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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1908)
A Tacoma Ixtoiblack has Just retired with « fortune of gtlii.iaai. proving the wisdom of beginning at tin* fool. I he repirt I» In circulation that King Alfonso eat» nine meals a day II» doesn't l«M>k II. Wlirr«« <b»rs he »low them? » I It«» Mky*-rn|M»r drstr«»y«*<l by fir«» In New York was thirteen uteri«»* high H lint sn o|H»nlng for |M»op1«» w h<> l»e ’•«o«» in th«» I mmh I1 «o combina!Ion Î r<Mi thousand Chili*-»«* have routisl th*- goveriuncnt tr****ps. killed a general ami sa*-k«l a town The cables au o* un* i* that "tile unrest I« Increasing" E» bletltll tour • blldi'rii were r«»»-«*ntly horn to the wife of a man of th«» name of Lu»‘k ¡H Itosnok«», Va The |•r*‘«ldent will he likely after this to think there la a <•««! «leal In a name. tne existing rr"ef organisation« Our • him rpi in im of charity have brwidened rnmarkiibly In th«« last <I«*« mu I*». ami som<* organlxatloiiN are nbn ast of thane <|ev«*|opinents. but «»thers lire Mt ill lining tlwlr Hell m«»siit nork in ways that ex P«-ri«»m*e has <11* r«» Hied Dr. Is»vlm* holds that prevention mid rehnblllta Hon are na much th«» duties of charita ble organisations ns attrnllon to actual «Hstresa. Th«» two great ruus«si of pan |M«rlsm, In* says, ar«» congestion ami overwork, am! m«Mb»rn relief agencies should grajiplc with these problem« ami slmllsr ones In addition to «u|>plylng *»up and coffi»«» him ! bread. In this <*on nectlon It Is Interesting to refer to a dlsciiSMloii In the columns of ii New York m*wspit|N»r of tin» «»ost of organ lx«a! I’liarlly A <v>rreN|M>mleiit had ex amine«! tin* latest ro|s»rt of the t’harlty < h ganlr.af Ion Hoclety of that «»Ify and found, to his surprise ami Indignation, that It had coat |1M,()'M> to distribute nlsiiit Ils «»onrluded that char ity was "over organlxed'* ami that ma chinery ami administration «’«»at a good deal more than they slMiuld But the 1 president of the Miciety ami other work era have shown that the complaint or criticism was based on the old fash lon«w| notion that the distribution of food, money ami clothing Is the only kirn! <>f *»r»|c«» wbl* h charity *M h»tl«»s an» orgaiilx«*! to render t«> tin» |s>or. As a matter of fact, the mo<b»rn char Ity society mu I m IH ii I cm better ami dlf fvrent service, sinh ns the obtaining of employment, th«» prevention of tulMtrru I on I m , the malntenanr«» of a w hool for th«» study of philanthropy, tin» ins|M»<* tlon of lem»mcnta ami th«» urging of leg laiatlve reforms dcslgn««d to diminish misery and destitution. AH such fun«» tlons entail b«»avy expenditures, but they <»«»mr umler the new view of "aerv lev," and It 1« unfair to regard them as administrative merely ¡'I m * coat of administration In th«* old and strict «»use was only >4.423 last year, not gl3U.<NNi. Every chartty <,oiif«»ren«»e, ev ery I mui «» of Charities, emphasises the U«»drrnix4»<l and ratlonall74»<l view of relief and philanthropy. But there Is much to do In th«» way of harmonizing th**ory with practice. SECRETO OF THE UPPER AIR w let h * I. *••«!• hi I*i««*u« rrima on I'teynlenl < uniUtlima, >!<► V'lmlrnl |n»wcy dism not share th«» «‘«"Imlstlc opinions comvrniiig our • ny He found on a <*»rtaln «••II re mem I m red «»e« asioti that It was all It »tu« crack«»«! up to Is». lu lVilk«»»bnrrr a brmai band 1« using -h«» iip|s»r floor of tin* I< m k up f«»r r«»- it- irMhl pur|MHi«*a No lM»tt«»r way couht H- devised for teuchlng prisoners flint *h«» wsy of th«» transgressor Is hard. To Is» silly In th«» latest fnd of ! a »U- 1on w«»tiM»n. according tu on«» of th« English |M«rhs|h«ft!a, We are womterlng wbetlier it rvqulreN much practico <>n th«» part of the I ml les to 1> c .