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l k Y ii In the Year 1806
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oIrs gives an account of a visit she
paid In 1806 which Is interesting in
view of the position Dieppe now holds
ainbng French watering places
LThe poverty of the inhabitants
she says was frightful The Eng
lishman as they called him and for
deilI
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empty harbor With much difficulty a
boat was able to escape from time to
time and go fishing always at the risk
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confiscated upon the return journey ii
the telescopes of the watchers hart
seen It approach a vessel
As for the comforts arranged for
ti the + convenience of bathers which
Dieppe has since organized they wert
nonexistent at that time My brother
was able to find a little covered cart
and with great trouble and great ex
a pense notwithstanding the universal
poverty a man was hired to load the
c horses down to the sea and two o
men to go into the sea with me
These preparations raised the pub
lic surprise and curiosity to such a
pitch that my first bath was watched
by a crowd on the shore My servants
wer asked if I had been bitten by a
mad dog
1 I aroused extreme pity as I dent
by and it was thought that I was
being taken down to be drowned An
old gentleman called on iny father to
point out to him that he was assuming
a great responsibility in permitting so
rash an act It can hardly be Jmag
iaed that the inhabitants of a sea
shore could be so afraid of the sea
But at that time the people of
Dieppe were chiefly occupied In keep
Sag out of sight of it and in protecting
themselves from the disasters which
they feared the sea might bring so
that It was for them nothing more
than a means of annoyance and suffer
lug It Is curious to think that ten
years later bathers were arriving In
hundreds that special arrangements
were made for their convenience and
that sea bathing of every kind went
on without producing any astonish
ment In the neighborhood
I have thus attempted to point out
that the custom of sea bathing which
Is now so universal is comparatively
recent in France for Dieppe was the
first place where it began
ITREE DWELLING ANTS
South American Insect That Acts as
Plant Guardian
Ant defenders of plants and trees
are some of natures pretty marvels
The Cecropia adenopus Is a remarka
ble tree of south Brazil widely dis
tributed through the tropics Its slen
der trunkis crowned with long leaves
at th ends of the branches
A few active ants run continually
continuallyes
along the branches and the leaves but
if the tree is shaken slightly an army
of ants rushes out by small apertures
ready for a savage assault on the in
truder The ant is the terrible guard
ian that the tree has retained to pro
tect It from its most formidable ene
my the leaf cutter ant
The defenders rarely leave their re
treat where they live on small whitish
> egg shaped bodies about onetwelfth
of an Inch long known as Muellers
corpuscles These are formed of deli
cate tissue rich in proteids and ail as
rations for the garrison of defender
ants to feed upon The curious ar
rangement by which entrance is made
to the hollow stem has been studied by
W Schimper
Just above the point of Insertion of
each leaf extends nearly to the supe
rior node a superficial groove at whose
end is a rounded depression There
the tissue is thin like a diaphragm In
a tube and it also is soft The hole
by which the ant enters is always
pierced at this spot The ants seem
to have made their entrance through
the groove originally because it was
I at the top In the course of this
plants further development natural se
Ipction augmented these natural ad
vantages so that finally the thin frail
diaphragm as it exists today was de
veloped Chicago Tribune
Married the Day They Met
Horace Greeley and Mary Young
Cheney were married the first day
they met They had corresponded for
some time a common friend who was
something of a matchmaker having
brought this about She was all his
fancy painted her but she was much
disappointed in his appearance so
much so that when he appeared be
fore her having proposed and been
accepted by letter she frankly told
him that although she married him
she was not in love with him Their
married life was long and happy and
the loss of his wife was a blow which
Greeley did not long survive
Tommys Lunch
Uncle who left his nephew refresh
ing Well Tommy you see Im back
Are you ready What have I to pay
s miss WaItressThree buns four
ponge cakes two sandwiches one jel
ly five tarts and UncleGood
gracious boy Are you not ill Tom
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myNo uncle but Im very thirsty
London TitBits
British Pride
British hypocrisy Is gradually disap
pearing Until a few years ago most
Englishmen fancied that to be born in
the United Kingdom was to be a para
gon of all the virtues Brussels Soir
f Envy
Dont be covetous said Uncle
Eben Envy in what yoh neighbor
has is mighty apt to put de opportu
nity in yoh neighbors way fob handin
yoh a gold brickWashington Star
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THE NAMES OF STATES
Majority of Them Were Handed Down
From the Indians
Do you know why your state was so
named Do you know that the major J
ty of the states of the Union were
named after the Indians It wertI
See the list 1 1
