Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 360, 7 February 1907 — Page 6

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The Richmond Palladium, Thursday, February 7, 1907.

Provisions Live Stock, Grain and Stock Markets

RICHMOND MARKETS For the first time In several days the live stock market was at a standstill yesterday. One of the most prominent butcher and packing firms of hogs today and according to the statement of one of the firm, the market price on hogs may leave the $7.00 mark for a trip down the ladder a few notches, ilogs are expected however to hold their own in the course of the next three weeks. Butter and eggs the two commoditied on which the consumers and producers of the county have held their eyes for so long a time, seem to have also reached a stationary mark. Grocers are paying twenty cents for fancy butter and twenty cents for fresh country eggs. The wagon market was quiet yes terday no change in prices or sup ply being notlcable. Clover seed, little red and big English, took a tumble yesterday, dropping fifty cents .on the wholesale price. The drop was occasioned by considerable quantities finding their way upon the market. , THE LOCAL MARKETS. (The prices quoted below are those paid by J. M. Eggemeyer. Main & Fourth streets, for produce vegetable and fruits. Thrs gives the farmers and gardeners the accurate quotations for their products; also gives the merchants f the smaller towns the wholesale prices pa.d In Richmond on al! fruits, etc., bought from Commission nwnJ Butter. Butter, (extra creamery) 31c. Dutter, (fancy country) 20c. Butter, (packing stock) ldc. Eggs. Eggs, (fresh county) .. ....20c. Eggs, (storage Aprils . ...ISc. Poultry. Chickens, (frys) ZZc each. Chickens, (old hens) 8c lb. Chickens, (roosters) 25c each. , Turkeys, (live) . .12c lb. Geese, (live) tic lb. Ducks, (live) .. ..8c lb. Fruits. Lemons, (Cal.) JSU.iiu. Oranges, (Florldas all sizes) $2.50 box. , Cranberries, (fancy Howes) . . $S.r0 bbl. Cranberries, (Pride of Cod) . . '.. $15 bbl. Apples, (fancy cooking varieties).. $2 bbl. Apples, (greenings) .. ..$2.50 bbl. Apples, (Baldwins) $2.50 bbl. Apples, (Northern Spys) . .$3.'j0 bbl. Apples, (Kings) . . . $ J. 4 bbl. Apples, (Grimes Golden) ... .$4 bbl. Apples, (Belleflowers, extras.) box. ..$!25 Apples. (Jonathans, extras) $5 bbl. Grape fruit, (Florida fancy) box .. $3.50. Malaga grapes $8.50. Tangerines, (Floridas) $2. Chestnuts, (Italian) 5c lb. Vegetables. Endive lettuce, per doz 70c. Leeks, per doz 25 30c. Carrots, new, per doz. .. .. ..C0c. Beets, new per doz. bunclfes. .50c. Turnips, new, per doz. bunches, 60c. Spinach, per doz. bunches. 50$' 55c. Radishes, hot house, per doz... 60c. . Cucumbers, hot house, per doz. $1 .50 Shallots, per doz. bunches 55c. Lettuce, leaf, per case . . . .40 45c. Lettuce, head, per box $1.00. Cabbage, red. per bbl ..$2.50. Cabbage, Holland seed, extra fancy per bbl $1.15. Beets, per sack, ..75c. Beets, per bbl .. ..$1.45. Carrots, per sack ..75c. Carrots, per bbl ,.$1.35. Turnips, white, per sack .75c. Turnips, white, per bbl $1.50. Parsnips, washed, per sack 75c. Persnips, per bbl. ' $150. Squash, Hubbard, per bbl. .$1.50. Garlic, in baskets, per lb 12c. Oyster plant, per doz 55c. Parsley, per doz 30$? 35c. Rutabagas, Canadian, in sacks, per bushel 40c. Horse radish, root, per bunch.. S5c. Horse radish, root, per bbl.. $5.75. WHEAT AND CORN. (Paid by Richmord Roller Mills.) Wheat 75c. New corn per bu 40c. Old corn, rer bu 40c Oats, per bu 35c. Rye 60o WAGON MARKET. (Paid by H. J. Ridge A. Son.) Timothy Hay. Baled $16 Loose $14 Mixed Baled 12 13 Miscellaneous. Straw, balled $6 CIOVEF. SEED (Paid by John H. Runge &. Co.) Clover Seed. Little Red or Big English, per bu, (cleaned) $7.25 7.50 Timothy seed $2.05 2.10 RICHMOND LIVESTOCK. (Paid by Richmond Abbatair.) Cam. Choice butcher steers .. Bulls Cows, common to good Calves 4.50 .3.00W 2.75 6.50 4.75 3.50 3.5o 7.00 6.S0 Hogs. Hogs, heavy select packers 6.65 Hogs. 350 lbs, common and rough .." 6.60 Hogs. 200 to 250 lbs aver..C.S5 6.75 7.00 Possesses wonderful i ower over the human body, removing all disorders from your system: that's what Hollister'a Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cents. Tta or Tablets, a. G. Lukf-n & Co. Use artificial gas tor light and heat 20-tf

