i-- Thi mi. e.chc. fcr MaiF:.:TT53;L;:. .kt J ncs or WTMBSTTO THEM
lter,SuDremurn.v .'
Oh, what a night far a soul,-to go!
The wind a hawk and, the fields in snow,
4 No screening cover :of leaves in t tne
wood.. , . ' '.'c
not a star abroad the way to show.
TX they part In peace eoul with its clay?
Tenant and landlord, L what do they say?
Was It sigh of sorrow or of. release
I heard just now as the face turned gray 7
"What If. tghfest on the shortess main
Of Eternity, 4 sought again -"V
The shelter and the rest of the Isle of
Time, A '' .
And knocked at' the door of its house of
pain! . . . . , .. : . ,
On - the tavern, hearth the embers glow.
The laugh is deep and . the flagons low;
But without, the wind and the track-
less sky
And ,night at the gates where a soul
- would go. - " ';
. Arthus Sherburne Hardy
Serving Drinks at Children's - Parties.;
. Now that winter is here and the
time of children's parties is at hand,
u word of warning may not come
amiss, says a writer in the Montreal
Herald.
There Is growing up a custom among
people who entertain, of serving alco
holic drmks to children.
To my certain knowledge last year
there was one house where cham
pagne cup was served to . the young
people, none of whom could have been
more than sixteen, or seventeen; and
by far the greater number much
younger, and there were several occa
sions where claret cup was served. In
fact, at most children's parties of a
smart "genre," claret cup is served as
& matter of course. To a great many
persons such folly and wickedness
may seem incredible, - but I assure
them. it. is so. , - .
One little tot of seven came home
and told; her mother that they had a
big. bowl of "red stuff wld lemons and
Oder t'ings" but she didn't like it "be
cause it made my head so funny."
It" once came to my ears with a
throb of horror, that a woman used to
give her children beer and encourage
them to drink it until they could not
stand up and the consequent proceedings-
were looked upon as highly
diverting, but she was. a debased,
drunken, ignorant woman, scarcely
responsible for her actions.
But to think that any educated, In
telligent Christian woman could serveH
intoxicating drinks to mere babies
passes belief. They may make a
futile excuse . by saying, that the vari
ous "cups ' are practically non-alco-bollc.
This is an absurdity, for men
nave often been known to get exceed
ingly intoxicated on : these mixed
brinks, and of course it takes a
touch smaller "amount of alcohol to af
fect the brain of a child. The very
smallest quantity may sow the seeds
of life-long misery and unhappiness
and, perchance, crime. Let . these
thoughtless women" take heed what
they are doing; let them take to heart
the words of one who said: "Whoso
ever shall cause one of these little
ones to stumble it were better for
ixim that a millstone were hanged
about his neck, and that he were
drowned in the depth of the aea.
"With regard to the serving of drinks
to children, Life has the following
pointed paragraph on the subject:
"Used as she was to the ways of high
lire, the woman was disturbed and
lier heart misgave her when her little
'daughter came home drunk from the
children's party.
-"Girls are certainly precocious," she
sighed. I was never under the influ
ence cf liquor before I came out, and
.u..was sixteen before I had so much
ias tasted a ; cocktail or any but the
plainest drinks."
( Next day she spoke to her husband
of her fears. He looked severe and
.reminded ier thafhe was busy amass
ing a fortune for his child and could
not be troubled with her morals.
Effect of Liquor Shown.
i T?rof. Kraepelin of Heidelberg, has
been engaged for a long time on an
investigation into the various effects
I alcohol on users in normal healthy
condition. He has found that the use
;of. a half ounce of spirits, equivalent
to an ordinary glass .of whisky, affects
all of the vital functions of the user
both physical and mental. Having
first found what an individual could do
in normal condition, he observed the
same person thirty minutes after tak
ing the spirits, and found that if the
healthy vision will enable the subject
io read letters thirty feet away, after
using the ounce of spirits he cannot
read, them more than from eighteen to
twenty-five feet away. A correspond
ing result was observed in the ability
to discriminate colors; also it was
noticed that forms and shapes were
blurred and Indistinct This palsy of
the vision is, of course, much more
marked in the case of a drunken man.
