V
LOVE AND SORROW,
BY t. B. BAKER.
Fluttering birdlings softly chirping gather closer In tlielr rent,
For the warm nun sinks to slumber far beyond the mountain's crest;
Oh, the weary day is ended 1 Come you. too, and learn to rest.
Fold yonr tired hands till to morrow; rest is wondrous calm and swecl ;
Hoe the dark, uneven shadows lengthening, vaver at our feet :
"lis the hour when Love and Sorrow on the dusky wayside ifsfet.
love's fair face l,shy and blushing, Borrow turns her eyes sway,
When above the lonely mountain lingers one faint gleam of day;
Than they clasp their bands, and slowly through the deepening shadows stray.
Let ns rest while Lore and Sorrow roam about the erhoing dell,
Hand in hand we, too, hsve met them, and we murmur: "It is well;"
For our fondest memories ever with their vanished fsces dwell,
UNCLE DAVID.
H was commencement week at the
old, university, a busy week and on
the whole delightful one. There
ware partings that were saddening;
. there pleasant ties sundered; there
was the break up of the life that had
grown dear to many of these virile
young men, but In the demands and
the bustle of the parting hours un
pleasant reminders were kept in abey
ance.
A student of the senior year emerg
Jng from one of the gray old dorm!
tories almost ran Into a classmate
who was hurrying by.
"Hullo, Foster."
"Excuse me, Craig. I didn't notice
where I was going."
"What's wrong, old chap?"
' He was a good fellow at heart, this
Craig in spite of bis father's money
and the spoiling Influence of a doting
Bother and sister.
. John Foster looked around.
"Nothing really serious. Just
disappointment."
Craig fell Into step beside bim.
"I need a little violent exercise my
self," he said. "Which way?"
"To the telegraph office."
"Brownlee told me something
about an engineering Job you hoped
to get. Has tbts something to do
with it?"
"Yes. They have wired me to
meet the chief engineer of the line in
Chicago to-morrow. He's making up
f. party to look after their Arizona
extension."
"Just what you wanted, isn't it?
I "Yes. I'm very glad to get the
epenlng."'
"And everything Is all right at the
college end of the line, isn't it?"
"Oh, yes. The dean knows all
about it. He has given me letters of
Introduction to several people."
"When do you start?"
"This morning."
"Too bad you miss the show, but
that isn't all that's bothering you, is
ut Need any money?"
"No," Foster replied quickly.
"That's all right, then. It's the
only paneca for trouble that I know
anything about. Can't I help you in
some way?"
They had not been at all Intimate,
these two. John Foster, was a boy
with bis way to make In the world,
ft boy of very limited means. He
bad little time for amusement and
could afford few friends. Arthur
Craig was the only son of a million
aire. Life to him was largely play,
His set was the liveliest and most ex
clusive In the university. There was
really nothing In common between
the two, save their allegiance to the
same alma mater. Once when an un
usually severe examination in a study
that had especially bothered Craig
was close at hand, Jim Brownlee had
Drought John FoBter up to Craig's
rooms, and they had put in several
evenings together to such good ad
vantage that Craig stood the test in
really commendable way. He had
offered to recompense Foster for his
services and had been emphatically
repulsed.
Foster looked round at Craig with
a quick smile.
"Thank you," he said. "I'm afraid
It isn t anything you could remedy
a oetter explain. I'm worrying
Dout my uncle David. You see he
is to be here to-day. All through
my iour years he's been looking: for
ward to commencement week, and to
being here with me during the last
oays at tne old school. I can't tell
you now much I owe to Uncle rtavM
He's taken care of me since I was a
child of three. He sent me here.
iou cant understand what that
means. , He's only a farmer but mod
erately successful. Vot he has rnn.
trlved to send me here and to send
my cousin Helen another orphan
to Vasear. Now he's coming to pay
m mac long expected v Bit and
can't even be here to greet him when
He arrives. And I counted so much
uu snowing mm around."
"That's too bad," said Craig, sym
pathetically. He paused for a mo
mem. see nere, old chap," he cried,
"iter your Uncle David
"You!"
Ullil... . m . j
nnj uuer j m loot loose. J
haven't anybody Coming. Mother and
ma are in .England with my mar
ni msier, uaay neatneote. Dad Is
lo Ban Francisco. My time la my
wwu. iou trust uncle David with
me. I don't get a chance to do any
thing decent very often. Let me have
mis one.
