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NO CIPHER MESSAGES
Minister Wu Puts the Department on
 Notice

Washington August 1.-The State De- partment this morning issued the follow ing:
 acting secretary copy of a telegram from the Taotai of Shanghai, dated August 2, and received by MT. Wu on the evening of the Sd. It confirms the message of Yuan Shih Kai, Governor of Shan Tung to MT. Fowler Consul at Che Foo pur- porting to communicate the same telegram of July 30 from the Tsung Ii Yamen, but 1t Is to be noted that 1t contains a portion omitted from the Governors message namely, that fighting is going on in Tien Tsin and it is not expedient to send sep arate cipher telegrams to Ministers in Pekin.
 The present telegram agrees with Consul General Goodnows report received yester- day that Earl Ii Hung Chang had told the French Consul at Shanghai on the 3d that no messages would be delivered to the vancing on Pekin.
 The Tsung Ii Yamen's cablegram of July 30, is as follows:
 Foreign ministers in Pekin are all safe and we'll. Recently vegetables, fruits and provisions have been repea atedly supplied to them. Relations most friendly. At present consultations are going on for the protec- tion of the various ministers going to Tien Tsin for temporary shelter, which will soon be concluded satisfactorily But as fight ing is going on in Tien Tsin 1t is expedient that cipher telegrams should be sent. Diff ferent consuls have been notified so that they may inform their governments. Please inform the foreign officers. Besides wiring to other ministers I transmit the above to you. ''YU LIEN YUEN."
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wu Goes to Cape May

Washington, August 4. = Minister Wu called at the State Department this morning and presented copy of cablegram he had received from his government relative to the transmission of messages from the for eign ministers in Pekin and their respective governments. It Is understood that this is simply a copy of the notification already served on the French consul at Shanghai that the Tsung Li Yamen had ordered that no messages should be exchanged.
 MT. Wu has gone to Cape May to spend a day or two with his family.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
Forrcast for A laba mn

Washington, August 4.-Forecast for All abama: Generally fair Sunday and Mon- day; fresh southeasterly winds; rains in southern portions Sunday and Monosy.
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Washington, August 1.-The following casualties in the Ninth Infantry in. the great battle at Tien Tsin, China, on July 1s, last, are reported by Genarsi MscAr- thuri
 EMERSON H. LISCUM, Colonel JOHN A. POTTER.
 GEORGE H. BUCKLEY. CORPORAL RICHARD J. SLATER. JOHN MPARTLAND.
 0OTFRIED STEVENSON. BARNEY CoNYEA.
 JOHN H. PORTER.
 OSCAR c. OLSEN. JOHN D. DREHER.
 AxELL sKOGSBERG. JAMES B. TAYLOR, enlisted at Mobile, Ala. Near relative Mrs. s. J. Taylor, Sis- trunk, Ala.
 CASPER SCHWERTFEGER. CLYDE J. JAMESON.
 FREDERICK E. REEF. JOHN P. SMITH.
 DEWEY ROGERS.
 Wounded Major James Renan, Captain Charles B. Moves, Captain Edwin V. Bookmiller, First Lieutenant Lewis B. Lawton. Second Lieu tenant Frank R. Lang, Corporal Arnold Peruzzy John J. Diamond, Martin Dunphy George R. Murphy, John Seymour, Corpo- ral Michael Conroy, Corporal John Gallant Arthur w. Ruggless Robert Crawford,
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
Macon Quarantines

Macon. Ga, August 1.-The Board of Health met tonight and decided not to quarantine against the yellow fever at Tampa.
The age-herald., 1900-08-05
Chinese r.reak Canal Bank

Tien Tsin, August l. via Che Foo, August 3-It is reported that Chinese have broken the canal bank, flooding the coun- try between Tien Tsin and Pekin.
 Thirty thousand Boxers are eighty miles north of Tien Tsin, and battle is immi- nent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-01-26
The Mouth of a Young Colt.

