The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 84, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1898 Page: 3 of 4
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RACE WITH A GRIZZLY
f kw yeara ago
while engaged "
rutting timber la
California I had
frequently occasion
to ride lurk and
(ortb between two
lutnlx-r a m p s.
about t n mllea
apart. I went on
horseback and
aa alwaya armed
with a pair of Colt'a Are-abootrre.
which 1 carried In holsters attached to
a belt around my walat. I atarttd on .h. r lh(rd nd
on of these tilpa at 1 o'clock In tbe
afternoon of a hot August day and at I
the end of Av or six mllea I began tu
auffer a good deal from thlrat After
awhile I came to a piece of dry hot- I
lom land across which ran a aluggUb
Httla atream. not mere than four or
five Incbea wide. I demounted to
drink from It but It waa an shallow
that I rould not do so without getting i
the aand snd ttdlmeut on I'a bottom
Into my mouth. So I followed It up
for aome distance and found that Ita
aotirce waa a iraall pool at the foot of
a long narrow rldga of rock rla.ng a
few feet above the surfaea of the
ground.
To the right of the spring 1 noticed
the upturned roola of a gigantic tre
that hul tiet-n htnarn itown lletween
It trunk and the ridge of rock the i u ' '
wind had heaped up the dead leave
of tbe preceding tumme-
There waa a flat atone lying near at
hand and I knelt upon It to drink.
Ilefore doing ao 1 ran mr rm through
on her befor I could eht mjraelf.
Tin : I dedgad back before aba saw me
and hoinI peeping at her around tba
edge of the tree with my feet braced
to atart again at a tuoment'a notice.
After panting awhile the turned bar
head lastly around and looked back
over ber ahoulder. The Inatant aba
aaw me be whirled around and came
at me again and we had a aecond beat
In the oppoaltr direction. It laated
about aa lung and ceded precisely aa
the Aral had done When It waa over
I felt pretty confident that aha could
not catch up with me. and I resolved
that 1 MM aaaume the aggreselve m-
aelf. Ho when HM atopped again. i
alt-
THEATRICAL (iOSSII
I ting Potter' dramatic version of "Trfl-
by" to music and cive haa Brnmtstd
io alng tba till rolo.
INTERESTING NOTES ABOUT
STAGE AND ITS PEOPLE.
Arte . . i.i.n mm the r . ' the
a I'M a OtaNiiUa The Metearlr I areer
r
n A 1 W V A Ti PniTTTR Y iiwr to swti
Bf sjoasa Aelr
aiage WhUafra.
I . . -i ... .
ting at an angle with the irmmferepr
of the tree with her alda expoaed. I
draw my piatol and put a ball beblnd
bar left shoulder. It waa the algnal
for another fsst and furloua rsre. But
although her rage and pain aeemed to
put new energy Into her I atlll kept
out if hr reach and tba heat ended
aa the othera hail done.
To make a lng atory abort tbla al-
ternate racing reatlng and abootlng
waa kept up until I had emptied Into
her body all the bulla In .ne of my
plglgll In her rage ahe waa foaming
at the month and I waa encouraged
Si StligkM when I aaw tbe froth on
her llpa colored a deep red. It ahowed
that the had In en shot In tbe lunga.
and I knew that thla would oon ttll
Moreover at tba end of
the ai race v bad run ahe loosen
back and growled at me a good whlla
bfor! coming a' me again. It waa
plain that he waa giving out. and I
now fell mre that she would not over-
the bridle rem. and held them In tba I take me and that my life waa safe.
Thin i.f i unite :ae me new inii
crook of my elbow. Aa I railed my
head from drinking I heard a ruatllug
and u.urage. and I began to force mat-
In the leave behind the trunk of tba trrs. Tbe neat time .he halted I did
tiaa. Looking up I aaw two little grll-
tly cuba. about the alte of large rata
coming from behind the roota. Tha
moment they .aw me they srsmpered
hack out of lght. At the aame In- I 'i'hla
atant. and before I hail time to get
P Ihera waa a sudden backward pull
upon tbe bridle relna which flrat
allpped them up under my nrmplt then
Jerked me over .in my back fllanclng
up at ray horse. aaw him with hla
bead lowered hit ears pointed for-
ward and hla noatrll. d). tended gaz-
ing Intently before blm. I waa on my
feet In an Inatant. I aaw a long slab-
alded female grltily coming along the
trunk of the tree from It. top toward
tbe roota Juat aa I raught alght of
her aht left the tree and awung heraelf
down on the ground I had kept mr
bold upon the relna and atarted at
once to mount my horse Hut when ha
aaw the bear on the ground be began
to rear and plunge and nothing pre-
vented him from pulling away from me
altogether hut the fact that the bridle
bad a powerful curb bit which waa
buckled tightly to hla lower Jaw
Before I had time to think the bear
waa upon us The hor.e never had
taken hla eyra off her f ir a moment
and Juat aa the came In reach ha
whirled around en bla forelcga. aa on
not glv her a moment to reat. but aent
in another ball aa oon aa the atopped.
