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41 . 1 N Sammer Window Drape"IeMe.r " ';:. A new idea is, instead of ttating '¶'da heavy wiudow or door hangings, 'to - over them with linen or chintzs over Ings similar to furniture slips. These covers are fastened fromnthe poles the same as the heavy curtains. and com pletely envelop them. A broad band .of the linen fastens them around bhe centre. The Sudden Leas. In case of a sudden leak. when, as psual. it is impossible to get a plumber quickly, turn off the water. then mix some common yellow soap and whiting with enough wat'er to make a thick paste and stop up the leak yourself. It will do temporarily as well as solder, providing you turn the water on again rather slowly, as a sudden rush might force it out. I have used this on two oceasioas and it lasted until the plumb er cam·>-half a day :ifterward.-CGood Housekeeping. Cleaning Marble. Stationary marble washstands often become stained and soiled by spots which soap and water will not take .out. It is a good plan to wash station ary washstands, witnl the house is c(-leaned, with a preparation of soap and water and oxgall. Do not try to clean marble with aeid. If the marble Is stained with oil or grease which canunot be removed with good soap and water and the addition of oxgtall, a paste must be made to take out the grease. Tie simplest paste is ('cowt posed of fuller's earthi atndi w:tttti uater with a small aimount of wvashlilng sodi: nltied in the water. $itrea:dt this paste thictkly ovetr thle nlarble ntid let it dtry on. Neour it off in a: day or: tw to : Ih strontg soap and water. If lhis lrep aration does lnot clea the imarble'l alftter aipplying it once or twice. llltlk a stronllger prepatration. of equall pllarts of fresh slteked litte atd washing Satlda, and water enoutgh to U make a ptaste. L)o not toui:h the tlixturet. as it is Sctry ('austi('. Let it dry over the untllr ible and remaltin twenty-tlolr hours. lthien wnsh it of with an atllnilance f ihot wa;ter'. It will retuillve llthI Iolst obtsti ntll grease spots that have soaked into lie unafrble. and it mLay ihe 1tied on anny Ipure white umarble, alt hough it may possibly stain somle fancy colored mnarbles.--New York Tribune. Care of Carpets. To keep a good ca:rpet do not hide it under a cheap drugget. as utany a prudtlent but sllort-sigllted housetlwifY does. This only mlakes a: good carlpet the lining for a poor one. Througth the loost fibers of Ilth drugeet dlust tilters and little Ibits of dirt, vwhich wear :awiay the fabric lunderneatlh. It is always httest to have the t.arllet laid by men frotl the store. as they know how to avoid straining the tiltt'. Let themn allso cletn the carpets, as tlhet amateur tisttally does more harm than good as a tletantr'. The c-arpet should is- brushed away from the unLp. Nap dragged daily the wrong wtly weakens and pulls away. To elean a carpet It should tbe gone over yard by yard with a clouthes lbrush. sweeping with the nap. This will give coi it chalnce to see :ill the stains. The right tieth(lod to tlrelt a good carpet is to lay it carefully oio a suit beddilng of thick tlayelrs ofll nelwsplapers or of Ibrown paper. The pritinlg inik on newspalpetrs is dislisiiked bly thie toth. which will avoid such linings as a plahc'e unsuitablle for the lye in iof its eggs. Tlhus thick folds of ncew-papers not ouly give a thick utderfootting for the floor. but relieve lthe houtsewift of one source of worry-nutths in her lie ist carpet. The llipapers s.houtllid - retnewed teach tli . the ilirplnt is ltaken u. Kew York Journal. a utt itp oti r -inl ?id i tt Satli--. tei tiu the onions and atrrtitighe lit-iti iii ltter ttlltt layerts wil tli . eaouliflti\wer: dress with Ftret-h dressilg. 'relie Tro:ast-- itil take t tlllter ott -ircles from stale biread oin -Mttif in,.hl thick, bllttler ilthrz· and onlst ihi evei\n; phlace two slices togetlir l wirll t liuiely cliopl(d jitursl'i-y bet wen. hutittc io tt ln d(le fromn onlle-hlnlf piiit milik nol d :Ii little fltur. well stasitieti with Pbitt lr. pepper atnd stilt. (ai-i'isli with purslhy alnd serve wih g'ratelld chleetse. P'otito Iolls--To one ciilpful oif wiltri rnashed potaltoes adid tlwl noi hllstInitii filis iof btltter., yolks of tn-ut eg-s bhoait Sen,. oiit cialifill of muilk Ulld Ol?