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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-15
TUsHIMI IN WASHINGTON.
Brother of Mikado Arrives on Special
 Mission.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Prince Fushi- mi the adopted brother of the Emperor of Japan, arrived in Washington this afternoon at half-past five o'clock and assumed, for the first time since his ar rival in this country, his official per- sonality as prince of the royal house of Japan. He was met at the station by the third assistant secretary of state, MT. Pierce, who, as the personal representative of the president. bade him welcome to this country. MT. Hio-
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All Reelected but Lnree.

St. Louis, Nov. 14.--The annual meet ing of the stockholders of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad company was held to-day. All the directors with the exception of L. F. Loree, were re- elected. Robert Mather was elected to succeed MT. Loree. Four hundred and eighty-one thousand shares were voted out of a total of 50O,00O.
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STILL ANOTHER IVRECK.
Fast Freight Piles Up on Consolidated
 Near Pelham.

New York, Nov. IA. The Boston fast freight which left the New Haven yards of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad at 9:3O o'clock to- night, was wrecked half an hour later on the Pelham bridge trestle which stretches across Pelham bay for a dis tance of more than a quarter of a mile.
 The train of thirty cars broke in two and the rear section crashed into the forward section. Seven or eight of the cars were piled up on, the track. None of the crew was injured.
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De1aMnre,s OfElcial Vote.

Wilmington, Del, Nov. 14.-The off, ciaI vote of Delaware cast at the recent election is as follows: Roosevelt 2S.71 Parker 19,S60, Swallow 6O7, Debs 146, Watson 51; Roosevelt's plurality, 4.354. The plurality of Preston Lea (rep.l for governor was 2,752.
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whale Stranded During storm.

brunswick, Me, Nov. 14.-An eighteen { whale was washed ashore in the
 at storm to-day. The monster was |ught up while the tide was highest, at low water was stranded on the Is, where 1t was killed with a rifle.
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RUSSIAN CRUISER HITS RocE
GromoboI Reaches Her Berth in Sink
 fng Condition.

Tokio, Nov. 14-10 a. m.--Tt is report- ed that the armored cruiser Gromoboi struck rock and was severely damag- ed at Vladivostok during trial after her repairs had been completed. It is said that she returned to her berth in a sinking condition, surrounded by a fleet of smaller craft which kept her afioat, and that she was redocked. If the re- port is true 1t assures the continuance of inactivity of the Vladivostok squad ron
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'. s. supreme Court Adiourns.

Washington, Nov. 14.-The supreme court of the United States adjourned to-day for two weeks to permit the preparation of decisions.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-12
TO SAVE CHILDREN.
Physical Culture as a Means to Ward
OFF tuberculosis.

An athletic club, which fixes Its dues
at the extortionate figure of one cent
week, suggests an unusual departure
in the world of clubs. Moreover, for
many other reasons, the Children's
Athletic Club of Philadelphia, COM
posed entirely of the children of the
poor, organized to fight by physical
training the ravages of tuberculosis,
marks an important innovation in the
charitable work of that city. Mrs.
Florence L. Williams, the founder OF
the club, has certain definite objects
to accomplish with the sixty little pu-
pills under her charge. That she Is
able not merely to bring muscle and
health in place Of weakness ana even
disease through a careful system OF
physical culture, but also to develop a
trick team capable Of performing aero
bate feats of no little difficulty, proves
the efficacy of her methods.
For her clientele Mrs. Williams de-
ponds entirely upon the children OF the
crowded quarters of the city, where
poor food and unhealthy surroundings
render child life unwholesome and
make physical development impossl-
BILE. From the children of these quar-
tiers Of the city Mrs. Williams has or
ganized her classes, the membership
of which has grown from three to SIX
ty. But even here the selection or
members Is made from the weaker ana
the more anaemic; from the children
who already show signs of the inva-
sion of the great white plague,
whose tiny arms and hollow chests IN
dictate lack of vitality.
With such subjects 1t Is natural that
at the outset the exercises of the class
es should be Of the mildest sort-hve
minute drills with the lightest OF
dumbells, interspersed with frequent
rests. Special breathing exercises are
prescribed for the new members. ana
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-12

