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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
ANoLo-AMERIcAN MAILe,
Ions and snort Routes between NV

York and England.
London Evening Standard; A par
liamentary return, issued yesterday,
shows the time occupied in the transit
Of her majesty's mails, both outward
and inward, during 1897, by steamships
between Queenstown and New York,
and also between Southampton and
New York. The time occupied in
transit" specified in the return, is the
interval between the delivery Of the
mails to the vessel at the port OF de-
parture and their receipt by the post
ONCE at the port Of arrival. The re-
turn shows which Of the vessels car
ried mails under contract with her mai
esty's government. OF course the voy-
ages occupying least time we're those
between Queenstown and New York.
The shortest period occupied on the
longer route was by the North German
Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. which, in November, accom-
plished the voyage from New York to
Southampton in five days twenty-five
hours and Is minutes. The shortest
time occupied IN crossing the Atlantic
as shown by this return, was by the
Lucania, which in September per-
formed the voyage from Queenstown
to New York in FIVE days fourteen
hours. The homewRrd voyage was
made by this vessel during the same
month in period only forty-five min
utes longer. The Lucania and the
Campania, both Cunard steamers,
each on one occasion made the passage
outward from Queenstown in Ave days
! and fifteen hours. The Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse has a displacement Of 2o,-'
600 tons, and engines of $1,000 indicat-
ed horse power, the ocean speed being
given as twenty-five knots. She was
built last year. The Campania and
Lucania are each Of 1900 tons, with
engines of 10000 indicated horse pow
er, the ocean speed being twenty-one
knots. They are 610 feet in length,
or fifteen feet shorter than the German
vessel. The Teutonic, belonging to the
White Star Company, crossed from
Queenstown to New York in five days
twenty-one hours and forty-fve min
utes, in the month of August. On six
occasions the Lucania performed tbs
outward voyage from Queenstown in
less than six days, and the return jour
ney from New York in like manner on
nine occasions. The Campania made
the voyage out from Queenstown in less
than six days on seven occasions, and
nine return voyages each within the
same limit of time. The passage be-
tween Queenstown and New York was
made in less than seven days by several
vessels in the list, and in some cases to
ana from Southampton
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
Eggs or Flesh. Mhich9

When man goes into raising poul-
try the question arises whether he
shall devote his energies to raising
flesh or producing eggs. We believe
that where there is a ready market for
fresh eggs the production Of eggs is
by all means the most profitable. 1t
is true that broilers bring a good price
at certain seasons Of the year, but the
market is really limited. Besides the
production of broilers is not such an
easy matter as it figures out on paper.
The real difficulty of raising broilers is
shown by the prices they bring AS
water tends to seek its level, so do all
prices. When product remains very
high from year to year, we may be
sure that it costs proportionately to
make it. So, too, If broilers bring a
good price, the trouble and expense of
raising them are great.
With eggs there is great and grow
ing demand. 1t Is true that they sell
for low price during good part Of
the year, but SO does the flesh of poul-
try. Even broilers sell of very sud-
denly when the street market breaks"
We have known birds to be sent to the
South Water street market when the
price was 81 to So per dozen. But by
the time the crates were opened the
demand had fallen off SO that the
birds had to be disposed of at shilling
a pound. AS none of them weighed
above a pound and a half, the returns
were very unsatisfactory. A hen will
dress say five pounds and sell at z
cents. That will make 80 cents re-
ceived for her on South Water street,
from which must be deducted the COM
mission and express charges. The same
hen will produce perhaps 125 eggs.
These eggs would sell for profit
greater than could be made on the hen
and you still have the hen, Egg pro-
duction is the strongest hand the poul-
tryman has, unless he is exceptionally
we'll fixed with incubators, money and
lots of experience.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
OleomargarIne Decisions.

