THE DAY OF f
What ol the day, my brother?
What of the ilny ot pence?
When the dripping effort!
nwnni
And the dull, dread noises cease
The cliirliin call or dukip,
The shriek ot the niiRrv shell
Whet of linttletlmt shall pierce the til'jllt
Ol bnttle-ls It well?
Whet of the dead, my brother?
What 11 T the dead end dumb'
Who shall pay at the Juilftncnt ilny
When the Mtvsenger ehall come,
Come In the light and iilnry,
Conn In the lire ami ft mum-,
Whole the strain of Ihe hlood and pnln,
Jly brother whose the blnmn'r
Whnt of the grief, my brother,
Whnt of the grltil mid woe?
What of the lean shed o'er these bleri
Tbt'se stricken hearts brought low?
J.oW 111 the diiy of terror,
Low In the nlKht of Rlooni,
Whose the Wright of this curie of Hnto?
Whose the puiii of Doom
Whnt of the blood, my brother?
Wbnt of the blood Unit Hows
In n I'rlmson stream where the Innces gleam
And the btiulx blows and blows'
Whose the souls that shudder.
Milliliter and start and ery,
When the battles' cost by (lod engrossed
In blood on the brazen sky
Hasten thi day, my brother,
Hasten the day or penoo,
When men not slnlii tor reed of gnlu
And the dull, dread noises ecnse!
When shell shall shriek no longer,
W'hen Hatred slink nwiiy,
TIim breath of (lod the blood-stained sod
Make, clean and 1'ence shall stay!
Dlnimrck Tribune.
Imlinnrt Fergtson impntieutly
awaited the evening. For n week elie
had been visiting her cousin, Kilns
Heck, n ml hia wire, and this evening
Hubert Scruggs wan to oome. Had
he known that Mr. Scruggs wns ex
pected she would not linve dareil to
visit her cousin just nt this time. Hlie
was here, however, and now thnt he
was coming ahe iliil not deceive her
self by siiying that she was sorry.
Miss Ferguson felt that she had
been unkind to Mr. Scruggs. He had
ottered her his heart, and he was a
sincere m mi. Hlie had answered
coldly: "Mr. Scruggs, it is impos
sible." How heartless it seemed to
her now. Hut there had been Frof.
Kdwnrd Cnntwell Heed, nud it seemed
different then.
Miss Ferguson was n mnthoma
ticiiui. Not that she ever did much
in a pim-ticnl way, hut slio loved tbn
science for its own snke. She and
l'rofcssor Iteed had sat by tiie hour
discussi.ig problems: in which they
were interested. Hut for these meet
ings her answer to Hubert Scruggs
would havo been dill'ereut.
Hlie uow Rut in meditation boforo
the bright lire. How stupid she hail
been, slio thought, to suppose that
she could enjoy sitting forever drill
ing awny at her mathematics! Do
people ever marry for that? What had
Professor Heed done? Married thnt
veritable chatterbox and mischief lov
ing Tomboy, Hndie Moore. As for
herself, did she ever really love Pro
fessor Heed? Well, perhaps. Auy.
how, sho was very stupid she was
cure she was stupid.
And now certainly fate hod thrown
her in the way of the man whom she
rejected. He believed in woman's in
tuition, and that intuition told her
that this was fortuitous. She was al
most happy.
When at last she heard Mr. Scruggs
tamping the wet snow off his boots
outside the door she felt that she
turned a little pale. Hhe was certain
ly nervous an unusual thing for her.
When he addressed her as "Miss
Ferguson" it sounded odd and cold.
He used to cull her "India."
"So you're acquainted!" exclaimed
Mrs. Beck, as they n' about the tire,
bar fare radiant xr it li amiability.
"Now, I'm afraid we'll hate to watch
yon two. Hut then, if you'd a been
marrying people too such people as
you you'd a beeu married, both of
yoa, long ago."
"i'ou may trust Mise' Ferguson,"
answered Mr. Scruggs. "I'm an
audacious scoundrel, you know, but
you wilt rind Miss Ferguson as rigid
as as the North pole."
