Dakota farmers' leader., November 24, 1905, Image 6

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COWOHATIONS AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION.
By Mayor Dunn* of Chicago.
Sinister and selfish Interests nro all
'prevalent In the political IIto of the re
public. Evidences of Kraft and cor
ruption are about us on every baud.
Public officials with alarming fre
quency are found whose careers arc
besmirched with the tnint of debnuch
ery. Look well Into the character of
the man you vote for. hook well to
the principles thnt he advocates.
TfclaMlchf*«ti dirt. Atao SaceaMfnlly
HumUh Acrei of Other Product#,
tribe molt extraordinary farmer In
la Mar* Clark
*Ve!iSu
In my Judgment, tbree-quortcrs of
KAYOS nuira*. the political corruption now existing
In this country can be laid nt the doors of corpora Hons and
men who have been seeking to obtain from the public
exclusive rights and privileges in the shape of private
monopolies of public property, and this is the reason why
I for on® have been strenuously advocating Hits placing of
auch public utilities In public hands and thus removing
from the sphere of politics the opportunity mid temptation
for such public corruption.
Place the control of Interstate rnllvvtiys, telegraphs,
long distance telephones, express companies mul utilities
of like character In tbo hands of the Federal (Jovonituent
and plnce street car, gas, Interurhan telephones and light
companies In tho hands of the municipal authorities and
three-quarters of tho Incentive to graft tuul corruption in
this country will be abolished.
The operation and management of such utilities in pub
lic or private hands are necessarily a monopoly. In private
hands it becomes a private monopoly, ntid 11 private mon
opoly Is never benevolent. The aim of a private monopoly
Is to make money, and as long as human nature remains
It Is tho desire to make money lias no limitations. A
private monopoly will give the cheapest possible service at
the greatest possible price. A public monopoly, 011 tlie
Other hand, bus different alms and objects. It* sole aim
la to satisfy tho community, and the community is best
Mtlsfled by the highest efficiency of service at liio least
EARLY MARRIAGE AN AID TO SUCCESS.
When Mrs. Charles M. 8chwitb started out
a few years ago to provide summer va
for 6,000 children In New York her hus
pot only provided the funds .but he wus
liart and soul,wlth lier In the enterprise. They entered
Into It together, lfSnd In hand, as they had often go no that
Iray In reality lir childhood days. .. Schwab was married
irben he was 22- Before,he began bis meteor-like business
fcfe he had asked the tail, sweet-facccl girl who had been
Ma playmate and schoolmate to be his wife. Before leav
h| his hitive town fib had tried, his fortune 'as a grocery
irk, but he could only make $2.00 a week. It was with
encouragement of the girl be loved that he concluded
to Mek a wider sphere of Influence. Ever since they were
tarried his wife has watched carefully his business prog
two, and, although she bis not kept up with him In tech
nical knowledge, she haa freauentlx given hint viiiuiiJL!e
idrlce.
Of other great financiers who have married enrly, one
MjjtlC the mast prominent la Thomas Lawson. In 1STS he mar
Ills* QoodwHIIe. Those who remember only the spec
lacular features of .tho famous "Mrs. Thomas \v. Lawson
plakH Incident havif missed the romantic devotion to his
HUNS A PEPPERMINT FARM.
nt
conduct!* peppermint
—farm, a» well as
(looking after a
tract of land plant
ed with other prod
ucts common to
Michigan. At 16
the bought forty
acres adjoining her
widowed mother'*
firm, and, tenants
proving unprofit
able, she took the
entire management,
mahy cuuuc. nnd with the ex
itlon. of ditching and fencing, did
11 the work on eighty acres. She 1b a
^practical farmer, haa made a stydy of
the chemistry of the aoll, and thorough
understands the rotation of crops.
1 cuts and rakea twenty tons of lfny
Iks ten cowa night and morning, and
pHM* a week sends half a ton of milk
mllsa 6 the creamery, where her
l&ecfce Average $00 month. She nets
r||iB A month OB a couple of hundred
her porkers bring fancy prices,
supplying her table with fresh
|atoAt and sugar cured hams and bacon,
trwy year she has two thorough
IgfeNA colta for sale. Angora cats are her
pride and diversion, for she owns the
'choicest strains in America. A fine
& «*A«rd of apples, pears, peaches,
grapes and •mailer fruit adds
•*'(—tsrtalty to her-Income.
