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BRYAN DOWN EAST.
V
T
CENSORED DISPATCHES ARRIVE
AT LAST.
(Tell How He Captursd nu Administra-
tion Meeting In New York—A Hard
Hlow at "Manifest DestLuy" and
Hanna Ism.
bows the knee to Quay, aad Joins
hands with PefTer and Kyle. Illus-
trious trio of hypocritical scoundrels!
hen Pfeffer, Kye and Sibley etart
for their eternal home, they will not
be allowed to stop long enough in pur-
gatory to get a glass of ice water.
Ovation In the Enemy's Country.
New York, Feb. 7—(Delayed by
Associated Press censors.)—During the
banquet of the Society of the Genesee
at Sherry's tonight, Mr. Bryan and his
party entered the hall while Oscar *,
Williams, ex-consul at Manila, was
speaking on affairs in the Philippines,
Mr. Williams defended the Philippine
policy of General Otis and President
McKinley and closed with an appeal
to continue President McKinley at the
helm of the state, assuring his hearers
that such helmsmen would bring the
ship to the port safe and sure. There
were loud cries for a speech from Mr,
Bryan and he finally arose and thanked
those assembled for the hearty recep
tion. He said:
With some of the things tlie speak
•er had just said 1 heartily agree. When
he spoke of governing with the con
sent of the people and by the people
and for the people and by the people,
I agree with him with all my heart,
But if he means that the people of the
Philippines are to be taxed without
representation, then I don't agree with
him. I have my own ideas of the des
tinies of this country, of what govern
ment of the people, for the people, and
by the people means. Republicanism
rests upon the consent of the people
don't believe God ever created one
nation to cross the seas to seize and
govern another. I agree with the
speaker that we ought to plant the
seeds of our form of government
all parts of the world. But I cannot
tee why we should try to give
people of the Philippines our form of
government, and if they refuse it shoot
-them down, the reason this country
<annot speak out as it should in the
British-Boer war is because of our
treatment of England for doing what
•we are doing ourselves. And the
more is the pity, for I believe the great
majority of our people are opposed to
the invasion of the rights of the South
African republics by the monarchy of
Great Britain. And that they will be
no inconsistent as to make this stand
on the matter of the Boer war and to
adopt the English policy of aggression
In the Philippines I do not believe."
(Applause and cries of "You're all
right," "Wait until next year," and
-"You'll be the next president.")
"Over In South Africa," said Mr.
Bryan, "England (hisses) started what
•he thought was going to be a little
war, and yet her soldiers have not
Teached I^adysmith, and God grant
they never will."
This sentiment evoked the loudest
applause of the evening. The audi-
ence stamped and howled and rose to
Its feet en masse.
"Three cheers for Kruger," 6houted
someone, and they were joined in by
•almost everyone in the hall.
"When I say that," continued Mr,
Bryan, "It is not because I am for
any particular country, but because
am for any people that are struggling
for their freedom to govern them
selves."
"I denounce the cowardly doctrine
«f destiny," lie said, In conclusion
■"which makes a man a chicken thief
^ho gets up near enough to grab the
hen from the roost."
The Keg: Picker.
By Chris Hawthorne.
saw a Thing through the by-ways
creep,
And stagger 'neath a burden on its
head:—
Twas twice a hundred weight of gut-
ter spoil.
But in Trade's crucible—Just one
pound of bread.
And this Thing was a woman near
travail,
Though the many saw and recked it
naught
That within this creature, twlce-fold
laden,
God's holiest miracle was wrought.
She had no cunning alchemy nor divin-
ing rod
That changes Thine to Mine, or
pitches on the gold.
These things belong to the busy mart
Where her infant's heritage Is sold.
Oh, stop this babble in the market-
place!
Let every iron horse and ship stand
still.—
Then tear from the Sphinx her riddle
old:
When will the demon Greed have
had his fill?
