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There are Indications of a long pw
riod of being good dawning for Cen
tral America. ,
Society has taken up the aeroplane
crazo. How'g that for high society
nd high flyers?
Mars being 15,000,000 miles away
Its poles are discovered with ease by
rocking chair explorers.
How does it feel to be sprinkled
with star dust? Halley's comet uses
that kind of celestial confetti.
If one touch of nature makes the
whole , world kin, then one touch of
summer now makes tbe whole coal bin
The Indianapolis News says the Bel
gian navy Is the smallest In the world
We thought Bohemia had a smaller
one.
Oklahoma has reduced the Pullman
berth to $1.50. If Oklahoma has not
yet adopted a State motto we suggest,
"Dare and Do."
W. K. Vanderbllt's son, who has
never made much of a racquet In the
world before, Is now about to marry a
female tennis champion.
Theodore Roosevelt expects to return
to this country next June. Congress
will probably make a strenuous effort
to adjourn before that time.
A school for turning out model
housewives has been started In Chi
cago. .Already we can hear the biff
wnicn such an Institution will deliver
to the divorce microbe.
Managers of lyceum bureaus should
not neglect to get Into early corre
spondence with President Zelaya. He
ought to develop into a pretty fair
attraction for the Chautauqua circuit.
The guillotine which was used in
France during the reign of terror Is
offered for sale. In the event of its
being purchased by a wealthy Ameri
can will It be admitted free as a work
of art? '
Mrs. Pankhurst says American wo
men are not serious enough. Don't
know about that. Some of them be
come pretty serious when they have
to keep the dinner waiting three-quarters
of an hour over time.
It has been found that the skin of
the brown rat Is well-adapted for mak
ing gloves, purses, bookbindings, and
similar things. Consequently skin
dealers In Calcutta advertise that they
will buy ratsklus In lots of from one
hundred to ten thousand a chance
for the unemployed, a supply of good
material for manufacture, and the ex
termination of a disease bearing pest,
all In one.
It has been remarked that the aver
age American family wastes enough
to maintain two French families In
comfort, and In that there may not be
much exaggeration. There can be no
doubt that the cost of living here
could be greatly reduced without any
reduction of the standards of com
fort or even of luxury, simply by the
practice of economy, and economy
means not parsimony or abstemious
aess, but simply good management.
It Is a matter for congratulation
that the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union has decided to abandon
the "Chautauqua salute" the greeting
of a speaker or the applauding of a
sentiment by a general and concerted
waving of handkerchiefs. The fact
that It seemed a somewhat sentimental
-and not wholly spontaneous demon
stration has frequently been urgod
against it; but the unanimous protest
of physicians that it was unsanitary
and dangerous hns convinced the wo
men that Its continuance Is Inadvisable.
Colonel Mosliy, rough-rider of tho
Confederacy, might be expected to en
Joy the strategy of footbull, Its hurt
ling onsets, swift deceptions, tierce en
counters. But the old master of the
foray and captain of guerrillas says
football Is murder. Also he sueers at
athletes as "invincible in peace and in
visible In war." There is something In
what Mosby says. Men of Inordinate
muscle are of less use In this ago than
ever before. Yet we are near a worship
of muscle, and there Is a cult of brute
strength. An Instance of the same law
of paradox, no doubt, that made the
muscle-governed Middle Ages worship
ful of mind and learning, of the priest
and serine. Bulging muscles do not
connote health, indeed, the muscle of
a Jeffries or a Johnson Is developed at
the expense of vitality. As for endur
ance, the soldier who Is not exception
ally muscular will outmarch, outlast
and outfight the Samson. Strength Is
less and less the requirement of mod
ern civilisation. Skill and knowledge
are morn and more. The craftsman
with the delicate, trained hands, the
marksman with the discerning eye,
they beat the mere strong man In
peace pursuits and In war's game.
Nevertheless, we corns nigh reverenc
ing strength for strength's sake, as
they did In the days of decadent Home,
l'erhaps the reason Is to be found In
the psychological fact that lu propor
tion as thing becomes useless, it
grows ornamental. The orchid Is rare
and absolutely of no account, aud
henca It Is valued. Much niuwlo con
tributes little to ffellvenes In mod
rn life. nd hence It Is highly -
Usuied.