- ii, tl tt haulf cllilpful.s of sifted flllou I: Iti ttli ntixutre thorotighlly•: ildl lhe -lhiei is !fi the eggs~ (hoiatei anlldt tuiw Itvt l it.-i sploonfuls of Ibuking h wlithlr: lit utler gem ians and ne:iily till iWith the muix ture; bake in a modirtte oern twenty minutes. Fricassee Eggs--Hard boil six eggs. Put two level lettslloullflls of uttIler in a sauceepain: when melled aidd t \wo teaspooihfuls of tiour tndi. sti' unitil smooth: tldd a cup of gral'y or stock; season with salt and pipilier to taste; add two minced mtzushlrooms atd a sprig of parsley, milciedi let the nlush rooms cook for five minutes in the sauce if they are canned: if fresih cook them in the butter before the flour goes In. When the sauce is mnade slice the hard-boiled eggs and add ,thenm to the sauce. Let the sauce boil up once and serve. in front df the cilty " gii 't.all 1a attention tq; the iamarabe ~#i of the crafflhat I =ire tilaersally used for ,miver traffic. 6 It is tile that noa ves were lost as a p result :o the; destructlop of the Sun rise, but a inumber of people had a e narrow escape, and it Is certain that e had the fire occurred when the boat ,- was running there would have been E loss of life just as there was in the e recent City of Pittsburg disasters The trouble, of course, is ?ot due to any carelessness on the Sun ise or on any of the other river craft which have been destroyed by finre. It is more r than probable that both the Sunrise and the City of Pittsburg were well equipped in the way of fire-fighting apparatus and were probably in all respects up-to-date boats of their kind. The real sectret of the disasters is to be found in the construction of all river loonts. These vessels are made entirely of wood. with light wooden upper works, which, dried by the sun and wind as well as by the heat from their own engines and boilers, become little better than vast tinder boxes. If such vessels catc'h tire it is practically a hopless case from the first. These river cratt have changed but s little in construction or materials in e the past fifty years. In many respects. of course, they are admirably suited to the trade in which they.are engaged, 1 and active competition from the rail roads mnakes it essential that cheapness L of materials in the construction of It these boats shoutl ld e considered. At l the same time icolulnoln ltrndeltce. . as a well as business sense,. ought to dite ' tale the advisability of ixlperiumenting -withll nlateiials less ijtitiunlllaiiile than i' those whi.ch iiiuniiiionlc tlter into the t on.Stll l I ti o 1 of l 111t t a\1V ';Il"'e river Ssteal('er. It is true tha t piassenger r tusinests is not iwthat it iuseid to lit. but 1I it is also true thati the liiinltber if pas - sngers usinlg til heIoIts is still large. l and it is now on the ilncrease,. The n comfort of passenlgers is undlllotitedly f well cared for on rite,- tiats. but the i. princ'ipl considert tion is their safety. I Liv'er ste(anlet's do itot. 'is a rule. s t'rry (.togh lifeboats. inor are i the ap tplianci's for lowerintg sucih ionts what u they shotulid le. iMore' anti better ar *t rantgeld Iboalts Would ulltlonutedlv mm ini i. mize the danger t' life,. bnt what is Sneeded. :above aill. is a cthanlge to some h less intlnlnlUlahle' mnat,'rial than wood t for tile constrtuctiol of ,oauts. \'essels Shtave tion contstruc.ted with light steel hulls that havet' given suatisf'ctioul. and there is no reias:n why light steel con struction should not 'replace wtood in tie c'abin. anld livinl: quarters of river i Qleanlers. Eveni if it shoulll lie tldelnl(el a iest to keep to woottd for hulls and I nain decks of boats. the llppter wort'ks, 't wh.ich 1areno o th sorlc".t. of Ili(. most 1lnnaer. ,couldl he constructed of light 't stee'l. hI Jr is triue Ithat Ovtie steel ships oc casionlly bhurn at sea. Iut t thel same t tlme it is a fait tl llt thely hurnt nlmch Smore slowly than ste('tllllltoutcs. itand gen eirally give ample tilliie to saVe passeln gerl' and croew. and oftelln even to reach Iport from long distancies at sea. Wh\\'ile d it is not to lie hoped thllt a fireproof I boat ca(n be Ibuilt. there ought to be ssomething donlle to malllkel river craft less !nflanuinltlule than they now Iare. Moreover, all passengei r ]vessels should i compelled to carry a sufficient t' number of lifeboats and rafts. so kept as to )sbe easily loltwered''' into thlle wniter" ii Iat the shortest pos(sible notice.