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Only n Few Yean Ago Every Rural
Home Was Proud Possessor
of One,
ONCE COST $150? NOW ONLY $35
To-Day the Upright riano X In
stalled In th Place bt the
Joy of th Family.
Thirty years ago homo wasn't happy
onlosa It had IU cabinet organ In tho
parlor, bo that tho daughter ot tho
Iioubo could cntortnln tho visitors ev
ery Sunday afternoon by chordlng n
little after she had been sufficiently
coaxed Tho organ was always a beau
tiful thing very beautiful A real
tveled edge mirror was set in tho
top so that daughter could took upon
herself as she Industriously pumped
with both feet and chortled with both
hands. It was great cxcrclso playing
tho organ In those days.
All organs were decorated alike. On
orio side was a picture ot mother's fa
ther and -mother; on tho other sldo
were father's parents. Cousin Harry,
who was doing su well tu Denver,
beamed out from one side ot the Chi
nese Illy that Aunt Molly brought back
from tie city on her last trip there,
while on tho other side of tho illy,
looking down severely upon tho was
fruit In Its glass case, was Prof. Dnr
wjn. who used to be principal ot tho
high school.
"But those days are gone now, tho
Kansas City Times says. A cabinet
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TESTING NEW SMOKE CONSUMER ON LOCOMOTIVE.
Solution ot the smoke problem Is claimed by F J Doyle, the Inventor
ot a coal-burning device which was recently tested In a Chicago Junction
railroad locomotive In the presence ot road mechanics and expert engineers.
While moving nt various rates of speed with a number of heavy-laden cars
attached to it the engine emitted only a slight stream ot white smoke, which
resembled steam. The dovlco can be attached to any locomotive. It can
also be used In the boiler rooms of manufacturing plants, the Inventor de
clares. The secret of the apparent cffectlvenesa of the appliance Is said to
lie in the fact that it causes perfect combustion. The coal it transforxnd
Into coke, the gases from the coal being consumed In the process and then
the cokn Is burned.
organ used to cost 1130. Now you
can buy an ordinary piano for that
amount, while a new organ goes for
935 a dollar down and 60 cents a
week. A second-hand organ sells for
from $10 to t!S.
The farmers that used to own or
cans ere now baying pianos. Some of
them are buying player pianos Books
have been written for the farmers'
daughters that teorh them to ptay a
plana almost as well as ir they were
taught by an expensive teacher Dy
tho diagram method they learn where
to put thfelf lingers when thry see cer
tain notes, and many farmers homes
have daughters wfio have taught them
nelves to play almost as well as If
they had employed a teacher.
It waa the coming of the upright
piano that put the organs down and
out," said a piano' dealer recently
"The old square piano couldn't be sold
for less than JS00. The upright was
easier to handle and easier to put to
gether and it sold at first for about
300. Twenty-five years ago only the
rich the class that buys motor cars
now owned piano. The medium class
owned organs. Now onlr the poorer
people buy organs. Pianos are being
Improved rapidly I think that In ten
yean all pianos will be made with
player attachments. "
Tho musical taste of the people Is
Improving right along Many organ
are still being sold. Every family
must bav Soma sort of a musical In
strument in the home and the man
agers of music stores testify that the
music that Is being bought Is of tho
higher class Just as much popular
music Is being sold as ever, but the
demand for high class music has de
veloped rapidly In the last ten years
Chtldbuod'a Hrlcf Hour.
If your mother bad let the house
work go and taken you on her lap and
explained away all the pleasures ot the
Mother aoosebook of rhymes, would
you have grown up to bo any better
man or woman? hike the Wichita
(Kan.) Deacon. What If she bad ex
plained that the cow never Jumped
over the moon; that there was no Lit
tle Miss Muffet, and It there had been
there was no turret for her to sit on;
that Jack didn't violate etiquette by
Htkltlng his thumb Into a plum pie;
that Jack and Gill's parents used hy
drant water and they never went up
a bill to get the drinking pall filled;
tttat Jack Sprat could cat any kind of
meat soi before him instead ot nnty
loan moat; that Old King Colo was a
grouchy dyspeptto and tho very oppo
alto ot n niorry old soul! that no black
bird over disfigured tho king's wash
erwoman by picking ort hor noaoT
Would you havo boon a hotter -boy
or girl if your mother had dono nil
theso thing. had explained nwny tho
delightful books of childhood And had
told you that tho amusing, jingling
rhymca were written by somo hnrd-up
story writer who wroto them for
money and not for truth's nakoT Would
yout
Is anything accomplished by squar
ing n child around nnd setting It faco
to faco with tho realities of llfo be
fore it has como Into tho years ot re
sponsibility! ICt tho children enjoy
childhood in a childish way, fur It Is
brief and comes not again.
