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A transcontinental railroad from Buenos Ay
res, In the
Argentine Republic, to Valparaiso, In Chile, crossing the
Andes Mountains at. an elevation of 10,400 feet above sea
level. Is nearing completion. The Transandine Hallway, as
It la called, .cine Into being so long as twenty years ago,
but the difficult engineering problems Involved, to Say
nothing of the long standing boundary dispute between
Chile and Argentina, served to delay work time and again.
Since the boundary controversy was settled construction
has been, proceeding rapidly on the Argentine side, and
the railway Is now laid as far as Las Cuevas, near the
frontier, where a two mile tunnel will pierce the summit
ridge.-
On both sides of the Andes the engineers have had to
contend against great natural obstacles incidental to the
.ascent of the mountains. The grades of the railroad are
necessarily very steep In this region, tbe rise for a consid
erable distance being more than 420 feet to the mile. Com
paratively speaking, the work in Argentina has been much
less difficult than. In Chile, where the Andes present an
*lmo«t precipitous front to the Pacific. Before entering
!the mountains the railway In Argentina sweeps like a par
allel of .latitude-for miles and miles across great steppes
and over broad rivers. Even after leaving Mendoza, 630
miles ftom Buenos Ayfes, construction Is fairly easy for
a distance of about eighty miles, At this point the road
begins to follow the valley of the River Mendoza, a moun
tain stream which, with tributariesT" drains the melting
snows of the summits and Is subject to sudden rises and
treacherous variations. The floor ot the valley presents
a series of terraces and, so far. as possible, the railway, la
built on the favorable ground afforded by these terraces,
cutting through the rock when necessary and even running
is jy^T BEAR wn ME.
Just bear with me, my friend,
Full oft I've failed to say
Tile word of cheer that might have
waked
.. To melody your day.
Just bear with me, whene'er
The word I say is wrong.
.Think of the love that after all
'B®ats for you, true and strong.
?nst bear with me—and try .:,
-.To give me of yoor faith
The faith that heartens life,
bridges even death. .1 i.i
Margaret E. gangster in Everywhere.
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(3 HIS waa a pretty dimpled little
lOj creature, with big blue eyea and
amass of fluffy yellow hair. She
had JlfA' two seasons in "stock"—a
road company—had' received
"notices," and had -con«.
York full of hope and high ambition.
She had spent weeks in tramping
Broadway, seeking an engagement In
•xid out of offices she had wandered,
and bad met from managers and
agents everywhere the same answer,
'"Nothing open.". Sometimes, Indeed,
the reply varied, and. she was told to
"(some next week."
When, with hope renewed, she went
In "next week," there was still "noth
ing open—call again."
Weary and sick at heart, one day,
turned her steps toward Lexlng
avenue, and her "ton flnnr hunt"
ton avenue, and her "top floor back.'
Beaching her room, she threw herself
on the bed and sobbed. It was the
first time she had given way, but aa
•he thought of a little cottage In the
country, and the mother and father to
whom she tried to write bright hope
ful letters, the tears would come.
Anoither picture rose before her, too.
Ted's picture, and with it came the
memory of that spring day, so long
•go, It seemed, when they had gath
ered violets together and he had said.
"I love you, Kitty," and had asked
Iter to be his wife. She could see now
the bright face so near her own, could
aee the merrybrojyn eyea looking so
eagerly Into' hers, as he begged her to
•ay yes to his pleading. And she, think
ing only of the fame she meant to
Win,' had laughed at him. Now, she
thought It -would seem good to see
..jTed again, for she really loved htm
down In her wilful little heart
Some one rapped on her door, and in
response to her "Come" the landlady
tatered. "Here's a letter for you, Miss
Barns, and the boy says ifs most Im
portant'1 The letter bore the signa
ture of a well-known manager, upon
Whom, she had recently called and read
thus:
"Mlsa Katherlne Burns—Dear Mad
am: Kindly come to my office at once.
Important"
5Vhen, garbed In her prettiest gown
and with all traces of tears removed,
Kitty entered the office, the manager
looked at her approvingly,' noSng'ev
ary point of her fresh, girlish beauty
jrod dainty "attire, and inwardly said,
"You'll do."
Aloud he said: "Miss Burns, my
leading woman in 'King's houses,' is
•erlously 111, and I have decided to let
you try the part Though I've never
•een you-act yet I have faith in you,
because you have faith in yourself.
Sou certainly look the part of Con
stance. Now please read her lines for
,n®"
r. Tremulously, almost doubting the
reality of It all, KUty took tbe manu
script As she read she forgot her sur
roundlngs, forgot-the manager's pres
ence, and became indeed the ..living,
breathing Constance. -The beautiful
line*, tender, pleading, passionate,
gathered new beauty from her render
ing. The manager sat at first Inter
ested, then breathlessly until she reach
ed her climax. Then, "By Jove, Miss
Burns,, you'll do. -Here's your con
jtract," was all he said, but it meant
-Volumes.
