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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
This
Bow Bnccenful Farmer* <Merat
Department of the farm A lew
It tuts as to the Care of Live Stock
ami Poultry.
Dairy Notes.
The butter makers of the United
States will never be able to get a |
foothold in the foreign butter market |
without the help of butter inspection.
Whenever an attempt is made to se-
cure for American dairy products
abroad a good market, the little, mean
men take advantage of it to send over
poor stuff with high sounding names.
Not till the government sends with
every consignment a certificate of in-
spection will we find the way clear.
Even under the best of conditions the
foreign market will be hard to hold;
for the reason that our own market
always bids high for the first-class
goods.
The Sibley Cows at Toronto.—A
curious trouble cropped up at the To-
ronto Industrial Exhibition, held in
August last. A dozen valuable cows
died early in the show week, and It
was at first suspected they had been
poisoned. The investigations of the
veterinary surgeons, who made the
post-mortem examinations of the ani-
mals, showed that death had been
caused by the milk having been
pumped back into the cows udders
through the teats after they had been
milked out in accordance with the
rules. The stale germ-laden milk be-
ing absorbed into the blood circula-
tion set up blood poisoning, some of
the udders turning black with mort -
licatlon In a short time. The board o
the association decided to withhold
the prizes won by any of the animai3
which died. The fraudulent attempt
to obtain prizes by such a gross and
ignorant violation of the laws of na-
ture brought its speedy punishment.
Ex- „ v.*
New York is making a vigorous fight
against illegal dairy products. It is
reported that comparatively few of the
groceries are handling oleomargarine,
but that It is being quite extensively
gold by peddlers from wagoas. These
wagons come over from Ne-v Jersey
and sell largely to private a'"1 bu^
ing houses. The officers of the law
have caught a number, and the traffic
seems in a good way to being stopped.
So say some of the reports. It was
however, but a short time ago that
it was currently reported that oleo-
margarine was being extensively sold
In New York city by the grocers.
Either the first reports were erroneous
or there has been a sudden reform. It
is of interest to watch the New York
eituation as that state has taken the
position that oleomargarine shall not
be sold at all. either colored or un-
colored. In most of our states the
dairymen are contending only for a
law that shall make it impossible^ to
sell oleomargarine for butter. If New
York succeeds in enforcing liei ra
leal law and keeping it on the statute
books there would appear to be no
good reason why a national law di-
rected only against colored oleo should
not be passed and enforced.
Few are aware that filled cheese is
still being manufactured In Illinois, yet
euch is the fact. Recently ten cars
of "neutral" were sent to one of the
cheese making firms in the Elgin dis-
trict, and au inquiry on the matter
elicited the information that filled
cheese is being made for export, and
made under the revenue law. The
makers say that not a pound of the
stuff is sold in this country, but that
all goes abroad. At the last conven-
tion of the Illinois dairymen's conven
ti on Professor W. A. Henry of the
Wisconsin Agricultural college
marked that we were now regaining
our foreign cheese trade, having stop
ped the manufacture of filled cheese.
Evidently he did not know that the
stuff is still being made for export,
Bince the manufacturers have complied
fully with the law, it is doubtful if
much can be done to Improve the sit
uation. It is said that every cheese
Is stamped in large letters Mlled
Cheese," so no fraud is perpetrated on
the first buyer; but the English re
tailer does not probably warn his cus
tomers that they are about to eat
tilled cheese. However, so far as it af-
fects American trade, it is difficult to
see how we are to suffer more than
Canada, for the stuff is more likely to
be retailed in England for Canadian
than for American cheese. It is to be
hoped that the English authorities
will see that it is sold only under its
real name.
grass and everything in that line tttat
an enterprising hen can utilize. Really L
the hen has in that case balanced the
corn by other things and thus renders
the corn a good feed. Corn Itself is a
very valuable food, and we would not
in any way discourage its use, only ad-
vising that it be not fed to excess.
The man that has a desire to exhibit
birds for prizes at the poultry shows
must expect to pay the price. If he
wants to stand a chance of winning
anything he must buy and breed only
the highest class of birds. We hear
of people buying cheap stock and at-
tempting to raise prize winners from
them. The policy is a foolish one.
I If a man desires to own the luxury
of prize winning fowls there Is no
cross-cut—he must breed along stan-
dard lines and from birds that have
scored well up towards the hundred
points mark.
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
Incubator Cellar.
