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'U h m : M i ! fi I W,' . m it' t- . JgFfjgffOfj Cola Weather SUIn Trouklra. It is natural that persons with deli cate, thin skins should suffer more or 1ms discomfort In the winter; and when to a delicate skin Is added a poor general circulation, the Buffering may becomo a serious matter. Much may bo done to reduce this suf fering to a minimum, In tho caso of persons who aro not obliged to oxpose themselves to the elements In all weather, and even thoso who are .much exposed may help their condition by observing a few simple rules. The greatest annoyance In damp, cold countries In England, especially Is the chilblain. In most parts of America the very cold weather Is also dry, and this particular horror does not flourish. The hands and feet are the parts most generally affected by chilblain, which Is a sort of miniature frost-bite. Tho Intolerable Itching which Is associated with It 1 one of the most trying symptoms. It often leads to such vigorous scratching that the skin Is broken, and ulceration re sults. But with the warm and dry American domicile there need not be great fear of this particular forni of akin trouble. Some persons always develop skin troubles In a prolonged spell of vory cold weather, and all very delicate bVIbs will suffer from harsh and biting cold winds. Tenons who aro subject to any form of eczema are especially liable to an attack In cold weather. There are many simple precautions which no one of ordinary Intelligence should neglect Take, for example, the simplest form of all cold weather skin bothers chapped hands. Many persons will say, "My hands always chap dreadfully In cold weather, and If cross-examined these same people seem to regard the chapping as an In evttable condition from which there Is no escape. Let such persons try the following simple treatment: Never wash the hands In very cold or very hot water. Use a simple, pure, super fatted soap, dry very thoroughly, and apply some emollient the old-fashioned glycerin and roo water will often work as well as anything. In some cases It will be better not to use soap In any form and to substitute oatmeal. The hands should always be well covered when In the open air. If to this Is added proper exercise. In erder that the circulation may be good, there will be bo chapped hands. The sasse rules apply to the face and to the akin generally thorough pro tection by the clothing, care In bathing, with the use of an emollient all the time, and a good general circulation. Tenth's Companion. HKfOHT OF WAVBS. ATcmsr 30 Fet, Although Top plntr lf" at 60 Are- Kiom. Measurements and estimates from mariners and observers at sea Indi cate that the average height of su. the waves running in a gale In tho open ocean is about twenty feet, but tho height of the Individual waves Is often found to vary in the proportion of one to two, says the Scientific American, and there Is, in fact. In a fairly regular sea a not Inconsiderable range of site among the waves. In any statement tnat we may make as to the size of waves in a gale on the ocean we should not neglect the mention of the larger waves that occur at fairly frequent In tervals. These, which may be termed the ordinary maximum waves, aro per haps what seamen really refer to when they state the 'size of the waves met with during a storm at sea. "About forty feet" Is a common estimate cf the height of the larger waves In a severe gale on the North Atlantic, and this estimate Is really not Incompatible with a recorded average of a little more than twenty feet. It Is difficult to say what may be the greatest height of the solitary or nearly solitary waves that are from time to time reported by mariners. The casual combination of the numerous Independent undula tions running on the sea presumably sometimes produces two or three suc ceeding ridges or two or three neigh boring domes of water of considerably greater dimensions than those of the ordinary maximum waves of a storm. Although these large cumulative waves may be frequently produced, yet they will be comparatively seldom observed, because so small a fraction of the ocean's surface Is at one time under ob servation. There are seemingly relia ble accounts of cases In which these "topping seas" have reached the height of sixty feet. ANCIENT COPPEB MINE. Deeoalte Found Ir Phoenician Near fllbraltar 8,000 Ycara Asa. The most ancient copper mine In the -orId Is the Rio Tlnto, In Spain. Three thousand years ago the Phoenicians found Just beyond Gibraltar extensive deposits of coppor ore, says the New York Times. Copper was one of the most desired metals of those days, and the Phoenicians, skillful artificers, set