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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-9-17, Page 3OUR OTTAWA LETTER A VERY SLOW WEEK WITH OUR LAW -MAKERS. Little Business ,Before the House—No Polley—Spain. Temperance—Still Waiting* --After the $1,000—Tho Cabinet Vacancy —Politics and the Civil Service. From Our Ownn Corres n d en P a Ottawa, Sept. 8,—The session drags along with scarcely a feature to mark its progress. The ° "Government of business men"' that Mr. Laurier was 5 so prone to prate about seems to be unable to bring any legislation be- fore the .houses of parliament. In the stirring days of the campaign the Prime Minister' was full of promises as 1 do when he shu ld to what be would u attained power. hasarta d He attain power What have wehBard from him? Nothing g but an avowal that the Administration could make no efforts to advance legisla- tionis 11 that theywant tion this session. A sanction s to for the House o of Commons the spending of public moneys. Other- wise the members, the' gentlemen who represent the people, may go hang. Never before did. Canada witness suoh an ex- ample of Star Chamber Government. Even in the houses of parliament the .Administration pursues its policy of re- straining its supporters from asking too give them. They seek a delay. They know that two score bye -elections have to be ought and they want the sincere of war. True, the public treasury is at their dis- posal, but if they can induce the manu- facturers to contribute to their fund.they will bo so much ahead. After she $1,000. The members on the Government side of the House are determined. to 'flake the sessionlast thirty days. Unless the sittings last for that time the members will have to take sevendollars a day in which is w leas o1 the thousand dollars P I the ordinarysessional indemnity.nit✓ . At the Grit caucus the other day Sir Oliver Mowat attempted to induce the Minis - aerialists to make a personal sacrifice of bringing .the session to an early end. It would have a good effect on the country, said Ontario's ex -Premier. "But it would have a damned; bad effect apon derklI Dr. Lan i our pockets,"answered, echo has become one of the p ro zniuent Liberals this session. At Landerkin'san- sever a howl of assent went up from the l e room in Oliverft the Liberals and Sir Oliver dungeon. The Christian statesman gets 8,000 dollars a y job. year for his He has mess of rho with the anile no sympathy h g House of Commons who have to get' along on a beggarly thousand. Forpast the week the House of Commons has been debating the mo- tion of censure of the Grit Administra- tion on account of its action in getting the Governor-General to sign warrants for the expenditure of public moneys before the House of Commons had sanc- tioned this course. The ex -Minister of Finance on Monday moved the vote of censure.: All week the debate went on the Liberals vainly endeavoring to make successful defence of the Government's plan of action. Conservative after Con- servative made the unconstitutionality of the Government's course apparent. The Cabinet Vacancy. The Administration . made no .defence utarelied on their brute majority. They were sustained, of course, But a blow had been dealt whioh did them no little harm. Constant friction still exists in the Cabinet. Joseph Martin has not received the portfolio which he so eagerly seeks. He has had, though, the satisfaction of keeping his strongest opponent, Mr. Clifford Siftou, away from the coveted post, The adherents of both of the men are pulling with might and main to procure a victory for their fav- orite. As I said before Joseph Martin will be defeated in his aspirations. He lost Winnipeg and although he nearly ruined himself finally the :gentlemen of. the Grit party have thrown him over- board. Now that they have come into their kingdom they have oast him out, The name of Joe Martin is anathema to the French Canadians of Quebec. They Will convent to anybody but Martin being given the portfolio of the Interior, Mr, Laurier knows that the French put him where ho is. Therefore, as I say, Mr. Clifford Sifton is going to win the portfolio. Tho gruesome subject of the reversion of seats in the Cabinet Council, which are now held by elderly gentlemen has provoked much ill -feeling amongst the gentlemen who esteem themselves to be in the direot line of succession. Lister Fraser, of Guyaboro, 'reline and Gibson, all are indignant at the manner in which they have been treated. They are wait- ing now for deadmen's shoes and they present a beautiful spectacle as they watch