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The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02

Of them were piled the chicken crates.
1--WE got about ten miles from ST.
Joseph, No., when the load on one Of
the cars sagged and the whole pile Of
crates was spilled on the side Of the
track. In piling the crates on again the
geese were placed on top l knew / was
taking chances, because a rainstorm
meant death to the geese, but there
didn't seem to be any storm in sight,
and / thought we could make st. Joseph
and shift the load there. The train had
only gone a short distance when a storm
came up so suddenly that the rain was
falling almost as soon ss the clouds
were noticed. The geese bad been with
out water for some hours, and the mo-
ment they felt the rain they were
stretching their necks through the open
ings between the Stats aud holding their
bills open to catch the drops. Well, /
got an old coat and laid it over as many
Of the crates as it would cover, so as to
save as many as possible, Then got a
switch and tried to force the others to
keep their heads inside the crates. They
didn't mind the switch very much, and
I had to give each one four or five good
hits before it would pull in its head,
and when I started on q new head the
old one would pop up again. When we
got into St. Joseph, it was still raining,
and every goose in the top crates, with
the exception Of those under the coat,
was dead. Whether they died from
drinking too much or from drinking
while their necks were in an unnatural
position do not know, but every man
who has handled live geese knows that
a thirsty goose in a rainstorm in crate
is as good as dead"
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02
root BunNoCation.

II is difficult to get people 60 under.
stand that trees can die from drowning
just as animals can, says Meehan s
Monthly. Trees feed primarily by the
roots but there must be a certain
amount of oxygen in the soil to enable
them to make use Of the food. Standing
water prevents the action Of the life
giving oxygen. A Boston correspondent
refers to two large horse ohestnuts
which were moved last spring with the
greatest skill, but they died. In the fall
an examination was made, and the holes
found to be full Of water within one
foot Of the surface of the ground The
holes were really fowerpots without
the necessary holes in the bottom to al
low the water to escape. There can be
no better lesson in gardening than to be
continually remembering why it is nec-
essary to have hole in flowerpot.
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02

cred with felt paper, or any other ma
terial that shall render it rainproof.
Shoeboxes, battened and furnished with
q screen or Slated front, make thor
oughly effective coops at small expense.
To use q coop with less than 48 square
feet Of floor space is cruelty itself, un-
less the hen has access to a run.
II one wants to do little more work
for the sake Of having a sloping roof,
oatmeal boxes may be SO managed as to
form rather neat though not roomy
COOP. With covered run in front, to
which hen as we'll as chicks have ac-
cess, these will do very good work.
Three boxes will make two coops. The
odd box is sawed diagonally into halves,
Each half, being placed upon one of the
other boxes, forms sloping roof there
to. The front Of each main box may be
entirely replaced with a Slated front,
or may have merely Slated door in
the center. In order to be convenient
this door must be so arranged as to
slide up and down, and it should be Of
good size in order to admit a fair
amount of air. Perhaps to the wide
reaching masculine mind all this work
to provide cheap Coops may seem like
small and fussy business, but unless
time is particularly valuable the small
savings which the use Of time can make
are no small part of the profit. Besides,
few men know what it is to be abso-
lutely lacking in pocket money and
cannot, therefore, appreciate these small
savings at their true worth. To wom-
an the time worn saying, "A penny
saved is twopence earned, comes with
tenfold more force than it can possibly
have to any man. Feather.
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saltlnr Rutter In Denmark.

In Denmark as soon as the buttermilk
has been removed the butter is weighed
in order to calculate the amount Of salt
required, and the salt is worked in at
this time, usually on the butter worker.
Sometimes it is all Incorporated at one
working, but in many places it is pre-
ferred to add it in two workings. The
amount OF salt used is not uniform. It
Is adapted to the taste Of the market
where it is expected to be sold, but it
varies between A and B per cent Of the
weight Of the butter. The salt is worked
into the butter with the least possible
amount Of handling, and it is then laid
aside for some time before the next
working takes place. In summer it IL
put in butter coolers, which are q sort
Of icebox. In winter it is either laid In
large rolls in the butter trough or on
table provided for the purpose. IL lies
here for q couple Of hours in the cold
season, but when the weather is warm
it is allowed to remain for eight or ten
hours or until the cool Of the following
morning before it receives the final
working. The object is not only to cool
the butter, and thus allow it to become
flrmer, but Llso to allow the salt to dis
solve and to penetrate the whole mass
When the butter has attained the proper
degree of firmness, it is again put
through the worker, and a considerable
portion of the brine formed from the
salt Is worked out. The amount OF
working it can stand differs much In
individual cases. Care is taken, how
ever, that it is not the least bit over
worked, 80 as to become greasy and
sticky. This working may be repeated
couple of times, or it may be packed for
shipment at once. Dublin farmers
Gazette.
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Odd About Geese.