to extracting it. When their sea trade was usurped by Carthaginians several centuries later ore from the mine was carried to the various ancient trad lac wet. When Carthago fell, the Romans took possession and worked the rtto Tlnto for centurtos. Then came Cloths, and later Moors, digging more gold out of tho Iberian moun tain side. When Ferdinand and Isabella drove tho Moors out of Spain tho crown took possession of the lllo Tlnto mine and leased It from time to time to adven turers from various countries of Ku rope; In tho seventeenth century It was leased to a Swede and later to n Frenchman; In the eighteenth century to a company of Englishmen. During tho French Invasion tho mlno was abandoned to be reopened by tho crown about 100 years ago. In 1S73 English bankers offered a good round price, and tho Spanish government turned the property over to thorn; a public company was formed and tho shares offered Investors, Tbo yearly output was enormously Increased, and slnco the English took possession sotno ISO, 000,000 worth of coppor has been mined. In 1906 and 1907 dividends of 110,000,000 were declared, tho largest ever paid by any copper mine In tho world. The steam shovel has added generations to tho life of Klo Tlnto. As the property has been entered deeper and deeper the ore has become poorer rich tires were all extracted yean ago. Six; years since, when tho Owners were puullng over mtntng the low-grade ore at n profit, along camo an American with an Idea, A few steam shovels, he showed, would do the work of thousands of Spanish miners, and even though the miners were paid only 6 cents a day steam hovels would save much money. The English timidly sent to the states for two shovels; now American shovels aro grunting and snorting all over Rio Tlnto, within sight of the old slag piles of the Romans, Carthaginians and Phoenicians. KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED. Bat Did Xot Kno-r Kinrl'r How (o Aek tor It. "Next to a street car, perhaps, the best placo to study humanity Is a pub lic library," said a young librarian of the Drexel Institute, according to tho Philadelphia Record. "Librarians havo to bo mind readers, bureaus of In formation and depository of family se crets all In one. Ono day last week a rather nice-looking woman came tq me and said: "Will you give me a nice book on hyglener Thinking I was go ing to aid a soul struggling after light I fished out the best authority I could find on that subject. She took It to one of the side tables, and I saw her scanning page after page, studying the Index with deep frowns on her face, but looking altogether despairing. "By-ond-by, she came to me and said: This won't do, I am afraid. Have yon got a book on dermatotogyr 'Dermatology 1 I repeated. 'Yes,' sho aid. 'A book that tells all about the face.' "Pros some of the dark, unexplored recesses I did bring out a book that dealt wtlh facial massage, facial blem ishes and kindred subjects. ThlsJ won't do at all,' she said, after she had pored over It In the same manner as she bad pored over the hygiene. "'What on earth are you looking for anyhow r I ventured to question at last. 'Why,' she said, 'I I am Just looking for a recipe for cold cream.' " STORY OF INK STAIN. On Canard lijr Archibald Forb At tributed to 'apoleoaa Have. Pens and furniture used In the sign Ing of famous treaties and documents recall Archibald Forbes' experience after Sedan, the London Chronicle says. After witnessing Napoleon's In terview with Dlsmark at a wayside cot tage and his subsequent surrender, Forbes and a fellow war correspondent slept at the chateau which the fallen emperor bad occupied the night before. The bedroom was Just as Napoleon had left It and by the bed the open book with which ho had read himself to sleep. It was Lytton's "Last, of the Barons." Sitting at the adjoining writing table Forbes wrote his dis patches, while his companion gnawed at a bam bone, their sole remainder of food. Irate at the little eating It furnished, he flung it across the room and upset the Inkstand Into which Forbes was dipping. Whea Forbes revisited the chateau a month or so later the Ink stain was pointed out as caused by Napoleon's rage on learning the German terms of peace. Front th Seat of tb Scornful. Jack and Joey at the menagerie watched the Hon eat sugar from the trainer's hand with equal interest but differing Inference. "Oh!" gasped Joey, round-eyed. "Pooh!" said Jack. "I could do that" "What! Your "Ot course! Quite as well as that old lion." Bather Waralnsr, Landlady (to lodger) Are you In the bath, sir? Voice (between the splashes) Yes. What d'you wantT Landlady I forgot to tell you I bad It fresh-painted Inside last