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TROOPS ARE READY American Government Fears Oat break of Chinese Fury. WORSE THAN FHE BOXER AFFAIR Three Regiments at Manila Ready to Sail Boycott Expands Into Hatred of Americans. BEGIN REVOLT ANEW St. Petersburg Reds Decide to Form New Organization. WERE CRIPPLED BY REPRESSION A National Congress of Workmen Is Planned Rtd Sunday Will Be Day of Mourning. Washington, Jan. 8. The govern ment will not admit that it Is worried over the situation in China, bat it is known that conditions there are caus ing grave concern. It is reported that three regiments at Manila- have been ordered held in readiness to proceed to China at once. Kvery preparation is being made to piotect American life and property in the empire. Grave reports of unrest have come from consuls. Private advices received are not so conservative as the official ones. They express the fear that an uprising worse than the Boxer revolu tion will break out before many months. The boycott inflamed Chinese animosi ty against the Americans. When the Chinese realised their power, it is said, the step from commercial to personal hatred was but a short one. The situation is represented by high authority is much graver than has been intimated by the State department. FAVORS PHILIPPINE BILL. Clark, of Missouri, Occupies House Floor for Three Hours. Washington, Jan. 6. "Champ Clark Democracy" was expounded to the de- light and entertainment of the house for three hours today by Clark, of Mis souri, and constituted the feature of the debate on the Philippine tariff bill. Clark's speech took a wide range and he labeled his political beliefs as above, in answer to a question as to what kind of a Democrat he really was. He talked of the Philippines and favored the pending bill; he discussed the gen eral tariff question and in particular the German tariff situation.- He re- Viewed William J. Bryan's record on silver and paid his respects in charao teristic oratory to Republican leaders. He ascribed future greatness to what he termed the "stand pat" disciples and declared that one of these, Secre- tary Bhaw, whose record as secretary of the Treasury included, be said, ciasei fylng frogs' legs as poultry and ponies as "household articles ' lor me conec tion of revenue was a logical Republi can presidential possibility, unless the mantle should fall on "the gray anu srisxled sneaker. Uncle Joe Cannon.' Fordney, of Michigan, opposed the measure. He expressed his disgust that the bill was made to repreent a movement under the name of "reciproc ity." He reviewed exhaustively the sugar beet industry and argued earn estly for its protection against compe- t tion with the Philippines, roruney cioncluded at 5 o'clock, when the house adjourned until tomorrow. MAY STIR UP OLD PEKIN. St. Petersburg. Jan. i. The gen eral meeting of the Workmen's council and of representatives of the proletariat organisations, which was held across the Finnish border, lasted for 36 hours, adjourning only an hour ago. The practical result of the meeting was a confession that the government bad proved too strong in its fight sgamst the strikers and the proletariat organ isations, and that it would be neces sary to organise on a new oasis me armed revolution, to which the dele gates to the meeting were committed A new Council of Workmen, con sisling of 150 members, was elected Bimilar councils will be tirgauised everywhere, following which a general congress will be elected, and an elan orate plan of battle against the gov eminent formulated. Just prior to the adjournment of the meeting a resolution was passed to turn the anniversary of January 21 (Red Sunday) into a day of mourning For this purpose an .ppeal will be made to the Socialist workmen's organ isations, both in Europe and the Unit ed States, to manifest their sympathy with the Russian revolutionaries by holding demonstrations on Monday NEW MALHEUR PROJECT IS UP Valley May Be Irrigated, Excluding Wagon Road Land. Washington. Jan. 4. The Reclama tion service has not abandoned hope of buildina Part of the Malheur irrigation project in Eastern Oregon. Upon its recommendation the secretary oi me interior has withdrawn from entry about 20.003 acres on the Upper Mai heur river, as follows: Township l south, range 30 east, sections 27, Zs and 94: townshlD 23 south, range 30 east, sections 2. 3. 11. VI, 13, i, z 23, 24, 25. 26, 27, 35, 36; towrsbip 22 south, range 37 east, sections 3J and 31; township 23 south, range 36 east, sections 1, 2, 11, 12. 