Similar results wre perceived in the
.action of all the senses. Ram's Horn.
The Saloon's History.
' Proprietors and defenders of sa
loons have at different times quoted
Robert Burdette in support of thi ne
farious institution. In answer Mr. Bur
dette says : "If the saloon men insist
The chairman of the British North
Borneo Company announced at a meet
ing of the company on Tuesday night
that diamond-bearing ground identical
with the Kimfcerley blue clay' has been
found on the Labult Kiver, says a Lon-
don cable. Samples of the diamonds
-were, he said, being tested in London.
British North Borneo occupies the
northern part of the island, has an
area of about 34,000 square miles, with
a coast line of 900 miles, and is under
the jurisdiction of a British chartered
oompany, whieh holds on grants from
the Sultan, of Brunei and Sulu.
in quoting me onvthls topic,-let them
commit' this to memory, that they
may, repeat it as they Jieed? it: I do
not know one good thing about the
saloon, " ir is an evil thing that has
not one redeeming thing in its history
to commend it to good men. Jt breaks
the laws of God .and man. It dese
crates the Sabbath; it profanes the
name of religion; -it; denies public or
der; it tramples under foot the tender
est feelings of humanity; it is a moral
pestilence that blights the very atmos
phere of town and country; it is a
stain upon honesty, a, blur upon pur
ity, a clog upon progress, a check up
on the nobler impulses; Tt: Is an incen
tive to falsehood, deceit : and crime.
Search . through the history of this
hateful thing, and read Jone-page over
which some mother can bow her grate
ful head an1 thank God for all , the
saloon did for her bay. There is no
such record. All Its history is written
in tears and blood, with smears . of
shame and stains of crime and dark
blots of disgrace." , : -
. This is a terrible arraignment of the
great evil. But it is true every word
of itand he might have even used
stronger language to condemn the evil.
Surely neither proprietors v nor defend
ers of the saloon can find any comfort
in the accusations made against the
saloon by Mr. Burdette. Arkansas
Methodist.
Intemperance In Paris. -The
city of Paris proudly publishes
the fact that it, employs no unskilled
labor below the day wage of $1, Six
francs 50, however, is the average
paid by industrial concerns all - the
year around. With that amount, even
with, 5 francs, a day, it is possible in
Paris to bring up a small family' hon
estly and decently, for, outside the big
hotels and the Elysee quarter, where
Americans and other foreigners dwell,
life in the city of light is decidedly
cheaper than in the small towns of
the American west. Yet . ninety-five
out of. every l'Otf travallleurs wives
are obliged to go out to work to keep
themselves and .children, for the hus
band uses more than one-half of his
earnings for himself.
Saturday being pay day, the num
ber of hours "heavy" spent outside the
gin mill are figured up and he is given
his wage. To celebrate he doubles his
usual allowance of liquor during the
rest of the day, the evenings, and Sun
day as well, the debauch incapacitat
ing. him for work on Monday. Hence
the "heavy's" wage never amounts to
more than 40 francs a week underthe
most favorable circumstances $8, ol
which amount the headf the family
absorbs $2.66 for drink and from $1.40
to 1.75 for meals. "f?
Out of the remaining :$4 or there
abouts the wife has to clothe him and
her, pay rent, buy food for the house
hold, pay the doctor, druggist, coal
merchant. She has to pay for -bringing
children into the world and school
ing them, for in France education is
anything but free.
Death a New Birth.
Those who die in the fear of God
and in the faith of Christ do not really
taste death; to them there is no death,
but only a change of place, a change
of state; they pass at once into some
new life, with all their powers, all
their feelings unchanged; still the
same living, thinking, active "beings
which they were here on earth. . . .'
