Beworrati lain
Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 18, 1905.
En TRE TSE,
THE OCEAN.
For THE WATCHMAN
See the mighty ocean rolling,
All the elements controlling
By it’s almost boundless power.
Like a restless eagle soaring
Or a hungry lion roaring
Seeking whom it may devour.
And where'er the wild tide wanders,
Everywhere it madly thunders
As it rolls upon the land.
With a motion never ceasing,
Seeming to be still increasing,
Troubled by an unseen hand.
But throagh all that seeming madness
Runs a minor strain of sadness.
And iv's agonizing throes
Seem, in anguish all-compelling,
To a helpless world fore-telling
All it’s sorrows, all it's woes.
—M. V. Thomas.
THE GAME OF BRIDGE.
How like the game of life is Bridge
When fortune deals the cards!
We strive for honors—if we fail—
To others the awards.
Like clouds across our brightest dreams,
Fall blackest clubs and spades.
The heart suit we had hoped to hold
Like an illusion fades.
We bridge our woes, as in this world,
We oft must learn to do,
And if our partner makes it “hearts”
We pluck up heart anew.
’Tis then a valiant game we play,
And great successes score !
For who can fail, when hearts ring true ?
‘What mortal can ask more ?
— Julia Harris Bull, in *“ What to Eat.”
AN ACCIDENT OF BIRTH,
Visitors meant no good to the little honse-
hold of Ivan Paulsen,—indeed it is seldom
that the sound of peremptory knocking
does not bring fear to the heart of the peas-
ant of Glauston when it is heard upon the
door of his hut. So when a sharp blow up-
on the entrance was heard, the mother who
occupied the bundle of straw that formed
the bed in the corner of the room instinc-
tively drew oloser to her the babe newly
born,and the child of abou four years who
bad been resting at her feet was nob too
young to cower in the darkest corner of
the hut.
The knocker was impatient, however,and
the door was thrown open admitting two
men heavily cloaked. The tallowdip gave
little light, but even to the peasants it was
evident that the visitors were of some de-
gree of prosperity.
‘“This is the place,’’said the taller of the
twain.
‘And here is the ohild,”’ answered his
companion. Neither paid any more atten-
tion to the man who stood shrinkingly
before them than if he had been an ox or a
goat in the stable. The taller man walked
to the bed and bending down threw back
the rags that covered the man-child nest-
ling warm against his peasant-mother.
“Is the boy healthy?”
‘“Yes,’’ was the quivering reply.
The man lifted the naked babe in his
arms and looked at him. The child began
to whimper. ‘‘Here, Doctor, come and ex-
amine him.”
The short man carefully noted every
limb, every feature.
‘‘He isa perfectly-formed infans,”’ he
said at last.
‘“These serfs! To them come the hearty
children!” Then turning to the peasant at
last: ‘‘We need this child and bave come
for him now. If you give him up without
any trouble, this is yours,” throwing a
purse on the floor; *‘if you make any trou-
ble we will find a way to quiet your
tongues. And I warn you, there must be
no gossip of it afterwards.”’
The woman drew herself off the cot and
along the floor to the man’s feet. ‘‘He is
my child; oh,give me my child,’’she cried.
“Hush, Anna;my lord has given us gold.
My lord will be kind to the child for whom
he pays so much gold; we mnst not dis-
please my lord.”
‘That is a sensible man,’’ said the taller
man. ‘‘And to prevent any of your neigh-
bors gossiping, we will send to you to-night
a dead child, which you must say is your
~own, and bury. ?” Without more parley
the babe was wrapped in a long cloak and
was carried away from the place of its
birth.
“Would it not be best to make sure of
silence? There is danger as long as those
people live,” said the Doctor, when once
again the pair were in the carriage that had
been waiting for them a short distance from
the hut.
The elder man smiled grimly. ‘‘That
will not be forgotten but we must move
slowly. There are many who would be
only too glad to hear the faintest whisper
of to-night's work. The Princess listens to
all the nurse tells her,and if Katrina thinks
we mean her cousin ill she ‘will play us
false and we are loss. We must fires re-
move Katrina, whioh is not now an easy
matter, and then the dead child must be
buried by these people.’
But Ivan Paulsen was wise, and before
the morning broke, drageing his wifealong,
be was making his way to the south. Even
the powers brought to bear upon the task
could not single him out from the peasan-
try, wish hich be herded.
now who it was?’ he asked his
wife; ‘The Grand Duke Oyara, the great
minister of the Prince of Glauston.”
