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In -the present troubles of Carlos'
kingdom It Is now openly declared that
the presence of his beautiful Queen In
England, though ostensibly due to the
marriage of her sister, Princess Louise
of Orleans, Is really to enlist the sym
pathy of King Edwnrd for her hus
band's threatened throne.
BATH OF BLOOD IN INDIA.
Price of an Heir An Oriental Sopr,
Xltlnn.
At the beginning of June the Punjab
chief court passed judgment in an ex
traordinary case that had come before
It on appeal from the Umbnlla sessions
court, says the London Telegraph. A
correspondent of the Spectator briefly
recalls the facts as stated in the ses
sions court. In the town of Jagadrl,
about forty miles from Umballa, there
lived a merchant of some position. Like
all Hindoos, he was keenly anxious to
have a son, but all the children that
bis wife bore were born dead. Last
year It seemed probable that she might
again hope to be a mother and the
merchant sought advice from a relig
ious mendicant in order to secure that
the expected child should be born alive.
The jogi told the merchant that If his
wife bathed In human blood her child
would live. This seems to be a very
ancient belief, and, revolting as It must
have been to a Hindoo woman, the anx
iety of husband and wife for a son
brought them to assent to the crime
for which they were tried. A boy,
Arjan by name, about 8 or 9 years of
age, was kidnaped, and, after being
kept a prisoner for thirty hours, was
strangled. His blood was collected In
a brass vessel, and after certain charms
had been repeated the expectant moth
er smeared the blood over her body and
so fultilled the rite. The boy was soon
missed and the crime came to light
through the confession of the man who
had kidnaped the child and bad re
ceived 3 rupees for doing so. To the
Western mind the whole affair Is mark'
ed by cruel folly, but the common folk
of the Punjab will pass that by, for
the merchant's wife gave birth to a liv
ing Infant while In Jail. All Jagadrl
will believe that the spells and the rite
have proven potent.
' Storaare of Corn.
The relation of a perfect stand t In
rreased crop yields has been so effec
tually demonstrated that the best meth
od of storing grain
becomes a matter
of vital Interest to
all corn growers.
A test was made
last year to deter
mine what the ef
fect of storing
corn In a dry
room, on racks In
the barn, In the
warming oven of a
stove and In a
corncrlb would
have on the ger
minating powers
of the seed the
following spring.
The per cent of
-armlnfltinn WAS
dht Iran iinv -
lowest with the
corn stored Id the crib, at would nat
urally h Trwtii aa the seed wa I
rri,i , i i -m it. j a I ' ' iiuiuia
luo m lu "i"!"" """ exposed to the widely varying tern-
Aft-rlcnlturea Araastnff Growth
How can any country be hard up
whose farms In the last nine years
have produced fifty-three thousand mil
lions of dollars' worth of crops?
No wonder that the report of the
Secretary of Agriculture Is full of
thanksgiving flavor and that he Is un
affected by causes for gloom that work
on other men. The value of the farm
products for 1007 Is nearly seven and
one-hnlf billions of dollars; 10 per
cent above that of 1006, When all rec
ords of crops were broken j 25 per cent
over 1003, and 57 per cent over 1800.
More than 8,000,000 acres of land
that used to be considered valueless,
"the home of the cactus -and the prai
rie dog," ae now producing $30,000,-
000 worth of crops every year; and
these crops are directly due to Sec
retary Wilson, who Imported the Med
iterranean durum wheats at a first
cost of $10,000 and saw that they were
planted there. Irrigation farming, due
wholly to the department, will this year
sell crops for not less than $250,000,-
000, which Is not contemptible. In view
of the fact that the Department of Ag
riculture costs only about $16,000,000
a year.
Yet the work of the department Is by
no means on such a scale as tho nat
ural resources of the country warrant
and will one day make possible. Sur
veyors declare that not one-half the
of the country 420,000,000
EARTHQUAKES IK ITALY.
A Two-Year-Old Village In Calabria
A sal a Destroyed.
