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The Washington bee., 1902-06-14

ginning of a series of accidents that
have followed me to this day." he
says. 'As my slide carried me to the
edge of the thin ice and into the
water thoughts began to fash
through my brain.
"What would mother and father
say when my lifeless body had been
recovered?-if ever7
with the shouts of nv playmates
ringing in my ears, l passed through
and made a supreme effort to drink
all the water under the ice.
''The passage of such large guam
titles of water through my nostrils
gave me a strangling. suffOcating
sensation, which in turn gave way to
one that seemed to be a desire to fly
to wave the arms-and then a
bump, and it family dawned on my
drowning mind that it was the ice
which covered the pond.
''The last sensation was as if float
ing away on the crest OF fieecy clouds
as they swept through the sky on
summers day, then Inconsistencies.
when 1 came TO there was a dis
agreeable sensation of some one try
ing to use my arms for pump
handles. A pressing down on the
chest, and at last voice crying: He
lives"
The sixth time came near being the
charm, for ROhr shot himself. He
aimed for his heart. but here again
fate pursued him and would not let
him die, even when be was ready.
Describing this attempt at suicide
Rohr says:
Advancing before a mirror so as
TO better see what l was doing, I
grasPed the handle and pressed the
muzzle to my breast and pulled the
trigger.
"a fash, report. and I felt some
thing like a sudden prick of a pin in
my side. Well, what was the
trouble?
81 guessed that the muzzle had de.
fected in the effort required to pull
the trigger.
There was a numbness coI4ing
over me, and ] realized that if I was
TO end it all I must forthwith insert
another bullet nearer in.
'Frantic with rage and frenzied at
the unsuccessful first effort, I again
pressed the weapon to a place where
I thought the heart must be, and as
the realization came over me that
this was TO be the end of ali my
sIeeplessness and the heat, I seemed
TO gloat over the fact that they
could be cheated so easily.
''When consciousness returned, for.
strange TO relate, had not succeeded
in my design, / found the room filled
with strangers and a physician
kneeiing by my side as I lay on the
aooP."
The Washington bee., 1902-06-14

" at sight of the blueeoats that An
ME was unceremoniously spilled upon
the sidewalk Before she could re-
gain her feet she found herself in
the clutches of Sergeant TuIly.
Annie protested against arrest and
declared she had just as much right
to ride in a wheeIbarrOw as the
wealthier residents had TO use au-
tomobiles. The police sergeant, how
ever, did not care TO discuss the
question, and then the woman in
sisted on being taken 60 the police
station in the One-wheeled vehicle.
Again the police objected and the
woman was transferred to a patrol
wagon. On the next day Annie bowed
before Justice SABBATH and was pro-
fuse in her apologies. She was posi-
tive that never again would she seek
a wheelbarrOw ride, and the court
permitted her to go with a warning.
The Washington bee., 1902-06-14
HEARTLEss swINDLING.
How Milwaukee HOusekeepers Were
Fictimized by an UnsOphistI-
Gated COuntrywOman.

A swindle recently worked on some
women of the South side, says the
Milwaukee Sentinel, is good enough
to deceive anyone. The housewife
would be called to the front door,
and there she would find a woman
from the country. There would be
no mistaking the fact that she was
from the country, especially as the
basket she carried was filed with
oats, from which white eggs were
peeping.
Somehow or other eggs never ap-
pear so bona fide and trustworthy as
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Schedule u effect Apri. Il, 1901.

sasf.e 10 effect Apri. =, 1901.
.r--- ...r-Cluciunsu and ST s
e---s..5a.t Train for Cincinnati. Pul.
s--.--. d. Cincinnati. Lexington, LouIsvl,
i-i.-s.r.s and ST. Louis without chang q.
49,. hon Fsr.or car Washington, 10 Virgin
1.,S.-..g- .a.. -Ncep, Sunday. PaIlOr Cars
n r.--...a. and Chicago
r-- p S. uAILE-F. F. Y. Limited-Solid
train t.- Cincinnati Pullman sleepers 10 Gin
,rrs- Lexington and Louisville without
r-s-r- Connection for Virginia Hot Springs
6,T Palma. Compartment Car 10 Virginia
Er S--n-s daily except Sunday. Sleepers
T---r.- 90 Chicago and St. Louis.
rr.. - rs.r EXCEPT SUNDAY-FOT New
r5t News Nr-.a k and Old Point Comfort via
Penn E.gF r & p and Richmond.
saap NJ DAILN-For GoTdonsville, Char
i5rssg.s Stanton daily and for Richmond,
ta.r -u=r. Sunday.
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and
Ohio oH.ss. SIR Pennsylvania Avenue; cog
Iaf Stree. near r. aud at the station. Tele-
pa5--c.a l--. Tor Pennsylvania Railroad Cab
Service.
Telephone 1896.
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RAILROADS,
arTIMORE AND OHIO
X RAILROAD.
.... Washington from station corner of

