I Topics of I
I the Times I
It lsu't as Ibng a time between earth
quakes aa It used to be.
If ever the "earthquake proof
bouse to aolred It will be built of
rubber. . ,
"Lobsters are source," say a dls
patch from Bangor, Maine. Happy
Bangor!
An excellent way to dispose of the
man with the muck rake would be to
get rid of the muck.
The muck rake, however, la useful
Implement In its war. It ta. the man
behlud the rake that the President Is
after.
Now arlseth the fear that a lock
canal In Panama might be unlocked
with disastrous effect by an earth
quake.
f One man killed an-enemy-by put
ting poison in mince pie, Just as If
mince pie without poison was not dead'
ly enough.
The Supreme Court decision eoncern-
inr Hlvntvn haa cH von Vavwift anclatv
something besides monkey dinners to
think about
Kit I.I. la uM tn AamanA tin OlYt a
year aa leader of the Boston Symphony
orchestra. This is not a case of "art
for art's sake."
. One of the Sunday papers coatalns
n article on "The Passing of Poker.
The article may have some historical
value several thousand years hence.
Numerous office boys who lost their
grandmothers on the opening day of
the last baseball season are reporting
other relatives in a critical condition.
Like aa not, If you were to attempt
to explain to a woman the wave-motion
theory of earthquakes she would think
you were talking about hair dress
ing. ' V '
. - That Los Angeles surgeon who has
restored the reason of a mental incom
petent by an operation ought to find a
big field of usefulness In Washing
ton.
John L, Sullivan Is alleged to have
offered Dowle $1,000 a week to appear
with him In a vaudeville "turn." They
might do well as the Havebeen- Broth
ers. '
- The study of Jiu-jitsu has been aban
doned .at Annapolis, presumably be
cause the young gentlemen at 'that In
stitution can't bear to be rude to each
other. ;, i ,
One of Dame Fashion's latest decrees
Is that ladles must carry their pet dogs
In cunning little satchels, made for
the purpose. Ladies who take pride In
their pet dogs will, of course, cheer
fully obey this command. Meanwhile
the nurses will make such provisions
as they please concerning the babies.
A London woman died recently from
the effects of tight lacing. Advocates
of the corset will, however, set up the
claim that her stays might have saved
her lfe if somebody had shot at her
and the bullet had glanced from one
of the steel ribs of the contrivance that
she wore for the purpose of making ber
seem auiall-wnlsted.
The President says that men of
wealth who run their business with a
cynical contempt for the restrictions
of law are a menace to the commun
ity and that the nation is in need of
high Ideals., A very good way to es
tablish these high Ideals would be to
put Into jail a few of the prominent
offenders guilty ot this menacing con
tempt Ideals can not be established
and maintained without action, and
vigorous action at that There is now
a good chance to bring this contempt
to book and, make the law restricting
the selfish operations of great wealth
and greed more than a mere dead let
ter. -
The world will read with amused in
terest the broadly heralded .statement
that the wife of a multimillionaire has
recently .traced ber ancestry back to
the twelfth century and simultaneous
ly has discovered that the blood of
kings flows In her veins. Pride of
birth is commendable where It la mil
offensively exploited. It Is a worthy
boast that one Is a descendant of those
who fought to form or fought to save
this Union. Besides it Is a pedigree
that Is easily established. It Is differ
ent in the case where one seeks to
prove a descent from ancient and no
ble forbears, although It is compara
tively easy when the notorious fact Is
recalled that for llbeTal considerations!
European experts will prepare a pedi
gree, whether the beneficiary be a rat
trap peddler or railroad magnate, that
will stand the test of 'casual lamina
tion. .
From factory and otlice up to col
lege tud church the cry lr for the
youug man. The wiirlj Is his to do
wlth as he sees fit The young uma of
to-day is master of a buatncaa at an
age when his grandfather bad scarce
finished an apprenticeship. Universal
education and quick and cheap com
munication 'bring to the young man
now a practical grasp of affair which
only long years of experience could
give, to our father fifty year ago.
This Is very well to know. It the young
mau will also keep In uilud the tact
tu.u he will not always be a youug
man. In the same degree that be has
ommrtunltlea when he 4a young he will
be deprived of them when youth Is
gone. It behoove bun, therefore, to
provide against the enforced retire
ment that awaits him just at the time
when he may begin to feel that bis ex
perience fits him for the beat work.
