HOMAGE TO A BRIDE,:
Gypsies Greet Countess Gladys
Szechenyi Like a Queen.
STREETS FLOWER STREWN.
Old Glory Waves In Barbaric Wel
come Home at Century Old Castle
In Hungary—Crowds Cheer Bridal
Pair on Journey to Count Laszlo's
Feudal Estate.
A company of peasant outriders garb j
ed in the Hungarian national costume |
galloped before and behind her ear- j
riage as the Countess Gladys Szechenyi j
arrived instate at her castle in Oer j
mezoe the other day, the end of lier |
long journey to her Hungarian home.
Gypsy bands and dancers lined the
highway; the village children spreadj
flowers beneath her horses' feet and 1
cried. "Hail, our countess!" as she pass-1
ed by; the dowager countess kissed het |
and turned over the keys of the estate j
to her as she entered. And in< her
honor for the first time in its history
an American ilag waved over the an
cient chateau all day.
A queen could have been attended tc
her palace with but little more pomp
and display than that lavished upon
the former Miss Vnnderbilt of Now
York by Count I.aszlo ou the journey
to the home over which she is to pre
side as his wife.
Two hundred dollars in tips to the |
servants of the Hudapest hotel were !
given by Szechenyi as lie emerged witli j
the countess and began the ride to [
Oermezoe in a private car bedecked j
with flowers, says a special cable dis- j
patcli from Oermezoe, Hungary, to the j
New York American. Crowds gathered {
at every way station to greet the new j
countess in spite of a heavy rain. A 1
each stop Countess Gladys walked out
upon the rear vestibule and cried j
"Thank you!" in Hungarian.
As the count and countess left the j
train at Oermezoe the dowager Count-!
ess Irene came forward from the sta- j
tion platform, caught her son in liet
arms and kissed liiui again and again, j
In her joy at greeting Count Laszlo
Ills mother evidently forgot the formal-1
ities for a moment, because she did not
release him from her embrace until ]
he drew the American countess for j
ward and gave her into the dowager's
arms. lint the belated welcome lost j
nothing in enthusiasm. "I am over
joyed to find you in such a state of
happiness," said the Countess Irent
warmly. "I hope nothing will evei
mar your happiness or my son's
throughout your lives."
"Thank you," responded Countess'
Gladys. "I am sure that nothing ever j
will."
After the station master, the mayot
and the village parson had tendered j
their congratulations and been thanked j
the party entered a four seated car- j
riage and started ou the six mile drive
to Oermezoe castle, the century old!
home of the Szechenyis. The dowagei
countess and Count Stephen, I.aszlo's I
brother, had covered the floor of the
carriage with a deep carpet of Ilun- j
garian flowers. The four horses, ca-1
parisoned with barbaric splendor, alsc |
caracoled beneath a load of floral bloom j
and tinkling silver bells.
As the procession started for the
castle fifty mounted riders suddenly j
appeared at a gallop, blew a fanfare j
of trumpets, unfurled flags at the j
pommels of their saddles and sur- j
rounded the carriage, galloping for-!
ward with it imposingly, behind,
ahead and abreast.
A mile from the village the caval- J
cade pulled up in a wooded road glen, j
while gypsy maidens, fantastically;
garbed, ran out and sang wild songs 1
and danced at the side of the carriage.!
A bit farther 011 the serenade was by
a company of savage looking Tyro-
leans, and as the party finally dashed
Into view of the castle fifty village
girls emerged from the surrounding
woods and threw flowers into the j
roadway for the countess' carriage to
pass over.
The carriage stopped, and the Count- :
ess Gladys, arising, gave the girls
thanks in their own language.
At the state entrance to the castle
the carriage halted, and Count Laszlo, i
leaping out. ran to the open doorway, \
where he stood with open arms await- \
Ing formally the entrance of the count-1
ess into her new home. As she ap
proached him, leaning upon the arm
of the dowager, he embraced tier and j
said the formal words of welcome.
The servants, drawn up in line upon
the broad lawn outside, bent their
knees at this time honored ceremony,
and as it ended the administrator of
the estate came forward and began a
long speech in the native tongue. The !
new countess stood at her husband's 1
side until the long winded welcome J
was finished, then gave two crowns
to each of the children who had come
to sing and passed on into the castle.
When the next function of tlie keys
had been performed. Countess Gladys
was taken to her boudoir, where
four prettily furnished rooms had been
prepared for her exclusive use. More
over, the baths, formerly of most prim
itive nature, bad been modernized, an- !
cient ceilings had been trussed up, and i
the structure throughout had been ren- j
ovated.
