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Show WYANDOTTE CHICKENS. ods adopted Is that of obtalata letters from those prominently and ARMY GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON. How This Popular Breed of Poultry Received Its Name. Tho Wyandottes are one of the most important breeds of American production. Indeed,' they might be properly tilled our most popular breed. Prior to the year 1883 there were no Wyaa-dctteFor a dozen years before that date, numerous fanciers In various Bectiona of the country had been at work trying to develop some new variety that might bring them Buch fame and such profit as had come to those who had originated and perfected the Plymouth Rocks. So, when these new birds the outcome of their , labors -were recognized as worthy of a classification as a standard variety by the American Poultry Association, their name was born with them. The Wyandotte Indians had formerly occupied those portions of Ne "York and Michigan In which these fowls or their immediate progenitors, were first cultivated. They had there under various names, such as Hambricks, Hambletonlans, Eure-kas- , Excelsiors, Columbians, Cochins, Seabright Brahmas and American Seabrights. Much bitterness as to the name was manifest among the various fanciers who were urging their admission to the stand ard. and when the final name was proposed it was tike oil upon the troubled waters, and it was accepted as a happy solution of the difficulty. From Country Life In America.' s. floui-lshe- ci Sea-brig- ht The Billionaire Farmer. Percentages of crop conditions and estimates of acreage mean little to all but the experts, but here are some figures of the probable value in dollars of the crop 3 of this year, estimated so conservatively by one of the leading financial agencies that they are without doubt well within the facts. Cotton, the staple of the South, is expected to show this year a yield of at least 12,000,000 bales, which viU have a value on the plantations of Current Events Gleamed From the Army and Navy Register. A new condition in the army requlr-lng'ththe revolver shall be issued to all bandsmen, trumpeters and musicians when they take the field, those enlisted men will be expected to take the full course in pistol practice. Company commanders are admonished to exercise care in the issue of revolvers to sergeants and other enlisted men of the foot troops whenever It becomes necessary to make such issue on the special occasions authorized. It is desirable that those arms be Issued only to the men who know how to handle and fire the revolver. at It Is not commonly known that Inspector General Burton of the army is the author of the plan of holding out an Inducement to honor graduates of leading military colleges. One of the first official acts of that officer after his appointment as the head of the inspector general's department was to recommend to Mr. Root the recognition and reward of institutions where Ihe military departments were conducted In accordance with the War deMr. Root partment's requirements. once idea laid the and et the approved before the suggestion president, who Authorized that the' honor graduate from each of the six leading colleges should be regarded each year as eligible to examination for appointment as second lieutenant In the army. This is the first year the system has gone Into effect and It is destined to have practical and beneficial results. The reports received at the War partment show that army desertions, continue at least, if they are not on the Increase. There are the usual theories advanced to explain the cause which lead to this illegal separation of the enlisted man from his military occupation. It is believed that desertions are more frequent at the posts where large numbers of recruits are over 1498,000.000. received at one time. This fact will Wheat will doubtless be harvested sustain the theory that newprobably to the extent of 654,000,000 bushels, enlisted mea discover that army uXe ly with a value on the farms of $421,000,-00is not what they imagined tt would be about $20,000,000 less than last and probably they ere of the class of year. men who would be discontented with The oat crop Is expected to be 901. any sort of work which requires them 000,000 bushels, with a valie on the Co to live and rules up regulations. farm of $3K.000,000, or fully $85,000.-D0- 0 Men who with into the the exgo army more than last year. pectation that they are going to loaf Barley and rye are estimated ns end be cared for during their enlistlikely to show crops of 53,000.009 ment are destined to disappointment bushels, and to he worth on the farm and take the quickest means of they together about $80,000,000, practically ridding themselves of responsibility the same as last year. and labor. It is also found that the Taken together, these cmps whlci percentage of desertions is at ire now pretty well assured, will be largest tBose posts where there are neighborworth not less than $1.3i5.000.000 tc ing opportunities of dissipation, which the farmera, as compared with fact is an additional argument, of last year. The corn crop, which matures much course, in favor of the of the army canteen. Pretty later than