Anyhow, talk of removing the mono from our coins didn't r»u«i the Isle panic. It we can be surer of one thing than another It la that the Bun Davis apple is got a pesch. With elderly ¡Mwple, having the grip beors no reat>mblan<-e whatever to any tiling like a good Juke. While thia la a big country, the an acbleta should l>s given to understand that there Is no elbow room here for them. A California Judge has Just decided that a man doesn't have to get out of ths way of an automobile, but Hie man knows better A British statesman aaya that the Balkan troubles meiia. That Is tlielr »i«ecialty. The more Hie public reads about that young mau Alfonso of Hpnln, the more eonvlin-ed la It that be la t good a ■nab fur the Job. Nome day we hope to ace a Hmllh or a Jolmaon nominated for President, Juel to find out whether the family would vote fur him solidly A young Brooklyu man committed wild de because lie lied stolen VL23. l'<«Sttdy he bsd a horror of being call ed a piker by bls acquaintances One of Hie finest things George Wash lugtoii ever did was to give the ladles a chance once a year to dreaa In ||er and some wings. Is*«Ide« a eeat for tbe driver. The Wright brothers have Bulled In tbe air, but they have made no public exhibition of tbeir iu«i blue. ao It cannot lie com pared with tills. The problems before th« mau who would ois-rate above ths earth a machine heavier than air are how to overi-otne the attraction of gravitation, how to develop surtl'lent power to counteract Ila- resistance of air, anil liow to muliitaln equilibrium. Au automobile manufacturer who has studied this subject was not long ago discussing Alexander Graham Bell's statement thal air abl|ia will «xm aall at the rata of two buudr«d mllee au hour, and said that the air resistance Is moat dlffliiilt to overcome, t'alug Hie results of Ids rxiierlmenta with racing autumoblle«, he <-unda |>«r horse power, he found that Hie air ship, motor, gasoline tanka, aiid such like llthiga, must weigh more than six tons How to keep these six loos In tbe air Is a dittl<*ult problem. Mr. Far- man a motor alone weighs nearly six pounds for ea- gating Hie matter re|a>rts that almost any girl can quickly find a good hue band down at Panama. Il Is to be hoped that be line uot made this state nirnt merely for the purpoe- of lamming the buslnesa of some steamship com «•any Tile I-oral-Hi Chronicle reports a Hat jt articles left on the hands of the laindon and Northwestern Hallway Company by absent minded passengers and forgetful ivmslgueva tin this Hat la one Item which will wring tin* heart of tbe American mw»a|>«jier man It la six Ions of s«nl pulp But .'I.Mai cigars probably deserved their fate. "Mostly of Chicago,** Is the way a man rc-ent ly dew-rllail tils residence. Illa i li^yai-tcrlaatlon seems reasonable. When be was six years old lie cut off one of his toea with a w-ythe. When tie was eight he ahot off two Joints of one of Ills fingers. Hr ran away from boms when he was It. anil the frost of a winter night took off three more toes wild the tip of hla none At 2ft tie lost hla entire right foot A drunken half I-reed tilt off an ear In the Klondike, a Dakota rorn ate lier took hla left fore arm, and alnce then lie haa lost three fingers, a Joint from another finger and one eye. Hundreds of young women are being trained all over the country for charity workers, rhtlanthropy Is now mug nlr.ed ns a profession, for which one nmta a special education as truly as for teactilng line of the first lessons a warm hearted wisnan mssis In dealing with poverty la to dlatlngulsh dirt from misery To one nivustomvd to clean surroundings, the filth In which many poor people live «reins Intolerable. It would entail absolute w retcheilncsa on the visitor. But. In paint of fact, the families who live embedded In dirt ««»Il ally do so because It does not offend them. The |ss>r woman whose sense« are tortured by luid odors and foul sights manages that her minis shall Is* .....an. no matter ho« bare they may be. or how empty her ciiplsuinl mid coal bln. The friendly visitor who thinks flint tldlm-ss la a auro sign of «-oinfort and dirty disorder an equally sure «Ign of extreme want will make serious mis takes In her dlapeludng of gifts. Said a poor woman to sympathetic anti ex perlencrd visitor: "Thank you. miss, for praising my chain room and giving me the coal order In the same breath You aren’t like most of the rich folk«, who think If you’re too dirty to touch with a ten-foot pole you must Is- poor, nnd there's no end to what they'll give you ; bnt If you're dean ami decent.