Miss Clark keep* her lawn like cut
fi?Wl*#t The stone* banking the flower
and outlining the driveways aro
white as alabaster from her fre
appUcatlons of lime. Flowers
the' grain fields and blossom
flM vegetables.
fall she planted four acres of
and recently ahe harvested
titth entftaytag a large number of
and women at II per day and
ilnaats to do the work.
jjifHAT TO DO IN A STORM.
Who Sliriak
1
ail U(htnlii(,
s, especially women,
flUftlSBal at sever* thunder
fMlewiug Instructions
|-^M: 'WlaatV to do in such cases.
Warren Smith, direct'
acceptable. Be says
jpecur when there la
Of moisture
|^|ti^':c66ih|g:'e('aii
iit 4l held ly most
lean
kted fre
^Iwid and
earth. The
to aj»-
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in tbe
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long lis
By h. R. Clarke.
,"If I have liaen successful," said a man whose
swift rise to power In the last few years has as
tonished the world, "It Is because 1 have never
h?d any Arts to tight In the rear," which brief
utterance Implies fin untold tribute to the woman
who never failed to hold one end of the fort
against the Invaders of peace.
wife which was its chief Inspiration. For four years be
fore this particular carnation became famous Lawson was
the purchaser of all that were grown, with the thought only
of giving a constant and unique pleasure to his wife, who
was then an Invalid, l.'pon her recovery she used It largely
in dinner table decorations in their several homes until out
of compliment to her it was exhibited under her name.
After It had won prizes large minis of money were offered
for a bull) from the plant, until Lawson, In his chnine.ter
lstlc manner, bought up the whole growth at the cost of
$.'10,(XX).
MEN WHO TRY NEW JOBS.
The Sultftu of Morocco, like tlie Sultan of Turkey, takes no chances at
being poisoned and every dish that reaches the royal table is previously
tasted by a functionary attached to the palace at Fez. As this functionary
would bo risking his own life hi case poison should be mixed with the food,
he naturally exercises, a strict vigilance in the kitchen, to prevent any tam
pering With the dishes At grand banquets the number of courses sometimes
reaches seventy or more, so that the work of the palace taster is not a sine
curt. Our engraving Is from the Illustrated l^ondon News.
barns,- near opeu windows or doors,
close to cattle or horses, or near chim
neys and fireplaces There Is very lit
tle reason, however, for alarm during
a thtmdcrjttorm or for making efforts
tt Insulate one's self by getting into
feather beds. etc. If you are In the
vicinity of a person who has just been
struck^ by lightning, no matter if he
appears dead, go to work at onw t)
try to restore respiration and eon
s3ousn««ti. Xo matter which, method
of artiflclat w»itratlon is used, keep it
up for at feast an hour, and in the
meantime maintain the heat of the
body by hot flannels, bottles of hot
water.1 wnrin clothing taken f*om by
*taniters ete." Firmly and
lr infe thff-i'mibs upward so as to Tare?
blood to the heart and brain.
When swallowing Is established a tea
siKwtiful of warm WSter, wine, dilut
ed whisky or bnmdy, warn coffee
thanid bt en-
'W&
Br tf. 3.
out of the case, the average man changes his occupation
something like three times before he llnds the work that
lie sticks to.
Employment agencies of tlie better class are frequently
In a position to see the number of times a man may change
work before (lulling something which he stays at perman
ently. ortcn they are the medium of effecting the changes.
Home men have a penchant of changing from one line of
work to the other in a manner that passes ail belief, but
the majority of men who work In a city are only sincerely
anxious to tlnd the work wherein they can labor to the
best advantage.
Kven professional men have to change their profession
sometimes before striking the one that Just suits them. But
*0
Heard.