the others, la naturally in much leads back to the vireverything tome doubt. It is also tno most imtue and of that system which necessity portant of all the crops. However, so successfully towards keepoperates splendid progress has been made by ing the soldier at home and contriIt this year end the government no butes to his contentment with the life predicts a yield of 2.537,2C3,0O busheli Figured at 2,250.000,000 bushels thU within the garrison limits. crop will Lave a total value on the farms at the average price of the iat General F. C. Ba!dwln, commanding two years up to $327,000,000. the Department of the Colorado, has This will bring the total value of Instituted a system of instruction the crops to the farmers of the laud which will be of the highest value to tils year up to $2,243,000,000. the enlisted men in his command. Two billion two hundred and forty-thre- e Perhaps this Is the first serious and million dollars the gift of the 'systematic effort made to familiarize oil to the United States this year! ' soldiers with the means of cooking There may be depressions In manufac- field rations. Soldiers do not lack for tures and trade; there may be an unxercise In the manual of arms, but settled confidence Ihrougli pfiitlcal few of them have been Instructed In lections; there may be panics In Will Individual cooking and In the methol fcreet through financial excesses. Bit of preparing rations In the field. GenM long as Mother Nature continues eral Baldwin is quite right when he to pour billions yearly Into the lap tf a careful training and, that anticipates the American farmer 'Jala country an adequate knowledge ta that directoust go ahead ia wealth and prospertion will greatly reduce sickness In ity. Chicago Inter Ocean. campaigning. It Is of prime Importance If the soldier Is to maintain his The late ex President Kruger was efficiency on the fifing line, that be Dot an eloquent man, but he excelled hall know bow to prepare food which at brief and pithy sayings, many of Is furnished him In sufficient quantity which, like the saying about walling t&d ot good quality. for the tortoise to stick out his head, have pajwed Into the language of naUncommon Interest will attach to tions. His a newer to a nephew who the developments In the "campaign" petitioned for a Government appoint- of an army chaplain who Is actively enment has often been quoted: "My in ob.tlning for himself advancefear boy, I can do nothing for you. gaged ment to the grade of major, under the You are not clever enough for a sul of the law enacted during ordnate position, end all the higher of provision the late session of congress prescribQcee are filled." ing certain qualifications which shall govern promotion In that branch of Billing That man had a head for the service. In this particular Instance business." Cfie officer has been found without the Willing "What does he dor eceasary requirements, sate that of Billing 'Sells cabbages." length of service, of course, but be is utdaunted at the estimate placed upSimpson They must have Insured on his record by the military authorihal for a joke. ties and is putting political, personal Warepson Why? .xd religious influence Into operation Simpson It Is an asbestos factory. bis own behalf. Among other meth de- 0, $1,200,-00,00- -- g otherwise connected with his church and having the authors of tela commendation of him send the productions where they are likely to do the most good. This, of course, is a mistake from whatever standpoint the incident may be viewed, but it would be a greater mistake if such means of obtaining undeserved promotion availed anything. We imagine that the effort will be futile, unless, of eourse, the War department Is willing to open itself to the suspicion of doing what Is known to be without warrant because the influence Is great enough to make virtuous considerations a secondary matter. The department has interpret-e'- d the law with some severity In its restrictive operation and perhaps there are chaplains who are entitled to advancement to the grade of major wbe are lacking only in the contemporaneous documentary evidence of their merit; but It Is not' possible the department will go to the other extremity and let down the bars to such a notoriously flagrant exception. FITTING CHARGE TO PURSE. Medical Practice of "Charging All the Traffio Will Bear." The decision of a St Louis Judge that physicians have no right to consider the financial condition of their patients In fixing 'Jieir charges has called forth a great deal of commendation. The practice of charging very rich men "all the traffic will bear," especially when the bill Is not render-e-l until after the death of the patient, is a practice which honorable physicians and laymen unite In condemning. The skill, time and care which a physician gives to his patient are elements to be considered In making his charge. The fact that his patient is a multimillionaire does no warrant a charge In excess of the value of those services, as usually estimated, merely because the helpless victim Is supposed to have money to burn. The medical Journals are not however, to accept the St Louis dictum as good practice, even If It be gcod law. It is a dictum based