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ISpeclal Corre p.Milonce. 1
The remodeling of t In executive of
fices In the western wlnj; of the White
House henn the other l:iy with the
removal of the oll'iee furniture to the
cloakrooms adjoining the porte-co-chere
at the other end of I he hulltllm;.
In the cloakrooms Asslyini Secretary
Mlschler. who Is In eharuo of I he of
fice force left liehlml by Mr. Taft on
his departure for lteu't'ly. will conduct
such part of the president's routine
correspondence as can he handled In
his absence.
White House Changes.
The plans for the changes In the
president's olllces call for the expend
iture of S-to.OOO. The front elevation of
the office wins will he left unchanged,
ns the extensions will be made at the
rear. The contractors In charge of the
work expect to tear out the rear walls
within a few days and to rush the
work as rapidly as possible so at to In
sure completion before the president's
return on Nov. 10.
When the White House was remod
eled In President Roosevelt's time the
work lasted for six months, during a
part of which period Mr. ISonsevolt
and his family were In the executive
mansion.
Ghost: of the Capitol.
The bin capltol bulldlmr on Hie hill
has lis ghosts, identified and other
wise, wllh which to conjure tip tales
of oilier days. Some of the tales fold
by flic old employees of the buildim;
In reference lo thce Hindis are pirliir
esijue; 'tilers are laughable; oilier-;
tarry wllh lliein Hut thuro of trailed.-'
thai nii.kes them I he more liitcictlm:.
Naturally there are ipiiie a number
i! l hofi'lluhiy Identified ;iio-l- re;il!
Icred in tlltVeicnt parts of the edifice.
Tht exNIelice of the resile-., pilgrims
liiii another laud Is vouched for by
secral ot the employees of the build-in;.'-
and. while mi.sl of them are sup-po-etl
to confine tlielr opcralioiis to
Hie basemeiil. there are several that
are reputed lo roam all over the place.
Spectral Footsteps.
When the body of President Carileh'
lay in state at tliecapito! an eld out!
ueer who was employed in the base
ment and who ridiculed the idea of
irh'isls decided to be revenged upon
the watchmen and policemen who re
mained in the I m i It 1 i lit; throimli the
niirht. He procured two law Kurdish
walnuts and securely tietl the half
shells on Hie four feet of the pot cat
and carefully turned her loose In stat
uary hall.
The noise of these shells on the mar
ble Honrs at midnight hi the semidark
nos us the distracted cat scampered
about trying to get rid of her new
shoes pave the watchers the worst
fright of their lives. The Incident,
though n harmless joke, gave rise to
the story of the spectral footsteps
which follow nil those who have to
cross the rotunda in statunry hall aft
er the building Is closed for the night.
Wraith of J. Q. Adams.
The wraith of .Tohn Quincy Adams,
from nil narratives on the subject,
seems to be the one most often encoun
tered. At times It Is alleged that he
may bo seen in statuary hall, formerly
the old house of representatives and
the scene of his death, accompanied
by the whole congress of 1S4S gath
ered In ghostly conclave, lie is also
accredited with roaming about nil
parts of the cnpltol and tuny be seen
at almost nny time.
There Is also a story of General Lo
gan, who returns, it is said, to observe
the doings of the committee on mili
tary affairs, of which he was so long
the chairman. Those who claim to
have encountered the genera! say that
he always wears a black slouch hat
and remains either in the committee
room or in the corridor adjoining.
L'Enfant's Apparition.
According to one of the many leg
ends which have been gradually accu
mulating ever since the building was
completed, a corridor In the senate
wing basement has a frequent ghostly
walker of a foreign aspect. This tall,
distinguished looking Individual Is
reported to confine ids activities to
pacing up and down Hint particular
passageway and .'ling a dignified mil
itary falute at frequent interval. His
identity is still a mystery to the Initi
ated in spiritual lore, but il is be
lieved that it is the ghost of Majoi
IF.nfnnt. the talented Frenchman who
designed the city of Washington.
