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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Linen Specials

1 case Cotton Crash, to sell for Monday at 4c a yard.
 All Linen Crash at 71ac.
 17x94 All Linen Huck Towels for Monday, SIPS dozen.
 90x9O Hemstitched Sheets, for Monday at 69c.
 48-incl- very sheer quality Wash Chiffon, for Monday, 2ec.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31

NOTICE We solicit ouofwn mail orders will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
N0feS and Personals.

Lieutenant John Lesesne Dewitt of the Twentieth Infantry. U. S. A, and his brother. Dr. Dewitt, U. s. A, are 1T Birmingham.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-03-01
BIanChard'S Poultry

A high average egg record has been the
chief aim In building up this poultry plant.
Some of the pens are netting us as high
as $500 per hen per annum, at market
rates for eggs.
An exceptionally fine lot of Cockerels and
trios of the following breeds for sale at
reasonable prices
B. p Rocks, White Rocks, S. c. Brown
Leghorns and Black Minorcas.-Satisfac-
ton guaranteed.-Eggs In season. The
Poultry Book free with each order.
II. l.. BLANCHARD, Hadlock, p. o., Wash.
Eggs for Incubator Matching, $500 per
hundred. Sittings of ID, $3.50.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-03-01
VALUE OF SKIM MILK.

Many farmers seem to be slow to
realize the value of skim milk for the
feeding of pigs and other animals. 1t
is perhaps partly due to a lack OF
Judgment in regard to proper methods
of feeding it and to not feeding it in
the right condition and quality.
Hoard's Dairyman has been conduct
ing an investigation among the cream
cry patrons in New York, and in this
investigation they found many farm
ers who estimated the value of skim
milk at only 10 cents a hundred
pounds. Possibly in the way that some
care for the milk this valuation would
be high enough; but there is no ex-
cuse whatever for milk being handled
in this way When it is well handled
any man with average intelligence
should be able to get very much
higher return for it's use. 1t brings
the greatest returns when used in
CONJUNCTION with grain foods where ami
mails are old enough to eat the grain.
H. B. Gurler the noted Illinois dairy
man. made extended experiments to
learn the value of creamery skim
milk. and he found that if fed to
shoats weighing 100 pounds, 1t was
worth 25 cents a hundred when pork
is worth $3.50 per hundred live weight.
A Wisconsin dairyman obtained the
following returns for his skim milk
fed to Guernsey grade heifer calve:
At ten months old the calves were
thrifty but not fat, and were sold for
500 each. He fed them 1000 pounds
of skim milk each, and to each
dollars worth of oats and dollars
worth of flax seed meal. He counted
the calves worth So when a week Old,
for that was what the calf buyers
would pay him. Taking 81 out OF the
$40 to pay for the infant calf, the oats
and flax seed meal, he had SIG left to
credit of the skim milk.
The labor of feeding and care would
be about the same whether he had fed
it to calves or pigs. This calculation
would make the skim milk worth 40
cents a hundred The oats and flax
seed meal were charged to the calf at
lust what they were worth in the mar
ket All this was done with ordinary
creamery skim milk, but there was
good calf sense shown in feeding 1t.
Thus we have another proof OF the
money value of intelligence.
The man who persists in sending his
milk to the creamery in a filthy and
half-sour condition, and when it re-
turns feeds it to his calves in soured
and partly decayed condition, need not
expect any such returns.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-03-01
to the profits.
Exercise Out of Doors.

On favorable days at this time of
the year the farmer should permit his
hens to wander over the stubble field
not yet plowed. Such exercise does
them good; too much penning up re-
tards their growth, and they become
lazy for want of exercise. Like pigs,
they need turning into a field or or
chard for romp. When a flock OF
hens does not pay, the best plan is to
pick out ones that are laying and sell
off the others. A few hens we'll kept
will produce more eggs, proportion
ately than larger number
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-03-01
Warm Food.