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Several weeks ago attention was
railed to (ho "remarkable" action of a
New York Judge la Mug a number of
eminent corporation lawyers lo agree
to a"l occasionally as counsel ror poor.
frlil'.es ! bewildered prUousrs In
H..,laal isms. 7Ut dHllue of trim-
I usl Jaw, frequent failure of Justice,
the t M loiM!M"w " -
fend poor prisoners had combined to
prompt the court's appeal to the lead
ers of the bar. The appeal elicited
sneering comment in certain quarters,
but public-spirited lawyers and editors
hastened to commend It. The first
fruit of the experiment would seem to
Justify it abundantly. Samuel Unter
myer was assigned, for the statutory
fee of $500, to defend an Italian wom
an who had been Indicted for the mur
der of her husband. His handling of
the case was so able, efficient and mas
terly that, Instead of the conviction ex
pected by Jerome, tho Jury In ten min
utes returned a verdict of acquittal.
The foreman of the Jury cordially
thanked the attorney and told him
that If more men of his caliber were
Induced to defend poor, alien and help
less prisoners fewer Innocent persons
would suffer cruel Injustice. There
was nothing technical or sophistical
about the Untermyer defehse. He made
no attempt to defeat the law. He
simply endeavored to bring cut the
facts, to prevent browbeating and Jug
gling. The testimony established a
plea of self-defense beyond all reason
able doubt. It may be added that Mr.
Untermyer turned over his fee to the
acquitted woman, after spending about
$1,000 of his own money on the case.
The practice of the criminal law used
to be deemed worthy of the greatest
lawyers, and It Is worthy of them to
day. There is more money In corpo
ration business, In civil and commer
cial law, but what sort of a civiliza
tion is that which holds life and lib
erty cheap, which is not Interested In
Justice and right? The New York
Judge has done well to appeal to the
traditions of happier legal days, and
his example should be followed In oth
er cities. It should also stimulate the
demand for radical legal reform In the
Interest of the individual as well as of
the body politic.
The Redemption
Qavid (Jorsot?
By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS
AU Right RiMrnd
Copyright, 1900, by The Bowen-MarrlU Company.
LONDON'S OLDEST NEWSBOY.
"Old Ben" a Familiar Ft a a re on
HaNtllnar Thoroughfare.
Eighty years of age, yet hearty, Ben
Wltberden, one of the familiar charac
ters of London, claims to be the old
est "newsy" in the world, Henri Che
valier says In the Cincinnati En
quirer. For forty years his pile of papers
have been arranged every morning in
the Edgware road, Just north of the
Marble Arch corner of Hyde Park, and
Wltherden declares he feels fit for a
centenarian record.
All sorts and conditions of men are
among his customers. Lords and la
dles, doctors and lawyers, nurses aud
policemen, all take a kindly Interest
In the picturesque figure whose ab
sence from the pavement would create
a noticeable vacancy. No London
cop" would allow the old peddler of
papers to suffer by undue competition
along that stretch of sidewalk.
But modern conditions are develop
ing contrary to the. desires of the an
cient "newsy." When he started sell
ing papers there was no rush like
there Is now. It he served people
with their papers by lunch time they
were quite content. But nowadays If
he doesn't let them have their news
before breakfast time there is no end
of a row, and he soon would get pass
ed up as a "has been."
But he doesn't lot them catch him
like that. Summer and winter, rain,
hall or shine, he Is out at his work.
Lots of good luck comes his way
from time to time. A nearby shop
keeper gave him a chair and Btores It
for him over night. Charitably dis
posed customers see that his clothes
are warm and plentiful. The respect
able silk hat he sports adorned the
head of some West End notable not so
long ago. When It ie wet the door
way behind him offers deep shelter,
from which the proprietor rofralns
from driving him. Altogether "Old
Ben" Is as merry a newsboy as the
youngest member of thut noisy tribe.
Everything Is noisier to-day than
when he first begun to sell papers.
Lumbering omnibuses and horsed ve
hicles were all the traffic that disturb
ed the route to the heights of Crlckle
wood and Hendon. Now snorting mo
torbuses thunder along with loads of
suburban residents from villas erected
on the green fields. The world grows
wlfter and more strenuous, while Old
Hen Wltherden would have It resume
Its olden pace, more In keeping with
bis advancing years.
Clot Too familiar.
A story told of Justice Brewer con
cerns a trip he made to Ms old home
in Kansas, accomimntod by Mrs.
Brewer. In Washington a Justice of
the Supreme Court Is spoken of as
"Mr. Justice." aud that Is the title
Mrs. Brewer always has heard. When
they reached Chicago, however, the
"Mr." was dropped and the Jurist was
referred to as "Justice Brewer." At
Omaha some old friends called him
"David J" and when they crossed the
Kansas line some former neighbors
referred to him as "David."
