RESS,
VOLUME XXI.
FRANKLIN. N. C WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6, 1906.
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THE FRANK
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Ah mt, that hearts must break before they
Irarn the worth of tliiriRK;
That strength ot soul la barn ot nor row's
saddest stlngH; , r . .1
That we inuM know lore's1 loss and suifcr
and bo brave;
Before we gain the (rood ot life that lies
this side, the grave,
"By Jove! If I could only get that
tellqw Cumberland put away for a few
year", I believe I could win Ethel Bar-raclough,-
after all."
Thus pondered Arthur Tressider, as
be sat in his offlcc, biting his finger
nails with vicious Intontncso, and plot
ting the ruin of the boet und truest
man who ever drew breath; for Wil
fred Cumberland, his rival In the af
fections of Miss Barraclough, v:as
one whom a woman might have wor
shipped and not have been ashamed to
worship.
For a long fimo the subtle scoundrel
remained rigid in his c'aalr, thinking
thinking-thinking. Presently nit
Idea raced to his evil brain, and ho
ent to the telephone.
"Give me No. 277,777 Broad," he ex
lalmed. Some delay followed, but, after a
short Interval, there came a voice at
the other end of tho wire, saying:
"Hello! Who are you?"
"I am Arthur Tresilder," he replied.
"Are you Mr. Cumberland?"
"Yes; what do you want?"
"Er are you quite alone in the tele
phone room?"
"I am. What have you to t ay to
roe!"
"I want you to come over to my of
fice some time this morning in order
that I may do now what 1 was unablo
to do when you asked me."
"Do you refer to Iho matter of thnt
loan of five hundred dollars which 1
asked' for last month?"
: "Exactly. At the time m;' account
at the bank was rather low, and 1 was
forced, much against my inclination,
to refuse the aid you wanted; but
I am now In a position to lend you ths
money, and I should be delighted to do
8a" '
"Thank you very much."
"Don't mention It. I can assure you
it Is a pleasure to be of the smallest
service, and if you'll run over this
morning, I'll write you a check for the
amount.'
"I'll come at once.
"Good-by."
Oood-bV""
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Arthur Tressider "rai
placed the telephone
f mfrau Hour later young Cumlx
land was announced, nnd was Immedi
ately ushered into tho private office,
where Tressider was seated.
"Ahem come in, come In, my dear
fellow," cried the scoundrel. "Plcasod
to Bee you so promptly."
"Mr. Tressider," replied young Cum
berland, huskily, "I hardly know how
to. thank you for the offer of this loan.
It will enable me to launch that pat
ent of which I told you, and may be
the means of bringing me fame and
fortune."
"In which case I shall be the first
to offer you my congratulations," ob
served the other, with a cynical smile.
"And now let us get to business. I
Journey woaW be made at once so
that you may run round to the bank
and cash It at once."
Then he added, as though giving
vole to an afterthought:
"Br by the way, do you think you
could spare the time to do me a very
great' favor when you have cashed
the checkr
"I shall be most happy if I can."
"Well, I want to send a smart young
" engineer like yourself to Chicago by
the eight O'clock train tonight, to in
spect a certain apparatus at the Camp
bell works. I would go myself but a
very Important engagement-keens me
In towujaJlKiMf isTssential that the
Journey lihould be mare at once, so
that the apparatus may be inspected
before It u snapped up by some enter
prising fellow."
'I see, I see; and you would like me
to-undertake the trip?"
'If you would be so kind. I would,
of coarse, pay all your expenses, and
something over for your trouble, pro
Tiding you could start thfi, evening."
"With pleasure. A run to Chicago
would just suit me, and I could be
back by tomorrow night. Give me
all the details, and I will start this
evening, as you suggest."
. '" "Good J very good!"
A moment later the crafty scoundrel
had confided to the unsuspecting
young man some imaginary particu
lars concerning an imaginary appara
tus, and then Cumberland took his
leave, with many words of thanks.
Two boors later Tressider sat down
and wrote the following letter to the
manager of the Union Bank':
''Dear Sir: I write to inform you
that this morning I missed my check
book from my office. I left it on my
table when I went out of the room to
apeak to the halt porter, and when I
returned it had vanished. As I have
signed bo checks whatever today you
will, of course, understand that any
Araft bearing to-day's date will, of
necessity, be a forgery, and I must
ask you to detain any person present
ing such a draft
. "Yours faithfully,
"ARTHUR H. TRESSIDER."
He touched the electric bell.
"Take that letter to the Union Bank
at once," be said to the lad, who an
swered the summons, "and wait a re
ply." .
The boy departed, and returned
some forty minutes later bearing a
note which Wo handed to the wily
scoundrel.
' """T Sir," said the letter, "I has
"ledge your communiea-
ff A Treacherous Trick
COST.
