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iXC..-Jrl : t" c j Kv - , . ; -' s- - " I -,. l- 4 i i FA1M AND GARDEN. MATTEM F MtEREBT TO Professor XX D. Woods, director of the Maine Experiment Station, in his bilk t0 Wisconsin tamers at the re seat convention at Oconomowoc, laid m the sxeat vaine 01 ienp. It tevahumte becaase It sees et exhaust land as do some other crapa Its starcfi Is made out of Hit sad this has been gathered frees the air by means of the leaves. Se It toes net eoaie oat of the jground at alL The bub that grows potatoes : la met tsjrig frost the soil a great sss ef fertiliser that is to be sent away never to return. The tops are et seM off, bat are penaitted to lie a the grsaad or ia the ground aad That is bo beet war of growiag petatees. Place and circumstances aiast dictate ssethods. To srow po tatoes amceaasfally a sua must be suf cteatly iateUigeat to uaderstaad the sail ani ether conditions on his own fans. Ne bulb can afford to follow the nuthssi of pablic speakers or his sighhera wttheat first findiag out whether they apply to his case. The aeleetiea ef eeei is important becaase .we e not plant the seeds bat cattiags frees the takers. The tubers frost which the cattiags are to be made should he ripe aad should have been kept ever winter ia a temperature of treat SS te 4 degrees. It ia, however, a mistake te select aeed potatoes froat these that have lain in the ground lea. The potatoes for this par sheald he das; while the tops are etfll cream, ao atach so indeed that the ' aeeataes ea helag cooked will be what we call "watery." In the planting, pc astees should be pat ia deeper in clay ' than la aaady lead, fhla atay appear mareaaMahle. bat if the potatoes are planted Bear the surface ia clay land. they mill, as they grow, cause the clay to split opea aad this will let ia the sua. The result is a sun-burned po tato, which te of no value for eating. 'Press Balletla 4, New Hampshire Station: A carious sign of the preju dice of fertiliser buyers for a name by the brands put on our by one large company. This corporation had ia our state foarteea different brands guaranteed to contain 2 per cant of nitrogen, 8 per cent of available phosphoric add and 3 per cent of potash, while ten more of Its brands differed from the above lot by each having a guarantee of 1.5 per cent ef potash instead of 3 per cent Ia other words, this company had twenty-four brands to represent only two different formulas, becaase fertil isers are bought by name instead of by coetpositioa. The mat census states the value of fertilisers bought in New Hampshire ia ISM to' have been $368,080. makiag an average for each farm of $12.55. The atost common fertilizers sold in the state were those costing $30 per ton. For the average sum per farm there was purchased of such a mixed fertiliser 837 pounds, containing 17 pounds of nitrogen, 7 of available Ihoapharle add aad 25 of potash, or a fetal of 18C poaads of plant food. By buyiag the highest grade of chemicals, lacluding nitrat of soda, dried blood, add phosphate aad sulphate of potash, aad payiag cash, $125 could have pur chased 80s poaads of chemicals con taiaiag 20 pounds of nitrogen, 58 of available phosphoric add aad 80 pot ash, a total of 158 pounds of plant food, or one aad one-half times as much aa by foUowiag the usual method of buyiag. Long credit and commis sions to sgents make fertilisers costly. Ia the past year the trade la ashes .has takea up aa iaferior grade, which is sometimes sold under the name of lime-Ula or Hate ashes. They contain much less soluble potash than good hard wood ashes and their value is problematical on that account because the availability of insoluble potash is unknown. Oatleak for rmt (Farmers' Review Special Report) J. -W. Stanton. Southern Illinois: Tree fruits promise good crops oa trees that were not full last year. Prof. F. A. Waugh, Vermoat: The general outlook for fruits was aever better at this time of year than it is O. M. Lord. Minnesota: Plenty of fruit buds, and they are entirely un hurt. Season opens ten days earlier thanaeaaL E. A. RiehL Southern Illinois: So far aa can be seen now all fruits ex cept peaches are ia good coaditioa aad atay give a good crop, if favorable conditions are maintained throughout th season. Geo. N. Parker, Eastern Illinois: The present outlook for apples is good. The peach crop will be very short. We will have over 30,000 barrels of apples for sale ia this county (Crawford) next fall, if the present outlook Is veri fied. Prof. J. Troop, Iadlaas: The outlook for peaches Is had. The buds are pret ty generally killed. Other kinds seem to be in fairly good coaditioa. I do aot look for a heavy apple crop, ow lag to the dry weather last summer .and fan. Prof. Jean Craig, New York state: The prospects at present are excel leat for a fall crop of apples, peaches and plums. This applies especially to the westera part of the state, but I think la. true ef atost of the fruit- Pre. L. R. Taft, Michigan: All trees (fruit) are la good coaditioa. ex cept the peach, and these are not in jured, except in the southwestern part of the state, where tender varieties have had their flower buds killed and some tajury has been done to the hardy sorts la auay townships. Ceatral mi- for aeaches am Very few strawberry plants are left' Other small traits promise aa average crop. The same may be said ef sarnies. Bears, cherries aad grapes. mi crops of apples, pears. apes at this tiste of aot amouat to much. the critical time comes later, whea In blooming tlste. get In their work. OW.TVMCTS. i Vabmta WMW The frees of two weeks age) iajared tW peach bads very awash