The popular Idea that the man who dabbles In
many kinds of work before settling down to the
work that is to be his life vocutlou Is worthless Is
hardly applicable to tilings as they are. Most men
nowadays try many kinds of work before striking
the line that Is to he theirs for life. If you are the
average American citizen, you have changed your
occupation more than once. Leaving the rural
district, where a man is a farmer or nothing,
a man eventnnily Nettles down into the right
career It does not matter how many changes lie makes in
getting to it. In fact, he Is all the better for it, his knowl
edge of life Is broader, anil this will help him no matter
what line ho settles into. One lias only to look about and
see thnt there are a whole lot of misfits who would be the
better off for making a shift or two.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR.
By John W. Noble.
'The Department of Commerce and Labor does
not have power to enforce its own conclusions
even if It Is expected to formulate them 011 all
subjects within Its Jurisdiction of investigation.
Where this power should be placed Is a question
affecting the whole iield of controversy now agi
tated by the question relating to transportation,
monopolies, Illegal combinations, even as to the
vit 11 controversies about tariff, reciprocity and
the li^sTlii'and vigor of both our foreign nud domestic coni
,merciv...lt, hy.weycr, seems beyond doubt that the Legis
lature has power to tlx rales for transportation by common
carrier^ and that it can be exercised by a board of commis
sioners authorized l'or the purpose by legislative act and
within the limit of not destroying the property nnd busi
ness so regulated that legislative power is effective and
final, that tho judiciary can annul Illegal combinations to
prevent competition In trade, and that the Supreme Court
of the United States as to interstate or International com
merce can and i!! act to set aside corporate action cre
ating or even tending to create monopoly or contravening
tiie anti-trust statutes.
It may bo relied on as certain thnt, where the power
exists to eradicate such evil and tile public intelligence is
alert to support the executive, that power will be exerted
until the evil Is abandoned.
SAFEGUARDING THE SULTAN OF MOROCCO.
temporary paralysis of the respiratory
organs and the heartbeat* which. If let
alone, will deepen into death, but
which, treated as suggested, will often
result in recovery."
Mark Twain as an Arc Critic
Mark Twain was visiting Bfc U.
Itogers, who led the humorist iuto his
.library.
/.^Thert',*' he said, as he pointed to a
of white marble, "what do you
think of that
It was the bust of a young woman
colling her hair.
Mr. Clemens looked at It a moment
and then said:
"It isn't true to nature."
Why not Mr. Rogers asked.
"She ought to.have her mouth full
of hairpins."
Pftenbw* Oroaky Drivers.
•'""fetore obtaining a license, 8t Pe
tersburg drosky drivers have to take
-*0- ov*r
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1
Never iniud iiow dim tiio
It Is lending tu the clay
Weariest winter drenins of M"X
Forever!
Not In vain tlio songs'we *inK
Crosses cold to width wf clin^'
Sweeter re#t each cross kIimII lnii'8
Forever!
-Atlanta Constitution.
A
DOCTOR'S OREAM.
EVKltAI.. years ago 1 n-*..li'l in
a wild, mountainous .i rather
lonely region of Vii'K'"':l 1 her
was a railroad but 11 few rt»is in from
of my door and a station ami consider
able village about a mile to tin- west
Tho nearest station 1o ti.e cn«t «'ii
about ten miles distant. 1 ni'jved
the placc with my young wife late In
the autumn, and about the liit of '.lit1
following March I was att:ic!.c.l with
typlN»:d fever and wai ill for about :i
month. Hut thanks to a naturally
strong constitution, and the careful
nursing of a loving and intelligent
wife, I slowly recovered.
As soon as I got strong enough
sit up and walk a little. I told my wife
alio had bettor take the cars and go
and visit her brother, who lived about
llfty miles east of us. She hail been
taking care of me so faithfully through
my illness both by day and night, that
I feared her health and strength
I seemed to be walking along the
railroad toward the east. I first passed
through a wood about half a mile
wide then for about a mile through
fields containing a couple of farm
houses, one Inhabited and the other
deserted. I then entered another wbod,
and, after walking about a mile nnd
a half, I came to a stream greatly
swollen by the rain, which had weak
ened the railroad bridge so much that
the passenger train, in attempting to
cross, had broken It down, and the
bridge and cars, completely wrecked,
were lying on both sides of the stream,
except portions thut were floating
down. Some of the pasengers lay dead
or dying among the ruing, some were
floating lh the water, and a few were
clinging to trees and" bushes on the
bank. It was a fearful and heartrend
ing sight.