13, 24 township 23 south, range 37 east, sec tions 6, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19. Th s withdrawal does not Include in lands embraced in the wagonroad grant, and it is possible a project may be devised which will enable the gov ernment to irr'.gate considerable vacant public land without waiting lor wagon road landowners to come to time. Thii move is being made at the request of the Oregon senators, who have twice conferred with the Reclamation service in the hope of having something done on the Malheur project. GERMANY PREPARES FOR WAR Chinese Students Threaten to Return En Masse From Japan. Tekin, Jan. 6. The Chinese stn- dents in Japan, who number ,uuu, have struck against the attempts of the irovsrnruent to subject them to official supervision. They are threatening to return to China as a body. If this threat should be carried out, it would prove a disturbing element here, as the sympathies of the majority of the students are antl-loreign ana ami- dynastic. A notable movement has recently hevnn here in the establishment of schools for the education of women, under the direction ol several princess es, with Japanese ladies as volunteer teachers. All the schools are crowded with sirls from leading families. Four teen Mongolian princesses have arrived at Pekin for the purposes ol seeking instruction in the European languages a curiou.ixperimint. 1 TOPICS OF THE TIMES. 'rrjM( Hlmaeir" I'pea rntss. H. Addlngton Bruc. describes the attempt of an Engiisn ciergjumu named Clarence Godfrey to "project himself Into the presence of a friend t a distance. The attempt was maae on the night of Nov. 15, ISSd. and Is thus described by Mr. Bruce, ssys Pub- llo Opinion: "The result of his attempt as ua- acrlbed In the account written our. ai his request by the 'percipient,' who. It should perhaps be added, had bad no Intimation of the experiment, was as follows: " -Yaaterdav vis., the morning or Nov. 16, 18.W about 8:30 o'clock. 1 woke up with a atart and an Idea that some one had come Jnto the room. I heard a curious sound, hut fancied It might be the birds In the Ivy outside. Next I experienced a strange," resuess longing to leave the room ana go uowu- tslrs. This feeling became so over- Dowerlnir that at last I arose and lit a candle and went down, thinking that I could get some soda water it miifht hva iiuletlnz effect, un re turning to my room I saw Mr. God frev standing under the large window on the staircase. He was dressed in his usual style and with an expression on bis face that I have noticed when be has been looking very earnestly at anything. He stood there and I held up the candle and gazed at uim ior three or four seconds In utter amaze ment, and. then, as 1 passed up the staircase, he disappeared, 'llie impres sion left on my mind w as so vivid tnai I fullv Intended waking a friend who occupied the same room as myself, but remembering thnt I should oniy oe laughed at as romantic and Imaginary I refrained from doing so.' "Anculng from analogy, It was held by those advancing the telepathic hy pothesis that the mind of a dying per son In reverting to a distant friend conveyed to the friend's mind a dis tinct Impression which took the form of a vivid visual hallucination. 10 uie reply that the apparitions were by no means uniformly coincident witn me moment of death, and not Infrequent ly occurred only after a lapse of sev- "ral hours. It was deemed sumcieiu xa point to such cases ns that of the Itev. Mr flodfrev as llustratlve or similar deferment of experimental halludna Hons. In the Godfrey case the 'will Ing begun at 10:45 p. in. on the night of Nov. 15 and touted only eight mm utes. after which Mr. Godfrey fell asleep, whereas It was not until a.u a. m. of the following morning that the hallucinatory vision appeared to the 'percipient. A CHOICE 81LICTION OF INTER. EtTINOITEMt. Coassseate .ad Crittciane Baee4 Cpea tfce Happeal. ef the Day HlaWwt cad aa4 Newa Netaa, Life is mighty uncertain In Ruasla. A man Isn't ssfe there even In gaol. Hustle over Niagara Falle. 