Gladys was frankly pleased. "You
have done all this for me," she said as '
she embraced the dowager again. "I t
cannot thank you enough. You have
made my homecoming very joyful.
And I thank you. too. for the flag of
my former country that you have put I
above the castle today. It is a tribute
I shall not forget."
The flag had been presented to the
count by Reginald Vanderbilt.
A Risky Subject.
"Do you think, sweetheart," queried ;
the young man with the evenly divid- !
ed hair, "that your father will con
sent to our marriage?"
"Well," replied the fair one, "of
course papa will be sorry to lose me,
but"—
"But," interrupted the rash youth,
"X will remind him that Instead of los
ing a daughter he will gain a son."
"Dearest," rejoined the wise maid,
"If you really want me you mustn't
say anything of the kind. Papa has
three such sons boarding with him
now, and he's a little touchy on the
subject."
A HOLE IN THE ROCK
Ths Story of an Attempted Es
cape From Gibraltar.
BURROWING OUT OF PRISON.
The Wonderful Secret Work That Con
vict Realff Performed In the Teeth of
Constant and Systematic Supervision
by His Jailers.
Ambrose Itealff was undergoing a
life sentence ou the towering rock of
Gibraltar for scuttling his ship for the
sake of the insurance money. The
governor told the story of Itealff's at
tempt to escape:
"That fellow led a roving life—a
daredevil that obeyed every Impulse,
good or bad. And yet for three whole
years I found him a model prisoner.
At first he was employed as carpen
ter. and a little later we put him 011
the harbor works. Hut suddenly to
this wild nature came an unquencha
ble thirst for freedom. At that time
Realff was In charge of all the labor
ers' pick handles and wheelbarrows in
the Itosia quarry, where lie was in
stalled in a little lean-to shed against
a hollow in the mighty cliff. Every
report put before me extolled the
man's good behavior.
"Well, every afternoon at 4 the work
ing party of convicts would form up
and return to the prison—which, as
you know, contains some of the tough
est characters of both east and west
ami an officer would goto Uealff's
slied to unlock him and bring him
along with the rest.
"I!ut this afternoon the door was
opened in vain. Ken lIT was not there.
And yet twenty minutes previously lie
had been seen through the little win
dow when visited by the chief warder,
lie had even answered to his name as
he stood planing at his bench in a dark
recess. lie was gone, how or where
not a soul knew. Unquestionably the
shed was locked 011 the outside, and
the lock hiiif not been tampered with.
And there appeared no other exit ex
cept the door, nothing but solid rock.
The little slianty was ransacked, emp
tied, but without result.
"Could the man, I wondered, have
discovered some secret recess? You
know the whole rock Is fairly honey
combed with holes, both natural and
artificial, like Gruyere cheese. Alarmed
at the results such an escape would
have on the morale of my dangerous
gangs, I had torches brought and per
sonally examined every nook and cran
ny of the ellfl against which the shed
was built. Then my best officers went
over it all with hammer and crowbar.
But no, nothing but solid rock. Now
for the floor. It was level and fairly
smooth, just covered in places with a
little loose shingle.
" 'Bring me a bucket of water,' I
cried with sudden Inspiration. When it
came, I threw it carefully out, and we
all watched. 'More and more!' We
fairly inundated the floor and shouted
with excitement as we saw it ebb al
most as swiftly as we poured.
"Mere absorption was impossible.
The rock was not porous. There must
lie a cave or tunnel below. The man
hunt was growing hotter now. Relent
lessly we traced the ebbing streams to
a dark anil distant corner, where I had
to get down on all fours to crawl un
der a massive rock shelf. Here the
last trickle disappeared.
"Like a flash our crowbars were at
work, and, 10, a big block was prieil
up, revealing a dark gulf below. I ap
proached it cautiously. 'Now, Kealff,'
I cried sternly, 'it's all up! We've got
you!'
"There was no reply. My chief
warder poked a pole down and found
a depth of eight feet, lie and two
giant subordinates got out their re
volvers, seized lanterns and swung
themselves in —as ticklish a Job as
routing out a wounded tiger from ills
lair. We above waited long and
breathlessly. Suddenly a faint shout
traveled lip to us, followed b;. sounds
of a desperate struggle in the cavern.
By and by back they can-.e, with ItenlfY
securely handcuffed. Lowering rope.-,
we hauled him up, batteiv 1, I ;it smil
ing.
"lie faced his disappointment with
rare pluck, flashed a smile ou me and
said, 'Better luck next time, colonel.'
