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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1901)
HIS FIRST CABINET MEETING. Itooicvtlt Aiki Hit Members to Remain Throughout Hit Term. Wiinhlngton, Sept. 10. President ltooKovolt at 3 o'clock yesterday con vonud IiIb first Cabinet meeting hold In Washington. At tliln mooting tliu President nuked tliu members of Mr. McKlnluy'H cabinet to retain tliolr re spective portfolios throughout lilu turni, mill iiniioinicud Unit lilu ailinlrilri tratloii would follow tliu policy outlln- IAMKB II. PAIIKKK. Jjuiick II. Parker, nt 4M Hlxtli venue, Now York Oitv, In Iho Negro who Mood illrimly nliiml ol ('oIkz wlicn lit) ihnt 1'ri'nlilunl Mu Kliilcy mill hiiii ImrlfO lilm to lliuuriiiiiiil wltli li rrlnio lilmv nfiur tho woml dint niui rlroil. I'nrkerwm turn In Atlnnu 4.1 yearn iiiiii, In Uvery. Ha lift Nuw Yih lint (prime l ti nit III all eXKjllloii vnte, Ha I n Klrtill III lt(. tlitmlliiK over a ft-ui, niitl in met an Indian. Thu HKimln tore hla ri'it Uuttoiitvii. tlri'ly off In tliu mruiiitlu. I'lirkur wan nt una llmv ft wnltcr In tliu Klinlmll lluutv, AlUn cd by President McKlnloy In lilt) Uuf falo speech. Aftor tho obsequies ovor tliu Into 1'rosldunt, thu Cabinet, nt President Koouovolt's rcquost, assembled nt tho residence of Coiiiiniiiuler CowIuh, whero tho 1'rcBlilont Is staying, prin cipally for tho purpose of informing tliolr now chief of tho fltnto of nffnlru In their reBpoctlvu dupiirtiiientH. Tho President then nddroBBud IiIb ndvlsors collectively, as bo had pro vloiiflly dono Indlvldtinlly, requesting them nil to rotnln their rospocllvo positions In bis Cnblnct. Mr. Hooso vclt oxprcHsod tho liopo and expecta tion that ovory niorabor would servo throughout bis torm, for ho said ho tendered tho appointments as If bo bad Just boon cloctcd to tho Presi dency and was forming bis original Cabinet. Tho President snld, howev er, that tboro was ono dlfferonco bo tween tho present tender nnd that of nn. original offer namely, that under tho present circumstances they Woro not nt liberty to decline Upon bolng naked by a mmbor If resignations should bo formally pre sented In tho usunl manner, tho Pres ident answered tbnt IiIh nctlon nt this meeting bnd precluded tho necessity of presenting resignations. Tho dis cussion turned upon tho policy of tho Administration nnd Mr. Iloosovolt an nounced thnt bo regarded tho speech of tho Into Prosldont nt tho Buffalo Exposition, mado previous to tho trag ic shooting, ns outlining tho pollclos to bo followed by tho Administration. It cannot bo learned at this tlmo wbethor or not nil tho mombors will be willing to servo tho full term. SIX COALMINEnS KILLED. Disaster Wi Caused by the Explosion ol Accumulated Gai In i Tunnel. Glonwood Springs, Colo., Sept. 19. A tcrrlblo explosion of gns In tho Spring Oulch mlno of tho Colorado fuel & Iron Company, loented 18 miles from this placo, caused tho denth of six minors nnd tho Injury of four othors, besides much dnmago to tho tunnol In which tho explosion occur red. As soon as tho explosion occur red a messongor wna sent to tho Po cahontas mlno, sovon miles away, to telephone hero for assistance. lie stated at tho tlmo of tho accldont tho cntlro forco of 100 minors was In tho mine nnd It wns thought thnt all had perished. A Inter messongor brought the Informntlon that loss tbnn bait an hour provlous to tho tlmo of tho ex plosion nil but a few of tho employes hnd gono off duty, thus provontlng a moro serious calamity. Tho explosion wns caused by gas becoming Ignited by tho blasts. THE ODD FELLOWS Sovereign Grand Lodge Takes Up Question of National Sanitarium. Indianapolis, Sopt. 19. At tho bob Blon of tho Sovereign Grand Lodgo of Odd Fellows, a resolution was Intro duced nnd referred to a special com mlttoo to assoss directly each member of tho ordor BO conts for tho purposo of raising a fund for tho construction and maintenance of a National sanl' tarlum nt Hot Springs, Ark. During tho yonr Just closed tho receipts show ed n not gain of $4087 over tbosq of tho preceding torm. Tho .nssotB amount In nil to $131,029. It Is ostlmated that CO.000 visitors woro horo today. Tho parado this af ternoon contalnod 25,000 men In lino, Including E8 brass bands. Sympathy at Odessa. London, Sopt. 19. A dispatch to tho Times from. Odessa says a fooling of deepest sympathy with