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the full tub into the empty vessel with
a small spoon, he would consider the order
to be that Of a mailman, or a revival Of
ancient fairy lore. Yet this punishment
has on several occasions been meted out
to refractory sea dogs,' Nothing Is more
sailor carefully baling out spoonful after
spoonful of water, and as carefully de-
posting the fluid in a large bucket at his
side.
A punishment frequently employed is
that OF setting the defaulter to walk slowly
backward and forward along, the deck.
nursing in his arms a Q inch projectile
weighing a little over 100 pounds). After
a quarter of an hour or so of this beneficial
exercise" the unhappy victim is glad to
At the same time he probably makes a
solemn mental resolve never to repeat the
offence for which he has been awarded"
this dire penance.
An old naval captain-one of the old,
old school-was at one time sadly addicted
to stammering, He could not utter a
simple sentence without a great amount
Of spluttering and hesitation. This was
one day too much for an intrepid sailor.
who was receiving an order from the cap
tain in that officials usual halting manner,
and he unfortunately burst into an uncon-
trollable At OF laughter. This rash laugh
he bitterly. ~repented. Capt. - was a
disciple of the homeopathic system. Max
ing Jack stand upon the fore bridge, in full
view of the entire ships crew, the officer
commanded his victim to laugh continu-
ously for an hour and a half. This he was
compelled to do, though the pitiful ex-
preston Of his weatherbeaten, sunburnt
visage denoted anything but a happy and
contented frame OF mind
Whistling in forbidden parts of tho ship
has often been punished in a similar manner
The offender has beer obliged 10 whistle
his loudest, under the eagle eye of the
commander, until poor Jacks lips have be-
not produce another note.
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CURIOUS NAVAL PUNISHMENTS.
Baling Tub OF Water With q ~SpOon-Laugh.
ing for Hour and a Half.

ing for Hour api \ Half.
Naval officers do not always mete out
to the men the punishments laid down
in the Kings regulations. They frequently
adopt punishments of their own invention
which prove most effective in preventing
the recurrence Of offences. These punish
ments are often Of a very curious and even
ludicrous nature.
1t is an everyday occurrence to see half
a dozen sailors lined up on deck facing
the paint work, their hammocks on their
shoulders and their faces presenting a
most woful picture. Fol- this punishment
is not 30 trivial as it appears, says London
Td-Bhs. The hammock is not very heavy,
1t is true, but after an hour or SO it drags
on ones shoulder like lead. Besides it is
far from pleasant to stare ixedly at a
square foot Of gray painted woodwork for
sixty minutes at a stretch. Jack would
much prefer to do a few days "Ten A" or
to have his leave "jambed."
Splitting upon the deck Of a man-o'-war
is strictly prohibited. AS soon as the
bugler has sounded the Stand Easy"
spittoons are placed at intervals along
the deck for the use Of the sailors, and
woe betide the tar who ignores the presence
Of these tubs and expectorates about the
spotless deck. On many vessels q wide
belt is kept, and this the maj who departs
from the regulations is compelled to wear
upon his person. and is thus subjected
to h ridicule Of his shipmates. He is
given an opportunity OF retrieving his
character, however. He is permitted to
walk the deck with the other men, and
should he SPOT n sailor ~conmittin1 n
like offence he at once presents him with
the hated belt and the new victim has 60
undergo a similar ordeal.
Some Off GERS adopt more drastic meas
ures. IF Jack is detected expeotorating
anywhere but in the reoeptacles provided
a "spit-kit' is strapped to his chest, and
any man who cares to do so may make
use Of this curious walking receptacle.
As may be supposed, this humiliatine
punishment effectively prevents the men
from violating the regulations.
We're a civilian given two large wooden
buckets. one empty and the other full Of
water, and told to bale the liquid from
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ator to ask him to procure from the Govern
ment either of the aforesaid animals"
The most remarkable request ever received
by Senator Tillman came not long ago from
a lady in his State, Il want a husband, II
her letter said, -and l feel sure you can pro-
cure n for me. Your influence as a Sem
ator, 1 understand, is very great. He
must be old; l do not want a young man,
and l would prefer him to be rich. Please
let me hear from you"
That was one time Senator Tillman failed
to come up to expectations. But that was
before he was made chairman Of the Five
Civilized Tribes Committee.
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Owl Ranch I'm Kansas.