-« hik » au •horltntlve ex|M?nentN of the fad r«»lst«>l's |NM»tlr Imagination makes him an inspiring pmphet even to th««*» who dhmgr«»v with his opinions. In a v»*'cnt m«*N«age to th«» <xinlenllous world, In whose «'ombatN he se«*s no Ight, he eumpnr«»d the struggling par les to tin» panic stricken prisoners In a anise fn»m which they nr«» trying to MH»ajM» They flglil t«» fore«» th«» door >|M»n. ami only seal II more ho|M*h»*al.v, •<»r It o|M-ns Inward, ns th«» door* <»f the «mil must ois-ii to th«» light. B«* »tinga, tnustard pack* and otls-r uurnoiinon retnislles for rheumatlsni w'Ill bava tu tabe **n-**ml place, in tbe uatter of oddlty. tu a cure dls*overe*l il iusiralla. A whalw strambai oli thè »•«•li ut a henltti resort. had Iss-u cut »peti, and a freak lati Invalid plunged hit** I he mass of Idutiber. renia Imai bere tn.. Isiura. ami found hlmaelf free 'min rheiimatlani when In- craw lia! out. fin* Inchlent «»mi« to la* voui-hisl for. imi althoiigh thè preecrlptloii I h more -s»ve| than eiith lng. tllere are p roba hi.V many suffervr» «ho would llke to cateti * wliale and try II. One of tin* iim * I imliappy. but at the Min«» time ImprcsMlvc, Mights ever wit M MMi-d nt the hcmli|mirtcrs of the New York | m »||<-«‘ d«»|N<rtm«*nt took pln«»e ther«» i«»<«»ntly. when a patrolman was dla- 'hnrge«l from th«* scrvlc«» Iwcaus«* of x»wn<1l<«» In th«» presence of his broth er officer»« his bmige uas unplnn«*«! fn»ni hl»« hrcNNt nisi th«» button* «-ut from tils uniform. No such thing had i»«»m»«| Iwfor«» for mor«» than thirty «cars It I m n curious trait In human naturt* th.it physical <-oiirag«», th«» vlr u«» whhh is most rhi*rlah«*d and most *xtollc«l. shouhi I m * at th«» Mam«» time ■icrh.ips th«» «•<»mniom»-t. I’ll«* great ularlty of tin» mildler and th«» military hen» Is due almost entirely to th«» fact that originaly It was the soldier e*|*e •Inlly who was <»bl1g«sl to exercise phy sical «»ourng«». It Is not Improbabl«» Hist the IrsNenlng tendency to make hero<»s of soldiers merely because they ire soldiers Is due to n growing percep tion Hint many other otvupatlomi rail for and prm1u<*e men who do quite n« Inrlng deeds In circumstances far l«»ss favorable to gallantry. It would be sn ex«ve«|lngly int«*r«»Mtlng thing If one i,oiihl trace th«» hilluenc«» of newspapers ami other perl<Mll«»als on the prevalence of physical cmirag«». There run I»«» no '1oiU»t that the lntluen«»e Is considerable. Nothing Is soiled mor«» «»ag«»rly by the re|M»rters than stories of "heroism,” ami not much Is read with greater In- tereat by the ¡M»ople. In days, then, when every man Is a hero win» st<*ps a runaway horse or pulls a little boy out of a brook. It must be that the i>opular Imagination Is very con si dor ably stim ulate«! and the mind stlrrrd to emula tion by the newspaper re|s»rt< In »n »<l<lr<*M before th« City Clnb of Chicago I»r. Devine, the able «<11 tor of ('bariti«*«, the mo*!el perhxllesl In It» field, illMiiaaeil the other day the Inad- «quscy and backwardness of many of Thr gntwlli of bnllooiilnx htt< leal to intiny <U!lotiM InvfMttouching the .it !iM><|>lnr«* him I it* Inhabitant m . By th«« iim * of niM'lierrtl I ih II ooiim with •elf- r«*glM(«*rlnx Innt runientN ■oine of ft»«* ex |M*rlhi«*n(M of m - h m > u ml Big have r«*|M*tit«*<l aloft. At Kt ran*burg Hounding hai«M»tiN have be«»n M*nt to a height of nearly 2»M"‘G ynrdn. . iim ! 19.- to jo.«RN) yard« In not an un<x>mm<>n height. One of th«» avlonlMhlng rowultrt I n tin* «ll*x»v«»r> at a height of rnnl« of an Inotherinal &om* In which, (HMitrary to rijtprlam'r up to that height, trin|N*rnturc *!•»*< not diminish with rxN'HMdoti from earth. Ono of tin* iiKMt Interesting studies I m that of the flight of bln!«. The ole ■rrrat Ion of ncruiwiuti« ap|M»nni IXIIU- |»l«»t«»!y to (!I n ( m »I til«» old time nothin» that Momr bird« Roared to Mtti|M*iid<>iiM height*, Humboldt having <re«l'tr«l th»* condor with over ynrdN an«! oth- era iMdh’Ving that bird* of (iNNMagr flew nt h«*lgbt« of .3aLMH> to yard*, am! In exceptional m*«»* !«».