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ENTEItPBISB. YIollow Concrete Kenca Poate. To construct hcllow re-enforced con srete fence post a few modifications of the ordinary mold are necessary, In addition to the core to be placed In the center of the post, writes C. A. Cook. The mold for an ordinary 4x4 inch post 7 feet long consists of a bot tom, two sides and two end gates, all of which are held together by three Iron clamps placed over the top of the Ides after they are put together. The sides are held to the bottom by small dowel pins Inserted In holes In the bottom, so that the sides may be read ily revolved, leaving the finished post lying on the base to harden. One end gate must have a two-Inch hole In It through which the core may be with drawn. The wooden core is constructed of S pieces and is 2 Inches In diameter. Its full length should be 7V4 feet. A round piece of soft wood may be awed Into Ave strips, so that when the central portion is withdrawn the narrow sides and then the wider sides may be removed from the concrete post The galvanized iron core tapers from 2 Inches in diameter at the larg er end to of an Inch at the top, for 7-foot post Is 7 feet 2 inches long. This can be made by any tinsmith from good heavy galvanized Iron, and should be closed at the smaller end. The mold Is fastened together, and about one Inch of concrete Is placed -on the bottom before the core Is put In position. After being wrapped with paper the core should be A Tarae-Pea Poaltry Hmm. The cut shows a very useful poul try house for three pens of fowls, with yards arranged for the same number. The ouse Is 30x30 feet and will accommodate 100 fowls. The ban way takes but little room out of the Interior and yet It communicates with all three pens. The Inside divi sions are of wire netting, allowing the sunshine that enters at the side of the house to fall Into the pens; but the house should be so located that three Ides may receive morning, noon and afternoon sun. The plan Is followed, according to Orange Judd Farmer, for dividing the yard outside aa for divid ing the space Inside the house. This iWando!leepf f The Devil-Stick 1 A By Ihe Author ef 0 R "The Mrstery of a Kuitra Cab," EM. H passed through the hole in the lower nd gate. The paper covering will per mit the removal of the core In twenty to thirty mjnutes after the post la made. The galvanized Iron core may be greased, but the paper la fully aa effective. The wooden core extends entirely tfrrough the post, and two end gates -with two-Inch holes In them are used 'with It. The metal core should be vplaned In the mold ao that the small er end la about two lnchea from the top of the post. After the core la in position the remainder of the con crete can be put in and the post set aside to harden until the core and molds can be removed. Para Work Horaaa. If those who have horsea In their charge on the farm would Inaugurate a more systematic course of feeding, utilizing the cheaper forma of feed, much expense of winter feeding 6ould be saved, and better and healthier horses would be the result. Adopt, for Instance, the plan of feeding the horses In the morning only a stomach ful of the feed, a stomachful at noon, and only a stomachful at night. Such a course would give the horse's stom ach a chance to digest the feed. If a variety of feed Is at hand, then feed one kind tn the morning, an other at noon and another at night. Regularity In feeding la Important. If horses are watered frequently enough they will not drink too much at a time. Regular exercise In the open air Is absolutely necessary to maintain a healthy condition. Spasmodic exer cising alternating with periods of In activity la dangeroua and unprofitable. The proper use of the means at com mand on the farm will Inaure a good condition of the horses that will look well, be well and give excellent serv ice. N. A. Clapp. Grafllaa Was. In an Iron pot melt over the fire 100 farts of the finest asphalt, add 600 parts brown pitch, uutll, with stirring, it Is fluid; then pour tn 600 parts of melted yellow beeswax. The fire must not be too hot at this time. When It Is alt well mixed, add 600 parta of thick turpentine, stir It well and pour Into It 600 parts of refined tallow. Lift it from the fire, stir until you begin to note that It Is cooling, and then drop In, stirring steadily, very care fully, because the mass will at once rise up, 250 to 600 parts of alcohol, according to the consistency you wish it to have. The Uiirg" llorao. Forty years ago the Morgana were the favorite road horses. This