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OUB PLACE IN TEE TOIVEBSE.
By Sir Oliver Lodge.
On this planet we are the highest of the
forms of life that we see. Too are apt to
think that yon are the highest that exists,
whereas there Is no reason for thinking so at
all. We are sometimes asked whether other
planets are Inhabited. I think we may say we
know.'.that the moon la not -any'life there
may once have been on It appears now
to bo extinct Us whole surface "looks dead
and Inert We sometimes thluk that the planet Mars
la Inhabited. Perhaps It Is but 1 venture to thlnV that
on the whole It Is moat probable that we are at the
present time the only Intelligently inhabited planet In the
aolar system..
The solar system is bnt a fragment of the universe,
•very star la a son with a aolar system/ It Is possible
that there may be million of plnnets luhablted by beings
higher or lower than ourselves. What we see going on
Is what we call the process of evolution—from broken
fragments to coherent mosses, and to inhabited worlds—
from chaos to eoenjoe a struggle upward of the uni
verse from something lower and disorganised to some
thing higher and jrganlzed.
What we have'to realize In jegard to onr place in the
universe Is that we are Intelligent, helpful and active
parts of the cosmic scheme. We are among the agents
of the creator. One of the most helpful Ideas la co
operation—helping one another. Co-operation—this in a
'hew and stimulating sense—co-operation with the Divini
ty Himself.
XXEHCI8E HOT FOE THE YOUNG ALONE.
By Prof, A, Hottm.
We have too little athletics. The people at
large are' not yet aware of the wonderful In
fluence which exercise, regular and systematic,
has upon the constitution.- Athletics In the
general sense of the word, is the best remedy
for a harmonious development of. the body,
and should be recommended and encouraged
everywhere. The field of athletics has been
so widened as to make possible all kinds and
fofins of exercises for men and women, young and old.
There is a form_ of athletics which will, exercise, every
portion of a man's body, and this should be taken ad
vantage of. One of the most erroneous views which
people and even partisans of athletics entertain Is that
athletics must be begun by the young that older people
Should let it alone. Nothing Is more Illogical. Older
people should be encouraged to go through Certain exer
cises which will benefit their systems as much If not
More than, young people,
..norsebeckrldtng and automoblllng are two forms of
sports which, though designed to bring 'about the same
results, differ widely in the range of their accomplish-,
ments. Horseback riding sets every muscle of the rider
into motion, and consequently Is a forcible and health
fill form of exercise: Automoblllng sets the muscles
Of the chauffeur-In motion. He"s6metlmes strains every
BALLADE OF ATXl&KATTVXS.
.1 told her that Hie rose was fair,
But she was fairer than the rose
I told her that her-rippling hair—•
The sport of every breeze that blows—
Was brighter than the golden glows
Of dawn, and that for one small trass
I'd give my blood that bounding goes
And all she said to me was—".Yea?"
I said her hloe eyes were a pair
Of brilliant sapphires set Ip snows
Unmeltlng and ss.pure and rare v.
As e'er on mountain tops repoee
And sacfa a dainty, scornful nose I
told her all that 1 possess
.^s^I'd glvce to klM he^ lljrf jweet.tofi }.
And all shs said to me was—"YesJ"?
I said she drove me to despair, iijg
I urged her to assuage my woes
Bsc dimples darted here and there*
{-looked so foolish, I suppose I
"Yoor mortgage on my .heart foreclose,"
I said: "Rid mo of doubt's distress I
Too could reward me If you chose
And all She said to ms wss—"Xssf"
L'XKVOI.
Accepted, prtecet Jove onlyknows I
Rejected! That I'm left to gueail
I know not, though I did propose,
For all She said to me'wak—"Yes?"
—Buffalo Express.
VERA'S NOTE
"Good-bye, I have gone," wrote Vera.
It was short and comprehensive, and
the man to whom the note was ad
dressed, laughing grimly, read, re-read
and pondered it as though Its writing
ooverad pages, and the small sheet with
.. those fe^ words on it was a state docu
"tJ^jnint on which depended the fate of
v-w.'vmpires.
In thls pogresslve era ofsearchlight
i,. ^nd unwholesome curiosity, when ev
'Jsaryone's comings and goings, doings
yi~ 'and intentions, are chronicled, It stood
to reason that no mystery could sur
round the whereabouts of that charm
^Hng society lumlnaty that conspicuous
'"^fflgure in the pageantry or certain exr
'J^cluslve clrclee, Vera.
Bo Pendleton had arrogantly believed
ViBalx months ago.
But[ time had disabused him of his
terror, for the date at the foot Of the
lines he held and ruminated upon this
soft, bright afternoon had been written
six months before. This waa early In
Jon*.
A very pleasant evening, with alight
H^breeze sweeping over the city from the
^*iver, and' light clouds drifting across
•s^yuis setting sun, produced* the effect of a
.^gr-'rfltful smile on Nature's unsympathetic
^/face, while the air wassaturated with
,.*5Ssths perfume of flowers and the bloom
of early summer.
And yet Pendleton considered it a
SL1^0", *loonv
•Ef
Jay*
"That must be a deuced unpleaaant
.Chuck It in the fire, old man No:
-febl,L
ji^Snse running over the Hems.. Never does
jj^^sny good. Life Is short, and all la van
jf.^lty," yawned Perry Folsom, with care
,, lass sympathy, from a comfortable arm
»fcn«halr, where'he was readingthe after
noon paper.'
