-
Tided the present, rate of slaughter il
maintained.
From the Western States that have
lung been famed as the haunts of big
game of all descriptions come stories of
flcgrant disregard of laws. Hunting Is
carried on out of season by ranchmen,
and, If a game warden makes an ar
rest. It Is almost Impossible to find a
Jury that will convict An occasional
outsider Is fined, but the "native" gen
erally gets off scot-free, even If he has
been caught with a wagon load of Ille
gally slaughtered game In bis posses
sion. ' In the last haunt of the elk, south of
Yellowstone Park, In the Jackson Hole
country, those noble animal's are fast
disappearing. Even the game of Yel
lowstone National Park Is not exempt.
If stories from Wyoming and Montana
arc correct, as it Is claimed that poach
ers carry on a campaign of wholesale
laughter In the long winter mouths,
when the park is snowbound and when
It Is practically Impossible for soldiers
to guard the great game preserve of
the nation.
In the Northwest little or no atten
tion Is paid to laws protecting those
rare animals, mountain goats ; while In
Colorado and other Rocky Mountain
State; whose peaks are the gracing
ground of the mountain sheep, those
beautiful animals an being killed oft
In spite of a farcical "perpetual closed
season." v
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gr.t all kinds of deer hunting In Colo
redo ; and a score of years ago the buf
falo were still rooming the plains east
of the Rockies. But to-day the deer Is
getting almost as rare as the buffalo.
The elk long ago left Colorado's moun
tains and drifted north Into Wyoming,
where bands of them are still to be
fcund In Jackson's Hole. But the laws
of Wyoming, while "making it hot" for
any outsider who kills elk out of sea
son, are Inadequate when put In oper
ation against the native hunter. It Is
the Western ranchman who Is doing
most of the Illegal killing. It Is Im
possible to convince the average ranch
er that he Is not privileged to go out
aoC get "fresh meat" whenever be
wants It, regardless of game laws. The
deer or elk come down to his very
fences In winter, and there Is little
clance of discovery if one of the ani
mals Is killed. Even If a stray ganie
warden happens along and puU tilui un
der arrest, there Is little to fear, as a
Jury Is pretty sure to be made up of
ranchmen who are all tarred with the
sjme stick. So the game bog gets off
free and goes on with his work, of
slaughter In season and out
Even the setting aside of government
forest reserves and parks has done lit
tle to stop the slaughter of game. In
the summer, when the reserves are pa
tioled by rangers, and when Yellow
stone Park Is guarded by soldiers, there
1 little or no illegal killing done. Hut
In the winter, when there are no ran
gers In the reserves, and when tlie
snowbound roads make It Impossible
foi the soldiers to patrol the big park
thoroughly, the work of slaughter goes
ou. There are two big forest reserves
adjoining Yellowstone Park the Teton
reserve and the Yellowstone reserve.
Both are alive with game, as is the
park Itself. A limited amount of game
can be killed in the reserves, In season.
In conformity with the gome laws of
Wyoming, but the season in the park
Is always closed. No firearms are ad
mitted Into the park, save those car
ried by the soldiers. If one Insists on
carrying a gun Into the park he must
have It sealed.
But all these rules and regulations
cut little figure In the eyes of the skill
ed and experienced poachers who live
In the vicinity of the park. These men
do no killing In summer or autumn.
They make their $5 a day as guides for
hunting parties of Easterners. But in
the winter, when the snows are deep
and the tremendous winter of the Yel
lowstone country has set In, they get
very busy. On snowshoes these poach-1
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er find It easy to enter the forest re-
serve and the park, and to kill all the
gKine they want Magnificent elk, deer
and other game fall before their rlHe.
If lonely soldier sights the poachers
at work, the chances are he pay no at
tention, for the reason that It would
only result In his own death.