From The Kdnaas CitH Jomlrl.
James Franklin Brown. a Brown county
farmer. raises a big crop Of owls every year.
lie has u lot Of evergreen trees in the front
yard on his farm. and these trees are full
Of owls by day. There must be tN cnty in
all and they are quite tame.
They keep the place clean Of rats and aren't
had nlIa
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the state. enclosing 25cents, This, he stated.
was In liquidation Of what he considered a
debt Justly due his old employer. and 10
relieve his conscience,
Z The refundment was based on the follow
Ing circumstance: One day the clerk, in
carrying q basket Of potatoes down the cellar
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stairs, slipped in the fall. punching his fst no
and very bad for the clerk: but he scraped
OF as well as he could, inc so .conduotea
diplomacy that the loss was not discoveten
In a recent religious revival the clerk .waY
converted and ne felt that he could mot fpll1
enter. the 10Y Of the better life till be "a
wiped those eggs from his conscience !
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To the Conscience Fund.

From The Detroit News.
A Caro- dealer has received a letter from a
former clerk, who is now In another part of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-31

All these things may be learned in a
short time, but very often their i'm
portance is not fully appreciated I'M
til the beginner has met with losses
which may be traced directly to his
own negligence. The beginner in
SQUAD breeding should be prepared to
meet some discOuragements at first,
feeling all the time that persistence
will bring the highest measure of sue
cess
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-31
The Increasing Demand for
Squads.

January III, we gave an ltem lTOh
An Orlando paper about a citizen of
that place going into the business of
raising SQUADS for market. This bust
ness has been very much advanced
and some very eXtravagant claims
made for it. Up to this time we have
said nothing about it. But if any OF
our readers would like to try it, we
will give them all the information
that we can find on the subject.
Read carefully the following from
Poultry, it shows the exact standing
of the business. Like the raising of
poultry, there is money i'll 1t II you
know how to get it and are willing
to work hard for success.
Squads have always been in demand
by epicures, who were ready to buy
the daintiest food without regard to
cost, but the demand by the general
public was not felt until within very
recent years. No doubt the uneX-
ampfeu era OF prosperity which our
country has been enjoying Tor nearly
ten years, which has made money
plentiful and encouraged the use Oh
luXuries, has had much to do with
the present great demand Tor SQUADS.
1t is hardly probable that this de-
mand will ever grow smaller than 1t
now is In TACT all the indications
point in the other direction. 1t Is a
RUE that once the public becomes &c
| customeu TO certain 1000 products 1t
never ceases to call tor it, no matter
! what the cost may be.
AT present prices Ior good ten-pound
| 10 the uozen SQUADS The prouucer
| makes a goou prOnL ami the man VINO
wants Il uaInty DIT TO satisfy his ap-
| petIUe Tor Soou Things Is aDIe to get
it.
SuuaD breeding has had some pref
I ~ uaru KnOckS by DeInS a Venice
| through WHICH Il lew ueaIerS, Without
| urIucIuie, nave Succeeueu LII SWlnuIHS
| LuOusanu.s VINO nave Deen led 10 pe-
| ue,e Lne uuslness IL quIck way 10 1of-
! tune, uut tueSe swimmers are gradual
IN IuSIng Srounu anu reSpectduIe pup
/ .IcaLluns are refusing 10 sell tneM
| space Ior advertising uner Du,lnesS.
AT the same Time TIE puuIIc Is DelnS
educated 10 the lacI uniiL Lne DreeunS
| oi suusius Is Il BUSINESS WHICH requires
| ,ofn care anu Ordinary UuoIneoS
auIIIly IuIsS IucreaSeu knOWIeuSe on
| Tie subject Is putting squad DIeeulHS
| Oh d BUSINESS uaSIS IRON when IOun-
| uauon IL Win, with proper fostering,
| srow INTO one OIL the Established III
uusLrIes anu Ill Time become Oh great
,n,poruance-
One advantage in SQUAD breeding
| is that it can be carried Oh in very
limited space. 1t has some advantage
over poultry breeding. For instance
| once the birds are mated that Is the
| end of trouble i'll that direction, Ior
pigeons mate for life and Ill large
majority of cases remain true to their
| mates
The eggs do not need to be gathered
nor the pigeons set, as they lay their
two eggs and brood them without any
assistance from the owner, except that
he supply the nest.
| Young pigeons do not need feedlnS.
/ The parent birds feed their young
until they are old enough to care Tor
! themselves or of a size to be sent to
market
1t is not a difficult task to learn to
select the squads and to know when
they are in the best condition Tor
| market Strengthening and dressing
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-31
Raising Squads for Market.