"Geese are peculiar, said an old
poultry salesman. "Put them out in a
rainstorm when they have good thirst
on and they are liable to die. About ten
years ago / was engaged by firm to
90 out through the west to buy live
geese and chickens. l bought about ten
carloads, put them in crates and started
east. The geese were in the crates neaE.
est the floor of the open car-that's the
regular way to ship them--and on top
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02

Sample copies will be cneerfully mailed
to any address.
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02
SIMPLE cooPs BEST.

How Old Barrels and Oatmeal Boxes May
he Utilized.
The cheapest Coops are, as a rule, the
best. And all we need ask Of coop is
that it shall be sufficiently roomy, that
it shall be rainproof but airy, and that
it shall have a board floor, at least in
part. The despised old barrel, with a
little lath run in front Of it, makes
really excellent coop if raised little at
the rear so that the chicks shall crowd
forward instead of backward, and Gov
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02
Cold Rarna.

Those whose cattle barns are not
warm enough to work in comfortably
without an overcoat and mittens in the
winter or even without any coat in or
dinary winter weather may be sure they
are not warm enough for the COWS to
do their best in, or for calves and young
stock to grow rapidly without extra al
lowance of heating food. Covering up
cracks and seeing that windows and
doors shut snugly will help some. but
we remember when boy and when
COWS were kept in barn with unshin-
gled sides and ends having to help line
the walls back Of stock with old boards
and slabs nailed ON the inside Of the
posts and stufing the space between
this lining and the outer boards with
bog hay, so that no wind could come
through. Taking out the old board
slide window where the manure was
bhrown out into the yard and putting
i'm o larger half window from an old
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02
cow WITH A WOODEN LEG.

enough, but if placed in a pasture
where the food is insufficient or too
poor in quality the quiet COW will soon
develop rowing instincts and will break
through fences in order to get at what
she likes.
A. H. Hartwig, a veterinary surgeon
of Watertown, Wis, has just removed
the injured leg Of valuable COW be-
longing to farmer of IxiOnia and has
fitted the stump with serviceable
wooden leg. The farmer did not want
to lose his COW by shooting, the usual
American manner of curing such in
juries, so the surgeon was called. The
medical man decided he could remove
the Leg, and when it was sufficiently
healed he could adjust an artificial
limb, which would answer all practical
purposes.
Much of the abuse of cows is due to
hired help on the farm. George E.
Newell, writing in the Boston Guilt
vator, says that the average hired man
does not study into the why's and where
fores of things. He simply performs the
labor mapped out for him to do either
in a good, bad or Indifferent manner. It
is to him so much manual or mechanical
labor, nothing more.
The dairyman tells his man to go and
get the COWS and milk them, but he
fails to tell him what to do and what
not to do in carrying out this procedure.
To expedite matters the hired man
may as beginning take along a shep-
herd dog to the pasture and bring the
COWS in on the run. In milking he fol-
lows out his own way rather than any
plan directed by his employer.
He brushes or does not brush the
cows udders, according as he sees fit,
dips his fingers in the milking pail to
moisten their teats at his own pleasure,
strips them hastily or treats the animals
roughly, as inclination moves him. His
instructions go no further than to say,
"Milk the cows, with no orders as to
how to milk them.
Subordinates engaged in dairy work
should be as we'll trained in what they
are to do and how they are to do it as
are soldiers. The mind that directs the
dairy and sees that his directions are
minutely fol owed is the one that will
make the dairy pay.
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02

building 60 that we had light enough to
take care Of the COWS without leaving
door or window open was another im'
provement, and all was done at small
expense and but little labor, which
were important considerations in those
days TO poor farmers. trying to do the
best they could with what they had.
Boston Cultivator.
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02
BREEDERS DIRECTORY
gifts FOR SALE.

