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entirely free from the parasites so
common to the ordinary wild rabbit.
Their flesh remains firm, solid and
sweet the year round, which is not
the case with the wild species. They
are very docile and easily handled;
one can pick them up anywhere.
'Grasping them firmly by the skin i'm
mediately back of the shoulders, one
can carry them without a struggle,
but should one attempt to handle them
otherwise he is almost sure to get
scratched and possibly bitten. They
are very quiet in their pens, making
no noise except an occasional stamping
of their hind feet at portending dan
ger.
is the Belgian hare a passing fad &?
This is question that is asked many
times, and l would like to state my
reasons for believing most decidedly
the contrary. While it would seem to
me that most everyone has heard some
thing of the good Dummies, yet to many
they are entirely new, for often I am
asked these questions: Are they good
to eat? Are the skins and fur of any
value? What does it cost to raise
them?" etc. If they were only fair
to look upon our hopes would be
bighted. Not only is their meat choice
and edible the year round, but their
skins and fur enter largely into the
manufacture of gloves, capes, collar
cites, muffs and kindred articles. fact
that few people were aware of until
recent styles demanded the natural col
ors, Belgian brown, rufus red and sill
yer grays, thereby throwing off the
deception there is in foreign and high
sounding names. Considering the fact
that the United States has about TO-
O0O,0 900 of people to clothe and feed.
and with an increasing demand from
foreign countries for our meat prod
ucts, there will naturally be tenden-
cy to put the Belgian hare industry
on solid basis with the meat and
poultry business of the country. AL
ready large number of poultry raisers
are combining the Belgian hare and
poultry business with profitable re-
suits, while farmers are beginning to
realize that there is more money to
be made at this than with poultry.
the cost of production being much
less.
With clover hay at SIS per ton, sorgh-
UNI hay, Sc; oats, 25 cents a bushel
and bran rs cents a hundredweight
their meat can be produced at cents
per pound. and it is now bringing from
10 to 20 cents a pound dressed.-J. F
Atkinson, in Rural World
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-16
ATHLETES IN THE ARMY.
Muscle Was Needed at
the Guns.

"The enthusiasts in athletics said
the colonel, relates the Chicago Inter
Ocean, who enlisted in the army in
1898 have certainly had full justice
done them, but there were the same
sort of enthusiasts in the army of
1861, and of them very little has been
said. When I read the announcement
of the death of William B. Curtis I
remembered the stalwart Chicagoan
who entered the service in 1861 as or
derby sergeant of Capt. Hayden's
zouaves, or company A of the Nine
teenth Illinois regiment. Curtis was
at that time one of the most notice
able men in the regiment. He was a
skilled oarsman and was an enthusiast
in all athletic sports. The first time
our division crossed the Tennessee
river the skill and resourcefulness of
Curtis were put to a severe test.
Gen. Mitchell. or whoever was in
command, was impatient over the de-
lay in crossing the river. That was
early in the war, and the engineer
corps was not well organized. Many
expedients were suggested and some
of them were tried, but all failed.
The general spoke in a complaining
way to Col. Turchin, of the Nine
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BELGIAN HARE CRAZE.
Missouri Man Gives His Reasons for
Thinking That 1t Is More Than
a Passing Fad.

In response to requests for descrip-
ton of and information on the Belgian
hares L hand you the following which
1 consider a fair representation of the
real food article-the show stock vary
ing in color and size according to fancy:
One year Old, medium condition. weight
about nine pounds; color, red brown,
with ends of hairs licked with black
occasionally, except under part of body,
which is usually much lighter; ears
slightly lighter than main portion of
body, laced with a black border, fine
looking fellow indeed. They are the
c.eanest of all animals known; there is
no smell about their pens and they are
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-16