Herewith we illustrate an incubator
cellar described in the catalogue of the
Reliable Incubator Company. Wa
quote part of the description.
"It costs only a small amount of
money to construct a first-class in-
cubator house or halt cellar, such as
is commonly used on the extensive
broiler farms and duck ranches in the
eastern states. Herewith is shown
such a cellar, a reproduction of one
in use on W. E. Crandall & Co. s farm,
Floresville, Texas, and a number of
other large poultry farms, on which
Reliable Incubators are operated. The
exact plans for building such a cellar
are at the discretion of the person
chiefly interested, but in the way of
general directions, we submit the fol-
lowing:
"Choose a well-drained location, free
from seep water, and excavate to a
depth of two or three feet. Two feet
is ample. For the walls brick or stone
can be used. If these are not available,
hardwood, or even pine plank will an-
swer first-rate, except that they will
not be as lasting. Where the ground
is dry, plank will last several years.
Build the side walls up to a height of
four or six feet, as desired, having
these walls half way below and half
..ay above the surface of the ground.
Build the end walls up to a peak to fit
closely under the roof. The roof will
need to be well built. Use for the
roof 2x6 pieces and if thought neces-
sary brace 'it with two uprights, one
placed at each end of the fairly good-
sized skylight which is placed in the
center of the roof. Cheap sheathing
will answer for covering the roof. On
this place six inches of loose straw,
on the straw throw from six to ten
inches of earth—that excavated—and
pack it down well. Use double win-
dows for the skylight, leaving four to
six inches between them, and protect
the top one with a wire screen. It is,
no doubt, best to have a double or
vestibule door, as there will be less
loss of heat when entering and coming
out but this precaution is not really
necessary. The floor can be of natural
earth or cement, as desired. An in-
cubator cellar, built as above, will pre-
serve a remarkably uniform tempera-
ture, regardless of outside atmospheric
changes, and in such places hot air
and hot water incubators are on a par
both naturally being at their very
best. On the large eastern farms the
incubator house or cellar is considered
of first importance in the matter of
successful incubation, and where per-
sons in the west, northwest or south
think of embarking in the business on
a large scale, we advise the use of
a regular incubator cellar similar to
the one here described."
Poultry Note*.
Ture Breeds as Layers.—It Is no
question of fad, but a commercial fact,
that the pure breeds lay as well, they
fatten as well, as the mongrels, and the
contingent chances of profit in extra
prices obtained for pure breeds gives
them the decided advantage. First
crosses with pure breeds may actually
give higher averages in egg produc-
tion for the season, but one has to
set against this advantage the breeding
losseB in the second season, it pays
best to keep to purity, and breed
amongst your pure biveds for the best
layers, or table birds, whichever may
be your particular object. So many
breeders have no object. They do not
much care either way. To lUOh, of
coursa we have nothing to say. Rural
World, (Eng.)
In these columns we have repeatedly
asserted that corn is not the proper
thing for a hen to live on. Sometimes
we find a man that does not believe
this, asserting that he gets good re-
turns from a whole corn diet. On in-
vestigation, however, you will gener-
ally find that the hens that do well on
this ration have the run of the farm
and are constantly tjraging fa.' bugs,
Fn«T Way of Feedlns Calve.
There is no boy that has lived on
a farm where dairying is done but
has trouble feeding the calves their
milk. This I have found out by expe-
rience, writes a contributor to Dakota
Farmer. To remedy the trouble I
made some small stanchions. Six-
inch boards are strong enough up and
down, with a 2x4 and a 1x4 at the top
and bottom. The width of the stan-
chions should be four inches for very
young calves and five inches will hold
calves as large as they are usually fed
milk. Allowing twenty-two inches for
each calf, will give room so that the
one next to the one that is drinking
can not reach the pail and tip it over.
A boy can feed a dozen calves this way
without getting mad. It is a good
plan to have a manger and feed some
oats as soon as the calves are through
drinking, and when they are turned
loose they will not suck each other.
Hay can be fed after the oats and the
stanchions will serve as a feed rack.
When calves are fed in this way there
is never any trouble about breaking
the heifers to the stanchions when
they become cow3.
Earnestness is the cause of patience;
it gives endurance, overcomes pain,
stiengthens weakness, braves dangers,
sustains hope, makes light of difficul-
ties, and lessens the sense of weariness
in overcoming them. Bovee.
Every poultryman should be sure
that the ventilation in his poultry
bouse does not include draft3.
Pansies if planted in rich sandy soil,
will grow well and bloom till far into
the fall.