000 years. and take a look at They'll be gone In ,- Money makes the mare go, but It often takes a mortgage to run an automobile. The Northwest pusssge baa been found, but It doesn't appear to be good for much, after all. To Msrk Twain, whose own life Is his greatest work. The longer it lasts the better It becomes. One gathers that Secretary Wilson's mind Is made up firmly lu favor of the hen as the national bird. Mark Twain says he doesn't believe In exercise. Evidently he has never hod to frame an excuse for belonging to a golf club. Nansen should find his position of Vnrwerlnn minister to England a uch snugger berth han that of en voy to the North Pole. President McCall contends that there are two sides to the lire insurance business. It Is clear enough thst the policy holders have the outside. Eastern Roads to Submit. Washington, Jan. 6. Through a committee representing the traffffic managers of the Eastern trunk lines, which Mine here yesterday, assurance has been niven the Interstste Com merce commission that the roads have indicated a desire to comply with the law in respect to the granting of re bates and other specisl privileges, roi lnwinu a conference of the traffic man agers with the commission, some days an this committee has been at work securing pledges to this end, and the announcement is just made. Britain Expects No War. I-nndon. Jan. 6. Official and" unoffi cial circles in Great Britain do not con sider the Franco-German situation as It is true that the reports emanating frorr. France had a slight ..... nn tt, i.k'V market, but this run v," , . I. temnorsrv. The British government is going on with the ar ..nooments of the Moroccan confer. ncee, and hile it is admitted that Germany might raise questions smu nttnlit cause irritation, it is not believed that this will prevent the conference from arriving at a scttlemem. Gives Rush Orders for Large Num. bar of Cart. Berlin, Jan. 4. The railway admin istration placed orders last wtek for 20.000 freight cars, at a cost of f ao 000,000, with manufacturers of five countries, stipulating delivery by th middle of February. Besides utilising the car works of Germany, the con tracts were distributed among makers in Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and Italy, which would not have been dane unless some reason for haste exists. Inquiries made regarding the reasons for urgency resulted in obtaining in statement that the ordering of the cars was a precautionary measure, the gen eral stsff desiring to be ready to move troops if necessary by the first ol March. Tnis is only a proper messure of prudence, it was arfumed, in view of the extensive military arrangements going on in France, which, among other dispositions, include Xhe move ment toward the German frontier of six regiments of artillery, or 180 guns. Millions May Starve. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 4. The famine in North Japan is causing thousands to starve, according to advices received today by the steamer Kmprea of Japan A government report ssys Miysgl.hu- kushima and Iwste provinces, with a popnlation of 2,821,675, are confront ing the worst famine since the deadly one ol no years ago. Already inous ands in these three provinces are re duced to shrub roots and bark of trees to sustain life, and 1,000,000 people are in extreme condition The misery arising is indescribable. Ready to Fight Boxers. Chicago, Jan. 4. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington sajs: Ths attitude of the Chinese toward foreign ere has become sufficiently hostile to wsrrant preparations on the part of the various gvernments lor I tie suppres sion of another demonstration such as that which occurred in 1000. The Navy department had intended to order the battleship Oregon back to the United States, but in view of the threstening situation instructions have been cabled to leave the vessel in the Orient. WINS FORMER CHILD WIFE. Wnttri Man Marries I nwltllnalr Bride of 111 Youth. Wedded a second time without rec oirniElna- his bride as the wife of his youth from whom he had been sepa rated was the slngulHr fate of James Hurlbutt, a western mining expert. Kuth Emery, an orphan governessr was 18 when James Hurlbutt first met and married her In Quebec. After brief honeymoon he set out alone to seek bis fortune In the western States, leaving his wife with her former employer, on the understand ing that she remained there until he was able to send for her. A mlsuii derstandlng arose. Corresiondence ceased. Two months later she wrote asking hlra to forgive her. But this letter never reached hlrn. - A few years later Mrs. Hurlbutt ap plied for a divorce, which was grant ed on the ground of desertion. Subse quently she married. Two years later this husband died In New Mexico. She was left a fortune, which Inelud ed mines In Montana. At a hotel In Butte