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KEXT EXPOSITION TO
BE HELD ill ENGLAND
prance and Its Colonies Aid In Mak
ing Exhibition a Success 143
Acres Are Used.
2,000 ATHLETES TO TAKE PART.
Seventy-Six Buildings in Grounds
and Lagoons Add to Beauty of
the Surroundings.
Millions of dollars nre being spent In
preparations for the Franco-Britlwh ex
position, to be held In north London.
London, Paris, the British colonies and
the French de-pendencies, nre aiding In
the exhibition. Its object Is twofold
to cement the existing friendship be
tween Great Britain and France and to
stand as a monument to the peace of
Europo.
The location of the fair Is at Shep
herd's Bush, a suburb of North London,
but so situated that It Is easy of access
by train, tube, or car from almost any
point of the great metropolis. It cov
ers an area of 143 acres. The famous
International exhibition of 1S41 occu
pied only twenty-one acres, and the re
cent exhibition In Glasgow, Scotland,
lxty-nlne acres. In all, there will be
twenty huge palaces which will be ded
icated to science, -art and Industry of
the two nations Britain and France
for on no account will any other coun
try be allowed to exhibit. Then there
are fifty-six other line buildings.
The buildings are spacious and artis
tic structures, of steel, Iron, concrete
and plaster. Wood Is conspicuous by
Its absence, with the result that nil the
edifices will bo fireproof.
The glnnt of the palaces Is the ma
chinery hall. It Is the largest building
ever erected at nny exhibition. It cov
ers an nren of six acres, and consists
of n main building running northeast
and southwest, Joined together at the
south end by n building of similar con
struction, tlijB whole resembling in do
..sign the letter "u."
' One of the most advanced structures
Is tho palace of woman's work. Anoth
er structure thnt Is Hearing completion
Is tho Fine Arts palace. The hanging
spnee for pictures In this edifice Is two
and a hnlf times greater than that at
the British Royal Academy.
Stadium 1.1 lie Home's.
A striking feature Is the great stadi
um, built after the design of tho fa
mous Coliseum nt Itonie. Here will be
hold tho quadrennial Olympic games
In which It Is hoiMxl nil the civilized
countries of the world will meet.
Upward of 2,000 representative ath
letes will take part In the varied con
tests, and the curves of the running
track hnvo been so delicately calcu
lated that a runner will be nble to get
round a coiner at full speed. Besides
athletic games of every description,
great angling nnd fly-casting tourna
ments will be held, and a week In Octo
ber will be devoted to games of Rugby
and association football, lacrosse and
hockey, while In the stadium the Aero
Club will conduct a number of flying
machine contests nnd competitions. The
attractions will be practically unlim
ited. WHEEL OF YESTERDAY.
Statisticians of the Census Dureaa
Iteeord Its lei'llne nnd Fall.
Ten years ago even persons with
Krk legs rode bicycles, says the IauIs
vllle Courier-Journal. Not only did
hoi pollol buy "wheels' on the Install
ment plan and tear down street and
boulevard and pike and path lu mad
pursuit of pleasure, but society strad
dled the "bike" and did feats thnt evi
denced hitherto unsuspected grit and
brawn. The fat redo to reduce, the
lean to build up, the old to get young
and the young to get muscle. For one
reason or another every one gripped
the handlebar with both hands, pawed
at the pedals with both feet and rode
rt ij all of his or her heart and soul
and strength. Not to ride wns to miss
something like so en-eighths of life nnd
livt the other eighth in solitude. Where
Is the wheel of yesterday? Early In
Uu uorulug. when all men are abed
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until those who are forced by , hard
taskmasters to be upon their way to
work, the bicycle Is seen threading its
way to mill and factory. Throughout
the day and night it may be seen con
veying the messenger boy upon his
leisurely way. There is an occasional
"old-timer" who still wheels for health
and pleasure a lonely figure upon a
highway made noisy If not musical by
the honk of the motor car. The sta
tisticians of the census bureau tell a
melancholy tale of the decline and fall
of the bicycle as a pleasure vehicle.