But she only moaned, “My babe, my
babe!” Bd
hon thirty-five years after via, Panl-
sen sold his child to the mysterious visitors
a kind, Jasons ised and brownreyed
man was pacing np an Swan 5 am I
in the winger i of the ruler. of aan
ton. He wae in deep thought.
other ‘occupant of the room was an
man with white hair and beard, who,as the
young man strode backward and forward,
watched him with furtive, orafty expres-
sion.
“Surely yotir royal brother will 'under-
stand,’ he said at length; ‘he will know
that the people are erying for ‘an heir; thas
every day your Royal Highness has no son
the sounley is in is in grave rave. peril; and her a
rely see to you en
to the future a on en of Europe,
the world, —that you must form
alliance.”
*‘It is not your oustom to plead for yobs iota sochia side bi a py
§ i 4
tioe to the people, ‘my royal ‘¢ousin,’’ an.
swered the young man. ‘‘That'is. never
mentioned when the taxes are) to be iutscte.
ed. Asf
ment, 1816 bard ta son wt % ot \. There
is one thing yon have for, avers $
is justioe to myself an tga, bo i
Ilove, and who I ey ‘before God gh ul.
.are in danger.
dil
eh
Svariiog was sontoety tn time. avi
Fm
olign ‘raised ; but | with a
pd
ways be my wife. That an heir to the throne
has been withheld has been a sorrow to me,
—to0 us both. But I will’ not consider a
divorce—at least not for some time. I do
not wish the matter to be mentioned to me
again; it is displeasing. Is there anything
else you wish to tell me?"
‘No your Royal Highness;the slight dis-
turbances continue, but they are merely
will soon be suppressed, and they are not
worth the serious attention of your Royal
Highness. If there were an heir to the
be more settled and these outbreaks would
not occur. But, now,— n
The mild expression left the eyes of the
younger man.
4] think, my Lord Duke, I said that was
a matter not to be broached again. As for
the outbreak among the students, do all
possible to placate the people. My poor
people! I wish I could do something to
mitigate the discontent that is continually
showing itself. Be as gentle as possible,
‘and’ we do not wish to have too much mil-
itary display.”
*‘I will see that everything is quietin a
day or two. Since the unfortunate death
of your uncle, it is wise to show the people
that we deal with a powerful hand.” And
the elder man bowed himself from the
room.
When he had gone theyou nger mansigh-
ed wearily. He walked to a little table
standing near a window and leaning heavi-
‘| 1y upon it, gazed out into the inner court
of which the window commanded the view.
| It was only a few minutes,however, before,"
following a slight knock, a woman entered
the room. She was very tall, with a face
that resembled the lily, so colorless and
peared like coals set below her pallid brow.
She walked slowly upto the dejected fig-
ure hefore the window and placed one hand
lightly upon his shoulder.
‘‘What has our cousin to say to-day;
something to trouble you, I fear?” she
asked.
‘Oh, he goes over old matters,” he an-
) swered.
‘A cloud passed over her brow. “Your
ministers advise another alliance?”’ she
said.
He olasped her hands in his ‘and looked
into the sorrowful face. = ‘‘Let not that
worry you,’ he said. . ‘The advice comes
from those who fear to see my brother in
my place, and has no weight with ‘me,
What is troubling me greatly is the news
he brought of another uprising among the
people. My poor people!-I sometimes feel
I should do something more for them, but
I csnnot. Iam not callous towards their
sufferings and wants, as are my ministers
and those with whom I claim kinship; bus
there is that in me that prevents me assers-
ing myself. I am afraid and cower before
the men I should rule. I am almost afraid
to voice my sympathy for the people. There
is something, some influence that makes
me a coward. I do not seem always to have
ruled. Iam even afraid to demand a fall
accounting and knowledge of affairs. Bas,
what have you been doing this day?”
‘‘It has been a busy day. Ihave been
directing the women in their work of mak-
ing bandages for the soldiers. There is an
old woman, a cousin of your old nurse,
Katrina, who came to the castle to-day
with a huge bundle of lint, anxious to send
it away for the sake of the ‘Little Ruler,’
she said. So you see, my husband, there
are some of the people who love you. I
told her she might remain apd work with
the other women. Bat, hark! what is that
noise?’
From afar came the sound as of a great
body of people approaching. There was at
first only a suggestion of a sound ;then was
borne to the ears of the listeners a ‘rumbling
soand loud, incoherent cries, and then a
mighty shousing, rising and falling as in
tumultuous waves. Motionless, the man
stood in the centre of the little study. Upon
hie face was a puzzled expression,—fear,
anger, curiosity .The woman swayed slight-
ly and a great fear was in her eyes.