What comfort for us who must die,
what comfort for us who have seen
others die, if death be but a new birth
into some higher life; if all that if
changes us is our body the mere
husk and shell of us such a change
as comes over the snake when he
casts his old skin and comes out fresl
and gay, or even the crawling cater
pillar, -which breaks its prison and
spreads its wings to the sun as a fait
butterfly? Where is the sting . ol
death, then, if death can sting, and
poison, and corrupt nothing of us foi
which our friends love us; nothing ol
Us with which we could do service to
men or God? Where is the victory ol
the grave, if, so far from the grave
holding us down, it frees us from the
very thing which does hold us down-7-the
mortal body ? Charles Kingsley.
Notes.
A writer in the Medical Temperance
Review, of London, England, says: "1
will tell you 'who cannot take alcohol
with impunity, and that is very im
portant in the present day. Of all the
people I know who cannot stand alco
hol it is the"brain workers, and you
know it is the brain workers that are
increasing in number, and-that the
people who do not use their brains are
going down, and that is a noteworthy
Incident."
Hon. Taro Ando is showing the peo
ple of Japan that they can save 320,
000,000 yen ($150,000,000) by quitting
drinking and smoking. He argues
that it would be so much better to
buy war bonds than smoke. His ap
peal to the patriotism of the people
is having a remarkable effect, -
The climate and condition of the
country in the vicinity of Pamplona,
Spain, are eminently suitable for the
cultivation of the potato, and it is
hoped that before " long the company
will be able to supply industrial starch
and dextrin at a price lower than that
which is now being paid to German
makers. The imports of these products
into Spain have amounted to about 11,
000 tons annually, .valued at nearly
$500,000. ( '
Colorado has aroused srreat interest
at the Purchase Exposition at St. Louis.
iter record is one to open the eyes of
the world, for In two weeks the State
was awarded seven first prizes, .
uxzx. -The
Milk Exchange nrice
fuality is Zc. per quart. ;
- ' ' B OTTER. :
Creamery Western, extra . $
Firsts
Seconds
State dairy tubs, firsts....
Imitation creamery .......
Factory, thirds to firsts...
1 CffEESB.
State, full cream,. fancy....
Small ........ ...........
Part skim?, good to prime
Part skims, cemmon ....
Full skims
2S (E$ 2SH
22 (3. 24
23 (a). ' 25
17 (2; 22
14 17
:11K
J2
5 :
0,
7
. (fc -4
EGGS. -
Jersey Fancy (oh. 38
State and Penn ; 35 (2) 3S
Western Choice ... 27 tf . 28
Southern Choice .... .... 22 26
BEANS AND TEAS.
Beans Marrow. 'choice .... 2 "65' (3 2
Medium, choice ......... Oil
Pea, choice 1 70 (a) 1
Red kidney, choice (3. 2
White kidney 2 80 (3 2
Yellow eye 2 10 0.2
Black turtle soup.. ; - (2) 3
: Lima, Cal 5
85
72i
65
85
15
10
00
25
50
25 -
00
10
10
50
00
mriTS AKD BKBRTKS FRFSIf.
Annies. Baldwin, per bbl.. 1 25 0. 2
King, per bbl 2 00 0 3
Ben Davis, per bbi. ...... 1 50 0 2
Greening, per bbl........ 1 25 0 2
Grapes, Concord, per bskt. 5 0
Catawba, per basket..'.. 5 (2?
Cranberries, C. Cod, per bbl 2 00 0 C
Jersey, per bbl 4 50 6
UVE PODLTRT.
Fowls, per lb
Chickens, per lb
Roosters, per lb
Turkeys, per lb '
0.
0.
0
0
0
12
10
8
13
85
1 12
60
1 25
JJucks, per pair
Geesey per pair.....
Pigeons, per pair
0 162
20
DRW8SED POULTRY1.
