GKAV.
BY A1 rORBKR-MOSBE.
(Translated by Miss H. Ftiederichs.)
Oowns of loft p-ay I now will wear, ,
Like willow trees all silvery fair;
My lover, he loves gray.
Iike clematis, with silky down,
.Which lend the dew-spent hedge a crown; '
My lover, he loves gray.
Wrapped in a dream, I watch where slow
Within the fire the wood-sparks glow;
My love, thou art away
The soft gray ashes fall and shift,
Through silent spares smoke-clouds drift.
And I, too, love gray.
I think of pearls, where gray lights dream.
Of alders, where the mist-veils gleam;
My love, thou art away ,
Of gray-haired men of high renown,
Whose faded locks were nazel brown,
And I, too, love gray.
The little gray moth turns its flight
Into the room, allured by light; .
My lover, he loves gray.
O little moth, we are tike thee.
We all fly round a light we see
In swamp or Milky Way.
From "Contemporary German Poetry.
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BILLY, THE TRAITOR.
By WIL1
LLIAM H. HAM BY.
There was only one taint of disloy
alty about Billy Houck he kept his
fconey in the Sarvls Point bank,
j Round Buckeye Bridge the Ques
tion of loyalty bad nothing to do with
bne's willingness to die ror nts coun
try or stand up for the flag, or with
bne's enthusiasm for "Grand Old Mis
souri," but was solely a matter of
Working hard for Buckeye Bridge and
lulling back on Sarvls Point.
Buckeye Bridge was tne county
teat, but seventeen miles farther from
Vie railroad than It wanted to be;
Barvls Point was on the railroad, but
Seventeen miles farther from the
tounty seat than It liked.
It certainly galled the Bridge peo
ple to know that Billy Houck was not
depositing his money In the home
tank. His fertile four hundred acres,
t retching along the bottom Just over
he creek from town, was the finest
arm In the community; and the loads
f hogs and droves of cattle he sold
ipring and fall certainly brought in a
lot of money. And this was deposited
b Sarvls Point.
"Oh, yes" Latimer, the dentist,
alsed his voice a little as Billy ap
proached "Buckeye Bridge will
Loom now. If a few more of our
farmers will Just take all their money
iver to Sarvls Point, it won't be any
I me until we have waterworks, elec
rlc lights and street-cars at Sarvls
'oint.
Funny, isn't It," be continued, bit
terly, for he had a little' stock in the
kome bank, "how the very fellow you
rould expect to stand by a home in-
tltutlon is the first one always to
rn traitor?"
Billy," asked Graham, the horse-
(octor, as the farmer looked at a
low In Newton's hardware store,
how's the Rock of Gibraltar over at
he Point these days?"
Billy squinted his eye at the plow
lad did not reply.
It is all right to buy things where
lou can get them handy." remarked
Graham to a bystander, "but when it
jomes to depositing your money, you
lant expect a fellow to have any
foDfldence in a little old town like
Jhls no, slree! Got to take it to the
fallroad, where the bank is strong as
Blbraltar."
Many other gibes and criticisms,
oth direct and oblique, were flung
It Billy. . Some of them weregood
katurcd. some caustic, but he merely
wuinted his left eye inscrutably and
Vent his way without a word..
The fact was, Billy had had trouble
kith Benry Simmons, the banker
t as nearly trouble as he ever had.
le thought the banker had wronged
lim in a business transaction. Billy
ltated the case briefly, but Simmons
fsisted the bank was right. Billy
Ithdrew his funds and transferred
nem to Sarvls Point. The banker
kffered the public no Information con
fining the difficulty, and of course
pilly offered none, for he lived up to
ne advice which he often gave "Wln-
Jim Davis: "If you are done
flth a fellow, quit Instead of blowing
bout It; it you aren't, shut up and
ko on."
One evening in the autumn two
fears later Mrs. Houck remarked at
upper:
I reckon it's a rood thin a- you
look your money out of thaf hank:
F' say It's about to break."
What!" Billy looked up quickly
his plate. "O nshaw!" ha said.