There is one thing in particular which
is almost universally lacking in the Unit
ed States in the training of colts, and
that is breaking them with good mouths
1t is almost impossible to find young
horse i'll the country that has good
mouth. The colts mouths have almost
universally, been spoiled in their early
this matter and if there is anything that
detest it is horse with hard mouth
or a puller. When we consider that all
our commands, all our wishes, are to be
given to the horse through the reins to
it's mouth this evil becomes at once ap-
parent. We see then how necessary it is
to keep the mouth in as tender and sensi-
tive condition as possible to the touch.
This is universal fault. not only in
America, but in Canada. where there are
very good horses and very good horse
men.
They know how to avoid this difficulty
very much better in England than here.
The system that have lately adopted in
mounting colts is to put a web halter ON
the head with smooth, easy, good-sized
wooden bit, placed well up into the mouth
SO as to keep the tongue under the bit.
Accustom them to carry it there for a
time: an hour is quite long enough for
the first lesson. Later, as they become
accustomed to it. drop it down in it's
proper place. After that treatment has
gone on for an hour or so every day for
week Or nlore-there are no lines at
tached to the bit. simply headstall and
the blt-the dumb jockey is put on and a
palr OF reins, but they are never drawn
up up tant. Then, when they come to their
nrst lessons i'll running about a boxstall
or small yard is very much better for
mem than to take them outside, Denver
Field and Farm.
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YraCtical Ponlfry Pointe

Those who keep fowl confined in small
yards Ill the village usually have but a
rev, and easily manage to have green
food for them most of the year by saving
the clippings of the lawn, pulling weeds
from the flower beds and using waste
they do not have enough they have n Mar +.
ly enough and get along. In winter they
can Ga, buy little clover hay or cheap caI.
pages or roots from some farmer, and
cost - =. r @ - u"1'
But those who have larger focks need
.; ~ make especial provision for them, and
y IS !ust as easy to do this in summer rs
It is in winter if one plans for it little,
a. = gar ara! expressly for growing. green
l 70 Tor the hens and chickens need not
be q great task, but it should be of a sizc
pr pr to the size of the flock. Ono
!, Of % !. the best crops that can be grown Is
lettuce. The The. seed is not expensive. It is
ready early,and can be SO planted AS "a f,
De on hand from spring until fall if de- e
sired, and we do not know Of any green es
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sailing down the stairs, missing one step

sailing down the stairs, missing one step
more at every bump.
With the supernatural dexterity which
characterizes the Somnambulist, he man.
aged to keep his candle in all the time.
and now set it down in the lobby, with a
clank, right end up.
Mr. John rose. with his face quite seri-
Gus. and without rubbing himself or any
thing went along the passage and dis
appeared in his own bedroom.
1T is evidently not the first time he
has walked in his Sleep said the old
lady. He must have visited the box be-
fore. That is how the ring came to be
found. 1t must have dropped ON the
floor. TO think that I never had the
forgive me?''
Yes m
''Ihcre, you see the ring on the toilet
table. just where l left it the night it
went amiSsing," remarked Mrs. Robin
son, as they entered her bedroom ''The
lost diamonds are in the box which is
hidden in the wall. l saw them Get to
bed, and We'll see them in the morning"
And they did see them, and a wonder
-fui set of diamonds they We're. n beau
titul. dazzling, Shimmering necklace and
bracelets and rings, all as set forth in
the inventory.
1T was really you who found Them"
said MI Robinson to SUSAN. land Ill
have them valued, and you'll get your
legal reward and more. III pay your
mothers. rent as long as she lives.''--
London Weekly Paragraph.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-01-26
"A College Menu.

A Philadelphia young married woman
of Mount Airy, who is a football enthusi-
asst, gave dinner after the Cornell
Pennsy lvania game, and during the inter-
val between the close of the game and
the dinner hour found time to compose
an odd menu, tells the Record. The card
at each plate bore the following mysteri-
GUS lines:
Rah! for the Half Backs!
Here's the Place for Cornell.
Third Down-The Devils to PAY.
OF Side-.Too Much Room.
Mike Murphy.
Make the Team and Get Them.
Disqualified for Slugging-What a Rum Co.!
Tackle Hard: This is Tough Game.
Cheese 1t! Lettuce Hare McCracken.
Score, 48 to O.
Hoo-ray! Hoo-ray! Hoo-ray! Penn-svl-va.
MIA!
We Take the Cake.
Man Hurt-Dose Him Up!
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Dairy Success.