aaoh other with one eys, while the other is kept glued on the door of the council chamber. Polities and the Civil Service. The week has been a dull one. The most notable utterance of the week was that of Sir Charles Tupper, when dis- cussing the Government's action is dis- missing Conservative civil servants simply on account of their politics and filling their places with Liberals said Sir Charles: "I don't think it desirable that anybody should keep out of polities whatever position he may occupy, pro- vided he conducts himself in areasona`.ile and proper manner. There is nothing thnt will tend so much to the elevation to nubile life as the desire and the am- bition of the best educated 'nen in the ccrumunity to take a part in the politics of their country. I know of no greater misfortune that can happen to any conn - try than for men of high character, in- telligence and position to dissever them- selves from the political life of their country. I do not, therefore, share the views of the hon. gentlemen who inter- rupted me, 1 do not feel that itis at all iesirable that gentlemen of education, character and standing should be obliged to suppress any expression of their opinion on political matters because they happen to hold office in the civil service of their country. I trust that the result of this disoussion will not be to pro- mote iu the slightest degree the policy of dismissing officials. It is a policy from which the Government have nothing to gain but a great deal to lose. I do not look at this cenestion from a party point of vier. From that point of view I shoal not object. in the slightest de- gree, t' the hon. gentlemen making the most sweeping changes and dismissing large numbers of civil servants in order to replace them with their own friends. A . more disastrous course, from a partl- -an pnint of view, the Government could not adopt. Of course, if any person hold. ing office in the civil service has taken a s iolent and offensive oourse against the party which has been elected, he must he prepared to take consequences. I do not hesitate to draw the line at that. but neyond that I think it is most desir- able, in the interests of the Government ind country, that no party should go." Sir-Bioha d--Ca1tWright agreed fully with 5.1r—Charles' harles' views, but as I have ;aid before, Sir Richard is in the Cab- inet. The guillotine will continue to cork and many more Conservative heads will drop into the basket. much. The Liberal members bare been informed that they are not expected to ask questions. No matter whether their constituencies are Luing neglected; no matter whether needed public works are not being executed, the supporters of the Administration are besought and com- manded to sit still and say. nothing. The country's advantage is not considered. The only desire of Monsieur Laurier, Monsieur Tarte and their subordinates in `the Cabinet is to make things easy for themselves. The business of seeking out Conservative civil servants and discharg- ing them in order to make room for Lib- erals transcends the business of the coun- try. Mr. Tarte has had his guillotine actively at work. He continues to decapi- tate Conservatives at, the rate of a dozen per day. He Is ready to do anything in order to make it clear to his compat- riots, the French, that he is there to look after their interests. The time was when Sir Adolphe Caron was condemned by the Gr1ta of Que'doo because he allowed no consideration of race to influence him in his desire to secure the most eflotont officers for his department. Israel Tarte, the opportunist, is not ,likely to make any such mistake. "I know that I am here because I am a Frenchman," we can imagine him to say. "I am going, to make no suoh mistake as to lose my hold. upon my own people." " Meanwhile, Mr. Laurier stands by and endorses the action of his master and lieutenant, the tireless Tarte. No Policy. And still we hear not a word as to the Government's intentions in respeot to the trade question. Tho truth is that Mr. Laurier is afraid to trust Fielding and. n Cartwright together, Fielding holds the post that Blue Ruin Richard pre-empted for himself. But the pre-emption did not °igo." The astute Tarte told his "lead- ar"that Sir Richard could not be trusted to hold the position. His name was tee thoroughly execrated by the people of Canada to permit of his becoming Min- ister of Finance. And now Sir Richard chafes and fumes and curses the day when he left the Conservative party in a fit of pique. He knows that he has no- thing to expect from the men with whom he