Milk River Valley news. [volume], December 28, 1904, Image 3

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Opinions of Great Papers on Important ~
'Electricity on the Farm.
^"■■JJ^^ARMERS throughout the country, especially
I I: hose living near rivers inti stria idfe," will•-
I B* Idellghted with the Inforjtuflo^ gij. tlrelr
^^Jnearness to such streams, there Is now fouiht
l)rtEj|HE|tli»opportiuiit\w»r makteg farm life rfftTrVpleas
affOeOnTpMMih'. 4hV4J» aJlkof H» com
yj^cy vKi j eaces JjJ* 'W* *^*be i>n<l of
Eie dweller In the city are now at the hand of the farmer.
ecent reports f^Q Hi^ ^yartgti^tfO^-^griculturefciWl
tention to the fpct tfiat every small stream Is a natural
Hynamo for the genFratlofi of the subtle fluid. By means
jpf small'stream and the
trectlon of littl^electrica^nlant^ that are yen - low In cost,
jit Is no^TmsSfflff^m^TTTarruer ToTmvp’TiTs barns, stables
Can Stelly be applied to certain class®iof vegetablrs that
beed®o "be rtfslied for marketing, thurslncreaslpg tin? jii
oomotjpf the farmer. The great Wave of Invention with
WitoSour country is blessed blesses with Its beneficial tides
all <|asses of people, UOne of whom are ipore deserving
of I’liHslqf |tluu tha ^♦'onx-qylgurLaJl burgiipiAt epaws.
A ".» W Jtiyte/a^ijgh^r fey? 13
com lite, the eventuation of which will be a stronger and a
bettiKmanhood In America., JXW O’rj’is made attractive,
by tW advent of good iriefatrTrd. stnbd ■ light 'with wlAcn tri
readyjknd good methods for cultivation of the land, the
Peopjkr of Amerca will revert more and more to the coun
try, Kus keeping the fountain head of our national life
•troitfcand unpolluted.—Pittsburg Press.
E Extravagant Living.
have It on t|ie authority of the Board of
Trade that extravagant living is a matked/ea-,
ture of many of the bankruptcy eases with
which it deals. The number of failures re
cprded. last year was higher,than it had been
since 1894, and in some: ofntbd larger chsei ex’,
eessivc household expenditure obviously con
to the bankrupt’s Tiitn. It seems to be a common
r a business man to live handsomely h-hdthcr' he
Is nuAlng a profit qa.aJ oa *“' This inspectoc^eneral hnbanki
fuptiß mentions one case In which a debtor spent £2,000
• yofcj^e f
vvnT’TT”
he win nnl|^making <6OO net profit. -TjicJi casts aitLtJJlir
cal, it is believed, of many sijiall, bankruptcies, as well as
Of the l||-^« T^ey^nay be sjiknetlmes explained
by negligent Ixxikteeplng, but they are, In the main, sug
gestive of the craving for luxury; which is one of trie Worst’
features Of lllthiil «huwi of living among the
rich has been raised to an excessive degree, and those who
would’lttß'to-be thought Trich’'try t 6 fMIoW the leajl set l)y
the big financiers and mining magnates who are to our day
what the Indian Nabobs were to the England of George
111. People who live beyond thejy me^qa are tempted to
speculate, nnd the bankruptcy records show the Inevitable
result -A eu m'BO nf-plafTTTtyrng"Md h!gH ’ tEliiEiiig 'wonld'
be good for th£ s jusiy)j‘L4)£,^i^ IwwUmalo
trade.^London Chronicle. ’
-Lpisß. •< g
* :«Jthe majority ebonid rule,., it is, however.
1 ir^Jepidrable fact that the-majnrtty 'ffnes not 1
rule, that is the majority composed of the poor
man. Ue may not be aware of the fact, but it
QfljMgKt is a fact nevertheless that for more than two
r generations he has been surrendering little
by little his voice In government, and becoming more and
more S^erely the means to the end employed by the rich
man. • In other words the poor man has now become mere-,
ly a vote to be counted in the battle of ballots directed by
the rich men of the country. The poor man In politics
amounts to but a very little more than the ballot which he
' C 08 ! 8 -®
Tlmt the poor maa««b<|H4d^ha%a- soHlegeuaaa^Bd pgUtlcnl-
THE STORY OF-A-BQUI«ftEL.
