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When trouble goe* to sleep don’t Mt
the alarm clock.
These days a »mail appetite la bet­
ter than great riches
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If a man never has any use for a
doctor he hasn't much of a kick com­
ing.
Nat Goodwin la taking an interest
in aeronautic*. Mr. Goodwin always
was a high flier.
The things that come to those who
wait are generally the things that no
one else wants.
Money makes the mare go. And
Mr Rockefeller hopes It will have the
same effect on the lazy bug.
And now our busy press will have
to pick new husbands and wives for
all the recent divorcees In New York.
It is claimed there Is a lobster
Shortage this year, but no one but a
painstaking Investigator would ever
suspect It.
Some one suggests that a monu­
ment ought to be built to the man
who Invented Ice cream. Let the
women subscribe.
The automobile makers are to turn
out 135,000 cars for 1910, all of them
sold In advance and guaranteed to
run like gas meters!
Another honest man. A Raneas City
merchant whose store was burned re­
fused to accept all the money offered
by the Insurance company.
Explorer Amundsen will drift to­
ward the north pole, with seven years'
food In his trunk and a firm purpose
*o get Cook's brass tubing.
A grandson of Ralph Waldo Emer­
son is now governor of the Philip­
pines. Those Filipinos don’t appreci­
ate what we are doing for them.
Why not let it dissolve, Mr. Rocke­
feller? According to the popular un­
derstanding you have a tidy little
sum saved up for a rainy day, any­
how.
A number of shaky thrones are In
such a dilapidated condition that
there are doubts as to whether or not
they can be patched up for the pres­
ent occupants.
Senator Aldrich says credit is as
good as cash. There are some people
who always prefer to pay their bills
by checks because In doing that they
do not feel that they are giving up
money.
A California Judge has placed a
chauffeur under sentence for man­
slaughter on probation, conditioned on
his paying $25 a month to the sup­
port of his victim’s family. Lota of
men would like to keep out of a ten-
year sentence on such conditions.
This whole business of exploration
has got to be regulated by law. There
1s still one pole to discover, and there
are eeveral highest mountains to be
climbed. Perhaps an international
bureau of exploration might be cre­
ated which would preserve some por­
tions of our too small planet for the
enjoyment of future explorers, and
which would enforce such regulations
of exploration that the controversies
now raging over one pole and two
mountains shall not be repeated.
To the girl who has been rightly
trained, whose essential charm Is en­
hanced by Innocent reserve, unaffected
candor, ardent enthusiasm for things
that are beautiful and good, a manner
unfailingly courteous and an enuncia­
tion musically sweet—to any maiden
who unites these not Incompatible
qualities, the doors of social and per­
sonal opportunity are thrown wide
open, and she is received with pleasure
anywhere, as likely to impart more
“sweetness and light” than she re­
ceives.
This story was told the editor, re­
cently, by a friend: "A brother of
mine died a few years ago. leaving a
young son. My brother was a good
fellow, but was never able to accumu­
late any estate. He frequently bor­
rowed money of me, which I was glad
to lend him. He paid it as he could,
but always was In debt to me. When
he died he owed me between $300 and
|400. Of course, I never expeoted to
get back my money But I reckoned
without the boy. my nephew He has
grown to be a young man. The other
day I had a letter from him asking
me to name the precise amount his
father owed me at the time of the lat­
ter’s death. He said he Intended to
pay every cent of it. His salary was
but 145 per month, but he would be
able to save enough to pay me lnathe
course of a few yeara” Said my
friend: "The letter brought tears to
my eyes I did not care for the money.
It was the boy's high sense of honor
and duty that touched me. I wish I
could make the sum smaller than that
owed me. but the boy knows approx­
imately th* amount, and I dare not
rob him of the satisfaction of paying
the whole debt.” That boy Is made of
the real stuff He la of the etuff of
which her use are laade. No law ferae*
the brave young fellow to pay the ob
ligation» of the dead save the law of
moral duty. He la not impelled by
any hope of gain save that of con­
science and by no fear of loss save
the lose of honor. But he is a man—
every inch of him, every pound of
The Vulsateee Orsssiit.
him. One would rather be the father
of such a youth than to be father to a A preacher in a village church one
Sunday morning said:
common millionaire. Because the boy
“Our organist is ill to-day; will some
has got soul fiber.