‘“What is it; what do they want?’’ he
said.
Asif in answer to his query, the door
opened and the Grand Dake, who but a
short while before had left the apartment,
entered hurriedly.
‘“Your majesty must not leave this wing
of the building,’’ he cried, ‘‘The devil bas
broken loese, and yon may be in great
danger.”’
“What do they want here?’’ the Prince
asked. The suddeness of the event had daz-
ed him.
‘They are calling for you; demanding to
see the ‘Little Ruler’. They are orazy.They
think that a personal appeal to you will
remedy their fancied wrongs.If you appear
it will be sure death. There are Nibilists
in that mob. I have sent for the military
and they will be dispatched in a short time.
You must not move from here; the castle is
in a turmoil, and even the guards cannot
be trusted. »”
“But if they call me I must go to them.”’
The Prince made a few steps toward the
door. :
But the Princess caught his arm as he
stepped from her side, and hall-dragging
him hack, she implored him not to expose
himself to she mob.
**They have no respect for your crown,’’
she said, ‘and you bave no heir.”’
The man turned to the little table,—the
little table that had seen so many of his
struggles,—and sinking into a chairhe bur-
‘ried his head in his hands. The sound con-
‘tinued, now louder, now softer, as if hush-
ed to listen to some speech’ and then break-
ing out with redoubled fary. At times the
words could ‘be distinguished, then all was
turmoil and confasion of sound. The grou
in the study listened ‘for thé clatter of
‘horses’ feet that would announce the arriv.
al of ithe regiments.
*' Suddenly the door’ leads Ts an inmer |
a ent opened, and an old ‘woman rush-
ed into the study and stood disheveled” and
breathless before the little assembly.
“‘God of our. fathers,’ ehe cried, ‘‘you
There isa man who wishes
you no good; he is’ hun fox r
r.! «I saw him pass § 0
‘women were working.’ {
‘good.’ There’ oI
aré gone; ‘they are’ at d’ioh, 'h
‘yourself; be: in eryite find yo
stranger entered. One
oul yonder- | ,
ld" wo-
agile; Jor one go ii
‘man’ S sered is haitid and’
like Be
{11d 40 {iw
*“My son, oby my son; you are aiming as
{he life. styour brother, at: man is as
2! [would ya youn’ a aorder F your rel
oi acutty silence fel tell | upon he
she Puke,
SE Sa
She an al eh Roi
“I$ is no'lie;?’ ‘the’ woman id. “You
know it is rs ago you
no-lie:Thirty-five-yea
came to my. cottage and. bonghs my child.
the work of the unruly students. They |
throne, your Highness, the people would
wax-like it seemed, while her two eyes ap-
mate dots you tee 14he gried. |
Dy God, |
fo fh oa |
ht wana raves ves. |
1 searched for him after my husband died.I
did not promise not to do so, and he is my
own flesh and blood. Katriva told me
where he was before you murdered her,—
she served you too well, did Katrina. I
have watched him many times along the
roads, in the streets, and I have prayed for
| him. Can you look a: the faces of those two
men and say they aie nos brothers? It is
not a lie; it is my child,and God has heard
my prayer for he has given to me to save
.this,my eldest son,from staining his hands
with the bicod of his brother. But, ob, a
curse has been placed on me for selling my
son. My babe, my babe!’
‘Does this woman tell she truth?’’ The
Prince turned to the Grand Duke,pale and
tremblinginow, for he saw the ‘story was
believed, wild though it was, and he saw
his ruin before him.The man who had plac-
ed the changeling on the throne of Graus-
ton could hope for no mercy from those
whom his act had deprived of their rights.
‘‘Yes,it is trueibut,by God, we took the
wrong ochild,’’he said turning like a cor-
nered rat, but with a grudging admiration
for the tall Nihilist with fire and determi-
nation in his demeanor, ierce of eye and
strong of jaw, who stood with affrighted
expression gazing at his gentle-faced coun-
terpart.
In that moment the King died and the
man of the people was born.
‘You did not take the wrongochild. It
has been by no violation of my own that I
have been placed in this position. A will
greater than my own or yours has given in-
to my hands responsibilities. I have not
known why I felt these sympathies, why I
was unlike those with whom I claimed kin-
ship. Hitherto I have shirked my respon-
sibilities, but from to-day I am King of the
people. I have no heir, and when Ide
the throne will go to the house of which I
have thought myself a member. But until
that time my peasant-blood will rule over a
peasantpeople.’’ For a moment his glance
rested upon his wife,and as if in answer to
a question, she advanced towards him and
placed her hand in his,—the hand of the
daughter of a line of kings.