Mrs. McKlnloy nnd tho people of tho United Statos Is cvorywboro manifested. Tho Llstok declaros that "Prosldont McKlnloy fell HUo a horo at bis post. Ho wns tho victim of a coward, who, JudaB-llko, murdorod tho twlco-choson loador of tho peoplo with hand outBtrotchod In friendship." Don't Want to Defend Czohjosz. Mllwaukoo, Sopt. 19. Judgo Titus, of Buffalo, whoso appointment as at torney for Czolgosz was announced nt Buffalo yostorday, Is In this city, at tending a Masonic convention. Ho could hardly bellovo tho roport of his nppolntmont was truo, In answer to a question ns to whether ho would conBont to defend tho nssnssln Judgo Titus replied: , ., "Not unless ordered to do bo uy tno court." NEWS 01? WHALERS 8CHOONER 80PHIE SUTHERLAND WENT A8HOF1E And Is a Wreck Three Steamers and a Schooner Wintered In the Arctic Deer Scarce and Weather Cold-A New Story of Dangers and Privations In the far North. Han Francisco, Sept. 19. In n letter that wns carried by nntlvo courloni a dlHtnnco of ovor 2000 mlloa across tho wilderness of tho north, from tho mouth of tho MeKonzIo Hlver to Ed moiiton, and thonco by rail to this city, tho first news received thin year from tho whalers who wintered In tho Arctic Oceun Is at hand. Tho letter was wrltton by Captain II. E, Huff mini, of tho schooner Penelopo. Tho whaling vessels that wintered In tho Arctic woro tho steamorH Narwhal.Ho lugn and Uowhead, and tho schooner Ponolopo. Tho Inst provlous Informa tion from any of the vessels wub ro celvod last Fall, tho vessels having been spoken In August of last year. At thnt tlmo tho Nnrwhal bnd throo whales, tho Uowhead ono, tho Ilolugn ono half of a whnlo und tho Ponolopo none. Tho lottor Just received reports that April 1 last tho Narwhal's total catch was llvo whales, tho IJowhoad llvo, tho Deluga seven and u half and tho Pono lopo none. It Is probablo that tho Ho lugn und tho Narwhal will come out this your, but nothing Is certain about tho Ponolopo, which Is trading In tho Arctic. Tho schooner Sophlo Sutherland, Cuptaln, Murry, wont ashoro on Hal toy Island during a galo and capslzod, becoming a total loss. Tho captain and crow Joined tho lJolugn. Tho mnto of tho Holugn, A. W. Look, died suddenly October 29 last, soon after going Into Wlntor quarters nt Ualloy Island. Door woro senrco In tho Arc tic regions for tho first tlmo In tho exporlcnco of tho whalers, nnd tho wwathor last Winter wns unusually cold. Tho dogs tho main depend onco on land woro dying In great numbors from rnblcs. Tho Penelopo landed provisions on first reaching Ualloy Island and wns to hava gono whaling lmmcdlntoly af terward, but tho vossel was stuck fast for eight days and by tho tlmo tho schooner rcacbod tho open tho othor vcbsoIb of tho fleet had mado their catches and no moro whales appeared. WILL SUCCEED 8TRIKERS Men on Their Way to San franclsco 37 ol Them Won Over By the Strikers. San Francisco, Sept. 19. Tho strlko wears on without apparent chanco on either side. A dispatch from Sacra mento says: "This morning four carloadB of men arrived horo from tho East, tho most of them from Ohio, en routo for 8an Francisco to tako tho places of tho strikers, Thoy declared thoy bad been nssurod thoro wns no strlko In San Francisco. A delegation of strlkora from San Francisco wont to Emigrant Qap and boarded tho train for tho pur poso of Inducing tho men not to go to San Francisco. Thlrty-sovon of tho men loft tbo train. 1G of thorn atop ping hero. Thoy woro taken to an employment ofllco by local union men and situations woro socurcd for them." Tho Wator Front Federation today conciuucu negotiations lor tno pur chase of a rcsturant to accommodate tho men on strlko. It Is reported that a lodglng-houBo may bo secured. Strlko Managor Furuscth announcod that a contribution of 11000 was re ceived today from tho Soamen s Union of Chicago. It Is also stated tbnt tho National convontlon of Drowory Work ors has voted $500 for tho support of tho beer bottlers. William T. Sullivan, a union team ster, who was shot Soptombor G In a riot by n special officer, dlod from bis Injuries today. CHINESE RE-ENTER PEKIN American and Japanese Forces Simultaneous ly Give Up Control of the District. Pokln, Sopt. 19. Tho Chinese troops reentered Pokln yostorday Tho Amorlcans and Japanese simul taneously handed ovor tho Forbidden City to tho Chlneso authorities. Tho