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THE SMUGGLERS.

especially good but requires better land
than either rye or oats.
'tlovers also make good grazing. AS
they enrich rather than take from the coil
they are to be desired where one OF the
objects in sheep raising Is rejuvenating
q run down farm. Heavy feed with grain
and roots should always Nbe avoided be-
fore the ewes lamb. Plenty OF alfalfa
hay is all that is necessary.
in buying sheep for this purpose care
should be taken in selecting ewes showing
Dorset points. as the Dorset breed has size,
constitution and vigor enough TO live a
long time and give good service. In their
native country they often have two sets OF
lambs year. In America, where Dor
set eve has a single lamb II will be ready
for market, in prime condition, within
fifty days.
Under no circumstances should poor
sire be chosen for herd. Select vigor.
Gus, muscular ram, one that Is alive all
over rather than large one that does not
appear so active. See that he has a
straight back is big through the heart,
has well Sprung ribs and good, short.
straight legs, with thick, strong neck and
thick, heavy wool, Pay high Price
any rrice rather than take n ram OF in
ferior quality.
1T has been one Of my customs to weed
out my ewes by every year sending 10 the
butcher such as have proved their inferi-
oritv. The secret OF success In raising
lambs for the winter market is TO give tho
closest attention to every detail. AZ
put 1t 10 mvself. DO what you want well
done yourself Then You will know IL IL
done and have no cause to fret
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practically the only sheep that viii breed
In the of season. Besides this very
necessary characteristic the Dorset is
about the most prolific sheep yet dis
covered, and the ewes give such an abund-
ance of milk that they can easily raise
twin lambs while other breeds often fail
to furnish enough milk to sustain one.
Another point very much in their favor
il one lives in q community where dogs
are allowed To run at large is that the
Dorset ewes have horns and can protect
themselves and their lambs.
Ewes and lambs do not need any arti-
fetal heat in the climate around New
York. Any well built barn will be too
warm unless we'll ventilated.
SIN my barn | have glass 80 arranged
that even on tho coldest days when the
barn In closed sun is admitted as freely
as the situation will allow. While can
not say that this is absolutely ess initial
We all know that young animals are the
better for getting good sun. A lamb to
bring the hiRho 81 price must not only be
ready when the market calls for il. but
it must be of the highest grade
@There is no floor in my sheep barn
and i have yet to learn that the bare
ground is not the best possible floor for
both ewes and lambs No partitions are
required other than the feed racks and
one compartment for feeding the lambs
This should be partitioned of in any
light and inexpensive manner 30 as to
prevent the ewes from eating the food
Of the yoong lambs
Lambs will begin TO eat at three weeks
old, and there is nothing better for them
than corn meal and bran and plenty Of
it. The best feeders will be ready for
market when about seventy days old
while the dainty feeders will take from
ten 20 twenty days longer to get in con-
dition for the market.
@For the October lamb all that is neces-
sary is plenty Of good food, pure water
and a well ventilated barn to put II in
prime condition by the first OF the year
As to weight that of course varies, but
about siXty-thrCe pounfs.
"A person who thinks Of beginning
the raisiI 9 Of lambs for the winter mar
ket must not fancy that the care of the
ewes begins and ends with the winter
months. To obtain the best results with
the Dorset ewes they must be kept In
good condition all the time.
AIn the sumner there are three things
that are absolutely essential for the
health OF flock OF Dorset ewes; good
grass, good water and plenty Of shade
.,.auy sheep breo1ers allow their fiocks
free access to clover or alfalfa pastures
ewes should not be allowed In such pas
lures when very wet or after a frost.
!. either should they be fed too plenti-
fully on pumpkins or other fattenin 4
foods until after they have lambed.
Oats and rye furnish good fall pasture
and winter rye makes an excellent pasture
early in the q'rtlg. Rye will be found
to do better % p<or land. For summer
feeding rapo 0owa early In the spring is
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Il pierced few holes in the side for air
and Truffies was put In under q big pic-
ture hat and como chiffon scarfs. It's
q brave guard who would question an
article Of baggage like that carried in
the hands Of o maid with q nose turned
skyward and a calmly contemptuous look
in her eye for the mere male man.
Ihad friend see me of. > said another.