THE PALLADIUM MARKET REPORTS ARE THE LATEST AND ARE ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE. NO NEWSPAPERS IN INDIANA, THOSE OF INDIANAPOLIS NOT EXCEPTED, GIVE MORE COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS THAN THE PALLADIUM.

INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS ' Publishers' Press. Indianapolis, Feb. 6. Today's quotations were as follows: STEERS Good to choice stefcis 1,300 lbs and upward'..! 5.50 6.50 Common to medium steers 1,300 lbs and upward ..5.25 5.75 Good to choice steers 1,150 to 1,250 lbs .. .. 5.00 5.60 Co Hi in oa to met) 'urn steers 1.150 to lbs .. .. t 4.75 Good to choice steers 000 to 1,000 lbs . . . , .. ' 4.50 5.00 Crinino u me Hub steers 900 to 1,000 lbs Choice feeding steers steers, S00 to 1,100 lbs 4.00 4. CO 4.25 4 50 Good feeding steers,' 800 to 1,000 lbs Medium fee-ding steers 700 to 900 lbs 4.00 4.25 3.50 4.00 Common to best stockers. . -' HEIFERS Good to choice heifers ., Fair to medium heifers Common light heifers . . to choice cows . . Fair to Medium cows .... Canners and cutlers .... Good to cboice cons and ..2.75 3.75 4.25 4.75 .3.75 4.UV .2.75 3.50 .3.60 4.65 3.25 3.50 1.50 3.35 tad calves 80 00050 00 Common to medium cowa and calves 20.0030.00 BULLS AND CALVES Good to prime bulls .... Fair to medium bulls . Common bulls Fair and good heavy .. Hogs. Best heav!a 210 lbs and upward 3.75 4.25 .3.25 3.50 .2.50 3.00 3.00 7.00 7.05 7.12 Vs Medium ant mixed. 190 lbs and upward .. .. .. Good to choice lights. 160 7.00 7.10 to 180 lbs .. 7.05 7.10 Common to good lights, 130 to 150 lbs 7.00 7.05 Best pigs 6.50 7.00 Light pigs .. ..5.50 6.25 Roughs .. ..6.00 6.40 Bulk of sales .. ... ' 7,05 7.10 Sheep. Spring lambs .... .V 1.5.00 7.25 Good to choice yearlings ..5.50 6.00 Common to medium.. .. 4.75 5.50 Good to choice sheep ... 4.50 5.25 Culls to medium 2.50 4.25 Stockers and feeders .. 2.50 4.00 Merely Wanted to Beat Her Husband SHE was a middle aged colored woman of muscular build, and as she stopped at one of the gates in the Union depot the other morning the official took notice that she was greatly perturbed and breathing hard. "Madam, you seem to be excited," he eald as she choked and gurgled and coughed. "Yes, sab, I does. I dnn run most all de way from de house, and I fell down fo' times on de way. If I gits sight of dat pusson he will also be afflicted wld overexcltement heaps of It." "ion nave sometmng under your shawl," he said as his eyes detected a bulge to the garment. "Yes, sah," she replied as she re moved and held up to view an old ax handle. "Dis am what will bring on dat overexcitement in case dat pusson shows up yere." "But I can't permit any violence or disturbance, madam." "Oh, dere won't be no fussin around. De pusson I done spoke of am my husband. He's done made up his mind to leave me fur another woman, and I spects 'em yere to take de train." "And you won't disturb the peace?" "Not at nil. sail no, sah. Dar won't be no disturbance. "When I git eyes on him I shall spit on my hands, grip dis yere handle and Jump fur him, and befo' he comes to I'll have him home and all tucked in bed. No, sah. no disturbance, Vept dat I shall ax de people to stnnd back so dat I kin git a full swiug of my arm to mash him !" Chicago News. Vthat Was the Matter With Hlmt A Richmond man has in his employ a colored man of advanced age who by reason of his thrifty habits had accumulated enough money to defray the cost of his son's tuition at a negro college In Alabama. When the darky's boy returned to Richmond after the completion of his course he proceeded, much to his parent's disgust, to air his opinions on various subjects in a more or less diffuse and florid style of speech. One day the old man took him aside and addressed him as follows: "Richard Thompson Jenkins, I's been listenin' to yo' fo seberal days, an it's my opinyun dat yo talk an talk an talk. To doan reach into de stummick of yo' subjeck. but yo jes argufy an' argufy. Yo' doan locate. Richard Thompson Jenkins, yo' doan' locate'" Harper's Weekly. She She I always talking about her mince pies. Did you ever see anything unusual in them? He Ye-?. I saw a shoe button In one once! Y'onkers Statesman. The C'onseqnenre. "Is it true that Waldorf died poor?" "Yes. You see. he lost his health chasing after fortune and then lost his fortune chasing after health." Llppin cotfi Magazine. Anybody who can gite T&loabk pointers Kts so buoy with It that lie negkfts his own business to make tthtra happy.