‘You have refused to desert me,’’ she
said, and I love you.”
‘My brother,’’ he said, looking at the
man who but a few moments before had
‘his hand turned against him, ‘‘we have one
‘mother, and in our different places we can
work for one people. The world will be-
lieve me the Ruler, you will know me the
peasant. As for youn,”’ turning to the Grand
Duke who, trembling, was watching the
scene, ‘‘you will be safe enough as long as
you maintain the silence youn have kept for
80 long, and obey me. It will pay you
nothing to tell of your deception.You have
given to me the great responsibilities of a
ruler; to forswear them now will ruin my
already bleeding country.And, thank God,
you have not taken from me a man’s sym-
pathy for my people!”
The sound outside grew more tumultu-
ous. In the distance could be heard the
clatter of horse’s hoofs. The soldiers were
coming.
“‘Go, stop the regiment, and tell the peo.
ple the ‘Little Ruler’ is comiug to them.”
—May Irene Copinger, in the Arena.
Old Home Week for Harrisburg.
Plans Well in Hand. Everybody Connected With
Celebration Predicts Its Success.
This has ‘been a pretty busy week for
the various Old Home Week Committees.
Probably the most important work was
that cut out by the Finance Committee—
the raising of funds, and the intention to
raise $25,000 instead of $15,000,as original-
ly agreed upon. That Harrisburg can get
this sum together is certain. A feature of
the work is the formation of ward commit-
tees called divisions, with regular organi-
zation, and a plan and scope of action.
These committees will send out circular
letters, and follow up the circulars.
The Religions Observance committee has
determined to ask to come back in the Old
Home Week all the former pastors of Har-
risburg churches, and it is contemplated
holding a reunion on one day of the week,
possibly Sunday, when the old pastors will
be heard in the morning and a denomi-
national meeting in the evening, when all
of one denomination can. gather together
and have a service.
EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION.
The Educational Committee is doing
things ap nicely. It proposes to have in
line a float from each school building in
the city, all decorated in the highest style,
and there will be hay wagons and other big
vehicles to carry the little tots. A display
of the work of the schools will be made in
the Board of Trade building, when people
oan see what our schools sent to the Chi-
cago and St. Louis expositions as well as
what has been done later. The schools
will probably be closed.
The Decoration Committee hae heen look-
ing over Verno Churchill’s plans for a big
double arch in Market Square. It will
cover the entire square and be over a hun-
dred feet high with electric lights all over
it. A court of honor will extend into Sec-
ond and Market streets, and hundreds. of
electric lights will be used in the decorative
scheme. I$ will be a feature of the week.
Every house in the city will be decorated,
and even now merchants are preparing
plans for decorating their business houses.
SECRET SOCITIES ACTIVE.
The Fraternal Committee bas been work-
will be one worth seeing.’ Every secret so-
ciesy and order in the city has notified the
Hanagers &hat ib; intends to take part, and
it wil have music.
“The Fire ‘Committee will ‘have every
P | company in the city oh parade and some of
hese Baresabios Sompasiics; so: that this
eature will he very brillians.
“The !. 3d members of. the. City Grays
‘are'making active preparations for a big
time, and all ‘of thé veterans will’ arn one
he avoiens military nnifdrms. | 5
Men are. telling of what, big |
a
arash he SL megelng ehar oR AE
teat Say hs ey: will alt be in Tine,
| TO'TRVITE ‘PRESIDENT. '*
BEE a ERD EL
Yoo Wi I
The Amusement Committee will
ing bard, ‘and’ say their part of the week |
| Thi Coretmonies Committee will havi ‘al
Committee Wants Correct Names of Cen-
tre County Soldiers.
In order to secure ahsolute accuracy in
the names and spelling thereof on our sol
diers’ monument, we will publish from
time to time the lists of certain companies
80 as to enable those who are interested fo
suggest changes i in initials or spelling, and |
also to snggest the names of any persons
who may have been omitted from the rolls.
This is the last opportunity which will be
given to our people and to the survivors or
friends of deceased soldiers whoserved from
Centre county to have these names correct-
ed. The Committee, therefore, appeals
very earnestly to all who are interested in
the subject to carefully scan all the names
to ascertain,
1st, whether any have been omitted ; and
2nd, whether the names of those already
contained in the rolls are properly spelled.