He n Jolly Little Mischief, This
'vieturber of Brown House.
He Was small and plump, of a red
brow^ri color, with a beautiful bushy
tall curling over his back. Have you
guessed that ho was a squirrel? Then
look up bls name in the dictionary, and
you will find out why he was called
Ohie&ee.
He 1 jived in the trees o l'ehipd the
Brot^pt house, wiiltMjSfrrtjft Butter*
nuts io get ripe. #\.|F3raflthrjnit tree
grew|c|ose by the feii^iSlr. Squirrel’s
bright eyes had "Mir -“"ly ru-
tile siupnier, and he iniide up his mind
to htfvo them—every one. So, as soon
as tlsß ripe nuts l>egan to rail with n
thuinb to the grounriCihie -ee was to
be se^n bii-y rtf ii'Mje "day long.
Blorlijff up food for trfTl winter.
ThOtwo lndldS' r whz> lived in the
Browii: bouse used Jo* watch him from
the windows, and wore never tired qf
•uylng how cunning he was, and how
glad they were to have him get the
butternuts. Ho must have a snug lit
tle nest in some tree near by—he
would carry off n nut and be back
again* Ao quickly. But, though they
watclwd carefully, they never could
discover where the nest was, and by
and by they gayejip watching and for
got all about him.
One morning, late In October, Miss
Anne came to breakfast rather late
and cross, saying to her sister: "Sally,
I beljeve this bouse Is full of rats!
There waif sych a racket last night I
h.'irdl# slept a Whik!”
Miss Sally bad slept soundly, and
ehe laMglicd at tile Idea. Rat? There
had ipy -r b-eu rats In that house. It
was JOS' "Anne's nonsens-’*!*
Mis, Anne stllL Insisted, nnd was
awnkqqed almott every night by tho
noise. "Tho- rats In the barn hnvo
moved into the house for the wluter."
•he s.ild. Bo tlie rnt trap was brought
from tlie barn, baited with cheese, and
piaeeiF close to u b ile- in Jlie ueder
pinnln?. which IngkPd ns/If If mlgat
bo a rat hole. Ttere it staycd'iUl the
trap grew rusty and the cb< eke inSldy,
but nqprt "” s caught.
One Jill ßß Hally brought,homa g
^Mg of jCnnMkonndy—“peanut brltrt*"
ly Is something that cannot be easily understood. As a citi
zen he has every right that his more foi-tjinat^ brother has,
O’ (privilege that ttie rielj ngij ha/h in proper-,
hl^poSfeoslon of worldly godds M h£s ieven greater:
responsibility to himself arid thesenieirehdeiit on him, for "
he has not only his political duties to be discharged accord
ing as the welfare of his cdtintry may direct; hut tho fins
ther duty of restraining those who would profit at the
expense of the country, which means at the expense of him-
7 Poor man llaK 1,0111 au offmisive and defensive
part to play iy the politlcs of this country, and the ability
'with 'wlilell lie plays hlai^MMK-flMXwaMHMwuidAtoiaMMMaaSa
simp!® jw,p^des but In citizenship. If bls lot be hard his
neglect of dmy will make It still harder. It coni*t|Vns suy<
TMIWWWg Trim be discouraging. hf|t>^fdtmi£r*c<»oJ'<Wty may
^^^W^c^^o&jhe jiiopr ite'iry Mijtj l^aiist tl^i
rich nian, for he ca® acconipHsiu.jmd'hl'iig" liv iji<A[si>6tocrt<4t •
and promotion of hSowh Interests In'Ehls way. What he
needs to do If he wo^ld Improve-hUcoMdUldh, If.se,would
exercise all the rlgHs and priy|j^j«- Hr ,ci^ejfshfi>, Is ho
assert thosej'lghbs irijjjl maintain them hy the constitutional
h^ nn s ymj. pwtlloilitA'hich |t is his duty to use. He may
lnaiilgn:4i| F|>lit|fal rep'ories, but such Indulgence only post
pones the time "'hift he mu^t, if he would rise, become
something more thdß the ballot he easts, the mon who Is
-cfMinted.—Portland Wregonlan.
