T O P IC S O F T H E T IM E S
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To a census enumerator all men are
equal.
The Spanish letter fraud and tha
old green goods game are children of
the same father.
A baby was born In New York re
cently with a full aet of teeth, but It
had no meal ticket.
A Brooklyn widow advertised for a
husband with a million. She mutt
mean a million of faults.
TO A- P A IR I ,
lng a bolt fiom brain work to manual
labor, and feels a keen pleasure
through "getting his hand In." The!
Blight as thou art, thou art enough to hide,
world Is full of people who will envy
Like all created things, secrets from me.
| him. Many languishing ladles would
And stand a barrier to eternity.
enjoy a relapse Into housework or
And I, how can 1 praise thee well and wide,
dressmaking if the genteel conven -1
| tlons by which they are so mistakenly
From where I dwell upon the hither side?
governed would only permit. Many
Thou little veil for so great mystery.
men held down to desks long for the
Wen shall I penetrate all things and thee.
' opportunity to employ their muscles
And then look back? For this I must abide.
rather than their wits and are glad
to relieve themselves In brief spells ]
T ill thou shalt grow and fold and be unfurled
of carpentry or metal working. Mr.
Lliernlly between me and the world.
Ransom, whether his prime motive be |
Then 1 shall drink from In beneath a spring.
the relief that conies from revolt or
the efficiency that follows on practice. f
And from a poet's side shall read his book.
has set a striking example. In no [
O daisy mine, what w ill It be to look
event Is he likely to regret the hours!
For God's side even of such a simple thing?
spent In the trench or the “ demonstra
-Alice Meynell.
tion" effected by his energy and spirit.
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The Harvard professor who says a
man can live on 20 cents a day speak3
academically for academic purposes.
A California man has two extra ribs.
He would have made a great Adam,
but he might have become a bigamist.
The buffalo was a good surveyor. HI
did not reason out why It should go |
In a certain direction, but its sure.
citement. had seized her wrist and
"Fourteen years?"
“ There are no bad boys," says one Instinct took It by the easiest and
Paul Latimer apoke more as though gripped It tightly. But now the car
fmerous mau. Maybe not, but the moat direct paths, over high lands
neighbors' boys are never as good as and low, to the salt-licks and water he were questioning himself than hU riage. for a moment blocked among
courses which were Its goal. T h o ! confidential clerk. He stood looking the crowd of vehicles In th* great Hol-
ours.
authors of "The Story of the Great out of bis office window upon Lincoln's born thoroughfare, moved rapidly for
So ragtime cures tnsanlty. Now we Lakes." Edward Channlng and M. F. | Inn Fields, his gray eyebrows sternly ward, taking a westerly course In Its
homeward way.
understand why It has sometimes Lansing, say that the buffalo observed j k nit
"Yes. sir. It's fourteen years." said
Days went by. For th* time being
taken an earthquake to Jar a man's something like the prluclples which to
the clerk In a low voice, bis hand upon Maaterson waa buoyed with hop*. His
day govern the civil engineer.
memory back Into working order.
Aa soon as the explorer landed on the closed door. "You'll see him, won’t Interview with Latimer had put new-
life Into him. He looked for a Utter
France Is to send over here a corps the southern shores of Lakes Erie. you?"
" I 'll see him. of coarse. But----- ”
from th* old lawyer every morning
• f young engineers to study our tele Michigan and Superior, he came upon
The lawyer stopped abruptly, for But Paul Latimer gave no sign.
phone system. It Is to be hoped they buffalo roads or "traces." Sometimes
One night, as he turned out of Long
will And a tew lines which are not these were narrow ditches, a foot wide Just then a carriage and pair pulled
and from six Inches to two feet deep, up at the entrance, and a face— the Acre to start upon another night’s
"busy."
trodden down by the Impact of thou face of a lovely girl of one or two wauderlngs through tbs lamp-lit Lon
A new and rather expensive disease sands of hoofs, as herd after herd of and twenty—appeared at the carriage dou streeU. Masterson became sudden
ly alive to the fact that a long line
Is railed appendicular gastralgta. It buffaloes had stamped along In single window.
Latimer and his clerk exchanged of vehicles waa arriving and passing
sounds something like
appendicitis file behind their leaders.