Apoplexy and egg-bound are the re.
suit of excessive fat.
Use no deformed or weak fowls for
breeding purposes.
In mating always endeavor to use
active, vigorous cocks.
Never under any circumstances al.
low other hens to modest sitter.
Cooked food fattens quickly, prob
ably because it is more completely di.
gested.
When it can be done, the poultry.
house should have two rooms-one fol
laying hens.
While sour milk is relished by the
hens. it should not be made a substi
tute for water.
Dust the sitting hens with insect
powder to prevent the little chicks
having lice on them.
Hens will rarely eat their eggs n
they are supplied with plenty OF
broken bone, oyster and clam shells.
Healthy, thrifty fowls are invariably
early risers and should be fed as soor
as they fly down from the roosta
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Farm Notes,

There is no single breed that pos
sesses only good qualities.
A cross-bred animal should never be
chosen as breeder.
Nothing so surely impoverishes the
farm as the selling Of hay.
With improved stock. to insure sue
cess, must come improved treatment.
Any kind of live stock will depre-
ciate In value when cut short in their
rations.
In hot weather especially horses
subject to collie should be handled
with great care.
Always sift coal ashes before put.
ting them in the dust box for the use
of poultry.
All things considered, the best place
to put manure is on freshly plowed
soil. Haul out as fast as made.
A little care In the matter of water
3ng and feeding horses will prevent
much sickness and consequent loss.
In breeding, other things being
equal, the more vigorous animal tends
70 impress Itself upon the progeny.
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they are expected to continue this e1.

they are expected to continue this eI-
ercise at home. One of these exercises
consists in the usual eXhaling and in
haling, but the method Of accomplish
ing 1t Is novel. The children are ranged
In rows, with their hands on their
hips, and each child puts quill tooth
pick in its mouth. Then, at word Of
command, they inhale deeply through
the nostrils and then exhale slowly
through the toothplck, this device
making the exhalatlon slow and avoid
ing all chance Of strain.
The fire drill is another important
exercise in the development Of lung
power. As the little arms and legs get
hard and the chests are developed the
more advanced pupils are taught to
take the weaker ones across their
shoulders and carry them out of the
reach Of the fancied flames. But the
ideal OF all the children who belong to
these classes is to develop strength and
skill enough to join the trick team, for
when the danger of disease has been
banished and the puny little figures
with narrow chests and round should
ers have been developed into erect,
sturdy bodies, then the gymnastic
feats of the more pretentious athletes
are attempted and achieved before ad-
miring public audiences.
The development of muscle is at
tended with similar stimulation of
the moral side of the child, and 1t Is
to accomplish the latter that the penny
weekly fee IL charged, giving the chill
dren n sense of membership and right
full claim to the advantages of the
club, which is lacking in the mere
charitable work, which does not per-
NIT even the slight contribution of the
children themselves. The results of
this physical training are striking.
Children who, when they Joined the
club. were too weak to endure even the
least firing Of the exercises. under this
regimen develop strong, healthy and
even athletic frames. Moreover, the
tendency to consumption is checked,
and with the increase of physical
strength there is a corresponding NEIL
tai and moral development. Finally,
the lessons of the gymnasium, the
knowledge Of the proper method of
breathing and of walking, are remem-
bered long after the actual class work
has ended, and serve to keep the
health the exercise has won.-New
York Tribune.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-12

A French expert on tree planting re-
ports great success in moving large
trees at night. He takes them up late
in the evening after ten o'clock. moves
them as rapidly as possible, and waters
the soil and the branches bearing the
buds. The results were excellent, only
two of the large shade trees dying. al
though number Of the species con-
sidered hard to transplant. For the
first fifteen days after transplanting
ne advises that the boughs and leaves
of the tree be abundantly sprinkled.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-12

An English dairy expert, who has
been on a visit to Argentina, states
that from the Argentine We're sent last
year no less than 9,O75,OO0 pounds of
butter, made by the best modern sci
entific methods and the finest machin.
cry that could be supplied from Eu'
rope. He visited one factory under
the management of Argentines, which
turned out twenty tons of butter Il
day. He saw another center where
handled.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-12