.rg.salugton from station corner OF
- Jersey avenue and St.
,....y5 and Northwest. 1850 a. m,
'5s'. p. matt St. Louis aud Louisville.
.- 20 .sI5P.mr 'I;Io night.
'I5'5 ...-r and Cleveland 'lO.5o a. M 's.45
~ and Tonight.
P.--.,- ..-5ls and Wheeling . 20 p m.
.,. 20. s.s.sr +s.s5 a. m. t4.Is, and 1850
Pm ,,
70. --. ,....o.Is. 80. 1880. trrsO a. m.
A. 4...-..k. SIS. $500, tIO.so. a. m, sI.I5,
..,-,.-. .. 90. ,
h5' ..-..axa. 100, a. m. and 1880 pm,
20 and way points, +s.55. 5000 a. H.,
49,. $3.50. $40 IS. tII.3o, P. m
Ii..a ~ .-.-.1lrg and way points, ts.5s,
-ssz9, snI5 1880, 1880. $500
H'- e.. .-15. sloIs, tu.5o p. m.
15- .,.. s-5n J1n'tion and way points,
F0 -l. Sis. +4.5o., $3.50, p. m.
7'l'. ---s week days, x3.oo, 500, $50,
',. '-.. $50. SIS. x3.3o EIo.oo TT,so a. m.'
a-'' .ltz. zs.oo. x4.oo, x4 80, 14.5s,
i'''. .. ys.s3. go, xs.Oo, HIO.oO, xII.so,
H9 sundays x5.oo KOS x7.3O,
L"s' ar xr1.z3. lis, E3.oo, 1880, xs.o5,
'l, a. ,s.ss. Kt9.OO. NII.5o, Ii.3s p. m.
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
.r.-... Illuminated with Pintsch light.
Hs..-.--. Philadelphia, New York Bos-
~ ... EAST, 500, '7.OS Diner), 1880
M. w. .Drer TO 90 Diner, a. M 'I7'2''
e.. e.. o. .. Royal Limited, ,") Diner), t4.Oo.
. ... .,.as Dinner 800 and Sligo
Sleeping caropen at 10 90 o'elOck)
s-....- r.v --.5s, +Io.oo, tIa.ao, noon,
80. .-s--a, Sunday. SUNDAY only.
xE,press trains.
,..-....s s1r and checked from hotels
....-. us Union Transfer Co., on or
l-- s-tuHtes, 6I9 Pennsylvania Ave
l5 v.xsars Avenue and 18th Street,
The Washington bee., 1902-06-14
What's In a NameR

good deal, sometimes. Miss Go
ing stood for years on the very edge
of what men call spinsterhood, and
then at last was led srnilingly TO the
altar by a man named Gone.
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Observation-Disclosures.
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C..:.:.. # o.. ;;;:.;:;i: 4; #;
AND OHIO

,upo~-H TIE GRANDEST SCENERY IN
,vrgrs. ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED,
grrrrR-- LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED.
---.yr CARS on THROUGH TRAINS,
-~tr-.y SIXTH AND p STREET
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II W. FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
Rea, Test OF Beef cattle.

Herbert w. Mumford says: For a
long time we have believed that the
relationship between the breeder and
pure bred animals to the feeder and
market cattle has not been c1eary I'M
derstood. Breeders, and feeders as well.
have at times seemed to utterly dis
regard the possibility of mutual help
fu1ness and even of mutual dependen-
cy. The real place of pure bred ami
mails has frequently been lost sight OF
which has led to practices that have
not worked out for the best interests OF
breeders of pure bred animals or the
men whose rightful sphere of useful
ness is producing animals for the
block.
An active demand fer good beef
coupled with scarcity of prime steers
is bound to bring about relatively higE
prices for prime bu11ocks hoof and
hook. High prices for market beef cat
tie invariably stimulate prices for pure
bred beef cattle and as surely great
activity in the breeding of the same
Usually the stimulation Of this branch
of the live stock trade, aided by the
ever enthusiastic efforts and aggres-
sive methods of stock breeders, is at
times beyond a point warranted by the
actual conditions existing in the open
market trade.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27