Miss Ferguson could not have felt
more uncomfortable than she did now.
To conceal her confusion sho turned
to arrange some grasses in a vase,
which, ns soon as she touched it.
Tumoieo. 10 me noor, iireauuig into a
dozen pieces. Stooping quickly to
pick these np, now blushing very red,
she awkwardly upset alaigeoasel and
us panning, men sno rose np very
quicuiy auu lert tne room, mortined
to the verge of despair. She woulerod
if she xyould ever dare to seo Mr,
Scruggs again.
The following morning she had bar
breakfast sent to her, complaining of
a ueailacue.aiKl aid not venture dowu
stairs until she heard Mr. Scruggs'
footsteps going nut of the little gate
anu uown lowara a cabin where one
of his queer fancies took him at every
opportunity 10 ( on verse witu an
ignorant but self-important ami
garrulous woodman settler. Then she
crept softly dowu and entered the
parlor and there sat Mr. Scruggs
looking into the Ore.
With an effort Miss Ferguson con
trolled herself.
"Good morning, Mr. Sornggs," she
aid. "J thought I beard you going
out mis morning,
"Not I, thia day." be replied.
am disposed to mope. I have sent
Silas down to bring my woodman
'.
irienu 10 see 11 us cannot cheer me
lip. Are yon ill, Miss Ferguson?
imagine that you nsed to look
stronger."
"I am well uow," she answered. "I
bave changed since yon saw me Inst."
"I believe jon are more beautiful,"
jte aeciareii.
."Uou't flatter me." she protested
"I. flatter " be axe aim ad. "When
turns V a I
V
will yoa learn, Miss Fi gusau, that I
am Incapable of the art? Yon have
not cuangeci so niticu, men, auer an.
"Von are cruel if you contradict
tne," she replied.
"And were yori never cruel?" be
asked.
"Perhaps," she answered. "But I
repent ail."
"Uopentauee mrans sorrow," be
said, "Will you tie sorry for me now?
I have the blues."
At this moment Silas Heck mine in,
followed by the woodman, and when
Mr. Scruggs turned to introduce his
friend to Miss Ferguson she was gone.
On the following day Mr. Scruggs
pttt on his overcont and left the house
as soon as breakfast was over. What
this meaut to Miss Ferguson she
would not acknowledge even to her
self. It was a lonely day the lonoliost
that she ever passed. Mrs. Hock, to
be sure, never ceased to chatter, but
what woman's talk ran iill the empti
ness of a woman's lonely heart?
When Miss Ferguson put on her arc
tics to walk down to the village pnst
ofllce Mrs. Perk spoko of Robert
Scruggs, and she sat dowu to listen.
Directly Mrs. Heck's gossip diverted
itself to a neighbor who clnimed to
have a cousin who married a niece of
General Grant, and Miss Ferguson
ose to go,
"There goes Bobort now," cried
Mrs. Heck, "with Ida (lutes. If that
girl don't talk him to death it won't
be her fault. She s n tnr ble gab.
Miss Ferguson looked out. The
road ran near the house, and she saw
that Mr. Scruggs looked perfectly
happy. He was leaning back in the
sleigh, and Miss (lutes was driving,
chewiug gum nud talking all at once.
Miss l ergtiHon did not speak. She
went to the tire, removed her arctics,
selected a book from the table and
read. She rend dntermindely. She
told herself thnt she was going to
rend, and what Miss Ferguson willed
to do she usually did.
hen she bad been reading about
half an hour Mr. Scruggs came
hurriedly in.
"I am sorry, he said to Mrs. Ileck,
but I have to return to the city.
have just now received a dispatch,
(tood-by, Mrs. Beck and Miss Fer
guson, 1 don't know when I shall see
see you again, (loud-by."
'Uood-bv, Mr. Scroggs, she said
naturally, extending her baud.
He took it, pressed it mechanically,
and in another moment he was gone.
Miss FergiiHou snt down bv the lire.
