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THE CHAFING DISH. Oh. ye bachelors, a-wooing maiden fair and fortune maid, After dance and dim flirtation and the proper promenade. If her heart you fain would capture and secure yotir dearest wish. Just display your lordly knowledge of the mystic chafing dish. Gently hint that you're a gourmet of a palate hard to suit. And disparage old LuculluB and some other chans to boot. Then prepare a dainty rarebit with an air of unconcern. And there may be millions in it if you've done it to a tarn. Love hath naught of sweet persuasion that can beat the art of dining. And the maiden will surrender to your epicure designing-. And I'll imitate a motto, when you've camrht this aentle fish. Quite an up-to-date escutcheon "Heav en blesa our chafing dish." Judge. .ROMANCE OF A HOSPITAL NURSE "And so," I observed to Miss Wre- ford-Brown. "yoti like your new life? "I am delighted with It," she said. "Ah!" I said, "I rejoice to hear that you have altered your mind. A month ago. If I recollect right, your mother in formed me that the duties you had to perform were Injuring your health to such a degree that you senousiy thought of leaving St. Matthew's hos pital. However, the lapse of another month seems to have altered the com plexion of matters." "A little," murmured Miss Wini fred, eently stirring her coffee. I noticed that she smiled as she made this reply. "In my opinion, I said, "nursing is the noblest of all professions legiti mately open to women. I cannot im agine anything grander than the death bed scene of au aged sister the head nurse of each ward is caller sister Is she not? who, drawing her last feeble breaths, murmurs to those around her: For fifty years I have been tending the sick, and keeping an eye on the more giddy of the probationers when medi cal students were present. I have done my work, requlescat in pacer Ah! what a glorious demise is there! If you believe me, Miss Winifred ac tually giggled. "I am not," I said sternly, "jesting to you. I am sorry that I have not arous ed your sense of the ridiculous. Ton do not appreciate such pathetic mo ments you are but 19." "Twenty, Mr. Wormholt, please." "Well," I returned, 'twenty, then. But," I continued, "I was about to ob serve as touching the career which, in opposition to the wishes of your family, you have seen fit to adopt that a hospital has endless claims upon the sympathy of all. is worthy of our full est gratitude and esteem. For think does she not give up the world? Does she not relegate herself to an atmos phere of suffering to the depressing surroundings of the sickroom? Does she not cut herself off from all the pleasures such as they are that a so cial life offers to those who care to seek oem ? Is not nursing a life of self-denial, of wearing vigils? A trying tax on the patience? A sure test of cour age? Yea! It Is all these and more. Miss Winifred, I honor you and your truly noble profession!' "Thank you," said Miss Winifred. It was the after-dinner period. We were sitting In a dim corner. Mrs. Wreford-Brown was chatting, in some what raised tones, to her neighbor, a retired Anglo-Indian colonel. Pausing in my rhetoric, Mrs. Wre f ord-Brown's words came plainly to my ear. She was evidently discussing her daughter. The one by my side for there were three others. "The poor child," the good lady was saying, "is worked dreadfully hard. She hardly ever gets out for even half a day.- Indeed, this is the first night she has been off dnty for a month." The Anglo-Indian glared fiercely In our direction. He -found me leaning back in a cheerfully meditative mood. Miss Winifred put down her cap and took up a volume of political cartoons which was lying conveniently at hand. Perhaps she overheard her mother's speech. Perhaps she fancied I did. At any rate she began to draw my atten tion to the first cartoon most assidu ously. "Do look at this, Mr. Wormholt," she said, laughing In a palpably forced way "Isn't It funny!" "A drawing," I said, "which repre sents a distinguished cabinet minister in the costume of a lady of the ballet cannot very well help being er funny. But I was speaking of hospitalsof the confined and restricted life which the nurses live, and of the unfeeling man ner In which the authorities debar the nurses from enjoying even the sim plest pleasures judging, that Is to say, from the representations which the la dies themselves make to their own families!" I concluded, shooting a keen glance at Miss Winifred's by no means unattractive profile. "It Is comforting to know," I heard Mrs. Wreford-Brown say, "that the child is absolutely