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ARMORED CRUISER TENNESSEE
LAUNCHED AT PHILADELPHIA
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The armored cruiser Tennessee was i
launched Dec. 3, at the yards of Wil-
liam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia. The
christening party included Gov. Fra-
zier of Tennessee, and his staff, Mrs.
Prazier and their daughter, Annie
Keith Frazier, who was sponsor for
the ship.
Up to almost the moment when, the
big warship started down the ways, a
drizzle of sleet and rain fell continu-
ously, but during the actual launching
the sun shone through the clouds, the
sky again becoming overcast shortly
after the ship took the water.
Miss Frazier carried a huge bouquet
of American Beauty roses to which
was attached a bottle of champagne,
and as the vessel was about to take
its initial dip she struck the prow
two resounding blows, at the same
time pronouncing the baptismal words
in a clear voice.
Immediately after the launch lunch-
eon was served in the mould loft. The
Tennessee was completed five months
ahead of the contract time.
Gov. Frazier's party included Mrs.
Frazier, Senator and Mrs. E. W. Car-
DOES AWAY WITH SPECTACLES.
Miss Atmie K. Frazier. who christened
the battleship Tennessee, is the daughter
of the governor of Tennessee and is noted
for her beauty. y
mack,.Gen. H. H. Hannk, Gen. J. B.
Pound, Gen- L. D. Tyson, Gen. J. ft.
Hardwick and Gen. E. E. Fort.
Science Aiding Agriculture.
The achievements of college profes-
sors in showing an industry of modest
standing but fundamental importance
how to enhance its production have
reached monumental results. An Iowa
professor, by inducing the farmers to
make a scientific selection of seed
and teaching them' a more careful
preparation of the ground, enlarged
the corn crop of that state by about
100,000,000 bushels. A Maine profess-
or is snowing how, by selection in
breeding, hens can be induced to lay
twice as many eggs as the ordinary
fowls. Cornell professors are enlarg-
ing the old lesson on the increase of
milk from cows. A Minnesota teacher
has developed a handy and improved
breed of wheat. A Nebraskan in the
same line has outlined a plan of cul-
tivation that will secure crops on semi-
arid land without irrigation.—Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Celluloid a Menace. ,
The unrestricted sale of articles
made of celluloid, which is practically
guncottos, for any purpose whereby
such article is liable to come into
contact with fire, , should on no ac-
count be allowed, says the Lancet We
believe there are other dangerous sub-
stances related to guncotton which go
under other names and which are also
used for similar purposes and should
be likewise banned. It may be that
the inflammability of celluloid is some-
times somewhat counteracted by ad-
mixture with substances with an op-
posite tendency, but/the difficulty is
to distinguish the combustible frpm
the incombustible. At all events some
warning should We inscribed on the
articles made therewith, and they
should be marked "highly inflam-
mable," or with some other equally
premonitory and protecting device.
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University Men in Legislature.
The Wisconsin legislature that con-
venes next January will have among
its members ten men who hold de-
grees from the University of Wiscon-
sin. Graduates of the university,
whHe'*not preponderating in member-
ship in the legislature, will have con-
siderable influence in formulating
laws. Of the ten members the senate
has five and the assembly the same
number. This means that 5 per cent
of the senate and 5 per cent of the
assembly are graduates of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin.
English Physician Has New Treat-
ment for Failing Sight.
Optimists believe that Dr. Stephen
Smith, surgeon of the eye department
of Battersea Park hospital, Notting-
ham, England, has discovered a new
treatment of the eye .which will prac-
tically abolish spectacles. It is .styled
"manipulation of the eye" and is gen-
tle and gradual, occupying a few min-
utes daily, causing no pain and having
no injurious effect of any sort. Some
cases are cured in a week, and in all
cases improvement is rapid.
Thirty patients who had been oblig-
ed to wear spectacles for a long time
have so far been treated by Dr. Smith
and, with a single exceiption, all have
discarded glasses and can now read,
at either long or short distances, as
well as people who have never needed
assistance.