H — mmiip; B ? Bl ■■■ xen,
Upkersal Languages. *
it Boston that proposes a Universal
Wk । I means fft communication— an alphabet by
^^l I which t^ndJcatMhe pry^nnclatlotii of ikords In
j^^^^Jthe leaife^g ftnrofwan ishgmtges. ’boston Ufif?"
BMMQHversity has begun the work of devising such an
^Si^BMalphabet, and Invites the opinion of the scien
tific world on the advisability of having a con
ference to adopt it. ‘ ’
No'Teal language ’ever, bcijniy ojjejatJgnj full-grown its.
Aflnerva emerged fftim the head of ^Jupiter, according to
Latin and Greek le^d. Probably the. only alphabet thatr
was complete when ittwas first used wa,s that devised near
ly eighty years ago^y George Guess, the lame Cherokee
Indian. A languag^rrows; an alphabSTgrows. It Is not
made by scientific Sen, either. , So .It th not too bold to’
predict that the cgrffo’reuce at Bosjon University, will not
oUiitauuitJo very., turn'll. It may turn out an excellent alpha
het. Rut ..excellent .alphabets have already been devised
"by persons wlio fain would reform pronunciation‘or spell’- 1
Ing l . They have had only one fault—they were not allvo,
and the people who use alphabets would not have them.
■ Universal alphabets and languages almost without aiutnl ।
■her* trove been devised. Each.,has bad-its-day. Twenty
;!iv« fHjiJSi.-Hgo a German priest, Father Johann. Schley cr„
invented ‘ Volapuk." which had a longer day than most art!-"
ticial languages. Thousands! of parsons studied it There
were several hundred clubs f)evoted,,to. the exploitation of
the new tongue. Three or four conventions of “Volappka
tidels,” or speakers of Volapuk, Were held. Blit no one
-spoajse -Volapuk - now. The-e’itver.wrt -hrngTmgc flourish fng“
Just now is Esperanto. It is three or four ypftrs Old. .-But
even within a year another full-grown universal apes'll
has been devised and offered to the world. If this goes on
..ttere will have to .be a sort of clyiLlug hom^ fw universal
’anzuagAs.
Only two languages, over filled the place whhfc ihe
modern artftlcl^ongue^i;.. li^ed tj^^, One
was Jbatln, WhlMi tor centuries served as the language of
most of die world. Even yet a man who can spgak Latin
■iTTPitfftikr^'Hß 4fay wllorey.^HH^e are eyeir partly "
eatedf'^nfitfr-fW’he oth^r was' Frifflch. whWJUtB twenties,
eight y«AWf ago was-she language of dibloma'cy^nd of i
travels--tn Ahe timejPoP the f^Wftddl^'VSWeenTve and
eight hundred years ago. the Lingua Franca served to make
East and West understand one another. IU base was Ital
ian. and to tiujt were added French and Turkish and Arabic
words. By it Crusader and Moslem could speak together,
and Crusaders of the South with thoae of the North, -ft still 1
exists, but with no pretensions to be called universal.—
Chicago American. e
shr-raHed It^aAd’to keep It cool over*
night she put It in the workshop, wher •
were kept thejyiqupers. mid ninlji.’Gie.
woodbox and girded tools. Thli sboji
opened into Miss Ahne's stndln, arid’'
had au outside door near the butter
nut tree.
The caiJ^^Ss I®MPt;ten TtTIRf I ||js*
11' M li’’' imxidjoteien'll' .. Anne wojgt
to get a ftiyfe? All ; -tliat, she I'oflM
was a heairwßMSF'liThr
Evdry. scrap 3 of peanut brittle was
fgdh'el^ i' , '
"Those rhts!" she exclaimed. "Bfrf
how did they get in here?” ,
Tilg"' r h6w" wn3 soon esrprilheiVXhSr?
the outside door they found a hole In
the floor.