Calabria, Italy, was visited by a se
vere earthquake, which seems to have
followed the same route as that of two
year ago from Cataniaro to Regglo
the center of disturbance being the
dlBtrlct of Monteleone. By a melan
choly coincidence the calamity occurred
on the very day of the Inauguration of
two new villages built In the district by
the charity of Milan and Turin for the
sufferers by the earthquake . of 1005.
The village of Ferruzzano was com
pletely destroyed and 200 people were
killed, while 400 were Injured.
The village was a little Italian-American
settlement, picturesque, and built
like an eagle's nest upon high ledges
of sandstone. It was an Irregular vil
lage, with streets like staircases and
lousr built dangerously near the precl
pic -
Ferrnrrrn was styled "Italian
American," because many of the peo
ple who lived there had been to for
eign lands, generally to America, where
they made and hoarded money which
they brought back to their native vil
lage and bought themselves homes
Many members of the families of the
village were In the distant land mak
ing their fortunes when the earthquake
came.
The flrst shock which visited the
sleeping village was slight. But the
. , j exposed to the w Mely varying BprM te k pxact can ha claused aa
its sue as heard in the sessions court I peTatures whlcn prev(JleQ durln, th. J Hly or
. - r-- , winter season, xne germination 290,000,000 acres. It fruitful. Many
practically the same witn me .anipire ... w ,, m around
China ! Fiahtiac Opium. a question oi tne validity or tne evi- .tored In a dr room and on racks In ,. . .
dence and on a point of procedure a harn, though these methods of stor- w,n cam9 when ,t wj pr0QUclng
her naUve opium taxation. It amounts " " " " J , . lng noa DUt lltt,e vanla!e OVBr lUB abundant crops and supporting hun-
to 115 Peking taels a picul (about 68 ZZ1'ZZC 7a k V i T;" of t,le warmln oven- n,,1Qera- dred. of millions of human beluga-
cents a pound) on crude opium and " Dle aiirerence was witnessed, nowever, journal.
double that amount on the prepared , iin tne strengtm ot tne germinauoua
article, the grower's tax being abol- BUle- " lu" mary re- from p,,,.,, kept ln aeveral ways in-
iaiii. icvcucu uun uuv put me juugm aicated. The grnln from the corn
position clearly. As stated, It Indicates ' gored In the crib showed the least
a want of familiarity with the thought ! vigor of germination, the best results
ot tne country roik that is surprising, belna obtained from the corn stored
That the accused committed the crime 0n the racks in the barn, followed
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wim wuicu mey were cnargeo quite closely by that stored In a dry
may or may not De true, without the room. The corn stored In the warm
Ished.
Accorlng to reports from Peking the
government Is anxious to curtail the
use of opium, but Is dependent for
revenue to the extent of more than
$4,000,000 a year on the duties paid
on imported opium. She can not, In
the present state of her national flnan
Convenient Harraeli.
Many basket hay racks are built In
such a fashion In the rear that to climb
Into them presents an especially Irk
some task to a man, more so after
having lifted hay or pitched bandies
all day. In the sketch presented of the
full evidence It Is Impossible to arrive
at the truth, especially as the high
ruia nrlrnoaa arlfhsMit- tvinnarn tlia A I BO TV.
pearance of such an Important branch urtJdge have that the,
of revenue. The imports of opium
I. amount to 3,000 tons, while the native
article Is produced to the extent of
30,000 tons. Moreover, there is a great
development In the use of morphia.
The Japanese ship to China large quan
titles of cheap hypodermic syringes.
The better Chinese are reported to
have a strong feeling against the enor
mous extension of the growth of the
poppy throughout the empire. A Peking
correspondent of the London Times In
dlcates that China will ask India to
consent to an annual reduction In the
found it quite Impossible to get at the
truth of the murder. But It is a wide
spread belief that In some mysterious
way a human life may purchase or
guarantee the favor of the demon pow
ers that can do most harm, and will
be constantly hostile unless so propi
tiated. This belief works In many
ways, and such cases as the above and
that which occurred In the district of
Bcllary, In south India, In which It
was shown that a child had been sacri-
fled to propitiate a deity thought to
guard a hidden treasure, are proof
Ing oven germinated fairly well In
all except two Instances. In one the
germination was remarkably low, due
either to a poor ear or to the fact that
fibe corn may have been overheated at
some time. Exchange.
import of opium to China, which would tna In of the 140,000 schools In
have the effect of extinguishing the
trade in ten years, and as an evidence
of good faith will Issue an Imperial
edict condemning the use of opium and
forbidding the employment in the gov-
modern India, the mind of the common
people holds to it still.