"Wiwr
The next day, early in the morning.
It commenced raining, and continued
to rain through the day and following
night I felt very lonely and uneasy
all day, which feeling was increased
by receiving a letter from my wife say
ing that she Intended to come home
on Friday night by the express train.
I retired late, feling ranch worried on
accouut of my fearful dream. And to
add to this fear, presentiment, or what
ever you may call It, the dream was
repeated, and even more distinct and
vivid than the first time.
When I arose in the morning the
rain was still falling. This was Friday,
nnd therefore was the day on which
my wife was to start for home. There
were two passenger trains from the
east each day, one at 0 o'clock in the
forenoon and the other at 9 in the
evening. This last was the express
train, and the one on which my wif?
was coming.
Toward the middle of the afteraoou
the rain ceased falling nnd the clouds
slowly cleared away. The dream had
made such an Impression on my wind
that I resolved to attempt to find ttu»
stream I had seen #0 plainly In uiy
dreams, and If It appeared at all dan
gerous to attempt to stop the train be
fore reaching it. Accordingly, soon
after the rain was over I ot ready
and started. I had never before hat!
occasion to visit the station in this di
rection, and AVas therefore entirely un
acquainted with this part of the conn
try. But I found everything just as it
had appeared In my dream.
immediately after starting I passed
through the wood I had seen, in my
dream, and then entered the open £eld
and found the two farmhouses, one
inhabited and the other deserted.- In
fact everything was as natural as ir
I had really been this ,way before. I
walked slowly, and late In the after
Boon 1 came to the stream, which
flowed rapidly aotl seemed much
io«te&«t or
NORTH
would
fail her if she did not rest a while. I
knew she had been very anxious to
go, and I felt sure that her brother
and Ills family would he very glad
to
see her, and would try to make her
visit a pleasant one.
She hesitated about leaving nie,
fearing I might need her care: but
after waiting a few rays, and seeing
that I continued to gain my health nsd
strength, she decided to follow my ad
vice. Accordingly, one pleasant morn
ing about Hie middle of April, after
Holng everything she could for my
comfort nnd bidding me,to be enreful
about taking cold or walking too far,
Mr FRANTIC SIOXAI.S WERE OBSERVED.
she started, intendinyr to be gone a
fortnight.
One night I exercised a little bej-ond
my strength, nnd felt quite tired at
night and lay awake for a long time.
At last I fell into an uueasy slumber
and dreamed a very curious and startl
ing dream. I seemed to have gone
forward into the future a couple of
days, and instead of Wednesday, the
24th, It seemed to be Friday, the 26th.
Jt seemed in my dream that a heavy
tain liiiil Uct'ii fuiiiiig iiiuat Oi the umj
and all the day before, but the even
ing was so clear and pleasant and not
very dark, though the moon was not
fihliiing.
the broken cars and mangled passen
gers. was still standing, and though
its timber looked quite old and
weather-beaten, there seemed to be
little danger of its breaking down be
neath tlLe weight of a passing train.
There was a heavy freight train due
from the west about o'clock, and I
resolved to wait until at least it came,
and if it passed over in safety thcra
could be, I thought, but little danger
of accident to the lighter passenger
train.
In due time it came thundering
along nnd passed safely over the bridge.
But, though it might have been owing
to 1113' excited imagination, It seemed
to me that the bridge bent nnd shook
beneath the weight of the train in a
manner highly suggestive of danger.
At ail events, 1 resolved to wait a
while longer and see if the stream,
which was still rising, would have any
apparent effect upon the bridge. I took
with me a lantern and also a thick
blanket to protect me from the damp
night air.
Shortly after sunset, as I was sitting
a few rods from iiie stream, I heard
a loud splash, and hurrying to the
bridge I saw that a portion of the
bank on tho opposite side had broken
away, and also that the action of the
water, or some other cause, had weak
ened the foundations of the bridge in
such a manner that a portion of the
line was bent and lowered enough t*
make it impossible for a train to cross!
I immediately crossed the bridge, re
solved to stop the train, if possible,
before it reached the bridge and cer
tain destruction.
