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Show WRITER OF FAMOUS ' The death of Francis Bret Harte. ' "which occurred in England recently, has removed one of the most forcible and distinctive writers of the West. His stories immortalized the western mining camp and reflected the atmosphere atmos-phere of those days, half - century ago, when California was the Mecca of the gold seekers. Quaint, humorous 'and refreshing, his writings will long hold a unique and exalted place In English literature. Mr. Harte was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1839, and was the son of an educator, edu-cator, who died leaving the family with little means. In 1854 young Harte went to California with his mother and in Sonora tried his hand at the father's profession of teaching. He did not succeed in this and became a compositor in" the office of a mining camp paper, beginning his literary career ca-reer by composing his first articles in type while working at the case. In 1857 we find him a compositor in the office of the Golden Era, San Francisco. Fran-cisco. The experience of his frontier life had been impressive and his lit erary talents soon put to profitable use the vivid -scenes of the previous three years. Clever sketches, contrib uted at first anonymously, attracted attract-ed the attention of the editor, and rtuly?18CVhVpubUcatlon of The Overland "Monthly, with Mr. Harte as '.its organizer and editor, was begun. ,The second issue contained "The Luck of Roaring Camp," a story of mining life, which marked the beginning of Harte's brighter and more artistic work. The next number contained "The Outcasts of Poker Flat." a realistic real-istic story, considered by many his best production. It established his reputation, and was followed in quick succession by other well-known prod- "I 1 IT u inrtrie dtatane 1 Ml J Tha Ou'a glo-wlxia portals I 'And I hur frm tha out going ahlp In tha bay T Tha ion( of tha aallora in slaa So 1 think of tha lumlndua footprints that bora, Tha comfort o'er dark Oalllea. And wait .for tha algnol to go to tha ahora, . To tha ahlp that la .watting for ma. Bust Habtk. From "Ths Tw Sklf." ctions. The "Heathen Chinee" appeared ap-peared In September, 1870. Harte received the appointment of professor of literature in the University Univer-sity of California in 1870, but in the spring of 1871 resigned that chair and his editorship and settled in New York. He became a regular contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, and lectured on "The Argonauts of 49" in various cities. cit-ies. In 1878 Mr. ' Harte was appointed United States consul at Crefeld, Germany, Ger-many, and was transferred in 1880 to Glasgow, Scotland, where he continued as consul until the advent of the new administration in 1885. He had since resided in England, engaged in literary liter-ary pursuits. Beside the books mentioned men-tioned be wrote many other works. Hew World's Croeos Lives, Alfred Belt, who is frequently credited cred-ited with being the richest man in the world, is altogether unlike Cecil Rhodes, the man with whom he was so long associated in south African affairs. He is highly polished, courteous, cour-teous, reticent, well-balanced man of the world, whose London home has been furnished with a scrupulous eye to the avoidance of display. He spends a great deal of his time on horseback, and is regarded as one of the best-dressed best-dressed men in London, abhorring a wrinkle as much as Cecil Rhodes detested de-tested fine clothes. Nearly all the clerks in his, employ are university men and several are members of the aristocracy. Mr. Belt was born in Hamburg forty-nine years ago of an oldand prosperous Hebrew family, taturb.nl- . The Russian Artie explorer. Dr. Alexander Von Bunge, declares in a recent magazine article that Andree was a victim of international rivalry, the success of the Norwegian Nansen having led him impetuously to under- Snbaa rlne's Deep I'laoxe. The submarine Silure has just been subjected to some interesting experiments. experi-ments. It was sunk to a depth of 135 feet, with a view of testing the effect of the water pressure, which at this depth is sixty-three pounds to the square inch. The commander and the engineer were provided with instru ments to measure the compression, which showed that the hull yielded to the extent of one millimeter ' (.039 of an inch). The crew experienced no more discomfort at this depth than at the average submersion. The lowest depth reached by a diver is said to be 204 feet, with a pressure of eighty-eight eighty-eight and a half pounds: the lowest depth attained in a caisson was 110V& feet, with a pressure of fifty-one pounds, at the sinking of the piers for the St. Louis bridge over the Mississippi. Missis-sippi. Lord Roberta G'srlsf Old. lord Roberts exhibits few signs of the wear and tear of his busy life, but it is said that the strain of the last two Tears has told very, considerably on him. WESTERN STORIES DEAD take his perilous trip In the hope f surpassing him and thus putting fawe-den fawe-den in the lead. The newspapers, he adds, had a good deal