-and she managed to get away without
tho guard noticing her departure.
had the dog under my arm and one Of
the long sweeping wraps that covered
him completely. had purchased two
tickets and when the conductor came
to the door OF the stateroom merely
said that my friend was lii and could not
be disturbed, handed him the two tickets
and nothing was suspected. OF course
he saw me get of the train with one dog
and no friend. but what could he do about
II theni'
SNow that the Pullman car company
has even refused to allow dogs to be taken
In baskets. found tho big muf plenty
large enough for my toy dog said q
third. The muffs worn last season with
the hanging piece made q splendid CON-
oealment. / had a pocket the size OF
the dog made and he fitted into it beau
tifully.
me on the way to Palm Beach, She
actually complained to the conductor
and I had an awful time. She said that
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do leave my dog home with my wifei
Not on your life. Where 60 the dog
goes, but I'm sensible about it. l don t
try to smuggle it, or make a fuss when
IL can't share a section or stateroom.
put 1t where dogs ought to 60, In the bag
gage car. A dog can be trained to love
a baggage car,
Il had trouble at first. naturally. One
has to learn the ropes. thought knew
them. and being an old hand In the rail-
road business l didn't believe there
was anything in the way Of information
coming to me.
Il sauntered toward the baggage car
and got into desultory sort Of chat
with the bagg igeman, slipped good
cigar and half dollar in his hand and
saw him tie the dog in a quiet corner
whore there wasn't even a cobweb to
disturb him. Then / hurried back and
leisurely stepped on board my car, walked
through to my seat and settled myself
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ennoy other passengers they are 70 bs
removed 10 the baggage car
Just what is reasonable size for dog
is moot topic. The average woman
when she is on travel bent has no oom-
junction In describing her dog as Of
reasonable size and they tell Of woman
who called collie toy dog.
The dog travel this last summer has
been especially heavy and employees Of
the railways from baggAgeman to con-
ductor are filed with tales Of WOO.
Each woman looks on her dog as differ
ent from every other dog In the universe,
just as each fond and foolish mother
considers her child tho most wonderful
creation Of any. One young woman was
weeping softly at the Grand Central Sta
ton the other day and imploring tbe
blueooated official 10 allow her to take
her dog with her. He was yapping dog
Of good size, but she asserted In the most
earnest manner that he never made q
sound when he once got on board q car
and that II he were left alone In baggage
car be would die.
Another young woman tells among other
incidents Of travel with her dog Of an
especially unpleasant experience when
she left hotel suddenly, the dog having
t'tten child In play and the mother and
iather Of the child threatening the dogs
Life. BY an arrangement with the bag
gageman she was allowed TO sit on the
edge Of trunk and the dog was tied near.
On one side Of her was coffin and on the
other ferocious beast that doomed large
and menaoing in the gloom.
After this awe inspiring trip she arrived
In the city alone at midnight. having to
enter q fat that had been locked up for
six weeks and was linen swathed and dust
filed. But she considered the sacrifice
worth while and pities people who are so
inhuman that they do not cohsider dogs as
but little lower than the angels.
Nearly all the women conspicuous In
New York society have valuable dogs and
their protests against the inhumanity Of
the railway companies would fill Volumes.
Frequenters Of fashionable winter and
autumn resorts are familiar with the
annual appearances Of the Maltese poodle,
the famous PuRball, owned by Mrs.
Gouverneur Kortright; the Chinese chow
chow Of Mrs. James Speyer. the London
smoke poodle Of Miss Marian Fish. as well
as the two Chihuahua pets Of her mother,
Mrs. 5tuyvesant Fish, who is one Of the
visitors marked from the common lot Of
mere one dog owners by always travelling
with two, which 10 the ultra swell thing
to DO, . distinction shared with only a few
other women. among them Mrs. Oliver Il.
P. Belmont. whose French bulls are never
far away from her side.
Besides these the snuff oolored POM
eranian dog Of Mrs. George A. HUM, Jr..
and that Of the same breed owned by Mrs.
Nathaniel r. Moore Cdiss Helen Fargo)
have caused their mistresses a great
deal Of perplexity in going about.
The stories Of the women who are just
put 10 It to get their pet dogs around
with the present railway regulations are
interesting. For fear these stories Of
cruelty and hardheartedness on the part
OF the railway companies may be mo-
notonous. the feminine owners are fond
Of telling Of the many different ways they
have devised to elude detection.
The Merry Widow hat box has helped
me- one woman said triumphantiy.
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lambs would be ready at the most profit
able time.