In under the portico of Covent Garden
with the doctor's bill raised to the
When the first path became too deep glances.
"The young lady will be coming Into Theater.
4ftIi power.
for comfort, because of repeated
He was Juat making for hti chosen
travel, the buffaloes would abandon It the office, sir. What had best be done?"
"Go out to her," said Latimer. "Tell post when a hansom cab pulled up
One trouble Is that a statesman In and begin a second path alongside the
endeavoring to get to the level of the first, and thus the frequented traces them to drive around the square till with startling abruptness at hla very
I'm at liberty. Don’t let her quit the elbow, and a tall mau sprang out. He
plain people la in danger of underesti would be gradually widened.
mating the plain people’s Intelligence
Again, an Immense herd of these carriage on any account. There's no was In evening dress, a light Inverness
cloak thrown negligently over hla well-
and refinement.
heavy animals would crash through knowing what might happen If----- "
"Leave that to me. sir,” said the el set shoulders; anil as he thrust hla
the forest, breaking In their rapid
Ontario Is offering a 15 bonus for all progress a broad, deep road from one derly clerk, hurrying out. "I'll see to hand Into hla .pocket and turned half
round to pay the cabman, the light
servant girls brought over from Eu feeding ground to another. As this that."
Latimer sank Into the chair at his from the street lamp fell sideways
rope by the Salvation Army or other route would be followed again and
organization. Wouldn't that smash again by this and other herds, it desk. The day was closing In. A upou hts face.
Masterson uttered a cry; and then,
vour best china!
would become level and hard as a young clerk came In ami lit the desk
with the swift anil writhing movement
rock, so that there was great rejoic lamp and drew down the blinds.
And now the lawyer's look grew of a tiger eager for a leap, a Hash of
A fire has Just been put out after It ing In pioneer «settlements when th
had burned for fifty years and con weary road makers, struggling with graver, more concentrated, for there passlou and hatred in hla eyes-----
"Curse you !" he cried, springing
sumed 12,000,000,000 worth of good log causeways and swampy hollow-s, was a step on the air. Presently the
bard coal. It will take the consumers came upon a flr.-n, solid buffalo trace. door opened, opened slowly, and a forward. “ I've found you, curse you.
weary-looklng man came slowly Into at last!"
a long time to get It paid for.
Nor was this an uncommon experi
the romo.
But aa he made the spring a passer
ence.
"Where's ray daughter?" said he, by unwittingly ran against him. and
Harvard Is discovering mathematical
The line of many of these roads Is
prodigies at such a rate that the coun followed to-day by our railroads and standing with hts grasp upon the back he wss thrown upon the ratlings with
such force that he lost bis footing;
try will expect soon to get an authori canals, as It was followed by our log of a chair.
"John Masterson," said he. In a tone and when be rose to renew the attack
tative reply to the question Is dropped roads and turnpikes.
of reprimand, "that's a question which he found the figure was gone. Cast
•ome time ago In despair of Ann's age.
The buffalo followed the level of the
It was understood between us, four ing about him s wild and searching
valley; he swerved round high points
teen years ago, that you would never glance. Masterson again got sight of
One of the oculists announces that whenever It was possible, crossing the
ask. Your daughter regards you— It the man. He was Just passing In at
lew people are able to see things as ridges and watersheds at the best nat
was your wish then. If not now— re
they are. This la perfectly true, espe- ural divides and gorget; and he
gards you as—dead!"
etally with regard to the ability of croased from one side of a stream of
"Ah! And she is » woman now,"
people to see things which affect them water to the other repeatedly in order
said Maaterson. "When— when I was
personally.
to avoid climbing up from the level,
convicted, unjustly convicted, In that
after the faahlon of our modern loop forgery case and sentenced to fourteen
This Is the time when the Infant- railways.
yeare. Nora waa nearly eight. She
phenomenon epidemic la raging In the
would now be twenty-one— a woman
A H A T STORY.
land. A lad of 15 In Connecticut has
now. She te beautiful, too. Isn't she?'
a license to preach. With children In A n y S o c i e t y I t I s W e l l l o D o mm
And he looked keenly for confirma
filling pulpits In churches and chairs
■ h e H e a t D o .
tion Into the lawyer's face.