That' all stuff and nonsense. Henry
bimmons4a good for it."
guess it'i so." persisted Mrs.
louck. "Leaatwava. nnarlv vrv-
body thinks so. anil naarlv all if
Ihem were getting their money out
f len I was. over to town this after
Son n I
Billy finished his supper rather
orrledlv tnnv hi. i.
pom its nail by the kitchen door,
r aio be was going to town for
f "me while.
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f' wife when he returned, an hour
Hear?" tr a-, m. li.l
wcker and crossed his legs. "It's
" you don't hear that counts."
sat for, a long time, his eye
luinted thoughtfully at the fire.
tn securities were good he
most Of thA hlr'lnan.' Th.
Nosltors would not lose, 'finally,
r'" J' the bank failed but the
rnoiaers would. It would ruin
i'nry Simmons. He owned most of
C ,ock all Jhad-was in the bank,
ey said. . It would ruin his rep
jwion, too.
I BUly moved uneasily In his chair.
Vrckon fellcw might really
lR he was right when be was
wa," he remarked.
Vh i' Houck reed very readily
1 he mighttoo readily. It Billy
noticed. He got up and took
the shelf the little round-faced
Hsu Cock
'Vhat are you going to dot"
Ur ,n4 "" H Mt tU l"lBd
Lut !n,,1'lent 'ot up and
at the clock. . He .went back
? " for half an hour, although be
' H go to sleep, thee grt up and
,' to drees
!' El Houck. what la tk world Is
the matter with you?" asked his wife.
"What are you going to do?"
"Just going over to Sarvls Point,"
he answered, casually. "I thought
I'd get an early start. You go to
sleep; I'll get my breakfast over
there."
When Henry Simmons came down
to the bank the next morning, the
cashier saw he had spent a sleepless
night. The caBhler had not slept
much himself. Simmons was presi
dent of the bank, Its chief stockholder
and transacted most of its important
business In person.
He bad founded the bank four
years before, and It had prospered
far better than he had even hoped.
He had put every cent he could raise
into It, and from the profits be had
built and paid for a house.
Simmons was still a young man,
hardly past thirty, and he and his
wife were very proud of the new
house the first they had ever owned.
It had been finished only a month.
It was the neatest house in town,
stood on a little eminence only two
blocks up the street from the bank,
and was in plain view from the side
window of the banking office. Many
times a day, as the young man went
steady as he counted out coin and
currency to frightened depositors.
Twenty minutes past eleven, and
only two thousand dollars left. The
sum would not last until noon. A line
had formed now, reaching from the
paying window through the door and
down the steps outside.
Billy Houck came to the dnor,
walking leisurely, a large old leather
valise in his hand. They let him
pass, for they knew he had no money
there to draw out, and they craned
their necks along the line to see what
he was going to do.
"Excuse me, fellows," he said to
those nearest the window, "won't
you let me have a turn for a few
minutes so I can get rid of this mon
ey? I'm sort of tired carrying it
round, and it's nearly dinner time."
They gave way, and Billy set the
valise on the ledge, and began to lay
out stacks of bills.
'I want to make a deposit."
Simmons' hand shook slightly as
he reached for a deposit slip.
At sight of the bills it was an
encouraging looking pile, looking
largor than It really was, for most of
them were five-dollar bills the line
wavered and broke up, the men scat
tering round the office. They still
held their checks, but watched the
transaction at the window wondering
ly. The word had quickly passed
out at the door and down the street
that Billy Houck was making a de
posit, and the deposit grew with the
report.
"Four thousand?" Simmons looked
up from his pad when tho last stack
of bills was counted. For an instant
his eyes looked straight Into Billy's,
and said things that made a lump rise
in his throat.
"All right." And there was much
more In Billy's tone than any guessed
but Simmons. "Good weather for
com gathering, isn't it?"
"All right, fellows." said Billy, as
he moved away. "Much obliged for
the turn."