In 1900 the bicycle industry paid
$10,000,000 in wages and salaries,
bought $17,000,000 worth of materials
and employed 20,000 Americans. Since
then the business has slumped until
about 250,000 machines a year are
manufactured now, ns against 3,200,000
In 3000. The 1,200,000 persons who
bought bicycles in 3900 are not motor
ing. Most of them are walking or rid
ing upon street cars. From the stand
point of the consumer nothing has fill
ed the gap caused by the death of the
bicycle craze. And yet bicyclists were
never offered such opportunities for
good sport ns they nre to-day.
Where there was one mile of good
roadway In and about the parks and
approaching the country roads ten
years ngo there are ten to-day. Ten
years ago a good bicycle cost $100. A
better one may be bought to-day for
$.15. Both bicycling and the ownership
of a bicycle present simpler problems
than were presented to the cyclist In
the days when "everybody" rode.
That the bicycle craze was a craze
Is Indisputable. Many persons rode to
excess. Many of the physically unfit,
so physicians assert, rode despite their
unfitness. More time and money and
nerve force were wasted upon the
sport than, in strict economy, should
have been devoted to It. But In the
main bicycling was a wholesome,
healthful form of recreation when it
whs expensive nnd arduous. It Is Just
ns healthful since It has become Inex
pensive nnd less wearing. Its revival
would be beneficial not only to manu
facturers nnd wnge earners but also to
Of 'xl loonwnof G$omom (litHIlljflflllf
countless men nnd women who do not
get out Into the country because they
have neither horses nor motor cars
and who need tho fresh air nnd the ex
ercise that bicycling once gave them.
GREW TREE FOR HIS COFFIN.
llonriU rnrril for by 1'nrmi-r I'sed
fur the Ho i I iii'IohIuk Casket.
The wish of Kmber Mason, a farmer,
made fifty years ago and carefully fos
tered through the long years following,
thnt ho be burled In a coffin made from
a walnut tree which he had grown
himself, Is only to be partly granted.
Mason died last night nt his home near
Leeds, says the Kansas City Star.
Fifty years ngo Mason found a young
walnut tree, particularly straight 'and
pretty, while he was clearing some
ground on his farm. He was a man
of queer Ideas and he decided to let
that tree grow for the particular pur
pose of providing wood for his colfiu.
The tree grew In the center of a mead
ow from which all the other trees had
been cleared. Fearing, however, thnt It
might be struck by lightning and de
stroyed, and It was already grown large
enough for the purpose for which he In
tended It, Mr. Mason about three years
ngo had it cut down nnd snwed up Into
lumber. The "butt cut," from which
ho took the lumber for his cotflu,
squared fourteen Inches. The boards
were placed in Mr. Mason's bnrn and
were carefully kept
Last night Mason died, after an Ill
ness that had lasted for several years,
but to-jnorrow, by the declslou of the
family, these boards which he cut from
tho walnut tree will bo , used, not for
the cotlln, but for the box In which the
casket will be Inclosed.
A queer man wns Kmber Mason, who
was 91 nt the time of his death, and
he took grent delight In cnrlng for his
co'flii tree nud later from the boards
cut therefrom.
"I reckon I'll take these boards to
town an' have 'em made up pretty
soon," he said to a visitor several years
ngo.
"I'm glvln out putty fast o" late an'
I might need that eotllu most any time."
But "those boards" were never taken
to town. The old man beeauio weaker
every day and never found the oppor
tunity. For fifty-six years, with the
exception of. four years In the Civil
War, Mr. Mason lived in his home, a
quaint, old-styled structure on a hill
overlooking the valley of the Blue Riv
er. He was boru in Tennessee and
used to remark often that he was a
"llkk'ry Jackson" Democrat, a Rebel
iu the Civil War and
"hardshell Baptist" 4
"An they didn't lick us in th Civil
War," he used to soy.' "We Jes got
plum wo' out a killln' them Northern
ers." Mr. Mason gave up work In the fields,'
but he kept several hives of bees, by
which he used to sit all day watchlny
over them.
CHAEACTEB IN OLD SHOE3.