In universities, the wisdom of age and
The young wife of the new profes
"Yea," said Latimer. "She Is a
experience must resign Itself to a sor cams downstairs and paused, as If woman now, and very beautiful. And
hack Beat.
to turn back, at the very threshold of the lady of fortune, the lady who the swinging doors of the theater— had
The writing on a fragment which Is the parlor. The next Instant she ad adopted her when you were sent to passed In—vanished.
Waiting there, pacing up and down
dated 200 years before Abraham left vanced toward the group of "faculty prison. Masterson—has lately died and
outside those railings, Masterson be
Ur to go Into the land of Canaan has ladles" who had been Invited to meet left her property to Nora, and-;---- ”
her at a formal luncheon In the home
"An heiress? My daughter an heir gan to grow puzzled over Robert Hol
been deciphered, after months of hard
ess?" said Masterson. rising quickly royd's youthful appearance. He looked
work, by Professor Hllprecht of Phila of the university president.
She was a slight figure in soft from his chair. "Take me to her! I'm no older— looked younger, If anything
delphia. It must hare been even hard
browns, with b'lg, interested eyes—a destitute— nearly starving. Is there — than when they were fellow clerks
er to read than the writing of a high
Western girl suddenly transplanted to anything now to keep us apart?”
at the Phliboro Bank. Was this man
school graduate.
a far Eastern circle. Apparently un
Robert Holroyd, or----- ?
"Yes, there's a barrier.”
"What Is I t r
Suddenly a startling thought came
Boston baked beans, according to an conscious of the fact that every other
“ Yourself!” said Latimer. “ Once j to him.
expert, contaiu all the elements found guest In the room wore au elaborate
Robert Holroyd's son!
In a wide and varied diet of other hat while her own head was quite make yourself known to your daugh- j
I f so. so much the better. Hts yearn
articles. This Information should be uncovered, she went bravely through ter and the property, by a clause in tha
ing to strike was deeper rooted now;
Interesting to families who find it diffi the presentations. Then, turning to will, reverts to another."
“ Nora shall not be made penniless he would deliver a double blow.
cult, on account of the high prices, her hostess with a half-appealing,
lo make both ends meat. They might wholly charming smile, she said, sim through me. No. I'll never----- But I At last it grew evident that the per
ply:
•tay!
What If my Innocence were formance was drawing to a close, and
make one end beans and save money.
" I ought to have kept on my hat, proven—the stigma taken from my Masterson s gaze now became Intent
upon the faces of the fashionable
Mrs. Blount.”
name?"
8ma!l children are not the only ones
"It's not of the slightest conse
"Ah. that might alter the case," said crowd that began to pour out. No face
who ask questions hard to answer.
In that outflowing crowd escaped ob
quence, my dear Mrs. Tyson," was the Lalmer, cautiously.
Not long ago a naturalist advanced
gracious answer. "You and I will be
"Help m e!" cried Masterson. " I had servation.
the theory that the dog's ears lop over,
And now a strange and startling
company for each other."
no hand In the business. Give me
Instead of standing straight, as do a
Before that party dispersed It had your aid—for Nora's sake— for I sol- ! thing happesed. A carriage— one that
w olfs ears, because the dog has been
dawned upon the moot superficial emnty take oath that I'm not guilty j he seemed to recognize— drew up. and
domesticated and under the protecting woman there that the Incident was a
of the crime that fourteen years sgo the Lincoln's Inn lawyer. Paul Lati
Influence of man so long that the nec
mer. presently appeared, a girl on his
trifle.
At subsequent luncheons, It wss laid st my door.
essity for «keen hearing Is less impera
need not be said, the newcomer's cos
"The man who did It— who forged arm— a girl whose face sent s sudden
tive
Now other dabblers in science
tume met accepted requirements, but those drafts on the Phlloboro* bank— thrill to the very heart of John Mas
are asking him why the ears of the
her popularity really began that day was a fellow clerk of mine. Robert Hol- terson.
donkey, which has been domesticated
when, with deference to others and royd; and I've already begun my
"N ora!” he gasped. "My child!”
as long as the dog, show no signs of
perfect self-respect, she smilingly aearch for him.” said Masterson. with
But no sooner had this lovely wom
lopping over.
proved that she was mistress rath.tr a keen look in his eyes. “ I mean to an taken her place In the carriage
than slave of conventionality.