— no matter what It coats you you’re lucky people, who want nothing from nnylssly." Intelligent philanthropy looks Is’low the surface, and dlaco -ers that real suffering may have a clean face and real comfort a dirty one. rhe helpful friend Is sympathetic without being sentimental, and knows how to seek out the pain which hides Itself, and how to Ignore the plea of those who try to appear ns dirty and miserable ns possible. Henry Fnrtnan, an English aeronaut, tins lately won a prize of ten thouaiind dollnra offered to the man who should first “fly" one kilometer, or thirty two hundred nnd righty feet, In a machine heavier than aitr- «Farmnn’a machine had to run three hundred feet on the ground before II rose, slid (lieu It sailed Thai II Tabes Haga la ass ta Malalala. Fee- It Is a pathetic fact that there ara aeveral men In the United Kingdom who Would ivmalder themselves ou tba brink of bankrupti7 If they Were re duced by an evil stroke of fats to a mere plttnmv of Il.uou |siunds a week who would find It almply Impossible to rub nlong anyhow on the Income of a simple millionaire, which would be barely aufili-letit In some cuaes to pay the expenses of the lordly pleasure bouses wbh-h they have Inherited from tbeir ancestors. The I mke of I levonshlre. for exam pie, lias uo fewer tliau seven of these stately homes six In England and one In Ireland each of them fit for the re ception of a king. ntMl In not one of which, ns lie cotif«M«d the other day, Ims hr lived long enough to explose thoroughly. Probably he hltnaelf does not know within il.tsx) bow much tlicae palatial homes cost yearly to maintain, but tbe annual cat has breu said to make a«tdg hole In iltsi.UlKI. In Wentworth, Woodhouse, which 1» only one of hla four palace«, twin! Fllzwllllatn owns the I argrat private house In England, lu has a froutagr of dial feet. Its hall Is so enormous Hint four suburban villas could tie built In side It. ai«l Its owner could live In a different room every day for six weeks nisi still leave several moms unseen. The Huke of Portland owns five regal houses In England and Scotland, tbe value of whleii runs Into millions, and which, with tbe attached gardens and estate. k«c|m humlreila of servants eui- ployivl. At Walbeck he has more than thirty acres of kltclien gardeus alone; In the gins« bouars and garden proper he employs h I h > u I seventy men and boys, and Illa horticultural bill for this one house 1s S4ld to exceed Iliyas) a year. Blenheim Palace, the Huke of Marl Isirougti'a Oxford seat, la ho colossal that the late duke umsl to declare he «|ient Has) a year ou putty alone for hla window pane«. It actually -’oat CUSI.iasi to build In days when money was more valuable than It la to-dav. It Is ,’nx feet long, haa fifteen atalrvaaee, ami when It was repaired some time ago Ills grace found It necessary to ««•II his picture« and iHmks to pay the co«t, which amounted to more than IlMt.IMkl. The Huke of Northumberland twna five stately «eats, at one of which— Nyon House. Ben.ford a staff of thirty or forty men la kept busy, large ly In Hie magnificent kitchen ga-xlcn nnd frulthouaea. Ata! yet Hie duke spends only a «mall portion of the year In thia princely home, the rental value of which probably exceeds the lord chancellor*« official Income. The Marquis of Ituttc haa five seats In Englund. Scotland nnd Wales, and one of them, Moiintntmirt. Rothesay, cover« nn acre of ground, him ISO riHims and bus actually cost over £2.000.1 Hki. reprcHeiiHug even at a mini erate I per cent a value of INmaxi a year. line can easily understand that hla lordship's Income of 1230.000 a year la not a |ienny too much for ths demand of It. I ten Mot Spell ike Mew Way. I cannot spell the new way, ' As once I used to spell I For when I try to' simplify I fail to do It well. If Indigestion seises me. Brought on by pie or cake. I can't explain the sudden pain 1s Just a common nke. I cannot spell the old words To match the modern whim; If I should slip nnd bruise my hip I'd hate to write it lim. And when a man in owing me Twould fill me with regret To take tny pen nnd ask him when He'll jiay that little det. I cannot spell the new way— Lika Brnnder Matthews big; 1 do not choose—I must refuse— To drop a "g" from egg. Perhaps I’m sadly ont of datw If so I can hut sigh; I cannot spell the new way. 1 will not simplify. —Cleveland Plain Healer. Ringing that will put a baby to Bleep la