They were alone In the reading room
of the dub.
Dick Pendleton laughtd-grimly while
fslowly folding and puttlngaway In his,
},*•, tinner pocket the note containing five
f1'jWorda—words conned and dreamed over
Which meant—well, pretty much ev
jrfevjsrytlHng to him, te had come to realise,
-jr. How bitterly he regretted having let
,. --sllp the goldan-hued opportunities when
ymtpi "DM you ever know of anybody dls
""appearing—vanishing ntterlyr. ie
-. '"v"
Perry Folsom looked at him reflect
A Ively. "If I were a good-looking mill
lonalre—"
"Oh, shot, up-" Interjected Pendle
\ton.
"I'd be. hanged If any woman eould
lose me. or throw me off the scent
--S^untll I agreed to let her go," continued
mJM
Folsom c^Jmly.
"Wo doubt you'd do wonders, Per^."
Tmi.
""sil
-m
"No, not wonders. Only I'd have a
little common senBe, and I would marry,
her If I cared for her."
Pendleton blew a ring of smoke Into
the pleasant June air,- and remarked
after a pause: "Scotch-Irish, which
accounts for your overweening assur
ance and Impudence."
"Shall I tell you something, you
ought to know?" resumed Perry placid
ly. "Yon never would be In your pree
ent predlcament If you had a little of
that aame blood In your veins. And,
what's more, you ought to go out and
find her."
daJS ifte
am
tteJi»9unter??
The days'allpped by for Pendleton In
bis rural retreat, where life was un
eventful. But It Is a mistake to suppose
that the specter of recollection and the
torment of unfulfilled desires can be as
suaged by aloofness from others.
Pendleton found that Vera, with her
changing mooda, mellow laughter and
Infinite fascination^ was much more his
companion when he sauntered: through
the forests, sat on the porch-of the pret
ty cottage be had rented. at duak or
when he Went at dawn'to 4sh in some
dark lake In the heart of the mount
ains, than when they were together In
gay meetings and in crowded drawing
rooms.
Pendleton saw Vera, always any
evfliywhere, at dawn and at nlghfalL
That explained why he watched' with
'I'VE nut TOUB iraoHBoa IU acmixa.
startled pleasare afttd a strange thrill
a tall, graceful.young woman who oc
cupied with an tilderly. relative a cot
tage a short distance away, as shs
passed leisurely, down -her little gar
den path and out In the winding public
road, going evidently for a tramp, a
book In oqe band, her face completely
hldden by a sunshade.
"Who rents the cottage over the
way, Sam?" Pendleton asked at break
fist the next day.
"A MIss CuIlom, hear, air. Very
wealthy people, I'm told, sir. No, sir
I can't find out where they are from.
Big establishment^ but they live very
retired, sir," Sam supplemented. "Just
been here ten daya."
Cullom? Pendleton knew no one'of
that name. Since he. had taken posses
sion of the pleasant bungalow On the
.side of the cliff be had seen no one in
the gray stone cottage but the graceful
girl, ao wonderfully like Vera In her
supple- movements. The elderly lady
must be a recluse.
The days slid one into the other, and
Pendleton grew to watch for the girl
who so reminded him of a beautiful ab
sent woman. She and her companion
had handsome traps and horses, and
they often, went out driving, but Pen
dleton could never catch alght of the
young girl's face. Through Sam he
learned that his all but Invisible neigh
bors were going to prolong their stay
In the mountains.
"do and aae the owner and renew the
rent for another mouth, 8am," Pendle
ton directed, as he strolled from the
houss down Into ths valley.
"Qum folks across tin war," gam
nerve In an effort to make the machine go a certain
pace or stop It with' a Jerk. But It Is the chauffeur who
Is getting the exercise, and not those who look for It
Still, automoblllng has considerable shaking and Jostling,
and this acts upon the.muscles and body at large.
ABE THE BLOND BACES DECAYING!
By E. 0. Mlnnlck.
In every country where scientific observa
tions have been made the fair complexion
proves to be dying out It will vanish alto
gether unless'the decline be checked. Every
where the conclusion Is the same—a dark type
supersedes the fair. A few years ago the
British Medical Journal raised objections to
some of the arguments, advanced, but at the
close it mournfully admitted that "the fair
hair ao much beloved by poets and artists seems to be
encroached upon and even replaced by that of the darker
hue." It Is a melancholy prospect for the esthetic.
Where the conditions ars favorable, "such as suburbs
In wblch are large dwellings, with plenty of open space
around, the blondes seem nearly to hold their own." The
conclusion Is that the fair type must die out if deprived
of fresh air, while the dark suffers comparatively little.
It Is a striking example of natural selection and the sur
vival of the fittest under an unnatural state of things.
Prof. Ripley asserts that In the country near London
the average stature of the people Is even lower than In
the metropolis, and they are darker mostly. This he at
tributes to the constant migration of the taller individ
uals, who seek to "better themselves" In town. But the
tall, as a class, are the fair moreover, tney are the more
enterprising. And this rule applies to emigrants general
ly the fair go, the dark, leaa^ Inclined for adventure
remain to propagate their like fn the mother country. sgr
BEWABE OF THE DEMAGOGUE
By Gov. Qalld of MmuMchunsettl.
