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COWS TRAINED FOR THE TEST •tee vs at the War W’s Fair Are Ex pected to Show That They Are Superior to All Other Breeds. The herd of Jersey cows assembled the World’s Fair at St. Louis to rep resent the Jersey breed in the universal J&iry test has been inspected and has Oeen pronounced in perfect condition and ready to start upon their six months’ grind on a day’s notice. W. E. Spann of the Burr Oak Jersey /&rm, Dallas. Tex., was the inspector, .rad he was thorough in his work. He passed a week ou the Exposition grounds, and much of the time was mt in and around the Jersey cattle bam, anu the condition of each indi lidual of the herd of forty cows was definitely ascertained. Never was more intelligent and care ful treatment lavished on animals. No Athlete was ever better trained for a contest requiring the development or ijpeed, skill and endurance than lias Steen this herd of Jerseys. When it is known that this herd is to compete s ilh selected herds of Holsteins, Short horns, Brown Swiss and Devons, and the herd making the best score for the production of butter, milk and cheese ii to establish the standing of the various breeds, the importance of the cows being in perfect condition may bo understood. For a solid year the Jerseys have been In constant -training. Twenty ive cows will participate in the con test. Cows were selected from the best herds in the United States. Dr. J. J. Richardson, president of ’Sie American Jersey Cattle Club, tin ier whose auspices this entry is made, soured Europe and visited the famed Ssle of Jersey, where the breed origi nated. He was seeking the best cows, ■Sot returned satisfied that Europe show no cows that were better &an those bred in America. Though only twenty-five cows will participate in the test, forty cows were selected. They were assembled at Jfcrseyville, 111., a year ago. This is sear St. Louis, and the cattle have be come acclimated. Last December they were removed to St. Louis. The cows are the property of individual members jrf the club and are loaned for the term if the test C. T. Graves, a breeder it Maitland, Mo., was selected as the superintendent to have charge of the settle, and he has been highly com plimented by Dr. Richardson and In jpector Spann for the wonderfully fine condition in which he has placed the ierd. A series of model dairy barns have been built for the breeds competing in fks test. The barns are octagonal in iterm, and are so arranged that the ws are in the center and a wide promenade permits visitors to pass around and view the cows as they stand in their stalls. The milking and feeding are to be 3one in plain view of the public, and representatives of the various herds will at ail times have access to all the Saras to see that no sharp practices ire indulged in. The test not only consists in show jag the amount of butter, milk and jheese produced, but the cost of pro motion is taken into consideration, jfivery ounce of food given each cow weighed and carefully recorded. Whet "fee cows are milked, the milk is con veyed to a model creamery in the Ag building, where it is tested acid made into batter and cheese and where all records are carefully kept. The Jersey cattle participated in a jfanilar test at Chicago during the Co lombian Exposition and carried off 3kst honors. Superintendent Graves is sanguine ?er the result of the present test. He ys that the Jerseys have always itemonstrated their superiority over all other breeds when placed in competi tion, and this time they will show to Setter advantage than ever. Not only the Jersey milk richer in butter fat 4an the milk of any odier breed, says Mr. Graves, but it can be produced at a less cost. The Jersey cows are the smallest of the standard breeds, and ke asserts that they consume less feed. They assimilate their food, and it is xmverted into milk and butter and Is aot used in building up and sustaining t large carcass. “We are going to make all other breeds take to the woods after this best,” said Mr. Graves. ‘‘A few days Ago I was testing some of our Jersey aailk, and my hands were all sticky and greasy from the enormous amount o t butter fat the milk contained. Mr. Ton Hey lie, who is In charge of the Solsteins, sent over a quantity of his sailk for me to test. Of course, from a commercial standpoint, there was no comparison between the milk, but it was a pleasure to test his milk, for when I got through there was no jrease on my hands. After this I will have a bucket of Holstein milk •around handy to wash my hands In After tiesting our own rich Jersey milk.” The test begins May 16 and contin rs 120 days. Unique California Map. A unique exhibit at the World’s Fail was prepared by the agricultural de jsartment of the University of Califor aia. It is a large map, so colored as to show the character of the various soils rf the state. It gives a clear idea of the situation and the extent of the arable Mid untillable sections. In the locali ses that cannot be cultivated are tbown the Sierras, the lava beds and desert The map indicates the lo cation of the cultivable portions of the mountains and Mohave plateau and shows the nature of the foothills and * Ifeya of that wonderful state. 