VOL XXXIX A Man, Woman or Child kll W in this town or county that Fj W cannot be satisfactorily rto kj him, her or it; fitted out right f« here in my store, and my ?•&? EK] Pi translation of "satisfactory" 's£&./ Ls || reasonable, there's I k Huselton's. g | tsagssagsßßSgsgggi BICKEL'S m Spring Footwear. The Largest and Most Complete Stock We Have Ever Had. MEN'S SHOES. All the latest styles in Men's Fine Shoes A fnll line of Men's Patent Kid Shoes-the latest style lasts, $2.60, $3.00, $3 !HI, $5 00 and $0 00. Men's Fine Calf, Vici-kid and Box-calf Shoes, $1 25 to $5. Large stock of Men's Patent Leather and Vici kid Oxfords iu up-to-date styles. BOYS' AND YOUTHS' SHOES. Our stock of Boys' and Yontbs' Shoes made on the new spring lasts are very attractive. Full stock of Boys' and Little Gent's Shoes in Patent-kid, Box-calf ami Vici-kid. See our large stock of Boys' and Youths' Fine Patent Leather Oxford*. LADIES' FINE SHOES. 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HITTLKH, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1&02 04 • C'&CHVO* "-0 0 > <'o £3ll i A i ■ j ' im h tf% if 1 L\ ! Ji .iU £ h:A I ViUiXJ c> v C' 4 C> t* t"! y By KOVvARD FIELDING 0. §1 * « « 8 S ■ £9 t.'i Copyright., 1901, by Charles V/. Hooke. *6 «a 2Q rc : v* :n **.o-:?.>e*©*o«3<> C t'OWai'WVvr - ■ - 'v.-. . CnAPTEft VIII. WAKISO TUOCBR.E. f QGVI'* . v HII.K Elinenflorf was f' "/ spt-akins Allien re- V/i- fi t/ *J. turned, bearing a If m& VWJ V buiicb of violets wrip- \tj sr'r f3 P'i' l I'-'U'cr na florists use. \{?) J Z r rr?T, .-,\ "1 was gone longer than I bad expected," he said. "1 did not know just where to find n florist hereabout. Tht-y are all cowed up. you see. It is an even ing that might wither a fl >wer with one breath." He passed the bouquet somewhat awkwardly across the big table to Breuda, who In the act of receiving it was so startled by tb>- sudden appear ance i f the ward detective, Harnes, upon the threshold that she let the flowers fall. With due allowance for its general lack of intelligence, it may be said that the countenance of Barnes was full of meaning. The man looked self as sertive. confident and pleased. "I in g your pardon," said he. "Who is In charge here?" "I am for the moment." replied Ken dall. Barnes hesitated, looking sldewlse at Alden. Then his glance shifted to the bouquet upon the table and rebounded iu the direction of the doctor. "I'd like to have a word with you," he said. "Speak up," said Kendall. "What Is It?" "Those flbwers are for tbe Miller girl, of course?" said Barnes. "Well, you'd better take a look at 'em before you send 'em iu. Oh, they're nil right, I guess, but you can't be too careful." "What do you mean?" demanded Kendall. Barnes pointed a finger at Alden. "That man put something into them," he said. "1 saw him do It. I don't know what It was, but there's drugs that, jf you swell of them, why, it's I your finish." Kendall WP.S too much surprised to speak. Alden took a hasty step toward Barnes anil collided with Klmendorf, who courteously begged his pardon Meanwhile Breuda picked up the bou quet from the table, and as they all turned toward her she opened the pa per over the violets mid pressed them against her lips. "They are very fragrant," she said. "That's all right," returned Barnes doggedly, "but he put something iu there". What was It?" "This bit of paper, I suppose," said Brenda, talcing it In her lingers. "Your message, I "iarence?" "I think somebody ought to read it," said Barnes, looking at Klmendorf out of the corner of his eyes Alden thrust Klmendorf aside as if lie tiad been a paper dummy and then checked himself. Barnes was already In ttie hall. "I can have no quarrel with this crea ture," said Alden. "As to my mes sage, 4 appeal to Dr. Kendall." "This Is more than absurd." rejoined the doctor "Miss Machine, whenever you are ready"— As Brenda stepped forward the bit of paper slipped out from among the flowers and fell to the floor. Klmen dorf picked It up. "I Slope you won't misunderstand uic," lie said. "Perhaps I see farther ahead than you do If I was In Mr. Aiden'kv place, I'd let somebody read this." lie gave the message to Brenda, who glanced at Alden as sin* took It. He raised his hand In u gesture of nega tion. "Now, look here, all of you," exclaim ed Barnes. "Here's this girl Iu the"— and he pointed with Ids thumb in the ■apposed direction of