OATHKIUKQ SEA FOWLS' EGOS.
I'rrllima Work nt Cliff Cllnthera an
the Kmtltah Canal.
With tho advent of spring tho York
shire cliff climbers are making prep
arations for gathering tho eggs ot tho
myriads ot sea fowl that build tholr
nests In tho ditty precipices ot tho
northeastern coast, according to the
tondon Dally News.
At Hempton; a tow miles from Ilrld
Ington, tho favorlto resort ot theso egg
hunters, tho chalk cliffs tower 400
feet nbovo the sea. They are tho homo
of thousands of gulls, cormorants, kit
tlwakea and other sen birds that have
lust begun to build their rough nests
In tho chalky crevices, William Wll
klnson, who has pursued this perilous
calling for many years, la known local
ly n "tho king of tho egg huntoru."
He Is n bluff, weather scarred man ot
the sea, with as much nervo and ngll
Ity as are possessed by tho most dar
ing steeplejack.
Wilkinson wears an old helmet to
protect his head from the pieces of
rock dislodged by the rope by which
he is suipended In midair. Around
his body he buckles a kind of leaiher
hammock. In which he Is able to sit
On his arm he wears leather protec
tors. "Lower away, boys," he cries, as he
swings himself over the brink In an
almost horizontal position and press
es each foot firmly agalmt tho chalk
surface. Three of the men sleze the
rope, and foot by foot the Intrepid
climber Is lowered till bis cheery voice
Is lost amid the fluttering sounds oi
tho disturbed birds. He swings from
nest to nest, putting each egg care'"'
ly In a bag slung over hU sho
As soon as his bag Is full he give
"hoist up" signal on the guide r
and the men haul him up.
Wilkinson makes several descen's
and at the end of the day shares the
spoil with his assistants, who sell the
eggs for eattng purpose to the Inhab
itants of the neighboring vjllages.
Oldrat Cbrlatlaa llclle In Baa-land
For some time past efforts have been
made to raise funds in order to pro
tect from the ravages of wind and
weather the encroachment of the drift
ing sands, the ruins of St. Plran's ora
tory at Perrantabuloe. said to bo tho
oldest Christian relic or IU kind In
England. It Is now proposed to build
a protecting house of concrete around
the ruins. If this protection Is not
forthcoming- It Is probable that "the
lost church," as It Is locally known,
will be again burled beneath the sands
which covered It for so many centuries.
It Is generally believed to be the orig
inal church of St. Plron. to whom the
Cornish miners give the credit of first
showing them tin, and who was one
of the most notable ot the many Corn
ish saints. London Standard.
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Where -Will It Slupt
"Our fleet ot torpedo destroyers
seems to have stirred up our friend tho
enemy," remarked the naval chief of
one of the great powers.
"Yea," replied bis assistant, "it Is
said they will build a fleet of torpedo
destroyer destroyers now."
"Let 'era! We11 build a fleet of tor
pedo destroyer destroyer destroyer."
Catholic Standard and Times.
No health or pleasure resort over
estimates Its scenery as much as a
cranky crusader overestimates thr
view cut oS by a billboard.
(toil
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Cont Aahea Ar Worth "ixlnir
In many tecttoiui ot tho country coal
Is tho principal winter fuel usod ''
farmers and n largo quantity of unties
result which are usually looked on as
watte, hut au authurlty says there '
more vnluo In coal ashes than Is gt
orally renllted by the farmer. For tho
amelioration of honvy clay land they
are exceptionally valuablo. This It
particularly to with tho ashes of toft
coal, at such utually are reduced l
mott to a dutt. Coal ashes have n
fertiliser vntito. Thlt opinion, how
ever, It not held generally. The coil
bedt contain phosphorus, potash, nitro
gen and llmo, at well as the other less
Important Ingredients. When the orig
inal trees out of which were formed
tho coal beds were reduced to coal tho
mineral elements rnmalued In them,
nnd consequently thoto same eloments
go with tho ashes.
Ono reason why people have formed
an Idea that coal athes contain no for
tuity It that the trees now grown
havt In them less carbon than those In
the old days and thus the percentM
of other elementt to enrbon is prob
ably greater now than then, which
gives a larger value to our wood ashes,
but does not annihilate the value in
the coal ashes. Ashes can bo used to
advantngo without sitting, but Urge
quantities of halt-burned coat are by
tomo contldered a detriment to tho
toll-Rural World.
Good IIuk .