"That was the end of four long and
patient years of endeavor. 1 think he
discovered the pit shortly after he
was first putin the shed. And he had
not only enlarged it with a scrap of
iron and the patience of another Baron
Trench, but lie had also extended it
laterally, no doubt hoping for ultimate
escape to the sea by the iiubterraivjan
passage.
"But even this in any event was only
the first stage. Itealff's provision went
much farther. lie had actually built
himself a boat out of nonde.i'ript
scraps of canvas-, old sac'.:s and oi.'s
and ends of timber. It was a marvel
of constructive skill, yet surly none
but a desperate man would think .>f
committing himself to the Mediter
ranean or Atlantic In such a cr:r •
skiff—a more tiay corn le barely en
h!e of keeping a man afloat. Of com- e
••>» ;'elt sure that once launched he
1 1 soon be frlcked up by so::i ■
p- ' craft in the crowded strait of
Gibraltar, nud he had a story ready
for his saviors as well as provisions
for himself. Of these last he had
abundance—chiefly biscuit and ijalt
pork—laid by bit by bit from his ra
tions and carried out daily from the
ifrison in such small quantities as to
elude the search mf-.de at every parade.
"But that the mail was able to labor
in his cave and build and provision
his boat in the teeth of constant and
systematic supervision seems to rae lit
tie short of marvelous."—New York
Tribune.
A Third Need.
"You need," said the expert to the
Bufterer, "two pairs of glasses, one for
reading and one for long distance."
"Can't you make it three pairs?"
asked the man who had made a study
of his own case. "I'd like some short
sighted ones to use on bill collectors."
—Nashville American.
Agreed With Him.
Father (calling from head of stairs
at 11:30 p. m.)— Jennie, don't you think
it's about time togo to bed? Jennie—
Yes, papa dear. What on earth keeps
you up so late?— Pathfinder.
II WAR Gii RACING,
James B. Haggin Describes Its
Outcome if Successful.
DEATH TO THOROUGHBREDS.
Veteran Turfman Declares Governor
Hughes Will Not Win In-His Fight.;
Predicts Great Wave of Gambling if
Racing Is Killed.
James B. Hoggin, one of the most |
prominent horse breeders in the world
and a veteran turfman, at his resi- j
denee in New York the other evening i
gave to a representative of the New i
York American the following interview j
ou the future of horse racing in Amer
ica:
"1 do not believe that Governor
Hughes will lie successful In his ef
forts to end horse racing in the state j
of New York. To my mind, there is j
little doubt that horse racing could
not continue without the accompany- j
lug freedom which now permits a man
to make a wager 011 his favorite horse.
The eud of racing means the end of
the thoroughbred horse.
"While the governor of this the
greatest state of the Union is using
all his personal influence to end horse
racing and make the thoroughbred an
animal of the past Japan is preparing
for the thoroughbred and racing.
"Japan lias learned and all cavalry
officers know that an efficient cavalry
in a country is dependent upon a plen
tiful supply of thoroughbred horses.
Realizing Japan's need in this respect,
the Japanese government has sent
scores of men to this country to take
positions upon breeding farms and
study the racing situation. I have
four or live Japanese now upon my
farm who have been sent by their gov
ernment to study the best means of
obtaining for their country the proper
kind of horses to supply the cavalry
need. These men realize that our sys
tem of racing makes possible the rais
ing of thoroughbreds, and I expect to
see Japan adopt'racing within another
year or two. Already 1 have sold more
than one dozen stallions to Japan, and
\ DtUer breeders have also made sales.
"A cavalry horse must have a tlior
j oughbred strain in him. Work horses
or family horses will not do, and, as 1
have said, the breeding of thorough
breds will stop with'the stopping of
racing. A thoroughbred as a yearling
J costs his owner at least SSOO for feed
j and special care. This expense could
| not be met by any breeder If it was
| not for the outlet afforded by racing.
"The high prices obtained for the
cream of the thoroughbreds for racing
| purposes trtakes possible the raising of
I the hundreds of other thoroughbreds
| that pass into general use. 1 paid $70,-
| 000 for the horse Watercress at a pub
! lie sale. August Belr..ont paid $123,000
for the Knglish racer Rock Sand, and
j the Newcastle stable paid $75,000 for
j Adam. The Argentine Republic paid
! $150,000 for Ormonde,
j "The thoroughbred farms of the
I country represent hundreds of millions
j of dollars. In my district in Kentucky
> alone the breeding farms represent
| 525,000,000. It is my belief that all
these farms will be given lip and turn
ed to less expensive purposes if racing
is killed.