In addition to the work of the white
game bog, many of the Western States
have troubles with wauderlng bands of
Indians, that carry on Indiscriminate
slaughter of game. These India us have
no busluess off their reservations, but
many of the agents find It Impossible
to keep their wards wlthlu the boun
daries prescribed by the government
The I'lntah I'te Indians, who have a
reservation In I" tan, make pilgrimages
b the deer country In Northwestern
Colorado, and tbey spar nothing lu
their long hunt. Burks, does aud fawns
all fall before the rifle of the red men,
and by the time the State authorities
of Colorado arrive on the scene, the In
dians are hack In I'tah. with their
"Jerked meat" and their loads of buck
skin. Apparently, the forest reserves are
the ouly hope for partial preservation
of wild game. With the reserves un
der heavy patrol, winter as well as
summer, and with strlngeut govern
ment laws for the punishment of of
fenders, there would be some hope of
saving America's wild game heritage
from the game bog. But as matters
stand to-day the outlook is diacourag
lug, and the hunting country that was
once regarded as the finest In the world
promises to bold nothing but memories
fot the huutsman. St Louis Globe
Democrat ONCE NEARLY 8TARVED.
New Oka, Her ( Nuiku, la at
Head at Jaaaaass Armj.
Baron Oku, who succeeded Gen. Ko
dama as the head of the Japanese
army, la 62 yoars old. After receiving
a collegiate education he entered the
army at the age of 27. and In 1877,
when a major, he found himself In com
mand of the Emperor's forces In Kawa
moto Castle, In southern Japan, during
the Satsuma rebellion. After being
nearly starved be led a desperate sortie,
cut his way through tlie rebels and
Joined the lnerlul relieving forces.
For this act of valor he was promoted
and decorated.
After the declaration of war against
Russia In 11)04 Japan hurled four great
armies against the enemy In Man
churia. One of these, under (Jen. Noel.
besieged and took Port Arthur. Of the
other three, which repeatedly engaged
Kuropatkln to the north, Oku com
manded the one which landed near
Dalny and swept up the Liaotung pen
insula. Another, which landed In
Korea, cleared the enemy from the
Yalu river and united with Oku nt Llo
yang, was commanded by (ien. Tnme
moto Knrokl, whose desperate attempt
to flank Kuropatkln forced the Rus
sians back on Mukden but failed to bag
the enemy. The fourth commander was
Gen. Mirhluura Nodzu, a hero of the
Chicago Tribune.
II ii hi mi imiinwiun in iiimi ! in. mil
wlwifvlw lis
China war, who swung his army north
ward from Tnkuxlmu, west of the Yalu.
Throe four grin-nils oerutcd In har
mony under the direction of Field Mar
shal Marquis Oyama and his great
chief of staff. Gen. Baron Kottama, who
suiierseded him aa supreme head of the
army ou April 1 of till year, and whose
death recently made way for the pro
motion of Gen. Oku to the head of the
general staff.
Gen. Okn. who before the arrival of
Oyama and Kodnma, ojiemted alone.
won a series of half a doten brilliant
victories, beginning with the bloody
battle of Nanshan Kill, steadily beating
Kuropatkln back for 230 miles, until
Joined by the other three armies. I!
never lost a light. At Nanshan, Kal
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ping, Tehlisa, Tashiachou and Hatching
he whipped the Russians out of the
trenches.
ACTIVE AT 100.
Rev, William flaw. On at Jew
Kaalaad's Oldest Cltrirati,
One of the oldest active clergymen In
the L'ntted States Is Rev. William
Howe, of Boston, who recently rounded
out bis one hun
dredth yesr. Born
In Worcester, be
early determined on
entering the minis
try, and chiefly
through hi own ef
forts he secured hi
education. After hi
theological course
he entered the Bap
tist ministry and
wu. how. tor nearly three-
quarters of a century has been active
ly at work. He founded In Boston the
Union Baptist Church, now Tremont
Temple Church, one of the most noted
of that persuasion In New England.