to do with the execution of the wild scheme by urg- 1 Va Kollunlat - A n rt i A" wrxfr states that financial complications ce- sulting from the preparations for I he trip compelled Andree to attempt It. GIFT OF PRINCE IS 'SYMBOLICAL Lnitpold's Banner for Chicago Ba ra- rlans Sis-nines Intellectual Tie. The Bavarian-American society of a banner from Prince Luitpold, the J . Prlace Loltpold. Chicago, which will be the recipient of regent of Bavaria, will receive an honor hon-or at once unusual and suggestive. The banner not only will express the good will of the prince for his former subjects now in the United States, olouda tarsal -wvaijr, but will symbolize the Intellectual ties binding Bavarians abroad to the iatherland. WILL ATTEND THE CORONATION Mr. White aw Raid Envied by New York Society Leaders. As the wife of the special ambassador ambassa-dor of the United States to the .coronation .corona-tion of Edward VII, Mrs. Whltelaw Reid will be an honored guest of the English nation. Leaders of New York -Jill society are exceedingly jealous of her good fortune. , Pope Leo's Kindly Thonnt. It is said that when M. Ni&rd, the aqtvas-jecfrived in the beautiful clock: presented by the kaiser was covered with a veil, tha Vatican fearing that the sight of it might call to the mind of the ambassador ambassa-dor the haul of clocks made by the Prussians at Paris in 1870. A Naw Flower. The most remarkable flower of tho coronation year will be a quaint introduction in-troduction from central Asia, which has for its sponsor in this country a Holborn firm. According to the importers im-porters it grows on a saucer without soil or water, and without showing leaves or roots the bulb shoots out a red-brown flower, with red and yellow tip sometimes two fPt Inner Ttn.A the flower is off it prefers to retire into tae soil andto be well watered, when it follows up-with a three-foot umbrella leaf. Statue or Gen. McCleUao. Another competition for the honor of designing the McClellan statue is recommended by the advism-v - -"J will llliy tee of sculptors and architects that were asked to select from competition. The committee selects the desisms bv Niphans waMn Austin Hays and Ferdinand Picirilli. These sculptors will receive an award of $500 each for the designs already in competition, and a further honorarium of $1,000 for those sh! tby are now asked to subm-- -e i $-$$$ V) s GOOD GHOST STORY Spirit Shows Itself to Occupant of Its Old Room In Boardlaj House Its Costume. Miss Isabel Hapgood of New York told a ghost story that Is strictly up to date at the last meeting of the Nineteenth Nine-teenth Century Club. "I should like to know what it all means," she said. "I live in a boarding board-ing house in which there lived for some time in one room a man whom I knew for years. I didn't like him. I tell this to eliminate myself from any connection with the supposed psychic influences involved. "He was taken suddenly ill and died. He was seized with pneumonia atd in twenty-four hours was dead. That was in November. The room in which he died was fumigated, papered, painted, paint-ed, refurnished, and in fact in almost every way renovated thoroughly. "Some time later a woman came to live in the house and got that room. She is not a sentimentalist or a psychic psy-chic or a clairvoyant or a medium oi a professed believer in spiritualism. She is just a plain business woman. "One day in January she came to me she happens to sit next to me at tabletend said: " 'Do you know, I believe some on must ve iiledaaJJif-UMitt.m 'Well, my mother, who is dead, has sometimes appeared to me, and she never comes except when something dreadful Is going to happen a loss SEEK BURIED TREASURE Expedition Soon to Set Out to Explore is'and In the South Atlantic Ocean. Another company Is being organized in England for the purpose of searching search-ing for buried treasure. This time it is an uninhabited island in the South Atlantic Ocean, and the treasure said to be buried there consists of loot from Peruvian churches valued at more than five million dollars. This is to be the second treasure-seeking expedition to this particular island. Mr. E. F. Knight, the promoter of the company, made his first attempt to find the buried loot fifteen years ago, when he became the repository of secret se-cret information, together with a plan relating to the deposit upon an uninhabited unin-habited island of treasure forming the loot of Peruvian churches. At that time Mr. Knight solicited the co-operation of a few young men of good physique who could each contribute five hundred dollars toward expenses, and would take an active part in the operations both aboard ship and in unearthing the treasure. He got so many responses that he had no difficulty in picking out a .most desirable party of young men to assist as-sist in the undertaking. The treasure, when found, was to be evenly divided. The steam yacht Alert was chartered, char-tered, and the adventurers sailed from Southampton on August, 1889. This expedition safely reached and explored the island, but failed to find the hid 4 Finding What You Seek Minister