1 YOUTHFUL GENIUS. Boy a Prodigy In Study. BPELLED WELL AT AGE OF THEEE. NorUert Wiener, Son of a Harvard Professor, Is Master of Higher Mathematics, tlie Sciences and Sev eral Dead Languages—At Eighteen Months He Knew His Alphabet and at Five Years He Was Heading Eatin. Although 1h is only nine years old, Norbert Wiener, son of Professor Leo Wiener, instructor of Slavic at Har vard college, is master of higher math ematics, of the sciences and of several dead languages, says a special dis patch from Cambridge, Mass., to the New York Herald. With little prepa ration he could enter Harvard, but bis father will not permit him to do so until he is fifteen years old. In the meantime he will continue a course of study Professor Wiener has mapped out for him, and it is predicted by sev eral of the Harvard faculty who have watched his wonderful progress that at fifteen he will be one of the education al marvels of the century. Young Wiener does not look like the student that he is. He likes play as well as any boy of his age, and his chums are robust looking little fellows. ‘‘lt is a pleasure to study,” said Nor bert ‘‘and I find much amusement in making tests in chemistry in the little laboratory which papa lias fitted up for me. I spend an hour in the labora tory every day, and then I read some Latin, German or French author. Bury’s ‘History of Greece’ I also find Interesting. “My eyes trouble me at times, and for that reason I have been obliged to give up reading extensively for more than three months. My mamma reads to me about an hour each day ex cept Saturdays, that being a vacation day to me as well as to the other boya and girls in Cambridge. I have been outdoors all day playing marbles, run ning about with my playmates. “The only thing that I read today was the morning paper story about the war between Russia and Japan. I am for the Russians because my papa was born and educated in Russia and that is his country. He and I talk about the battles every day and night, and I hope that Russia will win.” Professor Wiener does not consider his boy any brighter than the ordinary lad of his age and tries to impress this fact upon him. The little fellow has had advantages to learn which do not come to every boy, his father has told him, and he is often warned not to make a dispiay of his knowledge that would make his playmates feel uncom fortable. “I detest allowing the boy to im agine that there is anything out of the ordinary in his makeup,” said Profess or Wiener, “and throughout his life I have taught him to consider himself in ferior rather than superior to any of the children of his own age. “The boy has been remarkable in many things. When he was only eight een months old he knew his alphabet, and when he was three years old he could write and spell very well. It was during his third year that I discovered that he really had a desire to learn, and when he was five years old he was studying Latin. When he was eight he could reason out problems in differen tial calculus, perform tests in chemis try and read intelligently Latin, French and German, besides having a fair idea of Slavic. “When he was five years old I took him to a public school, but found that he was not fitted for any class there. He was either too advanced for some class or not enough advanced for an other. After considerable tutoring on my part I have him educated now so he will be fitted for high school in another year, although he is studying matter now that is considered advance work for Harvard. He Is too young— too much of a child—to go to college. „ “Within a few weeks I will send him out to a farm, where he will romp and play with other children until fall. His eyes are so weak that it is necessary for him to wear glasses, and I do not Intend to allow him to overwork or strain his eyes on any account. He has somewhat of a matured expression, but he is mature only in reasoning. Personally I see nothing out of the or dinary in him, any more than that he is studious, has a very retentive mem ory and has acquired a taste for pick ing up such work as I am interested in.” Norbert has a little brother and sis ter, but they take little interest in study. They love to romp and play with him, and they are proud of him, but mud pies and marbles appeal more to them than chemistry tests and math ematics. Shooting Geese by Electric Light. Shooting geese by electric light has been a popular form of amusement at Paris lately, says the Kansas City Journal. About a month ago several were killed with the aid of this kind of light. The other night a big flock flying north was attracted and bewil dered by the electric lights and began flying back and forth over the town. Before the geese finally got started on their Journey again two men had killed