She admitted to herself thnt she was
disappointed. Mr. Scruggs no longer
cared for her. Ho was happy with
Miss dates, who chewed gum. Hut
then why should she care? TShe was
uutoruiiued not to care. Sho made it
a pi notice to take things philosophic
ally, and thure was littlo that ever dis
turbed her. Sho liked Mr. Scruggs,
but he was nothing to her. She hnd
bcon foolish stupid ami Hlie would
try to forget it. Picking np her book
she leiuimed rending whore sho had
left oil' aud spent tho rest of tho dny
with the novel.
Notwithstanding, tliat night her
pillow was wet with tears. They were
foolish, she said, but they would not
Inst, and she could put it from her
eanier after a little feminine cry. After
that she was determined to lrave no
regrets, aud what Miss Ferguson
willed to do she nearly always did.
The next day she seomed as fresh as
she had beeu for a year.
I wo days later she received a Iottor
from the postolUce. It read :
"Dear Miss ierguson: I once
asked you to marry me. Whnt I said
then I uow repeat with twofold vehe
mence. Does the chauge in you ex
teud to your heart or ia your answer
the same? '
"Ronr.nT SJitroup."
The answer she wrote read simply:
"Dear Hobert: I have changed.
The nuswer is yes.
India F."
AN EXTRAORDINARY CRIME.
Tha Vlrtlm I'nt XV her Her Story of
It
XVn Taken for liismie Talk.
In the mouth of December last an
elegantly dressed man presented him
self to the governor of the district in
which the City of Mexico is situated,
aud solioited the admittance of bis
aunt, a lady whose unma he said was
Mrs Aureus urnnados ue Jairaes, into
the iuvaue asylum for women in Cunoa
street. He said that she had lost her
niiuil and that, as there wns no one at
home to look after her, he was afraid
that some accident might happen to
bar. The governor issued the permit
and the lady was admitted into the
hospital.
The lady was not violently crazy,
but she complained to the doctors of
a pain in her head aud she was con
stantly saying that a man had driven
a nail into her head. The attendants
of the asylum paid no attention to this
statement, as it was thought to be a
part of her ravings.
The lady gradually got worse aud
ou a recent Sunday she died.
Dr. Alberta Loj o, lleruiosn, director
of the asylum, and Dr. Francisco dn
P. Ecbeverria, assistant director, be
lieving that the lady's case bad been a
peculiar one, examined ber cranium
after death and made a sort of prelim
inary autopsy. To their astonishment
they found in the region of the right
temple the bead of a steel wire nail,
which proved to be about eight centi
metres in length. The flesh had
almost cicatrized over the nail's bead
and the latter was hurdlv visible.
The dootors i nmediutely informed
the governor aud the judicial authori
ties. An investigation has been started
of' which the immediate object is to
rind the man who first brought the lady
to the governor. The lady apparently
was about no years ot age.
MIx-hI Mlstlir.
A lecturer before a largo audience
at an impressive moment exclaimed:
"All along tha untrodden paths of the
future we can see tha footprints of an
"unseen hand." Tit-Jilts.
GilliAT rOULTKY CONTEST
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE TRYING TO
FIND WHETHER HENS PAY.
A Contest from Willed Much Valuable In.
fnrinntlnn Is tcupeoted t:ily Man In It
ns Wallas Kurmrrs Vsluo of t'.ie Foul
try or the United States.
NEARLY ten thousand persons
. in this country have recently
entered a ooutest tho object
(, of which is to answer three
apparently very simple little questions.
The questions are: Do hens pay? If
o, why? and bow? The man, woman
or child who can answer these three
questions and demonstrate the correct
ness of his answers in the briefest yot
completest fashion will on April 1,
11)1)1, be entitled to something like
$."00 in gold ami may also obtain some
of about two thousand spooial prizes
offered by various individuals and
firms that hare become interested in
the contest. The conditions of the
contest hare been arranged so that the
city tnnu who keeps hens in his back
yard has an equal chance for first hon
or sr with the man who makes his living
by raising poultry on a farm. In faot,
under the conditions a man with three
birds may compete ou even terms with
the man who owns 301)0, and further
more a man who loses money on his
chickens during the time ho is com
peting may still win the cash and
special prizes, providing his system of
recording his mothads aud the results
of putting thorn ia operation is bettor
than that of some other mau whose
boneQts have boon greater.