Have a few gifts, good individuals, OF Chi9f
know and What's Wanted strains. Gilts will be bred
II desired Write quick. II hogs are not as repre-
sentCd may be returned
Pure Blood Plymouth Rock Eggs for sale
w." fOF d. NJ. r. BRADSHAW,
Washington, KAs,
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BantaIns.

The main feature Of the bantams lS
their small size, and in breeding them
every other point should be sacrificed
in order TO have them as small as posi-.
ble They are tame and make excellent
petA
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02
CARE OF COWS.
Gontlo Treatment Has Much to DO with
Dairy Profits.

Dairy Profits.
The dairyman who treats his COWS
With the most consideration is the
dairyman who makes the most money.
When well fed and not disturbed about
her calf, the average COW will lie and
chew the cud of oontentment for hours,
and while thus undisturbed will seorete
all the milk possible from the food she
has eaten. Yet the domestic cow, il she
be o good mixer, has capacity for be.
coming nervous and exoitable such as
the OK or spayed COW cannot rival. AT
all times the first class milk COW must
be a hearty feeder, So long as she is
given all she wants she may be quiet
The Advocate and news., 1898-11-02
Rad Onk Bark For Cholera.

A strong solution of red oak bark is
said to be an excellent cure for cholera
1t can be mixed with the food or put in
the drinking water.
Selecting Chicks For Next Year.
Because you hatch large number Of
young pullets is no reason why you
should keep all Of them. 1t is correct to
hatch as many as possible, as it permits
of better opportunities for securing
more good ones, but it is usually the
temptation not to part with any, the
consequence being that the poultry
house becomes crowded as the pullets
reach maturity Observe them from the
start and note those that are hearty and
strong. Select pullets that are uniform
in color and size and sell the remainder
as soon as 1t can be done, so as to give
these retained more attention and care
Farm and Fireside
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Look Out For Lice.

Lice will always attack i'll condition
ed, siokly fowls. A flock neglected and
poorly fed will breed lice faster than
anything else.
The sun., 1898-12-25
HOPPER'S GRAFTON.
One Of the Most Surprising and
Original ImprOvisions Ever
Recorded.

De Wolf Hopper, the noted comedian.
is in this city today. He is a favorite
with the local lovers of comedy. Mr.,
Hopper has gift of what might be
called colloquial rhetoric, which he
manifested several days ago while in
Washington.
The comedian visited one of the Ma
tional Capitals swell clubs in company
with Harry Rapley, manager of the Ma
tional Theatre. During supper Hopper
was called upon for a speech. If there
had not been short hand reporter pres
ent the gem would have been lost. Here
it is:
"Once upon a time there was Merry,
Mischievous Maid of Meritorious Man
ner, who Moved in daily contact with
the Magnificent Mind Of a Masculine
Manager of Multifarous Moods. For
Many Months they Mingled together in
Most Moralistic intimacy. When he was
Morose and Mulish, the Mysterious
Muse would Molify him with Musical
Mellifluehce. One day this Male Maca-
room assured the Modern Minerva that
he would Magnanimously Make a Mo-
ton to Manifest his Matchless, Merciful
appreciation of the Magnetic Maid when
ever the Moment came. Alas, she Made
a Mistake in not Mistrusting the Mighty
Magnate-for what Metamorphosis!
When the opportunity offered the Mis-
representor Missed it and MeanippIv
Mocked Mademoiselle, who now on her
Mettle Musingly Manipulates Machete
while the Mouldy Mummer, the Musty
Molecule, assumes Mild, Meek Mein.
Mauls his Moustache, oblivious of Male.
dictory Mentions, for the Malcontented
Madonna considers his Measly Majesty
Machiayelian Monster and a Mountain
esquesly M-e-e-e-a.n M.a-a-a-n.
'To avoid rhetoric and its snares, gen.
temen, Harry Rapley had promised his
typelady new Machine; he had changed
his Mind, hence the lady's Maddening
and Merciless Mawling of the Menda.
cious Manager who sits at my right, Med
itating and gloomy as a stuffed Mer-
maid"
The sun., 1898-12-25