^araaclej of the Hon BaslaMA
The following paper was read by H.
0. Carroll before the last meeting of
the Illinois Swine Bleeders' Associa-
tion;
The subject assigned me is one that
might be drawn out to cover a vast
field, but my time is too limited to
permit cJ dealing with the subject in
detail.
Selfishness is one of the worst barn-
acles op. the hog business. How many
really selfish men succeed in the busi-
ness' 1 claim that a selfish breeder
will never make the busincsr. a success.
The successful breeder must be lib-
eral enough to see the faults and m-
perfections of his own herd and when
he finds a cross In the herd of a
brother breeder that would be an Im-
provement on his owu, try to secure
it and not be selfish enough to per-
mit his own herd to go to wreck rather
than buy from a brother breeder. I
remember seeing this notice in a sale
catalogue: "If you haven't what the
people want, get it, and then you will
find a ready sale for what you are of-
fering." The remark is as true as the
rising of the sun. When I was in the
breeding business I was glad to And
some other fellows that had something
better than myself. I bought to tm
prove my own herd
Then there sire show barnacles. Ths
people can see for themselves. It does a
breeder good to get beaten sometimes.
Nothing is more disgusting and tire-
some than to have to listen to the
lamentations of a defeated exbibito .
Life is too short, take your defeat
cheerfully.
There is the state fair barnacle He
is the fellow that breeds and gathers
up a lot of cheap stuff and takes to
our state fair exhibitions. He as a
rule has no interest in the advance-
ment of any breed. He cares nothing
for the Interest of the fair. ^
tenths of this class would not give tho
agricultural papers a half-iinch adver-
tisement under any circumstances,
though those papers have put both
time and money into the advancemen
of the interests of the breeds. T&®y
sit down in the pens right beside the
men that have been liberal enough to
put their means and almost undlv'de
attention back of a grandly bred herd
that will improve the stock Interest
generally. They sell their animals for
a little mere, and sometimes less, than
pork prices, thereby Injuring the en-
tire swine raising business.
There is also the red light and dan-,
ger-signal barnacle. We have a few
of them yet, but they are becoming
scarcer. They draw a little ring around
themselves and never step outside o
it. They live in their shells and are
afraid to peep out for fear they might
see a red light—they are always look-
ing for disasters. They are the Al-
lows that would not give over $17 for
a boar to stand at the head of the r
a boar to stand at the head of their
herd, and they will sell the r own
stock from $15 down, and try to mans
you believe that their animals are just ,
as good as others that you would have |
to pay $50 for. These are the fellows
that write in the stock journals and
tell just how to raise hogs, and say
that business was never better, an
that they have shipped so manyeowi
and boars within a certain time When
I read those articles I am Inclined
believe they are telling the truth e-
pecialiy the boar part of It, but my
opinion is they ship them to Chicag
or some other fat stock market, and
would rather stand the dockage than
to cut the animals when they are
pigs, for they know they will make
poor barrows. Good breeders who are
really doing a good business do not
have the time to write long tiresome
articles for publication in the stock
journals, sounding the alarm or call-
ing attention to the danger signals
and of all the traps that the "rascals
have set to catch the unwary. Busy,
honest, upright breeders are unsuspect-
ing. When honest men go into sales
they are not lavish with their criticism
of the methods of the man that is hold-
ing the sale, nor do they denounce, Mm
as dishonest without having as tho -
oughly ascertained the facts In t is
case The man that spreads distrust
is hurting his own business as well as
that of others.
There are a few honest barnacles.
There is nothing more commendable
This should be the
Yarlety of Quips, Glben and Iroale..
to Cau.e 8n.Ua — Flotsam aoJ
Jetsam from tl>. Tide •>' Uumor-
Witty Saylnjcs.
Since Willie C.oei to School.
Since Willie goes to school the days
Are always full of peace,
And In a hundred little ways
The cares of life decrease;
The halls are littered up no mor«
With blocks and tops and traps;
No marbles lie upon the floor,
but are wo happier than before.
Ah, well, perhaps—perhaps!
Since Willie goes to school tho cat
Lies dozing in her nook;
There are no startling screeches thai
Make all the neighbors look;
Ills playthings are all piled away,
No books bestrew the floor,
But I have found a hair today.
Deep-rooted, glistening and giay,
That hid itself before.
Bince Willie goes to school I hear
No pounding on the stairs,
Nor am I called to help my dear
Make horses of tho chairs;
A sense of peace pervades the place.