Foster looked at him doubtfully.
"My uncle is a plain man, a man
of simple tastes," he said.
"Not another word," cried Craig
"Tell me how to identify him, and
what to say to him when I meet
him."
"This la very good of you, Craig,"
said John Foster, a little . brokenly.
And he put out his band. '
Arthur Craig was on the station
platform when the 10.30 train from
the north came In. There were quite
a number of passengers to alight, but
presently he fancied be saw the man
he wanted. He was a tall, slender
man who stooped a little, a plain fea
tured man with gray hair and a short
gray. beard. His clothes were gray,
too, and so was his soft hat, and be
carried an old fashioned leather trav
eling bag.
As he stepped to the platform he
looked about Inquiringly. '
Arthur Craig came forward.
"Mr. David Rlvlngton, I believe?"
"Yes," responded the old man, "I
ani David Rlvlngton."
Arthur handed him John Foster's
kttcr.
"This will explain the situation,"
he said. "I am Arthur Craig, oue of
John's friends. You will And me
mentioned In the letter."
"Isn't John all right?" the old mnn
asked with a little tremor in his
voice.
"John Is perfectly well and happy
at least he would be happy if he
could be here to meet his Uncle
David. But come, Mr. Rlvlngton, you
might Just as well be comfortable
while you are rending John's letter.
This way, please." Ho took the old
man's bag from his hand and piloted
him across the station platform to
where his runabout stood. Uncle
David stared at the beautiful car
with its shining trimmings.
"This is the second time I have
been in this town," he said, with a
twinkle Id his gray eyes. "I remem
ber they ran a 'bus to the hotel In
those early days. This seems to be
quite r striking improvement."
Craig laughed as he placed the bag
in the car.
"They are running the same old
'bus," he said. "But we are not go
ing to the hotel, and this car hap
pens to be mine. All aboard, please."
"Yours!" said the old man. His
kindly gray eyes turned from the
shining car to its owner. "Do many
of the college young men have
them?"
Then began a round of wild dis
sipation for "the good old man. Trips
in the runAbout, strolls through the
college buildings, a baseball game
between the faculty and the college
team, luncheons and dinners and
breakfasts.
It was on the second day that
Uncle David said to Arthur Craig,
"See here, my boy, why should yon
take all this trouble for a plain old
man? Have you made a bet, per
haps, that you would do this? I have
heard of such things."
He was smiling as he spoke, but
his tone was grave.
"Nothing of the kind. Uncle David.
I freely volunteered to look after you.
I've ho one else, you know."
"That's a little strange, Isn't it?"
"They couldn't be here. My fa
ther Is In San Francisco, taking on
another railroad. I had a telegram
from him last night. My mother and
slBter Grace are in England, where
my mnrrled sister is ill. I'll get a
cablegram from them to-day. So you
see I have nobody but you, Uncle
David."
There was a queer little twinkle In
Uncle David's eyes.
"Perhaps," he slowly said, "the
discipline will do you good." He
paused. "Has your father always
had money?"
"As far back as I can remember.'
"You have had everything you
wanted?" .
"Always."
"I see," said Uncle David. i
Arthur laughed.
"I know what you are thinking.
You are saying to yourself, 'And yet
there's still something good about the
boy.' "
"That's true," said Uncle David.
When It came to the evening of
the reception Arthur couldn't help
reeling a little perturbed. How would
Uncle David appear? There was no
question about his manners. The
old man had all the instincts of a
born gentleman. But his clothes?
But the ancient traveling bag's
contents were not so bad. Uncle
David, In a long-tailed black coat
with a white waistcoat, looked like
an old-fashioned picture.
eligible, Mr. Rlvlngton. You will
bring him, Craig."
As they passed along the president
caught the young man's arm.
"This Is very well done, Craig,"
he murmured. "You are honoring
yourself when you honor this good
man."
Uncle David left for home on Sat
urday morning. He held Arthur's
hand tightly at parting.
"You' have certainly given me the
time of my life," he laughed. "I
can't say more than that, can I? And
I'm going to write your father and
tell him some things about his son
that he may be glad to know. You
don't object to that?"
"No," replied Arthur. "Not If you
give him the plain facta."