Prof. G. L. Mckay of Iowa. after
visit to Europe, had this to say about
water in butter:
No subject interests me more than
water I tested a lot of butter in Eng
land for moisture, and the driest but
ter found was from New Zealand.
some of it running down to about
eight per cent. Danish butter aver
ages about fifteen per cent. Russia
was very irregular, some very fine, but
a good deal of it had rank favor.
1t will get over that after awhile,
however, and 1 believe that Russia
Will come to the front rapidly. Some
of the highest selling butter was the
French two pound unsalted rolls My
experience with the Irish butter is
that it lacks body, which results large
~ from the fact that it is churned at
a high temperature. It contains lots
of water, some samples testing TWEEN
ty to twenty-five per cent moisture.
This question is now before the Eng
1ish parliament, and it seems probable
that it will be settled on the basis of
about fifteen to sixteen per cent water
1t has been a great problem to me
that the Danish butter has a higher
percentage of water than ours has, yet
at the same time it has a mealy, dry
appearance. Investigation showed
that their method of churning and
working was peculiar The churning
is done at a moderately high tempera-
ture and the butter comes soft. 1t is
dropped at once into cold water and
then put on the table and worked
three-Quarters of minute, after which
it is again put in cold water for a
moment,then brought back and worked
from one to one and quarter minutes
This makes only two minutes of work
ing When finished it is packed into
kegs for the market It is said that
this method is used to get the butter
probably intended to work the water
into the butter as we'll Danish butter
will average five per cent more water
than ours and yet does not show it
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR DUB
RuRAL READERS
How Successful Farmer. operate This
Department Farm-A Few
Hints Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
FertilItx of Eggs.


From Farmers Review Hatch
Ing season is either now with. or soon
viii be with. poultry raisers. the time
depending upon surroundings; and the
fertility of eggs is the needful thing
the way to secure fertile eggs is a way
all wish to know. Some say a good
per cent of fertile eggs is not to be
had if the fowls are confined to a linn
tied range, but we have had and have
known others to have a 95 per cent
OF fertile eggs from yarded fowls Last
year ours had a limited very range.
the yard in which six pullets, two hens
and one cockerel were confined being
about two rods square, and in this
enclosure the roosting room and
scratch shed were placed.
You may say, the per cent of fertile
eggs was good, but perhaps the whole
number of eggs was small No. the
average from the eight hens from the
18th of February to the last of May
was 61a eggs per day; higher aver
age than we were able to get from the
outside hens. The average would
doubtless have been higher if we could
have secured fresh meat at all times
for them. We fed a mash of wheat
bran, mixed stiff with kitchen scraps
and salty dishwater of morning;
about a quart of mash; at noon wheat
or oats was scattered among leaves IN
the scratch shed; at night quart of
shelled corn was thrown among the
leaves.
Nothing p1eases hens better than to
dig up fresh moist earth for them, and
I think there is nothing healthier
Green food, cut grass, rye and wheat
was fed them every day-an they
would eat; but the way confined hens
enjoy their green meal the best is to
place slab of sod in their pen, or
even pull up large tufts of grass.
No need to fear infertiIe eggs from
yarded fowls if you will pen only
healthy fowls Give variety of food;
induce exercise, and keep quarters
clean. prefer a yearling cockere1 to
an older male Whatever age the head
of the pen must be in the very pink of
perfection as regards health and vfgor.
One should have not more than eight
hens to one male of the larger breeds;
several more hens may be mated to
a male if Of the small breeds ou~
chicks were B. P. Rocks.
Gather the eggs every day. Keep in
an even temperature, several degrees
above freezing; turn every day and
you may keep them three weeks; then
set and receive good matches as far as
the age OF the eggs is concerned. 1t
will probably take from IS to "a hours
longer to hatch them. The above care
applies equally as well to setting eggs
from range fowls, or any other poultry
If you would once try the plan of Sc
Letting eight or dozen of your best
hens, mating with a No. cOckerel,
yarding and using these eggs to hatch
from, you would never try other ways
Emma Clearwaters.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
Feeding Corn stalks.