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Patent Office la Flooded.
Tli Inventive breed Is not dying out
in America. The commissioner of pat
ents at Washington calls loudly for
larger quarters, more clerks and bigger
pay for overworked examiners. There
Is such a flood of new devices pouring
into the patent office as wi;s never seen
before. The examiners . are fairly
swamped and are a full year behind In
their work. '
Naturally enough, motors ami sub
marine and aerial navigating device
lead the list. Modern man Insists upon
flying, and the Inventor who adds speed
to his passing to and fro upon the
earth, in the air, or In or under the
water Is certain of his reward.
The Inventors are no believers In the
early coming of ieace among the na
tions, for Improvements upon weapons
and new explosives are well ulgh as
numerous as new motors. Yet w'th all
this gunning for gain and racing for
fame on the part of the inventors the.
chances are that some unconsidered
trifle like the wooden ball with a rub
ber string or the globe catch for worn
en's purses will win the largest rewards
In the future as In the past.
Suitable Timber.
Wood pulp Is ninde-lnto paper, and
so trees become books.
For problem novels, knotty trees
are most appropriate.
For soulful works the pine.
For country yarns old hickory.
For schoolboy stories the birch.
For animal tales the dogwood.
For necrologies the weeping wil
low.
For sporting articles the boxwood.
For books on style the spruce.
For seaside books the beech.
For joke books the chestnut. Bos
ton Transcript
THE SL'FFEREKS AMID THE RUINS.
second was not merciful. It shook the
houses from their fastenings and burl
ed them and their occupants over the
cruel precipices. The rocks were split
and torn asunder and the abysses swal
lowing many victims. To Increase the
misery, rain was falling In torrents and
the people who survived were so fren
cled that they fled from the scene and
left the dying to their fate.
Experience begotten of matrimony
Is a great tesofaer.
In the Dare of Hla Yonth.
Mrs. Housekeep Go away! You're
nothing but a lazy old tramp and you
ernment service of any opium eater, were never anything else. Don't tell
and order an annual reduction In poppy mo
cultivation leading to Its extinction In Razson Tatters Ter mistaken, ladr.
ten years. I Ah I dey wus a tlme
Her Method. I Mrs. Housekeep None of your lies,
Hiss Gettlngon (archly) I hear you I now I
are thinking of matrimony, Mr. McCoy 7 1 Ragson Tatters I wus goln' ter say,
Mr.. McCoy Me? Say, what do yon ma'am, dey wus a time w'en I wus a
take tne for?
Misa Gettlngon Oh, Jack I For bet
ter or for worse of course, but thl la
o sudden 1 Cleveland Leader.
lazy young tramp. Philadelphia Press,
About the only difference between
accepting a position and securing a Job
fcj the matter of remuneration.
Heavy Hay Tonnage,
"By methods that are perfectly prac
ticable to you we at the college are get
ting fifty-four tons of hay from twelve
acres. First we have our land well
tilled," said Professor Gilbert, of the
Maine atatlon, In addressing a recent
farmers' meeting. "Why Is there so
much rundown land, Is It low In fer
tility? No, It has been lying In grass
too long. There are lots of fertility,
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash ;
what 'It needs is plowing up and rota
tion,
"Plow poor land In the fall, and by
spring there will be air In it, harrow It
well in the spring, pulverize It by har
rowing It over and over again. Then
seed with oats and grass, and the next
year you will have a good crop of
grass, and clover the next year. A
good rotation of potatoes on sod land,
using commercial fertilizer; the next
year cover with stable dressing, then
oats and grass With no fertilizer; the
BAT aACI
rear end of a rack we have tried to il
lustrate bow the task of climbing Into
the rack might be made easier. But
little extra work and material will be
required and at the same time the con
tents of the rack are held very nearly
as good as if the end pieces extended
clear across.
Fertiliser for Onlona.