CINCINNATI MARKETS

Publishers' Press. , Cincinnati, Feb., 6. Today's quotations were as follows: CATTLE. HEAVY STEERS Choice .. .. .. ..$ 5.60 5.S5 Extra .. .. .. .. .. 6.00 4.50 jOxen 2.00 BUTCHER STEERS Extra Good to choice . . . . . . Common to fair .. .. . HEIFERS Extra Good to choice .. .. .. Common to fai ; . . . . . . COWS5.40 5.50 Extra 4.35 4.50 Common to fair .. .. .. 1.25 3.25 Canners 1.00 2.65 Stockers and feeders .. ..1.75 4.50 BULLS Thin and light 2.50 "5.25 Bologna .. Fat bulls CALVES Common and large .. . . Choice to extra .. Hogs. Good to choice packers and butchers Mixed and packers .. .. Common to choice heavy fat sows . . . . . . Light shippers Stags Pigs, 110 lbs and less .. Sheep. .3.35 3.90 3.75 4.50 .4.00 7.75 8.25 8.50 7.15 7.17 ..7.05 7.10 ..5.85 6.70 ..6.95 7.05 ..4.75 5.65 ..6.00 6.75 Common to fair .. .. .. 2.25 3.25 Lambs. Common to fair 4.25 7.00 iit-a It Failed to Work. There Is at present serving a term in the penitentiary at Moundsville a former official of the postoffice department convicted of "graft" on many counts. The delinquent in question had always been most friendly with the Washington newspaper correspondents, and when he was arrested and lodged In jail at the national capital there was a rush of the newspaper men to the jail, they being confident of securing an interview. The accused, however, refused to be seen, and his message to them was most characteristic: "Tell them," said he to the warden, "that I am not In." Ridgway's. The Terrors of Indigestion. A squire of Andover decided to take into his employ a brother of Patrick, one of his hired men. The terms were made with Pat before his brother's arrival, and the following conversation Is a specimen of what they agreed upon: Squire I'll pay your brother $1.50 a day, Patrick. Patrick Yis, sor; yls, sor. And will he ate himself or will ye ate him? The squire thought Mike had better eat himself. Harper's Weekly. Jmt Like a Woman. What sex Is a motor car? , Should it be spoken of as he, she or It? For Instance, a man was overheard in a hotel dining room saying to his companion, a woman, "Yes, she's a forty horsepower Walter car." The woman at once protested against his speaking of the Walter as "she." Then he told her that It had a bonnet worth $50, and she quit arguing. Jervis Auto Letter. Cries of "Author. The Author And do you always attend first nights. Miss Maddison? The Girl As often as possible. I think there is always an added Interest n a first night One feels then that one's opinion really carries weight. The Author But er what is It. may I ask, that you throw ? Pick-Me-Up. A Sociable Storm. Puggy Weren't you rather lonesome on the fence last night In that storm? Kitty Not a bit. It rained cats and dogs! Woman's Home Companion. Five Aerea a t'oaipcrcac;. Farming lands are adtincing in value by leaps and bounds- Improved methods of cultivation and more accessible markets make five acres In many instances a more valuable possession than 160 acres a generation or two ago. The department of agriculture declares five acres ample for the support of a family. How foolish, then, to continue giving away the mall remnant of .the nation's cultivable lands in 100 acre tracts, especially since under the commutation clause of the homestead act the gift usually goes to some great land grabber instead of going, as intended, to a home builder. Maxwell's Talisman. What Make Tried Sole." In a recent parliamentary inquiry there were revelations as to the quantities of dogfish consumed annually in London as fiied sole. What becomes of the conger eels that reach Billingsgate In large quantities from various parts of the country In the winter? Ia it sold as conger, or does It also go the way of the east ender who makes fortunes out of the selling ot "fried sole? It la a snccnlent fish, the conger, and might find sale under Its own name, but that it never masquerades as ajuy-