she saw a innn whose face seemed strangely familiar. It was that of a middle-aged mnii with Iron gray hair and heard. She learned that he was James Hurlbutt, her first husband. They met dally in the hotel, but he did not recognize her and she ou Id not bring herself to make a disclosure. Finally she wished to get an ex pert's report on her mining property. She was referred to Mr. Hurlbutt as a competent man for the work. They were Introduced. He Agreed to ex amine the property and seemed per sonally attracted to her. Gradually she grew to hope that she might make him love her for her sake rather than for the sake of the girl wife he hud left behind hi in years before. They soon Itecsme fast friends. He asked her no questions about her past life; she told him only so ninny as she thought It well for him to know. He never once suspected who she was. At length he proposed and was accepted. They went together and were married by n Justice of the peace. Only themselves know what was said when, immediately after their second marriage, she revealed to him the secret which he had never suspected. When a young woman stenogrspher falls heir to a fortune of a million dol- lara she takes only uotes of large de nomination and ceases to submit to anybody's dictation. do not go to the agricultural communi ties, where they are sure of an abund ance of food and good shelter. From wsste paper alone one rail road, last year, realized $5,000. Pine, pena, nails, old brooms, bottles, tin csns and worn-out machinery of all aorta are gathered up along the route by all the railway companies and turned Into money. Even the ashes are sold or utilized for Improving the roadbed. These things seem small to command the attention of a rich rail way company. But It must be remem bered that the railway company Is rich because It looks after the Itttle things. The greatest corporations In the world are not above taking care of the frac tious of pennies. The railway scrap heap of the country last yesr reached the value of f l,2.0.ot0 a most re spectable sum of money, notwithstand ing It came from picked up pins and paper, old nails and old brooms. Wsste forms one of the most vital questions In economics, not alone for railroads and big manufacturing plants, but for every household. It Is Impossible, of course, for any very great sum to be realized lu the saving of waste In a household. And yet the usual wnste of any home Is relatively far greater than that of a railroad. We think It menn and miserly to look after the little things. And for that reason, more than for any other, hu man life la cursed with poverty and pauperism. There Is less meanness lu a poor man's saving a penny than In a rich man's saving a million. -T-- - iasr m K3H r There must have been some truth In those rumors that the New York sub ways would soon cease to be profitable. Belmont Is willing to let the city buy them from him. This thing of packing husbands lu trunks when starting on the honey moon trip may be economical, but It Is undignified. No husband of proper spirit will submit to IL The Russia n government has ap proved plans for a railroad under Bering strults. This Is foreign news that will awaken real Interest the uear- er the great bore approaches our con tinent. "The Czar then turned on hla heel," says a London aispatcn, aescnoing a quarrel between the Czar and Count Wltte. Won't It be a relief when the Czar or some other potentate concludes a quarrel by turning on his toe? One Insurance witness says that he took an Illegal rebate without attempt ing to Justify the act even to him self. Here Is a example of law breakers. If they are bound to vio late the law they might at least spare us sophistry. To meet the disclosures of perjury, theft, bribery and other crimes In high places both the bench and the bar must act to prevent the' overthrow of real democratic Institutions. The ar senals of the law must be reached for effective "weapons. The armory of Justice must tie rsnsacked for swift procedure. The tide or crime which Is now receiving its encouragement from above will swell from the depths beneath unless Its exemplars In high places are punished. Hardly any subject of human Inter est has failed of official recognition by the British government. Therefore It was not strange that Queen Victoria should make a knight of George II iiuma founder of the Young Mens Christian Association, on the fiftletl anniversary of that organization In lH'.Kt Sir George llllams, as he