Professor John B. Smith, the Ento
mologist of the New Jersey Experiment
Station, In a bulletin on the cabbage
and onion maggots, Just Issued, refers
to the necessity of a quick-acting fer
tilizer In conjunction with planting at
the right time, and replenishes the fol
lowing formula, recommended in ear
lier reports: Nitrate of soda, 700
next year,- grass and clover, with top- pounds ; acid phosphate, 1,000 pounds j
dressing of fertilizer. Our mixture of muriate of potash, 300 pounds. This,
grass seed to the acre is eleven pounds he said, In the case of radishes, can be
timothy, six redtop, four red clover and applied as a top dressing along the
four alslke. rows, before they are planted, or Just
"For the top-dressing 850 pounds to after they are up, at the rate of BOO
the acre of a fertilizer carrying 3 per pounds per acre. Similar applications
cent nitrogen, 7 per cent phosphoric can be made on turnips or onions. I
acid, 6 per cent potasn. The grass
should be cut while In bloom." After
explaining why it should be done, he
continued, "After the first crop Is cut.
believe that a fertilizer compounded
after this formula, or the application
of the three Ingredients separately, at
a proportionate rate, would In mort
150 pounds of the same fertilizer to the cases be followed by good results. The
acre should be applied."
Baally Hade Dag Holder.
I describe a handy sack holder, use
ful on a farm. It has two upright
pieces of 2x2 and a two-Inch plank two
feet long which
the nprigbt pieces
are fastened to.
About four or five
Inches from the
top bore two holes
e x actly opposite
each other and
place through
these holes a long
bolt. Take a piece
of plank or board
and cut It to fit
between the two
uprights and place the bolt through
this board so It will work easily. Cut
this board In a half circle to fit the
lack. Drive nails through this board
around this half circle to fasten sack
to. This board can be raised or low
ered to the height of sack and Is held
In place by means of an Iron rod which
la fastened on the uprights about two
feet from the bottom.
combination has about 5 per cent nitro
gen In Its most avalluble form, 7 per
cent phosphoric acid, and 7V4 per cent
potash. A ton of it would cost in the
neighborhood of $32 to $35.
BAG HOLDER,
netting Kid of White Ornba.
These suggestions regarding white
gruls were made by the Missouri Ex-
Krlment Station:
It Is very difficult to do much In de
stroying white grubs where they have
once gotten a good foothold. About
the only plan Is to put out a new patch
and plow and cultivate thoroughly the
ground whore the Infested patch stands.
These white grubs are the larvae of a
group of beetles known as May beetles
or June hugs. Thoy feed for three
years ss white grubs before changing
to adults, so that you will find various
sizes of these grubs at the same time
in your patch. Some of these will ma
ture one year, some the following year,
and so on. Cultivation Is about the
only remedy for these grubs.
Preventlna- lor Saoalder.
Don't let your horses' shoulders get
ore. You can prevent It by bathing
every night with strong salt water. It
toughena them and also prevents galls.
Among the most distressing sights Is
Jiat of a horse at work with sore shoul
ders. Frequent bathing and care In
the selection of collars will prevent It
Proper Fralt Pack I a ar.
A great many farmers and fruit
growers seem to Ignore the conditions
attending the journey which their
wares must take before they reach the
bands and eyes of the consumers. The
methods of transportation, customs of
the trade, the markets' fashions as re
gards style, size and form of package,
all must be well understood, for they
are as Important as the growing of the
crop.
Ella She Is a decided blonde, Isn't
the? Dora Yes, but she only decided
recently. Philadelphia Inquirer.
She (Indignantly) You bad no bust.
ness to kiss me! He But it wasn't
business; It was pleasure. Town Top
lcs.
Ma, way does Sis sing so much
when Mr. Spoonamore is here?" "I
think, dear, she Is trying to test hlf
love." Chicago Record-Herald.
The Mother If he proposes to-day.
tell him he must speak to me. If he
doesn't propose, tell him I want to
speak to him. Fllegende Blaetter.
Mrs. Flynn An' phat's yer son
Molke doln' now, Mrs. Casey? Mrs.
Casey Shure, Molke ain't doln' any
thing, Mrs. Flynn. He's got a govern
ment Job I Life.