Tells of Cases of an Illustrated "I used to know a man who had a habit of carrying odd stones in his pockets," said a minister. "He was a busy man, but in his moments of leisure he studied mineralogy and became be-came a connoisseur on the subject. "He classified his own collection and after some years it was examined by an expert and appraised at a value of $17,500. He confessed that he had picked up most of his treasures in streets and besides paths where others saw only worthless tnings. "Recently I traveled abroad with a young man recently graduated from a famous university. He expressed the belief that this country is in the hands of unscrupulous politicians, that the government aims to rob. its new possessions, that the churchgoers are generally hypocrites ,and that the capitalist class to which he belongs by inheritance is deliberately impoverishing impov-erishing the masses. His allusions to his own experiences showed that he was finding what he expected to find. "In the same traveling party was a man well past 70. He was full of hope for the (future of his country; 1 MADE A SUCCESS IN BUSINESS a : Sharper Employed by a RnLrond to Rl.1 Trains of Confidence Men. "There are always blacklegs traveling travel-ing by rail and on watch for victims," said an official of a Michigan railway who was in a chatty mood to a Detroit De-troit Free Press reporter, "and our road used to be a favorite route with them. We instructed our trainmen to put them off whenever discovered and we hired detectives to make trips and expose them, but we couldn't get rid of the pests. A passenger ha3 as much right to amuse himself with cards as with books, and even when a sharper had a game on the man selected for. a victim would sometimes refuse to be saved. So many complaints kept com- - - 3 '" " 1. ,r OT5 of aai detectives one day and said to him: j " 'Pick out the sharpest blackleg tf all and bring him to me. I want to talk to him. "He brought a man to me in about a week and I led off by asking: "Do you know all about the shell game, three card monte and marked, cards ? 'Everything worth knowing,- he replied. "'Do you consider yourself one of the slickest in the business, and can you do up the rest of the gang?' " 'I can beat the best of 'em with lengths to spare.' "I at once closed a deal with him He was to travel on our road in vari ous disguises and fleece the StJecrrs-, and, he beat our detectives all hollow. He had three or four good make-ups, and he was an actor in each. Whenever When-ever he discovered a blackleg he were for him with some sort of game, an.1 never let up until he had him dead broke. In four months our line was referred to by the fraternity as Poverty Pov-erty Row, and in six you couldn't get one of the sharpers to travel by it for love nor money. When our man was finally hauled off he came in to tsce me and I inquired: " Well, have you made enough money mon-ey out of it to set up a cigar store V "A cigar store?' he echoed, with a of money or something else bad. But last night after I had gone to bed and was resting, but hadn't gone to sleep, I suddenly saw a man at the foot of my bed. I thought right away I nad foreotten to lock my door and I got up. I went to the door and found that I had not forgotten. It was locked. The man had vanished "I asked her to describe the man. She did so minutely, and every detail of bis appearance answered the description des-cription of the former occupant of the room who had died there, the man I knew, except one. "'How was he dressed?" I asked. "'He was in his nightshirt, said she" and at this even the sedate members mem-bers of thedub laughed. "Had he appeared to me, I believi that he would have been clothed otherwise," other-wise," said Miss Hapgood, quickly, "but even to the gray lock she toH his every likeness. Now I would lika to have you explain that." Miss Hapgood addressed her request for Information to a lecturer who had been speaking to the club on the subject sub-ject of "Progress in Psychical Research." Re-search." But she didn't get an expla- A man becomes public property when he takes hold of a public trust. t den loot. This was because it turned out that neither the ship nor her equipment was large enough for the work to be done, and that the most favorable season of the year had been allowed to pass before tne arrival of the expedition at the romantic "Treasure "Treas-ure Island." For the forthcoming expedition a larger and better equipped ship Is to be chartered. The island is to be systematically sys-tematically and thoroughly searched from end to end for the treasure, which consists of money, gems 2nd gold and silver ornaments. The party of 1889 endeavored to find the loot by laborious digging, but It is now intended to adopt the more feasible and common sense method of boring from the surface downward to suitable depths and testing. Every participant in the treasure-hunting treasure-hunting party will be young, healthy and ready to take his share of hard work. A capital table is to be kept and served by a capable chef, while not a few luxuries, in addition to wines, spirits and