The cures of myopia, hypermetropia
and astigmatism are said to be perma-
nent.—Philadelphia, Telegraph.
Value of New Ideas...
The recognition of the value of a
new idea, in regard to a business
point, is leading employers to encour-
age criticisms and suggestions from
employes in respect to the details of
the business, thus utilizing their micro-
scopic view rather than depending
solely on the bird's-eye view which is
taken by the manager, says Success.
A friendly feeling results from this
attitude, and thA employe takes a
deeper interest in his work, develop-
ing his own capacity and helping the
business. To see his idea carried out
by his superiors puts new life into him
and adds new enthusiasm to his ef-
forts. He will work harder to develop
another point, and so win this appro-
bation, than he would for any other
compensation.
To Learn American Methods.
Following the custom of the house
of Rothschild of sending its . young
men abroad to familiarize themselves
with business methods of foreign
countries, two scions of the Vienna
branch of the family of financiers
have arrived in this country. They
are Baron Alphonse and Baron Louis
De Rothschild, son of Baron Albert
De Rothschild of Vienna. Baron Al-
phonse has come to study American
banking methods, and during his stay
he will complete his education in
finance under the direction of August
Belmont in the New York banking
house of August Belmont & Co. This
is said to be the first time that a
member of the Rothschild family has
been sent to this country to perfect
himself in financiering.
Governor's Head Not Swelled.
B. B. Brooks, just elected governor
of Wyoming, is a big ranch owner and
a great lover of outdoor sports. In re-
ply to a letter of congratulations from
a friend he 3ays: "If I could hire
some decent fellow to take this gov-
ernorship job off my hands for a
couple of years I would do it. Confi-
dentially, I don't think I ever wanted
the job, but some people thought I
couldn't get it and I thought I could.
When the frills and didos get too thick
I will telegraph you and we will sneak
off to the ranch and go back into the
mountains, put up a tent and I will
smoke a corncob pipe again, fry the
grouse and make the biscuit and we
will lazy around and laugh at the
world as we used to do."
Master of "Hot Air."
Frank Russell, secretary of the St.
Joseph and Grand Island railroad, with
headquarters at St. Joseph, Mo., re-
ceived a letter recently from a young
man who wanted a pass. Before re-
questing the pass, however, £he young
man wrote about a page of "hot air"
about Mr. Russell, "his good work"
and "his bright future." In answering
the '■ote the railroad man said: "Dear
Sir : I wish you would give me the ad-
dress of the man who built your fur-
nace. We have been thinking of heat-
ing our right of way between St.
Joseph' and Kansas City this winter
and I believe the man who furnished
your hot afr machine could do the
work nicely. Inclosed find the pass.
You earned it."
DEATH CLAIMS J. N. TYSJER.
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Fireflies as Jewels.
Two or three fireflies placed in the
center of a room will shed a soft light
all over it. They are very common
in Havana, Brazil, Venezuela and Mex-
ico. In those countries at night the
natives affix the little creatures to
their shoes and thus obtain light to
see the road and frighten av.ay the
snakes. Mexican women use them as
jewels. They tie them in little gauze
bags and put them In their hair or on
their clothing.—Uverpool (Eng.) Mer-
cury.
Morgan Protects His Photos.
Following the lead of John D. Rock-
efeller, J. P. Morgan has had a photo
of his most recent portrait in oil copy-
righted so that the newspapers
throughout the country will not be able
to print it. So far as is known Mr.
Rockefeller and Mr. Morgan are the
only two Americans of the sterner sex
who object to having their pictures
reproduced in the papers. There are
any number of society women who for-
bid the photographers to give pictures
for publication and some of them have
had their photos copyrighted.
Aged and Enthusiastic Hunter.
Dr. Stephen Call of Ingalls, Okla., Is
about 80 years old, but he spends his
winters in the woods coon-hunting. His
friends declare he is the oldest and
greatest coon hunter alive. About the
"time that coons are ripest'" the old
doctor arranges his spring wagon,
loads it up with grub, gets hife hounds
together and pulls for the tall timber
in the Creek country. He often goes
out alone for a hunt In the fall and
does not return until the following
spring.—Chicago Chronicle.