Miss Sally was Indignant, and. put
ting a thick board over tlie' hole,
pounded In enough wire nails to keep
out a regiment of rats.
As they stood in the open door n
butternut dropped at their feet, and.
Miss Sally, in: a flash, exclaimed
”‘JAnne, do you think it cpuld be .tligt
squirrel?—the nuts In the’ Jaridy, you
know?”
But Mls« Anne thought qot , "Tlie
noises in the attic —that could not be
a squirrel. ' There ate wire screens In
the windows—he couhl not iiosstbly
get In."
“Couldn't he? That same afternoon
as Miss Anne crossed the yard, she
saw the squirrel, with a nut In his
mouth, spring from the fence, to the
low shed roof, then to-tbe house roof
and suddenly vanish under the eaves.
And, looking with all her eyes, she
spied a small round hole.
The mystery was explained; this
was tlie candy thief and the “rat” that
danced Jigs In the garret night after
night!—St. Nicholas.
i tHARM OF MONT BT. MICHEL.
I I-'or One Traveler Isolation of Pictnr
eeque Spot Ja Ito IMaUaaMon.
My stay In Mont 8L Michel extend
। cd long beyond the usual day's out
ing, Inst I never got over my first hp
। pre|»!on. From my balcony, and frojn
the pretty nibor tn the garden where
: I ate my first breakfaat, I looked down
upon a wonderful collection of old
houMA, all turrets and Umbled roofs,
■M tbao out upon*an endion stretch
of sanjte. erftssed'-and rccroise^ by mt" 1
numcnuile streams running in long,
flowing lima,jLUß.bc»ull£ul*eiwves 1 Jvz
Seolot ehuliglnii Svith t^eijflJit of tffi'^
clouds Unit the Journeying of the*sim i
across the heavens.
ifig nie Tlgmjlfi.piider '<>vor^B|y,Tay l^g
el. or waitlii^t for Un? tidelg&Wiw^|
and ^wtolq^tllc '.dlSa
Unit si-ji.i rates Normandy from Brlt
tiiny—ihto ^n eiiormiyue boy-, add Jte' fs^
was there it moiiient of uicpio^n
Ilie ablicy.'higher on the hill behind .
gigantic shadow acnose the-sands. s
Mont St. Michel | Is 1 t
Inched; It stands alone; l^jjßgoimTTNy
in itself. And ill is ^^^ratlveiy
small, with its whole Uffe gad archi
tecture centering ii|ni u t abhiw.*'’
There 1s room for noU>tpglni||v^t Iha
luindful of' house# cfirfglnE' tq, tlie
southern sfope. < . ■ : '
''.From tlie first gaffe Bp the dno.-vll-’
lago street a ten minutes’ walk brings
you to the abbey; you need be no
longer on the way if you follow the
walls; while In half an hour Or So of
plodding through wet sand and grram
bling over rocks you can make tho
entire round of the mount
If I left my high perch to wander
up and down the endloss stops or along
the narrow paths on the hillside be
tween abliey and village, It was to
come at every’ turn upon some new
arrangement, some fresh outlook, more
picturesque than the last And on
stairs, or footpaths, or street, or walls,
or sands, I could seldom forget the iso
lated position of Mont Bt. Michel,
which is at once Its charm and Its dis
tinction.—Century.
Suic sstul Charity Exoorslon.
“Was your charity excursion on the
Imat n succfeM, Mrs. Dasher?" . ri'. •
“Grand: We lost money, but all who
went say that they had a delightful
outing anil feel nf the mme time that
their money went for a good rnuse.”—*
Detroit Free Tress. '
We find we are often mistaken; un
til we taw MievMvs*-
*tbi« ffer'a'ttlTfi'b»Tb©i> tb?^- 77 ”'
the road leads home.