Hicks Say I Do you see that? That
man Is letting his wife read the morn
ing paper before he does. Wicks 0
well, the home team Isn't winning now.
Somervllle Journal.
Theater Official (to students) Yot.
are not allowed to Join In the chorus.
gentlemen. Students Don't you wor
ry. We are singing something quite
different Fllegende Blaetter.
"Of course," said the earl, "every
body will say that you married me for
my title." "Well." replied the beautiful
heiress, "what do we care? 1 get it
don't I?" Chicago Record-Herald.
Mrs. Wigwag How Is your husband;
Aunt Mandy? Aunt Mandy Porely,
ma'am. He was glttln' along all right,
but now de doctah done say he got de
convalescence. Philadelphia uecora. -
Mother (to future son-in-law) X
may tell you that, though my daughter
is well educated, she cannot cook, iro
ture Son-ln-Law That doesn't matter
much, so long as she doesn't try. Flle
gende Blaetter.
"Gracious!" exclaimed Mrs. Schon
pen, "I've lost my pocketbook." "Never
mind, dear," replied her husband, "I'll
get you another pocketbook, and you
can easily collect more dress goods sam
pies." Philadelphia Press.
Mother If you marry Robert, i
swear that I'll never set foot In your
house! Daughter Please put that
down In writing. I'd like to give your
promise to Robert for a wedding pres
ent! Meggendorfer Blaetter.
"Does your wife assist you In your
work?" queried the horse reporter. "I
tee her at your desk often." "Yes," re
plied the self -confessed humorist "She
destroys oil my wife and mother-in-law
lokes." Chicago Dally News.
She (to her husband) The poor chil
dren I When you get up In the morn
ing they have gone to school, and when
you return at night they have gone to
bed. At least, write them a souvenir
post card. Fllegende Blaetter.
The Bachelor I wonder why a worn,
an always lowers her voice when she
has occasion to ask a favor? The Ben
edictOh, It gives her an opportunity
to raise it higher in cose the favor
Isn't granted. Chicago News.
Green I told my wife last week that
It would be necessary for us to econo
mize. Brown Whnt did she sayt
Green She didn't sny anything at the
time, but the next day she bought me
a box of bargain counter cigars. Chi-
'ago News.
Mrs. Smith Yes, my little five-year,
old girl Is a groat help to my house
keeping. Mrs. Randall Why, what can
such a child do to help? Mrs. Smith
She goes down and tolls the cook for iim
whenever we're going to have company.
Mexican Herald.
"This Is a sad case," said the asy
lum attendant, pausing before a padded
cell. "There Is no hope for the patient,
whatever." "What's tho trouble with
him?" asked the visitor. "He thinks
ho understands a rullroad time table."-
Milwaukee Sentinel.
"You said the house was only flv
minutes' wulk from the station," com
plained tho victim; "to say the least,
I'm disappointed In you." "And I'm
disappointed In you," replied the tigotiU
"I thought you were a very rapid wulk
er." Philadelphia Press.
"Is It true, doctor," asked the sun,
mcr girl, "that eating cucumbers will
remove freckles?" "Of course," replied
Dr. Kidder, "under certain clrciim
stances." "Really! What circum
stances?" "Well, provided the f reek leu
are on the cucumbers." 1'iilladclphU
tedgor.
"So you don't share the general lndlg
nation toward the railways?" ''No,'
answered Fanner ComtoKsel ; "I havej
always felt that a locomotive was en
titled to a great dual of credit for Btlek
tng to the track Instead of snorting;
up and down the country roads like
in automobile." Washington Star.
Bmlth Excuse me, Jones," but may
I ask how you manage to have such de
licious things to eat? Jones It's quite
simple. I always kiss the cook be
fore dinner, and hold her on my knee
after dinner. Smith But what does
your wlfo soy? Jones Oh, she doesn't
object Sho's the cook. Brooklyn Life.
Convenient.
"The automobile has shortened every
road marvelously."
"Yes, eseelally the road to the nere.
tfter!" Translated for TrtvsaMantl.
fk'ajes from Moggeudorftir Ba-ttet.