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Institute bureau Directors.

We wish to say a word as to the
principle of selecting the board oil oi-
rectors OF the Illinois Institute Bureau
to be established at the state uni
yersity. In the first place 1t Is desira-
BILE to make the board small. as Its ex-
penses of meeting should be paid thus
insuring the attendance OF all al eacn
meeting. Men that are expecteo'io at
tend meetings at their own expense
simply do not attend. as a RUE. "A
board of fifteen or twenty persons
would be too expensive II their eA-
nenses we're paid, and if their expenses
we're not paid they would not at'enu.
Therefore a small board is advisable.
BESIDES i. is a rule of science that 100
much machinery impedes motion.
The question then arises how sAouiu
these persons be selected. 20 H"'e
every association in the state oi ah
agricultural character represen'eo
world give a board OF directors Dotn
.nwieldy and expensive as there axe
between fifteen and twenty sueh aSso-
Citations in the state.
l, was believed that the board shouio
consist Of one dairyn,an. one horticui-
,ur:ss. one live stock man and cne rom
he State Board CT Agriculture. THESE
men are not to be sx-ce.cio ottcess, o9.
.ren selected to work. An ex-o!iic'e
member of a board generally looks up
On his membership as compliment 70
his association, and not involving
actual participation in the work o1 said
board. The men to be selected are no'
to be looked upon as representing theiT
associations, but as representing Ger
tain agricultural interests. Thus, th'
dairyman selected will not represent
the dairymen's association, but Will
represent the dairy interests al iaTse.
The horticulturst will not represent
the horticultural society. but Will rep
resent the horticultural interests o1 tue
state. The same is true OF the iiVs
stock man and the man from the State
BOARD OF Agriculture, who should be
looked upon as representing the gem
eral farm interests of the state. the
officers are not chosen from their re-
spective associations for the sake OK
complimenti1g those associations, but
because some plan for getting these
men must be- devised. and the method
indicated seems to be the most avail
able method at present, as it is not pos
sible to have general mass meeting OK
the 252 900 farmers of the state and Sc
Letting by ballot.
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sumption would be sk per cent. calcu-
lated that by 1870 we should have ex-
hausted the whole available coal in the
country. Since 1873. however. the ac-
tual output Of coal has never been as
great as it would have been at the as
sumed rate Of increase. There are, too.
other factors in the problem. Sir Rob
ert Giffen has shown that for the finer
industries, and with improved manual
skill, small amount of coal will do the
full work which. under other condi-
tions, it would need q much larger
amount to do, so that a shrinkage IN
our coal supply and a decline in our
industrial progress will not necessarily
come together. Nor Is it certain as yet
what our coal resources may prove to
be. In 1895 there were 1,016 fatal aC-
cidents in and about the mines ard
ouarries Of the United Kingdom. caus-
ing a loss of 1,19S lives. There was an
increase of 81 in the number OF fatal
accidents and q decrease OF "a in the
number of deaths. In coal mining
falls Of ground" cause nearly one-han
of all the deaths underground. This
form of accident is to large extent
preventable by a more systematic uss
of timber for support at the working
face OF the mine. Explosions are also 10
be set down as largely preventaole.
The man continue to take pipes,
matches and appliances for unlocking
safety lamps into the mines. and there
are, the report says. mine owners VINO
do not introduce safety lamps where
they are absolutely needed. and masis-
trates who persistently refuse to pun
ish negligence and breach OF rule.
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rfoE J. 4. Craig sk5s In preparing
lambs for the early market the best
gain to his knowledge is that made Dy
three lambs at the New York Cornell
station, which made a weekly gain per
head of $50 pounds. extending over
period Ct nine veeks. Another lot OF
three made an average weekly gain OF
4.47 pounds per head. extending over
q period of twelve weeks. In neither
case. however. is the composition OF
the ration or the amount Of grain re-
ported. The best gain in the Eriter's
experience at the Wisconsin station
has been made by four lambs that were
fed mixture by weight of four parts
Of bran. four parts of corn meal ana
one part of linseed meal When the
experiment started, the lambs were
about three weeks old. and they were
fed for ten weeks or this grain ration.
receiving in addition the milk of their
mothers. The average weight OF each
lamb at the beginning Of the expert
ment was 1876 pounds, and at the end.
62.5 pounds, an average weekly gain
per head Of 4.4S pounds. They each
ate 26.6 pounds of the grain mixture
during the ten weeks, costing eighteen
cents per head.
The results that come next to these
in profit were obtained from feeding a
grain mixture consisting Of two parts
OF ground wheat and one part Of ground
corn by weight. The lambs were about
four and one-half weeks old when the
experiment started, and averaged 26.1
pounds in weight. When the expert
ment ended, fourteen weeks later, they
averaged seventy-seven pounds in
weight, having made an average week
ly gain per head Of 1868 pounds. They
each ate 40.5 pounds of the grain mix
ture in the fourteen weeks. costing 1873
cents. Buyers do not always make
one-thfrd difference for unwashed Mer-
mos. One or two parties that had that
grade Of wool received 9k cents per
pound last season. The standard price
for washed fine woods was 13 cents-a
difference Of only 3k cents.
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more practical fowl for the farmer. q
those who keep poultry for market
The Bun Wyandotto is In ecior . rich.
deep, clear buff, uniform In shade
throughout, except the tail. which Is
of a deeper bun or copperish-bronze
color. The Blacks are Of rich. CLOS
sy black. with greenish sheen. except
ing breast primaries. secondaries. tail
and fun. which are pure black. The
standard weight Of cocks Is Sh
pounds; hens, 6h pounds: cockerels.
71s pounds: and pullets. 5k pounds.
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the building is used for storage
room. The rest of the building is USED
for an ice room, which every man
should have.
Mr.. Thorp then showed his system
of making artificial ice by natural cold.
He had on exhibition a model OF long
box in which the ice is frozen. Tne
box In which he freezes his Ice Is IA
feet long, 2 feet wide and foot deep.
The inside of the box is waxed WITT
parafine wax, which makes 1t easy 10
remove the ice when it is frozen. The
waxing must be done during warm
day, and the wax should be used boil
ing hot, SO the wax will stick to the
box. In freezing he puts in only three
inches of water at a time and lets that
freeze before putting in more. He has
been using three of these boxes for
the last few years. With three OF these
boxes you can fill an ice house very
quickly. When you loosen the ice
from one of. these boxes you have a
single cake Of ice 14x2x1, which is saw
ed into cakes the size desired.
A A~feed cutter comes very handy en-
q farm, il it be not in such shape that
It has to be set up every time it is to
be used.
Q.-How do you build an ice hous>
and how do you pack the ice?
Al would build it about as would
any common building. but I would
make the walls double. with lath and
plaster on the inside, and then
would paint the walls. l pack the ice
with dry snow. and the cracks between
the cakes I pack. with dry snow also.
I do not put the ice against the out
side wall, but leave a six-inch space
which I all with saw-dust.
John w. Decker spoke on ch .ese-
making. The cheese industry is in bet
ter shape than 1t has been before for
many years, due largely to the Lass
age Of laws against filled cheese. New
York and Wisconsin are the great
cheesemaking states. At the South
and in some parts of the North dairy
ing is not carried on to any great ex-
tent. So the states that make cheese
will have to supply not oa!y them
selves but the others. Ca,Ada has
been supplying the English ttade. That
Is the trade that we are trying to sup
ply with our product. and that trade
requires q very firm article In the way
Of cheese.
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The Infant Terrible.