But no one approached the window,
"Hollo, doc!" said Billy, noticing
Graham, the horse doctor, who had
been in line with a check for his bal
ance of sixteen dollars and thirty
cents. " How is your confidence
working? Little spavined, isn't it?"
"And here's Latimer, too!" He
squinted his left eye at the dentist.
"Reckon you are getting your mono?
out to build an electric line to Sar
vls Point?"
Billy lingered a few minutes, eye
f' WOMANfcj
. Emancipation of Mme. Dleulnfoy.
In France at the present moment
there Is only one lady who has the
right to wear man's dress and who
wears it on all occasions now, from
a habit contracted during her travels
with her husband, and she is Mme.
Dleulafoy, whose name figures at the
Louvre Museum In connection with
the excavations of Darius' palace at
! Susa. Gentlewoman.
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Tablet to Woman Librarian.
A tablet to Miss Alice B. Krocger,
first librarlnn of the Drexel Institute.
4 has been unveiled, reports the Phila
delphia Ledger.
The tablet, which is of polished
brass mounted on black Belgian
marble, is placed on the pilaster at
the entrance to the library. It bears
the following Inscription:
ALICE BERTHA KROEGER,
Librarian and Director of the Library
School In the Drexel Institute of
Art, Science and Industry, from
its foundation in 1892.
Died October 31, 1909.
. This tablet Is dedicated to her
Memory by the faculty of the
Institute.
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and loved much; who bas gained the respect of intelli
gent men and the love of little children: who has filled
his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world
better than he found it, whether by an Improved poppy, a
perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appre
ciation of the earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has
always looked for the best in others and given the best he
had; whose life was an Inspiration; whose memory is a
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Neck Shows the Ago
The neck frequently shows the evi
dence of age before the face. Little
tell-tale wrinkles in front and hol
lows back of the ears, long lines at
the sides, a dark ring around the
neck, the double (and sometimes
triple) chin, are not beautiful to gaze
upon, or welcome to those who pos-
Each player, before the drawing
stops, must draw three members of
the opposite sex In rounds of ten min
utes each.
When the drawing Is at an end the
company, furnished with slips of
paper and pencils, guesses, or tries to
guess, the subjects of the different
likenesses.
A prize, which might be an order
for pictures on some photographic es
tablishment of the neighborhood, la
awarded for the best set of guesses.
Another prize could be given for
the sketch pronounced cleverest by a
consensus of opinion. A framed pho
tograph of some portrait masterpieces
would make a good choice.
The harvest home Idea Is a splen
did one for an evening Indoors, and
can be made extremely picturesque as
well as amusing.
A barn is an ideal setting for such
a frolic, but when this is not available
the parlor can be trimmed to meet
the requirements of the festival.
Festoon the celling with ears of
corn wired together to form ropes.
If given In the house, bank the cor
ners of the room and the fireplace (if
not in use) with sheaves of wheat,
through which you must tw'ne scar
let tissue paper poppteg.
Have for the mantel or some other
prominent position a large, prettily
arranged basket of fruit and vines,
or fruit and vegetables.
The hostess and other girls of the
party should wear gingham aprons
and sunbonnets.
Any of the several amusing apple
games Is In order, such as a race,
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Fricasseed Guinea Fowl Have a guinea fowl cut un the
same as a chicken for frlcasseelng. Cook one-fourth pound
of sliced bacon in a saucepan with one-half cup of water until
the water has evaporated. Try out the fat, remove the
pieces of bacon and put in the guinea meat, turning It care
fully until browned. Remove the meat, add four tablespoon
fuls of flour to the fat and gradually add one quart of stock
or water; stir until boiling, add one slice of onion chopped,
one-fourth of a clove of garlic, a little pepper and two level
teaspoonfuls of salt; add the meat and stew slowly one hour.