cigars will be obtainable ob-tainable as "extras." Ample fishing gear will form a part of the yacht's equipment, and- there will also be a piano. So the treasure seekers are already al-ready , assured of an enjoyable trip even if they do not find any burled treasures. Optimist and a Pessimist Who an Oid Truth. he had good stories to tell of comradeship com-radeship with men dead and living. " "He smiled to every child he met and had a kind word for every person he met. Everywhere men, women and children were eager to talk with him. and to do him service. When he reached home he probably said that he had never met so many agreeable people nor had so enjoyable a trip. "Seems to me that each of these two men found just what he looked for and that most other folks will have the same experience. Those who look for selfish motives and evil purposes live in a world where they see evi-dnces evi-dnces of corruption everywhere. Those who expect the best from their fellow men are always making discoveries which delight them. "It is simply the difference between the mineralogist and his neighbors. He found something valuable and they found nothing, because they were not looking for anything of value and he was." New York Sun. Every failure teaches a man something, some-thing, if he will learn. Little Dorrit look of contempt on his face. 'Wh7, I'm going to Chicago to set up as a banker and broker, and I thought per-haps per-haps you might have $20,000 worth of 6tock you'd like to dispose of for ready cash.' " Forger, But Cannot Write. A. ' Robles, who is unable to write, was convicted of forgery by a jury in Judge Melvin's court in Oakland, Cal. The forgery might be said to have been committed by proxy, for his conviction con-viction Vested upon the fact that he had requested another person' to sign for him the t name of John Gonzales Alfonsio to a certificate of deposit in the Bank of Haywards for $30. Robles presented the certificate In j)3yjenjjoibjJU. i j eiry .tore or PauT V?, aT ...vs iast. snowing his disabled right hand, Robles told the Clerk Who WaftoH unnn H. T7 ' Reed, that he was unable to indorse LBiuucaw, ana requested the latter lat-ter to sign for him. Supposing Robles to be the man whose name was on the certificate. Reed indorsed the docurrent for his customer. Robles then affixed a cross above the name to Indicate that it was his signature. The forgery was discovered when the certificate was presented to the bank for payment. Roblec was then arrested on a charge of forgery. San Francisco Chronicle." Our T.-rribte Enfllih. "The other day," writes Eli Perkins. "I met a French gentleman at Saratoga, Sarato-ga, who thought he had mastered the English laitguar . - "Hew. do you ?" I said on accost-ins accost-ins him." Do vat?" he asked, in a puzzled manner. "I mean, how do you find yourself?" "Saire, I never lose myself!" "You don't understand, me; I mean how do you feel?" - "How I feels? Oh! I feels smooth; you shust feel me." The man who works -vith only payday pay-day in sight is av' to ".ore even that. IMPUDENCE V:- Copyright. ;C03, by Daily group of three two girls and a The halo of womanly daintiness ounds them; a lace-trimmed hand- hlef here, Cinderalla slippers Er a high-plumed tiara on the e and the last worn dress across chair. e pair of black eyes looking out up the world with a deep, winsome WO der seeing visions and trying to blii! Ik HVflT tha chorinn-s. thel eye8' Dractical everyday, sympa-, sympa-, Jlc; with a great jetty-black cat jTg in the lap of the first, its golden- a vi us uxeu resiiessiy on ner race n!l ner two hands clasped across Its Blli , mi. . .... jr tuai.- ine DiacK eyes twinKie -iicjr uieei me Diue. VvVhat An T on In -r,,. t n -. led the blue-eved eirl. "snmethin has happened, tell me?" Or ftTISWPr t1A ntVlo nlosA4 tonfi,. fuu&cio ai mo ywuug Ui LUO lip whispered. 4-1 10 h! von mean Pmisln limmieT Djjhtfuil Charming!" parka of fun and lighthearted hap- Pi' ;ss scintllate from the dark orbs w; she tells such particulars as LiZ3t I deliht fto recount and to m; There is omy one. pos.oiDie oDjec- tloh," quoth Bluette, deprecatingly I Jm afraid " low. Imp," cpoke the other quick ly? "what are you arching your back abbut? Do you also think him too fit for your mistress? It is not kind totell me so!" iluette recognized the limitation, "ijap is the most appropriate name 1 ever heard for a black cat," she skirmished. "'Impudence' we used to call him when he was small and mischievous now he has grown wise and dignified we, shorten it." k intervals Blue-eyes tried to resume re-sume the discussion of'Cousin Jiai-mie" Jiai-mie" and unconsciously to state the one objection to him she was a good little soul but Black-eyes had put up the bars and t was utterly impossible!. impossi-ble!. "Imp, she thinks I do not knowL2 This in confidence to the cat, the dimpling cheek burled in his soft black fur and happy little gurgling smiles bubbling up to the surface. "I am perfectly well aware that mamma and papa will aever permit me to marry him, simply because he Is poor, as Bluette wanted so much to tell me. But what doe3 it matter? He