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the cast taken the clay model will be
broken up to be used again for another
figure.
A plaster cast will be taken to the
Gorham Manufacturing Company at
Providence, and there other molds will
be made and castings taken until the
bronze is ready to be brought forth,
perfect fac-simile of the model which
now stands in the studio. Everything
is made by pattern and even the
bride and bits must be made by the
sculptor's hands.
The large sword which hangs by the
riders side is carved of wood and has
the clay finishings, so that every detail
will be complete for the workers In the
metal. Every button is patterned after
those in use when Hancock was in COM
mand, and every part of the costume
and equipment is correct from the
strictest military standpoint.
TAe h:r39 represents q fine animal,
and Ellicott says that it took him over
four years to find one that suited him
for such purpose.
Besides this statue, Mr.. Ellicott has
a small statuette or sketch, as he calls
it, Of Gen. Sheridan. The millionaire
to that city a statue of Sheridan, and
Charles Yerkes of Chicago has given
many sculptors have entered the COM
petition. The figure chosen by Mr.. ELI
colt is that of charger in a headlong
plunge over piece or broken and fall
en- cannon; the rider is swinging one
arm back and waving his sword high
above his head, while with the other
hand he is holding the reins. This
conception Is designed to represent
"Sheridan's ride" and the model will
be submitted to Mrs. Sheridan, who
lives in Washington. If she likes the
figure it will be accepted.
Sculptor Elllcott has received an in
vitation from the chairman of the COM
mittee of the Society of the Army of
Tennessee to compete for a statue of
Gen. w. T. Sherman, which is to cost
100000, the money having already
been raised.
There has been of late a movement
on foot among the friends of Hancock
looking to the removal of his remains
from Norristown, Pa, to the National
Cemetery at Arlington, and toward
placing those Of his wife, who is buried |
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of an expert. No better winter or sum-
mer layer exists-large white eggs that
command the highest market price;
they stand confinement we'll, and II al
lowed liberty are the best of foragers.
What can be more beautiful than a
proud fowl Of graceful figure, with
glossy metallic black plumage, vermll-
ion comb, face and wattles, pure white
Sariobes and yellowlsh legs. They are
certainly one of the handsomest breads
in existence. Regarding their history,
1t commences with Reed Watson's i'm
portation in 1871, though as the Poul-
try World Of December, 1875, states,
there were accounts Of black fowls
being brought over before. 1t has been
said that a flock of Black Leghorns
were kept on farm near Newark, N.
j., between 1S45 and 1850. They were
imported to this country from Italy,
the home Of the Leghorns. In the show
room they are very attractive, the fact,
which was clearly demonstrated at tho
last Nashville show, held last Deem
Der, and were admired by both visitors
and breeders
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Black Leghorns.

1t is strange to me why the above
named variety is not bred more extern
sively in our section Of the country; it
certainly cannot be on account Of their
not being a profitable fowl, writes Fred
Klooz in Farm Fancier. All who have
bred the Black Leghorns in conJunc-
ton with the other varieties of Leg
horns will, l think. agree with me in
the statement that experience proves
that they are the best of the Leghorn
family. They are more hardy and lay
more and larger eggs than any Of the
other varieties, and II breeder keeps
them once, he will always breed them.
1T Is true great many object to this
breed on account Of their color, claim
ing when dressed for market they are
not so salable as those that have skin
of more yellow color. This is not
the case, however; the yellow that is
now demanded in the legs is accom-
panied by tinge of the same color in
the skin, thus removing any objection
on that point. Solid colored birds are
preferable on account Of the large per
cent of chicks produced with correct
plumage, and such birds that score
high in the show room can be mated
with a greater expectation for improve
ment than TIE p5Sti-co.ored cneS, and
by the beginner without the assistance
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OF several days or week be estimated
It ia usually found that there are less
wide variations than are found from
day to day.
For the past three years we have an
alyzed the milk of each individual COW
of the Vermont Experiment Station
herd twice month, each sample being
made up from eight consecutive milk
ings. 1t has been found that the milk
given when the COW is four months
along in lactation is very nearly the
average quality of the milk given by
the cow in the course Of the year; that
If two analyses are made at this time,
fifteen days apart, upon composite
samples, the result will probably be
within a tenth Of one per cent of the
actual average.
The extremes Of fluctuations in the
quality Of the milk Of COW are fire.
quently noted in the records of tests,
public and private. Some of these are
almost beyond belief, yet many are ap-
parently authentic.
The greatest change in quality Of
milk from day to day that has come
under my personal observation, was
that made by registered Ayrshire
owned by L. S. Drew of Burlington,
being 2.6S per cent fat change in two
days. This is probably the most violent
change on record where the test was
controlled by chemical analysis.
Has the COW fixed quality Of milk
which she gives throughout life? Does
heifer in her first lactation, indicate
truly her milking qualities, or may we
expect gain or loss in years to come?
Our records indicate in eight compari-
sons of heifers of our own raising, less
than 20 per cent gain in per cent of fat
during tho second milking period. APP
parently the same general character of
the milk is maintained throughout life,
although the quantity may be increased
or diminished Minor variations in
quality may be expected, but large ones
seldom occur.
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Forests whitfield Awnx.

