I Topics of i
I the Times
The country en staud many kinds
ot Isms, but It draws the Hue at Gorky
Is m.
Andrew Carnegie to getting the
speechiuaktng bablt WelJ, be bas a
fund of eloquence amounting to mill'
Ions.
The muck rakers alt the same bar
done a useful work In uncoverlug the
"deferred dividend" rottenness lu the
big New Turk life Insurance companies.
Russia Is reported to be playing a
deep game la the far East But this la
not likely to cause any astoulshment
People bare ceased to expect Russia
to be sensible.
President Castro of Venezuela has
withdrawn from the active perform
ance of his duties, and left the vice
president In charge. He has announced
that be wishes to go Into the country
fur his health. The condition of af
fairs In Venezuela suggests bidden
significance In . those last three words.
The successful man Is not the Idler,
the good fellow or the miser. He has
accomplished something. He bas an
aim In life and be Is helping others to
reach their goal The truly successful
tuan Is better when be leaves the world
than when he came Into It, and the
world Is a little better for bis having
been here.
During a discussion in Congress a
railway clerk was named aa having
suggested In 1SS2 that mall be assorted
and distributed In the mall cars. This
Idea, however, did not originate in this
country. Fifty years ago a picture
was published In Harper's Magazine,
showing a French "railway poatofflce"
with the clerks at work sorting mall.
The colored races of Asia are begin
ning to realize that they are not so In
ferior to the whites when they adopt
the customs and methods of the latter.
It will take a long time, however, to
get all the Chinese and all the Hindoos
to break away from their oriental pre
judices and take op civilised and occi
dental methods. There are no people
anywhere so wedded to the past as
these orientals and there Is none so In
tolerant of change. The dawn may be
breaking In Asia, but It will be a long
time before the noonday Is reached.
Whether or not pictures should be
exempt from duty on the ground that
they are different from other hand
made goods. It is certainly true that
making pictures for the American mar
ket is a considerable industry in some
European cities. Munich, which Is
known to the more scornful of other
European cities as the center of com
mercial art, sends the largest supply
of oil-palntlngs and water-cojors to
this country, but Berlin Is not much be
hind Munich. It is not the "made-ln-Germany"
kind that we are chiefly anx
ious to get, but the kind made a few
centuries ago in Spain and Italy.
Scientists are capable of making peo
ple feel very dissatisfied with the fu
ture. It is a part of their duty to stir
mortals up, If only to smooth them
down again with "discoveries," there
fore It behooves the Imaginative to re
flect before giving way to their emo
tions. One of the latest prods is this
announcement of the wise men, that the
planet earth Is drying up and that man
whi eventually die of thirst Didn't so
many men die of It now we should be
more nervous at the picture the sclent
' 1st draws of the coming time when hu
man life by overcrowding, starvation,
cold and heat will be destroyed. "Not
In our time" is the only comfort to be
extracted from these researches and
comparisons.
A mother can never be certain what
word spoken to her child may make a
lasting Impression on career and char
acter. When Frederick Temple, the
late Archbishop of Canterbury, was a
poor boy, wearing patched clothes and
patched shoes, bis mother stimulated
his courage and guided bis seal. The
boy one day waxed critical over the In
consistencies of English spelling. "Fred
dy, don't argue," said bis mother; "do
your work." He never forgot the ad
rice. Vljhen, as Primate of All Eng
land, the boy had risen to the position
scarcely second In dignity and Influence
to any In the British empire, he acted
on his mother's Injunction: "Don't ar
gue; do your work." The archbishop
lived perhaps too much the life of ac
tion and too little that of thought ; but
for better or for worse, the mother's
words bad been potent and determining.