night, air, and it won't be dry for two or three days! Punch. A Dreary Failure. "Yes, ray life ls.a failure." "Oh, Henry, bow sad! Why should you say thatr "I spend all my time making money enough to buy food and clothes, and the food disagrees with me and my clothes doa't fit" "I have the automobile fever," said a man today, "but fear I will die f It" (Chart-Caa't buy oat.) BOUND TO RISK. Whon any one mentioned John Sib ley, ,tho faro of John's grandfather brightened, tor John was tho apple of tho old man's eyo. "Tho folks thought becauso ho was kind of undorsliod, he wouldn't over amount to much," tho old gentleman would say, with & chuckle, "hut I guess they've scon bo foro now. Youngest of tho lot of 'em, and already sup'rlntendent of ono branch of (ho railroad where ho start ed In as coiMuctor only five years ago." "Ho must havo made quick pro gress," said ono visitor, who had acci dentally started Mr, Sibley on tho sub tect of his frvorlte grandson. "He did, certain," said Mr. Sibley. "Fact Is, John has a lot o' horso-senso nd a lovel head. "Scorns the president of the road Is most seven feet tail, and on day, Just to try John, who didn't know him by sight, he got on John's train, having bought a ticket He put the ttcket In his hatband, and when John cams along ho was standing up at tho rear end of tho car, talking to a man, and watching to soo what John would do. "John took a good look at him, saw ho didn't Intend to pass down his tick et, and looked as It ho'd make soiuo game of John's site If a word was said but there wasn't! "John finished up the other fares, then ho opened the llttlo store closet, took out tho steps he used when he lighted the lamps to go through th tunnel, set 'em up against the presi dent, climbed up, took the ttcket, punched It and put It back In tho hat band. "Well, sir, there were a good many In the car that knew who the presi dent was, and when Joljn had gone on, sober as a Judge, there was consid erable talk. "When he came through the car next time the president was sitting down, and he asked John a number of ques tions, and tho upshot of It was thit John got his first promotion the next week. "The president said that he'd shown three things all at once, John ttad that be was good-tempered, knew when to hold his tonguo, and had resources of his own." A INitlto I'lvphanf. That everything should be In its own place Is a matter not only of conven ience, but of necessity for some people, and some animals, as the following ex amples from John Augustus O'Sbea'a "Leaves from the Llfo of a Special Cor respondent" go to prove. Certain or ders ot Intellect run smoothly In accus tomed grooves, but have no ability to meet any unusual occasion. The author describes a visit to a traveling menagerlo. The showman was repeating bis les son like a schoolboy. He was enlarg ing on the peculiarities ot the ostrich ot Africa, upon the uncanny form ot which the visitor were supposed to be gaslng. "But, my friend," I remarked In an undertone to that functionary, "that Is not the ostrich of Africa; that It tho pelican ot Australia." "They're always playing Jokes on me!" exclaimed the showman, plain tively. "How can a cove tell which li which, If they goes on a-cbanglng ot' the cages when his back Is turned?" In the other Instanco ot the value of order It was the animal which was not equal to the emergency. The show man rose superior to suth slight vicis situdes of fortune. In the Illness of the regular show man, a substitute was furnished w..u a piece ot paper setting forth the ele phant's tricks. "The behemoth 'will now walk around the ring on three legs!" shout ed the showman. Behemoth did as ordered, and the audience applauded. "The behemoth will now stand on his hind legs!" the elephant perform ing his tasks faithfully. At last a mistake was made In the order. Throwing his whip on the zTound, the showman announced that the behemoth would now lift the whip with bis trunk. Nothing of the kind happened. The elephant began moving round the rldg backward. A negro at tendant whispered to the showman: "That's bis next number!" The showman was equal to the oo" caslon, and said: "Ladles and gentlemen, my favorite Is not .backlog out of bis engagement, but be Is more polite than I, and wishes to make bis farewell before he goes. So polished are bis manners that he retires as ho might at court, and presently will follow with the whip." China Wax Farm I oar. One of the best known Industries of China Is wax farming, Harper's Week ly says. A certain tiny Insect is culti vated with groat skill by the Chinese of a certain district, because of the fine white wax It produces. This little Insect which Is hardly yet known to western