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Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
EGGS for Eatchinu.

The usual practice Of selecting eggs
for Matching is not a good one and
results in deterioration OF the flock
rather than in its Improvement. 1t is
desirable to set the eggs of the hens
whose characteristics we wish to re-
produce. These hens are for the most
part winter Vlyers, that is, hens that
began to lay eggs in December. But
they will have about finished their
work by the time spring comes and
the less profitable hens will have then
begun to lay eggs at great rate But
that is just the time that eggs are Sc
lected for setting purposes. The or
binary method is to take the eggs at
random at that time, only making sure
to get good-siZed and well formed
ones. They are almost always from
the late layers instead of the early
ones, as the eggs from the early lay
ers are very few at that time. The
result of the process is a continual
elimination of the tendencies for early
laying. To reverse this process the
farmer must select his best laying
fowls in midwinter and put them into
a pen by themselves, with a proper
male. Then when spring comes the
eggs from these birds may be select
ed for setting purposes, the rest OF
the eggs being used for commercial
and culinary purposes. The early
layers will of course be laying few
eggs as late as March and April, but
what eggs they do lay will be of ex-
ira value for s,tting. Moreover, the
fewer laid the greater will be the
chances for their fertility. In the
height of the laying season with each
hen the percentage of infertile eggs
is the greatest. So it happens that
even the greatest producer of eggs
is not necessarily the most valuable.
The sooner our farmers abandon the
method commonly followed the SOON
er we will see an improvement in the
quality of the flocks being raised on
the farm, especially in the matter or
winter laying.
In picking out birds for this breed
ing pen, those of vigorous constitu-
ton should be selected. They should
be long in the body and great con-
sumers of food. Light eaters can
never be great egg producers. Select
large birds, as these are found to be
the most vigorous, as a rule. For
the reason that we have given above
1t is better to purchase trio OF
birds from reliable fancier and have
them produce the eggs for setting
than 1t Is to wait for spring and buy
the eggs. In other words, If we are
to have good fowls that will produce
eggs when they are high in price, We
can get them only by knowing some
thing about the birds that lay tho
eggs to be used In Matching.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05

The statement is not questioned that
they did produce both solid black
chicks, also solid white ones, for this
is known to be the fact. At the
same time the quality of these self
colored sports was no better than the,
parent birds from which they came
as sports. The strengthened charac-
teristics of the whites, when present,
is the result of careful mating and
the influence of Asiatic alliance. We.
are Informed that an exhibition Sill
ver-Laced male Of merit Qrom Eng
landD mated to some Of the very best.
American-bred females has in the
past two seasons produced some beau,
tiful-shaped White Wyandottes. This
continued production OF white chicks
from Silver-Laced Wyandottes has eX-
listed from the very incipiency Of the
breed to the present time. Such a
large production of solid-white chicka
throughout the period Of twenty-eigh
years points to a reyersionary, rather
than to sporting, condition. Or, in
other words, it leads to the opinion
that they throw back" to white az
cestry rather than show tendency
TO sport or produce albinos.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
A eeac: OF Superior intelligence.

You may say what you please re-
garding the superior intelligence OF
the human animal" remarked Cross
a puppy--a common yellow puppy
that is far more clever than some
humans.
81 he other evening | carried home
o bottle and joyous anticipations. The
former | sought to open with patent
corkscrew. For the first time in its
period of service the screw broke half
the cork off and on the second try
pushed the remaining half into the
neck of the bottle.
Il took it out in the kitchen and
labored with it for q while, trying to
fasten the spiral of the screw into
the floating cork. Would you believe
it? That pup crawled under the wash.
tubs at the exact moment the cork
dropped in and never showed SO much
as the tip OF it's nose until flshed the
bit Of cork out with a rusty button
hook. Then it came out and congratu-
lated me with many wags Of the tail.
If that is not superior intelligence |
should like to know what is"
Superior to what?" asked Deer
ing.
Crosscup eyed him as one who
would seek to arouse unpleasant mem
cries. My wife tried to advise me"
he said simply.
Deering, who is married also, said
oh"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
The Seven Ages Of Racehorse.

