In the Public Eye.
WHOLESALE TRADE ACTIVE
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A Sure Cure.
The axe Is about the only sure
cure for a hen that has acquired the
habit of eating eggs. Southern
Farm Magazine.
i Frost a Pulverizer.
The frost Is one of tho agents of
the farmer for pulverizing the soil.
Every clod or lump In the field la a
detriment, according to Its size, as
the finer the soli the greater Its feed
ing capacity.
i Cause of Distrust.
Some farmers reduce prices of
'hay by the practice of placing Infer
ior hay In the centre of the bales
whenever it can be done. This
'Causes distrust on tho part of the
purchaser, and he therefore resorts
to straw, salt hay and other foods
that can be used as a substitute for
clover aud timothy.
i Testing ICH'S.
A simple method of finding out
the age of an ei?g Is by means of the
air space, which is situated towards
the broad end of the shell. If the
-egg la h.ll up between the hands be
fota tho light in a dark room, the
air space, is very small, but as age in
creases it extends, until, when the
gg is three weeks old, the air space
is about a sixth of the entire egg
epaee. With practice the nse can be
told to within twenty-four hours.
Vnlue of Dead Leaves.
According to tests recently made
In France, dead leaves possess a
Ugher value as fertilizer for the land
than ordinary manure. They are
extensively used by the market gar
deners about the city of Nantes.
Pear leaves rank next highest in nit
rogenous content, oak leaves come
next and the leaves of vines lowest
in value. Experiments have shown
that forty-four pounds of pear leaves
eighty pounds of poplar leaves, fifty
one pounds of peach leaves, eighty
two pounds of elm leaves and eighty
three pounds of locust leaves are re
spectively equivalent In nitrogenous
content to 100 pounds of ordinary
manure. Vine leaves alone are less
valuable than manure.
j- Water nnd Salt For Cows.
Eight gallons of water a day is
the average quantity required for a
cow and the milk given is about
eighty-seven per cent, water. In
some pastures there Is no water, the
cows being supplied night and morn
ing, which forces each cow to drink
four gallons at a time in order to be
supplied. As the cow does not know
that she must drink four gallons,
Shejnay use less and she will reduce
her niilkwupply accordingly.
Extern
have bei
stations
of addin
LVe tests and investigations
made at the experiment
determine the advisability
salt to the ration of dairy
a result of these trials, it
ended that dairy cows be
cows. A
Is recom
given at
east one ounce of salt per
day. E
ceptlonally heavy milkers
.Will reqJire more than this. The
uniform I results obtained with all
oyed in these trials indicate
that salt In addition to that obtained
In their flood is absolutely essential
to the continued health of a dairy
cow, whileWoduclng milk. It is evi
dent, moreover, that the amount of
alt which must be supplied directly
will greatly Wary in different locali
ties, it belnglmore at high elevations
and at placesremote from the sea.
Splint on Horses' Legs.
Splint is an enlargement of the
cannon bone just below the knee, us
ually on the inside, but it is some
times on the outside. They are quite
common on the forelegs; in fact,
Dearly all horses that have seen much
service have them, but they occasion
ally come on the hind legs. The us
; Ual seat is between the cannon and
Inner splint bones. Sometimes they
attain the size of hen's eggs, but usu
ally are quite small. They generally
cause some lameness when growing,
but rarely do so when hard. They
result from sprains, strains or bruises
Sometimes the splint comes on the
surface and then it does not cause
much lameness, but when it comes
under the skin which covers the bone
it is very painful. When splints
come from bruises they may appear
on any part of the leg.
If noticed when tho Injury first oc
curs, apply the following cooling lo
tion: Muriate of ammonia, one
ounce; nitrate of potash, one ounce;
either hot or cold water, one quart.
Apply three times a day until the
Soreness is nearly all gone and then
apply the following blister: Pow
dered cantharides, one-half ounce;
biniodide of mercury, two drachms;
lard, four ounce, mix and rub in well.