Elsie's room - "who's hiding what she knows. I don't suy It's In tills man's Interest, but it's In Homebody's Interest; that's sure. Hie wouldn't be the first woman that's had tin nerve to g't the knife and say nothing. I don't accuse anybody, es pecially not this man, for 1 ain't got a thing against him. He's all right so far an I know. But what I say Is that the girl ought not to la* getting mes sages on the quiet." Alden's face »ra* white as paper, and his eyes were aflre. It Is probable that every bone In Barnes' body ached with anticipation, but he had been kicked too often In the way of business to flee before the actual contact "I've stood all of this that my sys tem can absorb," said Kendall, with a seriousness that scarcely fitted with the peculiar phrase which had come Into his mouth. "After this dime novel nonsense of poisoned bouquet M I don't care to have anything more from you. Get out!" "You're making a mistake," said Barnes and then backed out of the room, grinning like a monkey, as Ken dall advanced toward the door. Brenda replaced "the note among the flowers and gave her free hand to Al den, bidding him good night. "1 shrill not be far away," he said as the woman preceded Kemlall out of the room. "Them's a lodging house next door. I shall get a place to sleep there. Bleep? Well, at least I shall be there. You will not fall to summon me If If there should be any reason for It?" "You may depend upon me," said Brenda from the threshold, where she had paused a moment white he spoke. Kendall went with her to the mouth of the long corridor and then returned to the reception room. "That mini must be liiHanc," be said to Elmemlorf. "What did be mean by coming here with such absurdities?" "He didn't believe in them any more than you do," replied the detective. "He bail 110 Idea that there was any thing wrong with the violets or with the note. Ho was simply obeying or ders." "Orders?" echoed Kendall. "Who could" have ordered him to do such a thing?" "I guess Mr. Alden knows," respond ed Klmendorf. "And, between our selves, I think Mr. Alden should have permllted the note to be read right here. I hope Miss Miller won't destroy it." Kendall looked at Alden as If to In quire whether such a thing was likely, but gleaned no answer. Alden's face had resumed Its rigidity, anil the ex pression which It wore was Intense, but ditHcult to read. "However," continued Klmendorf, "If It hadn't been that It would have been something else. You're going to see a good deal of this sort of thing In the , next few days, Mr. Alilvu." "A g»A>.l d al of what?" said Alden. "It Is t. :«I• l.-iowu as 'making trouble' for :: t:i.:a." replied the de tective. "I t!. n't know why 1 should •put you ou.' but I'm it just the "Do you mean to tell me." demanded I Alden. "that i . , ' lin Neale expects to ! extort an imp rtant secret from :uc by childish tricks of annoyance such as ; this?" j "Certainly not." niswcred Elmen dorf ".Joe Neale Is no such donkey. Why. he's worth a quarter of n mil : lion dollars, and it's a wise man who ' can save as much as that in a few years nut of a salary of twenty-five hundred. By simple arithmetic it ' would take a man just a century to do it If he lived meanwhile on what the neighbors sent in. as they used to say iti Massachusetts, where I was UJ uL2Jm "/'/nit man }iut noincthtnu Into tlicm.' brought up. .loe Neale knows that when a man Is worried he talks; he must talk to somebody. And the cap would Just as soon get your secret out <if John Doe as out of you—a little rather, iu fact, because then you wouldn't know that he had It. Now, I've raid enough to cost me my Job." "Nothing you say to me will ever cost you anything," said Alden. "I'm not a talking man. By the way, who are you?" "Introduce me," said Elmendorf to Kendall, and the doctor compiled. "I am pleased to meet you," said Alden. offering his hand. "If you Hud out anything Important In tills case, I wjint you to tell me lirst. I'll make it woitli your while." "No. thank you," said Klmendorf hastily "As a rule I'm as corrupt as the derll but not lids time." Meanwhile Brenda had delivered the posies to Klslc whom pain had wak eneil from a little sleep with the gen tlest possible words and ways. She had not at all the manner of a nurse, but rather that of an exceedingly tactful and well bred young doctor. took the bouquet and very quietly over It for some minutes without discovering the note which It contained. She did not say any thing; she did not ask a question about what Alden bad said or done, whether he had gone away or was still waiting or whether he had seemed much dls fre: sed by her misfortune. Breuda had merely said that he had called, and that he had sent the violets because they were Klsle's favorite tlower. This seemed to satisfy the girl completely. Brenda bail supposed that she would see the message at the tlrst gl.