I kept tbla up until be had In her
eight out of i he ten ball. In my pistols.
with a broken shoulder waa
about all .he could ettnd When I ahot
her the last time ahe did not begin the
ihaae again aa ahe had done before
but merely lifted her Up with an angry
anarl and h . her bead from aide to
aide. I thought It beat to keep the two
remaining bll In reaerve. In a few
momenta .be dropped down and turned
over on ber aide. I ait III bad a whole-
some fi r of . r rei operative power.
and did not rare tu atay to aec the en'!
I waa only too glad to part company
with her on any terma Aa aoon aa I
waa aure the would uot follow me. I
left the tree and ran for tbe rarp
reaching It In aafety. But my horse did
not nut In hta appearance until V
II KN aaked by
Chicago reporter If
ha regretted tba
pasting uf the old I
lock company
plan of theatrlrala
tba veteran J. H.
Hioddart replied:
"No. 1 dc not. I
do got ballea It
would aolt tbe
changed rondl-
lona of the drama In theae daya When
you have to play half a doaan parts a
week It la practically tmpoaalbla to j
give them the finish and perfection
that are demanded by the higher
standard of taste to-lay The produc
tions of to-day are staged In gorgeoua
style with a dree of eitravaganre
and a minuteness of detail which were
unknown twenty years sgo. The pre.
ent syatem of siting la tba ayatem
which aiilts the day. I never have been
one of those people who affect to
mourn over the decadence of art. We
bsve Jost ss good actors to-day aa we
ever bad. and the plays are the kind
which the people want. Tba old stock
company ayatem undoubtedly gave a
man experience and eaae of depor-
tnent. In thla way an actor of mod-
erate ability was enabled to play a
part alwaya Heverly and pleasingly
though not brilliantly. 1 have seen
very many artora of real ability who.
Juat for the want of that ease snd tV
pertence which the atock ayatem con-
ferred ware never estimated at their
proper worth.
The Matinee Olrl In the Dramatic
Neat tbrowa aome light on the me-
teoric career of "actresses" who don't
atay on the alage Thla la the way ahe
tell. It: "Not long ago I met a young
lady who hnd come from the wllda of
the West to '..me a member of a
school of acting. She had brought
300 with her. which ahe paid In ad-
vance when ahe Joined the school:
then ahe bought a bos of make-up. and
felt like a full fledged arlreaa at once.
I met her one evening after a per-
formance in which .he had been al-
lowed to appear. She had walked
"One of my chlldhood'a dreams of
Intense acting." says Fanny Daven-
port "as wall sa my Idol aa a school
girl was Lucille Wee'vrn. ! would
have gone without ea t to see her
act. She wis to me the'athe embodi-
ment of power and warmth."
It Is announced that when Julia Ar-
thur returaa to New York. April 11.
.be will present a new version of
Camllle '' She baa decided to give
during the same engagement a new
ibree-act Italian comedy. "Infldele."
by Roberto Bracco. which she haa had
translated Into Knglltb.
"When men reach the age that Mr
Jefferson has snd that I have they do
not work solely for tbe love of the
art." aaya Denman Thompson. "We
have had our day at that and aa tha
enthusiasm cools ws begin to And tbe
effort of plsylng decidedly mora Dur-
denaume. Now I don't euppoee that
Mr. Jefferaon would wish to keep at It
on tbe basis of S40 a week Just for tbe
take of art."
Hle.fr.. 1 Wagner is In Rome at work
on a comic opera the book being on a
story of the Thirty Years' war. Hie
mualc la aald to be not of the school uf
hla father but of that of Humperdlnck.
tbe composer of "Mantel und Gretel."
Julia Nellaon Is aald to be contem-
plating a starring tour In thla country
neat season In company with her hue-
INTERESTING CHAPTSSS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Itew SeeeeMfal Fsrsaee. Opeesie
i. ...... ml tbe rssss A
lllale sa to Ike tare ml Lite
sa4 rasallry.
This
I -
last
o'clock
tbe
he neit morning when be i aeroee the stage twice snd had apoken
two lines loud enough for the leaner
of the orchestra to hear and wher. I
met her she was .Imply confused by
the first faint fluah of aurcass She
knew .he had a great future before
bar. and aha felt the Are of genliu
burning; tbe entire world waa hers to
ronquer that la how abe felt for one
beautiful brief night. Now tbla fair
maiden from the Weit la thinking of
returning to the bosom of her family
with 3O0 worth of eipertenre and the
memory of the nlgbt she walked
across the stage and talked to her-
self Hhe will give her desr good papa
a receipt for hla li0. .how him a pro-
gram with her name on It. and tell
the nelghlnirs of the great .ucceea she
made In New York and that ahe haa
only gone heme to reit yea maj-
tauutered quietly In. browalng
graaa aa he came along
The neit day I went back with two
companion to eee what had become of
i the bear. We found It dead and while
skinning the i-.dy I discovered that In
reality 1 owed my life to my boree; tha
' blow he had given tbe bear bad com-
i pletely .battered her ehouldered blade.