strain traces to a single ancestor, Justin Mor gan, foaled In Vermont In 1793, bis Mood being largely thoroughbred. From him descended the Dlack Hawk, Bashaw, Oolddust, EMhan Allan, Den Franklin, Oeneral Knox and Daniel Lambert families. Tba Morgan type la abort of leg, thick and round bar rel, intelligent and of great courage and endurance. tail rioeka Baet. Because table acrapa form a large part of tba amall flock's ration, and they are usually evenly balanced ra tions, la one of tba reasona a amall flock of hens does better than a large . Plaallaai Pelatoae. A potato apeclalat gives this ad rice: Prefer clover sod manured. Plow about four Inches deep, planting in very third furrow. Plant about last week In May. Don't plant when dew la on the clover, as it la apt to rot tba potatoes. Run over the potato around with a disk Just when the po tatoes an coming up, then harrow. Laavo two eyes whan cutting seed po tato. Don't cut too long before plant ing. Us on pound par Is green to 100 pound plaster and as a rule do not go erer U potato mar than oaca, glvea a large amount of yard space, with yards conveniently located. This building is shingled all over the out side, with the heaviest building paper under the shlnglea, and may either be aheathed or lathed and plaatered In- aide. Carl fo' Orapea. Rulea for grapes culture from th experiment station record, United States Department of Agriculture: The main points In grape culture are summarized aa follows: With a few exceptions grapes of the Lubrusca species, of which the Con cord may be taken as the type, are the most satisfactory for general planting. A warm, rich, well drained soil Is best for the grape. Almost all vines should be planted at least eight feet apart. Strong one-year-old vines are most desirable for planting. Thorough shallow cultivation Is es sential. The pruning of the first two years must be done with reference to the system under which the vine is to be trained after It begins fruiting. Dur ing this time the vine should become thoroughly established. The best time for the principal pruning Is soon after the leaves drop In autumn, but pruning can be done at any time during the winter when the vines are not frozen. Summer pruning consists of pinching lateral branches In order to encourage the de velopment of the fruit and the bearing wood for the succeeding year. The long arm, short spur system of training Is usually the most satisfac tory for the Inexperienced grower, but the renewal systems are highly recommended. Karljr llatehla. To get early sitting hens the hen must have laid out their clutches of eggs during the winter or very early spring. Hens that have laid during the fall and all winter will be the first ones to become broody. Those that start to laying tn the spring will be that much later In wishing to sit. Put the early sitter to work as soon aa your eggs are fertile. Remember that It Is the early bird that catches the worm, and it is the early chick that brings the big price. If possible It Is best to move each hen as she be comes broody to a room apart from the other hens. Here she may sit tn undisturbed peace. The room should le rather warm, as well as quiet and half dark. Under such conditions the hens will all attend strictly to bust, ness, there will be fewer broken eggs and hens leaving their nests, and the hatches In general will average a much higher percentage of the num. ber of eggs set. Agricultural Epltc mlst. Removing a Small Slump. Dy fastening the chain to one of the large roots and bringing It across the top of the stump, a leverage can be secured to take full advantage of the strength of the horses. A Maw laaactlelda. Prof. C. P. Ulllotte, of the Colorado Agricultural College, his discovered a new Insecticide for the codlln moth, which has proved effective In destroy ing the worms, and probably will be found not so Injurious to apple trees as other arsenical poisons. Sulphide of arsenic Is the name of the new poi son. It comes cheaper than the arsen ics now In use. II Molatar. To produce any crop It requires from 300 to 600 pounds of water to mak a pound of dry matter. It la Important that soils have a great deal of mois ture, and that It Is not lost by evap oration. Deep plowing makes soils hold mor moisture and frequent cul tivations prevent It low by evapora tion. Oma Poo for Chlrka. If you have your own glan feed aa great a variety aa you have. Cracked wheat, cracked Kaffir corn and cracked corn are all good, but something In plac of meat should be given, either beef acrapa or blood meal, also char