evacuation was plcturosquo. Tho Japanese nnd American troops woro drawn up nt tho Inner gate. Sev eral hundred Chinese civil and mili tary pfflclalB In brilliant costumes, diplomats, oincors and ladles woro massed upon tho plaza outsldo. Prlnco Chlng nnd Gonernl Chiang, tho Gover nor of Pokln. mot tho Jananeso and Amorlcans nnd thanked them for tho protection thoy bad affordod tbo pal ace uonorni Yamani nnd Major Itou- ortson replied, tho Japnneso and Chl neso bands played and tho foreigners marchod out through tbo gntes they had battered In ovor a yoar ago. Thou tho Chinese unfurled their flags and distributed tliolr forcos at the various gatos. Tho Chlneso ofllclnls banquet ed tho Jupaneso this ovonlng. Tho Amorlcans woro Invited to bo present, but docllnod, owing to tbo doatb of Prosldont McKlnloy. Crushed to Death. Sborldan, Sopt. 18. Hugh Farmer, tho 12-year-old son' of Jolm Farmer, a prominent farmer of Ueilevue, near horo, was accldontly klllod yesterday. Ho was driving to town with a load of whoat In sacks. A sack startod to slip olT tho wagon and, In attempting to catch and hold It, bo was dragged off tho wagon and ono of tbo wheels passod ovor mm, crushing tno Biaui and causing death In a few mlnutos. Morning Paper's Comment. London, Sopt 19. Tho morning pa- pors continuo to glvo tho first and a largo plnco to Amorlcan-affairs. Thoy descrlbo tho removal of Prosldont Mc Kinloy's remains, at considerable length, Although it Is bslnnlng to bo foared that tho Duko of Cornwall nnd York will not attend tho funornl owing to tho dltllcultlos or etiquette and to fears of a posslblo anarchist attempt, tho papers continuo to ox press a hope that King Edward will Bee his way to arrango tho mattor. DOflNE TO THE CAPITAL, ((mains of the President Taken From fluffalo Entire Route Lined With People. Washington, Sept. 17. Through a living lane of bareheaded peoplo stretching from Uuffalo up ovor' tbo Alloghanles down Into tho broad val leys of tho Susquehanna and tho city on tho batiks of tho shining Potomac, tho Nation's martyred President mado his last Journey to tho seat of tho Government over which bo presldod for four years and u half. Tho wbolo country seemed to have drained Its population ut tho sldo of tho track over which tho funorat train passed. Tbo thin lines through tbo mountains and the sparsely-HCttled districts thick ened as tho little hamlets suddenly grow to tho proportions of respectnblo cities, and weio congrogated Into vaBt multitudes In tho larger cities. Work was suspended In Hold and mlno and city. Tho schools woro dismissed. Ev erywhere appoarcd tho trappings and tokens of woo. Mlllons of flags at hulf-mast dotted hillsides and valley, and formed a thicket of color over tho cltlos. And from almost ovory banner streamed a bit of crapo. Tho stations woro heavy with tho black smybol of mourning. At all tho larger towns nnd cities, aftor tho train got into Pennsylvania, militiamen drawn up at "present arms," kept back tbo enormous crowds. The sllenco with which tho countless thousands viewed tho remains of their hero and martyr wus opprosslvo and profound. Only tbo rumbling of tho train whculB. tho sobs of men nnd Women, with tear-stained faces, and tho dolo- ful tolling of tbo church hells, hroKo upon tbo car. At sovoral places, Wll llamsport, Harrlsburg and Ualtlmoro, tho chimes played Cardinal Nowman's grand hymn. Tukcn altogether, tho Journey homo was tho most remark able demonstration of universal per sonal sorrow since Lincoln was borno ot his gravo. Evory ono of thoso who camo to pay tliolr last tributo to tbo dead had an opportunity to catch a gllmpso of tho liag-covorcd blor ele vated In view In tho observation car at tho rear of tho train. Thoro was no spot of color to catch tbo eye of this train of death. Tho locomotlvo was shrouded In black, tho curtains of tho cars In which sat tlio lone, stricken widow, tho relatives of tho President, Cabinet nnd others wero drawn, Tho wholo black train was llko a sbuttorcd houso, savo only for tho hindmost car where tho body lay guarded by a soldier of tbo Army and a sailor ot tho Navy. Mrs. McKlnloy stood tho trip brave ly. In tho morning, soon after leav' Ing Uuffalo, she pleaded so earnestly to bo allowed to go Into tho car whero her dead ono lay that rclucant consent was given, and she spent a halt hour bcsldo tho coffin. All tbo