hunt him down' 1 mean to force from with Latimer at her side, than a thing
From the clay of a railway cutting
There was another luncheon, given him a full and true confession, or more strange and startling by far en-:
sear Spokane, Wash., has been taken
In a certain college circle where fash else----- ”
! gaged Masterson's attention.
a tiny bit of vegetable fiber— the leaf
ion may occasionally lag. but Intellec
"W ell, well! We'll not pursue the
That man for whom he was waiting
o f a glngko-tree
which must have
tual progress never. The guest of subject any further—not just now,” I —the man Holroyd— came hurrying
flourished something like one hundred
honor, who happened to hall from New said Latimer. T i l turn It over In my out behind Latimer, stepped Into Lat
thousand years ago. There are fossils
York City, found herself the only per mind. Leave me your address. I'll imer's carriage and sat down opposite
o f even greater age, of course, but this
son wearing a hat, and her hostess, see that the matter la looked Into— to Nora. He spoke to her—spoke and
leaf Is still a leaf, not a mere Imprint
noticing the situation in time, offered I ’ll see If anything can be done."
looked like one who seeks to w in a
In stone; and It Is beyond question
her an opportunity to "do as the Ro
When Masterson left him Latimer’s ; young girl's lore.
the oldest known bit of vegetable mat
mans."
hand trembled as he placed the slip
The sight was maddening; and as
ter In the world The particular spe
"Yes, but I'll keep It on. thank you,* of paper In bis desk whereon the man the carriage moved from under the
cies to which It belonged became ex
was the unlooked-for reply. “ I'm do had written his address. The inter portico toward the exit gate Master-
tinct long ago; Its only surviving rela
ing the proper thing; why should I view had agitated the lawyer deeply. son ran headlong forward, forcing his
tive Is the glngko-tree of Japan. Its
change?”
But aa he went downstairs to the car way through the surging crowd.
appearance at the point where It was
The result, absurd as It seems, was riage all signs of agitation vanished:
He had reached the carriage, had
found proves to geologists that it grew
a marked constraint throughout tho and when a lovely girl appeared at leaped upon the step and looked wild
and fell when the Cascade and Coast
hts carriage window to greet him his ly Into th* girls now terror-stricken
luncheon.
Range Mountains had not yet been
" I waa ashamed lo think that wa ■tern features even broke Into a smile. face, when s pasting vehicle struck
tbrmed and the Rockies themselves
As the carriage drove away, before him and ha fell back— fell Into the
couldn't rtae superior to that hat,” said
were young.
ona of the ladles afterward, "but some It had turned out of Lincoln's Inn j crowded thoroughfare, crashed and
how tha fact of her wearing It. under j Fields, the girl placed her hand upon broken—end remembered no more.
An ounce of practice Is worth a ton the circumstances, prejudiced every the lawyer's arm and looked up with
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• f theory. So seems to think Prof. ona of ua against her. It did give me an Inquiring glance Into his face.
When John Mattenon
recovered
Ransom, who attends to mathematics one useful Idea, though. Since then,
“ Who waa that?”
i consciousnese he wa* lying In n large
and civil engineering at Harvard. He whenever I find m yself—and It often
Latimer looked down at her and no- and luxurious bedroom—ns he gradu
has put on a Jumper and It shoveling happens— less up-to-date in any re , (Iced that she was unusually pale.
ally came to realize, aided by the light
clay at a dally wage In the bridge sub spect than any other woman, I Just re
"W ho was that?” he rtlterated, with ^of a dim night lamp. Then there came
way at the Hub He Is a success In his flect comfortably that It's going to be
a sudden sickening sense of dread. "I i to the bedside a shadowy figure, and
•tigging and will soon be made a boat. far easier for her to forgive, and love
then a sweet and anxious face bent
| — I don’t quite follow you."
Whoever would qualify for command me still, than If I had managed to
" I mean that man who came out at 1 over his pillow, and then a whispered
may profitably learn something about outdo her. It really helps, you know.
your office door some minutes before ! word fell upon bln ear:
the practical effects of orders by first If one ran keep It In mind."— Youth's
"Father !*
; you," said she. "H e looked at If In
haring carried such orders out. The Companion.