-New Orlenns Picayutell. Electrifying Swiss Roads. A piroposition is liftt to eilectrify tle entiri'e systnvi oif Swiiss steai rail roaItti. 'The plan is Ihat of IL. Thor It itinn.i, a Zuric enlgiines'r'. It is esti "1li 'ted that the ,st c.4 the proposed I' chanltge would le- so et'lhiing like $31. t iltl.0(00. wlickll w(u; lll. be dividetd about S:las follow.: dholling stock. T.TAi).00K0; Strani lllission lii'es. .. t 1:tl.110t. and iuutlvert' sul, ll ltlstatl , .o.$t .-l:,u ttlll. Eco ntlltic adaiantiage is thlie unusiuail aI'gu ititit ilirgid for tlht idoltioln of lie in I tovltion. is 't:l ued lti ionvirsion ti'f Swiitz.'rinld. Switzerliand iuforltu ulii tl'y is djitnlati lt on fotteign coun II'ii'- for hIlr t'i.ll lit' -oal supply, and hr ther , Jllg 1i grea':tl numbllerr of wrater l'lill'i a illiltl', it is prti'oitstatl to huitless these foI tir I' dtiv'tlotitnt iii of tlectric cullrlrtl. TlJ',ie It- u-:lni ig in optpliation Ito the raihioiids wout tlilot h' so great, liut the uloltiy Illit is hiow ex.ltinded Souilside of tlit' CountryIv' woultd lie dis II tibutiit mtilng its owin litele, h ind lhis wolild Imenii a dt,''Ided elcitouralge. ntl iil tio otltrli' indutiltsl'is. It is a:se.t'. /1I" rlill lhe e.letr(liical works ait Gerli. ii i ii hv tiiile n atillilication Iio the " .llFtrl I i i tetl li t for a t olllit 'ssioll I l i, l tshill n toa-d if tio 'ih-te l lii·tu iio e' iihalf iilhs 'of StlUdaird gaugetll ' Iitric llii\il 1 Ilot exlIe'hi len ltal lilu' oas.. notti ind it Proiperlity. '-utilt ieirs nl o I i'ltts t alki itnm with tlli' ot1 onir lentlinig ioot I li:il ti l'tUt i, . i;tid ii insielf a i'v 1 a. tiltue lilalln. le it ill m ht I ott louiitn'x l'ieni't had 'ho wa n li h thn thie tsailt of boots is Ssure btiro'omete'r of the prou~erity of 3. Il hc lliil,), so fair h18 I hii ivor'king icla.s's we'" (~ion'c'iied. siys LOidon Trtht. If things are goiig well pe lilt' liiy new Itootis when iht'eir old tint's hti\'ve worn out. if th e reverse, Ithty do not, but timike shift without lt\w luiirithtises,. ,Xlt tite inst, a ced Irie i'ttda, ivhere he hail luige t riide out put, as nat instance cif this. W\'hen. theilefor'e, 1 hear thait ih boot bllus ness is not liourishing. I know what k that ineans,. Althougti it uannot be rsaid to be absolutely bad, yet there is already a shrinkage In sales at t o home, owing to the effect of the war -e on the resources of the wage-earning a 1'las l1kr ARE THLE, STURDIEST QF THEIR SEX 1t THE WORLD. Es ltthe Me&.t, Because the Cattle and Sheep Are "Trained Athletes"-How Fruits Are Prepared-Cooee Like Ol Atrangement of the Adobe Houses. "The sturdiest women of the world are probably the women of Bolivia," said Louis B. Jennings. who, with a party of young men, recently returned from a visit to that country. "The people of Bolivia are of necessity mainly vegetarian in their diet, for beef is scarce, and consequently very expensive. In fact, the beef to be had there is not good, for the country is mountainous and all of the cattle de velop hard muscles. This is especially true of the sheep. which are 'trained athletes.' The mutton has the con sistency of rubber, and is as tough as leather. Northerners who are in the habit of depending on meat find no sat isfaction in steaks, chops and roasts in Bolivia. We fared well without meat after futile efforts to vat it. The only part of the beef which was.at all pos sible was the tenderloin, and even that was not as palatable as the fruits and vegetables. "Delicious fruits at low prices abound in the markets of Bolivia. The break fasts consists of fruit, and plenty of it. We had bananas. prickly pears, or tu nas. which are the best of the native fruits, and of which one can buy ten for a cent: peaches, grapes, luscious strawberries. fresh figs. fragrant pine apples. alligator pears. chirimoyas. pe t pines and star apples. S"Chirimoyas have a soft. sweet pulp and large black seeds. and are enclosed in a thick skin. They are broken in halves and eaten with a spoon. Pepi nos grow on nalm trees. and look like luumienlers on ille outside. but inside ar muninth like muskmllons, with thick. Svery sweet pulp. 