has allied himself. He knows that Tarte has a large, sharp knife awaiting ,him. He is in mucb the same state of mind as is the Thanskgiving turkey two or three days before the recurrence of the festival. Sham Temperance. The untrustworthiness of the present administration is about to be discovered. On Thursday last Speaker Edgar. aoting under instruotions from Mr. Tarte and Mr. Laurier, announced that the bar of the House of Commons had been abol- ished and that henceforth no liquors were to be sold within the precincts of the House. What was the reason for this sudden fit of prohibition? Everybody who bas been in Ottawa—as I have been—for the last few years, knows that there are scores of Liberals who are far from being Prohibitionists. The reason of the change of heart was apparent as soon as one glanced at the crowded galleries. There, high above the legislators, sat F. S. Spence, of Toronto, and half a hun- dred of Liberal Prohibitionists who had •come to Ottawa that morning in order to impress upon the Government the de- sirability of extirpating the liquor traffic, root and branch. These enthusiasts had been received in the morning by Mr. Laurier with much affability. They had been assured that the Government wag -with them, if the people desired prohibl tion. And then, being afraid to antagon- ize his liquor -loving supporters of Que- bec, Mr. Laurier hit upon a new plan. He announced, or had announced, the abolition of the House of Commons bar. The good temperance people went home delighted. They had scored a point. What. happened? Nothing. The bar was not closed. On Thursday night the :smoking rooms of the Commons were .full of men who were enjoying their glass of whisky or beer. I happened to see even the impeccaahle Mr. Laurier elrinking his Scotch and soda with his friend Chocgbette. But what 'natters 'a rnisrepresentation—or, to calle.it'by its right name—a 11e, if a stecer section of the country's people be,kept in line? It is not to the carrying on of the bar that 'nany of the people object.' They do ob- ject, and they 7411 objeot, to lnisrepre- tentation. Still Waiting. The country awaits an announcement in respect o4j the tariff. The Government deolines to'hake any statement in re• wad to It.1`t is strange that, after eigh- teen yearsiln opposition, the Grits can- not tell the country what they propose to do. Tires have taken to oover. " Like Petruchio they "will not tell lest force should make them." The force is ready. Let them make their avowal. Has not Mr. Laurier said that he "will not be montane until the last vestige of protec- tion is destroyed?" .Able Liiberal editors. for years have told the leaders of the party exactly what: should be done in order to save the commercial interests of the country. On the stump, during the late campaign,Liberals speakers ,did not ' lack for a policy. Why cannot ,they tell the country now what they propose to do? The answer its plain. They are wait-. stag to sae what the manufacturers will eeettieeia A BIG LITERARY PRIZE. fhe Winner of It Will Get a Million and a Half. ' One million and a hall' dollars is the argest amount ever offered as a prize ur a literary contribution? The money or this enormous prize, which is not to Qlwarded until 1925, was lodged, in e 8, in the Imperial Bank,atSt. Peters - 'erg, be M. Araajeyeff, the founder of the military colony of Novgorod. Ile de- posited 50,000 roubles, which is to ao- •umulate until 1925, and then be paid 's a prize to the writer"of' the. best his- ory of the reign of Alexander I, of Rus- in; the judges being a committee •of the et, Petersburg Academy of Soienoes. It s estimated thatthe money so deposited sill, by the time the prize has to be :warded, have increased to two million 'oublos, three-fourths to go to the win- ter of the prize and the other fourth to Ie devoteri to the cost of publishing the ,vcrk. It is not true that when a baby ialbern in Russia It is named after the first Sneeze its parents hens. 