is infinitely in-finitely superior to all others and oh Imp-u-dence!" ' True love took its usual course over the rapids. ' The black eyes no longer scintilate fun, but sharp electric elec-tric rays of discontent and defiance. The father looks morose whenever her lover's name Is mentioned, and ne mother imperiously scornful. What is a girl to do! The crisis became imminent im-minent when another lover appeared on the scene. "Everything haart could wish!" pronounced the mother, while the father looked as jolly over it as if he had sown a few dollars in speculation specu-lation and reaped a gold mine. But the daughter The man was little not much above her own shoulder and fussy; agreeable, agree-able, rather, or would be if sne could refrain from comparing him with somebody else. Imp arched his back arxi - looked . sucpiclJ)us.aii.d , dj. ad sinful. whenever he came Unto the room as If he were one of those tormenting little lit-tle dogs which cats detest Alas! who cares for the opinion of a cat unless, perchance, it agree with his own! And what was the girl to do? , One would hardly have deemed Let-tlce Let-tlce Duvall a person easily dominated, dominat-ed, noting the full, firm mouth and the head poised as if it already wore a crown. Nevertheless, the queen-mother still reigned. Whatever dress she suggested was worn; whatever engagement engage-ment she wished, was made. Hitherto it had been a matter of no consequence conse-quence to Lettice. It cost nothing to be dutifuL Now it was a matter of vast consequence. What should a girl do? Ably aided and abetted by the mother, moth-er, the undesired lover had opportunities opportuni-ties galore to advance his suit and he was not slow to improve them; while he with whom Lettice had exchanged hearts was plainly given to under, tan J his presence was not -acceptable. 'Imp! Imp! Oh, Imp-u-dence!" This time there was almost a wail of despair in the invocation, as the girl hugged the cat in her arms. Her mother had just intimated she would be expected to affiance herself to the wealthy widower when he came that night. The black eyes scintilated only dreary dread, and her head was hot witn the fevered agony. She was Began to rub his flustered fur against the legs of the table. obliged to excuse herself. Thus tb? catastrophe was averted for a tin!. What next? Imp, with paws upon her shoulders, was looking into her face witL the helpless, yearning sympathy of our dumb pets. Suddenlr he leapel up an.i down and began to rub his flustered frr. against the legs of the .writing desk. An inspiration flashed. "I'll write to Bluette and tell her all." In spite of the close espial under which the girl dwelt, the letter reached its destination. A few minutes later Bluette was beside her to hear it all over again while the madam was absent ab-sent - at market. Better still, she brought a message. . "Yet, after all, are you sure you wli; be satisfied with a poor man you who have had everything you wanted?" doubted Bluette. "I suppose the othei is rich?" 'Tes, I know," murmured Lettice, hastily, caressing Imp, who wa3 growing grow-ing restless "there comes mother." , The dreaosj criris could not' long Story Publishing Co. be warded off. A handsome box of flower3 came memonally during the day and then a note "May I have the pleasure?" etc., which the queen-mother brought up with ber own hands and stood to see answered. The message sent through Bluette had been, "Will you stand by me In whatever I do regardless of consequences?" conse-quences?" What was he going to do? And when? Would it .be too late? The parlors hau received an extra touch from -the queen-mother. The tete-a-tete chair was In the most Inviting Invit-ing position and lights turned down to the lover's gauge. The folding doors were closed to the slenderest thread. Within the back parlor sat the father with his paper and .the mother with her fancywork, Mrs. Duvall having taken precious care to unfcld upon the bed Lettice's most becoming dress and ribbons. The bell rings. Lettice listens "A modest request, truly: exclaims Mr. Duvall, looking thunder and lightning. breathlessly at the head of the stair--way. "Mr. Duvall, please,' says a clear, manly voice. He is ushered into the room where the old people sit. With stiff, repeilant astonishment Mr. Duvall locks at Uie intruder and, recognizing him, the evident proviso does not drop out c. the cool greeting. greet-ing. So much the ress when Lettice glides in and stahas in the shadow behind the unwelcome visitor. Bat James McDowell Reid is booted and spurred for a bold adventure and is nothing daunted jy his reception. He holds out his hanf whica courtesy compels his Jiost to accept, and says audaciously: "I fear it will surprise you to know my errand. I have come to ask the hrnd of your uavghter in marriage." Imp rubs himself encouragingly against his trousers. "A modest request, truly," exclaims Mr. Duvall, with cutting sarcasm in his tone and looking thunder and blue-lightning. But the old gentleman's gentle-man's prejudice is melting under a resistless heat of admiration, though he adds haughtily: "And on