"One thing I would like to say, and
that is that there has been no fund
raised to attempt to influence legisla
tion in favor of racing. If an effort
i had been made to raise a fund of any
kind for legitimate expenses, legal ad
; vice or anything of the sort, I know I
I would have been one of the first men
asked to contribute. I have not been
: asked to give one dollar, and so I feel
positive tliere is no fund of any kind,
let alone a corruption fund, in exist
ence.
"Despite this knowledge I read every
day in some newspai>ers of a fund of
hundreds of thousands of dollars being
used to Influence legislation. I frankly
declare such a fund to lie a myth.
"If Governor Iluglies really wishes
to strike at gambling lie will be obligee?
to begin with almost every private
house. No man or woman can go out
to dinner nowadays without promptly
being asked to take a hand at bridge.
The losses of a night at bridge will be
greater than the person would lose
with a week's constant 111 fortune at a
race track.
"There will always be gambling of
some kind. There Is less of it at a race
track than in many other ways. Men
and women Mike to tempt fortune.
"As I paid. I do not believe that rac
ing will lie stopped. If the governor
should secure his wish, however, it
would lie safe to say that a wave of
gambling would sweep over the state
the like of which has never been seen.
The men and women forbidden by law
to openly tempt fortune would swarm
to'hidden places. It is Impossible to
legislate out personal Inclinations.
"The farming districts are not op
posed to horse racing. The sentiment
among the farmers undoubtedly favors
the game. They know how they profit
by the demand for horses and the bene
fits to their country fairs.
"It would be a severe blow to the
country at large If Governor Ilughes
should be able because of his personal
wishes to abolish racing. The thor
oughbred would disappear quickly, and
u sudden call on the nation, necessitat
ing the use of horses, would find us be- !
hind all the civilized nations of the
earth.
"I do uot know of another civilized I
nation on earth where the officials do
not recognize this fact. All other civ- j
ilized nations encourage racing and pro
vide' In one way or another for the uni
versal desire of spectators of racing
\ialce their wagers."
A Startling Debut.
A comedy of errors describes the
first appearance on the stage of Mr.
Iluntley Wright. He was supposed to
impersonate tha warder of a mad
house, and the scene opened with the
brutal ill treatment of the hero, and It
ended with a gunpowder explosion. In
his nervousness the warder dropped
his and, being agitated and short
sighted, he picked ui> the pan of gun
powder Instead. It Instantly blew up,
nenrly frightening him out of Ills wits,
lie rushed from the stage and col
lapsed, as he thought, on a stool In the
wings, which turned out to be a fire i
bucket full of water! London An-
NOVEL SOCIETY FADS.
Eyes Reproduced In Miniature
on Cuff Links.
PRETTY TRIBUTE TO A WIFE.
Husband of Mrs. George Gould Wean
Her Eyes on His Sleeves —Portraits
Sculptured In Gold as Ornamenta
For Personal Jewelry Is Another Fad.
Society is greatly Interested in learn
ing that Mrs. George Gould's eyes are
always upon her husband. In this
case, however, 110 espionage is indicat
ed, but only a romantic fad that prom
ises to have many followers.
It was Mr. Gould himself who insist
ed upon having his wife's eyes always
with him. The happiness of their mar
ried life is known to their friends, and
now when Mr. Gould is in the midst ot
a railroad deal or puzzling over a stock
transaction or any other problem he
has only to look down and seek coun
sel with his wife's eyes.
Instead of wearing his heart upon
his sleeve, Mr. Gould wears his wife's
eyes there, says the New York Amer
ican. They are photographed from n
miniature painting by one of the
world's foremost artists and are sur
rounded with the finest setting of gold
and diamonds that could be devised by
Tiffany.
In brief, the eyes of Mrs. Gould
have been photographed upon her hus
band's cuff buttons. lie also has an
other pair of cuff buttons ornamented
with the eyes of his daughter Vivien.
To it few of his friends only has Mr.
Gould as yet shown these treasures,
but those friends have been so Im
pressed by the idea that several lead
ing jewelers are now, it is said, work
ins upon plans for appropriate settings
for such "jewels."
Two months ago Alyn Williams, the
famous English miniature portrait
painter, visited New York and stopped
at the Hotel Seymour. While there he
was nskotl to paint a miniature of Mrs.
Gould, and the artist himself suggested
the plan of painting just the eyes, de
claring tliem of surpassing beauty.