way the train was pcrccdcd about 15 minutes by a pilot engine, sent ahead to test tho bridges and switches, nnd prevent tho possibility of an accident to tho precious burden It carried. Tho train had tho right of way over everything. Not n wheel moved on tho Pennsyl vanla Railroad system 30 minutes be foro tho pilot onKlno was duo. Gonorai Suporlntondent J. D. Hutch inson had sent out explicit Instruc tions covering ovory detail. Tho or der Included: "Evory precaution must bo taken by all employes to mako this movo absolutely certain." Gonernl Boyd, assistant passenger agent, had personal chargo or tho train. Tbo train left Uuffalo at 8:30 o'clock a. m. and arrived at Washing' ton at 8:38 o'clock p. m. In 12 hours. It is, estlmatod that over halt a mil Hon peoplo saw tho coffin which held all that was mortal of President Me Klnley. While tho casket was being removed from tho observation car one of tho largo windows was lowered at tbo side, slowly and carefully tho casket was slipped through the opening and ten derly rocclved upon tho bont shoulders of tho body-bearor four artillerymon and four sailors. Straightening them' selves undo rthcir burden, they walked slowly toward tho hearse. At the casket emerged a bulgle noto rose clearly, and "taps" rang out. That was tho only sound that broke tho dead Biionco. The Funeral Train. Buffalo. Sept. 17. Tho train that carriod tbo lato Presdent's body to tho National Capital was a solid Pull man of soven cars, drawn by two en glnos. An extra cngino wont 15 mln utos ahead to clear tho track of ev erything. Tbo casket was placed be tween opon windows 1n tho observa tion car, where it was In plain view ot tho peoplo as tho train passed by. Tho casket of tho dead President was completely covered with a beau tiful silk flag. At tho head wns a floral piece representing tho French and Amorlcan colors, tho gift of a Franco-American society. Standing at tho foot of tho casket was a soldier of tho United States Army, uniformed nnd accoutrod with a gun at "order arms." At tho hoad a sailor of the Navy stood at "attention," cutlass at shoulder. Tho lid of the casket was closed. On the Journey On board funornl train, Tort Alle gheny, Pa., Sopt. 10. Mrs. MoKin- loy was provailcd upon to lie down soon aftor tlio start was mado. Presi dent ItoosoTult was qunrtorod in a drawing room in tlio Car Hungary with Scoretnry Loeb. Ho busied hini- solf with letters and tolegrnms, and with tho innumerable questions which required inimoidato answor. Tlio inoiiibors of tho cabinott individually oared for tlio moro pressing business requiring their attention. Immense Crowds at Baltimore. Wnsliington, Soptombor 17. Night camo on as tlio train sped from Now York to JJnltiimoro without a stop, nnd in tho darkness only the lliokor ing lights on tho way nnd thp tolling bolls of tho stations gave ovidonco thnt tho ninnicstationa sorrow wore still going on. As tho train drew into llnltinioro black masses of peoplo could bo SQOn ranged up on tho hugo vinduots, and at every crossing a liv ing tido surged up to tho train. Ofitlierlntc nnd Pncklnit Apple. In the Illustration, tho upper design shows mi npplo picker, which Is mndo oy cutting an Inch bourd In a circle, so thnt It will mensuro Just ono foot across j an Inch bole Is bored In the cen ter for tho handle, and one-eighth Inch holes nro bored close together around the edge, and In each of these holes eight-Inch wire nails aro Inserted, sharpened at tho ends. Tbo handle should be long enough so that tho branches of tbo trees can be readily reached from the ground. In picking the apples, the Implement Is placed so that the stem of the apple will come be tween two of tbo nulls, and with a quick movement of the band the stem Is broken from the twig, nnd the npplo rests on tbo circle In the center. Five or six apples can bo picked In this way boforo tho Implement Is taken down. The lower tmrt of the Illustration Bbows a device which Is used for pack APrtE-riCMMo uipr.Enr.NTi". Ing npplea In barrels. In the large cities such devices nro purcbaseable at bard ware stores or of dealers In ngricultu ral supplies. This rack fits over the barrel, and by manipulating the screw at the top the barrel Is pressed together so that tho head may be Inserted, and the hoops driven down with case. Milk Stool. Wo have tried several kinds of stools end have