We are passing through a quiet, a fairly
peaceful, but a very real social revolution.
Equal rights were won by the generations that
have gone before us. Equal opportunities ara
to be our gift to pbaterfty. As always at a
time of acute social excitement, the dema
gogue Is a moat: conspicuous figure. The dem
agogue, by catering to extremists, seeks first
his own advantage, and findr'lf^lh-turning
rational revolution into Irrational anarchy.
Lincoln was neither mawkish nor sensational. He
frankly sought public office. He never sought It by un
worthy means. His sustaining trust was In the honesty
of the ordinary citizen, whose life Is neither the comfort
able Indolence that shrinks from all change nor the
broken career that leaps to embrace a gospel of despair.
His weapons were endlew patience, cheerful good na
ture, abounding common senses, and an abiding faith in
his cauao. He despised claptrap. He embodied a cause,
not a candidacy, He did not fight fire with fire. He
faced hot excitement with cold reasoning and mad vitu
peration with clear truth. -.
s^Mh®
aTOTW^door of tl» dnb. Pendleton had
inade tip bis mind to go for a month's
wandarlng in the Blue Ridge ranges.
It was an Intense relief to get away
from the city and to speed away tpward
the mountains, and to find himself final
ly aniong the peaks and crags and for
ests of the vast rolling ranges, where
the majestic mountains smile at the
fret and heartbreak of humanity.
=ff=
said to the hostler. "House full of sil
ver end handsome things, and the ladles
just go out driving and won't see no
csllers, I hear."
"Something wrong, I guess," the hos
tler answered, throwing a bucket of wa
ter on the wheel of the trap he was
.cleaning and spinning It around..
Sam-acquitted himself without enthu
siasm of the commission to renew the
rent for another month. Why. stay up
In these solitary mountains, the near
est town being a small place a mile
away? Why not go to Bar Harbor
or some civilized place?
lingered.'and the
charm of ttheJ'mountalns grew on him,
and the girl across the way became In
extricably mixed tip in hit thoughts
of Vera, until he grew amazed and Irri
tably anxious to see her face to*face
and get rid of the absuM Illusion.
It was In vain he scauned his volumi
nous mall each morning. No letter ad
dressed In the firm, delicate handwrit
ing he knew so well ever.came, and he
still carried In his Inner pocket that lit
tle note, "Good-bye, I am gone."
Yes, the days seem to vanish like a
-dream in the fastness of the Blue
Bldge.
The time drew near when he would
go- back to llfe'a tumultuous cares and
pleasures, and Pendleton waa no nearer
an acquaintance with his neighbors. He
could not foroe himself upon them, and
she waa as elusive as some water sprite
or wood nymph.
The .world had done Its day's work,
the sun had set behind the summits of
the ranges fn all Its accustomed pomp
and glory,/and faint mists were veiling
the peaks and valleys. Pendleton sat,
absorbed In distracting thought, by the
side of a still lake shadowed by tower
ing hemlocks, when somebody came
slowly toward him through the forest
path.
Hera was a beautiful face, laughing
and proud and tender, and the only
word Pendleton could say as shs
paused before him while he sat motion
less wasi "Vera!"
"Why, I've been your neighbor all
summer.] How did you happen to come
to this wild and beautiful placer' she
asked a little while later, as she sat by
hla side,' when some very broken and
breathless words had -been spoken.
Pendleton took out his letter and un
folded It
"How could you be so cruel? So in
humanly cruel? To- write good-bye to
me Why, child, through all eter
nity
"You don't, mean to say you
thought I meant It?" Vera asked In
amazement—New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat
CMBSS«
FaHh
CMUIUU,
"I notice that Captain Carter saya he
is another Dreyfus."
"Strange how the persecution of) that
unhappy Frenchman continues to (a
on."—Cleveland Plain Dealer..
Some way, we always distrust the
man with a Jaunty air. Be looks aa
though .ha were blqfBng.
Ask any book, agent or peddler who
sent.him to.you, and you will find It
1* on* of joor frle^te
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Tariff Revisions
That the Tariff Commission propose
ed by President Roosevelt is to lie push
ed as campaign trick Is so entirely
plain that no one need be so benighted
or thick-headed as not to understand
the game. It will serve as a^preten
tlous promise to satisfy the demand
for tariff revision without Involving any
embarrassing obligations In the wuy of
future fulfillment.
The promise of revision of the tariff
by friends of the tariff is always arrant
humbug. Tlic Republican party' will
never give the country a revision that
will nfford a genuine reform. The so
called "friends of the tariff" are-slm
ply the hired henchmen of the tariff
barons, and their political existence de
pends upon their loyal defense- of tbnt
system of legalized plundering that Is
the real purpose of our national policy
of protecting trusts and monopolies by
duties high enough to prevent any real
competition by the foreign -manufac
turer
A present example of the characteris
tic hypocrisy of Republican promises of
tariff reform was offered In two_di»
patches printed yesterday. One, a
telegram from Washington, brought the
recommendation lu the message of
President Roosevelt that the duties on
wood pulp and manufactured paper
should be reduced by a proper enact
ment before the adjournment of this
session of Congress. Another a tele
gram from New York, announced that
the Ways and Means Committee of the
lower branch of Congress had absolute
ly refused to give a hearing to the com
mittee of the American Newspaper.