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CHICAGO MARKETS

I Publlshe-s' Press! Chicago, Feb. 6. Wheat was active and strong with shorts leading in the bidding. The chief reason for the lively demand was a report from Odessa that nearly all grain in the Interior ;of Russia was being used by the government for famine-relief purposes, and that little remains to be exported. Firm cables had a strengthening effeet on the corn market. Following yesterday's sharp advance

4.75 5.35 oats made a new high record mark for altered after prices had yielded to 3.25 4.65 the season when the May delivery sold last night's level. Moderate purJ at 40c, a gain of over the former chases for both accounts started a 4 90 hihest Price- The Mav option seem-: rally which gained conslreablo mo400 4 85 ed to be greatly congested and the mentum when several of the favorites .00i) 3.75 least demand by leading bulls started began to show strength. The Hill

, livery Diaaing ty snorts wnicn resulted in a strong market. Provisions were quiet but firm. (By O. G. Murrav's Special Wire.) OPEN. CLO. Wheat. May .. July .. Sept. ., May .. July .. Sept. .. 78 78j4 78 Corn. 46 , 46 46?s Oats. 79 H 70 47 46?s 47i May ,. ... 40 ' 40 37 33 $17.00 18.00 10.07 10.10 i July I Sept. 37 33 Pork. .$17.17 17.S7 May July Lard. May 10.50 July . 10.05 Sept 10.20 in MARKET SUMMARY. CHICAGO (rattle: Common to prime steers, $4 00g6 85: cows. $3 25B 00; heifers. $2 605 25; bulla, $3 004 50: stockers and feeders, $2 254 90. Sheep and Lambs Sheep, 14 75 6 00; lambs, IS 0006 66; yearlings. $5 75 (6 65. Calves $2 758 00. Hogs Choice heavy shippins'. $7 007 05; prime light. $6 95 6 91Ya; assorted butchers', $6 977 00; packing, $6 906 87 assorted light, J 6 90 6 95. Wheat No. 2 red, 75ic. Oats No. 2, 37ic EAST BUFFALO Cattle: Export cattle, $5 356 10; shipping steers, $4 75 5 25; butchers' cattle. $4 755 25; heifers, $3 255 00; cows. $2 504 50; bulls. $2 75 4 50; milkers and springers. $25 00 55 00. Sheeo and Lambs Yearlings, $6 25 6 75; wethers, $5 E06 00; mixed. $5 005 50; ewes, $4 755 25; spring lambs. $6 508 10. Calves Best. J9 00 9 50. Hogs All grades, $7 3. ; stags, $4 50 5 60; roughs, $6 25 6 60. . PITTSBURG Cattle: Choic So 75 6 00; prime, J5 405 70; tidy butchers', $4 60 (a 5 00; heifers. 93 004 75; fat cows and bulls, J2 004 25; fresh cows, $25 00 50 00. Sheep and Lambs Prime wethers, $5 505 75: good mixed. $5 205 40; lambs, $5 007 75. Calves S6 00 8 75. Hogs Heavy hogs, meolums and heavy Yorkers, $7 30; light Yorkers. t7 25; pigs, $7 1537 20. CLEVELAND Cattle: Prime dry-fed, IS 505 75; fat steers, $4 505 25; heifers, S3 854) 1 75; cows, $3 85 4 15; bulls, $3 504 25; milkers and springers, $30 00 50 00. Sheep and Lambs Choice lambs. $7 65 (g 7 80; wethers, $5 005 50; mixed $4 755 25; Aves. $4 505 00. Calves $8 00 8 50. Hogs Yorkers, $7 15: mediums, heavios and pigs, $7 15; roughs $6 25 6 50; stags, $5 25 5 50. BOSTON Wool: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 3434c. X, 3233c. No. 1, - 41c; No. 2, 39(rf40c fine un washed, 2627c: unmerchantable, 295. 80c: delaine washed, 3738c; delaine unwashed, 30c: Kentucky and Indiana combing i-blood. 3435c. CINCINNATI Wheat: No. 2 red, 77 78&c. Corn No. 2, 46j!46Vie. Oats No. 2. 4040e. Rye No. 2, 7071c. Lard $9 00. Bulk meats $9 00. Bacon $10 25. Hogs $5 657 15. Cattle $2 255 73. Sheep $2 25S5 25. Lambs $4 257 75. TOLEDO Wheat, 77ic; corn. 44c; oats, 40c; rye. 67c: cloverseed, $8 00. CUNNING OF THE FOX. Its Skill When Running For Lift Front the Honnds. No other still hunter can travel su quietly as a fox, and mighty few men are as crafty as the four legged hunter when it comes to a matter of getting meat. Foxes have been seen in England slipping from bush to bush, crawling and creeping after a feeding hare, 'or all the world like a man stalking a deer. The fox cannot catch a rabbit In a fair chase, but its food is mostly rabbits in spite of their fleetness. But at no time does it display its skill so wel) as when running for life with a pack of hounds on its trail. Olaus Magnus, archbishop of Upsala, wrote a book called "Historia de Gentlbus Septentrionalibus," of which an English translation exists. This book tells of a fox that leaped from back to back of a herd of goats. As the dogs could not follow, the fox escaped. A curious trick of English foxes is to jump as high as possible, grasping a tree branch with their teeth, hold op till the hounds have gone on and then, dropping to the ground, escape. This i similar to the trick of the Americas fox which jumps Into a tree and rests on a branch, but American dogs are not such fools as English dogs. Tiey gather around the tree and how) till the hunter comes. THE ART OF WAR. The regulation step of the British army Is 120 to the minute. Photography up in the air is one of the newest things in war. By attaching a camera to a balloon or kite pictures of the enemy's fortifications and army can be obtained from a distance of ten to twelve miles. The French ministry has decided to abolish the cuirass. There are thirteen regiments of cuirassiers In the French army. The weapon has been famous for a hundred years, and Its traditions from Acsterlitz to Worth are among the most plr-:-"Ta ot t French army. A haalthy man Is a kins In. tifi- own. right; nn unhealthy man Is an unhappy slave. Burdock Blood Bitters bnilds up sound health keeps you wclL ' " .