science, .has many peculiarities, one of which fs that for the successful production ot wax two stages of Its lite must be passed In very different regions. The esrllor stage, In which tbo females de velop until almost ready to deposit their eggs Is in tho Chlen-chang val ley, In the western part ot China, where grows a tree at an altitude of 6,000 feet on which tbo Insect passes the first part ot Its existence. la May It Is time to remove the colonies of wax workers to the lower altitude of tusc&waa province, where is found an- other treo, feeding upon wntcn th in seet makes Its wax, This removal U ouo ot the most plolurosquo features ot tho Industry. Thousands ot porters nre employed In It. The colonics ot Insects removed from tho tree are wrapped In loaves ot tho wood-oil treo, racktfd carefully ta baskets they nro slung from the shouldora ot tho porters, who must boar them from 100 to 400 miles. Tho way lies ovor tho rocky paths and holghts ot tho Sicchwan mountains, through sovoral cities and otuls at tho farms, whero tho masters ot tho bear ors awnlt them. All tho Journey must bit madu at night, as tho sun's heat would dovolop tho Insects too fast. At that time ot year It la tho custom ot the cities along tho way to l-mve their gates open all night In order that tho progress ot Uio bearers may not be Interrupted. With tho baskets sus pended from their shoulders, tho port ors run In their weird procession nt thotr top speed from dark till day light Clad almost Invariably In rain proof straw, they carry picturesque lanterns which swing a sthey run, throwing tho fantastla shadows of their bodies all around. At daybreak the men find some dense shade for their burdens, prepare thotr meals and go to sleep. At night fall they are under way again. At the farms whero the wax Is to be formed the loaves containing Insects are tied to tho limbs ot trees, whero tho heat ot the aun develops them. Crawling out, the males proceed to form cocoons and the arc the sources ot the wax. In n short tltuo the entire tree Is covered with the shining white, so that, but for the heat, one would believe tho treo was hidden In frost. This whlto coverlug Is sometimes a quarter ot an Inch thick ovor most of a tree. It Is scraped oft and refined, and from it are mado candles for tho household, objects for the temples and many other things, and nn annual tribute ot the best quality is seat to the royal family at l'oklu. SOYS' INTENSIVE FARM1NO. ' Shoirtua; How th Produrltreneaa of Land Jta- H Inrreaaed. More than 12,000 southern boys less than 18 )ear old planted and cultl rated an acre at corn each lost year under the direction of the department of agriculture, the Youth's Companion says. Persons Interested In tho experi ment In Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia ottered to pay tho expenses ot a trip to Washington for the boy In each 8tate who raised tho greatest amount ot corn on his acre. The winning boys will soon visit the national capital. The average yield ot corn to the acre In 1909 was a little more than, twenty-live bushels. Tho South Caro lina boy, who mado the best record, produced 1S2H bushels. The winning Mississippi boy raised 14T bushels, tho Arkansas boy 13S and the boy In Vir ginia III. The average raised by each of the 13,000 was sixty bushels. The instructions given to those boys by the department ot agriculture are available to every farmer In the coun try. It they should be followed exactly the yield of corn to the acre could easily be doubled In a single year. Intensive cultivation Is worth while on all crops. The average yield of po tatoes to the acre In 1909 was 107 bushels, but the Maine farmers aver aged 225 bushels, and some of the most progressive of them dug 400 bush els to the acre. The yield of corn and potatoes depends more upon cultiva tion and fertilization than upon tbo soil, and there is practically no part ot the United States In which these crops cannot be raised successfully, It Is beyond doubt that larger crops can be produced from ten acres thor oughly tilled than from two or oven three times ten acres cultivated as they usually are. The fact that the South Carolina prize winner raised more corn on one acre than the aver age fanner produces from six tells a story that should not be lost upon those for whose benefit the experiment was made. Hather Venomoaa. A tenderfoot who visited the Yosem He In the old days thus related his ex perience: The stage driver found out that be was seriously afraid of snake and Immediately proceeded to make his hair stand on end. "Venomous reptiles? You bet. i don't know WAat reptiles Is, but them snakes you can Just bet your life It venomous. .Why, ono day I