'Publishers' Association' which had
sought opportunity to give reasons for
the recommended legislation .Roose
velt can recommend, hut the Republi
can majority in the House means to'
stand pat.
Republican editors and newspaper
owners can probably sec more clearly,
In the light of their self-interest, the
cogent reasons for a modlflcatloii of the
pulp and paper duties, but they should
see, also, tlmt however reasonable their
demand they will never find a Repub
lican Congress willing to grant it Is
It possible President Roosevelt under
stood this when he recommended that'
Congress make an exception to the gen
eral program of postponement and de
lay? There Is at least a chance that
he knew his recommendation wouId.be
a mere play to the galleries.—St Louis
Republic.
Dlskonest Ststlatlev,
Since the Census Bureau* has been
made a permanent institution, costing
millions every year, and for wblch
$14,000,000 Is asked to take the next
census, It has become a most partisan
Institution. It Is charged by the Asso
ciated Press, and the American News
paper Publishers' Association at their
late, annual meeting, with issuing
"false reports of news print paper
prlccs which were..recently furnished
tq Congress l)y the director of the. Cen
sus Bureau. The newspapers here rep
rinted used approximately 80 per
cent of tlio. news print paper, consumed
in the United States. We denounce
the quotations as submitted to Con
gress as misleading and unworthy of
credence. The reiteration of the accu
racy of these figures of the director
after the error had been called to pub
lic attention tends to shake public con
fidence and respect for statlstlcs.thUB
compiled."
It Is rather a satisfaction to have
the charge of partisan statistics made
by Democrats substantiated by such a
high authority, but it is rather late In
the day for such an acknowledgment
by Republican publishers, whose pa
pers have derided the Democratic
claim. The fact la that not only the
Census Bureau, but the statistical bu
reaus of other departments have all
been run In the Interest of the tariff
protected Interests, and the "false re
ports'.' now charged against the Census
Bureau can be also proved against the
Labor Bureau and the Statistical Bu
reau of the Department of Commerce
and Labor.
It Is quite doubtful If there has ever
been an hOsest census, but It is certain
that the statistics adduced from the
material gathered have been system
atically arranged to support the the
ory and practice of the .protective tar
iff.
Dishonest and garbled statistics Is
sued by government authority for par
tisan purposes to deceive the people Is
the greatest crime that can be com
mitted against the taxpayers who pay
the bills. One. of the first' reforms
that the Democratic party should un
dertake, If granted power'by the vot
ers, Is to reorganize the Issue of statis
tics by. the government. Let us have
an honest census and honest statistics
founded thereon, and we call on our
honest Republican brethren to join in
urglng. lt on Congress.
St.
Ik "'-r—f,
Many of the Chinese believe that
when all other remedies fail, and
death la st hand, ginseng has the
power to bring back health"1 and lon
gevity hence, when they feel the need
of it. they will pay fabuloua prices for
certain klnda of roots. A root to be
-realfy valuable as a commodity must
come from the mountains of Klrln or
be reputed to have come from there.
It must be bifurcated, so as to resem
ble as much aa possible the human
form,, and be semi-transparent, dry,
and filuty. Of course, the larger the
root the bettor, and as It is sold by
weight it Is not very uncommon for a
good specimen to bring as much a*
$100 an ounce. The value of such a
root Is In Its shape, ]ts -texture the
manner in which It baa been cured,
and the region whence It camsi
LHII
Wants Rest.
The business men of St Louis have
organized the National Prosperity As
sociation and their motto "Give us a
rest and sunshine," indicates they are
Republicans tired of Teddy. These
prosperity boomers will find that pros
perity la rnpt to be had by Baying it Is
here, though they may encourage some
of the members to try and overcome
that tired feeling, the result of Republi
can policies. Those who look behind
the scenes and see somewhat how the
political game is played are not calling
for. a rest, but like the Democratic
members of Congress are trying to stir
a do-nothing Congres8 to activity. For
over ten long yeara the trusts have
had a rest from competition and a
Republican warrant to plunder the
people through the tariff ^an average of
over 00 per cent Honest men should
therefore Instead of crying for a rest
pitch In and fight for their rights
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none. Prosperity for the trusts and
combines to delude the people Into
taking a rest until the tariff that pro
tects the trusts Is revised. It will
require the most active efforta of a
good majority of the people working
overtime until after election to curb
the trusts and corporations whose dep
redations have given those St Louis
boomers that tired feeling.'
A Foaalbl* Now IUVA, .1"
It Is reported that a number of for
•Ign diplomats have been Invited to at
tend this Republican National Conven
tlw at Chicago, June IT, and that they
a a a a
OF THE DAY
have accepted the Invitation. This Is
a new departure In American politics.
Most of these dfplomnts are monarch
ists—representatives of European or
Asiatic kings. Their Influence at a
convention of Republicans would be
distinctly-evil. The President, as the
head of his party, should forbid their
attendance and, no doubt would do so,
If be were not himself a monarchist at
heart There will be no Imperialistic
ambassadors at the Denver convention.