Cobbler Studies He rear and
Develops Unique "Oloirr."
"Ologlsts" have for years been tell
ing people's dispositions by the bumps
on tfieir neaas, me lines on their hands,
the contour, of their faces, their hand-
writing and a dozen or more other
methods. Now a new "ology" has come
Into the field, called "shoeology"; and
by it the cobbler to whom you take your
shoes can tell whether you are "square"
or "crooked," level-headed or rattle
brained, shiftless or painstaking, fickle -
minded or stubborn nnd so on ad inflnl -
turn, says the Columbus Dispatch.
i oiummis lias one "snoeoiogist. tia
Is David Cnssady, a cobbler who also
owns a small shoe store. Just as
man's handwriting or his eyes or the
way he wears his clothing betray some
characteristic part of his nature, so
does the way lW wears his shoes out
also tell Its story.
Why It is so, even to a certain ex -
ii-m, ,ui. iBsnnuj uuchm i jneieuu iq
explain. The shapo of the foot hns
(something to do with the way the shoe
wears out; the way a man walks hns
n great deal more. But w-hy the honest
man walks one way and the dishonest
man walks another, or why the heels of
changeable men are Inclined one way
and the heels of stubborn men inclined
the other, Is n qnesrlon yet to be solved.
The man who wears his sole oft
across the toe will steal," said Mr. Cns
sady. "But Just think of the women's
shoes that come in here worn out that
way?" said another.
"Well, what of It? Won't women
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pilfer little tilings quicker than a man?
They tnke little things where a man
wouldn't take the chance, because he
knows the value Isn't enough to risk
the chance of being caught. Look at
the shoplifters.
"Now, a man who wears his shoes
o evonl, .era. tb totttm . . p.y
lc,clj,edd rt ot chP Be 4.,, t
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"But when the shoe wears out on the
. it, At
outside of the sole look out for thnt
man. He Isn't a man of his word. Don't
.vtnn.l nnv nrtxUt in Mm. heonnse rnn'ra
liable not to get paid. lie's liable to
be n pretty slippery customer lu
deal."
"How about these shoes?" asked an
other listener as he held up his for in
spection. "I can't tell anything about the
soles, because you've Just had them
mended. But I can tell by the counter
that you're changeable In your nature.
You're not ns stendfnst as you should
be. Full your shoe off,'; nnd ns It was
handed to him he said : "Now If you'll
look down on thnt shoe from the top,
or from the back, you'll see that the
counter is swung Inward. The man
who breaks his counter down toward
the Inside of his foot Is changeable iu
his nature. It Isn't very marked in this
suoe, so you re not so bad."
Whflt nhltllt hA nmn Vt'hn nranwa 1,1.
. . ' """" past rew years lias been under Investi
ng off on the outside?" jgation by the esperlment statlon at
Every one does that It doesn't Kingston. Rhode Island. A small para
mean anything In 'shoeology.' But ther 8ite, microscopic In size, Is the cause
are men who wear their shoes out 0f the trouble. It lives In the tissues
squarely on the back of the heel-come 0f the turkey and causes Irritations
down so hard they break the counter tBat nsuU ,n tne deatu of tne affected
down. AH Ive seen have belonged to bird. The Rhode Island, experiments
successful nien.- tnat more than four.afths of
Is there any difference between the the young poults exposed In infected
way fat men and slim men wear out yards die before they are six weeks
their hoes?" ;ol(1 The disease has been popularly
-Not that I ve noticed. They wear supposed to be confined to birds over
them about the same as other people.- ,ix weeks. It Is notably a disease af-
T.e Brltls. Breed. I 'l T, f T' T
, , . , which the older turkeys do not escape.
