CHRONOSCOPE READ* THE MIND
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM FERVENT
Hy (loy. Ilughft.
The sum* patriotic ardor nil» th««
hr«*M«t of American youth nn wbvu
they riiNlird from held mim I factory
uhd ooliaga In ol»*dle«n<v to tbe*lr <*01111
try's summons. Tbs wlvra sii <I moth
era of America ar* as loving, mm «!»»
voted, mm rrudy to Mrt<*rlrt'w slid suf
fer, mm wart thoM» of forty odd yrnrs
ago.
The men of the Vnltrd Ktstr« are
s« quick to reN|N>nd to the rail of
duty, ns kirn, ns rrwour<*rful, ns ml
Innt, MN those of our heroic past They
nrr hl«»MNrd * 11h the memory of their
father«* labors; they are enriched
with lesamia of their real , they are
QOV »IIUMKS
ln»|'lrrd by the rinmple of their |Wi
triol lam
We ni
maroaned In ttie pursuits of prn<*r.
Mind and nerve are strained to the utmost In the varied
activities which promise opportunity for Individual
achievement
But the American heart thrills nt the sight of the
Ana, the American conscience pilots une nt rrhtgly to th«»
path of honor, the American ar mi* of Justl<*e wus never
mote supreme In Ila sway, and. unit«*«! by a common ap
pro Is lion of the Idrnla of a fire government, by a com
uioii ¡»erceptlon of our national deetlny. by a common r<*
ognltlon of the rl<h«*s of <mr Inheritance, the American
penile should, and we lielleve will go steadily forward
a happy, resourceful snd triumphant people, enjoying In
ever greater degree the blrsNlngs of liberty and union
CENTRALIZATION NECESSITY. NOT CHOICE
th Jud/t John blbbon»
The Htates no lunger are capable uf grap
pi Ing with and solving the great Interatstc
trust and transp>rtatlou problems, not to
mention the many grave International quern
tlons which now confront ua ns a |«eoplr At
the present time and under present <*ondl
Huns It Is untriiuhle tu malntnln that th«-
Ntatrs are anything more than memlirrs of
the national budy. Nor d«»e» It detract any
thing from their I< m * m I sovereignty or ltnp»rtMiu-e to say
that they nrr iueml»era of the national body. The Ninfea
must remain Indentrm*tlh!r forviar. ami a.» far ns It
<M>n<*rnia their t1s<*ni and prudential affairs and matter«
¡»ertalnlng to health, moral« ami |»oll<**. the Nt a tea must
mutiline In the future ns In (be paat to rverrlte nov
errlgn piwers
lung ns those« lowers do not cuntllcf
with the national conati tut Ion.
Our destiny an a nation Is onward and upward, and It
would I* daugerous and unwlar to ¡»ermIt the Htatea to
Interfere In Interstate matters or International iifftilrn
Hen«'«- the apprehetiBlon of certain alarmhts to the effect
that the nation la usurping ths |towers of tlie Htatea Is
without any i « h «I foundation, tatiUM the ptwera now as­
sumed by the natlongbllherto auppoavd to 1« r«»served to
the Htatea. simply are an outgrowth of «•ondltlons which
have arisen from clrcumatanrrw Iteyoiid the contempla­
tion of either th«» States or the nation. I>utlen have been
««at upm the nation arising from the eglgendea of the
times T his does not mean usurpation of the rights en-
Joye<! by the Ktate«. It simply means the mod* of na­
tional life, the progre«u uf eventa. the trend of empire.
l/»fty atntiHnnanahlp and fortuitous circumstance« have
¡>hi<ed ua U|»on the crest of the flowing tide of expansion
ur»| national greatness
We must continue to drift on*
wMrd ami upward or wait for the ebbing tide to float
bmkwNrtl and downward. We cannot remain Inarflv«
and stationary. There is no stopping place, no station
In tie« life of th«» nation or Individual not marked by
progress or retrogrssNlon.
MACHINE WHICH I.AYK BA
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL TENDENCIES
Htartllng revelation» liavv town mad»
>t th« secret tests applied to Harry
rirchard. th» aelf confess»«! multl-mur
d»r»r and chief wttn»«a at tto, trial of
William 1» Haywood at llolaa, Idako,
by Prof. Hugo Munatarbvrg. of liar
vard. Th« dlwloaurt-s are < <.ntaln«d In
an artl<-|e by Prof. Muuati'r:» rg lu Me
<'lure a Magnzlne.