what ground, may I ask, do you rest your assurance?" "On your justice, and our mutual Tlovereplies the young man confi dently. And turning toward Lettice drew her to his ride. The father had no need to ask her confirmation of this statement. A look at the girl's beaming countenance showed her lover was not counting without his host. The last vestige of disapproval fled, abashed. Extending his hand, with full cordiality now, Mr. Duvall said: "I admire your pluck, young man! If you have not money, you have something better. I rejoice that my daughter has been able to secure a man of pluck. Take her with my blessing, and take care of her, as I believe you will." "I don't intend to wait for the winds to change," whispered the successful knight as he and Lettice drifted happily happi-ly into the parlor. "I am going for a preacher and finish up this little business busi-ness at once. Will return in a few moments." a Never had Miss Duvall met her other lover so graciously. His elation, however, was brief. , "I am so glad you happened In," she said. "Will bo delighted to have you present at my marriage Oh, no, don't leave! It will take place in a little while, and the dress suit Is entirely immaterial, as there are . no invited guests." The queen-mother had retired to her room with a severe headache, e a a "And, just to think. Impudence has done it all," murrnered the man, their hands touching and retouching over the cat's jetty fur. ".'Pluck, father called it," corrected the young wife, v-emurely. Revolt at Dellc itessen Dish. A large crowd of people gathered about a delicatessen store one evening even-ing recently and from the inner circle cir-cle of the little group next to the building came such expressions as: 'That may do for the heathen Chinee, biit it won't do for this country coun-try even if beef is high." "Next thing we know they will be Then there was a generaTeabVi'J,fc, laughter interspersed with sucn exclamations ex-clamations as": "Just think of such a thing." "My! Oh, my! What kind of people does this delicatessen take us for?" After the little group had dispersed a reporter stepped up to the front of the stare to ascertain the cause of the outburst of merriment and Indignation, Indigna-tion, and there upon the blackboard in bold letters was the sign: "Baked Cat 25 Cents." The sign, according to the explanation explana-tion of the proprietor, was "Baked Catfish," hut some person in order to play a joke had obliterated the "fish." Milwaukee Sentinel. How to Make a Venetian Blind. Senator Piatt of ' Connecticut was building a house. . He "had occasion to hiie a carpenter, who was a plain, unvarnished un-varnished son of New England. "You know all about carpenter -ork?"asked Senator Piatt.. "Yes, sir.." was the reply. "You can make windows, doors, and blinds?" "Oh, yes, sir." "How would you make a Venetian blind?" ., The man thought steadily for several sev-eral minutes. "I think," he remarked Snally, "that I would punch him in the Cannibalism Anion Brooder Chicks. (A. B. R. "Can you tell me how to prevent cannibalism among brooder chicks? I have a lot eight days old that are doing nicely except that they have already killed one of their number num-ber and mutilated three others. They attack the victim around the vent and keep picking it until it Is dead. They have had an abundance of grit and oyster shell all the time. Thinking the lack of animal food was the cause, I have given two feeds of green bone, but I don't see that it has done any good." The trouble is not peculiar to brooder chicks. I had some cases with chicks with hens a number of years ago. ' I am not sure that I am right as to the way the trouble begins, but think it Is when a chick, because of Irritation at the vent, such as might be caused by any bowel disorder, disor-der, picks itself there until blood appears. ap-pears. If this 'then attracts the attention at-tention of some of the others, and they begin to pick and get a taste of blood, they keep it up. It is possible that even when no blood has started the chicks seeing one of their number l4cjftv;,ja-j and pvidentlv in dis- only a few days Old. literally tear themselves to pieces without aid from others. Farm-Poultry. , Filthy Yards. We talk about cleanliness In the dairy, but let us not forget "about cleanliness In the poultry establishment. establish-ment. Dirt and disease seem to go. together to-gether In all places. Filth makes a good medium for the development of disease microbes. If a hen house a id yard are kept clean there Is seldwn any visitation from diseases that sweep away the fowla. Very often tne pa.rt of the yard directly In front of the hen house door becomes very filthy. This is especially so In the spring and fall when the precipitation Is considerable. con-siderable. This occurs more with large flocks than with small ones. No matter how large the run for the poultry, poul-try, the birds spend a good deal of their time near the poultry house. They seem to have but little aversion for splashing through soft mud. Sometimes Some-times they will eat up every green thing within a dozen feet of the hen