evidently on a consideration of one aspect of the question and not all sides of it To forbid a physleiaa to observe is to cut off the very poor from his ministrations. No one considers that Dr. Lorenz's great fee foe his services to Mr. Armour's daughtet was excessive, yet no one has argued that the parents of all the little children that Dr. Lorenz treated with the same skill and success should pay an ec.ual sum. We doubt If this wise St Louis Judge, who contends'for equality of physicians' charges, would Insist on hi rule If he had had the poor instead of the rich In mind. Charges for professional servlees must always be elastic. This Is especially true of lawyers' fees, ill fare the man of rcpited wealth who Is so unbappy as to fall Into the meshes ot the criminal court end at the same time into the hauls of criminal lawyers, who have contented themselves heretofore with $5 retainers only because their clients court pay no more. The Inequality of physicians' charges are, we believe, usually the other way, viz: In concessions to slender pocket-book- s rather than In the overcharge of fat ones. Philadelphia Press. Demand for Horseshoes. "How about horseshoes ?" was asked of a dealer In Iron and steel supplies. Including horseshoes. "Has the la? creased use of automobiles lessoned tbe demand for horseshoes?" "No, it hasn't," was the reply. "We art selling as many horseshoes as ever. It was thought when the trolley cat was Introduced that something was going to happen, bat the trolley cars came in so gradually that their Introduction bad no effect open the horseshoe trade, and tt Is so as to the arto. Horses yet remain in general use and the demand tor borseshoee till continue." There are fourteen concerns In the Ceited Stale manufacturing bone-shoeTheir annual output Is somewhere about a million kegs of a hundred pounds each. New York Sun, s. CONTRABAND igan. . track-walkin- g one-hal- f e those lives. Some time ago the writer was on a train stopped by a gigantic fragment fallen from the hillside hugged by the tracks. It was on a curve. If the train had been Bpeedlng in tne opposite direction, the engineer would not seen the rock, though It was as nig as a small aouse. A score of lives perhaps more were saved by mere good fortune not by any efflclentcy of track walking. There can be only one conclusion as the stark bodies are carried from yesterday's place of doom a few hours before as harmless as a dry skeleton. The time has come when the excuse for the old railroading methods Is passing, and the hundreds of thousands and millions of men and women and children, who are carried swiftly over the rails, must be protected by the precautions that are suggested by simule respect for human Ufa. Denver Post For the New Baby. Baby's present comrort and future health depend so much on intelligent care in the beginning that a mother's responsibility is greater than at first appears. In the last twenty years great changes have been made in the manner of caring for infants. We are not as apt to overdress and overfeed them; we give more thought and consequently less time to the personal care of the baby. "Let us begin with the clothing. A little wool shirt crocheted or knitted, ja band, diaper, flannel skirt, little slip oi musun ana sort woolen socks make an outfit for day wear, with the addition of a knitted sack if the weather Democratic Town. In a town in Pennsylvania, for many years, all the voting had been for Democrats. Such a thing as a Republican unknown. About this time, how-ever, the politicians of an adjacent townxh'p thought it a good time to A tart a Republican organization, and finally persuaded a Mr. Gren, who had recently settled there, to become their candidate for some minor office. On election day Mr. Green was too ill to go to the po Is. In due time the votes were published and Mr. Green bad Jus one vote. Chagrined at this and annoyed by the accusation that he had Toted for himself, be offered to give a suit of clothing to the person who had voted for him. The next day a Pennsylvania Dutchman called upon Mr. Crern and remarked: I vants'dat suit of does. Ah!" aW Mr. Green, "then you are ... me:mm uav woo mea ior nig I'm dat man." "Yah, "Are yon willing to make an affidavit j m After the first two or three days the clothing should be entirely changed at night another shirt, band, diaper, woolen sklit and gown being substituted, and socks also. After removing the clothing and sponging the babe he should be given a gentle magiwge over th e'en tire body. It rests and quiets him and Insures a better sleep. A month-ol- d baby should daring the day. jbe fcd e,erJr and but twice during the night He should have a little woven wire springs, a heavy double blanket folded to fit the bed la place of a mattress, rubber sheet two white sheets, end a soft woolen blanket and light weight comforts for warmth. When ready for the night be should be placed lo bed and if comfortable be will drop off to sleep. Rocking should never be Indulged In, as it Is a detriment to the child. It Is a g to It?" "Yah. I swear to It" Kfter the clothing was given, Mr. Green was so delighted, relieved and glad to know that there was another righteous Republican In the township that