"Nora," said he one summer's mtfrn
terrible distress. Is he? I saw him
wide srope of this rule extends from
| atop under the street lamp, strike hie lng. when she cam* and drew n chair
(he woman who keeps one servant to
R a g t im e B e a ts.
forehead and look distractedly about to hi* tide, "am I out of th* doctor's
the fnetory that employs ten thouannd
"Music," remarked the tweet g in ; him Then he walked on. and-----"
hands?”
hands. The success of our leading graduate, "U the language of the
"Yen, father. Why do you ash?”
"See!” the girl suddenly Interposed,
railways Is largely due to the fact heart."
"1 was forbiddM to question yon."
"there'* the very man. How dazed
that most of their official! have risen
"According to that." rejoined the he looks! He la staring Into people's said he. "to speak more than was need
from positions which called for the mere man, "ragtime must be caused
facet as If he were In search of some ful—forbidden to speak on* word
practical execution of detailed orders. by palpitation of the heart."
about the— th* past. May I speak
I one—tome one whom he— "
They possets a drat hand knowledgt
"Norn, alt down, my dear." said Lat now?”
ail points Involved In the activities
B r tllU a te
"About-----*
imer. aa she rose and leaned out of
ey direct, and fully understand the
"Clever—"
the window. “ Are you crated?"
T h a t night" said he. "the night
capabilities and Idloeyncraclet of tbelr
"Oh. yea. She la eo bright that tha
The girl uttered n low cry of pain. upon which I—I mot with that acci
gubord mates
It Is possible, too, that can actually say 'enta' things lata aa | for Latimer, In a sudden freniy of ex dent Who win that man with yon la
C ar strenuous professor enjoyed task ear-trumpel
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I .a timer-* carriage? Tell me his Bams.” •
"Holroyd," said she.
Masterson gripped the arms of hisi
chair, and would have risen had not '
Norn held him back.
“ Upon the,day you saw him In o u r * 1
carriage," said she, "Mr. Holroyd had !
arrived In London comlug post-haste
with a letter for you— from your fellow
clerk at the old bank—n letter from
his father."
“ A letter— from Robert Holroyd— for
me?"
"Yes; and being unable to find
P o u l l r v I le u s * fu r K i t * D o lla r * .
you." said she. "young Holroyd had
We have two poultry bouses made
called that very morning upon Mr.
from rough lumber, sawed from a tree
lattlmer. That Utter, us you will find,
out of the woods, and covered with
contains Robert Holroyd's full confes
shingles, but the cheapest one we bar*
sion of the crime of which you were
l made out of scrap* of lumber found
so shamefully convicted."
iround the barn and lumber pile— euch
"A h !”
zs can be found in most farms. Inside
“ And,"Nora went on. "and he has
measurements are 10x12 feet.
feet
since died— since you were brought
high In front, 4 feet at back and 7V4
here to Mr. Latimer’s house on that
feet at the comb, which Is 3 feet from
dreadful night—and he has made whst front.
amends he could by leaving you half
We like this shape and size of house
his fortune, and----- “
very much and If we were building
"W hat more?” said Masterson de
another, think we would build the
jectedly.
same shape of roof, as It Is convenient
"H is son. young Holroyd. has asked
and easy to get around in It.
me— to be— his wife," said Nora.
"Of course, there were cracks and
“ W h a tr
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Irregular shaped boards In my house,
" I love him, father. Would you have
but after I had covered the entire
me suffer for Robert Holroyd's tin?"
Masterson made no answer. He
seemed lost In thought: but, after a
while, he began to stroke her heed
caressingly, and Nora took heart, know
ing Instinctively that be would glvt
way to her as he always had given
way to her when she was a child.—
Exchange.
A nvx D O L l. il H t.1 HOUSE.
D EER IN T H E F A R NORTH.
house with three-ply roofing paper
Thou sand*
l m
b y C a a a d i a * P u these were covered up and we had a
ll v * N ea r A r t ille r y L a k e.
nice looking, warm and dry house.