4The manager OF my farm promptly
informed me that had the wrong sort
Of sheep. After had convinced myself
that he was right began to look around
for Dorsets.
1T was just then, ten years ago. that
the business from which had derived my
income went to smash. When that was
settled, counting the money that came
from the sale OF my flock OF sheep, my
capital was $4,000.
Il had already begun negotiations for
the Dorsets when the crash came. but
instead Of buying the hundred ewes as
I had intended l only bought twenty-five
at t15 each and one ram for which paid
500. They were all the best to be had
and bought at market price.
con taking personal charge OF my farm
it was necessary to build a new sheep
barn. This did at cost OF $50. I got
the dimensions from an experienced
sheep raiser and as intended to increase
my flock to 100 ewes the barn was built
to accommodate that number. That left
me so little money that I knew Just had
to make both ends meet.
Il purchased the Cock In the spring
and during the following October the
increase was 81 lambs, 20 Of the rs ewes
producing twin lambs. There was not a
death or accident in the flock that year
and by holding back rs Of the eve lambs
I doubled the number OF ewes.
@The next year there were two deaths
and one accident. From the 94 lambs
produced that winter l was only able
to Keep out 40 ewes, much as / longed TO
reserve the entire SO, which would have
brought my flock up to the desired size.
You see was timid because my capitol
had dwindled to such an extent that
felt must not only make both ends meet
but save few dollars for the bank.
THE next year j really began 10 feel
comfortable. / not only put money in the
bank, but had gained enough experience
In my business to have a comfortable
amount Of confidence In my own judg-
ment. realized that with a certain num-
ber OF sheep should have given number
OF lambs salable at a given price. II was
like calculating ones income from bonds
or good interest paying securities.
THAT was the first year ] cleared 1000
not only allow myself market prices for
all the foodstuff fed TO the sheep that was
produced on the farm but don't credit
the value Of the manure which they fur
nish during the year. As / not only man.
age the farm and flock personally but
keep a set OF books there Il no danger OF
my getting the earnings Of one depart
ment mixed with another.
TO make a success Of raising lambs
for the winter market II is necessary to
have the Dorset breed, because they are
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B ERNHARDT IN THE TYPHOON.
An Incident OF Trip on the Pacific From
Melbourne TO San Francisco.

Reading recently about the series OF ty-
phoons which onr battleship feet weathered
On the runs from Australia to the Philip
pines and from Manila to Japan reminded
me Of something said Clayton s. Nole.
an American civil engineer who helped
to build number OF the Australian rail
roads. @In tho autumn OF 1892 came
up from Melbourne to San Francisco on
the old steamer Warimoo. q
Among the passengers was a keen.
witty Frenchwoman. She looked to be
under 10, and she had healthily pallid
skin, mop of bronze hair, n sinuous,
almost girlish fRure, aid ar amazing
fow of agreeable and interesting con-
versation that kept all Of those fortunate
enough TO come into contact with her on
the steamer in state Of enthusiasm
over her engaging personality.
we touched at Apia, Samoa, to coal
ship and to take on some additional cargo.
and few hours after we left Apia no.
ticed when I went up on the bridge for
chat with the captain, an old friend.
that he looked worried and preocoupied
and that he kept his eyes glued pretty
steadily on the barometer. As an old
| ioib hNoSii piiNiioBUN W doh ttO
skipper what appeared to bs the cause
vs his nervousness.
"You needn't mention II below he
replied after some hesitation but we're
going to run into a big blow. II not q
typhoon, presently. There are more
entertaining things than typhoons. In
these waters. he added grimly.'
Il knew that full we'll myself. having
been through one typhoon and having
prayed at that time that I'd never have to
60 through another.
$50 I went below, not particularly
caring to- be on the bridge when the
typhoon came along I found a knot
Of passengers around the French woman
in the music room listening to her in
teresting music.
Il had hardly settled myself In seat
to listen TO the French woman's playing
fbefore the sun was suddenly obscured,
though there hadn't been a cloud In the
sky few moments before. and the heavy
boom OF an initial peal of thunder brought
all in the music room. including the French
woman TO their feet.
"They all ran on deck TO observe from
which direction the storm-most OF them
probably regarded Il a. mere storm
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carry q specially valuable dog Of III
hunting variety. Tho trunk cost eio9 ana
was 90 constructed that The dog could moi
tip IL over. willie tank arrangement
supplied fresh water during the trip,
The trunk was open on the top With alate
aoroas and q door ct the aide. In this vay
the dog was carefully housed, protected
from accidents and spared the usu
humiliationa of the baggage oar interior.