Turkeys, "per lb 15
21
20
11
15
Broilers. Philadelphia .... 14
Fowls, Western, per lb.., R
Spring ducks, per lb S
Spring geese, per lb 5
Squabs, pen dozen 1 75
(5?
11
2 75
- HOPS. !
State, 1004, choice, per lb.. ' 35 - 5) 36
, Good to prime, per lb.... 33 (5) 04
Common to fair.... 31 32
Pacific Coast, 1904, choice.. 33 & 34
Good to prime, per lb... 30 32
Old odds ; 13 17
HAY AND STRAW.
llav. prime, per 100 lb 82V4
No. 1, per 100 lb 77Vi5 80
No. 2, per 100 lb 70 i 72
Clover, mixed, per 100 lb. '.C rt 75
Straw, long rye. (J 1 15
. .VEGETABLES.
Potatoes, Jersey, per bbl.. 1 25
L. I., per 180 lbs 1 62
Sweets, per bbl 2 00
G 1 50
2 12
0 3 50
(i 1 00
(a) 3 00
( 3 00
1 50
a 3 so
h 1 75
(S? 1 00
11 00
Turnips, per bbl
Tomatoes, per carrier 1
jgg piauL, per uui....,..v.
Squash, per fcbl
Peas, per .basket.
Peppers, per -carrier
Lettuce, per basket
Cabbages, per ton
Cucumbers, per basket. . . .
Strinjr beans, -oer. basket. . .
V 1 2. 1
1 5
1 0
4
9 0
2 0
2 0
2
( 4
00
00
Onions, Ct., Yel., per.bbl..
Red. per bbl '. . ?
& 3 25
ft
0 2 75
Orance Co.. ner baar. .. '
0
75
Celery, per dozen bunches..
Cauliflower, per bbl...k... 1
Brussels sprouts, per qt....
0'
0 4
0
0 1
0.
40
00
10
85.
Kale, per bbl.r. 75
Jieets, per 100 bunches.... 2 50
Carrots, per 100 bunches... 2 00
Parsley, per 100 bunches... 2 00
Watercress, per 100 bu'ehes 1 00
SUNDRIES.
Beeswax, per lb 28
Maple sugar, per lb 8
Syrup, per gallon 65
Honey, clover, per lb.... 10
Buckwheat, per lb 10
GRAIN, ETC.
0 3 50
0 3 00
0 3 00
2 00
'3
0
10
75
)5
11
Flour Winter patents ....
Spring patents
Wlieat, No. 1 N. Duluth...
No. 2 red.-
Corn, No. 2 white. . . . k . . .
Oats, mixed
Clipped, white
Lard, city
5 50 0 3 85
5 90 0 8 45
0 I 25?i
1 210 I 23
0 53U
0 ! 37H
39K0 ' 40V4
i . 6
GAME.
Ducks, canras, per pair....
Red head, per pair
t Mallard, per pair
Xeal,- blue wing ; ..
Green win;;
Rabbits, per pair
LIVE STOCK.
Beeves, city dressed........
Calves, city dressed.'
Country dressed
Sheep, per 100 lb
Lambs, per 100 lb
H03S, live, per 100 lb
Country dressed, per lb..
CO
00
75
40
35
10
0 2 50
0
0
1 50
00
60
50
60
13
10
25
80
25
6
0
0
7
9
6
2 50
7 25
4 15
4
0
0
0
0
LESS RAILROAD BUILDING.
1001 Figures the Smallest Since lk)8
. Only 3S32 Miles.
New York" City. Returns from' the
majority of the railroad companies o?
the country, compiled by the Railroad
Gazette, show that approximately 3832;
miles of the new main track Lave been'
built in the United States in the calen
dar year 1904, this total comparing
-with 50o2 miles in 1903 and being the
.smallest construction renortecl since
1S98, when 22G5 miles were built. The
falling off is attributed to the suspen
sion of work by some of the larger rail
roads, including the Rock Island and
the Pennsylvania, owing to the I de-
pression in business. The largest! de
crease reported is in Oklahoma Terri
tory, where only 163 miles were built,
as against 661 in 1903. Texas leads
the list with 323 miles of construction
and Alaska is near the end of it with
fifteen miles of new track. New main
track mileage is reported-from -forty-three
States and Territories. No new.
mileage was reported from Connecti
cut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Nebraska or Vermont
To Withdraw Cotton.