Former Postmaster-General, Under
Cloud, Expires at Washington.
Former Postmaster General James
N. Tyner died at Washington Dec. 5,
aged 78 years. He was born in Brook-
ville, Ind., Jan. 17, 1826. Mr. Tyner
had never recovered his health since
he was stricken with paralysis in July,
1902. Besides being postmaster gen-
eral, Mr. Tyner has held many offices
of public trust.
The stroke of paralysis which shat-
tered "Mr. Tyner's health occurred in
Jul£, 1902, while he was assistant at-
torney general, and he never discharg-
ed the duties of his office after it.
Mr. Tyner has been identified with
the postal service most of the time
since March, 1861, when he was ap-
pointed a special. >gent in the depart-
ment. The sensational climax to his
official career occurred in April, 1903,
when he was removed by Postmaster
General Payne following the taking by
Mrs. Tyner and Mrs. Barrett of papers
from the safe in the office of the as-
sistant attorney general, of which Mr.
Tyner was then the head. 'Mr. Tyner
was ill at home and the office was
under investigation by postoffice in-
spectors.
The postoffice department gave out
a statement at the time Tyner and
Barrett were indicted, which set forth
that there were three indictments
charging Tyner and Barrett with con-
spiracy and two additional indictments
charging Barrett with agreeing, while
in office, to receive fees for services
rendered or to be rendered in cases
before him as an officer. It was charg-
ed that Tyner and Barrett investigat-
ed the business of bond investment
companies and learned that they were
all carrying on a business that involv-
ed fraud or lottery, or both, but that
instead of recommending to the post-
master general the issue of an order
that would prevent the delivery of
mail or the payment of money orders
to those concerns, and would thus
break up their business, they conspir-
ed to give them unobstructed use ot
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the mails in order that Barrett might
profit thereby.
It was charged that Barrett formed
a law partnership for the handling of
the cases of these concerns before the
department; that Barrett wrote a re-
port with Tyner's connivance, declar-
ing that while the business was ille-
gal as then conducted, the principle
was right; that Tyner and Barrett
procured the signature of the post-
master general to a letter written by
Barrett stating that a reasonable time
would be gifen for making over this
business, during which time their use
of the mails would not be interrupted.
It was charged that this opinion was
printed at government expense and
sent to every known company, with
a circular letter to each stating that
the business of that company was ille-
gal; that about the same time—De-
cember, 1900—Barrett sent to each
company an announcement that he had
resigned from office and would handle
their cases for them.
Andrew Carnegie Borrowed Dime.
Andrew Carnegie found himself on
a street car in New York the other
day without a cent in his pocket. A
fellow passenger offered him the nec-
essary nickel, which was gratefully
accepted. "Are you coming back
again?" asked the stranger, who on
receiving the affirmative reply, said:
"Thon you'd better take another nick-
el." The multi-millionaire again ac-
cepted and asked the benefactor's
card. This was forthcoming, and next
day the good-natured passenger re-
ceived a case of champagne an'd a
cordial note of thanks.
Easy Escape from Dilemma.
In the days when Mark Twain was
an editor out west he was not so well
off as of late years. One morning the
mail brought a bill from his tailor, not
an unusual occurrence. The boy who
went through the mail called the fu-
ture humorist's attention to it. "And,"
added the boy, "he has written on the
back that he wants a settlement at
once." "You know what to do with
such copy without asking," said Mr.
Twain. "Illclose It with the regular
printed slip stating that all manu-
script written on both sides of the
paper is unavailable."
Disapprove of Games of Chance.
Archbishop Farley of New York has
notified the priests of his diocese that
he intends to enforce the rule which
makes It Incumbent on the priests to
seek the permission of their bishop be-
fore holding fairs and euchre parties
for the benefit of the church. It
was said at the cathedral that church
euchres and fairs had not been for-
bidden, but that the authorities dis-
approved of them and only gave per-
mission in cases where their value Is
clearly recognized and where they are
hedged about with proper precautions.
