THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. SO, 1909. CLEANS HISGDWS' TEETH Linen Coats and Hats Also Provided by Schoepf, Traction Mag nate, for Herd. Cincinnati, Ohio. Ileal coats for cows and a tooth brushing three times a day are tho novel methods adopted In dairy farming by W. Kelsoy Schoepf, a traction magnate, who is Interested In the street railroads In Now York City. For the past two days the two farm era who have sole charge of his $75," 000 herd of twenty-four blooded Jer seys have each morning dressed their charges in tho one-piece linen gar ments so stylish Just now. These are calculated to keep the files off the bossies during tho day and conse quently keep their blooded disposi tions satisfied. Mr. Schoepf has always been of the opinion that were a cow's teeth clean ed like a human being's, better health and better milk would result Whoa it was reported that following the ex periment each bovine produced over two gallons of rich, pure milk every day Parmer Schoepf gave orders that the innovation be made permanent. Ninety pounds of butter over and above tho supply for tho magnates houso in Cincinnati and town house in New York aro produced, and this finds a ready market among tho neigh bors. The millionaire declares that the sales are not made for profit, but merely to use the surplus milk. Tho farm at present is under tho superlntendency of an employee, but Mr. Schoepf declares that in a year from now he intends to spend three or four months on the place and run it himself. Schoepf's first innovation in dairy farming was to have his cows bathed every day. TO MUZZLE ROOSTERS. Devloe Invented to Stop Their Early Morning Crowing. Washington, D. C The recent municipal edict which may spell the banishment of the insomnia-producing rooster within Washington's city lim its has aroused tho inventive genius of a man who has devised a rooster muzzle. His idea Is to kill the crow, but save the rooster. This advocate of a noiseless chanti cleer believes that if the authorities will sanction the use of tho device, which consists of a simple collar of leather with a small cotton pad, fast ened around the rooster's neck, suffi ciently tight to throttle the vocal or gan, both tho community and tho the rooster can live in peace and quiet Tho corporation counsel has been asked to determine tho unique question whether to muzzle roosters Is legal. HEN AND CAT EAT SNAKES. Bee Hunters Find Blacksnake Eggs It Was Near Wlnsted. Winsted, Conn. Leon and Truman Clark, of East Hampton, are watching a hen they own because it ate the rattles off a big snake they had killed. H. M. Taylor, of East Hampton, is watching a cat because It nibbled the hide off a rattler he skinned and ate up the oil he had placed in a cup. The oil was worth about $1 an ounce. A party of Chester bee hunters 'found a snake's egg In a hole in a tree, while setting fire to the tree tb smoke out a swarm of bees. Further search revealed more eggs, and then a blacksnake raised its head from tire hole. It was shedding its skin, and therefore blind. One of the party cat off its head. Tho snake was six feet in length and four inches across. "OH, SAYI LOOK WHO'S HERE." Steamer Impales 70-Foot Whale. Plymouth, England. The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from New York, off the banks of Newfoundland, oolltded with a 70-foot whale that evi dently was asleep on tho surface of tho water. Tho whale became Im paled on the liner's bows and all its efforts to free itself wero futile, finally the steamer had to go full speed astern in order to get clear of the dying leviathan. Killed Town's Pet Snake. Elythovllle, Ark. Wilbur Robinson, b 8t Louis travelling man, and "Jim" Hardy, a hotel clerk, came near "mix ing" a day or two ago. Hardy was prevented from drawing bis pistol by bystanders when Robinson resented a Vail down" from Hardy for killing a' Iflve foot chicken snake which had1 joomo to be regarded as a town pot, The snake, known to be of a harmless! species, was crossing the street when atoblnson used a big stick to end its Ufa. . . . - A FAMOUS 8EA FIGHT. How the Boxer and Enterprise Had It Out In 1813. Wlscasset. Me., had a big day in 1813. when the American brig Enter prise met the English brig Boxer, but a short distance outsldo Wlscasset harbor. Tho English vessel mounted fourteen guns and was commanded by Captain Samuel Dlythe. The Enter prise was of about tho same strength and, as the two vessels neared each other Captain Burrows, who com manded tho Enterprise, suddenly changed his course and put out to sea. This looked like running away and a delegation of the sailors wont to tho captain and protested against the action, saying that they wanted to fight The old sea dog merely shifted hip quid of tobacco and replied: "Don't worry, boys, I will give you all the fight you want before you get out of