Sell the poor COWS and begin breeding
and filling up the vacancy with better
cneS. Choose the best. and breed them
to il sire from IL butter-llaking family.
Breed Il dairy COW according to the law
Of dairy-breedins. The man who runs
steamboat runs it by the law of steam
heating. not Of railroading; if he did not
he would get stuck in the mud. When
you have secured a good COW. get her
to cat all she can. The more YOU coax
her to eat the better. rs profit comes
alone from foods. Don't starve the calf:
you cannot afford to let it stop growing
a minute. Neither teach it to make
fat: if you TO, when she is i years old
you will ais her for milk and she will
you tallow, not milk; you made me fat
and large in front and fitted me out
with beefy form, and now l am fine
type of that sort of animal. no, sir; do
not ask me for milk. l have not got it
to give You; but l can give you tallow
heifer when she is 2 years old and has
her first calf if she does not come up to
your expectations; try her another year:
then: if she refuses, turn her over to
the bologna sausage mill 1t is long
journey from the scrub to the paying
herd, but it can be accomplished if we
will.-Prof. Roberts, Cornell university.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-01-26
Repairing Old Puihbs,

On many farms are several useless
woodstock pumps. Here is how l made
use of two such pumps and saved buying
IL new one. had Il porceain-lined pump
that had been in use 30 long that the part
above the platform of the we'll had given
out. while the lower part remained good.
| procured another pump that had not
been lind anil had become so worn that
it would no longer do service; hut tho
top was yet good. l cut them both i'll
two OH /, long slant. took the lower part
of one and the upper part of the other,
fitted them together placing a sheet of
cardboard smearcd with white lead in the
Joint and drawing up tight with a couple
Of bands: To make the bands have your
bIacksmith cut -four, pieces of iron about
1AxA inches and long enough to give
room for bolt holes on each end so that
the bolts will pass close to the side OF
the pumps; have him drill the holes and
fit the bolts of suitable length to reach
across the pumps, placing one of the
pieces on each side of the pump and
drawing them together with the bolts
Drive few nails where they will do the
most good and the job is complete.-Ed-
ward .. Scott in Practical Farmer
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A Minnesota Farmer Does Well
in Canada.

In Canada.
Virden, Man., Nov. Is, 1899.
Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the
Interior. Ottawa, Canada:
Sir-Thinking that my experience in
Manitoba might be both useful and in
teresting to my fellow countrymen in
the United States who may be looking
to Manitoba and the Northwest with
the intention Of settling there, l have
much pleasure in stating that through
information received from Mr.. W. +.
McCreary, Immigration Commissioner
at Winnipeg, l was induced to visit
Manitoba in February, 1898. When l
called upon Mr.. McCreary he spared no
pains to give me all the information,
etc., in his possession, the result of
Which was that-1 came here with
letter of introduction from him to the
secretary of the Virden Board Of Trade.
That gentleman provided me with a
competent land guide, and although
there was considerable snow on the
ground, l had no difficulty in selecting
three homesteads for myself and sons.
Having made the necessary homestead
entries at the land office in Brandon, l
returned to my home in Lyon County,
minnesota, and came back here in May
following, accompanied by one of my
boys, bringing with us two teams OF
horses, implements, etc. Our first
work was to erect temporary shanty
and stable, after which we broke and
leveled Is acres and put up 80 tons of
nay. went back to Minnesota about
the goth Of July, leaving my son here.
l returned In October, bringing my
FAMILY with me. l found that the land
we had acquired was Of good quality,
being a strong clay loan with clay
suDsoll. Last spring sowed 100 acres
~ wheat, 90 acres in oats and barley
10 acres Of this grain was sowed on
'goback' plowed last spring.. My crop
was threshed in October, the result
being over ?, 700 bushels of grain III all
Wheat averaged Is bushels per acre
ana graded No. hard, but that which
was sown on land other than sod ego
Dack') went 24R bushels per acre
10 say that l am we'll pleased with
the result of my first years farming
operations in Manitoba does not AIDE
quately express my feelings, and
nave no hesitation in advising those
who are living in districts where land
is high in price to come out here, if
they are willing to do fair amount OF
work. l am ten miles from Virden
which Is good market town, and nine
miles from Hargraye, where there are
two elevators. This summer erected
a dwelling house of native stone and
bought a half-section of land adjoining
our homestead, for which paid a very
moderate price. There are still some
homesteads in this district, and land
of fine quality can be purchased from
the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. at
$3.50 per acre Oh liberal terms. Good
water is generally found at a depth of
from Is to 20 feet. l have 175 acres
ready for crop next year.
The cost of living here is about the
same as in Southern Minnesota. Some
commodities are higher and others
lower in price, but the average is about
the same. l remain, your obedlent ser
Want,
(Signed) JACOB RE1CHEkT.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-01-26
GREAT SCARCITY OF TERRAPIN
Diamond Backs will be Beyond the
Reach of Ordinary Mortals.