apt to make hltq sit up and bowl In after years. RMMtF Off Seaae Be««. Elealrle Farml««. MUCH WOBK, MÁIT IDLEBB. IIE rovelli great Ine rei« «e In tbe number of unemployed ibi» b«»lleg alile budini im-n to reiualn ujxe or return lo thè farina la una tbal bei-onice more difficult. and jet morn Inalatent, every day. It muat la* solved, son«« how. If the prosperity of tha country la to continue It la little wonder that the President and Ida cabinet are forced to «-onatdrr the »object, with a view to lending federal aaalwtance In disposing of It. It would be poor liualneaa pollry, and worse charity, b> feed the “army of unemployed" Io the large cities while Hie forma are lacking laborers. If any among the unemployed are sick, or unable to stand the strain of bard work, let oilier provision lie made for them; but then* la no excuse for the encouragement of Idleness and vice by f< edlng able-bodied fellow a w ho will not go Into the country. Any unemployed, able bodied tnan who re fuses au opportunity to go Into the country to work, pre ferring to bask In the bright light of the city, should tie convicted ss a vagrant and made to build roads.— Washlugton Boat. PUBLIC SHOOL BUILDOKM. INCE the terrible Collinwood catastrophe testimony la piling up to atiow that the de plorable conditions existing In that Ill-fated acliool building prevail in many communi ties and that little or no effort has been made to Improve them. Hut the frightful sacrifice of joung Ilves has stirred the au thorities to action, and. goaded by public sentiment, they are now strenuously seeking to remove the defects and minimise tno dangers from drew Richard I- Humphrey. engineer la charge of tbs struc tural materials laboratories of the government, declares It la providential that more ot these holocausts have not occurred. He aays the conditions existing In the Col linwood school building are common to many public buildings throughout the couMry, and the first essential la to pass laws prohibiting the erection ot structures ex cept of the highest firereslstlng type. Prills In public acboole are all right In their way. to teach self-control, but are quite use I ess In a great emergency. And the mere ena< tment of preventive laws la of no avail unless the people demand their enforcement. In the matter of srhools. theaters and other public tn- stltutloua. Il would seem to be Important that the struc tures be limited In height, and Superintendent Van Cleve of the Toledo arboola has seriously advanced the prop- The young man wltb the tightly creased trousers and badly winkled brvw had maintained au ominous si lence for several minute« after tbe old er people bad left the room. It was only when he rose and mails for the disir that tlie girl asked him what was the uiatter. Then be |Hiused. *'Aa If you dldu't know.” be aald bit terly. "Why. of course I don't know.” said tbe girl. “Of course not." said the young man. "Oh. well." said the girl, with a ecorirful lift of her eyebrow», "if you want to go 1 wouldn't keep you for anything. Good night.” "You know jierfectly well," said tbe young man. “I suppose you don’t like the way my hair Is done.” venturi«! the girl, lifting her band to her coiffure. "I thought perliai« you wouldn't, but I didn't think you would take It quite no much to heart Will you wait while I go upstairs and put It up?" "I don't Intend to be laughed out of It.” said the young man. gloomily. "You know It's not that." "All I know 1« that you've been act ing all the evening as If I bad done something to offend you.” "1 nuifiHise you ixiuldn't help lighting his pipe for him." «aid the young man. "And you couldn't help putting your hand on his shoulder while you were doing It. All I cau nay Is that I'm not going to stand It.” "Why, llenry Grommel!" exclaimed the girl. "In that what It wan? 1 al ways light his pl|ie for him." "And it wasn't only that. It wan- well. it wan tbe whole thing. The way you acted and the wny he acted. What liiinincHs did he have patting your cheek.” outtloa that no building for acbool purposes should have mors Ilian two stories Ruch a acbool, built of Dre resist ing material, with numerous broad exits and ample stalr- ways, would afford the protection that every community should give Its children. Nor should I lie expense wblrtl so radical a change In school conotructlon entails bo con sidered for a moment. Better to spend millions on our school buildings and make them safe, than to save money by the construction of charnel houses. It la poor ronnolatlon to the taxpayer that he haa economized at the racrllk-e of bls own flesh and blood.