Oh, pilgrim, as y>B*journoy, do you ever gladly say.
Id qrite of heavy burdens and the roughness of the wny.
^xat it does not si^rely matter— all the strange and bitter strtss.
Heat and.cold, and toll and sorrow—-’twill be heaJed with bleasedpe**,
For.tbo road leads home?
1< > •
Home! the safe and blissful shelter where is glad and full content.
And cdmpanloiiabip of kind rebrand the treasures early rent
From your holding slmll be given Hack more precious than before.
r'r ? Ot t,lp Journey with such blessedness in store.
g r " ^ en the road leads home. n srrj^w: -
r
Oh. you will not mind the roughness iior the steepness of the way,
; Nor the chili, unrCstcd morning, not tju> drenrihexb of the day;
; Arnd yon will not take n turning to trie left or to the right.
But go straight ahead, nor tremble at the coming of the iilght.
, For the road leads home.
Axid often for your comft>rt you wij^ead the guide and ’chart.
It has wisdom for the tplnd anil swe<^ 'solace for the heart; .
It Will serve you as a mentor.jl yl^uldc you sure and straight
AJI the time that you .will Journey, p£Jhe ending soon or lati^
And tlie road leads ho^ue.
-’ —New Orleans Picayune. ;
l/M MISFOHTO/HE
1 1
IN Bettina’s cottage, where she sat
and spun whllw her childish old'
grandparents nodded In their
chairs beside the fireplace, all was as
clean as it could have been In a pal
’hce, but she bad hard Work to fill
those two old mouths and her own
also. *Tli^re’VvaK ng'onv otse>t<> Ifo Ft.
ThtyWdy at^he ^yeat ifoustf ImugSt
-her flax^uti [ialli WekT fSr «. ,Tt A.
, after all, Bettina hnd hut two hands,
and two little lirowm Ignids cannot do
all the world’s work. 1 used to say
, to myself that the time ^should co’nlift
when Bettina should nut Wotf <t aB.
Bettina and I had been hel-iWud tug
years. We were betroHi J fi ll ^ at®
no nearer marriage, tlMtiAi Lri lijt
Striven with all my KUrngth
I JPatUejMly.j^HMtlmi said to
me si^etraes^’wßt <B'S it matter?
We^ 1 .^.-llot»lAuw trust each
othir; leßus B Mtnraatß
Bwk-l rbwtd wm extent Others
’ who were PfWU ( aspwe ।mapio,! and
left their riluw.<UidU<ntlthU-'Jti seek
better fortunes elsewhere. Bettina
' would gtArfly ’llkve shrfbed- niy ’^atfi.’
I whatever it might hmve Iteen, but the
old jn-andpareptg, bound her to her
cottdge niid her birthplace. ' ’
■i' : . As for me, I felt ’dint If I would
ev< ¥e ‘X'S 1 mi^leaj’<s Sauoy
and go to America^ whercr sp many of
gur country people, had already gone,
’and fvhCTifc they wrote letters that
—made-sue hearts Iwne-with hope sow
the. future. I told Bettina so, amj
^houghTKe wept, she said:
“Go. Go, Bernard, and I will pray
.for you. It is AIMI. girl caji do i?,T2»a
t,; I had no fergapat B'itltta jjmdd
forget me. I the rich
young fanner wii^so ‘jOW^'h'-nswy
miles to see her longetl Tor iler hwe"
and wooed her with all the art he had,
"WF-’^l^fna loyqd mo .a'nii rive hl
taflMwnime. '<ri,;-tf !; 'p--
> rt n ^fety;, X
stoiW ’#T“tndf i TlT‘ h ?t s-frttngrf*lShd atff
among strange people, but. I found
them jjqt unkind. I found work at
once. I spent little. Week by week
the little heap In my moleskin pouch
gnaw-<n»«rterj-<l was gloriously
happy. I wrote Joyful letters to Bct
tinar She answered me ns hopefully.