It he la past 20 be must get rid of
the notion that be I "preparing" him
self for life. It matters not who he
la or what he la, be la living his life
more tensely and more decisively In all
probability than be win ever be doing
at a later period. It the young man is
waiting for some rich relative to die
aud leav hlin capital with which to
start Into business "right," he bad bet'
ter realise that the only way to start
luto business right I with his two
hands, and that the best capital now
adays is a combination of Industry,
sense, pluck and application. The
young man who has this capital needs
nobody's money. He who baa It not
would not succeed If be bad a dosen
fortunes aa a foundation. Money to
day does less for young man who
will not also do for himself than It
ever did before In the world' history,
Money, lands, property and all that
form a smaller part In human life to
day than ever before. Time was when
these things comprehended almost all
that men knew about or atrlved for.
But the field of aspiration, of effort
and of accomplishment haa Immeasur
ably broadened and will: continue to
broaden as man develop. There Is no
man on this earth so afflicted, so nar
rowed by environment but that there
is a field of success for him. And the
time to find It and fill It Is In youth.
Wholly Irrespective of Its effective
ness a a matter of law, the recent de
cision of the Supreme Court of the
United State In regard to divorce I
hailed with delight from one end to
the other of this country. The amount
of embarrassment , that it will oec.v
slon was greatly exaggerated at first,
a was quite natural, but a little re
flection shows that no great commo
tion will be occasioned. Obviously no
marital relations can be affected un
less they get Into the federal courts,
and this can happen only at the suit
of parties In another Stat or by some
suit Involving the Interpretation of the
United State constitution or statute.
Thl can hardly happen except In con
nectlon with Inheritance and Inherit
ances are easily superseded by wills.
Nine-tenths of the people who are tech
nically Involved will never experience
any trouble and most of them will
never hear of the decision. The Im
portant thing about this decision is Its
moral Influence. It Is like a thunder
clap and a lightning stroke from a clear
sky. -The loftiest tribunal In the land
utters a scathing denunciation of the
overgrown divorce evil and the great
heart of the nation utters a loud
amen." Deep calls unto deep in a
hearty condemnation of a 'great moral
wrong and Immediately there Is beard
on every Hp a demand for legislation
that will make the decision a national
law. The habit of divorce Is -entirely
a cultivated habit Fifty years ago
there were almost no divorces and mar
ried people were much happier than
they are now. Even now there are no
divorce laws In South Carolina, and
unless the married people of tliat State
are made restive by the evil In other
States no doubt they are the most con
tented married people in this country.
It Is because the divorce law excite
unrest where there was none t before
that the evil has reached its-present
proportions. The divorce habit Is like
the beginning of strife," which Solo
mon snys is "as when one lettetH out
water." Tbe simile Is drawn appar
ently from a leak in a levee. It Is
scarcely perceptible at first but , it
grows with alarming rapidity, and
after a while puts all restraint at de
fiance. Have we got that far.wlth tbe
divorce evil? Obviously If we are ever
to be delivered It must be by tbe oppo
site process. There seems to be an es
tablished proportion between i supply
aud demand in divorces, just as there is
In merchandise. We have been over
whelmed with tbe demand on account
of the bountiful supply provided by un
wise legislation. If this demand Is
ever to be lessened It must be by shut
ting off the supply. No doubt tbe more
difficult divorce becomes the more
peaceable, the home will be and the
fewer win be the divorce suits.
When a man love a woman more
than tongue can (ell all he has to do If
let ber get glimpse of hi pocket book,
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Veatllatlaa at rare 1141a.
There am ua small buildings on the
farm that cannot be amply veutllated
oy the aluiple plau ber described.
Generally such buildings are of the
dugle or sloping root sort so that the
plan can be carried out at small ex
pense. ' In the rear of the bouse, near
me corner, build au air shaft, made
by joining at the edge fuur board
(bout eight Inches wide, Sot thl Into
the ground or fasten to the floor It of
boards so that It wUl be firm. Have It
open at the top, of course, and make
It three or four feet high. In the side
of It next to tbe wall of the building
and about a foot up from the floor cut
out t piece so a to hav an opening
tbe width of the board and about six
Inches the' other way, and In the side
PLAN OF VII-TtLATtON.
if the building opposite this bole In tut
shaft cut a bole of corresponding slse.
Cover those two hole a well a the
hole In tbe top of the shaft with wire
netting so that no bird or small animal
can get In.
Thla la the shaft by which the air
enter tbe building. Then build an
other shaft long enough to reach the
floor up through tbe roof so that It
will come out through the roof a foot
or fifteen Inches. The top of this shaft
must be capped so that the opening
will be protected from rain. Tbe lower
end Is to be covered with wire netting.
Fssten this firmly at the roof end and
with corner support to tbe floor at
the bottom. Tbe plan 1 simple, easy
to construct and works splendidly. It
Is particularly good for ventilating
poultry house. In the plain Illustra
tion A represent the shaft through
which the foul air passes and B the
shaft through which tbe fresh air en
ter.
A Barrel Caeambe Osf4ts.