Bankers and New York representa
tives of Southern railroads devised a
plan to withdraw 1,500,000 bales of
cotton from the market with a view
to keeping up prices.
Demand For Broughams.!
Demand for brougham horses of
rather larger size than usual has been
exceptionally heavy. of late in New
York, most of the leading dealers com
plaining that their stalls are practi
cally bare of such animals and borders
pouring in for them every day.!
' Rubber Company Shuts. ,
The Atlantic Rubber1 Company, at
Providence, R. I., employing 500 per
sons, shut down indefinitely without
assigning any cause. m -
: relsn Until Ieth CUlmeit Him
V tl ' Arrested With Her Children.! :;;i5
T c , t iji-.
aiason,"" Mich. Murder . so - cold
blooded 1 that. . it,, took j a . woman two
weeks to kill her husband r was ad
mitted, say the police, in a confession
made by . Mrs. Carrie Joslyn, who was
brought hither from Wheatfleld town
ship ' and placed in the County Jail.
Drop by drop, the alleged confession
aet forth, the wife gave arsenic to
William Joslyn, whom she slew that
he misrht become the bride of his
!arm - assistant,' Isaac Swan. A large '
luantity. of the poison was found in
ilia stomach. She put the powder first
In his coffee, and when it sent him to
b$d, day by day she hovered about
aim on the pretense of tending him,
yny to pour more and more of the
deadly drug into his pain-racked body.
Through, that whole fortnight she
watched him as a cat a mouse, not
ing the progress of the poison's work,
with no pity for his hourly agony.
3he reckoned only on the length of
time necessary to cause his death
(vithout detection, and when at last
the end arrived she turned to the man
tor whom she had committed the crime
ind her heart had room only for
Ireams of him and her future with
im.
Mrs. Joslyn told the police, they as
sert, Swan had conspired with her to
aiurder her husband. The two long
bad been attached to each other, and
it first, apparently, they thought of
waiting till chance should break down
the barrier between them. But Joslyn
was too robust and the prospect of
his natural death too remote for their
patience. So. they calmly, coldly
planned his violent taking-of and lost
no time In carrying out their resolve.
Marry they must they felt. : Flight
together did not occur to them. Mur
der was easier of accomplishment, and
seemingly there was nothing in the
idea to give either a shock. From the
moment the twain agreed on death
Joslyn's doom was sealed as irrevoc
ably as if his neck was stretched un
der the guillotine's falling blade.
Swan bought the arsenic and gave
it to the woman.' It was tied In fair
white paper with a neat string. Not
a shudder passed over, her as she. took
the packet of death from the hands of
her clandestine admirer. Joslyn's
coffee next morning contained the first
dose. He became ill in the forenoon,
but; rallied at dinner. There was a
brief respite, for it was not until, sup
per that she gave himi the second in
stallment. He groaned through the
night, but arose in the morning and
went about - his work. The man's
sturdy spirit would not yield to what
be regarded as a slight illness. More
of the arsenic was' given to him at the
noon meal. By dusk his strength was
gone. He took to his bed, from which
he never was to rise. Then an inner
smile of satisfaction underspread the
one she wore for him. He was at her
mercy.
Joslyn's active temperament made
him chafe against idleness. He tossed
on his bed and begged for cooling
drinks. The woman, still with the
smile that secretly mocked him, made
lemonade and handed to him tempting
glasses of the beverage. He might
have as much as he liked, she said.