Ah me, that wo must grieve Mora. wo know
sweet sympathy;
That we must notel Mod's love before Its
lisht wo see;
That we must sacrifice before the 'sight.
prows clear, 1
And fa e the darkest hour of all before the
dawn Is here ! v
Grace 0. Bostwlck, In Good Housekeeping.
tion regarding the missing check book,
but regret to say that already the
IMef has taken advantage ot the rob
bery, fcr one hour provlous to the
receipt of your lettor we 'cashed a
cheek for five hundred dollars. We
have Immediately communicated with
the po'.ice, mid have given them an
I'.wt description of the man who pre
sented tho chcik. Every station will
be watched, and his arrest will no
doubt follow in tho course of the next
twenty-four hours. We much regret
this o-.'Ci rrenoe, but would take tho
t ppcrlunlty of impressing upon you
the importance of keeping your check
t:cok under lock and key.
"Yours faithfully,
"GEO. J. HARMON,
"Manager."
Trc3slder smiled when he read the
communication. Things were shaping
exactly as ho had desired, and Cum
berland would, of coune, bo arrested
at the railroad station that evening,
on the paint of departing for Chicago.
He hud a-ikod the young fellow to un
dertake the journey with this view,
for, naturally, the fact that he was
about to go on a journey would be
need as indisputable evidence against
him.
Nor was the wily plotter wrong In
his base surmke, for sure onough, that
night Wilfred Cumberland was cap
tured as he was about to enter the
Uuin, and the proceeds of the check
were found upon his prrson.
Ho was convoyed to the police sta
tion, and. next morn:ig, the bank
cashier was summoner. there. Young
Cumberland wus placed, with six oth
er prisoners in the bark room of the
station house, and tho official Imme
diately Identified him as the man who
had cas-hed the check.
This Was sufficient to justify the po
lce in retaining the unfortunate
young man, and after some formalities
had been executed, ho was brought up
at the police court and charged with
having stolen, forged and uttered a
of Arthur Tres-
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Some two hours
check book, and acrnrdlnulv en
cated with the bank, who had taken
steps for the prisoner's arrest.
Such .was the lying scoundrel's
story, and he told it with so sincere
an air of conviction that everybody in
court, save one man, believed it to
be true.
Cumberland's defense was put for
ward by his lawyer; but it was ob
vious that the 'magistrate attached lit
tle importance to the tale.
"Er can your client call any wit
nesses to prove that the prosecutor
conversed with him over the telephone
as ho suggests?" asked bla Worship,
dryly.
"No, your honor," replied the law
yer, promptly; "I regret to say he can
not. My client was alone in the tele
phone room at the time of tho con
versation." Other witnesses were then called,
but their evidence was purely formal,
and at the end of the proceedings
Cumberland was remanded for a week.
"I fear things look very black
against me," he observed to his law
yer, when they were together a lit
tle later.
"Very black, Indeed," replied Mr.
Tapes, who, in his heart, believed his
client to be as guilty as any man that
ever stood trial; "and you must be
prepared for the worst."
"Stay one moment," cried Cumber
land, as a sudden thought swept his
brain, "could not a handwriting ex
pert be called to prove that the check
Is in that villain's writing?"
ivir. rapes snook his head.
"My dear sir," he made answer, "do
you think that I have overlooked that
very obvious suggestion? Two ex
perts have already compared the
check with other documents in Tres
slder's handwriting, and both of them
state that the check in question might
or might not have been written by
him, and In face of the evidence ad
duced against you, I fear .that such an
opinion muBt of necessity prejfldlco
you in a great measure."
"Oh, It's horrible horrible!" moan
ed young Cumberland, as he hurled
his head in bis bands; "for Heaven
knows that I am innocent as the babe
unborn."
"MOSt aCC.Ue(t nimnU .... 11. u.
1 ,"VJ uv, lUUUfiUl
the lawyer; but naturally he did not
voice this cynical reflection, and mere
ly said, aloud; i
. "We"- ,we". o must hope for the
best I fear that there is no chance of
the magistrate acquitting you; but it
is Just possible the jury may give you
the benefit of the doubt."
He took his leave, for another Visi
tor was announced at that moment It
was Ethel Barrackmgb, and she threw
herself into her lover's arms with a
low sob.
u "Oh, my darling!" she cried, "I be
leve you innocent. Ik now you to be
Innocent, and I would say so If the
whole world rose up and proclaimed
your guilt"
"Heaven bless yon!" he murmured,
brbkenly. ."i-i n bear anytnIns'
On the following Tuesday the
wretched yountr man m h...i, ....
again at the police court The small
room was packed with eager specta
tors who had coma to gaze upon their
follow creatures la distress, viewing
lam vim rn
the sad spectacle as they might have
viewed a scene at the theatre, j
"Wilfred Cumberland," cried the
clcrlt, In o loud voice; aDd a moment
later the prisoner was led lu by two
officers.
The judge glanced at the prisoner
with a sour expression, and then said,
abruptly:
"Has anything furthor bctpi elicited
In this case?"