The United States supreme court has
rendered decisions declaring unconsti-
tutiOnal the anti-oleomargarine laws of
New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. It
is understood that the decisions really
strengthen the anti-oleomargarine laws
Of most of the states. In the case of
Pennsylvania the law simply prohibited
the manufacture and sale of oleo-
margarine, and the question involved
was whether this applied to the pro-
hibited product when coming into the
state in original packages. 1t was de-
cided that it was unconstitutional so
far as the original package was con-
cerned. In this the decision seems to
follow that applying to liquors. The
New Hampshire case was somewhat
different. The law there compelled the
coloring of the butterine pink. This is
declared to be beyond the power of the
state. Any addition of matter is an
adulteration in the decision of the
judges, and thing the law cannot
make obligatory. Even If the states
have a right to compel its citizens
to color their oleomargarine pink, they
cannot compel the citizens Of other
states to do that before shipping the
butterine into New Hampshire.
The decisions appear to be far-reach-
ing in their effect. If dealers can sell
any size package as an original peck
age, and can sell through agents, then
oleomargarine can practically be sold
in all the states as freely as it was in
previous times. This seems to us like
stretching the original package theory
out of all proportion to its real value.
Everyone knows that the original
package idea is only subterfuge by
which the state laws can be evaded.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department. Of the Farm "A Few
Hints as to the Tara of Live stock
and Poultry.
skImmllk md nontnrinn.

Farmers and all others should rec
ognlze the fact that factory skim-milk,
unless pasteurized, can and does cause
the spread of tuberculosis and other
diseases common to our COWS. II needs
no new demonstration to prove that
tuDerculous COWS can spread the dis
ease through their milk There never
mas been means more fitted for that
purpose than the factory system in
Whlch the milk is taken to the factory
ror skimming and then returned to the
Pltrons to be fed to their young
calves.
The trouble is that a single COW is
tnus enabled to infect the country far
ana wide. Under the old systems of
nome skimmings the milk was dis
posed largely at home, and there was
Httle chance Of carrying the disease
onto other farms This, indeed, al
lowed the disease to spread, but at O
very slow rate. The milk was not fed
10 calves on other farms. But now all
Oh the calves within a wide radius get
portion of the diseased product. 1t
is In this way the disease is kept alive,
at least among calves. 1t has been
demonstrated by elaborate expert
ments that nearly all of the calves Of
tuberculous COWS are free from the
trouble at birth. The trouble is trans
mitted to them through the milk of
their mothers. In some experiments
In Germany hardly more than one per
cont OF the calves showed any signs
OF consumption, but after being fed on
Chelr mothers milk for some weeks
10 per cent were found to be affected.
The way then to eradicate tuberculosis
Is to prevent the calves from being
given the disease.
1t will thus be seen that under prop
er treatment factory SKINNED milk is
1ar superior to the home product, for 1t
can be pasteurized till all germs are
destroyed. Then it can be taken home
Tor the use of the calves, and such
calves will grow up on a diet free
from all objections. The careless use
OF factory skinned milk should be
abandoned and the careful use substi-
tuted. The patrons should make dill
gent inquiry into the methods of
treating the milk after it reaches the
creamery. We have seen the farmers
bring milk to factory, pour it into
the general tank from which it was
SKINNED and run into another tank
from this latter tank the milk was
taken for home use. AS the milk is
all the time running in and all the
time being drawn out, that is, during
the day, it gives time for the develop
ment of deleterious bacteria. Besides
in many cases we fear the tank is
not cleaned out every day, but that
the milk is allowed to stand from day
to day and become a medium for rapid
development of the tuberculosis germs
We believe it will pay our readers tc
look carefully into the matter.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
Those Eight Hens.