Remove the fat from the sauce and strain it over the meat.
about his work, he glanced out of I ing the crowd one after another
quizzically, not one of whom ap-
that window,
Simmons and his cashier had
made every preparation posBlble'for
the run. It still lacked five minutes
of nine. Several times one of them
had stepped out of the back door to
observe the signs. There was no
line at the front door the panto had
proached the paying teller. Those
nearest to the door began to drop
out. When the hands of the clock
reached ten minutes to twelve only
two men besides Billy remained in
the outer office. One of these ap
proached the window. "I reckon I
not reached that stage yet. But there , won't need this money, after all, Mr.
was an unusual number of men in i Simmons." And he redeposlted five
town, some sitting on store platforms, hundred. The other man put back
some standing round doors, others In ' his two hundred,
front of tho blacksmith shop, but all Simmons stepped to the side win-
in signt oi tne iront door ot tne , aow, tnrew up tne sash, and put his
bank.
It looked ominous. When the scare
began, two days before, there had
been twenty-five thousand dollars in
the vaults. This was more than the
legal requirements, for the deposits
were under a hundred thousand. Five
thousand of the available funds went
out that first afternoon, ten thousand
the next day; but now, if something
did not happen to check the run, it
would all be over before noon the
door would be closed. ,
Simmons had telegraphed for the
ten thousand' they bad on deposit in
St. Louis, but it could not arrive be
fore the next morning and that
would be too late. Even if they had
it, It would merely give ihem a few
more hours of life, unless something
checked the unreasoning panic among
the depositors.
' As the clock ticked oft the last five
minutes, Simmons stood with his
back to the cashier, looking out ot the
side window toward the new house.
It was nine o'clock. The cashier
opened --the- front door. One, two,
three minutes passed, then a custom
er came In with a show ot leisureli
ness and withdrew his deposits. As
be went out another came In. Before
the second was paid, the third en
tered. When the clock hand had
reached the half hour, three or tour
were In the bank wafting their turn;
and a hasty glance out of the win
dow told the banker that others were
coming.
Simmons had taken the paying
window himself, and settled the ac
counts as deliberately as possible
without obvious delay, hoping desper
ately that something would happen
to check the run.
In the first hour two thousand dol
lars went out over the counter, and
still the people came. In passing to
and from the ledgors at the back ot
the office Simmons often gave a quick,
nervous glauce out of the side win
dow. The cashier, following that glance,
saw that the banker's young wife was
almost constantly on the front porch
of, the new house. Sometimes she
seemed to be sweeping, again dusting
a rug; but with one excuse or the
other, she was nearly always there,
her face turned toward the bank.
The money went faster the , next
hour. At eleven o'clock only tour
thousand dollars remained. When
that went the doors must close. Only
four thousand dollars between Henry
Simmons and bankruptcy, and It was
trlokltug from his fingers like sand In
aa hour glass. Another hour at most
and his capital, his four fears' work,
and the house, would go.
His face grew a little grayer, the
linen deepened, bat his teeth shut
tUhUy and bis bnd and eye were
handercbiet to his face, gave it a
quick flutter.
Billy Houck, 'who was passing
down tho front steps, glanced up the
street in time to see a little woman
on the front porch of the new house
wave her hand exultantly. Youth's
Companion.
He Knew the Text.
Robert Saltsman, a prominent citi
zen ot Erie, Pa., was in town the oth
er day long enough to relate the
strange church-going experience ot
his son Chester. The boy had been in
the habit of going to church with his
mother, but one Sunday she was un
able to go and he persuaded her to
let him go by himself. Well, when ho
returned from the seat of gospel dis
pensation bis mother was anxious to
ascertain how closely he had paid at
tention. She asked him what had
been the text for the sermon.
"Don't worry, you'll get the quilt,"
replied the boy promptly.-
The mother failed to- see the con
nection. Once .more she inquired
about the text, and the boy repeated
his remark: "Don't worry, you'll get
the quilt."
This about convinced tho mother
that her son was getting a bit too
fresh for so small a child, and she
made up her mind to punish him.
Just then she saw a friend going
home from church, and she called af
ter her to learn what the text had
been.
Here's what It was: "Have no fear.
The comforter will be with you."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Growth of Indian Races.