He also founded In Cambridge the
Broadway Baptist CJiurch. Ir. Howe
has been a forcible and convincing
speaker, and even now. In spite of the
handicap of advanced years, he gives
evidence of his early ability as an ora
tor, for be still preaches on occasions.
Ala-rrlaa Sinks Dlsplpllaa,
They have an original way of making
a strike effective In Algiers. The shoe
makers are striking. They ore Jews,
Moslems and Spaniards, and lack co
hesion of race and language, so that
their leaders felt something was needed
to keep them In hand. It was therefore
decided by general vote that no man
should be allowed to leave the central
offices which are. fortunately, roomy
in old Algiers even for food or sleep,
so long as the strike lasts. If a man
gets away by any chance there Is a hue
and cry until he Is recaptured and led
back. New York Tribune.
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tiWQttYJfaf-f A gHKl deal of discussion
T 'VT- .--,-i beeu piovokwl a to the cost of
t'amfnrl tar Ilea aad t'bleka.
It I cruel plan which shut off the
air almost entirely from the hen with a
brood of chick by placing a board In
front of the coop st ulght i nor Is such
a plan necessary If one will take the
trouble to build coup or coo after
thf following plan. Uulld the roup
after the uilal plan, sloping the roof
to the rear and covering the front with
sluts except at one lower corner, where
a door Nlsiuld be arranged, so that the
lier. can I easily let out when desired.
To olv the prolilein of plenty of fresh
air and at the same time fcrcdotu from
prowling small animals, construct a
screen : make the frame large enough
cumiiletely to cover the front of the
coop and cover It with wire netting; at
either side fasten a strap with a hole In
the end, and on the sides of the coop
coop roa Tin chicks.
place a screw, over which the straps
are placed to hold the screen In place.
To make the screen still more secure
when placed have the side piece Urge
enough so that a long wire nail may tie
driven In them about oue-qunrter the
length of the nail, at tlw end ; then sink
In the ground at either end of the coop
two pieces of wood, each having a hole
In the end, Into which the nail tn the
end piece of the screen will lit when
the latter Is lu position. In this way It
will be Impossible for the screen to get
loose. In the Illustration, II, at dotted
line, shows where the screen will come
when In position; A, tho side piece of
the screen, with the long wire nail In
IKisltlon; 3, 3, the stakes In the, ground
to receive the nulls; B, the screen com
plete; G, the swinging lath by which
the door for the use of the ben 1 kept
In place, aud 2, the manner of attach
ing the small strap to tho side of the
screen. Indianapolis News,
What Makes qaalllr
The grocer soon learns that he must
send good eggs to his customer or be
will not have them long, and the farm
er who Is progressive will soon learn
that he must do the same. The won!
"fresh," when .aplled to eggs, may
mean a great deal, or it may not The
egg grower who wishes to create a reg
ular demand for his eggs at high
prices must market his stock promptly,
for there Is nothing tluit so disgusts
the exiierlenced handler of eggs as to
find that the eggs that he bought for
fresh had been held In the country for
two or three weeks. Storage eggs, that
are put Into the refrigerator lunneot-
tely after they arc laid, come out let
ter, after four or five months have
elated, than the epgs thnt are allowed
to remain lu the farmer's pantry for a
month after they are laid before they
are marketed.
The Track Uarden laaeet.
Insects Infesting truck gardens very
often affect field crops as well, but It
should be borne In mind thnt pest ex-
termlntlng methods thnt are of no use
In large areas are often the best In a
smnll natch where there Is more Inten
sive cultivation, and where the price
the output brings win warrant more
outlay.
Kerosene EmnUloa.
One-hnlf pound of snap, one gallon
of boiling water, two gallons kerosene.
Churn with a force pump for a few
minutes until It fonns a smooti, butter
milk like emulsion and reduce ten to
twenty-five times.