I ' Ai yearLJnssoD by—^wejve Jong
• nxJltlis. ntoiw \^nr <nnd--afid,
would come to me. I should press my
llpd to Biers—all would lb<* sis-gotten
ai O‘ h Y r
i.swWld shm-e ^nAnhis|^Uhei<w
| With such thoughtV^ns these In my
I mind I entered the great factory
^wJgBRKHMKe day. T»Hd
oft' my
“At noon^^^l will wrlfVflyltet^
I I remember linking Lid*. I rcniem*
tong roj' l freft^X
a suiMeii trnffll aiKrTrash.-AniFTlio
oaths of men, and a girl's mad scream
,nf miln awakcmij, mi- and I found
-ir’k.Rori lying In the dnrk| with my own
WCbjh^'oldp^kpd clhmnjy, lying in a
. 'XAw 1 - ”’ f t hand that held It
todpijj’. '
„ ’’\Wierejt|nn?" 1 f ’ nid ' and my voice
lljounile^tow and hoarse In my own
ears. is this ’’
“It Is the IMiclor.” said a voice. "Be
calm, my tribni!,-
“Is It night?” I asked. ' s ' j
“It is night,” said the voice?
“Why do you not light a lahip??’;
He made no answer J
“What has happened?”
“It was an explosion.” Ite said after
■ pause. “You w^re hurt only, while
others were killed outright.”
“Doctor," I said, “Is It night -
“It is night,” he said solemnly,
“But only for me," I said. “I |p7ofiv
IL 1 ant Smitten blind.”
“Try to be calm, my friend." ha
whispered.- “It is , hard—but try to
bear IL"
All waa gone—all my hope of life,
and even all that I bad won In the
last year.. Borne wretch had stolen
the little moleskin pouch from niy
bosom. I was a beggar and blind. I
pr^fipd to dic.ibut I Uved, and at Inst
strong^agaln.
Ono day, as I Sa t bv the # bi>ai> Haj
wtodow’ l formed w'HiWlAfttfe. rmM'
to myself: I can at least be brave
epough,J9 spar& Bettina.. aomotUlog.
I kiiowjthat if ahA k/iewuhe p-uthisli»
wopld grieve bltterty and remain true
' to me. I know that if I tt-ere sent
home, as the doctor says I might be,
she would be conatant fererar- she
no'dd
Ins as »be doro her helpless one*
Thnt shnll never be. I will send her
•word that I nm dead, nnd then, when
she Ims grieved a while, youth will tri
i umph; she will marry the young
farmer who loves her so truly, and is
good as well ns rich.
The good doctor shall write me a
letter, and so as he passed I called to
him and told him allj
"It will be best for her," I said. "It
will set her free. She will grieve bit
terly, I know, but the other lover will
one day blot Out' my memory. Tell
ner I died with hiT name on my lips—
I do. As I die, heart and soul, here
!>eforo you; I have but one thought.
It U Bettina." -; ’
"She loves me Oven as I love her,"
1 WtllL • ; I . .■ !_■ ... '
"I, will write," he sal|l. "§tay—come
to my litjie office with me, AVe obal!
be.quldt, and let me think.. A. woman
enri fell tlie story’better than I, espe
clrrll/ as it Ik touching and not quite
true. I have a nurse here now who
cat! break the news tenderly, I be-
Jleve, If any one cah."
He took my hand In his mid led me
to -the. Doom, he called hla office. Then
be jest me a pumnenL and when he
returned I heard the rustle of a wom
tin’s garments following him.
0 "This Is the nurse who will write
tlie letter,” he said.
"I” thank hes.” said I. "Bo gentle,
nmdnm; my Bettina has a gentle
•hrnrr“ ~
. "JJ’Lal shall 1 write?" she askftd, at
most In a whisper.
“Write that I am dead.” I said.
t»^y rit c- .t.Uat I Jov^d her to tljp lasL
1 l ‘ or
be®F r ie»l^4?tjbii’sse<|ii to weij- 'another
'"IMF - <dn» sx. J
The pen moved over the paper. Soon
Afce said:
I read It to
yo, ^K
-inadam.”