To The Farmers Review:-We have
now completed the month of May and
my hens, eight, have turned out 1874
eggs. AS they have been laying stead
lily now for several months. think
this is a good record. In April we got
IT'S eggs, which we did not expect to
beat. I want t5 suggest here a good
way for breaking up hens. Now, as
my hens are mostly Plymouth Rocks.
one might anticipate good deal Of
trouble from gitters. But l have set
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20

tied that question for all time. find
no trouble in getting hen out Of the
notion Of sitting in few days. Whom
one Of the hens gets broody at once
put her in a separate coop. which is
about four feet square. It is placed
on a piece of grass, so the hen can
pick at it il she wants to. make a
point to begin with the hen as soon
as she gets broody. / believe there is
much loss by waiting till the brooding
fever gets high. have tried hens that
had been sitting some weeks, and
found it extremely difficult to convince
them that it is not wise to sit down
anywhere With the hopes of Matching
out something. But the new broody
hen wants her first nest or no other.
AS she cannot get any other she soon
gives up the idea altogether, and about
the third night put her back on the
roost. She soon goes to laying. Then,
again, l have read that you might as
well let the hens all sit out their time,
as they will not lay any more eggs than
if they did sit. But am not at all
certain that they do not lay more eggs.
As the egg yield seemed to keep up
right along, while the hens took their
turns at trying to sit, am of the opin-
ion that none Of them rested more than
a week or ten days before beginning a
new production of eggs.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
Fowls in the Orchard.

The orchard is never injured by
fowls, but, on the contrary, excellent
work is done by poultry in destroying
insects. Everyone who has an orchard
and does not keep a flock is losing
prof1t that is more easily secured than
in any other manner with poultry, as
there is no additional interest on land
to add to the cost. The free range
of the orchard, with the trees for
shade. will assist in greater egg-pro-
duction, and when the hens have
broods of chicks there is no better To-
cation than to make each hen COM
Portable in little run under tree,
where the chicks can be permitted to
have their freedom. 1t is not well to
have the grass too high in an orchard,
If fowls are to use the ground. A we'll
kent orchard is the one to use, and
a combination of poultry and fruit
gives the farmer a profit from the
fowls while waiting for his young
trees to come into bearing.-Ex.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20

The Illinois State Board of Agricul.
ture has determined to renew prizes for
the greatest yield of corn per acre for
fair of 1898, and will offer three very
liberal premiums to the persons rails
ing the first, second and third greatest
number of bushels of corn on one acre
Of measured ground. The rules gov
erning this great contest are very sim
liar to those which prevailed last sea-
son. The ground must be measured in
the presence of the supervisor of the
township in which the acre is located.
The date of planting, variety planted,
and method of cultivation are required
to be given. Husking must not be done
earlier than September %, 1898, and a
sample barrel of same shipped to D. w.
Yittum, superintendent of Farm Pro-
ducts, Fair Grounds, Springfield, Ill.
Applications for entry in this contest
must be made on or before July Is,
1898, on blanks furnished by w. C..
Garrard, Secretary, Springfield, Ill.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
Chickens in France.

The fat chicken industry is unknown
IA France, but since the latter con-
tributes exhibits to the dead poultry
snow at London, note has been taken
VI that very profitable business, says
q, correspondent Of Michigan Farmer.
! ne demand for fat chickens is inex-
naustible in London, and Belgium is
among the leading suppliers of the
ket' The matter is not going to
De slept upon; French commission is
apart in Belgium to make an exhaus-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
Another Answer.

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
,Squildig-I know another answer to the
question: what is the difference be-
tween a violinist and fddler?" Nc
! SwilIigen-What is the other answer?
Squildig-one can understand and en-
| Joy the flddlers' music.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20

wild Buffalo in Canada.-A Cana
dian traveller who has spent couple
of years in the far Northwest, part OF
tba time along the Peace River, says
that there are in that country at least
four herds of wild buffalo, numbering
altogether not less than 1000.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20

Guinea Hens.-More guineas would
be bred if it were not for an unreason-
able prejudice against them. Many a
guinea is served in city restaurants as
prairie chicken or pheasant, and the
customer never knows the difference.
With guineas on the farm the owner
need not pine for a game dinner, for
they are the gamiest of domestic fowls.
Eek.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20

Thinning Fruit Little Praeticed.-
Thinning the fruit of trees that have
a tendency to overbear is recon-
mended very generally and practiced
verv little. Few extended experiments
In thinning fruits have been reported
nv the experiment stations, but where
SHINING has been followed systemati-
caIIv for a number of years in COM
merc,al orchards, it has been found
profitable.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AoRICULTURIsTs.

some Up-to-Dato Hints About Gull
tivatiOn OF. the SOIL ana Yields
observation-disclosures, viticulture and
Horticulture
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
Rourh on Doctors.