was comln' down here drlvln' a wagon when I catches sight of a snako In the brush all ready for a spring. My horses starts, an' I whips 'em up fast to clear the snake, don't you see, afore be could spring. He makes one clear spring, tbo snake does, an' be misses the horses." "That was lucky. But you you" - "Lucky? You bet your life It was lucky. He missed the horses, the snake did, but he stuck his fangs clean through tho wngon," "You don't iaylM "I do say, and maybo you don't be lieve It, but It's a fact He stuck bis fangs clean through that wagon, an' that wagon Is swelled up so bad that we had to leave It by the wayside and take the horses home." What He'd Tab. The Lady What would you expect me to give you If you'd split that wood for mo? The Hobo Some new kind ot anes thetic, mum and yer'd batter give It before I started. Cleveland Leader, Fears of oeople up In airships art grousd'su DbTV vuV aSSF I r I Bn nV ir MnKllijitM BsMg. :o Farmer ami Utah l'rle. Tho farmer Is not guilty. Ho Is n rery small factor In tlin high prices now being paid for products. A tludy of prices paid In Chicago for hooves, sheep and hogs and for produce will show that tho farmer Is not gottlng more than his share. ltocently the writer purchased a hind quar ter of beef, dressod and delivered on his farm, for D cents a pound. This samo piece of meat would retail In Chicago for twice that amount Any one can buy dressed meat from the farmers for that price 7 cents a pound tor foro quarter and 9 cents for hind quarter. Our hogs sell for nearly 8 cents a pound on the hoof and can be pur chased from farmers, killed and dressed, at 12 cents. There Is no waste In either dressed pork or beef purchased from farmers the sains kind as that you get from your local butcher. The fanner Is paying high prices for everything he uses and his land must earn an Income on an In vestment of from $100 to 1200 an acre. His farm machinery and horses have doubled In price. Don't blame th farmer) he Is work Ing hard for very ordinary wages. I am farming 180 acres. I will be high ly pleased If I get 120 an acre for my crop, or $3,200 tor ths year. The landlord gets one-halt the crop for rent (saving me $1,400 for a year's work for myself, wit and son, and $2,800 worth of horses and machinery. To earn this $1,600 we work from 4 a. m. until 8 p. m, eight months ot the year, and during the other four months put In moro than eight hour a day at hard manual labor It Is not all milk and honey on th farm, and the writer believer, that the farmer, as a consumer as well as a producer, Is buying too many automobiles for mid dlemen, paying dividends on too much watered stock and being the "fall guy" as well a th cliff dwullers of tho city A Farmer. Hraev for Feneo I'aal. In about four cases out of every ten sagging of wire fences is due to poor, Improper bracing. It Is not enough to staple th separate strands secured to each post that Is splendid as far as It goes. To have a welt-stretched fence and keep It taut. It Is absolutely necessary that a good brace or anchor post be used and that the fence be stretched from these anchors. A good brace is Illustrated. The construction Is very simple and th cost la as mod erate as any, Th end post should be of good sit and perfectly sound. The brace post need not be large, but must be In good condition It It Is to wear. Other polls may be easily reset with out Interfering greatly with th fence, but this Is not the case with either of th bracers. The 4x4 running from the top ot one post to the base of the othsr should be well selected, as con--Idtrable strew Is placed upon It It Is best to mortise the ends of the cross bar or brace Into the posts, as blocks nailed on give way In time. A fairly nc.tcs rosT tuicr. soft wire Is better for the binding strand than one more liable to break with winding. T(itu Lamp for Forma. Th introduction of tungsten lamp Is doing much to advance the use of electricity on farms. It Is possible for the farmer with a small plant driven either by a gasoline engine or by damming & small stream, to obtain sufficient current to light his house and barn with this economical type of Incandescent lamp, The use of elec tricity on the farm, by the way, Is growing, and, as pointed out by the Electrical World, farmers will In tlmo corao to consldor electricity a neces sity. Then It will be found profitable to establish central generating stations for farming districts to take the place of Uio small Individual plants now be ing Installed. LIT Stoek Hnlld Uo I... It is very well known 'that HftSs old agricultural districts 4Js)was9 whero land has been undef'M)lratlM for 2,000 years there Is a hKruMluf- tenaency io expana live efeek