'These must be cut first ti let the mnilty juice out. They arle thenl eanten like a canta:loupe. The star apple is a tine fruit. It is beauti ful to look at. about the size of an ap tple. and has a smooth and shining skin. 'raduating in color from a light purple at one end to a dark shade at the other. When the thick, leathery Sskin is broken open the centre is found to be pure white. the pulp becoming darker toward the outer skin until it is deep purple next to it. The pulp is soft and milky. "'The two cereals of the country which are most popular are quinua and I .anaicua. The former is white and the l I:tttt Ilack. The grains are smaller than rice, but somtew-hat like it. 1 Quinua is washed and boiled inl milk. r It is considered ve-ry wtholesorme. Can I agun is tonsted anid ground inito a 1 black flour and e:ten after it is soaked in water or made into a drink resem t ugling coeflt. Another cereal,. l sort of t barley. appears in all the shades of the rainbt(., a phenotienoln no one scent Is able;1 to explain. Potatoes grow Si lin the same varied tints. • "All kinds of vegetales grow luxu - riantly in thie fertile valleys. and the people seem to live wholly on them, the certels andt thte fruits. Coffee is n made exceedingly strong and is almost f like oil in charullcter. It has :i different e color and a different aroma from the t coffee known her-e. In the course of time one grows to like it. although the I only milk to he Id to drink in it is t American contdensed milk. t "Chickens anii ducks. native fish and r imported corned beef are the popular Smeat and tish c'Ouirses of a dinner. Mutton stew or broth is about the only thing to he had :as a soup. Chickens tare the special feast day piece de re sistanuce. and are raised by all classes of people. The bread is coarse and made of dark wheat. The imported ctneiid mnw-its atil fish are more popu Inr than the home products of the same kind. "The ice crop never tails. ntd there is no ice trust in Bolivia. lce is ob tained in abundancee frucm the immense glacier ti-tlds in the upper ranges of the mountains which supply the mar kets tilroutghout the year from their solid ilsds and comnlsl of it-c. "l.iving in Bolivia is ,clhaIl. it e liveid lixurioutsly in La P'ita. tile capital of thie cou-ntry. ilt the (best lihotel for $5 a wet-ik -at-.l for 'OOIm :a1id11 hoard. Most of ttht niltives have ga.drtns, and their xptln-Ues must ie reduced to the nlini 'ThJ'be women keep iii shops and the nillrklt's,. uand sorme of them tire rich, i ovning uhtir own platntations.on which Sthey raise fruit, vegetabiles, chickens, i ducks. ritblits, etc. 'They havet the Sright to atttquire their own lroplerty and Sto holi it or sell it as thety Itdease uitil Sthey are mtarried. Ti'ht their husbands have a dower right, and imust sign a deed to nmake a sale of property valid. "The I'eole arec divided into three class-s-tlie Spanish. or arl'istoc'rats; the native Indiains. or laboring class, and the Cholos. or half-breeds, who are the shopktpcl s.l'. The aInst are usually quite rich. as they are exceedingly thrifty. They bIrild Ibet:lutiful homes, dress extitravtgtntly and wIear a great many Jewels. It is 11t1 Cholo womnan who is the mlost active ti the homie and in Itlsilness. 'The Im:diAtn women bear the Ihardest Iburdens. Considering t'aeir opportunities, the women are most pro gressive. and welcome all latter-day in novations. "T'he Spanilh w.vime, dress in Pari sian styles, yea:rs Ibehind the times. The Cholos have a styvle of their awn. and a:re very fo':d of ilmol-orted and ex pensive stuffs. btut all their gowns are trade after the same pattern. The skirts ar110 short. showing the white bocts and. mtany huetl stockings, and the petticoats are made of silk of many colors, andti numbering as many as ten or eleven, all of different colors, full and stiff, standing out until the top one is aIlmost horizontal. Of course the idea is to show the ruffles of all of ise' petticoats. Their thrats are of plain