Tba Harvard professor of ;i»)< hologv
protwd to the very rw■«••»• of the con­
vict’» brain, and used for bls startling
n-warrhss perhajis tlw Biost remark
able arlantlfl«* Instrument ever devise«!
-- the chronoscope
fly V. fí. Hro»n, Commlulontr of Education.
While there li much In American »inet-
tlonal history that a<Vla of right lo our na­
tional pride w» must not overlook th» fact
that even now we ar» only at th» beginning
of tilinga, with n»w problema liefere ua and
dlffimltle« (realer than those we have aur-
tnount»«!
<H,r secondary wlioola must be-
come better differentiated to meet the needa
of our |>eople, and more widely eitended to
meet th» needa of all. Their »«IJuatmenta to arhoola
almve atei below nine! be made ck.eer arid more vital.
thir universities have only begun to deal with the prob­
lem of educating vaat todies of Immature atíldente In
•Ingle Institutions. arul their problem» of professional
and graduate study are numerous and are pressing for
early solution
Compiilwiry education law» have t>»en adopted and now
are In fume In thirty all Htatea. Much law» now are aup-
pl»ment.*d with their natural and ne.-e»»ary accompani­
ment that 1». with lawn restricting the employment of
children In thirty two of tbeae thirty all Htatea, while
In eleven other Htatea there are child labor law» unac­
companied by lawa for compulsory education, vigorous
organized effort, are making to Improve the operation
of these law» and secure their adoption In Htatea In
whl.-h they are not In force. By truant achoola and
truant offii-era and children» courts thia movement la.
In various parte of the country, receiving added rein-
for<vtnent. In spite. however, of all these efforts, our
arbool attendance still falls below that which we ought
to have If we are to tie a thoroughly educated ¡»xiple.
Modern education calle for school Ing for those who
110 longer are In school.
By means of evening classes
and currvais.iidemw courses and various other provision
the range of schooling Is Im-reanevl. Such Increase must
l>e regarded a. extremely desirable and worthy of being
regarded as among the flrd thing« to tie cunaldered In our
next educational advance.
•
Th« use of this Instrumrut on an
actual criminal In connection with a
murder trial marks an ep*“'h In legal
hlatory, the final developments of shlch
may substitute thia mute Inexorable
revealer of th« Inside of a man's or a
woman's brain for Juda». Jury, district
attorney and poll«-« Inquisitor silk».
Imagine tto« use to whl'b the per­
fected chronoacripe will tie put Indeed,
can now be put Huppos» the su»i««-t
arrestnl In some mysterious murder,
like th» TsvshanJIsn crime No poll»»
"third degree.” but sn absolutely cer­
tain de«-lslon. by the application of the
chronoscope, will declare whether or
not the man la guilty.
Tile ctirouowope Is affixed Two llt-
tie metal bite are placed, one In tiie
mouth of the Inquisitor, the other In
that of the ausiiect. A dial, divided In­
to the thousandth ¡mrt of a second. Is
In electric contact with the bits, and
tlien a single word is s|»>ken by the
Inquisitor.
The prisoner Is told to sfieak. In re-
ply. the flrst word that comes to his
nilud In response. The time this tak«*s
Is recorded on the dial. If the pris­
oner refuses to speak It Is a confe«-
alon of guilt. If be replies bls guilt or
Innocence can be surely proven. For
other won!» follow, and the time nt the
answering Ideas 1» takeh Then when
of the eagle, which oqntlnucd flapping
the air wildly and trying to make head­
way.
Then the dr.-«» at the right shoulder
gave way and Gladys fell through the
branches’ of the tree to the ground,
where fortunately n pile of bay broke
her fall, ao that she was little Injured.
An the child drop|av! the eagle shot
through the air toward the mountain
at express train speed.
"lie
has
been
wvirktu' workin'
hard." said the thin woman with the
wet apron. dusting a chair for her
visitor
"Won’t you plraae sit down?
Certainly he ain't workln’ now. but a
Job la hard to get. all' he’s a man who
won't take everything that comes along
It waa too iv.nflnln' for him. that last
Job somethin' flerve; an’ the man he
was workln' for didn't treat him right.
