woe ;
The University of Cambridge had
become notorious. To make its dis
comfort complete, its notoriety filled
tie columns of the halfpenny press.
A murder had been committed in one
cf the colleges.
A murder was something so extra
ordinary in a Cambridge college, so
.-Hen from the even-course of 'varsity
hfe, and so remote from the exper
ience of 'varsity men that no Cam
V'ijge man could estimate the conse
r enees of the deed. Those in au
thority were stupefied. A murder
was something utterly remote from a
lion's purview.
But in Cambridge only one thing
Altered.
The life of one of the most popular
run in the 'varsity was in jeopardy.
l!:s college was proud of him because
i,o was a Rugby Blue. Moreover, he
vt.5 likely to be well up in the Mathe
matical Tripos. He stood out a
t.'.inirg example of that union of ath
letic and academic distinction which
j5 a splendid 'varsity ideal. Yet this
ni railing question was in every one's
thoughts. Would he be sentenced to
u.ath?
Perhaps opinion was evenly di
vided. . ..
Cn the cne hand the story' of the
prosecution was strong and the links
in the circumstantial chain were flaw
;s?. On the other hand, every one
disbelieved it, because, though they
saw the strength of the case for the
Ciown. they saw also that the crime
was one of which no one who knew
tuc prisoner could imagine him guil
ty, And even those who did believe
it v- i?hed they did not.
For the man who was dead was of
lev: birth and low instincts, one of
these men who are sent to Cambridge
no: to be taught knowledge, but to be
made socially presentable, whose only
c'r.a:-ce of passing in the world as gen
tlemen is to be thrust for three or
four years when they are young into
the society of men who are well bred.
o that, though they can never do
mere, they may at least pick up the
externals which mark a gentleman.
It was natural, therefore, that the
rymrathy of the whole university
went out to Charles Courtney as he
sat in the dock, just the same in appearance-
as he always was- a well
built athlete, a young man with a
Iear, open face, his hair curling
crisply cn his temples, his features
f.rrtily and clearly cut, his clothes
those half Cambridge wore a tweed
Norfolk jacket, gray flannel trousers,
liberally turned up, brightly colored
socks and brown leather "brogue"
shoes. His tie was in the colors of
the Hawks Club.
He knew that his life was in jeop
ardy. Three days of listening to the
witness. 's for the prosecution had
told upon him. His face was set and
firm, but unusually pale.
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1 Several miles outside Cambridge
there stands a house isolated in its
own grounds and surrounded by
trees. It is a spacious dwelling, dat
ing from the middle of the nineteenth
century, and it is distinguished by an
atmosphere of calm seclusion, which
It deiives partly from its position and
partly from being the residence of
an eminent scientist, Sir Julian
Courtney. The visitors to this house
are frequently men of world-wide
reputation, since Sir Julian Courtney
stands alone as the foremost British
geologise, and its well ordered house
hold, from the stable boy to. the
housekeeper for Sir Julian has long
been a widower seems conscious of
the dignity which attaches to the
household cf a man whose pre-emin
ence is acknowledge by men who are
themselves distinguished scientists.
Yet that house figured prominently
U the- Cambridge murder trial, which
the whole of England waa following
.with eager and excited interest, The
prisoner waa Sir Julian Courtney's
taly son and heir to the baronetcy,1
On the third day of the trial, how
eve?, nothing unusual narked the
life cf Churn Manor, despite the fact
that cn that day the prosecution
closed its case, and left the impres
ion on the mind of the great newspaper-reading
public that the prisoner
was guilty.
In the large library the master of
the house sat among his books, fos
sils and his papers. He was a tall,
bent-shculdered man, his gray hair
receding from his forehead, his fore
head splendidly and nobly built.
He was a great scientist, a man far
above the ordinary rough-and-tumble
Sniggle of life, Men often smiled
3 thy reminded themselves of the
mass of false theory which Court
Pey's pen had swept away, and it was
well known among scientific workers
that no deception, however small" or
eppareutly innocent, ever escaped his
rictiee. He was. almost superhuman
Ja his passion for the Truth. For he
fctew, a3 lesser men do not know,
tfcat from the Truth there must nev
er be the slightest deflection.