seen all styles In operation In various parts of tho country, but nothing suits -us so well as the styl shown here, says a Michigan farmer In Hoard's Dairyman. We made tbo first one when we commenced dairying. Tbo cut shows Just bow to make It The board A should be about 22 Inches long for a tall man and about 8 Inches wide. The two end pieces, B and O, can bo cut and adjusted to suit each milker. We made tbo stool so as to have the seat D about ten Inches high, All pieces are about elgbt Inches wide, It Is a pleasure to use this stool. One con sit comfortably without bracing, No need of bugging the pall; simply lot COHVKNIKXT MILK STOOL. It rest between the knees. The pall should bo tilted slightly, and, thus ar ranged, a good, rapid milker will spat ter very little milk. Farm Turkey Raising. When tho turkey hen Is In a good sitting mood, glvo her seventeen eggs; at tbo same time set two chickens on eleven eggs each. When the batch Is off, glvo all turkeys to tbo turkey hen Feed tho youug turkeys on curd, often mixing black pepper with. It Feed threo times a day all they will eat Do not give raw cornmeal; If fed at all, bako Into corn bread. Screenings Is a poor food, as It contains many wild seeds, causing diarrhea, killing them In twenty-four hours. That Is tho one thing to guard against and tho greatest dlfllculty In raising turkeys. When feeding only curd ns tho principal food you overcome that trouble. Keeping tho young turkeys In a pen 10x10 feet and twelve Inches high Tor a rew days gives them strength, and they can fol low tbo ben. You cannot shut turkeys up In a coop or yard, as they will dlo If confined. After four or five days old, lot them go, seo that they come homo every night, which they will do if fed morning and evening. For breed ing purposes select hens not less than two years old, toms from two to three, of tho Ky bronze variety. Feeding Pamnced Potatoes Tho Loulsiaua Experiment Station In their lato bulletin gives an account of tho death of several cattle from a sick ness which began In dllllcult breathing and continued until they finally died df suffocation. The first animal attacked had been fed with sweet potatoes that wero damaged, probably by tho "black rot" fungus. When tho suspected causo was removed tho troublo ceased, and purgatives wero afterward given to re lieve tho system, but sovernl other anl- inals died, although It wns not known lint they had access to the potatoes, They hnd a similar case three years ago, when cattle died that hnd been allowed to cat rotten sweet potatoes. A part of them were saved by above named treatment, They think tho fun gus In the diseased potato nets upon tho nerves to prevent breathing. With all duo deference to their better knowl edge and opportunity of 'observing tho case, we think that decaying roots de- clop a vegetable poison, which may bo a fungus or on alkaloid, and while both the white and the sweet potato may bo worse than some others, we would not use any of them after decay bad begun, American Cultivator. Intro liiclnir (Jiieem n IIIve. Scientists tell us that It Is not possi ble for two queen bees to occupy tbo same hive, for they will at once fight for supremacy. Even the blrtb of tho queens from the eggs laid by the old queen Is disputed by the first queen batched from these eggs, for, if not prevented by the workers, this first born queen will at once break open tbo cells In which are located tlio unborn queens and destroy them. An old bee keeper claims tbnt the following plan of Introducing n queen will be success ful In the majority of cases. From the hive Into which the queen Is to be In troduced, remove four or live frames of capped brood with the bees adhering thereto, and place them In nn empty hive, leaving the old queen In the old hive. Placo the cage contulnlng the new queen on top of the frames In the now hive, close up the hive, and reduce the size of the entrance to about ono Inch wide. The younger bees will re main In the new hive, and In a few days will liberate the new queen nnd tako good care of her, while the older bees, removed on the frames, will prob- nblv return to the old hive. In some cases tho bees will kill the new queen but very rarely, and when such n catas torpbe occurs, the bee man still has tbo old bee to denend upon for new broods. Corn on IIore' Feet. Most of the corns that grow