'ween 26 and 86 years. MEASURING ODORS. AFreneh Botanist Has a Method of Find- ing Their intensity. Eugene Mesnard, a French botanist, is reputed to have discovered a simple and easy method of measuring the intensity of an odor. He takes adavntage of the delicate qualitative power of the sense of smell—that is, of its ability to disarim- inate between odors, be they different only by a very little. He finds that if some very characteristic odor be mingled with the one to be measured there is a certain point whore they balance, andd forret what he r+alis a "neutral odor.:, In this state the addition of a minute quantity of either went causes that one to predominate, The way M. Mesnard goes about mak- ing his measurement is to confine under a bell glass the perfume whose intensity is to be ascertained, or the object that gives it off, say a buuoh of violets. The odor of turpentine is pumped in by squeezing a rubber bulb till the "neutral door" is obtained, the . experimenter observing carefully the developments by smelling through a oonneeting tube. Thenn e mixed scents are admitted, o. gradually Into a jar containing glowing phosporus, The amount admitted is registered bythe turns of handle,and a thenumber of turns. necessarytoput out theg hos porus 'vas the measure of P P the quantity of turpentine, and hence the intensity of theodor that was neu- tralized by it. The faculty of smelling is comparatively feeble in the human be- ing,and it is suggested that if suoh meas- nrelnents as these are to be systematic- ally and continuously made a great in- crease in the delicacy of olfactory nerves may be looked for in those who perforin them. A MISTAKE. They Were Enthusiastic in the Study of Character.. They were enthusiasts in physiognomy and 7'hrennlogy, and were traveling by train. On the opposite seas was a man of commanding Egare, massive brow and a serious expression. "What a fine countenance, Arthur! I wish I knew his occupation." "Perhaps he's a lawyer, Edith." "No; lie's not a lawyer. There's too much benevolence in that face for a law- yer. He may he a banker," "I am sure he i!s not. A man with. such a heavenly expression couldn't con- tent himself with money getting. His aim in lite is higher." + "Well, do you think he can be an editor?" "An editor with such a facet An edi- tor, saying hard things about everybody, ridiculing women's dresses and abusing mothers-in-law! An editor cutting and slashing his enemies, flaying public men indiscriminately, and mercilessly slaugh- tering his best friends for the sake of a paragraph! No, Edith, he's a philan- thropist. His face plainly indicates that he is all that is good, noble, pure and true." At the next station an Inquisitive old fellow took a seat beside the man with the noble brow and asked him about his vocation. The couple opposite held their breath. The reply was this: "I've a public house and a butcher's shop. My wife looks after the bar and I do my own killin'."•—Tit-Bits. The Beautiful. It was in one of the many noble halls of summer that the third Presence, so long exquisitely felt, at length revealed herself. The skies were of azure—so deep, so sweet, so soft, so tendert The foliage of the trees was in its young prime, think and rich and of manifold green. The sun was obscured by a soli- tary luminous cloud. In scall a setting came to the Child a picture ever com- mon and ever rare: league upon league of golden -hearted Marguerites—illimit- able! Afar off, they were as drifted snow; nearer, each flower -head swayed upon its slender stalk, a type of perfect grace and purity. The burnished yellow chalices of the buttercup glowed and gleamed in many a meadow; long lines of pale yellow mustard stretched far away into the beyond; the sapphire of the vetch glistened amidst the woven waving grasses; the fragile iridescent bells of the bladder tampion swung lightly to and fro; the fragrant white and yellow melilot was tangled by the wayside. The cloud passed away, the brightness of the early morning sun glor- ified every living thing; and as Aphro- dite arose from the foam of the sea, so the presence name to the Child out of the foam -like flowers, and he knew her for the Beautiful. Then a deep content was in the soul of the Child, and with rapture he mur- mured "My country, my beloved Cana- da, how lovely art thou!" The genius of the flowers looked fond- ly upon the child, and she said to him: "Thou hast obtained a gift of rare price, for, to whom she revealeth herself, beauty groweth alway, even as a lily in the garden of the soul; her loveliness ever increaseth, and she dlebh only with death. "=From "The Flower Child," by W. E. Hunt, in August Canadian Maga- zine. Bismarck as a Joker. The following incident in the life of the Iron Chancellor recently appeared in one of the New York papers: -- "Bismarck and a friend, after a heavy day's shooting, sat together sipping their wine and comparing notes, of their day's adventures. Bismarck's friend com- plained that he was excessively tired and would be unable to get up at 7 o'clock the next morning to join the sport. Bis• marok assured hire that he would see that he got up at the right time, whether he would or