An Interesting form of backyard
gardening la raising cucumber In bar
rels. An old sugar barrel without
heads will answer. Get several of them
and saw them In two, setting the
halve according to the apace available,
about twelve feet apart Drive a stake
through tbe center of tbe barrel to hold
firm during storms and fill the half
barrel with manure. Plant four hills
of cucumbers around the Inside of each
barrel and make a kind of trellis in
the sha of the letter II out of laths,
one trellis for each bill, one end to rest
on tbe top of the barrel. The vines
may be readily made to run over the
barrels and trellis, making a very at
tractive and luxuriant apiorance, and
producing immense quantities of cucum
bers. The crop will be greatly In
creased If the vines are thoroughly
souked during the dry weather. '
Combined Roller sad Marker.
A neat attachment to a garden rol
ler Is the following: Bore holes eight
inches apart lengthwise and put In
BOLLEB AND - MABKE8 COMBINED.
pins. To mark the garden make these
pins each hold a small rope, enclrcllug
the roller by driving them ' into the
hole beside the ends of the rope. More
than one row of boles can be used to
change distances. Tack strip length
wise of the roller to mark place In
row for letting plant.
. Seed Testing;
The bureau of plant Industry I do
ing a good deal of seed testing this
spring owing to the reports published
In regard to widespread adulteration,
Special attention 1 given to testing
sample of alfalfa teed for fodder.
Many other seeds come In for careful
examination a to purity but testing
for germination does not receive so
much attention. This I a branch of
seed testing that can be better attend
ed to by the farmer himself and It 1
something that every farmer should bed
Intensely Interested In.
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urawlaa; Mlark Heaaaerrlea,
The amateur who wishes to try berry
growing will tltid the black ratrry
a good plant to begin with. The rasp
berry I in all probability the moat
honest of berry growing plant. There'
la no waste, the berries are uniform lu
sixe, and aa soou as gathered they are
ready for the table, or for preserving.
A plantation of thla fruit once estab
lished, should last six or eight year,
It will grow in almost any soil except
very stiff clay, or one that la so
poorly drained that the water stands
on the soil fur some time before being
drained away. It Is a heavy feeder,
so It soli must be fertilised every year
or two to keep Hp Its maximum pro
ductiveness. A northern exposure Is best for the
plant for It suffers from extreme heat
and tbe direct ray of the sun, more
than from extreme cold weather. A
sloping ground is preferred to either
tho summit or base of hill Tbe black
raspberry I propagated by burying the
tip of tbe cane about August Sim
ply dig little hole with a spade, and
bend the can so that the tip will lay
In the bole, then cover It with soil and
press It down. The weight of the soil
will usually hold the cane; If not a
small pet may be used. In the fall
a young plant with a mass of roots will
bar been formed. The old cane may
be cut sway and the young planta will
be ready for setting out In most
case It Is well to let the young plant
remain until spring before transplant
ing. Proper attention should be glveu
to pruning raspberries. Canes of the
first season produce fruit tbe follow
ing season, but after bearing they may
ba cut away.
Hold Craoa-Cat taw ta Ft la.
Take two piece of one-Inch board
(hard wood I best), wide saw In
widest place, and a loug a the saw
between the handles. Shape the boards
with a "billy" like the cutting edge of
saw.. Lay your saw on one of these
boards with the teeth s I tort the board
enough to file nicely, and straddle the
saw with a pair of alx-lncb strap
hinges, near the end of the boards.
Now open the hinge and remove the
aw, aud mark around the hinge to
how where to let them In the board
the thickness of the hinge. Fasten
binges to this board, and then to th
other board In tbe same manner. Now
you have a pair of Jaw In which your
saw will rest on It back, permitting
the teeth to come above th edge of the
jaw to file. Bevel edge of board. Now
get two legs for each board, of 2x4.
or sticks from the woods, aa I did, and
bevel to stand like legs of a sawhorse,
and long enough to stand up to file
easily. Fasten your Jaw boards to
these legs, from Inside of Jaws, with
screws or wire nails. Fasten a strip
screes two ot the legs at the bottom
to put your foot on while filing to help
to keep the horse steady. Put In your
saw and pull out on the legs to tighten
the Jaws on the saw. Funn Progress.
Notes for Ike Be Keepers.
Bees, like men, are good-natured
when they are mnklng headway In pro
viding for the future. This accounts
for the different receptions given to
an intruder at different times.
Beehives arc now so contracted that
they may be opened and their contents
removed or changed about and exam
ined without materially Interfering
with the action of the bees. They fre
quently continue their lubors even when
tbe comb Is held in the hand of the
beekeeper, -
Honey Is always a ready seller and
the price per pound averages anywhere
from 12 to 20 cents, depending upon
the locality and quality, A good hive
of bees In the average locality will pro
duce about seventy-five pounds of honey
per year ana pay W) per cent on the
Investment of tbe first season. Get
posted on beekeeping If you seek a
plcusant and profitable occupation.