During damp weather the fowls will
sometimes look sickly and drawn up,
showing no disposition to activity. AT
such times they should receive warm
food three times day, into which a
httle ground meat has peen poured.
Corn makes good feeding on cold,
damp days.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-03-01
THE USE OF lNCUBATORS.

as poultry raising. Twenty years ago
the use of incubators was but very
little known, as they had not been per-
fected At the present day they are
extensively used and the raising of
early broilers for the large markets is
now leading industry. Careful eX-
periments show that the food neces-
sary to produce one pound of broiler
is five cents, and the chick should
weigh about two pounds when ten
weeks old, thus making the cost of
food for a two-pound broiler ten cents.
But this is not all the cost. The chicks
are brooded in large buildings, the
heat being provided by hot water
pipes, and the water heated with
stove which is surrounded by water
Jacket, or a regular heater. Formerly
the pipes were placed below the floor,
and the heat brought up through
tube, but now the system OF over
head pipes, under which the chicks
nestle at night, has been found more
advantageous and is largely adopted.
The cost is therefore increased by the
coal used for warmth and the interest
on capital invested in buildings and
heating apparatus. The principal cost
is the eggs, as they are worth about
three cents in winter, and as many of
the eggs do not hatch, the cost of each
chick depends upon the number hatch
ed After this they must be raised to a
marketable age, and in so doing there
is also some loss. If the chicks do
not entail a cost over twenty cents
each before they are marketed they
will give a fair profit The raising
of broilers should be done in the win
ter season, principally by those who
cannot devote their time to stock
feeding, such as fruit growers. The
prices obtained are very high during
some seasons, the best prices being
in April for chicks weighing not over
one and a half pounds each, and very
often they bring so cents per pound.
They are shipped dressed, or packed
in boxes or barrels, as there is no de-
mand for them alive, and each season
the demand has been greater than the
supply 1t is a business that has it's
proportion of risks and disadvantages,
and to be successful one must begin
with few and gradually extend oper-
atoms.
Sitters and Non-Sitters.
Regarding the merits of sitters and
non-sitters, it is claimed that the best
of the non-sitters do not average over
1870 eggs during the year, but the sitter
is equally sure for 1872 or more. This
is a difference of four dozen eggs, and
as the non-sitters lay more eggs in
the summer season than in the win
ter, the monetary value will not eX-
coed seventy-ive cents as measure
of difference. Using the Leghorn as
a sample of the non-sitting breeds and
the Brahma to represent the sitters, it
cannot be denied that the latter, being
winter layers, are nearly, if not quite,
equal to the Leghorns in monetary
product, even if the number of eggs
laid is smaller, owing to the enhanced
price of eggs during the cold terms.
But the chicks should be taken into
oooo,,pt opd on on aVarapp Of On1V 3
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27

The Freight Handlers union. involved
in the Chicago & Alton strike at Chicago
trouble yesterday through the agency OF
the teamsters' joint council. taking the
direction of the strike out of the hands
of President L. J. Curran.
eral manager Of the Lake Shore the In
diana, Illinois & Iowa, the Lake Erie {;
Western, the Lake Erie Alliance s.
Wheeling. P. 8: Sorris is appointed gen
vice w. H Marshall promoted. The In
diana Illinois & Iowa. the Lake Erie 6
Western and the Lake Erie Alliance and
the Wheeling are branches. Of the Lake
named will continue to be in Cleveland.
The appointments are effective July 1.
At yesterdays session of the American
Railway Master Mechanics association at
Saratoga special reports were presented
on piston valves. locomotive perform
ances and revision Of standards. Discus
sion On technical subjects was opened by
William Garstang. Of Indianapolis; A. E
Mitchell of st. Paul. and c. A. Telley
of Chicago.
Thomas L. Casey. United States engi-
neer in charge of river improvements at
ST. Louis, received instructions yesterday
from the war department In Washington
to investigate the published charges that
the merchants bridge ig q part of the
In violation of the act Of congress, author
izing the bridge. which forbids its con-
solidation with any other bridge. and EN-
powers the secretary Of war to take charge
Of it whenever such consolidation is
shown.
At a meeting Of the directors of the
Seaboard Air Line railway, held in New
York, Capt. V. E. McBee. fourth vice
president, rendered his resignation, to
take effect On July 1.
The name Of Rice, Goodhue county, a
station on the Wisconsin, Minnesota &
Pacific division of the Chicago Great
Western, will be changed, and after June
%, 1903, will be known as White Viii
low.
Northwestern Passenger Agent Dixon
returned yesterday from Winnipeg
The 500 line will place In effect from
July to IA special rates to points In
North Dakota in order to give travellers
an opportunity to visit the Western har-
vest fields. The fare for the round trip
will be somewhat less than the regular
one-way ticket and the transportation will
be good returning for ten days after date
of sale. Stop-over privileges will also
be allowed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
SANTA Fee is THE AccusER.
Declares the Union Pacific Favors Peavey

