HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-8-26, Page 2THE MOTHEtt AND HER SOY&
There are Fairfax and Fred and Arthur and
Ned,
'Good boys, and, remarkably clever.
Di studies and sports and games of all sorts,
To excel is their noble endeavor.
And when poring o'er books with studious
looks,
Despairing othelp from a brother,.
The eldest of all will not scruple to call
For aid from hisbright littlemother.
In out of door games every one of them claims
Her presence to strengthen and cheer them,
Pbr the better their luck and the greater their
pluck,
They say, if their mother is near them,
With hearty good will .and wonderful skill
She champions one or the other,
And the boys oft declare, with a satisfied air,
There's no better playmate than mother.
She joins in their walks, and delightful the
talks,
rust sacred and sweet the communion
The mother enjoys as she strolls with her
boys,
So loving and loyal their union.
Their future careers, their hopes and their
fears,
They would not reveal to another,
Are 'oniided to her, and the lads all aver
Tim best of companions is mother.
She shares in their games and in all of their
aims,
Theie faults and their follies correcting,
That they may grow wise and secure the best
prize,
True culture and courage reflecting.
• And if quarrels take place, as at times is the
case,
Alas, us, betwixt brother and brother,
Echo soon sets them right, preventing a light,
For there's no better umpire than mother.
4osephine Pollard in New York Ledger.
A TROPICAL IDYL.
et is an hour after midday, and the
tropical sun is beaming out relentlessly,
although the air is tempered by a re-
freshing breeze. The flowers in the
ohnrcbyard begin to look a little fa-
tigued, and the roses, heliotrope and
geraniums, planted by loving hands,
now far away, round the graves of
those who have died in exile in this dis-
taut land, bang their heads and seem to
be longing for a shower or at least for
a passing cloud, but the grass is still
green ou the slope in trout of the church,
for the dry season has not yet fully set
in. The sugar Banes in the field across
the road wave their long leaves in the
breeze, and the woods bordering the
ravine, which stretches away to the sea
in the Thr distance, present a refreshing
vista of dark green to the tired eye.
Tile little congregation of English
people comes rustling out of the church,.
and there is a flutter of light draperies,
a mingling of pretty colors and a ripple
of eat voices and gentle laughter, Over
all come floating the straius of an organ
from the church bellied. Some one is
playing 1 ndelesohn's "Wedding
March. "
Then the carriages drive up and the
congregation disperses. Tbe first to
leave are of course the governor and
his family. They occupy two carriages.
In the first goes his excellency, her la-
dyship and their eldest daughter, a gray
eyed, brown haired English maiden in
her first season. The aid-de-oamp pre-
pares to follow, as usual, but the cheery
voice of bis excellenoy rings out: "De-
benham, will you come with us, as you
are the greatest stranger? Colville, my
dear fellow, would you mind taking
rare of Miss Spencer and the girls?"
• .And so the newly arrived private sec-
retary drives off seated beside the eld-
est daughter, while the aid-de-camp,
who has bean with her father as long
as she can remember, takes his place in
the second carriage beside the two
younger children and their governess.
"Why does Mrs. Noble play the
`Wedding March?"" says some one.
"Oh, today is the anniversary of her
own marriage, I believe, and neither
Major Noble nor she has yet arrived at
the stage of wishing to forget their
wedding day," is the reply.
And so the joyful strains peal forth
while the little congregation melts
away. The musician and her husband
follow, and the church is shut up and
Ieft to the care of the native gardien
until another Sunday comes round.
Only the aid-de-camp is unusually
grave during the rest of the day, for a
strange foreboding has come over him,
and it seems. just a little hard that he,
'who has remained poor and has begun
to grow gray in the service of his ex-
cellency, and for love of him and bis,
should be ousted for a stranger and a
newcomer just because forsooth he is
heir to a baronetcy and to a fortune.
e
1 It is evening in the cold weather, and
• the short tropical twilight is nearly
over, the sun having set on one side of
the ravine half an hour ago, while the
full moon has risen on the other, throw-
' ing black shadows everywhere, turning
{ the v.; terfall to silver and lighting up
tin i set of spray until it resembles a
I hee web of gossamer with the dew
t upou it.