The window In front Is 3x4 feet and
Three thousand three hundred and
forty-seven miles— that Is the police is hinged bo It can be easily opened for
beat which Inspector E. A. Pelletier ventilation. At the end of the house I
of the royal northwest mounted police made a smaller window of ten panes of
has had to patrol for the past year, glass. Theas window openings are
says the Canadian Courier. Inspector covered on the outside with H-lnch
Pelletier, accompanied by his two com mesh wire screen. We have an InBlde
rades, Corporal M. A. Joyce and Con door of lath, which we can close and
stable R. H. Walker, crept back Into leave outside one open on mild days In
civilization not long ago, and Is be winter «-"hen the ground Is covered
ing nicknamed "Daniel
Boone” be with snow and we don’t want the
cause of his exploit, by the smart boys chickens out, or at night In summer.
It required four squares of roofing
in the western barracks. It » ’as back
in 1908 that the Inspector was dis paper to cover the entire house, which
patched to the far north, where ho cost us about $3.75. We buy 8x10
was under Instructions to report «>11 glass by the box of 100 panes; so the
a feasible route from Hudson Bay to 26 panes cost about 52 cents, and the
the Mackenxle River and to look after wire netting for windows 75 cents.
Canadian Interests In the wilderness. I built the bouse four years ago and
The Jaunt to the top of the world be It Is as good as ever, excepting the
gan at Fort Saskatchewan.
A few roof, which was damaged by a very
miles steamer stateroom comfort; hard hall storm last spring. We put
then some gritty paddling, and Great new paper on top of old, and It Is now
Slave Lake was reached. That was as good as new.— Mrs. J. E. Thompson,
where the real work commenced. The In Farm and Home.
rout* along this great, wild sheet, Into
T h e g R R ilt r o f B o tto r,
narrow, roaring channels was a night
The quality of butter depends to s
mare of portages, mosquitoes and lurk
great degree upon the food and drink
ing. foaming rapid. On the 1st of Sep of the cow. She should have clean,
tember Inspector Pelletier and party pure water and wholesome food. Much
touched
Hudson
Bay.
The wind-
care should be taken to the selection
tossed timbers of a sailboat on the of the ration. The Individual cow has
shore was the first object to meet much to do In this regard. But with
their gaze.
Tbe wreck of the sail
respect to the part that la played In
boat meant a long pause at Fullerton handling the product of the cow too
till winter should set lu and permit much carelessness la evident In the
the dog trains to gallop louth with th* processes of butter-making.
After
police.
churning Is finished the butter and
The move from Fullerton to Church milk mixture should remain quiet for
ill— 450 miles— was a thriller.
Raw about ten minutes In order to let the
deer meat wa* all that was left of butter come to the surface. A cup of
shrunken supplies to sustain the ex cold water will hasten the process.
pedition.
Probably th* most pictur An old recipe says;
esque part of the Journey was the pas
The butter should be carefully
sage from Artillery Lake to the height skimmed off Into a wooden bowl half
of land. Inspector Pelletier has this full of water. The water should be
to say on the event;
repeatedly changed until It shows no
"Aided by the sails, we were mak Indication of mtlklncss. It is Impor
ing good time, but were delayed by tant that the butter should not be
large numbers of deer crossing at pressed or worked during the process
various points. We must have seen of removing the milk from the butter.
between 20,000 and 40,000. The hills After this the butter may be pressed
on both shores were covered with Into a mass and salt to the extent of
them and at a dozen or more places one-fortieth Its weight worked Into tl.
where the lake was from a half to ! The water should be well pressed out,
one mile wide solid columns of deer ! but tbe less worked the more perfect
four or five abreast were swimming ly Its granular character Is main
across, and so closely that we did not tained.
like to venture through them for fear •
of getting Into some mlx-up.”
C atch es A l l th e F ru it.
One of tbe most Ingenious of time
STONE AOE CUSTOMS.
taring contrivances Is the fruit gather
er designed by a Kentucky man. It
A n c i e n t H n h lt a S t i l l K n d u r e A m o n g
collects all the fruit
N a t iv e * o f H n r n l n o n m a n la .
that falls from a tree
Customs and habits directly trace
and holds It where It
able back to the end of the stone age
can be quickly picked
are still observed by the Inhabitants
up and placed In a
of the remoter parts of rural Rouma-
basket, also saving the
nia, says Dr. Emil Fischer of Bucha
apples, pears or what
rest In th* Umsrhau. The latest sta
ever they may be from
tistics show that there are still in Rou
damage by falling A
mania over 54.000 cave dwellings In
circle of stakes Is
existence, in which a quarter of a mil
driven around the tree
lion peasant folk live. These cares
in a radius wide enough to Include
are almost as primitive In their ar
anything that falls from It. A circle
rangements as the original cave dwell
of canvas, with a hole In the middle
lags of the stone age.