It was good for the ailing. Perhaps
but not with dose after dose of ar
senic in it. So skillfully did she mete
out the poison, so carefully did she
calculate the length of time he must
live to avert suspicion, that Joslyn
never suspected her. He took the lem
onade from her hand with grateful
glances and drank it eagerly. It
soothed him, he fancied1, as no medi
cine could. Had not she prepared -it
for him?
Swan disappeared when the police
became suspicious. A search for him
was began and it is now believed he
would be caught before he could leave
the State. Mrs. Joslyn at night sat
in her cell, staring at vacancy with dry
eyes, her children from time to time
tugging at her skirt with inquiries
for their father. But she answered
not.
TRAIN BURIED IN SNOW.
New Haven Road Employes Unable t
Dig It Out.
Winsted, Conn. The train on the
Central New England road from
Goshen, N. Y., due here at 3.24 o'clock,
became buried in snow at Copake, N.
Yi, and for many hours the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
employes did not succeed in digging the
tram out.
The snow had Nbeen falling steadily
for many hours, being one of the heav
iest falls in years in this region. All
trains on the western end of the Cen
tral New England branch were held
up by the storm.
3IG FINE TO TIP A WAITER.
Bill to That Effect in the Missouri
Legislature. .
Jefferson City, Mo. Representative
Tubbs intrdduced a bill in the Missouri
House of Representatives making it a
misdemeanor punishable bv fine of not
more than $500 to "tip' a waiter, chef
or steward at any hotel,' cafe or res
taurant. Mr.. Tubbs, in discussing his bill
later, said that he believed it would
pass both houses and' receive the Gov
ernor's signature.
BROKE HIS NECK IN SCHOOL.
Fatal Accident f to Boy Expert, 400
Playmates Looking On.
New York City. While performing
before 400 children in the gymnasium
of Public School 72, in 108th street,
near Second- avenue, at , 9 o'clock at
night, Henry Talbot, 16 years did, fell
from a set of ring trapezes and broke
his neck. He died in a few minutes.
The children who witnessed the acci
dent became excited, but were calmed
by their teachers. They were marched
out of the building afterward. .
Profitable Cmlbag Crop. I :
' Cabbage'is 'a' gross vfeeder and wants
an immense amount ' of : fertilizer to do-.
its' best, !but it never- pay's to be sparing
with the fertilizer for any crop, because
liberality along this line Is true econ
omy.' ;v-'v. V;.- - .. . V ' - '
11: An average crop of cabbage is about
thirty, tons per acre. This will remove
from the soil in plant food 150 pounds
nitrogen; 360 pounds potash and 200
pounds phosphoric acid, so that in calr
culating our fertilizer requirements,
this gives us the key to what kind "of
' fertilizer we ;Vwant. A good cabbage
fertilizer would analyze: 9 to 10 per
cent, potash,. 8 per cent, phosphoric acid
and 4 per cent, nitrogen. ; The muriate
of potash is the cheapest form in which
to get the potash. Some growers pre
fer, the "sulphate,' but; the chlorine in
the muriate acts as help to keep the cut
worm in check. Nitrogen should be in
the shape of nitrate, of soda, particu
larly, on. the earlier crops, as the or
ganic fertilizers are slower in their ae-k
tion, particularly early In : the season.
The best organic nitrogen medium for
this: crop is castor pomace, which, is
sure death to all worms and slugs or
any species in the soil. The tendency
among a number of cabbage ? growers
to use phosphoric acid and nitrogen
only on this crop has always proved
disastrous, for if there is any one crop
that must have a well-balanced ration
of plant food, it is cabbage, and with
out the potash this cannot be given it.
In setting out the plants, choose a
cloudy day, if possihle. Run furrows
with a small scooter 3 to '4 feet apart,
as shallow as possible, and in this fur
row set the plants about 18 inches
apart. The plant bed should be well
watered before beginning to remove
the plants so that considerable moist
soil will adhere to the roots and help
the young plant to overcome the shock
of transplanting. A flat drill, making
a cut about 3 inches wide, is better for
transplanting than a round dibble, mak
ing a round hole. If the soil is some
what dry at transplanting time, a little
water should be poured in the hole nf
ter the plant is put in place. This will
help it to start growing.