'et surely that October afternoon;
ps he sat there working calmly In his
Quiet library, he was superhuman' in
another sense. Hi3 servants, indeed,
ii not mince matters. They said
liuntly that he was. For their nerves
were on edge in their anxiety Xor
their young master. They said that
a father who could sit quietly read-
'fig and writing when his son's life
"'as in jeopardy must have a heart of
stone.
Many hard words indeed were spo
kyii about Sir Julian that day in the
kitchens and stables of Churn Manor.
And it would have been strange had
i!- been otherwise. He paid the usual
Penalty paid by those who stand
above the plane of ordinary men; he
was misunderstood.
In truth, that October afternoon
r Julian was doing what scores of
Jsen have done in times "of crisis
seeking to escape from his thoughts.
I'hat afternoon he was tabulating and
ranging the work of years. He
foiced himself to do this mechanical
work that he might not be at the
aercy of his thoughts, for he knew
;w,at no one else at Churn Manor
knew; that on the morrow, when the
ense begau he would be the first
witness. He knew well enough that
evidence would be the chief sen-
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satlon of a sensational trial, that all
England would ring with It, and that
every cheap journalist and emotional
reporter would make capital out of
his feelings. He shrank from the or
deal. It was utterly repellant to him.
But It was even worse, for he knew
that it would be useless.
There was, indeed, a flaw. It
might .be covered by a He. If it were
covered, his evidence would be strong
In favor of his son so strong, In
deed, that, if it were believed, it
would be In itself conclusive. But if
the flaw were not covered?
"Why not He?"
The question kept hammering at
the back of his thoughts. It had been
hammering there for many days, for
more than a week, ever since the line
of defense had been decided upon.
It was hammering very loudly that
afternoon.
"Why not He?"
He was trying not to hear the ham
mering. The defense was an alibi, so com
monly the forlorn hope of a guilty
man.
"The prosecution," said the coun
sel for the defense In his opening
speech, "has fixed the hour of the
murder at 7.30 at night. That exact
time is fixed with certainty. It is our
business to prove, as we shall prove,
that at 7.30 the accused could not
have been in Cambridge."
It was thus that the alibi was an
nounced. .
On the afternoon 'of the day on
which the murder was committed
Courtney was at Churn Manor. He
had tea with his father, and after
ward stayed talking. Sir Julian
would be called to prove that he did
not leave till it was too late for him
to reach his college before 8 o'clock
at the earliest.
"The prosecution will show In
cross-examining our witnesses, per
haps," went on the eminent counsel,
"that the accused possessed a bicycle.
He also possessed, I admit, a motor-
bicycle. But the one was in Cam
bridge at the time, and the other was
being repaired. Both these points
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TELL you, my brother men, it has become too much the
fashion in these latter days to sneer and jeer at the old
fashioned ways of the old-fashioned American household.
Something too much of Iron there may have been in the
Puritan's temper; something too little of sunlight may have
come in through the narrow windows of his house. But
that house had foundations, and the virile virtues lived In
it. There were plenty of red corpuscles in his blood, and his
heart beat in time with the eternal laws of right, even
though its pulsations sometimes seemed a .little slow and
heavy.
It would be well for us if we could get back into the old
way, which proved Itself to be the good way, and maintain,
as our fathers did, the sanctity of the family, the sacredness
of the marriage vow, the solemnity of the mutual duties
binding parents and children together. From the house
holds that followed this way have come men that could rule
themselves as well as their fellows, 'women that could be
trusted as well as loved. Read the history of such families,
and you will understand tho truth of the poet's words:
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control
, , These three alone lead life to sovereign power.
Henry Van Dyke, D. D., In "Counsels by the Way."
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can be proved conclusively. In short
it will be shown past all doubt that
he walked back to Cambridge, that
he reached his college at 8.15, as the
cross-examination of the college por
ter has already shown, three-quarters
of an hour after Bernstein was mur
dered, and that his return then was
direct from Churn Manor, and not, as
has been suggested, a bold return to
the scene of the murder in order to
disarm suspicion."