FARM ORCHARD « GARDEN
M I MZ4GG
[Mr. Wragg Invites contributions ot
any new ideas that readers of this de-
partment may wish to present, ana
would be pleased to answer correspond-
ents desiring information on subjects
discussed. Address M. J. "Wragg, Wau-
kee, Iowa.]
CONDENSED WISDOM.
Let the ice house be filled at the
first opportunity. You may not have
another chance.
Hogs should be slaughtered as soon
as possible, in order to insure good
curing. ,See that the animal heat is
all out of the carcass before salting,
or the meat will never cure well.
See that all live stock is carefully
sheltered from the storms and cold
night air. The food consumed should
go to make beef, mutton, pork, milk
or butter, and not to keeping the ani-
mal warm alone. It will be first ap-
plied to this latter use, and only the
surplus beyond what is necessary for
this purpose will go to make profit.
Do not forget to keep a strict ac-
count of all income and outgo from
the farm. A man who keeps Ho ac-
counts is rarely a successful man. No
merchant can be successful without
knowing exactly what he buys and
what he sells, and the expenses at-
tendant upon the conduct of his busi-
ness, and the same rule applies to
farmers. It is advisable, also, to keep
an account with each crop, so that it
may be known exactly what the cost
is to make it. When once started, this
keeping of accounts will not be found
to be a serious task, and will not take
up much time.
This is the most convenient season
for reviewing the results of the year's
work, and for devising plans for the
coming year. Do not merely look into
the successes of the past, but examine
carefully the causes of the failures, so
that they may be avoided as far as
possible. Lay out a good system of
rotation of crops, and adhere to it.
On this largely depends the continued
profit from year to year to be derived
from the farm. Diversify your crops.
Above all things plan to raise upon
the farm all the supplies necessary to
meet the needs of the household and
the live' stock, as far as it is possible
to do so. The man who does this from
year to year, will soon be in a posi-
tion to be independent and able to
watch the fluctuations of the market
and take advantage of the best time
to sell his surplus products. Markets
are depressed by the compulsory sale
of products mainly brought about by
the neglect of farmers to make sup-
plies for the home requirements. With
bread and meat in abundance at home
a farmer can afford to wait with com-
fort until his surplus is in demand.
During the summer and fall it is
well to look ahead toward furnishing
a winter's supply of vegetables for
the poultry this winter. Onions fur-
nish a tonic for the fowls. Sugar
beets are a fine feed, as are carrots,
haggles, rutabagas and other vege-
tables. Cabbage is always appreciated
and the biddies are not particular if
the heads are not sound. Pie melons,
pumpkins and squashes can also be
kept tuJtil the- middle of winter and
are appreciated.
HORTICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE
NECESSARY.
Oregon's Junior Senator.
Charles W. Fulton, junior senator
from Oregon, had been eminent both
as a lawyer and legislator in his state
for a long while prior to his election
as successor to Mr. Simon. Senator
Fulton is a man of fine appearance,
in the prime of life, and would im-
press even the casual observer as the
possessor of high intellectual qualities
and strength of character. He was
born In Ohio, in the town of Lima,
something like half a century ago, and
passed his boyhood days in Iowa-
Ordinary farmers should not attempt
to be nurserymen. On most farms it
will not pay for the owner to plant
seeds for fruit trees, or bud or graft
extensively. He cannot compete with
the nurseryman, who devotes his en-
tire life to the study of fruit trees and
how to grow them to get best results.
The latter can grow trees in immense
quantities, and employ as it were
wholesale methods. Nevertheless, ev-
ery farmer that intends to grow fruit
trees at all should know something
about the various sciences connected
with their propagation. There are Very
few men that have made a scientific
study of budding, root-grafting and
top-working. Yet every man should
understand enough of these to be able
to keep his own work well In hand.