OU Favorite*
Money cannot easily be borrowed in
small communities, and when It U
found, the rate of Interest is usually
high. A law has lately been passed In
Massachusetts intended to relieve this
condition by permitting the establish­
ment of small co-operative binks.
They are to be based on substantially
the same principle as that on whlcn
are founded the Raiffeisen banks in
Germany and Italy. The Raiffeisen
bank is really a group of neighbors,
living in the came cocnmunlty and fa­
miliar with one another’s affairs, form­
ed for the purpose of uniting their
credit in borrowing money for such of
them as need it. Every member of the
group must be industrious and of good
moral character. When he wishes to
borrow money he must explain what
he plans to do with it. If the lending
committee approves his purpose, the
money will be advanced to him at a
low rate of interest, usually 5 per cent.
Then a general supervision 1 b kept
over him to see that he spends the
money in accordance with his an­
nounced purpose, and so conducts him­
self as to be able to pay it back when
it falls due. It is said that this sye-
tem has not only relieved the Genman
farmers from the oppressions of the
usurers, but has also Improved the
moral tone of the country. As loans
are made only to members, and as all
the members are Jointly liable for the
payment of loans, they all watch one
another to see that there Is no waste
of money In drunkenness or In other
loose living. There Is room in rural
America for such Institutions. The
experience of Mentone, Italy, with a
local bank of a slightly different plan,
Illustrates what might happen there.
A little more than twenty-five years
ago some small capitalists formed a
bank in the town to take the place of
another institution that had failed.
The prevailing rate of Interest for
farmers was then 12 per cent. In eight
years this little co-operative bank had
succeeded in reducing the rate to 6
per cent, and the small farmers had
no difficulty in borrowing. The dis­
trict Is now prosperous, and the farm­
ers have been relieved from the press­
ing burden of debt.
a company in New York is manu­
facturing an automatic fare register
which also makes change for the pas­
sengers. It is designed for pay-as-
vou-enter street cars, and works as
follows: At the top of the machines
is a series of five slots, in which a
one play instead?”
assenger may deposit a 5-cent, 25-
An anxious look crept o’er the face of -ent. 50-cent or $1 coin. The falling
every person there.
-oin registers a fare and also oper-
As eagerly they watched to see who'd
i ittes the change-making mechanism,
fill that vacant chair.
A man then staggered down the aisle ;o that if more than 5 cents is de­
whose clothes were
old and posited the proper amount of change
alls into a change cup located under
worn;
How strange a drunkard seemed to me the machine. At the same time the
In church on Sunday morn!
lock of the turnstile is automatically
But as he touched the organ keys, released, leaving it free to revolve so
without a single word.
that the passenger can pass through
The melody that followed was the
To permit passengers with transfers
sweetest ever heard.
to pass through the turnstile the ma­
Refrain:
The scene was one I'll ne’er forget as
long as I may live,
And just to see it o'er again all earth­
ly wealth I'd give.
The congregation all amazed, the
preacher, old and gray,
The organ and the organist who vol­
unteered to play.
eye shed tears within that
church, the strongest men grew
pale;
The organist In melody had told his
own life's tale.
The sermon of the preacher was no
lesson to compare
With that of life's example who sat in
the organ chair.
And when the service ended not a soul
had left a seat
Except the poor old organist, who
started toward the street.
Along the aisle and out the door he
REGISTER FOR STREET CARS.
slowly passed away;
The preacher rose and softly said: chine is fitted with a lever at the
"Good brethren, let us pray.”
bottom of the turnstile case by which
Each
The Sinner and the Song.
A sinner was wandering at eventide;
His tempter was watching close by at
his side;
In his heart raged a battle for right
against wrong;
But hark! from the church he hears
the sweet song,
“Jesus, lover of my soul.
Let me to Thy bosom fly!”
He lingered and listened to every sweet
chord;
He remembered the time he once loved
the Lord.
Come on, says the tempter, come on
with the throng;
But hark! from the church again swells
the song:
“While the billows near me roll,
While the tempest still Is high!”