1t is also very important that the names
of soldiers who enlisted in organizations
outside of the couunsy or State should be
secured, in order that they may find their
place among “the nation’s defenders upon
the monument. This is perhaps the most
important thing which the Committee has
in charge, the organizations from our own
county being already well known. It,
therefore, any person, in or out of the coun-
ty, has knowledge of a citizen of Centre
county who enlisted in ‘organizations out-
gide of the county and State, it is especially
important that their names should -be as-
certained, so that they way find a place
among those who enlisted at home.
Any communication in regard to these
pames addressed to Gen. John I. Curtin or
William H. Musser, Bellefonte, will re-
ceive prompt attention.
TWENTY-THIRD PENNA. MILITIA.
FIELD AND STAFF,
Austin B, Snyder Lieut. Col.
Joseph E. Mitchell Adjutant.
James M. Thompson Surgeon.
Company C.
David Wilson
G. A. Jacobs
8. B Crossman
Alfred Dale
Adam Hess
James Hasson
John I. Thompson
Charles Shaffer
Thomas Riley
Peter Schreck
Adam Stover
J. B. Hutchison
David A. Stuart
Emanuel Wolfe
Israel Condo
J.T, Former
Jonathan Kreamer
Geo. B. Jack
PRIVATES.
Isaac Kaup,
Rudolph Krise,
Captain,
1st. Lieut.
2nd. : ¢*
Sergeant.
LL
‘“
“
Corp.
Ll)
“
“
“
Tae
“"
(13
Musician
‘“"
George W Allen
Benjamin A Amey
Wm. R Burns, Oliver Love,
D. W. Baker, John Ludwig,
Thompson Barr, John Lytle,
Samuel Barr, Henry Markle,
John 8 Bathurst, Lewis Mayes,
John Bresser, S. H. Myers,
Wm. H. Benner, Alfred P. Myre,
James Bons, J. M, Morgan,
James Brooks, John Musselman,
Wm. Cambie, L. B. McIntire,
David Corbin, Wm. McFarland,
Cornelius Dale, S. P. Palmer,
Philip Dale, W. 8. Palmer,
Wm. Dale, Samuel Patton,
Thomas Dale, W. D. Rankin,
Thomas R Davis,
John Davis,
Michael Durstine,
Wm.Everhart,
Wm. Geistwell,
John B Goheen,
Adam Hartsock,
Harrison Hagenberry,
John Hasson,
A. B. Henderson,
James Riley,
James A Rockey,
Robert A. Sankey,
‘Wm. H. Shires,
A. G. Shires,
Isaac Seltzer,
Wm. Speese,
W. H. Stiver, :
James M Thompson,
Wm. Thompson,
Thomas Hess, Wm Triple,
Wm. Hess, Martin Treaster,
E. A. Heston, L. C VanTries,
Cyrus Wasson,
John Wasson,
Dr. W. W. White,
John Williams,
John Wirts,
Philip Worts,
Robert Willenmeyer,
Isaac Hoftman,
Josiah Halderman,
Christian Houser,
Martin Houser,
Wm. Hoy.
Richard erm,
Emanuel Ishler,
Wm. Jackson, . Isaac Woomer,
Alexander Johnson, J. R. Zimmerman,
Compaxy D, TWENTY-THIRD REGT.
Wm Burchfield, Captain.
W W Mayes, Ist Lieut.
Dorn Sample, nd *
B J Laport, Sergt.
G M Ke Spier, 3
James H Mitchell, *
John A Hunter,
Henry Budge,
John Musser,
by M Meek,
““
Corporal.
““
anley, .t
A olinger,
Joseph Hard,
James Miller,
Peter Wolf,
John Stover,
John G Hess,
Jacob Nicholas,
PRIVATES.
Thomas Gates,
Reuben Hammer,
G W Keichline,
Thomas Kustenlader,
John 8 Lytle,
W G Lightner,
Isaac Long,
James W owermer,
Wm Musser, Jr,
Ross,
Wm Stover,
F B Stover,
Samuel Stewart,
Geo Smeluzer.
Company F, 23rp, REGT.
“
6
“
Musician.
‘
J G Archey,
JG hailey,
Isaac Beck,
John Chase,
R P Craig,
Jacob. Erb,
Joseph Erb,
Robert Eson,
Samuel Felty,
Jesse R Flora,
L 8 Glenn,
W B Glenn,
Wm Gardner,
R F Gates,
H N Mcallister Captain.
Daniel McGinley, 1st. Lieut.
J B Butts, 2nd.
J M Armor, Sergt.