felt of some bright hue, and their jackets are of bright velvet. • "The Indian women are more easily C satisfied, and seldom wear any udder garments, shoes or hose, but each wears several skirts and a jacket. The . wild tribes wear no clothing. "The houses are all built of adobe, even those of the richest class. This is I due to the lack of transportation facilli ties for heavy stones from the moun- n taluns'or heavy timbers from the luxu- h I rint.forests. The'roofs and stairways a are of brick and tile, and the houses c are all low and built around a series of r r courtyards, with an entrance through c the centre. The front courtyard is sur- c I rounded by the drawing rooms and ve- ( s randas for entertainment of guests: a - the second, by the dining room and S bedrooms of the family; the third, by I the kitchen and servants' quarlers, , and the fourth by the horses. mules. . R ducks, chickens, rabbits, etc.. the out- v side walls about the whole presenting 1 - a solid line of adobe. Contrary to the 3 fashion in Mexico the windows look 1 t outward as well as into the courtyard. , "The women of the highest class arc t l. autiful. and those of mixed breed t t are often fine looking. All are healthy. I 1 sturdy and a happy looking lot of peo- a ple. The laboring class has great pow- 1 1 ers of endurance, carrying on their I backs heavy burdens such as in this country are conveyed by trucks. C "The Indians of Bolivia are short in a e stature, deep chested and capable of J a great endurance. Consumption is never s heard of in the country, nor, indeed, 1 are many other diseases that are com mon elsewhere. The climate is a sort t of continuous spring and fall, the tem- 1 p perature varying from twenty-six de g grees to seventy-six degrees. There is : na intervening hot summer and freez ing winuler."-New York Tribune. Spare the Other Birds. - Mally sportsmcnU when on hunting t trips are in the habit of shooting lirds Sthat can in no sensc'e e considertld game. "simply for practice.'" It is - undoubtedly a fact that large llnumbers of gulls. terns. swallows. swifts. night hawks. which in sonim sectlionls of the t cou try are known as bullbats, and t birds of like character are destroiyed every year. Without (onsldering the aesthetic side of the question. such , birds, from an ecouolmic standpoint. should not be killed: they are of great t value to the public, and to wantonly destroy them for "'practice" in shooting is a hablit that no true sportsman will engage in and which, we hope, is the result of thoughtlessness. 'Th'e appeal is niade to the sportsmen of the eoun. try by the national comnnlittee of the Audubon Society. "to ask themit to consider the great value of the onll g anme birds. and it is believd that they 1 will not only abstalin from killing such 1 birds. but will preach the gospel of f irotection at all times.'" A careful lrelding of this gospel will show every true sportslman that the Florida Alldu Ito ion Society. il urging this for your u!lsiderationu would in nIi way wish to interfere with legitimate spolirt. tint it does ask you to endeavor in your power, at all times, to prevenlt mierci less eruelty.-Florida Times-Union. To Measure Objects. t The dimnusions of an object may be e known even if no measuring line is to be had. The girth of the hand is equal e to the length of the foot. s Many useful muieasures can be found in the body. The fi'st ftinger is usu ally four inches long, two inches from r the knuckle to the next joint and two inches more to the tip. Front the tip of the middle finger to the elbow is about sixteen inches on a:n average, and the distance from finger top to finger tip of tlhe outstruetched hands is about six feet., the fathlom, from fad ham. "to etnbral'e." Individuals vary in these respects. but if, once for all. you measure the exi tL length of your finger. your arm, your outstretched hands anllld your foot U or bout you will have permanent meas f ores always with you, Which nItay prove very useful. .. Ar-itocratile Namet. A stludio Ibuilding in W'ist Fortith h 1 street, New York. is occutiittci clhiitly by women aIrtists. A, wary Ill;n t crawLled up to the rop l i(ior and lay r down in the hi111 to s,'eli. There was feminine confusioln. and a litoielittan 3 was stuttinOluted. 