benutI1ful
ful Massachusetts about great
hills Utah mountain home Texas
from the Indian word teaches which
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means friends Kansas gets Its name
from the Indians and the word means
smoky waters The word Wyoming I
comes from the Indian and means
broad valleys Nebraska black wa
wajter
ter Missouri muddy water Iowa
across Wisconsin rushing waters
Illinois from Illini which means i
tribe of men Kentucky meaning nti
head of river Oregon from Ware I
gan beautiful water Arizona means
uncertain because of the desert land
where the Indians found game scarce
therefore a journey through that por
tion of the country was uncertain
uncertainI
New Mexico was named after Mexico
proper and the word comes from I
Mexiti of the ancient Aztecs and I
signifies god of warI
The Indians call great lakes seas I
and seas in Indian Is MIchiganI
feas Michigan
Mississippi is named after tile river II
which is so called by the red man be I
cause of Its greatness in width and
length The word means father of
watersThe
The two Dakotas were so named
after the Dakota Indians which at one
time embraced an immense tribe alii
the branches of the Sioux
There are states which do not owe
their names to the Indians California
is named after an imaginary Island of
Spanish romance Nevada means
snowy Colorado Is so named be
cause of the red granite and sandstone
rocks which are everywhere in the
mountain regions Flurida means flow
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FACTS ABOUT FLAGS
Significance of Various Colors and the
Way They Aro Used
To strike the flag is to lower the
national colors in token of submission
A flag of truce is a white flag dig
played to an enemy to indicate a de
sire for a parley or consultation
The white flag Is also a sign of peace
After a battle parties from both sides
often go out to the field to rescue the
wounded or bury the dead under the
protection of the white flag
The red flag is a sign of defiance and
Is often used by revolutionists In our
naval service It is a mark of danger
and shows a vessel to be receiving or
discharging her powder
The black flag is a sign of piracy
The yellow flag shows a vessel to
be in quarantine or is the sign of a
contagious disease on board
A flag at half mast means mourning
Fishing and other vessels return with
a flag at half mast to announce the
loss or death of one or more of the
crewDipping
Dipping the flag is lowering it slight
ly and then hoisting it again to salute
a vessel or fort
If the president of the united States
goes afloat the merican flag is carried
in the bow of his barge or hoisted at
the main of the vessel on board of
which he is
The president also has a flaga blue
ground with the arms of the United
States in the center This was first
used in 1883 by President Arthur
When a flag is displayed with the
union downthat is the flag reversed
it is a signal of distress and a call
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A Mistake Somewhere
A CATalogue at a DOG show
Cried Jane How very queer
Bring me a DOGalogue if you please
Theres something wrong I fear
Washington Star
AlliterationA Game
This game can be played by any
number of persons each of whom is
required to write a story in which
each word shall begin with a given
letter of the alphabet The storm
may be required to be of the same
length as agreed upon beforehand or
a stated time may be allowed for
writing When all have finished the
stories are read aloud and he whose
story Is the best as decided by a ma
jority of the players is declared tie
winner
The Land of LieaBed
The lazy land of UleaBed
Has two fat pillows at the head
A downy comfort spread all neat
And restful from the head to feet
A drowsy dreamy place to stay
And yawn Ill not get up today
And many children like to go
To wonderwander here you know
It Is a pleasant land and yet
If I were you I would forget +
The pathway there and follow back
The shining mer v morning track
The dream world lies too faraway
From honest work and happy play
And you must heed what you have read
And shun the land of LieaBed
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ICROWD IN FRONT OF ELECTION BULLETIN BOARDS I
I The lending newspapers in all the large American cities erect special
I bulletin boards Jn front of their offices on which the election returns are posted
i In giant letters as they arrive by telegraph Great multitudes fill the streets
in front of these bulletins and as long as the result Is unsettled party spirit la
in the ascendant Why the matter Is made final the victors supply all the
enthusiasm
I The Telltale Hand
A writer In an English weekly de I
clares that If we want to know what
the other person is thinking we must
look at his or her hands Even un
practiced lips can lie as every one
I knows Long practice in self control
will enable one to keep ones voice
sweetly cordial when there is nothing
I but Indifference or cold dislike behind
It The eyes can be made to shoot
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glances which are not at all a register
I for the emotions But the hands it is
asserted are utterly beyond the con
I trol of those to whom they belong
Even people who hardly gesticulate at
I alland to keep the hands still is considered
i sidcred by the AngloSaxon a most es
sential part of good breeding even
these people are it seems constantly