That convention may see fit to condemn
the presence of such ambassadors at
Chicago and that may raise a new
issue In our politics.
I'rlcea
and Monopoly-.
As wages are falling and meat and
bread is costing more, with many peo
ple out of work, it Is time to take
stock and reckon how to provide for
the future. The panic .and present
business depression has demolished the'
Republican theory that the tariff which
protects the trusts promotes prosperity.
1
be high prlccs the trust have charged
for their products was one of the chief
causes of the panic, und although the
trusts made money, other people had
to pay It as long as they could, but
even the game of boosting prices can
not prevail Indefinitely, and thei Inevi
table collapse came, much to the con
fusion of the Republican politicians.
What Is called business can adapt It
self to almost any political conditions
or laws, but It requires time to recu
perate from a breakdown of confi
dence, and confidence cannot be re
stored uutll the business worid begins
to make money again and has surplus
profits to Invest In new undertakings.
That the cost of living still remains so
near the high point shows the absolute
control of the trusts of most of the
necessities of life. After former pan
ics there has always been a period of
low prices, which compensated for re
duced wages and smaller Incomes, and
Increased consumption through cheaper
gotids set the -wheelB of Industry again
turning.
The Steel Trust, the Beef Trust, the
Sugar Trust, the Agricultural Machin
ery Trust, the Coal Trust, the Paper
Trust, and many other trusts are still
charging the same high prices for their
products as before the panic. The
Railroad Trust Indeed lias already de
termined to advance freight rates,
which will naturally compel merchants
to add to the price of the goods they
sell and groceries and provisions be
ing, heavy goods, will be the first to
sufTiy-j Freight on "dry goods and
clotlnng, although veiy high, does not
add so much to their cost. Over
stocked merchants are selling better
bargains In dry goods and ready made
clothing,- but families with reduced in
comes can hardly take advantage of
It.
Monopoly and tariff protection upon
which the Republican party is standing
pat, allows these things to be, and
competition which has always been re
ifod' Q5j6£" tS'iegiilate
'pritisa'"according
to supply and demand, Is hardly longer
among the forces to be reckoned with.
It amounts to very much like suspend
ing the force of gravitation and ex
pecting thlngB to keep In their places.
Conditions are aggravated by private
monopoly In conjunction with the gov
ernment tariff favoritism. Cold stor
age Trusts, and Ice TruBts, and Fruit*
Trusts, and Egg Trusts, and Milk
Trusty all keep up prices. In -spite
Of the law private car lines and refrig
erator-car combines still tax the con
sumer, and the producers and growers
do not get any of the benefit
Many people have regarded the pres
ent Administration as reformers. But
what has been done to relieve the peo
ple from trust and corporation plun
dering? Has anything been made
cheaper or better, or more lasting from
the laws that bs^e been enacted? The
chief cause of high prices—the tariff
—has not- been touched. The same per
ceutage of extra tariff profit is still
being collected by the trusts and com
bines, and the Republican Congress still
stands pat and no prodding from the
White House on the tariff Issue, other
than on wood pulp and paper, stirs It
to action.
The nomination of a President and
Congressmen Is now taking place, and
unlets there Is anew deal the same old
pretence of "doing things" and yet
standing pat will be continued for the
next four years. You may adapt your
circumstances to the present unsatis
factory conditions, as the business of
the country undoubtedly will, but why
not persist In reforms that you know
you will benefit by? Are you willing
to be plundered forever by the tariff
protected trusts?
Republican
BxtrsTtgvue.
As long as the boom In business con
tinued there was not much notice taken
of the extravagant appropriations by
Congress, but now the boom has busted
and Republican prosperity has vanish
ed, and the receipts of the government
are running at the rate of $00,000,000
behind the outlay, one would think it
was time to economize. But the pres
ent Congress Is more extravagant than
ever and seems determined to leave the
national cupboard bare for the Incom
ing Democrats, as the Republicans did
under similar circumstances In 1884,
when President Cleveland was first
elected. The fact Is the Republican
managers are good spenders like gam
blers, but what Is now needed and
what the country must come to Is care
ful spenders, who while providing all
revenue necessary for the government
will not waate the substance of the
people.
twpntlsg Gold Payments.
Representative Fowler, Chairman of
the House Committee on Banklng and
Currency, proclaimed In' a speech In
the House of Representatives the start
ling information that "tbey have al
ready suspended gold payments."
"They" means the United States Treas
ury, -and the Fowler speech will be
found on page 16,038 of the Congres
sional Record for April 20th. This le
tbe-Republlcan way of "doing things."
It Is argued that the compulsory
adoption of the Incandescent system
of electric lighting in mines will great
ly cut down the deatb roll.
A leading tailor says that many
young married women come to them to
learn )ww to, pack their husband's
clotina. ,.u
Concentrated foods should alwaya be
fed with those more bulky.
The better food you feed the more
careful you should be of the manure.
There Is more profit In growing an
animal than In fattening one already
grown.
A black soil Is not necessarily a rich
•oil. It may be almost devoid of nitro
gen, and so stand In need of some fer
tilizer.
For bumble foot In poultry, paint the
corn liberally with tincture of Iodine
dally for a' week.' If this is done In
the early stages the corn can be spread.