was returning from the commissary
farm when I met our colonel. Liquor
seemed to have a pretty good hold of
him. drew up my men in order
that we might salute the colonel, but
he rode on and said nothing.
''The incident passed I forgot it
almost completely. Some weeks later
I met the colonel at the same place
men. I realized what I ought to do.
not salute him.
Men, I commanded, you are not
to salute the colonel
Sand we did not.
SIN an instant the colonel was in a
age. DO you know who I amp he
demanded.
eyes, I replied. You are Col. Smith
of the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois.
But, sir, do you remember
the order read at dress pa
rade the other day? Not long
ago met you at this place. I sa1uted.
You did not return the salute
{" 'We1l-er@, said the colonel, and
then a suspicion entered his mind. He
knew his weakness. In an instant he
spurred his horse to the middle of the
road and then saIuted in a most sol
dierly style.
1.-The funny part of it was that
every officer and soldier knew about
it in less than an hour
Old Features 90 the Paris Show.
The Paris exposition of 1878 is COM
memorated by the TrocaSero and that
of 1889 by the Eiffel tower, both of
which form part of the present exhibi-
tion.-N. Y. Sun.
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SOME PROFITABLE PICS.
GxceIIent Results Obtained IN Six
Months by JudiciOus Feeding
and Sanitary SURROUNDINGS.

Pigs may be easily made to weigh
200 pounds at six months if properly
fed.
I give my experience with a litter of
eight pigs narrowed on June 6, last
year. The sow and pigs were allowed
the run of a 15-acre grass pasture,
which was kept picked pretty close by
dairy cows. They had free access to a
river and plenty of cool shade. The
SOW was fed twice day all she could
eat of buttermilk, with bran stirred IN
till it was a thick Stop, and the pigs
were allowed to eat with her when large
enough, care being taken to feed
enough so that very little bit would
be left in the trough when they were
all full.
They had nothing else fed to them
till two and half months old, when
they were taken from the SOW. The
milk and bran ration was continued,
and one ear of corn for each pig was
added. At four months of age the milk
and corn were discontinued. The pigs
were placed in a half-acre lot and fed
all they would eat clean, three times
day, equal measure of bran and corn
meal ground fine, mixed thoroughly
and wet to make a stiff dough. At five
months the pigs were placed in 1oored
pen, and fed one month all they could
eat, three times day, on a dough made
of two measures of corn meal to one of
bran.
On the 8th of December the pigs were
slaughtered. L weighed the one that
looked to be the largest, after it was
killed, but before it had been dressed.
1t weighed 230 pounds. 1 don't think
any one of the pigs would have weighed
less than 200 pounds on foot. They
were not thoroughbred pigs, but were
crossed with Yorkshire, Berkshire, Po-
land China, and perhaps some scrub"
L believe a thoroughbred trough" is
better than thoroughbred pig. Ineg-
lected to say that these pigs had &C
cess to salt and ashes at all times; and
L will add that 1 have never had a sick
hog that had salt and ashes before it
at all times, and had some bran fed to
it every day.-R. II. Carson, in Country
Gentleman
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A Place for the Goat.

On a good many of our farms there
is place for the goat. Sheep will
eat a large number of weeds and are
very serviceable in that regard, but
the goat carries the same idea to far
greater length. Sheep are grazers
primarily and browsers incidentally.
But goats are browsers by nature.
They will live and flourish where
even a sheep will grow thin. Kinds
of feed that would send the sheep
into the sick list will support the
goat and make him fat A writer on
goats says that they will pass by cul-
tivated grasses to get at burdocks,
MULLEN and thistles. The bushes that
are constantly springing up on our
waste hilIsides might be kept down
by goats. There is no doubt that a
million or so of goats could be dis
tributed among our farms without in
any way interfering with the stock
now being kept.-Farmers' Review.
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nail strips one inch square to prevent
the animal from slipping. For the
sides, the uprights, d. are of two
by six inches material, tapered az
the top and a shoulder formed at boz
tom end to fit mortise hole in a. The
Stats, C. are nailed to the inside
of uprights, d d. If the uprights, d,
are mortised strongly into cross
pieces, a, the side pieces can be
slipped out of the floor piece and the
whole chute hung up in a sheltered,
out-of-the-way place, and it will last
much longer and be more satisfac-
tory to the owner than if left en-
numbering the yard and in all sorts
of weather.-W. J. Peal. in Farm and
Home
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ANOTHER CHINESE EDIcr.
IE Says an Esoort Has Been Provided 60
Conduct the Ministers safely
To TIan Tsin.