But every owner OF o dog cannot afford
such luxurious quarters. Listening to the
many arguments on both sides OF the
question Q prominent railroad Official
told o well known woman Of New York
society who was trying to hnd coma
baais Of compromise that tho companies
were willing TO meet the Agitatora Of any
reform half way but that they could hot b
expected to take dogs at losN TO socsp,
the responsibility Of aocldeL- or loss
or to allow them In those care where fur.
nituTe might b destroyed and other
passengers seriously annoyed.
sThe question Of the travelling dog
eaid he, "haa many phaAes 10 oonsIdea
but that IL 10 q serious question admit
knowing that every year hundreds a
thousands Of dollars worth OF dog prop
srty 10 transported without really cd.
quate insurance against loSs.'
The alternative 70 sending q dog In a
baggage car and taking chances On his
safe arrival 10 by way Of the express CON-
panies. To send q dog In that way means
that he has to be Grated, and this, to a
nervous. lonely, wriggiy creature Is worss,
II 10 contended. than the horrors Of the
baggage car. bad as they arc. i.
with one exception. the NetherIsnd.
the smart hotels Of New York oompro.
mise gracefully On tho cog question and
allow, small dogs the freedom Of their
owners rooms 90 long a. they are under
the surveillance Of maid or valet, and
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HOW BIRDS KILLED 4 SNAKE.
Contest In which Reptile Had Small
Chance for Ills Life.

Alma correspondence Foren and Stream
Ed Neal and his sister, Miss Jessie Neal. OF
Alma tell strange story and vouch for the
truth OF IL, They had been spending the
last month with their father, Younger
Neal at their old home In the country near
Alma. and one day last week they were out
driving when they saw In the road In front
OF them large snake Of tho kind known as
coach whip.
Stopping the horse In order 10 kill the snake
they discovered that pair Of mockingbirds
we're flying at and striking the reptile with
their beaks. fret from one side OF the road
and then from the other. They watched
the battle, as they call 1t. for something like
half nm hour, when the snake entirely ceased
TO attempt to avoid the angry onslauRhts OF
the enraRed songsters.
Ed Neal got out Of the buggy and going
TO the scene Of conflict found that the snakes
head was almost severed from It's body.
The neck Just bs ck ofthe head was cut down
10 the skin on It's throat, and when he picked
II up the head fell down limp. The snake
was dead. II measured 5H feet. and SEEM
lngly had Just swallowed half grown rab-
bit, which was In the stomach upAa~sst~A.,
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was coming. and majority OF the women
when they saw the rolling black clouds
coming out of the west and riven every
instant by flashes Of zenith high forked
lightning ran TO their cabins to screen
themselves as much as possible from the
approaching tumult Of sound.
Not 30 the French woman, however.
She raced up the ladder to the bridge and
burst upon the anxious skipper in the
wheel house.
30 Monsieur le Capitaine.' she ex-
claimed enthusiastically. we are TO haf
re gr-r-rand soonder storm notf
Worse than that. madam--far worse.
frankly replied the skipper. We're
going to have jolly fine typhoon and
wish we were jolly we'll out OF it.
s'oh, typhoonl' rapturously exclaimed
the French woman. clasping her, hands
together In what seemed to be veri-
table ecstacy Of delight. Gr-r-randi
Loafy! Sublimel All my life haf longed
for 70 typhoon. and now I haf one
eet iss gloriousl
'The skipper gazed at the French
woman In n puzzled sort Of way. By
this time the lightning was rending the
skies Immediately above the ship. and
the blooms Of thunder were all but con-
tinuous and tremendously terrifying.
Some typhoons start In without prelimi-
nary fireworks, but others are preceded
by prodigious thunder storms.
MADAM said the skipper. you are
unstrung. see. Your nerves are going
back upon you. ! shall have TO request
you to 60 below to your cabin. The
typhoon will break Immediately after this
thunder storm. and then no part of the
deck will be any place for a woman
'The French woman. with the greatest
and most convincing calmness. told the
skipper that he was wholly wrong about
her nerves, that she had never possessed
feminine nerves In her life and that she
was really In earnest about her innate
love for big storms. And she repeated
that she had been hankering all her life
to see what big typhoon In the South
Seas was like. and now that her oppor-
tunity TO see one had come along she
wanted to remain on the bridge.
sFive minutes later tho typhoon struck
the steamer broadside on from the west,
and the Warimoo reeied and staggered
under the terrific shock. Then the skipper
got her nose around TO the enormous seas
that seemed 10 pile up ell In q minute.
and the French woman stood trans
figured with delight.