«■*» to van I m Balloon voyaging, h«»wrv«»r, rw- tflbllMbi'N the fart that bird»* never rl*e to anything life«* throe dlataiiceN nbnv«» th«* earth. Prof. J PiM»achel, of Frank furt. rtN'ortlw iim altogether i»nu«mil the paNMigt» of a balloon In which In* wan through a fl<»ck of blrda nt night nt a height of 2.2m) yard* I he bird’« daahed against the banket of the I» h 1I« miii and generally they net«»d aa If they had low! their Itearlnga. Bln! flight nt the great elrvatlon« formerly aMiinie<1 I m now r«*gnrde<| an phyalcnlly ImiMMtalbh* *lhe rarefaction of the air In too great to permit of flight without terrible ex ha nation, c* jieclally an breathing would I m » difficult BoMldoM. the cold in too extreme at a height of Ku**» yanls. for Inntnnoe. th«» thermometer dropping to «l<»gr«*ea b«»low. •The obNervatlonn of ba!loonl*tM nhow that the vnnt majority of bird* keep w itliln I.) MH) yard* of tin» earth, and th«» vast ll'l|.'ll!\ of llicse. Indeed, within a couple of hundr«*d yard*, «»ven In long flight*, (’rows. I»owc\«»r. w«»r«» fnspicnt- ly olatervtMl nt a bright of 1,400 yanls. a Inrk wnn one«» <'ii<'ount«»r<sl at 1.IMX» yard*, and an cngl«» Is on r«»rord nt .’MW yard»* Washington Po-t. DISCOVERY OF COAL Mrntltmrd by n Jratilt In I «171» mill Mln«*«1 F'lrat In 1 174». Ho far as known th«» tirst I mention of the «Mi’urrenc«» of <»«»al In tile I'nltml Stat«»s Is contained in tin» • Journal of Father llenn<5>ln, a Jesuit missionary. who In Ht79 r«M»ordvd .a "col«» mine" on Illinois river near the present city of Ottawa, III. ('«»al was Aral miniai In the Rich- niond basin, Vllginla. about seventy years after Father Hennepin'» dlacxtv- ery In Illinois, but th«» first * re« »«mis of production from the Virginia mines w«»n» for tin» year 1822. when. aei»ord- Ing to <»ne authority, 5l.uts» tons w«»r«» mined* Ohio probably ranks second In prior ity of pr«alu«*tlon. ns coal was discov ered there In 1735, but th«» re«’nrds of pro«lu<»tlon «late bark only to 18,’W. The mining of anthracite in rennsyl- vanla began alsmt 1790. ami it Is said that fl fly-IB«» tons were shlppnl to (’o- lunibln. I’a.. In INt>7. It«»ports of th«» anthrnelte coal trad«» nr«» usually l>egun w ith thr year isjo. when 3fl5 tons, on«» for each «lay of tin» year, wer«» shlp|M»«l to riilla«h»lphln from the M.ehigh n»- glon. Before this, however. In 1814, a shipment of twenty-two tons was made from t'arl>on<1ale. also to Philadelphia. It Is probable that thr actual pnxlnr- t!«»n prior to 1820 was between 2,000 and 8,000 tons. Washington Star. The l*hll««e|>hle»l Father. ■ raw for PowHrp, I'utlls« Many |s*ople make the inlatake of rutting corn tisi green for allaga. writes ¡>r. <>. A Hilling« In American Agrleulturlnt. At this singe there I« a larger percentage of water, ai>d the allag«» when taken out has a large amount of ■eld. Il-«» starch and augur and hence la lean nutritious. Corn planted In drill« with stalks eight to ten inches spart will mature a g*x«l pro|N?rtlon of ears. Harvesting should not t>egln until the ears are paNalng the roaatlng stage und In-gin to glaxe Fnleaa the araMon Is exceptionally dry the atalkw and leav«*s will remain gr«*en, but to<> ma lure or dry «•orn la mor* liable to mold Thia may be fourni In spots around tin* aid«** or mor* generally over th«» allo wherever III» sir lia» gain c<| a(x*eaa to cause the fungoua growth. Thia condition may I m * Improved by tramping the material carefully In the allo, adding water by aprinkllng with a hoae, or If thia I m not avalable <11 re»*t a Stream of water into the blower or elevator sufficient to saturat«» the cut fodder. This moisture assists the material to set th* an<1 acts us a seal to keep out the air. There Should ts> latsir and team« enough to keep the cutter running steadily, Nothing la gained by cutting a large «mount of i-urn beforehand, hauling and piling near th«» machine to l»e handled over again, Alm to har vest at the least exjiense a ton. This will Iw accomplished as follows: If hatwi cutting Is prartlced. cut and hand directly to the man loading, not throw ing on the ground In bundles, which will require an extra bamlllng. I^et each load come to the table of the mn chine In turn, handling the corn direct ly to the feeder. If the corn is long and heavy an extra man Is m»edt*d on th«» table to assist. Power shouhi I m * ample and in pro portion to the size of the cutter. The blower Is replacing the «»levator