One of the features of the pig, which
is not sufficiently appreciated, Is its
prolifcacy. While the horse, COW and
sheep. as a rule, produce but one or
two young annually. the pig may pro-
duce from sixteen to twenty-four, an
enormous percentage of increase. To
make the most out of pork, the old
style of keeping pigs eighteen months
or so before slaughterlng is abandoned.
and the animals are being fitted for the
block at six or eight months. The
first one hundred pounds of gain are
made the cheapest, the second one
hundred pounds cost more, and so on
increasingly, as far as one chooses to
go. Economy would dictate, then, that
certainly when two hundred pounds
are reached the animal should be dis
posed of and fresh start made with
younger stock. The best breed Is one
which natures early, provided 1t is of
good size.
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THIS CAT Is A PARADOX.
Adopted Four Mice Instead of Making
Dinner of Them.


Busy Body, big Maltese cat who
makes her home at the indianapolis
Union Railway shops. and is the pet
of every one from the president down
to the humble employe of the road,
after establishing u record of killing
more than 10000 rats and mice, has,
with charming feline inconsistency.
adopted four tiny mice.
The case is one of the most remark
able on record and 1t Is doubtful If
a like one.
Three weeks ago Busy Body gave
birth to four kittens and with them
seemed in an element of happiness
But the little fellows required such
large amount Of nourishment that
she began to look emaciated and a
good rat or mouse diet was suggested
for her.
Thursday afternoon workmen about
the shops discovered nest of six
mice in sawdust pile, and, thinking
of the faithful 'tabby," caught them
for her. They were alive and thrown
into her box and the men expected to
see an immediate slaughter.
Imagine their surprise when Busy
Body merely looked up rather sleepi-
ly, took look at the mice. carefully
licked them over and then as they
nestled beneath her, went back to
sleep. Since then she has looked after
them tenderly, as much as she has her
kittens, and the kittens and mice take
their nourishment side by side.
One of the mice died and another
lost its life through an experiment.
The men thought that If cat would
act SO remarkably with a mouse that
a dog would surely do likewise. One
of them was carried to Fanny, dog
who is nursing litter of pups, for
her inspection. The inspection was a
brief one, and before the men could
prevent her Fanny had swallowed the
mouse whole.
1t has not been decided what will
be done with the mice, should they
grow up, nor are the men about the
shops sure that Busy Body will not
regain her old appetite for rodents
and eat her adopted babies.
Busy Body belongs to Master Me-
chanic o. II. Jackson and is 6 years
old. She was taken to the Union rail
way shops three years ago after she
had lost an eye which disigured her
countenance. The shops were former
ly overrun with rats and mice, but
she has gained n remarkable record
for killing them and 1t is asserted that
no less than 10000 is the number of
her yictims.-Indianapols Star.
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SANDALw0op
~~rS~~~

Erromango Is one Of tba lac,
ANUS OF the New Hebrides f,o,
which were formerly brought Iron, IRON
quantities Of sandalwood Tho "'se
iessness Of the natives in nrn,.ot, l
the forests reduced the produce , Ing
now There Is very little yaluohI unul
on the island. Rev. II. A. Rohnr WV
IN 'Erromango. the Martyr Isle !" a,,a
brlef history Of the sand,,uos,
trade. '"ood
The Erromangans for penoro.,
USED the sandalwood as they would
any other, for fuel, and had M isau
OF Its value until foreigners cana ana
asked for it The only price that ra.
at hrst given was small hit oe rs
iron, from three to four ipobo,
length, and this for great boat loaa
OF wood. The savages were pr.otIH
taken with the iron, for by sharnennn
II on stone and fastening If to a
piece of wood they made themsaIro.
rough, light hatchets. Before thar than
had nothing but their ancient inn,:.
ments of stone with which to work
Metal, the great chief Netoi a,
Cooks Bay, used to delight to foil ma
of the olden times on Erromaneo and
now slow were the methods of cutting
trees for their houses and canoas
Every tree had to be burned at tho
base, and when that was done there
still remained the slow work OF hacL-
ing with stone axes to sever II fran, Oh,
stump. Such was the early Erroman.
gan method of hewing wood. and the.
sandalwood had to be cut in this wav
The ships carried great lengths Of
hoop-iron bound together. Amid the
babble of voices from swarms Of
naked, painted savages clamorinr for
their pay, and the confusion and shout.
ings that arose as the huge logs were,
swung Into place, there could be heard
the click of the hammer as 1t struck
the anvil; the iron was being cut into
the coveted lengths.
After the logs were burned and cut
down, they were carried to the bay,
on mems shoulders The biggest logs
had to be dragged down the rocky
mountain tracks.
At the present time the sandalwood
tree. once 80 plentiful, is fast disap-
pearing, and there Is little to remind
one that sandalwood once grew on
every hill and clustered in every val
ley Of Brromango.
In appearance the bark, which Is
rough and of light-brown color, Is
somewhat like that of the cherry tree.
The narrow leaves, which are Of a
rich green tint and smooth, shiny sur
face, are not more than three inches
in length. There Is no odor until the
tree is cut, and the young limbs have
none at all. 1t is said that unless the
bark is removed the wood loses the
sweet scent and becomes valueless. 1t
Is almost impossible now to secure
fairly good specimen. Intertribal wars.
as well as the traders, have helped to-
destroy the tree, and the habit that
natives have Of setting fire to every
thing and anything has nearly complet-
ed the ruin,
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Buff Orpington Breed.