"I'll make them as plain as your
Uncle David's evening clothes. But
there, the train Is coming. I'd like
to have you on the farm for awhile,
boy. Come up this summer. I want
you to come while Helen Is at home.
That's the finest compliment I can
pay you."
"I'll come," responded Arthur.
"dood-by."
"Oood-by, Uncle David." W. R.
Rose, In Cleveland Plain Dealer.
istti i t - r .
Compulsory Pasteurization.
Chicago Is the first large American
city to make pasteurization compul
sory. Every pint of milk sold In that
city must come from cows that have
passed the tuberculin test or be sub
jected to pasteurization, and every
pound of dairy products must come
from such cows or made from pas
teurized tullk. Farmers' Home Jour
Movable Ten.
The movable farrowing pen to be
placed in some warm, sheltered nook
and from which the pigs may, later,
run out and find exercise and pasture,
is meeting with moro favor among
ralserr of early pigs. It Is merely a
large coop with a tight floor and sin
gle window that may be sheltered.
In case of severe weather. A good
bed and frequent attention are es
lentlal. Farmers' Home Journal.
How to. Keep Well and Prevent Consumption.
air
and sunshine are necessary
fresh air does no harm If tho
to good
skin is
HI
Air. Fresh
health.
Cold or damp
Kept warm.
Night air is as good as day air.
Breathe only through your nose.
Avoid hot, crowded, dusty, dark or damp rooms.
Food. Live on plain food and eat regularly.
Eat slowly, chew thoroughly and avoid fried food.
Drink water freely (not iced).
Kxerclse and Rest. Regular exercise is essential to good
health.
Go to bed early and sleep with the windows open.
Never sleep In a damp bed.
Clothing. Wear only loose clothes.
Wear no more clothing than you need to keep warm
Never sit with wet feet or damp clothing.
Cleanliness Consumption and other diseases are spread
by careless spitting.
Spittle on the floors of rooms, halls, stores and cars will
certainly be breathed in the form of dust.
Keep clean. Wipe and dry the body quickly every day. "
Keep your finger nails clean, and wash your face and
bands before you eat.
Clean you teeth after each meal and before going to bed
Never hold money, pencils, pins or other things in your
mouth. v
Never lick your fingers while turning the pages of a book
or counting money. New Jersey Board of Health.
are a few here," Arthur
they
"There
replied
He started the engine and
glided away from the station.
There was a little pause. The gray
eyes traveled ovei the machine and
rested on the owner.
"I'll have to confess to you." he
said, "that this Is the first ride of the
kind I've ever taken."
"You will have a good many of
them before the week is over," said
Artnur. "But now for John's let
ter."
Uncle David slowly read the mes
sage. Then he looked up.
This Is a disappointment. ' be
said. "But, of course, it's for the
boy's good. That's the main consid
eration. He's a fine lad."
'He Is," Arthur Craig assented.
"and he's very grateful to his Uncle
David."
"He speaks well of you," said Uncle
David.
"Better than I deserve, no doubt."
laughed Arthur. "But there, you're
delivered into my hands. Uncle David.
You don't mind if I call you Uncle
David, do you?"
"Not at all," the old man answered.
That's what pretty much everybody
In the neighborhood calls me."
"Well, Uncle David, what do you
think of my car?"
'Slickest thing I ever saw," the old
man answered. "We're not exceed
ing the speed limit that I've read so
much about, are we?"
I guess we are," Arthur replied.
"But there isn't anybody here fussy
enough to Interfere with us. There,
this Is the campus."
It was a delightful ride, made es
pecially so by the enjoyment of the
uiu man. Artnur recognized a num
ber of people -and he realized that
they looked at him curiously. No
doubt they were wondering who his
country friend was. Arthur flushed
a little at the thought. He dimly
wondered If Uncle David had a dark
suit of clothes In his baar. Perhana
he was foolish to assume charge of
iuis simple old man.
Then he braced un auddnnlr anA
took no heed of the staring faces. He
uaa given, u( word that ha wnuM
take charge of Uncle David.
I bey drew ud In front nf h an.
clent dormitory
Uncle David to his
him to make himself at home.
Lncle David demurred a l(n k
Arthur overruled his objections It
was all understood between hi. fHon
John and himself.
Uncle Df.vld was his truest and h.
must resign himself to his fate.
Ana tsnoiaon Thorns had w.v.t
In while they were talking, and stared
mue at uncio David, and th.n
backed out again.