Indianapolis Chicago Cincinnati New York and Richmond.

NEW YORK MARKETS f PMMherV Ptm New York, Feb. 6. Small opening dealings in stocks effected little change in prices from those ruling at the close last night. Small fractional gains were the rule. Free selling of the Hill stocks gave a check to the advance. Great Northern preferred declined to 2 points below yesterday's closing and Northern Pacific to one point. In other stocks the retrograde movement group recovered their losses. Tha tone was rather unsteady. Some stocks rose higher for a time, but trading became dull and prices fell back. Bonds were firm. Interest in the stock market abated considerably but the tone was better at midday. Fluctuations were of the merest fraction, and reflected only scalping operations. ' bt-oretical "lie's so bald he must have ingrow ing hair." "Well, that's not a bad idea. It would at least explain why be Is so harebrained." Philadelphia Press. ! Hard Luck. Beggar Please, sir, will you kindly assist a poor old man who has three wives to support? Pedestrian Why, do you mean to say you are a bigamist? Beggar Oh, no, sir; two of them are wives of my son6-In-law. II Mondo Cmoristico. 3V o Regret. Mrs. Deerlng I think I shall have to give you the customary week's notice. Norah. The Cook Glory be! But ain't It wondherful how gr-reat minds run in th' same groove! Ye tuk th wur-ruds right out av me mouth. Puck. Angeli AU! Mabel (shocked with the recollection of It) Isn't Edith's new hat Just a horrid fright? Ethel (as If receiving congratulation) Isn't it? I helped her select it! Browning's Magazine. Ain't He the Kidder t "How does the new mare travel? 'Tine. Took my girl out sleigh riding yesterday, and she went great. My arms are sore from holding her in." "Holding whom in?" Cleveland Leader. She Wii an Oddity. Mrs. Benham Tou have your peculiarities. Benham Yes; I have you. Pueblo Chieftain. SCIENCE SIFTINGS. Professor Bailey Willis holds that there is conclusive evidence that the North American continent has been submerged four times and has five times been elevated above the sea. The average speed with which clouds between 8.000 and 9.000 feet high move Is GO miles an hour in midsummer and 110 miles an hour In midwinter. The swiftest flight of a cloud yet measured was 230 miles an hour. The crust of the earth, so far as we can examine it. contains only about twenty out of the seventy-five elements, and of these twenty only eight are present to the amount of more than 1 per cent of the whole. Girls In Men's Clothe. In French Switzerland the sheperd girls wear men's clothes. The Lra-et Islands. The largest islands In the world are New Guinea. Borneo and Madagascar in the order named. New Guinea i nearly four times the size of Great Britain. nr Grapef. Waller wrote his most pleasing poetry of. Saechariesa. After she rejected him he ia a letter to a friend said, "She is only a redheaded drab anyhow." An Incentive to SnJetde. A London coroner remarked the other day that on no account should a weap on with which a suicide had been com mitred be returned. "People." he said, "brood ores- such weapons, aad the fascination drives them to Imitate the suicide." Such, be said, had bei the