"Let's go home," suggested Mrs
Brewer.
"Why?" asked the Justice.
"Because, dear," Mrs. Brewer re
plied, "I am afraid If we go any fur
ther they will be calling you 'Da
vie.'" Cleveland Leader.
Aolraoellr la Ik Suburbs.
Cltlman How's your friend. Back
lots?
Subbubs (haughtily) rardon me,
but you've made a mistake.
Cltlman Don't be silly! Why, you
were telling me only last week how
you coaxed a servant girl away from
him.
SubbubsYes, but he's got her now.
Philadelphia Press.
Thr To,
"There Is ouo class of men more
than another they say very soon go
down hill."
Who are they?"
"Mountain climbers." Baltimore
American.
Looked i lk a tteoerd.
Mrs. CrluistHtbeak What arc you
going to do with that porous piaster,
Jobu?
Mr. Cilmnlrsk-I'm going lo see
list luue It will play vu lbs plauolal
lunkrrs Clattsma
CHAPTER XVI. (Continued.)
With a swift, instinctive movement
both of them turned away. Each read
In the other's face consciousness of
the Impossibility of discussing those
experiences through which they had
come to be what they were. Such men
guard the real history of their lives
and the real emotions of their hearts
as Jealously si the combinations of
their cards. The old, ironical smile
lighted up Mantel's features, and he
said:
"We seem to have a violent antipa
thy to thin toe, Davy, and skate away
from it as soon as it begins to crack a
little beneath our feet"
"Yes," said his friend, shrugging his
shoulders, "It Is not pleasant to fall
through the crust of friendship. There
Is a sub-element In every life a too
sudden plunge Into which might result
In a fatal chill. We had all better
keep on the surface. I am frank enough
to say that the less any one knows
about my past, the better I shall be
satisfied."
"I wish that I could keep my own
self from Invading that realm as eas
ily as I can keep others! Why Is It
that no man has ever yet been able to
let the dead past bury Its dead'? It
seems a reasonable demand."
"He Is a poor sexton this old man,
the Past I hive watched him at his
work, and he Is powerless to dig his
own grave, however many others he
may have excavated!"
"The Present seems as helpless at
the Past. I wonder If the future will
heap enough new events over old ones
to hide them from view?"
"Let a shadow bury the sunt Let a
wave bury the sea," answered David,
bitterly.
Mundel dropped his eyes in silence.
For the first time since David had
known him, his fine face gave some
genuine revelation of the emotions of
his soul. Great tears gathered In his
eyes, and his lips trembled. In a mo
ment, he arose, took his hat, laid his
hand gently tipon the arm of his
friend, and said, "David, my dear fel
low, we are skating on that thin Ice
again. We shall fall through if are
not careful, and get that chill you
were talking about Let's go out and
take a walk. Life is too deep for either
you or me td fathom. I gave It up as
a bad Job long ago. Come, let us go.
We need the air."
They went down into the streets and
lost themselves In the busy crowd of
care-encumbered men. Suddenly Man
tel was startled by an abrupt change
In the manner of his companion, who
paused and stood as If rooted to the
pavement while his great blue eyes
opened beyond their natural width
with a fixed stare.
Following the direction of their gaze,
Mantel saw that they were fixed on a
blind beggar who sat on a stool at
the edge of the sidewalk, silent and
motionless like an old snag on the
Lank of a river the perpetual stream
of human life forever flowing by. His
head was bare; In his outstretched
hand he held a tin cup which Jingled
now and then as some compassionate
traveler dropped him a coin; by his
side, looking up occasionally Into his
unresponsive eyes, was a little terrier,
his solitary companion and guide In a
world of perpetual night.
The face of the man was a remark
able one. Judged by almost any stand
ard. It was large In size, strong In
outline, and although he was a beg
gar. It wore an expression of power,
of Independence and resolution like
that of another llellsarlus. Hut the
feature which first arrested and long
est held attention, was an enormous
moustache. It could not have been
less than fourteen Inches from tip to
tip, was carefully trimmed and train
ed, and although the man himself was
still comparatively young, was white
as snow. Occasionally he set his cup
on his knee and with both hands twist
ed te ends Into heavy ropes.
It was a striking face and exacted
from every observer more than a pass
ing look; but remarkable as ft was,
Mantel could not discover any reason
for the strained and terrible Interest
of his companion, who stood staring so
long and in such a noticeable way,
that he was In danger of himself at
tracting the attention of the curious
crowd.