"My mother was a good woman, and
she used to say the world owed us a
living," said a wretched girl arrested
for sblpllftlng. So the deluding phrase
of the good but foolish mother had been
cherished as Justification for a life of
petty crime. While preachers and
teachers try to find occasion tor Im-
printing mnM counsel on the memory of
I children, mother preach and tench, eon
I selously or unconsciously, from morning
till night, week lu and week out It li
part of their lot that they cannot
choose which of the many seeds they
aow ahall strike root, spring up, and
bear fruit
Kor the average man success fre
quently depends more upon his manner
aud appearance than upon his knowl-
I eitire or nis iraue or ousiueas, or, one
might also say. of his profession. A
Chicago newspaper bas lately been
noting some failures aud their cause.
It cites the case of on man who was a
successful salesman In a business house
lu Chicago, but was unable to get any
custom when sent bu the road. The
general manager of the Business went
to lunch with him one day, to talk
over the matter. The man crumbed
crackers Into his soup until It was
thick, and then ate the mixture from
the end of bis spoon In great mouth
ful. When the meat was served, he
shoveled It In with bta knife, and had
finished eating and was noisily picking
his teeth almost before the manager
bad beguu bis meal In reply to a
question, he told tho manager that he
always took his customers out to lunch,
and "used every method to win their
confidence and friendship." The man
ager then said, "You couldn't sell nu
a stick of gum. No man whose pVr-
sonal habits are so obtrusively vulgar
as yours could have the slightest Influ
ence with me. Had I lunched with you
before sending you out on the road, I
would never have disgraced our bouse by
giving It such a representative." These
words hurt, but the man profited by
them, and to-day la one of the most
gentlemanly as well as one of the moat
successful salesmen oa the road. An
other case cited 4s that of a minister
whose unrefined manners annoyed his
women relatives. They tried to help
him, but be resented their suggestions,
and men less able Intellectually, but
with more of the graces of refinement
In their manners, were called to the
opportunities for service In the pulpits
ot the large and Influential churches.
They used to teach manner In tie old
days. Now there Is Kttle formal In
struction, i; a youth does not learn
good manners at borne, be has to pick
them up when be gets out Into the
world, or else be handicapped. Great
geniuses have commanded respect In
spite of boorlshneas, but It la never safe
for a young man to assume that be Is
a genius.
That was a wise man who said that
he could do a year's work In eleven
months, but he could not do It In
twelve ; and although few persons could
put It so pithily, it is pretty generally
recognized that the poorest economy Is
that which would curtail or forego the
annual holiday. Even tboss daily toll
era who leave the city each night for a
suburban or a country home need their
annual outing. It they do not wish to
travel for it let them stay at borne and
take their rest where tbey belong. In
this way the great value of the vaca
tion is obtained they get out of. the
rut It Is the rut the monotonous reg
ularity of toll that cries for relief. The
holiday may mean many things change
of air and scene, abstention from every
form of work, or ardent occupation
with sports. Any and all may be good,
but the great thing Is to change the
point of wear and tear, to have the
wheels go round some other way. The
"pace that kills" la the same thing, at
the same hour, In the same way, until
one could echo the poor Irishwoman
who thought It would be such a rest
to Iron Monday and wasb Tuesday.
This Is why each Individual should be
(but Is not always) the best Judge of
the kind of rest needed. Each knows
best where the grind comes, where the
shoe pinches, and the choice of change
should be guided by that knowledge.
The worn-out teactier, who has all the
year been overdrawing her reserve
force, should spend her time of rest
with those who have something to give
her, some store of vitality and ner
vous energy on which she can draw in
her turn. The woman who has spent
a long winter so troubled with domes
tic problems that that life bas become
one long-drawn-out Irritation should
shut up her house, and let some other
woman lodge and feed her. Some meas
ure of outdoor sport should be within
reach of all, although the good of a
vacation Is often destroyed by too much
amlbltlon In this respect on the part
of those unaccustomed to long or bard
exercise. Those who wish to climb
mountains or take long tramps or in
dulge in vigorous exercise of any kind
should begin very gradually, and keep
well within their strength. It is safe
to say that people exercise too much
rather ban not enough In their holidays.