ia this vi cinity. Felly 80 per east wire killed. Pears also were injured, but apt at- "thaa pwuebss. bat aerieaaly. I have no returns from other parts of the ssase.' but as the freese was general. I PSUfVSF V WJsan UTmmmmfI Sim.. that bore a heavy crap Plume, cherries pact. . Peach fruit nearly all parts of the state by cold te December. Ik a few, specially favored localities ia the Cearheit Is estimated that there are eunWeat live bads to produce almost a fall crop. Ia one or two of these localities some of the largest commercial peach or chards of the state are located. at fofarlar From Farmers' Review: Ia reply to yours will say that it would be Im possible to give yon any Idea la the way of figures as to what extent the different varieties of fruit la Illinois, Indiana aad Michigan are disposed ef in the dried form, bat as a guess, we should say that perhaps 25 per cent of the green fruits are either dried or canned. The largest quantity of dried fruit in the way of evaporated rasp berries and apples comes from New York state. There are also a good away berries and apples evaporated In Michigan, and a good many apples evaporated and sun dried In Indiana and Illinois. The fruit that te dried and canned Is not first quality, it belag usually marketed green, and the sec ond and third quality are canned and dried. This refers to apples more than berries, as berries, that is strawberries, raspberries and blackberries must be of good quality to go Into the can. al though of course, they are not selected as closely as they would be if they were put oa the market in the green state, aad take for instance, apples, if they could not dry aad an this quality of apples referred to above, they would probably have to throw them away, as they could aot be put on the market green. Miller ft Davis Co., Chicago, III. r Cimw ivwh sta The accompanying illustration shows the eggs of common squash bug. They are shining and dark con- mtwljL izr7"iTzvi aace. When first laid they are whitish, but change in color. They are flattened on three sides and when viewed from the ends are triangular. Egg masses are deposited usually on the lower surface of a leaf, but d 0t AnM tritu: a want beloa-.abewiac point 'af attacaawat: . fram sMe.l sbwrtag place of escape of i i syapfc; e. scahtfare eregc '. egg clatter, a, iWa af; l:amt! very often also on the upper surface and on the stems. The nymph makes its escape by forcing a hole through one end of the egg. as shown at "b" of the illustration. Balk fat SwkM Fi Swine are by nature omnivorous feeders. They est flesh, herbage, ce reals, roots and fruits. Their food In their natural state has a good deal, of bulk. The bad resulta sometimes ob tained by feeders is due to forgetful ness of this fact The salvation of pigs kept in confinement has been the general impression that swill was pre eminently a hog feed. This has given bulk to an otherwise condensed ra tion. The pig has to a large extent been the victim of a wrong system of feeding. He has been too often con fined in a small space and fed a con densed ration. As a result disease and death have cut abort the profits of the pig raisers. The f eediag of a ra tion of cereals is not in keeping with the natural requirements of the porcine money-maker. It Is not a difficult mat ter for the swine feeder to increase greatly the bulk of food ted. Silage, roots and vegetables can be fed in the winter. If the fanner have not these, he can feed clover hay. This should be cut In a feed-cutter and soaked by pouring boiling water over it To this may be added the meal or other con centrate that te to be fed. BrassUag At this time of year many breeding pens are being nude up. What are the fowls used in them? We believe they should be birds that have provea themselves excellent by more than one year of existence. Mature females and mature males selected as the re sult of known qualities should and will produce eggs that coatala strong embryos. These will give vigorous chicks, which will develop rapidly un der skillful feeding. The birds kept for breeders, even though there be but five of them in a yard, should have a considerable area devoted to them, 'ihe writer was pleased to notice while at the North Carolina Agricultural College last year, that the yards devot ed to the breeders were so large that the birds had aa abundance of green grass, with no prospect of rendering the ground bare. In addition to the grass, plats of oats were sown. It cer tainly te not advisable to confine a "breeding pen a cock aad four' hens In a little yard not more thaa five by five feet as we have seea them. Exercise Induces fertility In eggs. Iauaataxe Stank as Bra It is surprising to what extent im mature stock te used for breeders, even among poultry fanciers. A cockerel less than a year old is mated with pullets, and this is kept up for genera tions. The results can hardly fail to be disastrous, at least so far as hardi ness is concerned. When hardiness departs or te bred out the door te opea to many evils. Breeders that have care fully looked Into the matter believe' that the resulting fowls 'lay eggs In fertile or with a germ weak in fertil ity. Moreover the tendenccy Is to de velop a strain of fowls that will have little of the force of matured birds. The more advanced breeders are using mature stock. What about the man that buys eggs of the men that breed from immature stock? Are they get ting a fair return for the money they expend? It would be well for egg buyers to find., out whether the eggs they are to purchase this spring, are from immature birds or aot its t .tha Capt Ahern of the forestry bureau says.he saw large tracts of virgin for ests in the Philippines with 10.000 to 20.000 cubic feet of magnificent lumber per acre, where the trees were more than 150 feet high, with trunks dear of branches for 80 feet Fifty valu able hard woods are now offered to the world. New Mexico is a great sheep coun try. There is but one other state or territory which excels in sheep rais ing. That is Utah, where there' are 8,000.008 or 9.000.000 eheep. New Mexi co has about .006.000. The industry was never so prosperous as at pres ent AtoJPneam EntliBh writer says: They should be three or font Inches broad, with rounded edges, aac Tii' ob in tarn tmm -- l m - I cMm , k tfmfcZ : w-!L.ti,SL swot. 