Such was the defense. As for the
theories of the prosecution, they
could be explained. Courtney's dis
like of Bernstein certaintly existed,
It was natural, was shared by many
others and, in short, was admitted.
The tale of an acute quarrel between
them was quite plausible. Such a
quarrel might have occurred at any
time between a man like Bernstein,
who was an "outsider" in varsity
life, and Courtney, who was a power
in the most exclusive 'varsity sets a
natural and easily understood 'quar
rel between one man anxious, above
all things, to pass through doors fast
closed against him, and another man
who had the power to open those
doors, if he could be persuaded to
use it.: That Courtney, being in an
expensive set, was in debt and short
of money, and that Bernstein had
plenty of ready money always at
hand these points excited no sur
prise for those familiar with 'varsity
life,
At last, when the opening speech
for the defense was over, Sir Julian
Courtney was called.
He gave his evidence in a quiet,
but perfectly clear and steady voice.
He testified to his son's character.
He swore to his being at Church Ma
nor on the day of the murder, to his
having tea with him, to his staying
and talking over some questions
which interested them both. In brief,
led by the questions of the defending
counsel, he established the alibi.
"There is only one question which
I wish to ask," said the counsel for
the Crown, and at once Sir Julian
knew that the flaw had been noticed.
"Is there any means," he was
asked, "by which the exact time of
your son's leaving Churn Manor can
be fixed? We have been given the
approximate time. Is there any cir-r
cumstance which can fix the time ex
actly?" "Yes."
"Would you mind explaining?"
There was perfect courtesy between
the two men- the scientist called to
witness on his son's behalf, perhaps
to save his life, and the representative
of the Crown and justice. Their
quiet, well modulated voices were not
raised above the pitch of ordinary
conversation.
"The clock which I kept on my
writing table had stopped."
"Yes?"
"I set it by my watch just after
my son left."
"And you are thus able to remem
ber the exact time?"
"Yes."
"What was it?"
'Twenty-five minutes to seven
;;And your watch is reliable?:!
I t "It ; is a ; chronograph, it never va
ries' That was all, but It was enough.
Granting that the accused .had walked
back to . Cambridge, It .was j now just
possible for him to have .reached his
college by 7.30., Sir Julian badsworn
to his being at. Churn Manor at 6.30,
But now, as every one saw,, the alibi
had been, seriously damaged If : not
destroyed.
The defense would go on, of course.
There were a score of witnesses to
call. At worst, there was "the ben
efit of the doubt'? to fight for. But
the essential witness had, perhaps,
destroyed the defense. .
Sir Julian left the witness box and
the court. He went out from the
trial as he ..had come into It ab
ruptly, and before the next witness
had answered half a dozen questions
his motor car was carrying him back
to Churn Manor.
There was a buzz of conversation.
In a corner of the court one of the
younger Dons a brilliantly clever
man of the new school spoke to his
companion, a fellow of another col
lege, an older man, and one who rep
resented things which some In Cam
bridge speak of as "old traditions."
"Surely he need not have men
tioned that," he said. "A very slight
suppression of the truth might have
saved his son." .
"Slight?", was the old Don's com
ment, with perceptible raising "of his
eyebrows.
But in the dock the prisoner had
grown paler. He knew that now,
past all doubt, the chaises were
against him.
The fair vision of life grew dim be
fore his eyes.
Every one remembers how the
greatest sensation of the many sensa
tions of the Cambridge murder case
came with its climax, the providen
tial discovery of a new witness, who
entered the box on the fifth da'y of
the trial, when almost the last efforts
had been made to bolster up the weak
defense. Every one also remembers
how this led to the acquittal of the
accused, and how, all over England,
there was a genuine sigh of relief
when the case, which the man in the
street had followed so closely be
cause of the insight it gave him Into
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'varsity life, ended in the complete
manifestation of Charles Courtney's
innocence. A little less than a month
afterward a fresh arrest was made,
and, eventually, after an unpleasant
exposure of what Bernstein's life had
been, the murderer was brought to
Justice. '
The demonstration which greeted
Courtney on his acquittal was mem
orable even in the annals of Cam
bridge. It seemed as if the shouts of
the undergraduates would never les
sen, much less cease, ;'- The ordeal for
Courtney was almost more than he
could bear, . His hand was wrung till
it was almost dead to feeling. Men
of his college, press men, his counsel,
and even gray-beared Dons crowded
round -him and pressed upon him
their congratulations. Finally he was
carried shoulder-high from the court
to the Bull Hotel, and, as the mass of
men moved through , the narrow
streets, shouting and cheering and
stopping all traffic, the crush was
frequently dangerous.