Mr. Gould saw the painting and,
laughing at its size, suddenly remarked
that (lie eyes would make excellent
cuff buttons. No sooner had he voiced
the idea than he set about carrying it
into execution. Tiffany's designer pre
pared plans calling for a S7OO set of
buttons, with the eyes photographed
upon an agate background.
The design was accepted and the but
tons delivered a few days ago to Mr.
Gould. lie was so pleased with thein
that, as above stated, he had his daugh
ter's eyes likewise utilized. The set
tings of both of these sets of buttons
are of chased gold, with a score of
small diamonds in the rim.
In the art catalogue prepared for J.
rierpont Morgan, Alyn Williams is
rated as the finest painter of minia
tures in the world. lie recently made
a painting of the eyes of King Edward
of England Mrs. Gould is the second
person thus treated by the artist.
Mrs. Daniel O'Day. Jr., wife of the
son of the former Standard Oil man,
has inaugurated a fad by having her
children's likenesses coined in gold
pendants and fastened to a necklace.
The likenesses are by Sculptor Richard
E. I'rookes.
Personal jewelry for everyday wear
Is well adapted to the new Idea.
Watch cases, brooches, pendants, helt
buckles, all may bear the likeness of
a relative or friend. A watch charm
recently completed liy the sculptor for
Mrs. Edwin Allen McPherson is adorn
ed with her profile and the profile of
her son Cameron. This Is to be a gift
to lior husband.
"There Is a demand for this kind of
portraiture just now." said Brookes the
other day."lt is the revival of an old
French idea."
His studio walls are lined with ex
amples of the delicate bas-reliefs In
gold nrd silver. 'J hev are master
pieces of art and workmanship.
"1 have an order for a belt buckle
now and have just finished a brooch.
Of course the work has to be reduced
to these coins, and that is added ex
pense. Hut there Is scarcely a more
lovely jrift to be imagined than a
brooch or watch case that holds the
likeness of some dear one." lie said.
"No; 1 am not the inventor. Cellini
made this work famous, and examples
of his genius in this line are contained
in the galleries In Kome."
Brookes has been In the United
States only a few months, having
spent most of his time abroad. Ills
work is known widely, as his monu
ments in Roston. New York and a num
ber of the western states have won ap
probation. lie has exhibited In nil the
salons here and abroad and has won
many medals.
Hail to the Fleet.
Through tlio Golden Gate there swoop
Wardens of the mighty deep,
Battleships designed for war,
Tut with peace their guiding star.
HnrU from every crowded height
Gladsome welcomes ringing:.
Hand gripi hand, and eyes gleam bright.
With joy the west is singing.
cuor.L-s.
Oh. hurrah for the battle fleet
Afloat on the western main.
Ail ready for war should war drums
beat,
To fight again and again!
Though we fling defiance to none.
We will keep up the gallant story
And defend the shores which our fathers
won.
We vow It by dear Old Glory!
Wt'd the seas the armada plowed.
Dark • nights of fog and cloud,
Long i way. but clear the call:
"Guarl the gates! Guard one and all!"
Now at last 'neath sunny sky.
Balmy windj caressing.
Safe the ships at anchor lie.
All's well, by heaven's own blessing.
—Eilmund Mitchell of Los Angeles. Col.
Ihe wTly Own
A party of horsemen were traveling
along Bridge creek, a tributary of Bad
Water river, Wyoming, when their
horses suddenly shied off the track at
the sound of a "rattle." Search was
made for the snake, but It was finally
found that the sound proceeded from
the burrowing owl, which lives In the
burrows of the prairie dog, often, it is
said, in company with the rattlesnake.
Seated on a poet the party heard the
owl give a third rattle. And whenever
they passed the spot it gave warning
fcy Its rattle, and the horses always
shied off the track In alarm.—American
Naturalist
WARNER OF CYCLONES:
Valuable Attachment to Baro
graph Invented by Jesuits.
MAY BE MEANS OF SAVING LIFE
Simple Device of Father* Zwack and
Coronas In Manila Has Been Worked
Into Shape by Filipino Mechanic.
Believed It Will Stand Any Test.
To the Jesuit fathers at Manila be
longs tho honor of inventing an ex
tremely useful attachment to the Fuess
barograph. This barograph is an in
strument whose use is giving warning
of the approach of cyclonic disturb
ances.
It consists of a barometer suspended
from tho short arm of a balance, along
which a ciock moves a pencil which
traces the atmospheric pressure upoD
a card. Hitherto it has been necessary
to watch the barograph closely in order
to know the true readings.