-Ukce and Indeed believed for some little time that she bail don* so, but did not wish to read It Immediate]/. Finding tills an error and fearing that the tfudilen discovery of It might startle her, Bren da told Klslc that there was a message and pointed out Its place. Then she turned away, us If unwill ing to accept the chance of guessing from Klsle's face what the note might contain. When she Judged that the proper Interval had elapsed, she ap proached the bed once more. Klsle's eyes were abut. The tears were drying on her cheeks, that were as delicate as rose leaves, and her right hand was against her breast, tightly closed. Thus she remained until she fell asleep. CHAI'TER IX. A FJCW WORDS WITH Mlt. BOBINBOW. ET KCTIVK KI.M KN %*#DORK was a man f.3 dB who considered lilm fl PL self to be the Mimplo Kf* product of chance. He fV was born In Danbury, i Conn., and at th* ago ' of nine years he win lefi mi orphan and penniless. Immedi ately after tills misfortune, as lie did not like the people with whom ho waa expected to live, ho walked out of town. There happened to bo a high wind that day, utni tbe boy walked with It, because the contrary course would have been disagreeable. No one made any attempt to tiring him back, and to he tramped for about a week, eating nothing one day and six good meals the next, according to the varying eharfty of the people along the road. Finally an eccentric old doctor In a certain munll town found the boy 111 on Ills doorstep one morning, and that waa a gfiat piece of luck for young Klmendorf. He had a good home In the doctor's house for eight years, without care or labor; enjoyed the advantages of the excellent schools of the village, and was nearly ready to enter college when Ids benefactor died. The doctor left a good property, but no will. Relatives swooped down like a flock of birds. Klmendorf had not been adopted He had no legal status, and one day ho discovered that he had iiolliltig at all except a triinkfiil of de cent raiment and the sum of s:i no. The coincidence that this was the ex act fare to New York decided Kltnen dorf's course. He arrived In the me tropolis without a penny, hunted up a boa riling house near the station, car ried Ids trunk there on his shoulder and then went out to look for work. He bad many occupations In the next live years, hul none to Ids liking. Finally he became II clerk in a small hotel which was a haunt of ward poll tlchuia. Yielding to the temptation thus thrown Into Ids way, he devel oped Into a lieutenant of the district leader, learning more tricks than ho • hud tho hardihood to play und prowper- ing the less because of his scruples. It became a-delusion with him, how ever, that he was one of the most dis honest of created beings; that lie would do anything for mouey. and that only his hard luck prevented iiim from selling his soul at a good figure. Once when his affairs were at a low ebb his patrrrn suggested the police, and Elmendorf became a member of the force in the firm belief that a corrupt man like himself could make money therein. But he had a perverse way ot' being dissatisfied with temptation, and lie gained a reputation for hon esty which his best friends deplored. It was pure chance, a matter not wor thy of mention, which secured his transfer to the staff of the detective bureau. He bad no appetite for the work, yet he must have possessed a certain fitness for it. Perhaps the ad vantage of early mental training, add ed to an unfailing memory and a per ception of little thing; that was due to the Herman blood in him. helped to make a real detective of hiui. Yet there is no money In detecting alone and but small advancement, as Klmendorf well knew What one needs is the skill to construct a good, strong "pull." coupled with the ca pacity to turn the incidents of the pro fes-vion to one's personal advantage. In these Important