It It not a good plan to tako all the
pig from tho sow, unless ono or two
of thooi can bo turned with her somo
hours after, to draw the milk sho will
have at that time, nnd again, say after
a lapse of twenty-four hours. Tho pre
ferred way is to leave about two ot tho
smallest with her for several days,
and after that leavo only one tor two
nr three days more, by which time the
flow of milk will havo been so grad
ually diminished that no Injury will
retult to the tow by keeping them en
tirely away from her. Thlt extra tup-
plr of milk help alto to puth th
rma)ler pigs along In growth and put
hem m-re nearly on an equality In
s'to with their thriftier mate. Co-
urn's Swlno In America."
A CoiiTvntent Clf Trough.
A farmer near Paulllna, Iowa, has
been using an Ingenious method for
feeding his calves. It was suggested
to him by the fact that he used a
manure spreader In his sheds and con
sequently all obstructions that extend
ed out a foot from the wall were In
the way. As calve require a low
manger, one can be hung on hinge so
that when It Is turned up it will not
occupy more than Ave or six Inehe of
pace out from tho wall. It may be
any length, but It Is better to have It
made In sections about six feet long.
The. accompanying Illustration show
the trough when It Is all ready for
feeding purposes, and also when It Is
booked up close agalmt the wall.
Krrplnar Farm Arcounla.
Farmers who visited the Ohio Stat
University were Interested In the
tern of accounts used on the farm
While the land Is not tilled for the
lame experimental purposes as the
fields at tho Agricultural Experiment
Station at Wooster, a certain amount
it experimentation baa to be don In
jrder to determine the mott profitable
nethodt of handling the land. These
experiments are the same In kind as
ibould be conducted by farmers gia-
ratly. The accounts are kept In tueh
form at to show the results of the dtf
'erent methods employed on the dif
ferent fields.
Srlllua Vnlua nt Can:
The North Carolina experiment sta
tion proposes a plan to place a buying
and telling value on cows on a bails
jf the yield and quality ot their milk.
According to the brief account of thi
plan It lays down a rule to fix a price
for a cow at trie rate or 113 per gat
Ion ot milk given per day that shows
J. 5 per cent fat To this odd or sub
tract II for every ono-fourth on 1 per
eent fat which Is above or below the
t.6 per cent
I'rotrctlnar Tre Tranka.a
Tho trunks ot fruit trees may bo
wrapped with paper to protect them
from mice and rabbits, the paper be
ing tied on with a cord to hold It In
place. Old newspaper may be usod
for tho purpose, tho care necessary
being to see that the paper entirely
cover tho trunk of the tree high
enough to prevent the rabbits reach
ing tho exposed portion above the
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nlppUsr Shap Hfttillvelr
To rid thoep ot oxtorual paratltea or
tho scab mlto thoy should ho dipped In
tomo effective dip. Coal tnr dip aro
effective, noiipolsonoui nud do tint
ordinarily Injure tho wool, They aro
therefore contldered among tho best
llnforo lining all dipt should bo totted,
Mix ono teaspootitul of dip with fitly
to toventy-flvo of water, According. In
directions. Wrop n tow ticks or bed
bugs In n gauto nud dip them In this
mixture for thirty seooudt. Then
place them under a tumbler, nnd If
thoy nro not dead In six hour tho dip
t not strong enough. It should o
miuto ttrong enough to mnko n thirty
tocond dip effective Sheep nro to bo
kept In tho dip ono minute. Plnco tho
dip In tho tank before tho wator, to
tho mixture will bo uniform.
Tho boat time to dip It when tht
wool la ono-fourth to one-half Inch
long, so thnt tho dip will adhere to
tho fleece. It tho ticks nro present nt
shearing time th whole flock thouhl
bo dipped nt once to prevent tho tlcxt
from getting to the Iambi.
Mi-nrr Sfta Olv Ural IMnitta,
To obtain a good stnnd of grntn
tt ts necessary to uto the largeet and
plumpest grain for seed Small nr
shrunken grain gives weak plants,
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many ot which will tall to mature In
an unfavorable tenson. A suttdeu
chango In temperature, a prolonged
drought or n slight frott It more like
ly to destroy tho weak plants than
tho ttrong Tho Increated yield at hnr
vetting time Is quite a consideration.
In tho Illustration tho heavy and light
tnmple of barley A 11 C and I) pro
duced plants as Indicated with corre
spending letter above.
Tha Par mar.
He hied to wrar his pantaloons
InalJo hi muddy boots;
He uard to ting outlandish tunr
And dreta In mlitU suits;
Ha used to rlso at half pnit four.
And milk and hoe and plough;
He tloctn't do so any more.
He' counting money now.