W 8 Tripple,
A 8 Valentine, of
Wm MeClellan, “*
Delaune Gray, *
A Forseman, Corp.
John Moran 4
Wm H Humes, te
John P Harris, 8
John C Berkstresser, Ir
Wm Shortlidge, _e
'm P Duncan, *e
C Crost waite, $e
Samuel H Cook, '= | Musician
PRIVATES, .
E M Blanchard, ~ Jobn.L Kurtz,
Bemetrius Hefnluarh C W Lambert,
Joka, ha Bland yy iid J 8 Loneberger,
Ding, H C Loneberger,
43 nchard, James Long,’
JM Brovmer, John Liggot,
J'W Benn. : ‘J'K Leathers,
David Belg, + W.W Montgomery,
Jorn W EW C6ok,. mm er,
homas Miles,
ot D th A Braet or
R D Cummin, Wm McCafferty,
R:NCrosthw. Wm McClenahsn,
TE
onat!
J 8
Ea SE
atin Bnishes will &
44 Le cial JT r : wb
ip ny AE. Cd ai an i iia bush, Wm ehowakar; »
ihe diy 3 wil Tavite mde Whit ThE
ae
‘Lanoaster ns os 0. § i a ‘fn Yu P Wilson, Irvin E Shenk,
| A Boys F & band. 0. F $8- John idon, | DR Laat, ete ;
pur so po Ao Yaraigh Be go SO Jogo, fa Ty Jacth ! Thames 44 ;
i doug! + by people w rho. wn vol Ce rs S 1 ho a id :
40 pon od with pe fhe w ef oly Haier ft Bi
1 tle, fattest pwn on 186 ngs 14 Fe |G fares, (o ARRen AY Wht,
Susquehanna. Ho, ou or Frank 8. Wilsons"...
et ¢| (mors Shan foe Yor mors ha
Rice Hulls—a Dangerous Adulteration.
The Station has recently examined a
samp ‘e of bran submitted hy a Westmore-
land county farmer with a statement that
cattle refuse it and when they do eat it
are purged, and that bogs eating it sicken
and die, one farmer in that county bav-
ing lost six hogs in this way. Upon ex-
‘amination the bran was found to contain
rice hulls.
These hulls, produced abundantly as a
waste from the rice milling industry, differ
materially from'the halls of barley, wheat,
rye and oats because of the fact that they
contain sharp particles of silica. These
are extremely irritating to the mucous lin-
ing of the digestive tract of the animals
eating the hulls. The irritation produced
is 80 intense that many animals are. sick-
ened and often killed because of this action
of the rice hulls.” Hogs and heifers have
been especially injured where attempts
have been made in the Southern States to
feed this product and the experience in that
locality bas shown these hulls to. bean
absolutely dangerous ingredient of stock
food.
Rice hulls have been found in western
samples of wheat bran sold in New Eog- |
land and in the Middle West, but this'is
the first case, to the writer's knowledge,
in which the adulterant has ‘appeared i in
Pennsylvania. The sample in question
showed large particles of yellow hulls that
were readily detectable upon a careful ex-
amination of bran by the unaided eye.
With a low power lens the outside surface
of the hull is seen to be marked by fine
parallel lines covering the whole surface
quite uniformly and extending parallel to
the long axis of the bull. This appear-
ance is quite different from that shown hy |
barley and oats hulle. Owing to the ex-
tremely dangerous character ‘of this adul-
terant, buyers should : be especially on
their guard against it.—By Wm. Frear, of
the State Experiment Station.
NOTES.
A. W. Clark, Assistant Chewist, bas
i to accept a position in the New
York State Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion at Geneva,
year as Assistant in connection with the
Animal Nutrition experiments under the
U. S. Department of Agriculture, has been
appointed Assistant in Agronomy | and
Animal Industry in the Station.
Relative Values of Feeding Stuffs,
The experiments with the respiration
calorimeter now being conducted in .coop-
eration with the Bureau of Animal Indus-
hy of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
have yielded some interesting results re-
garding the relative values of feeding
stuffs. The materials experimented upon
thus far have been timothy hay, clover
hay and corn meal, to which may be added,
for comparison, the German ‘Meadow
bay,’’ investigated by Keliner.
The digestible nutrients in these feeding
stuffs were determined by direct experi.
ments on steers and the nutritive values
computed from these results in the ordinary
way were compared with the actual effects
of the feeding as shown by the gain or loss
of flesh and fat by the animals.
In every case it was found that the
real values, whether for maintenance or
fattening, were not only considerably less
than those estimated from the digestible
nutrients, but were not proportional to
them.