always be found sitting idly on the knoll
by the belfry, overlooking the narrow
valley down which runs the stream. You
see it there now, said the Padre, point
ing with his finger to pass, green and
fresh, where could be seen here and there
barefooted and brown rancheros bov.
Fra Angelica would sit there and with
an expression OF paiu and sorrow dream
until the silvery sounds died away in
silence, then standing with his 1.-the
strong figure profiled against the gray
wall he would throw his arms above his
head and gaze at the vibrating silver bell
as though it were almost human. At
times he would touch it caressingly with
his fingers, then hurry away to join the
knecling figures in the old stone chancel.
Often he would wander out at night and
with his jeweled cross touch the rim of
the bell until it spoke in low sweet tones
to him. The holy fathers demonstrated
with him that he should spend that
time in prayer"
"And you father" ventured the youth.
"Who knows, who knows" and the
old Padre seemed to forget he was
telling the tale and smoked his pipe in
silence, A belated village Spaniard pass.
ing by wakened him from his reverie
and be went on.
"At last the young priest sickened and
grew weak. He still administered to the
poor and sinful who came to him for
comfort. He worked with all the zeal
and faith which belonged to these fer.
vent men. Could the clear, white flame
that burned in the brains of the Jesuit
fathers strike fire in the dull narrow
skull OF these Indians? Would men of
race tempted by the loveiness of this
new country, sleeping on the Pacific
slope, come over from old Spain and
help built up new Spain?
ut was his enthusiasm that urged the
others on to till the ground and culti.
vate the vineyard, to crush the grape
and make the rich red wine; the strong
wine OF Los Angeles and San Gabriel, 90
different from the delicate yellow wine
OF old Spain. 1t was Fra Angelica, who,
until his steps faltered and his eyes gre W
dim with age and fever, poured courage
into the ears of his brothers. How all
fruits and grass would thrive! What
superb beasts would fatten in the thick
grass! What glorious church would
find an Empire in this new land! His
| fiery Spanish blood waxed warm with
fervent prayers. AT last he grew very
i'll. 1t was Christmas Day and the Jesuit
fathers sat about his bedside admins
tering the last rites. All day long he
had listened to the Halleluijah chorus,
Christ the Lord is born today, sons OF
men and angels say Alleluijah ALLIE
luijah!' In his bare cell, the slanting
rays OF the setting sun threw red man.
tie over the pale pallet OF the dying
monk. Through the low stone door OF
his room came the tinkle OF COW bells and
the whistle Of the careless boy walking
after them and the low murmur of the
The sun., 1898-12-25

Of reality. The artist has not yet come
who can paint that atmosphere
the atmosphere OF memories and old
glories.
Is it worth recalling?
The peace which in some degree may
come in this life was never nearer ideali-
zation than three-quarters OF a century
ago at San Juan Mission.
About 1900, A. d., it occurred to a
priest to establish new order OF friars.
Francisco d'Asssi combined holiness
with great power of mind and through
him rose the great order of priests called
Franciscans. In 1870 q yOnng man
named Junipero Serro belonged to this
famous order. A fever like that of his
father was in his veins. Following his
longings he went with some OF his order
to California. On April IL, 1867, two
vessels reached San Diego, making this
their base of operations, and San Diego
thus became the first OF these great re-
ligious settlements. Father Serro then
set out on foot and discovered the
glorious bay of San Francisco. They
named this location after their patron
saint. After the founding OF San Diego
came the missions of San Bueneventura,
San Gabriel and San Juan de Capistrano.
These zealots worked with the faith OF
their fathers and founded twenty-one
Missions in all. The soldier and the
priest came together If the reader has
any idea of the coast of California and
can imagine it in state Of wilderness,
he can form some faint conception
of the bardships of the brave
Padres. The sites of the Missions are
the most eligible of the sunniest land the
world knows. Walking barefooted over
these thorny miles the Franciscan monks
knew where the land was sweet, where
the wild grape grew and where there
were roses which reminded them o
those in their youth they had seen in
old CASTLE. One hundred and twenty
thousand bushels of wheat were raised
by the missionaries annually, and vine
yards after the traditions of Spain wert
relied upon for comfort. But what are
they now? A part of the landscape and
the sunlight and the crumbling adobe
walls. San Juan de Capistrano still is a
refuge for the few struggling Spaniards
living near by. The ruins OF the old
The sun., 1898-12-25