My husband's a man th.t'a got n «|*r
rit. an’ he won't let mitowly run over
him. No, In's not workln’ now. but he
would tot If ho found a Job tv suit
him."
"What la bls trade?" asked tile vie
Itor.
"Well, ma'am. I can't rightly say that
he’a got any pertlekler trade," replied
the thin woman. "Ilea wlint you might
call a handy man. There ain't nothin'
that he can't turn Ida baud to If he •
a mind to, but a. for workln' at any
one trade regular It’s somethin’ that he
ain't never done One thing. If a man
bn» a trade bo 'moat always has to
tolling to one o' them union», an' you
know an' I know that a union man
has got to do Just the way bls union
any». My buaban'a too lnde|>endvnt to
let any union run him."
"Ilow long did he work at this last
Job he had?" Inquired the visitor.
■’I'liree days."
"And bow long waa he out of work
before he got that Job?"
"Well, It must ha' toen close on Io
three months, ma'am. Not but what
he tried. He'd go out In the mornln'
an' sometimes be gone all day lookin'
for work. But It'e hard to And. 'a|ie
dally any work 'at pays livin' wages
He might bavo got somethin' at a dol­
lar an' a quarter or a dollar an' a half
a day. but he don't b'lleve In emour
agin' low wages lie'» a mail 'ml »miner
Buffer hlmaelf than do that. It's the
principle of It. If he can't get what his
work's worth he won't work nt all.
Tliat’a what he says, an' I say he's
right "
“How do you mamige to get along,
then?" aakinl the visitor.
“Well," said the thin woman. “I
most glnernlly get about all I can do.
with the waalitn' an' the acrahbln*. It
ain't mudi for pay. but It’s batter than
nothin' at all. An* then the boy 1»
a workln' over In the tannery, an' he
brings In «3 n week an 'they say |fa
wholeanme work In them tanneries
Then the aoelety has been good to me
an* helps me out at a pinch. One way
an' another we get along, though we're
behind with the rent now. In another
year tbo girl will be able to go out an*
bring In a little somethin', though It's
the truth I don't know what I will tie
doing without her to take enre of the
small children. 1 gin's» they will have
to kind of look after one another."
"You say your husband la a handy
tnan?" said the visitor.
"That ha Is As I say, then» ain't
nothin' ha can’t turn hie hand to. I'll
•how you the elegant waah bench ha
made for ma If you'll step Into the
kitchen.”
“I)o you think ha would Ilk» to do
the Janitor work In a small building?
I think I can gat him the position.''
The thin woman looked a little doubt-
duL “111 Mk hla,” aba Mid. "I don't
know whether he would fancy that, to
tell you tl.e lioncat truth for there's
arrubbln' an' window cleanin' an' such
alsiut Janitor work, ah' that's more of
a woman’s Joi,
klebbe | could help
him out on that |>art of ft. though,
while he did the real of It. When he
wakes up I'll ask him. and very much
obliged to you. ma'am “
"la he asleep?" aaked the visitor.
The thin woman blu»hed a little.
“I >o you mean that tie s been drink
Ing?" asked tile visitor, severely.
The tliln woman bridled. "If lie ha«
taken a drop or two I don't know but
It's Ida right,” »he said. "If he earns
the money he’s a right to a|s*nd It th»
way he wants to. lie ain't a driukln'
man. Not like some 1», anyway.
If
once In n while he gets a hit off. I
don't know thnt It's anybody's busi­
ness" t'hh ago l»nlly News
EAGLE DROPS CHILD INTO TREE
I,»
Talus»
lleram» Flaed
Is
lire»» of 1.11,1» On»,
III»
One of the pair of giant bald eagles
thill nisit III a dead elieatnnt tree on
Watikhnw mountain, near Caldwell, N.
J , carried 3 year-old Gladys I feelaml
to the top of a tall liemlock tree Hat-
nrday morning nml dro|q»il her Into
Its branches, amsirdlng to the story told
by her father, John Milton Vm*land.
n fanner, nays the New York World.
The child weighs forty pounds and.
according to the father's »lory, the
great bird was barely able to maintain
Its flight under the weight. Its carry
Ing off of Hie girl waa more than half
Involuntary, Its talons having beoime
caught In tier clothing when she at
tempted to save a lien from the eagle.