Give a couple of weeks rest. Feed
on light soft food while idle. When
the lameness and soreness to' the
touch are excessive, especially if the
nodule is small, the trouble lies next
to the bone and requires an opera
tion; me covering 01 me Done must
e SDlit to allow the matter from the
j3bflammatlon to escape, which will
Alieve the tension. It is done by
cutting a small hole in the skin and
pushing in a thin, long blade and
cutting the tough, thin bone covering
over the lump. No change need be
made In the shoeing.
; Money in Pheasant Raising.
"One proof of the fact that there
Is no country under the sun with as
many people of wealth as ours," said
the game fancier, "is found in the
large number of English pheasants
Imported to this country.
"In 1904 the number was 160,000,
and these were all for table use.
Last year an increase of about ten
per cent, in this number was report
ed. The pheasant is a table luxury,
and in England, France, Germany
and Belgium they are reared by the
thousands.
"In America breeding is but In its
infancy. In ten years, however, we
may be producing enough to supply
the local- demand, and prices will be
cheaper than now. The cheapest one
can be purchased now is about $2,
and from that figure up to $10 or
$15 is demanded.
"The English and the Mongolian
pheasants are game birds, and an in
creasing demand for them for pre
serves of clubs and wealthy owners
of country seats Is noted. We have
one breeder in the East who supplies
from 2000 to 3000 a cason, and he
has to Import many in order to fill
all his orders.
"The pheasant is a beautiful bird
and by no means difficult to rear or
breed.
"Their plumage is in good demand
for millinery purposes. Taxidermists
pay as high as $8 and $10 for the
skins of tho best marked birds.
"There are varieties of pheasants
that are purely ornamental. They
appeal neither to the cook nor to
the hunter.
"Pheasants cost much in the win
ter months. About September 1 the
breeder adds ten per cent, to this
price. This holds good until April,
when they quit laying. The pheas
ant is as hardy and as easily rearer
as the turkey, but they are not do
mesticated birds. With the pheas
ant one is dealing with a bird that
is still subject to the laws of the jun
gle and eihibits many of the in
stincts of the wild life from which
they are really but a few generations
removed. They are but cousins to
the domestic fowl, and in habtts are
more like the wild grouse and quail.
The longer the breed has been in
captivity the more docile and the bet
ter layers they are." New York
Sun.
Husking Com in the West.
A writer in the Country Gentle
man gives some interesting facts re
garding corn husking in the great
corn belt. Up to this time genius
of man has failed to Invent a ma
chine that can satisfactorily remove
the husks from corn ears and the
work affords employment to a large
number of men. Some fabulous
stories are told of the number of
bushels husked by experts. The wri
ter says among other things:
Corn huskers last summer were
able to earn as much as $4.61 a day
husking sweet corn. Husking comes
pretty near being at least a halt
year's job, sometimes more than
that. The summer corn husking is
done for the big canneries that are
located in the great corn belt of Ill
inois, for no State in the Union pro
duces better sweet corn in such vast
quantity. The towns in which the
canneries are located do not begin to
supply the help that was demanded.
Largely Chicago was drawn on for
huskers, and an army of them have
been at work. Two hours out of
Chicago on the Burlington road there
Is a single cannery that cans about
100,000 cans of sweet corn in a sin
gle day. This is at Rochelle, and
there Is another one down on the
eastern Illinois at Hoopestown.
At the Rochelle cannery bands are
paid fifteen cents an hour and three
cents a bushel over forty. Some of
the hands husked as much as 128
bushels in a day, and for the work
the pay check amounted to $4.61.
Scores of other huskers were doing
great work. Very few of them earned
under $3 a day. They are boarded
In a big tent outside of the plant, and
charged so much a week.
It will not be long now before tha
husking of field corn will commence.