Whatneed Is .there to tell of Kitty's
JlewYork debut? What need to tell
low she went on and on, from triumph
to triumph, until she reached the pin
nacle of fame? Men and women.ot
place and power, In this country and
•broad even those of royal blood, bow
ed' before her beauty and talent and
'were proud to call her friend.
It was the opening night of the
Sing's new theater in London. All
liondon, Including, the king himself,
tras present to dp honor to the great
^American actress, who was to create^
GREAT TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY ACROSS THE ANDES.
CnTpanee ^o
ngattat*
Station,
the title role of 'Deronda,". the much
'talked of new play.
In her dressing room sat Katherlne
holding in her hand a letter. She had
read it many times, and now -it must
be answered to-night but bow?
The man who bad written it had of
fered her everything this world can
give, even a ducal coronet and a name
900 years old. Why did she hesitate?
Because sbo had seen that day in the
Royal Academy a picture by a rising
young American-artist Theodore Coles,
a country lane, a boy and a girl gath
ering violets., the boy's grave, brown
eyes gazing pleadingly into the girl's
laughing blue ones and as abet looked,
Kitty again heard Ted's voice, "Dear
little Blue Eyes, I'll wait for you. You
will come back to me, I know you
will." Was he waiting .still, she wpn
dered, and' was the picture done In
memory of that spring day?. If not
then the ducal coronet and the past
forgotten. If he were waiting for her,
then—"Ted, oh, Ted!" she cried, and
awok&Mo find herself in her "top
floor back" on Lexington avenue, but
Ied.0ear.old»Xed.. waa*bendiui»..ow»»»
her.
"You've had a-good. long nap Kitty,
haven't you? I've been waiting here
Jialf an hour. Your tandladysent me
up, and I rapped and rapped, but
couldn't make you hear, so came right
In, What were you dreaming about,
little girl? You almost frightened me
just now, calling me so loud."
'Ob, Ted, I've had such a dream. I
was a great actress, and you a rising
artist- You painted a picture of our
old country lane, with yon and me
gathering violets. I saw it In the
academy In London, and I -wanted
you so much even though I -was so fa
mous, I wanted Just you, and wonder
ed If yon were welting for me to come
back to yon. Then I called your name,
and awoke
'Little Blue Eyes, will you come
back to me now? Let'the fame and
fortune be one of the dreams of yes
terday, "both for you and me. Sweet
heart come back to tbe old country
lane and the violets, and let us both
be happy. Will JouHlear?"
'Ted, dear, take'me home.—Indian
apolis Sun.
Opals Mo Iionger "Feared.
Superstition fades away In the stren
uous'life of the twentieth century. And
the return to common sense has shown
itself In the modern fancy for opals.
Sir Walter Scott was chiefly reaponsl
ble for the idea of bad luck being con
nected with-this stone, as will be re
membered by readers of "Anne of
Gelersteln." And others declare that
aa the word opal la from-the Greek
ops (the eye), the gem shares evil In­
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on a part of the river bed Itself. At about 100 miles from
Mendoza the'ground begins to rise sharply, and thereafter
to the entrance of the great tunnel the engineers have to
employ a rack raij similar to those on the Harz and other
mountain roads.
When completed the Transandine railway will rank, as
one of the highest, if not the highest, of the world's rail
roads. Even In its unfinished state It has attained an alti
tude seldom reached by transportation companies. It is
already proving valuable as.a transcontinental route, and
every summer—that Is to say, from November to April—
between five and six thod.iand people avail themselves of
It, being carried over the uncompleted section by mule car
avans, which traverse the Andes by the Curnbre pass at
an elevation of 18,015 feet The total length of the rail
way will be 871 miles. The value of the road can hardly
be overestimated.- It may truly be said that It will be
the highway from the west coast republics of South Amer
ica to Europe. It will shorten the time between Australia
and Europe six to eight days, and It is believed that so
soon as the service has been properly organized the Trans
andine railway will be utilized for the transportation of
freight and mails from Oceanlca to North America and
Europe. The statement is made that one of its most im
mediate results will be the establishment of a fast steam
ship service between Now York and Buenos Ayres, In
which event trade between the two great continents of the
western hemisphere will be greatly accelerated.
The chief Importance of the road, from a southern South
American standpoint,, will lie In the opening up of the great
Klver Plate valley, the productiveness of which seems to
be without limit It Is Interesting to know .that the rail
road I built under the watchful eyes of engineers from
this country and that American capital Is Invested in it
fluence with a peacock's feather. How
ever, women have lived down all this
and opals are the luck stone for au
tumn and have been worn by recent
brides.