'I. IfttaaTJTWMl OHApTBIt FOB A,amktac Glawa Takaj In Australia there has been, brought Into use in the dairies what te called a milking glove tube. A valve tsover the teat and from the valve extends n long narrow tube, which conveys, the milk from the teat into a covered pail. The orifices In the cover of the pail are .just large enough to receive the tubes. We illustrate the general idee herewith. From an American point of view the device does not seem, prac ticable. From' Australian reports we take it that the invention te supposed to be a substitute - for' clean liness In tbe dairy. A paper la that country says: "Many of the troubles of dairying are caused tr the injurious microbes that are. carried by dirt into the milk, .and it.haa beea rec ommended by. various authorities to groom the cows and wcsbT their udders with soap and clean water, and wipe them with a clean towel; to require the. milkers to wash their hands' and heads, to brush andtrim thdr nails, to wear clean clothes, to put on white overalls and caps at the time of milking, to construct the floor of milking yard and shed of asphalt and to wash or sweep it after each milking, and to frequent ly tar and limewash both it and the woodwork of the shed; also to disin fect the shed occasionally with chlori nated lime. It has also been advised not to feed the cows ir. the milking shed. All these are undoubtedly Im portant steps, and if they could be car ried Into practice would result' in great improvement in dairy work. Bat how far are they practicable? Fanners who have heard these recommendations have expressed the opinion that it dairying te to require all this they had better give up dairying at once." We do not believe that any device can take the place of. deanliness in the dairy; and, moreover, a device of this kind will be very difficult to keep dean. tattan The Siberian butter Is looming up -as a strong competitor with the butter from all other lands. The: railroads, being controlled by the government carry the goods at such a low rate that the butter Is brought to tide water on the Baltic at small cost Moreover, the Russian government dots not lose sight of it there. Re cently a conference was hdd in St Petersburg between the makers of but ter and government officials that have duties more or less touching the ship ment of butter. The secretary of transportation reported that 920 re frigerator cars for butter had beea provided and cold storage plants at all stations likely to be used for consid erable shipments of butter. Arrange ments were also entered into for the shipping of the butter to England by steamers not touching at Danish ports. The Russians are evidently determined that no more Siberian or Russian but ter shall be shipped to England from Denmark and labeled Danish butter. This te a wise step, by which an old trick te made impossible of working. Dairy schools are to be established. It is also urged that.a central laboratory be equipped for the purpose of analys ing suspicious lots of butter and pre venting' their exportation. It Is claimed that Siberian butter badly adulterated has appeared on the English market Faaitiy Briars. Not the toast among the advantages of tills Invention Is the being able to determine the laylag period of the hens. A fowl that begins to lay In November and produces her eggs during the period when eggs are high ia price Is far more valuable than n fowl that begins to lay on the first of February aad drops most of her eggs in the spring and early summer, when eggs are being disposed- of at a very low price. The phenomenal winter layer, unless discovered by the trap nest, stands a good chance of having her head cut off at the end of the lay ing seasoB, whea, in fact she should be kept as n breeder. The trap nest makes It possible for the breeder to become personally well acquainted with each member of his flock. m m No invention of this day has In it greater possibilities for the poultry man thaa has the trap nest The drone In the flock of hens has always beea the factor that has kept down profits. If a man has a herd of cows and some of them are poor milkers it te easy to detect the poor ones and dispose of them. , Up to the time the trap nest was iaveated. .the poultry ataa had no why of findiag out which of his hens were the drones and which were the good layers. With the com ing of the trap nest, all te changed. The poultrymaa can now eliminate the unprofitable .birds. a a One man that has tried. has found the trap nest very serviceable. It showed him that some of his most worthless specteteas were those the meet perfect in form. Some of the kinds that scored high la competitive exhibits proved to be almost worth less aa layers. At least 20 per cent of the fowls ao tested proved to be losing money for their owner, while, as'many awre me shown to be bare ly deariag expenses. A few of the birds showed themselves to be per sistent layers, and these were kept for breeders. The trap Bests