There is great scarcity Of the Chesa-
peake bay diamond black terrapin. This
luxury promises to be more expensive
this season than ever. The receipts and
shipments for the opening week are not
up to the average. Prices range about as
follows: Five-inch. $15 to sis dozen:
Gt.inch, S36 to $45; finch, $50 to $75'
These are expected to remain the ruling
prices for the season, and it is thought
that few will come to market.
Receipts of Chesapeake terrapin grow
smaller each year. This season it is es-
timated that not one-fourth as many will
be received as were few years ago.
The stock is practically depleted. One
large dealer, who formerly handled about
$50 900 worth each season. last year
handled only $4,000 worth. The law pro-
vides that no terrapin shall be marketed
which measures less than five inches in
length on the under shell.
Dealers state that singular fact about
the Chesapeake bay terrapin is that
those on the western shore grow much
faster than those on the other side West
ern shore terrapin, it is stated, will grow
about two inches year, while those
found on the eastern shore will grow only
three-quarters of an inch in the same
time. The generally accepted theory is
that the water on the western shore of
the bay is less salt than ON the other
side and is more conducive to the rapid
growth of terrapin.-New York Tribune
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LETTERS PROM PRESIDENTS.
Discovery of a Valuable Collection in
an Old New Enxland Town.

All OlO New Enk10nQ 1OWns
There has lately been found in town
near Bridgeport, Conn.,, a valuable collec-
ton of old letters of nearly century ago,
among them several of George Washing
ton, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay, James Monroe and John
Quincy Adams. The letters were found
among some old papers and books belong
ing to one of the oldest families in the
state and are in the best condition, al
though they have been stored away for
nearly 100 years. The Washington letter
was written to Connecticut member of
the family when the general was with the
army on the Hudson river, and pertain
to the probable movement of his and the
enemy's troops.
The letters of John Quincy Adams
and Andrew jackson are peculiarly inter-
esting as they are both written to the
same friend, on the same day in March,
1874, and each asks the common friend
to say what he thinks the chances of
each are for president. This was in the
days WI hen the vice-president was elect
ca III the same count as the President,
the one receiving the greatest number of
votes being chosen president. Each asks
his correspondent what he should do
when elected and how he should act to-
ward his friend and rival. The Jackson
letter is also very valuable and is one of
the most characteristic letters in exist
ence written. by the general. The find
mas mace quite stir among antiQuaries
IN the state and all the old trunks and
libraries are being overhaulcd to find
others OF the same kind.--Boston Tran
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plant or leaf that chickens eat so greed
lily. while it seems to be stimulating to
good growth. 1t is said that rape is
equally good. and some of that should be
sowh in the fill at least. rs it will stu,r!
considerable frost. and therefore he fit. to
use after tic other CROPS have been killed
down.
II cabbages and roots are GROWN as
field crops ON the farm we would l,roba
bly, find enough of them not fit for iliar,
ket to furnish us much hs we would heed
of them in the: winter. but if they were
not we would have them in our poultry
food garden. and we know of no roots
that hens like to pick at so we'll in winter
as beets, which might be sugar beets,
mangels or table beets. Hens, however.
do not reject tufnps or carrots, especially
if cooked and mixed with bran and meal.
And we would not fail to have some sun
flowers, that we might give occasional
bandfuls of the seed. especially when new
plunlage was coming after moulting.-
American Cultivator.
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Caring for the Ewes in Writer.