But for this handicap abe would In all
probaidllty have overtaken and killed
me before I reached the .heller of the
tree
-I PIT A BAM. IIKIIINIi IIKR I.KKT
rtilori.DKR."
tht Isrosssl a. a tegelal.le rud
In Ita life supporting qualltlea the
.'Hi'.inut la quite rqual to the beat 0
other vegetable product that hare been
ran: I .v.. r a id although three
nutritive qualltlea are admitted. th
amount of nutrition derived it murr.
greater than la generally supposed At
an eiample. we may refer to the ac-
count that haa been publish- I of a
vessel which left San Francisco with
four hundred pastengera for Sydney
Running ahort of atorra. they wer
obliged to put In at a port where t
large quantity of coroanuta were ote
tulned The remainder of the passage
waa attended with heavy weather au.'
the vessel became water logged only
reaching Sydney after a perlloua voy
afla of eighty daya. Owing to the sS
treme length of the voyage their pro
a pivot and lathed out with hi. hind 1 vlalong ran out. and men. women anc
leg. with all the atrengih he had He i children were reduced to an egclualvt
had been abod only a day or two be-
fore and hit rough new Iron heelt
landed squarely on the liear'a left
boulder aa the wat aiming to paal
him to get at me The fSfga of the
blow aent her sprawling over on her
right tide Hut unfortunately juat at
he delivered It he threw hla head slid
denly downwards aa a horse alwayt
doe. In making a vlcloua kick with
both lege. and. my hold upon the rein
being momentarily relaxed In the ex-
citement of the liear'a rush at me. he
pulled them out of my hand and the
next moment he waa off at full apeed.
Ilefore I could get my platol out of
my helt the bear rallied from tbe
knock-down blow the had been given
and came at me on three legt with a
vlcloua growl. There wat nothing for
me to do but to run for my life. I
did not have more than ten or Afteen
feet the atari of her. but luckily I waa
a good aprlnter with plenty of apeed
and bottom Hut for all of that
when I looked back over my ahoulder
I aaw that the old grlttly waa gnlnlng
on me. Crippled ns the waa ahe atlll
had one more good leg tbnn I had and
thla advantage wat tellings: aalntt
me. Ho I made straight for a tree
some dlatnnre ahead
It was a glint In alte being aome
eight feet through at the height of my
lira. I lb low thai hi Ight It . trunU wat
conical In shape and spread out nt the
roota to n diameter of at Icaat twelve
feet. Thla gave ua a circular rare
roirrae tblrty-.lx feet long and I hail
to commence aprlntlng around It the
moment I reached It.
The ahnpe of the IXWfgg wat decid-
edly In mv favor for In running !n
such a email circle the hnd lo lean in
toward the tree and dig her cluwa Into
the ground to keep froi.i Ay lug off it
a tangent. This ahe evidently found It
hard to do with her ahoulder crip-
pled and one fmeleg loo lain.' for her
to put It on the ground nt all. Con-
sequently the did not run by any
mean .is fntt after reaching the tree
ga ahe hnd done In her straight course
toward It. So I found It i oiniariitlvc
y eay to keep out of her reach nt he
chased mr around It. In fact. I toon
found myself behind lni.tc.id of before
her Hut In her blind rnge she did not
notice till change l r relative pol-
tlom especially H I look good cure not
to get t ' Ume to her. Inn lo keep mil v
tier BStfBlMl In lglit n the galloped
ground the tree In front of me.
After our race hud Inated mime two
or three minute the begnn to ilncken
tier pare and Anally atopped and at
dowu so suddenly that I alaaoat ran up-
diet of niroanut. and owing to th
scarcity of theae. the quantity appor
tinned waa In the proportion of one
cocoanut to each adult N.'twithttatui
Ing (hit diet wholly unrelieved by
any i hange. not a life waa loit and not
a tingle case of Illnes. occurred alllhe
passengers landing In a healthy and
well nourlahed condition
T BeSjIae Natural gMat
191 have recently read with conilder
able intereat the reporta of a process
which haa been patented by a Herman
aclentltt. by which a tlaaue la made that
will lake the place of the natural kln.
and be absorbed a the Injury heal
He lake the muscular portion of the
Intestine of animals and removes the
Inner and outer layer of membrane
The middle portion I then permitted to
remain for a aullsble time In a MRS
Hon of peptlne. when the Abcr sre
found to be teml-dlgealed. The tub-lane.-
it then treated with gallic acid
and tannin. It I stated thn! Urge aiir
f; from which the akin ha been re-
Mi. ..l by dleac or accident may be
I healed In short time by mean of
thl ttatue It I prepared and laid up-
on the raw urfnce. which has pre-
' vlotisly been KterllUed. and li very
I lightly bandageil Into Its place. The
union of the tissue and the surface
I lake place In u little while and the
' tissue form a coating that answers the
purpose of the skin lo a degree better
than any known substance and Is like
ly when tlll further petfected. n en
llrely remove the necessity for skill
grafting.