A notable example Of a big result
produced by small means is found in
the fact that lead-pencil users have
whitfield away several big forests of
cedar trees in Europe and the supply
of wood suitable for lead pencils is
practically exhausted in the old world.
An order has just been placed by a
noted German firm of pencil makers
with a California lumber company for
large quantity of sequoia wood, which
Is found to be the best wood now avail
able for pencils. The sequoia is the
big tree of California. 1t seems too
bad that the grand old giants should be
sacrificed, and especially that their end
should be lead-pencil shavings.
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at st. Louis, by his side. The latter,
however, would beln direct opposition
to military regulations,
GOVERNMENT KEEPS CATS.
row an Ingenious iowa Man Proposed

now an Ingenious iowa Man Propos cd
10 Save IL Money.
The postofllce department Is in re-
celpt of a unique communication from
G. l.. Fox Of West Liberty, Iowa. Mr..
Fox appears to be Of an ingenious turn
Of mind and patriotic disposition, and
he noticed with grief that the govern
ment approprlates SIS annually for the
support Of the st. Paul postofiice cat.
He writes that he has been experiment.
Ing for several years with a prepara-
ton for the sure cure Of rats, and has
now perfected 1t. Believing that the
department might save money by
adopting his preparation, and cutting
Off the supplies from the postofilce cats,
he offers 1t to the department for the
small sum Of $3.50. The money is not
to be paid until the stun Is given a fair
trial, The st. Paul office Is not the
only one which receives an annual ap-
preparation for its cat. The New York
cat receives the stipend Of SO annually,
and should be comparatively we'll Off
But as there are some twenty-five sta
lions and thirty substations where as
sistants must be kept, the New York
cat Is no better off than his Omaha sis
ter, who Is allowed $3.50 per annum.
The Richmond (Va,) cat, which is re-
ported to be Of the f, f. VS.. gets 81.
Nearly all Of the postofices in the
country have attached to them Office
cats. For most of them small items
are included in the miscellaneous list.
Those who are not so provided must
depend upon the supply of rats for a
living, eked out by the tips from the
lunch baskets of the clerks and car
riers. In this letter Mr.. Fox does not
say what would become of these feline
employees Of the government II his cure
should be adopted but 1t Is probable
that poor Tom and Tabby, their occu-
patton gone, would be compelled to
forsake their former homes in the post
offices and seek precarious living on
the wharves, In the warehouses, or ele-
vators, or anywhere that rats are
plentiful. Washington Post
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Took tho Joke Zoo sorlou.lr.

It isn't always safe for a small boy
to take his fathers jokes and games too
'erlously. This was shown very plain
at one time by the experience of an
lglishman and his son upon a rail-
lad journey which they took together.
While the little fellow was gazing out
Of the open window his father slipped
the hat off the boys head in such a
way as to make his son believe that 1t
had fallen out Of the window. The boy
was very much upset by his supposed
loss, when his father consoled him by
saying that he would whistle 1t back"
A little later he whistled, and the hat
reappeared. Not long after the little
lad seized upon his fathers hat, and,
flnging 1t out Of the window, shouted.
Now, papa, whistle your hat back
againw-Harper's Round Table.
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A summer Henhnnse.