particulars Klmen dorf .was a dire failure, lie secur Li;o puil. and he was forced to live almost entirely upon his salary. Inc' od his rontinu:!:.ce on the staff was due largely to the favor in whi< h he was held bv certain men connected with the press. The I -cling that li' Kli leu dorf should be se .t back to patrol duty somebody would get "roasted" for it long and hard in at least two of the big papers was the deciding factor in his case on several occasions. He was useful.' however. In affairs like that with which the present rec ord has to do. where early rumor con nected persons of prominence and TVI: lt!I with criminal cases and It was desirable to have a prompt and honest report as a basis for subsequent action. I' 4 the mutter of the murderous at tack upon JOlsic Miller. Klmendorf re reived orders, on the morning of the day following that upon which the crlmt was committed, to "look up" John I'obilison It appeared that Bob llison had left the louse on Thirty eighth street Immediately after Alden's departure, which he bad viewed with every indication of Intense and painful excitement. No obstacle was put in the way of his departure when he desired to go; but an unobtrusive young man of <'ap tain Neale's retinue walked upon the other side of the? street. Itoblnson did not see tills young man—which Is some times a great misfortune for the per son thus attended but it happened, in this instance, that after a considerable uinount of pedestrian exercise of a seemingly aimless sort the young man did not see Boblnson, and this was un doubtedly a serious misfortune for the "shadow." He was roundly sworn at by his superior, when, after a fruitless search, he was obliged to announce his failure to that Individual. He did not do this, of course, until he had waited a long time in front of the house where Boblnson lived. Had Itob lnson returned there t lie "shadow" would have given. In his subsequent report, a full statement covering every /letall of Boblnson'a movement:! and every minute of tbe time, and would cheerfully have sworn to it in court bad later events made such a proceed ing necessary. But, failing to "pick up" Itoblnson, there was no escape from confession. The landlady of the boarding house where Itoblnson Ilfed salil that he was somewhat Irregular In his luihlta and that he did not always come home to dinner; but when at 2 o'clock In the morning It was reported that be had not appeared Captain Neale began to be uneasy. As be expressed It, "If Bob ftison has skipped, there'll be nothing doing." Translated this meant that if a hum ble clerk of unknown antecedents had stained his soul with crime for s.>iK) there remained only the profitless task of catching him and sending him to jail. Klmendorf Und no Idea that. Itoblnson had "skipped." principally because there was no apparent reason for It. The clerk had delivered the note to Klslc and had then left the house, as the testimony of the servant, a reliable woman long In Mrs. Simmons' employ, satisfactorily proved. That Boblnson tiad Immediately returned and commit ted the atrocious crime for a reward so small was. In ISlineudorf's opinion, a wild hallucination, though lie had heard such a hypothesis stated. But that Itobinson's extreme agitation when brought to the scene was due to a more Intimate knowledge of the affair than lie had disclosed was a iiMicb more rea sonable proposition. As to the money In the note, Kimeu dorf was far from regarding It as tbe motive for the crime. He believed that the money had been there, for ttint was one of the few points upon which Kiale had made a positive declaration lu tier first response to questions, as ICtinen dorf had been Informed by Kendall In their earliest Interview at the hospital. She had said Unit she had removed the money and had laid It, with the note. Upon the table. It hud,been stolen, but probably as a "blind," unless, Indeed, some person connected with the police had comforted an Itching palm with it. Upon receiving Ids orders In regard to Itoblnson the detective went down town to the building In which Alden's ofllces were situated. He took Up an Inconspicuous position near by anil after half an hour of waiting had the pleasure of wishing Mr. Itoblnson good morning upon the sidewalk at a point about one hundred feet from the build Ing. This was unfortunate for Captain Neale's man. Barnes, who