'The a'Lwakened sliep- I er said that hie was an artist. "At r present I an temIporarily e'lblarrasset'd, r but I am still a gentleman " lHis n:name t -a beautiful oet--was Plhilijt llln tltaigenetl. This *riiminds tilt, o tile lman c who. broughl ' el'ore the Imagistrate. t I taid his namet l' twas rold .Moutressor. i "(ive nme your cal noinie." roiared the SJudge. "M iust I'" wlllitit'red the accutred. "W'\tll, if I illist give\' it- Fitzgerald I'ort'escue."-- Boston ,olltr-l taL Telephones in a Forest. The irrigation compallnies alnd electrie Ipowe'r comptlitles tha:t iakie Un- f ie Ihe San Gabrlot River, in California.liltve V de\'ised a unique schiemie for itrotel·ging their plants. They have installed lifty Stelephone stations throughout tile San SGabriel forest reserve, for the special r purpose of giving lmmediate notice if a tire breaks out anywhere in the woods. Twenty-ive rangers, armed with portable telephones, will ipatrol the forest, as an aidditional precautilon, who will be able, in an em('rgcney, to d make connection with the nearest wire e and send their mcssage, without taking the time to go to a station. IHyirogen a Mild Poihon. C Hydrogen, which heretofore has been p Iregarded as harmless, is ngw believed It Sto act as a mild poison. This opinion a is based upon certain observed effects Ii ,of it on workmen in the electric light T Sstations of Dublin, Ireland, where ac- v cumulators giving off hydrogen were in a !use. AMrRIICA'S ICE GRO? V CARE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT r TO FOSTER THIS INDUSTRY.i . The Imaportance Which Rice Has Assumaed Among the Cereal Crops of the South ern Seaboard States-Educating l~eople s in the Art of Preparting Rice. Such anll enormous quantity of rice is now beiug planted in the Southern sea board States where suitable stretches a of land for its cultivation exist as to 5 call attention to the importance which f rice has assumCed among the cereal i e.rops. This is due to several causes. chief of which is the nre taken by the Government to foster and enlarge the scope of this industry. For several 1 years pa:st the United States has im V ported from abroad seed rice to experi ment with in the rice lands of this . country. and now has a commission at -work. under thie direction of its De parttnr'tui of Agriculture. studying rice, r its culture. alnd the lands wherein it k has been and mlay be grown in every part of Ithe world. The reputation of I' ti is country for its success in the cul I ture of rice is known in the East, and it was to the United States that Tur I- key turned for ilstruction and infor mation tlative to putting certain r Iqpds under cultivation in rice. s Japan has 150 varieties of rice, many of which are adapted to American soil, n and one, known as the "short straw f Japan," is in general use in the Gulf r coast r:ce belt. It is a most prolific I, plant, and the stalk is short and hardy, - which enables it to resist those heavy t winds that sometinmes flatten fields of - long-straw rice. The United States nIice (ommnission s is contIosed of Professor S. A. Knapl) and Professor W. I1. I eihilman. Pro fessor Knapp. who left Iowa, anld took up his residen'te inl Southwest Louis inn: several years ago. for thle benefit of his health, has mbeiotmle an expert sn pon the subject of rice culture. lie has beetn making a tour of the world studying the proitesses of raising rice s in various countries. and especially in t China. Japan. uIndia. the Philippines. C Egypt and the islands of the Pacific, and he has sent to the experimental L growers in this country seed that seemed to hint adapted to the soils of b their States. Professor Heilman is making a soil survey of the rice belt. after which he will map out its different soils and de l teramine their adaptability to various qualities of rice and other crops and C decide what fertilization might be ad vantageously supplied. For many hunlldreds of miles tiunder e the rice belt an underground reservoir 0 of fresh waatcr. at a temnperlature of Sseventy degrees, is tapped at a depth varying from 125 to 200 feet, The ii United States (;overnmltent is endear oring to discover