ma chine. economixing space and largely doing away with the stopping of an entire crew to repair the elevator. If the corn is heavy and the stalk largs cutting In half Inch to one Inch pieces will have the temlenry to partially shretl the stalk, am! there will be no butts n»fuse<l by the animals. Teh material in the silo should be kept level and well trampl«»d. es¡»eclal- ly around the aides of the silo, and It pays to have sufficient help for thia work Where considerable silage is put up It pays to have a corn harvest er and binder, which t»conumizt»ti hand labor. The acconipanyln Illustration shows part of the outfit limai at the New Jersey experiment station In till- Ing the silo for fall and winter feed. The sourvo of power for running the cutter and blower Is a gasoline engine. Ai«»i«lln* Waatea. The first great lesson to Is* learned Is to avoid waste. Waste has lx***n the curs«* of agriculture. Why pay taxes on land that Is not farmed? Why only- half cultivate the Acids and so waste both laud ami lal»*r Why waste time and capital In raising Interior animals? Why waste money In buying what should Is* rats«! on the farm? Why waste energy In trying to do more than any one man can do right? On many farms there Is waste In a thousand ways, and no wonder that to aonie "farming does not pay.” The small details must be l<s>ki*d after, and no farm should Is* larger than what can Is* properly attended to. lies! (irartlns Was, The following is claimed to I m * the best grafting wax. by an old orchard- Ist who says lie has tried n great many: To four pounds of rosin ami om* of l»***swax 11*1*1 one pint of llnstvd oil; put In an Iron pot. heat slowly anil mix ; pour Into cold water and pull until It iisannw*» n light color. Work Into sticks, ami put into a cool place until wanted. Some prefer linseed oil to animal fat for grafting wax. MRnnrr for thr Garden. I4»t th«» barnyard manure for thr gar den I m » well n»tt«»«| If It Is desired to cul tivate It Into th«» soil early in th«» spring; but If «xmrse, gr»»«»n manure tins to be nst»«l. scatter broadcast «hiring tor winter am! rak«» up or mulch part of It before plants ar«» set In spring, Of nmr*». this applies to ground that ima been plowed the past fall. Frrtflilrr« for Strawberries. Kcganllng the effect of different fer tlllzers on strawberries, land plaster when applied to tie bril Is said to make the berrl«»s more brilliant, though lighter In color. Nitrate of soda large ly Increases the size of the leaves and berries, but the berries are said not to be so Ann. Sulphate of potash Im- proves the size and flavor of the ber- rles. an«! also the color and firmness, while superphosphate Increases the yield. The kind of noil, however. Is to be consldere«!. as well as the variety The old man bad finally succeeded iti marrying off two of hl» »even daugh ter». “Your girl« have been blessings." «aid th« officiating clergyman after th« dou ble ceremony, "Tsa,” the old man huskily aaaert- ed. “they are the »ort of ble«alnga that brighten a« they take their flight"-. of strawberry. Cleveland l'lalu Dealer. vaoausm "Bran Is an •acvllwnt fixid for poul try III all stages of growth ss well aa for laying towns. On* great point In Ila favor Is Its cbeapuess. Il contslna a larger proportion of lime than any other food at tbs prl*-e, and lima la essential to growth of lame, uiiwlra ■.nil feathera. aa well aa tbe formation of shells for eggs. Lime which la found In fins! for some reuaon Is much more easily aaalinllat»*l than In the form of oyster shell awl th* like Wheat la a ni'St ex*-ellent poultry food, hut the high price prohibits many from using It freely. Bran and clo ver used In coiuMN-tlon with oats will prixluos us g*"*l results. Clover anil alfalfa are rich In Ilin* and should be had at all times In the green state when possible and In Hie form of well- cured hay th* rest of the year. Cut alfalfa and bran may Is* fed In the form of a mash. Kklm milk Is sn thing to moisten It with. Fowls, ever, will consume quantities of dry fed from a self-fewler and eat alfalfa or clover hay freely the stai-k or manger "Bran may be uso*| mixed with the <ut grain u tbe self feeder and haps this la the m*sit convenient f of all (ti which to use It. "Koine of the most valuable I properties contained In the wheat left In the bran and Its food value poultry la not fully apprerlated many |M»ultry ralaero or we would more of them using It In the ration If you feed bran, clover and alfalfa you need on oyster shell and very little cut twine or lean meat In fact a fl*s*k will get on and yield lota of egga with ou any attempt to furnish meat If tb« bran and alfalfa fed."