Arthur knew that It would ha at
once reported that ho was entertain
ing a, larmer. uut what did ha ear
for that? At least what should he
care for that? Beside, ha tik.d
Uncle David and ho was sura TJneia
Datld liked bin.
He eyed the fastidious youth keen
ly. "Will I do?" he asked.
"You'll do," laughed Arthur.
Nor did he flush once as they
mingled with the well dressed throng.
"I'd like to meet your president,"
said Uncle David presently.
"Yes," said Arthur, "here is the
reception line."
A moment later they faced tho gray
haired president.
"Mr. David Rlvlngton," Arthur re
peated. He fancied the president had
not caught Uncle David's name.
The president held fast to Uncle
David's band.
"The name of Rivlngton is very
dear to us," he said. "We had a
young professor here by that name, a
most promising man. Had he lived
ne would have been one of the
world's great naturalists. But when
tne Spanish-American War broke out
he was determined to enlist and go
with our boys who wont. He died
or fever In camp. Perhaps you no
ticed me tablet to his memory in
tne auditorium?"
"Yes," said Uncle David very soft
ly, "he was my younger brother."
"Why, why," cried the president,
"are you the Brother David to whom
i-aui owea so much, the Brother
uavia wno made it possible for him
to obtain the education that was his
one ambition! Oh, I've heard the
story from Paul many times. W
are proud to have you here. lr
Where are you atopping, who Is look
ing alter youT"
Uncle David laid his hand 01
Arthur Craig's shoulder.
"This young man," he answered
x am in tne best of hands. No son
couia tie kinder or more thoughtful."
Arthur flushed redly as the keen
blue eyes of the president rested upon
him. ire knew that the president
was puzzled. He realized that In his
eyea he wag one of the most trouble
some men In the university. He
hastened to eiplain his anomalous po
sition. "Uncle David's nephew, a man of
our class, was suddenly called away
to Chicago where an engineering sit
uation la offered him, and I volun
teered to look after Uncle David."
"Who is your nephew, Mr. Rivlng
ton?" "John Foster."
"Yes, yes. A worthy boy. I'm
sorry he didn't tell me he was the
nephew of David Rlvlngton. You are
sending him here?" .
"Yes.f
"Let me see. Paul left a daughter,
didn't he?"
"Yes; Helen. She Is In Vassar.
''You are sending her there?"
Uncle David nodded.
"I'd like to see all I can of you,"
said the president "Remain after
the reception, please. To-morrow I
want you to dine with us. Jukt a
small party the governor of the
Slate and Dr. Hale, and a few other
friends of education. You axe quite
5 NEGOTIATIONS
2 BROKEN OFF. Z
Bargaining for rugs in Turkestan
is always attended with possibilities
of disappointment to the one party or
the other. An English traveler In
that country gives the history of one
transaction in which he was con
cerned. Between the wood smoke and the
tanning effects of wind and weather,
he says, many of the door-rugs ac
quire a tone which Is not to be
matched by any other process, and we
took them eagerly whenever we could
persuade the wrinkled old women tc
part with them.
First advances were usually made
through the rosy-cheeked, cheery lit
tle children. A present of a few
beads would produce ecstasies of
pleasure; but it was not always that
the children were allowed by their
parents to keep the beads.
I remember one little damsel of six
or eight whose delight was expressed
In every line of her sweet little form
when she first took a string of blue
beads from my band. Then she
showed the beads to her grandmother,
a wizened old hag who was watching
proceedings with fierce eyes from the
darkness of a kibltka Interior.
I do not know what passed between
those two, but the young lady re
turned with nn expression of infan
tile dignity that stiffened her little
limbs and curled her lip into the fun
niest affectation of disdain that ever
was seen. She flung the beads down
at my feet with a scorn that would
have done Justice to nn actress.
So far it was exceedingly well done,
but she waited Just a little too long.
A childish look of longing stole Into
her eye, and it stayed there and dis
turbed the theatrical pose of her
head; and then a large unbidden tear
appeared. I did not wait to see any
more, and I do not know what be
came of the beads.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Increase in Use of Nuts.
For the post eight or nine years
the importation of nuts into the
United States has been Increasing,
not only regularly, but enormously.