In Ihe Matrimonial llepa rt inent.
Klla Did you hear about Miss Shop-
lelgh's marriage? llattle Why. no.
when did It occur'' Klla Last w..k
She man led a Hour walker In one of th
big department stores. Hutllc Had she
known Inn long'' Klla No be showed
her to the counter where she warned to
make a small purchase and while she
was waiting for her ' hange he wooed
and won Iter ami so they were Mat j
tied.
A remarkable feature of "Secret
Service" la the fact that William 011-
lette has succeeded In totally avoiding
the use of those theatrical devices
known est "aside" snd soliloquies. In
other words there la no time during
tbe performance when as actor Is
made to speak to the audience
thought which are supposed to be
passing through hit brain and which
he does not want others on the slagr
to bear
Alt ('.rant comedian and mimic waa
bom In Liverpool. July lsc At an early
age he waa considered one of the best
dancers In Kngland He came to thl.
country when quite young and worked
flva yeara for H. C Dobson. lesrnlng
the ban) trade He left Dobson to ac-
cept a position aa rail boy for Ihe Duff
Opera Co. and traveled with that com-
pany one seaann J. H. Rylry. IMSS
nlilng hla ability as a mimic advised
him to do a specially and he traveled
one season playing all the leading van
devtlle houses He then Joined the or
igins! "Ihutler' Co with l.ydla Thomp
son playing comedy parts with success
and lonaequenlly Joined Wm. Kenney
1
DKS'MAN THOMPSON
hand. Kred Terry. Her auccesa with
John Hare's company In America some
two years ago was marked and should
she come again It la likely to be rt-l-ali-1
Of living artora and playwrights
perhaps Mr Beerbohm Tree Mr. Cecil
Raleigh Mr Arthur Roberts. Mr.
I'enley and Mr Toole have uttered
more tpontaneoue mixed metaphors I
than moat men. Patriotic Mr. Bear-
bohm Tree la aald to have observed 1
upon a famoua o cation that "tba
Rrltlah lion will never draw tn Ita
horns or retire Into Its shell whether
roaming the deserts of India explor-
ing the mines of Australia or scaling
the mountains of Canada "
Mai-ready once remarked lo t
course of an after-dinner address that
he congratulated himself mott upon
hvvlng torn the mask off the traitor's
ISM and revealed his cloven foot;
wl ereupon Phelps rose to second him
and warmly urged that It wat "high
time the odious hydra-headed faction
of which the gentleman referred lo j
formed the tall should be soundly rap-
ped over the knuckles."
Was It not Mr. Cecil Raleigh who re-
marked at a meeting of tbe Playgoers'
1 u h ti at he pursued the shadow until
the bubble burst snd left Its ashes In
bl hand' He has also said that many
modern novels written with a purpose
might aa well have been written with
a penknife for all the good they would
ever do to anybody.
Clyde Kltrh haa another play ready
for production. It will be presented in
Philadelphia In February by Herbert
Kelcey and by P.ffle Shannon and for
one of the roles Mrs. Sarah Cowell Ue
Moyne baa been engaged.
Marie Burroughs has decided not to
Join Robert Hllllard's "A New Yorker'
.oruiany. at Hoyt'a She may possibly
return to the stage In aome other play
however before long.
The blggeat "Jump" made by a the
atrical company this season was from
Omaha to HanKranclsro. I.X64 miles.
This trip was made In October by the
' I'nder the Red Robe" company.
Plnero Is now 42 years old. He was
a lawyer and an actor before he bream
a dramatist. It Is said that he waa ten
months writing "The Princess and lbs
Butterfly."
MSfM Corelll has dramatlxed ber
"Harabbaa." and Frank W Hanger hat
nearly concluded arrangements where-
by Jamea O'Neil may present the play
next season.
A llerheliir't furniture.
Another "new vocation ' for women
has been started by a Nt w York widow
who proposes to make n limitless of
furnishing bachelor upattnientt. Hut
Is any business to be enitiuraged whirl!
will make thing easier for IkMStlOfSl
is not the only furniture with which
n widow should furnish a bachelor'
apartineiita a widow? Iaulaville
Courlar-Jouruai.
A I.F till A NT.
The team loured the country. Introduc-
ing an original trial special! Joe
Madden became his next partner and
they played the leuoing houses. Mr.