And I may be a fool
To shed the tears that streak mv faco,
liut a boy is in my baby's place,
Since Willie goes to school.
—S. E. Klser In Chicago Times-Herald.
Where Opinion* Differ
'I want to tell you something, dear
/our former governess, Fraulein Gretfe,
Is going to be married soon."
"Well, I'm thankful, pa, that that
stupid thing is going to leave the
house. But what numbskull is going
to marry her?"
"I am, my dear!"—Der Floh.
Her Childish Query.
She was talking to her husband over
the long distance line. He was in Du-
(uth working. She and the little daugh-
ter were in St. Paul visiting. 1 he
daughter of the house was standing
near the 'phone.
Something hubby said must have
been exasperating for the wife exclaim-
ed, with emphasis:
"I wish I had you where I could get
hold of you!"
"Why don't you reach your hand
In, mamma?" exclaimed Eleanor, who
was having her first observation of the
long distance variety of speaking de-
vice.—St. Paul Globe.
Uttered Hi. Sentiment, Anjhow.
The leader of the brass band was a
British sympathizer.
"Any member of this band," he said,
"who stands up for them barbarous
Boers had better keep to himself. The
first man that raises his voice for old
Kruger will get his walkin' papers.
That's all I've got to say."
Five minutes later tho band was
playing, and the fierce-eyed old Ger-
man with the bass horn was defiantly
shouting into it:
"OOM-Paul! OOM-Paul! OOM-Paul!"
—Chicago Tribune.
The MaRAfttnes.
Coixikh's Weekly during February
ire all attractive numbers. They always
are but this month's numbers seem to
foeot current affairs with their articles
ind illustrations, so closely that the
leld seems to be completely covered.
I'he average reader will skip nothing.
Outing, as usual transports its read-
rs, in its February number, through
he gates of Enchantment to far off
ands and pleasant pastimes. At this
eason it naturally gives preponderance
u the South, where opportunities for
utdoor life are not restricted by cli-
natie conditions. Fishing off the
','exas coast: yachting below New Or-
gans; "lluntin' the Gaitah." by Miss
•Juay; Wildcats in West Virginia; etc,
etc, make up a charming number.
Aissi.ee'b Magazine for February is
Qotable for an extraordinarily varied
jable of contents. Perhaps the most
raluable contribution is the character
sketch of Cecil Rhodes, by Allen San-
gree. 'The United Statesof the World,"
by (leorge Leland Hunter, Is a paper
if great significance at this stage of
(he world's politics. "The Autobiog
raphy of a Malaria Germ," is unite out
the usual magazine style and deci
ledly entertaining. There are also sto
ries by Opie Head and other favorit
Ainslee's cover is a work of art.
The Review ok Reviews for February
aas a long list of editorials on subjects
now uppermost in the public mind, it
lias an illustrated character sketch of
jhe late Dwight Ij. Moody. Two sol-
liers' careers are sketched: Tho long
irmy services of the late General Law-
Ion are reviewed by his old commander,
acneral O. O. Howard, and the life
story of Field Marshal Lord Roberts
s well told in au unsigned article.
Then there is hn article by \\. T. Stead
)n the "Perilous Position of England,"
vith much else that is worthy of special
nention.
Ladies'Home Journal has a pns"
rectus for 11100 which excels anything
ver offered American readers. It
iromises articles of greater and of more
general interest and illustrations ex-
citing any works of art ever presented
n the magazines of this age of tho
multiplication of the best. The great
heatrc series is continued; American
•ural pictures will be better than ever.
Vnd then the stories, the Anecdotal
Ude of Mr. Beecher, the new series of
'Good Form for all Occasions," life on
,)u; western frontier, Larks and pranks
;f college girls, and a host of other
'liings, all beautifully illustrated will
nake the Journal more earnestly
yoked for than ever.
A NEWSPAPER FAMINE
SOARCITY OF PRINT PAPER
MAY BRING IT ON.
Great Shortage of the Material from
Which It I« Made—Canadian Suppty
of Wood Pulp Shot OB Entirely for
the l'renot.
than honesty. --
largest stone on which the man builds
his foundation for his business On
the other hand some breeders will tell
you with delight of the dishonest
methods of some other breeder, and
then with a nudge in the side and a
sly wink will say that they would not
do such a thing, oh not for the world.
Solllnc: flood I*ro' «l Mures.