this!" And ho kept his word. Captain Burrows was merely playing for time. As soon as he was out of reach ho deliberately mounted his heaviest long gun out of his cabin window. It was an unheard of method of fighting, but as soon as the gun was firmly placed he gave the com mand to change course, put on nil sail and run down to the Boxer as rapidly as possible. Then commenced the famous historic battle. Swinging broadsldo to the Boxer ho poured solid shot into the English ship until she fairly trembled on the water. Cap tain Burrows fired tho long gun him self and in a short time was mortally wounded. Captain Blythe, of tho Boxer, was shot dead at the same mo ment Burrows refused to be taken below, but continued to direct the bat tle from a stretcher, and every few moments would feebly shout: "Are you getting all tho fight you want, boys?" It was a terrific battle and the decks of both vessels were slippery with gore and covered with the dead and dying. Not until 4 o'clock in the af ternoon was there any cessation of the struggle and then the Boxer asked for quarter. It was noticed that her flag was still flying and soon it was learned that It had been nailed to tho masthead. Against the protests of her officers the flag was torn down and the white flag run up. It was found that the Boxer was literally cut Into pieces. Fourteen dead and dying men lay on her dock and among theso was Captain Blythe. Others had been thrown overboard so that It was never known how many men wore lost In the battle. Tho Enterprise wns also terribly shattered. Captain Burows had the sword of Blytho hung above his stretcher and said. "I can now die contented." Only one other of his crow had been killed, but thirteen were wounded in different degrees and were cared for as well as possi ble. Lewlston Journal. Stray Bits of Information. The first sleeping car was started over the tracks in 1858. Holland has few dependent paupers. Work is provided foV all who apply for relief. Next year Memphis will try the commission form of government which has been so successful at Galveston and Des Moines. Modern motor steam ploughs are be ing introduced into India. One of them, made in London, can plough 10 to 15 acres o'f ordinary ground a day. Nearly 120,000 infants under a year old die every year in England. One hundred thousand of theso are vic tims of the ignorance and careless ness of their mothers. Jose Guadaloupo Aleltd of Jalos tltian, State of Jalisco. Mexico, is said to be the oldest man In the world. Tho record of his birth, as contained In the archives of the parish church, shows that he was born in 1770. The women of Denmark had their first opportunity to vote in tho mu niclpal and communal election of that country March 12. Queen Louise is said to have shown her approval of the franchise by visiting a large mil Hnery warehouse whilo the voting was in progress and urging the women to vote. The Clothesline Test. "Let me see her clothes on tho lino," said an old-fashioned woman re cently, "and I can tell you if she is a good housekeeper." Tho test lies in the way the garments are hung. If the skirts are scattered around pro miscuously the women lets garbage stand on her kitchen tablo over night. The skirts, like wo men, should al ways hang together, shoulder to shoul der, and everything of its kind should hang in a row. Atchison Globe. Functions of the Happy. A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of good will; and their entrance Into a room Is as though another candle had been lighted. Wo need not care whether they could prove the forty-soventh proposition; they do a bettor thing than that, they ' practicaly demon strate tho great theorem of the Llv ableness of Life. Robert Louis Ste venson. Mother's Day In England. Provincial England Is smiling in a superior way at America's belated dis covery that the country ought to cele brate mother's day. In the villages of Cornwall, Devonshire and Lancashlro mothers' day has been a recognized Institution for generations. It is cele brated on mid-Lent Sunday. Why They're Disappointed. "Some men sit with folded hands waiting for their ships to como in," remarked the Observer of Events and Things, "who never made a single move toward even raising a sail." ROADM AKI.N GpF NATIONAL SUCCESS INVOLVED. Hinges to a Large Extent Upon Con dition of Highways. A cursory perusal of tho reports of railway commissioners, and of the dnta compiled by the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce at Wash ington, would convince tho most skeptical theorist that the agricultural and transportation interests of tho United States overshadow in impor tance the manufacturing and all other Interests combined. The question of our success as n nation depends not on whnt we can make, valuable as this clement Is, but on what can be raised from tho soil and transported to the