Land Vmloev
"The taxable value of land In Eng-
land was fixed 211 years ago, under
the reign of William III., and by stat-
ute was made unchangeable, while the
market value of some municipal tracts
has been enhanced from 1,000 to 5,000
fold. A greater wrong is done to no
people in any nation on earth than is
done in England In consequence of the
maintenance of an absolute law whose
operation causes greater loss to the
people than the existence of an army
and navy for whose sustenance an an-
nually increasing burden is incurred.'
The above is clipped from Citizen
and Country, a reputable and truthful
newspaper published in Toronto, Can.
It Is news to us and will be news to
most of our readers. In view of this
law is it any wonder that all the land
of England is owned by a few rich
men? Is it any wonder that the alms-
houses are crowded and millions of
people are living in the border land
of starvation? Just think of it, a tract
of land worth a thousand dollars 200
years ago might easily be worth >10,-
000,000 now, but it is still assessed for
taxation at $1,000. There are town lots
In Chicago that wouldn't have brought
the price of a second hand shot gun
sixty years ago, but now worth a mil
lion. If our law had fixed a perpetual
taxable value on those lots of $20 each
it would have paralleled the English
law in infamy. If our Canadian con-
temporary tells the truth, our pluto-
crats can still learn something from
their financial breathren in England.
—Ex.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
[ow inccesful
Department <
11 lute as to I
and Poultry.
itrmers Operate This
the Karm—A Few
i tare of l.lve block
Dairy Notes.
Would It not pay the dairy associa-
tions to give special Instruction in the
analysis of butter and oleomargarine
that the two may be distinguished
apart as well on the farm and in the
village as at the experiment station?
If we could have in every town and
city some person enough Interested in
pure food to make a study of analysis
we might be able to check the con-
stant Imposture in foods. A great
many people that now buy oleomar-
garine would not buy it if they knew
it. The easiest way to check the fraud,
at least the most effective way, Is to
give the people some way of finding
out what the true article is and what
the bogus article is. We need a great
er acquaintance with chemistry. It
was largely a fancy study once; it is
an essential study now. It is surpris-
ing that our leaders In dairy educa
tion know so little about the methods
of analysis, except those men that
make a business of it.
Gov. AHdeltl'B Words.
John P. Altgeld, in a late interview,
said: "From present indications both
gold and silver will pass out of use
as money, and will be supplemented
by a philosophic or rational circulat-
ing medium and measure of value.
The absurdity of making the world's
ndustry, prosperity and happiness
depend upon the accident of mining
is already attracting the attention of
all thinking men, and the still greater
absurdity of having a large portion of
the energies of the human race spent
in digging something out of the ground
that shall be a mere measure of value
and be in itself of no earthly use to
any human being, when the govern-
ment under proper regulations and 11m.
Itations could furnish the country a
circulating medium and measure of
values that would cost practically
nothing."
This utterance from one of the best
and most influential political thinkers
of the country is very significant, not
only on account of the truth which it
contains, but as showing the trend of
thought at the present time. The think-
ers in the lead of the reform forces are
coming to the conclusion that the fight
for bimetallism is a waste of time, be-
ing only a fight for a compromise set-
tlement of the money question. Here-
after the issue is to be made not be-
tween bimetallism and gold monomet-
allism, but between the use or disuse
of either gold or silver as standard
money. The reasons for the disuse of
the metals are overwhelming, and only
need to be fully presented because their
abandonment.—Cedar Rapids Outlook.
IlrltUh An ti-Imperial l*t«.
There was a peace meeting at North-
ampton, England, last week, at which
Henry Labouchere.the editor of Truth,
and liberal member of parliament,was
to be the orator. The meeting was
broken up by jingoistic hoodlums. The
speaker was assaulted with chairs :ind
other missiles were hurled into the
body of the house, amid cries of "Clod
Save the Queen." God may save the
queen, but it will not be in answer to
the cries of a lot of drunken rowdies.
Labouchere Is one of the greatest and
best men in England, but he is not al-
lowed to speak for peace in- a Chris-
tian city, where hundreds of lofty
spires are pointing heavenwards in
honor of the Prlpce of Peace.