The after cultivation of the crop
should be frequent and thorough, the
idea being to keep the "plants on the
jump and a quick growing plant is al
ways a thrifty one, and is more apt to
escape the various diseases, blights,
etc., that come once in a while. Time
and space will not allow me Just now
to go into details of markets, market
ing, etc., but I will say, that the crop
deteriorates if left too long in the field
after coming to maturity. Gather the
heads when dry. Never ship wet cab
bage. Put in crates, not barrels, as
they will heat in barrels more readily
than in crates, and do not ship any
culls. Feed them to the stock or the
poultry. Take care of your reputation,
and you will never need to regret grow
ing a crop of cabbage. C. K. McQuar
rle, in the Progressive Farmer.
. .V "
CorJeaux at Disinfectant.
A reader asks: "Is copper sulphate
the same as' blucstone? Is- the Bor
deaux mixture safe to use on the rough
walls of an old house that we wish to
use- as a pen for shoats? Can it be
used on animals to rid them of vermin?
Would it do for . spraying the stable
floor or the manure piles?" Some of
these questions show how much need
there is ; for more knowledge among
country dwellers and in the homes of
our farmers in regard to the nature and
composition and the primary chemical
relations of the substances with which
. the soil tiller comes in daily contact
the air, tha water, the soil, the fertiliz
ers or fertilizing and other chemicals,
etc. Every farmer's boy, and every
girl who may be supposed to become a
farmer's wife some day, should receive
some instruction about the nature of
the ten or twelve most important 1 ele
ments which figure in the composition
of the soil and soil products, and of the
simpler compounds. Sulphate of cop
per (the chemical combination of cop
per and sulphuric acid) is also known
as blue vitriol and bluestone, and is in
itself one of our most valuable and
most effective disinfectants. I use it
quite freely in our sinks; our cesspools
(if we have any), our drains and sew
ers", on the damp cellar floor, etc. In
simple solution it is undoubtedly more
powerful for such purposes than Bor
deaux mixture, which is a weakened
form of the bluestone, thus reduced
only for the purpose of preventing in
jurious action on plant tissues and of
insuring better and longer adherence
to leaf structure. ' For washing rough
walls a simple solution is probably
preferable. 'But bluestone, while one
of the best of all germ destroyers and
preventives for the spread of disease, is
not an insecticide. It cannot be used
on, animals or in. stable3 for "killing
vermin.. The sovereign remedy for
that purpose is kero ene, or possibly
still better, crude petroleum. The lat
ter may be used in full strength on any
of our domestic animals without dan
ger. It is good fonsores and wo-nds,
' News of the Day.
More than one hundred horses in
Chicago were victims of the fact that
Christmas came this year on Sunday
and was followed" by a holliday. The
animals-, dropping in their tracks un
der, stress "of work have died of spinal
paralysis or were shot to "end their
sufferings. Azoturia is ; the ; technical
trouble, resulting from two consecu
tive days of inactivity in the stable and
the eating of the same working day. ra
tion of oats and corn.
and for. many other -purposes besides.
Kerosene may "be sprayed over the
rough walls o? a building, and will de
stroy the germs of disease 'as well as
insect life, but unless in emulsion, and
therefore greatly reduced in strength,
it would not be advisable) to? use ; it
freely on hogs, horses, cows, etc. I
do, however, . make: use' of it (mixed
with oil 'of tar, fish oil, etc) for spray
ing cattle .and horses , to epel flies.
For disinfecting stables and manure
piles the best things to use are land
plaster acid phosphate (dissolved with
South Carolina rock, the piainest form
of superphosphate) and kainit.