There is a tremendous crop this year,
and a large number of hands will be
required to take care of it. This job
lasts well into the winter, and in
some instances longer. The price
paid buskers ranges from two and a
half to four cents a bushel. Last
year a young man in Bureau County
is said to have husked 162 bushels
and forty pounds in nine hours and
a half. For this work be was paid
$8.10 and was paid $20 on a wager
that he had made that he could per
form the feat. Hundreds of husk
ers last year earned $3 a day and
their board and washing thrown in.
Each busker is required to drive his
own team and crib his corn.
Human hands, as in the case of
sweet corn husking, are required to
handle this gTeat task, for while
many machines have been Invented
to harvest corn, cutting it in the
stalk in some instances, and picking
the ears oft in others, men and boys
are employed to do the great bulk
of the work, using no other imple
ment than the old fashioned husk
ing peg strapped to the fingers of the
right hand. Last year there was con
siderable difficulty in getting all the
hands that were required, and one
of the results was that women tnrned
out and helped do the work. Church
and other society women, for the
purpose of enriching their treasuries,
tu. tied out in large numbers and
hundreds of acres of corn in Illinois
were handled in this way. Despite
the fact that help was scarce last
year, a great deal of it was through
the elevators and on the rail before
Thanksgiving.
One sudden death occurs among
women to eight among men.
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Military commander during the
SHIELD FOR RADIATORS.
Prevents Accumulation of Dust Upon
Adjacent M all.
It Is a well known fact that the air
current created by heat from radia
tors causes dust to be drawn from the
floor of the room and carried upward,
ultimately impinging on the wall.
A portion of the duBt will be depos
ited, therefore, upon the wall and in
the rear of the radiator, while the re
maining portion will be thrown back
into the room. The purpose of the
radiator shield illustrated here Is to
Collects the Dust.
prevent the accumulation of dust
upon the adjacent wall, prevent dis
coloration of the wall, and also to
filter the air so that it will be thrown
back Into the room in a purified con
dition. This is accomplished by the
hood attached to the radiator. This
bood collects the dust, and when
necessary can be cleaned and the dust
removed. Philadelphia Record.
- Fashions In Court.
A fashion comes like Ceasar and
Is seen and conquers. Of this latter
kind is the new hat, a hybrid crea
tion, half "Romney," half "mush
room," and with a dash of the Sal
vation Army bonnet in it, which the
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PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE.
The Undertaker (who meets the doctor on the steps of a hotel) -After
you, slr!"Black and White.
FREDERICK FUNSTON,
American occupation of Cuba.
Marchioness Townsend wore daily
during the progress of her husband's
case in teh Law Courts. The courts
before Sir Gorella Barnes' crusade
against sketching in them, had long
superseded the theatre as a mise-en-scene
of this case.
Since the conclusion of this case,
the "Townsend" hat, as it should per
haps be christened, has dominated
half London. The new creation,
which is certainly a very becoming
one for most faces, is broad and fiat,
with a cloud of chiffon and lace for
trimming, and a broad ribbon of
gauze or chiffon hanging down be
hind. It can "carry" feathers, bows
and much other trimming, and prob
ably will do so in the case of the ma
jority of its wearers. London Daily
Mall.
' Kaiser Awaits Our Invitation.
Although it is well known that the
Kaiser's feeling toward the United
States Is decidedly friendly, he has
too much regard for the dignity of
his country and his position as its
Emperor to accept an Invitation that
was not the unanimous desire of the
entire Union, or one instigated by a
lesser person than the President
Whether the President will ever In
vite him, though, Is quite another
matter. The Dusseldorfer Zeltung.
Portable Saw Horses.
In moving from one job to an
other the carpenter will find portable
saw horses a great convenience. Tho
Plan of Portable Saw Horse.
usual form of saw horse Is very awk
ward to Btow away or to move. The
sketch shows the construction of a
portable horse recommended by a
correspondent of the Practical Car
penter. It vs,
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Big Holiday Business Has Not Inter
fered With Brisk Demand for
Staple Articles.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s ''Weekly Review
of Trade" says:
''Weather conditions accelerated
distribution of seasonable merchan
dise at retail but Increased traffic
difficulties, freight blockades and the
shortage of motive power not only
retards business, but threatens serious
results at some West "in points. Holi
day trade has equaled expectations yet
this large volume has not Interfered
with the brisk demand for staple ar
ticles, which depleted stocks to such
an extent that wholesale trade exper
iences usual activity for the season.