Seeing this, Mantel took Mm by the
arm. "What Is the matter?" he asked.
"It Is he!" cried David, (drawing his
hand over his eyes like a man awak
ening from a dream; "It Is he!"
"It Is who? Are you madt Come
awayl People are observing you. If
there la anything wrong, we must
move or get Into trouble."
"Let me alone!" David replied, shak
ing off his hand. "I would rather die
than lose sight of that man."
"Then come Into this doorway where
you can watch him unobserved, for you
are making a spectacle of yourself.
Come, or 1 ahull drug you."
With his eyes still riveted on that
strange countenance, David yielded to
the pressure of his friend's hand ami
tbsy retired to a hallway whence he
rould watch the beggar unobserved.
His whole frame was quivering wl'h
excitement and he kept murmuring to
himself: "It Is he. It Is he! I cannot
be mistaken! Nature never made his
doublet But how he has changed!
How obi and white he Is! It cannot
be his ghost, can It? If It were night
I might think so, but It Is broad day
light! This man Is living flesh and
Mood and my hand ts not, after all.
the hand of a mur "
"Hush!" cried Mantel; "you are
talking aloud!"
"Yrs. I am talking aloud." he an
swered, "and I mean to talk louder
yet!, I want you to hear that I am not
a murderer, a murderer! Do you un
derstand? I am going to rush o" tn
to the streets to cry out at the top of
my voice I am not a murderer!"
Terrlrled at bis violence. Mantel
pushed him farther back Into the door
waly; but he sprang out again as If
his very life depended upon the sight
of the great whit face.
'Me quiet!" Mantel riled, selling his
arm wlih an Iron grip.
' Look at this luiud. Mantel! I have
not looked al It myself for more than
three yarns without saving Spots of
blood on III And now It looks as whit
SS muw lo me!"
'Vou are In danger of being over
heard, snd If you are not careful, la a
liiniuviil mote us slisll be lu lbs baud
f lbs pulusl"
"No matter if I am." cried David,
almost beslde'hlmself, and rapturously
embracing his friend. "Nothing could
Rive me more pleasure than a trial for
my crlmo, for my victim would be my
witness I He Is not dead. He Is out
there In the street Mantel, you don't
know what happiness it! You don't
know how sweet it ts to be alive! A
mountain has been taken from my
shoulders. I no longer have any se
cret! I will tell you the whole story
of my life, now."
"Not now; but later on, when we are
alone."
David had now grown more quiet
and they stood patiently waiting for
the time to come when the old beggar
should leave his post end retire to his
home, If home he had. At last he re
ceived his signal for departure. A
shadow fell from the roof of the tall
building opposite, upon the pupil of an
eye, which perhaps felt the darkness It
could not sec. The building was his
dial. Like millions of his fellow crea
tures, he measured life by advancing
shadows.
He arose, and In his mien and move
ments there was a certain majesty.
Placing his hat upon his storm-beaten
head, he folded the camp-chair under
his arm, took the leading string In his
hand and followed the little dog, who
began picking his way with fine care
through the surging crowd.
Behind him at a little distance walk
ed the two gamblers, pursuing him
like a double shadow. A bloodhound
could not have been more eager than
David was. He trembled If an omni
bus cut off his view for a single in
stant and shuddered If the beggar
turned a comer.
Unconscious of all this, the dog and
his master wended their way home
ward. They crawled slowly and quiet
ly across a street over which thunder
ed an endless procession of vehicles;
they moved like snails through the
surf of the ocean of life. Arriving at
length at the door of a wretched tene
ment house, the blind man and his dog
entered.
As he noted the squalor of the place,
David murmured to himself, "Poor old
man! How low he has fallen!"
Several minutes passed - tn silence,
while he stood reflecting on the doc
tor's misery, his own new happiness
and the opportunities and duties which
the adventure had opened and Im
posed. At last he said to his friend,
"Do you know where we are? I was
so absorbed that I didn't notice our
route at all."
"Yes," Mantel answered. "I have
marked every turn of the way."
"Could you find the place again?"
"Without the slightest difficulty."
"Be sure, for If you wish to help me,
as I think you do, you wilt have to
come often. I have made my plans tn
the few moments In which I have been
standing here, and am determined to
devote my life, if need be, to this poor
creature whom I have so wronged. I
must get him out of this filthy hf In
to some cheerful place. I will atone
for the past If I can! Atone! What a
word that Is! With what stunning
force Its meaning dawns upon me!