From Farmers Review: 1 feed my
stalks whole for the reason there are
not enough huskers and Shredders in
this vicinity. I always cut my corn
before the frost and before they dry
up standing I would always husk
and shred if I could get a machine to
do the work at the right time
feed about three bundles OF fodder per
day. The bundles are about four to
shock eight hills SQuare-Sometime
five. 7 never thought there was much
nourishment in the butts, of course
When they are not cut or shredded
they are left. 1 raise 80 or 40 acres
yearly. 1 winter from one to two
hundred sheep on them yearly-How-
ard>Lobden, Van Buren, County Mich
igan.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27

We continually meet people who tell
US that the crosses are far superior to
the purebred cattle for dairy purposes.
Against that we have the fact that all
the great records ever made have been
from purebred cattle, carefully bred
for many generations Thus we have
three purebred cows belonging to the
Duke of Westminster, that gave 1,106
gallons, LILO gallons and /, 44S gallons,
respectively, in twelve months; this
last one being at the rate of almost
sixteen quarts a day the whole year
through. All dairymen will know as
a fact, as well as all breeders Of any
kind of stock that if you breed from
crossbreds you can never tell what the
result will be. It may take after it's
sire, dam, great-grandsire or even fur
ther.
We are not by any means advising
dairymen to go to the expense of pur-
chasing a purebred herd right off, but
what we would strive to impress upon
each and all is to use only purebred
bulls in their herds. See that the bull
is from a good milking strain, even
if you have to give a seemingly big
price for him. His cost will be moth
ing compared to the herd when the
heiferS begin to come in. The. only
sure way to get together really good
herd is to breed it. You will have to
buy the best you can to start with;
then pick out your COWS according to
how they turn out, and have the heifer
calves from the best, making sure that
the bull is from a milking strain and
purebred. By doing this, in few
years you can get together a really
good herd, and, by judicious cul1ing
every year it will be improving and
the average yield gradually rising. The
best investment that can be made for
a dairy farm is a good bull. Even
with poor cows to start with, no man
need despair of getting fair herd to-
gether if he can only obtain milking
strain the sires side. 1t is then
only a matter of time and careful Sc
Iection.-West Australian Settlers
Handbook.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27

unless the arrangement be very per-
feet The natural temperature of the
earth is about SIS degrees. and this is
probably as near an ideal temperature
as we can get for-our eggs We can
give them to a considerable extent
the temperature of the earth
Now that the spring is coming and
with it all kinds of germs, the drink
ing vessels of the fowls should be
looked after Wooden vessels are not
ideal for many reasons. If they are
made of slaves they shrink and swell
with the supply OF moisture and often
drop to pieces when they are neglect
ed Then, too. they gather slime.
which may or may not be a detri-
ment Iron vessels of all kinds tend
to corro1e and perhaps the rust is not
the best thing that can be given
fowls. Drinking vessels OF stone are
ideal They never shrink with the
dry weather and they never rust
Moreover, they are easily cleaned
-Well-glazed drinking vessels are there
fore preferable to all Others
1t is a poor economy that leads to
the purchase of musty and even Inoldy
feed for the fowls When grain is
spoiled too much for any other use
it is the practice to try to save it by
feeding it to the poultry. It is
charged by fanciers that musty grain
is a fruitful source of sickness We
cannot prove the point, but we are
ready to accept it on its face. It is
now well established that some OF the
smuts and mou1ds are poisonous in
their character. Especially is this the
case with cat smut Other SHUTS
have been little examined with this
point in view. Until they are proved
to be innccuOus let US feed our fowls
only hea1thful grain
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27

A professor of animal husbandry
says. Some men seem to have formed
the idea that the breeding of fine cattle
many breeders make effort to dis
pei such folly with prospective buyer
on the ground The sooner that men
generally know and appreciate that 1t
is no child's play to breed fine cattle
the better. and breeders generally viii
make no mistake in aiding to establish
such principles. Breeders of pure
bred beef cattle have given too much
attention to the outside or external
conformation Of the animal and too
little to the inside, where the animal
really lives. and where the valuable
product. beef, IS found.
Expert judges of beef cattle on foot
are Just beginning to realize that they
cannot tell as much about the quality
and quantity of beef animal will
cut on the block as was formerly sup
posed It is often stated that the cat
tie buyers for the packing houses know
all about these things The fact is,
their skill and knowledge of the bust
ness runs little farther thar being able
to select cattle that will dress high
percentage of beef and low percent
age of fat. This by no means decides
the value of the carcass, when sold
over the block or the quality of beef.
dress a satisfactory percentage of
dressed beef and still be an unprofita-
bic animal when sold over the block.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
Beats for Dairy Cows

From Farmers Review Ny three
years experience in raising beets at
the state public school has been very
satisfactory in results They are an
excellent conditioner, and fed judi
cious1y with grain, chopped feed and
bran I consider good-one-ha1f beets
one-fourth bran, one-fourth chopped
feed results in a greater flow OF milk of
superior quality. I am not prepared to
answer in regard to the money profit
of beets fed alone, as we have never
fed them without grain We consider
the Golden Tankard the most desira-
BILE kind to raise.-B. T. Cisby, Branch
County, Michigan
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
a Moose and Horse Race.