A party of young people have been
exploring the ravine. They have dam -
1 bered up beside the cascade, have fol-
-. lowed the river's bank to the limit of
the government house grounds and are
now returning by the high road.
As they round the corner past the
church two of the party linger behind.
They are the governor's eldest daughter
' and the private secretary. The others
i go on; but presently discover that some
are missing, and the aid-de-oamp re-
turns to look Pita them. He approaches
gently, walking on the grass by the
roadside. He calls, but no one answers.
From, the church comes the sound of
music. The amateur organist has been
holding a choir practice and is now
playing on in the dark by herself. She
plays a low, sweet voluntary, but pres-
ently breaks into thee' Wedding March."
As the aid-de-camp advances he Fad-
idenly descries two figures, close beside
him, standing under the shadow of a
spreading banyan tree near the church
gate. They are the pr
iv
to
secretary
ry
and the' eldest daughter, era
ndtheir,'
g. , backs
aretoward him. Before he has time to
speak he hears a :manly voice say,
1 "That is a good omen, is it not, my
darling?" and a sweet, girlish treble re
plies: "Yee, and I shall love Mendele-
eohn's `Wedding March' all my life bee
cause it seems so bound up with you
and with nay happiness, Do you re --
member that first Sunday"-- But the
aid-de-campbas turned on his heel and
is out of hearing by this time, He re-
ports that the stragglers "are all right
and coming on. They have only beep
listeuiug to Mrs. Noble's playing."
The mooncontinues to shine and the
waterfall to sparkle in her rays and to
splash musically down into its rocky
bed, but to the aid-de-oamp a black
shadow of great darkness seems to have
spread itself over everything,and the
roll of the falling welter and the uoise
of the breeze amoug the filoa trees have
a mournful, moaning sound.
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It is noon on a brilliant day in. Christ-
mas week and consequently in the mid-
dle of the hot season. Outside the grass
is beginning to look burnt up, and the
roses and geraniums are too much ex
bausted from the heat to put forth any
more flowers, but the hardy begonia is
still in full bloom, and the oleanders
have large bunches of pink blossoms on
the tops of their tall, willowy stems,
which wave back and forward in the
breeze and exhale a delicious perfume,
like that of bitter almonds. In one cor-
ner of the churchyard a large frangipani
tree bears waxy clusters of pale yellow
flowers at the ends of its oaotuslike
branches, while shining out among the
foliage in the government house
grounds opposite is .a tall flamboyant
tree, which, with its flame colored blos-
soms covering the whole top of the leaf-
less tree, looks like a veritable "burn-
ing bush."
Inside the church has been turned in-
to a bower, everywhere palms and
ferns end sweet peening white flowers.
The bare, barnlike walls are completely
hidden by a mass of greenery, the win-
dow sills are filled with blossoms and
the altar railsfestooned with maiden-
hair and stephanotis, while the lower
half of the east window is a perfect
bank of ferns and flowers, :above which
nn y be seen the clear blue sky, flecked
with white clouds, and the tops of the
trees.
All is pleasant bustle and confusion
within, for a great wedding is about to
take place, and all the beauty and fash-
ion of the island colony have been sum-
moned to da honor to the•governor'a
daughter.
The ladies are in the brightest and
freshest of toilets, while varied uni-
forms help to euliveu the scene,
Everywhere there is a buzz of snb-
dued, pleasant talk and of delightful
expectation.
The bishop is at the altar, the bride-
groom and his best man near the rails.
The bridesmaids await the bride in the
porch, and in and out and everywhere
among the congregation—arranging
everything, showing guests to their
seats, talking to every one and making
himself generally useful and agreeable
—flits the aid-de-camp. Ile has been at
work since before daylight and yet does
not seem at all fatigued, but has a
pleasant smile or a kind word for every
one.
Now the music strikes np, and pres-
ently the bride appears, Ieaning on the
arm of her father. The marriage serv-
ice proceeds, the bishop joins the young
couple's hands, the vows are taken, the
ring put on, the hymns sung and the
address delivered. Then acmes a mo-
ment of silence while the newly mar-
ried pair still kneel at the altar rails,
and when one can distinctly hear the
champing of the horses in the carriages
waiting outside and the sighing of the
breeze in the tops of the filoa trees.