The contest is one of a series hav
ing to do with the various phasss of
the farmer's lifo that have been con
ducted by tho American Agricultur
ist. A few years ago tho proprietors
of this paper nudortook to collect
some statistics that would give an
ndoqtiate idea of the numbor of fowls
in this country, tho number of eggs
produced in tho course of a year aud
tha value of both fowls and eggs. The
figures obtained were rathor startling,
but there was no reason to doubt their
accuracy, for they were the result of
statistics sent in by thousands of cor
respondents iu hundreds of different
localities and wero compiled with tho
greatest care. The figures showed
883,000,000 fowls in this country iu
the yonr 1800; the number of eggs
produced, reckoned in dozens, was 1,
111,000,000, and tho value of it all in
was 8U:),000,000. These figures
bowed an increase of about .13 per
cent, ovor lH'M) and of almost 200 per
cent, over 1880. At tho present time
they figure the number of fowls at
500,000,000, which, with thoir prod
uct for tho year 1900, represent a to
tal value, it is estimated, of more than
8100,000,000. Tho figures givon for
the year 1890 woro reaohod ou tho
basis of an nvcrago valuation for chick
ens of fifty cents eaohj for turkeys,
ducks aud goose of 01 ench nud for
eggs of twelve couts a dozon, Cou
iiidcring tho large amount of money
invested iu breeds of fancy strains
throughout tho country, which do con
siderable to bring,up the avorago valuo
of barnyard fowls, togother with tho
relatively higher values of both poul
try and cgi;s iu produciug regions ad
jacout to large cities, these flgureB ore
regarded as oouservutivo.
For many years tho editor of tho
American Agriculturist has iuvitod
correspondence on the subject of
poultry rnisii.g. Tho best methods
of raising fowls and tho easiest ways
ot making them pay, have been dis
enssod at length iu tho columns of
the papor, and of oourso thore have
boon oouiliotiug opinions. Tho West'
em farmers have pointed out methods
to thoir brethren in tho East, which
havo causod the Easterners to writo
bnmorous letters about the farmers
of the West. The Westornors buve
aid things about their Eastern orit
ics, while Southern poultry raisors
have taken falls out of eaoh. And in
the meantime eaoh man has raised his
fowls in his own way, satisfied that
that particular way was the best. Tho
present oontest has grown out or this
discussion, and although April 1 was
deoidod npou as the the time for the
bocinniug of reoords, more than 3000
poultry raisers had entered the con
test on Murob 1, Seme Idea ol the
amount of intoreit taken in tha con
to.it can be gathered from tho fact
that there afo now about 10,000 cou
testauts, and more numes are being
entered every day. Among thorn are
city and oouutry raisers in every State
in the Union, iu nil parts ol Canada,
and even in Moxioo, Porto Kico, the
Philippiuei), England aud Australia.
The greater numbor of contestants
are far mora, but anions those who
are striving for prizes are many pout
try speoialistt. who raiso fine bilds
(or amusement and with no idea of
urollt. In speaking, of tho coutest
And what lod up to it one of the ed
itors of the American Agriculturist
aid:
"Poultry is raised on every farm,
on most villaao homostenus and on
countless city lots, to say nothing ot
city collars and baok yards. So great
is the interest in it aud so vast the
amount of monoy investod, that we
regard the industry at oue of the
groat American indastries. Novr we
have an idea that it pays to raise
poultry. But we don't jcoow bow
urofitablo it is. and we want to kuow
Still less is the goneral knowledge
of how to tuanago poultry on either a
large or a small scato, so as to get the
biggest profits with the least trouolo
and expense. Thia if a problem
whioh we are going to', try to solve,
Wo expect that tho inducements that
we have offered win result in oue
Brand effort on tha part ot thoBe iu
terestod in poultry raising, to find
out how muoU prom mere is in tne
business, and how the profit may bo
inorease,d. Ou our part we have
beaded; the prize list with 8500 in
gold, and in addition we have sot
Mid 41
ISOO (or tha expense nf ruunlug
the contest and for collating and pnb
llshing the result. Hundreds of other
prizes have been contributed by in
dividuals and firms, Some are money
prizes, but for the most part they are
articles of value to persons interested
iu poultry raising.