A doctor in France is not permitted
to inherit property left to him by de-
ceased patient.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20

In one Of the temples in China can be
found a remarkable clock which is said
to be the invention of Shun TIE, the last
of the Mongol empires. 1t is a clever
piece of mechanism; on kind of raised
platform a little fairy figure makes an
appearance, from an inclosed box,
every hour of the day carrying the
hour sign in her hand After few
seconds she retires, to appear again in
AN hours time.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20

A Glasgow botanist has conceived the
unique idea of making a timepiece out
of growing fir trees. He planted a num-
Der Of fir trees in his garden in such
positions that they shade special parts
of the house at known hours Of the
day. For instance, the 81 o'clock tree"
shades the dining-room during lunch,
while the "a o'clock tree" secures a
shady drawing room for afternoon tea,
and SO on during the rest Of the twenty
-four hours.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20

Many of the diseases of our animals,
pigs, are caused by worms.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20

From this cascade flows a tiny
stretm, which wends its way between
rocks and islands, and finally loses
itself in stretch of woodland. In a
miniature sky a golden sun turns on
silver wire, striking the hours on sill
yer gongs as it passes. Each hour is
marked on a creeping tortoise. A bird
Of rich plumage MARBLES at the close OF
the hour, and, as the warbling ceases,
"a mouse suddenly makes it's appear
ance, and, scampering over the hill to
the garden, is soon lost to view. AL
together it is a wonderful piece Of
mechanism.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-20
SOME PECULIAR rIMEPrEoEs.

In one of the town halls in Japa-
nese treaty port there is a remarkable
timepiece 1t is contained in hand
some frame, three feet wide and five
feet long 1t represents MONDAY
landscape, very cleverly carried out.
In the foreground plum and cherry
trees appear in bloom, while in the
rear a hill is to be seen, from which
flows a pretty cascade, initiated in
crystal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-14
+ Novel Plan Of Harbor Defense.

The old paradox of setting the river on
fire" may be accomplished II war should
occur between this country and another and
IL certain plans now said to be forming for
the defense of Philadelphia are carried into
execution. This project Is to sink pipes to
the bottom of the Delaware bay or river,
sufficiently below the city to guard against
lcrg-distance bombardment, and on the ap-
proach of an enemys feet to force petro-
leum through them and from holes in them
into the water. This Oil would naturally
rise to the surface. and on being ignited by
the guards would blaze fiercely. 1t is es-
timated that no warship could pass through
such a flame. The heat Of the burning oil,
which would probably send flames higher
than the military masts OF the vessels.
would not only destroy life on board, but
would destroy the vessels themselves II
they remained long enough in the range OF
the burning OIL This plan of defense Is
ESSENTIALLY similar to that OF planting tor
pedoes in a stream or harbor, save that the
possible damage to be done by the t0rpe-
does Is not to be compared with that OF q
river Of fire. The oil would burn. OF
course. until the supply was shut on. This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-14