"Nothing, our honor," replied the
detectlvo who had the affair in charge.
Mr. Tapes rose and directed hla
glasses toward the bench.
"I must, ask," be said "I must ask
your honor will not deal with this caae
summarily. My client maintains his
innocence, and is entitled to a trial
at tho hands of his countrymen." .
"I had no intention of dealing with
the case In a summary manner," snap
ped the magistrate. "It is far toa seri-.
ous for that"
Then, turning toward the prisoner,
he said, sternly:
"Wilfred Cumberland, in view of the
evidence offered asalnst you aud tho
absence of any adequate defense on
your part, I have no alternative but t"
commit you to stand trial at the next
session of the Central Criminal Court,
and "
But the words of the official were In
terrupted at this moment by the sud
den apparition of an elderly, digni
fied gentleman, to whom the police
touched their helmets. lie advanced
toward the bench and cried lu a loud
voice: -
"I have come here to give evidence
In the prisoner's favor."
The newcomer was John Allurdyce,
the famous banker, whose wealth and
philanthropy were well known.
Had any ordinary mortal dared to
Interrupt the august How of eloquence
from the bench in this fashion, he
would have received a crushing snub;
but John Allardyce Was not a person
to be treated thus. The magistrate
leaned toward him with a bland smile.
"Indeed," he said, with a touch of
surprise in his tone; ""may I Inquire
the nature of Iho evidence?''
"Let me be sworn, sir, and you shall
know at once."
Tho old gentleman took the stand,
seized the Illble, put It to his lips, und
then proceeded to tell his story.
"On the morning of the 7lh instant,"
he said, in a quiet voice which com
pelled attention, "I happened to be
speaking ocr the telephone to my
brokers. Suddenly I heard a voiuo
asking: 'Are you Mr. Cumberland?' I
nt once replied, 'No,' but as no notice
was taken of my negative, I jumped
to the conclusion that the wires hud
got mixed, as sometimes happens
with the best 'regulated system
how, I stood tlAtc- waiting tj
ward t.
sat. The ma
paper; his hands twitched, his breath
came and went with stertorous gasps.
Ana i solemnly declare," conclud
ed the banker, "I soremnly declare
that every word I have spoken Is the
exact truth, the truth which I have
sworn to tell upon this Bible.'
There was a short pause, at the end
of which the magistrate said, warm
ly: "Mr. Allardyce, I thank you for your
evidence, which has come just in time
to save mo from committing Mr. Cum
berland for trial; but I 'should like to
know why you did not make this
stnterhont at the first hearing?"
"Because I was out of tho city. I
only returned last night, and then
came across an account of the affair lu
a Sunday paner. Thn inmnnt i a,,
the name 'Cumberland' the Incident in1
tne telephone room flashed back to
my memory, and I resolved to come
down to the court this morning In or
der that I might tell what I knew and
Bave an Innocent man."
Loud applause greeted the old gen
tleman's words, and for once the sour
faced court officer forgot to hush down
the outburst.
The magistrate consulted with,1 his
clerk In a whisper, and then, turning
toward the accused, said, in a loud
voice:
"Wilfred Cumberland, you are free,
and I take this opportunity to saying
that you leave the court without the
slightest blemish on your character.
The prosecutor will remain."
Then be wrote something on a slip
of paper and handed It to a court of
ficer, Who In hla turn honrloH It ,
a grim-faced man who stood near the
uoor. i ne man stepped toward Arthur
Tressider. who sat ririn hi r tn.
- - --,-- '. ,mvo will
with chagrin.
"Mr. TreSSider." he murmnrort "t
must ask you to consider yourself in
cusioay on the charges of wilful per
jury and felonious conspiracy,"
Tressider rose, and went alnwlv rait
of the courtroom with bowed head.
Fate, ever keen, ever watchful ho a
played the trump card, and he knew
imu ne naa tost tne game.
In thn lnhKtt niltaLla a 111A
, w .J u H L LIU S1 Ulip
had gathered, and it consisted of the
released man, Ms sweetheart and olj
John (Allardyce.
"My dear sir," cried the banker, "I
congratulate you on your timely
cape; ana now that I have
brought into contact . with you
should like to beln vou with thnt
ventlon of yours which was mentloti
at the first hearing of your case. C
nun see me tomorrow morning,
leave you now, for I can see you
plenty to say."
Then, with a mnrrv fwlnkin
eyes, he departed, leaving Cum;
to commune with bis sweethear
on, my darling!" he wh
-mans uoa thank God!"
Ethel echoed the words.
Two weeks later Art hui1
was brought to trial, and th
attorney appeared against hi
into a confession, he admttti
after a severe speech from
was sent to prison fof Ave
But for Wilfred Cumlu
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wore fame and fortune, for the banker
waa as Rood as his word. He helped
lite young fellow Willi money and In
fluence, and in the fullness ot timo the
Invention proved a wondrous success.