Kitty, you must let papa's watch
alone"
Il won't hurt it, papa. I just want
to-
Put it down, I tell you!"
II amt hurtin' it. / only want to see
what makes it"
IF you don't let that watch alone.
shall certainly have to punish you"
Il amt"
"Will you put 1t down."
"AI vast to do with 1t, is to-"
Kitty, do you hear what say?
"Yes. and you'd hear what say. X
you didn't talk 50 much!-Colden
Days.
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The third thing to be taken into con-
sideration is the dairyman. Then 1t Is
necessary that there be the ability to
apply modern dairy methods. If he be
not dairyman he will never sucSee1.
Q.-Should a dairyman raise his cwn
cows?
Ayes, c.r; if he can, and ss much
As possible
Q.-Can you increase the percentage
of fat in the milk of COWS?
A-That can be done only by good
breeding.
Charles Thorp spoke on handy things
on the dairy farm. He said that every
man should have dairy house on his
GArm. His dairy house is located near
the well, where every dairy mouse
should be located for the purpose OF
having the water handy. The house is
80 by IA, the first twelve feet being
used for the dairy room proper. Then
there 10 the cream vat, which is .
great saving Of labor. and should be a
part of every outfit. BY its use we
have to churn only once a week. It
used to be necessary to churn every
day or every other day. Now the cream
can be held sweet by the means Of ic.
3or . long time. The next six feet OF
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Trouhle Ahead.