The demon cat legend has been re
peated for the last llfly years as the
animal apparition whldi returns at ir
regular periods. The story does not
vary much, being merely that of nn
ordinary tabby at llrst sight, but
she grows to a gigantic horror be
fore the eyes of a frightened observer.
Sud'teniy ifils demon cat emits a fierce
yowl and with eye- ablir.e and mouth
open leaps toward the spectator, but
Invariably leaps tpiite over his head.
The Library" Spooks.
In the llbr.iry section there were
two gimsfs always n duty. If the
solemn word of the eapllol polleomeu
may be In Moved. m uf these, a
wraith of J thin. Utile old gentleman,
had been fi-iitit i.-nlly scirchlng for
years in one of the siibeellars for some
lliinu hidden iiiiioiu tile volumes.
During his llt'eilnie lie had the rcpu
faiioii of i.ehu: : eccentric, hoard
In 4 ' ' lil ! i l -r many uuir-mal things
I' l : the lincl: he n e,l .lnsf iC-
f" :n death be el'dc.v ul'i'il ilt'hpel'-
iii ! iiuimrt .nine know ledge lo
t ' .'" u nil lit bed bill, being l hi r
:,' ' ' died wltlmui Im hti-' hi last
Mi i Milled. I.otig lil'lf 111-' demise
11 oi ;eui re. I I'liil be bud Mowed
u er ' ' w.-rlh
, i , " . i i . ' on! - v-emir
SIRES AND SONS.
Hubert Latham, the aeronaut, is
twenty-six years of age. He was born
In I'.itis and has served in the French
art;.;-.
I.i itl l.i i'trts has been f. ur limes
ci line. ti. tier in chief, lias twice had hi
Inn so -.hoi under him and in IS.'s
gained the V. C.
The Hlglit Hon. John Hums. M. P..
has been an engineer, u boxer, a strik
er, a prisoner, a labor secretary and a
cabinet minister.
(i. W. Shields of Omaha. Neb., who
has the tte of his left arm only. Is
able to play a good game of golf. It
Is saltl that he can drive the ball P.OO
feel.
Lord Kitchener, who was recently
made a field marshal, was fifty-nine
yc.irs old In June and Is the j onuses:
lle'tl marshal In the history of (iron! ',
lirhaln. Lord Roberts was sixty yorr '
Id when he was raised to the rank,
a-'d I.orl Wolseley was sixty-two. i
John Jacob Astor. who served on the (
ft a IT of Major tienorn! Shafter in
t'uba In the war against Spain and,
gave the go eminent a !?10n.0n0 moun
tain battery for use In that contllct. Is
the inventor of a bicycle brake, a
pneumatic road machine ami a turbine
engine.
M. Leon I'.ntir.ueoK who succeeds
M. (ietneneeaii as premier of Franee.
vri'veil n various tapacltles y:v"
1 wheM he becttme secretary of the
del niVtr.e"! i f Manic, lie entered the
eat itiel It'o llrst lime a.- minister of
I he Inieii.'r In SWH. He was iirc-ddcM
of tic i -'iriell t't ministers in lNii.Vii
and pl'c-idelil of the chamber of ib'pu
lies in inc..' !!.
Things Theatrical.
Marie 1 r''--!er wi'l begin l;ei lour In
tie! nl.er.
I.olli-e Iff 1 1 v ill have an iinporlenl
fi le in "The Uarlli."
Marguerite linrk is lo make her tlra
llllllie liel'Ut hi "Peter Pan."
John F. Webber will be a member of
the Pelasco play. "Is Matrimony a
Failure V"
It. !'. Price ha- been engaged by
Mrs. I.e-lle '.'.irter as her business
manager for the coming season.
"lils P.orrowcil Phillies." the play by
Mrs. I'ornwillis-West. lately produced
In Loudon, may be Imported to this
side of the ocean.