then became, died recently, full of years and of honors, leaving behind him a memory of which his fellow men may i nmud. He was a farmer's What a strange and terrible thing It Is that for nearly two thousand years the bitterest hatred and the fierc est persecution have conoentrnted upon that race through which the world re ceived ita great message of peace and good will! The history of civilization Is full of dark pages, but the blackest of all are those which touch the sub J oct of religion. Pagans have fought Christians and Christians have put pagans to the sword. The hand of the Catholic has been turned against the l'rotestant and the hand of the Trot estant against the Catholic; and even the smaller sects have fought each oth er when they could not unite to fight common foe. But the Jews have been persecuted or denied civil rights lu almost every country In Christen (loin, and have fwuud enemies In every Christian sect. Even In this twentieth century they suffer moral If not physi cal persecution In "enlightened" Ger many and France. The recent terrl ble outbreak against the Jews lu Odes sa and other parts of Russia was doubtless due In part to the Ignornnce and bigotry of the Russian peasants, and In part to misrepresentations by men In power, to whom every such di version Is a screen for their own evil deeds. In contrast to the outrages in Russia, how brightly shines the con duct of the Jews throughout the world, who have rallied so promptly to the succor of their helpless brethren! Ev ery day has brought Its reports of add ed thousands pouring In to the relief fund, much of the money coming from the poorest Jews In English and Amer lean cities. Nor have the Christians withheld the helping hand. Here, at least, is a sign of that larger brother hood of man which In time must over ride the barriers of race and creed. No Retaliatory Measures. Washington, Jan. A motion was taken by the house leaders today which will assure no effort at retaliation by congress upon the lailroade for refus ing railrond passes to members. Fol lowing a public interview by General Grosvenor, of Ohio, yesterday, advo .tina retaliation. Speaker tannon, i .i . n.rtreet. of the committee v. . ' i. .. .h, years. A Ked leaders neiu a which the agreement was reached. Snow Blocks Northern Line. St. Taul. Jan. 4. A heavy snow storm prevailed here today and tonight continues with unabated force. Prifte three feet In depth have blocked some of the street car lines and on others traffic is maintained with great diffi culty. The temperature, however, is comparatively mild. Specials from noints in Minnesota ana isconsin say the storm U the most severe in five At Red Wing, Minn., a snow l.rasons We Mlaht I. ram. In Switzerland two people may not marry till they have leen examined by a magistrate and he has certified to their physical and mental fitness. The government runs the pawnshop In France, and per cent a year against 72 per cent In America Is all that Is ever paid on pledges. All trolley cars In England are dou ble-deckers. The roof sests. In all but bad weather, are by far the more pop ular. Germany's best schools, the famous gymnasia, charge only (1 a week tut tlou. Here prince and peasant alike are enrolled. In Holland dentists and oculists, vis Itlng the'publlc schools regularly, look sfter the children's eyes and teeth. Beggars In Wurtembnrg must carry a state license certifying to their In ability to work. America Guards Against Plague Victoria, B. C, Jan. 4. American wsooisi us? quarantine officer, at Yokohama have Washington, Jan. 6 Th freshen q ,te.mthip companies there and Mrs. Roevelt annonnced tonut arriT ,n Yoko. that th. wading of Mis. AlicR h.m. .k, 0r Tlcinity will be al- veil to Repreeeiitativ. 7? lotred proceed to Ameriea nnlee. worth, of Cinclnnaii, "room oJ hey remain In Yokoh.m. It o'clock boo., in EMtroomo,lhJrbMkUhi,e.rtiaedo. week ftod is A a C'eaaeat Calvvrla. During late years farming com munities are ulvlng much attention to the public highways, realizing that It Is money well expended. One or tne chief expense accounts has been for culverts and these fire quite as high when the opening to be bridged Is liar- row, for the reason that less expensive and, much lighter lumber is used hence the culvert must be renewed at frequent Intervals. As the cost of lum ber Increases, the cost of cement aud cement building blocks and slabs de creases, so that the future will see many more structures of different kinds built of