house door and leave the green sward farther away. This Is more so with the large breeds than with the small ones. The solution appears to be small flocks. Enthusiasm of Poultry Raising. All of the world's most successful men succeeded because of the enthusiasm enthusi-asm that they had In their particular lines of work. It Is unnecessary, then, to say that a man to succeed in poultry poul-try keeping must be enthusiastic When a man that has a big poultry establishment finds his enthusiasm waning or being diverted to some other occupation It will probably be found the part of wisdom to drop the poultry business. A while ago the writer visited a poultry establishment where the owner had evidently had his enthusiasm for the poultry business busi-ness diverted into another channel. He had another business, and that appeared ap-peared to be thriving. His large poul try establishment, however. - showe every Bigno2i evidently not been cleaned month, and sick hens were apparent here and there in the flocks. Enthusiasm Enthu-siasm would never have tolerated that condition of affairs. Poultry Points Picked Up. We have been asked If a cracked egg can be used for hatching. That will depend on several kinds of circumstances. cir-cumstances. If the crack is not too large, it may be mended by pasting over it a strip of thin, tough paper. The hen, If large and heavy, may break it even then. If the hen be light, or If an incubator be in use, the egg may come through all right and produce a chick. see Poultry manure is a very concentrated concen-trated fertilizer, and this should be borne in mind when it is being applied ap-plied to the land. It should be saved with care, as carelessness in that respect re-spect may render it of little value. Mixing It with dry dust will destroy its value unless a certain amount of moisture be present. When kept in barrels It is well to keep it a little moist, but not wet When too dry mischief is wrought by chemical action, ac-tion, and when too wet, by bacterial action. a a a It is a superstition that salt is poisonous poi-sonous to hens. A lady saw the writer wri-ter salting the warm mash for the poultry and said, with surprise: "Why do you put salt In their food? - I thought salt always killed hens." When salt is thrown out in the form of rock crystals, fowls sometimes eat them for grit and are killed thereby, A man would be killed by salt also if he ate it in proportionate quantities. quanti-ties. The danger to hens from the presence of salt crystals should .remind .re-mind us that there are many other substances that If left around may prove injurious. But poison must not be left where fowls can find it. Bits of mire, tacks and even nails may prove deadly. - The writer once had a fowl suddenly go lame and killed her. The lameness was found to be caused by pieces of wire exceeding an Inch and one piece was In process of work ing out between the body and leg. A Potato Crop Episode. Mr. D. C. Prosser, a correspondent of the Farmer's Review in Oceana County, Michigan, tells how a neighbor neigh-bor of his made a fine thing out of a potato crop. Some years ago he had a good-sized crop and held it for the late spring market. He overdid tha holding to such an extent that the market dropped on him, on account of the near approach of the timo for new potatoes. Instead of letting go the owner of the old potatoes rented all the land he could In the neighborhood' and succeeded in getting in 120 acres of potatoes, thus using the bulk of his old crop for seed. The harvest gave him a good crop about 14,000 bushels. bush-els. These he sold at a good price, and so made a large profit on the operation. opera-tion. . Wisconsin Cold, dry weather has been unfavorable to meadows and pastures, which are in poor condition not so much on account of severe winter win-ter weather1 as late pasturing in the fall,- which left the roots exposed. Clover winter killed badly. Virginia The condition of spring pastures over the state is hardly up to the average the growth of grass having been scanty In most localities. Irish and Danish Methods; Let us draw a contrast Jy picturing one of our own creameries about 7 o'clock a. m., and any creamery in Denmark at, say 6 o'clock a. m. What do we see in the former? Is not tho creamery currounded by a double line of men, women and chile, en, all either fighting their way to the receiving platform or else scrambling for skim milk, and altogether creating the Impression Im-pression in the mind, of a stranger that certain political issues were involved, in-volved, rather than the carrying on of an industry whose object Is the Improvement Im-provement of our social and economic conditions? In the latter case we see one large two horse spring wagon holding between thirty and forty medium me-dium sized cans, beside tho receiving platform, and one man standing on it unloading the cans, which are taken in by one of the dairymen. When the first wagon is unloaded, matters are so regulated that another wagon arrives just in time, so as to cause no delay either In the creamery or on the road. While ,one wagon is being