Then as the young couple rise from
their knees there break forth the joy-
ous strains of the "Wedding March."
As they pass down the aisle the bride
looks up into the bridegroom's face, and
he, stooping over her, murmurs some-
thing which only she can bear. The
aid-de-camp sees the look and guesses
the words, and, with renewed energy,
he plunges into the business of mar-
shaling the procession and escorting the
guests to their carriages; and through-
out thet long and busy day DO one see-
ing his bright, pleasant face and hear-
ing his cheery voice could guess that
for him the sun was darkened and the
light of life and hope gone out, and that
to his ears Mendelssohn's "Wedding
March" will forever sound like a funer-
al dirge.—Sketch.
A Practical Joke.
A practical joke that was, played on
Charles Maurer of Eleventh and Cal-
lowhill streets early last spring has re-
sulted in something zz
likely to puzzle the
brains of several uptown naturalists.v,
Mr. Maurer is a great lover of birds.
Last spring one of his canary birds was
busy with a nest of eggs, and Mr. Mau-
rer was as mach excited as the mother
bird. As a joke Curtis Souder removed
the eggs and in their place put three of
the sparrow variety. Now, in the course
of time those eggs were hatched, and
both mother bird and master were
greatly bewildered at the odd looking
birdlets. The joke in some way leaked
out, but as the mother bird was'treat-
ing her foster children tenderly Mr.
Maurer decided to let them remain and
watch the result. After the sparrows
got a little older it was noticed that
the canary would' put them in a row
and chirp • to them, after which the
sparrows would try to imitate her. Per-
severance an the canary's part has re-
sulted in three ugly sparrows that are
beginning to sing, and it's`a toss up as
to whom the joke is on.—Philadelphia
Record.
Perfumes.
A new process for extracting the per-
fume of flowers has been devised by M
J. Passy. He steeps the flowers • in wa-
ter, which is drawn off when charged
with perfume' and fresh water substi-
tuted. This keeps the flowers fresh for
a long time, and their life is further
rl
p p on god by the use of a saline solution
such as the tissues of the plants call for.
The charged water is then evaporated
by the use of ether. The process has
proved successful with many flowers
which previously refused to yield up
their perfume, notably the lily of the
valley.
THE PURPOSE IN LIFE.
Do the tears that arise in the heat of the strife
Seem to hide from your vision the purpose of
life?
Do the myriad cares of laborious days
Leave the doubt in your heart whether living
them pays?
Banish doubt and, plod on. Life was given to
man
As part of creation's mysterious plan.
tach must carry what burdens the years may
• bestow
'Until burdens and bearer alike are laid low.
and the cud of the road is a couchwith a pall,
And it may be the couch is the end of it all,
Or it may bo the spirit, released from the clod,
%bares the freedom of time with the infinite
God.
'Tis but folly -o dig into moss covered creeds.
Get Sour Iiia 'qe a record of generous deeds, ..:
Not the wiar: r may fathom futurity's plan,
But the weakest may live as becometh a man.
—Chicago' Times -Herald.
A COWBOY'S RIDE.
It was a lively time at Pine Ridge,
or at least at the agency, being "issue
day" and pay day also. The agent
would order a steer or a fat cow driven
from the corral, and calling the name
of the Indian to whom it was issued
turn it ' loose upon the prairie and the
mercies of the gentle red man.
The excitement was great, but Jos
Strange observed that one of the In-
dians took no part in the bloody sport,
Old Pink' Eye was narrowly watching
some men in the busy throng, and
when ,Joe started toward the commis-
sary the Sioux stealthily followed him.
It was apparent that he was the person
watched.
Strange was a partner iu the business
of the Flying S Cattle company and
would draw a large sum of money from
the government's representative at Pine
Ridge in payment for beef cattle fur-
nished to the agency on that day,
The money was paid before the eyes
of the watching Sioux, The Indian
hasteued from the commissary, and
then it was Joe's turn to go a -spying.
Old Pink Eye made his way to where
a couple of eowbcys were lounging and
said somthing in an :undertone, after
which the trio separated. The men
were Duna Moore acid a fellow whose
real name was unknown, but who re-
joiced in the elegant t obriquot of Smoky
Bill. It wax plain that the fellows
were working a schema', and Joe deter-
mined to bo on his guard, for the
money must be in Chadron on the fol-
lowing day.