And when Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Cum
berland took back upon tho past, they
attribute their splendid fortune to the
day when Arthur Tressider . sent that
message over the telephone, and thus
prepared a snare for his own evil feet
New Ycrk Weekly.
LEGAL PROVERBS OF CHINESE.
They Appear to Have Ons
to Frt
Every Cass, -
There a no surer test ot the real
feelinrs of a people than their pro
verbial sayings, those "gems which on
the stretched forefinger of ail Time
sparkle forever." That China Is no
exception to this rule might have been
supposed even if we had no direct
proof, says tho North China Herald.
Proverbial expressions are very com
mon In China. Dr. Arthur Smith says
taut "common talk," tho nearest ap
proach to "proverb" In Chinese, is
"literally In the mouth of every one,
froi i tho Emperor upon bis throne to
the wumnu grinding at the mill."
Native proverbs relating to legal af
fairs divide themselves roughly into
throe classes first those more or less
common to all people, and dealing
with that "once bitten twice shy"
sort of wisdom which leads a man to
put up with evll3 rather than go to
law. Such, for exampK are the fol
lowing: If one family has a lawsuit ten
families are Involved In calamity.
If but one word of Information
af,alnt a man gets into the Court, nine
bullocks cannot drag It out again.
Let householders avoid litigation,
for once go to law and there Is noth
ing but trouble.
Win your lawsuit nnd lose your
money.
Instances of this kind might te
multiplied. But we must pass on to
the second class those referring es
pecially to the mandarins; and hero
it may be suld that though the ma
jority of the proverbial sayings are
not complimentary, there are a few
to bear witness to the good that a
good man may do oMn In an ofliclal
capacity, while aVm- give pointed
advice e. g., "NiW-iieM if you must
fine; If you do, f A fines decline."
Most, however, as is natural, deal with
the seamy side. Tho '.'ollowlng aro
a few specimens
No nunisbment on the bench, no
law below it.
Deceive but don't Insult a man-
rin.
Men' Its are like Iron, and tho
nils of mandarins Uko a furnace.
Ev onest Chlh-fulmay, during
thof ars of office, sav'dS ten
kWhlte tales of silver.
comes Into offlcei
bousand fault
flrrfig tor relief to th poor guar
dians of a London parish,', an old wo-
ian said she had a daughter who did
not allow her anything, but kept up
the payments on her InMirance policy,
The medical offlcer'of health loports
to tho Oalway Url'an Council & case
of overcrowding. It consists of one
room and a kljfien, thnt are occupied
by fourteen adults of both sexes, a
baby, two dogs and two donkeys.
Jamestown Exposition authorities, It
Is Bald vlll erect an Eiffel Tower on
the exhibition grounds exceeding in
height' even its Paris model. It will
be lighted by ten thousand incandes
cent' lights and will be visible for miles
at, sea by night.
According to ancient writers, the
game of packstone was played in
the game of jackstones was played In
Greece with the knuckle bones ot
sheep and Aristophanes (444-388 B. C.)
described It as a girl's game. It Is
popular In all parts of the world.
Women in China have the privilege
of fighting In the wars. In the rebel
lion of I860 the women did as much
fighting as the men. At Nankin, in
1853, 500,000 women from various parts
of the country were formed into brig
ades of 13,000 each, under female of
ficers. John Connors, a Cherokee county
(Missouri) farmer, raises corn husks
for hot tamales. Twenty bunches
make a gunny sack full, worth -about
2. The best husks are selected and
bleached to a white color by a new
procexs. Packing houses are also us
ing ftrn husks for casing sausages.
hornhaml In Norfolk. England
hoolmaster has taught the vil-
as tne art of hand-wroueht Iron
Jto such purpose .that' this small
promises to recover a lost in-
for England: Skilled London
now send their designs to
im tor execution mthnr thn
fie has gained a triumph In the
h house of commons. The Na
ist member for East Kerry took
tn in tne usual way, and then
on tne roll, "Seagan Ua Mur-
Slr Courtney Ilbert looked at
Vltlng, and, greatly puzzled ask-
w. iv luBani. - uni" the mem-
died, "It is my name, John Hut-
a Irish." Aud so a record
shed.
iin.''(P,blperedhls wife, slak
W fiear somebody In the base-
- I 'g wflv
balf awake, to
iown the regis-
" he said,
-oolf that
"'wn
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Gas for Incubators.
An extensive chicken oaisor at
Rochelle, 111., operates 50 large Incu
bators with heat from natural gas.
He has 3000 chicks out and has about
16,000 eggs under way.
Controlling Unruly Stock.
Iu my experience In handling all
kinds of live stock I have learned
several better ways of controlling
and handling unruly and stuoborn
stock than resorting to whips and
sticks. When a mule Is down and re
fuses to get up, I simply clasp both
hands firmly on his nostrils and
mouth in such a way as to shut off
his breath. This brings him to his
feet every time and no marks are left
as evidence of uuhuman treatment.