The following is from the Tribune
Farmer:
Within nine miles of the city of
Camden, with Philadelphia just across
the Delaware, lies MOOreStOwn, in
Burlington county, village OF 5000
inhabitants and one of the most
wealthy towns of it's size in the state
or country, and, what is more to the
point, wealth that has come largely
from the SOIL
The people are mostly Quakers, and
when one has said that he need say
nothing more as to their intelligence
and citizenship.
| could write much of their orchards
and magnificent crops of various
kinds, but l want particularly to note
some facts about their squad industry,
for here it is carried on in a practical
as well as profitable way.
In one year there were sold from
this town $4,000 squads, which
brought $4,000. One man with whom
l talked has 1000 birds, from which
he will sell this year $1,000 worth of
SQUADS, and has his breeding pens
worth as much or a little more than
at the beginning of the year. His
feed cost $500, which leaves a like
amount for labor and profit. He said
to care for this number would take
little more than half the time of one
person. Pretty fair wages, that!
Another large raiser put the feed
and care at 30 cents bird. The for
mer bought all his feed at retail. The
latter raised most of his, and his
nriceS were wholesale ones.
Buildings-While there are some
buildings specially put up for the pur-
pose. most of them-and these, as
rule, the most successful have been
made by fitting up unused wagon or
wood houses, or lofts over henhouses
poultry below, pigeons above. 1t
is quite necessary that the floor should
be dry Where they are on the
ground, a cement floor, one and
half to two inches thick, is the best
and most desirable. When the lott
is over a henhouse, the floor should
be of matched stuff, so lice cannot
crawl through. In both cases it
coarse, dry sand.
Attached to the house a fly" is
usually constructed, of posts covered
Wltn wire neltluS, Inc mCSh VI "hiNh
should not be more than one inch, or
sparrows will go through. L am in
debted to George l.. Dillingham; for
much of my information.
In one of his ''hyS' are the Amer1-
can Homers, in the other the white
German HOmers, the latter the most
beautiful of all the pigeon tribe.
A room 10 feet by twelve feet is
ample for fifty pairs of working birds.
This is usually as many as should be
kept in one loft, although as many as
100 pairs are sometimes kept together
with excellent results. The house
should have windows OH the south
side, to afford plenty of sunlight. Too
much glass is as bad as it is III a
poultry house.
The nests are arranged across one
side of the house, and should be con-
structed so they can be taken apart
and cleaned Each pair of birds re
auires two nests. They often begin
TO Law in one nest while raising pair
of birds i'm the other. The period OF
incubation is eighteen days, the hen
setting in the nest except about TOUR
hours each day, when the cock takes
her place.
Varieties-While some OF the COM
mon birds are kept, they are not rec
ommended; their flesh is too dark, ana
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-10-26

It seems that some Of the hood.
lums" Of Seneca, 8. c., tried the ex.
pertinent Of dynamiting . Negro col
lege, and It Il rumored that the Ne.
sroes retaliated by burning the town.
doing damage to the amount Of about
$4,000. This 10 expensive work for
the whites. and 1t points to other
things which may happen. The South
ern dailies Of the capital city made no
mention Of this fact. for the reason
that they fear II will be an inspira.
ton to the colored people to make the
whites pay great price Tor the perse-
cution OF the Negro. The time IL com.
Ing when . white man will understand
that he cannot take the law into his
own hands without imperiling bis own
life by 30 doing. The price for the
life Of Negro in the future will be
dear. unless according to the prescrib.
ed forms Of law. The Cracker ORR.
tors and journalists to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-10-26
Animals Idea Of Numbers.