First. the foal.
WOhbly and nursing at it's mothers side:
And then the whinnying colt, with gentle
eyes
And softly floating name, frislsing in pad
dock.
Nibblng luscious green. Then comes the
saddle,
Fiercely fought at f-st. with many a
kick,
But later borne with grace. Then daily
training.
Months of pampering care. and trials on
n track
Travelling, and racing under clever hands,
Eager to records make or break,
Win cup or land Fat purse And then a
mishap
Tendon strained. and as selling platter
bartered
His days of money earning nipped in bud.
For him no more the soft caress of hand,
And he has played his part. The sixth
age shows
The horse of gentle breed locked, and
drawing cab
With weary stride, eyes bullying and mark
OF whip
On his shrunk shank: and the full. deep
breath
Once drawn in measure strong. labors
And whistles I'm it's sound. Last scene OF
all
That ends this strange, pathetic history.
For which 'twero mercy to implore OBJ
livicn.
Sans tail. sans sight, sans strength, sans
everything.
-Florence NJ Blair in Rider and Driv~r.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05

near, I'm going-back-to the valley.
You can-come-after you-find-
find" He bent nearer to hear the
whisper, but only the deep moan of
the storm filled the cabin.
The dawn came, the day passed, and
still the man sat, daZed and bewil-
dered by the bedside. Now and again
he would raise the faded roses and
glance imploringly around as though
to conjure pity from the stern sur
roundings. The fire had long died out,
the room was cold, the little riffs of
snow had grown till they stood like
white pyramids around the room. AS
the darkness of the second night be-
gan to settle he rose and relit the
fire. All night the storm roared and
moaned, but he was oblivious of the
elements. AS morning advanced he
drew from a corner pick and shovel
and sat down before the fire.
He knew he was too far in the
mountains to get aid. The snow filled
the gullies and it would take days,
maybe weeks, before he could return.
He took the tools and In the early
light pushed his way aimlessly
through the drifts to the gulley. In
the lee Of a great fir he threw the
light snow aside and began to dig.
The ground was not frozen, for this
was the first snow.
He worked with deadened, Supplied
senses, and time and again found him
self sitting inactive, grooming as if in
pain.
The wind had died away, the snow
ceased falling but the clouds hung
black overhead when he returned to
the cabin. Without pause, as though
knowing his weakness, he wrapped
the body of the woman in heavy
blanket and with the withered flowers
still upon her breast, bore her down
the mountain to the grave. Throwing
first a few green branches into 1t, he
laid the body carefully upon them.
He took up the shovel to finish his
agonizing task, when something at his
feet awoke his numb faculties. He
caught 1t up with piercing cry. His
eyes dilated, his breath came in
hoarse, deep gasps. In moment he
was upon his knees paving wildly
with cold, blue fingers, at the gravelly
mound re had thrown out. He turned
and peered with aching eyes over the
dead body, at the wall of the grave.
There IL stood revealed. In his de-
lirium he lifted the body from its rest
ing place.
THE ledge! the ledge!" he shouted
in an ecstacy of delight. He fondled
tho golden rock from which the yell
low seams showed thickly. He laughed
and wept like one demented. He threw
the dirt wildly about, examining and
scrutinizing as though to reassure him
self.
After all my work and striving"
he cried. glcefully. He turned ard
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05

The risksha in use in Shanghai and
Ecngkong is unknown in Canton, as
tho streets are paved with uneven and
irregular stone flags. and are scarcely
seven feet wide. In the widest parts
two chairs can barely pass.
Down these narrow lanes ore passes
under brilliant signs in gold and Grim
son and between shops crowding into
every available space. Many are open
to tho street. but those with valuable
stocks are closed with heavy gratings
guarded by servant. When there arc
many soldiers in town who might be
expected to indulge in their favorite
pastime Of looting, even the small
shops are hastily barricaded until the
imperial troops pass on. No shop
keeper will open lis doors to a Chinese
soldier or sailor in uniform.
AS the city fades into the sunset
horizon asteTn one feels that he Is
not much nearer an understanding Of
Chinese life and character. Here are
people who venerate their ancestors
and mourn their dead for decades, but
are absolutely Indifferent to the death
Of their neighbors; people who have
maintained great empire since the
dawn Of history, but are ignorant OF
the road to the next province. Here
ere people honorable and upright in
business, yet savagely corrupt in every
branch OF government. 1t is not pos
siblc to grasp the reality of life under
such anomalous conditions without
such an intimate residence as no for
signer has had. Much of the inside
Information given to the world by
teachers, missionaries and consular Of
icers has been gained from the willy
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
WHEN LUCK CHANGES
By
copyrighted, By Publishing Company
x Z2 ~

Eyes, jim, on the shelf there" He
CROPPED half dazed across the room to
the shelf. He thought her wandering
but he obeyed mechanically, and
looked among the various articles.
All, what was that! 1t was like the
stab of knife. There near the wall,
in an oyster can, was tucked a bunch
of withered roses tied with cotton
string. She had brought them from
the valley where they always bloom.
lie drew them forth, shook the white
layer of snow from them and placed
them near her on the pillow.
Jim" she whispered, as he bent
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
White Wyandottes.