To prevent a cow from kicking, tie a
ropo or leather strap tightly around
her body just in front of the udder.
Turn a vicious or stubborn bull by
a tap on the tip of the nose.' This
will also turn a bad boar or hog. A
tight twist of the ear or nose will
quiet the wildest mule E. W. Jones,
In the Epltomist.
Poultry Notes.
A few fowls in separate pens aro
much more profitable and more easily
kept healthy than lu large numbers.
In counting the cost of keeping
poultry a good plan Is to estimate
one bushel of grain a year to each
laying hen.
. Select tho turkey hens wanted for
breeding. The hens should not be
kept after they are three years old.
Giving a generous feed of corn
every evening is In one of the best
ways of Inducing turkeys, ducks and
geese to come home at night.
The main secret In securing eggs In
winter Is to supply good comfortable
quarters, and keep the fowls in a
good, thrifty condition.
Unless specially defdred for breed
ers, hens that do not lay regularly
Bhould be marketed as soon as pos
sible. It costs something to winter
even a hen. Epitonilst.
, Hog Vitality and Refinement.
Mr. Fuller, a close observer of
swine breeding, warns breeders
Inst lowering the Vitality hy ..re-
it In breeding, nil
lot affi
produce the rangy, strong-boned pro
lific hog, instead of the little, chub
by, weak-constitutloned creation of
the hog artists' fancy that was pre
dicted a few years ago by the compe
titors of the breed. Breed for breed
ers, but don't forget meanwhile to
breed for breeders. After all, type
Is largely the result of feed. Trans
fef tho Lark Yorkshire to the corn
belt and feed It a corn ration for gen
erations, and slowly but surely you
change Its characteristics to that of a
lard hog."
Pasture for Orchards. ..
It is by no means the field that ha3
Aeen cropped for years that is the
best location on the farm for the or
chard. That the fields in- question
have raised good crops by early fer
tilizing by no means Indicates that
they have sufficient virtue to furnish
the fertility needed by trees. Usual
ly they will, provided the soil is
properly fertilized yearly, but unfort
unately the general Idea Is to give
the field one lot of fertilizer at the
time the tree is set and let It go at
that; this method accounts for much
of the trouble that results from set
ting orchards on fields that have been
under cultivation for many years.
Now as to the pasture. If it has
been used by the stock until they are
Unable to get anything more from it,
naturally it will need considerable
preparation to fit it for trees; if, on
the other band, it has been reseeded
occasionally and Is . furnishing fair
pasture' It Is in good shape" for the
trees because the droppings left by
the stock year after year have per
meated the soil, and under proper
cultivation and preparation, this well
fertilized soli will furnish nutriment
to the orchard for a number of
years Tests of this pasture soil,
both with fruit treeB and Bmall fruit
plants prove that one should never
think ot letting an old pasture He
Idle Just because It no longer fulfills
its original purpose. Try the plan
on a small area with small fruits and
it will be seen that the argument
brought out here Is logical. Indiana
polis News.
Watch the Feet of Colts.
Injury to horses may result from
want of attention to their unshod
feet At first sight, this statement
would appear to suggest that the
hoof, In a natural condition, was un
able to take care of itself, This io
not so. When horses without shoes
are really in a state of limited free
dom of motion, growth and wear of
hoof are balanced, and so the foot Is
preserved In a proportionate shape.
Over wear of born causes the horse
to rest his tender foot, and growth
soon brings about a balance. Over
growth cannot take place so long as
constant wear accompanies the free
movement of the animal.
The Injury referred' to Is due to
excessive growth of born which takes
place on the feet of horses that are
confined In stables or small paddocks
where natural use is insufficient to
preserve the balance between growth
and wear, Excessive growth of born
" r 1 1 r i of today is to
cause disproportion in the form, of a
foot and informed feet soon react
injuriously upon the toe, and thus
tho bearing surface upon which the
leg should firmly rest, is carried too
far forward from the vertical line of
the limb. This injuriously affects the
joints and tendons of tho leg.
Overgrown feet always are too high
at the heels, and thus tho frog Is re
moved from Its proper bearing on the
ground with the consequence that It
wastes, loses its function and permits
contraction of hoof. Excessive growth
of hoof may also leave one side of
the wall higher than the other, a con
dition which, especially In young
horses, may cause a moro or less per
manent twisting of the foot on the
leg.
Tho reaction of tho limb to distort
ed forms of hoof and the injury to
internal parts of tho foot from dispro
portionate growth of hoof are moro
serious In young animals than thoso
of maturer growth. The tissues are
moro plastic, more easily moulded to
external conditions and more likely
to suffer permanently from interfer
ence with their functions, than are
the tissues of animals In which devel
opment has ceased. Hence it la very
necessary to see that the feet of
colts, even of foals, are not pormittcd
to long remain in a disproportionate
form. HorBeshoers' Journal.