I went on in tho direction from
which the train was to come, and soou
found a good place which commanded
a view of the line for a considerable
distauce. I lit my lantern, wrapped
my blanket closely around me, and sat
down to my wearisome watch of two
hours. The night was clear, but not
very dark, though no moon was shin
ing. I suffered nothing from cold, as
I was remarkably warm, even for the
climate of Virginia, and I succeeded
in keeping awake, though the task was
a difficult one.
Slowly the moments passed by, but
at last I saw by my watch that the
time had nearly expired, and a few
moments would decide the fate of the
train and its human freight. Soon 1
saw a light, far away nud "very small
at first, but rapidly growing larger and
brighter. I arose, trembling with ex
citement, and commenced swinging
the lantern above my head, and as the
train drew near I doubled my exertion
and shouted as loud as 1 could.
Onward came the train at a rapid
speed.
It was a time of terrible suspense
to me. Should the engineer fail to see
my signal, or not see it in time to stop
the train before going a few rods past
me, I knew that no human power
could save It. On it came, and, just
as I gave up my exertions and stepped
from the line, my frantic signals were
observed, arousing the sleepy brake
men like an electric shock, who flew
to their stations.
The train was quickly stopped, and
I then informed the engineer and con
ductor of the danger ahead, while the
frightened passengers left the car
riages and gathered around me. Many
a brave man grew pale when he
learned what a fearful death he had
so narrowly escaped.
Among the passengers I fouud my
wife, not mangled and lifeless, but
alive and well, though somewhat
frightened nnd a good deal surprised
at seeing ine. The conductor gave ine
seat next my wife and then had the
train backed to the station It hnd just
left, from which telegrams were sent
to warn all other trains of the danger.
In the morning mv wife and I took
the stage for home.—Pittsburg Kss.
A Case of Quality.
A clever little gentleman well
known In the scientific world was one
day standiug with half a dozen tall
men when one of them turned to him
and said that he had not seen him be
fore, as he was so very small.
"Very likely," replied the little gen
tleman. "I am like a sixpence among
six copper pennies—not easily per
ceived, bnt worth the whole six to
gether."—I«ondon Standard.
There was a terrible sensation at a
late wedding: Every one said that one
of the bridesmaids looked prettier than
the bride. -Vpv -r"'.K
^he entertainment a- man finds In
politics* woman finds ia religion.
Imbued With the idea that the conquest of the
North l'ole can only be accomplished by explorers
who have become acclimated to the rigors of the
Arctic winter and who have had long practice with
tile managemcnt of (log sledges, a part.v of baidj
ones in Dawson City, the metropolis of the Yukon
district, have given an appreciative ear to the project
of L»r. Antony Varicle, a Frenchman at present a
resident of Dawson, who is said to lie an inventor
and un anient student of polar research.
iris plans as described to a meeting of citizens of
1 awson recently, tlo not lack novelty, and it is re
ported that lienerai (Jrecly. who lias been in the
Arctics himself 011 a memorable expedition, has de
ciareil the scheme is well founded. Certainly, lie ad­
mitted the correctness of the judgment of the French ex^lcvn- In
deciding to 111aice a trial trip, as it were, in the Yukon district
tiie coming winter, where the stage is set very like the setting in the neigh
borhood of the l'ole. and the experimenters will be within reach of civili
zation.
The real start. 11s .reported, is to lie made in June, next year, so that
Commander l'eary need not fear keen competition as he nears his goal, for
he will have had'almost a year's start. A11 international society for polar
research and experiment was recently formed at Dawson. It is the object
of tills organization, said to number 200 members, to assist in the develop
ment of the theory of Dr. Varicle. It is the contention of the new North
l'ole seekers that the expeditions of all former polar explorers or Pole seek
ers have been conducted 011 anything but lines that would be approved by
the northern travelers of experience. Yukoners found many weak points
in tlie methods of travel, equipment and composition of nearly every polar
expedition'of the past.
Science
Vention
Because England's canals are used
so little, comparatively, a correspond
ent of the Loudon Times has written
to that paper making a novel sugges
tion. He would have the canals drain
ed nnd their beds converted Into road
ways for the use of automobiles.