consumer at a cost that will not be prohibitive. Therefore It follows, logi cally, that our national prosperity hinges in a large measure upon the condition of the highways throughout the country; for, if crops be abund ant, labor plentiful, and money for transportation to be had at reasona ble rates, yet if the roads cut off com munication from farms to shipping points, the price of the produce be comes abnormally high, and what ought to be a public benefit becomes a national calamity. Numerous tests, covering widely separated territories and varying con ditions of climate and topography, have resulted in securing valuable fig ures on the traction resistance with wheels equipped with tires of differ ent widths on macadam, clay and hard-dirt roads, as well as on sandy and muddy ways. The lines of inquiry in one experi ment including upwards of a thou sand counties throughout the States of the Union, showed that the aver ago length of cartage over country roads was slightly more than twelve miles, with an average weight of a little over two thousand pounds per load, and a consequent cost of about twenty-five cents per ton per mile. While the rational handling in a broad fashion of the entire good-roads guestion would redound to the benefit of nil citizens, It seems essential that the farmers should bo shown some thing of the direct profits that must come to them from the extension of good roads. Several counties in one of the States In the Middle West were thoroughly canvassed under profeslonal super vision, and the data collected from in telligent farmers were carefully tabu lated. When there were included such elements as economy in time, In force of transportation, and the reduction of the cost of wear and tear, it was esti mated that each section of land with poor roads represented a loss of $2,432 per annum enough to construct sev eral miles of good highways. The in crease la valuation of each section of land by the construction and main tenance of proper roads was from tho same data estimated at $5,760, or about $9 per acre. Make AII-the-Year-Round Roads. Roads should be so constructed that they will be passable during all sea sons of the year, a condition of af fairs that would add an clement of stability and regularity to the trade of the country. As matters stand now it often happens that the wet sea son transforms roads Into quagmires, causing produce to accumulate until drier weather permits Its being haul ed to the nearest station, which thus brings about a congestion of traffic be cause the railway authorities are un able to meet the extraordinary de mand for cars. In this way some of it perishes and part is damaged, and, taken all in all, the value of the whole is materially decreased before it reaches the consumer, though the price to the consumer under such con ditions is abnormally high. The farm er should not overlook the point that it is to his great advantage to be able to draw produce to the shipping point at a time when regular farm duties are least absorbing, and to have tho advantage also of marketing produce whenever the price is highest. Make It Stay Good. A good road in order to stay good must bo properly maintained and kept In good condition. A very important feature of proper maintenance is that of keeping tho ruts out by continual raking or dragging. Wherever ruts are allowed to remain they will hold water from every rain, which, unless removed will soften tho roadbed and result in chuck holes injurious alike to the team, tho wagon and the driver. A Comparison. On good roads heavier loads enn be drawn, and drawn faster, and tho dif ference between tho selling prico of produce when carried In a wagon over a smooth road for one hour and tho price of tho same produce transported over a rough road for throe hours is oftentimes the difference between profit and loss. Reason for Earth Roads. In many sections of tho country there are no convenient deposits of rock, gravel or other bard substances with which to build durable roads and on account of the excessive cost of such material where it is transport ed from a distance, tho majority of our public highways aro necesarlly earth roads. Cuba In Line. It is reported that about 80 mile of good roads will bo built this year In tho Province of HaYARA, Cuba, INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER BIBLE STUDY CLUB. Answer One Written Question Each Week For Fifty-Two Wooks and Win a Prize October 3, 1909. (Copyright, 1W9, by Ilev. T. S. Linacott. D.D.) Paul a Prisoner The Arrest Acts xxl:l7 to xxli:29. Goldon Text Thou therefore en dure hardness as a good soldier of Icsus Christ 2 Tim. 2-3. Versos 17-19 Why is it that there Is no class of people tcSo so love each other, and rejoice In each othor's fel lowship, as real earnest ChristlansT Why did the Christians at Jerusa lem receive Paul so gladly? Paul