How can he tell when a man does a
good job at grafting, if he knows noth-
ing of the science? How can he tell
whether the man that cones us is an
amateur ot an expert? In the past
our farmers have been imposed upon
very extensively by horticultural
quacks, with all kinds of wonderful
things to sell or with secrets that
would be imparted only on a consider-
ation. We are glad to know that hor-
ticultural knowledge increasing and
that its rate of increase is accelerated
from day to day. We advise every
farmer to make some study of horti-
cultural sfeence.
THE ORCHARD.
Do not prune until after the leaves
fall. Any time after tbat will do, but
March is the best time.
In planing for an orchard do not
set apple trees nearer man thirty feet,
nor pears nearer than twenty.
The orchard must be manured or it
will starve: give it a coat every year
and a good one. Lots of people who
have orchards could make them yield
enormous crops if they knew how and
acted up to their knowledge.
A correspondent writes, telling how
to stake a tree. This is not necessary.
We already know. The way to stake
a tree is not to stake it at all. A
tree that cannot stand alone, that has
to be propped up, ba.f better be let
go down—had better be dug out. A
tree that has a good supply of roots—
that is pruned at the top sufficiently—
needs no staking; if most of the roots
are at one side, or If they are few and
small out of proportion to the head,
the tree will never do any Cood. any-
how. I repeat, the way to stake a
tree that needs staking is to let the
wind blow it away. "Good riddance
of bad rubbish."
DAIRY NOTES.
The profit in dairying depends en-
tirely upon the ability to produce a
strictly first-class article at all
seasons, with no failures, no falling
off in quality.
The most profit is derived in the
winter, as butter brings the highest
price at that season; but if year con-
tracts are made, the advantage is in
having more time to care for the
cows, and if there is a surplus it will
be no drug on the market.
The feeding must be done carefully,
liberally and systematically. If a cow
seems to be doing badly change her
feed. All cows do not require the
same. One may do well with rich con-
centrated foods, another will do better
with lighter feed and more bulk.
It is folly to stint a cow. If she
will not return a profit on liberal, feed-
ing, sell her to the butcher or trade
her off for anything you can get, no
matter what her breeding is. There
is no profit in letting a poor cow eat
up the profits of a good one.
It requires study and skill to be a
successful feeder.
Feed each cow in her own manger
and have it arranged so her neighbor
cannot rob her.
If possible, arrange to have water
in the stable. It pays to have it so
they can drink whenever they wish.
There are patent devices that are very
satisfactory and certainly pay for the
outlay.
Be sure that your cows are'perfectly
healthy. If any should seem sickly
put them by themselves and find out
what the trouble is. You cannot make
good butter from a sickly cow.
Make the stables comfortable. Com-
fort goes a long way in making a cow
profitable.
If you give your cows careinl and
gentle treatment you increase their
value. If you are rough and brutal you
lessen their productiveness.
THE PUMPKIN.
O, fnaft loved of boyhood r—the old day*
recalling.
When wood-grapes were purpling and
brown nuts were falling!
When wild, ugly faces were carved hi
- fts skin. •
Glaring out through the dark with a can-
dle within!
When we laughed round the corn-heap,
with hearts all In tune,
Onr chair a broad pumpkin—our lantern
the moon.
Telling tales of the fairy who- traveled
like steam.
In a pumpkin-shell coach, wfth two rats
for her teaanf
Ahf on Thapksgiving day, when from
East and from West. .
From Xorth and from South come the
pilgrim and guest.
When the gray-haired New Englander
sees round his board
The old broken liks of affection restored^
When the care-wearied man seeks hi3
mother once more.
And the worn matron smiles where the
girl smiled before.
What moistens the lip and what bright-
ens the eye—
What calls back the past, like the rich,
pumpkin pie!
—Whlttier.
The scarcity of apples prevailing in
this country extends also to Great
Britain and the continent. Whatever
surplus the United States and Canada
may have will find ready sale at goo&
prices across the ocean. It will be
profitable to can or evaporate all'
available fruit not up to market qualL
ity.