- Toledo Blade FARMI AMD THE UNEMPLOYED. HERE Is no reason why any man In the t olled Htates should starve, or even why any man should be out of employment, no matter what tlie conditions of business. In Ixmlslnnn, for example, there are 27,- WO.OTX) acres of land, of which only 6,000,- rk spareribs for roasting, fat and lean nnd all trimly arranged so that you can see them and get Just what you want; and In other sections you fits! soup meat nnd soup bones and chopped meats; In short. In these counter showcases you will find cut meats of every description, so that you cannot only select the piece that you want, bnt you know as you look at It Its exact cost. Awl nil these cut meats are sold by the young women precisely as they would »ell laevs or ribbons or gloves You look nlong till you find Just what you want and the saleswoman takes It out of the showcase nnd wrap« It up to be handisl over to you If you desire to carry It home yourself, or to be deliv ered by th, market's wafiou.«. • Then* are regularly employe«! In this market. In the cut meat deftartment, from thirty to thirty five saleswomen, with nn extra force of twenty-five, making nlmut sixty altogether, on Nat- urday«. They all wear black dresses with trim white aprons, the apron« l>e- Ing suppllril by the market. This mar ket has employed saleswomen In Its cut meat department for three years. There art* other markets In the city In which cut meats are displayed in nnd sold front counter showcases, but this Is probably the only one In the city, or for thal matter In the country. In which saleswomen are employed tit sell the meats. I SIBBELL LUDINGTON'S RIDE ? An Incident of the Revolutionar, War, as deserving of Its place In popu lar memory as Paul Revere'» ride. Is reiurded In the Journal of American History. Col. Henry Ludington, while a mere boy. during the French and Indian War, was detailed to escort a company of Invalid soldiers from Can ada to Boston. This perilous duty snd Journey through the wilderness, under taken In the dead of winter, was one of almost Incredible hardship, but tbe gallant youth sth-wwsfully accomplish«! the task asslgnvd to him. Hla daugh ter afterward showed that she wav cpially daring and i-ourageous. Washington selected Col. Ludington as an aide-de-camp at the battle of White Plains, and afterward com pl 1- menteil I Im for his gallant conduct and soldierly bearing. The British cxpeslltlon. consisting ot 2.H00 men. set cut to destroy tbe stores and munitions of war collected at Dan bury. Conn., reached that place Satur day. April 2fl. 1777. The guard, too small for protection ■niratlous were Immediate ly made Io harm« the enemy A mes senger was dls;iatclied to Col. Luding ton to summon him to aid In the de fense. The members of Col. Ludington's reg Iment were at their homes, which were miles apart ami scattered over a wide territory. To summon them was no easy task. There was no one ready to do It. Slbbell. the young daughter of Cm. I aid I ng ton. a girl of 1«. volunteered to undertake the «ervice. She mounted her horse, equipped with a man's sad dle, atal galloisd off on the road in tbe dead of night. The next morning by breakfast time th«« regiment had taken up the line of march and was In rapid motion towar«! Banbury, twenty miles distant Cnitwinr«, '.'Why. be always pats my cheek. I 1 often think with envy of the days of don't mind It.” long ago. "You didn't seem to," «aid the young When men wore ruffled shirt» »nd walked man. sarcastically. "t»f course, I so stately anti so slow. Their legs incased in breeches, garments haven’t any right to object If you don't typical of ease. mind It: all the name. If It hadn't been And not, like modem trousers, often bag for making a acene I should have had gy at the kneet^; It out with him right there, lie cer Their long hair, nicely powdered, deftly tainly has bin nerve with him." done up in a queue— "Why, Henry, you «Illy; be doewn't A shining silver buckle on each glossy mean anything by It. It'» Just because low-cut shoe he like» me." And soft, smooth, silken stockings on "I suppose It Is. I'm not going to their shapely swelling calves— Oh. our grandpas weren't accustomed to stand for It. though. And another do anything by halves! • thing. I don't care about hla calling you 'sweetlieart.' I don't mind hla I think of them with envy—then, again. calling you 'Mabel' no much, though I I do not know. don't «■<' why I...... . aiMrens you as u» pre'*» hard to get there when yoo 'Mlns Peter«.' Jimt the same ns any have to «o so slow; body else, lie« ill together t<»> fanill Ami ruffle«! shirts in laundries would Iar, and you eni*ourage him In It." hardly last a week : "I'd lie ashamed If I were you." said An«! calves in silken st.