to drop. or where 1t stood in 1891, but II 1t
was at the summit OF its range 1t Is clear
that since that date there has been de-
cline of nearly 90 per cent in enc Of the
most considerable items of cost to the local
company.
The subcommittee will doubtless find
much that is interesting and important in
a pursuit OF this line of inquiry 1t has
already been shown by examination Of
comparative statistics from other cities
that the item of the number of operators
required to furnish the service does not
seem to be Q controlling factor in determin-
ing the rates charged to the subscribers.
Now appears the disclosure that the roy
alties are not In themselves responsible for
the nature of the rates. There must be
some substantial basis of estimation, un-
less the company is willing to confess to
the suspected policy Of squeezing each
community to the probable limit of its ca
pacity and its patience. 1t Is fairly well
known that In most items of construction
prices have declined of late years. The
mechanical processes Of producing instru-
ments and devices for transmitting the
electrical current have been greatly per-
fected, and presumably have resulted IN a
material cheapening of the output to the
consumer. Just where and what Is the one
item that is responsible for the extraordi-
lary rise in cost? This question awaits an
answer. and it is wholly proper for the in
vestigating committee to demand such sta
tistics as will enable it to formulate a
reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-14
Favoritisnl on the KlondiISe.
From the Toronto Mail.

1t looks as If two governments, the one
in Canada, and the other in the United
States, had seized upon this Yukon .usi-
ness to make all they can out of 1t for their
friends at our expense. So serious is the
situation to-day that the people of Canada
may well stand aghaSt, not only at the
propositions from Washington, but at the
explorations that are being effected by
way of Ottawa. The secret schemes for
the enrichment of ministerial favorites are
coming to light one by one. A few days
ago we were permitted to learn that an
enormous grant of river bed for gold
dredging purposes had been made to a
friend of tine premier, tine brother of the
late HoEcre MERCER. This man receives q
lease of $50 miles of river in which to
dredge for gold. The area conceded is just
nine times as large as the area which the
regulations permit. Mr.. Mercier's grant
covers many rivers in the Klondke region
and Is of great value. La Presse charac-
terizes it as huge job and declares that
the fortunate grantee can dispose of the
concession to a company and walk OF q
wealthy man, albeit he has not been within
three thousand miles of his rive much less
turned a spadeful of Klondike earth. Swift
ly following upon this case comes that of
the Chevaler Gustave Drolet. This gentle
man is another friend Of the premier. He
also has secured dredging concession,
covering thirty miles of the North Sas-
katchewan, the rental of which Is $3.50 q
year. 1t is alleged that the chevalier has
sold out to a company for $4,000 in cash,
and $4,000 in stock, thus making a com
Portable little fortune Of $l00.U00 with per-
feet ease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-14

Capital is proverbially timid But 1t is
also exceedingly intelligent. So that the
latest news from Cuba, which gives an
account of recent heavy investments in the
island on the part of foreigners with large
means. is to be reckoEed as in every way
important Evidently these men see. or
think they see. Light ahead, and an early
termination of Spanish control there.
Prosperity for Cuba cannot reasonably be
calculated from any other result of the
present struggle. If Spanish rule was suf-
ficient TO drive the people to revolt. how
indescribably Hateful must it now be after
thesc three bloody years of effort to per-
petuate it, The horrors of the ten years
war have been far surpassed by the horrors
of this war. The policy of General Weyler,
Endorsed at Madrid, to exterminate the
Cuban people by starvation is something
the survivors will never be able to forgive
II Is impossible to conceive of those peo-
pie ever yielding obedience to Spain again.
except under the direcl menace of the
sword.
But Cuba under independence, or as
American territory. would reward invest
ors In eveIy way, and speedily. The
island is rich in possibilities Tor business
A profitable market for everything pro-
Cuced there would be close at hand. The
only thing needed is the assurance Of
peace. and that would certainly come with
The change OF authority. Spain cannot
command peace in Cuba She has so en-
FILTERED the people against her that her
authority in the island makes only for war
and turmoil Never success as a coloniz-
er. she has fallen so far behind the re-
quirements of this day in the matter of
government that her flag stands now prin-
cipally for oppression.
1t is good sign, then. IL men of means
are putting their money into Cuban prop
critics. 1t encourages the hope of an early
ending of the struggle. and increases the
obligations of those from whom assist
ance TO help bring about peace is due and
expected. The bare fact that this sign is
manifested at the time that Spain's for
tunes in the island are at their lowest ebh
Is both comforting and significant to those
who ardently nope for the dawn of the new
day.