Fool Odors la Cellar,
When cellars become musty or foul,
and odors are noticed, the best thing to
do is to close all the doors and windows
and burn enough sulphur to fill the cel
lar room with dense fumes. Leave It
closed for an hour or two, and then open
the doors and windows. Next, white
wash the walls and ceilings with two
couts of good whitewash. Sulphur go
la heavy and settles, hence care must
be used to agitate the air In the cellar
by selecting a windy day for the work,
Sulphur fumes will destroy all kinds of
erma.
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has often
bring
lug up a heifer calf. Mr. Clark, of the
Aluhuma exsrlmeiit station, ha re
corded data. The record covered the
period from birth to maturity approx
Imntely two year.
One of the calves, which weighed at
birth fifty -six muimI, consumed during
the first year of her life l."U pounds of
home milk, 273 pound of skim milk,
ilil pound of bran, 224 pound of hay
and was pastured for lill days. When
she was 1 year old she had cost $12.tm
and she weighed 4.13 Kiunds,
During the second year her rations
were made up of sorghum liny, silage,
out straw, porn stover and a little cot
ton seed anil bran. The pasturago pe
rlml covered 224 days, The cost of the
feed was $ii.in) for the second year and
she weighed at the end 0a un.U.
Tlitu the total cost of feed up to the
time of maturity was I21.1W.
Na All-Roaad Paaltrr raad.
A corresisindeiit sks for some siul
try food which will answer for general
purpose that Is, a food which will
make hens lay. which Is also good for
little chlcka and which may be used for
fattening Infer If desired. Nortecs In
(Hiultry raising are quite likely to 1
more or leas dlsturlied by tlie amount
of detail required to carry on the work
successfully and are generally seeking
for some short cut. eieelally lu the line
of feeding. The same food which will
make hen lay without fattening them
will not do to fatten them on. Of
course, corn Is usually a mrt of the va
riety fed hens and will of Itself fatten
them, hut It Is not used by Itself, as a
regular diet for laying hens. It would
le as alwurd to feed liens cracked corn
entirely as It would l to feed little
chlcka the whole kernel.
Water fart reedla.
This question of watering before or
after feeding has never been settled,
A leading English authority states that
horses should never lie watered until
after feeding, but always before, e(ie
dally if (he feed I grain. If a home
Is very thirsty give hlin water and
then wait short time before feeding.
If possible, burses should always have
access to water. They will drink lean
and there la much less danger of Indi
gestion or cholera. If a horse Is ex
amined from overexerclse, the supply"
of cold water should be limited. If
water Is tepid, a much larger amount
may be allowed.
lias; Calrher,
Chasing bogs Is exceedingly amusing
when the clmser Is lient on pleasure
only. When It liecomes an everyday
duty the funny feature dlsapiienrs, and
Instead the air Is generally laden with
expletive not suitable to polite society.
si'iimns TDK I loo.
The hog Is an eluaivelieast. Being round
and fat and also sllpiicry the chaser
Is not afforded any point of vantage to
obtain n Arm hold. This Is true with
but one exception, and that is, his tail.
But here again the chaser I handlcim-
ped. Hogs' tails are so little and at
the snme'tlmo so frail that not lnfr.
quently the hog emerges from the chase
minus ins tall. A more sensible method
is the Use Of the Imillement llhlatrnlwl
herewith. The Inventor, an Iowa man,
claims that no difficulty Is experienced
In getting the noose In nosltlnn. W)n
once It Is securely clnmiied on the hog's
nose it Is an easy matter to lead the
animal to any place desired.
New l's (or Watermelons.
A Georgia farmer 1 said to hsv ha.
come the pioneer In a new Industry
namely, making sirup out of watermel
on. He cuts the melons In halves,
scoop out the pulp, runs It through a
cider mill, presses out the Juice and
then boll the liquid for twelve hour
over a hot are. Out of 270 melon,
worth S3 or 10 at wholesale, ho tret I m
thirty gallon of sirup, and markets the
product at B0 cent a gallon. The re
fue 1 fed to the bog, cattle and chick
ens, and the whole operation, la very
profitable.