It Is now In value over three times
as great as It was at the beginning
of the present century. There are
substantial reasons for this annual
Increase. One of them is the Inade
quate supply. Another Is the more
general recognition of their value
as a food product, and still another Is
the extended new uses to which they
are found adapted. Any one of these
causes is snfflclent to consume all the
Increase from crops for yetvrs to come,
so the Importations are rikoly to con
tinue to keep on Increasing indefi
nitely. We believe It would pay farmers In
many sections to grow nuts for the
markets. Hazel nuts, filberts, chest
nuts, and pecans would do well In our
Southern counties, eenectnllv In hlliw
! rough sections where little else can
oe grown with profit. Indiana
Farmer.
Alfalfa and Dairy Cows.
When alfalfa is out and fed green
to dairy cows Its entire value Is saved.
A dairyman writing to the Country
Gentleman says:
If the cows are fed ordinarily the
following ration, four pounds of
wheat bran, two pounds of distillers'
grain, one and a half pounds of cot
tonseed meal, and changed to sixty
pounds of green alfalfa and one-half
the above grain ration, they will give
the same results in the milk pall and
probably gain In flesh. Again, as
suming that alfalfa, corn meal, cot
tonseed meal and wheat bran cost
$20 a ton each and fed to cows of
1000 pounds, giving twenty pounds of
milk daily as follows: Corn
three pounds, cottonseed meal one
pound, wneat bran or dry alfalfa four
pounds, the alfalfa ration mnht tr
produce 100 pounds of milk for for-
iy-iour cents, and the bran ration for
forty-six cents. But as the bran
$28 per ton and the alfalfa hay only
sio, mis cneapens the cost of the
production on the alfalfa ration and
Increases it on the bran.
he can
for his
Most success is chiefly a comparison
with failure.
The reason so many women bollevo
in their husbands is nobody else will.
A girl is willing to have you think
she's good; she wants you to say she's
pretty. i
The first spare time a man gets he
is always going lo invent something
wonderful.
A woman generally has an old rose
put away that would be very romantic
If she could remember how !t hap
pened.
A man believes In fate so
be sure he's never to blame
errors.
The more a girl can flirt with a
man the more she can make him
think he's doing It.
Being able to quote good maxims
seems to satisfy most people they
don't need to practice them.
Some men think tbey might as well
go to church as stay home and read
the funny papers to the children.
One of the queer things about
women is they can keep cool in an
emergency and get excited about it
when it's over.
Next to forgiving people tho hard
eiit thing is to mean It.
We can't see the truth about our
selves; we won't listen to It from
anybody else.
People who really have brains are
the only ones willing to admit some
body else has.
A man feels a grievance either be
et use he has nothing worth taxing
or ecause hs has and must pay taxes
on it.
It's queer when women are natural
ly so much honester than men they
can be so much more deceitful.
"Nobody understands any one thing
well enough to realize he doesn't un
derstand something else better.
There's nothing makes a man think
how dull life is like going to bed
early, no matter bow much he wants
to.
The choice seats at the concerts In
the next world must be reserved for i
the people who never played the piano
In tne flats of this one. From "Re
flections of a Bachelor," la the New
York Press.
Like All of the Tribe.
Napoleon was addressing the army.
"Soldiers," he exclaimed, "from
yonder pyramids thirty centuries look
down upon you."
"Begobs," answered a private.
"they can't try any hlfalutlng airs oa
me." .
Realising he had a Janitor In hla
ranks, the Little Corporal was more
careful of bis words. New York
Times.
Now York City pays a large funeral
bill. It costs the city $32.60 to burr
each cf the unclaimed bodies that
pass through the morgue, and there
are about 4400 of them la the course
of a year. , .
What the Silo Does.
1. Silage keeps young stock thrifty
and growing all winter.
2. It produces fat beef more cheap
ly than does dry feed.
3. It enables cows to produce milk
and butter more economically.
4. Silage Is more conveniently
handled than dry fodder.
6. The silo prevents waste of corn
stalks, which contain about one-third
the feed value of the entire crop.
6. There are no aggravating corn
stalks in the manure when silage Is
fed.
7. The silo will make palatable
feed of stuff that would not other
wise be eaten.
8. It enables a Inrger number of
animals to be maintained on a given
number of acres.
9. It enables the farmer to pro
serve feed which manures at a rainy
time of the year, when drying would
be next to Impossible.