Late that, night, however, Court
ney had left the shouting and excite
ment behind him, though at times the
echoes of It still seemed to ring in
his ears. . He and his father, were
alone together in the library at Churn
Manor. They sat before the fire, and
silence. divided them.
It was the son who at length spoke.
"You have told me," he said. ?' that
you knew all along, that I was inno
cent," His voice was hardly recognizable
in his own ears. His father nodded.
"Yes, I knew," he said, "despite
the evidence."
"But you must have known nlso
that the evidence was the kind which
would carry conviction to a jury, the
sort of men whowell; who conld
not understand the impossibility of
my doing and thinking the sort of
things they suggested." .
"Yes; I knew that also." -
Then it was that the younger man
lost " control. He saw the incident
which was past with a distorted vis-
Ion. The miasma which had. clouded
his mind during the night after , his
father's evidence clouded it again.
"Yet you destroyed the alibi!" he
exclaimed passionately. xou, - my
father, snatched from me the one
chance I had." .
Sir Julian did not hesitate.
"Listen to me, Charlie," he said.
with an earnestness which command
ed silence. "You are overwrought,
but, nevertheless, you must hear what
I have got - to say, and, well you
must Judge for yourself. It is quite
true that my evidence destroyed the
alibi." It is also true that . it might
have been withheld. But I was asked
whether I was able to fix the . exact
time. It.--would nave Deen a suppres
sion of the truth to have denied that
I was able. I knew what I was doing,
and I answered as I did. You are
free to judge me, and, well I must
abide by your judgment,"
For a moment he paused. Perhaps
he would have welcomed some iadi-
cation , of what his son's .thoughts
were. - It .was not given.
"You must remember," he went
on, "that there Is something which is
greater than anything : else in the
world, greater than the strongest hu
man bond of love than the love of
man and wife, mother and child, or
father and son -the Truth. It will
endureIn Eternity. With it there
must neither be tampering nor sup
pression, and from it there must be
no deflection. ! Nothing can ever de
stroy it, and nothing except It is of
eternal value. That is the principle
which Juts guided my life, and be
cause of it I answered as I did. I
knew quite well that I might be tak
ing away from you your chance of
life;- I also knew that I might be de
stroying for myself all Joy in living.
That is all." " -
He stopped, but only for a moment.
: "No," he said, "it is not all. It
was the only way in which I could
act. M hope nay, more, I believe,
just as I believed you innocent that
you understand even now that no
matter what the circumstances, the
Truth, is the only thing possible for
me or for you."
Charles Courtney was 'of the same
blood as his father. He understood.
After all, there was only one thing
possible. And that one thing made
the bond between him and his father
not weaker, but stronger. It did not
come, to him as a revelation. It
seemed to be something which he had
ral ways known, but; for the moment
forgotten.
A great gladness held him. as he
met the question in his father's gaze.
"It is as you say," he said. "Don't
ask" me the question you are going to
ask. All that has happened has not
altered what I feel toward you."
Then, with a deep sigh of relief,
the tension of the long day at last
over, he knelt down by his father's
chair,, just as he had often done in
boyhood. .
And as he knelt there, able at last
to rest, his head dropped forward and
he slept.
Gradually it becC-ie the deep sleep
of utter mental exhaustion, and real
izing all that it meant, Sir Julian did
not disturb it. From time to time,
however, his hand passed tenderly
over his son's head.
A servant came, and the fire was
banked up high. The candles gut
tered in their sockets and went xmt
Darkness fell upon the room, and the
first light of dawn put to flight the
darkness.