told them about the wonderful things which God had wrought through his ministry among the Gen tiles. Should Christians always tell each other of tho victories of their faith and works, or is it liable to en gender pride and look like boasting? Verses 20-22 Does a good man al ways "Glorify Ood" at the success of others? What, cither among men or angels, Is the greatest cause for Joy? (See Luke 15:7.) What is it a Elgn of, when a person criticises or Is not glad when he learns of the goodness of another? Could a Christian, either then or now, be fully led of the Holy Spirit if at tho same time guided by, or "Zeal ous of the law?" In bridging the two dispensations, is It likely that God, so to speak, winked at the Apostles trying to graft tho law of Moses into Christianity, or was It God's plan that Jewish Christians should still keep tho law? Is it likely that even James and the elders at Jerusalem knew of the full liberty of Christ's gospel, or that "the law" was to be abandoned? (Seo Gal. v:l-6. Heb. vlll:S-13 et seq.) Versos 23-26 Did James and tho elders give Paul good advice in this matter of the vow, and shaving their heads, and can you conceive It as possible that they wero directed by God in tho advice they gave? Did Paul do a wise thing to Join with theso four men in tho mattsr of the vow, and what he must have known to be a useless ceremony In connection therewith? Paul in one place states in substince that he became all things to all men that he might win men to Christ. How far can we carry out that piin ciplo without" being guilty of decep tion? (See 1 Cor. ix:20.) Verses 27-28 What is the difference between a Christian, who, from pre judice, speaks evil of another Christ ian and those Jews who spoke falsely of Paul? Verses 29-30 Should we ever form an opinion or spread a rumor from mere appearances? Which generally raises the moro excitement and why: a rumor of some thing very good, or of something very bad about a man? Verses 32-40 What Is it In human nature which makes one class or race, or political party or religious body, so cruel against another, class, or race, or political party or religious body, when their passions get stirred? (This question must be answered In writing by members of the club.) Chap, xxli: 1-5 Ought the fact that Paul had once been one of themselves, and had changed to be a Christian, from convictions of duty to God, to have given him favor with God fearing and reasonable menv Versos C-21 Is the narration of our personal Christian experience a duty, and is it an eftectual way to preach the gospel to sinners, and a help to believers: Hero is a man with hatred in his heart for Jesus, on a mission of perse cution to Jesus' followers; on the road he sees (1) a great light from heaven; (2) he is stricken to the ground; (3) ho is spoken to by Jesus; (4) he asks Jesus Who he is; (5) Jesus answers his questions; (6) those with him saw the light but heard not the voice; (7) he asks Jesus what ho shall do; (8) Jesus told him to go on to Damascus and ho should there get full instructions; (9) he is blind and led by the hand to Damascus; (10) Ananias restores his sight and gives him instruction what ho must do; (11) ho is baptized. Now what aro the most striking features lr tills experience of Paul's conversion'.' Verses 22-29 Did Paul's expo- mo stir their anger because they did not believe his testimony or because they thought it was true and that it was likely tp cause his release by the Romans? Lesson for Sunday, October 10th, 1909. Paul a prisoner The Plot Acts' xxll:30 to xxlll:35. Advantage of the Lower Berth. "I seo that tho Pullman Company 1b going to make a difference in rates be tween tho upper and lower berthri" "Yes, and I suppose the lower berth will be tho higher priced one." "No doubt" "So that the man who sleeps tn the lower berth will have to pay some thing additional for the chance of get ting bis face stepped on by the man in the berth above." New England Society. There is a National Socloty of Now England Women that has branches in many of the state, co-operating often with tho men's New England societies, but making pleaBant opportunities for women to take up the thread of re membrances with one another. Miss Lizxle Woodbury Law Is the president, residing in New York. Iff Sf ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. Rnk 'M- AwgctaMcRrparaaonBrAs. MU H slMlarintheFbo(IaiKlRii!a-uicStomadisundBow3sof PromotesDigcslionChefrrur ness and RratContains ntittvr OmuraJfarphirte norMnjraLi NOT NARCOTIC. JBecfaafOldllbSaMltUllQm JitMeSsSt- uwotSoa Apcrfect Remedy forOmsflBfr Hon.SouTStomarJi.Dlarrrmi Worms .Convulsions joxnsfr ncss andLoss of Sleep. Facsimile Signamreof NEW YORK; Grtinranted under thcfrood Exact Copy of Wrapper. W. B. HOLMES, Puesiukxt. A. T. SEARLE, Vice Phes. 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