. The Indian has at least paused In
his passing from the face of the earth,
if the statistics concerning births
and deaths among about one-third of
the Indian population ot the TJnfted
States, which have Just been compiled
by the Bureau ot Indian Affairs,' can
be accepted as a criterion of the gen
eral condition of the red race. During
the fiscal year 1909 there were 8S05
births and S17S deaths among I0l.
717 Indians.
It was estimated there were 60G
543 Indiaus In the United States, ex
clusive of Alaska, during the last
fiscal year. Washington Post .
Not to His Taste.
"How would you like to be a min
ister when yoa grow up, Tommy?"
asked a clergyman of one ot the boys
in his parish.
"Not tor me," was the reply. , "I'm
tired ot wearla' things that button at
the back." Ladies' Home Journal.
India's revenue from the opium
trade last year amouutod to about
t2J,Q79.6jn.
aess them. Yet all ot these could be
largely prevented. Tight collars and
stocks are accountable for many of
the lines at the side ot a woman's
neck. The carriage of the head, and
even one's position when sleeping, has
much to do with forming a double
chin.
The head should be carried erect
when walking, says Woman's Lite.
When reading or sewing the chin
should never be dropped on the
chest, but the book or work should
be held in a position that will allow
the chin to be held moderately high,
Ibsen and Freedom.
Ibsen seems to be regarded by the
antl-suffraglsts as .their own peculiar
property. When any one nowadays Is
announced to talk on Ibsen and wom
an It is sure to be about anti-suffrage,
and so it was yesterday when Miss
Eleanor Ford expounded, reports the
New York Tribune, "Ibsen on the
Freedom ot Woman's Will," in a
studio in the Carnegie Hall building.
In a dreamy, dull green atmosphere,
Induced by lowered curtains and
closed windows, thirteen women and
one shy young man listened to the
lecture, which wasn't so tranquil as
it might have been, owing to the fact
that a near-Caruso In the music studio
next door had taken that time tor
brushing up his minor scales.
Miss Ford said Bhe didn't know
how many of her listeners were' suf
fragists; she herself had reached the
soul-plane where she knew there were
no such thlnes as suCfruco and antl-
suffrage, but not all women were on
that plane, and some women were
making a lot ot trouble these days
by trying to exercise their wills like
men.
"It Is much more dangerous for a
woman to exercise her will than for a
man," said Miss Ford earnestly. "Mon
are so busy doing useful, mechanical
things, building houses and bridges
and keeping the world 'going, that
they can't dp the barm women can."
Then Miss Ford talked about Ellda,
Ibsen's "Lady of the Sea," and ex
plained that Dr. Wondel's calm, mas
culine way ot proving to Elida that
she didn't want to leave htm for the
stranger was symbolic of the way the
men of to-day are settling the woman
suffrage question.
"All over America," she said, "wise
men are saying to women: 'Very
well, it you want the responsibility
ot the ballot, try It.' And "when
the women hear this they know they
are afraid to try."
"Ow-ow-wow-wow-wow," remarked
the near-Caruso next door In a de
scending scale. And a suffragist in a
rear seat looked as if It did her a lot
of good to bear her sentiments thus
expressed.
pushing apples with match sticks, or
tho game where those present are di
vided into two sides and outvie each
other In filling two baskets with the
fruit, which Is carried on teaspoons.
Or Introduce a corn shelling con
test, with a prize for the person shell
ing his or her ear in the shortest
time.
Or have a list of names of fruit
and vegetables in which the letters
are Jumbled, and let the men and
girls work these out. with a gift for
the one setting most words to rights.
The supper should be ot the good
old-fashioned country type. Corn-
rmeal porridge with maple syrup, fried
chicken, waffles, baked apples, milk,
tea, preserves and plain cake.
A barn dance, or a parlor Imitation
of It should round out a very pU'p.-nt
evening. Indianapolis News.
Women Do the Posing.
The hostess who enjoys a social
affair entailing no bralu fag should
Issue Invitations for a portrait party.
The only apparatus necessary is a
quantity ot blank cards or squares ot
pasteboard, say about five inches
square, and pencils.
