VOl j. XXXVIfI.
A FACT
ABOUT THE "BLUES"
What Is known as the "Blues'
Is seldom occasioned by actual exist
ing external conditions, but in th.«
■Test majority of cases by a disorder*
•A I IVRD
THIS4S A FACT
which msy be demonstra*
ted by trying a course of
Tutfs Pills
They control and regulate the LIVER.
They bring hope and bouyancy to the
mind. They bring health and elastic
ity to the body.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
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Farm \
- Garden j:
DANGEROUS POTATO ILL
Fungicides of No Use In Controlling 1
Foreign Wart Diseaae.
in a bulletin on "Two Dangerous Im- !
ported Plant Diseases." issued by tbe 1
United. States department-of agricul- 1
tur;. It Is stated that the wart disease
of tbe (iotato has not yet reached the
United States, but has been introduced 1
luto Newfoundland from Europe.
Extensive experlmenta have been
conducted In Eugland with various
fungicides and variety tests of pota
toes. There seems to be a consensus
of oplniou ihat fungicides are not ef
ficacious In controlling tbe disease.
The following chemicals have been
used on tbe noil with unsatisfactory
result!!: Sulphur, soot, quicklime,
grpund lime, formalin, ferrous sul
phate. calcium blsulphnte. potassium
bisulphite, calcium sulphite, sodium bo
rate. potassium suiphld. copper sul
phate and lead acetate. Experiments
were also conducted by sprinkling tbe
sets before planting with sulphur, lime.
Photograph by United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
WABT DISEASE OP THB POTATO.
[The back manses are tubers thoroughly
rotted by the disease.]
lime and sulphur, soot uud soot apd
sulphur wltb equally unsatisfactory re
suits.
Better results are claimed to have
been obtained by testing different va
rieties of potatoes. 'A number of v
rleties have been found to be resistant
in England, but one authority main
tains that "all the best varieties of
potatoes—L e., all those most profitable
to grow, are excluded as susceptible."
He also states that one variety said to
be Immune Is very susceptible to late
bllgbt. None of these varieties are of
commercial Importance in America.
At present, crop rotation Is the best
nietbod of dealing with the disease.
Unlike late blight which is Checked
some 'years by climatic conditions, the
■wart disease when once in the soli
grows worse each year on land that Is
planted to potatoes. Since the fungus
baa been known to live in tbe soli for
eight years, potatoes should not be
planted In that soli during that period.
Fortunately, so far as known the fun
gus attacks no other crop.
A vigorous effort should be made. If
found in tbe United States, to eradi
cate the trouble, All infected tubers
should be boiled or burned, and no
more )>otatoes should be planted on
that field for eight years. Stock should
not be allowed to run over Infected
areas, and no part of any lot contain
ing diseased potatoes should be used
for seed purposes.
)TWO BIDES OF THE STORY. |
"It got so toward tbe middle X
of tbe shipping season," said one X
 > disgusted grower, "that 1 Just |>
J1 turned my melons over to the X
 > distributors and forgot about |
J | them. I didn't even Inquire to X
' > find out what had become of T
J | them. I knew It was no use." Z
i « "Yoo get busy and create a V
' | market," snld another dlstrlbu- Z
«> tor. "Don't wait for orders to T
| come in Get a move on. Get X
1 > out and see tbe trade. Tell 'em x
' we've got melons to sell at s rea A
1 > sonable price. Show 'em - tbe T
! | goods. Hustle!"— Country Gen X
J tleman. %
AnimaTTalk.
It Is absolutely essenUal that sheep
be provided with the very beat of
drinking water. A sheep doas not like
fllthy water, and tt will suffer thirst
s great while liefors drinking it
Unshod colts need Inspection of the
feet occasionally, as tbey are likely to
grew more on one side than tbe other
or to derelop too macb toe. A little
rasping will keep the feat leveled.
One of the common mistakes be
ginners make In feeding brood sows Is
feeding too much corn. Corn is a
splendid food for bogs, but It must
not be fed In too large quantities to
brood sows or pigs.