coal and grit. Bom poultrymen us bran on the floors of tba brooders, and It la a good thing, provided It la replenished every day. It Is mor apt to get foul than dry alfalfa leaves. There la just about aa much nourishment In the on as th other. Tb country" honey product tor laat 7 ear la estimated at fl5.000.000. Ther are 7.000 beekeeper In th country and th product of their hive waa euraolent to fill a train of car long enough U reach from New York 4 Buffalo CHAPTER XXI. Oreat was the astonishment through Out the neighborhood when It became known that Dr. Etwald. the clever phy sician, of Deanminster, had been ar rested on the doublt charge of murder and theft of a dead body. Major Jen worked hard to procure evldenoe against the prisoner, and David Sarby worked just as hard to obtain material for the defence. The attitude taken up by the young barrister astonished everyone, and was universally con demned. After that memorable Interview In the library, when Etwald was accused and arrested, Arket took away his prls oner in custody by virtue of the war rant, and left Major Jen alone with the counsel for the defence. When the sound of Etwald's carriage had died away In the distance, Jen, who had hitherto kept silence, raised his head and looked at David. "Well, sir!" he said, tn an Icy tone to his adopted son. "I am waiting tor you to explain this very extraordinary conduct." "Major Jen, I have no explanation to give you." "What!" cried his guardian, rising, "Do you dare to sit there and tell me that you are a traitor, a coward, an ungrateful man 7 What will every one say, when they learn that you Intend to defend Etwald?" "They will say almost as cruel things as you have said." returned David, still composed. "But I do not care for the opinion of the public. I act according to the dictates of my own conscience. I have an excellent excuse." "What Is it, if I may be so bold as to ask?" "I refuse to tell you at present." "Indeed: and am I ever to learn the reason of your extraordinary behavior?" "Yes, Major. You shall learn my reuson at the trial. I shall explain It when I make my speech for the defence." "David, there Is something very ex traordinary In your gehavlor, and you refuse to give me your reasons there for. If I wait until the trial, will you explain?" 'Yes. I have already told you so. In my speech for the defence you will be fully satisfied that I have good cause to act aa I am doing." "Very good," replied Jen, calmly. "Then I shall say nothing to anyone about your very curious behavior. I shall work hard to secure the condem nation of this scoundrel. You can do your best to save him. But against you, or for you, I shall not open my mouth. At the trial I shall expect an explanation." 'You shall have It." 'But," added Jen, "as until that ex planation we are enemies although not openly so I shall require you to leave my house." "I expected that you would do ao," rejoined David, bowing his head. "In deed, you can act in no other way. To day I shall take lodgings in Deanmin ster and wait for the trial. I shall de fend Etwald to the best of my abil ity; and then you can decide whether I am fit to re-enter this house." , Arkel had soukM out as witnesses against Etwald seven persons. Firstly, Mrs. Dallus, who was to prove that she was hypnotized frequently by Dido. Secondly, Isabella, who was to depose that before the murder her mother had been sent by Dido to "Ashantee" to steal the devll-stlck, which under the Influence of hypnotism. Thirdly, But tersea, who wus to give evidence that he had found the devil-stick within the grounds of Mrs. Dallas. Fourthly, Meg, who was to prove the offer of Batter sea to sell her the stick. Fifthly, Major Jen, who could explain the engagement of the dead man to Miss Dallas, and the rivalry of his assassin. Sixthly, Jaggard, whose evidence would tend to show that Dido had drugged him for the purpose of stealing the body. And seventhly, the most Important witness Of all, Dido, who was to depose to the manufacture of the poison, the re-Ailing of the devll-stlck, and the giving of It to Dr. Etwald, so that he might perpetrate the crime. With these seven witnesses Jen did not see how Etwuld could escape the gallows. "Are you sure that all these people will speak out?" asked the Major of Arkel when the list wus submitted to htm. "I am certain of all save one," re plied Arkel, In a dissatisfied tone, "and the worst of It Is that Dido Is the one." "Does she refuse to give .evidence against F.twald?" "I should think so. Simply because he Is the holder of the Voodoo Stone. The