"The first prize will be awarded
for the record that shows most olonrly
and accurntoly just how tho con
testant has managed fovls during one
year, the product olitc.inod and how
disposed of, the cost ot making and
marketing such product and the re
sulting profit or loss. The prize is
not lor the biggest profit. It is for
the most accurate reoord of methods'
aud results, A report that shows a
loss may win over a less carefully
kept one that shows a profit. There)
is no incentive to lio, to misrepresent
or to bo careless and cvory reason for
a coutostaut to bo absolutely truth
ful. "We are greatly pleasod by tho
charactor of the contestants. We
made a spocinl ollort to gctcity misers
as well as farmers in nud have mot
with grent success. Among the con
testants aro dozens who raise poultry
iu the most crowded localities tn largo
cities, others who keep hens iu thoir
collars or back yards and one man
who raises his birds iu an old horsu
car thnt lie bought for S" nud con
verted into n lion house. When all of
these poultry misers gut through tell
ing ns their experiences, we will lie
ablo to give the world some valuable)
contributions to poultry literature."
In addition to the Siill) in gold,
which the contestants are to strive
for, there are these other incentives
to energy on the part of tha poultry
aisors 2107 prizes of cash, birds,
eggs, poultry food bool;s, subscrip
tions, etc, valued at $ '1000, and a
grand sweepstakes price of $200 in
gold. Tho regular prizes nro 8100,
S.'iO, g2.", 313i 810 nnl twenty prik.es
of 33 ench. New York Sun.
netting V.vtrnt
"I know how to get oven with Ihoso
pickpockets that hnvo been 'touching'
tho street car conductors," remarked
a Crosstown be!l-jerker, iu a confiden
tial tone. "It may be on old ruse,"
ho continued, as ho passed along in
search of faros, "but I'll bet the 'dips,
as they call them, won't try it ou mo
twice."
"Whnt is yonr SDhcme?" asked a
curious passenger.
".Sitnplo cuouli, and it has never
been known to tail," replied the con
ductor. "In tliii outside pocket I
carry a nice assortment of fishhooks,
so arranged and attached to the lining
of tho pocket ns to form n network J
warranted to catch all kinds of suckers t least, the most exposed place possi
nnd other worth'.oHs gniuo. Oh, I'm ble is prolilio of tho best resnlts. In
rendy for cm
At tho next corner nn unobtrusive.
quiet-looking young man niightud from
the car, nud in the luiddlo ot tho next
block nn expression ot surprise and
disgust might Ihnvo boon observed
upon t'no face of the conductor. The
cause of his change of oonnteimnce
was soou explained in sundry inele
gant and forcible remarks. When he
placed his hand in his unprotected
pocket to maUo change for a patron on
the platform, no merry jingle of coin
responded to his touch, and all .that
the depths ot his faro roocptacle re
vealed were bunches of transfers and
tickets.
'Well, by thnndorl" ho exclaimed.
his amazement nt first overwhelming
his power of speech; "I s'pose one of j
thoso 'dips' wos ou the car when I was
tolling about my plan to fool 'em. I
can't havo hooks iu both pooketn, aud
I guoss 1 11 havo to think of something
now."
When the viotim counted np he
found ho was just 81.10 behind iu his
salary. Detroit Free Press.
Mall Shirt ol a Ilsrvltli Warrior,
The shirt is made of rings, every
ring from a pieoe ot stool wiro l
inches long and about one-sixteouth
of an inoh thick. Tho ends ot the
pieco of wire aro flattened out, holes
aro punched through them, oue end ia
turned on to tho otuer, and they aro
fastened together by a small rivet.
Every ring connects four others. The
wire differs somewhat iu thickness,
not by design seemingly so as to make
ono part of tho shirt stronger than an
other, but from material ot uniform
thickness running short. Iu parts
where tho rings aro froe to jingle
together they are worn very thin.