mot satisfied with the way we
showed him up last week." said the
Bloody Gulch Ripsnorter. ''the squint-
cred old pelican who runs the worth
less sheet In the garret across the way
evinces . disposition once again to get
into our hair. We warn him he will
have his hands full"-Chicago Trib-
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9ka Golden Wyandotte ID marked
Nike the Silver, excepting that the col
or II golden-bay and black instead q
white and black. The White variety
=, perhaps. the fAvorits Of the Wyan-
Aotte classes. from the fAct that Il is
not % dimcult to breed to feather. the
bluDage being pure white through
euG They are Cor this reason the
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
0OW Successful Farmers Operate This
Ooportment of the Farm-A Few
Aints n to the Care Of Live Stock
80 Poultry.

CONDENSED from Farmers Review
stenegraphic report OF Wisconsin
Roundup Institute)
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~. i "A i AOAS SPoAAS
on how to get good
cows. There are
three things that
enter into success
full dairying: First.
the dairy tendency
of the cows; Sec
ond, tie fertility Of
the farm: and its
ability to provide
food for the COWS.
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It 10 good thing to have two poul.
Try yards. % that In one either oats OF
some other grain can Be sown that vim
est staFt and furnish the hens 4 ~
supply Of gEeen food.
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heifers for giving milk. Concentrated
grain diet overtaxes the digestive or
gans and produces fat. Bulky succu-
lent food. that which contains the
bone and muscle making material. is
necessary to secure the healthy diges-
ton and thrifty growth.
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Wind Power.-Not nearly enough use
is made of wind power. Most of the
wind mills we see are used wholly I,
pump water from wells. Though th. 6
as a steady job probably saves as much
labor as any one thing the wind power
could be set to doing, there are mauy
other back-aching jobs that are on
many farms done by hand Dover
which might quite as well be given
over to wind power. Turning grind
stones and churning are among these
When young we knew some farmer
boys who put up light windmill which
turned lathe in shop. Here thew
spent many hours making all kinds of
wooden articles. All of these bows
kept up their love of farm life because
their windmill was set TO do tasks thai
on other farms the boys had to Der
form by what sailors call main"
strength and stupidness. In HOLLAND
there can be no use of water power.
for the land is too level. Nowhere in
the world is wihl power used to so
much advantage OK 70. SO great a va
riety of purDoses.-Ex.
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Intelligent Dairying.-Dairying re-
quires constant study and intelligent
thought, it requires years in which to
build up a profitable herd of cows and
to learn how to feed and care for
them an to handle the product.
The man who can successfully breed
and feed dairy COW has a mind above
the average. He is a student, a keen.
brigh: business man. and you will not
find this class of men dissatisfied with
their business. 1t is the class Of men
who are constantly changing from one
branch to another-men who do not do
much figuring and cannot tell hoy
much their cows earned individually cr
collectively-whoh have intense hatred
for the Babcock test and for all cream.
cry men.-kansas Farmer.
Cicgering Horses.-Gingering horses
at the horse shows, especially the sad
die horse to make them carry their tail
high mp and to present an unusual
amount Of animation and appear smart.
u . disgusting and deceptive Jockey
trick that should be prohibited By the
rules Of horse shows in this country
a 1t doubtless win in England. since
the Humane society prosecuted aud
fined q number Of the grooms 1t the
London showA The veterinarians con-
demned the practice - painful to the
animal and fraud upon ths Judge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-11-25