show aot only how many eggs -the fowls lay-out the klml c f ercs. It sometimes becostes dr- DAISY AND POUItfBY. BTfck a ta tfca Cace. m Umm Steak 2yjiyasE'v . a Maaa a m me VaBaWLDl tr smf nai 4l limmW aKi-JafiBmr l Uka BffBBmmmmmT strable te s ia created by the as such produce all the way from white to dark The trap aest hies the fte of determlae what Wads lay the en the desired color. Then, too. the potent birds can be disllsgnishsd those whose eggs are habitually far- tile. Tate te a most important Idlac the The present time of year; wl horses are sheddidng their wiater's coat of hair. Is always a critical pe riod and much of the ability of the animal to withstand work well la hot weather depends upon the manner ia wbielrthls spring change of garment Is effected. If the shedding process be retarded It indicates lack of health, it indicates, m a rale, lack of atten tion upon the part of the owner. He la apt to forget that food suitable during cold weather te unsuited to change of temperature. Cora, which furnished fat and heat during winter, now becomes n burden to the animal economy. The heavy coat of hair leads to, profuse perspiration and this to. debility. Nature now seeks- to throw off the Incubus the kragcoat becomes a foreign body to be gotten, rid of. The horse fails to part speed ily with this winter's protection un less he Is given a chance by his own er. If he te confined to a badly ven tilated, dirty stable and given water to drink, the glands and sweat pores of the skin fail to work freely. Sluggish circulation of the blood ac companies these conditions of the skin, and that means Imperfect work ing kidneys and liver. The horse must be healthy to perform a. healthy act Coat-shedding te natural and neces sary; it is best done by horses in best condition. Such horses are those which have been properly exercised and fed during winter: To stimulate shedding at this season try to Induce good health, if absent Do this by flooding the stable with fresh air aad sunlight Change hard drinking water for soft water. Stopfeediag corn and substitute bran mashes until the bow els are freely opened until winter's costiveness gives way to that freedom of excretion which nature stimulates by greea grass. Feed oats then to fill the blood with nitrogen; the carbona ceous matters of corn are no longer called for and nitrogenous matters will build up muscle and afford vim and vigor for hard labor. Lastly use the curry comb and brush thoroughly as mechanical stimulating factors. The skin will respond in kindly fashion, and where this. is brought about the horse may be considered healthy and fit 'for work. Bfflk Ylel mt Saws. The milk yield of sows slight be thought to be considerable, as it must supply the food for sometimes very large litters. That it-U not large should teach us that the amount of milk needed for the sustenance of the young of any animals te relatively small. Man. when he tries. to supply artificially the place of nurse to farm animals, almost always overfeeds. This overfeeding te not infrequently the sole cause of the death of animals be ing brought up by hand. Nature has fixed matters in such a way that over feeding te practically out of tne question. As to the amount of milk yielded by sows we have not extensive, data. Four sows -were tested at the Wisconsin station and their milk weighed at different periods and for different lengths of time. Number one gave an average of 5.8 pounds per day; number 2 gave 4.1 pounds per day; number 3. gave 5.4 pounds per day and number 4 gave 5.5 pounds per day. The highest yield of milk on any one day was 8.7 pounds by sow number one, twenty days after farrowing. Caapwltk IaelesaS Ban. The coop and run here illustrated are very serviceable where it te de sired, tot restrain the chicks till they become rainy well grown. The wire can be of one-inch or two-inch mesh. but generally the one-Inch mesh will be found best as that stops the egress of the chicks and the ingress of rate. The whole may be moved from place to place with " ease, especially where strongly built OM sa Haw From Farmers' Review: 'I would like to have the experience of some of the readers of The Farmers' Review as to the planting of old seed corn. Will it sprout and grow as well as new corn? J. S. We hope our readers will send in their -answers at an early date, as. corn-planting time Is approaching. Prof. H. L. Russell says: The mold ing of cheese Is, of course, a biological phenomenon due to the development of mold spores on the surface of the cheese, a condition brought about by the proper temperature and moisture. Mold will invariably occur whea the degree of saturation in the atmosphere reaches the maximum point and under these conditions at ordinary tempera tures at which cheese te ripened you have more or less trouble from the molding of the cheese. We find, that when cheese te cured at 40 degrees or thereabouts, these molds will not de velop. They cannot grow to any considerable-extent because the tempera ture te too low for them, to develop, so that those losses are to a large extent obviated by the use of these lower cur ing temperatures. Strack tka Klckt Corporal punishment in nubile schools' may or may not be a good thing, but there are times whea a teacher- feels that to' spare the rod will spoil her temper, at least In such cases they have been known to violate the non-whipping rule. . Some time ago aa energetic city teacher lost all patience and, after using moral suasion until 'it had no effect, gave the boy a' good sound spanking. Of course he told his par ents and'his parents told the prin cipal and the prindpal came down to