try. It Is now recognised ,Mt husbandry la a wonderfutJksi only maintaining tho ferittltj soil, but also live atoesj- , buiiqs up mo iana, uermeaty 10,967,000 milk cows, as 800,000 in the post eern.r total number of cattle fc: tits agregaiet xu.qh.uud, a gals. 6,000,000 since 1883. ,H 147,000, as against 9,304,f4)1 Th only class or live hows a decrease Is skep, ciinea x,ooo,ooo in the yeai ibtHMfa skiasJ r k the, luata lia toft4 W MMTk ( jMarltf Mikt M sMiUM. eMiSfc M''V r&iifrjl t, n i, -si TOKSi n Different Matliiiita, It is gei-ornlly rom-odiid by tho best stockmen and farmers, as well as by authorities of soma of (he experiment stations, that meat animal ot tho fu ture wilt have to bt fed and Mulshed lu a different manner from what they havo been. Is corn and moro nitrog enous feeds In the form of clover, cow pons and alfalfa, supplemented with better paatures, must bo used In order to mnko the production profitable and at the same time make more and bet ter manure for maintaining the fer tility of the land. Corn fodder and stover have In tho past been used to a considerable ox tent In steer feeding, thus utilising nearly all the corn plant Feeding silage to beet steers la gradually gain ing In favor, and by the use of silos and allago In beet production all ot the corn plant can be used to good advantage. The legumes, Including clover and alfalfa ot the north and cow pom of the south, have been found very profit able and economical In feeding; both steers and hogs. Careful experiments havo shown that a steer will make more economical gains on about halt the corn usually fed with about nn equal weight of alfalfa hay than on a diet ot corn, with the drsscd meat of a higher grade. Alfalfa on the farm before It I baled and marketed Is worth only about half as much as corn, pound for pound, hence the gain to the grower In using the hay as a part of the finishing ration. Orowlng an1 finishing bogs has al ready been radically changed over wide sections. More of forage crops such as alfalfa and cow peas are being Used, with less corn. To Clean th Well, It Is well to make on ot thrt de vices against time ot need Th dry season Is the best and only time to fig SIKVK TO CUU1 TIIC WZU. and clean the farm well, write J, L. Itlsley. Any floating cittr ravy be removed by using an ordinary hand slave. After marking off th rim Into three parts attach a wire to any of thai parts or points, and for a handle us an attached rope. Fasten th end ot th rope to th third point In th rim and a weight to th slave, so It will sink attar lowering. In using sink th stave dgwls In th water, pull th rop with a single attachment lifting out of well all the floating sticks and other debris from the sur face of the watar. Keenlua Areauals. It ha only been In rcnt years that farmer hav been awakening to the fact that by taking an Inventory once a year and by keeping an accurate book account that many valuable les sons could bo learned and that by so doing they could place their fanns on a more profitable basis. With business men, competition Is so keen and profits necouarlly so small that without keep ing an accurate book account they would soon be forced out ot business, but with farmers more alack methods do not necessarily result In bank ruptcy, due, no doubt, to th fact that the farmer gets most of his living from the farm without any cash outlay, whereas the merchant must pay cash for everything be aU and wears. Not withstanding this fact, howerer. th farmer who keep a book account will find It Just as profitable, If not more so, as the merchant Fattening! Favrl. A fowl should always be fattened quickly as possible. Ten days la long enough, but It should be confined elthor In a coop or a number In a small yard. They must have a con tinual supply of fresh water, and should be fed four tlmos a day, the first meal being given early and the last on late. A recommended mix ture It three parts corn meal, one part ground oats, one part bran, one part crudo tallow, the entire lot scalded and fed for the first three meals, with all the corn and wheat that can be eaten up dean at night Weigh the artlclM given, Milk Fredaatlen, " Where help can be obtained to oper ate th dairy, milk production Is one of the best paying branches of animal husbandry. The farmors operating their holding with milch cows are enabled to market all the roughage and grain proUuced on the farm la milk, butter, cream or cheese. The dairy Industry Is especially adapted to build up and Increase the fertility of the farm. It Is popular among farm ers because tho farmer realizes ft monthly Income on his Investment. As a rule, dalrymtn are thrifty and prosporout ogrlculturltU. Drertra' Jours