At the time of this incident the coun-
try lying between the agency and Obad
ran, Neb., was a w:iste of wild grass
land, and the better thoroughfares of
today were represented by a dim trail.
A fleet horse and a trusty six shooter in
the hands of a lone cowboy were the
only express and insurance company,
but those were generally reliable, and
Joe Strange intrusted his money to
their care.
Calling to Charley Ray, a dashing
young cowboy, he sauntered carelessly
down the trail and unfolded a plan to
outwit the Indian and his white allies.
Charley was to ride out with the night
herd, and when well out of sight of
camp Strange would join him and turn
over the money. Then Charley was to
make'a dash for Chadron.
The start was made, but subsequent
events proved that Pink Eye had kept
the conspirators posted.
Ray was mounted on the best horse
in the section and was armed with six
shooters and a favorite rifle. His in-
structioes were to deliver the money to
the Elkhorn National bank at any cost,
and Joe hinted that it might be advisa-
ble to be prepared for a running fight.
It was 9:30 when he started, and be de-
termined to make the trip, a distance of
80 miles, by daylight.
The first ten miles were passed without
mishap, then, looking back, the messen-
ger could see in the moonlight a trio of
horsemen just descending a long ridge
and riding at a keen gallop. They were
Duna Moore, Smoky Bill and the half
breed Pink Eye.
Two miles more and the Hat ranch
was abreast, and there the flying horse-
man noticed that the corral was filled"
with tough cow horses. What if the rob-
bers changed horses there? Well, the old
pinto he was riding was full of nerve,
and, as the rider observed, "it would
be a coldday when a cow horse passed
him." Besides, what were the shooting
irons for? Duno Moore was a good shot,
but he couldn't shoot till be oame iB
range, and right there lay the difficulty,
if the pinto held out Talking of that;
that's what the pinto was there for, and
Charley Ray leaned forward in the sad -
die with an exclamation that was partly
a word of encouragement and partly an
honest cuss word, while the good horse
galloped on.
The robbers secured a relay of horses
at the Hat ranch and began the pursuit
anew, but Ray had got the start in the
meantime and kept it pretty well, al
though the robbers were nearly always
in sight. Forty miles, dee hours, and
the race is not yet finished. The pinto
travels more slowly now, but the pur-
suers make a spurt, and something must
be done. The only thing to do is
promptly done. The three rifle balls fol-
low each other in quick succession in
the direction indicated by the sound of
galloping hoofs. • This checked the 'rob-
bers for a time, but they did not give
up the chase.
The country now became more roll-
ing, and the robbers could safely ap-
proach within 300 or 400 yards by keep-
ing the ridges. Just how the robbers
would attempt to secure the money the
meseenger<did not know, but that they
were desperate characters was well
known throughout the section, Ray did
not think that they would murder him
as long as a chance remained to secure
the money by a less dangerous course,
but his position was such that he did
not care to risk his head'to the marks-
manship of Duno Moore just for a pal-
try $2,000 or so, which, • after all, was
no matter of his. He resolved to bit the
trail just as hard as ever the old pinto
could put his hoofs down, and, if that
would not suffice, take the next chanes
that offered.
Aside from constant apprehension at
the sound of hoofs in the rear, nothing
marred the beauty of the moonlight ride
until a point within five niiles of Chad-
ron was reached. The 000asional howl
of a coyote only lent interest to the sit-
uation. It is strange that such things
sometimes giveybeer to a state of other-
wise utter loneiiuess.
But now something happened to
Wake the horseman realize that be was
pot alone. Tbe time to not had oome.
Chadron was only five miles. distant,
and it was near daybreak. The robbers'
horses were dead ou their feet, and
even theold pinto, the toughest horse
ou the range, began to twitch his ears,
which with him was a sigu of extreme
fatigue. All at once the robbers made a
dash, and it seemed that the finale of
this prairie drama was at hand. If there
is anything in the horse mind that cor-
responds to our own "don't give np the
ship," the ofd pinto must have chosen
it for a motto in early life. He certain-
ly realized that be must reaoh Chadron
ahead of his pursuers, and he then and
there esablislaed a standard of faithful-
ness that many "humans" would do
well to emulate. Never a tight pinch
but old Spot was there and ready to do
his full duty, The rider seized his
weapons, and the old horse began to
cover .space at a most astonishing rate
for a horse that had galloped all night.