The good brood mare is worth mor#
to the farmer that can breed her than
she is to tho city man that expects to
wear her out in the service of some
city establishment. In other words the
broodmare of proper type and free
from blemishes is worth more money
than she will sell for, unless the sale
be made to some breeder that can af
ford to pay more than the professional
horse buyers. Farmers have been mak-
ing the mistake of selling off their best
mares instead of holding on to them.
They say that the buyers would only
take ths best, sc they had to sell them
or nothlag. But the buyers had to
have horses and if the farmers had
everywhere refused to sell their best
breeding stock the buyers would have
been compelled to take the second best.
The farmers would thus today be in
shape to breed from first-class stock
and raise horsas such as the market
demands.
But we do not believe that all farm-
ers have sold off their best stock.
thoui> a large number have done so.
A considerable portion have held onU
their mares that were of good size,
conformatKVi and free from defect*.
Forgetful Man.
"What's the matter with Rash-
leigh?"
"Absent-mindedness, that's all."
"Nonsense! Tho man's cut and
bruised frightfully."
"Yes. He tried to stop a runaway
automobile by jumping in front of It
and waving his coat at it."—Philadel-
phia Press.
A Cane of Stout Support,.
"Do you know what Uncle Gamble
said after seeing you in that new rainy
day suit?"
"No. What did the old idiot say?"
"He said ho should never see a
square piano without thinking of /ou.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
I.lopei
The National Magazine issues a
February number which is bright and
timely and in contents and appearance
s easily a leader among ten cent pub-
lications. One of the illustrated ar-
ticles given this month is "Tho Fall of
Richmond," a remarkably interesting
irticle, giving an inside view of the
closing events of the Civil War. This
.s one of many taken at random.
Queer Point of Law.
A curious will case has been brought
before the courts In north Germany. A
gentleman died, leaving 20,000 crowns
to his cook and the same sum to hla
man servant, on tho condition that If
sither married the money should re-
vert to the other. The legatees mar-
fled each, other, and a nephew of the
ieceased is endeavoring to prove that
the marriage Invalidates the conditions
of the will.—Stray Stories.
Utilization of Wood.
Cooperage woods have advanced 20
oer cent, largely caused by the enor-
mous demand from whisky combine.
Experimenters are trying to make
tloth and soap out of wood pulp. Saw-
lust and wood waste have almost a
treat a value as the clean plank ten
■ears ago.
Carbonlo Acid a Fire K.jtlnBUlther.
The use of liquefied carbonic acid
;as to extinguish underground tires
las been dealt with by Mr. George
Ipencer in a paper read before the In*
itltutlon of Mining Engineers A fire
iccurred in a heading of a col.iery with
vhich Mr. Spencer was connected It
vas decided to use carbon dioxide to
out out the fire, and six cylinder of
.he liquefied gas were successfully
ised. In case of fire on sliipb ird the
jse of carbon dioxide might prove in-
valuable. It can be Instantly applied
ind save much dam: ge by water to the
cargo.
Indiana Take to Mineral Water.
Mineral waters have come to take
rery prominent place in national bev-
trages, especially In the case of
who are suffering more or less from
physical derangements, in this coun-
try tho Indians practiced bathing in
the heated waters and drinking them
long before they taug
the benefits of many
mous. It is within
many inhabitants of t
the red man came an;
at Manitou and other
In the Ilockies.
SncceMf'U Cooper!!
Co-operative factori
aln last year made pi
over $1,000,000 on | '
over *11,000,000,
nrr cent on the
Th
lit to the whites
springs now fa-
the memory of
his country how
ui.ilh to encamp
h> Lling spring
II,,. Factories.
o In Great Hrlt-
oiits aggregating
•apital of a little
. is more than 10
(From the Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean.)
A serious famine threatens the paper
industry of the United States. Various
causes have conspired to lessen the
product of the mills, while the demand
for print paper and the other ordinary
grades Is unprecedented.
The conditions led to a secret meet-
ing of the leading paper manufacturers
pf the United States yesterday at the
Great Northern hotel, to consider what
could bo done to avert the famine
threatened by the shortage In wood
pulp, which, If it is not relieved, will
cause the vast paper mills of the coun-
try to shut down and cripple seriously
every industry which depends upon the
product of the mills. Nearly all of
the leading paper manufacturers of the
country were present, and the principal
topic of Interest was a new fiber for
the manufacture of paper, to take the
place of the wood fibre now in
such universal use. What the new
fiber is, the paper manufacturers would
not say. They averred that at present
the process by which it is manufactur-
ered is In a crude stage, but they dis-
cussed it as the only visible solution
of present difficulties.