FRUIT CULTURE IN THE OZARK8*
According to the late report by th
United States pomologlst, the state of
Missouri, no doubt, has within its
borders the best land for the growing
of the apple. The Ozark country is
known as the "Land of the Big Red
Apple," and will soon be, or in fact it
is now, the "apple bin of the world."
It is nothing now to hear of commer-
mercial orchards being planted occupy-
ing areas of from one thousand to two;
and three thousand acres.
The fruit culture areas in the great
Ozark plateau is gradually expanding
and is doing more to bring Missouri
up to first place as a fruit-growing
state than all other sections of the
state combined. The tremendous
strides made in this direction in the
last half dozen years is almost incon-
ceivable. And the next half dozen
years will see an equal, If not still
greater, advance. Will ifc be overdone?
No. That cry has been heard ever
since the first commercial orchard be-
gan to bear fruit. The markets are
expanding with production; consump-
tion of fruits is increasing at a tre-
mendous rate, besides the fruit produc-
ing area where especially the larger
fruits can be grown for shipment is
comparatively limited. The next five
or six years is going ti be an import-
ant period in this great indnstry in
the southwest.
Really sound horses of good and
kind disposition are scarce. If we
get one we ought to stick to it as long
as the animal is able to work.
HAVING THINGS HANDY.
The handiest place in the world for
^he currycomb aijd brush, for In-
stance, is in a little box close by the
side of the horse stalls, so that we
shall not have to travel back and
forth a long way to get them. Steps
count before night. Save them.
Hang the shovel and the manure
fork also near the stalls. Don't stand
them around against the side of the
barn. They may get knocked down
and the tines stick into the shins of
some boy or some animal.
The handiest place I have found for
the lantern is to drive a staple in the
girt overhead, attach a piece of old
pump chain with a snap at the lower
end. Have It high enough so that
your head will not strike it when
i about ycur work.
Then It pays to have a regular place
for the hayfork. You ought to have
j It where you can put vonr hands on It
any time of day or night.
WINTERING BEES.
Probably the most convenient place
to winter bees is in the cellar. The
first step in this direction is to be
assured that the cellar can be kept
sufficiently warm to prevent the tem-
perature from going below the freez-
ing point.
A portion of the cellar should bt>
partitioned off from the rest for this
purpose and provided with sufficient
ventilation to allow the escape of foul
air and also to regulate the tempera-
ture should there be any danger of it
rising too high, which would cause the
bees to become !restless and crawl, out-
side the hives. After a number of
colonies are put into a cellar the tem-
perature will be seyeral degrees high-
er than it formerly was on account
of the warmth of the bees.
The bee apartment should be so sit-
uated as not to be subject to constant
invasion by individuals when going to
the cellar proper for fruits, vegetables,
etc.
If a person has a great number of
colonies to winter indoors it would,
no doubt, be an advantage to build a
repository in a side hill with the
ground so that there would be no
necessity for a stairway.
Some time in November the bees
should be prepared to be carried into
the cellar. The covers of the hives
will, of course, all be sealed down
tight and it will not be necessary to
disturb them. But the hives should all
be gone over and loosened from the
bottom boards, so that when you come
to pick the hives up there will be no
snap or jar* Whenever the weather
turns cold and the indications are for
its continuance the hives can be
picked up fitom the bottom board and
carried very gently into the cellar. '
Great care should be exercised at
this time not to arouse the bees, as
we do not want them to fill them-
selves with honey, as it will probably
be five months or more before they
will have a cleansing flight. This work
can be^t be performed by two persons,
one taking the hive on each end and
carrying it between them.
Lay on the cellar floor two joists
or wall strips on their edge, place
the hives on them six or eight Inches
apart. The next tier of hives is placed
on top of the first tier, each hive rest-
ing on the two under it; the next tier
fs followed up in the same way until
you have them as high as the cellar
will permit. The reason for this man-
ner of piling is to give the bees ample
bottom ventilation and to allow the
dead bees to drop put of this way.