10. It Is the most economical
method of supplying feed for the
stock during the hot, dry periods in
summer, when the pasture Is short.
Farmers' Home Journal.
Keeping Eggs.
In a new proress of keeping eggs
In cold storage, BOO eggs are packed
in a tin box, and a little calcium
chloride is added, to insure dryness.
A lid, having a hole one-flftb-lnch In
diameter, Is then soldered on and the
box, with a number of others. Is
placed In a large iron cylinder, from
which the air is then exhausted. By
this operation the air and carbon di
oxide dissolved in the albumen are
removed, as well as the air which sur
rounds the eggs and Alls their voids.
The cylinder Is next filled with pure
carbon dioxide, and a pressure slight
ly above that of the atmosphere is
maintained until the constancy of the
manometer indicates that the eggs
are saturated with the gas. But as
egs do not teep well In pure carbon
dioxide, a certain quantity of this
gas la next withdrawn from tbe cyl
inder and replaced by nitrogen, ob
tained either from tbe cylinders In
which It Is sold in a compressed state
or by passing air over red-hot oop.
per. When tbe eggs have become sat
urated with the mixture of gases, the
boxes are removed from the cylinder,
sealed and placed in rooms where the
temperature Is kept between thirty
two and thirty-six degrees Fahren
heit. By this process the eggs are
kept in an atmosphere which contains
bo free oxygen, and In which the pro.
portions of carbon dioxide and nitro
gen are tbe same as exist In the al
bumen of fresh-laid eggs. Scientific
American.
Bait In Animal Economy. .
The Wisconsin SUte Experiment
Station tested the effect of salt on cat
tle and other domestic animals. ' Dry
cows. Dr. Babcock. of that station,
found, required about three-fourths
t an ounce of salt dally for main
taining their best condition, and a
cow giving milk requires a great deal
more salt than one that Is not pro
ducing milk, and It is estimated that
such a cow should have, In addition
to the amount of chlorino in her ra
tion, about one ounce of salt per day,
while a very heavy milker may need
still more.
The function of salt in the animal
economy Is not fully known, but it is
accepted that it aids in facilitating
the albuminoids of the food In pass
ing from the digestive canal into the
blood. Salt also Increases circulation
of the Juices In the body and stimu
lates the animal to greater activity.
Thus a horse at hard labor requires
more salt than one not at work, and
for the same reason a cow producing
a large amount of milk requires more
salt than one that Is dry.
The amount of salt required by an
animal also depends to some extent
upon the character of the food con
sumed. Such foods as potatoes, root
crops and small grains are rich in po
tassium salts, which Increase the ao.
crotlon of sodium salts (common salt)
in the urine, and hence the necessity
of supplying more salt when foods of
that kind are used to a large extent.
Encouraging Willow Culture.
The Government Is right In the
midst of the harvest of a most unique
crop at Its experimental tarn near
Arlington, Just across the Fotomae
from Washington, D. C, where a
corps of laborers In charge of trained
foresters are preparing for the an
nual free distribution ef 100,000 bas
ket willow cuttings.
Uncle Sam Is encouraging the
growing of high grade willow rods
In this country, and In the five years
since the establishment of the holts at
Arlington approximately a half mill
ion select cuttings have been distrib
uted among farmers, with directions
for planting and preparing for mar
ket. Particular attention is given to
selecting the varieties and strains
best sotted to the soil where the
plantings will be made.
Wlllowcraft is an industry which
Is constantly growing In importance
in this country, yet the culture of
basket willow In the United States
made very little progress until five or
six years ago. Even now, practically
all of the best grades of basket wil
low are imported from Europe, chief
ly from France. European manufac
turers compete keenly for the best
products In their countries, and until
recently only the Inferior rods were
sent to America where they have been
bought at three times the prices
quoted for similar stock a few years
ago. Etperlments have shown that
the best grades of' willow can be
grown In this country at a good profit
and farmers are turning their atten
tion to its culture more and more
each year.
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports!
R. O. Dun & Co.'a Weekly Review;
of Trade says:
"Not in a half decade has a year
opened with the business outlook so
generally auspicious as the year
1910. Some of the perplexing Issues
which contributed to the crisis of
1907 still remain unsolved, while the
question of high prices has become)
more acute, but It would seem as
It business confidence were not going
to permit these things to Interfere)
with the farther progress of Industry
and commerce. '
"The optimism which usually pre
vails at this season Is this time ap
parently well supported by the facta
of the economic situation. In th
great iron and steel trade, which to
so basic, this spirit of optimism la
particularly conspicuous.