The white variety of Wyandottes
originated as sports from the Silver
Laced, says report OF the Depart
ment CT Agriculture. 1t is claimed
that some Of them appeared as early
as 1872. II this is true, those of that
early date had not much of quality
in their ancestors. Early writer's
speak Of them as better in Wyan-
dotte shape than the Silvers, and re-
gard them as models for all varieties.
Much of this distinction, it is pre-
sumed, was the outcome of applause
arising from the pleasure of adding
new variety to the list of American
fowls.
When it is considered that as late
as 1883 the SilverLaced Wyandottes
gained only quality OF sufficient
amount to establish them as a Stand
ard breed, what must they have been
in 1872, at which time it is claimed
that the white sports were produced?
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
UaHQIllTQlNJ
tic DREAM CITY OF GINA
ss H NSs5
ESPECIAL COPRL5pONDENCD
There is one city in the Orient that

There is one city in the Orient that
disappoints no one; and that is Can
ton. A day or week in Canton is the
food OF dreams for a lifetime. The
blaze and splendor of her shops and
the babel OF her narrow streets, the
horrors Of her prisons and the delights
OF her graveyard linger on in memory
with the unreality CT some dream city.
Shanghai and Hongkong, with their
English shops and broad streets, give
no idea of the real China, but in
Canton one finds himself in the heart
OF the ancient kingdom.
Comfortable river steamers, with
English officers, ply between Hong
kong Canton, ten-hour run up the
Chukiang river. Along the way one
passes remains of ancient and modern
forts, French. English and Chinese:
river towns and fertile areas of rice
and tea.
The Shameen, near which our boat
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
The Lesser Evil.

Mr.. Nolan has received a long
tongue-lashing from Mr.. Quigley, and
his friends were urging on him the
wisdom of vindicating his honor by a
prompt use of his fists.
'But he's more than me equal" said
Mr.. Nolan, obviously, land look at
the size of him."
Sure, and you don't want folks to
be saying Terry Nolan is a coward?"
demanded a reproachful friend
"Well, dunno" and Mr.. Nolan
gaZed mournfully about him. I'd
rather that than to have them saying
day after tomorrow, How natural
Terry looks!"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05

pass through the streets of shoemak-
ers, of lawmakers, gamblers, silk mer-
chants, stonecutters, wood carvers
and curio dealers. Markets are every
where, and seem clean and inoffensive.
A visit to one of the ancient club
houses gives some idea of how the
wealthy Chinaman enjoys his leisure.
There are fine gardens and ponds of
goldfish. The massive stone pillars
are carved in high relief, and over the
stage are ancient wood carvings OF
sages and courtiers. One beautiful
room is no longer used because a mem.
Der of the club died there very mys-
teriously, and his friends are afraid of
the devils.
The main abode of the devils, how
ever, is the Temple of Horrors. Here
are ancient wooden figures represent.
ing the various punishments which the
devils will infict upon those whom
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
Room for Hone.

A British scientist has figured II
cut that 5,O00.OO0,000 years hence the
days will be flfty-five hours long, but
the laboring men who are now clam
oring for an eight-hour day should not
allow this to worry them. The
learned gentleman may not be abso-
lutely correct In his fgpres.--Denver
Post.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
DR.. Parkhurst and the IMMIGRANT.

An English visitor was talking to
the Rev. Charles II. Parlhurst the
other day about the recent Tammany
victory in the New York city election.
II suppose it was due to the immi-
grant VOTE" said the Englishman.
That's how Adam and Eve account
ed for 1t. isn't it?' replied the doctor.
They said it was the fault of the i'm
migrant into the garden. But If Adam
and Eve had been decent people, the
immigrant couldn't have troubled
them"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05