to receive the trunk of the tree. Is
As recently as In the eighties millet,
fastened around the latter and alio
the oldest Indo-Germanlc grain, was
festened to the stakes with the outer
stll crashed in Roumanla by means
edge of the ring lower than the por
of hand mills and stored In peculiarly
tion around the tree. Around the outer
shaped granaries similar to those used
edge, too. Is a wall to keep the con
by the natives of central Africa. To
tents from rolling off to the ground.
day the Roumanian peasants still use
The fruit falls from the tree Into this
ancient plows. At funerals a repast
canvas net and la thus saved from
named collba Is partaken of consist
bruising. It rolls down to the outer
ing of aoaked and boiled corn the ex
edge and lie* there until the picker
act way corn was first prepared and
comes along and collects It, thereby
eaten by the tribes of Europe.
saving the latter time and trortls end
Even to-day -crabapples and wild
keeping the fruit Itself In good condi
pears are the only fruit known to the
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Roumanian peasant, and his regeta tion.
j
blea are wild herbs boiled with oil
pressed from sunflower, hemp and
gourd seeds. Medical men In rural
Roumanla are still known among th*
peasantry as wizards.
A
M in o r
T r a g H f.
Small Boy (to chemist)— Please, tit,
can you mix me tome caator oil so
that you don't taste It when you takes
It?
Chemist— Certainly, mv little man
Are you fond of lemonade?
Small Boy— Rather! l Chemist re
tires behind screen and reappears with
a tumbler.)
Chemist— There, my boy, yon drink
that. (Boys does so.) Isn't that good?
Small Boy— Rather! That's prime!
Sow let me hmT* the castor oil, please,
sir.
Chemist— Why. you’ye Just taken it
— In that lemonade!
Small Boy—Oh! crlcky; I wanted It
for fatbcY' — Scraps.
R k v u m a t la m
o f H o r***.
In the highly fed and pampered
borae. Inadequately ex*r*-t»«d. a form
of rheumatism, Indistinguishable front
gout, Is met with, say* H ot*« Worl
It chiefly affects the lellook, but may
attack the navicular joint when the
patient experience* "those pain* arth
ritic which Infect the to* of libertine
ezceee."
The lameness Is peculiarly painful
when the latter Joint la Involved its
no swelling can take place and give re
lief which la afforded by the puffing
of a fetlock, a knee or bock. There
can be little doubt (hat many of the
Intermittent foot lameneeses attribut
ed to true Davlcular disease are rheu
matic In origin, and that the so-called
cures of navicular lameness otherwise
than by tbe operation of unnerving
are due to the disappearance of rheu
matic athrltls. Many navicular bones
examined after the death of horses
long suffering from disease have all
the appearances of tbe rheumatic de
posits.
T h * M ilk la f u t t f.
Tbe milk producers of Northern Illi
nois hare decided to resurrect s dor
mant Industry In their fight against
the milk trust. They are considering
plants to re-establish their own
creameries which were sold to tbe Bor
den Company ten or fifteen year» ago.
These will act aa an outlet for their
product If the association does not suc
ceed In establishing Its own distribut
ing depot In Chicago, which le looked
upon as more than a possibility. Fif
teen years sgo the Northern Illinois
section was dotted with creameries
established by th* farmers, many of
them being run on the cooperative
plan.
This was when the Borden
Company was beginning to branch out
Offer* of purchase were made to fa
cilitate trading with the farmer* and
they agreed with most disastrous re
sults.— Agricultural Epltomlst.
H om em ade
P la n k
H a r»e w .
A good homemade harrow can be
made by fastening together several
planks ao that each plank overlaps
the one next to It like the clapboards
of a building. It Is said to be as good
HARKOW HARE OF
PLANKS.
as a roller for smoothing aDd fining
the surface toll on lumpy ground. It
will be found to work especially fine
In the lighter soils. It can be used
also for broadcasting small seeds and
In the planting of garden track.
F e tte n la g
F o w l* .