It Is claimed that a strong colony
of bees 1 the best preventive against
QKltbS.
Any one who doubts that there 1
money In beekeeping need only look
up statistic on the honey crop of the
United State to find out what a great
marketable article honey Is. In the
year 1000 the total amount of capital
Invested In bee In the United Statea
wa $10,180,000. The return from th
national ""oney crop that cam year were
3,66B,000, a dividend of 60 per cent
on th amount Invested. Wiat other
crop pay thl rat of Interest! i
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to nuNa Til caoes-cirr saw.
ODD WATER WHEELS.
leas rioal sa Slraaaja llasta Oaa
Make a Mlvar MM Itself.
Th people of Syria and Tim maks
their streams du thing that Ameri
can do not seem to hav teamed th
eeret of persuading tbe water course
of thl couutry to perform, ay th
New York Trlbuu.
At Tlllls the native bar learned
how to utilise th power of th cur
rent of the Hlver Knr wltlatut build
lug dnma. What they have aeeompllsh
d possibly might be doiie by an Ameri
can farmer living on th bank of a
rapidly moving stream nd desiring a
mall, cheap power. Th Caucasian
build float on the turfs.- of th river.
Into thein are set water wheel. Th
wool affair I fastened to th bank In
such way that It will rl and fall
with any chaug In th level of th sur
face of tli river, so that th power I
about constant all the tint.
In llama the ancient "entering In of
Hnmath," the Byrlana hav accom
plished feat tltat makes ou think. of
lifting one' self over a fence by tug
glng at one' boot atrnpa. They nav
harnessed the historic Orotitea, or
Nahr el Asl, aa th Syrian call It Into
tbe work of lifting Itself many feet to
ward the aenlth and trained It thus to
water their fruitful garden and orch
ards.
As for 'ill th' water wheel which
do thl work are aa to other water
wheels what Niagara I to other water- '
falls, As, on stand by on of the
great wooden frame revolving upon
IU wooden ail and look up at Its
perimeter forty feet above on thinks
It large and la astonished when be
turns his gnss upstream to see that
relatively It la not a great wheel, for In
tbe distance looms up one sixty feet In
height Even then he Is not prepared
fur tbe spectacle of one ninety feet In
diameter, grunting around on It cum
bersome axle just outside the town.
I.lfs In llama for some peopl 11 "
the liking of other for olives, an ac
quired taste, because of these very wa
ter wheels. According aa on feel
about It, It Is musical city or on Oil
ed with nerve-racking groans. Day
and nliiht without ceasing these mas
sive slow revolving structures utter
siieech. For tlios who hav acquired
a taste for their companionship the
never-ca "tig tones are southing, re
semlilliin e ocean roar or slow
fugue plnyed on some cyckiean organ.
The dliipiimm tones are 'deeper and
louder than the deepest organ stop.
Now tliey are In unison, now repeating
the theme, one after another, now for
a brief moment In a suhllme harmony
I never to be forgotten, Recording to on
traveler, then one more together In
tremendous chorus. The sound arc
described ss a slow movement up th
scale, followed with a heavy drop to
tbe keynote aa: Mo ml sol, do do dor
do sol to, do do do. This unceasing
Sisyphean music, 'it Is said, ha beets
going on for a century at least
ACTRESS HALF A CENTURY.
Ellen Terry Is still the Idol of the
Rrltlsh play-going public, which recent
ly celebrated her fiftieth artistic aunt-
'
versary with a huge banquet to her.
Tho great actress' first appearance on
the stain took plnco on April 28, 1850,
when she played the llttlo Mantlllhta In
"The Winter. Tale" at the Princess
Theater, London. She was then 8
years old. The fact that she Is now a
grandmother has not affected hor popu
larlty, nor hor remarkable vivacity nor
her popular title of "Miss."
A riat Sort of Exl.teaea.
"I suppose you are getting thorough
ly 'city broke' now that vou'va
to town and are living In a flat?"
xes, were getting city broke fast
enough and Henry sava It's nnlv ml
uestlon of time until he'll ba flat broke,
too." Kansas City Time.
Financial,
Mr. Watkvns Henrv. I . i
lar this morning.
Mr. Watkyns Great Crnmnr VAmafi f
Do you think I am made of money t
When you want Inn niunh ..
ought to let me know twenty-four hour
u BuvBuce. oomervnie Journal.
After a woman nnun t,a n
. vi uiw
compliment she gets about ber looks
are from women who don't mean them,
and from drunken men.
IU.EN TERRY,