Good bacon Is great food. It always
tastes like more. Quantity compared,
a man can turn more acres with fewer
"hog troughs" on It than on any other
meat
Moat men- make the mistake of
spreading the manure too thickly. In
most cases It will lie better to cover
a larger area with the same amount.
The spreader solves the whole diffi
culty.
The Missouri State Board of Agri
culture has asked Ernest Kellerstrass,
the poultry fancier of Missouri, for a
portrait of the famous hen Peg, which
he recently refused to sell to Puder
ewski for $5,000.
The proprietor of the Green Hill
dairy, near Burlington, N. J., sold his
Immense herd of Jerseys and Alder
neys and restocked the farm entirely
with IloUtelns. He believes that the
latter are less liable to have tuber
culosis.
Lovers of buckwheat cakes and ma
pie syrup will be delighted to learn that
a New York man has recently been con
victed and sentenced to pay $500 fine
nnd spend thirty months In jail for
selling bogus Vermont maple syrup
through the malls.
The bureau of statistics of The Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture
announces that the heajthfulness of
farm anhnnls was better on April 1
than It was last year and losses from
disease, with the exception of swine,
were smaller.
Farmers are' truck raisers around
Glenwood, la., and are Interested in the
raising of asparagus, and may turn
their entire attention to the cultivation
of the crop for canning purposes. In
the East from $100 to $400 per acre
1a. realized from asparagus. -.
By the Investment of $15 or $20 In a
good writing desk thnt can be put un
der lock and key, some men can save
a hundred dollars' worth of fuss,
worry, mental discomfiture and house
hold rumpuss that:arise from having
no place for business headquarters in
the house.
Science Is getting obstreperous. It
has butted Into the making of butter.
The golden product Is now as conven
tional as the blue bib-overall. There
la no chance for originality. The rich
ly flavored, delicately aromatic product
of the old shallow cream pans and
dash churn Is no more. That's what
we pay for being scientific.
It is quite common to hear persons
•ay that our butter at the present time
la not as good quality as butter was
ten or twelve years ago. This does not
look reasonable, as dairy and creamery
methoda have Improved so .aa to make
dairying almost a new industry. A
more reasonable conclusion Is .that the
•tandard of excellence In butter la hlgh
•r now than then.
There are two or three things that
ought to be remembered In making the
hotbed, or cold frame, as It Is perhaps
more properly called. First, use fresh
horse manure that will beat. Soak It
down and let It warm up considerably
before putting In the earth, and don't
pack the earth down so tight aa to pre
vent the heating process. Three or
four Inches of soli, depending some
what upon Its texture, ought to be suf
ficient Let the eartli warm thorough
ly before planting the seeds. Water
frequently and raise the sash on warm
dayB,'and be sure to have horse blan
kets ready when the thermometer goes
down to zero.
The person who Bets out an orchard
for the first time usually makes the
mistake of selecting too many varie
ties. It Is far better and more satis
factory to select two or three hardy
standard varieties, fall or winter, as
the case may be, and paaa up the Job
of using several acres as an experi
mental plot for thirty or forty varie
ties that the nurseryman may urge
upon you. Perhaps the wisdom of
having but two or three varieties Is
not fully realized until the trees come
Into bearing and one has the market
ing of the fruit to attend to. With
many' varieties and as many seasons
of ripening there Is much delay and
putter work in picking and disposing
of the fruit, while the prices one can
get for. little dabs are not so satisfac
tory as for good sized consignments of
but two or three varieties.
Cold Storage Bggf.
The eggs stored In this country last
year amounted to 115,101,540 dozen, of
which 38,750,000 dozen were stored In
Chicago. These storage egga sold at
an average of 10H cents a dozen, a
little less than was paid for them.
Under normal conditions they would
have sold for 19 cents a dozen. While
in storage eggs are kept at a tem
perature slightly above the -freezing
point, they are never allowed to freeze
exospt when stored In bulk In tin caus.
Egga are placed in cold storage, in
April and May and begin to enter the
market in September.
TeeU Cow Millie*.
The general health of the-cowi re
mained good during the entire experi
ment. No difference In yield was ob
served that could be attributed to the
milking machine, and no Injury, to the
udder took place that could with cer
tainty be attributed to the use of the
mechanical milker- Wide variations In
flavor and keeping qualities of milk
w«re'observed from different cows, bat
Ii..iV AI
.» •,"» V9.
the quality of the milk from each cow
remained practically constant, whether
she was milked by hand, or machine.
It required from two to three times aa
long to milk a cow with the machine
as would have been required by a good
hand milker, but one operator can han
dle two or three machines, so he could
milk four or more cows with the ma
chine in less time than he could milk,
the same number by hand.
The success of a mechanical milker
dependa to a large extent upon the cow
as to whether she readily becomes ac
customed to the machine, according to
tests Just made at the Pennsylvania ex
periment station. It was found there
was usually a slight drop in milk yield
when changing from band milking to
the machine, and two of the cows
could never be milked with the ma
chine without leaving one or more
pounds of strlpplngs, while others were
often milked aa. completely as would
be dono under ordinary circumstances.
In general the cows were milked clean
er ab they became accustomed to the
machine.
The Hen aa a Deatrorer.