only chunge of getting the negress to confess the whole truth Is for either you or I to gain possession of that stone." "Where Is It?" "Etwald carries It on his wntch chain. I saw htm the other day In prison, and he showed It to me. A common little black stone It Is, but Dido would kill him with pleasure to get It." "Kill Etwald!" ejaculated Jen. Then, after a pause, he added: "I believe you ar right, Arkel, for It Is not the man himself she cares about, but the stone. However, I'll see Isabella and make her persuad Dido to speak against Et wald." The Major went at once to "The Wigwam," but, notwithstanding all his eloquence, In spite of the tears and lm plorlngs of Wrtliollu. the negreas posi tively declined to any a word against the Ureal Master. "While dat big man hab de Voodoo Stone. I do notliln' nothtu'," she suld. And from this obstinate position they all failed to move her. "Why don't you get th Voodoo Stone you re If, If you adore It so much?" cried Mrs. Dallas, exasperated by this obstinacy. "Ah, If I hab dat Voodoo Stone. I be great; great de queen ob th debbles. But he no let It go!" "Go and see Dr. Etwald, and tell him you will give evldenoe against him un less he gives you the stone." This suggestion cam from Isabella, but of It Dido took no notice. Without a word to mother or daughter, who were both In tears, she left th room, tn th afternoon ah was nowhar to b found, and both Mrs. Dallas and Isa bella earn to th conclusion that ah bad fled to avoid being forced Into giv ing Incriminating evidence. Toay fell tit oa aaother a arms, and war he-, aide themselves with terror. All the evil done by Dido and Etwald seemed likely to fall upon their Innocent heads. "Still, there Is hope," said Isabella. "We will speak to Major Jen, and ask him to send the police after this wreached woman." This opinion was at once acted upon, ind a messenger was sent to "Ashan tee;" but Major Jen was from home, and It was not till o'clock that he presented himself at "The Wigwam" and heard the story of Dido's flight. "But she can't be very far away," said Jen, hopefully. "I saw her in Deanminster, and thought she had ene there with a message from you. But even If we had forced her Into court, she would not have given evi dence against the holder of the Voodoo 3tone." "Dat so!" said a hoarse voice at the door. The three people turned, and saw Dido, with an expression of triumph on her dark face, enter the room. "Dido!" cried Isabella, "You did not run away?" "No, missy, I tell de truth against dat man." "But the Voodoo Stone," said Jen, wondering what she meant Dido opened her clenched fist The Voodoo Stone lay in the palm of her hand. How she became possessed of the Voodoo Stone, Dido refused to say. Jen had learned from Inspector Arkel that Etwald wore the talisman on his watch-charm, and he wondered In what fashion Dido had contrived to penetrate Into the prison and to obtain It from the doctor. The whole result of the trial depended upon the transfer of the stone. If Etwald kept It, Dido would not dare to give evidence against him. and so, in the absence of incriminating details, he would go free. As It was, the stone was now tn the possession of Dido, and for some reason, which Jen was unable to fathom, she was quite content to betray her share in the plot. By changing hands the Voodoo Stone had transformed Dido into a traitress, However, as the advantage derived from the transfer was all on the side of the prosecuption, Jen did not think It wise to inquire too closet Into the means which Dido had employed to re gain the talisman. He saw nothing of David, who pointedly kept out of his way. He made no Inquiries of Dido, and simply Informed the Inspector that the negress was ready to explain Et wald's secrets, without telling him why she was willing to do so. When the trial came on, and after the evidence had been given, everyone, without exception, looked upon the prisoner as guilty, and they considered it futile when David Sarby rose to de liver his speech for the defence. The young man was even paler than usual. and when he rose laid down the devll stlck, at which he had been looking. When on his feet he glanced round the court and caught the gaze of Isabella, who was staring eagerly at him. Then he turned to his client. Dr. Etwald smiled coldly on his counsel. David shuddered, and picking up the devll stlck, spoke sharply and to the point. "My lord, and Kentlenien of the Jury You have heard the evidence, which makes out Unit my client is guilty. That evidence IS wrong, as can bo proved by one witness. I