Taking the result of timothy hay as 100,
the relative values of the several feeding
stuffs are given in figures.
‘While most of the figures are the results
of one or two trials and are therefore sub-
ject to correction in the light of future in-
vestigation, and while the low mainten-
ance value for clover hay may seem ques-
tionable, it is believed that the differences
indicated by the table are too large to be
explained by experimental errors. When
we find, for example, that on the basis of
digestible nutrients 174 pounds of timothy
hay are the equivalent of 100 pounds of
corn meal, while the actual experiment on
the animal shows that for maintenance 211
pounds and for fattening 273 pounds of
timothy hay are required to equal 100
pounds of cornmeal, we are dealing with
differences too large to be accidental and
too important to be ignored in the practic-
al computation of rations.
A more complete account of these results
is contained in Bulletin No. 71 of the
Station, which is now being distributed
and will he sent free to any address on ap
plication.
H. P. ARMSBY.
Game Laws of 1905.
Almost every week we are asked about
some part of the game laws, showing the
forgetfulness of the average sportsman. A
summary has been printed in this paper,
bat it is herewith repeated, this time being
strictly correct and direct from the State
game commissioners.
Quail, November 1st to December 1st.
Rail or reed birds, September 1st to De-
cember 1st.
Wild turkey, October 15th to December
1s.
Ruffed grouse, October 15th to Decem-
ber 1st.
Plover, July 15th to December 1st.
Wild fowl], September let to May 1st.
Woodcock, October 1st to December 1st.
Snipe; September 1st to May 1st...
Deer, November 15th to December 1st.
Squirrel, October 1st to December 1st,
Rabbit, November 1st to December 1st.
Bear, Oociober 186 to March 1st.’
Brook trout, April 15th to August ls.
Salmon, June 15¢h $0 February 15th. ,
Bass, i 15th to February, 15% ah:
‘Pike, ‘June 15th to February 15
It'is unlawful : To shoot ary Sun-
Ioseativor iiss Rirds, or destroy. any of the
Permits Lei 5. Bieds, |
nests and Sige ois ‘be ‘obta
Tis unlantal Toil on re
gh VE k i, an iA ds
4 partridge or’ woodeack fo Jaren rose
| selling the Sis atau hip i al,
fay de rin 8 Ya EE
(pheasant, grouse, quail, Tie Oh Who
opok. "Uniswiul for any: one person-o kill
in Be [8 mess hen deh; cock, or
a one haa |
season ‘more than
as or to kill in
oge in hunt-
one deer. Ti in 20 used
ing for deer, nuder penslty of: $100. Dogs
» SR
So Shgos bue
— A T ” shone fora hua.
band and got . e total e:
advertiniog, Neddivg ‘outfit, Ty
| Within a year he’ died; leaving her an ty
surance-poliey of $10,000. : And yes: some
people say it. doesn’t pay to. advertise.
Mr. F. W. Christensen, who eared; Tast {
doy: Feasiy isu; so kill any: Song or |.
ned from the.
~
Cannibals Still.
Cannibalism is a habit that evidently is
bard tolive down. For example, in the
East Indian island of New Guinea, or Paqua,
as its 700,000 inbabitants call it, the natives
again and again have shown how difficult
it is to forget the taste of human flesh.
Only the other day the ancient ogre in-
stinot of their forefathers, which bad lain
dormant for years, and which tho’ wholly
dead, suddenly burst forth in one tribe and
resulted in a massacre. A band of Papuan
‘‘crazy for sweet flesh,” as it is expressed
in the native language, swooped down up-
on the Catholic mission in German New
Guinea und killed five men and as many
women. Whether or not they were able
to devour their victims is not told in the
dispatches. Thirty-six of the natives were
arrested on ‘‘suspicion,” however, and
eighteen executed.
For some reason or other the Papuan
canibal prizes a Christian for a feast more
than an ordinary pagan. In becoming a
convert to the new faith, therefore, a native
must have an unusually high degree of
courage. He knows that as soon as he has
been baptized he will be an especially
| tempting morsel, likely at any time to be
batobered to make a holiday. In 1881 12
missionaries, who for years had been labor-
ing with Rev. Dr. James Chalmers at Kalo,
suddenly disappeared. On investigation
Dr. Chalmers discovered that his co-work-
ers and their families bad been slaughtered
‘and that their children had been eaten.
All these victims were converted Papuans.
Several years latera band of natives mur-
dered Dr. Cbalmers, hoiled him in sage
and ate him.
