FLAG HEEOENE NOW PRONOUNCED A LIYTH.
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Betsy Itoss never was fired with patriotic steal in making an American
ting and George Washington never leaned over her watching the nluible
fingers Bew the first stars and stripes., The chairman of the Philadelphia
committee on marking historic places has so reported. The Betsy Itoss' house
once contained a seamstress of that name, hut, according to the Philadelphia
committee, "she would have been fired with about the same amount of patri
otic zeal In sewing Old -Glory as she would have found in darning a pair of
socks." The above picture, which has done duty for a century, is also called
a fake.
TAFT'S HEADQUARTERS.
Will Hold Open Court at Ilia Broth
er'a Homo n Cincinnati.
Secretary Ta;t will make his head
quarters ut the home of his half-brother,
C. P. Tufty in Cincinnati. The lat
ter is one of the wealthiest men In that
city and was the unofliclnl manager of
the Secretary's campaign for the presi
dential nomination. He has been prom
inent In Ohio Republican politics for
many years and served his district in
Congress. He Is the owner of the
Times-Star of Cincinnati, and is con
nected with ninny groat enterprises.
Mr. Taft's home In Cincinnati is one
of the most beautiful in the State and
coiftalns one of the finest art collections
in the country. It will, while serving
08 headquarters of his brother, the Sec-
rotary, be the Mecca of tens of thou
sands who will Journey to Cincinnati.
COINS AND FACES ON THEM.
r'enturoa of 11 n lcm Alirunil, Here the
Emblem of Libert'.
Coins of most of the nations hear
iimin ihem the faces of tliolr rulers. In
the United States ench cola has au em
blem of Liberty.
The first coins struck after the for
mation of the federal union bore the'
face of George Washington. General
Washing on disapproved of the custom
and It was dropped. It Iras never been
revived.
Portraits of promlnept Americans
appear upon postage stamps, Intcnial
revenue stamps and paper money, but
never on coins. And it has been the
'custom to use no portraits of living
men evcu on the currency und the
stamps.
In England us soon as King Edward
succeeded (Jin-en Victoria t lie Queen's
face gave way to that of Edward on
all the coins and stumps in the British
empire. The accession of a new ruler
In most monarchies means an Instant
change In the designs of the coins.
But there is an exception to the rule
of no portraits on American coins. The
emblem of Liberty on the 1-cent coin Is
the x goddess in an American Indian
headdress, but the face shows no char
acteristics of the North American
aborigine.
It is the face of a little girl, Sarah
Lnngncre Keen, upon whose, head was
placed the feathered ornament of a
Sioux Indian. Her father was an en
graver and he placed his daughter's
head on the coin. .
Sarah Longacre Keen died in Phila
delphia not long nfter having served
thirty-five years as the secretary of her
city's branch of the Methodist Worn
en's Foreign Missionary Society.
FUh Ring the Delia.
A fisherman down at Ocean City has
created a good deal of amusement by
the ingenious contrivance by which he
makes the fish help him to catch them.
says the New York Sun.
He always hits at least six or elcht
lines out, at a pretty good distance"
from one uuother, too. Each line is
tied (irmly In the slot at the end of fill
old umbrella rib. The rib, In turn, Is
fastened at the other end to the rnll
of the pier. On each rib is a little bell
such ns are put on collars for pot ani
mals. V Wluttl n -linn rvnta n llf K ,i
s ... . wuu U1IUUC11H
rib Is bent, or nt least twitched, ami
the little bell tinkles a summons to the
fisherman. In this way the fish them
selves give notice to their enemy.
llrllllnnt Idea.
"I enn't understand," said the stran
gor, "since the monument Is perfectly
cylindrical In form, why they put In
square railing around It."
"Perhaps," replied the native, "they
didn't hao enough railing to' go
round." Philadelphia Press.
Haklnoj Up the Paet.
"Say, Borroughs," said Markloy,
"how about that $10 you've owed me
since lust year?"
"Oh, come, old man," snid Borroughs,
"why can't you let bygones be by
ifonesr Philadelphia Tress.
HOW TO KILL DANDELIONS.
Spray of Iron Snlphate Said to Be
Fatal to Weed..
The North Dukota station has been
experimenting in metnods of destroying
the dandelion in lawns, says the De
troit News Tribune. As a result of
these experiments It is stated that this
pest may be eradicated In blue grass
lawns, in parks, in meadows and on
roadsides without Injury to the grass
resulting from the use of the chemical
employed in the work of destruction.
In order to keep the dandelions out
it Is necessary to spray at intervals of
one mouth or six weeks throughout the
growing period of the year. For ordi
nary lawn purposes the Ideal spraying
apparatus is the compressed air type of
hand spraying machine. It is necessary
that sullkient pressure be maintained
by the pump to make a forceful spray
of a fine form. If the liquid is thrown
In large drops the grass will be more or
less injured, as the very young grass
roots beneath the soil have slight power
of resisting the action of the chemical.