P.lanche Ring's new niusl al comedy,
"The Yankee C.irl." the libretto of
which is by Ceorge V. Hobarl, is said
In have a real pint.
College and School.
There are live universities in India.
A dental college has recently been
added to the University of Madrid.
St. Paul's school, now the. largest as.
well as the oldest of the schools of
Loudon, Is one of the oldest of Loudon
Institutions, older than everything else
In London, except the chapter of St.
Paul's, and as old as that.
In elementary schools !iti per cent of
I he children of the 1'nltod States are
lu coeducational schools. In secondary
schools the proportion for coeducation
is p.". per cent. Of colleges and uni- '
ver.iltlcs attended by men t!S per cent
admit women. '
Train and Track.
Russian railways are the most dan
gerous in the world. Thirty persons In
every million passengers are either
killed or hurt.
The most expensive and roomiest
railway station In the world is said to
be thai of the Peninsular Railway
'.tinipany at Hombay.
in the building of railways In Tur
key preference Is given to the narrow
A'augo lines, as these are cheaper and
may more readily be made to reach
most of the villages situated along the
.tenoral Hues which they are intended
o follow.
Proverbs of Montenegro.
Marry with your ears and not with
.our ejes.
Kven his own tail is a burden to the
vcary fox.
iCvcry time the sheep bleats she loses
t mouthful.
What Is the ue of u line collar if it
strangles me?
It is better to slip with tho foot than
vlth the tongue.
If you are going to visit tlie woK
take your dogs with you.
Tlie fugitive covers only one mile,
the pursuer twenty In seeking him.
English Etchings.
Tlie poet laiuvaleship carries with It
n pension of tu'Tn a year.
lu London alone Uiciv are more than
L'.dlKl societies and Insliiutlons fur the
relief of misery mid suffering.
Horror at the speciucle ol women
gathering up the tlut and microbes of
the streel wllh their gowns has in
duced some women In Loudon to form
a Short Skirt league. The members
hind themselves in wear skirts that
are hygienic In lids rest I.
Recent Inventions.
I'm- the liuii'.cwll'e's bi'iielll a recent
ly paieulcd dlslipan carries mi one side
a draining rack fur dishes.
A recently patented trowel carries a
hopper from which iln mortar t fed
nutunutli-nlly In a Miinolb. clear
vlreai'i
An Vrktiinii tiiaii Im patented a
tO MllcIi.c i-hew; i:i which bottles un l'e
M'biv ii:i,h -t-. i.i-i-.nTT before the
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NOTES
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Tlie.o nrtlclps anil Illustrations must not
Li lepilnti..! wlihout special permis
sion. J
NO COCKADOODLES IN WASH
INGTON. Oh. hear the news from Washington!
Oh, list with bated breath!
Ami ureal: It gently to the race
Lest many fall hi death.
Yon nuKiist courts, so solemn, slow,
Den oo that roosters havu to go.
No cuciiailoodle, hlsh or lotv,
liny In that holy city crow.
Oil, hear the leason for nil this
Why .Mrs. lien must chaiiKu to Miss,
Tills law that takes those cocks away
While pooille pups bark iihrlii ami day.
m: rplmlly iluiles of Washington
urn in highballs all nlht.
Ainl. Kiiiileil by a copper's arm,
I liry don't set home till Mailt.
These pretty Kills of fairy form,
Abu Hive the diplomats brainstorm.
Who Ui.l; IiIkIi .links llt;e tab- SJalome.
awful lale returning linnii'.
Tlinso maininas who inibilau In brldKe
L'nlil old Sol peeps o'er lilue ItidKC,
And duds who lattlu poker t ldpi
And late put on their nlglity t.llps
Tlieii- all have knocked nl i ouster's crow
tiiviuse. It liritale.-i tliem so,
And tluis tlie cocks may crow no more
liefiUisu "fassiety" must .snore.
Now without tariff hullabaloo.
Cut off from coekndoodledoo,
Oil. won't that old town be a bore
With notliin' doin' but a snore'.'