Timothy, a True Grass. „
Timothy, scientifically known as
Pbleum prat ease Linn., la one of tbe
true grasses. It Is said to have been
Introduced Into Maryland from Europe,
1 when It Is native, by Timothy Hansen
about tbe year 1720, thus tbe same
"timothy." which la most generally rec
ognised for tbe graas In cultivation.
I It la also frequently known ss Herd's
frasa, from s man named Herd, who Is
said to bare found it growing wild la
New Hampshire and begun Its cultiva
tion. Timothy baa thus been in cultl-
for nearly two ceaturleo. _
V -—T- - — l' ll' ——
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1912.
COST US MANY MILLIONS, j
In Met Pot* That Might Hava Baan
Kapt Out of tha Unitad Stataa.
That tbe United States stands con
stnntly In danger of having some agri
cultural pest or disease Introduced
from a foreign country. Just as the San
Jose scale was Introduced from China
about thirty years ago, that will abso
lutely ruin certain branches of agri
culture was one of the significant
statements made by Edward A. Sen
ton of Mlnot, N. D., the spenker who
represented the students of the college
of agriculture at the commencement
exercises of the University of Wiscon
sin. The only way to ward off this
peril, said Mr. Seatojrf, Is to provide n
strict system of quarantine which will
rigidly exclude all diseased plants
from the country and a good domextlc
quarantine system that win Pontine
destructive lnsecta and plant diseases
to the localities where they are dis
covered. " -4
"In no other country In the world
do Insects and plant diseases Impose
a heavier tax on. farm products tliuu
In the United States," declared Mr.
Senton. "They take fully 20 per cent
of our crops and entail a loss to agri
culture ,of $1,000,000,000 a year
"This situation has beep brought
about simply by tbe Introduction of
diseases and pests from foreign"
lands," continued the speaker. "Three
fourths of our pests and diseases are
of foreign origin, and the number is
constantly Increasing. The San Jose
scale, the codlln moth, the Hessian
fly, even the common house fly, are
all of foreign origin, and tbey all
could have been excluded by proper
quarantine measures.
"The United States is the only Im
portant nation of the world which
does not provide for such quarantine.
Even Turkey will not permit tbe Im
portation of American nursery stock,
and Germany will admit no American
potatoes." .
¥ Some farmers are born special- #
& Ists and some have their special- X
J> ties thrust upon them, and some 4
% escape being specialists to their %
|> everlasting disadvantage. Na- |
tional Stockman and Farmer.
MADE FROM BUGGY SPRING.
Old Steal May Be Converted Into a
Useful Garden Tool.
The hoe made thus gives better re
sults as a cultivating tool than any
manufactured tool 1 have been able to
procure, says a letter In tbe Home and
Farm. The blade consists of tbe short
est leaf of an old buggy spring. Such
springs are usually found laying around
country blacksmith shops, and the
work of converting tt into this useful
hoe is a matter of but a few minutes
or an hour at most The spring will
be found to have a hole in the center
at tbe place to Insert the shank, but
tt will be necessary to ream It out
larger with a drill, which the black
smith can do. Tbe shank may be
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BOMEMADI QABDKN BOS, MAD* OP AX OLD
BUOQY SPUING.
[Prom Home and Farm ]
made of a half Inch rod. Make tbe
bole In the spring blade three-eighths
inch and (lie a shoulder to the end
"of tbe shank rod to Just lit tbe bole
In the hoe blade tight, then Insert and
rivet or brad down tight If an ordi
nary goose neck boe handle, the blade
of which has been discarded, Is at
band, it will make a very good handle
for the garden boe, but If not It Is no
big Job to make a handle, acd a short
piece of three-quarter Incb pipe will
make a good ferule, and Its extra
weight will be found of use when using
the boe I have been using this boe
in my garden for some time snd And
it easy to dig deep and thoroughly cul
tlvate tbe plants I hope that this re
minder will cause msny old thrown
•way boggy springs to be converted
into useful toolk Instead of being al
lowed to rust ont
Forcing Crape by Cleetrlalty.