Users of tobacco should, according
to a (icrmim investigator, filter the
smoke from their pipes through cotton
soaked in ferric salts. l?.y this process
the'funics of the eseuthil oil, of the
hydrogen sulphide, the cyanhydric
acid and about half the nicotine and
its products of decomposition are got
rid of, while the smoke is not deprived
of its aroma.
A substitute for the kerosene lamp,
lately introduced in western Europe,
consists of an alcohol burner and a
Wclsbach mantle, which is suspended
in a small glass chimney. Wood-al
cohol is burned, and the illumination
obtained is very brilliant, amounting
to 45 candle-power with a small port
able lamp. The light is said to be
steady and smokeless.
An Interesting novelty in railroading
is the gasoline motor-car recently con
structed by the Union Pacific Railroad
for local passenger service near Oma
ha. The six-cylinder motor possesses
100 horse-power, and the car has seats
for 25 passengers. It Is heated with
water-pipes supplied from the cylin
der packets of the motor, and the oper
ating speed is from 20 to 30 miles an
hour.
Horseshoe fall, Niagara, has reced
ed more than 260 feet within the mem
ory of living men, and is now travel
ing toward Lake Erie at the rate of
fully 000 feet a century. At present
the crest of this fall, as its name Im
plies, has the general outline of a
horseshoe, and its length is about 3,000
feet, but if the present rate of erosion
continues teh length of the crest may
reach 8,000 feet or more within the
next half-millennium.
A writer has this to say about smok
ing by women: "Smoking develops
the mustache, a fact which Is well
known by small boys and is at once
the cause of juvenile smoking in the
one sex and the alarming development
of mustaches in the other. Moreover,
smoking produces, nt any rate in wom
en, weak-rimmed eyelids, for which
reason in a mixed assemblage of wom
en it is easy to pick out the smokers
by the ugly pink tinge of the eyelid
edges."
Is there some not yet understood
photographic power in a stroke of
lightning? Many people say that there
is and many scientists call tbo claim
absurd. The following Item comes
from a recent English newspaper:
"A young man named Frank Goodson
was killed by lightning while stand
ing under a tree at Wimbledon. When
the body was being placed in the cof
fin nt the mortuary it was observed
that there were marks imprinted
upon the right thigh which bore a re
markable resemblance to leaves. Good
son was, of course, fully clothed at
the time when he -was struck."
Since the fearful eruption- of Mont
Pele in 1902, when the city of St.
Pierre was destroyed, that remarkable
volcano has furnished many extraor
dinary phenomena for the study of ge
ologists. Its wonderful "spine," or
"tower," has now been replaced, in
scientific interest, by a vast dome of
andesltic roel half a mile in diameter
at the base, and about 1,200 feet high,
which stops the aperture at the bot
tom of the crater like a gigantic cork.
The Abbe Yvon and Franz Beaufrand
recently descended into the crater,
and climbed, part way up the dome.
Avalanches of dnst and ashes fre
quently plunge down the sides of the
dome, and from fumaroles about its
base issue clouds of smoke and vapors.
Incandescent spots occasionally appear
near the summit of the dome.
A Safe Wager.
"i see that a member of the New
port colony makes this naive excuse
when threatened with an interview:
"My lawyer will not allow me to
for publication any more."'
"Well, I'll bet It wasn't a woman
that eaid that-fe-fleveland Plain DmI-
Thla la the Method Adopted
In Manr
Places.
The land on both sides of the road
way can be planted with fruit trees of
various kinds, says the Country Calen
dar. It will then become as valuable
as an inclosed orchard—in fact, it ii
be an orchard without need of an in
closure, for most States uow have
laws which forbid allowing cattle to
ruu at large. This would not be an
experimental step, for it has alreud
been demonstrated that can be satis
factorily taken. In a small way the
advantages of it have been shown in
oue or two States of the Union, while
in foreign countries it has long since
become an established practice. In
France, for example, great success has
attended it. It appears thnt the move
ment was started by the government,
but so satisfactory did it prove that
the town and communes soon took it
up on their own account.