"Advances are made In heavy cot
ton goods this week, such as duck
tickings, brown sheetings and soma
other lines. Trading is on a mod
erate scale, which Is to be expected
In tho first part of January, but ship
ments of merchandise on old orders
are very heavy."
Bradstreet's says:
"The year opens with a perceptible
lull in trade, though with optimism
as the underlying element in eJl
line. Severe cold weather and heavy
snow, Bleet or rainstorms have check
ed transportation and retarded coun
try trade, though more or lees
immediate benefit to retail trade
In cities has accrued from the
stimulus given to demand for sea
sonable goods by weather condi
tions and tbe beginning of clearance
sales of wtnter goods. Wholesale,
lines have been generally quiet ow
ing to the fact that salesmen as yet
are not fully In thbir fields of ac
tivity. Jobbing recorders are check
ed for the same reasons. Collections)
are rather slower and classed gen
erally as only fair, due, no doubt,
to interruption to fie movements
of mails and of faru prod acta to
market.
"Business failures in the Unite!
States for Che meek ending with
January 6 were 271, against 257 last
week, 329 In the like week of IMS,
435 in 1908, 283 In 1907 and 286
in 1906.
Western
turkeys.
Weetera
1217;
The Colony Plan.
One great advantage of th colony
plan of poultry bouses Is that the
moving to new ground will Insure
cleanliness In the houses, the floor J
part of them at least.
The original colony houses were
small, built to accommodate a dozea
or two hens, hence were cosily moved
from place to place: this is more ex
pensive than the large house; I mean
test three or four small houses cost
more than the one house large enough
to accommodate as many hens as
would the three or four smaller ones.
The larger bouse would not be so
easily moved, but with reasonable
care, two, or at most, three movings
would be enough each year.
Where one thinks of the moving
when the house is built, and plans
for the removal by trucks under tbe
foundation, or a handy way of plac
ing the house on trucks the moving
It a short distance will be compara
tively easy work.
The spot occupied by the house
may be cleansed by cultivating and
sowing to some growing crop, or by
scraping away the soil and fertilizing
the garden or truck with the scrap
ings, i
For various reasons it will be nec
essary to move the house during a
time when the ground Is solid.
By moving tbe house but a short
distance there will be no bother about
teaching the hens to go to the new
rooBtlng place, and this Is quite a
bother when one needs to teach them.
If the bouse is whitewashed, the
roosts coal-oiled and the nests re
filled with clean nesting each time,
after the house Is moved to new
ground, It will be almost as clean as
a new building would be, and with
much less bother and time.
The floor of the poultry house can
be cleansed all right, but It Is a dis
agreeable task, especially In the sum
mer, when the cleansing 1b most
needed.
No question but that tbe removals
will be great aids in keeping the
poultry healthy and thrifty.
Hava any of you thought of having
a vessel of water, and pouring coat
oil on this. In the passage way where
the hens will be compelled to walk
through It when they go la and out
of tbe house. This will effectually
cure all mild cases of scaly legs, and
will prevent scales forming on the
smooth shanks.
The oil covering will need renew
Ing each day, as this Is what will ad
hera to the hen as they walk through
It. E. C., la the Indiana Farmer.
His Adverbial Name.
A bellboy went through the lobby
with thla cry:
A. Cordingty!"
What' the answer?" asked a fat
lounger.
"1 beg pardon. replied the bellboy.
"Complete your sentence," replied
the fat man.
What sentence?"
The one yo started 'according
ly 1 accordingly what?"
"That's the gentleman's name.
Thors's a tall for him at the desk."
The fat man took the trouble to
see If be was being "kidded." On the
register was tbe name Alfred Cord
Ugly, Denver, Col. Kausaa City
Journal.
Wholesale Markets.
Nw York Wheat Spot firm;
No. 2 red, 130 elevator domestic and
1.29 t. o. b. afloat nominal; No 1
Northern Duluth, 1.29 and No. 2
hard winter, 1.29 nominal f. o.
b. afloat.
Corn Spot firm; No. 2, 71 ele
vator domestic. 71 delivered and
69 f. o. b. afloat nominal.