am the wit ness. In my rooms there is lying a confession, signed and witnessed. which sets forth that I am the guilty person. It was I, not Etwald, who murdered Maurice Aylmer. Yes. I was in love with Miss Dallas, and therefore was Jealous of Maurice. I knew that Dido possessed the devll stlck and I bribed her to give It to me. I pretended to go to the city on the night of the murder, but, instead of doing so, I remained In the grounds of Mrs. Dallas, where I obtained thn devll-stlck from Dido. I saw Maurice meet with Miss Dallas. I saw them kiss and part. Influmed by Jealousy, I ruBhed after him and met him on the road. He turned in surprise, and flung out his arms to keep me off. The devll-stlck, with its poison-fang protrud ing, was tn my grasp, and In throwing out his arm I weunded him In the palm of the hund, thus " David took the devll-stlck firmly In his grasp and compressed the hand'.e. At once the iron tongue, with its drop of venom, appeared. With the sharp point he made an Irregular wound on the palm of his hand, and enst thn devll-stlck on the table before him. A moment afterwards, amid the silent horror of the crowded court, be '.ell down dead. CHAPTER XXII. Naturally, the tragio end of the counsel for the defence created a greut sensation. The trial was brought to an abrupt conclusion, the court was cleared, and the body of the dead man tuken to the residence of Major Jen. In his rooms at Deanminster wus found the confession signed by htm , and which was substantially the same as that which he had made In court. At once Dr. Etwald was set at liberty on the charge of murder. Whereupon he returned to his houe as though nothing had happened. Mrs. Iallus and Isabella came back to "The Wigwam," but without Dido. On the day when the trial terminated in s tragic a manner the negress disappear ed, and with her the famous Voodoo Stone. "I wish I could have caught her," aid Arkel to Major Jen. "She com mitted perjury In order to gel Dr. Et wald hansed. and shs ought to have tieen punished for her wickedness. It has been a terrible affair. Major." Jen, who was now looking old and broken down, agreed with a sad shake of his grey head. 'My poor lads," said he. In a vole full of pathos. "First on and then th other to lose them both In this awful fashion." "What!" cried Arkel. In surprise. "Do you pity Mr. Sarby V 'Why not?" answered th Major, quietly. "To my mind he need mor pity that poor Maurice. Th lad was driven mad by jealousy and h was worked on by Dido to commit th crime. Th cauaa of all these troubles. Mr. Inspector, la not Dr. Etwald. ut that black witch. I wish Mi could be caught." Dido waa never caught Sb was to clever to give th polio a chance of taring hands en hex. lis. a aton east Into a wide ocean she disappeared from Deanminster, and, possessed the Voodoo Stone, possibly took her way to her native Ashantee, there to become the high priestess In the hor rible fetish -worship of Africa. For the next two days Major Jen stayed In the house and watched ovr the corpse of David. The whole scene was but a repetition of that which had taken place when Maurice had died. Both young men had perished from th effects of the Infernal African poison. Both had perished In the bloom of youth; and on the right hand of each was the fatal wound which had cor rupted the blood. But the corpse of David was here. The corpse of Mau rice, where? Only Dr. Etwald could answer the question, and he, released on the charge of murder, was now iut on ball for the theft of the corpse. While the Major was wondering what would be the outcome of all the terri ble events which had filled the last few weeks, Jaggard entered the library, and announced that Mrs. Dallas and her daughter wishes to see him. Al though he was unwilling to speak to those who had caused these troubles, Jen had no reasonable grounds for re fusing an Interview. Therefore he gave orders that the ladles should be shown Into the drawing-room. When he re paired thither, however, he found to his surprise that Mrs. Dallas only was waiting for him. "I could not get Isabella further than the door of your house?" exclaimed Mrs. Dallas, who was In deep mourn ing, whether for Maurice or David, or for the loss of Dido, It is impossible to say. "Why did she not come In?" askd Jen, coldly, for he did not feel very amiably disposed towards the widow. "I don't know. She Is a strange glfl. Major, and the events of the last fnv weeks have shaken her nerves. "They have shaken mine," retorted Jen, grimly. "But we need not dlsctiM these things, Mrs. Dallas. May I ask why