Now he almost flies, and the pursuers
are left hopelessly in the rear. The
mousy is saved, and in half an hour
they see the crooked streets of Chadron
gleaming in the light of anew day The
old horse staggers bravely up to the
Elkhorn National bank, but it is his
last great gallop, and in a few days
Charley Ray mourns the loss of the best
horse that ever carried a ,brave rider on
the western plaius.
When Duna Moore and Smoky Bill
reached town, they insolently inquired
of Charley "why he didn't wait for
them." Though robbers by intent they
had really committedno breach of the
law and went free.
When Joe Strange .reached Chadrou
on the following day, he merely said
"he expected it" and paid Charley the
value of his horse.
Charley Ray went to Colorado and
married. and now, to the wondering
children on his knee, he sometjmee tells
of the famous ride from Pine Ridge to
Chadron.—Atlanta Constitution.
Pangman's Tree.
Peter Pangman is set down in Cana-
eiau, annals as being the first white
man to reach the Rocky mountains, and
also the first white man ever to sue
them from the east. While in the em-
ploy of fur traders he ascended the Sas-
katchewan above its junction with the
Clearwater, and, looking to the west-
ward, he Few the white mass of the
Rooky mountains, to whioh he after-
ward penetrated, but he marked this
spot of his first vision by carving his
name on a pine, which from that day
became known as "Pangman's tree."
The great north country was far
enough off in 179Q. PeterPangman had
no special cause for believing that any
second perm would pass that same
way. It was more reasonable to sup-
pose that time or fire or wind would
destroy this one pine among the mil-
lion other pines, and yet 107 years
after he made his rude inscription
"Pangman's tree" is spoken and writ-
ten about. Some years after the North-
west Fur company established a post on
the Saskatchewan in the vicinity, which
came to be called Rooky Mountain
House. But the post was described by
its proximity to the tree and not vice
versa. All the travelers and traders of
the early days peak of this place as
"three miles below 'Pangman's tree.' "
The Rocky Mountain House took its
name because it was so near this Rooky
mountain tree. The tree Was a.landmark
before the trading post and : continued
to be after the post had ceased.. A trans-
continental railroad passes not far away
now, but it has not obliterated the
memory of the post nor blotted from
the minds of men the living and leafy
monument.
.As for Peter Pangman, he went into
history the day he carved his name in
the bark and identified himself with the
tree. After years of plain and mountain
service he returned to the eastern parts
of what is now the Dominion of Canada
and bought lands and reared a family.
A'son of his has been a member of the
Canadian parliament. This may pre-
serve
r -serve the name of the son, but as for
his father he will be remembered over
a greatregion and in histories and geog-
raphies as the author of "Pangman's
tree. "—Kansas City Star. .
Last of the Old School.
The French artist; M. Francois Louis
Francais, who died recently at the age
of 82, was the last representative of the
old school of Frengh painters. He was
of humble origin, and in early youth
was-apptenticed to a bookseller. But
his talent for painting had already be-
gun to manifest itself, and in his spare
time he devoted all his energies to its
cultivation, with such success that by
the trine he attained his majority he
was able to suppoet himself as an artist.
After studying under Gigoux he .became
an exhibitor at the salon just 60 years
ago. In the next few years he was much
influenced by Corot, of whose friend-
ship he ever remained proud.
An Anniversary Prison Dinner.
The other day' a dinner was given in
Johannesburg by two of the reformers
to those who were associated in their
humiliation of last year. The menu
was headed by a photo of the judge who
presided over the trial, the serviettes
were inclosed in handcuffs, Mand, as a
prelude to the usual dainties, p aanties, the meagre
meal porridge, cooked in water, as.
served out in prison, was served round,
the band playing a solemn funeral
marts. After that the banquet proceed-
ed in a most satisfactory style. This
anniversary is intended to be kept year-
ly till the roles are reversed.—Cape
Times.