—Poultry Topics. Horses undoubtedly require an ovet shoe when the ground Is snowy snd coated with Ice as much so as average human Ing. Drivers, though anxious protect horses from Injury by falling have tieen unabl« to procure practl satisfar cal and t o r y overshoes Those made of rub be r prevent horse from plug, hut they wear out so quickly their cost Is prohibitive. In the illustration ia shown one which seems well fitted to serve the purpose. Invent«! by a Maaaii* huaetta man. It la made along similar lines to tb, "gripper" chain placed on automobile ties. The tread la formed of a num tier of metallic links. When the over shoe Is a<ljuat«l on the foot tbe links Intervene betw«*n the hoof and the ground, affording a firm grip. Th!» overshoe n«**l not n«-eaaarlly be worn on the horse all the time, but In case of sudden fr«*ze can be quickly ad justed In position and removed whet desired. ocean THAX DEFENSELESS PACIFIC COAST. One Cruiser ona Foggy Might Could Destroy Seattle and Tacoma. The dejiarture of the fleet of sixteen oattle«hips for Its long cruise baa at leant served the purp*n*e of drawing attention to the lamentably weak and unprotected condition of our Pacific coast, writes a Washington corre áis indent. From Ixnrer California to the Canadian boundary we have abso lutely no prote**tlon against Invasion, save nt San Francines. Representa tive Humphrey, of the State of Wash ington. made It plain to President Hrwult ot Cora Rrrrdln*. Roosevelt recently that a second-class From numerous exiierlments madi cruiser on a foggy night could steam In Wlwsinsln there tins been developed Into Puget Sound and shell Seattle and a strain of white dent corn whlct Taruma off the face of the earth with grows on a very short, thick-set stalk, out receiving a sbot In reply. and which matures a gixsl-slzed ear Tin* President was so Impressed that and the ears run remarkably uniform he asked Mr. Humphrey to prepare a The growth centers In the ear rather rejiort. In conjunction with bls Pacific than In producing a big stalk at the coast colleagues, aa to what defenses ex|x*tise of a small ear. After four and coast protection were necessary years of careful. |M*ralstent work, thert •nd desirable. San Diego and San Pedro In Califor nn* numerous corn fields In Southern and Central Wlacunsln which will nia are equally as unprotected an the yield tk> to Hu bushels per acre, and. Washington cities, and are wholly at Kai bushels have b«***n re]x>rted several the mercy of anv enemy which may times. »uch results coming from a approach from the sea. It would not State which a few years ago was con c*ist much, however, to give San Diego aider«! out of the corn belt demon reasonable protection and to prepare strate what corn breeding will accom there a rendezvous for a Pacific fleet. pllah when carried on along seusiblf It Is estimated that gl.TO.ntm expended In dredging out the approach would lines. furnish San Diego with a splendid har bor. easily defended by land fortlflcn- ('lover and Fodder. Clover and corn furnish a fodilei tlons and by battleships, the latter of ration that can not easily be Improved which would tie Instantly available for upon for dairy cows. Two factor» service anywhere along the coast. Just what the great Atlantic fleet should lie taken Into account when de tennlnlng the amount of grain to feel will do when it reaches our Pacific One Is the extent to which clover ot coast is a question not definitely set alfalfa Is fed, and tbe se<x>n<l is