remonstrate with the teacher. He ex pounded the law 'and she explsiaed until she was getting pretty atad. Finally the prindpal naked: "Where did you strike the boy. Miss C?" "Where the Lord Almighty made him to be spanked." was the irate an swer. That closed the iaddeat Mllwau- fcee SentineL The influence of n well-ordered home makes better boys thaa curfew ordinances. The top wave of exdtemeat always r a bottom of depression. syMJg55;. ""S-Esgmmr suwanaaajjp . . . amaarBBaamaWSBBBss 'BBBka. liamsamf BaBBBBBBBBBBBBBam bBBBbBbBbbBbBbBbPB BsPwaBBBslBBBBBBBm BmaBBSa, "' BBBml BbBbBbBBbI ' bBbBbBBBBBBBb! SaBBBBBBB BbBbbBBbY aBaaBBBBBai bbBbBbBbBbBbBsP BbbBbvBBbT twaLeBmBBBBBBaBBaBPnwV BajaBmaBKOTaaVBaPy mmaaBBaW' BaBTeeL w veKSafeBa97mal aBsBa? OM ta Bar Larar. Far are the weoded hills, the pale moon ever the branches. Under whose cberry-Moom we last. In the twulsht met: There was the flash of rain; the swaying leaves In the gloaming. " ' Sounds of the wiad-blown pines. In hills that I dream of yet . '. T Here la no moon, no star, and dim the glow of the lanterns: , Burdens of -twilight epag the cry of the nlght-wlnd stilta; . How have I longed and prayed, betwixt the dusk anchthe dawning. Only for you. my love, and rain in tne pine-clad hills! Weary the days that pass. The plum trees blossom and wither: Slowly the white moon gathers, slowij Its round declines: Oft when the lanterns die I hear yout foot on the matting. Coming to take me home to you ana the wind-blown pines. -Willard Lynn In March Upplncott s. Clattag- Days mt tka War. "A good many of the boys," said a veteran recently, "made mistakes in the test year of the war. The hundred days men and the one-year men who enlisted in 1884 or early in 1865, were to hold after the surrenuer oi Rvpi some of the veterans who had re-AnltBted were restive when they saw the Confederate armies breaking up. They had enlisted for the war, aad now that the war was over they wanted to go home. Those who for say reason were retained beyond their time became almost mutinous, and were only restrained from outbreaks by pride and sense of duty. The more reckless men, however, indifferent as to consequences, immediate or re mote, took the bits in their teeth and went their way. "These were the exceptions,- how ever. Ninety-nine men in every hun dred stood firm and true to the last. as proud of their long service as of thdr first exultant over the privilege of participating in the grand review at Washington, prising beyond all other documents their honorable dis charges, and returning home the bet ter citizens because they bad been good soldiers. We know much' of these fellows because they have little to conceal and much to be Increasing ly proud of. Their records are as an open book, but there are others who In the last year of the war had adven tures and experiences that were known only to their company officers or to their most intimate comrades or to men of my profession. That Barap wltk Skeriaaa.' "By the way," said the Colonel, "I have a letter from Jack Jeffers. He wants me to understand that he has never talked about his- scrap with Sheridan In the cabbage field at Edge field. His version differs 'In no par ticular from that given by his old comrades of vthe Forty-second Ohio. He explains that he was the last man in the world to strike an officer, par ticularly Sheridan, whom he liked. But when the blow came, he thought some of the boys were trying to get bis cabbage, and as he never permit ted any man to strike him he. struck back without looking at any one. "Jack insists that he never told the story while he was in the service, but that men of his company who saw the scrap frquently joked him about it He doesn't object to the telling of the story now, but refers with more pride to the record of Company K, Fifty second Ohio, made at Peach Tree creek, where Jeffers and Lieut Frank B. James were the only ones left to answer roll calL All the others were killed, wounded or captured. Jack also refers with pride to the fact that he was not far away .when Col. Dan McCook fell nt Kenesaw and that the colonel said to him, 'I am wound ed boys, but don't fall back.'" Chi cago Inter Ocean. SaUUsr May Kaelslai Bis Oaa. In the stirring days of the civil war, doubtless, in the quiet moments of his camp life, a, soldier of the Second Michigan laboriously carved upon the stock of his carbine the following leg end: Run, E. T. R., 2nd Mich. July 18. 1867." "First Rob Early's Brigade, Bull Who can say what thrilling story of assaults, raids, possibly retreats, and solitary nigbt watches Is concealed in the history of that mute witness, now a rusty relic in the collection of curios recently purchased from the Allegheny Arsenal at Pittsburg and now dis played In the sporting goods depart ment of a large Chicago store. It is a far cry from Bull Run battle field to the 'present' resting place of the old carbine, and if the hand that carved it in the old days has not salut ed in response to the last roll call, the present owners of. the gun would glad ly present the weapon, through the me dium of this newspaper, to the soldier boy of Early's Brigade. The gun is a medium bore muzzle loader, with a receptacle in the stock, oa the side opposite the Inscription, for the carrying of percussion caps. Wayae Caaaty laterastsd. What will be one of the largest, if not the largest delegation of civil war veterans in attendance-in the Indiana State encampment at Indianapolis next May. will be that from Richmond and Wayne county. In Richmond during the civil war the Sixteenth, Thirty sixth, Fifty-seventh, Sixty-ninth, Eighty-fourth and One Hundred and