Sir Julian did not move and his
son slept. The hours of the-night
had passed by unnoticed. His son
was spared to him, and between them
there was a perfect understanding.
When he awoke it was broad day
light. The Sketch. a '
SCIENCE
AND
A recent discovery In the chemical
world . was a liquid preparation to
Drevent the bottom of ships from
rusting or gathering marine growths,
Although the secret was known to the
Romans it was lost about 600 years
ago.
The light Intensity of the moonless
night, sky is estimated by L. J. Lew-
insor at 0.001 of a candle-coot; of
moonlight, 0.014 if a candle-foot, and
of daylight, between 8 a. m. and 4 p.
m.; from 2000 to 8000 candle-feet.
Some, clouds Increase, others greatly
decrease the intensity of light. .
- : Briquettes of compressed calcium
carbide have been prepared by H. K.
Koffer. of Vienna, and are claimed to
be nonhydroscopic, keeping indefinite
ly, and do not continue to give off
gas after withdrawal of water. They
are made by intimately mixing finely
granulated carbide . with a I finding
material and compressing in molds.
An English inventor has devised a
process by which it is possible to
purify rock salt direct, and on a basis
which is .not commercially prohib
itive, declares , Popular , Mechanics.
Hitherto, in preparing white table
salt from rock salt it has been neces
sary to depend upon the evaporation
of brine. , The new process consists of
melting the rock salt and then driving
compressed air ; through the molten
mass. Impurities are separated and
deposited, and tb salt is left white
and pure, ...;;-;,
It a pound of chloride of copper la
dissolved in a wooden pall of water-
wooden because a tin pall will be
corroded the solution will be suf
ficient to give the flames from a great
deal of wood the beautiful colors,
when burned in an open, fire, which
are ithe charm of driftwood coming
from the hulls of copper-sheated
ships. The best way to get the solu
tion into the wood is to put the wood
endwise in the - pail containing . the
copper chloride solution and allow it
to soak in gradually. Then, after the
wood is dried, it makes a beautiful
fire.
When a Jag is Not a J oke.
So absurdly lacking In a certain
phase of humor is the Parisian that
-he sees nothing laughable or joyous
in rolling about gutters or hiccuping
midnight songs or embroiling himself
with his fellows while under the in
fluence of strong drink.
That' engaging product of social
America who cames into the club,
hollow, cheeked and liyid, remarking,
"Gee, but I was. pie-eyed last night,''
has few -counterparts, here.; To have
been helplessly or even conspicuously
drunk, in a public place is a thing
which a Frenchman would be prone
to hide rather than .to exploit. A
strange and immoral race! Nothing
has struck me more forcibly than his
general sobriety a dull, gray word
by the way, whereby to describe a
characteristic of the blithest people
living. Collier's.
G001I HUvnriNG 2
J ti J I ZS'? VV 'vUI AS M.VKlV .' 'j-' J all'
-ev ' -n
Cartoon by W. A. Rogers, in the New York Herald.
THIRTY-TWO HONS SIGHTED
WHERE ROOSEVELT WILL GO
Despatch From British East Africa Tells of the Good Pros
pects For Big Game Great Plans For a Wel
come to the Former President. ' u
Mombasa, British East Africa.
Mombasa is preparing already tQ wel
come Theodore Roosevelt, and his,
coming has given a decided impetus
to the interest in the present hunt
ing season. ' "
The Governor of the protectorate
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Hayes
Sadler, is arranging a program of
welcome and entertainment for the
distinguished visitor, but in spite of
these arrangements the. greeting to
Mr. Roosevelt will be more to the
great sportsman, whose fame is well
known to local hunters, than to the
former President. "-
East African sportsmen were high
ly gratified to learn that Mr. Roose
velt had refused the offer of the au
thorities to grant him a special hunt
ing license that would have permitted
him to kill game to an unlimited ex
tent instead of confining himself to
the two elephants, two rhinoceroses,
two hippopotami, etc., of the regular
license. Lions and leopards are
classed as vermin and consequently
no license to kill them is required. ,
The white population of Mombasa
has heard much of Mr. Roosevelt's
personality, and In a joking way fre
quent references to the "big stick"
are being made.