on horses' feet are caused by Improper shoeing, and tho only permanent relief that can bo bad Is by removing the shoes and, after treating the corns, keep the horse free from work, during the summer, and give It a low. rather damp pasture on which to graze. After removing the shoes, pare nway the born at the bars of tbo feet, nnd cut the toes down as much as possible. The hair should be clipped from the coronets and the hoof blistered with cerate of cantbarldes. The blistering should be done once a month, and washed off In forty-eight hours after it Is applied. Lard should be applied dally. If the horse must be worked, the corns should be pared once a month and the animal shod with U0me which Mr. and Mrs. Seton-Thomp-bar shoes that will not come In contact Bonor Mr. and Mrs. Seton as tbev ore- with the corns. The hoof should be soaked In cold water for an hour, once or twice dally, and then smeared with some greasy hoof ointment. Unless the corns are very bad, this treatment will relieve the trouble. The horse should be kept from the bard roads as much as possible. Indianapolis News. llarly Fall l lorrinc, Tha f-miind for whwit shnnlri ha plowed now and harrowed at least one a week or ten days until the time ror seed sowing. The advantage In this Is making a tine and compact seed bed, which, of course, Is essential to success In wheat culture. Another advantage In early plowing Is that there Is more ravines that tumuie on at recKiess an moisture at the time of seed sowing In g'es. ground plowed and harrowed as sug- gested, than there Is If the ground is permitted to lie until Just before tbo seed Is sown before It Is plowed. There may be objections urged against this early plowing, especially for wheat, In view of the tact that the tendency Is to sow the seed as late as possible, In order to avoid the ravages of the hes- slan fly, but the early plowing will not idity Is shown In the thick walls, rans In any way interfere with seed sowing 8ve cornices of natural wood, nnd In at any time one desires to do It, and It will do tho soil less Injury to remain for a few weeks after being plowed and harrowed than to delay the plowing un til Just before seed sowing. Fhredilnc Corn Stalks. Machinery for shredding corn stalks is qulto expensive, but In a section where largo quantities or com are grown It will pay for the farmers to buy one of these shredders In common. The valuo of the shredder will bo par ticularly apparent this year In sections whcio the corn crop Is small, for tho corn stover mndo by tbo shredder Is of such a nature that tho.cattle will eat 95 per cent of It, while, as all farmers know, nearly one-half of tbo feed Is wasted whero the stalks are fed in the old-fashioned way. It may bo .possible In a great many sections to have a com crop shredded by men who travel with a macblno This plan of traveling with a shredder Is fast coming Into use. Tho prlco ranges from two cents a cubic feet to four cents for tveo aud one-half cubic feet. Holdlntr Up Milk. nave you tried apples as a cure for 'holding up" milk? asks nn exchnngo. When your cow rofuses to "glvo down" Just you give her nu apple. If It bo a good one, It may ticklo her palato enough to make her forget her deter mination.' Don't let her bavo apples at any other time. If sho does not earn for this fruit, Und out something that sho does like, and glvo her n dose of It when you want to milk her. How do you think this compares with kicking ucr in tuo,rius or with tho milk stool? REPENT INVENTIONS. . Many a serious railroad nccldont Is caused by tho washing down on tho rondbr of masses of earth or rocks from tho hillsides above. Whllo tho railroad companies realize that tho cu;a aro liable to becomo filled from this cnuso It Is hardly to bo expected that (hey will keep patrols at ovory danger ous point. An apparatus has been late ly patented by John K. iindinnott or Ualtlmoro, Md., and the clnim Is mndo thnt It will constantly guard tho cut or other section of track which It paral lels. It Is simply n pair of contact rails so placed tbnt n fall of rock or earth across the roadbed will crush tbo shell which Incloses them and throw the rails together to complete ft circuit and set tbo danger signal. As a bitching post Is not always con venient and It Is somewhat of a bother to carry around a heavy weight In tho wagon with which to tether