«kings must fee) shivery, so to speak. the girl, "lie's know n me all my life, And breeches mav he easy, but some ever since I was a baby, and lie s al men's calves don't swell; wnyn brought me candy and dolls ami And powdered queues are picturesque, but all sorts of tilings. The Idea of his as for comfort—well, cnlllng me 'Miss Peter»!' He's tW years I guess I'd rather have my hair clipped old.” short, and I'll agree “I don't care If he's a hundred." said That, on the whole, the modern »tyle 1» the young man. "1 ilon't like It. He's good enough for me 1 a widower. Isn't he?" —Somerville Journal. < «re nt Olive OH. "Why. no." replied the girl. "He's I.eft •» Illa Hands. Olive oil Is Injuns! by being kept In married and got two grandchildren.” Gabble—That's a queer sort of ring "I don't see why that's any reason the light. When u.wd at the table It should be remove«! to a cool dark place for you to be wearing. It Isn't suit for his patting you on the cheek." able for a man at all. "I want him to pat me on the cheek.” after each meal. Lovett—Think not? Well. I tried It "Y'ery well, then,” said the young Ilallr Theanht. on a girl, and she didn't seem to think man, sternly. "If you want to flirt Ths habit of viewing things cheer It suited her. either. with him It's very certsln that you fully. and of thinking about Ilfs hope can't care much for me. If you prefer fully, may be made to grow up In us Few men are able to retain their him to me all I can say la------ ** salt control after tbay get married. Ilk« any other habit. - Smiles. Although agrB-ultural machinery originated la tbe United Ntatea »nd tbe American farmer use«! patent mowers, reapers and threshing machine» long before tbeir European contemporaries In tbe same field of labor bad pot aside scythe, rake and flail, the possibility of Introdtx-lng electric power In farm work was first recognised ta tbe Old World. This baa probably been due to tbe fact that tbe farmers of America, thrifty and far seeing, recognizing the economy and reliability of tbe email oil engine, failed to perceive bow any saving could be effected by generating electric current and distributing to Its motors In outlying posit Iona When, however, tbe mains from some large electric power «-onipany pass with in reach of a farm or estate tbe condi tions are much more favorable, and this state of things must already exist In a measure wblcb will be largely ex tended In the future. Current German newspapers contain an Interesting ac count ot tbe application of electricity to s group of farms In Haxony. The elec tric current Is brought from an adja cent town by overhead wires carried on wooden poles Two recel v I ng sta tions are arranged, from wblcb the elec tricity Is distributed to tbe farm band ings atxl to convenient positions n tbe fields for tbe purpose of driving thresh ing and other machinery. Sixteen fixed electric motors are In stalled for chaff and root cutting, oat crushing, pumping and for ot«eratlng machinery used In tbe manufacture of potato RilriL la eddltiou to this pow er equipment, six portable motor» arc provided, which may be uaed for driv ing pumps, circular sews, threshing ma- ohlnery, and so forth, at any |>olnt where tbeir services are requited. Tbe ixxiseo and bulldlre purpose It muat be pointed out, however, that this example could only be followed in the United States on a very lsrge ew,tte or a group of ad|a~ent fsruit. and it Is doubtful whether n*ck a scheme ronld be made a commercial sucress for tbe operation of farmin; machinery pure and simple. It would appeur tLat wood aawlng. pumping and other operations requiring power must be In tuded If tbe results are to compare favorably with those at present obtained by tbe use of oil or steam enr nes. But the Rsxon experiment is full of Interest and displays a curiously progressive spirit In a country where ’»rm feuces are almost unknown, and shepherds and cowherds are still living amid pictur esque realities. Cwaanaeatlv« Fo»S Vela««. An English Journal. Tbe Lancet. In discussing tbe comparative food value of roast beef and turkey, aay» that It may be said that, weight for weight, the flesh of