unloaded, the other Is being loaded with skim "Peace" and Homestead. " War" ? N o doubL-::?rfeh" Pasteurization of Milk. ' A series of experiments In continuation continu-ation of those conducted in. previous years, was carried on this past year, chiefly to determine the effects of different dif-ferent pasteurizing temperatures, between be-tween 140 and 200 degrees, on the bacterial bac-terial content of milk, and upon the quality of the butter. Briefly, the results re-sults indicate that a temperature of 180 to 185 degrees is very favorable In reducing the bacterial content to a low point, and this temperature also adds keeping quality to the butter. If we wish to establish a good reputation reputa-tion for Canadian butter In the British Brit-ish markets, we shall iave to adopt pasteurization; and If we wish our butter Xo retain its fine flavor for some time, we shall do well to pasteurize pas-teurize at a temperature of 180 to 185 degrees. In our experiments, the whole milk was pasteurized before be-fore separating and the skim-milk was run over a water-cooler before It was returned to the patrons. We found that this plan enabled us to send to the farmer a good quality of skim-milk for feeding purposes. Report Re-port Ontario Experiment Station. Two Types of Dairy Cows. Prof. T. L. Haecker: We feed each cow all she can consume and assimilate. assimi-late. At the end of the first year we found that some cows charged us -7 cents per pound for butter made from their milk, while others charged only 12 cents, and others ranged between these two sums. The breed made no difference; some Shorthorns made cheap butter, and some Jerseys costly butter. Breed had nothing to do with the crist, it was all In the cow. Size or color had nothing to do with It. We put all the cows that made cheap cows who charged the most Xef-tutter on the other BideEacfTiide, no mat ter whatr-Weed, showea similar cuar- eristics. Those that charged a high price were sleek, nice looking an imals that would answer tne aet;riy- the general purpose cow, wine those that-made butter cheap had the genuine 4airy typer-fchejight quarters and the heavy wedged sEaedbarreL Every pound of food consumed w put to good use. Composition of Milk. H. D. Richmond, analyst, reports in the Dairy, London, England, results re-sults of his work on the composition of milk as follows: The average composition com-position of milk as shown by the analyses an-alyses of 13,978 samples during the year 1900 results as follows: The average av-erage for fat was 3.b4 per cent; for solids not fat, 8.93 per cent, and for specific gravity, 1.0323. With regard to the variation of the constituents of the solids not fat the author states that "any deficiency of solids not fat below 9.0 per cent is chiefly due to a deficiency in the milk sugar;" any excess ex-cess above 9.0 per cent Is chiefly due to excess of proteids. As the result of a considerable amount of work on the relation between the proteids and salts of milk, he considers that one-third one-third of the base with which casein is combined in milk is soda, and not lime; and that casein forms a molecular compound with calcium phosphate. Dairy Husbandry at Champaign. A course of study In judging dairy products has just been introduced In the dairy husbandry department of the College of Agriculture at the University Univer-sity of Illinois. The course is principally prin-cipally designed for students In general gen-eral agriculture and includes a brief treatment of the subject of dairy sanitation, san-itation, the production of milk and the methods employed for the manufacture manu-facture of common dairy products. Following this great stress will be laid on the proper selection of milk and the judging of butter and cheese. In judging the products score cards are used to illustrate the relative Importance Im-portance of each of the points to be considered essential in a standard product. The object of the course is to give the tiiflent.u Wb rt,pnit1nH iTrneowTniTa opportunity t0 gain a proper conception oi tne qualities good dairy products should possess. ' Dairy Notes, The old-fashioned way of making butter Is to churn it into a lump, but by this means a large quantity of but-ter-mllk is gathered in the butter, contrary to the first requisite In butter-making, which is, that we should have it as free as possible from casein or cheesy matter. Should the cream be thin and sweet. It may be churned at a higher temperature tem-perature than when thick and ripened. Never feed dusty hay. The best cows are always the heavy feeders. - It Is not always the man with the biggest herd of cows who clears the most money from his dairy. Feeding cows right lies, at the base of profitable dairying. The dove of promise comes In response re-sponse to prayer. (Jermay has Imported as much as $10,000,000 worth of apples in one year and $2,500,000 worth of pears. The man with that particular Wand of trouble nose mighty well that hay-fever hay-fever season's coming on. Near Scarborough, England, thsre I a farm for raising butterflies anrt uiuuuafc. j. iic uue-liul as u,uuu a season. |