This will also permit the beekeeper
to inspect his bees at any time. By
taking a dark lantern and holding a
Iookingglass under the hive he can
see right up into the cluster.
Have a thermometer In the cellar
and try to keep the temperature be-
tween 40 and 50 degrees. Visit the
cellar occasionally to ascertain if the
bees are quiet. If they seem to be un-
easy at times a little more- ventilation
will probably quiet them. Have as
little noise and as little light as pos-
sible.
If your stable is dark put in some
new windows and let the sunshine in.
Make them large, so there will be
plenty of It. Make tight shutters to"
close over the windows when the
nights get very cool. They will cost
only a trifle and will pay over and
over in- comfort of the cows.
SWTNE NOTES.
Give the hogs only the amount of
feed that they win eat up clean. Any
more than this- fs sure to be wasted.
All changes of feeding should be
brought about gradually. When first
in off pasture give bran and millstuffs,
gradually working in corn and other
concentrates.
Clover and skhnmilk pigs can be
hardened for market by a ration of
corn, barley, wheat or rye. When a
predominance of lean meat is desired
favor should be given the last three
grains.
Potatoes should always be cooked
and mixed with bran into a thick pud-
ding before being fed to swine.
All grains fed to hogs had best be
soaked twelve hours before being fed.
Especially is this necessary with bar-
ley, peas and corn.
One of the best grains for growing
swine is oats.
The hogs should have ashes or char-
coal at their disposal, also clean water
at all times.
It is best to have two pens for the
brood sow—one for feeding and on#
for sleeping.
"Dad, where do eggs come from?"
"Why, my son, hens lay them."
"Well, where do hens come from?"
"Why, they are hatched from eggs."
"Humph," said the boy, and was si-
lent for a time. Then he blurted out,
"Well, say, dad, who started that
game anyway?"
TIME TO STABLE COWS.
COMMERCIAL SWAY OF COAL.
Facts Prove It More Valuable Than
Gold, Says a Writer.
Has the reader ever stopped to con-
sider that, viewed from whatever
standpoint it may be, coal is of more
gold? asks a writer in Cent Per Cent.
It may seem a strange thing perhaps,
to put it in this blunt fashion, out
the facts will bear one out in this
assertion.
Coal is of greater value, in its initial
feature, as an article of production.
The output of coal in the United
States last year was 359,000,000 tons,
worth at the pit's mouth $506,000,000,
while the value of gold production was
oerhaps $80,000,000. This is taken only
is the initial value, and in the case of
;oal there is an increase in its value,
ase and service out of the question for
:he moment, at every point" distant
ivhich is reached from the place of its
production, while the gold valuation
-emains the same wherever it is used.
In fact, co^l is of so great importance
is a mere item of product tb<tt other
.hings one hears much of sink into
lothingness when compared there-
with.
Oil, which, according to its friends,
was to drive coal out of business has
aot realized all that was expected.
The state of Ohio seems to have pass-
ed its meridian and the oil promoters
and gushers of Texas no longer gush
as they did a year or two ago. The
oil industry can no more snuff out
the coal industry than the planet Jupi-
ter can hurl itself against and snuff
out the sun. Geologists calculate
that enough coal remains in the bow-
els of the earth to last a thousand
years. Dare they predict with equal
confidence that the petroleum supply
at any given place will last five? Pe-
troleum is the only possible competi-
tor to coal and its flow is so specula-
lative ,and uncertain that it assuredly
will never jeopardize the coal inter-
ests of the country.
Mba,
Electricity In South America.
In proportion to the very limited
population, wealth and general indus-
trial development of South America
that grand division of the earth has
been making remarkable progress in
the application of electricity to light-
ing cities and towns and operating
many kinds of power plants. There
are two great factors in bringing
about this free use of one of the most
interesting forces of applied science.