But even now stories are told of the
uncanny Influence of the opal. Al
pbonso XII. of Spain presented an opal
ring to his young wife, Mercedes, on
their wedding day and her death oc
curred soon-nfterward. Before the fu
neral the king gave the ring to his sis
ter, Maria Del Pilar, and she also died
a few days afterward. The king then
presented the ring to his sister-in-law.
Princess Christian, and she died in the
course of three months.
Alphonso, distressed at these fatali
ties, resolved to wear,the ring himself,
but he did not wear it long, as his un
happy life shortly came to an end. The
qiiecn regent then attached the fatal
ring to a gold chain, which she hung
around tbe neck ofthe Virgin of Almu
dena In Madrid.
.'.?v¥£S Moss Trick.
A "mean trick was played by" two
a liking.for flute music.
"What say you?" said one. "Let qs
hire a hand-organ to play for several
hours in front of his house!"
"Agreed!" replied the other.
The,hand-organ,-of a very squeaky
tone, was hired, and hour after hour
doled out a mournful tune In front of
the residence of the gentleman, who,
much to the'disgust of the two young
men, gave no sign of being annoyed.
The organ-grinder had rccelvcd the
sum agreed upon for the work, while
the two young men had watched the
proceedings very intently from a neigh
boring doorway. The postman passed
them at length and was let into the
secret
"The gentleman for whom you are
giving, this entertainment will not ap
preciate the Joke," said the postman.
"And why not?" asked one of the
Jokers.
"Because his family and himself left
home early this morning for a trip to
Scotland!"
Jnst Little Favor.
Mrs. Nodd—The cook refuses to get
up earlier than 7. Todd—Ask her if
she won't do it for a couple of days
until I can rearrange my business.—
Brooklyn Life.
What Worried Him.
She—But, pa, he says he can't live
without me. Pa—But the question is
whether he can live without me.—
New York Press.
Every parent thinks what a prop
he would have bad in old age if only
the boy that died-ta Infancy had lived.
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Flashlight portraiture Is now coming rapidly to the front having been
recently so Improved that It Is possible to obtain results almost impossible
by any other means, aud la being .used by the most up-to-date artists with
great success as a means of reproducing nature in Its truest forms, because
with this artificial light the greatest amount of detail possible may be ob
tained, sittings made either day or night and with a little practice plates
are always fully timed and timed alike, thus enabling one to develop several
at once with the same results, as if each were developed separately and
also because it Is instantaneous, it is very fine for children.
The first thing to be taken into consideration Is the lamp, which should
be either of electric or alcohol style, and so arranged as to be Instantaneous
nnd operated In connection with the shutter, and to accomplish this I have
my shutter
so to close as bulb Is released with the bulb connected at one
end to the lamp and the other to the shutter, and let me say, always have
plenty pf hose, so that by squeezing game the flash is made, the shutter
opened and ttieh closed when released, wlilch should be done at once If
operating in daylight If at night the shutter part may be dispensed with,
the shutter being opened Just before the flash and closed soon after, lamp
light not affecting a "plate unless directly In front In fact the more light
in a room the better, as by this means the flash is not noticed as much and
better expressions are obtained. Then the placing of the lamp is .very
important,.and should be as near the subject as possible, and the light
should strike at an angle of about 45 degrees, so that the shadow formed
will fall down Instead of on the background.' Avoid placing light too far in
front as the shadows are very seldom too heavy, and it avoids flatness also
with properly timed plates. I also use a screen of white cloth, placed
perpendicular to the angle of light between my flash and the sitter, thus
spreading the light and not requiring as much powder as otherwise, and
softer effects are obtained.
Some plates are more sensitive to artificial light than others, so no
definite amount of powder can be prescribed but a little experience will
enable anyone to use the requlj^d amount—Photo Times.
1YING ABED IN THE MORNING.
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Ten—I spring from bed with gladness. I have suffered
a resurrection,-and the joy of living floods my soul. I am
the sinner come to repentance, I am the butterfly that has
jnst crawled, from its chrysat.s! It is over, and I am alive
again) h} i'6
THE KNOWLEDGE P3WERS OF ANIMALS.-
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The new rifle disposes of all" of the
objections made against tho rifles here
tofore used by the army, nnd possesses
several new and interesting points of
superiority over foreign models..
The Krag-Jorgensen rifle, first adopt-
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By Setcit Burgess.
There Is an old story about a hard working
mail who wished to be so rich that he could af
ford to have a negro servant call him cvery
morning aud say, "Seven o'clock, inassa It's all
right, don't get up unless you want to."
to
be discovered for
l^iiig abed In the morning than I care to tabu
late. 1 spend the first third of my
tryst With
a
colloquy between two of my selves, who consume
their energy In an argument over a semi-nuronsclous ego.
My health, says one, requires that I should sleep, for I
went to bed lute and ho argues with fatuous zeal of the
necessity for rest The other describes the early morn
lng freshness, the joys of matutinal splendor, and points
out the fact that once bathed, I wilt forget this criminal
llstlessuess. And so back and forth the shuttle of thought
weaves a seemingly logical fabric, while that delicious, in
ert something which Is my body tranquilly awaits the filial
arbitration.