How many times I have heard and ut
tered It without comprehension. But
somehow I now see In It a revelation
of the sweetest possibility of life. Oh!
I am a changed man; I will make
atonement! Come, let us go. I am
anxious to begin. But no, I must pro
ceed with caution. How do I know
that this Is his permanent home? He
may be only lodging for the night, and
when you come to-morrow, he may be
gone! Go in, Mantel, and make sure
that we shall find him here to-morrow.
Go, and while you find out all
you can about him, I will begin to
search for such a place as I want to
put him In. We will part for the
present; but when we meet to-night
we shall have much to talk about. I
will tell you the whole of this long and
bitter story. I am so happy, Mantel.
You can't understand! I have some
thing to live for now. I will work, oh,
you do not know how I will work to
make this atonement. What a word It
ts! It Is music to my ears. Atone
ment!" And so In the lexicon of human ex
perience he had at last discovered the
meaning of one of the great words of
our language. After all, experience Is
the only exhaustive dictionary, and the
definitions It contains are the only
ones which really burn themselves in
to the mind or fully Interpret the sig
nificances of life.
CHAPTER XVII.
The next few weeks were passed tn
devoted efforts to make the blind man
comfortable and happy. David sought
and found a place to work, and after
reserving enough of his wages to sup
ply the few necessities of his dally
life, dedicated the rest to the purchase
of comforts for the poor Invalid.
Mtmtcl acted as his almoner, and
by his delicate- tact and gentle man
ners persuaded the proud and revenge
ful old man to accept the mysterious
charity. The moment the strain of
perpetual beggary was taken from
htm. the physical ruin which the ter
rible blow of the stone, the subsequent
Illness, and the ensuing poverty and
wretchedness had wrought became
manifest. He experienced a sudden
relapse, and began to sink Into an
ominous decline.
Even had he not known the secret
of his sorrow, It would have soon be
come plain to his acute and watchful
nurse that some hidden trouble was
gnawing at his heart, for he was taci
turn, abstracted and sometimes mo
rose. He inunlfested no curiosity as to
tho benefactor upon whose charity he
was living, but received the alms be
Hinwcd t.y that unknown hand unsolic
ited, uncomprchended and unobserved.
Ills mind, aroused by the conversa
tion of hi untiring nurse to the reali
ties of the present existence, would
sink buck ly a sort of Irresistible
gravity Into the realm of memory.
There, In the Impenetrable privacy of
his soul, he brooded over his w runts
and counted his prospects of righting
them, as a miser reckons Ms coins
The blow struck by David bad stun
ned the doctor, but had not killed him.
lie lay In the road unlll a slave, pass
ing that way, picked htia up snd ear
rld lit nt lo a nlliUirln plantation,
where lie ftll tnlu the hands of people
ho In the trul sen of Ihs word
wets good SUiiiaMlaiis Their hospital
11 m teu4 I Ue uwuwet, fvf
lay for weeks In a stupor, and when na
recovered oonselousness his reason naa
undergone a strange eclipse. For a
long time he could not recall a single
event In his history and when at last
some of the most prominent began to
re-present themselves to his view It
was vaguely and slowly, as mountain
peaks and hill-tops break through a
morning mist This was not the only
result of the blow which his rival had
struck him ;lt had , left him totally
blind.
Not until many weeks had passed
did Mantel succeed in really engaging
his patient In anything like a conver
sation, and even after he had begun to
thaw a little under those tactf"!
lstratlons of love, whenever the past
was even hinted at the old recluse re
lapsed Instantly Into silence.
Mantel might have been discouraged
had he not determined at all hazards
to enter Into the secrets cf this ' life,
and to pave the way for the forgive
ness of his friend. He therefore per
slsted In his efforts, and one bright
day when the Invalid was feeling un
usually strong ventured to press home
his inquiries.
'1 cannot help thinking," he said,
"that you could soon be reasonably
well again if you did not brood so
much. I fear there Is some trouble
gnawing at your heart"
"There Is," he was answered, lolly.
"Have you wronged some one, then,
and are these thoughts which vex you
feelings of remorse and guilt?"
"Wronged some one!" the sick man
fairly roared, gripping the arms of his
chair and gasping for breath In the
excitement which the question brought
on. "Not It I have been wronged
No one has ever b-b-been wronged as
I have. I have nourished vipers in my
b-b-bosom and been stung by them.