A British immigrant to Canada pro
poses to force bis crops by besting the
soil by underground electric wires
spaced about Ave feet apart and one
foot under the surface, twenty-five
mlles of win being required for twen
ty acres of ground. Tbe effect sought
appears to be tbe equivalent of a eon
tinuous. strong and penetrating sua
shine on s glass bouse system, but wltb
the further advantage of ability to rag
ulate tbe beat to a n*ety.-Scientific
American.
tMM;
T QUere is great promise to tbe J ;
X fact that whole classes of grad- « >
T uates of agricultural colleges go ] |
X back to the farms, having learn-  >
T ed bow to make them profitable. ' [
X —Secretary James Wilson, Uilt-  >
2 ad States Deportment of Agri- J
X culture.
—Ambitious young men and
ladies should learn telegraphy,
for, since the new 8-hour law be
. came effective there is a shortage
of many thousand telegraphers.
Positions pay from WO to S7O a
month to beginners. The Tele
grapS Institute of Columbia, S.
C. and five other cities is open
ed under supervision of R. R. Of
ficials and all students are placed
when qualified. Write them for
- partlanlsfs.,
LESSONS FROM FRENCHMEN.!
Soma Methoda by Which They Grew
Double Our Wheat Yield,
(n France wheat fanning la always
combined with some other branchaa
of agriculture, such as sheep raising
or the growing of beets, and often tbe
three go together successfully. In
America we are accustomed to think
that In order to raise wheat success
fully one must plant hundreds of acres
and devote his entire time to this crop.
Tbe statement that it doesn't pay to
raise wheut on the pmall farms In the
east Is often henrd, but is without
foundation. Tke average wheat crop
In the west, on the farms devoted
exclusively to that cereal, la about
fifteen bushels an acre; In France,
where wheat Is grown In rotation with
other * crops, the average la about
thirty-five bushels.
. The wheat farm that the writer vis
ited comprises a thousand acres and
is situated on n level plateau, from
which on clear days the spires of Paris
may he seen. On tho afternoon of the
writer's visit tbe men were all busy
planting wheat and gathering beets.
The lirst KIKIIS of life to be seen aa tbe
visitor approached were two flocka of
sheep—about 1.200 In all—feeding on
beet tops under the care of two shep
herds wltb their dogs. Beyond the
sheep mid a bit nearer the building*
wdre the men loading beets Into enor
mous two wheeled Carts, each being
drawn by three Percherob atnlllons
driven tandem.
Beyond the harvesters were three
Bets of two furrow plows working,
crtch drawn b.v six white oxen.
The plows, which were of the two
furrow reversible type, were built wltb
a pair of wheels la front to lighten the
draft and with four plows keyed In
pairs to two parallel steel beam*,
which were fastened to the axle of the
wheels by a ball and socket joint
Each pair of plows was placed one
over the other so that when one was
In the furrow the mate was upside
down In the air directly over It At
the end of the furrow the piowojan
by menns of a lever turned each beam
half round, throwing the plow with
mpldboard on the right hand side Into
the nlr and bringing the left hand
moldbonrd Into the furrow. The plow
men were followed by three tenms
of oxen that harrowed tbe field, and
these were followed by two grain
drills. To a stranger It was a novelty
to see all these operations taking
place at tbe same time.--Country
Gentleman.
T Thirty bushels of wheat to the J;
% acre on fifty acres will result in ,
Y as much wheat produced at a J [
i> much less ex|»endlture of labor . >
| and seed as will flfteen bushels ; [
4> per acre on l(JO acres. This is  >
X the whole argument for lnten- J J
slve methods In farming.
DON'T TRY FOR TOO MUCH.
Givs Your Vagatablaa Room la s Good
Gardener'a Motto.
Do not be afraid to thin out your
plants. They must not be crowded.