Vreelnnd sold the blrit had been soar­
ing over Ills chicken run for more than
an hour, lie saw It awisip downward
Into a elump of currant luialies. In the
bushes the eagle pounced upon n lien,
but could »not rise with Its prey be­
cause of the thick foliage. I’he flapping
of the great wings attracted the child
to flic spot anil when »lie saw the hen
hold by the eagle she seised a stick and
Iwgan to lieliilsir ttie marauder.
The eagle »|irung on her. sinking Its
talons Into her ilresa, the sharp clawa
tearing livr lli'sh
Her cries brought
her father running trom a tlel<| near
by. At sight of the man ttie bird at­
tempted to rise, dragging tie" chllil.
struggling, after It. Vreelnnd believes
thnt the bird'» talons became entangled
In the girl's dresa and that It could not
free lt»i'lf. The two angles have Is'vn
familiar to the nelglil»>rlm<«l since
19G3. blit never had they been known
to attack human lielngs before.
The great bird rose slowly and labori­
ously, Its wings tieatlng the air wildly
and the child screaming with terror
Vreelnnd sprang forward, but before he
got within reach the bird had lifted
Itself and 'ts precious burden above
him and was an.**|y rising higher snd
higher. The child Continued to struggle
snd th« blrvl
trying to free It­
self.
It had reached the top of a tall hem
lock tree when the struggles of the girl
rent her dress at tha left shoulder. For
several seconds she hung with her en
tiro weight In the grasp of one talon
FADS OF THE PAST.
ADVANCED WOMEN OF BURMA.
< l»v»r, BhswwS sad ladsslrtows, All
st Wklrll Th»lr lluabasd» Are Nwl.
The Burmese wornau la clever, witty,
well Itiforimvl. one of the shrewdest of
buslm-sa |ier*>na. usually an exiclleut
houM'keet>er na well an a good mer­
chant. nays I'harlea E Ituaaell In liar-
Iter's. Her two errors wviu to be. flrst.
In marrying John Burman, who la gen
••rally laxy and unworthy of tier; and
second. In nulnnlttlng to the medical
tomfoolery that the Burineosv for all
their Intelligence, still practice.
I
might add for n third. If one more be
useded. the smoking of the Burniene
cigarette, which tends to twist out of
nhn|ie her handsome mouth. Thia cigar­
ette. by the way. la a monatnnia thing,
often eighteen Inches In length ntid an
Inch and a quarter In diameter.
The Burmese woman not only man­
ages all the material Interests of her
I household but she kee|w the Buddhist
I faith Intact. Without her Influence it
may be doubted If John Burinnn would
I
•■are very much. He la too Indolent
,
mid too fond of his ease In smooth
water. But the women are strict In
their performance of religious duties;
you can a,-e them st all hour» praying
In the shrines where not often you see
the men. If thia theory slsiut the wom­
en la correct. It Is wonderful testimony
to their strength of mlml. for Bud­
dhism In Burma la rock-ribbed and ap­
parently unassailable; mid then. In the
last analysis. It must lie to the women
that we owe the beautiful pagodas, the
excellMit monasteries nnd the gemlike
shrines that dot thia pleasant country.
Th» Paper Told the Tai».
A certain Greek adventurer some
years ago undertook to pnim off upon
the public some false copies of the goa-
pel manuscripts.
Many learned men
Were deceived, but not Hr. t’oxe. libra
rlan of the lloilnian library m Oxford
How he detected the fraud was relatwl
In his own word» III the Spectator .-
I never really o|*n«d the h<mk. hut
I held It In my hand and took one
page of It between my Anger and thumb
while I llatennl to the raw al’a acrount
of how he found this most Interesting
antiquity At the end of three or four
minutes I hmide<l it back to him with
the short comment, “Nineteenth .im
tury pa|ier. my dear air,” nnd lie took
It away In a hurry and did not <i>mi>
again. Yes. I was please.1. but 1 have
handled several ancient mmiuaerlpra in
mv time, mid I know the feel ,,f ,q,|
paper.
To Krr la Haman.
Rolwrt Browning once found himself
nt a dinner, at a great English house,
sitting next to n Indy who was con
nectcd with the highest aristocracy.
She was very graciously Inclined, mid
did her utnioat to make eonvermitlon
"Are you not a poet?" she Anally
naked.
"Well," said Browning, "people are
sometimes kind enough to any that I
am."
"Oh. plenae don't mind my having
mentioned It," the duchess hsstened to
say, with the kindest of »mil»«. “You
know Byron mid Tennyaon and others
ware posts."