I pledge myself to arise as «oon as I shall have counted
ten, and I proceed, with mechanical precision, to beat the
time. One, two, three—I allow myself in this last moment
of grace to close my eyes, as a condemned criminal is per
mitted his choice of food—four, live, six, seven—I try to
forget what is to happen, as the victim drowns his despair
In drink—eight nlue—I brace myself for the ordeal—it is
the adjustment of the noose.
DrVAMdrcwWIIsom.
Lately a writer has been discussing anew that
highly interesting question "What Animals
know." There seems to be no doubt possible
that, In case of higher animals, their efliica
tlou, and their ability to perforin acts allied to
those which are the outcome of reason Itself,
must be regarded=as the result'of the gradual ac
qulrement and remembrance of definite tmpres
slons. With them, as with man. there must be,
In other words, a storage of experience. If I tench uiy dog
to beg for his biscuit he. must accumulate ideas which
are founded definitely upon the association between his
attitude and the reward for bis performance.
The young ant or bee emerging from Its chrysalis stati
requlres.no training In respect of the often intricate duties
It performs. It Inherits the whole antecedent experience of
Its race. A certain environment excites certain acts, and
there the.matter might seem to end. But as against this
view, or at least, as Increasing our difficulties, we arc met
by the fact that auts differ materially In respect of their
mode of life. There are species whose existence Is man
aged on relatively simple lines other species have iearoed
to make slaves and servitors of other kinds others utilize
the aphides Insects 'as cows, and milk them of the sugary
fluid they produce while one species, at least, actually
employs a certain caterpillar as a Uvlng:sewlng machine, to
tag together the leaves of which the ant abode Is made.
Darwin makes the remark that a nian who trained mon
keys, and who used to make purchases at the London zoo,
offered to pay higher prices if he could be allowed to return
those animals he found Insusceptible ,of being educated.
ARMY'8 NEW MAGAZINE RIFLE,
Lighter In Weislit, bat More Deadly
than the Kraff-Jorarenaeu,
.The new magizine rifle now placed
In the hands of every soldier In the
United 8tates army, says a Washing
ton correspondent of the New, York
Sun, is believed to be the most efficient
weapon yet evolved by modern ord
nance experts. It is a xmiposlt6 lnven
%-n the result of study, and expert
x'Aiiuiv li. A mpifc ui
the Ordnance Department assisted by
officers and employes at the Springfield
armory, Massachusetts.
of the new rifle Is 10 per cent less
than the Krag, which weighs 10.04
pounds.
An army officer, explaining the fine
points of the new rifle, called attention
in a cold-blooded way to the superiority
of the rod bayonet over the old knife
bayonet.
"This rifle, you see, has a bayonet
shaped Just like a ramrod," he said,
THE NEW ItlFLE IN MARCHING FORM
ed in 1882 and remodeled in 189G and
1888, Is inferior to the rifles of several
foreign armies^ in muzzle velocity. It
will send a bullet at the rate of 2,000
feet a second. A velocity of 2,200 feet
a second as the bullet leaves the muz
zle of the gun Is the record of some
foreign rifles.
Experiments were made with the
Krag tnncren8e this muzzle velocity,
but it was found that the mechanism
was not strong enough to resist tbe
Increased powder pressure. So In
1800 an entirely new model was taken
up, resulting in the perfection of the
"United States magazine rifle, model
MAGAZINE OPEN, RAMROD EXTENDED AND SIGHT RAISED.
of 1903," of 30 caliber, the same as tbe
old rifle, which Is now being turned out
at the Springfield armory.
The new rifle is covered with a
wooden case up to within two inches
of the muzzle, to protect the soldiers'
hands during rapid fire. In the old
rifle practice the barrel became so
hot with rapid and continuous firing
that the user's hands were sometimes
blistered. The magazine Is entirely
within the stock, and altogether the
new weapon Is more symmetrical than
the old, as well as lighter. It weighs
a. few ounces less than nlue pounds.
The rifle uses a cannelured cartridge
shell, with forty-four grains of smoke
less powder, and a smooth, sharp point
ed bullet, weighing 220 grains. The
muzzle velocity is 2,300 feet per second,
800 feet per second faster than that of
the Krag. The powder pressure is
49,000 pounds per square Inch. The
rifling In the barrel makes one turn In
ten Inches.
It Is the intention of the War De-.
partment to require the new rifle to
be used as a magazine gun, nnd not
as a single-loading weapon, though the
mechanism permits either method, as
well as Bring with the magazine only
partly filled. But the practice of charg
ing with -the clip, holding-five cart
ridges, will result It is believed, in
greater accuracy of rapid- firing, on
account of the fact-tbat the marksman
may. keep bis eye continually, on the
target during each series of five shots.