(ireat Lnclc of Material.
"Not for twenty years has such a
serious condition confronted the manu-
facturers of paper, and there is great
danger that we may be forced to close
our mills for lack of material," said A.
D. Schaeffer of the Hartford City Pa-
per company, who presided over the
meeting. "Various causes are respon-
sible for this condition. The principal
one is that wood pulp, from which the
lower grades of paper Is manufactured,
Is so hard to get that there is a con-
stant scramble for material. Recent
Inquiry of the pulp mills at Sault Ste.
Marie, the largest pulp mills in the
world, develops the fact that there Is
not a pound for sale there, and other
mills are as hard pressed. The rapid
cutting of the forests of the Eastern
and middle Western states, and the
stopping of the supply from Canada
is largely responsible for tho threaten-
ed famine. Added to the scarcity of
timber is the recent mild weather,
which has made it Impossible to bring
tho pulp wood which has been cut to
market. A large part of the season s
cut of the forests of Wisconsin and
Michigan, upon which the middle
Western states depend for pulp wood,
is now lying on the bare ground and
cannot be moved until snow comes.
Another great danger comes in the
possibility of a heavy fall of snow fol-
lowing this long dry season. A fall of
eighteen inches of snow would cover
up the pulp wood already cut so that
It would be next to impossible to dig
It out and float it down the river to the
mills.
Labor AI.o Scarce,
"A great scaiclty of labor In the pin-
eries has also made the movement of
pulp wood to the mills slow. Com-
panies cutting pulp wood have spent
thousands of dollars importing men
into the pineries to cut pulp wood
only to lose them when they got there.
Boys of eighteen and nineteen are be-
ing largely employed in the work.
"Canada has been the source of sup-
ply for many of the Eastern mills,
but that source of supply has been cut
off as the cutting of timber on crown
lands has been prohibited and the
province of Quebec makes the Importer
pay |1.90 per cord duty, which makes
the material too expensive. The only
solution we can see is to adopt a new
fiber as a substitute for wood fiber.
That is the si bic-ct of discussion. We
have one in view, but 1 do not care to
talk of that now.
"Another difficulty which confronts
Eastern manufacturers is a lack of
water upon which they depend for
power. That, too, is the result of the
cutting away of the forests. The mills
of the middle West are not embarrass-
ed in this respect to the same extent
as the Eastern mills.
"We have not come together to form
any combination or to raise prices.
The demand naturally governs prices.
The sole object is to avert a famine if
possible, for a famine would hurt the
producer as much as the consumer.
J. C. Broekelbank, vice president and
Western manager of the Manufactur-
ers' Paper company of New York, with
offices in, the Itookery building, con-
firmed the statements made by William
Schaeffer concerning the trade.
rendition I. Serlou,.
"If present conditions in the pineries
continue, there will be a serious short-
age of pulp wood in the West until
next fail," he said. "It has been sim-
ply impossible to get the spruce, from
which wood pulp is made, to market.
It grows in the swamps of the pineries,
and the winter has been so open that
it lias been impossible to haul it to the
rivers, down which it is floated to the
mills, as wagons would sink to the
hubs In mud and water. Only contin-
ued cold weather can relieve the condi-
tion." . .
The stock of paper now on hand is
extremelv short. The export trade.
,vas l:irge, has been abandoned
nil "the Jobbers have very
on hand. The mills
jfe_I've a telegram, Tinl, from your
father.
She—From him? Docs be rave aboul
me 7
He—No.
He telegraphs,
Pansies do not, as some people think, j giyen and forgotten, provided
need a great deal of shade. er back!"—Der Floh.
"All is fop-
you neY"*
Mermaid* by tlio Foot.
Speaking of exhibition mermaids, It
may not bo known that .lupan exports one else,
these shams in a- oi'ted sizes, in glass
cases, at eo mu> h a foot. They are
made of the body of a fish and the
dr'efi head of a monkey, so skillfully
united that it is difficult to detect
where one begins and the other ends.
which
entirely,
little free paper
have no free paper and will see that
thev are in condition to meet contiacts
already made before they sell to any
one else. There is serious danger that
the mills may have to shut down en-
tirely for lack of pulp wood. The great-
est danger to the trade is likely to be
during March and April, and May, but
the fan-ine will continue until next
fall.
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