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<w the peai-s of
Europe
Of course they d<>.
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<a> 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 <olo
ulal sly Is ami dance the minuet.
under Its own power twenty nve or
thirty feet above the earth fur Hie re
qulred distune ut a speed of twenty
four mllee an hour, near 1‘aria. It was
In the air about a minute awl a half
Mr. Ferman need a forty horse power
motor, weighing «two hundred and
twenty five pounds, attaehwi to an aero
plane. There were In addition a rwl
der. a pro|«>||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 <-<miput«d that an air
ship with » cross section of twelve
square feet cannot Is* propelled two
hundred miles mi hour without an rn
glue of twelve hundred and eighty
lioraa* power. Allowing ten |s>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<b horse power. Other
acronsuts bare u««1 motors of different
weights, each apparently following a
rule of bls own. Tba man who finally
makes a suo-eaaful air ship If one Is
to be made will first msater tbe sub
ject of air resistance, end then tbe
proper relation of power to tbe work
that It has to do.
ORRAT KMOLIBH HOMBB.
Katelee
A Nt. lamia pastor tells tlie girls of
file flock that they must not let young
men bold tlu-lr bauds
If some good
men had their way II wouldn't be any
fun to be young and foolish
Tbe man who slips a revolver Into
hla |aa-ket before tie starts away from
home In tbe morning should always
lake tbe precaution to kiss the children
g-«id by as If be were doing It for the
'sat time.
Jolm F. Htevena, former chief engi
neer of Hie Panama canal, la so de-
•poadent over tin* future of Hie canal
that lie feels almost like returning the
salary he rtvwlved while there hut
not quite.
A Jourilaliat who haa been |me«t>-
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«»lle<l nen and tbe «Irnul
tam-ous ery from tbe farro dl»trlct» for
more lielp draw aharp attentlon lo an In
cungruoua condltton. 'l’ha problem nf In
du«'li>g 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,-
<s«i are cultivated.
Planters with large
tracts stand rrady to aid every man who Is willing to
help hlmstlf They will sell him all the land be needs
on ten years' credit, or will allow blm to farm on shares,
providing him wltb a bouse, a horse and a mule, suffl
cient smi to plant crops, and provide farming Imple
ments
Yet wltb the whole country full of such opportunities,
large cities swarm wltb men who complain that they
cannot get work, and municipalities are at tbeir wits'
end to find some wsy to help the unemployed. The fsrma
of the nation contain the only solution of thia problem.
— Iles Moines Newa.
T
PEARL HARBOR A NEGLECTED OPPOBTUNTTY.
UH annexation of Hawaii, our development
of vast political as well as commercial In
terests In the Pacific and the obvious desir
ability of developing our coast defenses and
naral auxiliaries according to a consist
ent and adequate plan, all bespeak the need
of making that fioest natural harbor In
the Pacific a place of service In pestee and of security In
war. Ita value to commerce would be great Its value
In war would be Inestimable, and It would, as baa well
been suggested In (longrevs, be one of tbe strongest pos
sible factors for the prevention of war In tbe Pacific
Ocean. After all these years of neglect and In view of
existing conditions at tbe present day, tt seems not ex
travagant for tbe naval affairs committee to say, as It
does, that every consideration of national honor and
policy calls for tbe prompt equipment of Pearl harbor
as an Impregnable naval base.—New York Tribune
"All I can say la that If you don't
sit down and behave yourself I'm go
ing to send you home and I won't see
you again for a week.” said tbe girl.
The young man hesltatisl for a mo
ment and then seated himself. “Rut.
honest, you don't need to light bls pipe
for blm." he said. “You can let him
light hlr own pipe.”—Chicago Dally
Newa
WOMEN SELLINO MEATS
Mew
York
Has a
Hsxehee
«bo«
Which Is ««la to Bs Uhlqae.
In a big uptown market In which
there are sold not only meats of all
kinds but vegetables and canned goods
and some other lines of groceries as
well there are employed as saleiqieo
pie In the but-'her's department a con
siderable numtier of young women, says
tbe New York Sun.
In this market all tbe fresh mei'i
are kept In showcase«. Tbe cutting,
sawing and chowlng are done by man
butchers, but there are kept on hand
large quantities of cut meats all rendy
for delivery, which are sold by young
women.