It has taken many years for horse­
hair covered furniture to pass Into ob­
livion, for the reason that there was
no wear-out to it, except In a hoarding
hoiiar. Most people, therefore, will re­
member lest having seen horsehair fur­
niture In a boarding house, whither it
probably was relegated tn the h>>I* that
It would be worn out When such a
phenomenon did occur, the fact was
usually heralded by the protrusion of a
HoaSXllAlS ri k.MTl ML.
rusty spring and a moaay bunch of
curled stuffing.
But the remainder of the cover
would remain In sm-h unyielding good
rejialr that the owner would lie loath
to sacrlflce' the piece of furniture,
which made It a white elephant, there
being no way to re;>alr It unless the
whole cover was replaced.
Another thing that tended to lon­
gevity on the part of the almost Im­
mortal hair furniture «as the difficulty
of sitting on It. Its curves were steep
and Its surface slick, so It was much
like trying to cling to a slate roof. You
would Slide flrst Imperceptibly, and
then with the sjieed of a roller coaster,
till you hit the floor In a heap.
EARLY DAY PLANK ROAD.
Wlirw Ike
Hallroad» < amp This Ml»-
■oari Illabway Was Abandoapd
'This talk about a highway across
the State recalls to mlml s similar en­
terprise prosemted lu the interior of
the State In the steamboat days,” aays
the Kansas City Star. "It was a twen-
ty-flve-mlle plank highway Iwtween
Glasgow and Huntsville." recently re­
marked Milton C. Tracy of Macon, Mo..
whose father was Interested in the road
snd who used to live In Huntsville.
'The road between Huntsville and
Glasgow was a aucceaalon of clay hills
the greater part of the way and In
muddy weatlsT the Christian religion
made scant headway in those parts.
We didn’t know It then, hut we do
now, thnt tl»>»e anathematised red hills
were a blessing to Missouri, for they
served to develop the largest
and
strongest mules In the world nnd tlielr
tdg-lnmed descendant» are now moving
uore merchandise than the steam cars.
"Glasgow was tlie distributing point
for up-tbe-country merchandise. A doe-
en hack lines run out from there, the
main one of which Journeyed to Hunts­
ville. The trnffle over those molasses
candy hills became so great and was
attended by so many difficulties that
aotnethlng had to be done.
Various
kinds of road material were discussed
and timber decided upon because It
was plentiful and moat of the pioneer»
were skilled In Its use. the hills wera
cut through and th« bottoms rslsed ao
tha roadway waa fairly level.
Oak
plank, twenty fe«t long, two Inches
thick and eighteen Inch«» wide w«ra
Steeli R»»«l«g »■• Maaaweswewf.
All handling of the apple crop ehonld
t>« done with tba Idea of bruising th«
fruit ss little as poaalbls, says a balle­
tin from tbs Mary­
land station. In all
apples of lood qual­
ity a bruised speci­
men • »>□ tx-'otuea
a rotten one. Ap-
roBTam.a TAB1X.
pies should tw picked Into bags or
from these Into th« barrels or on to
padded baskets and carefully rolled
from these Into barrels or on to
the sorting table. A very handy pick­
ing bag Is mad« by placing a pebble In
RE INNEltMOHT THOEGHTH.
a corner of a grain sack and tying the
the Inquisitor, taking the suspect un- corner by means of the pebble to one
aware», pronounces “trunk,” there side of the mouth of the bag. This
cum«*» th« crucial test
makes the bag Into a loop, which may
If guilty the Biiapw-t will seek to put tw hung over the ne«'k of the picker
the Inquisitor off the track and may The mouth of tha bag come» to the
answer "strap," "leather,'
railroad” front and Is held open by passing a
«ir something elae of a similar nature. stiff bent wire under tha hem. This
But In bls brain the word "trunk" has kind of picking bsg lesves both hands
suggest«*«! the Idea of the d«*ad body of the worker fra* for picking. A
within It. He must think of two things gang of pickers will empty tbelr plck-
I list rail of one That takes time, and Ing bags and baskets directly on to a
the Inexorable dial with Its Indicator portable sorting table placed between
will ahow what baa o<x-urred.
the rows on which they are working,
In Prof. Munsterberg’s article In Mc­ ibis table la placed on low truck
Clure'» he tells of applying the chrono wheels and has a single whlffletree. ao
ecope lit the >-gse of Harry Orchard In that a horse can more It to any deaired
hla call In the Jail at Boise. Prof. Mun- point as work ptweed* A cut of this
sterberg called out In succesaton fifty kind of sorting table Is here shown. It
won!* Orchard lent himself to tlie should tw made large enough to bold
researches and replied with the flrst not le*s than two barrels of fruit The
answering word that came to bls mind. rear bolster Is higher than that at the
The flrst word spoken by Prof. Mun- open end ao that culls can be rolled.
stertierg waa “river."