The capacity of the tank should be .j
proxlmntely three to four gallons and It
should be of such neat construction
that one can readily carry it about
Necessarily, if it Is properly air tight
It will be free from leaks and chances
to spill liquids.
The machine should be fitted with
n'bout three feet of compreas'ou hose
and a three-foot extension rod, allow
ing one to readily swinir the nw.zto over
the lawn. The nozzle should be of such
a nature ns to throw a rather wide,
flaring funnel-shaped, spray.
The most satisfactory substance for
general work upon dandelions and mis
cellaneous roadside weeds is Iron sul
phate, used at the rate of approximate
ly two pounds for each gallon of water.
On lawns' for dandelions alone where a
hand machine is used the strength- of
one and one-third to one and one-half '
pounds per gallon will be found to give 1
the desired results, though, if the dan- j
dellons are large and coarse nnd the'
grass hardy, two pounds for each gal-j
Ion of water will give the best results, j
On lawns do not spray until two or j
three days after cutting and do not!
mow the lawn .until from two to three 1
days after spraying. Spray on'
bright, sunshiny days. The lawn1
should be prepared for spraying by I
thorough watering preceding spraying.
Select any day when it Is not likely to
rain, within the next day or two, as '
heavy rain immediately following will
destroy the weed-killing power.
MONUMENT TO PARNELL.
WoiU is lirogi-usiin! ul Dublin, buys
William E. Curtis; in a letter published
in the Chicago Record Herald, on the
monument to Charles Stewart Parnell,
which is to tie erocted nt the head of
O'Connell street. The monument was
designed by the lute Augustus St. Gau
dens, and is considered to be one of his
best works. The statue of the "un
crowned king" will stand nt the bnse of
an artistic shaft, bearing the Irish harp
and an appropriate inscription. When
John E. Iledmond saw the design for.
the figure of Parnell in St. Gaudens
studio, he exclaimed: "I would not
have you alter a line nor a crease in
it, Mr. St. Gaudens. It is Parnell to
the very life his figure, his appenr
ance, even his very gesture when under
the influence of strong feeling or emo
tion. I congratulate you on your won
derful success; and I am satisfied that
we shall have in Dublin, when this is
finished, a monument not alone worthy
of Parnell, but n work of art second to
none in Europe.
The N'eit Meal.
"Can't you help me, sir?" asked thb
beggar on the street to the passerby; "I
don't know where my next meal is
coming from !"
"Neither do I," said tho man ad
dressed, passing on ; "our girl left this
morning, too !" Yonkers Statesman.
A I'roimnal.
"Yes," he snkl, "I'm In love."
"Huh!" she replied scornfully
wouldn't care to be you."
"And I wouldn't like vou to lie
"X
I'd
rnther you were mine." Philadelphia
Press.
One of the first Indications that a
woman is in love, is that she will be
,gln to deny any suggestion that she
w '"red for any one before.
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Wire Pence Tightener.
Every farmer knows how hard it is
to keep wire fences In good condition
more than a year or two at a time.
Cattle are bound to rub up against
them, people will sag the wires in get
ting over the fence, and even the
weight of snow has been known to
break them. A wire fence looks all
right "as long as the wires are taut,
but as soon as the strands begin to
ag and loop it is no longer attractive,
nor is it a sure means of keeping
stock within bounds. Many devices
have been suggested and even patented
for stretching wire, but here is a
simple little contrivance that anyone
can make In a few minutes that will
do the work quickly and well. For
short spans it can be made of wood,
although for heavy wires- or for long
itretches It would be better to make it
out of Iron. This little contrivance is
about two feet long, with two pins
about three Inches apart at one end.
Place the wire between these pins, and
turn the stretcher around until the
wire is drawn tight By engaging the
pin at the other end of the stretcher
the tension can be maintained while
the wire Is being nailed fast . With
an arrangement of this sort one man
can do rapid work alone and fix up a
sagging fence in short order.
Uncle Sam'a 811m Land Rnerr.
The time when a man might move
westward and take up virgin soil at his
pleasure has passed, and. In general,
it may be said that the son of the
farmer of to-day must look for his sole
heritage in the land his father holds.
It Is now a barren boast that "Uncle
Sam has a farm for every one of us."
In 190C we had less than 00,000,000
acres of unoccupied habitable land.
What a slim reserve that Is may be
realized from the fact that one-fourth
of It was disposed of In the following
year. We cannot add to our agri
cultural areas except by irrigation nnd
drainage, but we may, by intelligent
selection of crops, by scientific cultiva
tion nnd by careful treatment of land,
make It produce three or four times
ns much as It does ul present. And
this is the direction In which our de
velopment should proceed, for we mu
find room within the next 30 years for
a doubled population according to our
undiscerning Ideas. The American
farmer of the future must be a man of
broad mind and technical knowledge.
Pat Humq In the Soil.