Probably mpre garden stuff has bpes
ruined for want of being thinned at
the proper time than by an jr other
cause.
However that may be, one of the
most puzzling things for the beginner
is to find out whether any particular
vegetable should be thinned or trans
planted, and how fat apart tbe plants
ahould stand afterward.
He will get some help from tbe cat
alogues as to the distances, but wheth
er he should transplsnt or thin is the
kind of thing that is not in the book.
It requires a good deal of nerve to
pull up eiid destroy tbe unnecessary
seedling—more nervauthan the amateur
possesses: They a persJb nev.
er becomes a good gardener until he
steels his nerve to this ruthless sacrl
flce.
A vegetable must hsve plenty of
room to develop Its best size and flavor,
and one can take no pride in small or
commonplace vegetables. True It Is
that "the worst weed In corn Is corn.*
—Farm Progress.
Irrigating With Tomato Cane.
Tile following Is an easy and effect
ive way to start plant* In dry weather:
Sink an ordinary tomato can, wltb a
one-eighth Inch
* hole half an
ft/ . inch from the
/ * bottom. In the
ground so that
gWiJB r~i ..... .. the hole will be
V. "ear the roots
JCj'W' ,; of ,li# pl " nt
Tamp the dirt
""' around botb
V i.i plant and can
nnuoATi.io WITH roil A- and nil the lat-
TO CAW. ter with water.
Keep the can Ailed until the plant Is
out of danger.—Popular Mechanics
Drying Up Wet Plaoea.
Farmers often have -a wet, springy
place, containing aeveral square feet
in a field which Is difficult and often
very expensive to drain. Tho problem
was finally solved by a farm hand, wbo
dug deep holes In tbe center of each
places and In each one sanjc two brine
barrels, one on top of the other. Tbe
top barrel waa covered. Tbe water col.
lected almost at once In tbeee barrels,
and tbe wet places , dried iip--Fsrn>
Journal. fj>
Two things for tbe fanner to j
do this fall—vote right and sere !
; the eeed corn right, but eavetbe ]
aeed corn first
' _ J
Tbe Better Wey.
Tla batter to ha v. lovod and been e ha»-
peckMl hubby all your life
Than to hava cauaed your frUnda to say
The* never fully understood
Why you purnueil your lonely way
Throush all the yeara snd never eeeld
Pertuade a girt to be your wife.
In Fixture.
"Whst'e your Idea of tbe futnre jour
nal r
fit will be written by advertisers,
and It will contain nothing calculated
I to bring a blush to tbe ebeek of the
|vmmg person except wsrtetln."^
PESTS IN GRAIN BIDS.
Muat Be Killed Before Storage *f
Harvest if Damage le te Be Averted.
A few rents' worth of carbon blaul
phlde will kill tbe Inaecta hiding In the
cracks of your t,ina waiting for the
new grain. Inaecta injurloua te atored
gralna, vara G. A. Dean, a bog spe
cialist at tbe Kansas Agricultural col
lege, work ao vigorously that the farm
er mast either kill them, dispose of
hla grain or alt atlll and allow them to
damage It Killing these pests before
the grain la stored prevents much dam
age In the fall and winter, be saya.
Dust, dirt rabblah, refnae grata, floor
and meal serve aa breeding placea for
tbeee peals. Freeh grain abould not
be exposed to attack by being placed
with tbe old which already Is Infest
ed. Throw thla ont Unleee tbe old
grain waa badly Infeeted with any one
of tbe four or Ave common injurious
insects It may not be neceaaary to
fumigate new, but a thorough clean
ing of the Doer, walla and ceiling
ahould not be neglected. To rvold in
festation In tbe atack tbe grain abonld
be thrashed aa aoon after barveatlng
aa poealble. Considerable damage bas
been done by tbeae inaecta to atacked
wheat and oats in Kanaaa In the last
four or five years.
One pound of carbon bisulphide when
tbe temperature Is about 00 degrees
will fumigate 800 cubic feet of space.