For summer house for hens, build
portable buildings AXIS, corner posts 8
feet high, narrow board at top and base,
and double roof, with light frame.
Then clapboard the back side, roof and
one end, slat the front with laths and
partially clapboard the other end, leav-
ing space for small door. Inside place
the broad, fiat roosts about ten inches
from the ground, and the nests upon
the ground, and the building is ready
for dozen hens or thirty to fifty chick
ems Two men can easily move these
buildings once week, and thus not
only will large area be we'll fertil-
lied during the season, but the stock
be colonized away from winter quar-
ters, where larger measure of the food
supply will be obtained. Place the flock
in one of these c lops after dark, ard
keep shut up for twenty-four hours,
and there will be 70 trouble afterwards
about their Gndi-T their owa home.
The material for these buildings will
cost not far from rs cents to 81 each,
and will last several years. Having
used them for years, we can testify to
their value.-Ex.
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LITTLE THINGS.

France Is the greatest wheat-giow-
ing country in Europe, not excepting
even Russia.
Stockholm has the largest death roll
from alcoholism of any city In the
world. Ninety in one thousand die from
the excessive use Of intoxlcants.
Crocodile tears are alluded to by
several Latin and Greek authors, II
being a superstition among the an
clients that the crocodile after killing
a man ate all his body but his head,
and shed tears over that before eating
1t also.
Sir Robert Ball, the astronomer royal
for ireland, is said to believe that the
time is approaching when posterity will
be able to construct machinery that
will be operated by means Of glasses,
with heat obtained by the direct action
of the suns rays.
The love Of display, apart from the
art OF self-adornment, is nothing but q
survival Of the patriarchal days, wher
the women were compelled to make
their dress or their ornaments an ex.
ponent Of the wealth Of the man whose
private property they were.
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cHIcAoo woMeN ON WHEELS.
Car Wheels or Bicycle Wheels, These
Women Arc Huatie1s,

Car Wheels or Bicycle Wheels, These
Women Arc Huotlets. p
The Chicago woman Is a hustler. She
never stands on the curb waving her
parasol at an approaching car. Not
much. She makes a direct break for II
from the shop door, always landing on
the lower side Of the street, whore she
knows 1t will slow down. She doesn't
walt fos II to stop, but with a hop, skip
and jump, grabs trailer and swings
herself aboard. The movement is not
a graceful one, but the Chicago foot
gets there, In pairs. Half dozen wo-
men will perform this extraordinary
evolution at the same time. | have
stood on the corner of crowded thor
oughfare for an hour at a time spell
bound with wonder and admiration.
Wonder that some of these women
didn't get tangled up in their skirts and
rolled over and killed; admiration OF
the astonishing progress of the new
woman. l alluded to it in conversation
with a Clark street conductor.
"Oh, the women are hustlers out
mere he replied condescendlngly.
On the lake front the new woman
speeds her bicycle. Here she Is not
only n hustler, but she makes other peo-
pie hustle, who are not always in that
humor. Her costume is sometimes the
ordinary street dress; sometimes 1t is
a bloomer, or fancy skirt and bicycle
cap, Sometimes she rides the bicycle
constructed for feminine use; some
times she comes sweeping by astride
OF the regular male wheel. / saw two
or three women dash past the Auditor
ium in this fashion within half an hour.
The lovely street shade, by the tall
buildings on one side and famed by
the lake breeze on the other, swarms
with bicyclers Of both sexes In the early
evening. Most of them are going home
from business, the rest are out for
pleasure. The double wheelers are new
to me. Two bicycles are connected side
by side by bar, enabling the young
man and his girl to ride along slowly
or rapidly, as desired, without fear Of
tipping over or worrying over the pace.
They are close enough together to en-
able him to utilize his arm and her
waist, II necessary, and mutual conf
dences and kisses may be exchanged
without fear or mlshap. This beats the
tandem all hollow.
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We give herewith an illustration of
a cheap and convenient poultry house,
1t is used for both hens and ducks.
A board fence extends along the north
side, and this tends to break the force
Of the cold winds in early spring and
late fall. The house itself is very sim
ply built, by the arrangement shown
requiring as few joints as possible. The
glass windows on the south side oc-
cupy the entire center of the front Of
the house, and part of the roof, This
arrangement gives an abundance of
warmth and light in winter. Shingles
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Mr.. Blnks-I met woman today that
l thought good deal of once. Mrs.
Binks-0h, you did? Mr.. Binks-Yes.
l used to do my very best to please her.
Mrs. Binks-Humph! Mr.. Binks-I did
everything could to win her affection.
Mrs. Binks-My goodness! Mr.. Blnks-
At last succeeded. Mrs. Blnks-
VIVA Mr.. Binks-She granted all
that asked, and by so doing made
me the happiest man alive. Mrs. Binks
-Merciful- Mr.. Blnks-r,asked her
to come right up to the house with me
today, but she had some shopping to
do, and cannot get here until supper
time. Mrs. Binks-Mr. BInks, am
going right home to my mother. Mr..
Binks--She isn't at home, my dear. II
was your mother that met. She gave,
me you. ="
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Early Feed Of Hogs.