Imperialism Is the same on both
sides of the Atlantic. Both in Eng-
land and America It bears on Its fore-
head the mark of the beast. Lovora
of liberty in this country are de-
nounced as traitors and in Great Brit-
ain they are mobbed. The ignorant
and vicious multitudes are ever on the
side of the oppressor. They stoned
Stephen—they crucified Christ—they
burned Servetus—they murdered Lin-
coln. They have persecuted good men
in all ages, and right now they ar
committing murder in the name of re-
ligion and are enslaving millions with
the cry of liberty on their perjured
lips.—Omaha Nonconformist.
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Sennlble Britons Fa*or lloers.
According to the American prece-
•dents of the Republican variety, hon-
est John Burns, the great labor leader
of England, Is very much of a traitor.
Just listen to him talk in parliament
about Joe Chamberlain and his jingo
followers:
John BurnB, radical member for Bat-
tersea, congratulated the opposition
upon the courage to do its duty, "un-
influenced by newspapers owned by
blackguards and edited by ruffians who
clamor for war."
He characterized it as absurd to say
that the debate would be an encour-
agement and incentive to the Boers.
'The Boers do not need any incen-
tive," exclaimed Burns. 'This was
supplied them years ago by the blun-
dering policy of the colonial secre-
tary whose speech might be fairly
summarized as follows:
'There Is no argument for war.
Therefore, wave the union jack. A
few mistakes have been committed.
Therefore, double your army in South
Africa, and then a preoratlon in the
language of the pothouse and in the
spirit of the prize ring."
Mr. Speaker—Order, order.
Burns—If you take exception to
•"pot-house," I withdraw it and substi-
tute "Stock exchange."
The Trust Fund.
Tho banks and other organized trusts
will furnish an unlimited campaign
fund this year. As nobody else Is to
be benefitted by a Republican victory
it is all right that they shall pay the
expenses. In view of this well known
fact the question naturally arises, why
should anybody except a beneficiary
of a trust vote the Republican ticket
unless he Is paid for it? The special
legislation in behalf of railroad com-
panies and manufacturing trusts in-
jures every farmer in Nebraska, says
the Nonconformist of Omaha. Why
then should said farmer support these
combinations unless they pay him for
his services. These corrupt trusts
ought to be made to buy all their votes
or none. They rely upon deceiving
part of the voters and buying the bal-
ance. How many they have to buy
will depend on how many they are able
to deceive. Here Is a grand chance for
speculation, boys. Demand your share
of the corruption fund. Refuse to be
coaxed, and only surrender when you
receive the market price. As long
as corruption funds are so plenty why
should you vote for McKinley for
nothing when your neighbor gets five
or ten dollars for doing the same
thing? The trust can afford to put up
a hundred millions of honest dollars
each to five million patriotic Republic-
an voters. If the Republican voters
of Nebraska will make this their mot-
to, "No pay, then no vote for Mc-
Kinley," each of them will get money
enough to buy a handsome dress for
his pretty wife. Get your twenty dol-
lars first, and then go to the polls
and vote your principles like an hon
est man.
Carnegie In a Sunday School.
Addressing a Bible class in New
York recently Andrew Carnegie said
"It will indeed be a sad day when pov-
erty is no longer with us. Where will
your inventor, your artist, your phil
anthroplst, your reformer, in fact, any
body of note, come from then? They
all come from the ranks of the poor.
It is bad policy to aid the submerged
man."
Mr. Carnegie Is a very rich man. It
is said to be worth a hundred millions,
Therefore he will never do any mors
good in the world, nor will his chil-
dren or grandchildren. Alas, there
will be no Inventor, no artist, no phil
anthropist and no reformer in the Car
negie family from henceforth forever
more. What a mighty loss to the
world. Can we stand the strain?
Hadn't the people better take his mil-
lions away from him in order that ho
and his descendants may be brought
back to that industrious class that is
saving the world? Ex.
Tlie Fall of Sibley.