CHICAGO, June 26.-The Atchison. To-
peka & Santa Fe came out openly as the
accuSer of the Union Pacific before the
interstate commerce commission today,
its representatives taking a prominent
part in trying to prove that the latter
company had been allowing F, H. Pea
Vey & Co. rebates in the form of elevator
service at Council Bluffs and Kansas City,
Kan ..-.,...1.a ~ = - -,
That the Santa Fe was the instigator of
the inquiry. was limited at by j. c. Stubbs,
or the Hartman system, who criticised
the practice of the commission in inves-
tlgatlng charges against railroads . in
cases where the inquiry is based on Sc
cret information furnished by business
competitors
At the opening Of the session ATTORNEY
Gardiner Lathrop announced that he was
re ana that he desired to answer the in
situations made by Mr.. Stubs as to the
actions of Vice President Paul Morton
In lnstitutlng this investigation
freight Traffic Manager j. A. Monroe,
of the Union Pacific, admitted that an
agreement was in force by which his road
pays TO the Peavey concern at the points
! mentioned Ia cents per 100 pounds Of
grain loaded into the Peavey elevators
at these points. This, he said amounted
to IS, IS. rs of $3.50, according to the ca
pacity of the car, and the arrangement,
railroad company but was not remunera-
tive for the elevator concern, and was.
he believed, reasonable and not discrim-
NATIVE.
Frank Heffelfinger, Of Minneapolis a
parneF in the Peavey concern held the
same view with reference to the IL cents
payment. He told Of the business done by
the different elevators in both cases, he
said, only grain from the Union Pacific
was handled.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
RACE
CAPTURED BY CORNELL
Continued From Fifth PAGE.

Georgetown safely second. Wisconsin
holdlng third by the output of her
best.t4andse Pennsylvania all but in a
dead heat for fourth place. Columbia
nepetessty@ In the rear. And SO they
finished.
considerable delegation of West
Pointers in uniform attended the races.
Thus Speak the Coaches.
coach courtney, of Cornell, said 1t
. was not more than We expected, although
We We're less certain of the feur-oared
race than the other two
Coach sHanlan. of Columbia, said it
Wis beyond him to explain how crew
Wa Mialeata.rhad rowed thirty seconds faster
imam the Columbia crew OF last year in
pfae tlce. and which all who saw said was
a beautiful rowing combination could
IS now such reversal of form and lack of
stamina In the race.
coach ODea, of Wisconsin, remarked:
he Wisconsin crew rOwed the way they
nave been taught. They rowed a good
race &c They simply were not fast enough. -
3haFe no excuse to offer Our crew
was not fast enough. Their failure, how
ever. was not dNtto, any lack of hard
It was hard to find Coach Dempsey. of
Georgetown He was carried around or
the shoulders of his men and was made a
quarters.
He had however. nothing in particular
TO say except that Georgetown had come
here as youngsters two years ago in the
intercoliegiate association and today left
a mark which meant that in future years
they would probably bring a winning
crew to Poughkeepsie.
The Pennsylvania crew tonight elected
X. +. Zane who rowed bow, captain for
next year; wisconsin elected E. L. Jor-
One tragic incident attended the races
today by which Edwin J. Myers, Of Brook
lyn, lost his life. Mr.. Myers. college grad :
crowd that climbed to points of vantage
on the west bank of the river. Just
after the freshmen race stone on which
spot where Myers and his companion
We're, broke loose and fell. 1t struck
Myers and bore him to the ground His
neck was broken.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27

Great Western. has resigned to accept
the position of superintendent of car
Jersey City
The position of car superintendent is
one that was created few weeks go at
Erie system. The Office was offered TO
Mr.. Riley. who decided to accept it yes
terday. He will leave for his new field
July 10.
Mr. Riley has been employed by the
Great Western for two years. and previous
to that time was In the car service de-
partment of the Baltimore & Ohio. with
headquarters at Cincinnati.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
KING EDWARD REVIEWS
TROOPS ON HIS BIRTHDAY
Trooping of coors on the Horse Guards
Parade the Main Function