trustworthy. At hospitals, you know, there are " "Oh, Mr. Wormholt, just look at this!" exclaimed Miss Winifred. "The undignified attitude In which the premier is represented," I said, "does not amuse me in the least. I have no objections to comic draughts manship," I went on, "but when a right honorable gentleman is drawn In the guise of a monkey dancing on the top of a barrel organ, I think it is time for a censor of cartoons to be appointed." For reasons of my own, however, I had to turn my face away from Miss Winifred's Inquiring gaze. I remem bered, then, that I had brought the vol ume of cartoons to the house and ex plained them to Miss Wreford-Brown herself (mine I mean the one I was conversing with now). "And if " came from Mrs. Wre- ford-Brown's part of the room, "the nurses allow attentions to be paid to them " The conclusion of this utterance was drowned by the general buzz of conver sation. "The other night," I said to Miss Winifred, "I went to Rosemary "Indeed," she replied, and turned over the cartoons more rapidly than ever. "A very well written and attractive ; piece, I continued. Yes," said Miss Winifred, "I've beard " "Agatha," said Mrs. Wreford-Brown to her eldest daughter, "won't you sing?" "Oh, do, Agatha," said the second girl (rather wickedly as it struck me). "Give us 'Resignation." "Oh, I cn n a ccom pa ny that !" ex clafmed Miss Winifred, starting up. "Thank yon." said Miss Agatha, cold ly, "but I prefer to accompany myself." So Miss Winifred was obliged to re sume her seat by my side, and Miss Agatha proceeded to oblige us with the dirge in question. When the polite ap plause which greeted (a very proper expression) its conclusion had ceased, I said to Mlsa Winifred: "I sat in the dress circle." Miss Winifred burled her eyes with the cartoons. "In the dress circle," I went on, "at the back " "Who Is this meant to be "Where I had an excellent view not only of the stage, but also of the other occupants I dwelt on the words) of the seats In that part of the house." I waited for her remark, but there came only a rustle of leaves. "Yes," I said, "the profession of nurs ing Is an honorable profession a pro fession of self-denial a calling which debars Its followers from enjoying many pleasures of life. We enjoyed Rosemary' very much." "But," said Miss Winifred, looking up from the cartoons, "i thought you went by yourself." "Who told you I did?" I asked, sus piciously. Nice, gentlemanly fellows, many of them, but, of course " came from Mrs. Wreford-Brown. I did not hear the rest of the sentence. "Who told you I did?" I repeated. "Oh, I I always thought you went alone," was Miss Winifred's weak re joinder. "I see. Well, yon are right. I was alone. Rut 'we' refers to myself and all the other people In the dress circle. I like to speak of my fellow beings In a broad, kindly, unselfish sense like that. And I felt I felt grieved!" "What about?" asked Miss Winifred. "Grieved," I said, "to think that you, Miss Winifred, only get one night off In a month. 1 felt that it was selfish of me to enjoy 'Rosemary when you were watching by the sick and dy ing " "Perfectly straightforward, truth ful girl," came from Mrs. Wreford Brown. "In whom I have the utmost confidence. Some girls placed In her position would " "Is this meant to be the chancellor of the exchequer?" asked Miss Winifred, quickly. "The man," I said, "selling the dread ful commodity known as excuse me for mentioning it dried haddock. Is the first lord of the treasury, but the cat which is rubbing itself against his legs is, as you suppose, that great statesman, the " "Think for a moment that n y dear child allowed even a house surgeon to pay her " was wafted from the ma ternal lips over to our corner. "Chancellor of the exchequer!" I concluded with disgust. One of the other girls the third, I fancy sat down at the piano and be gan to play dreary selections from Beethoven. Mrs. Wreford-Brown low ered her tones to a polite murmur. Miss Winifred simpered with (quite assum ed) pleasure over another picture. . "I saw a man there that I knew," I whispered to Miss Winifred. She nod ded and, I think, breathed more freely. "I have reason to believe," I whis pered, still more confidentially, "that he is a member of the medical profes sion. I think he is at some " Crash, went the bass notes. Whisb! went the leaves of the cartoon book. " some hospital T' "Mamma," cried Miss Winifred, jumping up (I do not like to say bound ing up, "it s time for me to be " "Sh-h-h!" came from the eldest Miss Wreford-Brown, in a vicious hiss. Miss Winifred sat down again re luctantly. Once more she buried her self in the