/ seereta.I Sherman has sent r. ~.
Senate a note received from Mr.. Rota.-
q, Consul General of Greece at New
York, Transmitting a cablexram from
the Greek Minister of Foreign AFFAIR,
IN acknowledgment Of the resolution
agreed to by tho Senate before the AZ
riration OF the last session, expressing
sympathy with the Cretan re]volution1
lists. The cablesram is rs follow.
TO the United States Senate. tn.
warm thanks Of the Greek nation .s
well as Of the government of Greco
are u for the expression of ito avn
pathies, which are a most valuah,. o.
Instance to us. toward the accomnli.b-
ment OF our national aspirations y ~.
Consul General adds on his NUN =.
half that the resolution has mad. :.
most favorable impression m ~"
Greeks in the United States "who
while enjoying the blessings O, uh.rtr
IN TINS country, under her liberal ave
are IN hearty sympathy with thai
motherland in her efforts to free tbeir
oppressed brethren"
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Strange as it may appear, flintlock
muskets are not merely a record Of by
gone ages, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. In 1895 no fewer than l.
100000 gunflints were produced at the
Lingheath mines, Brandon, Suffolk.
England. These flints are chiefly to de-
light African and other savages. who,
having been so long used to flintlocks,
are reluctant to give them up. The
method of manufacturing these gun
fints is very interesting. In the opera
ton of taking" the worker will take
a quarter" in his left hand and plac-
ing it on his knee, around which a pro-
tecting band of leather has been
strapped, gently tap the flint with a
hammer, giving it each time a we'll
directed blow. At every tap a flake
six inches long and one inch wide falls
into his hand, and, if a good one, is
deposited in a pail by his side, all bad
ones being discarded. The knappers
work these 1ints with hammers with
long, thin heads, often made of old files,
t~ransversely striking the strip of flint
on an iron fixed in their benches.
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HIS PROPOSITION,
He Knew How to Put a Stop to

He Knew How to Put a Stop to the
Fires.
There is a little suburban town out
In New Jersey and It's inhabitants are
very proud of their fire department,
claiming that it can meet every posi-
BILE exigency, says Harper's Round Ia
BILE. AS for the truth of this state
ment, it is not advisable to mediate
upon and there is one thing possible
and that is the inability of it's mem
beers to prevent fires. Unfortunately,
such occurrences we're growing to be
a chronic affection and in desperation
the leading officials of the fire depart
and the town officials met to devise
ways n means of stopping them.
Its carelessness, rank careless
ness!" exclaimed one portly gentleman.
Such things should rarely happen in
W~eil-regulated communities"
Thus it went on for over an hour,
growing no nearer to a solution of the
difficulty. Finally one of the fire de-
partment members arose. Gentle
men, he cried, 81 have a resolution
to propose which | think IL adopted
by the honorable members of this
board will entirely do away with fires
in our town"
Hear, hear" cried the members of
the board. What is it? Propose it,
etc.
"Gentlemen, | propose that three
days before each fire some one should
go to the house and ascertain if it has
been caused by the inmates careless
ness and if so enforce a payment OF
money to meet the expenses of run
ming the engines to the scene"
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JOKE ON THE LANDLORD.
The Hlustrious Guest Appreciated Iii
Good Wine.

The Illustrious Guest Appreciated Ills
Good Wine.
A few days ago a very exalted per-
sonage was entertained at dinner in
n of the chief hotel restaurants in
Berlin and, as it was known that he
Is exceedingly fond of a certain still
wine, it was determined to give him
with his fish a bottle of a more than
ordinary vintage, says the London Tele-
graph. A kind of practical joke was
played. The bottle was placed before
him without any label being on it, and
the landlord was requested to name
only a moderate price if the noble guest
should detect the quality of the wine
and make any special inquiries about 1t:
Ih1s precaution turned out to have
oeen necessary in one sense, but it led
the host into an expense that he did
not bargain for. He has now learned
a new lesson, namely, that m may suf-
Ter from ~depreciating what n has
rs well as from exaggerating its value.
ina is a capital wine," said the guest.
Let us send for the landlord and ask
the price of 1t. l would not mind hav-
ing a few hundred dozens of that in
my cellar" Mine host hurried up, and
assured his illustrious interrogation
h a the delicious liquor cost no
than 1 shilling 8 pence per bottle.
We'll, l am not going to throw away
SO good a chance as this" replied the
astonished connoisseur. THAT is very
cheap, indeed. Have the kindness to
send to my cellar master a thousand
bottles" A cold shudder crept over
the limbs of the rash entertainer, for
his wanton duplicity had led him in
for an order he did not anticipate. 1t
was too late to inform the illustrious
guest OF the trick played upon him
in fact, he might have taken it amiss.
The wine he had been drinking did
not cost only 1 shilling 9 pence; it was
a brand the price of which was Z shil-
lings a bottle. This practical joke,
therefore, cost its author no less than
f260, for he had to make up this diff
ference out of his W pocket. l need
hardly add that the happy possessor
of this thousand bottles continues to
quaff with great gusto fagons of this
memorable wine, with it's delicious
flavor and luXuriant bouquet, and that
he invariably boasts to his guests of
his fabulous good fortune in obtaining
so choice a wine for SO small a price.
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to be; for she valiantly resisted all
efforts to fill up two spaces which she
insisted on preserving.
She was standing by her husband in
the midst of a group of people. She
put her hand gently on his arm.
Eric" she whispered, i've kept you
two waltzes."
"Two!" and he laughed as he looked
down at her. why little woman, we
can't dance together twice-it would
be ridiculous! Here, I'll take this n
I don't suppose you'll have any diff
Guilty in filling in the other; you're
looking very pretty tonight. l must
go, dear; this is my dance with Laura"
Maggie Fawcett bit her lips. She
wouldn't have minded people seeing
that she was in love with her husband,
and that she thought him the hand
soonest man in the room, but men were
different-very different-and her heart
swelled as a rush of memories came
upon her. She answered her part
ners not very abtruse remarks me-
c~hanically. 1t was doubtless bad form,
but her eyes sought her husbands fig
ure; he was waltzing with Laura-it
seemed to her that he was always
waltzlng with Laura. But, then, per-
hap Eric might be thinking the same
thing OF her, for she had certainly
danced a great mcny time With this
Mr.. Dobson-Dodson-she was not at
all sure Of his name. and she really
did not care at all who was her part
per. The Darshire hunt ball was not
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WOMAN IN IL rrERs.
She Reaiiy HAS Done for
Poetry.