Twenty-fourth- regiments of infantry, and the Second regiment of cavalry, were, organized. Each of these regi ments had many Wayne county sol diers, as a matter of course, and at this time there are a number of sur vivors. J. Frank Davenport, color bearer of tbe Eighty-fourth regiment, still resides In Richmond, and to him will be accorded the honor of carry ing the Eighty-fourth's tattered flag. ae ta Soldier. A request for a bounty of 8100 for an old soldier was made of the Cin cinnati Board of Public Service and created considerable surprise, as it was the. first time that such a thing had beea asked of that board. It was ia writing and was from Attorney Price J. Jones, on behalf of Hiram Johnson, late of Company c.. Thirty ninth Ohio Veteran Voluateer Infant ry Regiment He stated that the vet eran, is entitled to a bounty bond of 8100 from the city in accordance with Volume 77. page 249. of the Ohio laws. The matter was referred to the Cor poration counsel foran opinion. Upon Inquiry It was learned that a law' was passed during the Civil War authoriz .lag the dty to offer n bounty of 8100 to Induce old soldiers to re-enlist upon the expiration of their term of ser vice. A aumber of such bounties have beea paid by -the dty auditor, aad it appears .that -.the application should have been made to that official testead of to the Board of Public Service. l A. K. Kaaks era Statistics ia the annual report of the Department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic, issued by Commander-in-Chief Thlstlewood, show that the ranks of the veterans, are be ing rapidly thinned by death. Last .year 683 members died; makiag the mortuary rate 3 per cent The net loss in membership among the Illinois posts was 1,160, due to death, suspen sion, discharge, and transfer. , During the year 562 members were mustered In, 272 were gained by traas fer, and 855 were '" reinstated. At present there are 548 Grand Arsay posts in the state, with s total mem bership of- 21,604.. Four posts surren dered their charters! The organization expended 84,999,71 for charity. Plans for the annual encampmeat which will be held at Rock Island, May 20, 21, and 22, have been practically completed. For the first time in years there is only one candidate mentioned for 'the 'office of Commander-in-Chief, Judge H. M. Trimble of Princeton. Kara CaHed far Taste Maaay. - "A New York man recently called on me," said Ex-Commissioner Evans re cently, ' submitted a list of fifty men. and asked me if the names of any of them were on the" pension rolls. "During the civil war," he said, "there was a bank on the river front in New York. Across the street was a recruiting station. One day fifty re cruits came into the bank in a body and each deposited his bounty. None of them has ever called to obtain his money. Interest was allowed for twenty-two years. My visitor was trying to locate these men,- so the accounts might be closed. - "I had the pension rolls examined and found six of the names of the fifty men who had deposited the money for ty years ago. Each of the six, by prov ing his identity, will receive a large sum." Stataa at Skarlaaa There is an equestrian statue of Gen. Uiysses S. Grant in Brooklyn, and. there is soon to be erected in New York a similar statue of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. It is to be hoped the citizens of New York are not unmindful of the' fact that there was another great general of the Union-forces who did much toward bringing the war to a successful con clusion. We refer to General Philip Sheridan of Winchester and Shenan doah fame. Grant and Sherman re posed trust and confidence in him, and -bore testimony to his services on be half of the North. It should be particularly appropriate to erect a statue of this general, rep resenting him on horseback in such a manner as to recall that famous Win chester ride. Old Araiy Nana Dead. Mrs. Ella Hawdon, who would have passed the century mark had she lived until next spring, is dead at her home; in Brooklyn. Mrs. Hawdon served as an army nurse during the civil war, and was personally acquainted with Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and other leaders. She was at the battle of the Wilder ness, at Shiloh and before Vicksburg during the siege. Mrs. Hawdon's husband was a steamboat engineer on the Ohio river. Lafayette, after his return to Ameri ca on a visit, was a passenger on his boat and fell overboard. It was Haw don's good fortune to rescue him and for that service he was presented by Lafayette with a gold medal. Aaaaal Caafadsrata Baaalaa. The twelfth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans is to be held in Dallas. Texas, in April, begin ning on Tuesday: the 22d, and contin uing through Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Gen. John B. Gordon of Georgia, the general commanding, is laboring most earnestly to make it a huge meeting. The Confederate South ern Memorial Association, which is composed of women, will hold its third annual convention in Dallas at the same time. There are 1,410 camps of the United Confederate Veterans en rolled, with applications for over 100 more. Plaa far Jaeksaa MaaaaMat. Several leading Louisianlans, headed by Mayor Paul Capdevielle of New Or leans, are petitioning Congress to make an appropriation to complete the mar ble monument on the Cbalmette bat tlefield and embellish the grounds where Gen. Andrew Jackson won his famous victory over the British Jan. 8. 