Each man, on arriving receives a
Up ot paper on which is written the
name of aome lady in the ccmrany,
and when the fun Is In readlr.es the
partners thus appointed must sit op
posite each other and draw .each
other's likeness. '
At the end of tea minutes the por
traits are collected by the hostess,
numbered and planed up on the wall.
The men then choose new partners
and tht game proceeds as before.
The new coat buttons are gorgeouB,
depending upon enamel, Jewels and
brilliant color effects for their beauty.
Softness and fullness In attractive
lines result from the shirring that
has again invaded the realm of dress.
Belts are worn in a very high,
round line, their great length making
them take a quaint, short-walsted ef
fect. Square and oblong buckles, hug;
In size and covered with spangled or
jeweled fabrics, are seen on many of
the new gowns.
Among the new shapes in turbans
are the Rembrandt, the Henry III.,
the Hussar, the De Stael, tho Drum
Major and the Napoleon.
Bedroom slippers, crocheted of the
heavy mercerized cotton, are most at-'
tractive. The changeable cottons are
especially attractive.
Parasols will still hava th vrv
becoming Dlrectolre handle, and are
to De quite as elaborate as ever. The
canopy top is to be popular.
I Lingerie garments are narrower
( than formerly. Every possible pleat
or gather Is omitted and the lines
closely follow those of the outar
dress.
Blouses of figured net ot black and
colors are made up over white silk
linings. The net, ot course, matches
the skirt with which the blouse 1
worn. . ,
The colored lace veils which have
beta wor to some extent the past
season, will continue in favor. Tlte
whits lace ones, however, have had
their day. ''
There Is at present In Paris a
vogue for spiral effects and crots
bands, and especially does this id ."a
seem exemplified la afternoon ut-d
evening gowns.
Buttons will be used 4csi for trim
ming, but more than ever for fasten
ings. An Innovation will be the
trimmed buttonholes, -fancy braid
being u sod for this purpose.
Anything Russian seems to be In
style. The new Russian collars are
ot white linen, hand-embroldnred. or
of a fancy white pique, piped with a
color to match the gown. . '
Aa attractive hat Is thai made with
a crown ot embroidered muslin, while
the brim Is ot some fine Italian straw.
The sole trlmuilug Is a crush band
or a few simple bows ot black velvet
vilfboa.
Ifng Feed in.
We are told that the Wisconsin
station tests show that Yorkshire
bogs require the least amount ot food
for 100 pounds ot gain of either Po
land Chinas or Uerkshlres. "Razor
backs" made smallest gains and ate
the least food. An indication that a
cross Is capable of Improving weak
ness in pure-bred Berkshlres and Po
land Chinas was the fact that those
breeds crossed with "Razorbacks"
resulted in hogs that made gains
much more economically than the
pure-breds. Indiana Farmer.
Pruning Shade Trees.
Shade trees should be trimmed up
when young so the top will be at
least twelve feet above the walk.
After this all that Is necessary Is to
:ut out the dead superfluous branches.
The amount and kind ot pruning will
depend a great deal upon the species
of trees planted. When planting It Is
well to. consider how much space you
have for a tree and how much liqht
you must have and select the kind ot
tree that will best fit your case. It
Is argued that trees should bo topped
to prevent the limb from breaking
off, and to' make their, grow thicker.
When large limbs are cut off decay
soon sets In, and the tree dies. Spare
the tree. No one admires a crippled
tree. For Information on pruning
shade trees, write the State Forester,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Effect of Soy Beans on Butter.
At the Massachusetts experiment
station they have carried out a num
ber ot tests in feeding soy beans to
dairy cows. They found that: "Soy
bean meal will not modify the chemi
cal character of the butter fat, neither
did It have any effect upon the sepa
ration of the fat from the milk serum
the time of ripening the cream nor
the thoroughness of the churning.
Expert butter scorers could not de
tect any particular flavor in the but
ter as a result ot feeding the meal.
The meal Imparted a noticeable soft
ness to the body of the butter, but not
sufficiently so as to Injure its com
mercial value except during the warm
months. The softness of tho body ot
the butter was due probably to the
ell contained In the soy beau deal
and not to the bean protein."