While the peculiar pacing gait of a
moose will not carry him over the
ground as rapidly as the deer or Carl
bou, his endurance far surpasses that
of either of these animals. For a
short sprut or in very deep snow the
caribou can easily discount the moose,
but for an a1l-day's jaunt, where the
course is fairly open, the moose has
no rival. Many years ago, when Sir
Edmund Head was governor of the
Province of New Brunswick, he owned
a tame moose that performed remark
able feats of speed and endurance On
one occasion the governor wagered
$4,000 that his moose could travel from
Fredericton to St John over the ice, a
distance of eighty-four miles, in faster
time than any team of horses in the
stud Of Lord Hill of the Fifty-second
regiment A s1edge was attached to
the moose and another to the horses.
The river ice was covered with about
eight inches of snow. The start was
made opposite government house at
O'Clock in the morning. In seven hours
the moose and his driver were in
Market. square, St John. Lord Hill'S
team was distanced, one of the horses
expiring at Gagetown and the other
reaching ST. John three hours behind
the moose--Breeder and Sportsman.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
Our Live stock Interests.

The census bureau, in its report on
domestic animals announces that all
domestic animals in the United States
have a probable value at least of 3d.
200, 900 900. OF this the value of an
ima1s on farms and ranges constitute
over SO per cent The total value OF
ali domestic animals On farms and
ranges is 81, 9S1 .O54,115 against 81, 2o8,-
767, 513 in $780, There was a gain in
all parts of the country except the
North Atlantic states, where there was
a decrease of horses, sheep and swine,
making a total decrease of per cent
in the value. Iowa leads all states in
total value Of its livestock, while
Texas ranks second. The former has
an investment in livestock CT $272, ST.
o34, and the latter 1926, 227, ABA. Texas,
however, has the greatest number OF
neat cattle, mules and goats, but the
average value of these and other an
imaIs being less than in Iowa, pre-emi-
nence in value rests with the latter
state
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
Roultrx RrIefs.

Eggs for Matching should be com
parative1y fresh That is. they should
not be over ten days old, though some
hatchabIe eggs are over three weeks
old when they go under the hen or
into the incubator At this time OF
year it is easier to keep eggs in a
condition for setting than it will be
later in the season when the heat is
greater. Eggs should be kept at be-
tween 40 and so degrees if they are
to be kept for some weeks before being
used This is a difficult, thing to q }
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
whea. Receipt. In Canada.

During the year just closed the
Canadian Pacific Railroad deposited on
the Canadian shores of the great lakes
a little less than 80 200, 900 bushels of
wheat The previous year the amount
handled by the same road was only
6 600 900 bushels
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
Krugers Abode in Holland

Mr. krugeF5S new abode IS called
Oranjelust- 1t is separated from the
high road by an iron tre1lis and it
stands in a small garden planted With
bushes and with a piece of rockwork
in the center All around tulips have
been planted in such way that their
blooms Will produce the f-VieFkIeur''
or Transvaal flag, just under Dom
Paufs window
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27
French and American sports.

The great trouble with this country
is that it takes its amusements too
seriously A century or SO ago duel
iEg wasyaIl the rage here, but so many
were killed by too enthusiastic indul-
gence in the sport, that laws were
finally passed prohibiting it. In France
however it is still one of the leading
sports, and the list of dead and
wounded resulting from it in year
over there is much less than our list
of football casualties for one season.
Syracuse Evening Herald.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27

The sum of $50, 900 is given to the
employees of the Boston branch of the
American Soda Fountain Company by
the will of James Tufts, the millionaire
soda fountain manufacturer. This
amount is given in lump sums OF $500,
$500 and 800.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27

Meaning o the Word Peek
Peck at first meant a basket or re-
ceptacle for grain or other substances.
The expression at first had no refer
ence to size.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27

If people could be induced to bring
their lungs to the level of their living
the world would be a good deal
quieter.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27

If you do not derive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use of
Peruna write at once to DR. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case.
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
the Hartman Sanitariun, Columbus
Ohio.
The Globe-republican., 1902-03-27

Ihen Answering Advertisements Kindly
Nention This Paper.