The low price of hogs has been Bit
ter disappointment to many farmers,
Owing to the high price of corn and
the strong probability of loss in fatten-
ing they will decide to stock them
through to grass. This point once
reached, clover will carry then
through in good shape until the last of
June, and later IL desirable. 1t will
be very important by that time to have
a grain crop that will put them in a
good condition for early market. The
grain Of last years crop will by that
time be exhausted and the new crop
will not be fit to use till September.
What can be done to furnish hog feed
from the new crop in July and August?
Much can be done If the farmer will.
We do not see any way of getting grain
from next years crop before July 4, or
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months of her lactation; that
during the first six months Of
her lactation the quality does
not materially change, but in the last
half of the year Qf she calves every
year, the milk flow shrinks and its
quality increases, the latter being on
the average an increase Of about one
quarter of the total fat. 1t has been
found that the cows calvlng in the
spring change the quality of their milk
in the latter part Of their lactation
more decidedly than those that calve
in the fall, while farrow cows calving
either in spring or fall, hold to the
even quality of their milk more than
those that calve each year.
The variations from day to day of the
milk from the same cow or herd are
frequently extreme and are often due
to causes which are not understood.
II, however, by means Of the COM
posite sample the quality Of the yield
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the unwilling next fall.
The sculptor, Mr., Ellicott Of Wash
ington, over a year ago submitted his
model to committee, who promptly
accepted it. The contract with the
government was for the payment Of
$4,000, the sculptor to make the
statue and pedestal and to meet the
expenses Of casting 1t into bronze. The
pedestal will be of granite and will
stand about 10 feet inches high, and
the height of the whole from the
ground to the tip of the riders head
will be rs feet and 10 inches.
The statue, as it now stands, rests on
a circular platform, which revolves on
wheels so that it can be easily moved,
The clay is a grayish hue, something
like the bronze itself, and to glance at
the figure hastily one would imagine
that the casting had already been done.
The surface is slightly roughened, but
were it polished 1t would CLEAN like
metal. This clay is made by French
man, and is Of a very peculiar compost
tion that never dries, and is always
soft for the sculptors hands.
1t is sold for twelve and half cents
a pound when purchased in large guam
titles, but when bought in smaller lots
the price is much higher. Mr.. Elllcott
purchased two tons of the composition
to be used in the creation Of the statue,
and when the work is completed and
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June rs at the nearest. We believe q
good grain feed can be secured at this
time by sowing bushel of peas per
acre and ploughing them in about three
inches deep, then sowing from a bushel
to bushel and half Of oats on the
surface and narrowing them in, and
then, to make the job complete, rolling
the ground or going over it with
planker The oats will hold the peas
up, and when the peas are in the dough
stage feeding may commence. The hogs
may be turned in or the crop can be cut
and fed to them in the yard. When
>his is exhausted oats or winter wheat
can be fed until early corn is fit to use.
Farm and Dairy.
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Unrlvaled Carving,