I (Irani next Joined Manchester's French
Folly Co . losing the olio In an origin .1
monologue. Ijiter he Joined Tha" j
Colonel" i'h. c renting the roll of ox-
heart the tough boy. Ward and Vokcx
engaged blm for "A Run on the Hunk
and he en a led two new characters and
closed the performnnre In a speciulu
that wa one of the feature of the
show. He wa next kSSSfSl by Havi r-
ly and lllggar. In "A Trip to China
town." playing Havln Payne for whtrh
r ha racier he i.-.i-h. 1 ki.-i; pea'- ;t-'
j hi ISSatSlty wSJ also A ucce. Sub-
sequently he was seen for a season with
' Ham Devrre' Co. He It playing date
I thl enon nt the oOStlSSSSI nn.l other
hnute. Mr. OfSSl I brother ol
James (aTlStbo) Hiant.
Paul Potter hat written a . play f.'r
Herri. ohm Tree about the Indian mu-
tiny of the Afllea. but ha dcs lded not
to use for II Mr Klpllngs title. "The
Man Who Waa." Laos.avallo Is tet-
A tramp and lilt llrphaas.
He shuttled down Chestnut street j
yesterday afternoon a genulue apccl-
MM of the "Weary Willie" type. At j
Kleveuth street he approached a young
man who was standing on the corner
and asked for money to buy a meal.
The victim evidently thought the
money would be spent for drink for
hg refine. I in give any but Instead of-
fered to buy the tramp a meal. The
dusty trnveler then coufetsed that he
did want to buy a drink not for
his own sake but that he might get
dinner for the orphan. Considerably
unfilled the "angrl" tried lo question
the tramp but was told that If he
tat .1 to learn any more he would
have to buy the drinks. A saloon was
repaired to and after the thirsty trav-
eler had molttened hit throat he went
lo the rheee bowl and took n handful.
HI other hand wna plunged Into the
pocket of hi ragged overcoat and two
large gray rat were prod need and laid
on the liar. The animals were a dis-
reputable looking as their master and
were soon hunttrlly feaatlng on the
chree. The tramp I lien told how he
had tntned Ihe rats Ahllc he waa "do-
ing time" out west and after they had
: eatrn would display some trlrkg he
had taught them. The tramp's affection
termed to be reciprocated for after
going through some tricks the rati
i crawled over his head and ahoulderi
and actually seemed to klsa him.
Philadelphia Record.
Lisa lias. Dtaasvaaa la tlllaaia.
The twelfth snnual report of tba '
state board of live stock commission-
ers of Illinois is Just oS tbe press. In
point of volume It Is the largest report
Issued by tha board and contalna
i much Interesting Information covering
a wide range of contagious diseases in
domestic animals The flrat section of
the report detls with tbe board's tg-
pertence with Texaa fever during the
year and also with tha experiments
that are being conducted for the pur-
pose of demonstrating bow Texas
fever la conveyed from southern to
northern rattle and with the process
of dipping southern cattle to destroy
tbe Hrk. hoping tbue to render such
cattle Incapable of comtrunlcatlag tba
disease. Tbe report unequivocally In-
dorsee tbe opinion expressed by the
experimenters of the bureau of animal
industry that the so-called Texaa fever
tick (Boopbllua Uovis) la a carrier of
tbe disease from southern cattle on
which It growa. to northern cattle that
come In contact with the ground where
the mature tlcka drop off. lay their
eggs and hatch their young. But tbe
board la not yet entirely aatlafled that
tha experiments tn this direction have
been sufficient In number and of suBV I
dent magnitude to conclusively dam- 1
onalrale that this Is the only method
of transmitting the disease. Tha re-
port stale that during the coming
year eipoaure teats are In contempla-
tion by tbe board tn this state with
dipped southern cattle for lb purpose
of demonstrating whether they are
capable uf communicating tbe diaeavaa
after the ticks upon them have bean
destroyed and for tbla purpose tbe ;
Port Worth stock yards have volusv l
teered to furnish tbe dipped cattle for
such experiments The experiments
will be conducted on premises from j
which the Texas cattle can be unloaded
direct from tbe cars. Owing to the i
great demand for stock cattle during
the paat year the report states cattle
from dangeroua territory were Im-
ported Into the state and gave rise to
ten separate outbreaks of ibe disease
am.n Illinois native cattle. Soma of
these outbreaks proved quite serious
In point of loss to tbe owners A large
section of the report Is devoted to the
discussion of tuberculosis among tha
dairy cattle of tha state and Its rela-
tion to the public health. The board
etate that there la no question In the
minds or scientists aa to tbe Iden-
tity of tba dlaeaae In animals
and In man. and that the dlaeaae
la contagious and readily rommunl-
cated to man through tbe milk of af-
fected animals and undoubtedly to
some extent through meat when the
heat uaed In cooking la not sufficient
to destroy the germ. The sJfectlveneaa
and Infallibility of Koch's tuberculin
as a diagnostic agot 1 determining
the presence of tuberculosis In an ani-
mal baa been thoroughly proved by Its
' use In seven hundred bead of dairy
cattle during tne paal year. Of this
number testsd seventy-seven head
showed a rite In temperature Indicating
the preeenre of tuberculosis and were
slaughtered. On post-mortem exami-
nation each of the seventy-seven dis-
closed the presence of tuberculosis In
tbe animal. Tbe board states Its In-
' ability to announce tbe eitent to which
this disease prevails among tbe dairy
herds of the stste owing to lack of
statistical Information that rould only
be secured through conducting tuber-
' rulln tests or through supervision of
slaughter houses that while many
herds are entirely free from the dis-
ease others contain affected animals
ranging from one In a herd to aa many
as twenty-flve fifty and. In extreme
rases seventy-five per cent. One of
i tbe moat extreme raaeg noted In tbe
I report. Is a herd tested In Mcllenry
county containing tbirty-flve animals.