'hndry-OOn u, DeSdH tue
5ut she continued, There amt
y use denyin' it, Jim. I'm dying
ow." The man gazed at her with
the dazed look of one stricken dumb.
He tried to speak, but only the mus
cles of his face worked convulsively,
and no sound came forth.
The woman saw and continued.
Now, jim, don't take it So" The
man arose as though stung; he threw
his arms about in mute appeal.
81 am the cause. | have done this.
Killed you, torn my own heart out. dc
'stroyed hope and happiness, looking
tor that accursed gold!" His agony
was pitiful, and she raised herself
with an effort saying. Jim, l will not
have you talk so. You have been a
kind and loving husband"
You were contented and happy In
the valley. We had a little saved,
and l was contented till that devilish
greed possessed me. l brought you
INTO the mountains and kept you here
while / searched, searched-O God.
how / searched. but to no purpose.
He paused, gazing helplessly down at
a little rift of snow that was growing
by the bedside.
"You done it for the best, Jim. It
was all for me that you worked and
strived thinking every day to strike
it; and it amt no fault Of yours that
you didn't" said she, catching weak
Iy the brown, calloused hand that fell
near her.
81 never ought to have brought you
here-I ought to have left a month
ago, but l stayed and stayed, hopin'
each day-but now the snow has
come, and for good"
The man wept; the woman was ST.
lent; mayhav. her thoughts were far
away in thyssvalley home.
The storm grew fiercer. lashing the
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
Laziness of Great Men.

IL early rising were a condition on
fame, our biographical dictionaries
would be much slenderer volumes than
they are; for it is O, deplorable fact
that many of our great men are as re.
luctant to leave their pillows in the
morning as any of their obscure fel
lowmen.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05

forest piteously. Great branches fell
crashing near the cabin. Now and
again, some huge boulder, dislodged
from its rest of centuries, Numbered
into the gully below. Neither the dy-
ing woman nor the stricken man
needed.
Jim = terwards-I-maybe you
can find it--you was so sure"
"Oh, don't, Mary!-anything but
that" cried the man.
Jim, want the flowers" she
gasped.
Flowers" he moaned. looking help
Iessly around Mt the sitting snow.
20 Mary"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05
Flax Seed cron.

Three art a quarter million acres
devoted to faxseed produced crcp
valued at t22,2e1.551
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05

Lord Mayors Valuable Badge.
The badge worn by the lord mayor
of London is studded with diamonds
to the value OF Gl20.00O.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05

The wind swept in angry gusts
through the tall, shapely frs, driving
before it sheets of fine snow which it
hurled fercely against the cabin The
snow entered every aperture with i'm
patient persistence, forming little
rifles OF white along the wall
At times, the huge fireplace roared,
or again it smoked and simmered.
A man with clenched fists stood in
the center of the room glazing wildly
about him with a look of subdued
rage, in impotent defiance of the ele-
ments.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-03-05

I0VII HVdI IINIs
ed the woman, Il will
r,trn -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-29
INVASION OF HE
BLACK CONTINENT
MINER TO VISIT.
AFRICA's INTERIOR.
Frank ConlSey Accepts the Offer of an
English Syndicate and Will Sail
from New York on july so - Offer
Made in, Arizona. # tsfeEsss

s'IIl do it, was the, reply of Frank
Conkey of Minneapolis to a. represen-
tative of one of the largest syndicates
of@zLoa d o1l,%sNvhen EaskedsEifs= he %wIo VI d
report at their colonysin the heart OF
Africa. sas
Mr.. Conkey, who is mining en-
gineer, was standing in the blazing sun
near one Of his mines in Arizona when
approached by the representative.
There was but little time to. discuss, the
matter, but the consideration was so
enticing, that Mr.. Conkey decided to
accept at once. A ticket on. one of the
fastest liners and abundant funds
await him in New York. The date Of
sailing has been set for July 30.
1 The first landing place after ,leav-
ing New York will be at Alexandria.
From there Mr.. Conkey will go over
land to Cairo, where he will meet the
officers of. the syndicate. and will be
given complete instructions. From
there the. route lies. southwark to As
Nile From there the travellers will
that point the last stage Of the long
journey will be to the colony. -
The syndicate proposes to develop
a gigantic tract Of land by Negro
labor. It is thought that it possesses
riches such as have only been drea ms q
of in the ARABIAN Nights. The ivory
trade will be tapped atFits source anG
the mines will be DEVELOPED according
to the latest and most scientific ideas
The cost Of supplying the@colony with
food will be practically nothing, as
part of the land lies In a: fertile agri:
cultural tract.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-29
AUTO RIDE PLANNED
Lund Student Singers Will Be Royalty
Entertained Here.