If your soil needs humus, plow under
ill the coarse manure you can get this
fall. Every farmer realizes the neces
sity of having more manure, and one
way to secure It is by providing m
abundant supply of absorbing material.
Even If there appears to be a large pro
portion of this material in the manure,
making. It strawy and coarse, It can be
plowed under and will answer an ex
cellent purpose. Every effort should be
made to secure all the manure that Is
made on the farm, so that nothing
shall be lost This manure, properly ap
plied on the meadows, should be worth
$1 per two-horse load In the extra
amount of hay that will thus be secur
ed from Its use.
To Make a Good Clntern.
. An absolutely wnter-tlght cistern
nay be made as follows: .i
In digging, the sides should be made
sinootii and true perpendicularly. For
the bottom- -use five parts of clean,
coarse, shnrp sand (plasterers call It
fine gravel) to one part of cement It
only requires to be damp enough to
work well. It should be thoroughly
mixed, all at one time, and be lowered
into the cistern quickly and spread
more rapidly with a shovel or hoe, and
should be beat down hard and smooth.
Upon this bottom foundation the
cistern should be walled up 'with brick
or stone In cement to at least 6 Inches
above the top of the ground, which will
keep all surface water out For finish
ing tha bottom use one part cement to
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one part sand ; this Is thoroughly mix
ed while dry, and then water should be
added until it is like plastering mortar.
Dump it on the bottom about 3 inches
thick and smooth with a trowel. It
will soon be hard as -stone. For the
sides of the cistern, which should be
done before finishing the bottom, use
equal parts of sand and cement and
apply quickly 'as you would plaster a
wall. It is not safe to use anything
but the best Portland cement, which
costs about $3 a barrel.
Dear Meat la Ueuiand. -
The London Meat Trades Journal lu
an editorial says the retail prices of
meats have made a substantial advance
In that country. It is pointed out that
tho supply of native-bred stock has for
some time past been short In numbers
and .deficient In weight and quality,
and In the United States and Canada
the supplies of live cattle, sheep nnd
refrigerated beef were on a steady
diminishing scale. Under such circum
stances, says this authority, It is but
natural to expect tljut piltto ull iuuunj
should advance materially, but more
particularly for the choicer grades.
From these reports it 'seems that the
United States Is not alone in the mat
ter of high-priced meats.
Argentina Animal SlatUtio.
Consul General Alban G. Snyd r
sends from Buenos Ayres a tabulated
list from a report just .Issued by the
minister of agriculture, showing the
numbers of live stock In Argentina.
They total 114.fU2,440, divided as fol
lows: Cnttle, 25,844,800; sheep, 77,.
581,100; horses, 6,462,170; mules and
donkeys, 545,870 ; goats, 2,506300; pigs,
2,841,700.
The province of Buenos Ayres con
tains one-half of the live stock of the
republic, having 7,000,000 cattle and
48,000,000 sheep. Entre RIos province
has 0,000,300 animals, Corrlentes 7,911,.
000, and Cordoba and Santa Fe eaca
nearly 7,000,000.
Llnea For Three Roraea.
In using three horses try this wiit of
arranging the lines: Take a pair of
01a single harness lines and make twn
cross lines a little longer than the reg-
TnBEE-HORSE LINES.
ular ones. Fasten them to the inside
bit rings of the outside horses. Let
this run over the buck of the middle
horse and buckle into the regular
buckle. It works fine and gives one
full control of his team.
lion to Cool Milk.
Practical experiments seem to prove
that many, If not all, of the benefits of
aerating milk were due more to cooling
than to any other cause. Cooling to the
same degree will accomplish substan
tially the same results, but without an
aerator it may be dillicult to reduce the
temperature as rapidly, hence the aera
tor may be considered an advantage un
less a patent cooler Is used.
Fence 2,030 Mllea Long.
After five years' work Australia's
great transcontinental rabbit-proof
fence has been completed. Its length
Is 2,030 miles, and the cost of its erec
tion has been nearly $1,250,000. It Is
furnished at Intervals of five miles wifh
systems of traps, in which hundreds of
rabbits are captured and destroyed
dally. Inside the barrier there appears
as yet no trace of their presence.
Mange in Uo(,
Following is a recommended cure for
mange In hogs: Creosote, 1 ounces;
lard, 2 pounds. Mix well and apply to
the affected parts of the body. Or, sul
phur, one-half pound; lard, 2 pounds."
Mix and apply as suggested above. Tur
pentine and sulphur at the rate of ten
parts of the former to one of the latter
Is another effective remedy.
Praeatcal Poultry Work.
To stop hens from eating eggs put k
little vinegar or something sour In their
food.
Drop a piece of alum in the drlnkjjig
water every two or three weeks; It
will prevent throat nnd lung disease.
For all cuts, wounds and ulcers us
llsterine. Nothing is better for a comb
Injured Jn fighting or for any raw sur
face. If you have not already done so, cull
out all surplus stock. Do not waste
feed on birds that are of no value t
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