cartoons. I have heard," I continued, "that he Is on the indoor staff " "Is this Morley?" demanded Miss Winifred, quite loudly. Winifred," came from the eldest Miss Wreford-Brown, in an angry snap. "That," I whispered, 'is Mr. Morley. The master who is flogging him is the minister of agriculture." The music went on. I beat time for minute with my hand, and then, bending close to Miss Winifred's ear again, observed: 'He was with two members of the honorable profession of which I have been speaking. The member sitting by him the less repulsive-looking of the two, that is " The pianist was playing the last chords. Miss Winifred shut the car toon book with a bang. had," I concluded, speaking very hurriedly, "brown eyes, darkish hair, rather dimpled chin " Crash!!! and the musical operation had been brought to a gratifying ter mination. And so, colonel, you see," came in Mrs. Wref ord-Brown's voice, clear as a bell, through the silence which fol lowed the finishing of the music, "I have every confidence in my dear child. Thank you, Miranda. Time for you to go, Winifred? You seem to have been having a very entertaining time, you and Mr. Wormholt, with that book of cartoons." Extremely entertaining," I said. But of course I spoke only for myself. Westminster Gazette. Not a Matter of Health. They were discussing the construc tion of a new gown. From a hygienic point of view, and merely as a matter of health," suggest ed the dressmaker, "I think it stould be made " The haughty beauty stopped her by a gesture. "Hygienic point or viewr' she ex claimed. "Matter of health! What has that to do with it? When I want health I will go to a doctor. When I want style I come to you. We will now eliminate all absurdities and dis cuss this purely from a common sense standpoint. Will it be fashionable and becoming?" Chicago Post. First E 11 Hi-ions Unura Money. The ''Brasher $16 gold piece," which was struck at Newburg, N. Y., in 1786, was the first upon Which "E Pluribus Uaum" appeared- AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FARM AND HOME. Vow to Sncceaafall? Cultivate Melons Method of Farrow Irrigation Ap plying Potato Fertiliser Points and BngcMtlona Abont Llva Stock. Successful Melon Culture Watermelons are excessive feeders, and many fail In attempting to grow them because they do not furnish suffi cient plant food to supply the neces sary strength for vigorous vine and fine fruit. Not infrequently watermelon vines turn yellow and die when they should be just In their prime, simply from plant starvation. I prepare the ground as for corn. Lay off tn rows twelve feet apart each way. I dig a hole about one and a half feet deep and perhaps three feet in diame ter. In the bottom of this I put a peck or more of good stable manure, tramping it lightly. Next I put in a layer of soil and follow with a layer made up of equal parts of soil and fine rich manure thoroughly mixed, and lastly, where the seeds are to be placed, another layer of pure soil. Sow seeds thickly and cover about one Inch. When the second or third leaf shows thin out to two or three plants In the hill. If exceptionally large melons, regular "prize takers," are desired, thin to bnt one plant tn the hill. 1 cul tivate about as I do corn, hoeing each bill after entire patch Is plowed. If very dry, cultivate often, particularly about the hills. It Is some trouble to thus prepare the ground, but It more than pays In the sise, number and quality of melons produced; also In the Increased length of time that the vines are in bearing, as they remain green and In good condition until killed by frost. Orange Judd Farmer. Furrow Irrisatton. Having the water upon the land, !t can be applied In various ways. Flood ing or allowing the water to spread over the surface to the depth of from two to ten inches was formerly exten sively used, but It Is now employed only for grain and similar crops. The most common method for vegetables and fruits Is to make furrows and run the water along In them so that It can soak into the soil. Professor Taft, In his article on irrigation Incorporated tn the year book of the United States De partment of Agriculture, says: If properly arranged, the water can not spread upon the surface, and by turning back the furrows as soon as the water has soaked in and cultivating the soil the moisture can be prevented from evaporating. Care should be taken to so lay cut the rows In the orchard or garden that the furrows for the water can be run at a very slight slope, two or three Inches In 100 feet being all that Is desirable, while one foot In 100 feet is an extreme slope. With a little care In