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
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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.