Hound the neck is a baud of threo
thicknesses of red leather, stiff like
the stook worn formerly in our army;
it is 2 inches high, and on tne out.
side is decoratod with ornamental line
like toolings made by a bookbinder,
Notes and Quories,
In the flnnit Ol.l Days,
"I don't believe," said the younjj
man, 'that auy man ever oourtod a
woman) without tolling her lios."
"Xhoro wns such courtship once."
said the middla-aged man.
"When you were yonug?"
"Hnhl I'm youuj yot. I meant
back in the early days of the raoe. Iu
those dnKs, you kuow, when a man
loved a Ionian, he sneaked up and
knookedver out with a olub and took
her to hil lonely home, and they lived
happy ever after." Indiauapolin
Pl'OKS.
IIoMcr For Itulibar Stamps.
Ilaudyis a hnlde (or rubber hand
stamps with a series -of spring metal
plates attached to u fled baok, with
the sides ot the plates formed into Y
shaped slots, the stamp being pro
vided with T heads at ouf end, which
are slipped iu at tha tops ot the slota
aud pulled out at tha bottom for use.
Get tha Hlghl oen.
A philosopher says: "The aeorot ot
all power is to fooas yourself to
reality." Yes, and be ire aud get
the right focus on yourseUf, that yon
mav not seem too small iik tha should
en. aud too big ia tha Ihoad. Ns
Orleans Fmruue.
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Flantln anil Irrigating.
' The garden, after being plowed and
harrowed was ridged by running tho
shovel plow every three feet.' Each
ridge was thon gone ovor with a gar
den rake and tho top thoroughly
raked and leveled. Two rows of
seeds were thon planted on eaoh
ridge and the water was turned into
the ditches between the rows and loft
to run nntil the ridges were thor
oughly soaked. This is done to help
sprout the seeds, whioh otherwise
would lie in the ground a month be
fore sprouting. The same method ot
irrigation is followed throughout the
season as often as necessary. In set
ting cabbage and tomato plants the
ground is prepared in the same way,
but the plants aro set near the bottom
of the ditch. Water is then tnrned
on and allowed to flow around the
plants, setting the soil around the
roots. As the plants grow, the ridges
are hoed and cultivated down around
them. F. C. Toiler, in New England
Homestead,
llulliy Pnmt Tnr Poultry.
Poultry need bulky food as much as
any of the domestic animals. Life
can- be sustained for a time upon
highly concentrated food, and it might
be possible to prepare a globule for
mau whioh could bo swallowed, di
gested and nourish the system as
miioh as the usual hearly meal. Hut
with a long diet of such concentrated
food, digestion must heoome impaired
simply by atrophy or wasting away of
the nnnsod digontive organs. The
hen finds this bulky food in the sum
mer in the grass and other green fod
der she gathers, hut in wiutor she can
get it in no better form than ftotn
early cut clover, cured in the shado so
as to retain its tenderness and nutri
tive qnnlitios. It contains more ot
the elemeuts that go to make np the
egg thau any green food we havo,
much more thau does the cabbage,
while at the same time it is bulky
enough to allow the use of concen
trated food with it. We think if such
clover is fed every day, there is little
danger of the fowl getting too fat,
even when corn and corn-meal form a
large part of the daily ration.
Tha Iosltlnn ot tli Aplnrjr.
Most everyone has his or her favorite
locatiou for tho apairy. Some choose
the most shaded point possible, After
experimenting lor several years we
have determined that, in onr locality
the ronntrv between the Missouri
Itiver aud the mountains the nights are '
usually cool, and we find thnt the
mercury falls two or three degrees
lower in the shado than on the open
ground; thnt it requires a much longer
time to wnrm np the hive in the shade
in the morning than those not shaded;
and, besides this, the sun comes out
so warm in the morning that often
Deforo the colonies in the shade are
warmed np the sun has evaporated a
great portion of the neciar. It in with
tho bees as with the farm hand: the
fellow who gets out early in the morn
ing is tho one who usually accom
plishes the greatest day's work. In
experimenting with this matter ot
locatiou, we find that the colony loca
ted the nearest the shade gothers the
least stores, while thoso looated on
the most exposed gronnd gather inoBt,
One oase in particular was a colony
shaded by a small plum tree. As the
tree grew the oolony produced less
stores, nntil it barely gathered suffi
cient to winter itself. We moved this
colony out into the sunlight and it
went back to its old record in honey
making. The Epitomist.