London, Aug. Beyond the Off
clal dispatches given out yesterday
morning, the papers contain no in
formation of importance from China
Thanks to the dispatches of Sir Claude
Macdonald and Rear Admiral Bruce,
there is a general disposition to take
more hopeful view of the situation.
The report of the appointment of
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee
as commander-in-chief of the interna-
tional forces meets with general APP
proval.
The text of the edict of August 2,
authorizing the escort of the minis
tiers from Pel1in to Tien Tsin, given
out at the Chinese legation, says in
part: In view of the existence of
hostilities between certain Chinese
rebels and foreign powers, caused by
the anti-Christian feelings of the Chi
nese people, we have afforded reason
able protection to the foreign repre-
sentatives in Pekin, and the tsung-li-
yamen has sent to the legations let
tiers of inquiry and proposals for their
safe conveyance under escort to Tien
Tsin, in order to avoid apprehension
of further attack from rebels before
the complete restoration of peace
and order in the capital. We have
now, on the advice of Ii Hung Chang
and Liu Kun Vi, to authorize Yung
Liu to escort them to Tien Tsin. If
there be any rebels en- route trying
to endanger the safety of the party,
the officials have to destroy the rebels
at once"
The Chinese legation believes that
the members of the foreign legations
have not yet left Pelin but that they
will do so, and declares that the edict
would not have been issued had not
the foreign ministers signified a will
ingness to accept the escort.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily News, wiring yesterday, says:
"United States Consul Goodnow
strongly opposes Admiral Seymour's
intention to land 5000 troops, on the
ground that such an act would not be
warranted by the circumstances and
would be likely to create trouble. NJ.
Bezaure, the French consul, agrees to
the arrangement, but says that if the
British land forces, the French will
do likewise. The Austrians also viii
land men. My personal opinion is
that the landing of. troops here at
the present moment would be a grave
mistake
Cablegram from Gen. ChafTee.
Washington, Aug. 9.-The war de-
partment has received the following
cablegram from Gen. Chaffee, dated
Che Foo, August 5: ''Peitsang hand
somely taken early this morning by
Japanese troops supported by English
and Americans. japanese loss consid-
cradle; English slight; Americans
none. Ground very limited. In morn
ing American troops occupied rear
position which was to form turning
movement, but We're unable to form
in line. We will cross Pei Ho to left
bank tomorrow morning and move
on Tang Tsun. Consul at Che Foo
furnished copy of dispatch from
tsung-li-yamen on July 30, which he
has cabled.
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teenth Illinois. of the help1essness of
an army that ought to have men who
could meet such an emergency.
Turchin said that he had the man,
and sent Curtis to the general. The
plans We're explained, the difficulty
of the undertaking was discussed, the
general remarking that if he could
get a rope across the river, securely
fastened to the only tree accessible,
the problem would be solved. He
asked Curtis if he thought he could
get a rope across to that tree.
Curtis went up the river, threw a
piece of wood into the water,
watched it in it's course down stream
to get an idea of the drift of the cur
rent, then took boat and by skillful
use of the oars and by taking advan-
tage of the current he landed at the
right place, made the rope secure
around the tree, and the engineers
completed the work. This adventure,
it must be remembered, required cour-
age as we'll as strength, skill and re-
sourcefulness, but the boys of the
Nineteenth Illinois were from the
first called on for the most perilous
duty. There are many of them in
Chicago who can testify that there
was no dinching.
In another case where a battery
was stuck in the mud and was in dan
ger of capture, Curtis went to the res
cue, and by the exercise of strength
and skill literally lifted one of the
guns out of the mud, and by example
secured the safety of all. Strong men
were not always successful in such
undertakings. I remember that at
Stone river, when Negley's division
was compelled to retire before the
charging column of confederates, the
guns of one Of the batteries were
abandoned among the cedars. A stall
wart captain commanding a German
company in another division passing
the abandoned guns stopped and in
sisted that they should be saved.
His men moving as a part of the
regiment in line did not heed their
captains appeal to save the guns, pos
sibly did not hear it. At all events
the captain found himself with one
man Juggling and pulling to get the
guns into the road. Butthe carriages
were so tightly wedged between the
trees that this was a very difficult
undertaking. The captain was very
strong himself, and the man with him
was a stalwart, and as they worked
they became more tenacious and more
interested. The result was that be-
fore they fairly realized what was
taking place they were surrounded
by confederates who had been watch
ing them for some minutes in wonder.
The captain and his athletic friend
were sent to Libby prison. After sew
era1 months they .returned>to the regi-
ment to be received with great en-
thusiasm. One of the first men to
greet the captain shook his hand,
looked around inquiringly, and asked:
''Where is the cannon, cap?" At this
there was a roar and the captain,
flushing, said: ''I was big fool that
time. But in the old country was
taught never to leave the guns. If
ten men strong like myself had come
with me, we would have saved every
cannon!''
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-16
A GEORGIA INCIDENT.
Story of Tempestuous and Intern
perate Colonel and His
Lesson.