1 of which twenty-flve responded to the
' teat were slaughtered and found to be
disrated The hlatory of this herd
I a!. clearly Indicate tbe spread of the
dlaeaae by contagion.
Tbe board strongly urge legislation
to properly deal with this disease
among dairy and breeding rattle pro-
viding that all dairy and breeding
herds In the state shall be tested with .
tuberculin and that sufficient funds
i shall be appropriated not only to pay
the expenaea of this work but to In
part reimburse the owners for losses
Incurred In the eradication of tbe dts-
- eaae. It Is of ths opinion that It Is
only a question of a brief space of
lime when the legislature will And It
necessary to enact such legislation as
many eastern states have done so and
are by law prohibiting the shipment
I of rattle within their borders without
a certificate showing that tbe tubercu-
lin teal has been made.
During the year there were quaran-
tined on account of the exlatence of
glanders In horses seventy seven ani-
mals diseased and two hundred and
twenty-three expoaed. The diseased an-
I (mala were destroyed and all prem-
ises disinfected. Olanders existed dur
ing the year In fifteen counties of the
state. The records of the past twelve
year show a general decrease In the
prevalence of this disease by counties
ranging from forty-four counties in
1S87 to the number stated last year.
la dealing with glanders the Board
haa uaed very effectively the malleln
tee tiring the lymph used In examin-
ing exposed horses to ascertain If the
disrate has been contracted and Is In
Its Incipient form of development. The
test I made in a similar manner to ths
tuberculin test In cattle for tuberculosis.
few weeks before the drnjtt her
calf Many of our dairy writers and
some of oar professors declare there
are cows that persist ta giving milk
from calf to calf that to stop milklag
them Is to spoil them. Prof. Haacker.
1 believe saya ao. but how does It
come? They are made not born. Ilka
kicking cows. They are from good
milkers and they are stuffed with good
feed and milked so near calving tha
flrat year before an attempt Is made to
dry then that they are not dried at
all and so no attempt la made to dry
them the next year or tbe next sad
ever after that cow should be milked.
If she is milked 12 yeara she Is milked
2 yeara of the time for nothing. The
average cow will give as much milk
when milked ten months of the year
aa tha whole year. She will have las
afflictions and bring better calves
Eighty per cent of the bright dairy-
men of this country practice what I
have told you. Tha veterinary advisor
of tha Orange Judd Parmer says la
caa a cow won't dry to milk her reg-
ular but a few daye before she comes
In give tbe milk to tha pigs. (Poor
pigs i Rub ber udder with soap lini
ment and feed ber grain as usual.
Kpaom salts In pound doaee will ba
neceas try to keep her bowels loos
and cool her ayatem. etc. I have asked
! near a score of the bast dairymen of
tbla county lately If they practice giv-
ing Epsom salts or other physic to
their tow. about the time of calving
or amy other time. Not one ia twenty
doe. This question waa discussed at
our Farm Institute the other day. dls-
' cussed I say. The practice waa con-
demned almost unanimously. Bro. C
P. Ooodrlch told ua that the dalrymaa
of Sheboygan county were too Intelll-
gent to continue Epsom salts milking
tube tad rubber plugs. Louisiana.
Texas and Georgia were the places to
I advocate such things. Nearly all of
Iowa's great men agree with ma that
all cows ran and should hse a good
rest between ralvea. Professor Wil-
son and Curt '4 Brothers Bennett and
Qabrtlsen snd tbe Wallaces alt advo-
cate about tha method this writer doea.
I wish Hoard Heckar Horn and
others would try the Iowa air for a few
years and then try writing about bow
rows should be treated. I believe my
BATTLE WITH SPIDSeiS.
few visits to Iowa did m good I
know I learned from Curtis some valu
able things about feeding calvea.
I ought .o write this over and boll
It down but I can't very well.
A. X HYATT.
r .olir Talb.