I revealing themselves In little move
j vents of the hands The immortal Mul
I vaney has put it on record that a wo
I mans truth or untruth can be dis
I cerned by the action of her hands Of
j course it takes a practiced reader to
I interpret what the hands are saying
j It is not a case of he who runs may
I read
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Queer Furs
i This is cat fur said a furrier
i We use it for linings An excellent
I lining cat fur makes too Dogs calves
i colts coons opossums bats ratsany
1 animal that wears fur in fact is sala I
ble In the fur market Bat hair Is
felted up with other stuff Into an imi
tation skin It is also used I believe
in rope plaiting The dog the coon 1
and the opossum yield a fur that prop
erly treated makes a very handsome i
lining Rat skins are employed in cer i
tain delicate repairs and they also j
j serve to form the thumbs of cheap ij
i gloves A queer thing about the fur
business is that the furs must be taken
in the dead of winter The trapper
j must work under the cruelest climatic
i conditions Only thus Is the fur at its
j best The dresser on the other itsI
I who could work best in cold weather
must do all his work in the heat of
summer or otherwise he would not be
able to keep up with the changIng
fashionsExchange I
fashionsExchangeThe
The Magical Mirror
I An ordinary mirror of any size or
shape a piece of French chalk poInted
so that it can be used to write and a
silk handkerchief are the requisites
Draw upon the mirror with the chalk
any design or words you choose With
the handkerchief wipe the glass light
ly until it is perfectly clear and no
writing or design Is apparent Having
all this prepared beforehand show to
some one and request that he breathe
gently on the face of the glass when
he will see a picture of his future wife
for the design drawn will show very
distinctly This can again be wiped
off and If breathed upon the design
will be again visible
An Odorless Disinfectant
If one objects to the odor of carbolic
acid he may use for the plumbing an
odorless disinfectant prepared as fol
lows Dissolve half a pound of per
manganate of potash in four gallons
of water and pour this carefully down
the pipes This solution if allowed to
stand in bowls or basins will stain
them purple The stahife may be re
moved with a weak solution of oxalic
acid The acid must be rinsed off im
mediately after it has been used
A HindranceI
SuburbaniteYou are half an hour
late this morning Letter CarrierYes
maam The sections of stovepipe I
have to wear inside my trousers legs
on account of the dogs you keep along
this street hamper my movements
maam Chicago Tribune
Why She Held on to It
Mrs Willful My husband told me if
I didnt like the brooch youd exchange
It for me JewelerCertainly madam
Ill be only too glad as four different
ladies of your set want it
Side
Side in the creed of the British
public and thank heaven for the tenet
is the unpardonable sin and in
no game is it more objectionable or
more sure of detection than in lawn
tennis Frys Magazine
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A London composer was one summer
engaged onthescor of an opera and
as the weather was very hot he
worked with the windows of his study
open This fact was taken advantage
of by his neighbor a lady an accom
plished musician with a very quick
and retentive ear to play upon him o
harmless practical joke
One morning he completed and tried
over a new march and the lady on the
same afternoon seated herself at her
grand piano opened her windows and
rolled forth the air fortissimo The
composer rushed distractedly into his
garden to his wife and tearing his
hair In anguish cried out
My dear I give it up I thought I
had composed an original tune but it
must be a delusion for my grand
marchmy chef doeuvre as I thought
itIs only a reminiscence and is al
ready the property of some music pub
lisher
They Sat Down
One night at a theater some scenery
took fire and a very perceptible odor
of burning alarmed the spectators A
panic seemed to be imminent when an
actor appeared bn the stage
Ladies and gentlemen he said
compose yourselves There is no
danger
dangerThe
The audience did not seem reas
sured
Ladies and gentlemen continued
the comedian rising to the necessity I
1of the occasion confound it nIldo j
you think if there was any danger Id i
be here
The panic collapsed
Englands Mother Church
The oldest frequented church inI
England is probably St Martins at
Canterbury and you may call it the
mother church of England Walk up
from the outskirts of the city and you
will pass the font which gave baptism
tq King Ethelbert 1300 years ago The
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font still stands the worshipers still I
mount the slope and one considers I
whether it was Augustine or Bertha
who dragged the king and husband to
that fontLondon Chronicle
A Gallant Clergyman j
It Is said that the Rev Sydney
Smith could be gallant as well as witty
on occasion
occasionOh
Oh Mr Smith I cannot bring this
flower to perfection said a young
lady to him once as she showed him
about her conservatory
Whereupon he took her by the hand
and said Then let me bring perfec
tion to the flower
A Place of Learning
Sydney Smith once asked why a cer
tain college was called a place of learn
ing replied that although a great
many had been there to get learning