th« tled. Mexico has granted us permis production of the cow. The rule with sion to make use of Magdalena bay for sonic Is to ft****I one pound ot grain for target practice, but It Is claimed by ex every three pounds of milk produced perts that the ships will tie In no con When clover or alfalfa form a larg« dition for anything except to go Into part of the ration it would seem rea drydock for a complete overhauling. sonable to supisiw* that n less quantity For this the Pacific coast Is absolutely *>f grain would sultb-e than tile amount» unprepared. There Is not a drydock or a navy yard commensurate for the named. task It would t>e called upon to meet. Cheap Fertllllww. The Mare Island navy yard at San Some of the liest farina In the Fa. Francisco Is absolutely Inadequate. have boon brought to the bigbent de There Is doubt expressed by those gree of fertility by the use of clover who ought to know, having had expe lime ami manure. The fartuera whe riences In the commissary end of the have aceomiUlabed such results have navy, that the provisioning of the aimed to save every ixiund of manure, fleet, when It arrived In the Pacific, anil also to preserve It In the best may turn out to tie as iieorly prepared manner. I.lnie Is used extensively by •or as are the other functions. tlsise who know that lime Is an essen A Toad tooo tears Old. tial Ingredient of plants, and also be Director Hornaday of the New York en use It Is excellent for Increasing the Zoological Park has placed upon exhibi clover crop. Clover enriches tbe land tion a toad which he believes to be not by promoting the supply of nitrogen In less than l.isto years old. it having been the soil, hence lime and clover makt found several months ago in a pocket of an excellent combination. s block of limestonle in a silver mine at llutte. Mont.. .'<»• feet below the surface Wlrr-ll Indln, Alachine. of the mountain. When found the load The frame of this wire-winding ma-' appeared to be dead, but upon instruc chine la conatruct«l of 2x4 lumber, f tions from the operator, who knew Mr. feet by 2 feet 5 Inches. Standards fot Hornaday, it was placed in a glass jar. sealed up and sent to Xew York. There an inspection revealed the truth that It move*! sluggishly, although the eyes had long l*e**n useless and it had neither eaten nor drunk for centuries. This appears to prove the old theory that toads can live untold years in a state of suspended ani mation. The director believes that if he should try to feed th; .vesture it would certainly die. It is quite plump and a holding shaft. 2 feet 10 Inches. Shaft perfectly formed. m***liuni-siied toad of the for holding wire spool. 3 feet 5 Inches spadefoot variety. long with crank. For wheels, swill Horse Completes Kirs*trio Circuit. cart wheels n ill do. A novel device by which a horse is made part of an electrical circuit has Cowpea, and Alfalfa. b**en rri*orted to the War Ilrpartment by Experiment« at the Tennessee Exper iment Station show that alfalfa thrives Lieut. A. C. Knowles of the One Hun- dtt*d and Thirtieth Infantry, at Fort much better where <*owpens have been I^avenworth. where teats have been made tumen! under. That does not necessar for permitting communication between ily prove that cowpeas hsve provided nw-.unted operators. By placing a small the right alfalfa bacteria; It may only pice, of copper properly connected with show that they have Ailed the soli thr telegraph or telephone instrument with available plant food and the al against the animal's body, a ground con falfa Is working on that, whereas If It nection la completed through the horse’s had the right bacterium at Its com feet, and the operator la enabled to trana- mit meaaagea to hia base without stopping mand It could forage for Itself. hie horse. Australia la twenty slx times larger Hudson (Wla.) unionists here organ than the British Isles. I ised a new machinists' union. or bea cukmkmtb . ItrMaa Ara aa Variable the WlaSs at Measea. as There are as many vagaries In t n» water aa In tbe wind. Why. for In- stsn**e. should three great iwean <*ur- rentw send their warm waters across the wide Pacific, Atlantic and acr awl the (Aqa* uf G*xx| Hope? Many thro* rles have been advanced to solve th*« pr<4»lMni of their origin, but all lune proved fallacious. Other and equally mysterious cur rents exist In well-nigh sll |>art* oft)» world The tides are an erratic in dif ferent parts of the world that one heM- tatew to accept the theory that the moon control« them In all caaes, says Wlaaet» fur Alla. It is on re*ord that tin* s**u has run for weeks out ot the Java am through tbe Htralta of Bunds an*! them* I mw I i again for a llke perimi without any perorgiUble rise or fall (taring tboae ttones. Then there Is the equatorial current that flows Into rhe Caribbean s»*i: the overflowing mrrent to the eastward around Caspe Horn; the cold strenm flowing from the Icy regions of th* north past Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and along the American coast to tbe ertreane end of Florid i ; th» continual current running with a ve locity of from f<air to five knots an hour through the straits of Glbriltar Into the Mediterranean sea; the swift current running serose the rocks ami aboala of the end ot Billiton Island, wblnti apparently starts from nowhere and ends anznemhere In the vh-lnltv of the same place, and the current will *i. starting half »ray np the China S*n. runs from two to three knots an hour to tbe north, and Anally ends abruptly at the north end of Luzon. Then we have thoee tils I vagaries known the world over as bores. !(«*!- dents along the North Sea are familiar with them and can see them rm fr ri* aide to side In a zigzag shape until they reach their limit, often tearing the ships from anchorage. They orig inate nobody knowa where or why. The rush of waters In the Bay of Fundy la nothing but a huge bore sweeping all liefore It up to the bead of tbe bay. until the western waters bare risen to the height of fifty or sixty feet. Off Southampton. In Enz- land. there are tbe double tides, wbll» at Singapore It has been obserie-l for days at a time that there has txx*n but one rise and fall tn tbe twenty-four hours. The tides may be ami very often appear as though they were ‘moonstruck.” but they are certainly not controll«! with hard an*l fast ruli-w by that or any other body. Boots Has Selected Hla Saceessoe. The Glass Workers' Vnlon has A.OOO members and fltXl.000 in the treasury. A branch of the Canadian labor party has been formed in Ixmdon. England. The advance in wages of the miners has been general throughout Great Brit ain. Bartender, of lien ver. Colo., are taking steps to organise a union to procure tbs eight-hour day. Barbers of Hamilton. Ont., want more wages and threaten to strike If their de mand is not met. The forty-first annual trade union con gress of Great Britain will convene at Nottingham on Sept. 7, 1908. Labor organizations of Baltimore, Mdn are assisting the policemen of that city in an effort to have one day off each week. A convention of independent shoe work ers* organizations, to form a national or ganization. is to be held at Lynn, Mass., this month. Since the national convention of textils workers of the I nited States in 1900 the international body has issued sixty char ters to new unions. In Austria 547 per 1.000 work tec hours or less each day, and 438 from ten to eleven hours. Comparatively few work more than eleven hours. W. E. McEwen, secretary-treasurer or the Minnesota State Federation of I^bor. is being urxed by many of hia friend, to run for Mayor of Duluth at the spring election. At a conference of representatives of national lithographic organisations re cently held in Washington. IK C it was decided soon to amalgamate the allied lithographic trades. In consequence of a dispute over an agreement between the employers and the boiler makers, the labor barometer in the shipbuilding trade of Great Britain at present shows "stormy.” Ben Tillett, the English labor leader, has sent word that he is again to visit this country. He is now in Australia. Mr. Tillett is also a member of Parlia ment. He is a docker