the horso when tbo driver wishes to leavo tho nnlmal for a time, it is llkety that tbo horseman will appreciate the hitching fetter. Tho Invention takes advnntago of the fact that a horse will not move ns long ns It cannot bend Its legs, the fetter being stiff enough to prevent this. The Inventors ore William Hommel and Thomas U. Owen of 1as Angeles, Ual. They state that It Is adapted to afford cavalrymen a perfect means of pro- venting the horses from escaping with out human nld, the claim being mado tnat when an animal Is tethered with ono of these devices he becomes tamo even In tbo presence of danger. An other novelty of the tether Is that with the aid of the small padlock attached tbo animal can bo locked up, so that bo cannot be stolen without unlocking or destroying the fetter. A brush Is designed to lay the dust while sweeping Instead of raising It, so as not to damage the stock In a store. tho furniture In a room, or settle on tho floor again. This result is accomplish ed by the use of kerosene oil to prevent the dust rising. The brush is mado of good bristles, Inserted In the center of which Is one row of a special fiber which readily absorbs and holds kero sene oil. The oil supply Is carried In a metal reservoir In the top of the brush, which Is so arranged as to keep tho fiber constantly moist when the brush Is In use. the feed being regulated by opening or closing the cap through which the reservoir Is Oiled. The wood surrounding the reservoir Is chemically treated to prevent It absorbing any of the oil. The dust Is collected by means of the oil In small pellets, which can easily be taken up by a dust pan In the usual manner. The brush, the man ufacturers state, can be used on any kind of floor or carpet, as It Improves and hardens floors and cleans and brightens carpets. The kerosene Is re ferred to as destroying the disease breeding germs carried by dust, and as killing motbB, fleas or other Insects on the floor or carpet. Scton-Thompson's New Home. A more fitting environment for such a man could not be found than the new for to be known, having dropped "Thompson" from their surname have selected In Connecticut. A hundred acres of woodland, which they bavo named Wyndygoul, for ono of the Seton estates In Scotland, offers the natural-Ist-artlst-author-lecturer an Ideal op portunity for Investigating nnd study ing his animal friends, and a quiet re treat for writing nnd Illustrating. It Is difficult to realize that so wild a bit of " The private road that leads from tha sates to tho house winds a quarter of a He between green walls of trees. flank- i "7 mossy Douiuers, anu rising aoovo The house stands on tho highest point of the tract It Is Spanish In effect, tbo lower story of rough-hewn, green-tipped rocks, quarried on the place; tbo upper story of creamy pink stucco. The low, rod roof, wide verandas, low entranco door and quaint arrangement of windows are Interesting and pictur esque. The Englishman s love of sol- the heavy beams of tho studio celling. Ladies' Homo Journal. Joachim, an Early Genius. Dr. Joachim, tbo great violinist, who has been honored by English musicians. has been playing in public since 18.13, when, nfter studying under Joseph Bohu at Leipzig, be appeared at a con cert nnd crentcd a furore. Ho was then only 12 years of age. For seven years ho remained In an orchestra, studying hard meanwhile, nnd then ho went to Pnrls nnd obtained tho appointment of director of concerts at Weimar. In 1853 ho was master of tho Chapel Royal nt Hanover, and soon afterward began bis famous tour of Europe, being overywhere received with the greatest enthusiasm. In that tour bo laid tho foundations of tho reputation which has now becomo world-wide. In August, 18S2, ho was appointed conductor of tho It. A. M. In Berlin, and In 1SS9, on tho fiftieth nnnlversnry of his first pub lic appearance, ho was presented with a magnificent violin by his admirers. Kxiioiisch of nn Army Oflloor. An English nrmy officer who lias a close ncqunlutnnco with both tho French and German armies has been endeavoring to arrive at tho average amount per annum which It costs a subaltern lh England, Franco nnd Ger many to live In tbo nrmy. The figures bo gives aro: France, $400; Germany, $700; England, $1,200. Demand for Ventilators Tho demand for electric ventilators in India Is ahead of the supply, i