Devlc For Feolliig Calves.
It has been often said of the farmer
that he sends bis best produce to
market and eats the refuse, and ou
many dairy farms the new-born calf
finds itself confronted soon after its
birth with this principle. It is de
prived Jof. the rich milk ot its mother
and fed with a chalky substance as
early as it can be taught to lap the
liquid from a pan. Iphna H. Hall,
of Lyndon, Vermont, has utilized the
idea of the baby's bottle and made a
feeder for the calf by which its wean
ing will take place at a much earlior
date than by the old method, and by
this device the calf absorbs ' the thin
bine substitute fed to it in a way so
entirely natural that it remains in ig
norance ot the deeeption being prac
ticed upon it. A bracket of support
ing device for the milk receptacle is
first provided, and to this frame a hor
izontal bar ia attaohed, carrying at
its extremity rubber nipple of am
ple proportions. Connected with tha
nippU is a flexible tube extending in
to tha liquid in the pail. Inside the
nipple there is a rubber tubular re
enforcement, having oross-slits in it,
which acts as a valve. With this de
vice the calf may be fed liquid nour
ishment, receiving it slowly and by
natural sacking.
NrRSINO BOTTLB FOB CALVES.
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PENSIONS GRANTED.
Forest Firet In Vtancn County Boy SIrikirs
(loss PUIsburg Girts Factories Hojitrj
Fdclory Go.it to Philadelphia.
The following pensions were granted
last wctk: Jatob Fair, Turtle Cnek,
$0; Henry A. Johnson, Cambridge
Springs, $o; John eh, Knon Valley,
Willis Every, New Castle, $4; Joseph
McElwvr, Dayton, $lb; James M. Fnt
tcrson, New Kensington, $io: George
W. Kinnear, Warren, $17; Thomas K.
Jamison, Horatio, $14; John H. H't't
Claysville, $8; Manassa Haw, Wayncs
btirg, $12; W. A. Phillips, Leechbitrg,
$10; John Patterson, Taylorstown, $t;
William GotT, Alexandria, $S; William
Klinirensmith. Indiana. $: Robert
Ford, Grove City, $12; Henry R.trnhart,
Kraddock, $10; John Henley, Towamla,
517; Christian Shivcly, Pcllcvuc,
ohn S. Trimble. New Castle, $!;
Thomas Maitlnml, New Castle, S";
Henry VV. Ihirkiclt. Monongahcla, $X;
Robert DonaUN'tu, Ulairsvillc, $':
I'.iijnh T. Penrose, liolivar, ?I7; Luther
llarncs, New Brighton. $17"; James A.
Drown, liurgctlstown. ?,o; William H.
Marsh, John 'town. $12; Uriah MarshV
Johnstown, $H; IVwin W. Lawrence,
Cariiejic. $fi; Alexander Harbau'h, Mc
Kecs Rocks,
The Armstrong Cork Company, of
Pittsburg has luoked an order for 4.
roj pounds of cork to be furnished to
the AnlKTScr-f'u.-ch Hrcwing Company,
nf St. l.ouis. It is said to be the largest
order ol the kind ever placed. The
rork is to be cut and prepared for use
in bottling pint and quart packages.
The order is worth about Jjt'o.oi o at the
Pittsbitrtr factory, and delivery will cov
er a period of two years. This tremen
dous bulk of cork will cut upwards of
loo.ooo.ooo bottle stoppers.
The election committee of the Penn
sylvania gnind lodge. I. O. O. F.i has .
decided in iavor of these officers: Joe
rictuiiig. Sluppensburg, pitriarch;
Thomas F. Gross, Philadelphia, high
priest: C. F. Millhousc. Pottstonn. sen
ior warden: James f!. Nicholson, Phil
adelphia, scribe; J. Henry I'.crtcl, Phil
adelphia, treasurer; Howard R. Shep
pard. Philadelphia, junior' warden: Ed
ward C. Deans, Scranton, rcDret.tative.