The cannibal instinct of the Papuan is
not hard to explain. ; In all the 313,000
square miles of New Guinea there is not a
tribe which does not regard murder as a
knightly accomplishment. Until a man
has taken a human life and has sipped hu-
man blood ne is an object of ridicule. . He
is not . permitted to tattoo himself, and
with a skin thus unadorned he is shunned
by Papuan society.
Timely Advice During a Thunder
Storm.
When a severe thunder storm is raging
the safest place is in the open, close to the
earth. If the body is erect it acts as an ex-
cellent conductor for the lightning to find
its way to the earth. “For this reason it is
dangerous to take refuge under a tree, says
the Buffalo Courier. Doubtless most of the
people who perish while under trees would
e alive today had they remained in the
open. It'is alfo injudicious to huddle under
threshing machines, sheds or near flag
staffs.
Avoid standing in doorways, near chim-
neys and fireplaces, close to cattle or near
the end of a wire olothes line during a
thunder storm. On the other hand there
is not much sense in going to bed or trying
to insulate oneself in feather beds. Small
articles of steel or iron, a knife or key, do
not attract lightning, as it is popularly be-
lieved,
It one has been struck by lightning the
first thing to do is to restore consciousness,
as lightning oftener brings about suspend-
ed animation than somatic death. The
condition of a person struck by lightning
is much the same as that of a person drown-
ing. Try to stimulate respiration and cireu-
lation. Do not cease in the effort to re-
store animation in less than an hour, as
you value the life of the snfferer.
Good Horse, and Good Rider.
Judging from the following story which
Arthur J. Smythe tells in his biography of
William Terriss, it is evident that the prac-
tice of betting on horse races was among
the great dislikes of the popular actor.
When anyone asked him what horse he
was going to back he would say :
“I’m going to back a little filly I've
often backed before. I’ve never won any-
thing on it; yet, strange to say, I’ve never
lost a penny.”
‘Oh, whatever horse is that?’ might
have been the inquiry.
**A little filly called Common Sense, rid-
den by Tommy Let It Alone,’’ was the in-
variable answer
An Easy Choice.
This story is told about President Roose-
velt and an aged darkey called Uncle Jake.
The old colored man was very religious
and was considered a pillar of the church
he attended. :
The president, while out driving one
cold morning met Uncle Jake, crippled
with rheowatism, hobbling along.
‘Good morning, Uncle Jake,” said the
president.
‘‘Good morning, sah,’’ responded the
darkey.
Then a happy thoughtstruck Mr. Roose-
vele. ‘Uncle Jake,” he said, ‘‘which
would you rather have this cold morning,
a ton of coal or a bottle of whiskey.”’
“Well,” said the darkey, hesitatingly,
-*‘it’s this way. Mistah President, you see
ma folks burn wood.”’
Why a Boy was Homesick.
A West Side family at Detroit in the
throes of an afternoon reception. Five year
Johnny had been sent to his grandmother’s
80 Sha: he'might be out of the way. 5
. the carriages. n to arrive a mai
‘said to the EE is a call for
you on the telephone. As near as I can
“make it out, The Boy is sick.” :
The mother excused herself, and burried
to the library. As she took up the re-
ceiver she heard a small voice at_the other
‘end say : “Mamma, is that you?’ ~~
/$¢Ig 59, Boy. What do you want?’
4*Can’s I come home; I'm sick.”
**Sick, non aneense 1, hat} inh She matter on
“I'm awtal h s I come
Home ? Ts the ice id xi or pri :
4" A'maid was sens for him. *‘No 'one*’ean
.get ahead of that boy,” :eaid. the. Aather
o | heme ent) pi0 i bio:
ss waldo
a \ Freuioh witei ab i atediieo: icine
tel an hs of $00 50
; ATE le Sper ein
‘ward ‘zero, Seperate de vd Fol
a er ‘1,280 fees. At
hat level, pl ih ann pot light, oan-
not exist, a $l ‘must be car-
‘niverods. ; hs, not’ being
‘used; ‘have rats dr sigh | yet ‘there is
Erni afi Ay Gutman
«xbloting ship ! Pian
gine Be Phosphotes-
he asa depth
hoe the
Sea; ci oe Bow Se
Lk Jife! EE also .
ere
pak ny Xian i
enc,
- LS
iw
“Bill ha i ra. ‘Bii'bad a
‘board bill, ad 0 , bon od Bill 80 tht
Bill sold the bill a pay the board
bill. -Soatser + Bill sold his bill board: to
pay. bis board bill is no longer bored Bill,