Joseph C. Sibley of Pennsylvania,
lias fallen from grace and it was a
tremendous fall. He was once a can-
didate for congress and claimed to be
a Democrat, a Populist, a Prohibition-
ist, and an all around reformer and
now he accepts a nomination from the
Republicans. Joseph has yielded to the
seductions of Potiphar's wife and pre-
fiitriot vs. Hypocrite.
These are remarkable times for
lightning changes in the political opin-
ions of public men. Most of the lead-
ing supporters of the present gold bug
legislation in congress were howling
free silverltes a short time ago. The
president has repudiated almost every
plank of the platform on which he was
In Kentucky.
Right after the war the Republicans
controlled the politics of many of the
Southern states. This was done by
means of rascally carpet-baggers and
ignorant negroes. They plundered
every state they controlled, and the
people drove them out and excluded
them from power for thirty years.
Three years ago that party again got
a foothold in the south by capturing
the state of Kentucky. Their first
reign in the South ended in universal
corruption and wholesale robbery-
their last reign ended in cowardly
assassination. The Southern peopl.
will be no more enamoured with re-
publican government now than they
were a generation ago. The Southern
Democrats are bad enough,God knows,
but the Southern Republicans are in-
finitely worse.
Some reports from England say that
recent tests with tuberculin indicate
that the cows that are most likely to
take the disease from other cows are
those that are kept In sheds and barns
from one year's end to another, and
the freest cows are those that are
permitted to stay most of the time in
pastures. This Is in accordance with
all experience with tuberculosis. The
tubercle germ is taken Into the lungs
through the nostrils and these germs
to be breathed must be dry and float-
ing in the air. The sputa from tuber-
culous cows has a chance to dry when
it is left on the barn floor and the
other cows breathe it. But when the
cattle are kept in the pastures the
sputa is not likely to become dry
enough to float in the air. If it be
eaten it is more than likely to be
thrown off by the digestive organs.
While it is true that stomachs may
become infested, it is also true that
they are not so likely to become affect-
ed as the lungs. It was also found
that the cattle kept in open sheds suf-
fered from tuberculosis quite largely.
The same conditions apply here as in
the barns. The germs have a chance
to dry and float in the air. This proves
that it is a wise thing to give the cows
as much out of door's life as possible.
We need in this country some addi-
tion to our dairy laws In the form of
the establishment of a legal limit to
the amount of water that butter may
contain. We hear of ladle goods com-
ing to market with so much water in-
corporated in them that some of it
soaks out even before the butter has
left the hands of the commission men.
This water is evidently not put in by
the farmers that made the butter In
the first place. Ladle goods are made
from butter that is collected here and
there by owners of factories. It is re-
worked and recolored to give it uni-
formity. It differs from process but-
ter In that It Is not necessarily bad
butter at any time. It may all have
been good fresh butter at the time of
coming into the hands of the factory
man, and is reworked to give it uni-
formity. The factory man has found
that water can be incorporated in con-
siderable quantities, and brings him a
good price per pound. It is a dishonest
trick, but we fear that it is practiced
far more commonly tha.i Is known.
Butter will hold a gr^at deal of water
without permitting it to soak out, and
when it contains so much that It liter-
ally runs out It looks as if the greed
of the reworker has got beyond con-
trol. In England and Ireland, and we
suppose in the other countries com-
prising the British Isles, the laws are
very rigid in this matter, and we see
frequently reports of prosecutions for
their violation.
than this if you wish to have eggs to
hatch.
Set the eggs as early as possible,
and as many eggs at One time as you
can, for the ducklings grow so fast that
two or three days will cause a decid-
ed difference in the size of the birds
at marketing time. The market for
young ducks in the last few yearn has
gone down with a rush, in a week s
time falling from 10 cents per pound to
5 cents per pound, in '98. To get good
pay for time, expense and bother, one
should market the ducks not later
than the first week In June, and as
much earlier than this as possible.