The glass bottle factories, of the D.-O.
Cunningham Glass Company, Cunning
ham & Co., limited, and Frederick
Line cV Co., Pittsburg, have been closed
indefinitely. The carrying-in boys of
the three plants, numbering about 200,
are striking for an advance in wages.
The companies have so far been unable
to get boys to take the places of the
strikers, and it is stated operations may
he suspended for the season.
An attempt was made Thursday night
to blow tip the home of Harry Peursoll
with dynamite. Only Mrs. Pcarsoll,''
with two small children, was at home,
when there was a terrific explosion un
der one crner of the house. The floor
was upheaved and the plaster fell from
the walls. No one was injured. Mr.
Pcarsoll is a glass worker who has" lived
in New Castle for 18 years and does
not know of any enemy.
A slab bearing the mysterious inscrip
tion "R. I.. 2.00" was found by workmen
while making excavations at River ave
nue and fine street, Allegheny, about
four feet below the surface. The mean
ing of tne inscription is a mystery, nut
it is thought that the slab was placed by
county commissioners half a century
airo, to indicate the height of water of
some flood.
The Greensburg. Teannettc and Pitts
burg electric road has been sold to John
H. Head, representing an r.alcru syn
dicate, for $25,000. The price paid rep
resents about one-eighth of the cost of
building. The bonded indebtedness of
the road is Ssoo.ooo. It is said the
Eastern capitalists will thoroughly eouir
the road and extend the line to Irwin.
Operations have been suspended at
the Fast End hosiery factory, of I loll i-
dayshurg, and the proprietors, C. and
J. Gould, have announced their inten
tion of removing their plant to Philadel
phia. Scarcity of working girls is th:
cause assigned for the removal. The
factory had a suthcicnt capacity for a
force of 150 girls.
It is announced that Andrew Car
negie has promised the money for a fine
pipe organ for the chapel of the West
ern Pennsylvania Institution fir ,Jth
Blind, at Pittsburg. The appeal for the
organ was made by Col. William A.
Herron, president of the board of trus
tees. Daniel Zimmerman, of Somerset.
heads a syndicate nf Philadelphia capi
talists, who have discovered a mnc-loor
vein of coal near Rockwood. The de
velopment of the vein will begin at
once, entailing an expenditure of $jno.-
000. The vein is said to be the largest
in this locality.
While Daniel D. Clarke, of Conresville,
who served three years in Company C,
Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania volunteers,
during the civil war, was signing his;
pension papers in 'Squire Myers' oifice,
he dropp'ed dead from heart disease. He
was in his 70th year, and leaves a widow
and six children.
Mrs. Asenath Pershing, wife of Rev.
T. F. Pershing, pastflr of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church. Uniontown. has
lost her mind and has been taken to
Dixmont for treatment. Grief over the
death of her daughter, who died last
August, was the cause of Mrs. Persh
ing's mental breakdown.
Edward Crnrip, a farmer living be
tween Meadville and Paekertown, threw
a number of horseradish roots into hi
barnvard, vhere ficht nf his cows ate
of them. One sickened and died anrT
several' others had narrow escapes.
Increred attendance has dctcrminerf
the California State Normal achnnf
trustees to bui'd an addition to the
building to cost about $5.uoo.
Cbarles J. Perlder, nt rtttsburn. ha
closed options on 5 000 acres of okino;
coal property in Wharton and Stewart
townsh'ps, Fayette county, and is oriran
I7inir the Iron City Coal and Cok
Company to develop and convert the
coal.
Counterfeiters are believed to be at
work in Altoona, a number of spurious,
dollars having recently been put in cir
culation. (T, ;
The American Ax and Tool Company
has purchased t8 acres at Glasport and
will erect a $500,000 plant, the larg-st
ever b-iilt. It is intended to centri!iie
the plants of the combine there.
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