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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.
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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.
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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
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a want beloa-.abewiac point
'af attacaawat: . fram sMe.l
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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r a bottom of depression.
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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 . '.
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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.
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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.
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"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
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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-
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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 ;
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"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."
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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.
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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." Sarah
denied ' the intent Jacob then ad
mitted tbat he "tooke her by the hand
and they bot set dowa upon, a chest,
but whether he hyssed her or she
kyssed him. he knows aot for he
aever thought of it siace until Mr.
Raymond told 'him he bad not layda
it to his heart as he ought" The stern .
governor, after duly lecturing the
guilty parties on the enormity of their
offense, decreed that "the sentence
uerefore concerning them te that they. .
saall pay either of them a tne of
twenty shillings to the colony."
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