you have paid me this visit?" "To tell you that we are going away. Back to Barbadoes," replied Mrs. Dal las, with a sigh. "Yes, Mnjor, after what has taken place here, I can stay no longer In America. I shall sell my house and leave for the West Indies with my daughter within the month. "I think It is the best thing you cao do," said Jen, brusquely. (To be' eon r in tied.) GENTLEMEN OF OLD SCHOOL. Soma Obac-rvatliiiia About a Type Ei latlng a Generation Ago. Not very long ago there was a dap per old gentleman of 90-odd years who, having published in his youth a famous technical book that remains in wide demand even to this day, used to call frequently at his publish ers, on matters of business, Harper's Weekly says. Although his face ex pressed an almost mummified effect of great age and his carriage was a little Jerky In the nature of its spry ness, he was, nevertheless, clad upon these occasions In the latest fashion of a beau about town. His clothes were not plain. One recalls their ef fect of having a pattern was it U Invisible checK or plaid? his trousers were creased and generally light In hue; his neckties were uot those of a man of 90-odd and over his trim, pointed shoes he wore light tan gait ers. The crowning glory of his garb like a brave wild flower glowing upon an ancient ruin was the carna tion which was never absent from the lapel of his coat, except when he pre sented it with a low 'bow to some fair lady. A gallant gentleman, who de clined to surrender to age and was only conquered by death because of that iron necessity of our human fate. The society of which he was a prod uct has passed. Then men of his day regarded women as the fair sex, with all which the words imply; they cher ished them, yet as something not too good for human nature's daily food, and they even wrote verses to them Involving such phrases aa "heart's fragrance," "modest eyes," "bashful sweetness" and the like, and in such a chlrography! Theirs was not the handwriting of our contemporary "business men"; it had an almost feminine delicacy and a precision which Is now supplied only by the typewriting machine. There were many apeclmena of this verse and this chlrography of 1828 In an old book which came lately by chance Into the hands of the Weekly one of those autograph albums bound In red leather and tastefully tooled In gilt, which were owned by the young ladles of the period, and with in whose pages were embalmed the sentimental addresses of their admir ers. Openly chivalrous In tone, tender In spirit, what has become of the young men of 1828 who were not ashamed to write a copy of verses tn their ladles' albums? Contemporane ous gentlemen, armored In the gog gles and gauntlets of the motor car, might be Inclined to sneer at them, but the record of men's achievement In the work of the world was at least aa Impressive in 1828 as it is now. Autre temps, autre moeurs, but the world moves on more or less the same. Her Hired Help. At Cumberland, Md., the colored servants, as a rule, go to their own homes at night. The cook In the fam ily of the Episcopalian clergyman not only does this, but of late has fre quently arrived at the rectory too lat to cook breakfast. Hence her mistress lately told her that for each breakfast mimed there would be a reduction In her wages. Dinah passively assented to thia. but next day the mistress heard the maid next door say to her: " 'Peara to me you get to work mighty late." n "1 get to work when I get ready, waa the reply. "How do you manage 'bout the brek- fus?" "Oh. I pay th mlssu to cca d brekf us." Harper's Magaztn. Proved HI laaoraaeo. "He Droved hla clleut'a Innocenc of burglary by producing an alibi." "Then tb prisoner dldn t commit tb theft aa charged?" "No. Hla lawyer established tba fact that th accused waa tn jail for highway robbery at the tlm th af fair happened." St. Louis Star. A Sharp Uac. Penley I only want to Hv until I becom famous. Miaa Keen Ah. but W doul hV MthueUha nowadays, Mr. Paly. Boston Transcript WORLD OF FALSE IDEAS Somi Peculiar Beliefs Thst Have Been Proved Wrong as th Years Go By. ' THE INACCURACIES OF HIST0BY. fallacies Regarding Weather, Cats, Moths, Pendulums, Steam and Falling Now Exploded. Th world is full of fallacies, entire ly apart from the great mass of super stitions which in themselves form a class, a writer in the New York Even ing Post says. A little knowledge la a dangeroua thing, and a superficial knowledge of the science will cause people to believe that the earth is cookie-shaped, or that orchards live on air, or that salamanders can