Fattening and Dressing Geese,
In winter there is a good demand
In cities of any size for large, well
fattened young geese. The buyers
mostly come from the Jewish popu
lation. Early in December Is soon
enough to begin putting the geese In
training for the event. While many
take them direct from good pasture
and sell them, it pays to devote a lit
tle time and food to fattening them.
Two or three weeks of good feeding,
rfhere there nro no disturbing Influ
ences, will nmko quite a difference In
the weight and quality of the flesh.
Ground oats and corn, half and half,
molblened with skim milk, is a good
fattening ration for these fowls, we
find, as well as for other poultry. It
Is not much trouble to boll a large
kettle of corn once a day for them,
and there la' no feed better relished
by ducknysjreese while fattening,
iiiiuiiiiaA' We
iiu-Eming mem in condition ror
market, and. If possible, this pen
should be out of sight and hearing of
the rest of the flock. They need a
large drinking trough kept well filled
with fresh wate.r. Slats over tho top
of tho trough help to keep the water
clean, but It will become foul, any-
iy, unless the trough is cleaned of
ten, and the pen where fattening
geese or ducks are kept will soon be
come filthy unless cleaned about
every day, especially In a' rainy time.
It. Is no small task to feed and care
for them during the fattening period.
It will not do to feed them too much
grain; then they will lose their appe
tite for green food. The green food
In some form is needed with the grain
to put them in best condition for mar
ket. it inflames the Bkin and Injures tho
sale to dry pick geese or ducks just
bpfore killing In order to save the
feathers. Another mistake Is singe
ing the body over a flame, as we do
with chickens, to remove the hair.
This gives the body or the goose an
oily appearance. After scalding
geese in water at the same temper
ature as for other kinds of poultry,
wrap In a heavy cloth and give the
steam time to penetrate and loosen
the feathers. Right here a little Judg
ment must be used. Leaving too long
In this condition will cook the flesh.
In dressing geese the feathers should
be left on the head and for two or
three Inches on the neck. After pick
ing clean, "plump" by holding: in
scalding water several seconds; then
rinse in cold water. Wipe dry and
hang In a coo) place, where they will
not freeze, until animal heat Is well
out before packing. Fannie II
Wood, in the New York Tribune,
Notes on Sheep.
In the formation of a flock of blood
ewes, uniformity in character is es
sential. . ,
On their summer-keep depends the
thrift and consequent profitableness
of the flock.
To obtain full value for the wool
It must be sent to market in the beat
possible, condition. ' -
It is Impossible to raise big mut
ton sheep on short pasture and with
out grain or roots.
In investing in ( sheep to form a
flock, purchase none but first class
animals, healthy and vigorous.
For poor lands and short pasture
sheep are better adapted than cattle
and should be kept in preference. :
; A sheep that will not yield a profit,
no matter how well bred ft may be,
should bave no place on the farm.
The fleece and the carcass make up
the sheep and If either Is inferior,
the sheep Is inferior, no matter bow
good the other may be,
By grading the flock of sheep Jot
tale into bunches according to size,
kind and quality, they wlintiipear to
a better advantage, and will tell at
better prices.
' The main dependence of the great
ii.ss of wool growers must ever be
on the fleece , of their flocks. The
fleece is all-Important and Its Im
provement must bo constantly , kept
In ralndi -
MOUNTAINEER SOLDIERS
SEVERE DISCIPLINE .OF SWI33
AND ITALIAN TROOPS.
Taught to Climb Mountains with
Military Equipment. Method of
Signalling and Caring for the
Wounded. Dlvouact In the Snow.
Rifle Rest of the Scouts.
There are In European armies
whole regiments that are carefully
trained to fight literally "above tho
clouds." In other words they com
bine the strength, andurance and skill
of the most Intrepid Swiss Alpine
guide with - the ordinary profession
of soldier. And there is nothing
more interesting, says the Scientific
American, than to watch the man
oeuvres of these soldier mountain
eerssay, at Andermatt, In Switzer
land, or Aosta, on the Italian Bide of
the Great St. Bernard.
Andermatt Is a village more than
4000 feet above the lower end of
Lake Lucerne, and here will be found
the headquarters of the Swiss Alpine
troops, whose manoeuvres should be
seen to be believed, so daring are
they, and so astonishing the spec
tacles presented by long files of pant
ing men, small as flies on the wall of
some terrible precipice, yet dragging
literally inch by inch some big field
gun up a tremendous slope by means
of pulleys and hemp cables. One no
tices that these Infantrymen are
provided with alpenstocks and coils
of silk rope, as well as snowshoes,
ski and other paraphernalia which we
usually associate with the pleasure
tourist In the high Alps say at
Cbamounix, Zermatt, Grlndenwald or
some other popular climbing centre
of the "playground of Europe."