Not only farmers' wives but farmers
aleo. would be pleased If the ben wouid
lay during the winter months as many
a "bill" that could ba us ! profltably
In improving tha farm Is broken to buy
groceries writes Mr. H. ft Parker la
Journal of Agriculture. The majority
do not realise tha care It requires to
have the bens produce eggs during tha
winter. There waa a time when we
wondered why our hens did not lay
through the winter as they had warm
quarters all the cold water they could
drink and plenty of corn. We found
that this waa not all they required; a
change of diet was necessary and hav-
ing tried a mixed ration of all that Is
usually raised on a farm some of th
bens would lay but not all by any
means. We tried giving them grit
meat and bones regularly with good
reaults. If there are others whoae nar-
eat marketing place Is small and green
bone cannot alwayt be gotten we will
for their benefit tall bow we manage.
After butchering we cook all scraps; to
be more explicit the lungt. kldneyt
snout hoofs etc. until perfectly ten-
der; after making cheese of the bogs'
beads we aava all of tbe bone alto
tbe spar ribs back bones and to on;
these sre fad every other day. Wa
cook rabbits for them and after boil-
ing these scrape rabbits and to on.
there will be a greasy broth; by stirring
bran Into this ons will have another
meal of egg-produrlng food. Hens will
refuse corn any time for green bone or
grit At thlt time the ashes have to
be removed from the stoves to often
we tlft these occaaionally. about twice
a week and give tbe bent the charcoal.
A clots observer will And that there
are several hens In every flock that
will not prodnre egga during the win-
ter under any conditions Thte had
better be dlapoted of by marketing or
prepared for food at they are unprofit-
able and occupy room that It needed
for hens that will produce egga. It la
well not to crowd hens as a number
comfortably boused will produce mora
eggs. Our hennery It Intxpentlvt. Ait
It romfortabla. When our flrat snow-
storm began we did not wait until
night for our hens to romt to tht rooet.
but got them all In as aoon aa It began
to mow. and at the preaent writing.
; the thermometer Indicating II degr .es
above tero at noon we do not allow
them outside of the hennery but open
i tbe door In the laying room and re-
1 place It with a screen door to that
they have air and sunshine. Tht car
of poultry It not bard work but their
wants must be attended to regularly -
the greater the experience the more
knowledge you gain In regard to them
I think where one hat tht tlmt to de-
vote to the rearing and marketing of
poultry and egga. that there It an In-
dependence In It. Our hem being
large suit ua In regard to shape alta
and plumage but we And that being a
nearly pure breed that they do not lay
ao often or to young It requires more
time for them to mature: but at egga
are what we are working for wa will
croat with the Brown Leghorns lh
coming spring.
r It a St.
ii- r 4i ;.
John Held who had a battle ait
apldera at J A. Patten . grocery store.
S2? Mark" street le much worse saya
the Loan Post-Dispatcn. Dr. Ktaew
aey of the4 city dlipeaaary staff fears
the victim of th venomous Insect IS
a dimmed man. Deadly polaoa la cours-
ing through hla vema and ay taptotae ot?
lockjaw are deeloping. A peculiar
feature of Hold's affliction It that SS
la able to he about and Ulead to his
duties. He apparently does not res Hi
his daager. Three unelghtly marks
two on the left tide of hta no aad atsS
on his chin thow where be was bitten.
Hla Jews are becoming rigid He talk
with difficulty. "1 am fawllag pretty
well this morning." aald Held to ire
porter "but I can scarcely oped esy
month There srisas to be big turns
in my throat and my Jawbones aasst.
My arms and shoulders sre covered
with red blotch which aaaaa to grow
larger ill the time. I am aare I was
not bitten on the arms r ahoulder.
for I wore my coat when tbe spider
at larked me The poison mutt be com
ing to tbe surfsce When I went tt
th cellar to pack a case of goods
Thunder nlgbt I removed a lot of
rubbish to get ajjox. I felt something
run across my face snsiaOLsbed It
W'hen It dropped to the lie
waa a black spider I stepped on It. Is
aa instant the place aeemed alive wits
apldera They ran across my face aad
hands J did not k'.ow I bad baas
bitten until I csm upstairs. A friend
aaked me what waa the matter with
my nose i looked in a mirror and
aaw there were two big bllaters oa my
left nostril. When I touched them thT
burst. I waa feverish all night. Friday
morning I found a third blister on my
rhln. I went to the dispensary aad
had the woundt cauterised. Tba
blotches on my armt and shoulders
bsve appeared since." A reporter ac-
companied Held to the dispensary Sat-
urday morning. Dr Kearney examined
blm and expressed surprise at th
progress of tbe virut through the tyt-
tem. "Thlt man hat a clear case of
blood-poisoning." be aald. "Eves If
lockjaw does not set In he may die."
After the wounde were dressed Held
ent back to work still refusing to be-
lieve In the doctors diagnosis. Th
spiders which bit Held are known aa
black spiders. Tbelr engine ot de-
struction It a mandible or claw which
when not In use It folded between tba
Jaws. When tbe black spider settles
on bit victim be opens bit Jawt aad
extendi tbe mandible. As tha clsw-llkt
organ enters tbe flesh a poison sac la
tbe tip of the mandible is op
tbe deadly virut Injected.