"Tito, u nrnffPygirl I Your Bernard
has perished. What is life tojop any.
longer? He Is djjp#,-^ iiaa -^hlved. 1
blind or niaimetr !i 'nr*lielplww—fe
way, there would be hope for vou.
You ..on^'fiy Tn:w l YeyWr*M♦M4«ftiF'
fort him; you could toll for him; you
cojUd Jie,his tAjnljghL ..Aft ß ! no.^qcA,
flsT gonei.-4lEy
tlirwn iAk\ (W. MWk-ls Lil thir^-off
can do. He is dead.” **
Then I felt two little hands steal
tdam^py nec^jndn wet cheek JuadL
'Wr^'d^r^hEn.e:
1 n a ? ! c>c
•1 letter to one who could bring me to
biess him! lio knew a woman's heart
better than yon did.
“When that letter came my dear old
grandparents were lying dead. I only
rtnyed to look upon their graves be-
Tcre I came to you." »
"I shall never see the sweet face
that I remember so weri But I know
Its beauty ;StH 1 tl.Jt<)&3?ss and the
Jop|.JJghLln tho eyes too VLelrito fug.
bil t|eiuAnd 1 khowitftt iWdHre
.hr o hgr for my ndfterti aei Jndj I
pm happy.—Chlc^o 'yfcm p -| |
Tl General Mlsuiim*rst/h<flng.
-A Boston entomologist,’ who has
shown ths rnuty urtn* on«(B> Wi- farm
er’s bdlit J frtdnas, said reFenfiy, "The
toad ,h(i^ bp?n,misunderstood In the
past, if tiMieh npHundipfieijl ms, p fcerl
tnlu frh^d pr’inlne wh« w^^tskm^-
*« waikift t<mr. “*• ■ ““ "
, One night lie put up at a spiall coun
try hotel. The next mdHln£ at break
fast. the landlord said t^'lilm:
“Hid ynu-tmjoy the rtirnt'f'fim'yTngUr
tho room next to yours last night r”
“Enjoy it!” my friend sneered. "I
should think not. Way. I spent half
the night pounding on the wall to
make the man stop.”
"It must have been a misunderstand
ing,” said the landlord, sorrowfully.
-TiMtncowtAiiii ■ i nw.
person In the next room npplandod
him so heartily that he went over
nartor— Sb you tßmk you have In
somnfa ?
g >.
monda*, —Detroit Free Preaw I
I populSk^^ience • I
The risk of gangrene from carbolic
acid dressings Is not generally apprts:
elated by physicians, in the view of
Dr. G. E. Shoemaker. Harm does nojt
usually follow the applications, but one
author has found recorded 132 cases of
f 'vill.<j/jub.\*qlplriuw.o£ l,ta
.> per cent applied for about twenty
four hours. Tin* effect is usually pro
duced without pain.
The recent development of rice-cul
ture Into one of the leading industries
of the Gulf States has estaidlsbed tlio
fact that American rice Is of a very!
high grade. Proof Is furnished from?
Cuba, where rice is eaten at every
meal, and where-the American prod
uct has already won the reputation ofi
being superior In richness pf flavor an&
In nutritive quality to the rice of India,;
China or Japan.
One or the dlsadvautiiges of wooden
bobbins In spinning ami weaving mills?.
Is the irregularity in their revolution
during damp weather, when the wood'
Is swollen with moisture, which results'
In frequent breaking of the threads?
Recently, in some European mills, aIU- n
minum bobbins have been substituted*
for the wooden ones, with many lid-*
vantages. The metal not only Is not
affected by changes of humidity, but Is
lighter than the wood formerly em
ployed in making gbobblns, and thls-re^
suits In a swifter movement of thw>
machinery without increase of motive!
power. a
Tho plants used as substitutes four
soap have been investigated by L. Ro
senthuler. These are especially nu.-f
merous among the leguminous plants,
with alblzzia and acacia at .the hegd
of the list. The roots nnd root stalks
and bulbs are mostly used, then thfi*
bark, and sometimes tlie leaves and*
fruit. An East Indian plant supplies!