British bred animals, whether the 0f the one-fifth that do escape or sur
be horses, cattle, sheep or even pigs, Tve ,ts raTag0S at lea8t ten t0 tweat.
are mperlor to all others in quality flTe por eent maj. dle througnout ta6
and stamina. There Is some strange t almost any age.
and admirable power In our soil which The eradication and prevention of
puts a stronger fiber and a more en- the disease is somewhat difficult but no
during stamp of excellence Into th reliance can be placed on any drug to
live stock bred in our Islands than are cure a bird that is already Infected,
found in the same breed or species in since the blackhead disease Is less pre
any other part of the world. London Talent In dry situations it Is apparent
Tlmes- j that sandy, well-drained lands are bet-
The trouble with a Jealous wamav er or turkeys than the bear-
is that she can't keep the lid on, ler moist clay sol
besijea all that a t wrm r. im n 1 - r i-mi-m t mi . ,
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Improved Ditching- Plow,
A recent Invention provides an im
proved ditching plow, especially adapt-
ed for digging tiling sewer ditches or
draining ditches. The device Is of very
simple construction, and capable of ef-
. fectlve service In any character of soil.
It is especially adapted to be drawn
by a traction engine or capstan, says
, Scientific American. As shown in the
: engraving, It comprises a beam A,
which extends forward and with an
; upward inclination from the cleaner B
. The latter Is triangular in shape, being
provided with two diverging wings. The
purpose or the cleaner is to travel over
the surface of the ground and remove
the excavated material from the edges
of the ditch. The beam A Is hinged to
the cleaner, so as to provide for a cer-
tain amount of vertical motion. Below
the beam and forming an angle there-
with is a blade C, provided with a cut-
; ting edge at its lower end, which serves
THE PLOW IN USE.
to enter the earth more or less deeply
as the plow is drawn forward, and
; carry the excavated material to the
surface. At Its forward eud this blade
Is braced by means of a support D,
which Is fastened to the beam A. At
the forward end of the benm A is a
clevis bar E, which Is secured at its
upper end to draft bar F, extending to
the rear of the beam A. In this clevis
bar are a series of apertures adapted
to receive a link to which a pulley block
Is connected. This block ..serves to re
ceive the cable that Is passed to the
windlass or drum of the trnetlon en
gine, for the purpose of drawing the
car forward. Owing to the lightness of
this plow, It may readily be loaded
upon a truck and transported from
jlace to place.
Duff Orpington Fowls.
No varieties of fowls are better sult
td to the requirements of farmers and
others than Barred and White Plym
outh Rocks, White
Wyandottes and
B u ff Orpingtons.
Both Barred Plym
outh Rocks and
White Wyandottes
are to be found In
every locality, and
eggs from them
may be had at rea
sonable cost. No
variety, seems to
have a ereater
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hold on the farming community than
the Barred Plymouth Rock. The Or-
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6nt ta ,,,, tl,'elr t0 ,
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'of the Orpington family Thev are raD-
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1Qly replacing many wornout strains
and luongrels 0
.kM1 frnnt nnnB , (U(r .!,
. . " l"c u"" yvui-
try ranks as winter layers and market
fowls. There is
grent demand for
eggs and fowls of
this breed. They
have light-colored
legs and white
flesh. Chickens are
hardy and grow
rapidly. Eggs are
of medium or larg
er size, according
to strain.
ORPINGTON Uf.lt.
White Orpingtons are a most promis
ing variety nnd are likely to become
popular on account of their merits as
'ayers and table fowls. Exchange,
Stud? of Blackhead Disease.
The blackhead disease which has be-
I eom SO lleahmef Iva In tnrl-ora In tha
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The Cat Under the Ban.
According to the report of the Stafc
Game Commission of Pennsylvania for
1907, song and Insectivorous birds In
that state are increasing nnd game
birds becoming scarcer. Bear and deer
nre rapidly increasing.
-Bears are now protected in Pennsyl
vania by a legal close season during
the spring and summer months. Dur
ing the season of 1907 there were killed
in the state 230 leer. ,
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, chief game pro
tector of the state, recommends the
placing of a bouuty on the scalps of the
domestic cat as well as on those of tho
wildcat
"There is no greater destroyer of
bird life," he declares, "than the house
cat"
The legislative appropriation for
bounties on noxious animals and birds
was Insufficient to meet the demands
upon it last year, A much larger ap
proprlatlon is called for, and the addi
tion of the great horned owl and the
goshawk to the outlawed class Is re
quested. Starting Seeds Indoors.