It is now an important industry
is yielding a revenue of nearly $00,
000,000 per annum. No particular troe
is used, to the exclusion of others, but
different kinds are chosen with re
gard to their adaptation to the soil
and climate. In the South the cherry
predominates and the fruit is used in
the manufacture of wines, preserves
and alcohol. In Touralne the plum Is
most In evidence, while throughout the
Allier and Llmogne walnut trees trans
form the dusty highways into shaded
nud beautiful walks or drives. Nor is
France alone in the work, for in Ger
many, In Belgium nnd in the duchy of
Luxembourg the plan is largely iu
vogue. And it is profitable. O11 the
roadsides of Wurtemburg, for instance,
the fruit grown in 1878 was valued
at over $200,000, while twenty years
later it was estimated at $750,000, and
Belgium statistics show that up to
ISOfj there had been planted along the
highways of that small -country 741,
571 trees, from which there had even
then been realized a net profit of near
ly $2,000,000.
In the light of these facts, let some
competent and careful statistician tell
us what might lie done In this wonder
ful land of ours. Surely it would be
safe to affirm that the revenue which
might be derived from these roadside
trees would be sufficient for building
all needed highways, and for keeping
them in constant repair.
AUGUR FOR DRILLING SALT.—
Compreaaed Air Ftfrnlahea the Power
for Working the Device.
In the city of Musfiegon, Mlcli.. salt
Is used in large quantities, and conse
quently the warehouses of the firms
dealing in it are capacious enough to
store-away a considerable supply. As
is well known, salt, on account of Its
affinity for water, is a substance that
has a tendency to harden and cake
when piled away any length of time,
and some of the cellars where it Is
stored contain beds of it twenty feet
high and so hard that but little im
pression can be made upon them even
with the pick or ax.
For this reason a somewhat curious
device has been brought into use to
loosen the material so that it can
readily be secured. This is a large
boring tool or augur, which is oper
ated by compressed air. The augur
Is mounted on a wheeled truck, which
Is guided by bandies projecting from
the rear of the framework. The rear
end of the augur revolves in a socket
fitted lsto the framework, while the
air is admitted to the socket from the
hose which supplies it.
When operated the boring tool is
pushed against the mass of salt and
the augur is set in motion, and In a
minute or two, so rapidly does the tool
work, a hole about five Inches In diam
eter is made in the formation the en
tire length of the augur. Then anoth
er hole is drilled parallel with the
first, and another, until the pile has
beon undermined, so to speak, when
its contents can easily be broken out.
The advantage of this method is seen
when it Is said that two men can get
out as much salt by the power method
as two dozen men by using picks and
shovels.—Technical World.
Under Age.
People in Blrchtown were used to
Uncle Randolph Green's way of talk
ing and onjoyed it, but at last there
came, as a member of the summer
colony, a man who had a desire to set
everything and everybody straight ac
cording to his ideas.
"What Is the sense of your referring
to that animal of yours as a 'colt'?"
demanded this person one day. "How
old is he?"
"Well, he's going on eleven years,"
said Uncle Randolph, mildly.
"Eleven years!" sneered the man.
"Well, we should call that pretty an
cient for a colt—in New York."
"I think likely you would," said
Uncle Randolph, without rancor, bnt
with considerable firmness in his soft,
old voice "but perhaps 'twould be
well to consider, mister, that this colt
o* mine resides in Blrchtown, where
eleven years Is pretty young for
horse."
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A Baee Board.
Xfrs. tobbs waited until dinner was~
over, says the New York Press, before
•he handed Mr. Dobbs the note Willie
had brought from his teacher.
"My boy," said Dobbs, when he had
read It, "I understand from this that
you are excused from school until the
board of education has an opportunity
to consider your case?"
"Yes, sir," answered Willie, who had
begun to whimper.
"Do you know what the board of
education Is, my son?"
"Xo, sir."
Mr. Dobbs went into the shed and
selected a thin, flexible strip of board. I
Then he summoned his son, and for Qg-C
several minutes he was busy with
Willie.
"That, my son." he said, a* he finish
ed, "is the board of education that
was of use to me wheu I was a boy."
Shah Liked BulThlo Bill.
The Shah of Persia recently saw
Buffalo Bill's show, and enthusiastical
ly declared that It was more interest
ing than grand opera.
A man and his girl can endure a
great many hardships when tbey ai*
courting that they don't know aiw
hardships until after Uk- mar*
ftad.
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