''SNP"iS VI NOtOTS OH tIle morse GuaFQS
Parade the Main Function.
LONDON, June 26.-King Edward s
birthday was officially celebrated today
in London, and at all the home naval and
military stations. All the government
buildings were decorated, salutes were
nred the Warships at all the ports dress
ed ship and the troops were reviewed
Inc main function was the trooping of
the colors on the horse guards parade
here. which the king attended on horse
back.
Queen Alexandra, the Princess of
Wales the Duchess of Albany, the Duke
and Duchess of Fife, the duchess of
Connaught. Princess Henry of Batten-
burg and their children, and the Khediye
of Egypt occupied seats in the central
window of the horse guards building.
while all the other vantage points were
occupied by smartly dressed women. cab
met minister's members of the house of
lords and house of commons and others
Many Americans were present including
the staff of the United States EMBASSY
and the American rifle team who were
under the guidance of Maj. Gen. Lord
CheyleSmore.
The king who wore the uniform Of
colonel Of the Grenadier guards, rode into
the ground surrounded by brilliant staff
and an unusually large gathering of for
eign military attaches. As the king halt
ed at the salutfng base, the massed bands
rlyed the national anthem. After an in
spection Of the troops the ceremony Of
trooping the colors was carried out. Their
majesties returned to buckingham palace
heartily cheered by the crowds
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
Gambetta's Skull.

When Gambetta died the medical au-
thorities requested DIR. Laberde the dis
brain, and, going to Vile a. Away, where
the body lay, he began work as soon as
possible. First he opened the skull and
napkin and took it to his own house,
where, for the purpose Of preserving 1t,
he placed it in a solution of sulphate of
zinc.
Unfortunately, before doing so he had
forgotten to weigh it, and when he took
It out of the solution next day he found
that portion Of it had been dissolved
and that what remained Of the brain of
the famous statesman weighed only 700
grammes, which is about the weight of an
idiots brain.
DR.. Laborde 1t is said, never forgaye
himself for making this blunder.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
GEoRGIANS LYNCH THREE
NEGROES WHO KILLED A WHITE
Obtain Entrance TO the Jail by Ruse
and Hana and Shoot Their Victims.

NEWTON. Ca, June 26.-Three ne
groes-Garfield Mccoy, George Nc
Kinney and Wiley-were taken from
the jail here and lynched. The three
men were in jail for killing +. S. Bull
lard. a. white man. who was called to
Quell row at a negro dance near his
house. The mob went to the jail and
told the jailer they had another pris-
oner to lodge in jail. When the jailer
reached the pail door with his keys
the mob rushed upon him and over
powered him. The three negroes we're
taken a mile from town, hung to q
tree and riddled with bullets.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
RUSSIA IS SORRY, BUT
REALLY, YOU KNOW
~ -N944T ~
Presentation of the American Jewish
pn1Petition viii Avail Nothing.

&
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 26.-The
Russian government has learned with
profound regret of the intention of the
Washington authorities to forward to St.
Petersburg a petition from American
Jewish people relative to Russia's treat
meIt to the Jews. 1t is hoped that the
United States will appreciate the Rus
SIAN view of the case and will content
Itself with the kindly expressions of
sympathy which it already has offered for
the. affair at Kischenev. -
MT, Riddle. the American charge. when
he presents the petition at the Russian
foreign office. will be received with the
same cordially always accorded an
3 American envoy, it is promised In re- re-
turning the petition to Mr. Riddle the
officials will assure him that Russia
eherishes no i'll will toward the United
States and that the action it takes with
respect to the petition is necessary in
View of Russia's unalterable policy of
refraining from Interference in the in
ternat affairs of other powers and insist
ing on similar treatment for itself.
1t Is declared Russia would be glad to
DO anything possible to relieve the TEN
sion in the United States, but feels I'M
able to sacrifice a principle which it has
followed hitherto and the American sun
port of which it has warmly indorsed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
Text Books and Course of study.