was waiting lu the doorway. Klmendorf made no accret of Ids Identity or of tils errand, and Robinson seemed quite undisturbed. "I was pretty badly upset yesterday afterniii n." lie said "It was all so slid •ten and • hocking 'if course I bad no special lute ,-i in Ml i Mllier. I'roba lily I haii n't seen her more than three or four ilines In my life 11nt to think that this should have happened so soon after I had left her! I tell yotl It gave me a turn I didn't fei I much like he big alone, o I v I'llt to see a fellow v.'houi I I now and pent the night iu hN room How is Mi l Miller this morning?" Klii'i ndorf replied that tils advices were alletbet favorable, and little IMOle wa . I mi II they bail entered Alihii s pi I. a: oil lee. In which Bobln son Intd a di' l< "I Hint': ' t you knew Min i Miller quite v. II." • ;till iliniem t taking a chair 'i >■[>< Ue of her by her tlrst tiatne yi sterday " "|.;i| I V I. d Itol II on. opening tils eye, wide Well I in*! i llltvc Mild aim i anything i 'in I was tier 4, and that s a fact " "lli.v,' did i happen that you took the ti . e?" * \ Men wis rrnlng m ring for b v," * : the reply. ; ■at I II i. tied Hi i there ' ie i r • i.. and in I. ed me about one of our own b<«v, who hap- pened to be out at the time. So I said I'd take tbe note. I wanted to go up to my room, and It's only a little way from where Miss Miller lived. I hadn't anything particular to do at the time." "What did you want to go to your room for?" "To get a letti r I had left there." re plied Bobinson. "Nothing of any great importance." "Came for VOL i.i the morning. 1 sup pose, anil you forgot to bring it down," said Klmendorf, with the air of one who hastens to dismiss a subject. "Yes; that was it." "Did you get it?" "Why. certainly." "Where is it now?" demanded the de tective. Uoiiinson's forehead began to per -1/ire. 'I destroyed if." he said. "Who wr-.te it?" • Wh: w hat has that to do with"— "Who wrote it?" said Klmendorf. tapping ..:i the floor with his cane. "Fellow over in 1 hiladelpbla," re plied Uobiusou, "But I don't see"— "<ii\t uie his name and address," ) said the detective, taking out a uote ! hook and a pcnclL "This is private business," rejoined Robin-- >n. mopping his face. "It has nothing to do with this affair." "My dear sir." said Klmendorf, "in a case of this kind, when a man begins to lie. it's always important. 1 happen to knew that you haven't had a letter conic l j ii::.i house since you've been living there, so you didn't go up town to get one. In my opinion, you went up because you wanted to see Miss Miller. Isn't that a fact?" "You put me in a mighty bad place," replied Bobinson. "Suppose I say that I did. how would that strike Al den?" 1 "It won't strike blm at all," said El mendorf. "because I shan't tell him. I don't mean to intimate that you had anything particular to say to Miss Mil ler. But you'd seen her. you knew she was a very pretty and agreeable girl, r — r ii n "L)ld If" mild Hoblntton, npenlna hi* eyen wide. and, like any other man, you didn't ob ject to seeing her again even if it was only for four seconds. That's all tliero is in it. So why not tcdl the truth?" "1 don't deny that I had some such Idea." "It was your motive for offering to take the note, and you had no other. Isn't that e fact?" "Well, yes," replied Robinson, "be tween ourselves, that's the truth." "You had no errand at your room?" "Of course not." "Then why did you go there?" de manded Klmendorf. "Why did you go straight over there from Miss Miller's house?" "I thought I'd change my clothes," wild Itoblnson desperately. "Did you change them? Haven't you got on the same suit now tiiat you wore down town yesterday?" "Yes," said ItobliiMiiri. "I—l changed my mind." "Instead of your clothes," rejoined Elmendorf, with a smile. "By the way, where were you born?" ltobiuson's expression revealed some slight relief. "In Honolulu," ho said. "I lived there until I was 21. Then my parents moved to Auioy, China. I came to tills country about two years ago." "Where did you land?" "San Francisco." "Date of arrival and name of steam er?" said Klmendorf, taking up Ids notebook again. 