An old man leaning on a cane and
nearly blind is to be seen daily walk
ing about his premises in North Den
YER LIS disability is so marked that
anyone would say he must be a civil
war veteran. But recently he cele-
brated his 18th anniversary. He is a
typical ''old man." made so by war,
says the Denver Post.
Some 10 years ago a petition for a
pension was sent in by John C.. Fit
nam. The grounds for asking it were
that he was disabled while in the ser
vice of the United States as a corporal
in the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois.
It hung fire for seven years.
Then some technical flaws were
found and the aid was re
fused. Mr.. Fitnam, even then an old
man, was disheartened. Twelve
years more rolled by and then a lucky
turn came to him.
Aid from the pension bureau was
out of the question. Some other means
must be found Why not ask con-
gress? 81 am a lawyer and surely
will be able to get aid from congress, -
thought Mr.. Fitnam. He sought Con-
gresham Shafroth. The congress-
man was interested. He would aid
Mr.. Fitnam if there was any way of
doing it. There was a way, and last
December a bill was introduced for
Mr.. Fitnam's relief. Senator Teller
gave his services and thus 1t was pos
sible to pass the bill through both
houses by last February. 1t was not
signed until a few days ago.
The aid which had been so long
sought was now lessened in its degree,
for Mr.. Fitnam, now almost blind
and helpless, is forced to employ a
man who pilots him about when
ever the aged lawyer moves from
place to place. Though old and
blind and feeble he IS not helpless or
weak-minded. The brain which has
forsfifty-three years argued before the
jury is still in good condition. When
asked if he were ever in the active
service Mr.. Fitnam answered: "No, but
I was in far worse place. The de-
fensive line with its hell of disease
and filth is worse than the shot and
| she'll of battle. [ saw active disease,
but no active fighting. That disease
has made me what am.
g Let me tell. you a story" he con-
tinued cts a good story and shows
| the type of men we had as command
ers when I was in the~service. While
we were stationed at Dalton, Ga, I
was placed in charge of a squad to
which the duty of bringing the com
missary supplies from the surround
ing country was assigned At dress
parade one afternoon an order was
read. Col.-let us say Smith-our
| commander, ordered that each and
every man should do the proper
amount of saluting at the proper
time IF an officer did not return the
salute of his interiors then the in
ferior would not be compelled to sa-
lutte in return on the next meeting.
''Now, our colonel was a good man,
but subject to fits of temper and also
of intemperance. Well, sir, one day
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-16
HOG-LOADING CHUTE.
Swine May Be Made from the
Diagram Here Given.

The bottom or foundation cross
pieces, a a, may be of cedar or some
light wood, about six inches square,
with a hole mortised in each end
about two by five inches, and as long
between holes as the wagon box is
wide. Lay on these the floor, b, b.,
of one.inch lumber, pine being best,
eight or nine feet long. Across this
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cuban Church Wedd,nps Lee.I.