One fs the high cost of coal, which
has been imported from England, as
a rule, and has been made very ex-
pensive by freight charges, especially
in the interior of the continent The
other is the uneven surface of most
of the country, with a great number
of deep valleys, mountain chains, and
swift streams from the size of great
rivers .down to small torrents in the
Andes. Much of the water which falls
as rain seeks the sea fn ways that
make the use of the power of i
to generate electricity very easy.
A#i Old Garden: A Memory.
Tall' grasses hide the door
rn Ivy covered wall,
Near dull gray steps of stone which 1
The marks of Time—a hidden stone
Of memories sweet which evermore
Across the years win call.
The child who loved to stray
With book of fairy lore
fti quiet paths, the boy at play.
The huntsman at the dawn of dsejr,
The lovers in the time o* May,
Will keep their tryst no more.
There down the old stone flight
Of steps, with moss o'ergrown.
Once passed the bride with roses whtt^
The soldier eager for the fight.
The dead who, diving, made our light.
And, dying, left us lone.
The sunset's fiery gold
Makes radiant the sky;
It shines upen the garden old
And visions come/ like tales retold,.
To vanish as the night wind cold
Breaths out a gentle sigh.
—Pall Mall
Ganotte
Requested One Favor.
Eugene Spuller was minister of pub-
lic instruction when Caslmir-Perier
was president of Fiance. When the
doorkeeper brought him his letters
one morning Spuller said to him:
"Were you not supposed to be cm
duty last night at 11:30 o'clock?"
"Yes, sir." "And you were not there?"
"That is correct," replied the door-
keeper, "but I have a sick mother,
your excellency. I wished to visit
her." "Quite proper," returned Spul-
ler, "and I hope your mother will soon
recover. But I would like to ask yo*
one favor. If. you go to visit yow
mother once more, please have the
kindness not to lock me in my office.
I had to spend the night at this desk
because I could not get out!"
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Ben Harrison's Rejoinder.
Many of the choicest bits of re-
partee in our history are to be found
in. the field of politics. Every school-
boy is familiar with the saying of Benja-
min Franklin, as the group of anxious-
faced, yet loyal, men stood around to
sign the immortal declaration of in-
dependence: "Now we must all hang
together, or we'll all hang separate-
ly." But the rejoinder of the signer,
Benjamin Harrison, to the above Wit-
ticism is not so well known. Harri-
son, a portly man, looking down over
his ample proportions, replied: "Yes,
hut when they drop us off at a rope's
end, some of you lightweights* will be
kicking and suffering long after I'm
done for."
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"When one begins to feel the need
of a coat after the sun goes down It
Is time the cows should be stabled. It
is not possible for a cow to do her
best in the dairy and in return be
forced to remain out all night in the
chilly atmosphere. We begin stabling
our cows about the middle of Septem-
ber. Behind our cows we have about
eight feet of gutter to hold and absorb
all the liquid of the stable. Thus gut-
ter also catches all the droppings,
making it an easy task to clean out
and keep clesn even when the cows
are on green pasture. We believe ev-
ery barn should be furnished with
such an arrangement; it helps to keep
the cows clean and also saves manure
elements that would otherwise be
lost."
invention Insures Dry Seats.
A new invention for insuring dry
seats on electric care in wet weather
has been displayed in Edinburg, Scot-
land. As explained by the inventor,
the new arrangement is a simple one,
and can be fitted to any style of gar-
den, tramway or ship's deck seat It
Is practically a wooden covering for
the seat, can be lifted in wet weather,
the ordinary movement of the back
rest of the seat locking it In position.
When raised, it forms a shelter for
the back of the passenger. In dry
weather the cover forms 4the ordinary
seat.
Champagn^ Cloth.
Champagne cloth still holds favor in
| the eyes of socity, being used exclu-«
(slvely for street wear and evening
frocks. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt,
Jr., has a carriage gown of this shade.
It is made of broadcloth and is one of
;he most becoming rrentior3 in rblch
she has appeared. The generous train
relieves the severe tailoring of the
remainder of the costume, and is set
off by a picture hat of black velvet
with ostrich plumes
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