O, tempter, depart. I have served thee
too long,
I fly to the Saviour, He dwells In the
song,
O Lord, can it be that a sinner like me,
May find a sweet refuge by coming to
Thee?
"Other refuge have I none.
Hangs my helpless soul on thee.”
I come, Lord, I come, Thou'll forgive
the dark past,
Viscount HardJnge, Who did good And O, receive my soul at last.
service in advancing the British do­ —Will L. Thompson.
minions into the Punjab, possessed un­
daunted oourage. As a lad. he showed
his adventurous spirit by climbing the
buttresses of Durham Cathedral, In
search of birds' eggs An amusing
story of his early boyhood Is told by
G. D. Osiwell, in "Sketches of the
Rulers In India." His aunts, with
Whom be was staying, thinking he
was too short for his age, tried to in­
crease his height by making him hang
by his arms from the top of a door.
His school career was not a long
one. At the age of fourteen he was
gazetted ensign in a small corps
known as The Queen's Rangers, which
was in Canada, where he proceeded to
Join it. He very early displayed that
courage Which was to be so marked a
feature of his character throughout
hie career.
He was returning from mess one
night in Montreal, when he saw three
ruffians attacking and robbing a man
who was lying on the ground. He at
once drew his sword and rushed to
the rescue. The three ruffians, after
a short show of resistance, fled before
his vigorous onset. The man whose
life he thus saved, Edward Ellice, af­
terward became a cabinet minister and
secretary for war, both distinctions
which young Hardinge himself was
also destined to attain. At seventeen
he was promoted lieutenant, and two
years later became a captain.
After the battle of Vlmfera, where
Hardinge had been severely wounded,
the quartermaster general wrote: "I
grieve to tall you that our friend.
Captain Hardinge. was wounded In the
hottest part of attack. It is his cus­
tom to be foremost In every attack,
where an unaffected gallantry of spir­
it irresistibly carries him. Here he
was conspicuous, where all were
brave.”
The same officer, on noting the for­
titude with which Hardinge bore his
Bufferings, added to his despatch these
words: "Highly as I thought of him
before, it remained for me to see him
in his present state to be aware of all
the excellencies of his nature.”
Not
Hspecting Too
Mach.
"I suppose your remarks in Con
gress will be listened to with great
interest?”
“M*y friend.” said the statesman. “In
Congress a man ta lucky to get a
chance to make a speech without ex­
pecting people to listen to it.”—Wash­
ington 8tar.
t>BOF COIN HtRt
SOME ROMAN EXAMPLES
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Highway Advertising in Pompeiian
l)ur< More Offensive Than Now.
When Professor Abbott travels from
New York to Princeton he passes
through long lines of cows, tobacco
pouches, whisky bottles, suspenders
and golden promises of health, happl
ness and wealth through the eating of
various breakfast foods. Most travel­
ers find in these the evidences of a
brutal commercialism; the man who
knows his Romans knows that they
are a classical survival.
In a way the highway advertising
in Pompeii was more offensive than
the contemporary outbreak of bad
taste In public appeals; in Pompeii the
advertisements were put on the walls
of private houses, and even on the
tombs! We have not yet put our ceme­
teries to this use. Professor Abbott
reprints some of these announcements,
largely of a political character, indi­
cating. as one would expect, that
Pompeii, being in a city in which vice
was reduced to a science, had a Tam­
many Hall of Its own, and there were
people in the town in revolt against
the desecration. On one wall an lndlg
nant citizen put his disgust in words
which still survive:
"I wonder, O
wall, that you have not fallen in ruins
from supporting the tiresome produc­
tions of so many writers.” On a monu­
ment not far from Rome this prayer
of a righteous man found: "Bill post­
er, 1 beg you to pass this monument
by. If any candidate's name shall
have been patnted upon It, -may he suf­
fer defeat and may he never win any
office!” It is amusing to read the post­
er announcing that "the farmers nom­
inate M. Casselllus
Marcellus as
a?dlle.” Evidently there were grangers
before Kansas! It is encouraging to
be assured Ln large letters of Q. Brut-
tlus Balbus that "he will guard the
treasury,” and of a certain Julius
Polybius that "he supplied good
bread.” We are reminded that there
is nothing new under the sun by the
declaration concerning a candidate
that "ball players support him."—Out
look.