concrete than It has been thought profitable to use In the past. Experts say that a span of twenty- five feet or less can be bridged with a flat culvert of cement at low cost and that the work Is lasting. The main essentials In the cement culvert, be- If sheep re uot kept constantly In good condition the quality of the wool Is affected. You cau't grind corn and get wheat flour. Neither can you feed straw and get butter fat. A proper poultry house Is not nec essarily one with a Jim crack roof and a gtlt weather-cock. I'roflt In dairying depend, upon four things good rows, good and cheap feed, good care and a ginnl market. The Farm TuuUaoa. It Is the exception, rather than the rule, to find a shop as a branch or farm work nowadays. We run to the store for any little thing we want, pay two prices for It and lose, valuable time. Our fathers had all of the small tools In the shop aud could make any repairs not of a serious nature on any tool or appliance of the fur in aud do it quickly and Inexpensively. Our hired help are kept busy on rainy days go ing over tools and wagons, painting and repairing. If the harness breaks there are waxed ends of thread ready for use or some rivets to repair larger breaks. The shop contains a small anvil and a vise as well as a wooden damp in which to hold the ends of leather when sewing them. Nails, screws, bolts, hinges and the like are kept lu small numbers, but In various sizes. Oils, monkey wrenches, chisels. hummers and the like are always there and we are prepared for any small trouble. A very small corner of the barn Is large enough for the shop, and It will pay to begin now to fit up such a place, milling tools as one can. t IVT'sm. mm riNisu or rtMKNf cn.vr.nT. yond the first-class material, of course, are the submerged cut-off wall at each end to prevent undermining and the wing walls at each end. In every sec tion there are masons who are famil iar with the working of concrete and highway overseer, should consult these men before Investing money In the old-time and expensive wooden culverts. The Illustration shows the side wings of the cement culvert. which add to Its durability. Indian apolls News. Potato from Small Meed. Considerable argument Is rife among writers as to the relative value of small and medium or large tubers. for use as seed. It Is claimed thnt the small tuber will often (generally, perhaps) produce as large and fine re sults as fhe larger tubers used for seed. We believe this claim Is open to question at -least beyond the first generation, for It Is safe to say that degeneration can only be the result from planting the small tubers a num ber of seasons In succession. inn eoins to be a loulcal conclusion to reach. On the other hand, it Is quite as logical to assume that the fine me dium or large tuber, containing as It must all the vigor and fine points of the variety, will produce first class progeny and, we believe, this Is es sentially the case when the seed tu bers are selected from one's own prod uct and selected at the proper time and properly cared for. If the seed pota- FUR TRADE OF MAINE. H.t . tha Sklaa Takea la a Seaaon Find Taelr Way to London. The skins of 100 bears, 200 loups cervlers. f00 otters, l.(S fisher cats, 30 0O0 foxes, r.0,K) skunks and 125,000 innskrata are taken In Maine every vear and find their way Into the mar kets of the world, most of them going to Ionrton to be disposed or at the an nual auction sale made by the Hud sou Bay Company. The muskrat skins go to Germany where they are dyed anil tanned and then made ui In cheap muffs aud col lars for the export trade. Many of the fox pelts come paca 10 A...er.. '" : -re HP,,vtP(, from the bin. be the , after bring oruereu ,,. from muhII or the large til- wat Rvelra'e Itaaaoa. Nelle Why did Evelyn marry that old man Gotdough? Belle Because be says he loves her so well be I. willing to die for ber, and she doesn't think It will be long be fore he does It. Is'.lss News. When a man Is loaded yon always know It; but It's different with a gun. boy, who carried with him to London the homely standards of honor and honesty which are the heritage or the boy on the farm when his father can bless him with few of the material things; When he was iweiuj-iwu years old he Induced some of hla fel low employes In the i.onnon ury goous house where lie worked to hold prayer meetings, and the next year twelve young men formed the first Young Men's Christian Association in me world. From this small beginning has grown the large and Influential organ ization which is doing a nenenceui work wherever civilized men are found. Secretary Wilson's rejxirt for the year lisi.i snow -now iu farmer has sent ahrotin in me lasi sixteen yesrs "$I2.