laying out the furrows water can be used upon land that at first sight It will seem im possible to Irrigate. Potato Fertilisers. Fertilizers on potatoes have been the subject of exhaustive experiment at the Ohio State Station and numerous sub-stations. Phosphoric acid seems to have been the controlling element In increasing yield in all these tests, whereas, aecordlug to the "New Eng land Homestead," in many of the South ern, Middle and Eastern States potash seems to be the more necessary ele ment. In the Ohio test the lowest cost per bushel of increase was obtained by the use of superphosphate alone, but the greatest gain per acre was with 1,100 pounds per acre of a complete fer tilizer containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. Muriate of potash and nitrate of soda when used alone did not give profitable Increase, but proved beneficial with superphosphate. Live Stock Points. Did you begin 18U7 by having a book in which to set down all your expenses and Income for the year? If you did not, then you made a serious mistake. A farmer, no more than a merchant, can have any Idea of whether he Is making money or losing It unless be keeps a strict account of everything. There would not be half so many farm ers groaning under debt or half so many mortgages on agricultural lands If the rural I st maintained a strict sys tem of bookkeeping. Tou can never know whether either live stock or dai rying pays unless you know exactly how much It costs to raise an animal or to feed a milk cow. If you have not already done so, be gin now to keep a stock book, in which the history and facts in regard to all the animals on your place are record ed. Register particularly the birth of an animal; also be particular to note down when to look for lambs or colts or calves to be born. No way has been found by which rape may be kept for winter feed. It may, however, he planted very early In the spring, and at the same time oats are sown, and It will quickly spring up and furnish the first spring pasture for sheep and lambs. It will give then such a start that they will go ahead of sheep not thus provided and remain larger and finer throughout. Pruning the Kvergreeni The question of pruning Is an open one. Different people have different views on the subject, yet all alike may be successful. Then, again, the ob jects to be attained are often widely divergent, but on general principles, the deciduous trees mentioned should never be pruned or restricted In their growth. In order to keep them shape ly a process of thinning should be adopted and by this means overhang ing and overcrowding branches remov ed entirely, thus preserving an even distribution of light and air and main taining the symmetry of the tree. As to the time to do this, when the tree Is devoid of foliage should be the best, for It is then easier of access, it makes less work in the removing of branches, etc.; there is no risk of bleed ing and the chances of clumsy work men tearing the bark when sawing away limbs are very much reduced. Evergreens should be treated some what differently; some of the kinds mentioned are frequently trained Into hedges and in their good nature stand several clippings during the spring and summer. But to be absolutely correct pruning or thuuyng of these should be done In the brief Interval in the spring j when they are casting their foliage i and making ready for their new effort, j This period is of very short duration and usually happens In May. AU dead i brntirllAfl ihniiM than ha nut Vio ir anrl I the remaining parts given a chance to break again. Summer pruning or these Is not advisable, and fall pruning posi tively wrong, for at that date the tree needs all Its energies to carry Itself through the winter, and to that end has stored Its strength. American Gar dening. Artificial Comb. It la but a few years since the ex tractor was Invented, artificial founda tion contrived and the movable frame discovered. Now the world Is set agog by a German. Otto Schulz. of Buckow. In the construction of artificial comb, all ready for the bee to fill with honey. Both wooden and metallic combs have been used for breeding purposes prior to this, but never for the reception of honey. The artificial comb is made of wax, and, according to the Farm Journal's rescript ion of It, the only ob jectionable feature is its heaviness. The cell constructed by the bees Is In thick ness from two one-thousandths to four one-thousandths of an Inch, but the Schuls is twenty-two one-thousandths. This wonld make It too expensive for practical purposes. This objectionable feature will doubtless be overcome, and