no one had ever taken learning away
hence it was appropriately named
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Officeholders
Well theres one thing to be said
for public servants
Whats that
When you hire one you never have
any trouble keeping him Cleveland
Leader
Out of Mind
FentonAt first he was simply crazy
about her but now he neglects Jle j
shamefully SIbanes I see At first
he went out of his mind and then she
went out of his mind
No man can be wise on an empty
stomachGeorge Eliot
He Explained
At a school one day a teacher hav
ing asked most of his pupils the dif
ference between an Island and a penin
sula without receiving a satisfactory
answer came to the last boy
I can explain it sir said the bright
youth First get two glasses Fill
one with water and the other with
milk Then catch a fly and place It
in Hie glass of water That fly is an
island because it is entirely surround
ed by water But now place the fly In
the glass of milk and it will be a
peninsula because itis nearly sur
rounded by water
The boy went to the top of the class
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Among the features of a charity
bazaar held in London was a refresh
ment stall to which charitable donors
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contributed supplies thus enabling all
I the takings to represent clear profits i
The lady in charge requested a gift for
I this purpose from a well known and
wealthy gentleman in the city but one
I not famous for parting To her sur
I prise she received next clay a note to
I the effect that he was sending her a
r sirloin of beef and two ox tongues
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ed to go to her butcher who was also
the butcher of Mr L and after giv
ing him a large order for her stall
asked him if he would like himself tq
i give anything
I should very much maam replied
the worthy tradesman but I yester
day gave to Mr X at his request for
this purpose a sirloin of beef and three
ox tongues
tonguesNet
Net gain to Mr X One ox tongue
and a cheap reputation for charity
London Standard
St Augustine and His Flower
St Augustine of Hippo the great
doctor of the church whose festival
falls on Aug 28 Is a sadly neglected
saint among modern ritualists and even
occasionally confused with his name
sake who insulted the British bishops
Yet he is pronounced by Hooker with
out any equal and regar ed by Har
nack as the first modern man He
has been better honored In the floral
world for to him Is dedicated the
goldenrod or woundwort Solidago vlr
gaaurea Old Gerard with whom I
this was a favorite remedy tells us
that goldenrod fetched a high price as
a foreign herb until discovered grow
ing near London when the plant was
neglected He adds the caustic com
ment This verifleth our English prov
erb Far fetcht and dear boughte is
best for ladies or for fantastical phy
sitions Before tobacco the golden
rod also furnished snuff for our medi
aeval forefathers Westminister Ga
zette
It Did Not Work
1Ir Seabury and his wife were on
the point of moving to another flat
Both of them were anxious that the
transfer should be made at the least
possible expense and the nearness of
the new home promised materially to
further this aim
I can carry loads of little things
over in my brown bag announced
Mrs Seabury and you can take
books and so on in your big satchel
In discussing further the matter of
transportation Mrs Seabury remarked
that notwithstanding the heat she
could wear her winter coat over leave
it and return for her spring coat The
idea charmed her impractical husband
Why I can do the same thing hp
said Ill wear over one suit and
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I then come back for another Youths
Companion
Hard on the Messenger
Tommy had been spanked by Miss
Manners his first grade teacher but
his next teacher had not reached tn >
I point where she felt she could do jus
I tice to him in spite of all his naughti
nessSend
Send him to me when you want
him spanked said Miss Manners one
morning after her colleague had re
lated his many misdemeanors
I About 11 oclock Tommy appeared
at Miss Manners door She dropped
her book grasped him firmly by the
hand led him to the dressing room
turned him over her knee and adminis
tered punishment
When she had finished she said
Now Tommy what have yoti to say
Please miss my teacher wants the
scissors was the unexpected reply
Success Magazine
MagazineWhat
What the Duke Meant
His grace the Duke of Argyll was
addressing a select company in a Lon
don drawing room on the present state
of things in South Africa I look for
ward to the time he said when the
Englishman will marry the Boer girl
arid have an English wife as well
Respectable dowagers looked their
surprise and the men began to smile
Then the duke carefully explained
that he meant of course that the Boer
oerI
girl should become an Englishwoman
to all Intentsand purposesReynolds
Newspaper
A Source of Joy
What seems to be the matter with
Mrs Brown that shes ailing so
Why poor thing shes got one of
those newfangled diseases
She has My how fortunate she
Is to be sure Here Ive had nothing
more stylish than lumbago and Im
three years older than she isDetrolt
Free Press
PressSmart
Smart Set English
The speech of the smart man and
woman sufficiently betrays the mod
ern attitude To speak good English
is middle class The modern vocabu