The rains are late this year, and a
heavy fall Is expected (the regular
time for the "big rains" 13 from the
end of January to the end of April).
The prospects for good hunting this
season are considered excellent. Many
of the settlers in the outlying dis
tricts, realizing the increasing inter
est in the prospects for sport because
of the coming of Mr. Roosevelt, are
voluntarily sending in information
about the movements of game.
According to " a dispatch received
here a record group of lions, number
ing thirty-two, was seen on the Nandi
plateau recently at a point about fifty
miles north of Port Florence tthe
Nandi plateau is on the west side of
the great Rift Valley). Among them
are three huge males. Four families
of giraffes have been seen at Makin
du, 200 miles inland from here. on
the line of the Uganda Railroad, and
elephants have been seen at Elbur
gon, 475 miles inland on the railroad.
MESSINA'S UNBURIED DEAD.
Estimated at 60,000 and It
All the Bodies of the
Rome, Italy. The General in com
mand at Messina, who is in charge of
the removal of the dead, estimates
the number of bodies still awaiting
burial at about 60,000. Most of them
He several feet deep under the rub
bish from fallen houses. ' ' :
The work of clearing the debris
from the streets is proceeding very
slowly. Not more than 200 bodies
are'removed and . buried on any day
when the work is carried on without
interruption for twelve hours. - The
prevailing bad weather is hampering
the work greatly and often stops -it,
as the rain chanses the debris into
soft mud, which the first sunny day
hardens to the consistency of cement
DR. LYMAN ABBOTT'S SEVEN RULES
ON WHAT MAKES AN IDEAL WOMAN
Brooklyn. "To be an Ideal woman," said Dr. Lyman Abbott, in
a sermon in the Central Congregational -Church, "the feminine type
represented in each individual must:'- -
"1. Discard all , shoes the size of which makes walking well nigh im-
' Possk2; mns no$ consider her hands when it comes to a question
of work ' ' -' "' ' ' '" . "'
M3.' To obtain red cheeks, the ideal woman must take exercise and
pass bv paint and powder;' - - ' -' "
She must not be the servant of the dres3ma:er and milliner. They
- "5. She must not change her styles at the dictation of men in Paris.
"6. Her home, must be her palace, because in it she has developed ft
love of beauty and shown she knows how to create it.
"7. She must be industrious, sympathetic, energetic, enthusiastic,
. motherly and a true friend," -
Continuing, Dr. Abbott said!
"A woman's idea, of modern industry is playing bridge whist morn
ing and night. Her idea of modern life is to be supported 1jy some one
' "The ideal woman does not consider wark;,unwojnanly. Sh:be-.
lieves that whatever: concerns her husband concerns her. -If the ideal
woman's family finds fault with her cooking, she does not blame the
cooking. She blames the food, and changes it. , ,m ,.
"Woman was meant to be man's companion, and if the Idea were
properly carried out there would be. no affinities."
Russian Drugged and Left to Per
ish in a Roman Boarding House.
Rome, Italy. The body of a Rus
sian, Vladimir Tarasoff by name, was
found in a trunk in a boarding house,
locked up in the trunk, it is believed,
for twenty-three days. ;
A medical examination indicated
that the man, who was about thirty
years of age, had been drugged and
placed in the trunk, and that he had
died of suffocation. Two Russians
visited him shortly before his disap
pearance. There is no clew to their
Identity
The Field of Sports
Miss Emily W. Scott, of the West
chester Country Clubr'has been nom
inated for the presidency of the Wom
en's Tennis Association. '
The official report of the State Rac
ing Commission shows that New York
State's income was more than $150,
000 less last year than it was the
year before.
A new roller skating record was
established in the six-day relay race
in Denver when Risen-hand and Burke
completed 1519 miles and four laps
nn an filfiven-lan track. The nrevlous
record was 1512 mlle3 and eight laps.