not, "On retiring totheir bedrooms, which adjoined each other, he barred and herr- ceded his door, to prevent Bismarck from carrying out his threat. "At half -past six on the following morning the chancellor knocked at the door, calling on his friend to get up. Hie friend didn't, but turned on his pillow to enjoy another snooze. Then Bismarck seized his gen,. went into the yard and fired through the window. of his friend's bedroom, Bitting the ceiling above the bed, and bringing a shower of plaster clown on the head and shoulders of the sleeper. "In the greatest alarm his friend arose and looked out of the window to see what was the matter. Seeing nobody, be hastily donned his clothes and ran down stairs. Hero he "met Bismarck, who gravely bade him 'good morning,' and added: 'I hope you slept well; it is just striking 7.' - Suicide in Italy. Though Italy leads the rest of. Europe in suicide as well as homicide, Russia is ahead of her in the proportion of profes- sional men, espeoially doctors, who take their own lives. Most of these are bo - Ci, TH [ DAIRY How to Salt Butter. Doubtless it seems silly to some people to hilus attention ualied to so simple a matter as the salting of butter, and yet it often occurs that otherwise superior dairy products are absolutely spoiled by negleot to properly perforin as simple work as salting. One of the results of ignorance in this simple 'natter is the mottled appearance sometimes observed ed in butter, Hoard's Dairyman discusses the subject as follows:— "Perhaps everyone who has ever made butter has been troubled with this at some time, The cause of the mottled con iti�n which is frequentlynt1y seen in butter isyet t simple a disputed one, i is s rep enough after all. As we all know, salt affects t col of butter. All butter the or e takes on a deeper hue when it has been salted a few hours. Take a lot of butter from the oburn in a mess, salt It in streaks by cutting, d own through it with the ladle and scattering salt freely where the ladleand half a da wont let it stand day , beforeworknQ and you will see a good illustration of mottled butter, In a few words the explanation is this: Mottled butter is caused byuneven JS e en di tribution ofsalt nothingmore or less.To avoid this the following plan is an excellent one, and one which is followed by many of our best butter makers to -day: Leave. the butter in granules, wash with water cold enough to prevent adhesion, drain the salt while still in the churn, then, revolve the churn or tip from side to side until the butter globules mass some- what and the salt is evenly distributed. By tipping the churn one way, then the other, the salt may be very evenly. sprinkled on, or a wooden fork of suit- able size may be used to stir it up, add- ing only a portion of the salt at a time.. The salt melts or dissolves the moment it touohes the grains of butter, and each grain is inetantty coated with brine. Then whenthebutter has drained a few minutes reinovo it to the worker, press until moderately dry and pack away. No further working is necessary and there will be no traoe of streaks or a mottled condition to be found. Salting in the churn is sure to bo a favorite method with those who try it. The amount of butter can be vary closely estimated, as the amouut from a given quantity of cream does not vary very materially from time to time., Nor is it essential to weigh out the salt each time. Measure out a pound of salt—usually a full pint of salt will weigh a pound, and it is more quickly measured than weighed each time. Some adhere very tenaciously to the old wayof twice working their butter, but once is a great plenty. If the salt is evenly distributed and the ex- cess of moisture pressed out, that is suffi- cient and it can be done at one operation as at two. A Warm Weather Milk House. A very convenient milk house for warm climates, or for summer use in colder sections, is shown in the engrav- ing herewith. It is six feet square and six feet high at the eaves, which is large enough for the milk of two or three cows, The house is built under a large grape arbor, about twenty feet from my awe al =Irmee- MHO IM1litommumim_ \5a,,, kitchen pump. The milk tank, which is twelve inches deep and fourteen inches wide at the top, extends along the north side, It has a screen cover, which may be covered with cloth in very hot or dusty weather. A table with shelf under- neath occupies the snutbeast corner. A space just above the level of the tank, two feet wide and extending on all sides of the house, is covered with wire screen.' Shelves above the