Havana, Aug. s.-The new ecc1es-
iastical marriage law went into eff
feet Monday. The new law revokes
the Brooks edict, whereby only the
civil marriages were legal Gov. Gen.
Woods decision restores to the church
in Cuba the privileges it enjoyed prior
to the American occupation.
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nenmark,a cromn.

It is one OF the peculiarities of tie
laws of Denmark that the crown must
be worn by Christian and Freder-
lex alternately. The system origin
ated with Christian II, who reigned
from 1913 to 1923, and was succeeded by.
Frederick I-Pearson's Weekly.
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Kruger Anxious to Surrender.

Pretoria, Aug. SIT is stated pos
itively that President Kruger is will
ing and anxious to surrender, pro-
vided satisfactory promise is gives
as to his ultimate destination.
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Where the Colonel Was.

tsYou say the colonel was III the
latest battle?''
eyes, he was"
s'Was he in the van?'
''There wasn't any van. He was in
the baggage wagon. Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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EXPENSE OF FENCES.
The Heaviest Tax Is Not the Cost of
Lumber But the Reckless
Waste of Soil.

Farmers as a rule are too eXtrava-
giant in building fences. 1t is not in
the fences themselves that the loss
comes in. Fences are a necessity, and
a farm without good ones is a hard
thing to manage; but, as in all farm
work, careful forethought and plan
ming should be done before the fence
is put up. If it is possible to get on
without it, do so. Every fence on the
farm wastes more or less land The
first cost of a good fence is no small
item. but insignificant when compared
with the expense of maintaining plus
the value of the land which it occu-
pies that will become almost useless.
Every man who has had experience
Knows that with a hedge fence the
soil for nearly a rod on each side will
grow little of any crop. How much
good land will be taken in by half a
mile of that fence? What would be
the value of the crop grown one year
on that land? Multiply that by ten
years, and add the wages paid out to
a man during that time to keep the
fence in shape, and you will be set
to thinking by the result. L. Ir-
win, in Farm and Fireside.
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Ordered to Manila.

ST. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 9.-The depot
battalion of the Eighth infantry,
stationed for several months at Fort
Smelling, has been ordered to leave
for Manila with '.all possible speed"
and the officers expect to be away
from here within 48 hours at the
latest. Final orders to move were re-
ceived at the fort yesterday after
noon and while the orders specify
Manila, it is generally understood
China will be the actual destination.
National Monetary League Notification.
Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 9.-The noti-
fication exercises of the National
Monetary league will not take place
during the present meeting as in
tended. This was authoritatively an
nounced last night by w. S. jennings
of Pensacola, candidate for, governor
of Florida and a member of the mott
fication committee. The Monetary
league held it's national convention at
Kansas City during the democratic
national convention and adopted reso-
buttons declaring for 10 to 1. The
plan was to notify Bryan of its sc-
ton during the present meeting.
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Put the HONS to work

Hens that go in the corner and sit
down should be put to work. In the
morning give them about one-third as
much food as they can eat, so as to
have them hungry. Then get some
leaves, cut straw or dirt, and scatter
about teaspoonful of wheat, corn
and oats (mixed) through it. The hens
viii soon get hungry, and finding one
grain viii hunt for another. That is
just what you want. Give them moth
ing until night; then feed all they
want. Do this every day. Keep them
hungry every day, but feed them well
before going to roost, and they will
keep well and lay.-Farm and Fireside.
AS soon as the sheep are sheared
the ticks gather on the lambs, much to
their discomfort and damage. The
easiest remedy is to dip the lambs,
or to wet the skin all over with any
good sheep dip.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-16

Scours in young lambs may be
checked by giving them 40 drops of
this mixture: One dram each of tine
ure of opium, ginger, rhubarb and
cordamon seed. 1t is a cordial and
a preventive of trouble of this kind,
and should be given in little water
twice a day, or in bad cases three or
four times. Give three times as much
to the ewes.-Midland Farmer.