With tho attachment invented in the
observatory of Manila one may set the
barograph to what one considers tho
safe limit of atmospheric pressure and
retire, sure that when that limit Is
reached an electric bell will ring to
rouse him from slumber to watch for
the approaching cyclonic changes.
Tho device, like most other useful
scientific inventions, is very simple and
consists of a small brass square slid
ing on a rod, says a special cable dis
patch from Manila to the Chicago In
ter Ocean. When (lie predetermined
limit of atmospheric pressure is reach
ed a delicate spring Is pressed. This
spring is connected by means of wires
with an electric bell at any desired dis
tance from the instrument, and tho
work is done.
The attachment is the work of Fa
thers Zwack and Coronas and a Filipi
no mechanic who is with tho Jesuits.
The fathers suggested an apparatus
much more complicated than the one
uow in use. but tho mechanic, Ramon
Trinidad, simplified it to the present
form. The fathers are much pleased
that such an invention has at length
been perfected.
No matter now, they say, how sud
den the fall of the barometer or how
quickly the cyclone approaches, warn
ing must be given by the electric bell
before the storm can burst lla% such
an apparatus been in use upon the
barograph at Hongkong during the ter
rible typhoon there in which so much
damage was done warning could and
would have been sent out before the
storm burst, and the damage would
have been materially lessened.
The device cannot tell one that a
storm is approaching, but it can tell
that the Imrometer is so low that a
storm is likely to bo somewhere in the
vicinity. The fathers are taking steps
to call the attention of the world to
their invention in the hope of saving
many lives and much property. They
say it has been thoroughly tested in
the qjsservatory at Manila and will
stand any test to which it may be sub
jected.
WHY FAT MEN STRUT.
Professor Rcbinson Also Gives the
Reason For Their Fierce Looks.
"Why do fat men walk with a proud
carriage and despite their Joviality
often have a fierce look in the eye?"
was the question discussed at length
the other day before the French Acad
emy of Sciences in Paris by Professor
Robinson, the eminent savant.
lb' expounded a complicated aud
highly technical explanation, showing
that the repletion of the stomach has
the effect of drawing up the diaphragm
and shortening the base of the thorax,
. thus lengthening the waist The me-
I chanieal effect of this is that the stout,
well fed man is forced to strut
"At the same time," he said, "a very
stout person Is inclined to have a fierce
look in liis eye because the socket in
which the eyeball moves is incumber
ed with adipose tissue.
"WAKING" OF A NOTED HOTEL
Why the Old Fifth Avenue, In New
York, Refused to Be Closed.
The "waking" of the Fifth Avenue
hotel, in New York, lasted all day the
other day. The hotel was officially
closed on a Saturday at midnight by
Louis Sclbold, president of the "amen
corner." It was not until 1 o'clock the
next morning that even the "ameners"
would leave the building. Then they
marched out singing "Auld Lang
Syne."
Even nfter the organization which
ollieiated at the obsequies had deserted
the building and it should have been
locked up until the wreckers came to
tear it apart no one could be found
who would seal the doors. The key
was probaly lost many years ago. The
only time that the doors of the hot"!
were locked after it was opened was
during the draft riots in 1801,
"The hotel refuses to be closed," said
Managers Darling and Yilas, and the
most that they would do toward that
end was to bring out a couple of the
old fashioned velvet covered settees of
the office and with them bar the doorsj
P>ut these slight barriers furnished no
obstacles to the crowds of curious
who gathered about the historic old
hotel and wished to take another look
at the interior.
The lobby was thronged all day long
with sightseers. Many persons who
had at times been guests of the hotel
came to take a last look about th«
structure.
The scenes attending the closing ot
the hotel will live long in the memory!
of those present. When the men who
have been accustomed to make almost i
dally visits there for many years final
ly realized that the end had come the
question uppermost in their minds was
" here to go.
The question was asked dver and
over again, and there seemed to be no
answer. When early in tho morning
the large throng filed out, still singing
"Auld Lang Syne," many felt as though
they had been turned away from theli
real homes.
As the crowd sang some of the lights
were dimmed to mark that the hotel's
career was ending.
Pat— An' did yez huve a good tolme
nst night?
Mike—Sure. We wlnt out an' palnt
id the town green I— Cleveland Leader.
'Wk
notes
C.M.BARMTZ
RIVERSIDE .
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CORRESPONDENCE M'"-'
SOLICITED U/\ J&T
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
C lucks aro setting In the mow,
H eating up the big white eggs.
Incubators hatching now
C hicks with biack and yellow leg?.
Keep that lamp all trimmed and brtsht.
L Ick the lico with all your might.