Selling Dead Kggs.
After eggs have been hatching for
a week or ten days clear and addled
eggs may be taken from a hatching
machine or from under a setting hen.
We hear of some selling of such
dead eggs. A dead egg, after a week
nnder a hen oi In a hatching ma
chine, tests even then about like a
fresh egg, and Is recommended by
some authority for pa3try making,
but we believe feeding such to new
ly hatched chicks is stretching
enough. The best way is to set, say,
five hens, nil nt the same time. After
a week or ten days test and take the
dead eggs from hen3. Live egu may
then be about the right number for
four of the hens. Entirely fresh eggs
are now put under the-ftfth hen; of
course she has to set a week or ten
days longer than the other hens, but
this means that many more chicks.
Dead eggs are liable to give out a
bad gas which live esr,s more or less
take up, and this does eggs with
chicks in chell no good. But bad egs
In a hatching machine do more harm
than under the hen. In a hatching
machine a dead egg against live eggs
Is bad, for the dead egg Is cooler than
the live ones and may affset them.
The hen shuffles about and l:eet)3 lier
eggs somewhat apart with the feath
ers and down, so the bad esn; !s U3s
liable here to affect good one-- "cw
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covering, and perhaps birds taking
Borne of them, as well as animals, loo.
However lown It should be done eariv
In rpring, for white pine spoilt aiv
ahvay slow In Terminating. When
sown In beds tho seedling? are trans
planted when two or three years eld.
Even nt three years they are not very
large, as the first year they make
but a few Inches of growth, and even
at three years they would be b;it
eight, or ten Inches high. After once
well established, a growth of a foot
a year could be looked for if the
plants were in good soil.
The United States Department of
Agriculture Is experimenting largely
with many kinds of seeds for forestry,
the white pine, Jack pine and western
bull pine being used with other3. and
the tulip poplar (Llrlodendrou), is
In much demand. Those unac
quainted with the raising of seedlings
should go slow at first until some
practical knowledge Is gained, as
some varieties require particular care
to Insure germination of their seeds.
Weekly Witness.
The Southdown.
The Southdown sheep has s'.ci'.-llly
grown in popular favor.
There has been no "boom" In the
Southdown trade, says an exchange,
but there has been a steady, healthy
demand, which is now Increasing
rapidly, as tho intrinsic merits of the
breed are better known.
Many men in all parts of the coun
try not heretofore known ns having
ony Interest In Southdowns, are In
quiring where these sheep ran be had.
Having learned from practical men
that they possess superior qualities
as wool bearers as well as mutton
producers, that they are naturally
strong and hardy, and that they im
press these qualties on other breeds
with which they are crossed In a re
markable degree, progressive breed
ers want them for Improving the mut
ton and wool-bearing qualities of
their herds.
The Southdown breeders report
that they are wholly unable to meet
the demand. The demand is largely
from the Southern and Southwestern
regions where the Southdowns are
best known, and this demand upon
the flocks of the East, the Northeast
and the Middle West, which Ins al
ready depleted the supply, may be
expected to steadily increase.
But because we so frequently find
the Southdown mentioned ns the
standard ot excellence In judging
other breeds, both tor the production
of mutton and wool, anj for prepo
tency In crossing upon other breeds.
It by no means follows that the
breeders should fall to patronize the
advertising columns of the live stock
press in promoting the interests of
the breed. From a financial point of
view the publishers of live stock pa
pers deserve better of Southdown
breeders than they have received. If
all breeders of Southdowns will ad
vertise, and if the few who do ad
vertise will double ti'.eir advertising
effort;!, they will increase their profits
nnd may safely increase their flocks
to twire the present size. There need
be no tear of overstocking, for when
the nearby region3 are suplicJ the
great West will gladly take ar.v pos
sible surplus In car-load luts. l-'nd
Farmer,
Cement Ilnnfln;,
A subscriber wishes to know ,i he
can cover his house wit'u cement.