I have sown love and reaped hate. I
have been robbed, deceived and betray
ed! My wife Is gone! My health Is
gone! My sight Is gone! He has
skinned me like a sheep! My heart
has turned to a hammer which knocks
at my ribs and cries revengel It ch-ch-chokes
me!"
He gasped, grew purple In the face'
and clutched at his collar as If about
to strangle. After a while the par
oxysm passed away, and Mantel deter
mined once more to try and assuage
this implacable hatred.
(To be continued.)
FLOWERS OB BUTTONS.
The Simple African Belle Preferred
Her Om Means of Adornment.
Buttons have been so much In re
quest this season for decorative as
well as merely useful purposes that
button factories have been working
overtime, and have found It difficult
to meet the demand. Paris has cdm
manded the use of buttons, and the
fashionable world has hastened to com
ply. Nevertheless, its response has been
anticipated by unsophisticated Africa.
The belles of the West Coast, as Rob
ert H. Milllgan has recently described
them in his "Jungle Folk of Africa,"
outbutton even the most thickly button-studded
of Imported Parisian crea
tions. To be sure, tropical garments being
light and scanty, they prefer to be
deck their coiffures Instead of their
costumes; but the principle Is the
same. The buttons employed are quite
as numerous, and quite as unneces
sary. This is how the Bulu bells do
their hair:
"Crossing it back and forth over
strips- of bamboo,' they bnlld It Into
three or four ridges, several Inches
high, running from the front to the
back of the head. Each ridge is
mounted with a close row of common
white shirt buttons. When shirt but
tons cannot be procured, a certain
small shell Is used. Sometimes the
ridges are circular, one within another,
like a story cake. Iced with shirt but
tons. "In addition to this the women often
sew on above each ear a card contain
ing as many as six dozen buttons.
Sometimes they also build a kind of
splashboard behind the head, from ear
to ear, to hold more buttons. The hair
thus arranged remains undisturbed
for several months.
"Across the middle of the forehead
they wear several strings of beads, or
sometimes a strip of monkey skin an
inch wide, edged with shirt buttons,
and fastened behind the head. They
also have bangles three inches to a
foot long, all round the head, consist
ing of loose hair strung with beads
of all colors. But there is still room
for more, and they wear round the
neck countless strings of small blue
black bead, plied up sometimes several
Inches high on the shoulders.
"Occasionally they pierce the sep
tum ot the nose and Insert a string of
beads or a brass ring; and the ears
are treated In the same manner. A
black tattooed marking between the
eyes and two broad artistically de
signed lines of the same upon the
cheeks, running from the ear toward
the mouth, complete the head orna
mentation of a fashionable Bulu worn
at." Mr. Milllgan records that, seeing a
woman engaged in her "semiannual
duty of combing her hair," he suggest
ed the possibilities of bright flowers
rather than buttons; he even politely
gathered some and tried the effect
against her dark head, which was ex
cellent "But to her they were ridiculous;
nor was she moved when I told her
that white women In my country In
finitely preferred flowers to shirt but
tons." Youth's Companion.
Mel hod.
"What makes you keep on asking
me If the razor hurts?" asked the man
who was being shaved. "I've said
'yes' three times and It hasn't made
any difference."
"No." answered the barber. "I was
merely trying my razors out to see !
which of 'em wants honing." Wash
ington Star.
1
The Coat of a Fad.
"Do you know her well?"
To the contrary, I've never known
her well a single day since she learned
It was fashionable to be operated on."
St. Louis Star.
Adrantno-es of a Silo.
Silos have become one of the fixed
appointments of successful dairy and
stock farms where economy in feed Is
necessary to achieve profitable results.
The expense of a silo often prevents
Its use by farmers who feel that they
cannot spare the money for such an
equipment The Intelligent feeder
who has carefully investigated the ad
vantages of a silo is the man loudest
in its praise. It has become recog
nized that high class results In feed
ing lire stock cannot be consummated
without feeding silage.
Deleterious results seldom follow
feeding ensilage. If such results do
follow It comes from either overfeed
ing or from spoiled silage. Silage Is
recognized as of great economic value
in feeding dairy cows. Where dairy
farming is made a specialty but few
dairies are operated without the use
of silage. It is equally valuable as -a
ration for young cattle and has decid
ed merits when fed to steers being
fattened for market. Sheep and swine
thrive ou silage. As a part of the ra
tion of roughage it could be generally
utilized for all classes of live Stock.
The dairy, cow could be fed forty
pounds of silage daily, while thirty
pounds would be a ration for a beet
animal.
A silo enables the farmer to econ
omize In space in the storage ot feed.