The fact that the hen la a consumer
as well as a producer has been too
generally Ignored. The literature deal
ing with the virtues and achievements
of the hen tribe has consisted almost
entirely of a praise that hss been ex
travagant to a fulsome degree. The
hen, unless kept under watchftil police
supervision, Is a land pirate—a ruth
less pillager that has no more regard
for vested property rights than a wan
dering hobo. It Is a^well-known fact
that the barnyard cackler after laying
a 2-cent egg will frequently sneak Into
the kitchen garden and scratch up
$1.75 worth of peas, beans and lettuce.
'And, as likely as not she will follow
this up by breaking Into the straw
berry patch and eating 15 cento' worth
of borrles. This Is no warped and
prejudiced statement, and it is not an
overdrawn representation of the de
structive capacity of the unscrupulous
fowl. There was a hen enthusiast some
years ago who declared that the hens
of the country every year pay off the
national debt. This wild statement was
at once accepted by millions of chicken
enthusiasts as an axiomatic truth. It
Is, Indeed, high time that the other side
of the great national hen Industry
should be Investigated.—Baltimore
American.
Beef Type and Dairy Type.
The Iowa Experiment Station some
time since reported the results of a
year's feeding test to determine the re
lative economy for beef production of
the beef and dairy types of cattle, a
question that Is receiving much atten
tion at this time. The results attained
are summarized as follows:
Dairy type steers showed a consid
erably higher percentage of offal and
a lower dressing percentage.
Dairy type steers carried higher per
centage of fat on Internal organs, there
by increasing the total weight of .cheap
parts.
Beef type steers carried higher per
centage of valuable cuts.
Beef type steers furnished heavier,
thicker cuts they were more evenly
and neatly covered with outside fat
showed superior marbling In flesh, w«re
of a clearer white color lu fat and a
brighter red In the lean meat but
there was little difference in fineness
of grain.
The low price paid for dairy steers
may be due partially to prejudice, and
to the lower grade carcasses but It is
chiefly greater expense of carrying and
Belling, due to an actual inferiority in
the carcasses.
It is neither profitable nor desirable
to feed steers of dairy type for beef
purposes. They are unsatisfactory to
the consumer because they do not fur
nish thick and well-marbled cuta they
are unsatisfactory to the butcher be
cause they furnish low-grade carcasses
which are difficult to dispose of, and
they are decidedly unsatisfactory to the
feeder because they yield him little
or no profit and both breeder and feed
er waste their time In producing such
a type of steer for beef purposes.
Fighting Scale Inseete.
In nothing do farmers more need ex
pert advice than In the extermination
of insects that threaten the destruc
tion of their hard-raised crops. Espe
cial study has been given to the cot
ton boll weevil, particularly mallcloua
In Texas and Louisiana. The Investi
gation shows that dry weather is de
structive to the pest but the entomolo
gists agree that the worst enemy to
the weevil Is the native ant solenopsls
gemlnata. Climbing the stalk for the
possible nectar of the blossom, It en
counters the weevil nnd seizes him. The
rapid spread of the -ant is therefore
much to be desired by cotton growers,
and as a matter of fact the tribe is
advancing. Imported parasites have
been tried against the weevil, but with
poor results. This native combatant la
best
Another large field for the entomolo
gists, both State and Federal, says the
Craftsman, Is the study of waahea to
be used for the San Jose scale, the
enemy of orchards from California,
where it first appeared, eastward to
the Atlantic border, where it now in
fests peach, plum, pear and apple trees.
Lime-sulphur washes have been experi
mented with, the Bureau of Chemistry
aiding essentially In 'finding the best
proportions and the best manner of
application. An efficient formula Is
found to be 50 gallons of water, 20
pounds of quicklime and 15 pounds of
either flour or flowers of sulphur, boil
ed together for one hour. Salt and
sugar have both been tried with the
above ingredients, but the bureau flnda
they add nothing to the efficacy of the
lime and sulphur. Various other in
jurious growths on fruit trees are also
killed by thla simple waab.
But better, because less trouble, is
the destruction of the scale inaecta by
beetles and birds. This subject has
received the careful attention of the
biologists of the department The
cardinal and grosbeak are found to be
very fond of the plum scale, which also
infests cherry trees. The blade scale
la now In California a more serious
pest than the San Jose, and no less
than twenty-nine species of birds are
known to eat It They-Include wood
peckers, sparrows, vireos, wrens and
bluebirds. Indeed, fifty-seven species ol
birds feed upon some scale Insects and
their egga. Who knowa but that with
out the aid of birds, the varloua scales
would rob us of all our fruit?
1
,"j) jjmui1 H"' Mi.jMi»'i(ifini iiiminnimn»i«uin_• mi im
"I am going to have my photos taken.
I hope they will do me Justice." "1
hope so, too—Justice tempered with
mercy."
Mrs. Justwed—Why are tbess eggs
so small? Grocer DIckelwurat—I fink
dey were took from der nest too soon
slretty.—Philadelphia Ledger.
TeatJier—Johnny, what do you un
derstand by that word "deficit?" "It's
what you've got when you haven't as
much as if you Just hadn't nothin'."
Hook—I understand he married a
cool million. Cook—Yes but he's com
plaining now because be hasn't been
able to thaw out any of It—Illustrated
Bits.