(ssi,(ss),(sW worth of agricultural produce, that staggering figure representing the excess or wnsi we produce over what we need our selves, and In that time has not only wiiied out a balance of trade against ns but has "salted down" $.ft3.000. 0i s) to his own credit. The farmer has made the nation's prodigious pros perity and Is getting a big shsre of It, whether It Is his full equitable share or not. . Within the last dozen years a won derful change has come over the busi ness of farming In this country. The opprobrium that once attached to the occupation of tilling the son ns given way to a genuine resvt .nd admira tion for the farmers, who today llvo letter In every way tnan a majority of those who claim the sordid, gniel- llng cities as their homes. Most of the farmers nowadsys hsve unmort gaged dwellings on profitable acre. Their aon. .nd daughters go to coi leee and tec hnical schools, where they lesrn how to return to the fsrms and get more out of the aoll than their father, were .hie to do. The cltle. do not offer the .ttr.ctlon. to those young people they once held. It Is hard to understand why more of the complalners and those who ssy they cannot earn enough to keep them selve. and their famine. In the cltle. fancy names, madcup. Not a few of the skunk skins are colored and manufactured lu this country. Th'e bear skins seldom quit this side of the Atlantic, as there Is a ereat demand for bearskin roties and rnirs In the Northern States. Most of the mink skins are used for the lining of expensive fur coats, though a good number are made Into muffs and other furs worn ny wen dressed women. Nearly all the choice icr Hklns bo to "Russia, where they command man 'i" In average years there will be taken l.l.,..b two silver gray loxes nun uue ' fox out of a total of .TO.iSS) foxes, l he former are comparatively cheap, net ting the trapper from to $K each. -i.iu a Inrire skin from a piaca rox i auiio ci . commands anywuere u t-"-' r.oo according to Its size and the nne- ness of the fur, Except for tufts of long grsy hairs on the shoulders and a line of grsy ex tending down the back, there is no dir fBrnme lietween a silver gray ami a t.lnck fox. The body coloring of both Is a shiny black: the greater the luster the higher the price. Wealthy Russian noiiies have or dered nil the silver gray and black fox nelta that may be secured for years in a.ivnnce. and stand ready to pay si most fabulous prices sooner tnsn miss a Single spermim. "I guess I'll have to admit that I'm superstitious. "Oh. I wouldn't las thst wsy "You wouldn't?" "o Whenever you begin to get su- ....rstitious It's a sure sign you're going t have l'ress. bad luck." Philadelphia liolaa aa a ' Yoiina- Mr. Gilder asked me ' i.t. Kim tn the thester to-mor- lO go " i" p-tw tilurht. n.rt'.e That'. Just like hrm. He's alwsys making the queerest bets. Cleveland Plain ieaier. A man ought to ssve up money In hi. youth, .o that whaa age come, be will have fme to devote to arranging the hair, acrosa bis bsld spot. hers. In the-apiing Just about the time they are wanted for use, It must not be expected that they will give as good results as those which have Peen prop erly selected lu the fall and properly cared for. There Is a decided saving of time, money and fertilizer In the careful selection of the seed potatoes, as any one will discover who will take the necessary trouble. Exchange, larreaaed lb Potato Held. In a three year test of growing pota toes after clover at the Ontario Sta tion, an average Increase of thirty- seven bushels per acre was obtained, as compared with growing potatoes without the use of clover, l or fertiliz ing the land for potatoes the author ils the use of a moderate Quantity of barnyard manure applied on the clover In the fall, or of well- rotted manure used In the spring; or, If commercial fertilizers are used, an ap plication of r" to S pounds of or more per acre In the proportion of 2:o nounils of nltrste of soda. .l.iO pounds of superphosphate, and 2no pounds of sulphate or muriate or potash, .mi in crease of forty bushels per acre wss obtained In a crop cultivated six tunes. as compared with one cultivated three times. In a threeyear test sprsying with bordeaux mixture apparently In creased the