The Hot Air Furnaeo.
There was a young publisher who
made a sudden fortune by appealing
to that largely neglected class which
we call Society. Gaining riches, the
young publisher retired and was seen
less and less In his old haunts.
"Where's Lawrence?” some one
So He !)<>••.
asked of "Mr. Dooley.”
“Do you believe that tough beef Is
Dooley answered: "Oh. he’s up town
as good for a person a* tender beef?”
Just now, warming his hands at the
"Better. The man who gets tough
Social Register.”—Success Magazine.
beef gets both nourishment and exer­
cise”
We have observed that the man
When a man exprensM hie real sea- vho shouts loudest for Fair Play
tlmenta on any subject ha 4M* a*t wants eomgthlng more ttoaa that far
»lato ta ha «unta*
the conductor can allow transfer pas­
senger» and other non cash fares to
; pass through the stile and register
them. If a coin 1» deposited in the
wrong slot it is ejected from the case
and falls Into the change cup to be
replaced by the passenger In the
proper slot. If any person tenders
paper money the conductor supplies
him with change so that he can de­
posit his fare in the fare box.—Popu­
lar Mechanics.
A FRENCHMAN'S POINT OF VIEW
Short
Edncatlon
Writer Raya the American Slntfla
Woman la of a Special Type.
The American woman who does not
marry—-in plain old-fashioned English,
the old maid—is a source of keenest
interest to Europeans In general. Her
Independence, good looks and—what is
not always associated with the woman
who has evaded matrimony—good na­
ture are a never falling source of
wonder and in some cases envy, among
her staters in foreign land». Here ta
what a French writer who has studied
the single American woman has to
say about her in a Parisian publica­
tion:
“She is of a special type. She is
not the resigned woman who has fail­
ed to please, nor the sentimental one
who has remained faithful to some by­
gone memory. American* would con­
sider it ridiculous to ruin their live*
on account of a luckless love affair.
The American old maid has, without
question, had several opportunities to
marry; in the United States, every
nice girl must have had at least one
proposal. American men desire to
have a wife to ‘represent’ them In so­
ciety while they who are single remain
so voluntarily, through their need of
Independence. Young girls who are
poor marry for money. Those who are
rich are at liberty to live alone if
they so desire.
"Such women travel a great deal;
they drass always with great care, less
through a desire to please than for
their, own personal satisfaction. Hav­
ing neither family nor home, they dis­
pose of their time as they will.
"They become passionately interest­
ed in politics, in social questions, in
abstract and absorbing matters. They
are very intelligent, very intellectual,
fond of change and pleasure.
Their
minds are highly developed, open, free
from prejudice. They are kind to their
married friends, for whom they feel no
envy, since they themselves have di»
dalned to marry."
Difference In Time.
Cornatalki.
Every farmer who feed» corn fodder
knows how difficult it is to pitch the
manure from the stables In wnlch the
stalks have been used for bedding.
When the fork Is thrust Into the com­
pact manure the long stalks run so
far in every direction and hold so
tightly that the man at the fork be­
gins to think that he will be compelled
to lift the entire bottom out of the
stall with the first forkful. The long
stalks make both loading and unload­
ing of the manure very difficult.
A Missouri farmer has Just given
his way, which we think is a good
way, of feeding corn fodder to make
better bedding of the refuse stalksand
to make the handling of the manure
easier. He ties his corn fodder, or
corn stover, in bundles after husking,
for storage. At feeding times he takes
these bundles and cuts them with an
ax across a large wooden block into
three or four shorter lengths. These
short lengths are then placed In the
mangers for the cows and horses to
pick over and are then thrown into
the stables and stalls for bedding. He
claims that stover cut into shorter
lengths is easier for the stock to pick
over, that it helps to keep the stalls
neater, and that it is better in many
ways. Where these short lengths of
corn stalks are used In the bedding
the handling of the manure is easy.