,R. J. Cuninghame, a noted English
big game hunter and. field naturalist,
who is to be guide to and general
manager of the Roosevelt party, has
been here for some time completing
the preparations for the trip into the
wilderness as .well as the shooting
and collecting excursions along the
line of the railroad. He is selecting
and hiring native porters for the ex
pedition. He takes only experienced
men who are known to be courageous
and to possess great physical strength.
The "safari" kit in other words, the
camp equipment, for the work in the
open is arriving from London, and
all will be in readiness when Mr.
Roosevelt arrives. The railroad car
used on the line as far as Port Flor
ence by other distinguished visitors
to Uganda, such aa the. Duke of Meck
lenburg, the Duke of Connaught, the
Duke of the Abruzzi, Joseph Cham
berlain and Winston Spencer
Churchill, is being refitted for the use
of Mr. Roosevelt. - . '
Everything points to a successful
stay in British East Africa and Ugan
da for Mr. Roosevelt. The natives
are peaceful, game is plentiful and
the people of Mombasa are waiting
eagerly to extend him a welcome.
TAME HUNTING, SAYS ANOTHER.
Captain . Smiley Says Many Hunters
Have Made lions Gun-Shy.
San Francisco, Cal. Captain A. J.
Smiley, who is said to have served
with the Irish Brigade in the Boer
war, , says . that the hunting grounds
where ex-President Roosevelt plans
to spend his vacation are nothing but
a huge game preserve, and that tne
hunter will have a tame time. The
captain claims to have hunted over
this ground many times, and ne as
serts that the lions have been shot at
so often they have become gun-shy.
The Duke of Manchester, according
to Captain Smiley, is said to have Bhot
over the . country which Roosevelt
will traverse without bagging any
game; Smiley says he has written to
Roosevelt suggesting that he go to a
portion of Africa, where elephants
could be met in droves.
May Take a Year to Find
Earthquake Victims.
The soldiers and workmen have to
break thi3 with pickaxes instead 61
clearing It away with shovels. Of
ten a week passes without any bodies
being extracted, and at the rate at
which the work is -being done more
than a1 year, will be required before
all the -victims in Messina are buried.
For some unknown reason the
Government wants to keep this a se
cret, and an attempt to send the story
by wire some days ago failed; owing
to the activity of the press censor. It
is probable that the Government now
reaUzes its mistake in recalling too
soon the greater number of eoldiers
and ; sailors .engaged in the work of
burial. '. .:. -
Proof That He's Nearsighted
. Unfits an Oyster Bed Watchman.
: Trenton, N. J.-"-The Civil Service
Commission received its first request
for the removal of an officeholder
here. It came from an oyster grower
of South Jersey who objected to a
watchman, saying: "He isn't a good
watchman because he is nearsighted.
A nearsighted watchman can't do the
work. I know he is nearsighted, be
cause if he wasn't he could see his
own father and brother stealing -my
oysters right along." The watchman
says complainant is merely sarcastic.
vsr Tv6m Other Countries
Earl Grey, GovernorrGeneral ot
Canada, urges forest preservation in
Canada.
: Colombia has reduced the export
duty on cocoanuts from $2 to $1 a
thousand for a period of one year. -
A company has been formed, sup
ported by - English . capital, to open
five central sugar factories in Ja
maica. - -
In 1908 the product of the fisheries
of Canada was worth $25,5 .0,000,
decrease of $750,000; from 1007, o:
curring chiefly in Pacific salmon an
sealskins.
; DAMP POULTRY HOUSES.
Ko farmer should compel his fowir
to , occupy, damp poultry houses or
damp buildings of any kind. Dampi
dark quarters are very often a cause
of much .loss among fowls on the
average farm, and such a condition
is usually to blame for colds, roup'
and most of the other diseases that
ravage the farm flock.-Coltinesr is.
not nearly so destructive as "damp
ness, for dampness seems to work
through the feathers of the fowls and
produces a creepy, chilly sensation
that is not at all pleasant. FIllytrp
the low places in the houses and havd.
the entire floor at least above the
level of the ground on the outside of
house. If there are any cracks in',
the walls or roof through which the
wind and rain can blow,-close them
up at once." The saddest part of all
the destruction caused by drafts and I
dampness is that such conditions can '
so easily be remedied but are so oftaa
neglected. Epitomist.