Any one who Intends to start seeds
Indoors needs a knowledge of various
facts concerning each variety the
length of time needed for germination,
the tlhie required for the plant to reach
the blooming or fruitage stage, and
whether it can be transplanted to the
open ground with safety in early
spring, or not until considerably later.
For Instance, says Suburban Life,
chrysanthemum seeds will germinate In
from five to ten days, but the plants re
quire a very long season of growth be
fore flowering, and the person who gets
ahead of Jack Frost must sow the
seeds not later than March 1 and
earlier, if -possible. With varieties
which germinate quickly, grow rapid
ly nnd bloom enrly, the sowing should
be delayed at least a month, to avoid
the trouble of repeated transplantings,
to prevent the seedling plants from
getting "leggy" and weak.
America Has the Healthiest 'Cattle
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says
the United States has the healthiest
cattle of nny nation on the face of the
earth. This is owing to our rigid sys
tem of inspection and our prompt meas
ures to eradicate diseases. In Europe
40 per cent of the cattle are Infected
with tuberculosis, nnd In the United
States only 10 per cent, and we will
soon have It entirely eradicnted. We
have inspectors In Europe, and not one
animal infected in any way is permit
ted to be shipped to this country.
Holstelns Preferred.
The Iowa State board of control will
soon have 1,000 nolsteln cows at Its
different Institutions. Different breeds
have been used heretofore, but It has
been decided to have only one breed
and Holsteln, was selected because of
Its milk-giving qualities. Last year
the cows at the Iowa institution gave
nearly a quarter of a million gallons
of milk and this amount will be in
creased. Measuring; Hay In Stacks.
To find the number of tons in long,
square stacks, multiply the length in
yards by the width In yards, and that
by half the altitude in yards. Then
divide that by fifteen. For circular
stacks multiply the square of the cir
cumference of the stack In yards by
four times the altitude In yards nnd
divide by two. The quotient will be
the number of cubic yards. Divide by
fifteen for the number of tons.
Fence Posts.
Wyoming experiments In preserving
fence posts show that when th posts
were dipped in crude petroleum and 1
burned off so that the char comes above 1
p uwu aiu Dcif ljuejr
will keep Indefinitely.
Process Butter.
The government inspection of reno
vated butter last year showed a total
production of 63,000,000 pounds of such
butter, an increase of 15 per cent over
the preceding year.
Farm Facts and Fancies.
Hogs need clean, pure water as much
as the rest of the stock. See that they
get it
Perhaps you do not realize it bm
the dearest animal on your farm is thf
cheap Bcrub.
Which do you keep? The cow that
makes more than she eats or the cow
that eats more than she makes?
It is Impossible to plant an orchard
or a windbreak in the winter time, but !
It is possible and profitable to plan one I
or both. j
Fungous diseases and Insect pests'
can be kept from taking the profits of
tho orchard this next season by faith- j
ful, Judicious spraying. j
The five to eight quarts of milk a
day cow will never return the farmer
an adequatcprofit, cnless the percent
age of butter fat is high. I
An argument In favor of the open
head In fruit trees Is that the fruit on
such trees does not rot so badly as that
on trees with dense heads.
First the framework, then the trim
mings. So with stock-raising. Feed
to get the biggest kind of growth, then
lay on the fat as fast as possible.
A dairy cow must be given more feed
than Just enough for her own support
if ehe is to be relied upon to. give any
uong tor the tupoort of her owner.
, EFEXXIHO HAXLO
There Was No Doabt About Haanaa
When the Unfllsh Lsdr Finished.
A bygone generation witnessed an
acrimonious controversy in the Irish
family of O'Conor in County Roscom
mon as to the right of any branch of
the ancient race to spell the name
thus with one "n." That right, it
was maintained, was held only by the
O'Conor Don as head of tha house.