Orchard an­ A long, heavy plank Is placed on the
swered "water." Then "ox.” and the ground on each side of this table on
answer was "yoke;" then "mountain," which the barrels are set for filling.
and he »aid "hill." then "tobacco," and The sorters pick the apples from the
the reply was "pipe."
table into padded wicker baskets
All this time Orcbar«! did not know which have low or folding handles,
that the time taken for him to reply I which permit of tbelr being placed
was being registered. The time aver- down Into the barrel before being
Then dumped. Apples would
aged seven tenths of a second.
be greatly ln-
Prof. MutiSterberg proceeded to put test Jured If dumped from the mouth to
words, such as “confession." “revolv­ | the bottom of the barrel. The fruit la
er," "religion.” "Jury.” "death.” “blood." sorted Into two grades, first and sec­
"prayer” and "railroad.” "Blood" sug- ond* In sorting exclude all fruit that
geate«! "knife" to Orchard and the oth- are ripe, for If a fruit Is ripe at pack­
er words similar significant replies, but ing time It will soon decay and spoil
there was no hesitation. The case was Its neighbor*
Fruits that are too
made exhaustive and the Inference was green or poorly colored should be left
that Orchard had reached the point out. as they are always of Inferior tex­
where, by reaaon of much rehearsal, he ture and flavor. Undersized, diseased,
believed hla own confesaion.
wormy, bruised or misshaped speci­
Scientists believe the chronoscope, mens should
c'—'■* of course
-------------------
"
—
go as —
culls
The
now only In the first stages of Its per- culls are allowed to roll Into a pile
fectlon. will before long be evolved Into from the lower end of the grading ta-
something resembling a diver's helmet, ble.
which, fitted over the criminal's b»»«L |
After being properly r “racked." to
would become the microscope of the Insure a tight pack, and when ready
for heading, the fruit should stand as
mind.
evenly as possible
at about one-balf
nailed on heavy stringers, laid close to­
to three Inches
gether. There were live tollgates, with
above the chime of
a tariff rate of a rent a bead for stock,
the barrel. A cor-
5 rents for a mau on horseback and 10
rugateil paper cap
renis If be traveled In a vehicle. A
or exrelaior cush­
footman paid the same as other ani­
ion
should
mals—1 rent.
placed
on.
“There was a keeper at each tollgate, bead laid and
and his Job with the road company, to­ press applied,
gether wlth a cottage and garden do-
figure »bows
HLAUI.XG 1« aarr.
nated for bls use, made him a fair barrel with
living
His rake-off on the tolls was screw press in position ready for driv-
20 i*r cent.
Ing down the bead Just beneath the
“Work on the plank road was begun head may be seen the excelsior cush­
In April, 1853, and the last spike was ion. After a little experience a handy
driven In October. 1854. It was a gigan­ man learns lots of little knacks about
tic enterprise for that day a'id the peo­ heading up fruit
ple thought It solveil the transportation
problem for all time. They didn't dream
How Tk«y Stor» Sweat Potato«».
ttiat within four or five years steam en­
The New Jersey sweet potato bouse
gines would tw cavorting around lu Is a stone building, say 16x18 feet on
these parts and that the bulk of busi­ the inside, with walls 10 feet high and
ness would sweep by regardless of the a good roof. The building Is half un-
rlsur.
I derground and the earth la banked up
“At Huntsville the arrival of the first around it
There Is a passageway
coach on the new road was made a gen­ through the center, and the bins for
eral holiday by official proclamation. the sweet potatoes are 6 to 8 feet
The schools were dismissed snd but lit­ square and 8 to 10 feet deep. There Is
tle of anything was done until the a door on the south side, with window
mall coach got in. I was among the above, and a stove Is placed Inside the
crowd of youngsters that gathered building for use when required. The
around In mlwlration too deep for walls are plastered, and the underside
words.