It Is so customary to Join fresh air
with exercise In the same phrase that
it Is easy to forget that 'one can have
all the fresh air one needs with only
just as much exercise as one chooses.
A Doubting Thomas
She Did you let father know you
owned a lot of bouse property? .
He I hinted at it
She What did be say T
He He said, "Deeds speak loudet
than words."
A Home-Mad Bnaltf.
The brooder sold by manufacturers
are unsually all that are clnlunal for
:hcm, but when one desire to economise,
a home-made affair can be constructed
by anyone with a little ingenuity which
will work nicely. Take two boxes .of
convenient site, three feet square by
flfecn or eighteen Inches high Is a good
size, and set one on top ot the other,
cutting a bole through each directly
In the middle. The hole tn the bottom
or floor of the upier box Is covered
Boui-MAnt aaoouu.
with an Inverted tin pall, or can, which
Is perforated at lutervala of two
Inches, using a wire nail tor the work
aud punching In. Fit this cau snugly
over the bole and place the regular
brooder lamp uuiterneatb It, resting on
floor of the lower box. A little door
Is made In the side of the lower box
so that the lamp may be properly at
tended to. The roof of the upper box
Is lined with canton flannel, aa are also
the aide, except the front, which I
left open and across It three Inches
from the edge. Is nailed a strip (dou
bled) ot canton flannel, which Is cut
la strips an Inch wide. A walkway Is
built from the ground to this oieutig
through which the chicks puss. Essen
tlal ventilation unty lie had by boring
a few tiny boles In the upper box at a
point furthest away from the lamp.
Exchange.
A ProBtable Implement.
On soil that Is Inclined to lump up
some Implement must be used whlct
will level the soil readily,, and at thl
same, time crush the clods. Such an
Implement can readily be made at bom
and be quite as effective as those which
must be bought tor the purpose. If one
has a leaning toward manufactured ar
ticles. This honie-mado clod crusher
and soil levcler can me made of a log
of hard, wood by splitting It In half.
The log should be about two feet In
diameter to work to the best advan
tage. Lay the two halves of the log
side by side with the rounding part
down and at either end, about a foot
from the end, spike a two-by-four strip,
letting them project out sufficiently far
at one aide so that an Iron strip or
hoop may be set over the ends,
Into which to hook the whlffletrec
chains. This. Implement can be made
at small cost, and unless the logs are
too heavy a good team of horses can
CLOD-CHfBIIEB A 170 LEVELER.
handlo It nicely. The illustration
shows the Idea clearly and how very
simple it Is. InUlannpolls News.
Sheep Are Good Fertilisers.
When a flock of sheep is kept on a
field the land will be umde fertile lu a
short time, us the sheep not only dis
tribute the manure, but press It into
the ground by trampling, the loss being
but little. For that reason It has been
said that "the foot of the sheep Is gold
to the land." A flock of sheep, bow
ever, cannot add anything to the land
other than to prevent waste of materi
als, which they naturally consume and
are, therefore, more vnluablo when
they are fed at a barn at night, the
additional food rendering the manure
valuable.
German Carp,
A few years ago there was consider
able enthusiasm regarding German
carp. A pond covering one acre will,
It is stated, hold 7,000 carp to growing
condition, If they are fed. The carp
will eat anything that a hog will con
sume, even corn, and will gain about
three pounds annually until It reaches
12 or IS pounds. Belonging to the
"sucker" family of fishes, the carp has
not become popular In this county, and
probably never will, as It Is not very
desirable, compared with other varie
ties of fish.
llooa Craps la the Orrhard.
The best orchardlst are averse to
growing anything In th orchard but
tho trees even when the latter are
young. They argue, and properly, that
the growing tree need all the virtue
there I In the soil and that If the ap
ple cni lu future year are to be of
any talus they must be provided for
during the earlier year of the trw
There are fruit grower, on the other
hand, who Insist that a hoed crop will
be of benefit to the trees, and that this
may be conslreded so under certain
conditions and up to certain limits.