In ivory and wood carving Japan is
ahead Of the rest Of the world; in
lacquer work and in pottery and vases
she has no rival. The work Of the Jap
anese artists In painting flowers and
birds is not equalled. Yet no Japanese
artist can paint horse or the portrait
of foreigner. They can't paint a
horse because they have no horses that
we would call horses. They are runty,
rough-looklhg, ,knotty brutes.
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Feed and MIX Flavors.

1t seems to me injudicious to cast
even seeming doubt on the fact that the
food does not affect the favor of the
milk, and especially OF the butter, and
this all the more so because these i'll
havors mostly consist of oils that Qt rs
my firm belief, as we'll as the belief OF
many others) are intimately connected
with the product Of the cows butter.
Forty years experience and careful
study of this matter convince me that
the selection Of the food is the most
important element both of quantity
and Notwithstanding the odor and
the flavor-of the butter, and those who
stand in the position of instructors of
farmers and dairymen should be care
full not to mislead, even by implication,
in respect to questions of this kind,
and if any leaning any way is to be
permitted, it should be on the side of
safety. am as certain that musty
food will affect the flavor Of butter as
that onions or turnips will. And the
mixture of other food, while it might
dilute the effect, cannot neutralize it.
H. Stewart, in Country Gentleman.
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are largely used and prove far cheaper
than matched lumber. The pond in
front need not Of necessity be a pool
Of stagnant water. 1t should have a
gravelly bottom or be constructed with
cement like a cistern. Then arrange
ments should be made to renew the
water supply as often as there is dan
ger of it's becoming stagnant. Where
there is windmill on the place this
will not be difficult matter, or where
the connection is with a running brook
the change Of water may be made con-
tinuous.
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KANSAS NEWS NOTES.
Delinquent Hsansas Countlss.

The state auditor has prepared .
statement of taxes due the state from
the various counties, including tn last
half year taxes of 1894, Some of these
taxes have been due since the year of
1857, Leavenworth county still owing
ST., 333, 80 from that year, Nearly, II
not quite all, Of the counties owe the
state back taxes, besides the taxes Of
1904. The total amount due from each
county is MS follows.
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in A HERO'S NAME.
AN EQUESTRIAN FIGURE OF W.
S. HANCOCK.
Uncle Sam will Fay $4,000 for IT.
American sculptOrs In Competition
for n Statue OF Gen. sheridan to 30
Erected In Chicago,

MOTHER imposing
equestrian statue
Is to bi added to
those already erect
ed in Washington
in memory Of our
great commanders.
This one is the
statue of the late
General Winfield S.
Hancock, W h / C h
will be ready for
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DAIRY AND POULTRY
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department Of tho Farm "A Few
Hints as 60 the Care OF Live Stock
and Poultry.

RoF. Joseph Hills,
director of the YER
mont Experiment
Station, says:
The experiment
on a large number
of COWS has shown
that, as a rule, a
COW gives the most
milk, but Of the
poorest quality, in
the first two
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He would lie All Right Then.

81 don't think It Is right for man to
shake hands with his left hand"
But suppose his right hand Is gone? ?"
"Oh, then his left hand would be
ht."-Golden Days.
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Jinks--I despise a man Who Is meaA
with his wife. DO you give yours an
allowance. or what she can wheedle
out OF you?
Filldna -Both.--Tidbits.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-10-10
n. T. BURGESS

Repairs Garden Hose, SprinkleT Water Taps.
Etc, ETC.
Saw Filing and all kinds of Tools Sharp
ened, including Carving Knives and Scis-
sors. Lawn Mowers repaired and for rent.
Also, Setting Glass in fact all kinds of
Jobbing. Work called for and returned.
Shop and residence en- Miller street.
Ring up Telephone $50. 1-tf