So prolonged was the contest between
the partisans of the O'Conor and
O'Connor, titles that it was called the
"N-less" (standing for "endless") cor
respondence. Finally the question was
referred to Sir J. Bernard Burke, the
Ulster king of arms. His decision
coincided with a decision In a certain
other matter namely, that much m
do sum on either sloe. The two ti
putlng families had a common rig
a king of Connaught, and could with
propriety and In accordance with tra
dition spell the name one way or the
other. Fortified by this "award," the
two families have continued to spell
their name with one "n" up to the
present hour.
Equally firm, on the question as to
hoiv his name should be spelled was the
witness In a case tried in the king's
bench a few years ago. Asked his
name, his prompt reply wns "John
Awklus." "Do you," queried counsel,
"spell your name with or without an
II?" The emphatic answer was,
"J-o-h-n." As a rule, however, as we
have said, variety In the spelling of
the names of people, as In that of the
names of places, owes its origin to peo
ple not being so clear as was our friend
regarding how a name should be spell
ed. Two stories in Illustration of this
occur to us. In the first Mrs. Quiver
ful was having christened her latest
baby. The old minister was a little
deaf. "What name did you say?" he
queried. "I said," replied the mother,
with some asperity, "Hannah." "Do
you," said the other, "mean. Anna or
Hannah?" 'Look 'ere," exclaimed the
now thoroughly exasperated lady, "I
won't be hexamlned in thla way. I
mean 'Haltch-hay-hen-hen-hay-haltch'
Hannah!"
The second Incident to which we re
fer Is this. Here also there was -"a
lady in the case." She was on an er
rand, and she had to deal with the
name of another party. In brief, she
had bought, a pair of sleeve links for
her fiance when the shopman asked,
"Any Initials, miss?" The rest may be
stated thus:
She Oh, yes; I forgot. Engrave a
"U" upon them for his first name.
Shopman Pardon me, is it Uriah or
Ulysses? Names with "U" are rare,
you know. . .
She (proudly) His name is Eugene.
London Globe.
Crop Well Worth Raisins;.
A crop that will produce $15,400 to
the acre has been discovered in Brazil
according to a report to the department
of commerce and labor from United
States Consul General Georee E. An
derson at Rio de Janeiro. It Is the Bra
zilian linen and several experimental
plantations are making an effort to put
It into practical use.
According to the consul general's re
port the plant grows twelve to eighteen
feet high and somewhat resembles
hemp. It matures so rapidly that a
field will produce three crops a year.
The fiber has strength, firmness, flexi
bility and adaptability - for bleaching
and dyeing.
It may revolutionize the linen Indus
try of the world and become an Impor
tant competitor of cotton. An acre will
produce seventy-seven tons and the
product Includes not only the various
grades of, fiber for fine or coarse linen
but. stems nnd roots can be used for
making pnper.
The suggestion is made that the agri
cultural department should investigate
this wonderful plant and see if It can
be produced In the portions of the Unit
ed States that are free from frost The
plant Is said to be 'absolutely hard, re
sisting alike the dry or rainy Beason,
bearing equally well on dry or wet soil
and not a prey to Insects or mildew."
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, My Choice. .
I'd rather be happy than sad,
I'd rather be good than bad; i
I'd rather rejoice, yes, this is my choice.
Than brood over the troubles I've had.
I'd rather be modest than proud,
I'd rather be quiet than loud; .
I'd rather look up, to the sky's goldea
cup.
Than walk with my head always bowed)
I'd rather be healthy than sick, -I'd
rather be certain than quick;
I'd rather be broke than have It bf
spoke
I grew rich by an underhand'trick.
I'd rather be sober than tight,
I'd rather be kindly than fight.
Unless, it were true, only fightinf
would do . .
The work to establish the right
Fd rather be free than a slave,
I'd rather be noble than brave;
: I'd rather be me, with my babe on my
knee,
Than the richest old man near the grave.
I'd rather be lavish than mean, '
I'd rather my wife than a queen,
And I'd rather my home than the spleor .
dors of Rome
Or the castles that Europe baa seen.
Detroit Free Press.
Pride and Pried.
"Biffers gets his new car out several
times a day. Matter of pride, I sup
pose?" '
"Yep. Fried It out of a mudhole
three times last Monday." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The more children a woman has, tha
fewer theories she has.
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