Humor and Philosophy By DUNCAN H. SMITH

PERT PARAGRAPHS. The only lies married men worry about are those that they feel likely to be caught in. When a young girl likes a new hat better than she does fudge It Is a sign that the masculine eleirent has entered Into her life. When you are in a strange place, always look before you sleep. The less a man knows about women's affairs the more he knows about them. Opportunity makes the man oftener than man makes the opportunity. You never hear any one complaining about misfortune being fickle. A shabby coat might cover a fat purse and a happy heart, but It seldom does. Nobody ever complains of a sudden swelling in the bank account. If you have an insane idea send it to the asylum. Cheap, but Satisfying. It's funny when you think about How fond we are of sleep When we can get It every night And when it is so cheap. Tou'd think sometimes a wealthy man Would reach to get hU hat And say, "Oh. bring me something more Expensive, please, than that!" From Nature's loaded Christmas tree With eager hand we choose A prize that calls for all the sleep We feel that wo can use. Then snugly In our little beds We turn n all the power Full blast and straightway start to sleep At forty mile an hour. They say that we appreciate TI12 things that cost us much. But who would trade his sleeping cap For precious stones and such? We'd tell the man to take our gold And call the bargain cheap If In return he'd guarantee Profound, protracted sleep. Oh. there are joys In many things That go to make up life In money, honor, rank and power. And sometimes In a wife But when we wish the greatest bliss To tumble In our lap We put out little nighties on. Lie down and take a nap. Protected. "I always wear that suit I had made In London on a dark night." "What's the idea?" "If I am attacked, they are so loud they can call for help." British. "Every man turns English when he has been to the marriage altar," said the grumpy old bachelor. "What do you mean?' asked the bright girl. "Whenever he speaks of the marriage altar he uses an 'W said the g. o. b. Through With Both. T understand you have broken with Jack." "Yes, for good." "That so? Did his money run oat soon?" Certainly Not. "Would you want to die rich?" -No." "What is your objection?" "If I were rich I shouldn't want to die." Modest. "Each of my hens lays an egg a day." They must be professionals.' "No; lay men." No Gentleman, If hers or hereafter In regions below Some morning I happen to find The sorry Inventor of shoveling snow I'll give him a piece of my mind. Of the Three Balls. "Are you fond of your relatives?" "Well. I don't know bow I would manage to pull through if it weren't for my uncle." Member of the Hammer Gang. "I say that yon should teach yourself to take things as they come." "But I much prefer to knock them as they go." They Never Do. This author never met a woman." "IIow do you know?" "He says here. 'Words failed her." Lifting; Power of a Sqnaan. A professor In one of the eastern colleges made a series of experiments a few years ago on the growing force of a squash. When it was eighteen days old and measured twenty-seven inches in circumference, he Inclosed it in a sort of iron and wooden harness, with a long lever attached. The lever was weighted according to- the growing power of the squash. Beginning with Sixty pounds oa the twentieth day of Its czJasceoesv on the- ninetieth: day It cited. 5,000 pounds.