- How Blackleg Spread. '
The State Veterinarian of Missouri
says: It is often very difficult to tell
how blackleg gets introduced into cer
tain neighborhoods. It often breaks
out in a county where nothing of the
kind has ever been heard of before and
where: the manner of its introduction
is not apparent. Yet it is known that
the disease never breaks out anywhere
unless by some means the germs have
been Introduced there. Let us observe
that the disease is due to a very small
germ, the swelling which it causes con
taining millions of them. Although
these germs do not thrive in the pres
ence of the oxygen of the air, they
have sufficient vitality to live, in the
form of spores, for an indefinite period
on pastures or any grounds that once
become contaminated with them. As
a rule the hide is taken from the car
cass of the calf , that dies with, black
leg and sold and the carcass is left
lying around on the ground. Hogs,
dogs, buzzards, etc., eat of the carcass
and spread pieces of it over the coun
try, and in so doing spread the germs
of the disease. Taking these facts in
to consideration it is really, strange
that there is so little blackleg instead
of so much. Once scattered over the
surface of the ground, the germs are
washed into the streams and carried
long distances, and during overflows
are spread over low grouna. When
the carcasses are left lying on the sur
faces of the ground the germs have a'
chance to become generally distrib-
. 7Jic Colrtrokt Sheop. -
Cotswold sheep have been bred pur
for at least three centuries. , The Cots
wold of to-day is in many ways at
variance with the old type and it is
seldom now that we see a flock of
pure bred Cotswold ,that cannot lay,
claim to the ideal type of a combined
wool and mutton sheep. True, they are
as large a breed as we have, but did
ycu tffer knoV of. a market on which
a prime Cotswold lamb would not bring
the top figure?4 '
Some very careful experiments have
been made in recent years to test the
different breeds for profitable feeding.
The Cotswold is always right at the
top. The now desirable export trade
demands the heavy weights that Cots
wolds make at two or three years.
Cotswold rams have been used by the
largest sheep company in the West
chiefly for the last fifteen years. New.
stud breeding flocks .are being founded
all over the country to supply the de
mand for Cotswold rams that is in
creasing with each succeeding year.
As sheep of beauty and high char
acter in their .whole general appear
ance, it can be said that no other breed
equals them, and for jeal sterling qual
ities as a wool and mutton producer,
they are more than holding their own
in this country. Correspondence Pro
gressive Farmer.
Telilnjj Horse's Ajre by Teeth.
A writer on the horse asserts that
the lower front teeth, if healthy, and
natural, are practically an accurate
guide in determining his age. He says:
"A yearling has very short teeth, with
deep cups in the centre; the two end
ones being shorter than the others. A
two-year-old has short teeth, with com
paratively shallow cups. A three-year-old
has two long teeth in the cen
tre, with two shorter or 'cold' teeth
on either side. A four-year-old has
four long teeth, with one short one on
either side. ; A five-year-old has six
long teeth, ;with deep cups in the cen
tres. A six-year-old has shallow cupa
in the two centre teeth. A seven-year-old
has the centre teeth worn nearly:
smooth,' and the cups of the second
pair shallow. , An eighty ear-old has
the second pair worn nearly smooth.
A ten-year-old is commonly spoken of
as a 4smooth-mouthed' horse; that is,
no cups. As the animal grows older the
teeth become worn in proportion. The
corners of the end teeth become rounded-
V To tell the age with any degree
of accuracy ; beyond twelve years re
quires much experience and the ex
amination of many sets of teeth."
Colman's Rural World.
Three condensed milk factories are
now in operation in the United States,
with an aggregate of $225,000 invested
capital and a aily capacity of 206,000
pounds of milk.
. Odds and Ends.
Telegraph Operator J. R. Mathis es
caped what might have been a serious
injury Tuesday morning at a quarter
after nine, says the Union Times. He
was receiving a message when on hear
ing a sound, he looked up and saw the
big clock, which is regulated by the
United States Observators, falling upon
him: Fortunately he jumped away ia
time. The clock was demolished. It had
in some way slipped from the nail
wokh held it in place.