1 Itoblnson was undisturbed this time. "I've forgotten the exact date," ho said, "and the steamer was a tramp. I can't recall her name." Asked what he had done In San Erandaco, Boblnson replied that he liiul drifted across the continent Imme diately. arriving in New York In April, a year ago. Very soon afterward he had had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of Mr. Alden, who had taken a liking to him and given liltn ids present position. lio laid few friends iu this country. There was no one who knew him better than Aldeu did. "You looked to me like a college bred man," said KlmeudoiT, whereupon Bob lie on replied that there were excellent schools lu Honolulu. Klmendorf traced out a pattern In the rug with the end of ids cane. "The man has a record," he was saying to himself. "This story Is a work of art. No cable to Honolulu, and Auioy la a long way from Mulberry street. It will take about six months to prove that till-) man never lived lu the Sand wich Islands unless we i;un strike Ids trail around here." "Did you carry that cane yesterday?" naked Klmendorf suddenly, and Rob inson promptly went Into a blue chill which he strove to conceal. "Yes of course no," ho stammered. "I thiol; that was what I went to my room for." "I think It wasn't," said Klmendorf, liiul at that moment, to the surprise of both, Aldeu entered the room. (TO IIK CONTINUED.] Uinißi-r In I luiir t Hllrrß. The large man had just bought II so pi rllie black elyitr and was inserting it lu the cut ti r. "Don't do thill!" exclaimed the lull man ot cadaverous feature. "t.'ood >,melons, why not?" demand ed I he large fellow. "Y II wait here with ino for live mln nll H, II lid you'll see why not." A man came up and bought a cigar. He w< (I <ll the month end Kllglill.V. put It iu the cutter, lighted It uiid walked off. "Did you co that?" asked tin- en diiM i' i . man. "Did you see Ills color and hollow cheeks? if lie Isn't In the last i! : i of consumption, I don't want a cent. Can't you Just Imagine the tubercle bin », lu thai cigar culler?" lie f*llll triumphantly. The large man dhlli't say anything, bill lie 10.i1.' d atIXIOIIS. In the <• itirse of Ave minutes as llian; I'm I 'inoi bought cigars, and 111 I of till ill Welled the mouth end b. fore they used tbe ctlttar. "i i . I'll i an Individual cut tcr, I. •!• man as tie* pair at ' la 1 It .1,1 .1 • lof till' shop New Vol'k ( fmm&ss POULTRY FOR SHIPMENT.- C : X of <;onor«iI Interest In I)rr»- Inn nnd Parkins. In t'.ie poultry Industry, as In every otln :• attractive marketing Is an im ! p ri:i:it feature aud one too often over ) looked. The Canadian experiment sta- I tions have dcvcted considerable atten ti .. to the poultry industry. Special :."o: is have been made to learn the re quii\ mcnts of the English market. In a recent roj>ort of the Canadian com missioner of agriculture and dairying the methods of dressing, packing nnd shipping poultry for British markets are discussed. Some of the directions for shipping turkeys seem of general application. Among the principal points are the following: I'locked turkeys are regarded as more salable than unplucked. Fast the birds for twenty-four hours to empty | PIQ. i. [Method of tying up legs, pushing head under the wing and hanging turkey: A. brenst view; B, side view.] the crop and Intestines. The fermenta tion of fond in the crops nnd intestines • will wholly spoil the birds. Give n small quantity of wntT Just before killing. Kill by wringing the neck nnd not by kniting or sticking. One dealer says the easiest and best mode of killing Is by the dislocation of the neck. This manner of killing Is generally adopted by the English and continental poulterers. The method of killing turkeys in Norfolk Is also recommended. It Is as follows: The bird Is hung up by the legs, the wings being crossed to pre vent struggling. Next it Is given a sharp blow on the back of the head with n stout piece of wood, which ren tiers it Insensible. The knife is then inserted Into the roof of the mouth so as io pierce the brain, cutting it along the entire length. The bird is left hanging by the legs for a few minutes to allow the blood to drnln out. Pluck at once, while still warm. Twist the wings on the back of the bird (Fig. 2). A string, which, however, should not encircle the body, may be used to keep them In place. As soon as the feathers are off hang the bird up by the feet to cool. I)o not lay It down or hang It by the head. The blood should drain toward the head and be come coagulated there. One dealer says to lay the birds " on their breasts jM on a setting