be mid: "Now, tny friend, you have your suit of clothes, tell me bow you came le vote for mV "You vaiits to know datT" "Yes." "And you von't go back on dedoeeT "No." "Veil," ta!d be, slowly, and with twinkle In bis rye, "den 1 tole yon; I In de ticket: "rhilv makes a lelphia Ledger. nerve-destroyin- g, e Mips Lee Kne, the Chinese woman who has become a cattle que-In arrived In San Franciac the other day en route for China, whither she n Is Arl-ton- a. escorting the ashes of her father. Weary Willie 'Say, Duet wb4 Goldbearlcg quartz baa been found kind of music appeals to dat senti- - In Ceylon, but it remains to be seen whether It .is present In sufficient mptilil nature of VolirS?" I Rhodes "Rag time, of fuantlty to be commercially succeae- Dusty Course." ... Is cooL ... - IMPROVEMENT. Few Remarks on Protecting Life on Railroads. Wo can explain why American railways are run with such awful recklessness. It la because of the Ingrained and valuable American disposition to "get there." If embankments of rock Instead of earth, If substantial viaducts of iron and masonry instead of wooden trestles, if safe, sweeping Urns Instead of sharp curves had been required, and If watchmen at every bridge and viaduct were obligator. , and If inspection nit.. were close and costly we know thu. we would have hardly of the mlleago'we now possess. Bat the toleration of these easy and swift railway methods has cost an enormous price in human life, of which the latest charge of tears and blood on the debit-sidof the ledger ot the people versus the railways, is the heartrending accident at Dry creek, in this state. This part of the country is marked by numberless water channels, dry for years, or with only a tiny trickle of water, that may rage with tumbling torrents, when, no man can know. Such was Dry creek. A watchman at the viaduct would have stopped the World's Fair flyer and aaved all com-nod-itl- stupid-lookin- ROOM FOR A Notions on the Topic as Numerous as Nations Interested In It With Russian cruisers patroling the high seas and intercepting neutral vessels on the ocean routes leading to Japan it will be fortunate if the question of contraband of war does not become a cause of acute disagreement before the conflict is over. The situation suggests again the propriety of submitting the entire question to some International court like The Hague tribunal, with authorization to prepare a code of regulations binding upon all powers. The great difficulty Is that every nation Insists upon interpreting international law as to contraband ot war In the way that will best suit Its own Interests. Russia with a view to embarrassing Japan as much as possible, would like to Include coal and foodstuffs In the list of articles that may be seized. The United States, which will have immense cargoes of coal and provisions to export, not only In thU war, but In other wars to come, has always held that coal must be considered exempt. It Is to be expected that the government will persist In this view in case an expression of its policy should be made necessary at the present time. So far as concerns, certain there is no question. Weapons and ammunition found upon a vessel that Is sailing tp the ports of a belligerent are unmistakably contraband. It is equally plain that a cargo consisting of books, articles of dress, perfumes or goods of a similar character would not be contraband and should be allowed to go to Its destination. The difficulty arises In trying to fix the character of certain commodities which may or may not be put to military use. Iron, for Instance, is not ordinarily contraband; but, says one authority, "If It be forwarded to a cannon foundry belonging to a belligerent to be made up into cannon and if the whole transaction be for the purpose of thus applying the iron, it in this particular ease would be contraband." Perhaps the only safe generalisation that can be made is that while all goods that are to be directly employed tor military purposes as in the ease ot food sent to a beselged city are contraband, the same goods, if designed only for the ordinary commercial purposes of a nation are not contraband and should be exempt from confiscation. That was the opinion ot Secretary of State Marshall 100 years ago, as It Is the opinion of many authorities today. Chicago News. mi-tak- Lake Baikal, the "Holy Sea." is, excepting Victoria Nyanza, in Africa, the largest la, In the Eastern Hemisphere. It Is 3,100 feet deep, its bottom being 1.600 feet below sea level, anc In area corresponds to Lake Mich- OF WAR. brain-addlin- g per- formance, and mothers waste weeks of time In this worse than uselese proceeding. See that the child is sufficiently nourished and comfortably dressed and put him in his bed. He may be restless from wind on the stomach. If so, lake him up, give him five minutes' penile n.assrc. lifting and turnins him two or three times in your arm', then lay him down again. Keep your baby quiet and free from excitement at all times: it is ' natural way. If you kave bu?y Si days, doubtless you have noticed ti-- .: baby la mofct fretful on that day rf a:i days. Did it never occur to you that the Sunday handling, carrying and general spoiling was the cause of Rt ! |