tbe turkey Is more nourish ing than that of beef; but tbe latter I k generally speaking, cheaper than the former. Tbe moisture in beef, how ever. exceeds tbe amount present in tbe flesh of tbe turkey, and tbe latter contains a better percentage of proteld or flesh-forming substance. In either case tbe percentage of moisture Is sel dom less than 70 per cent In lean beef tbe amount of fat Is much tbe same as In a not too well-fed turkey, but It must be pointed out that rhe flesh of poultry differs from that of beef and mutton In not baving Its muscular libers permeated Dy fat. and. moreover, tbe fibers in tbe fl««sb of the fowl are abort and rarely yield to tbe disintegrating action of the digestive prtx-esses. A large amount of fat In either case Is apt to Interfere with the digestibility of the meat The fat of beef is more dlgesttble than tbe fat of the turkey. Tbe fat of birds. In fact, la harder, and owing to Its tendency to become rancid. Is unsuitable for tbe dyxqwptic patient The I-alicet believes that the most important difference from a dietetic point of view between beef and turkey Is that whereas beef contains a high pewentage of extractive matters, tur key contains hardly any at all. Tbe ex tractive matters In beef aixount largely fo' Its peculiar and marked flavor, and «wring to tbeir absence In poultry gen erally. and in tbe pheasant and part ridge. the flavor of these meats Is deli cate. But there is no doubt that the extractives of beef, as well as mutton, are valuable, for not only are they flavoring agents, but they also act as perhaps the most powerful stimulant to gastric digestion. The Maine law regulating the sale of agrl«-ul(ural seeds requires Hut gras* seed shall be sold under a guarantee as to purity. Bulletin 13S of tbe Maine agricultural experiment atatlon. which, doubt teas, many of your readers bnvs received, glvee analysis of tbe «eisls which were collected l>\ tba lnape«'ti>r and tboas sent to tbe experiment ala- Hon by correspondence In IlMM The dealers are very generally conforming to tbe law and tha purity of moat ««.«la Is now guaranteed. The question nat urally «rises In tbe mind of a farmer, should a seed be strictly pure, and. If not, bow nearly pure should It be? The purity of see«!» varies greatly with tbeir kind. It la possible to grow tUnotby seed so dean that It shall car ry practically no foreign wssd »e««l«. It Is not as easy to grow say or the other graaoes or clovers so class. There Is no need for the sower to over buy timothy seed tbst la much lean than per cent pure. Hampies have Itevu examined by the station the present year wblcb contained not a single for eign harmful seed. Tbe beet red clover seed will fre quently carry as mnch as 1 per <-ent of foreign matter, although Hi«-«.- im purities are usually comparatively harmless. It la however, poor |>oli«-y for tbe sower to buy a red-clover sw-d that la leas than SH per cent pure. Tlie best grades of alslke clover will run about 9H.S per cent pure on tbe average. It is doubtful if tbe purchaser should buy an alslke whose purity Is less thus 07.5 per cent Ite'e«l tlrt productions to tbe Massachusetts agricultural col of more than one farm. lege as assistant In animal husbandry. Oats contain largely the mineral The demand for college gradua tes In properties requisite to form and grow the high class agricultural Unes at sal bone and the protein that makes mus aries ranging from J1.000 to $2.000 » cle and other tissues. year Is larger then the supply. More hay and legs gr;.in makes the Chari«*» W Truck of Ridgeway. Ohio, farm »asler to hau l'« and In the end a 7-yenr-old lad. while wand«*r:ng In gives It quite as much profit the fields sat down on a little huuimo«-k I.e»r»e«l by Hard Ka«ek». There Is often more profit in grow ing little things and In fine products, in pn*»>rtlon. than In tbe great staples. Without stock there can be no com plete utilization of the farm products. With st«xrk there cau lie no waste pro disetR Clover and grassro retain mo>s?urs In the soil, render it porous and favor nltroflcation while filling with vegrta- ble matter. which rontalned a bumblebee's ne«t. Within a moment he was so badly s ung that bis body swelled to twice its six« and death soon followed. Enterprising men will make an ea- périment of raising thornless metns on a commercial scale In Riverside county, California. This cactus Is tba kind that has had Its thorns bred off by Luther Burbank and is Mid to b« extremely valuable as stock food.