board, pressing 'Jjf the rumps MIL square, letting Cffik the heads hung down until the to when the birds I fl will always re- I l\ tain their plump j shape. Cleunil | ness Is uecessa- J ,» ry. The feet and A 4k. legs of the birds m should bo cleun TO? "Iso. The legs of the dressinl birds ure often J I tied up us shown j!,' J lu Fig. 1. If the Y'j, jf birds are to bo f displayed In a . Jf*-- „jpJtT shop, the head should be pusb uu('or 11,0 i[Vv should be thor oughly cooled, \wy not frozen, and ,ht ' y should be co through und through "before being packed lu (Method of twisting cuses. Pack lu the wings of a tur- any one cuse on k. yon the buck.] | y L>lrUi* of near ly the same weight, graded to within two pounds. In no case should any bird be lighter than the lightest weight or heavier than tho heaviest weight marked on the package. Spread u small quantity of wood pulp or dry, clean straw in tho bottom of the case. Put paper on tho bottom ami top of the birds to keep them dean. A small quuntlty of wood pulp or dry, clean straw muy be put ou top directly under the cover. Puck the birds with bucks down, with heads ut one side. Put from twelve to twenty four birds In a ease. Every case should be packed quite full and dose to pre vent damage during transit. Do not export any old, tough birds. Every bird should show u good, plump, white, broad breast. Opinions differ lu the United States regarding the practice of drawing poul try before marketing, and It seems de sirable to suit the demi.i: .of tho mur ket to which shipment Is made. DISHORNING STOCK. rnivatlr I'olnali Trrttmrnl of the Yeunu Hum In Utah Favur. A common method now to do a way with (lie horns of slock Is to prevent their growth by the use of chemicals on (lie calf. This seems to have hud Its beginning about the year IHUO und Im mediately grew In favor. The Mary land Hi a t IOTI seems to prefer this meth od to cutting <>r clipping the horns and has the following to say about It: It Is quickly aud eusily done, It Is comparatively painless, causes no nerv ous shock, and It Is done at a time when there Is no milk tlow to tujure. The ordinary method Is to use u stick of caustic soda or caustic potash when the button or smull horn can first be felt. <'lip the hair from over the button wllh a pair of scissors, wet the end of the stick <>r caustic with saliva and ruli the skin over the horn vigorously. The operation requires about two min utes. The work can be (lone very easily by one man lu fuct, as easily us two I'IIII do It. The best age at which to perform this operation Is as soon as the button or young horn cuii be felt with the finger. This Is usually when tile calf Is about a week old. But It can he done with perfect success up until itje IJiue tbo uttf Is M yiojilU wld No. 12 j or even older if tbc operator is careful to make a thorough application. It is , better to use the caustic on the calves when they are young enough to insure that the operation will be effective, and this age is from three days to three weeks. i In our work at this station we ba\e used the stick caustic potash or caus | tic soda entirely, and in its use wo | necessarily handle It with care, not i allowing it to come in contact with the fingers, as it has a burning or corrod ing effect and will take off the skin very quickly. This can be prevented by simply wrapping the end of the stick in a piece of paper to serve as a handle. In applying the caustic to the head it is well not to allow the spot to become too moist, as It will run down the side of the bead, making a tore, removing the hair and leaving a scar which may show, and then there Is danger of it running into the eye, which would certainly cause blindness. It would be well to have some water standing close by, so that the caustic could be dipped into it a couple of times during the application. In using the caustic thorough rubbing is pecessary, and Insufficient rubbing caused many failures. It is well to rub until the skin over the horn coin- POIXED ANOUS. DISHORNED WITH CLIP TEAS. DISHORNED WITH CAUSTIC. mences to look red, as though the blood was about to start. This will take from fifteen seconds to about hnlf n minute to each horn. There is of course some pain caused to the young calf by this use of caus tic, as It has the effect of entirely burning away the skin from over the horn, but this pain Is not In the