lary is very small and the greater
part of it is composed of slangBlack
and White
Stuck to It
Her HusbandIf a man steals no
matter what it is he will live to re
gret it His WifeDuring our court
ship you used to steal kisses from me
Her Husband Well you heard what I
said
Easy
JackThe fortune teller said Iwould
marry a blond Belle Did she say
how soon Jack In six months Belle
coyly = I can easily be a blond by that
time ackSketch
Any man may make a mistake
None but a fool will stick to it Sec
und thoughts are best as the proverb
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THE NITROGEN PROBLEM
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It Is Not Solved as Easily as Some
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The nitrogen problem is solvable t
but not solved so easily as some peg =
pie suppose One speaker at a farm
ers institute said A rotation in
eluding sufficient clover or other leg
umes will solve the nitrogen part of Tv
the fertility problem for us v
This statement does not cover t eIt
whole situation by any means de
i clares Farmers Review How can at
I rotation with legumes settle thenltro1
gen question when the legumes cannot
be made to grow in the first place >
And often even when they do grow
well it Is several years before nodules
develop on the roots without which
nodules no Increase in nitrogen can
be made >
It Very often happens that the cheap
est way to supply nitrogen Is to buy
It even at 15 cents a pound It
takes several years to get nitrogen
from the air by the help of legumin
ous plants even under the best condtv J
tions that Is to get enough of itlto
count for much
The process of gathering nitrogen
from the air is one of growth and de
cay A soil deficient In nitrogen can
not produce the plants desired and ifs
they are produced they will be so
small and weak that they will amount
to nothing when they decay Therec
fore before plants can be grown at all
luxuriantly It is necessary to add to
the soil nitrogen as well as other elm
ments of plant food
It is better to add to the soil a lib
eral amount of some form of nitrogen
ous fertilizer than to take chances oil
gradually developing the nitrogen
producing bacteria in the soil There
fore in the very first stages of solving
the nitrogen problem it may be nece
sary to make considerable purchased
of chemical nitrogen
But after the first good start has
been made it should not be necessary
to again have resort to commercial
nitrogen There are many plants that
are hardy and produce pods and all
podproducing plants are nitrogen J
gatherers Either clover or peas will
stand severe conditions of drought if
they are well rooted Clover and al
falfa will both stand winter condi >
tions Where red clover will not dof
well alsyke clover or white clover
will i
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In some sections cow peas and soy r
beans will do well and can be grown
for plowing under Southern localities
are however likely to reap themost
benefit from these two plants This
must be said about cow peas and soy
beans that they have a limited root
system and so if only the roots are
plowed under they do not give the
beneficial results secured from the
plowing under of a clover sod
In any rotation carried on for the
purpose of keeping up the supply of
nitrogen the leguminous crop must
be brought in often enough to give the
results desired How often this Ifr
guminous crop should be grown will
depend on the natural richness
of the particular field in nitrogen and
also on the kinds of crops being gen
erally grown as well as the quantities <
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KEEPING SEED CORN
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See That It Is Thoroughly Dry Before j
Freezing Weather ic
Never let it freeze before it is dry
We have had seed corn exposed to a
temperature of
30 degrees be
low zero without
injuring its vi
tallty and have <
had it ruined at
ten degrees a oveF
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zero We would
not recommend
kiln drying for J
the general farmer as this is only
practical where a grower is in theVV
seed business <
We have found says Farm and
Home a very convenient way is to
take four pieces 4x4 six feet long sell
them up in a square and nail laths 0 J
them two and two opposite leave + af
sixinch space between the laths soo
the corn will have plenty of veritlla
tion Lay your corn on this to dry >
and if thoroughly dry it can lay there
all winter
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Cement and Steel Culvert I y
The price of lumber in the near
future will stop the idea of building
bridges and culverts of wood Cement
and steel must take its place There
is nothing cheaper than cement if
durability Is figured It is cheaper
than corrugated steel glazed sewer
pipe lumber or castiron pipe Bridges
will come to be made of arched spans
of concrete steel beams cement cpvv
ered or steel beams with checkered
steel floors Piling piers and abut
ments can be made of concrete and H
wilL stay for all time
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gravelroad It simply means mud ing
wet weather and dust when the seas
is dry tjY >
Supply the hopper so the mill will C
grindno matter what kind of an ani
mall ypqr mill may ber
Be good to yourself by being good
to your stock j wit <
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