1815. They say that the United States Daughters of 1776-1812 have done much for the monument, that further private subscriptions are out of the question, and state aid cannot be expected, as every effort to that end has failed. Worthy Tatoraa Passes Away. Veteran John Britton, who was stricken down with apoplexy and died in Cincinnati lately,- was a valued foreman in the Home Quartermaster's Department and was held in high es teem by his comrades. A testimonial expressing his worth as a gentleman and ability as an employe, was signed by all the members of the department to which he belonged, and posted, with a bow of mourning, in his vacant room in the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio. Baartea Freaek XlHtarr Service, It is ssmi-officially announced that the period of service in the French army will shortly be reduced to twe years, the military committee of the senate having reported that the change can be made without detriment to the service. According to a statement re cently issued by the French war of fice, the French army now has 28,400 officers and 492,059 men, as compared with the 32,386 officers and 569,699 of the Germnn army. 'Partaae Sfakss Xa Ckaaga. Owen D. McGovern, n Brooklyn truckman, has fallen heir to 8100,000 from his uncle. Father McGovern. the oldest priest in tbe archdiocese of Hudson. N. Y. He says he will con tinue his trucking business. eseeeeeeeeefteoeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeefteeeesa) jeatfish a in a Jug eeeeeeeeeeeeeoeoeeeeoeee Rev. Ezra Smith, who rides a Meth idtet drcult in Southwestern Texas, ias a fish story which he tells only when sure of his company. He is not nly a maa of God. but te naturally xutaful, aad those who kaow him best my that he never told a lie in his ife. He Is gaunt, hard-muscled and se ious. He has a temper which he con sols by gripping It with both hands tad holding it down. When his story s doubted he gets dark-red of face and .valks away hurriedly. Therefore he :ells it oaly whea sure of his listeners, rhteis the story: "Two years ago I was ia a cabin on Jie bank of the lower Guadalupe; sept there because the river was full rod I could not cross. I thousht to till n day with hook and line, and mtfish bite well on a rise, any how. "I borrowed a hand line 50 feet long. it had a half pound lead sinker at its md and three hooks set at Intervals it two feet above the lead. These Mmks hung from pieces of line each a .'cot long. -" "I walked down the bank a half mile, baited with chicken liver, swung aer around my head a few times, aad let go. The current took the line dowa tt a' sharp angle before the lead strack bottom. 0000 a No Need to Fuss "I have strenuously objected' to the easy going ways of the majority of far western druggists," said the drum mer, "but thus far I don't seem to have, made much of an impression on them. "I was in a Wyoming town last month, and feeling aguish I went to the drug store and got some quinine capsules. An 'hour after taking them I went to bed, and it was about mid night when I was aroused by the land lord, who asked: 'Stranger, are you feelin' all right?' " 'Yes, pretty well,' I replied. " 'No horrible pains nor nothin'?' " 'No. But why do you ask?' "'I guess you'd better come dowa stairs. The druggist says there's some mistake about them pills. I want to tell you, though, that he's a powerful good feller and never pizens anybody, on purpose.' "My hair began to curl before I was out of bed," continued the drummer. "I remembered that the druggist seemed to be careless in serving me. and. while tbe capsules had thus far had no bad effect. It did not take me long to imagine that I had swallowed ten grains of morphine and was good for an! excursion somewhere. "I made lightning work of getting into my clothes and getting down VVMVWWWWMftMAWWWWWMMAftWWMWWMWMWWW American Revolver Experts Win Victory Over French Undoubtedly the mastership of the world to-day lies at the feet of the marksman. He and he alone has en abled the Boer to make a resistance against tne heaviest odds ever brought on a modern battlefield; as long as markmanship was clearly with the south she won victory after victory over an opponent as brave as herself: he and he alone won the battle of New Orleans against the veterans who had driven Napoleon's legions, and it was the marksman that gave us this continent. Theory informs us that the time is coming when the marks man will be annihilated by charges of dynamite dropped from dirigible bal loons, but till that possibility has been shown to be of practical valuo the rifle is king of the long distance and the revolver of the short with all due allowance for the perfected rapid-fire guns that have failed to make the kopjes of South Africa un tenable. Therefore it is with a thrill or na tional pride that we read of the vic tory won by Americans with revolvers over the Frenchmen, who were the best shots In Europe. The man train- VV-WWMV i "" JUST A HORRIOMAN AND A MOUSE CoaiMaatlea Tbat Defeat tka Baagor Girls Basket-Ball Team. The true reason for the defeat of the young woman's basket-ball team from the Bangor high school by a team com posed of girls from the Coburn Classi cal institute at Waterville, in the Y. M.C. A gymnasium on Saturday af ternoon by a score of 11 to 3. has at last been explained. It was the com bination of a horrid man and a mouse. Owing to the washout on the rail road the visitors did not arrive in this city until 3 o'clock. During the inter val the high school girls went to a restaurant on Main street, where they had luncheon served to them in the room just in the rear of the main din ing hall. It chanced that a certain Bangor man, who fancied himself something of a' practical joker, was eating lunch in the cafe at the same time. His ta ble' was but a few yards distant rom ... -:- which senarated the fem- ine twin"" .