oAO INChly LIVE ApVAB I'VE
Poetry.
Ihere Is an extremely interesting ar
tlcle In n Of the French literary
weekiies says the St. James Gazette.
After doing M. Jules Lemaitre on
Women of Letters" homage to the
genius of George Sand, whose value
as an artist" M. Lemaitre rates be-
low Mlchelet's and Victor Hugo's. the
accomplished writer discusses the eter-
nal problem Of why women are Meth
er great poets nor writer's in the sense
OF writer's in the grand style. No
woman-not ever Nine. de Sevigne-
mas contributed to the picturesque and
plastic development of French style in
the sense that Rousseau, Chateau
BRAND, Hugo, Gautier and others have,
and there is no feminine La Fontaine
or LIE Bruyere. M. Lemaitre believes
that the most cultivated women care
less about the form and harmony Of
words than the expression Of senti-
ments that appeal to them and move
tnem. 10 arrive at the perfection Of
style 1t Is necessary to have at the mo-
ment OF writing poetry a certain de-
gree Of objectivity which. while it
does not efface the impression and emo
lions that have been inspired, permits
OF the poets consideration OF the mus
sic and beauty of the words that re-
cord them. This attitude Of objectivity
IS rarely possessed by women, and the
result is they are not sufficiently mas
tiers OF their instrument at the moment
OF writing. To set against this he de-
clares that the important role they
nave played in literature is to inspire
great writer's, and that there has new
er been written a great poem which is
not stamped with the influence Of q
woman.
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FRENCH REVOLUTION STORY.
When Mems Lives Depended Oh Sinai,
Issues.

When Mems Lives Depended OIL Small
Issues.
AT the time of the French revolution
Houdon, the celebrated French sculp-
tor (whose statue of Voltaire we have
all admired in the foyer of the Theater
Francaise), was thrown into prison
says an exchange. Nine. Houdon, in
despair, went to Barras and with
streaming eyes implored his assist
ance. Barras shook his head; he
feared he could do nothing. Houdon
was a man of genius and, therefore.
as David "a one of the condemning
judges, he feared there was little
chance for, his salvation. Nine. Hou-
don refusing, to accept this opinion
as final and using all the arts and be-
guilements of which an astute French
lady is capable, Barras at last con-
descended to ask If her husband had
any statue for sale at that time in his
studio. Madame replied that the only
finished statue at present in his atelier
was a figure of st. Scholastic, holding
a scroll of manuscript in her hand. On
hearing this the willy .Barras rang the
bell and said to his answering secre-
tary: "Mr. Houdon has Just completed
a splendid statue of Philosophy Medi-
tating on the Revolution Hasten and
purchase this sublime work of art and
have it placed in the assembly" Bar
ras' orders were carried out, with the
result that not only was the sculptor's
life spared, but he received more com
missions for statues than he was able
to execute. On such small issues did
the lives of men hang in those ire
mendous times.