Don't keep your early and late ducks
entire until the late are of market size,
for by doing this you will, perhaps, not
have a cent of profit, but as soon as
your early flock. If not more than
twenty-five in number, is ready to sell,
market thejn without delay; then send
the next set as soon as ready. Of
course, it is more bother, time and ex-
pense accordingly to make so many
sales, but the not having all your ducks
early Is your misfortune, nnd to wait
until all are ready will make tha mat-
ter worse In two ways. The price will
go down and the ducks will not gain
so fast, yet will eat just as much, for
their feathers will grow into duck
feathers, cease to be baby feathers.
As they grow older they are more
easily frightened, and a fright lasts
them longer, thus not only causing a
stoppage in their own gains, but in
those younger as well, if their yards
adjoin. Keep the different aged duck-
lings in separate pens so they may be
fed separately and differently, for when
almost ready to market they are best
finished off on corn meal alone. Be
careful to gather the eggs before they
chill, do not wash them, and set them
under hens that have warm nests. Do
not give more than nine to a hen in
early spring.
EMMA CI.EAUWA.TERS.
fers to enjoy the pleasures of sin for j plecte(j jn his late message he advo
a season rather than dwell with the
people of God forever. He Is a very
rich man and it Is easier for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle than
-for a rich man to keep out of the Re-
publican party. In 1896 some of the
reformers wanted him for president
and others wanted to put him on the
ticket as a runnning mate for Bryan.
Wouldn't he have been an admirable
randldafe for us. He would have run
the reform party like the old woman
liept tavern down In Arkansas. Joseph
cated free trade with Porto Rico, but
lie has already gone back on that sug-
gestion and now wants a tariff on the
goods received by us from that island.
He is as changeable as an April day,
as uncertain.as a March wind, and he
wabbles as naturally as if he had
swallowed a distillery. The Iowa gen-
tleman who has the honor of being
the speaker of the house of representa-
tives is following fast In the footsteps
of his illustrious leader.—Ex.
A Parable.
The Republican argument is that it
we don't steal the Philippines, some-
body else will, therefore, let us take
them first. A lady on Twenty-seventh
stjeet had an apple tree loaded with
choice pippins. The boys on Twenty-
eight street said: Let us rob that
tree—the old lady has no gun and if
she had she couldn't shoot. The one
Bryan boy in the crovrd said, don't do
it, for it would be awful mean. A Mc-
Kinley boy replied: It is all right, for
if we don't get the pippins, those mean
boys down on Twenty-sixth street will
be sure to take them.
The Philippine conmission has re-
ported a form of government for the
island!, and Incidentally suggests that
those who boss the Job be strlctlj
honest. There seems to be grave bus
piclons of former dishonesty.
To the Farmers' Review: The time
is at hand when the ducks should be-
gin their steady laying. If they are
not giving you an average of two-
thirds the number of eggs as you have
ducks, you had best coax thorn a little.
If impossible to furnish green cut bone
and fresh meat scraps for them, pro-
cure some of the many excellent meat
meal3 that are on the market, and feed
according to directions given on the
package. Increase the amount of their
feed. Perhaps the better way to do
this is to give thorn an extra n'eal per
day. Give them ground teen, made
bulky with the addition of clean clover
or fodder shatterings, and let corn-
meal be the minimum ingredient with
wheat bran the largest. Cabbage
scraps, chopped potatoes, beets or
turnips, all fed raw, will be greatly rel-
ished by the ducks. Keep powdered
charcoal and grit of some kind within
easy reach of them, and provide them
enough warm water to drink. If one
has a good swimming hole for them it
is a good thing for the setting and
hatching time, as the eggs will hatch
better and produce stronger ducklings
as a result of the exercise.
Keep the ducks penned until 9 o'clock
else some of the eggs will not be found.
Very few lay after 9 o'clock until they
make nests for themselves later in the
season. It is not safe to set the first
dozen eggs each duck lays; they sel-
dom hatch. But after that, if the
ducks are vigorous, healthy birds, they
should hatch excellently well, better
than hen's eggs, but not quite so well
as turkey eggs, has been our experi-
ence with them. Secure good large
drakes, one to each five ducks. Later
you may reduce tho number to one
drake to seven ducka, but navar less
The lloree Kemalns.