Their signalling Is done from rock
to rock by means of huge patnted
linen disks held upon tho outstretch
ed arms of the signaller. The wound
ed are carried strapped "plck-a-pack"
fashion on a curious kind of easel
backed chair, fastened on the stal
wart backs of their comrades. It is
a fact that thesa troops manoeuvre
literally "above tho clouds," and there
Is no more Impressive spectacle than
a Sunday morning service in some
little ley recess nt nine or ten thous
and feet, when the chaplain of the
regiment mounts into a rudo pulpit
and discourses upon the wonders of
tho Almighty to the assembled sol
diers who are shivering in their furs,
even though it. be July or August. At
one side of tho pulpit are the mem
bers of the bund, and these play the
hymns, which reverberate through
the awful desolations of glacier and
snow peak, gloomy gorge and sky
piercing pyramid.
The Itnlian Alpine troops aro in
some ways still more remarkable. In
deed, I doubt whether as a whole any
army In the world goes through Buch
curious manoeurves as that of Italy.
I have seen a prince of tho house of
.Count of Turin
at Floj
ussa
across,
his arm about his
trained charger's neck. I have aUo
seen the same high commanding of
ficer rldo his regiment straight into
the sea at Vlaregglo; for it is neces
sary to accustom both cavalrymen
I and the mounts to the negotiation of
deep water, against the time they may
find themselves In an eneuij s coun
try with all the bridges destroyed.
As one leaves the Swiss town of
Martigny, and begins tho long, toll
aoitie ascent of the Great St. Bernard
mountcln, one looks forward to reach
ing the Italian frontier at Aosta by
way of the fur famed hospice of St.
Bernard, whose (logs and monks are
a bona; hold word the world over. At
(ho Bide of the lake near the hospice
a few stones mark tho Italian fron
tier. As we descend tho scenery as
sumes a soft Italian character, and
the awful dcaolat iou of Mount St.
I'.emard gives place to Walnut groves.
chestnuts, vines, and fig trees. Soon
the southern spurs of Mont Rosa ap
pear; and just before we enter Aosta
the pass Is alive with soldiers. Some
of them are marching on ski over
the frozen snow; others again are
glissading down steep slopes.
Tho little town lies about 2,000 feet
aboco sea level and Is surrounded by
ancient walls flanked with towers.
On every Blrlo rise great mountains,
like the 10,000-foot Ilecca di Nona
and the Mont Kmllius, 11,670 feet
Aosta is an admirable climbing cen
tre, not only because the Italian Al
pine trops have their headquarters
here, but also because various Alpine
clubs have built refuges and cut paths
up colossal mountains, which would
otherwise be Inaccessible to any liv
ing creature save the Alpine bear
and the chamois.
Aosta Is filled with military bar
racks, and In these as well as In the
open squares one sees embryo soldier
mountaineers in the making. Here
Is a party of recruits, half extended
on the ground, leaning on their left
arms, while their right arms are high
in the air, raising and lowering big
weights. This exercise Is to develop
the muscles of arm and back for the
long, tedious climb over high, snowy
mountains and across slippery glaci
ers abounding In treacherous crev
asses, which may be covered by an
insidious layer of snow, likely to give
way at any moment after a buret, of
sunshine.
One great Idea is to accustom these
men to hauling and pulling; for while
Alpine troops are on the march, it Is
obvious they canot take any pack
animals with them, much less com
missariat wagons. Each man is
heavily burdened with rifle, bayonet,
two or three hundred pounds of ball
cartridges, several days' rations, a
steel pointed alpenstock, some silken
or hemp ropes, snowshoes or ski,
blankets and other Items, which in
themselves make up a f crlous load,
to be carried up great luountalns by
paths which to the uninitiated look
only fit for goats.
And yet, on top of all this equip
ment, the Italian soldier mounts-.!
. . . .. ..
cer is required on occasion tor.j
n-er parts of machine guns, pAtable
telephones, camp utensils and thet
articles. Down below, in Aosta, t-k
mules were loaded up In trains with
the bantls of mountain howitzers;
a! o with their wheels, separately, and
ji& hussara; and 7 friteti"tu
trr swam ' across, ski, guideTt
certain shelter tents, picks and shov
elB and other Implements, . These
hardy beasts are led as high as pos
sible to take them, but ' the troops
themselves venture up wild Icy preci
pices of the Alps where not even a
mule oould find foothold. - -
At a certain point, r therefore, the
pack mules are unloaded and led
down again to Aosta, after their loads
have been distributed among the '
hardy troops, who shoulder their
added burdens with a smile, grip the
ashen shaft of their alpenstocks, and
scramble up the precipices and al
most perpendicular crags the test
way they can. Sometimes the moat
darirv among them will reach a point
ot vantage, and then lower a rope, up
which his fellows are to climb one
by one.
These soldier mountaineers are the
most wonderful rope climbers I have
ever seen In action. It Is no small
matter for a man to climb up a rope
at all In the ordinary way; then what
must It be when he Is loaded with
nearly sixty pounds weight of equip- -ment?
Down at the barracks In the
town all recruits go through regular
exercises In rope climbing, bearing
the whole of their equipage.