screen and below the tank give sufficient room for milk and butter dishes. The milk is set in pails. A galvanized iron pipe leads from a small tank at the side of the pump down eigh- teen inches below the surface of the .ground, across the twenty foot space and up again to the level of the milk tank. An overflow pipe at the other end of the tank carries off the water after it has reached the proper height in the tank. Another pipe, at the bottom of the tank, is used for emptying it when desired. The door in the , southwest corner is of wood, but could be of screen if preferred. Board shutters cover the screens in rainy weather. The water in the tank may be changed at any time by pumping water into the small tank- at the well. --R. E. Merryman, Alachua Co., Fla. From Calf to Cow. The Maryland Farmer has this to say upon the subject:— "Quite as many calves are spoiled for dairy purposes by overfeeding as by be- ing fed too little; for if the' calf is left too fleshy it acquires a tendency to con- tinue so. It should be fed on new milk atone for two or three weeks, when skimmed milk should be substituted. If the calf is at grass no other food will be required. Until the calf is two months old the milk should be warmed to about 90 degrees and should always be fed from a clean pail. Winter calves should be kept warm and dry and be given a little fine hay as soon as they will take it, or at about four weeks of age. They may have ground oats or wheat in limi- ted quantities, always to be fed dry. Calves should be weaned from milk soon after they are four months old. No grain should be fed after the heifers are well started, unless their pasturage or hay supply is of inferior goalie-, when it may be supplemented with bran or oat- meal." KEEPING COWS CLEAN. A Simple Device Which Will Accomplish This End. A simple devioe for keeping cows oloan in the stable is made by fastening a board (A,) across the stall over the cow's hack just high enough not to tough her when standing at ease. When she voids excrement rile arches her back; the be mrd obliges her to step to get the de Over -Churning. One of the principal causes of butter becoming rancid soon after it is churned Is the buttermilk ooutained 10 it, and one reason why there is buttermilk in the butter is because it is over-ohnrned. If the churning is continued until the butter is compact no amount of washing will get out all of the buttermilk. In ordoe to get rid of the buttermilk easily it is very essential that the churn- ing should stop when the butter is in the granular state. If this is done the butter can then be washed comparatively free of buttermilk. Stop the churn as. soon as the particles of butter are as large as grains of wheat, pour in pure, fresh water, and then draw off. Put in fresh water again, agitate sufficiently to stir the water and milk well together and then draw off; repeat this until the water runs off eleer. ( 11 � 1 — - Ilii r I 1 li 1 , / "6., ..--,.:N1 /f (/ // ! ,i l v1 i t I ! , ! li - i sired position and the excrement falls into the gutter. The board may be pad- ded so as to prevent rubbing off the cow's hair and must be adjusted for each cow, according to her height and length. The plan is effective, cheap and does not interfere with the animal's comfort.— Farm and Home. Simple Rules for Butter efaking. Simple rules for butter making have been issued in a revised form by the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and are printed as follows in our English contemporaries. They are put in the following forcible manner:— Prepare the churn, butter -worker, wooden hands and sieve as follows: 1, rinse with cold water; 2, scald with boil- ing water; 2, rub thoroughly with salt; 4, rinse with oold, water, Always use a correct thermometer. The eream when in the churn to he at a temperature of 56 to 58 'degrees in siren-. mer, and 60 to 62 degrees in winter. The churn should never ile more than half full. Churn at number of revolutions suggested by maker of churn. If none is given, churn at forty or forty-five revolutions per minute. Always churn slowly at first. Ventilate the churn freely and fre- quently during churning, until no air rushes out when the vent is opened. Stop churning immediately when the butter conies. This can be ascertained by the sound; if in doubt, look. The butter should be like grains of mustard seed, Pour in a small quantity of cold water (1 pint water to 2 quarts cream) to harden the grains, and give a few more turns to the churn, gently. Draw off the buttermilk, giving plenty of tune for draining, Use a