blossoms that may be employed. The*
cleansing property of the plants seems i
to be due to spponine, and to depend.!
upon Jhe production by this substancej
of vbrw finely divided particles in the ।
form of an emulsion. The vegetable
soap fs claimed to have the advantage',
that—being neutral or slightly ncld—
It contains no free alkali to injure col’ :I
ors. it is gtatM that one plant alone 1
—maim parariisiea—fans sap containing l ’
sodium okaite, and that it serves asJ
soap wUhopLconutiiilng saponlne. m
A new application of the phono-/.
grn|>h lias been fouiul In the Psycho-*
logical Laboratory of Cornell Univeret
slty. Hitherto, in testing degrees ot 1
dfii/tjeipi,,the humau. voice has geuer- a
ally' been repiriletf as furnishing the..,
most useful standard, but a great
source of Irregularity in the results Is"
the-difficulty of standardizing the tests.
Owing to the natural variety among
voices. It has been Impossible toobtohl
a common unit of measurement. hA
cent ^pravements in phonograph cotwfl
so|Min< ) n?"T"jfn -m erj' offer a soldtlon of
thifdWlnWTly. permanent record oa!
a'-yhjJfaj.£urnisbeH aJg^whlcM
canbe reproduced nt will In any placq*
the same voice being always heardS
The pitch and the Intensity can bM
easily controlled, nnd it Is possible bw
means of duplicate ear-tubes to e^j
amine several persons simultaneous!Jß
Soldier In a B«d Husband.
I- Dlvorecsi'lh the. fruited- States art
on the Increase, according to figures^
uvabUAaHMmuthe : census batMu-iTtigi
latest show that five out of ever!]
1.000 mfn married’aro Hviwg in a stat^
<C»I/Mee. *> *(A f «
i>J>U^.XmsuH'grfturns disprove tlj|
theory that early marriage leads ofteifl
"ww fapiwntw! gW|ff>te W*warning IT
11-A loundel t&‘a4muii Swho persiJ
X X tbuXving elasl
who enter on matrimony late In lifl
and for the guidance of those will
ought to know it Is figured out in coll
and passionless statistics of just wh J
classes of employment men are moil
frequently seen in the divorce courts!
Gensuuteures on diy^Skp reveal the
>rehwi^ Jmlem*i£ iff uni according
Jbrfr tMtowldglii* IWMt'This table,
based on the number of those divoreelte
nfrnrtwfy'i
some interesting comparisons: *■
Soldiers, m^yjnes and sailors, 2-al
hostlers, 18; actors, 17; agricultural
laborers, 15; bartei^i^c 15; servant!
and waiters, 13; «t^hoppers. ll
mu.i.mms ami h'alMWil music, r!
stock raisers, herdef^^rtl drovers, 11
photographers. 10; paper-hangers, !(■
barbers ami halnwsswikl); lumber
men and raftpfch, clock ijrrd watcH
"yialetroTund repairers, ft; painters, glaar,
jers jinJ varfilshers, 9.
llrom a Safe Dislanob. I
’ Tile* conveniences of modern seienc«!l
render It possible to communicate dliM
agreeable news with safety to thff
sender. The New York Sun tolls tblE
story of n nine year-old boy -whos^
aer thought mat'he was entlrell
ng In guile. Perhaps uls fathers
Jiot so sure of it.
One day the bqy was practising the*
“McGinnity curve,” when tile ba UP
went through u large pane of colored^
glass In tin library. Ills mot'mr dial'’
coveriM il, and asked, In her sternest,
voice, "Who did tlrnt>'*• ev H
“I d d. but 1 dlifti't mean toAlti IM
The ball slipped.” , ; •
"Well, what -to- ^on mAiose your
father will say when Ue Tftows Kill
"lie kn ws it now. 1 told him.” a
when J o i .aw want you mid done yjir
went right down to his ollice and tol<|
I dl lu^l affleo. ■
jhTTc^ him tip ^n tha/t<d\phone.~ ’
We have Just one thing to nsk
r seo rd Is read.