one apiece, and another had killed two. Infant Socialists In Belgium. The scholars of a little village near La Louviere, in Belgium, have refused to learn the Belgian national anthem, the “Brabanconne,” says the London Express, announcing to the schoolmas ter that they were all socialists. JAPAN’S IIAVAL HERO Whole Land Rings With Praise of Captain liirose. HIS POEMS RECITED EVERYWHERE Details of Hie Life of llie Gallant Commander Wlio Was Killed In the Second Attempt to Block Up Port Arthur—Loved u Russian Girl, but Would Not Wed Defeated Three Russian Giants at Wrestling:. Edwin Emerson, Jr., a staff corre spondent of the New York World at Tokyo, Japan, sends to his paper the following sketch of Japan’s naval he ro of the present war: All Japan rings today with the fame of Takeo Hirose, the first great naval hero of Japanese-Russian war. The mikado has conferred posthumous hon ors on him and his name; a life pension has been granted to his family. The poets of Japan are singing his praises in stirring ballads. His own poems, breathing purest patriotism, are being recited everywhere. Pictures of Hirose adorn all the book Btalls; highly colored prints immortal izing his exploits are hawked about by gogai men and venders on the streets. The Navy Club of Japan started a movement to erect a bronze statue to Hirose in Hebiya park at Tokyo, and within a week after the hero’s death enough money w-as subscribed to in sure the erection of the statue. Mukai Katsuyagi, the great sculptor of the Japanese nation, has promised to com plete the statue within two months, and has refused to accept money for his labor of love. For it was Takeo Hirose who was killed in Admiral Togo’s second at tempt to block up Port Arthur on March 27; who was leader of the forlorn hope, who set out to sink themselves and their ships in the harbor’s mouth; who was ‘literally blown to pieces by a pro jectile from a Russian quick firing gun while seeking to save the life of his friend and companion and subordinate, Petty Officer Sugino. It was Hirose who led the first at tack at Port Arthur on the night of March 23, and for his remarkable gal lantry then the mikado promoted and doubly decorated him, honors which reached him only a day before his la mented death. Hirose, in his poetic temperament as well as in his dauntless spirit, truly represented the old warrior class of Japan, the samurai. He was a scion of the family of Kiku Chi, one of the ancient fighting clan of Japan. Boro at Oitaken, near Takeda, in the first year of the Meiji era (1868), he grew up in the country and received his early training in a country school. Entering the naval academy at the age of nineteen, he distinguished him self in nowise except by his passionate fondness for swordsmanship, as taught with the cutlass by an English fencing master, and by his prowess as wrestler. Hirose first proved his bravery in th*. war with China. Then he first met Sugino, a common sailor, who dived overboard after a live torpedo, which had been thrown into the water, that he might disconnect the fuse and so render it harmless to the other Japa nese torpedo boats. After the war with China Lieutenant Hirose, who spoke Russian and French well, was sent as naval attache to the Japanese legation at St. Petersburg. He came into prominent there through a wager. At a banquet a Russian officer de clared that Japanese, so small of stat ure, could not, as individuals, hold their own in any war. Hirose smilingly defied any three Russians to overcome him at wrestling. Roars of laughter greeted the challenge, for Hirose’s prowess was little suspected in the Japanese art of self defense, Jiu jitsu. At last, for the fun of it, the Russian officer sent for three large and sturdy soldiers. One after another the little Japanese threw the giants. The story spread quickly through the military and naval clubs. It reached the czar’s ears. When Hirose next at tended a court function the czar asked him to give a private exhibition of jiu jitsu by wrestling with a man famous for his skill and strength. Again the small Japanese proved himself the bet ter man. Hirose remained in St Petersburg three years. The daughter of a Rus sian naval officer who is now a rear admiral fell in love with the gallant young Japanese. Her father, who greatly admired let it be con veyed to him that he would not be un welcome as the young girl’s suitor. Hirose struggled with his affection for three days. Then he wrote to his sweetheart’s father, pointed to the in evitable war between Russia and Ja pan, and said: “When my country calls me to duty I shall have to turn to account all the valuable professional hints received from your kind lips and so help to do mortal hurt to your country’s ships. Thus ill must patriotic duty make me repay all your kindness. With this in my mind and in my heart, how can I presume to sue for your daughter’s hand, knowing that after the outbreak of the most likely of wars the stern hand of fate might destroy the happi ness of