'Is your husband having any luck
at the race track?" "Some luck," an
swered young Mrs. Torklns. "He hasn't
saught cold nor had his pockets picked."
—Washington Star.
'Why la it?", asked the dear girl,
"that the bridegroom's attendant Is
called tho 'best man?'" "I suppose lfs
because he Is the best off," growled tho
fussy old bachelor.
Mother—You and Willie have been
at my cherries again. I found the
•tones In the nursery. Johnny—It
wasn't me, mother, 'cause I Bwallowed
all the stones of mine.
Muriel Would you marry for
money? Carsone—Not I I want
brains. Muriel—Yes. I should think
so, If you don't want to marry for
money.—Brooklyn Life.
"Your love," he cried, "would give
me the strength to lift mountains!"
'Dearest" she murmured, "It will only
be necessary for you to raise the
'dust'"—Town Topics.
"Toll me, brother, Is It possible to
lot Robert know that I am an heiress?"'
"Has he proposed to you?" "Yes."
"Well, you may be sure he knows It
already."—The Gossip..
'It costs more to- live than It did
years ago," said tho man who com
plains. "Yea," answered the man who
enjoys modern conveniences, "but it's
worth more."—Washington Star.
Professional Faster—I should like
to undertake a fast of four weeks In
this. Show of yours. How much will
you pay me? Showman—I can't give
you any aalary, bnt I will pay for your
keep.
"What would you do," asked the ex
cited politician, "if a paper should call
you a liar and a thief?" "Well," said
the lawyer, "If I were you I'd toss up
a cent to see whether I'd reform or lick
the editor."
Miss Blondlock—How dare you tell
people my hair is bleached? You know
It Is false I Miss Ravenwlng—Yes,
dear, I know it is. I told them It was
bleached before you got it.—Philadel
phia Inqnlrer.
"I noticed she bowed to you. Is she
an old acquaintance?" "Y-yes we're
slightly acquainted: In fact she's a
tort of distant relation. She was the
first wife of my second wife's husband."
—Chicago Tribune.
Officer Flynn—An' BO yez ain't a fake
hey. How did yez lose yer soight? The
Blind Person—Oh, 1 was once on the
police force 'with Orders from my cap
tain not to see anythln'. It got to be a
habit with me.—Puck.
Lord Lewsofl—Why, Pat, there used
to be two windmills there. Pat—Thr'ue
for you, sir. Lord Lcwson—Why is
there but one now? Pat—Bedad, they
took one down to lave more wind for
t'other.—London Tlt-Blts.
He—Do you remember the night I
proposed to you? She—Yes, dear.
He—We sat for one hour, and yon
never opened your mouth. She—Yes, I
remember, dear. He—Ah, that was the
happiest hour of my life.—The Catholic
Mirror.
Kindly Old Gentleman—Well, my
little man, and what's your name?
The Little Man—Please, sir, I dunno.
Tho Kindly Old Gentleman—Bless my
soul, you don't know? The Little Man
—No, air, please, sir mother got mar
ried again yesterday.
Farmer Sacks—Here's a letter askln'
about board for the summer, on' want
In' to know Is tbar a bath In the house.
What'll I tell 'em, Mlrandy? His Wife
—Tell 'em the truth. Tell 'em If they
need a bath we'd advise 'em to take It
afore they come.—Harper's Bazar.
"Every lallot must be counted," the
first speaker had declared. "I agree
with the gentleman you have Just
heard," began the one who followed,
"but I go as far as to say that In cer
tain emergencies some of them muBt be
counted twice."—Philadelphia Ledger.
"What'B the matter with that old
hen?" asked the guinea fowl. "She
looks worried." "Oh," replied the ban
tam rooster, "she's a temperance crank,
and she's worrying for fear some of
her eggs will bo used In the making'of
eggnSgg."-^Catholic Standard and
Times.
"Speaking "of" bad falls," remarked
Jones, "I fell out of a window once,
and the sensation was terrible. Dur
ing my transit through the air I real
ly believe I thought of every mean
act I had ever committed In my life."
"H'ml" growled Thompson. "You
must have fallen an awful distance 1"
"I WOB reading a magazine article
the other day," said the landlady, "in
which the writer advanced the theory
that fully two-tbirds of the diseases
that afflict humanity are due to over
eating." "Well, I guess that's about
right," rejoined the scanty-haired
bachelor at the foot of the mahogany.
"Anyway, It is months since anyone
was sick in this boarding house."—*
Chicago Daily News.
Rlyhtlf Named*
"Say, paw," queried little Tommy
Toddles, "what Is the bone of conten
tion?"
"The Jawbone, my son," answered
the old man, with aside glance at his
wife.
Only Wanted
a
Chance.
She—I see where a fellow married a
girl on his deathbed just so she could
have his millions when he was gone.
Could you love a girl like that?
He—Sure I could love a girl like
that Where does she UvoJ—Puck.
tlnlte So.
"New thought will beautify the plain
est girl."
"That may be, but very few girls are
going to give up lotions for notions."—
Pittsburg Post
Old people who wlilsiier ure as Im
polite as young ie»ple wlio giggle.
Nobody la ao much alive as the dead
ktt