the combs, fully drawn out loto cells, will be given to bees as artificial foun dation Is now given. The Insects will then be confined to the business of propagating their species and gather ing the nectar from the opening flow era. Millet a DtnRcroni Feed. Bulletin 36 of North Dakota Station gives results of several years tests and observations In feeding millet to horses and other stock. These tests at the station show beyond doubt that millet fed to horses regularly for any consid erable time produced an Increased ac tion of the kidneys, causes Infusion of blood Into the joints, putting them aud destroying the texture of the ends of the bones, so that the tendons (leaders) and muscles break loose and death fol lows. Eminent veterinary surgeons of Minneapolis, New York, Illinois, Ne braska and Delaware sent letters to the station, which are published in the bulletin, showing that they have found in their practice that the same results follow the continued use of millet as horse feed, and two of them describe cases tn which It was equally Injurious to milch cows. In view of the fact that millet Is a staple human food in many parts of Africa, China and Japan, the above ex periences are rather remarkable. Gen mantown Telegraph. ASuxBeStion. If every farmer in the great West were to eut his tillable land in two, grazing one-half and cropping the other, for a series of five years, I be lieve that agriculture would be bene fited thereby. Some farmers could grow on one-half the land they are farming as much grain as they now grow on the whole of it. This sugges tion comes from the Iowa Homestead. Firm N. Butter that is washed until It Is dry and hard usually lacks that quick, fresh taste that is in butter not so dry and bard. If you have a shallow well do not neglect to clean it out at the first op portunity which presents itself. It Is a large factor In the health of the fam ily to have pure water. Should a young lamb get separated from Its mother for some hours be care ful to milk her thoroughly before you let the lamb have access to her. The "penned" milk is apt to kill the lamb. Weak and nonfertilized eggs are the stumbling blocks on which many a be- ; ginner fails. Early-laid eggs are apt i to be sterile unless the hens have been i kept warm and so fed that they will not get too fat. Every neighborhood has a farmer a little more progressive than the aver age, one who always has the best of everything. These are the persons to whom to go for Improved stock, for ad vice as to breeds, for lessons In the care of stock. I know nothing about general farm ing," writes a York State nurs-yman, "my own particular business requiring all my time. I have no special advice to offer farmers, except that I do not think It a good idea to put a mortgage on the place In order to buy a grand piano, etc., as some farmers have done In our neighborhood." It Is seldom that a farmer can ac cumulate a sufficient amount of wood ashes for a large field, but on farms where wood Is used there Is a limited supply, which can be put to good use on the garden or on the young clover. Ashes are excellent also on all grass lands and in orchards. They are ap plied broadcast. In any quantity de sired, as many as one hundred bush els per acre having been used on cer tain soils. There is an immense amount of but ter sold every year that would have been salable If prope- y made. Al though farmers have made butter for centuries, yet at the present day there are many of them who cannot put a good article on the market, even with modern appliances to assist them. The creameries produce better butter than farmers because of having skill and experience In the business. The farm er n ed have no fear of competition if he knows how to make butter of su perior quality. A great many persons take an Inter est in pure-bred poultry, probably be cause It costs but little to enjoy a small Sock, while the numerous annual poul try ?hows stimulate competition for the prizes. It is a fact, Ar-, that the farmer's boy who is given a flock of pure-bred fowls for pleasure (s induced to take greater Interest In pure-bred stock of all kinds. He learns the value of breeding and gains sufHc,rtnt knowl edge In the management or fowls to convince him that success can be best attained by using the best In every de partment of the farm. Something New In Soap. It Is said that a French chemist has made a blue soap which will render unnecessary the bluing In the laundry. In ordinary soap he Incorporates a so- ntion of aniline greeXIn strong acetic acid. The alkali of thesoap converts the green into blue. VICTORIA'S JUBILEE. toe