J of the roof Is also covered with lath
'The Glasgow and Huntsville Road and plaster, and the place is thoroughly
Company was a duly Imximorated con­ weatherproof. A house of this kind
cern and had its officers Just like a will afford storage room for 3.000 or
railroad company. William Smith, who more bushels.
is yet living at Moberly, ran the stage
Good Day* for Farmer«.
line. A <"oach left Glasgow and Hunts­
The last ten years has been the gold­
ville atmit the same time each morning,
en age of American agriculture. More
furnishing dally mall each way. Ancil
advance has been made than In any
Bros, operated large freight vans and
twenty or thirty years In the nation's
did a healthy buslne.«. The late W.
history. Land has Increased enormous­
li. (Bob) Samuel of Huntsville was
ly In value since 1896. and Is destined
secretary for the road, an Important
to go higher tn the fanning sections.
l<osltlon which paid quite well during
Prices for products have been gixvd all
the days of the road's a«ttlvity,
I the time and are better now than ever.
Roanoke. In Howard county, was the
If the importance of agriculture and
biggest town between the terminal* It
the farmer Increases at the same rate
grew up Into quite a place during the
In the future—and It Is sure to do so—
plank road's prosperity and
many
;be agricultural life will be considered
stores were operated there. Hut by and
the Ideal one. and to own a good farm
by the railroads came, tlie old road was
the very acme of felicity.—New Haven
torn up for firewood and Roanoke was
Leader.
marooned far hack In the country,
Consolidated Farm*.
swelling a long list of once good town»
To make one large farm out of sev­
that have bootne lost or forgotten.”
eral small ones may prove a good dis­
position for cheap farm properties In
Fll<ht of the Hatterflte«.
Large consolidated
One of the most beautiful sights tn some localities.
the world Is the annual migration of farms seem to be doing well In many
butterflies »• rw» the Isthmus of I'ana- Instances and to have less trouble with
mn. Where they l'olile from or whither the labor problem than do the smaller
they go no one knows, and though farms.—American Cultivator.
many distinguished naturalists have at­
tempted to solve the problem It la still
as strange a mystery as It was to the
flrst European traveler who observed
It. Toward the end of June a few scat­
tered apeclments are discovered flitting
out to sea. and as the days go by the
number increases until about July U
or 15 the sky I» occasionally almost
obaenred by myriads of these frail in­
sects.
Mr* White (sympathetically)—go
your husband 1» In trouble agntti,
Maud? Mrs. Black (cheerily)—No'm;
he’» out o' trouble, dees now—da scoun­
drel's In Jail.—Puck.
Th« only thing w» can recommend la
to endeavor to msk» an uninteresting
lit* tntsreatlng as poaalblA
To Ke«» Fias» O« Do*».
A very simple and easy wsy la to
saturate a string In oil of psrfinyroyal
and tie It around the neck of the anl-
mal.
Kalntt with Manar«.
Kalnlt la one of the best substances
to use with manure. It does not lib­
erate ammonia, but changes tt Into
sulphate of chloride, aud thus “fixes"
It Kainite la a potash salt and also
contains common salt. J* la one of the
best fettlllxers for clover, and Increases
the value of the manure. Applied to
the land tn th« spring. It li beneficial,
nut only aa a plant food, but In Its
chemical effect on the »oil. It la also
cheap compared with aotne other tar-
tlllser*
Another metlmd of cheapening the
expenses la to uaa pure breeds and pro­
vide abundant pasturage. I*oor pastures
make poor stack, no matter bow careful
the bretder may be. It will not do to
eiuleavor to bring th« stock or herd up
by breeding unless all the conditions
are favorable. The raaor-back hog Is
th« result of p«nr feeding, and though
man compelled th« animal to resort to
scanty herbage, nature fitted him for
the purpose by gradually changing hla
form, thus adapting him to the aur
rounding*
We thus know that cli­
mate, »oil and the growth Indigenous
thereto are Important factors tn he
taken Into account, and In tha brewllng
of live stock farmers should consider
well aa to wbat may be needed before
making the effort
The large muttoa breeds of sheep
rxrw weigh twhw aa much aa the or­
dinary common kinds, but In ae«-iirlng
size the sheep have tieen fed on rich
pastures, where everything favorahi«
for Improvement has been In tbrlr fa­
vor. and they have never retrogrn<l.i|
during a single period, but progr»»»e<i
without difficulty. Hem-e. If the large
bree«!a are to tw the agents for Improv­
ing the common flock, the farmer muxt
take a look over the feeding ground».