Buckwheat meal la very good to use
In fattening chickens, but should be
used In preference mixed, half of Its
bulk of other meal, choice being given
to cornmeal or ground oata. To fatten
a fowl you should commence doing
no exactly eighteen days before th*
fowl or fowls are needed for killing
or for marketing, aa after eighteen
days of fattening they begin to lose
flesh Instead of gaining I t — A. V.
Meersch In Western Poultry Journal.
Coat
of
P r o S * e l* s
K gg*.
A bulletin from Cornell University
give* the results of a record of a few
hundred heDs kept In 1902 as 9.2 cents
per dozen for the average feed coal of
eggs throughout the year. Some figures
published In Farm Poultry gave the
record of a large number of poultry
keepers, which shows the average cost
of eggs per dozen in winter as 1»
cents. In summer 8.7 cents. Undel
present prices the feed alone would be
about 11 to 12 cents per dozen.
S low
D eve lop m en t
Beat.
When one Is growing baby beet
there are good reasons for forcing the
feeding. With that class of animals
forcing la necessary, but is not neces
sary with animals that are to stand at
the head of herds. Development mors
than normally quick will he of no
advantage to them. With them that
style of development should be fol
lowed that will result In fullest and
most vigorous growth when matured.
S m a ll* * ! C o w * lo
IS *
W o r ld .
The smallest cows In the world ar*
found In the Samoan Islands. The
average weight of the males does not
exceed 200 pounds. The female* aver
age about 100 pounds, they are very
stocktly built and are seldom taller
than a merino sheep. In color these
cattle are nearly all alike, a reddish
mouse color marked with white. They
have very large heads, and their horns
are of exceptional length
F o e le n ln n
W ir e *
to
S m a ll
P o e t*
I f you are using hedge fence posts,
especially small ones, tbe only sure
way to fasten the barb wire to them
Is to wire it with hay wire
The
staples might possibly stick at first,
but the- chances are that there will
be a crack at that point and the sta
ple will drop out or be pulled out soon
er or later.
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So w in s
B eet
Seed.
Beet seed should be sown rather
thinly, l/’you want to save back-break
F * t S o m e t im e * D l R * 4 T * * t * s e
ing thinning. Parsnip seed should be
Fat covert np weakness, a fact town rather thickly to Insure their get
which purchasers do not duly consider. ting through. In thinning parenlpe
Th* ability does not seem to be cul never touch them when wet. aa wet
tivated by many, notwithstanding ths leavee touching any part of th* hand,
great value of such ability. Even buy nsnally unexpoeed. will make painful
er* of young dairy bulla are likely to blister«.
give preference to young bulle that
r t l l t s l e c M on a re.
carry the moet fleah
W* have a email dairy of about flfty-
I f R t e h l n w T e r f c e v T. mmm.
slx cowl, mostly Jerseys, and sell
Turkey hen* are profitable until 5 milk, cream and butter. The manure
years of age. but It U t good plan to from 'this herd It stored under shelter
change the gobbler* every year. It re and applied with a spreader to wheat
quires twenty-eight days to hatch a and young grass, ssys a writer In aa
turkey egg and seven eggs are consid exchange. We think that beat result«
ered s sitting. Tbe nests should be on ar* secured by tbit method of apply
| the ground.
ing.
I
e a rth w o rm *
mmé
A lfa lfa .
S u p p ly in g
C reep
R a il«* .
Where there are n u m éro» earth
Start with the first warm days to
worms there Is plenty of humus In the grow green (tuff for chicken*. Peas
soil. Where there It plenty of humus will grow during th* cool days of early
alfalfa will grow. Earthworms can ■print and coon will furnish picking
:hrlvs only where there Is h u m » In ror th* bird*. Many other things may
:he soil, and their presence will deter be planted early and a eucreeelon of
When a young man flatters a girl sin e whether It would be likely to poultry garden "ease" to ho carried
sha decides later that ha really meant wove good alfalfa land.
along as needed It will pay to do It.
It.
E « ( F e r tility .
rim* I F w 4 t.
I f you want to butt In. you ought
Clover and other legumes cannot re
Aathoiitlea claim that th* *cg* from
to be a missionary and get paid for I t
•tore old lands to Its former stats of a hen will be fertile for ten day* after
Yon don't give year conscience fertility unices supplemented with ma th* removal of th* cock bird tram iko
nure and mineral plant taott%
credit.