It requires double the space to store
the same feed nutriments in dry
roughage as in silage. The silo can
be constructed of re-enforced cement
ind become a permanent improvement
that will cost nothing for maintenance.
A silo enables the farmer to save his
feed with tha minimum loss of nutri
ents. Feed cured in the open air suf
fers a loss of about 25 per cent of nu
triments, while ensilage loses about
10 per cent of nutriment.
Silage has been comprehensively
tested at nearly all the agricultural
experiment stations with uniform fa
vorable results. It insures to the
dairyman succulent feed at all times
an Important condition in milk produc
tion, as succulent feed is best tor
dairy cows. Goodall's Farmer.
Farming Bnelnee.
Science has shown that where there
ts a farm that does not pay, tha fault
lies not In the land, but In the man
who Is In charge. Good or bad farm
ing results from definite reasons. Suc
cess results from painstaking, season
able operations; tbe application of
practical knowledge which has been
gained by studying the requirements
which are known will bring success.
Lack of ambition results in Indif
ferent work on the farm. Taking full
advantage of the resources of any
farm, and following intelligent, up-to-date
methods of farming will in due
time mean steady and often very lapld
Improvement in yield of crops. In a
sense, the resources of a farm vary
with locality; but in the main there
are many Identical conditions on very
many farms. The farmer who works
to establish a well-set meadow, aims
to get the hilly, washable, waste lands
set in grass; utilizes the rocky rough
lands by setting out fruit trees;
ditches the low lands and reclaims the
swamps; Improves the stony fields by
picking off the surface stones so that
crops will take the places the stones
3ccupled, uses some of the ways of
taking advantage of the resources of a
'arm.
The farmer who owns a big farm In
rery many Instances does not secure
crops that average as well as the farm
er whose farm rarely exceeds sixty
or seventy acres. The reason is the
large farmer cannot, with the force
he usually keeps, properly look after
everything, seeing that seasonable
work is done and that each farming
operation Is well attended to. Each ot
:hese Is a great success factor In farm
ing. Hasty work means, Invariably,
some neglect or work Indifferently
done.
h Man of Ike Hour.
What Is a food expert?"
Aoy nun who ran ntsae his wage
buy enough for the family table "
Philadelphia ledger.
The percentage of foreigners la 1 taf
ia aa u iw-
Corn Breeding;.
The Illinois experiment station has
just published the results ot its ef
forts to breed corn tor high and low
protein content and tor high and low
all content. Ten generations of corn
have been bred for these different pur
poses by selection of seed having the
desired qualities. In the effort to in
crease the protein content the average
has been changed from 10.92 per cent
to 14.28 per cent In the effort to de
crease It from 10.92 per cent to 8.64
per cent. Individual ears have been
found which contain as high as 17.79
per cent of protein and as low as 6.13
per cent, as high as 8.59 per cent of
oil and as low as 1.60 per cent But
the high protein corn has been In
evecy case less productive than any
ot the other three and In some cases
decidedly so. It has also been less
productive as a rule than corn grown
for no particular purpose Just corn.
The conclusion Is reached from some
plots that, while this continued selec
tion for a single purpose to the neglect
of all other considerations has resulted
In lower yields, yet this Is not a neces
sary result. In some cases high pro
tein corn has yielded well as compared
with standard varieties bred for no
particular purpose.
fcattac Half Ike Coaerete.
A farmer of Morgan County, 111,
found that be could save, more than
bait the usual amount of concrete In
paving the lot around his horse barn,
by using defective vitrified brick
which be bought at the factory at Si
cents per load. Laying the brick on
sdge, as for a pavement, and leaving
large cracks between, the concrete was
used simply to fill lhe cracks and
all uneven places and make a level
surface. Tbe surface ass left rousb
tuJ Ihuj patut has proves tall
w- attar
The Profitable Dairy Cow.
Some people seem to keep and mill
cows simply because others keep them,
without any regard to whether the
cows are paying a profit For a cow
to be worth keeping she must pay
profit on the feed and care given her.
For her to be really worth while, shi
should produce 100 per cent more milk
than her feed costs, including pasture,
of course.
It does not matter so much whal
breed a cow belong to. Simply be
cause she Is of Jersey or Holstelo
blood, Is not positive proof that she li
more than paying her way. A com
mon cow may be doing better than
she. The only way to And out whal
she Is doing Is to weigh and test hei
milk at regular and frequent lntervala
Let her stand on her merits and not
on her ancestry.