Used In this way, a greater rapidity of
fire and greater accuracy may be se
cured than-with any other rifle known.
There are only ninety component
parts to the new rifle, as compnred
with ninety-nine parts in the Krag
model of 1898. The bolt and maga
zine mechanisms can be taken apart
and assembled much more readily. The
energy of the recoil Is slightly greater
than that of the Krag, but that is a
thing that cannot be avoided if greater
velocity Is to be secured. The weight
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this kind of a bayonet out of a human
body. The old knife bayonet used to
stick so fast that a soldier In tbe thick
of a fight was often compelled to drop
bis gun. But with this rod bayonet
you can jab It In as deep as It will go,
pull it out and ram it into the next
fellow that comes along.'
The bayonet lies under the barrel,- -Jtavo made her the
land.'"
like the old-fashioned ramrod of a
shotgun, and is brought into use in a
second by pressing a spring catch.
This spring catch holds the bayonet
when it Is extended for use, and the
old-fashioned bayonet scabbard be
comes a thing of the past In the
butt of the gun Is a slender can, half
of It filled with oil and the other half
occupied by a cleaning thong.
In general appearance the rifle dif
feraJlttle from the Bervice gun now in
use, dxcept that it is shorter and more
symmetrical. The rear sight Is prac
tically the same as that, used on the
Krag, %ut the front sight Is so ar-
ranged as to be available for open or
peep sight as desired.
With the new rifle twenty-three
aimed shots have been fired in one
minute, used as a single-loader, and
twenty-five in a minute, using maga
zine fire. Firing from the hip without
aim, twenty-seven shots have beeir
flred in a minute as a~~slngle-loader,
and thirty-five with the magazine. The
maximum range of the weapon Is com
puted at 4,781 yardB, requiring an ele
vation of 42 degrees, tbe bullet mak
ing this distance in 35 seconds. The
maximum energy of free recoil is 18
foot-pounds.
In the penetration tests It was found
that at SO feet the bullet pierced B4
Inches ot white pine butts, made of
one-Inch boards placed an inch apart.
These pine butts, thus placed, fairly
represent the resistance of the human
body. Firing into moist sand at 50 feet,
the bullet penetrated 10 feet 8 inches,
while at 500 yards tbe missile pene
trated 18 lncbes. At 50 feet the bullet
went through a low steel plate one
third of an inch thick, and at 200
yards it. went through a high steel
plate one-fifth of an Inch thick.
GREAT LOVERS WHO LOST.
Poor Irish Girt Too Huushtr to Wed
Abraham Lincoln, Farm Hand,
It may be some consolation to tbe
rejected lover to remember that many
of the greatest men In history have
suffered equal pangs and survived tbe
same ordeal to find married happiness
elsewhere.
When Abraham Lincoln, as a youth
of 18, was "living In a rude log cabin
in Spencer County, Indiana, and pick'
lng up the rudiments of education In
thie intervals of rail splitting and
plowing," he fell In love with the
daughter of a poor Irish settler In a
neighboring log cabin, and after many
clumsy failures to declare his lore to
her In person, penned with difficulty
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This Incident only Justifies the assumption', known to lovers
of dogs, that there exist marked degrees of Intelligence
among Individuals of the same race or breed.. If one could
"select" and produce a race of, say, dogs, whose members
would be by Inheritance well provided with brain power,
some interesting results might be forthcoming.
TWO MENACES TO SOCIETY.
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Robert A.
I worked nine years at the anvil in Pennsylva
nia. We thadc hammers, hatchets and axes by
the dozen. When ray employer, Mr. Hammond,
found he must cut down wages a little be always
called us Into counsel, explained the necessities
of the situation and asked us If we were willing
to have the schedule .reduced. We Invariably
agreed "together upon what could be done. When
Hie times were better and Mr. Hammond could
ulTord to pay us more, he called us together, again. Of
course we always agreed to the increase a little more readi
ly than to the decrease. But the point Is this—there was
no trouble In that shop during the nine years I was t^.re.
When the labor unions and employers of labor come to
gether, as they surely must and will, and settle their differ
ences of opinion by arbitration Instead of attempting to
force each other Into line, great step in advance will
have been taken.
Divorce, the other great threat against society, perpetu
ally undermines the sauctity of the home, and we shall have
to find our wny to some solution of the problem. A man
came to me not long ago and wanted me to marry him. I
began to ask questions and found he had obtained a divorce
from his wire the day before. I said, "I will not marry
you," and I did not. In many cases divorce Is simply a
countenanced evil of the most debasing kind, and we shall
have to meet the situation ami handle it without gloves.
How we are to do this I do not know. One thing I do know
—the ministers must be more careful. That Is what I am
trying to do. I (lojiot refuse to marry all people who have
been divorced. I do, however, look very carefully over
their papers and find-out all I can. If the explanations
"given to me seem good I marry the couple. If not I re
fuse. I hold the option. I tlilnk I have that right
THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE.