C. .M. HAltNITZ.
THE NEST EGG NO FAKE.
Now! ICverybody ready' Here's for
a good laugh at the cushion pressing j
poultry editor who calls the nest egg t
"grandmother's superstition."
Our hens just cackle for them. Why? ,
.lust because a lion sits plump down i
on a nest egg and uses It to press out ,
the new egg.
She will lay almost every time where j
there is an egg and, If not furnished,
will otten scratch a stone, corncob or
green apple into the nest.
Hens can carry an egg under the
wing, as you have discovered to your
sorrow when lifting a cluck hastily
from the nest. Wo have been surprised
nt times to lind most of the nest eggs
in one nest and on watching have de
tected a hen making the transfer.
To cultivate the habit of laying in
one place aud to stop nest stealing, to
prevent hens crowding Into one nest
aud also the dropping of eggs, to be
broken and eaten, nud to start your
laying pullets to lay iu tho uests, fur
nish nest eggs, aud lots of them. The
patent louse killing nest egg soon
evaporates aud taints the eggs. The
natural egg should not be useu np it
gets stale. The white china egg Is
bott for the nest.
FOR A QUICK, EARLY MOLT.
Fido, Pussy and Old Fan shed their
hair just like Biddy molts her feath
ers. Easy, cheap way to get a winter
overcoat!
Hut Biddy must hustle her molt to
escape colds and roup and to lay early
winter high priced eggs.
Strong hens don't get bare, their new
feathers quickly replacing the old.
Molting begins about July 1 and
should end Sept. 1 nt latest, and thin
hens molt first, so thin them down by
cutting the ration to one-half or a
third the usual quantity, according to
condition, whether fat or thin. For
this three weeks' anti-fat ration feed
mostly wheat and oats and twice a
week on clear days feed a mash in
which put two tublespoonfuls of sul
phur to every fifty fowls. Now feed
heavily of good grains, cut hone and
sunflower seed. This will rush their
new feathers and bring them to laying
condition.
Keep them Iree from Hoe In molt,
feed no egg force and protect them
from exposure.
RIVERSIDE lffg?rA
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CORRESPONDENCE
SOLICITED U V Jpf
DON'TS.
Don't miss your town paper in ad
vertising slock to sell. It will bring
you boodle for cockadoodle, and you'll
not be like the noodle who placed his
ad. r0() miles away and never heard
from It until the judgment day.
Don't Inrgct ihat young show birds
should be well fed. well homed, well
petted, but not spoiled.
Don't lock that door after the chick
ens have been stolen nor hide the key
on the doorstep.
Don't build a henhouse like a king's
palace, and don't build a shack. To
build Just right, as iu anything else,
y-,u must liutl the golden mean, anil
the golden mean leads to the gold
mine.
j Don't get mad at your neighbor If ho
I skins your cat that skinned his chick.
It's a skin game trick.
Don't sigh loi- more worlds to con
I que:' before y mi conquer yourself, That
I made Alexander a great failure.
, Dou'l go through tho world with
, your eyei open to the other fellow's
1 I'aulis. Vmi can't hide your own even
III safely vaults.
1 Deii'i count your show birds till ihey
mature ami dou'l count your cup till
ilv Minw over.
D 'ii i.e,.i ! ! ' i m'' ehai'e. . w ii ',
in. . . ' t . i 1 f ii" i
THE CORNISH INDIAN GAME.
If tho lightweight Leghorn is the
vkb machine and the ltrahma is tho 1
beef of poullrydom, then the Cornish
ludlau Game must be the draft horse.
It's the chunkiest chicken Incubated.
Hut Is that big bird really a UauieV
Sure. Its lirst father was a Lord
Derby P.lach llreasted Red danie of
England aud its mother an Aseel Game
from India.
The progeny of this pair weie mated
to a niaeU Sumatra Game, uud If these '
three varieties are placed beside u
thoroughbred Cornish Indian their re-
latloushlp can be easily traced.