One reason why some cows do not
pay greater profit is that they are not
fed all the nutritious feed they will
eat This Is especially the case wltli
many farmers In winter, when pas
tures are dead. Many of them keej
their producing cows on half feed
when they are not on pasture, and still
expect the cows to make up the loss
If a cow Is worth keeping at all she li
worth feeding all she can be Induced
to eat. If It is not found profitable
to purchase extra feeds so that the
cows may have all that they will" con
sume, then It Is best to keep only ai
many cows as feed can be provided foi
on the farm.
Make the ow produce all the milk
she can by good care and feed, and
do not let her go dry until the time
she Is ready to turn dry. Keep th
best heifers from the best cows. Jour
nal of Agriculture.
Breed and Feed.
To cheapen the cost of production
is to Increase the price of dairy prod
ucts; and the only way to lower tht
cost is to feed and breed Intelligently
The scrub bull is the bane and curst
of the dairy Industry in Missouri and
the Southwest, as it is everywhere
else. And it should also be remem
bered that the best cow In the world
may be ruined as a milk producer bj
improper feeding'. If you do not own
a thoroughbred bull wflh good .milk
stock in his pedigree, buy one at onca
Get out of the old rut, and start right
Go to work now and build up youi
herd. The chances are that 60 pel
cent of those who read this paragraph
have a lot of cows that are hardly pay
ing for their keep. But, by breeding
to the right sort of a sire, and keep
ing the heifer calves from only th
best milkers, and feeding Intelligently,
any man who reads this can have a
herd of 300-pound producing cowa tu
five years. Missonr! Dairyman.
Waste of Feed.
Wherever cattle or bogs are fed
there Is a great waste In valuable feed
resulting from the feeding of too much
corn, or feeding com out ot balance
and proportion to protein or nitrogen
ous food. The time has come In the
high price of corn to call a halt to this
wasteful method of feeding. To fully
utilize feed proper digestion must go
on, and when corn is fed out of bal
ance with nitrogenous foods It is not
all digested and assimilated. These
are very Important facts, now that
corn is high in price and Is likely to
stay so. What, then. Is the food that
must take the place of part of the corn
fed in making pork? That is the
question that should be carefully
studied and heeded by farmers. Cheap
er production through more econom
ical use of our feeds Is an Important
matter and must be so recognized
sooner or later by our farmers. Kansas-
Farmer.
Orchard Cultivation.
Hoe the weeds and grass away from
the trees In the orchard, and while
you are hoeing the grass and weeds
away, dig down into it and stir the
soli for 2 or 3 feet around the base of
each tree. Keeping tbe grass and
weeds away will destroy nesting placet
for .mice and prevent them from gir
dling the trees. Digging Into aid turn
ing up some of the surface soil will
bring some Insect pests to light to be
destroyed, and the stirring of the soil
around the base ot the tree will do
some good in the way of cultivation.
A few minutes thus spent to each tree
may be the means of Its bearing an
extra bushel of fruit this coming year
The more the orchard is cultivated
and worked with the more it will
bear. Intensive orchard cultivation Is
Imperative for the best results. Jour
nal of Agriculture.
Ponltrr Note.
Some farmers neglect the 25 to 50
cents that the battening of cracks In
the coop would cost, and each month
feed a dollar's worth of extra corn lu
order to supply the animal heat
needed.
Fowls love to thrash out a bundle of
wheat or oats, and It does one good
to step around to the door of the
poultry house and listen to the merry
chatter while the fowls are digging In
the straw.
The answer to the question. Does
winter poultry pay? depends In a large
measure upon where your hens are
roosting. It on the bare branches ot
a tree, on tha northeast corner of the
barn, there can be no doubt about It
Raise your chickens outdoors at all
seasons ot the year, give them every
opportunity to get fresh air and sun
shine. Keep them In small flocks
until they roost regularly. Keep tha
roofs of all brooders and coops watei
tight; dampness is fatal to chtckeus.
old or young. If coops leak, cover
with tar roofing or canvas painted
with several coats ot white lead.
Farm Journal.
There ts a disposition to sit around
and sleep in winter. Hens will drop
Into that habit it you do not help them
to stir around and work for their liv
ing. That is why a scratching shed la
good, and why plenty of litter keeps
the fowls healthy.
Scatter a little grain among litter
tt noon, and give a full feed at night
What Is meant by a full feed of grata
Is about a good handful for each fowl
lo the pen. A mixture of corn, wheat,
oats aud barley, equal parts by mn
urement, mtkoe aa asceLUal mlitura
for winter.