"r Harris A. Mrrfaffoa.
What will be the world language of the fu
ture? That It will be English Is the prediction of
many scholarly observers. The probabilities are
that it will partake of the best-features of all
modern tongnes. It Is a safe proposition to as
snme that the race which dominates the com
merce of the world will .rupress Its language
upon the world. The English-speaking people
are to-day the leaders In the world activity. As
a result tbe English language is spoken by more people
to-day than is any other civilized tongue.
The recent action of Germany in giving the English
language preference above all other foreign tongues is for
mal recognition of the fact and not the mere arbitrary
expression of a choice.
Two-thirds of the people who speak English live on this
side of the Atlantic, and their Industrial and commercial
conquests are making the tongue familiar in every quarter
of the habitable globe. "French is still regarded as the
diplomatic and "polite" language of the world, but English,
as expanded and rejuvenated by American transplantation]
is becoming the universal business tongue.
ColIter.
one of his first letters asking her to
become his wife.
He never received an answer to this
"clumsy effusfon," as he afterward
called It, but when next he met Brid
get "she tossed ber head and looked
another way." "She was much too
good," she Is said to have declared,
"to marry a gawky farm hand." Then
It was that Lincoln left the paternal
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which before long was destined to ring
with the name of the gawky farm boy.
When, thirty years or so later, Abra
ham Lincoln became President Brid
get was still living, "the slatternly
wlf^ota farm laborer In a log cabin,"
and btlll preserved the ill penned let
ter which might, If she had been wise,
first lady in tbe
Everi" Byron, that moBt beautiful
gifted of men, had more than lUs shaxe
ot refusals, and one of them at least
was accompanied by words which left
a sting to his last day. He was only
a Harrow schoolboy of 16 when he
fell badly in love with Miss Ohaworth
of Annesley, a young heiress of some
beauty, who was two years older Hi»"
himself.
But Miss Chaworth treated all the
boy's shy advances with laughter and
contemp.t, and, although he was "suf
fering the tortures ot. the-lost" for her
sake, refused to take him seriously.
But the crowning blow came when,
from an adjacent room, he overheard
Miss Chaworth say to her maid: "Do
you think I could care anything for
that lame boy?" "This cruel speech,"
he afterward said, "was like shot
through my heart Although It was
late and pitch dark, I darted out of
the house and never stopped running
until I reached Newstead."
Even Byron's future uuhappy wife
rejected him decisively when first he
asked her hand and only after long
resistance consented to receive letters
from him.
Shelley, too, almost as handsome and
as gifted as Byron, knew, from more
than one experience, the "pangs of re
jection." After he had been expelled
from Oxford and went to London with
his fellow culprit Hogg, to live, he
fell violently In love with his land
lady's daughter, who bore the unro
inantic name of Eliza Jenkins but
Eliza, even though he threatened to
commit suicide In his despair, refused
to have anything to do with him and
when a few months later, having
thought better of the suicidal threat,
be sought to console himself by pay
ing court to Miss Harriet Grove, a
pretty cobsln, she waa. so alarmed at
his heterodoxies that she sent him de
cisively about his I^Mnem.
When iehrird' Bnasi*y Sheridan,
following the example of many other
amorous young men. fell over head
and ears jn iove with Miss Llnley, the
beautlfnl singer, "she. only laughed at
bis ardor, and made faces at him be
hind his back and yet he used that
subtle and eloquent tongue of his to
such purpose that he actually ran
away with her to a French nunnery,
and married her after fighting aeveral
duels with his rivals and her perse
cutors.—Chicago Tribune. r.
A Wedding Warning/'
The Breton peasant does not believe
in any such new-fangled doctrine as
that of the equality" of the sexes, nnd
he makes that clear when he takes
unto himself a wife. Then, according
to ancient custom-, directly the fatal,
knot Is tied the bridegroom gives the
bride a smart box on the ear, saying,
"This Is how It feels when you dis
please me." After this ungallant pro
ceeding he draws her tenderly toward
him and kisses her, saying, "And this
is how it feels when you treat me
well."
Out In this country, a man means
his Sunday clothes when he speaks of
his "glad rags but when he speaks
of "two-time behavior," he means at
tendance on an affair requiring a swal
low-tailed coat ....
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Don't wait until the ice crop la ripe
before making arrangements for the
next crop of ice.
A man is usually borrowing trouble
when he borrows tools and implements
from his neighbor. Never borrow
trouble.
Whenever a farmer admits that, he
too old to learn he is entirely too
old to farm. To know what is right
and not do it is aa bad as to know
what is wrong and to do it
There is such a thing as having too
many friends. In friendship quality
counts for more than quantity. There
•re fool friends, borrowing friends and
uncongenial frlend8. What we need
Is fast friends.