Extraordinary Event Will Be Celebrated Magnificently. The sixtieth anniversary of the coro nation of Queen Victoria will be cele brated In a magnificent manner in Lon don. It will be a stupendous affair be yond question something unmatched In the history of Christendom. The I great sovereign, In whose honor all will i be done, is worthy the homage which her subjects will pay her. It will be j paid gladly and with complete national unanimity, In spite of substantia! sac rifices which It will involve. It Is not a very alluring prospect which London holds out to strangers who think of seeing this town en fete next June. It Is distinctly a home festival which the British empire will hold In Its capital city. Strangers are not Invited, not even the rulers of other nations. Of course strangers will go, but they must not complain If they find the accommodations scanty and that preference has been given to members of the British family who come from distant parts of the empire. The aim of every human being In London on Tuesday, June 22, will be to see the Queen and the royal procession. The number of persons who will be pos sessed by that purpose on that day cannot be estimated at less than six millions. It will probably be more. It will undoubtedly be the largest num ber of men and women ever assembled In the history of the world. This mass ing of humanity will be the marvel, the memorable event of this memora ble day. The spectators themselves will be the great spectacle. The most impressive sight ever witnessed was fhe silent multitude, three millions In number, who lined the Champs Elysees 1 ga-g QCEE5 VICTOBIA IS 1837. and the Bois de Boulogne last October waiting for the entrance of the Czar Into Paris. One who drove the whole length of the route just before the pro cession passed over it describes Is as If like riding along the dry bed of a river, with all humanity for its banks. A crowd of 10.0O0 or even 1 00.000 Is with in one's comprehension: It Is an assem blage made up of units. When the number mounts into the millions It is no longer a crowd, it is no longer hu man. It Is a new and mighty ereature having attributes like unto no other. In Its presence is almost awe. There is revealed the meaning of the words: "The voice of the people Is the voice of God." Such a sight will Queen Vic toria witness on her great fete day. She and her escort will be the real spec tators. Their eyes will see and their ears will hear the face aud the voice of Great Britain. That. Indeed. Is a mighty privilege. It will be Interesting and memorable no doubt a spectacle which the children's children of the children who see It will read about, but how much more valuable would be the QUEEN r vm (if jMh WW MM JM place of a private soldier In the proces sion Itself. A fortune by comparison should be the price of that privilege if money could buy It. The people to-day and history In future will, however, make chief account of the jubilee pro cession In its movements In London. The route is six miles, and the crack troops of the British army will be used Instead of police to keep the line of march. In all about 25,000 military will be employed during the day to line the streets and keep order, be sides forming guards of honor and fir ing salutes. Cavalry In the arrange ment forms a very Important element, and it ts officially stated that there will be ten cavalry regiments employed. The navy will be represented by large contingents of blue jackets and royal marines. The procession will be a mile long. It will comprise four regl- V -. - in CHAS. A. DANA, "THE DEAN i CHARLES A. DANA, editor of the New York Sun, and president of the United Press, the news-gathering organization which recently assigned, is 'ailed "the deao of American journalism," and it may be truly said that it was he who lifted journalism to the dignity of a profession. There are those who attribute to his influence the fact that newspaper writers have been enabled to earn salaries more or less commensurate with the intelligence and ability involved in their work. Mr. Dana is now 78 years old, aud most of his long life haa been spent in wnrk connected with the writing and editing of newspapers. He work ed with Horace Greeley on the Tribune and was paid $20 a week for work that he afterward avowed was worth four times the money. It was these early rebuffs that determined his eareer. He was not impressed with the newspaper hack of the early days, nnd he set to work to teach newspaper men the real meaning of their calling and to establish a code of journalistic ethics which will long survive hi in. He bad the pleasure of