PLANK BARN.
Diagrams and Description of a Strong and.
Convenient One.
Speaking of plank barns, Tho Na-
tional Stockman gives the plans for
building one of them and the illustra-
tions neoessary to understand the plans
as follows:
Now as to the frame. While it saves
some labor to have the timbers of speci-
fied lengths it is not necessary that
they should be so. The frame may be
constructed entirely of planks eight feet
in length or any other given length,
from the fact that a splice may readily
be made at any point.
The foundation being completed, the
bents are constructed upon the ground,
11G. I—PLANK BARN.
the sills of the first beet resting upon
the foundation at the proper plane and.
the top of the bent resting upon a tem-
perary scaffold at the end of the founda-
tion. Tho second bent is constructed
with the sills at the proper place and
the top of the bent resting upon the
bent already made. Thus the carpenters
proceed until all the beats are oomplet-
ed. In raising, the bent last made is
raised first, carefully plumbed and firm-
ly staid. The next bent is then raised,
and after phrmbing it the side timbers
are placed in position.
Fig, 1 represents an interior bent in
a basement barn plank frame. There
may or may not be sills in the basement,
to suit the. pleasure of the owner. If
there aro no sills, the posts may stand
on stone pillars. The posts (1) are suede
of 2 by 8 plank, two pieces extending
to the plates and one piece to the joist
bearers (3). The short posts (2) extend
to the floor, and both joist, bearers and
joists ai'c secnred to them, while the
braces (4) make the posts rigid and sup-
port the joist bearers; 5 represents the
ends of the joists and 6 the floor level;
7, the purlin posts, are secured to the
main posts and joist bearers and reach
the roof supports (8) fast beneath the
purlin plates (9). The roof supports'
are secured to aide posts and purlin
posts and meet at the comb with any
desired pitch. Then they are scoured to-
gether by the collar beams (10), which
are 2 by 12 and 5 or 6 feet long.
The main ties (11) consist of single
plank, 2 by 8, secured to both posts and
purlin posts, upon which rest the sub -
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supports, secured at one end of the pur=
lin post and at the others to the Dollar
beams. The stays (12) consist of two
planks, eaob 2 by 6, to the lower end of
which, at 18, the purlin braces are se-
cured.
In the frame one secures a thorough-
ly braced bent with very little labor,
and at the same time there is no timber
in the interior to be in the way.
Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of this
barn. Notice how thoroughly it is
braced both in the basement and super-
structure. If the bays are more than 16
feet deep, it is advisable to insert an
extra 2 by 8 post midway between the
main posts, letting the top of the posts
Dome in between the tops of the two long
braces at the plates'.
Fig. 3 shows the manner of putting
the timbers together, sills, posts and
joint bearers being represented. Plank
2 by 4, 2 by 6 or 2 by 8 is used for
packing in the posts of the end bents
and the basement posts throughout.
The purlin plates are made of two
sets of 2 by 8 plank with a 2 inch
FIG. III—PLANK name.
space between wee
n them into
which the
couplings, 6 or 8 feet in length,;
are entered, thus firmly combining one
section with the next. The purlin
braces also enter this space at the proper
distance from' each roof support, where
they are then spiked, the lower end of
these braces being secured to the lower
end of the stays. The upper ends of the
purlin poste are out so as to form sath'.
dies into which the purlin plates drop
to position.
If a gambrel roof is desired, the purlin
,posts are placed at the proper angle
and extend above the roof supporb a
sufp:aient distance to give the pitch de-
sired for both sections of the roof. At
this point the stays meet the posts and
short 2 by 8 planks are inserted and the
saddles out in a similar manner to those
of the plain gable roof.
While we have endeavored to make
the various points plain to the average
reader it is impossible to explain or il-
lustrate every point on paper.
An old railroad bridge engineer who
Visited one of these barns in. Michigan
eleolared it was the strongest barn frame
he had ever seen. Ten years hence all
frame barns will be built of plank
either by this system or some other.
CAVALRY HORSES,
America Will Be Called on to Supply
Europe with Them.