straining cloth placed over a hair sieve, so as to prevent any loss, and wash the butter In the churn with plenty of cold water; then draw off the water, and repeat the process until the water comes off quite clear. To brine butter, make a strong brine, 2 or 3 pounds o1 salt to 1 gallon of water. Place straining cloth over mouth of churn, pour in brine, put lid on churn, turn sharply half a dozen times, and leave from ten to fifteen min- utes. Then lift the butter out of churn into sieve, turn butter out on worker, leave a few minutes to drain, and work gently tilt all superfluous moisture is pressed out. To dry -salt butter, plaoe butter on worker, let it drain ten to fifteen 'min- utes, then work gently till all the butter conies together. Place it on the scales and weigh; then weigh salt; for slight salting, eg ounce; medium, ee ounce; heavy salting, ee ounce to the pound of butter. Roll butter out on worker and sprinkle salt over the surface,a little at a time; roll up and repeat till all the salt is used. N. B.—Never touch the butter with your hands. Dairy Notes. Some cows will not "give down" ex- cept when eating a palatable mess. This is the fault of she trainer and is a had state of affairs. With good management a butter farm should grow richer and richer. .A ton of butter removes only a few cents' worth of fertilizing elements. One of the important items in making dairying most profitable is to weed out all unprofitable parts. The average farmer cannot afford to fool with cows that do not have at least some desirable quality. The United States department of agri- culture has issued a little pamphlet tell- ing how to select cheese. It tells how to detect filled cheese—made of skimmed milk and lard. It is free to all who write for it. According to the statistics, population in the United States increases more rapidly than dairy cows In this view of the matter, the prices or dairy pro- duces should increase' rather than de- crease, but they have not done so. The profits in dairying depend on the kind of cow we start with, the subse- quent care of her, and attention to man- ufacturing and marketing her products. If the cows are well-bred and well-fed and the butter is well -made, well -packed and judiciously marketed, the profits will take care of themselves. It may not be generally known that Irisb potatoes are superior to turnips or boots, as a dairy food, The food value per 100 pounds ofroots is as follows: Irish potatoes 29c, artichokes 24c, sugar beets 190, mangle wurzels 14o, rutabagas 15o, oerrots 1So, turnips 110. But if more than half a bushel of potatoes per day be :fed, the milk flow will decrease. One of the chief things to consider in estimating the value of your cow is the amount of food she will consume at a profit. Some cows will eat comparatively little and be profitable, while another will apparently eat you out of house and home and yet turn it to profit. The only way to find out these things is to weigh the food Consumed, estimate its value, deduot the cost from the earning, and the resins represents the gain or loss. A great many have an ideathat the principal portion of the butter of the country is made in creameries. Accord- ing to the last census, the production of farm butter amounts to 18.33 pounds to each inhabitant, while that of the creamery make is 19.24 pounds. The total to each inhabitant, as will be seen, is only 35.57 pounds for the entire year. This is only about one-third' the amount consumed by ordinary butter eaters. The reoaaidtler must be bull butter. THE ARIZONA KICKER. The Mayor Tells 'Why He Crnldn't Get r, Quorum and the Postmaster is Compelled to. Thrash a Caller. In the last issue of The Kinker we, had a local item to the effeot teat Sapi Hastings, owner of the Cloud Burst saloon, wonld remake good fodder for aha Vigilance Committee. The item was based on information that he had killed two anon in Wyoming and had been a road agent in Montana. Mr. Hastings called on us two or three days ago in manner courteous mann and Oanr the most anile t g and proved ed t hat we were entirely mis- taken, taken, He bit a man's ear off in Utah and licked a stage driver in Nebraska years ago, but that is the extent of .his wickedness, For ten years Past he has been sending money to a Chicago orphan an asylum and buying tracts for fres dis- tribution in the West. Mr. Hastings has P1, 'es of The 'bd t0t 000 suhscrl e w and hie advertisement will also be found in another department. We die him an injustice and cheerfully apologize. Be Will L ive. Tuesday afternoon, while the poet - master