yield ninety-four bushels. The cost of growing sn acre of pota toe. yielding .Ts bushels Is estimated at .".2.14. Farm Mataa, Long and hard pulling makes wind broken horses: Hen. .r. without exception the most sadly neglected of all the living creature, that are proniaoie 10 uie farmer. Cream should h.ve uniform con- .latency .. well as unnonu nprueaa when It go, to the churn. Tiairrlnc Is rrseUc.Ily a cash busi ness. If. proflt.ble, too, In poor time. Star by IL No animal of any breed or species of domestic .nlm.l. will uniformly pro- dace young that ar. .11 of a superior order. The 1st set statistic .how that only about one-third of the farmer, ar. owner, of th. land they farm In Ar- Small t-'anulua. It Is not always the man who V.s 200, '.'WS) or Boo acres of land who Is making the most money In proportion (o the iiinouut he has Invested In it. There are those who with 10. 1 2i or 2o acres, i re making more than the average fanner with five or ten times that amount of land. As a rule It Is because the farmer has a part of his means reserved as a working capi tal. With It he can secure labor. Im plements, fertilizers and all that I necessary to bring his little farm up to the highest point of successful pro duction. Many of our farmers would do better fo sell half their land at even half the price and devote the money thus acquired to better man aging the remainder of their farm. than to pay taxes upon the entire amount they now farm or rather half farm. t'arallve Apparatna. All efficient mode of treating bruised. Irritated and sometimes diseased limb of animals as, for Instance, the leg of a horse Is by pouring a stream of water upon the 1 1 m!i at a point af fected. Heretofore It has been univer se. 1 1 y customary for the person In charge of the ani mal to hold the end of a hose at fhe point desired pour the It for such length of time as might be deemed necessary. This mode of holding the stream Is more or 1ims defective, iu that the stream of water could not be poured upon the exact spot for any great length of time on account of the person holding the hose becoming tired and unable to direct It uniformly. In order to obviate these difficulties and to produce an apparatus not requiring continuous attention, the device here Illustrated was produced. rro ..to. 71 HIIIKCTM 8THKAM. a a stream of water upon ... ... , A nit that naarlv 'w. o ; the .'rt of acquiring ..nun., whll. .n th. UnltM Bt.t wLlfb . written b, poor mewl tU proportion U alao.t twothM. t'alve Ckaaplr Fattened. Professor Roberts, of the Cornell station, claims that to ratten calves successfully on skim milk and grain to supply the butler faf, the calves should first be fed a moderate amount of new milk fcr a few days, and then skim milk should be gradually substi tuted so that at the end of a few weeks the calves would be fed entirely on skim mils, ir seven pounos oi corn meal Is mixed with one pound of Unseed meal, old process preferable, he finds It will make a fairly good sub stitute for the butter fats of the new milk. I lover Maallllra. White clover does not seem to be af fected by the so called clover sickness which Interferes with raising common clover more than . certain number of years on the same piece of land. Al- slke slSo seems to suffer less from the sickness snd will thrive on a rather wet, heavy piece where red clover does not do well, likewise stands se vere cold better than red clover, but I. not liked by cattle so well ss either the red or w idle clover. Itoaf Palaflea- Paata. The roof wears out, unless kept pslnted. faster than sny other part of a wooden building. It pays better to keep the roof pslnted thsn It does the sides, and It will also need to Im pslnt ed oftener. When shingles are used from dear, straight grain wood and kept alwsys pslnted. they mill Isst a very long time. One of the advan tages of painting roofs Is to keep wa ter from the nails, where rusting soon rots the wood where they are driven. t aatlaaaas W ire Faarlaa. The Iron Age Is authority for th st.tement that wire fencing is now produced In continuous rolls by so to rus tic electric welder.. A number of galvanized wire, are fed from reel, arranged vertically .nd parallel to each other, while from other reel, ar ranged transversely vertical length, of wlr. srs placed aero, tn. hortsontal wire, first mentioned. Where Uism wire. Intersect they ar. electrical, welded, when another ection move, forward aotomaUc.il, and th arocaaa repeated. the whit houM.