the course and extent 11 of this unldergroutdl river, which sup y plies innumlerablltt deep-well Irrigation h plants and canals withi an inexhausti ble quantity of clear water. This un derground river is easily tapped. A it well has ts-en stink ill it to a depth of ' 200 feet in fourteen hours' time. It lies in the region of the oil reservoirs and sulphur beds of Southwest Louis ianna and Southeast Texas: how far be yond is not yet determined. Through the wide extent of rice lands. wild and cultivated, which lie in this region, flow tenl navigable and many smaller streamns besides a hun dred irrigation eanculs which vary in length fromt one to forty-five miles and in width froml twenty to 150 feet. These have many miles of laterals and pumping stations, or relifts, wherever a fall in the incline of the land throws the canal below its highest level. The a canals are built in the ridges, or high s portionls of the praliries whicli are from six to twenty-tive feet above the sur face of the streams that traverse them. Some of these pumping stations have e a capacity of 25.t0.0)(i gallons a minute, but most of themn average 20.000 to 50, 000 gallons a minlute. The Chitneste claim to l:ave bteen cul Strivating rice for 5t)O years, aind their crop has attained to :3,000,ot0.00o hatr retls aintiually. iI. this country the first rice that grew succss.ftully was in 1;!04 Sat (Charrlesto. S. C.. annd in the Gulf . ceast rice ielt ini 1847. while the total 2 rice prouductlon last sea son represented Sfour alnd a halif pounds per capita. * LLouislian and Texas pIroduced over 3(h,.000.)00) pounds bietween them. and - have entlamrged their calnails lmnaly t milHes. inctreasi-d their atcreage, aild ir rangedl to produce double that amount E this year. UInder the irrigation systeml a rice 1 'rop inever falls, :Is it is not subject to hitr effect of low water ilL the rivers or .drought. Ovetr thilly rice inllls. largely owne I l,-y New York capital. nlt situated inii thle ricice -c ntrts o0 (i oiisiintla anil "'etixas, x('llltsive o(f t1hose in the large c~itis. These h:lve a tinily capacity of fronl :-()() to :S)l) nbarrels, and can waure house as high as 1041.00 sacks of rtie at onell tite. Tht'ese sacks Iold ]1it2 Spomnids of rile in the Inll, 0or 100 pounds aunld over oif '-leatl. plolisiled ric(. Notwitlistandlig the Increas'e ilI irri Sgating canals atnd rice acreige the c Sreal did not assulue great proportions as a nter(chantable arti.he until the Gov erntment took an interest in it. Th'rn tile Rie Association oft' America eis tablished a kitchen atl the Buffalo Ex piosition, where rice was cooked in 200 3 different ways iy culinary artists, who could have made anything taste delic lobs. This was a great advertisement for rice, and the association, which in tended to sink money in the venture, cleared $3000 over and above all ex L penses. The Southern Paeific Railroad I is reported to have spent $100,000 in Smaking known the values of rice, and SIs now maintaining rice kitchens in t Washington and other large cities, I - with a view to educating people In the I I art of preparing rice. 1 These various endeavors to further rice loteCstufqehd of the Carols a 'tfon, have not on1h'ly 1s ;mansld for 1ce as a ntilt$* . diet, 'ut have incregrad the appll t.lia for rice nlands. These lands have *Gil" ' vanced in values ranging fromi $1 to': $10 per acre to trom $15 to $50. The latter is pow .an average price .or. the ,:* h'st rice lands. This price is belpnt Y.'. paid for land under which oil is know' . s ; to lie, with no idea of ever boring for oil on the part of the purchaser. -, " Men who own rice lands in the irri gated territory of Louisiana and Texas either put in one deep-water well to every 200 acres to be irrigated, or pay *be irrigation companies a. sum of never more than $1.50 per acre to water their lands. If the land is owned by the companies they furnish land. seed and water for one-half the crop, or furnish water only to any farmer for one-fifth or one-fourth of his crop. The average cost of cultivating an acre of rice is $10. and it yields $30 to $40 per acre. so that nearly every man who leases a farm one season owns it the next. if he has an average good