Many animals have an Idea Of con.
crete numbers up to few units and
some 20 even farther. A dog which
ID accustomed to receive only three
pieces Of sugar will not ask for more
lfter he has had his quota. In certain
mines where horses are required to
make thirty trips = day they walk at
3nce to the stable after making the
:hirtieth trip. Montaigne tells Of oxen
employed In the royal gardens Of
suza. that refused to perform more
han their daily task Of turning the
great irrigation wheels through oas
hundred revolutions.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-10-26

A press dispatch Of last week says:
Ell Reno, Okla, Oct. I.-It became
known here to-day that E. A. CARING
ton, inspector general Of the United
States army, read an order from Presi-
dent Roosevelt several days ago to the
battalion Of the Twenty.nfth infantry
regiment (colored) here, stating that
the battalion must give the names Of
the men in the recent Brownsville.
Texas, disturbance. or be dishonor-
ably discharged.
Three Of the companies Of the Twen-
ty-dfth-B, c and Dare now at Fort
Reno. The men were given until 8
O'Clock Monday morning to 'fess up"
The time limit was extended q day.
but 1t Is believed nothing has been re-
vealed. The order read to the sol.
diers was direct from President Roose-
welt.
1t Will puzzle the admirers OF Pre1i.
dent Roosevelt to account for the fore
going order. A high army ofhcer who
was In Denver shortly after the trou-
BILE in Brownville was quoted in = local
daily as saying that the whole trouble
was due solely to the unwillingness Of
countrys defenders to be thrust from
sidewalks " prejudlced whites and
subjected to similar treatment. Riot
and bloodshed are indefensible
breaches Of good conduct but self de-
tense and resentment Of insult has not
yet become . crime in this country
nor been classed ~ unbecoming law
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-10-26
THE STATESMAN. DENVER. COL oRADo.

abiding citizens. To turn these men
over to the civil authorities Of Texas
for trial would be murder upon the
part Of the War Department. The
courts Of the South convict Negroes
without evidence and the President
knows It. We will feel ashamed II
any member Of the Twenty-fifth
"snitches." We cannot understand
how President Roosevelt, who knows
20 we'll the calibre of black troops,
would place such an unmanly proposi-
tion before them. We far prefer to see
the army Loft to whites than to have
its discipline an engine to crush out
what rights we have to resent mis-
treatment or compel us to turn In
former.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-10-26
Our Phone is Main 1905

militant. He is lawyer and a good
one. He is largely responsible for the
present satisfactory arrangement
whereby for the first time Negroes
have manly part in the campaign.
We might enumerate more virtues,
but these three are enough to win for
him the votes Of thinking colored
voters.
There are even more good things to
be said for the congressman. but we
will say them In our next issue.
The candidates for the Supreme
bench, as we have said. stand upon
their record. It has brought peace out
of turmoil and prosperity where once
coal was SO per ton from strikes. More
need not be urged for the election Of
= judiciary that 10 fearless and un-
trammeled by partisan leanings.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-10-26
Letter to Colored Voters
Continued from psgel l

the despicable methods Of the stock
jobbing promoter.
The truth is that / have not been,
and am not now under contract, or In
any agreement. whereby. either d.
rectly or by implication, ! am to de
liver all the colored taxpayers to the
Colorado Telephone Company" As a
taxpayer and business man, am hav-
ing my say about telephone service. l
have failed to see why l should pay
$500, $2.25 or $2.75. whichever the Au-
tomato company finally settles upon,
to get telephone service at home, when
l can now get 1t as low as 31.50;
neither do want to pay $500 for what
service now get at my store At from
$500 to $500.
Mr.. Stow is good at making cam
paign thunder. but his mathematics are
faulty when he asserts that the rates
Of his company. plus those Of the old
company, will not be In excess Of the
present rates-unless he thinks the
Colorado Telephone Company will pay
subscribers to retain their phones. Con
fusion must be kept down In Denver.
Here colored taxpayers are wide awake
to her grand future and are aware that
two telephone systems will retard, not
advance. business interests. They will
not be caught by the cheap clap-trap OF
franchise grabbers. They will Judge
telephone service by the actual per.
formance. not by the criticism Of ri.
walls. Certainly II they had any linger.
Ing doubts a. to the Automatic com.
pany, they will now know It for what
II Is. BY the methods It uses.
Telephone service IL . business
proposition and Mr.. Stow will need
hard facts to catch colored voters.
have never talked with him. do not
even know him. and any statement
that he makes about me Is entirely
gratuitous. J. w. JACKSON.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-10-26