Prof. Davenport, In an article con-
tributed to the report of the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture, says: The
prevailing low price of horses is not
so much due to an oversupply as it is
to the fact that the mares are ill-
adapted to the service now required.
Tho horse is coming to be handled by
better men than formerly, and is be-
coming more and more, like the dog,
the companion of the master. The
dray-horse is no more an animated
skeleton, driven by a howling rufllan,
but a well-bred, prosperous beast, in
good harness, and driven by a man
that loves a horse. The city delivery
horse, his van and his driver, now be-
long to the advertising department of
the establishment, and here is a ser-
vice newly created that needs more
good horses than the street car com-
panies ever did. Every friend of the
horse will rejoice in his -(mancipation
from the street car and bis elevation
to the delivery van.
How many men were ever known to
sell a carriage horse or a saddler and
buy a bicycle? With all its usefulness
the wheel is but a poor substitute for
a horse, and there is not the least dan-
ger of one displacing the other. No
man who has ever felt the thrill of an-
swering intelligence along the reins of
his favorite driver will ever be satis-
fied to confine himself to a dumb thing
made of steel, of which he himself
must furnish the motive power. We
seem to forget that machinery has dis-
placed the horse only in the most or-
dinary service. We seem to forget that
the horse is progressing upward a to
his occupation, and w# have been
breeding him backward, except as to
heavy draft and the race track. This
demand for better horses is not new or
transient, but is natural and will en
dure. It is for breeders to study its
nature, breed such as will satisfy the
new conditions, and stop the Increase
of miscellaneous rubbish.
Besides the heavy draft. let us have
a useful, intelligent horse, of medium
size, with a deep, thick chest, upstand-
ing neck, full forehead, and large
bright eye, an open nostril and erect
ear, a short leg heavily muscled, with
a long low stride that brings the foot
lightly to the ground. Then with a
short back and strong loin, we shall
have a horse of good action, of great
endurance, and one that will give good
promise of rendering service for twen-
ty years. For such a horse there is a
strong and growing demand.
Rape for lines.
Rape !s a most wonderful plant for
hogs. It can be sown from early
spring to the first of August. In eight
weeks after the early sowing It will
do to turn in to, and then you can hava
rape for pasture till Into December,
writes a contributor to Michigan Fara-
Hogs do not need rings in their
noses while feeding on rape, or at
least this is my experi-nc?. Very little
rooting has been done all summer for
us In our rape fields. It is most ex-
cellent to turn brood sows into after
weaning the pigs. No attention need
be given to them all summer only to
see that they have shade and water.
The rape is composed of so much wa-
ter that it almost furnishes enough
water. We have kept fourteen large
brood sows In a patch of an acre and
a half ever since the spring pigs were
weaned and they have been unable to
keep It eaten down. They were poor
when turned in and they thrived right
along all summer without anything but
rape and water. One sow raised five
nica pigs with no feed but rape. We
now have thirty-three brood sows in
this patch sleeking up the last rape o
the season. It is best to have two or
three small lots sown, so that hogs can
be changed from one to the other.
Don't feed it off too close while the
weather is warm and the ground too
dry, for it won't come on very satis-
factorily afterwards.
We nearly killed one patch in that
way this last summer. It should be
bIx or eight Inches high before turning
into. If turned into when too small,
before It has sufficient root, the hogs
will pull a good deal of it up. If your
land is rich and free from weeds it
will be best sown broadcast at five
pounds of seed to the acie. A good way
to do is to plow the ground early and
drag it frequently till ready to sow.
This will make a fine, firm seed bed
and rid the ground of weeds that
would otherwise bother. It is claimed,
however, that better results can be had
by drilling in rows about 20 inches
apart and cultivating. However this
may be, It would take a great deal
more work and trouble. 1 don t sea
how much more could grow on the land
than did for me sown broadcast. One
man told me that his hogs would not
eat it. I must say that he either sowed
the wrong kind of rape or he had some
very peculiar hogs. Our hogs seemed
to like it better than clover, for they
had both clover and rape to run into
at the same time, and they could b
seen most in the rape. Rape, If prop-
erly Bown and properly pastured, will
certainly solve the problem of cheap
pork, for spring pigs, continually kept
in it from weaning time till December,
will make good sized hogs with very
little grain.