crop. Nearly all the big mills and irrigating systems are owned by organisations of farmers who protect their own in terests and prevent the eating up of property on the mortgage system by outside capitalists. They also own great warehouses for storing rough rice, so that they need not be com pelled to throw their rice upon the market when a corner has been made or a full market has lowered the price. Besides the average price of $3.25 and upward for rough rice dlivered at the railway station, rice bran sells for $12 per ton, the polished rice for $19 per ton. while rice straw is used as fod der. Attempts to make white paper of the straw have proved so successful that tilere is a slow but steady move ment toward the erection of paper mills in rice sections where the straw can be had almost for the asking. Nothing about rice need be wasted. New York Times. Toteuis and Maseotte. The totems cherished by some of e Indian tribes suggest the Prchne mas cotte, A "totem" is the generic word for a class of material objects which a savage regards with superstitious awe, under the belief that between him and every member of the class there exists an intimate relation. The totem may be a wolf. a beaver, a buf falo. a salmon, a. snake, the wind, birch-bark, the leaves of trees, the sun or the snow. But whatever it happens to be, the colnnection between it and its protege is mutually beneficial. The totenm protects the mlan. and the man testifies his esteem for his protection by not killing it should it be an animal, and n)t destroying it should it be a plant. H unters' License Fees. In Florida a non-resident hunter is required to pay $10 to each county in which he shoots. In Michigai a resi dent obtains a license for seventy-five cents, but the non-resident has to pay $25 for tile Iprivilege of shooting over the State. Canada taxes each person not a British subject $5 for an angler's permit for ;hree mouths. and $10 for a period of six months. In British Columbia the fee is $50 for a season's shooting. Minnesota charges residents $25; Illinois, $10.50. Wisconsin $25, New Brunswick $20. and a bond of $100 for a due observance of the laws, Manitoba $50, Ontario $25, South Caro lina $25. WVyoming. $40. North Dakota $25, South Dakota $10. West Virginia $23. Poor Boys in Japan's Army. The ent-ollment of lads from the poorer section of the people in the army service of .Japlan subjects their parents to no small pecuniary embar rassuient., ilt what specially troubles these poor people is the fact that they calnnot alfotlrd to give the necessary al loVllwances to their sons. for, humble as they are. this is a matter that toutcihes theirh suense of honor. This was long knocwn to other neighbors, :ntd these. ;at the instanlet' of some thoughltful nIemhers, have dlecidted to collect a pri\vate allowance fund to be . given to the pllivatcts enlisted from. tlheir o'vll lllarters. low Ctlocolate Grows. Chocolate is a kind of a bean which grows in a vegetable somewhat re sembling a cu.untmber. This cucumber like vegetable is a;out tive inches long and three illnches thick. and contains Ifrom itwenty to thilty chocolate beans, ;Irl'llnged in u-e I'(,ws, withll partitions Itw-iveen t 1111int. The c'hocolate plant was tirst follund in Mexico. int is now grl'owl in most hot cotlU'iri'S. It is occasioually ra':isd iln hothouses. Startling .hemical liton. A New Yorker who carried matches which ignite "only when struck on the bIox" added some chlorate of pot ish lozenges to his match pocket con tents. The tire resulting from the union of the chlorate with the phos phorus on the box ruined his clothing aind emptied the street car in which he was riding. Expenslve Dog Vollars. Dog collars aire made of all sorts of semi-precious stones in effective de signs. One fashionable style is of many rows of coral beads, with a large clasp of brilliants. A fantastic collar is of imitation- pearls, with a large vampire-like buckle il front, the wings being of odd blue enamel an4 the eye of blazing red stones. Brawe oye. Three Victoria crosses, 'ten distin " gulshed service medals, two promo. tions to commissioned rank and foet - mentions in despatches have fallen : to the lot of reform-shool lads In Bouth " Africa,