Buff Orpington Breed.
For many years the one desire OF
the practical poultryman has been to
obtain breed which would equal the
l,eghorn In egg production and the
Plymouth Rock as a table fowl. 1t Is
claimed that the Buff Orpington Is
that breed and certainly it has done
wonders since its introduction into this
country from England. The fowls
are exceedingly attractive and the pull
lets begin laying when five months
old, keeping at it without the break
usual to pullets of most breeds.
An average weight for bird at ma
turlty Is nine to ten pounus, hence it
is evident that as table fowl they
will closely approach the famed Ply
mouth Rock. AS layers they equal
the Leghorn and they make excellent
mothers. They appear to be quite as
hardy as the Plymouth Rock. hence
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HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMAN
1t Makes Them More Independent and
Self-SuDpOrting.

The higher education Of women
marks the greatest social advance
that this country has made during the
last half century. During that time
we have come to make Il general ap'
plicatlon of the Delphic inscription:
know myself" We are giving both
sexes the benefit of it. 1t Is not the
least but one of the greatest advan-
tages of this higher education that the
woman Of to-day does know herself
much better than did her mother or
grandmother, and with that SELF
knowledge comes better under
standing of her relations to the world
about her.
The college girl of to-day is health
Ter, stronger, saner, more independent
more resolute and more useful than
were the social butterflies or the
household drudges of her grandmoth-
er's time. In the experimental stages
Of this new development there may
have been danger. but the educatlon
of the body as we'll as of the mind' ~
now well looked after in all our girls
colleges, indeed, much better than IN
colleges for the other sex. Their ex-
ercise is regular and not carried 10
excess, and the percentage of Illness
in these institutions is generaiiy
much less than 1t is among the same
number of girls of equal condition OUT
side of them.
We don't know whether as large
proportion of college girls marry as
Of those who finish their education
earlier. Perhaps not. They don.
have to. That very independence Oh
which we have spoken gives them
more latitude. Moreover, as a rule, Z"
takes more of man to marry tne
educated than the uneducated gill;
but when the right one applies tnels
Is no danger that she will be afralu
Of him, while, other things being
equal, he is especially fortunate IN ms
choice. If there is any one thing tnat
has come to stay and broaden In its
application, it Is the higher educauo"
Of women.
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rx|nsxSCienCe
y SM@Aelnveanti0n