Corn stalks are a valuable by-prod­
uct of the corn crop when used In the
right way, and there are many good
ways of using them. Dry corn stalks
are porous, spongy, and are good ab­
sorbers of liquids. They are bulky and
fill up fast, hence aid in keeping the
stall floors fully covered and the ani­
mals dry. Wheat, oat or rye straw
mixed with the dry corn stalk bed­
ding makes an almost complete ab­
sorber of the liquids and saves all of
the rich fertilizers.—Exchange..
and
the
Soil.
IrrlKHtlun ut
Alfalfa.
The importance of alfalfa to west­
ern farmers cannot well be overesti­
mated. A single ton of alfalfa may
save the lives of many head of Btock
by providing feed during short period!
of cold, stormy weather. Alfalfa can­
not be excelled as a preparatory crop
on soils that have long been unproduc­
tive. Likewise it maintains the fertil­
ity of soils naturaly rich in plant
food, and if used as a base of rotation
makes possible abundant crop yieldt
of various kinds.
Notwithstanding Its present Import­
ance and great value in irrigation
farming, the profits on the area now
in alfalfa can be greatly Increased it
more care and skill are exercised in
growing it.
Perhaps the most essential condi­
tions for the production of alfalfa are
abundant sunshine, a high summei
temperature, sufficient moisture, and
a rich, deep, well drained soil. All
of these essentials, save moisture, exist
naturally in the arid region of the
United States, and when water is sup­
plied it makes the conditlorfs ideal.
Although alfalfa can be successfully
grown under a wide range of soil con­
ditions. yet all Western lands are not
equally well adapted to its growth.
How to determine the suitability of
land for growing alfalfa under irriga­
tion, as well as how to prepare the
land, is told in Farmers’ Bulletin 373,
"Irrigation of Alfalfa," recently issued
by the U. 8. Department of Agricul­
ture. The bulletin discusses the vari­
ous methods of irrigating the crop
and gives much useful information in
connection therewith.
Three Ladder. In One.
Not every family has a Jong and a
short ladder about the house and it
often happens that where one of these
will not suit the other will.
A Canadian has invented a
ladder that answers both
purposes and when folded
(for it does fold) takes up
less room than even the old
style small ladder. This in­
vention consists of a lad­
der made in three sections,
one on the other and
hinged together on one side
sectional and in the back.
On the
ladder , other side are pins to keep
it in place when it is extended to ita
full length. Either in its extended or
its short form this ladder is a safe
one, but it has no back support and
must be leaned against the wall. After
the top section has been bent down on
one side it folds back and when the
second section is down the three fold
together like a three-part screen.
When the ladder is not in use it can
be stowed away behind a door or in
any corner as it does not take up as
much room as a chair.
One of the popular fau.acies that is
rapidly losirfg ground is the idea that
any one with no previous training or
experience can be a successful farmer,
and one of the chief agencies of en­
lightenment is the Government Bu­
reau of Soils. This useful adjunct of
the Department of Agriculture is rap­
idly completing Its investigations of
the actual values and needs of the
earth in various parts of the West,
and its reports will constitute a valu­
able compendium for those already
engaged in agriculture to embark in
it
The government has risen to the
need of demonstrating that the day of
haphazard and scratching of the sur­
face of the earth is passed, and that
for most successful results practical
training, if not thorough scientific edu­
cation, is needed. , It is the aim of the
Bureau of Soils to establish accurately
the nutrition values of the earth in
varying sections for producing the
Small II<» k Cot.
greatest abundance of suitable crops,
The
hog
cot
illustrated here 1» 6 ft.
and with such a definite basis to help
wide.
8
ft.
long
and 6 ft. 2 In. high
the husbandman proceed with greater
certainty toward his goal of achieve In front and 3 ft. high In the rear.
ment. This sort of official knowledge The floor is built with 2 in. x 4 la.
is sure to enable man to make many
blades of grass or grain grow where
few or none grew before, for Its natu­
ral development will be the Intelligent
cultivation of every arable acre of
land that can be made to yield a prof­
itable crop.—Twentieth Century Farm­
er.
Henn That Will l.ny In Winter.