The Idea of the whole training Is
that one day it may be necessary to
meet an enemy equally daring and
skilful among these wild Alpine soli
tudes. For the French also jmve
pine troops, and one ,jray see these
.indulging in BUfwstrange tactics
on the colossal Mont Blanc Itself. It
Is a fact that lightly equipped French
infantrymen, led by young ofllcors,
have gained tho very summit of the
Alps, which, as every one knows, is
nearly 16,000 feet high and Is clothed
In eternal snow!
All these soldier mountaineers aro
crack shots; and It Is difficult to see
how one cf the forts hold by them
amldt the great granite boulders and
terrible pinnacles and spires of the
Great St. Bernard could ever bo
forced by an enemy in the face of
these troops, who would act as
scouts, crawling up precipices, and
planting themselves on wild and
seemingly inaccessible spots, whence
they would pour an Invisible fire
which nothing could withstand. Theso
Alpine troops, when scouting or re
connoitering in the mountains, use a
curious kind of rlllo roBt, formed by
three alpenstocks and one of the pil
lows they use at night when they
sleep In the snow. For, strange as it
may seem, these men when bivou
acking at great altitudes do not
trouble to put up tonts, but merely
dig out caverns in the vast snow
drifts, and line these with water
proof sheets and blankets, and there
sleep amid dreary Alplno desolations
as comfortably as though they were
down on earth in a comfortable city
bed.
Tho life of the men is magnificent
ly healthy and exhilarating, as may
be seen by the bright eyes, rosy
cheeks, and clear complexions of a
party of scouts that come glissading
htnlng down the
lO-snpported oy
plnestock. The troops alsoA
Arctic sledges for the tranepS
their wounded, and aometl
realistic demonstrations are give
when one or several men will lie av
full length on these sledges and be
dragged or glissaded over glacier
and snowfleld.
WET SYNONYMS.
Specimen Page of a Complete Dic
tionary of Toping.
He Is drunk, Intoxicated, Inebriated,
tipsy, full, loaded, jagged, fuddled,
tight, top heavy, clewed, screwed, half
shot, half-gone, overcome, overtaken,-primed,
afflicted, disguised, obfus
cated, crapulous, elevated, exhilarated,
genial, happy, mellow, corned, beery,
wlney, groggy, boozy, muzzy, soaked,
soused, bemused, chock-a-block, coxy,
loxy.
He is scammered, maggoty, sowed
up, muggy, nappy, luahy, squiffy,
swiped, podgy, cockeyed, roryeyed,
bowsed, muddled, whittled, raddled,
dagg'd, jiggered, fuzzlod, be-argered,
hazy, f Jggy, dizzy, dazed, tangled,
stunned, moony, balmy, dopy, be
sotted, ossified, petrified, paralyzed,
dead drunk.
He has a (glorious or elegant) jag
on, a load on, a skate on, a bun on, a
branuigan on, a shine on, a still on,
an edge .one, a beaut on, a bird on, a
skinful; he has looked on tho wine
when it was red, he has partaken of
the cup that cheers, he has got a cup
(a drop) too much, he fell oft the wa
ter cart, he had too much fish bait,
he has been taking a little of Paddy's
eyewater or ot red eye, he has shed
a tear.
He has been crooking his elbow, baa
been hugging the bar, bas been hitting
the hard stuff, has been dallying with
the black bottle, (has been tippling,
toping, guzzling, twilling, twigging,
etc.), he has more sail than ballast,
he has his main brace well spliced,
he has an applejack gait, he hasia bee
in bis bonnet, he can't see a holein a
ladder, be has the sun in his eye, he
has got wheels In his head from
fumes in his stomach, he can't He
down without holding on. be has got
the gravel rash, he has got marbles
in hit mouth, he has lapped the gut
ter and is dead to the world.
He is bait seas over, three sheets
in the wind, on his beams ends, under
the Influence of the weather, in his
cups, in" his pots, oveAhe bay, in the
clouds, up in the air, oft his trolley,
oft bis nut, off his base, he bas been
out with the boys, off on. a bat, on a
drunk, oh a spree, on a bender, on a
racket, in a tear, on the map, on the
ran-tanJon the ree-raw, on the ram
page, hej is feeling his oats, he is full
of mou
tain dew whiskey); full of
the cret
dope, fu)
of the f alley (gin), full of
1 of 40-rod boo?n,
of tangle-
full of
foot, fi
a tick.
He i
.r as a goat full as a
,ie Is as drunk as a lonl,
bed i:
drunlA ts a piper, drunk as a boiled
nwl nmlc aii David's sow. drunk as a
!. - " ' ... :
nsheelbarrow, he is weak (waouiy)
on bis pips, all mopt and bf?rr, and
got the howling cats (Katzenjammer),
but be takes another hair of the dog
that bit him. putt another nail in hit
coffin. D. S. ot Bellevue hospital, a
&t Yew York Sun.
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