A color scale prepared by ]. F. To-
cher, F. l. c., for classifying hair. rep
resents 25 different colors of human
hair.
To prevent train derailments Ger
man railroad Official, Herr Gehricke,
has invented an adjustable rail, to be
attached to the trucks of cars parallel
with the axles, and carried about an
inch above the track rails. III the
wheels jump the track the cross rails
just described will Immediately rest
upon the track rails and prevent the
wheels from touching .Ae ground, and
the car will slide along, borne by the
cross rails. To diminish the Jar the
cross rails are supplied with springs,
and projections beneath them are cal
culated to prevent the derailed car
from swinging aside from the track.
Not all fishes are dumb, but many
species emit sounds and few give re-
markable concerts. Instances of the
latter have been collected by Henri
Coupin, French author. On the
western coast Of Borneo, Prayer one
night heard musical sounds varying
from the resonance of an organ to the
soft tones of an Aeolan harp; and in
the China Sea, United States naval
officer was struck by an extraordinary
blending of the low notes of an organ,
the noise of bells and the sounds of
great harp, the intensity causing the
vessel to CULVER. The pogonias or
tambours of the tropical western coast
of the Atlantic sometimes congregate
about vessels, producing a maddening
chorus.
The destructive power of naval
guns becomes every year more terrible.
The latest type Of gun introduced In
the British navy Is remarkable for its
great length, over 81 feet, combined
with its relatively small diameter, 80
inches at the breech and IS inches at
the muzzle, and its comparative light
ness, % tons. Its bore is 90 inches,
it's projectile weighs $50 pounds, and
at 5000 yards this missile can be driv-
ell through II inches Of Krupp steel.
The barrel Is made up of an inner
tube, enclosed In jacket of wound
steel wire. This gun is reckoned equal
in destructive power to the 131a-inch
bore guns that preceded 1t, which
have more than double Its weight. The
muzzle velocity Of the projectile Is p
900 feet per second.
The success of the ostrich-farms in
California has recently led to the es-
tablishment Of a similar farm in Ari-
IONA and another In Florida. 1t is said
that the feathers of these American
raised birds are actually of better quail
ity and command higher prices than
those Of South African ostrlches. The
birds on the farms are larger than
those seen in travelling menageries,
their weight running from 200 to $50
pounds, and their full height, with
head appraised, from 6 to 8 feet.
blow from an ostrich's foot Is danger
GUS, but 1t may be avoided by STOPPING
low, as the birds cannot deliver an
effective kick under height of three
feet. For this reason they are easily
driven by dogs. In Florida team of
ostriches, broken to harness, is said to
have paced mile in 2:30
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two birds with
one stone by
d r Nv Ing t W o
sharpened strips
Of board on the
sunny side Of
the tree, as
shown In the
cut, tying a bit
Of cord about
the top, advises
American Agri-
culturlst.
I h is guards
a ga | n s t both
sun and wind,
and tha free
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Sorghum Culture.

1t is scarcely worth while to say
anything to farmers west Of the Mis-
souri, river on the Importance of grow
ing sorghum. The uncertain charac-
ter of the corn crop where there Is
less than twenty inches of rainfall
forces farmers to seek substitute.
They have found admirable substitutes
in cane and Katiir and other varieties
of sorghum, saccharine and non-sac-
charine. The farmers in the humid
area, speaking generally, at some dis
lance west Of the Missouri river and
eastward, have been slow In appreciat-
Ing the value of this great forage
crop, and 1t is to these that we par
tlcularly address ourselves. Sorghum,
or cane, is a warm weather plant. and
hence should not be planted until
about ten days after the time for the
first planting Of corn in any locality.
To plant 1t earlier Is to invite failure
1t can be sown or planted for two
months after the time for planting
corn and mature. If the earlier varie-
ties, such as Early Amber. are select
ed. 1t is especially to be recommended
for lands which for any reason can
not be put in corn within three or four
weeks after the oak leaves are the
size Of the squirrels ear, which is the
proper time for the first planting Of
corn.
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It Is much easier to tell how thing
should be done than it is to demon
strate the advantages of a plan by ex-
pertinent
Every grower should know what is
the paying weight with him, what
weight he can sell to bring him the
greatest profit
An animal of a fixed and long-in-
herited type will control the type of
the offspring when coupled with an
animal of ordinary character.
Circumstances and management
have about as much to do in making
mutton-growing profitable as in turn
ing the scale toward profit in any other
farm product.
That kind of husbandry in which
sheep of some kind do not figure is
lacking in a most substantial means of
sustaining fertility.
After the harvest work is finished up
Is good time to put in drainage
where needed. This is something that
should be done thoroughly and well,
and not hurriedly.
In buying horse reject one with
scraggy hips. They never do credit
to feeding, particularly II also slack
In the lolns.
Reject horse with forelegs not
straight They will not stand wear.
Stand behind the horse as he walks
away from you and you will be able
to notice these defects IL they exist.