SELLING BUTTER FAT. r
How butter fat should be sold is;
a question of importance to every",
body selling milk, cream or butter.'
From data supplied by the Maryland
experiment station the -f ollowing con
elusions are arrived at: Sellinghreo
and ' one-half per cent, milk - fori
twelve cents a gallon equals selling;
butter for twenty-three and one-half ,
cents per pound; selling the milk for
fifteen cents per gallon equals selling:
butterlat thirty-two and one-halC
cents a pound. Selling twenty per
cent, cream for fifty cents a gallon
equals selling butter at twenty-three
and a half cents a pound; to say hothv
lng of having the skim milk for farm
use; selling the cream for seventy
cents equals selling the butter for
thirty-three cents. Computations!
similar to the foregoing are the only?
means of determining how to get tho
most money for the dairy product,
but it will be necessary to know what
percentage of cream in tbe milk is
the average in the particular dalry
Progressive Farmer. . - ,v
, . . CH00SING A. SAW. . .
A sawmaker has this advice to glvci
In the selection of a saw:
-"See that it 'hangs' right. Graspr
It by the handle and hold It in posi
tion for working to see If the handle"
fits the hand properly. A "handle
should be symmetrical and the lines!
perfect. Many handles are made of
the green wood; they soon shrink!
and become loose, the screws stand
ing above the wood. An unseasoned
handle is liable to warp and throw
the saw out'of shape. Try the blade
by springing it, seeing that it bends"
evenly from point to butt in proporn
tion as the width and guage of the .
sway vary. The blade should not bet
too heavy in comparison to the teeth,
as it will require more labor to ub
it. The, thinner you can . get. a stiff
saw the better; it makes less 'kerf,
and takes less muscle to drive it.
"See that the saw. is well set and
haa a good crowning breast. Place it
at a distance from you; get a proper,
light on it, and you can see if there
has been any imperfections in grind
ing or hammering." American Cul
tlvator. FRESH CUT RAW BONE.
'A poultry keeper who seems to be
very successful in getting his hens to
lay in winter credits his success to
fresh cut bone and says:
"I make my hens lay more eggs in?
winter than in summer, and fresh
cut raw bone is the-food that gets thf
eggs. Similar reports come to tne
from poultrymen who have bought
bone cutters and followed my rnetb.
ods. I know" an instance of a mait
owning seventy bens that averaged
during February from forty. to, .fifty
eggs, a day and some days he got as
high as fifty-eight eggs.
"I have kept a careful cost record
and I. know that a yard of sixteen to
twenty hens can more than pay-for
the cost of a bone cutter during the
winter months when chickens have to
be fed.
"By using fresh cut raw bone the
food bill can be cut in two, and what .
is more important, the hens will be
forced into laying conditions." 'r
This looks like an extract from a
bone cutter advertisement, but there
can be no dtfubt.that cut or ground
bone is first-class egg-laying feed.-
Indiana Farmer. r
A CHEAP SMOKE HOUSE. '
Money being a scarce article, I in
vented . a smoke house which glvefr
just as good service as though it coit
a hundred dollari. It is made of a
large packing box three and one-half
(eet high, two feet deep and tbre
feet wide. A wide cleat is put in tha
top, to keep the meat from banging
against the box. In two days I
smoked two large hams perfectly.
Mrs. F. B. W., Minnesota, in Woman's
Home Companion.
&r'"K The Black Sheep.
,What," asked the man who had
returned to his native town after an
absence of many years, "became of
Ed. Ferguson?" v
w . . ' a a m a. l -
; jiQi un, ne s aoin nne. uoi ia
best livery stable, anywheres around
nere ana runs me aepoi uac.
"Let s see, he naa a younger
brother! didn't he?" ' "", 1
"yes. - Lem. He "never amounted
to much. Wrote poetry and painted
pictures. I guess the family kind of
disowned him. At least, he 'went
away several years ago, and I dunno
whatever became oi Mm. .Chicago
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