repaying Greeley's roughness by supporting him for the Presidency of the Vnited States. The date of his real greatness in the newspa per field is that on which he became the editor of the Sun, which has ever since been the favorite journal of newspaper men generally in America, For many years Mr. Dnna has not been active in the management of his paper, althongb its conduct is dominated by his ideas. He is a benevolent man, fond of encouraging Utopian dreamers even if he does not believe in their philosophy, and, withal, is perhaps the most picturesque figure in newspaper literature of America, stand ing, as he does, between the old orthodox ideas and the new journalism of the day. ments of cavalry, eight squadrons of the Household Guards and other In fantry, seven bands and three batteries of artillery. These will lead the line and be followed by the troops from In dia and from the colonies. Then will come the Duke of Connaught and his staff, Lord Wolseley, the commander-in-chief of the army, and the headquar ters staff. Following this brilliant cor tege will come the Queen's carriage, escorted by the Prince of Wales and other British and foreign princes on horseback. The procession will close with other carriages containing the princesses and ladies of the court, members of the colonial governments and more military. The demand for reserved seats to see the parade Is great. The lowest price at which one will be sold is $25. Ten thousand dol lars has already been paid by specula tors for a days rent of one building facing St. Paul's Churchyard. HOSPITAL. CARS. Austria Has the f jtem Perfected for Railroads. Austria has a complete system of railway hospital cars for use in the event of an accidtnt. Railway acci- VICTORIA. dents on anything like a big scale never occur In Austria. Yet Austria, with Its system of slow-paced trains, posseses a capitally organized plan of ambu- lauce relief carriages in the event of a smash in which many persons have been Injured. The relief movement INTKBIOE OF THE HOSPITAL CAR. OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM." . ";; W. 1 has emanated from Vienna, a center where the practice of affording "first aid to the wounded" is carried out to perfection. Improvised goods vans were formerly used for this purpose. Large ambulance cars, however, have been of late specially constructed at, the Florisdorf Works of the Northern Railway Co., and are now stationed singly at busy centers along the main line. They each contain ten beds, and the interior of the car is as roomy, com plete and comfortable as any hospital ward. The new car possesses many ad vantages, affording shelter as a tempor ary hospital In the event of serious ac cidents occurring to local railway workers. STICKY FLY PAPER. It About Rnn Poism Ply-Paper Oat of the Mark L The manufacture of sticky fly-paper bad its origin in Grand Rapids, Mich., about a dozen years ago, and already It has nearly driv en the poisonous paper out of the market. The sticky paper is by no means danger ous, whereas the poisonous paper has caused chil dren who have drank the water from It consider-" able displeasure. and death in some Instances. As to how the fly-paper is made, and the di mensions of the business, but little is known to those who are not directly in terested In it. The sticky preparation is not protected by patents or copy right, for to secure such protection It would be necessary to make public the formula, and none of the machinery used is patented for the same reason. From 300 to 500 girls are employed in the manufacture of the sticky paper. The sticky preparation, of course, is the principal feature of the paper, and It possesses the quality of staying sticky to the end without drying up when exposed to the air and sunlight. It flows smooth and even and does not "strike through" the paper upon which it is spread. The paper is a good quality of cheap manilla, printed on one side and covered with the sticky stuff on the other. Around the edge is a strip of paraffin to prevent the balsam from oozing out. INSPECTING FLT PAPER. and Inside of this wax frame Is death to flies. The wax strip and the sticky stuff are put upon the paper in one operation by a machine which was made in sections in different machine shops, so as to keep its construction a profound secret. Tbe Trouble. "I'm surprised that she is opposed to the wheeL She ts a broad-minded woman." "Her broadness Is not all In her mind, however." Detroit Journal. The difference between what people seem to be, and what they are. Is about the same aa the difference between tbe picture on a tomato can, and the to