na ture of a violent nervous shock, and there Is no loss of blood. There can be no possible danger from Its use. For a short time after the application the calf goes around shaking its bead, but it never refuses to eat immediately after, when the pain is the greatest. In some Instances the calf shows no sign of suffering after fifteen minutes have passed. The operation appears to be more humane than removing the matured horn, and doubtless it is so. The head of an uulmal dishorned with chemicals presents n much differ ent appearance from one dishorned with clipi>ers. In a neat job with the chemical dlshorner It would be difficult to distinguish between It and the head of un unlmal of the polled breeds. When the clippers are used, the head presents a square appearance, rather unnatural for an animal without horns, and yet many prefer It to the rather pointed head of the polled breeds or the animal dishorned with chemicals. It Is economical to buy caustic soda or potash In sticks costing about 25 to 30 cents n pound, aud a pound will dfs born a hundred calves or more. News and Notes. F. 11. Taylor, a Nebruskan, is an nounced as the chief In charge of agri cultural Interests for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The agricultural department of the St. Louis exposition will have the lar gest of all the buildings, covering more than thirty-two ucres and having a per imeter of more than a mile. "Insecticides and Fuuglcldes," farm ers' bulletlu No. 140, concerns the chemical composition and effectiveness of certain preparations and contains 'uforuiatiou of Interest In anticipation < the annual wurfure on bugs and plant disease*. The Harry gold medals for new and valuable fruits were awarded by the Western New York Horticultural soci ety to the originators of the Perfection currant and the Charlton grape. In English experiments It has been noted that the number of small pota toes Increases with the number of stems that a potato produces and va rieties with strongest stalks wero the best. drought reslsters. Animate ■■ Ther Sleep. "In mild weather," says a gentleman fanner quoted by the Philadelphia Record, "my horses and cattle sloep afield, and sometimes I wander softly among them In the moonlight. It Is strange to see how they He, with every head pointed In the same direction, tbo direction from which the wind is blow ing. Do you know why that is? It Is because they have In them an instinct of fear, nnd they front the wind so that their keen noses may catch In stantly the first breath of an approach ing danger, l'oor things! All you liavo to do Is to approuch softly from behind, and you can be right In among them before they are aware of it My horses are even more cautious thun my cattle, for they, In addition to fac ing the wind, sleep ulso with ono ear cocked backward. Then 1 have a dog that sleeps not only facing the wind ami with one ear cocked, but with ono eye open also. 110 Is, for sure, a cow urd." The White IMae. The white pine Is distinctively a northern tree. The native distribution of the tree was from Newfoundland on the east to Lake Winnipeg on the west aud thence to the southern bound aries of Wisconsin, Michigan, Penn sylvania. New Jersey aud Connecticut, The white pine bell also foTlowed the Appalachian range us far to the south as Ueorgla. The best growth of the tree was In Maine and the British ter ritory east of the state, along the St. Lawrence river, In New Hampshire, Vermont, northern New York, Michi gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and cen tral Pennsylvania. Clmiltrlng n Hnmnr. The story Is told of a French sitvalit returned from Egypt bringing a royal mummy wllh hi in. and the case was opened al Marseilles. Being told thut it contained n phuraoh, the officer looked up pharuoh In the tariff, but no mention could he llnd of such an arti cle. Then It occurred to him that u nice, high duty wns on dried fish, mid the savant had to puy us If for thut lommodity. Alarlc'a Grave. It Is said thut when Alarlc, the con queror of Home, died "a river was turned uslde to inuke n place In Its bed for his grave, und when he was burled the water was again let Into Its former chacnel, und the prisoners who had bcl|Md to. bury him were killed, so thut lio ono might find out where the conqueror of ItaiUP wu " tiurML" *
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