I have more thau once advocated the
raising of .a strong, able type of the
thoroughbred for the European cavalry
market. Furthermore, I believe that the
tough stock of New York and Vermont,
from which has descended such a long
line of noble trotting blood, is the best
foundation for such breeding, and that
that region, nearer the seacoast and
more humid than the west or middle
west, is most suitable for the raising of
horses intended for hard service in Eng-
land, France or Germany. For Eng-
lancl's African and Indian service I
would take the tough little native half
Spanish stook of Southern California
and the valley of the Rio Grande, bred
to Arab sires of good weight. But it is
not the niceties of breeding of which I
wish especially to speak, leaving tlaat
to more experienced heads, but rather
of the actual demand for foreign cavalry
horses and the poverty of the American
market, which ought to be able to sup-
ply the world.
The tight little isles of Britain, I be-
lieve, export annually some 12,000 fine
mounts, the pick of her county fairs
throughout England and Ireland. Agents
have repeatedly been sent to "the
States" and Canada and have returned
practically empty handed. Secretary
Rusk paid much attention to the sub-
ject and was the first bead of the de -
pertinent of agriculture, if 1 am not
mistaken, to appoint an expert to look
up the subject of horses and horse breed-
ing, having in view perhaps the estab-
lishment of a national stud such as
that maintained by France and Russia.
.After looking into the matter with con-
siderable care, however, ho was com-
pelled to admit that we had nothing to
offer to the British cavalry purchasing
agents. Secretary Wilson is now mak-
ing a similar investigation, and it is to
be hoped that it will be followed up by
some practical move akin to the aotion
he has taken in our foreign butter mar-
ket, the main object being to find out
just what our foreign customers want
and then endeavor to provide the artiole.
The Belgian ministry of war has re-
cently made inquiry of our agrioultural
department about .American horses, and
the French war office has gone to the
leugth of sending Mr. Louis Noel to
Kansas City, Chicago and other Ameri-
can horse markets to make a personal
investigation, and if he is satisfied with
the offerings to buy 100 horses and
mules for shipment to France. In con-
nection with the mission of Mr. Noel
Dr. de Malliol, who made some time
sinoe a preliminary report to the French
government, which led to its taking
the present action, says, as reported in
a Kansas City paper:
In a very few years America will not
have enough horses to supply Europe.
France alone has 180 regiments of cav-
alry, and each regiment has about
1,000 head of horses. France has the
finest cavalry in the world. She never
pays less than $200 apiece for the
horses of her private soldiers, and her
officers' horses cost her from $500 to
$700 apiece. No other country can
compete with America in fine bred
horses, and Kansas City is, as fax as I
know, the best horse market you have
in your conntry.—Cor. Country Gentle-
man.
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Live Stook Points. -
Iowa has lost $27,000,060from hog
cholera in the last year. President D. L.
Howard of the Iowa Swine Breeders'
association says hog raisers must reduce
their output of these animals . and rear
more sheep and oattle.
Keeping cattle in dirty pens in stock-
yards is exceedingly nasty. No wonder
the people of Somerville, Mass., made
complaint of the stench arising from the
slaughter pens there. It is time shippers
and slaughterers of live stock of ail
kinds should be forced to keep all their
premises thoroughly cleansed and disin-
fected. They owe thisto the cause of
public health and also of private de-
cency.
It is tree that, owingto a change in
the fashion, the wool of Angora goats,
commonly called mohair, is not so much
in demand as it was a year ago. Still,
the flesh of the animal is said by those
who have eaten it to be much better
than mutton, more tender and delicate.
It' will be easy for the raisers of these
goats to create a market for spring kids
egnal to that for spring lambs.
The Chicago stock show, Nov. 2-13,
will be a combination affair: Horses, •
fat cattle, sheep and pigs,also dairy
products, poultry and all machines per -
billing to the poultry business will be
exhibited. 'Sixteen thousand dollars in
eash prizes will be divided among the
winners.
Sometimes a suckling mare puts on
flesh and does not give .milk enougb for
her foal. In that oasegive her a diet of
bran and crushed 'oats. This will make
her produce more milk.
Bran and crushed oats together is not
only excellent feed for suckling mares,
but -their foals like it as well and will;.
learn to eat it rapidly. This makes their
weaning easier.
Feed the sheep a 'little grain moil -
Meal, even when they are on pasture.
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