Th callouses upon hit hands
Were softened long aro;
For employe prepare hi lands
For nature' fartll show.
Thtre u no turrow In his eye
Nor anger on his brow.
Thins are not a tn day gone by.
He's counting- money now.
Washington Evening Star,
l-nluh Contra! of Clar Sulla.
According to a recent bulletin of the
New Hampshire Station, the clay an1
clay loam soils carry sufficient potath
for the production of maxluoi yields
or hay, and that a large part ot tho
potash applied In fertilisers Is lost to
far as the crop Is concerned, in other
words, the addition ot commercial
potash to such soils Is unnecessary.
When barnyard manure, which con
tains a large amount of potash, li
added, the value lies, not In the pot
ash, but In the other fertilising ele
ments, and In large part In the Im
provement ot the physical condition ot
the soil.
Cnltlratlon fur furrat Trraa.
The young farmer forester ibould be
experienced In the art ot tttmulatlng
the growth ot troet In natural grove
by cultivation. When we come to think
how hard the ground It In tomo wood
It la really ttrango that treet et
enough moisture to tupport tbein
elves. Th difference In tho amount
ot rainfall absorbed by a level-plow)
field and hard-baked hillside It very
great, and It Is wonderful how an oak
or hickory growing on a hillside ever
attaint to great height and tit.
Winter ttaTaT I'rodneara.
The ettantlalt to profitable egg pro
duction are a healthy flock of fowlt
possessing constitutional vigor, bred
from a laying strain; proper houtlng,
and correct -feeding. Tho best way to
tecum a laying ttrnln on tho farm It
to select the hens of greatest vigor
that naturally produco the most egg
during tho winter. Mato these hens
with a good male, also from a laying
strain, and then select only the best
daughters from this mating.
!tnrrnr In Trtfra,
Th man who hat been accustomed
all hit life to raiting the lard type of
hog will have hit troubles when he
cccne to shift over to tho bacon breed
Tnls ha nothing to do with tho merits
of the breedt In question, but the feed
Ing habits, the general character anj
make-up of the two types are different,
and tome tlm and possibly tome ex
pense It neccstary before the ex
perienced feeder of the one type caa
tblft over and become a tucccttful
feeder of the other,
VcHtllntlon and V.mu Kcrlllllr,
A common cause of tho failure of
fertile eggs to hatch Is lack of suffi
cient ventilation Tho fresh air supply
depends to a greater extent than Is
generally known on the difference In
the temperature of the air Inside the
machine and that of th room la
which the Incubator stand.
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:ho wealth of the United Stales, through hi railroad, banking, Insiiraiiro
and Industrial connrvtlon. Ims cnutod financier to look upon tli "C'c-loMtia
of Wall street" a a close rlvnl to John 1) Horkefeller Many have Mpreteed
the MIcf that ho will becomo tho most ixmerful illallt on earth. The
total wealth controlled by Mr Morgan I estimated nt fO,m,30Mt3. The
dlngrama show how thlt Is distributed
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To keep tho rivers of tho country
tree from snags and other Impediment
tn nnvlrntlun thn cavnrnmrnt main
tain! a fleet of thirty stcamboata and
tpendt 1500,000 a year
' A railroad In Pennsylvania Is cxpr-r
Imrnllnir with tie made of old rait.
cut to the right length nnd anchored
with the broadest side upward In rock
ballast Tho new rails are clamped
on them by steel fattening.
Officers or the new battleship South
Dakota, which Is c-outlined with tur
bine englnns, tays there I absolutely
no vibration of tho lire control masts,
a difficulty always found In th reelp
rocatlng cuglno driven vessels.
itral driven street cars, seating
fnrtvlchl D&tsetiKert and capable of
a speed ot ten mile an hour, are up
planting horso care In Karartii, mum,
wlthnnt niw-Rultntlne the eitH'tiso ol
changing tho system Into an electric
Una
A statistician has figured out that
tnt voar's broouicorn crop iu o
small that eaoh American family oan
have but one and onc-tevenin uroomi
this year, without allowing for butl
nns house, corpornllont or munlcl
oolitic. A Scotchman, Mr. John Lowden, ha
Invented a "smoke tintometer, which,
it I thoueht. mar be of uto in pros
ecuting cnte ot "tmoko nultatieo." It
r-nmiits of a tube with a single ?o-
plece and two object openings. One ot
these It clear, but mo oiimr coniaiu
n rnvalvlne illatihrasm tn which are
tet five circlet, one of clear glats and
tho other four of tinted glasstt corre
sponding with tho standard tint ol a
scientific "nmoko chart." In examln
in mak-deflled air tho diaphragm Is
turned until tho tinted glass coincides
m tinrkn.iia with the air teen through
tho clear aperture. Tho various glasses
are systematical numbered, eo trial
a Blanco tufflcct to nhow tho degree of
defilement of the air.