Oats Spot strong; mixed, 26(fS
32 lbs. 48; natural white, 263
32 lbs., 53 i 54; clipped white. 34
42 lbs., 62 55; option market
was without transactions, closing
Vic net higher. May closed 60c.
Receipts, 41,175 bush.
Butter Firmer. Creamery spec
ials, 3 5 ffl35 c; extras, 34;
thirds to firsts, 29033.
Poultry Alive firm;
chickens, 15c; fowls, 16;
15 20. Dresned steady;
chickens, 16 22c; fowls,
turkeys. 2224.
Philadelphia. Wheat Firm; fair
demand; contract grade January,
123 125.
Corn Firm; lc. higher.
January and February. 68?69e.
Oats Firm; c. higher; No. 2
white natural. 62 (ft 53.
Butter Quiet but steady; extra
Western creamery, 3Tc; do., near
by prints, 38.
Eggs Firm; Pennsylvania and
ether nearby firsts, f. c, 39c. at
mark; do., current receipts, In re
turnable cases. 37 at mark; West
ern firsts, f. c, 39 at mark; do.,
current receipts, f. c, 33(9 37 at
mark.
Cheese Firm; New York full
creams, choice. 1714 c; do., fair te
good. 16? 17.
Live Poultry Firm; good de
mand: fowls, 15(916; old roost
ers, Uftl2; chickens. 151S;
ducks, 15 16; geeeo, 14 016.
Baltimore. Wheat Spot,
124c; February, 1.24V; May.
1.2214. Prices were firm, but the
market was dull, offerings being
light, though fair demand was re
ported. Sales. 5,000 bush. February No. 2
red, 126c.
Settling prices were: No. 2 red
Western, 125c; No. 2 red, 1.24:
No. 3 red, 1.21 H; Bteamer No. 2
red, 1.18: steamer No. 2 red West
ern. 1.204.
The closing waa strong; No. 2 red
spot. 125c; May, 1.23.
Corn Spot and January, 674 4?
67 T4 ; February. 68?i?69; March.
69?43 70. Corn continues In good
demand and prices Improved so that
at the midday call spot was quoted
at 68068; February, 69fl69U;
March 70701.
Oats No. 2 white, heavy, track,
52 c; 2 cars No. 4 white, Uht.
In elevator. 60; 2 cars No. I whitp,
medium, In elevator, 61. We quote:
White No. 2, as to weight, Sttf
62 c; No. 3. do., 504 361; Ne.
4. do.. 49 0)50. Mixed No. 2,
60350c; No. 3. 48 (9 41.
Ry We quote: No. 2 rye, West
era, aa to quality, per bush., 82
83c; No. 2, nearby, 79 0 80; bag
IMS, as to quality and condition, 65
78. .
Eggs We quote, per docen, lost
oR: Varyland, Pennsylvania and
nearby firsts, 3Sc; Western flrsta,
86; West Virginia firsts. 35; South
ern flrsta, 34; guinea eggs. 17.
Live Stock.
Chicago. Cattle Market strong
to 10c. higher. Steers. $ SO 1.06;
cows, l3.6ofJS.B0; hetfers. 13.40
6; bulls. 3.60ti4.75; calves. t$?
9.60; stockers and feeder. IS. 76,
6.E0.
Hogs Market strong to 10c. high-
er. Cholre heavy, $8.1008.85;
butchers, I8.T5 8.80: light mfsed,
I8 60 8.60; choice light. 18.40
8.76: packing. 88.704J8.80; pfs.
I8O8.60; bulk of sales, 88.660,
8.76.
Sheep Market steady. Sheep,
4. 60Q6.26; lambs, I7.S098.90;
yearlings. 15.25 8.25.
K annas City, Mo. Cattle Market
steady to 10c. higher. Choice export
and dressed beef steers, $(.10j
7 60; fair to good. 14.85 I; West
ern steers, 84.25 S6. 50; stockers
and feeders, 8.25 6.25; Southern
steers,' 48.05; Southern cow.
$2.7504.60; native cows. I!.6ftgt
6.25; native heifers. $3.60 6; bolls.'
.60(.10; calves, S6.
Hoirs Market 6 to 18c hfgber.
Top, $8.68; bulk of sale $8.40
8.60; heavy, $8.66a.S; paricsr
and butchers. 18.45 1.68 Vfc.