your daughter in the most ruth less of ways should I have been so happy to have won her hand?” Thereafter Hirose became distinctly a woman hater. He even insisted that promising young naval officers should not marry. His strongest claim to the common people’s love and admiration lay in his ability as a wrestler. The “tips” annually paid in Switzer land are reckoned at SBOO,OOO. DOMESTIC NEGLECT. Tragedy of Little Things That Are Left Undone. The judge raid spectators in a Kan sas City courtroom laughed when a husband testified that his wife gave him only “mechanical kisses.” Then the lawyers devoted many min utes to the question, “What is a me chanical kiss?” They decided that it was a salutation given only through a sense of duty, and then they laughed some more. They didn’t go far enough. They might have called it a tragedy. With most women affection lasts. It burns as strcugly in old age as in gold en youth. A iaress means a world of joy to them. Some men forget. They grow care less. Carelessness is often a species of selfishness. Once if- wap a privilege to press a lover’s kiss on the lips of a wife at the door when leaving in the morning, again as a warm greeting that always marked the homecoming at night. And one morning the man forgot the caress and lost himself in business. And a shadow fell on a romance, and the woman wept. She tried to be brave and sensible. She tried to laugh at the silly fear that he didn’t care for her. She assured herself a hundred times that it was such a little thing and that it was natural for him to forget and that it was unreasonable for her to ex pect the joy of the honeymoon through life. She wiped away her tears and re solved to hide her grief and be kind, loving, patient. And the man never knew. Perhaps some day he went into court and com plained that he had been the recipient of “mechanical kisses.” Domestic neg lect isn't always confined to l£S:k of food and clothing. Cruelty doesn’t al ways take the form of physical i buse. When men learn to think, when they remember that the little attentions of ten mark the difference between joy and sorrow in a woman’s life, there will -be more real happiness in the world.—-Milwaukee Journal. An Arithmetical Wonder. If twelve persons were to agree to Jine together every day, but never sit exactly in the same order around the table, It would take them 13,000,000 years at the rate of one dinner a day, and they would have to eat more than #79,000,000 dinners before they could get through all the possible arrange ments in which they could place them selves. A has only 1 change; A, B, 2; A, B, C, 6; four letters, 24; five, 120; six, 720; seven, 5,040; eight, 40,320; nine, 362,800; ten, 3,628,800; eleven, 89,916,800; twelve, 479,001,600. Kbib MJ SUCCESS. Mr. Edwa~c* Bok, Editor of the Ladies’ Homo Jeurnai, Tills Young Aien How Success is Won- Ever} _ v.ag m.:u wants to succeed. There is nothing so self-satisfying as the bountiful rewards which await the man who struggles and conquers. Fame, honor, wealth and power are the laurels which Success bestows. The present century is replete with examples of young men, who, alone and unaided, have risen to §the very highest pin nacle of success in their chosen calling. #Here \ we have the striking £ example of the presi j dent of the largest manufacturing corpora tion in the world, rising to this position from one of the lowest places in the Company’s service. Again,—the young man who came to this country over thirty years ago, penniless and friendless, and who, during the first two years, earned only |6oo, working beside a tank foul with the smell of oil; but to-day, there is scarcely a drop of oil consumed in this country which has not been purchased from his stupendous Drganization, the Standard Oil Company. Iu another walk of life, we see at the head of a great college, a man who chopped wood to pay his way through school. H The great captains of industry of* to day were the poor boys of thirty years ago. It was not a wealthy parent nor an influential friend who started these men on the road to fortune; they made their own opportunities ; they fought their own battles; they have won. What is the secret of their success? What is that irresistible force which has enabled them to overcome all obstacles, io surpass their fellow-men ? Every am bitious young man is searching for this secret. He believes that honesty, se oriety, perseverance, and determination ire essentials in the foundation on which to build a successful career, and yet he realizes that he must possess something more than these mere prerequisites if he would achieve conspicuous success % Those who have studied the lives of successful men will tell you that they all possessed a certain force of character— the power to mould the opinions and direct the actions of others. John D. Rockefeller has often said that he at tributes his success largely to his ability to influence and control the minds of men. 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