The latest characteristic which the
poultry raiser is endea-voring to estab­
lish in the several egg-laying strains
of hens Is the early maturity of pul­
lets, with the consequent laying, Jur
Ing the season when eggs are scarcest
and bring the highest prices.
A Maine breeder reports a lot of
twenty-nine
April-hatched
pullets
which were selected because they had
begun to lay in the latter part of Au
gust.
From September 1 until the end of
April these birds laid on an average of
115 eggs each, a* a calculated profit
if over $3 per bird. If such profits
could be realized on the majority of
the hens kept for laying, the elusive
fancy profits of the poultry business
would be realized.
The breeding of poultry to type Is
now so generally accomplished that the
suggestion to breed a race of birds
which will be winter egg-producers
warrants the belief in its early achieve­
ment.
When it is noon at any given plac»
It is similarly noon at all other point*
having the same longitudinal meridian,
and the aun Is in its zenith where
meridian and equator Intersect.
For business convenience every fif­
teen degrees of longitude evenly divid­
ed from Greenwich has the same time,
being the distance that the earth trav­
els In one hour. In the United State*
we have eastern, central, mountain
and Pacific time. Thus when it ta noon
at New York it is 11 a. m. at Chi­
cago, central time; 10 a. m. at Denver,
mountain time, and 9 a. m." at Ban
KeNtinn Land.
Francisco, Pacific time.—New York
Many farmers believe that cultivat­
American.
ed land should be given a "rest" ev­
ery few years in order to recuperate
Heady to Excban*«.
"I was reading to-day about the cat from its exhaustion in the production
of crops. In some cases the land may
exchange they have tn Paris.”
"I wish we had one here. I've got a be benefited somewhat, but, as a rule,
cat at home that I'd exchange for a where a tract Is permitted to He fal­
bogus check on a busted baak and low for many months it becomes a
throw in the car fare to boot."—Cleve­ veritable tootbed for weeds. These
flourish and sap its best qualities,
land Plain Dealer.
leaving It poor and impoverished for
Paradoxical History.
future crop*. The soil is filled with
"Can you give an instance of where weed seeds and the task of cultivat­
an uplifting process was also a down­ ing it is rendered ail the harder. Rea­
ward movement f
soning from cause to effect, it would
“Oh, yes When they razed the Ba» appear that the more ground is culti­
tile.”—Baltimore American.
vated the shorter its life as good pro­
ductive soil, but this doesn't work out
What has become of the old-fashion
in practice. Weeds do more harm to
ed man who used to say of the con­ land than any other crop.—Agricul­
ceited man: “He should be takas tural Epltoatat
an* p**“
stringers, and the frame is held on th*
floor by blocks at each corner. Lum­
ber required will be: 12 pieces, 2 in.
x 4 in., 16 ft. long for frame; 4 pieces,
1 in. x 12 in., 16 ft. long for floor; 13
pieces, 1 in. x 2 in., 16 ft. long for
roof and ends; 10 battens, 16 ft. long
for sealing crack between boards. Total
cost about $12.50.
The
Hired
Man.
There arc great differences in th*
qualifications of the hired man. One
Is worth all and more than be re­
ceives. while another, who is apparent­
ly equally as Intelligent, is not worth
anything, and the employer is a loser
In the long run by having him around.
The best hired man is one who 1 b in­
telligent and active. A good one
should receive the treat of treatment
from his employer and should never
tire of what is to be done on the
ranch, regardless of the lateness of
the hour or the Inclemency of the
weather, if loss is likely to accrue in
cose he should fail to work at that
particular time Of all farmhands the
most despicable is the liar who tell*
you that he has done such and such
work when he has not. Next to this
one comes the lazy man.—Denver
Field and Farm.
Conditioner for
H oks .
This is the government's condltlou
er for hogs, excellent for "corn chol­
era,” or other digestive derangement*
of hogs. Wood or cob charcoal, 1
pound; sulphur, 2 pounds; sodium
bicarbonate (baking soda), 2 pounds;
Glauber salts, 1 pound, sodium chlo­
ride (common salt), 2 pounds (or Ep­
som salts, 2 pounds); antimony sul­
phide, 1 pound.
Pulverize each of the ingredient*
well and mix them thoroughly. Th*
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