A large number of poultry shows are
being held this winter and the farmers
should take advantage of the oppor-
tunities thus offered to become better
acquainted with fine stock. Ibis is
a good time to take the boys and the
girls and get them enthused. The chil-
dren on the farm have a good oppor-
tunity to do something for themselves
in the way of raising fowls if they can
but be interested. Many a girl could
make a good deal of pin-money by go-
ing into the raising of poultry on a
small scale. The little room that
would be required on the farm would
practically never be missed from the
cultivated area of the farm. The mar-
ket will not be over-stocked no matter
how extensively the children go into
the business. The increasing popul-
ation will more than make up for new
hands at the producing end of the
trade. We have seen children become
very much interested in this work.
They are learning something that may
be of value to them in the years to
come. Childhood is a good time for
them to practice in poultry raising, for
years of experience are necessary to
make experts. The school of experi-
ence is tue only one that turns out
first-class poultry raisers.
Dry bonemeal is valuable as a feed
for poultry, but there is no doubt that
green cut bone Is more valuable.
All things are less dreadful than
they seem.—Wordsworth.
Berlin has sixty-three public monu-
ments.
Lisbon miller In London.
The immense consumption of butter
in this colony derived from foreign
sources has set many people in recent
years thinking as to whether they can-
not participate in the profits to be de-
rived from a trade which John Bull al-
lows to go past his doors, says The
Dairy. Thus it Is the Australian trade
has grown, America has been let In,
and Canada has been enabled to In-
crease her export to us 700 per cent.
This year Denmark and Sweden,
France and Italy, Russia and Holland,
pay great attention to our require-
ments in the matter of butter. But
there are other countries on the conti-
nent which have cows and surplus
milk, and Portugal Is the latest of
these to show she is aware of the right
market wherein to dispose of the but-
ter she did not need herself. Lately
there have been several conslgnmenta
from that country, and as the experi-
ment is said to have turned out bena-
flcially to the exporters we are likely
to find Portugal established on our list
of Imports, ough the customs will
hide the fact under the "other coun-
tries" euphemism which is so irritat-
ing to the inquirer. Undoubtedly, saya
Commercial Intelligence, the wonder-
ful manner in which prices have kept
up is reponslble for the appearance of
Lisbon butter in our midst. The dry
weather everywhere has so curtailed
production that quotations are at pres-
ent some 10s to 12s per cwt ahead of
those ruling this time last year, and
the demand keeps at the heels of sup-
ply, which is a great temptation, and
just the opportunity for a new-comer
to step in.
Selecting Breeding Turkeys.—I have
met with best success with pullets of
from sixteen to twenty pounds, and old
hens from eighteen to twenty-three
pounds. They lay eggs that are larger
and more fertile than do the bigger
hens. They are also more active and
healthy, and make better mothers.
The tom, I believe, has more influence
on the shape and color of offspring
than the female. He should be as near
perfection in shape and color of plum-
age as can be found, and of medium
size. Breeders ought not to try to get
"the biggest tom in America." The
male should be of medium height, but
of large bone, with big feet and legs,
and good-sized frame. If the breast is
not tilled out while he is young, he will
tie all right when matured. In fact,
he will grow into a larger bird than If
he is nice and plump at the beginning
of the season witbo.it the other fea-
tures.—S. B. Johnston, in American
Poultry Journal.
Brahma fowls are of a gentle dis-
position, quiet in their habits, and aro
easily kept within a limited enclosure.
An ordinary fence is sufficient to hold
them.
Soft feeds are advantageous to fowls
when fed Judiciously. Once a day a
warm meal Is relished by the fowls.
It is easier to clean the poultry house
every few days that it Is to clean It
every few months,
I^angshans were Introduced InUi
England from China In 1872.
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