Interurban lines extending out into
the country are making a demand for
farm property for country homes. Re
tiring business men like to play at
farming, but the fun Is often expen
sive where so much depends on hired
help and Inexperience. The business
man geta something on the farm home
that be can get nowhere else, aud that
Is why he Is after the change.
A cistern that leaks Is even as bal
as a pocketbook with a leak lint. It
may not be expensive, but it is equally
annoying not to have water when
needed, all because of a leak in the
cistern. The way to cure a leak 1s to
make a cement whitewash and white
wash It giving it one or more coats.
The cement solution will .fill the
cracks.
Whatever else may be neglected, the
teaching of a boy to work should not
be overlooked. As parents we arc
prone to be leaders and to do the chief
and less laborious parts of the wora
and let the boys do minor things.
This Is a mistake. Set the boys to
work at everything after having some
instructions, and never scold because
It Is not well done. The parent should
recall his awn first attempts.
The German salad potatoes are at
tracting Bome attention In this coun
try, having been grown In an experi
mental way at (he Rhode Island sta
tion and elsewhere. They are Im
ported to some extent and may be
fbund In the large cities In response
to an increasing demand. These pota
toes are of very small size and of a
pleasant, nutty flavor, quite different
from most of the larger kinds. They
are in considerable demand for a lim
ited class of trade, and may .yet be
come a somewhat important crop. If
their size could be increased, they
would, no doubt become very popular
a high grade of table potato .'
Apples contain only seventeen per
cent of solid matter, and ot this one
half Is sugar. There Is very little renl
untrUncntJji.anpiuH.Jjiit.wbst.jhBra j*.
Jectlon In any way. They have a dis
tinct tendency to increase tbe milk,
and without lessening Its value in any
way this Is probably on account of
their effect In aiding the digestion of
other food. The crushed pulp of ap
ples—the pomace of cider mills—Is
very agreeable to cows, and as It mny
be kept in good condition, packed in
barrels as soon as it Is taken from
the press, it 1b worth while to snve It.
This kind of feed, too, helps, other
feeding by making a pleasant variety.
As much Importance should be at
tached to the shape and quality of the
udder of the dairy cow as to its size.
A cow may have a large udder, yet
give a small quantity of milk. A cow
with a deep, narrow udder ending In
large teats is seldom a good milker.
A heavy milker must have a large ud
der, but it is rather broad than Ion!
and to carry it well without bruising
or chafing the hind feet shonld be well
apart 8uch an udder should have
short hair, and when milked should
be shrunk in size and the skin should
hang loosely over its surface. The
shape and set of the teats Is an im
portant consideration in buying a cow.
An ideal-shaped teat Is long and rather
slim.
Succession of Vegetable*.
The garden should hold a very im
portant place on every well regulated
farm. Not only are good fresh fruit
and vegetables desirable from a ihealth
standpoint but they are more econo
mical than meat and canned goods.
City people pay out large sums of
money for fruit and garden truck and
then cannot secure It so nice aud fresh
as the farmer can have It if he will.
At the Epltomlst Experiment Station
we have planted at intervals lettuce,
radishes, onions, peas, beans, corn,
cucumbers, cabbage, etc., and we are
now using fresh peas, lettuce and rad
ishes, Just as nice as those grown ear
lier in the season. Late plantings of
all these are now coming on, that are
looking fine, assuring a liberal supply
of vegetables until frost or later. It
is not yet too late for planting peas,
radishes, lettuce, turnips, and in case
you have good strong plants, cabbage
may be transplanted. Try a crop of
fall vegetables once and you will likely
follow it up in tbe future.
Increasing Mannre Value*
Tbe Ohio Experiment Station has
been doing some good work along th'e
line of proving how the value of stable
manure may be Increased by proper
handling. It Is peculiarly gratifying to
the writer to read the report because
it substantiates that which he has so
persistently advocated for years. The
experimenters found that stable man
ure carted to the field and spread soon
after it was made gave a crop return
in value amounting to 85 cents a ton
of manure value and that when crude
phosphate rock was occasionally
sprinkled on the manure a value of 18
cents more was added, more than tbe
cost of the phosphate. The crop on
which the experiment was tried was
on clover sod plowed under for corn.
In tbe experiments wheat and clover
followed the corn without further fer
tilizing aud with satisfactory results.
This report Is one more proof that
farmers are lightly losing many dol
lars they might save with little effort
if they would give more time to study
ing their business.
Placca for a Little Mannre.
Those who grow vegetables in large
or small quantities may not know
that the soll devoted to them manured
nnd rough plowed this fall will do bet
ter work than if all the preparation
la done in the spring. There will be
enough of the fine work to do In the
spring, so why not do some of the
coarse preparation now? Many things,
such as rhubarb and asparagus for
example, are much helped by a pro
tection of manure put on In the fait
These are good places to put some of
the coarso'manure, the fine portions of
which will permeate the soil and bo
of benefit to the plants In the spring.