'Archibald Sharn described at a ro-
cent meeting of the Institution of Auto
mobile Engineers tn Indon his t)s
i.m r nlr atirlnm for road vohlelos.
Ai nnnlled to tho snddlo tilllar of a bi
cycle, the apptrntus conaltt essential
ly of n vertical cylinder with a plttcti
or plunger, maao to worn nir-ngui iy
n aiMelallv constructed "mitten." and
supporting tho weight ot tho rldo Tho
samo devlco has been applied to motor
cycle, nnd experiment ;Jivo wu
mado with a light tnoor car.f Ofttth.
front fork of a henvy motorovcl the,
"llfo" of tho "mitten" coydredfroru
S.ooo to E.000 miles, but" on Wek
spring fork It was only 'equlvtlteU to
l.ooo miles, -mo erreei tuir
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hold It undor control, IhbT'PfSado
river ho found a now jsie"uffv, Ji ter
30 miles toutheoit of IMrOu ' ,eJ
Th contequonccs ot thlt chM.'Jy
Dr. D. T. MncDougal, art, &
momentous. For one thlatV MfvW
wIiIaI, f111t, Vn MaMw' Uiljf ..
nuau .wiiuwisj .mm niua r .v.
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t liu-iwinl fiirtffiii rntilrtiU (ih-fi.nth
pear, tinea In the new channel the
water leacho the tea by a more grad
ual ilwH-rnt ami with a K,ntlr current.
New mud llals will rrlnge tho shore for
a dUtauee of W mil. ICveutually, It
Is probable, a tirkUk Uko, 10 or 40
mile long, will txi farmed, Into which
tho seepage of tho Hardy river will
flow; and torlwit dlslurUnto ot tho
plants nud animal over au area of
several hundred square miles may
vntue
HOUSE 8TILL IN DEMAND.
In Kplla of Miiliir-t'nr Craaa tlaw'
I'rlrml la n I'oraiillra.
There are marked signs of a revival
or Interest In the horse. That Uutl
Ml creature ha nover been wholly
forgotten, not even when tho crate
tor motor care was at Its height, tor
flreh and blood nnd a high order of
Intelligence when added to beauty ha
claim that tho smoothest running
machinery cannot hide Hut there
havo been lime during the past four
or five year when many lover of the
horse must havo despaired of bit fu
ture. Thoto time, fortunately, em
patted, never to return
In New York tho market for light
harneM homes has not been so ac
tive tinea 196C, ay the I'revldenre
Ilulletln. The price. are high, hut the
supply Is painfully Inadequate is meet
the demand. Th revival In Interest
In road racing In Providence, where
there aro now lo driving club, and
an attrartiio speedway at llogsr Wil
liam Ihirk. whore tho member engage
In their fascinating apart, is prob
ably only ono Instance In many or the
renewed enthusiasm with which tho
man of meana and leisure U returning
to tho tost roadster.
Nor is the demand tor tho horse con
fined to thoto who dettre speed. This
lovcro winter, with Its mnwdrlfta and
uneven roads. Ill-fitted for motor cant,
ha eauiod exceptional activity In the
market for carriage, wagon and truck
horses.
Draft hortea nro alto In demand
This demand evidently It regarded nt
IKirmanent, for Amerlann enterprise
It now devoting much money to tho
breeding of thlt variety The Iowa
HUto Agrltultural College, under tho
direction of Prof C F Curtis, one
of the Judge ot draft horse at tht
but national horse show In Now York,
It attempting to develop a purely
American variety ot tbl breed. Start
Ing with Bhlre and Olydesdale, two
llrltUh breed, and using only gray
colored animals, Pror Curtis plans to
evolve a draft homo of thnt color,
arty I detlred, for thoto that are ot
that color ore popularly and alto
odenllflcnlly contldered better able to
endure severe heat than thooo of other
colore. The experiments that tho gov
eminent and private cltltens nro mak
ing In Vermont to improvo tho Mor
gan, an allround horse of great uto
rulnr, tiro rurther evidence or the
enduring nature of the revival of'ln
torret In this flno animal. Lovora ol
tho horso havo again come Into their
own and they nro likely to havo more
cauto than ever before for tholr ad
miration and affection.
lire HeUlt-,
"No ono can make such good toup as
tny wlfo can."
"In that retpect the standi toup
remo, ohl" Kansas City Times.
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fomos' tongues go on (orover
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