First and foremost Of the results
of the race riots in Georgia is the
world wide recognition Of the willing
ness Of the Negroes to stand forth in
their own defense. Lives and prop
erty have been thrown to the wind
and principle and manhood As never
before have been asserted. The Negro
press has been driven from the scene.
But Gods truth will send its shafts
from afar as unerringly as before and
the world shall know that religion IL
a lie. that civilization is q delusion,
that neither respect for law nor jus
tice for man can exist where Southern
whites and Negroes come in contact.
A word Of prophecy-either the race
question will be settled by legislation
or 1t will be settled by blood. Either
the Republican party will again take
up our cause or oppression will go its
length to fall. 1t should shame the
white people Of this country who really
believe In It and It's destiny to have it,
basic principle denied and confounded
with impunity by the shallowest sub
tesfuges!
In q speech before the Press Asso-
citation. Lawyer Townsend Of Pueblo
took the position that the Fifteenth
Amendment. while broken In spirit,
yet was not suficient to put = stop to
the disfarnchisement practices Of the
South. The Supreme Court has told
us that Congress is our only relief.
Now comes Vardaman, the un-egener.
ate copperhead, making his campaign
for the Senate on repeating this
amendment, though he admits it, OBJ
5ect Is already futile. Let white peo-
pie shut their eyes and apostrophize
the nag! Down beneath their enrap-
tured vision there seethes a black hell
Of injustice that must end. Peaceably
We hope. but end 1t will. tlse right
yields to might and God is the dream
Of . devotee.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-10-26
Talks to peas.Mvtss.

BY the side Of the bishop Of 81. A.
bans. special preacher at the church
for the deaf-mutes. st. Saviour's. OK.
ford street. London. stood 4 curate.
who. with nimble fingers. translated
the sermon. sentence BY sentences, into
the deaf.muts alphabet.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1906-10-26
Republicans Make Gains
Continued from page

Through his excellent service to the
state. O'Connor was chosen as Mr..
Cowie's successor, Notwithstanding the
most strenuous opposition. Merit
counts in the Republican party and
the nominee for secretary Of state is a
shining example Of 1t. For colored
voters he has the additional claim
that his election will mean that the
door Of opportunity will continue to
swing open. Even our handful Of Ne
gro Democrats intend to vote for
O'Connor, "the first successor to the
apostle Of the open door"
e. r. Harper. who aspires to the
lieutenant governorship. is the ono
man that the Republican convention
was going to give place to II 1t had
to make one. He Is nice gentleman
and one who more than anyone else
has been the means Of several Denver
ties holding good paying positions. A
friend is friend, and he Is a jewel
to be priced the higher because they
come few and far between. The ONCE
is short lived one at best, but one Of
influence, and with Harper in 1t Ne.
groes will have Joseph who will
speak for them when they are not
near.
Negro newspapers, which are legion
In campaign times, always look to
Bent, the big-hearted auditor from
southeastern Colorado, to help them
tide over the hard times. We are glad
to say, however, that 1t IL not for hii
generosity alone that he stands well
with the Colorado people, white and
black. but because he is q good oficial
No scandal has attached to bills tina,
he has passed during his administra
tion, and he will stand tied both to hii
friends and to the peoples money
after this election. George Gross, oul
farmer from the melon district, sayi
Bent II all right, and he must be when
bic neighbors say good things for him
He ought to run well and win the
treasuryship.
George D. Statler. for state auditor
10 unknown to u. but he ID in such
good company that We wish him sue
cess on general principles.
Katherine L. Craig 10 another good
oAioer who needs further opportunity
to do good for the state.
william H. Dickson IL Republican
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-30
GRAIN RECEIPTS.

Chicago. Nov. SO-wheat Receipts
Today 10000 bushels; last week
$4,000 bushels; last year, 1,02S,000
bushels.
Corn Receipts Today. $4,000 bush
els; last week, 36S.0 bushels; last
year, 7l9, 900 bushels
Wheat hipments-Today, $4,000
bushels, last week, 40S, 900 bushels
last year $4,000 bushels.
Corn ents-Today, $4,000
bushels; last week, 337. 900 bushels;
last year, 10000 bushels.
NORTHWEST CAR RECEIPTS.
apolis-Today, 612; last week
81; last year. 14S.
Duluth Today, 399; last week. 1877;
Chicago Today, 40; last week, 4O
Chicago, carlots-wheat, 40; corn,
101; oats, 1872.
Argentine Shipments-Wheat, this
week, $4,000; last week, 1,184,000; last
year, 2,328 600.
Corn-This week, 2,933,O0O; last
week, 2,242,000; last year, 1,23900O.
Chicago cars tomorrow,
q 900 head.