Then there are the hardy perennial
plants and the shrubs, all of which
will be benefited by manure as soon
as the ground is frozen some and there
hi no danger of a warm spell and the
manure Inciting the twigs to new
growth. In such places, however, the
fine, half-rotted manure shonld be
used, not-the coarse stuff which will
attract mice and result In the shrubs
being gnawed Carry out these sug
gestions about using a little mannre
this fall and notice the Improvement
in the plants next summer.
How All Plant* Breathe,
The food which the plant receives
from the atmosphere through Its leaves
Is accomplished by means of minute
openings called stomata, or mouths,
which may be seen only by the aid of
the microscope. These openings are
exceedingly numerous, it has been
computed that as many as 100,000 am
found on the lower surface of an aver
age apple leaf. These openings aro
also formed on the stems of yodng
growing plants. Plants differ as to tho
number and size of these..openings.
These mouths, or valves, as they may
be called, not only serve as Inlets for
food, but outlets for gases and mois
ture, acting as breathing pores for tbe
plant Through them into the plant
comes the carbon in union with oxy
gen, making a compound known as
carbonic add gas.—.National Fruit
Grower.
Wounds in Horses' Feet,
Whenever a horse goes lame make a
close examination of the foot the very
first thing, as more than three-fourths
of all lameness In horses has Its source
below the pastern. Joint Clean the
hoof out well, then wash tho sole to
soften It and scrape It all over to seo
If the horse has picked up a nail or
punctured the sole with a sharp stone.
If any wound Is found, pare down tho
sole about it and make a free opening
down to the "quick" to allow the es
cape of any pus that may form.
The next thing to do Is to render th'e
wound thoroughly aseptic, and the
usual agent Is carbolic acid. While a
5 per cent solution is strong enough to
use as a lotion, we use a 10 per cent
solution on hoof wounds, as this
strength slightly cauterizes the sore
and Is sure to kill all germs of disease.
After the application of the 10 per
cent solution, wash tho woun'd with
per^
use the carbolic acid solution as di
rected.
Bringing in Weeds,
One of the commonest ways of
bringing weeds into a new country is
to import them In screenings from
flour
millB
Screenings bontaln almost all kinds
of weed seeds, and from these they get
into the manure pile and are carried
onto the land and are placed In the
soil In the very best shape for grow
ing. Frequently the farmer produces
tho weeds on one part of his farm, has
them screened out when the wheat Is
thrashed and shovels the refnse Into
the manure pile or into some place
from which It reaches the manure pile,
and is thence sent to all parts of the
farm.
There is yet another way by which
a little clump of weeds In the bay field
may get to all parts of the farm. Thu
weeds are cut with the hay and fed
at a time the weed seeds are enough
matured to resist the digestive efforts
of the bovine stomach. They pass
through and out into the manure and
the next year start new centers of In
fluence in all parts of the farm. A
good deal of care needs to be exerted
In this case. The greatest trouble Is
that the farmer does not know the new
weeds till they have been thus suc
cessively sown and resown.
Why Gran Crops Die Out,
Whenever the grasB seeding falls,
the blame Is usually laid upon the
weather, but this Is not always correct
even In part Grass belongs to the
same botanical family as wheat, only
the grain has bad a greater develop
ment of Its seed.
All farmers understand that the
wheat crop needs phosphate to be
grown successfully year after year, on
the same land. To be sure, the soil is
cultivated, and.there Is a new seeding
with some manure each year for tho
grain crop.
Yet farmers think that grass, wlth
onr reseedlng, and without new sup
plies of mineral matter, will continue,
to grow. The result Is that tbe grass
gradually dies out and is replaced by'
mosses or other weeds of low organlza-i
tlou that can live without mineral
plant food.
Not only Is the amount of. grass less
ened, but its quality is also Impaired
by lack of the mineral. On land that!
has long been without phosphate cat
tle will not thrive, and cows which
give milk will take to the eating of old
bones to secure the mineral nutrition
they require.
Farmers who- have learned that
ground" bone is good to make bens lay
are apt to forget that the .more bulky
cow -has an equally wonderful opera
tion to perform. That Is, to take from
her grass feed the nutrition required
to make milk, which Is less concen
trated than the egg, but contains very
nearly tbe same kind of nutrition.
When we began to use mineral ma
nures on grain, we found that the sec
ond and third crops of grass seeded
with the grain did not pan out as they
used to do. It Is far better to apply
the phosphat with the grain. The
grass seeded with it will get the ef
fects of the mineral fertilizing for at
leait two years thereafter,
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or from other mills that
clean grains and sell the screenings.
Probably none of our States have a
law like that in the Nocthwest terri
tories ot Canada, which prohibits the
sale of screenings except to feeders of
sheep, and then under certain restric
tions.