union official. It is said that the longest strike on record in England was that of the quar rymen at Bethesda, which commenced ia 1900 and did not terminate until the close of 1903. It cost the district $1.820.0(Xt. The State Federation of Labor of Okla- home. at a recent session, adopted a resolution in favor of woman suffrage. The federation proposes to make this a test question in the support of candidates for office. The Eight-Hour League of America is conducting an agitation among the trades unions with the object of making the "universal eight-hour workday" the para mount issue of the coming presidential campaign. The United Hebrew Trades, an organ ization of about 120 Jewish trades unions, in New York City, has a member ship of some 75,IXX>. most of whom are Socialists working in the clothing, fur and cap industries. Preliminary steps have been taken In Minneapolis, Minn., to induce all unions in the building trades to cast aside petty jealousies and join the building trades council of that city. This is with a view to strengthening the central body. The Rhode Island Label League de dares its intention publicly to tight the trusts by the use of the union label. The league will conduct its operations _ in that ____ State, and it ia hoped to get every union throughout the State affiliated with the organisation. Plans for the formation of local and district anti-child labor leagues through out New York have been completed at Albany. A State Ivague will also bs formed. The recent convention of the New York State Workingmen's Federa tion at Syracuse adopted resolutions fa voring the league and Instructed the dele gates to take the matter up with lheir Iocs la and do what they could toward ef- frctlvs organisation. General William Booth, the bead of the Salvation Army, recently announced at Blackburn, in Lancashire. Enzland. that the same electric flash that mrried tbe news of bls death would publish the name of the new general for tbe army. It Is learned that General Boot’.» has left minute directions for tbe fu ture administration of the army In a irxnuu WILLIAM BOOT IT. sealed envelope with bls solicitor**. No one else knows who his succ«*nsor will be. but It Is believed that It will las Bramwell Booth, with CommlHsloiwv Howard and Commissioner B:x>t!i- Tucker as alternates in case of Brain well Booth's death, and that the army will continue under tbe guidance of on» man. and not of a committee or a bourd of directors. Fo< and Sound. In a fog at sea the toll of a h**ll buoy Is singularly grave and solemn, well matched by the weird note of a whistling buoy. Unfortunately the value of both is lessen«! in foggy weather from there being but little mo tion of tbe sea. Nothing, too. Is more difficult than to distinguish in a fog the direction from which a sound cornea. This Is In part due donbtl«*sa tn the Interference offered to the straight course of the waves carrying the sound hut also probably to the .-ib- sence of th«* normal although unsus pected co-ordination of eye and ear in locating the origin of sound. The as sistance of tbe eye on sea ami land is Instinctively given to the oar in many different ways. In a fog the eir Ima only Itself to trust to.—London Sp«.» tator. OeewKlswa. It Is noteworthy that supern-itnral- Ism prevailed Just as strongly at the other side of the globe among the all- orlglnes of the new world. The «lin ing of the Spaniards had been prophe sied to the Mexicans by their cnclqne«. and the prophm-les were sung amid loud lamentations at their festivals.— London Onlooker. Not a D ok . Old Lady (to chemist)—I watit a tog of canine pills. Chemist—Whnt'x the matter with the dog? old Lady i Indig nantly)—I want you to umlerstand. sir, tint my husband Is a gentleman. (In profound silence the chemist put up szm quinine pills.) — Ixmdon Queen. The Hot Wl>4 frsa, the Dw-er«. "Khsmsln” Is the bot wind from ths desert which blows out of the Sahara upon Egypt. The word means fifty, from the Idea that It lasts for flity days Tbe "khamsin" Is terribly ,s>t and Iry. ami sometimes brings Isocs with it.