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HINTS FOR FARMERS Feeding; Braod Sew. For a short time before farrowing tt Is best not to fed the sow very much grain. Thin slops are much - better than any other kind of ration. This is due to the fact that It is very necessary to keep the digestive system cool and to feed foods which are very easily digested. A couple of days previous to farrowing from four to eight ounces of rpsom salts should be fed In tho feed. This will prove beneficial ia cooling the system and thus prevent milk fever or Inflammation of, the udder. After farrowing the pigs should be left with the mother. The mother should be fed ou feeds conducive to the production of milk. After farrowing the sow should have a light ration in the form of a mash, composed of wheat bran and shorts or their equivalent, gradually Increasing up to th tenth day, when the sow cau be put on full ratlou. and ground corn and oats in equal parts can be added to tho ration already mentioned. Professor Kenuedy, Iowa Experiment Station,

Kerosene Cnnlslon Kor Hoar Lire. Hard soap, one-half common bar; kerosene, two gallons; water, one gallon. Boll the water and soap till the latter Is dissolved, then remove from the tire and add the kerosene by vigorously churning till an emulsion iformed. Then dilute to twenty gallons with warm water. As soon as It Is cool enough to apply without scald ing the hog the application may b made. Some advise leaving the mixture stand till it cools and then heating it again, but there is considerable danger In this way, as the kerosene Is quite Inflammable. The same results are generally obtained by applying tho mixture as soon as it Is made, and all danger from a second heatlug'is avoided. If the hogs are tame tho application of the emulsion may be made with a broom. The scrubbing should bo thorough, so that every louse is reached. If a spray pump can be had It H preferable. If a large number of bog are to be treated they should be dipped. Chicago Inter Ocean. none Wisdom. Oats are a natural and nutritious horse feed. In training young colts drive them with a fast walker. The stall ought to be nine feet long and five wide. Ik not whip a frightened horse. It only adds to his fright. A horse naturallr feed from tha ground. atoiq mgn mangers. Give the colts room to exercise. They cannot develop good muscles without It. Give the horse his heaviest feed at night. lie has more time to digest it then. . ' Economy in the use of machine oil and axle grease means prodigality in horseflesh. Swine Raisin-. The secret of success in ' growing hogs for the market is to keep them thrifty and growing all the time. To this end give them all the feed they will clean op. We have found that if they have the run of all the feed they will eat they do better than if fed only at intervals. , Our practice is to keep good clean feed always within their reach. Pigs so treated and well housed from storms will grow and. do, well at any season of the year and if farrowed in late fall or winter will be ready to go on to grass as soon ns spring opens up and will be ready for market tho following fall In time to bring the best prices. Cor. Farmers Advocate. Dairy Pointers. Never mix milk of different temper, attires. " ; Too much churning will injure Jhe 1 grain of the butter. Twice as much water Is needed by cows which give milk as those not glv. Ing milk. Cleanliness, proper feeding and care, ful attention are the chief requisites of the dairy business. This Is the time of year to weed out the unprofitable cows and give your -best stock the care they deserve. It will pay to keep a record of every cow you own, the amount of milk she gives, the date of her birth, calves, etc. Ahaorbinar Powers of Milk. In an experiment made to determine the absorptive powers of milk there was Inclosed in jars a portion of milk, and In different jars, but not in connection, different substances, giving off flavors. At the end of eight hours a portion of the milk was drawn front near the bottom on each Jar by meant, of a pipette, so as not to disturb any part of the milk. In every one of fifteen trials the milk bad absorbed the flavor to such an extent that it had penetrated the very lowest stratum. Busy Lawmakers, In many parts of the land the stats legislatures are very busy grinding out laws that no one will take the trouble to obey and that the next legislature will repeal to make room on the books for laws of the same kind of its own make. The average legislature takes itself quite seriously, or shall we say that it overdoes the thing In a conscious effort to earn its salary? It goes on making laws that no one can understand and over which the supremo court must scrstch its head several times before it can guess at their mean ing. Then it expects people to obey them. . The average man doesn't mind obeying reasonable laws if they do not latere fere with his business, but with tho old ones that are on hand and the new ones that are now being born at the rate of half a dozen a minute he simply hasn't the time. Surely in this buy age no one but a member of the legislature would expect a man to sit up all night just for the purpose of obeying new laws, but how else could he do it? Brute. "Too always meet" trouble half way!" she exclaimed petulantly. "Not always, my dear, not always," returned her husband. "Bcmembet that 70a overtook me. Pluming Himself, "What is a wise guy, papa?" . "A man who can answer his twyuuMrshux." - littldn