Lund Student Singers Will Be Royalty
Entertained Here.
The arrangements for the reception and
entertainment of the Lund student chorus
have been completed. The student sing
ers, with DR.. Alfred Berg, director, and
Herr John Forsell, soloist, will arrive at
$40 tomorrow morning, and will be met
at the union station by their hosts, the
Orpheus club, III a body, together with
REPRESENTATIVES Of the odin,, Commercial
and Public Service clubs. Mayor Haynes,
Congressman Lind and other dignitarfes
and prominent citizens will be there also,
There will be mounted police escort and
music by The Journal Newsboys band.
The Orpheus club will accompany their
guests. in carriages up N1colle + avenue 70
Tenth street and thence on Second ave-
nue. to the Odin club, on Sixth street
where Orpheus will serve an informal
breakfast to the singers and invited
guests 49,
| The Public Service: club. has arranged
for an automobile ride to follow closely
upon the breakfast, in order to show thu
visitors the city's beauty spots. Tho auto
mobiles have been loaned by private citi
liens, who wish the students to EMO.
| themselves in a royal way. Several o
these gentlemen will accompany the part,
as chauffeurs or guides.
The Odin club will give an, early Dime
! in honor of tho students and Herr For
sell at o'clock. The hour has been Sc
early for the convenience of the Iiurll
chorus, whose concert at the Universit,
armory will be given in the evening.
The Lund student concert will be a
brilliant an event socially as unsteady
1t will be attended by President Northro
land members 'of the university board Q
regents and faculties with ladies. Their
4 will probably be a short reception afte
the concert. The armory will be elabor
ately decorated for the occasion by tn
Minneapolis Floral company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-29
CHILD PURSUED
PATROL W AGON
Little Eliza McQuirk Pleaded
With Police to Release Her
Mother. rs

Mamma! Mamma! Bring back
my mamma cried 6-year-old Eliza
McQuirk, as she ran crying after the
patrol wagon, which was carrying her
mother away from the house, to be
lockedoup ON a charge of drunkenness.
The little girl followed the wagon as
best she could for nearly six blocks,
arriving at. the station in an s,sha usted
condition, but still demanded that heI
mother be released.
She was told that her mother was
upstairs, and without further question
she sprang up the steps and spied he1
a few feet away in the cell block. An
other fit OF grief and anger seized the
child and she began beating. on the
iron bars pleading with her mother tc
come and let her in. The mother
partially aroused from her stupor, rec
ognized the child's voice and was VI
in second beating on her cell door
in an effort to reach her Mrs
Schaefer, the matron, was busy with
another noisy prisoner at the time and
before she could get to the scene, botf
mother and daughter had nearly spent
their strength trying to effect a meet.
ing. The little girl was finally quietec
and put to bed in the matron's room
where she remained until her mother
paid hne in court this morning a1ac
came for her.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-29
YIELD WILL BE SHORT
H. v. JONES GIVES OPINIONS
BASED UPON VISIT 10 THE
WINTER WHEAT : PRODUCING
TERRITORY.

sH.iV.} Jones returned this morning from
the southwest, after an examination of this
winter wheat fields. The winter wheat
yield he estimates aat s344. 600, 900 BUSH
els, against 401, 100000 bushels; Hast year.
Or 57,00o.000 bushels less. Kansas, Mr.:
Jones estimates, will have 10000, 900 Sush-
els andE Oklahoma $4,000, 900 bushels. &
: 1.-THE shortage, Of $1,000, 900. bushels,
compared with last year, says Mr.. Jones,
ilooks more favorable for the, millers of
the northwest the coming year, IT, we can
procure a good spring wheat crop, or even
do no better, than last year. The. short
age of winter wheat will help to equalize
differences that have prevailed for, a year
between spring and winter wheats.
During. early marketing Of the crops
this will not, be so apparent, but after
january next 1t will show up,.if we are
right In conclusions as, to. production.
.The southwest is prosperous, except
for a district in, Oklahoma. In Indian Ter
ritory and Kansas. where large wheat
areas were abandoned, early In the spring
the land has been. seeded to barley. Al
falfa is doing well. This month the last
of the range cattle in Indian Territory
will be marketed-7500 900 to 100000 head
Next year the ranges go into Indian allot-
ments and will be broken up for all time
.'In my Judgment the low point has
been seen in cattle prices and an upward
trend may be expected from now, on.' =;