It the soil lu the orchard I kept up
to tho highest state or fertility u that
the trees will imt. suffer the want of
th portion of the fertilizer takeu by
the hoed vro. then the latter can do
no harm, Indeed, It will be of value
because the soil will receive a certain
amount ot cultivation which, perhaps
would not be glveu It If It were not
for the howl crop. Work the hoed
crop In the orchard cautiously, and
watch the effect on the tree.
When chick are removed from the
Incubator to the brooder great car
should be taken that they do not be
come" chilled. The floor of the brood
er should be covered with flue, clean
chaff. Fine sand and clean water
should be In the brooder from the be
ginning. All the fine, dry bread
crumb they will pick up every two
hours should constitute the feed for
several days, gradually adding rolled
oats, hard boiled egg, cracked wheat,
Johnny rake, millet seed, etc. Milk and
water should always he kept In the
fountain. When three weeks old
make mashes of bran, meal, middling,
beef scraps, table refuse, all salted to
season and mixes! together with skim
milk. Alfalfa leave may also be
thrown Into the brooder In th place
of straw or rliaff. The mash In the
morning, wheat at noon and cracked
con or kalllr corn at night constitute
the wain feed to keep the chick grow
ing. Holdar for liar Hark.
I used a pair of tho Jointed braces
to a commonplace top buiory, writes
a correspondent. The Illustration ex
plain the position of brace on rack
when standnrd I up and down.
HoLots ma the hatback.
Fasten brace on outside of atuudurd
and on Inside of bed piece, lty taking
brace and trying you cau soon tell buw
fur back to fasten It
Shape of Ideal Dairy Cow,
Whether she be a liolsteln, a Jer
sey or whatever she may be, you will
find the typical dairy cow with bony
bcud and strong Jaw, long between the
eyes aud nose, with broad muzzle, she
should huve a bright protruding eye,
which means strong nerve force aud
action later on. She should have a
thin neck and retreating brisket. The
lines alsive and Mow must not be
straight, or she will steal from you.
She should be slightly depressed be
hind tho shoulders with a sharp chine
not too straight a backbone. She
must huve large organs of reproduction
and large heart girth, wldo between
fore legs and ahurp on shoulders,
which gives large ' heart action aud
strong arterial circulation. And luNt.
but by no means least, she must have
a good udder, for one-half the value
of a cow Is lu her udder, which should
be long from front to rear.
1'onllrr Pointer.
Never refuse a fair prleo for a bird
that you do not want for breeding pur
poses. At the same time never sell a
good bird that you want yourself.
Do not feed the newly hatched chick
ens too early; wait at least twenty
four hours. There Is sufficient amount
of feed lu the shell for tho chick this
length of time.
In feeding fowls always keep In view
the fuct that the excess of food over
and above that required for warmth of
body and egg production will be con
verted Into fat Journal of Agricul
ture. A correspondent of a farm paper,
who was not well satisfied with his
disk harrow while It bad the tongue on
It thus tells how he Improved Jt:
I have been using my disk barrow
without a tongue, or rather, I cut the
tongue off Just ahead of the evener.'
I find that this Is very much more
satisfactory than to use with the
tongue; in turning all the horses help
turn the harrow Instead of the two
pole horses having to pry It around by
the pole. In addition to this, It takes
the weight off of the horses' necks
when they stop.
DAHLIA rORTHt IUMMIR.
HurttoltrU Make a Plat la
, o w riaat.
Anybody who want can now buvs
dahlia blooming practically all sum
mer, according to th Washington Star.
Th Itirtment of Agrleultur reeenj
ly turned tho dahlia from a lat fail
flower to a summer bloomer. It was
more or le of an accident, but on uf
the explorer of the department was
down In Mexico recently and found a
little, insignificant flower growing half,
wild, a most flower aud cntti do lu
that country. It was a true dahlia, but
It flower was Insignificant aud of a
pale yellow color. The only peculiar
ity alstut It was that It started blooiu
lug In the early spring aud kept It up
all summer.