The skipper begged her TO 60 below,
and then all but ordsrsd her 10 seek hsr
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cabin. but she implored him 10 be allowed
10 remain on the bridge with him.
But, madam said the captain. wen
be swept fore and aft by green seas pres
emily, and some Of the oon,bsrs will bs
bridge high. All the hate es are being
battened down. and you'd Letter be get
ting below before .-ou are shut out
Still the fearless French woman be-
sought the skipper to permit her to
watch the typhoon out on the bridge with
him, and the captain. rather than waste
any more talk about the matter. told her
that she could, but that she d have to take
whatever consequences might ensue.
stayed along on the bridge merely because
I forced myself TO do it. | didn't think
It would be the real thing for me to 60
scudding to my cabin out OF sense q
fear with that French woman calmly
Watching the typhoon in the most exposed
part Of the ship. 2.
I'VE were thirteen hours riding out
that typhoen hove to with our noss
poked square into the mountainous seas
that would have overwhelmed the steamer
else, and ell the time the French woman
appeared to be In a veritable trance OF
delight over the different phases OF tne
revolt Of the winds and seas.
sThe typhoon came to an end on oui
edge Of II with another electrical storm
even more terrifying than that With whiou
IL had begun. and by that time notnths
In the world seemed TO have any terror
for me. I can't say that ] enjoyed tne
pictures made by the lightning % tee
French woman did. but stood alonssos
OF her without hinching until we founa
ourselves under the serene light of tns
stars. the ship still pounding. however,
on the crest Of the vast waves.
sThat was sixteen years ago. and lVs
never hinohed from the lightning sinoe.
I took my lesson from woman. and h
was good lesson.
sThat French woman. by the way. was
Mime. Sarah Bernhardt.'
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man company win not allow tho dogs the
freejpm Of the cars.
-rhe ironclsd rule has only been In
force with US a year and half. Before
that the question Of allowing the dogs
in the cars with the passengers was set-
tied more or less by the discretion Of tho
officials, and the conductors and porters
winkedat fragrant inattention to printed
authority on the subject. particularly II
they were handsomely Subsidized.
at was due to this laNity that the travel
ling public became dogridden, and there
was so much damage to furniture and 80
many complaints that stricter set Of
rules simply had to be applied.
Personally continues the dog clerk.
"Ithink it is simply awful the way women
carry on about dogs-unspeakably foolish
and idiotic. Not that / hate dogs, not
!, at all. I've got dog myself
/ The face Of the dog clerk simply radi-
Rtes pleasant memories in the sentimental
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they are permitted In the upstairs cor
ridors on leash. but are not allowed to
roam about unattended nor are they per-
mitted In the rooms OF public resort
the tea and palm rooms. the salons. read
ing. writing and reception rooms.
The hotels at the dog resorts are equally
lenient. and the concensus seems to BE-
that when the railway companies vaks
up the lot Of the travelling dog win not
be quite 30 thorny as it is at present. ~
One sharp tongued. sweet featured
woman referred. as a woman always
does. to the famous epigram Of Nine.
de Stael that the more she saw Of mon
the better she liked dogs. and added:
AT least q woman with dog and
husband should be allowed the privilege
Of saying which should 60 in the baggage
car, and the men. once sent there. would
find a way to make 1t comfortable. Trust
theml The poor dogs-they can do
nothing but suffer-
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she hated dogs and 1t was an outrage
TO have dogs in the car.
.The conductor really was at his wits
end. Finally he gave the woman another
seat and later he told me that he had dis
covered she had dog with her. concealed
In q big pocket inside her coat. He said
that she was probably afraid that the
dogs would yelp at each other and she
was willing to sacrifice me for the sake
Of saving herself
There is another aspect to the matter
besides that which appeals to the sense
Of humor Of the non-dog owners. Some
dogs are valuable property and no ade-
quate provision is made for their trans
portation. Even to get the dog on the
baggage. car the owner has to sign re-
lease absolving the company from all
liability in case OF accident.
How then shall dog be transported
by rail with reasonable safetyf One
trunk concern recently made trunk to