really live in fire. Other weird beliefs run a par allel course with the materia medica; for instance, that whooping cough can b cured by letting a piebald bora breathe on the child, or that measles can b cured by taking the child through three parishes in a day. Weather is the subject of quantities of absurd theories, among which some people rank first the idea that the government forecasters can predict it. There la a belief that mild winters follow a mild December. There were those firings of cannons and exploding aerial bombs some years ago to make rain fall on the thirsty farm lands. We are even told now that our old pets, the equinoctial storms, are but creatures of the Imagination. History abounds In things which never happened. Wellington never said, "Up, guards, and at them!" at the battle of Waterloo. Dick Wh.lt tlngton never came to London with a domestic animal called a cat. Wil liam Tell never shot the apple off his son's head and Horuilus never defend ed the bridge. The old story about Lady Godlva has been absolutely dis proved. Cinderella is said to have worn glass slippers to the famous ball at which she made her reputation. In the old Eastern version, she wore fur slippers. That cats suck the breath out of sleeping babies is an old ab surdity that dies hard. The human race is Intelligent enough In this day and generation to understand electric lights and wireless, aeroplanes and au tomobiles; but you still occasionally see In the newspapers accounts of cats who have killed babies by sucking their breath. This is one way of say ing that the cat, liking a warm place to He, has Jumped Into the baby's bed and suffocated the occupant by lying on It. The average little baby is less In weight than the average cat, and la scarcely capable of driving a cat away. The pendulum does not make the clock go. It merely makes it go even ly. Steam Is Invisible. What we see emerging from locomotives and the tops of tall buildings is steam which has begun to turn back into water. Nails and teeth of animals are not poisonous themselves. A scratch or bite from dog or cat may prove ao, but only because some impurity or germ has been deposited in the ugly wound which results. When a serpent bites he discharges a special polsbn which is secreted from glands. Many people think that a soft-boiled egg which has been allowed to cool cannot be made hard by a second boil ing. This Is not true. Every time a workman falls from a forty-story building there are people who say: "Well, he probably didn't feel It when he struck." There is little or no basis for this belief that a per son la dead or unconscious at the end of a long fall. Our surviving jumpers from Brooklyn bridge prove this, and that a person retains consciousness Is shown by the case of the English boy who fell down a pit some 250 feet deep and shouted "Below!" three times on the way down. One theory is that a person falling would not be able to breathe; but a train at sixty miles an hour la moving faster than one would move in falling 100 or so feet, and no one pretends that one would die of suffocation If he puts his head out of the train window. The old tradition that a drowning person rises three times before he goes down sounds well In Carnegie medal stories, but Is not true. A per son rises so many times as he can get to the surface which may be once or a hundred times and he drowns when he Is so full of water that he cannot breathe. TRACING FREIGHT CARS. How Tlma-Frrla-ht RolllaaT Stock llaa Beea Tantad and Subdued. A freight car la essentially common property. It has to go from one line to another In the course of lta busi ness. It has to carry loads from Jack sonville, Fla., to Spokane, Wash.; from Phoenix, Art., to Augusta, Me. If all the freight cars In the United Statea were owned by one big company and if that company charged the rail roads for the exact amount of use which tbey made of each car the sit uation would theoretically be mor reasonable than It la to-day. But la any case the wanderlnga of freight cars will always entail an enor mous amount of labor with pen and pencil and telegraph key and type writer and long-distance telephone. The modern hunter of freight cara la not satisfied with knowing where all th car on his own line ar at the end of each day'a run, the Technical World says. Modern business Ufa has become ao rapid that In the case of certain klnda of freight It la neces sary to know juat where each car la every fw hour. Tula kind of freight la called tlm freight. Ordinary freight la dead freight Tlm freight consists only