'The only noteworthy decrease In
comparison with activities a year ago
appears In building permits Most
Industilal work is maintained at the
maximum, mills nnd factories having
so many contracts for next year's de
liveries that inventories receive little
attention.
''Scarcely any change Is recorded
In prices of iron, the market having
developed a little of the quiet that Is
seasonable, although furnaces con
stantly receive new orders and in
some Eastern markets the week has
brought out contracts for delivery in
the closing months of 1907.
''Staple farm products have fluctu
ated within narrow limits, no develop
ments of Importance being reported.
Wheat had the support of unfavorable
crop news from Russia, but light
grinding by domestic mills prevented
any material Improvement and there
was no speculative activity.
'Footwear producers report excep
tionally good business for the season
although salesmen have left the road
until after the holidays. Supplement
ary orders for spring goods have ap
peared In fair volume and additional
business Is noted in fall samples at
the West. Most Eastern factories have
orders covering full activity for sev
eral months and prices are firmly
maintained by the strength of the raw
material market."
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. I red I 71 7;
Kye No. a 7 73
Corn No 2 yellow, er 1M r7
No. yellow, shelled '55 SB
Mixed ear 'M 57
Oats No. S white m 89
No. 8 white 87 SS
Flour Winter patent 8 95 t 0)
Fancy straight winters 4 00 4 10
Hay No. 1 Timothy is 75 19 M
Clorer No. 1 17 S 17 74
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton UK 00 ygfti
Brown middlings 91 00 to 50
Bran, bulk zl 50 2 0)
iraw Wheat e Oo 8 51
Oat 8 00 un
Dairy Products.
Butter ElRln creamery I 19 19
Ohio creamery 'M 7
Fancy country roll 19 20
Cheese Ohio, new I I 11
New York, new 14 15
Poultry, Etc.
Hens per lb I 11 15
Chickens dressed It H
Kf gs fa. and Ohio, fresh 1W 3-1
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 40 85
Cabbaue per ton 00 10 JO
Onions per barrel 0J i 24
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter latent I I M 4 00
Wheat No. S rod 75 74
Corn Mixed 47
Bins M
Butter Ohio creamery 81 V
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent I 8 J
Wheat No. I red 77 JS
Corn No. 2 mixed 4s 49
Oats No. t white JJ
Butter Creamery "7
Igf s Pennsylranla firsts 26 ii
NEW YORK.
Flour-Patents I 1 !?
Wheat No. t red ?
Corn-No. "
Oats No. t whits ?
Butter -Creamery f.
Kf g State and Pennsylranla.... 10 M
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
ixtia, J.4MI to 1.6O0 lbs M tS 10
I rlme, ,umi tol,uu lbs......... 4 7i
bood, l.UiO to KDOii lbs ft 20 il
Tidy. 1,060 to 1.160 lb 4 00 S 10
Fair, WlO 10 1,100 lbs 8 60 4 40
Common, 71)0 twrtu lbs Ou 8 60
Common to good tatoirn 74 4 00
Common to good tat bulls t BO 8 Hi
Common to good lai cows 1 60 8 71
Hellers, 7U) 10I, louibs J0 4 2t
tresb cows and sprinters 10 Oil 48 00
Thoro Isn't
living who would hesitate
a pound more if she knew
a flour that would make
she ever made before.
In flour buying housewives place reliability before
price, iney Know tnat
more, and they pay it
willingly.
is just such a high grade
HTeJ
and the best flour in America. It costs the half
a pound extra, but the
extra cost makes it possible to give extra quality and
will guarantee the quality of every bag or barrel
, KING MIDAS FLOUR.