The profits of lambs depend a great
deal upon the Observation-Disclosures Of their
birth. Unless enc makes Il speciality of
winter-bred lambs; where all cdllveni-
cnccs are had for bringing them UP in
hothouSc fashion, a wintcr-bOrn lamb is
IL nuisance to the shepherd and generally
ii losing game. 1t requires so much at
t. ntion and care to rear the thing that by
the time it gets Il good start it has az
tually cost more than it will bring when
sold. Wnter-bOrn lambs are consequent
ly unreasonable. unless. as remarked
above. one is in the business of supply
ing the market with early dollhouse
lamb. Then it Is different matter.
The Seasciiable time for tile outdoor
tiocks to bring in lambs should be from
the middle Of April to the middle of June.
Those born before the first of April meet
risks that make their existence somewhat
rrccariouS. The extremes of cold and wet
weather will frequently kill or sicken the
best-cared-for lambs on the rthge Or Iii
the yard. The average sliecli owner has
enough to do to protect the sheep from
Indictment weather and provide them with
sufficient food, without wasting his time
in looking after the poor, forlorn winter
coupled with the uncertainty Of rearing
the creatures: that the profits Of lambs
depend SO largely upon the Seasonableness
of their Dir til. To make this season the
right ono the ewes should not be mated
until the proper time. and then through
the. winter they should have the care
their condition warrants. The May and
June lambs without doubt are the most
profitable ones for the average breeder on
prepared for raising them in cold wealth
CT: One can. with good care. count upon
raising 100 per cent. of the May or June
lambs, while the March lambs may suffer
IA loss Of 80 per. cent.
The ewes with hext years lamb. can
stand the, cold weather; ull right, ,aiid
do good de6l of roughiiig it without
being injured. They are much better off
with their unborn lambs than they would
be with the little creatures depending
qSn hsm nd h5Sp hv thf ns watHy
attention, however, both in the way Of
shelter and the best food. If the ewes
are Kept in fine. healthy condition, the
lambs will invariably be of superior
ewes and YOU pay for it in the lambs
Never permit any neglect to fall upon
the ewes with lamb. mud feed them
literally with Wcll-balanccl rations.
Corn in particnl ar should be given to
them, for this is heating and fatten-
ing, and there is no danger that the
ewes will get too fat in winter for their
health. The fat enables them to with
stand the cold ct winter and to keep
the little body inside nourished and sup
pied with blood. Oats and wheat screeii-
ingS that are free from smut can be fed
also. but smut actually causes serious
harm sometimes to the lambs and moth
or. Plenty of rainwater. if possible.
Should he: given TO the ewes as many
times a !iay rs they want it-Wiliam
Conway in American Cultivator.
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A Great Event.

Lived here thirty years and vet never
saw the .city?' Never" Ibid Won over
have a desire to go to town?' "Well,
yes: l reckon has, but, you see, fore
the railroad come it wuz too fur to travel
IN foot, an the mule wuz too busy
pioughin', an then arter the railroad
come they went to chargin people fer
ridin' ON it, an so 1 thought ia Jest
stay at home an not bother bout seem
the word. But what do you reckon hap
know" "Well, sir, my, son John ack-
chully bought ticket, jumped aboard o.
the railroad, went to the city an'-sub-
scribed to a newspaper Con
StitutiOn ~oA
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Mrs Beva Lockwood
only
States AS
Peruna Medicine say
~ have used Peruna myself my mother Mrs.
hannah d. Bennett now in her 88h and find tnvalua
DIE remedy coid catar
good tonic for feeble and old
nerves unsfrung" Yours truly, BeIva A. Lockwood
Catarr liable
pelvic organs to one OF caarrh of the head Most
nave no ah the head
take the
Beauty sent free only
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Patents to Inventors,

MeSSrS. Benedict 4 MOrSCil solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building. Mil
waukee. report patents issued to West
ern inventors janlary l'i as follows:
A. r.. Btall. Il'l"ro, IH.. bed spring: r.
Z. Berry. Plymouth. Wis. packing and
storing. vessel: \. = Rurncll. MARSHALL
town. la.. dnp}irat"r: j. W. Crnmer Kan
SaS city. kas.. bartender: G.. w. Dillaway,
Muscatine: Ia. FORMULATION lock: r. t.
FAIRIES. Wichita Has rhrckrciu hook: {. T..
French. Monticello. la. combined clothes
reel and tent: l., {. Meyer Davenport Iu
harness fastening: II. c. MoSher Fair,
mount. Neh.. harrow and puverizer: (. f.
Scheel. Western. Neh.. door catch c. H.
turner. w estphalia. Has. cattle stanchion
A. I. "akeman. Waterloo. Wis. combined
washbench and ironing board: j. F. Wiens.
milwaukee. duStlcss sweeping brush: s. L.
MySal. raola. kas.. rapor bath apparatus:
Noot Ziehe!l Sheboygan Falls, Wis,
animal power.
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Stick to Your Mother.

Lawrence Housman, the English poet.
in his droll "Story of the Seven Young
Gos!ings,' gives the following counsel to
goslings in general:
You must remember, wherever you are,
You are the jam. but your mothers the
jar;
You are the twig, but your mothers the
trunk; - $3.50
You are the crumb, but your mothers the
chunk !ssss- - : !
Not to be clever. or think it's YOU / =
mother, 81 -, :. :.
For somehow or OF her she'll NH. \; ynu
thr0up ha S3 49, = ~.