E very egg turn morn and night.
T wist your bones to do it right.
B ure, we bet, you'll win the light.
C. M. B.
FEEDING THE CHICKS.
A young quack's sister made this
comment on his proficiency: "Billy
Isn't much for old folks yet, but he's
awful good at doctoring sick babies."
If Billy had reached a poiut of thera
peutical skill where ho could solve
these little pink perfection puzzles
that balile so many of our Ug brained,
big bearted, fatherly physicians, he
had a whole lot to quack over.
It's one thing to bring little fluffy
ruflle chicks into the world and an
other to keep them.
One of the big chick growers, who says
ho raised 80,000 last year, declares we
ilo well to raise DO per cent. If that's
nil ho raised, the undertaker must liava
been doing stunts. We thought we
were crying enough when we took 200
from 1,050 aud put them in the ground,
but wo were glad enough to save that
proportion, and, if you want our know
how, here it is, but remember we are
not instructing tiie lieu cluck. She
uses her own think, and it's a good
one if you don't butt in: For thirty
hours feed not. This is the chick's
sleepy period. It is assimilating the
yolk that was absorbed before leaving
the shell. In thirty hours comes the
appetite. Cuddle them In a basket and
Dear to the warm brooder. Bed them
on dry sandy loam, for, like other ba
bies, "everything goes to mouth," and
they'll fill up on straw and other indi
gestibles. Dip each little bill into cool
water, and they know where and how
to drink. Put them under hover, and
they at once know their mamma. Y'ou
are "pop." Putin a louseless teu-day
oid chick as kindergarten director.
They'll follow his lead. Now scatter
two tablespoonfuls of crystal grit for
milk teeth. Ring breakfast bell. Spread
fine dry breadcrumbs sparingly. See
that all have a chance. Keep them a
little hungry. Feed as often as they
need—their crops half full iu the day,
two-thirds at night. If crops aren't
empty in the morning, overfed. Starve
them empty. Do wo feed hard boiled
eggs? No. They cost too much—too
many little lives. Don't you know
chicks are two legged eggs aud right
before they kick out absorb the yolk?
Egg diet's as stale as feeding egg
shells over and over again to bens.
Eggshells are woruout lime. Hens
like them because they taste of egg.
They are good egg eater hatchers.
Do we feed johnuycake? No; we do
no cakewalk stunts. Jolinnyeake be
longs to the tallow candle era. Do we
feed rolled oats? No—pastes up be
hind. Do we feed wet cornmeal, bran
and mid mash, boiled rice? No—noth
ing wet, nothing that gets sour. If
you wish to moisten bread with milk
It's good, but feed little, as it sours
soon. The second day we give a taste
of beef scrap aud sieve before them
wheat and corn ground finely in our
mill. Caution: Allow no feed to lie
around to sour or be fouled. Do not
follow tlie advice "Feed all they will
eat up clean." On the fourth or fifth
day we put In charcoal and give green
lettuce or tender clover on the soil.
If they uow know enough not to cat
cut straw, we Rive them straw litter
with a sprinkling of good chick scratch
ing food to work for. We now bed
them with cut wheat straw. Haw
fresh meat (Hamburg steak) may be
fed sparingly or milk as a substitute
for beef scrap. When you give milk
putin a shielded vessel, as it is deadly
if their feathers are soiled in it. They
should now be growing rapidly, anil
feed must be increased. Their appe
tites being normal, the tenth day hang
up hoppers of charcoal, beef scrap and
grit. Keep green food before them.
Start finely cut fresh green bone now.
Throw in a little whole wheat and
cracked corn. In thirty days, when
danger point is passed, change to
wheat, barley, oats, cracked corn and
Kaffir corn. While on range you must
allow for what Mother Nature and
Mother Hen furnish in seeds, greens,
bugs, worms, snails and other delicate
dainties.
DON'TS.
Don't serve chicks on the shell to
your customers. They may be Blue
Rocks, but they're not blue points. No
s£»ell game.
Don't for.?et that warm days Incu
bate crawlers. When lice are allowed
to kill hens on the nest the S. F. P. O.
C. T. A. should make an arrest.
Don't, oh. don't, Mr. Farmer, let
your hens hide their eggs in the hot
haymow! If you find them In the fall,
may you not sell them to me, but to
my worst enemy.
Don't cut out grit in summer. Your
hens are now used to a certain kind,
and the gravel on your place may be
soft or scarce. Chicks, like men, must
be gritty.
ENGLAND'S NATIONAL BIRD.