I grocer about it.
Sold by Quality Grocers Everywhere.
SHANE BROTHERS CO., Philadelphia.
nmeheary hog ( 45
I rime medium weights..... a 40
But heay lorkers. ........... 6 40
Uood light Vorkers...... g 40
rig, as 10 quality . e 40
Common to good roughs 5 85
Bt 4 0J
Sheep.
Prime wethers I 5 6
Uood mixed 6 2
tun miied ewes and wethers.... 4 4
t-tilifetinu common M 2 no
Culls to choice lamun 5 00
Calves.
Ve Calves j 03
Ueuty mid thin calves a 00
ft 75
ft 60
ft 00
8 60
7 i
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Shoot Fish With Arrows.
In the South seas nnd In various
groups of Islands In the Indian ocean
the aborigines shoot fish with the bow
and arrow. The art Is extremely
difficult, as in taking aim at an ob
ject under water the archer has to
allow for refraction. If he were to
aim directly at the fish as he see3 It,
he would, of course, miss. Long prac
tice has, however, made the natives
expert In this sport.
THE HALLS OP CONGRESS.
Plans for a battleship to be the
most formidable extant were sent to
Congress.
Secretary Shaw declared against a
central bank in an argument before a
House committee.
The Senate has ratified a treaty '
with Guatemala for reciprocal pro
tection of patents.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
advocated an elastic currency In his
annual report to Congress.
Secretary Root's State rights
speech was criticised by many mem
bers of Congress as too drastic.
Mr. Burrows advocated the adop
tion of the resolution holding that
Senator Smoot is not entitled to his
seat.
Congressman Patterson, of Tennes
see, hvlng been elected Governor,
has resigned from the Fifty-ninth
Congress.
Senator Rayner, of Maryland, in a
speech before the Senate, took issue
with the President on the treaty
rights of Japan regarding California
schools.
The House of Representatives
unanimously condemned simplified
spelling, and President Roosevelt will
withdraw the innovation as he prom
ised to should it fall to meet popular
approval.
Representative Reyburn, of Penn
sylvania, a new member, goes on the
House Coinage Committee, while
Congressman Moon goes to Immigra
tion and Enrolled Bills, all consid
ered good assignments.
Representative Foster has, Intro
duced a bill to make all diplomatic
representatives of this Government
above the grade of Charge d'Affalres
bear the title of American Ambassa
dor, but this is not to affect the du
ties or salaries of those affected.
In open session Mr. Rayner spoke
o the Japanese sehool question.
The famous seedless apple or
chard at Grand Junction, Colorado,
which it is expected will revolution
ize the apple Industry, is now well
established and In full bearing, so
that unless some catastrophe over
takes It the Spencer seedless apple
promises to become a distinctive na
tional fruit of great merit. The or
chard Is said to contain about fifty
trees, ranging from six to fourteen
years. While the variety is not ab
solutely free from seeds, It Is prac
tically so and there is only a sem
blance of a core. It Is of very good
quality and flavor, of a large size
and an excellent keeper.
NECESSARY TO GOOD COFFEE.
Thorough scalding and airing of
the pot, says an old; housekeeper, Is
as necessary to good coffee as a good
brand and proper making. While cof.
fee is steaming in the pot, fill the
nose with tissue paper to keep In
the aroma. The coffee should not
remain on the grounds more than a
quarter of an hour. After that time,
it should ibed rained off and put Into
another receptacle to keep hot.
Says the Minneapolis Journal:
Fortunately neither Countess Castel
lane nor the Duchess of Marlborough
has any temptation to go on the
stage.
Ten per cent of Colorado's popula
tion, 11 nas Deen estimated, is de
pendent on wages earned by employes
of the Colorado Fuel It Iron Com
pany. a Housewife
a minute to pay half a cent
she could get a better flour
more and better bread than
gooa now costs
FIL(0)lll!&
flour the highest priced
quality ts there. The
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