- iniae basket-ball aggregation from the rest of the establishment. The chatter- and laughter from behind the cur tate fell pleasantly on his eara. when suddenly he had an idea. Jumping from his seat, he rushed out onto the sidewalk. In front of the Commercial office he met Gompers McGoo'ey, the bootblack, who was puffing on a half consumed cigarette which he had just secured from a neighboring doorway. "Do you know where you can get me a live mouse, my boy?" asked the man. "Ill pay you half a dollar for one. "Why sure," said Gompers. "I got one in a trap back here. I'll be back in a minute." Gompers returned in a few secoads with the mouse imprisoned Inside a pa per bag. The man and the mouse then eatered the restaurant "Oh. I'm just sure we shall win this ..-'. nm of the girls was say- lag; when the man let the mouse ; thlwagh-'the curuua iai ik, jim ' luncaeon room, in u - Tcxt Circ.it trmtr Vduckcsftrtitt Trath wf a iHast 5 Extracfwiaary 2 Fisa Stwry : eeeeeoeeee) "In less than tea accoads I got a bite. I sunk the gaff into him hard and began to haul la, hand over head. He came heavy aad slow, like ether cat fish, and I felt soed. "When I got the last hook from the water I saw that a twe-anhou jug aaaf tot It Then I didn't feel good. I dragged the jag upon the sank aad stooped to get the hook out of its mouth, hat it was caught aad hd somethlag inside. "I supposed that It waa caught oa weeds, took a reck and broke the jug. On the hook, fastened through the up per lip, was n Mae catfish that weighed more than two Bounds. "Now, yon know bm aad my calling. There aia't but one explanation of this thing. Some fellow threw, the jug into the river a long time before. It sank to the bottom and lay with its mouth upstream. "A baby catfish went Into It one toy aad stayed in it. living on such food as drifted in. until it got too big-to get out It lived in the jug and grew. Maybe some day It would have burst the jug. I don't know. My last hook landed agaiast the Jug's mouth, drifted in and the bite followed. "No, sir. I didn't think to keep the Jug aa a reminder, and I ate that cat fish. He was as good fish as I ever tasted." Druggist Admitted He S HadraaSlajmt Miatifcc, But Was J Perturbed stairs, and there I found the druggist as calm as aa old shoe. " 1 think I put up morphine for quinine for one of three persons." ho explained, 'and so I called arouad to see if you were dead. Let me look at the box.' "'By John, maa. I yelled at him. 'but do you make a regular thlag of killing somebody once n week with your old drugs?' If yon have poison ed me ' " 'Those are quinine, sure enough.' he interrupted, as he opened a capsule aad tasted. 'You can go back to bed. stranger.' " 'But I want to know about this thing. Why do you keep your mor phine aad quinine side by side? Why don't you have your mind' "'You are all right and have ao kick coming. he said as he lighted a cigar and seemed somewhat relieved in his mind. "'But who got ths morphine? I asked. '"Lung Sing, the Chinaman, prob ably. It was either Lung Sing or old Bill Birdsall. and odds Is the differ ence which; as the boys are going to hang the both of 'em to-morrow!" There is too much borrowing of the cruse which goes for bearing the Cross. ed in shooting gallery seldom bags the game in the field, and the Frenchman has little practice under the conditions of actual warfare; yet our men met theirs at target practice, and won out by a good margin. It is claimed the victory was due to the fact that "Am ericans had ben trained to the revol ver ad the Frenchmen were more familiar with the dueling pistol." We answer that the revolver Is the sol dier's weapon at close quarters, in a surprise and in a cavalry charge it is the weapon tbat should be han dled in peace by the people that would be ready for war. The president is anxious that' con gress make an appropriation to pre serve our familiarity with the rifle. We suggest that the revolver is of equal importance. Tbe sword should be discontinued, except at parades. The revolver is still a soldier's wea pon, and should not be neglected until it is possible to rain death from the cloud and so make war itself impos sible. Florida Times-Union. Religion is not enjoyed until It is employed. IWVWWW stant the basket-ball team was trans formed into a mass of shrieking fem inine humanity. Several of the girls at once took positions on their chairs. and it is rumored that one. at least, drew her skirts about her and sprang gracefully onto the table. Several waitresses, more daring than their athletic sisters, hurriedly armed them selves with brooms and other deadly weapons, and in a few minutes the cause of the disturbance was lying limp and cold in death. The shock had been too great how ever, and the Waterville girls secured a comparatively easy victory. The man escaped. Bangor (Me.) Commercial. UNLICENSED KISSING PUNISHED - Stern Justice Meted Oat te the OtTead lac Parties. A writer in the Green Bag sets forth America's earliest known case of judicial cognizance of kissing. There is not, as generally believed, any ref erence to osculation in Roger Lud low's code of 1650. better known as the "Connecticut Blue Laws." But the case of the People vs. Marline. heard by the governor of New Haven colony in council on May day, 1660. ia aicates the attitude toward unliceas- cd kissing in those times. It appeared that Jacob Murline and Sarah Turtle had been caught kissing each other. Jacob tried to throw the blame on Sarah, saying he thought she had "with intent let fall her gloves." 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