The English Dorking originated t*
Rome. Whether of the holy chickens
of the Imperial City and kept with the
sacred bull in the sacred groves with
the other gods and goddesses we know
not. This valiant bird inherits the
fighting spirit of CaesarCs soldiers. Ills
spurs are sharp as spears, and his
broad, proud breast, like a Roman
shield, Is always turned to the foe.
Why the golden eagle was borne aloft
before the Roman legions instead of
the Dorking we do not understand, for
wherever those soldiers marched there
went the Dorking. The Romans must
have considered this f(j.wl ludispen
nuuie, an waefi lUt'.v mvaueu oiuaui
(his kinglj bird went with them to'
I crow over their victories.
The Silver Oray Dorking iias become
| the great national bird of England. I
i The plump piglet with his red appl»!
I
KXGI.A.ND'S RATIONAL IUUD.
iud the festooned goose have beea
chased from King Edward's round ta
ble by this festive bird. Notwith
standing liis Roman ancestry the Dork
ing is preferred by John Bull to his
proverbial roast beef. lie is a juicy
bit, and the fellow who eats the bird
with English stuffing, backed up by
1 English plum pudding and saffron cake,
may well imagine he is in chicken
heaven.
Dorkings are distinguished by an ex
tra toe, white flesh and shanks. What
they iack in height they more thsin
make up in weight. *
SILVER GRAY STANDARD WEIGHTS.
Pountls. Pounds.
Cock 8 Hen GH
Cockerel 7 Pullet
Other varieties slightly heavier.
The Dorking is invading this coun
try. Ilia battalions are now landing
j un Plymouth rock. No Boston tea par-
I ty can afford to throw him overboard.
Ills war clarion Is heard at Concord
j and Lexington. lie will sooo4!y to the
j top of Bunker hill monument to crow
ton hungry nation that ho has come
to lick and be licked.
i FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
| If you have no love for the feathered
| tribe, but simply for the money that's
in it, it will bo a failure,
j My friend, it certainly is not our
i funeral to mind your business, but we
. ilo object to buying dressed chickens
i stuffed with feed.
When a man goes into the squab
business and liuds lie really can't make
It pay, lie's a fool to hang on and hang
himself because he lives in I-Told-l'-So.
Which variety is best for you to
keep? The one you like best, of course.
: You will exercise more care for chick
ens you fancy, and also make more
money accordingly.
The Boys' National Poultry club has
Issued its first annual catalogue. The
object is to help the boys in poultry
culture. If you wish to enroll, write
I to Itobert G. Fields, fl.'i Carutliers ave
| nue, Nashville, Tenn.
Canada and the United States are
shipping much line poultry from New
York to Cape Colony, South Africa.
African ostriches are being imported
to California and Arizona. Thus "a
fair exchange is no robbery."
By marking the eggs and setting the
hen iu a nest with a glass bottom we
discover that she turns the eggs six
times a day. Instead ol' turning in
cubator eggs twice we now turn them
six times a day and get 15 per cent
more chicks.
We fear our friends who bought and
mated geese after April 1 will have
few goslings to pick. They naturally
pair in February, and when this mat
ing is broken and they are moved to
strange scenes tlioy seldom do well.
Turlfeys and ducks ditto.
Lawyer I. B. Miller of Y'oungstown.
0., declares he has a hen that chews
tobacco. If true, we are ready to pay
a big price for her, for she can solve
the louse problem. If she can teach
our liens to hit a louse as slick as the
corner loafers can spit on a lady's
dress, there'll not be a louse left.
The Canadian fanciers had a big
time last show season with the ex
press. Birds were killel, lost, delay
d and mixed so in transit until at
last the Canadian fancier blurted out.
"We just wish to remark that the ex
press service of this Dominion is rot
ten!" Tut, tut: What leze majesty!
Tlie American boy Is a great institu
tion and a natural born chicken fancier.
Better have him building chicken coops
than air castles. Bather have him
proficient in poultry than profanity.
Better go broke buying him poultry
than to "break all up" sending him to
a Keeley cure. lie is the brainiest,
brightest aud best boy on earth.
A general movement is on foot to get
a law passed to compel the storage
companies to date eggs, as Is now done
with canned goods. It will puzzle the
legislators to frame a Dill to fit. The
date of laying cannot lie marked on tli"
eggs, for some storage stock seems to
have been laid before the Christian
era. If the shipper is honest enough
to date his case, the storage company
may quickly erase. While the puzzle
is being solved by our egotistical leg
islators it might be policy to stamp on
the grocer who sells storage for fresh
goods.
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