Tho Hlacl: llreasted Red Is seen In '
the color, the Aseel In the masslve
ness aud the Sumatra In the beautiful
metallic luster of the plumage of the
Cornish Indian. Hut why should the
Cornish club drop the name "Game" i
ami call their favorite "Cornish I'otvl,"
"Cornish." "lndlanV"
Because the name "Game" handl- '
caps Its popularity, as that name Is as
sociated with cruel eockllghtlng and
1HU C'OUNiHlI INDIAN ClAMli
the rutliaulsiii ami outlawry of the
cockpit, while this inagnillcout fowl Is j
peaceable in disposition and built pri
marily for meat, of which delicious ar- I
tide it carries much. I
The White is the other variety of '
Indian (lame, but its lighter weight j
points to Malay origin or cross, while
tlie Cornish, the subject of our sketch,
is more like the Aseel. '
The lirst true Cornish were brought
from Kngland In 1SS7. They have many
friends. The hen Is marked much like
the Partridge Cochin, but the palm for
beauty must go to the male, lie is n
picture with his red comb, face, wat
tles and ear lobes, pearl eyes, yellow
beak and legs, greenish black hackle,
glossy black and red back and saddle,
beautiful red and black wing mark
ings, rich glossy black breast and un
derbody and low, lustrous black lull.
For beauty and flesh we have found
them extra tine fowl.
CORNISH INDIAN STANDARD
WEIGHTS.
Pounds. Pounds.
Cock 9 Hen C-j
Cockerel VA Pullet
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
A Quaker was too religious to kill
a dog that caught his chickens, so he
gave him a good kick and yelled,
"Mad dog!" Kverybody joined In the
chase, and the pup's career soon ended.
Can't you get up a mad dog scare In
jour town?
A mad dog scare In Danville. Pa.,
last year caused I tie canine popula
tion in "ki-yi" over a hundred of their
departed relatives who were shot by
cops. Let the good work go on.
Concrete block poultry houses do
not appear to make good, as they are
reported cold and chilly and not con
ducive to big egg records.
The offering of n bounty of 2 cents
a head for sparrows at Marquette.
Mich., resulted In the slaughter of
1,004 in three months. Poultrymcn
who arc careless with feed eucouragc
the pest. A plseou fancier caught ICS
In his loft entry, where feed was scat
tered from the pigeon troughs.
Th-'re are at present 5.500.000 geese
In the United States. 5,000,000 ducks
and 0.500.000 turkeys. If these were
served to (10,000,000 people those at the
second table would surely get left.
Clucks may seem awful slow hatch
ing to one who runs Incubators, but
their chicks are awful fast growers In
i omparlion to Incubator chicks. They
r-tuiY with teed until they resemble a
First ward alderman right after ho
polls a big majority, but such a quan
tity of feed kills an Incubator chick
overnight.
The reason Incubator chicks come
nut so much earlier than a hen's is be
einie we run the machine too hot, and
when thlr. Is not the nse we must ro
il. ember that a hen Is outside and
her haich Is apt to be retarded by tho
weather, while an Incubator Is gener
ally where a ill op lu temperature can't
affect il.
l'er quality, quick growth and per
fect maturity of chicks take the hen,
j but for quaniity take the Incubator.
I No brooder can brood like P.lddy. This
D not I'osslllsin. for vie use both. The
Almighty made a good thing when
lie eiv.itul the cluck, and she can't be
legislated out of existence by the In
.nU'ti.r iiiauufacturers.
I ai reieriiorti. .. ii., eggs were
dropped from u balloon, a mile In the
I -i 1 1. to demonstrate that explosives
i r -..:. 1 he dropped accurately. They
ih, I Hi' mark.' Haymow hen fruit was
! forbidden.
.. tin key hen Is a gt d breeder for
, four t live years, but It Is good to
'h,.' a new. strong, young gobbler
, ci.rv s;vlni; fi r a sure ihln;
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