There are long glam counter abow-
csm « set parallel and with a sufficient
spao between them for the saleswom
en to stand In. You wnlk along these
showcases and look dowuMnto them
and make your choice. In one section
of these showcases you woald find king
lines <»f turkeys and chickens, fowls of
nil size« and weight« In another sec
tion you would fiml sirloin steaks, big
anti little, fat and lean, thick and thin.
You can look down Into the showcases
ami pick out exactly the sort of steak
you want.
Name as to pot roasts; twenty or
thirty of them her»* together, each tied
up ready for delivery, and you can st
and pick out exactly the one you want;
and tbe same as to rib roasts And
here, cut ready, are |«>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
■n<! too weak for active resistance, with
drew,
pi ->iratlous 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 bulldlr<B on the farms are
all lit by elei.-triclty, 1» ar« lamp« and
about 1,000 glow lamps being used for
U>e 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<Jtop Is the most dlfflimlt -»cl or
alL It will, of course, contain more
or less chaff. It Is dlfflcult to grow red-
top free from timothy, end the w«-«i
cleaners find It dlfflcult to separate tim
othy seed from redtop after It ba» on«-w
been Introduced.
Rampiss of redtop
carrying as high as 12 or even 15 per
«■ent of timothy are not unusual. If
ane could be euro that the Impurities
wers harmless like chaff and timothy
tt might be safe to buy a redtop eve«*
as low as 85 per cent pure. Unless one
la assured of the character of tbe Im
purities, It Is unwise to buy a redtup
lees than 05 per cent pure.
Deobl»-M«»d Saw.
To make one aaw take tbe place of
two, and at ths same time preserve Ita
durability. Is tbe recent Invention ot
an Indiana man.
Every carpenter
Inchidea two «awe
in ble kit—ooe for
croos-«tut »ad one
for cutting with
the grain. He <-»n
now dispense with
one saw. as It 1»
possible to put the
two blade« having-
different teeth on
tbe ooe saw. as
has two mors.
shown In the Illustration.
Tbe smooth top edge always seen on
raws is changed to a cutting edge, simi
lar to tbe regular cutting edge tbe
saw thus having teeth on the two longi
tudinal opposite edges. Tbe handle is
binged to tbe blade Instead of belug
rigid and can be reversed as It be-oniee
ne«-emary to use either blade.
This
saw Is also an economical raw. as it
raves tbe expense of purchasing two
saws.
Ursa»
Better
thaa
Drag».
A famous veterinary surgeon de
clares that grass beats all drugs in
creation as a cure for sick borw-v and
mules.
Ilurees should have a few
quarts of cut grass dally, from spring
until fall. The prevalent notion that
It Is harmful Is without fouiHlarion,
Grass Is to boraea what fresh vegeta
bles and fruit are to tbe human family.
News asd Farm Nates.
The profitable line of production la to
maintain good health with early ma
turity.
More than half a million emigrants
from Russia have passed into Siberia
tbe past year to engage in wheat rais
ing.
A farmer near McEwan. Tenn.. Is dis
playing an ear of corn twelve inches
long, weighing three pounds and con
taining 1.386 grains
A grain farm at Murray. Iowa. shl|e
ped twenty-seven carloads of timothy
seed last fall, for which tbe farmers
received from JI.50 to 11.75 a busliel.
A Kansas man claims to have invent
ed a fence-weaving machine, run by a
two-borse power gasoline engine, which
will weave and set a mile of fen«-e a
day. .
The United States produced 14.000.-
000 bushels of rice last year on a half
million acres Tbe culture of rice la
gradually creeping north and some very
good grain Is reported in Arkansas.
Holland has set engineers to work to
pump tbe water out of tbe fatuous
Zny«jer Zee and turn It Into dry laud.
When this work Is accomplished there
will rise where 4.000 fishermen now
sink their nets farms and bom«*« for
50.000 Hollanders.
A Washington dispatch says a genius
has Invented a dope which wlteu used
Ro long as the hoioe ninrket «a not as paint for farm machinery will pre
fully supplied there s no gain In ship vent rust and decay. This might ’■»
ping away
good news for those farmers who use
As a rule the offspring of Immature the fence corners as storehouses for
and pampered animals are predisposed their farm machinery, but the proba
bility Is they are too lazy to apply thy
to disease.
A proper rotation and wise tillage dope.
R. W. Crouse, a graduate of Iowa
will do much to ke<«p the soil supplied
agricultural college, has been appointa
with available fertility.
State lecturer on animal husbandry for
Better method^ better stock and bet
Virginia. Another Iowa boy has gon«
ter tools have don >'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.