of this town (who is ourself)rself) was seated in his private room at the post - office, a stranger who didn't know that i postal a been there bad b n a new deal n affairs in this locality, the office and standing at he general deliver y windowbegan whooping and shooting and calling for the mail: for Bili Thomp- son. That was the fashion which pre -1 veiled here three months ago, but which We abolished after a ruction with seven- teen different men. As soon as a riot began we went out and asked Mr. Thompson to desist, but he turned his shooter in our direction instead. We had a finger grazed and lust a look of hair, but in the course of live minutes Mr. Thompson was lying in a heap on the sidewalk and had lost his memory. The doctor in attendance says he will get. well in the course of two or three months, but that he will always drag his left leg behind him. As postmaster we represent the United. States Government, and if any critter can fool with Uncle Sam and not get hurt, that's hisgood luck. Suspended Publication. Mr. John Donaldson, late editor and proprietor of the Sunset Hill Herald, passed through this ' town two days ago en route to Tombstone, having his news- paper outfit on a wagon. He called at The Kicker office to say that he had suspended publication at the Hill,, and was looking for another town in which to bring out his weekly. He eviderdtiy hoped for con- solation, but got none from us. When he first entered the territory we sized him up for a shoemaker. He is a man without sand. Any critter on two legs can enter his sanctum any time of day and make. him kneel. The brays over on the Hill. used to go in and cuff his Pars and slap his Burnside whiskers as a diversion, and Mr. John Donaldson would lay down like a rabbit. They don't want him at Tombstone or anywhere in the Territory. Let him pass on to New Eng- land and unload his outfit beside some gurgling brook. �,,, Not; ""tell Meeting. Owing to the lack '.f• a quorum there was no meeting of the C'ucunon Council last Tuesday night, and there bas been much unfavorable comment on the part of the public over the same. His Honor the Mayor (who is ourself), desires to state that it was in no wise his fault. Sunday afternoon Alderman Taokson got drunk and lay down in the road and was run over by a drove of 300 mules, and it will be several weeks before he will be able to leave the house. Monday after- noon Alderman Higgins kinked at a Chinaman and hit a telegraph pole In- stead, and his whole five toes were driven back into his heel. Un the even• ing of the same day. Alderman Murphy was idiot enough to start in search of a half-breed who had called him a liar, and to take along a rusty old revolver which hadn't been fired in a year. When ha found his man he started to shoot, the gun burst and nearly killed the Alder- man. With the three men laid up there was no quorum, andno business could be transacted. It will probably be a month before anything can be done, and the blame should be placed whereit belongs - Illustrated Advertisements. A very active, energetic man is desir- ous of getting away from his present situation; has a big following on the road, and covers the ground thoroughly. Invulnerable. The girl confronted him without faltering. In her defiance she was mag- nificent. "Do your worst!" she cried. "I am not a new woman. I am neither married nor engaged. I do nothing to conceal my age. I never bathe in the surf I do not shop. I haven't the remotest idea if I can cook or not." With a snort of baffled rage the hu- morist fled. ANeighbor's Revenge. "Isn't Mrs. Jarvis an agreeable neigh- bor?" "No. She's horrid. I gave a luncheon. and didn't invite her,, and the mettle creature loaned me a lot of spoons and forks, and then sent her little boy over after them when we were only in the second course."—Chicago Record. Where They Needed nim. "I'm going to move my business to Greenville," said Pawl, the undertaker. to a friend. "Isn't the town well supplied with undertakers?" asked the friend. "I think not. There are only two there now, while the plane has twelve physicians:"—Judge. A Needed Organisation. "Perkins has resigned from the 'Im- proved Order of Red Men?' " ' "Yes, be is getting up an organiz.at1on called the 'Improved Order of . White Men.") --Chicago Record. Not a Hospital. Customer --I suppose in ease we have a smash-up on this bicycle, you can sup- ply the damaged parts. Dealer—No, madam. This is a cycle store, not a hospital—Truth. Beats a Good Wife. Mand -Ab, what is there that beau a. - good wife?' Synicus—A bad husband, generally.