ST. Paul, Mimi, June J. 1903 3.
From the Committee on Text Books to the
Board of School Inspectors.
Gentlemen-We recommend that the
sum of $1,000 be appropriated for each
school for the purpose of purchasing liz
brary books. in order to secure a Hike ap-
preparation from the state, except in. the
case of the new schools, where an appro-
priation of $4,000 be made.
Respectfully submitted
CHRISTIAN FRY,
Chairman.
Adopted.
Yeas-Inspectors Egan Fry, Lindahl
Rogers. Savard, Mr.. President (Holman).
g.
Nays-0.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
Adopted.
st. Paul, Mimi, May 20. 1903.

st. Paul, Mimi, May 26, 1903.
To the Committee on Real Estate.
Conference.-The indications are that
next September there will be more chill
dren seeking admission to the Mckinley
school than can be accommodated. In or
der to relieve the crowded condition an
ticipated. permit me to suggest that class
rooms be made of the two lunch rooms4
one on the southeast and one on the
southwest end of the. building. Each of
these rooms has six windows, giving 70 2-3
square feet of glass to 736 square feet of
floor. 1t will cost $4,000 a room, or $4,000
for two additional class rooms, each of
which will seat comfortably 45 pupils.
Very Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE n. GERLACH,
Supt of Buildings.
Approved by the Committee on Real Es-
tate.
0. SAVARD,
Chairman.
Adopted. - 80
Yeas-Inspectors Egan, Fry, Lfndahl,
Rogers. Savard. Mr.. President (Holman).
g.
Nays-0.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
ROCK ISLAND DECLARES WAR.

viii Withdraw From Western immIgra-
ton Bureau.
Special to The Globe.
CHICAGO, June 26.-The Rock Island
has declared war and big passenger
fight is likely to result.
day. with the exception Of the Rock
Island, voted solidly for the new 1000
mileage ticket. John Sebastian, for tho
Rock Island. then declared his road would
draw its So rate from st. Paul to Chicago
and. furthermore. it would withdraw from
the Western Immigrant bureau and re-
roads.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-27
IRREGULARITIES
STILL MARK THE
TRADE SITUATION
Actual Business for the Past
Six Months, However, Is
Shown to Have Been In Adj
vance of a Year Ago.

NEW YORK, June 26.-Bradstreet's
labor conditions still present some ir-
regularities. but six months trade re-
turns point to actual business having
been better than a year ago and the
situation as whole shows favorable
features predominating as to the fu-
ture. The feeling is that as time
passes the latter will largely outweigh
the few noticeable drawbacks to pos
sible future activity. Unreasonable
weather, cold in the West and rains at
the East, dull retail trade. accentuates
the usual quietness in wholesale bust
ness and retards crop development.
The iron and steel situation on the
whole seems to have improved slightly.
Large contracts have been made for
rails by leading trunk lines and Central
Western roads. The condition of other
finished products is better and even
in cruder forms the feeling Is fairly
firm except for foundry pig iron. Even
here the unwilling buying by eonsum-
ers aggregated fair volume better in
fact than for some time paSE& railroad
earnings are better than mEts earlier
expected, despite flood intetiafptions in
the first part of the month Ana returns
for the first week Of June sfl3W a gain
Of per cent over a yearrago, while
those for the second and third week
indicate an increase of 1 toa1R per cent
| in excess of last year. Retail trade in
dry goods and light summer wear gem.
orally notes a check administered by
abnormally cool weather. Wholesale
| business is naturally smaller in this
line, the main movement being covered
by semi annual clearance sales by job
berS.
Cotton and Wool
Gotten goods are naturally affected
by the very, high prices for the raw
material Wool is, howeves, firnnar..
largely in sympathy with primary mar ::
kets. where the new clip is being taken
freely at advances over the prices de-
manded for old stocks.
The shoe trade notes little change.
but good six months business has
been done. Hides are firTner In Bos-
ton. Sugar IS steady and sunehanged.,
the weather .haxing been against free:
purchases, but the smaller worlds crop.
precludes any weakness. .sSs
the week ending June 25, aggregate
S,51S,152 bushels. against 3,617,415
last week, 3,382,7O1 this week last year
and 4,364,147 in 1901. Wheat exports
since July 1 aggregate 221. 607, $50 bush
els, against 24S, 66S, $50 last season and
215,177,724 in 1900. Corn exports ag-
gregate 1,2S5,724 bushels, against
| 1,0S9,353 last week.. 1S0102 a year ago
, and 2,455, 400 in 1901. For the fiscal
year exports are 65,650,604 bushels,
against 26,322,913 last season and 1885,
I 0S4, 410 in 1901.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending June rs number
III, against 165 last week. 153 in the
/ like week of 1902, 1876 in 1901, 1S5 in
| 1900 and 158 in 1899. r. G. Dun & Co.
report Canadian failures 10, compares
| with>420 a. week ago.