The Berkshire bog would starve If com­
pelled to compete with the land pike
variety. It could not exist oader the
same conditions, for tt has been bred
away from that sphere, and It la of no
use unless adapted to the place which
la to be Its habitation. The native cow
can exist where the pure-bred animal
might starve, but thia Is because she Is
not required by nature to ronvert a
large quantity of food Into milk. Scan­
ty herbage haa dwarfed her milking
quailtie* and thia has been tuinihsl
down from ancestry, but sc*nty herit­
age will not do. Th* change la up­
ward. and the conditions must be
changed to suit tha demands of th«
animal.
Fsrwlaa ■ WlaS Brewk.
A grove should have forest condi­
tion* By this Is meant that the leaves
falling should remain and form a leaf
mold which will act as a fertilizer and
bold moisture during severe winter
weather. To accomplish this to a cer­
tain extent low growing trees an<l
shrubbery utaf be planted among ttw
tree* and near the outside some ever­
greens, such as re«! cedars or the white
sprtKe. These will break the force of
the high winds and leave at least part
of the ¡eaves upon the ground.
To sum up the different varieties that
may be grown with su«waa on our prai­
rie soli, I will mention the black wal­
nut, butternut, white ash. elm. bass­
wood or linden, shell bark hickory, bur
oak. box elder, wild black cbefry, white
birch (Inclusive of the European and
cut leaved varieties), also the catalpa,
cottonwood and willow.—I. W. Hoff*
mam
o«t»i*»»«a
Everybody's kickin'.
Kickin' "bout th» heat;
Kickin’ "boat the prices
We pay for things to eat;
Kickin' 'bout the railroads
An' the government;
Kickin' "bout the taxes
And the way they’re spent;
Kickin' 'boat the auto«
And the pace they set;
Kickin' "bout the grafters
An' the pull they get.
Old mule looks dejected.
Says in tones demure.
“When It comes to kickin’
I'm an amachoor!”
—Washington Star.
Prolific
Hen.
Professor Gowell, of the Zoological
Research Laboratory of Maine Univer­
sity. has been breeding White Wyai»-
dottes for the past year, with the view
of increasing their laying capacity.
He has the record In this respect He
claims that he has one hen which laid
252 eggs in on« year. In the month of
May she laid an egg on every day but
one. and In tblrty-three days laid
thirty-four eggs.
*
Th« AvoesB«.
Interest In the avocado as a salad
fruit continues to Increase. The mar­
ket demand la so strong In eastern cit­
ies during late autumn and wtoter tliat
south Florida growers are enlarging
tbelr plantings of the late ripening
sorts of the West Indian type, such
as the Trapp, In the expectation that
their culture will prove highly profita­
ble.—Bureau of Plant Industry.
Farm
Notea.
A little lime Is an excellent thing to
put In the hog's drinking water.
Profit depends as much on the coat
of production as on the selling price.
The good, square walk as a gait for
a farm horse Is the most valuable of
any.
The rotation of crops does not call
for more plowing, but less, and more
stirring of the solL
It Is the surplus or Increase of price
above the cost of production that adds
to the prosperity of the people.
The difference between a good and
Inferior care taker la everything In the
matter of success or failure Io >*attle
feeding.
In nearly all cases the offspring of
Immature, undeveloped animals Is In­
ferior to that of mature aud full grown
parent*
Where the pungent amell of am­
monia la noticed as escaping from th«
manure It may be taken as an ludlca-
tlon of los*
In on« respect the stories we hear
about th« creamery trust and the grain
growers' combine, are like moat of tba
bad stories we hear about our negh-
bors, they are not true.
Try to have time to atop and chat
with a neighbor occasionally; merely a
nod and a grunt are not condui-lve to a
friendly feeling.
Rome men never have money to sfinra
to buy clover seed or to do tiling with.
Perhaps they Invest tbelr money In
something that pays better, but It la
very doubtful.
The farmer who finds himself over­
burdened with work all the time should
stop and Investigate. There must b« a
screw loose aomawbare because no ma*
waa intended to b« on a level with •
beast of burden.