Cement tiles, or shingles arc manu
factured, we understand, hut wo have
not seen them and do not know any
thing about thorn, but have no hesi
tation In saying that we believe thr.t
cement or concrete ronHns In some
shape, will be In general ufs not many
years hence. It will be tlo cheapest
and most durable material for the
purpose that can be obtained, and at
the same time will be Indestructible
by fire. Inventors will put their wits
to worlt to devise shingles, or small
flat tiles or plates, to put on rro.'s
like shingles or slate, nnJ devices for
fastening thorn socurely. . If we were
to undertake the Job we think we
would try to Invent come way of plas
tering the cement upon the sheathing
and making a solid cement cover over
the entire roof. How would it do lo
devise a steel or Iron net work, with
mesh ot an Inch or so, to nail over the
sheathing, to bold the cement while
It hardens? The cement could le
spread over this net work with a
trowel, like mortar upon a wall, and
whon It becomes hard It would make
a solid coating that would he Imper
vious to water and will last an age.
No charge for thts suggestion. In
diana Farmer.
Sowing White Tine Seeds.
The great Interest taken in forestry
natters of late baa led to many In
quiries for white pine seeds, among
other sorts; and many Inquiries hive
been made as to the proper way to
rals the seedlings. N'irrerymen al
ways sow the seeds In belt, early In
spring. They tnaks u arrow bed of
about three feet width, to admit of
the weeding ot them through the
summer. The toll Is kk' smctth,
Just as for soy other sad4, and 'he
seeds sown brosdeast nnd cov-ed
.with atout a belt inch ot toil. Wl.en
n u i question of renewing a cut
down forest the seeds are own broad
cast, but iu this way a aood many
aetd are los;, not Cniluj their war
te winluie undi leave or otber
Aliout Draft Horse.
Ever since I haw been criiiie-tert
with the business I have strongly ad
vocated two policies that I believe
would be of great value to horsa
breeding Interests in America.
First, and most Imrortant the
United States Government rhould re
quire a certificate of absolute sound
ness cf nil stallions and mares. Issued
by a competent and reliable veterin
arian before leaving Kuropo; and a
careful Inspection ly another eqciliv
competent veterinarian on arrival at
port of entry Into the United States,
nnd bar nil from landing that did not
pass sound. This stcou.l Inspection
Is essential because it is possible for
oxrerts on the other side to so doctor
a horse ns to conceal for a while cer
tain hereditary defects, but whici
will develop nsaln during te voyage.
I havo known cases of rlc'.tsty ha?:s
to show up as horses wero Kd o" the
ship, which bad passed veterinary in
spection before shipment.
Absolute soundness Is ot more con
sequence than pedigrees in brce llng
stock, particularly In draft horses.
All the draft breeds are subject to
side bones, roaring and rickety backs,
and all hereditary. They should uot
bo allowed to land.
It Is not enougU to demand duty
on all that cannot ; aai inspection suc
cessfully, for that class can be bo'usj'at
nt such low prices In Europe that the
owner can we'.l a.Tord to pay duty;
the opportunities being plenty for
disposition ot such horses to IcexpcrU
onred buyers.
Se?ond. Eccesslve weight In Craft
horse should no: ho'.d tho place it
does among American breeder. It
Is encouraged by Judge at nearly all
shows and ha led to serlou Injury
to. and In many case ruin ot, many
valuable stallion
Cramming stallion for s'.iow cr
tale soon get their ayrteoi out of
order and Impairs tbolr breeding
ability.
Knowing as I do the Inside working
of tho show hone business. It Is a
wonder that so , many buyers ai'.l
chase after the prize winner, or tho
heaviest ullions they can buy, for a
large per cent, of them aro worth
more for sausage meat than for
b 'ceding. Ceo. E. Crown, In the la
Claaa Farmer.
' A b'r.cad grand pUao has been
Invti'eJ la Enjisna. one side l a
duplicate of the other and the ltd W
I ultiftd In the centre 40 a, to 4um
tribute the sound wave evenly.