The little dahlia was gathered. In
along with a lot ot other thing and
sent to Washington. There was a ques
tion whether anything could b made
out of It, but Mr. Oliver, th plant
Juggler ot the greenhouse. w set to
work with It and by a , Judicious
amount of crossing and twisting of It
natural procllvltlu b finally produced
a plant that not only would bloom alt
summer, but bora a big. crimson flower
a flue as any autumn-blooming dahlia
lu the greenlktuse.
To bo sure, with the average horti
culturist raising dahlia In th spring
may seem rather like eating tro ber
ries at Christmas, hut It hs added an
other possibility to the varletle that
will dock the American garden In tlie
summer, and It shows, too, what good
thing are laying around lu th veg
etahl world only watting for miM on
to come along aud make ue of them.
Banking ot pick-up tn the agricul
tural Hue, orange-rnlstiig may not b
agrleultur In the strictest sense of the
term, but the seedless orange, which Is
one of the moat luiMrtaut factors In
th orang market to-day, was a pick
up of the same sort Th tree was a
And down In Brasll, where there wert
a few seedless orange tree growing
along one of the river. Homo of them
were sent to the United State, and by
grafting, budding and viiarchlug on or
dinary sweet orange stock a seedless
true was produced that has multiplied
ami spread, so as to make the fortune
of a largo number of grower In Flor
ida and California. It only shows that
agricultural explorer are aometlme
worth all the money that Is spent on
them on several trips where they turn
up nothing at all. They are morn or
less like pMsjMctors In the West When
they do strike they strike It rich.
HOW NICKEL GOT ITS NAME.
Derived from Out of th Appella
lion of III Bataal Majmlr.
About 2U0 year ago, In one ot th
German copiwr mines, an ore was dis
covered which bad all the apis'urauco
of copper, but every known process
failed to get auy copier from this ore.
The German miner of thoso time
were superstitious lu fart umst min
ers are to-day. They claimed they
could hear tho kobolds.'the pixie and
tho gnome at work In the mine from
which the ore was taken, and when tho
smelter fulled to produce copper from
the ore they one and all refused to go
Into the workings again, saying the uro
had been cursed by an evil spirit They
called this ore "kiiifor nlckel," or Old
Nick copisr. Cobnlt a mime which hna
become so familiar of late, Is nothing
more than the German for an evil
spirit
This curious ore aroused the Inter
est of the scientists of the world nnd
for years chemist worked on It Cr n
stedt, a famous German chemist, beg-w
a scrim of cxcrliiicut with this cip
per and succeeded III Isolating a metal
unlike anything that was seen In-fore.
It was hot copper, It was not silver,
though It looked more like the latter.
Although the ore was proved to be of
value, the niinio of Old Nick stuck to It
and It is still known ns nickel.
Several years later another mineral
was discovered In this ore and on nc
count of Its hidden qualities Was called
knbnld, for the reason already given.
That an Ontario town should owe Its
namo to a German evil spirit seems
strange, hut It Is a suitable ono on ac
count of tho millions of dollars' worth
of sliver cobalt found there.
Tho iinnie of Sir Husscy Herbert
Vivian, of Swansea, Wales, Is among
tho curliest associated with nickel. He
was successful In gottlng nickel from
Norwegian and Swedish ores, but only
In small quantities. Later Joseph
Wharton started a factory at Camden,
N. J., to develop the deposit at Lan
enster, Pa. Wharton knew nothing of
whnt Vlvlnn had done, but worked on
a process of his own. After years of
labor he produced a few tons a month
of a low grado nickel, which sold at
fancy prices. Tho first samples of
nickel seen In America were at the
Philadelphia exposition In 1870, when
several smull articles made of this
metal were shown as curiosities. New
York Tribune.
A minister recently "spoke" to a
woman because she did not attend
church oftener. She told the truth,
and said frankly that she didn't care
to go ; and he thought that was better
than to make a lot ot sincere and tu
truthful apologies.