Wan . lDralll.lt Ualde.
Conscience It the vole of the soul;
the passions are the vole of the body.
It It astcsuh'sg tha: often these twt
language contradict each other and
then to which must we listen? Too of-
ten reason deceive us; wshsveoaiy tot
much acquired the right of refusing to
listen to It. bt conscience never de-
ceive us; It It the true guide ot msm
It it to msn wbst Instinct It to th
body which follows It. obeys nature
and never la afraid ot pnlfif astray.-
London Echo.
Hretltr.
Dr. Abernethy waa notoriously one ot
the mott laconic of men. It it tald that
one day there was among hit patlenu
a woman who bad burned her hand.
Showing blm the wound the tald. "A
burn" "A poultice" answered the die-
tor Next day she railed and tald Bet-
ter " "Repeal." aald the doctor. Is a
week the made her last rsll. aad ber
speech was lengthened to three words
"Well your feef "Nothing." tald th
phvslclan. "you are tbe moat tenaible
woman I ever met"
JUVENILE JOKES.
Beth (seeing a ben shaking soma
feathers off excitedly) "Lojk there's
a hen boiling over."
Ethel isged "I wonder where alt
the clergymen come from?" France
4agd SI "I suppose tbe choir boys
grow up Into ministers!"
Charley you aboulu not say that
air.' It Isn't proper." A few days aft-
er the father brought home an alrgun.
whereupon Charley said- "Papa what
must I say when I want to say that
alrgun?"
Tbe pupils of a school were aaked to
give la writing the difference between
a biped tnd a quadruped. One boy gave
tbe following "A biped has two legs
and a quadruped has four legt; there-
fore tbe difference between a bipod asd
a quadruped it two lege."
A Botton teacher had been giving a
familiar talk on too logy to a class of
10-year-oldt In a grammar school. To
test their Intelligence he said In th
courts of bit remsrkt: "Who can tall
mt the blgbett form of animal life?"
A little girl buld up her band. "Well.
Mary?" "The hy-ena." tbouted Mary
seriously but triumphantly. Repress-
ing a tmlle. tbe teacher tald "Is II
Mary? Think again. It a hyena ths
very hlgheif Don't answer too quick-
ly; take your time.'' "Oh now I
know" cried Mary; "It's the giraffe"
CURIOUS PACTS.
Swollen I il.ler.
I want to talk to H ft W. a little
who owns a cow that will not go dry.
He milked her once n day and con-
Aned her to dry feed and on this treat-
ment her udder becomes much swollen.
Truth l the cow I shout spoiled for
the next year nt least. Hhe Is too near
calving tn slacken her feed much or
stop milking her. A row cannot be
aafely dried after she begins to spring
udder. She should be entirely dry two
or three week before her udder en-
larget In the Icaat which would make
eight or nine week necetary. Before
I learned thl tor certain I Injured
some of my best cowt.
H. C. W. could feed hit row Just poor
straw and mtlk her three lime a day
Barley aa a Stock Pood To deter-
mine tbe value of barley ss a stock food
In a practical way. teett were recently
made by feeding It In comparlton with
corn and with wheat. In the feeding
teats with pigs ground barlty did one
halt better than unground and ground
i-orn did one-flftb better than unground.
Whole barley gave belter reaults than
whole corn. OroutiJ corn required one-
halt more food to make a pound ot
growth than ground barley. Oround
barley made one pound ot growth
for every 3t poundt of grain
fed. at a rott of but a thadt over two
tenia per pound which waa better than
any other feed did. In steer feeding
tests both corn and wheat surpasaed
the barley In lamb feeding tests there
wat scarcely any perceptible dlfferenc
In results from corn wheat and bar-
ley. Corn and barley mixed gave bat-
ter retultt than either alone. In every
feeding teat bald barley gave better re-
tultt than common barley. Farmer
and Stockbreeder (Loudon).
Don't atk your dealer to supply
with butler of the flnt rank.
Next to our grape wine It It believed
that Jtpaneae sake or rice wlaa la th
oldest alcoholic beverage known to
man. lis use In Japan dating back over
1000 yeara.
The completion of Commonwealth
avrnuo extension makes a con
tinuous avenue 120 feet wide from the
Public Oardent to the Charles river 10
Newton. 11 It miles
France haa tet up about three hun-
dred moiiumenta to more or leat dis-
tinguished Frenchmen during the last
twenty-flve years and there are now
127 rommltteet collecting money for
more
A fibrous preparation of steel made
In the same atanmr at tht to-ralUd
"mineral wool" by patting an air blast
through molten steel. Is coming Into
use for cleaning polishing etc.. Instead
of sandpaper.
Wales b the rlrheat part of Great
Britain In mineral wealth. Kngland
produces annually about flu to each
acre gcotlaud a little leat than lid.
but ths product of Walts amounts to
over 120 per acre.
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