of cert la materials. These materials run alpha betically all the way from, asbestos, through cranberrlea, egg-cas filler. Ink, peanuts and varnish, down t tin. All cars In tlm freight trains ar reported by telegraph from all el vision points. Ton aa stand la front of a big hoard a th wall It U UU th hoard oa a atocK Broker a office except tnst it has little holes in It and watch the progress of th cars In a time freight train from point to point. As the telegrama come In the pegs are moved from hole to hole. It you started a carload of varnish from Chi cago to Omaha last night you can come in to-day and see just where that car la. You can watch It all the way to Omaha on the board. It ia a cruel humllatlon for the freight car. It used to be a wild, stray animal, hut now it la tamad and domesticated. Just aa we now have municipal lodging houses for tramps, so we have telegraph record boards for freight cara. Pretty aoon nobody will be able to eacape from the authorities. It Is only occasionally, under modern methods, a freight car tracer has to go out and bring It home by force. INVENTOR OF DIVINO ARMOR Draaa la It Preaeal Form la Da ta Valvo Mad ia 1838. Among pioneer Inventors, to whom the diving dress in its present per fected form owes ao much, was Wil liam Hannla Taylor. The previous "hit or mlsa" attempts were super seded by the Taylor patent of June 20, 1838 (No. 578), in which the essen tial feature was the valve allowing the emission of consumed air without an influx of water. Previoua to that time there had been the diving chests and the diving bell, of which the lat ter. Introduced by Smeaton, in 1778, waa the aafest and most practical de vice for submarine exploration. The diving bell baa been developed along side of the diving dress, and is still In use. The general appearance of Taylor's diving anno? waa like that of a knight's ar of mall, except for a prominent Ige in the body piece. A large pi pa coming down from the surface, and penetrating the body FIBST DIVINO ABMOB. piece on the other side, and waa pro vided with a valve which carried off the exhaust. Although diving armor has now reached its perfected state, this valve has never been materially improved upon. The accompanying illustration Is reproduced from Mr. Taylor's patent. Scientific American MAYOR OF PORTO VELHO. Unlqne Dlstlaotloa Conferred lipoa American In Heart of Braall, To be made the .mayor of a foreign community while still retaining American cltlenshlp and to "get away with the goods" Is something that does not fall to the lot of the av erage American. In Thomaston, L. I., however, the New York Telegram says, "there is to-day a live, up-to-date American, enjoying his first visit home In 25 months, who Is the mayor of a place some 10,000 relies away, In the very heart of South America, On the Booth liner Clement there arrived Thomas F. Murphy and four of hla associates, Loftln E. White. Joe" Gugenhelm, W. Gerald Cooper and Fred Schmidt. The quintet havo been in Brazil more than two yean laying out a railroad route from Ma deira Morrow among the headwatera of the Amazon, which Is to stretch across the continent when it la com pleted. Times were a bit dull at Porto Vel ho, ao named for no reason In par ticular, for there was no habitation there until the five Americans arrived on the spot to lay out their railroad. To while away 'some of their spare time the Americans decided to hold an election. Th native porters and laborera were given piece of pasteboard and told to plac them In th big box at tb entrance of the white man'a camp when Ougenhelm gave the signal. In the improvised ballot bos th natlvea dropped their bits of paste board, each of which read aa follows: "I vote tor Tbomaa F. Murphy for Mayor of Porto Velho." There was no question aa to tb unanimous vote and after Murphy's election to offic th five Americana proceeded to divide the rest of th municipal offices between the other four. According to the law of Brasll. however, the natlvea having voted reg ularly and willingly, really elected Murphy to the office of mayor of hitherto unknown Porto Velbo, and when the five Americans left ther a month ago torn Bralllan aettlera wer very much wrought up over th proposition of possibly never seeing their mayor again and over not being able to elect another man aa their bead because of th preaent Incumbent of th mayors offlca When a rattlesnake Is annoyed. 11 shake Its rattles, and peopl quit an noying It W wish w had rattle to ahak at th approach of a book agent W hop torn man will finally b rouad who Bvr lovd hot