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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
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"/'/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" *