1 Ii
flowers. No cold biting winds, no snow
covered hedges, no jingle OF sleigh bells,
but glorious blue sky overhead and
the green grass underneath. Christmas
day in Spanish California.
They were sitting on the steps outside
the PADRES study, the only portion OF
tine San Juan de Capistrano Mission not
in crumbling state of ruin.
A strange pair this, the Padre with his
clean shaven face, his STOPPING tlgure,
clad in coarse brown robes with its
girdle of rope, his feet in sandals, and in
his hand we'll thumbed copy of Saint
Jerome. The youth was tall and dark,
strength showing in every outline OF his
figure. He was dressed in corduroy
trousers and a flannel shirt. His hat, a
big sombrero was by his side and in his
belt shone a hunting knife. The suns
slanting rays threw CLINT of bronze oil
his thick hair. The moustache OF darker
hue half hid mouth sensitive and al
most womanly.
81 feel less alone here among these SOL
itary walks and hills | know so we'll and
under the shadow of the old Mission
than on the streets of crowded me-
tropolis."
"But the people father-you have no
companions here answered the youth.
81 have my peop!e-the people am
sent to help. After all, human nature is
the same the world over, and though
these poor ignorant half breeds can't ap
preciate a thesis on psychology they
have hearts and minds and souls and
feel as do and as others do"
"Well Padre must say | could not do
it: ! could not isolate myself from my
kind"
ave should be contented wherever
our work lies, my son, and mine is here.
cannot think you would find peace Just
hot and rest ess. You must go into the
world and find out its disappointments
and its mocking pleasures, before your
passionate heart is ready to lay at the
foot of the cross. There must be work
ers in the world as well as in the church
and it is in the world you would find
your work now. The arms of the church
are ever open to embrace the weary
workers ofthe market place as well as
those who pray in the cloister."
sis it only work that will bring peace,
Padre?"
"Work and prayer and subduing the
flesh. OF the flesh rise all the mGerirs
frail humanity is doomed to-"
"You are priest, but yor are also an
intelligent man and YOU will understand
me when say, Father, | long for some.
thing more | could not be content. |
want the companionship OF people of my
own kind. could not be satisfied with
humanity en- masse want individuals.
But fur you could not have stayed here
these lew months. | have tried to talk
to these greasy looking half breeds, but
they seem always Indifferent. | saw {
pretty little Spanish girl skip y ths
ranch Yesterday. Her hair was black al
The sun., 1898-12-25
BLIND CHAPLAIN OF SENATE.
Chance Which Brought Fame to Rev.
w. H. Milburn-.-Prca ched in
Grace Church.

Every member of Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church, this city, will remem-
Der the blind minister OF God, whose
soothing voice, and instructive words
they heard from the pulpit SO recently
vacated by Rev. John Y. Dobbins, D.
d., and now held by DR.. Henry Baker.
That voice belonged to Rev. William
II. Milburn, who was for many terms
the "nlind chaplain" OF the National
House of Representatives and is now
chaplain of the Senate.
Few clergymen in America are better
known than DR.. Milburn. On the occa-
sion of his last Witt to Wilmington when
he occupied Grace pulpit, he told the
story of his first election as chaplain.
In 1915, when travelling as circuit
preacher, he was sent from St. Louis to
Wheeling, Va. On the boat were SOW
eral Congressman, going to Washington,
some OF whom shocked the young min
lister by their reckless speech and habits.
They "swore outrageously, drank
whisky to excess, and played cards day
and night"
One of the days of the long river
journey was Sunday, and Mr.. Milburn
was asked to preach. The offending
congressman were present to hear him,
and at the close of an appropriate dis
course he addressed them directly, and
solemnly denounced their actions in the
plainest language. He told them he had
supposed that the representatives Of the
nation at its capital were representatives
of its character as well as OF its intel
lect, but III ] am to judge the nation by
YOU" said he,~"I can come to no other
conclusion than that it is composed of
profane swearers, rd-players and
drunkards.
He told them that as an American citi-
zen he felt disgraced by their example,
and after charging them with its terrible
effect upon the youth. of the land. he
gave them warning that unless they re-
pented and turned to righteousness, their
own end was certain ruin under the pun
ishment Of Almighty God.
Ithere was any criticism OF the young
preach hers judgment in thus publicly ar
raigning distinguished men, every one of
whom was old enough to be his father,
they were not the ones to put it into
words. What followed was as unexpected
as it was admirable.
The same day Mr.. Milburn was waited
upon in his stateroom by gentleman
who presented purse-about $75-from
the Congressman, in token oftheir "sense
OF his courage and faithfulness," and de-
sired to know if he would allow them to
present his name at the opening election
OF chaplain to Congress.