At 80 degrees 400 cubic feet will be
thoroughly treated. Tbe building and
bins must be as nearly air tight aa
possible while fumigating. Tbe car
bon bisulphide should be placed in
shallow pana at the top of tbe bins or
bcltldtng. Evaporation la rapid, the
▼apor settling to the bottom of tbe bin
and poisoning the inaecta. If the grain
la not to be used for seed It la well to
allow the vapor to remain lo It for
forty-eight hours. Doers and windows
: shonld be opened wide after tbe fuml
j gatlon and tbe bins sired thoroughly
one or two hours before entering.
I One abould be very careful Id han
dling carbon bisulphide, aa It la hlgbly
Inflammable. Electric lights must not
be used, since when turning them on
or off there always la danger of pro
ducing a spark. It la not aafe to have
heat of any kind in the bnlldlng when
the fumigation Is to pwigteea.
J | No man. abould be oo»tented ;
i! with tbe average yield ef crops. !!
J > Tbe average Is between tbe high J |
i > yield and the low yield and Is ao , ,
| | far below the high that no one ; |
 > should be satisfied wltb auch re-  >
J | turns for hla labor.—Farm and J |
i > Bancb.  >
 \ i
"SCALPER" FOR WEEDS.
Homemade Teel That Deee Good Work
Around Sweet Potatoes, Onlena, Ite.
This "scalper" for weeda is a simple
affair and can easily be made by any
blacksmith in a short time, and tbe
cost, aside from tbe handle, need not
exceed 20 centa. It Is made ot an Iron
rod about twenty-four inches long and
three-elxteenths to one-fourth of an
Inch In diameter. Tbta rod la bent la
the form of a triangle and tbe two ends
welded together ao aa to go in an ordi
nary boe handle. Before bending, bow
ever, six inches In tbe center of tbe
rod (sfterward tbe beae of tbe trian
gle) should be heated and pounded gut
to make a flattened oerflce at least
one-half Incb wide wltb a ellgbt bevel
eo that one aide will be sufficiently
thin to make a reasonably sharp sdge.
Meaaure one-half loch on either etde
of the flattened surface or blade and
bend from tbeee two polute ao as to
form the triangle wltb tbe blade aa tbe
baee. Tbe stdas of tbe triangle are
WS*D ecALrsa.
(From the Rural IM Yorker.]
about flve Inches long, and this leaves
two ends of tbrse and a half Inches te
be welded together, forming tbe shank.
When Inserting In a handle tbe ecalp
er la bent at tbe ebank eo aa to saake a
alight angle wltb tbe handle. Tbe
ecalper is tbe Hgbtaet and meet effi
cient tool we have for working In sweet
potatoee. Wltb It even green bands
can do fairly good work wltb little In-
Jury, aa tbe plant la protected from tbe
two extremes of tbe blade er catting
edge by tbe rounded corners made by
tbe unabarpened rod. The scalper takee
the place of a boe everywhere except
In beevy eoll or where soli mart be
palled up to tbe bill. Although uaed
mainly for sweets, we flnd It valuable
for working In etrawberrles, cabbage,
onions, waleraelooe, cantaloupes, etc.,
and It provee a great help In a light
against grass and New
Yorker.
Herveeting Wheel
Wheat abould not be allowed to get
overripe before being eat becaoee there
le more waste from a belling, and H
doee not make ao much or eo good
floor If tbe outer covering becomes too
thick and bard. Mere geee te braa.
The practice of aettlng It op In reaod
abocka and capping wltb two ebeavee
broken over In tbe middle Is not fa
vored as moch as It eeed te bs. —Anier
lean Cultivator.
♦ Tbe city nun wbo Imaginee •
♦ that the farmer baa only to 1
♦ plant and eew and harveet and 1
X then deposit hie cash baa atlll a 1
♦ few thing* to learn. /- v
** £ Hiltmi T)* HsMMniie
to Wood brook cemetery, at Wefcera.
Maes, any be seen ooe ef tbe mart
noons! beedetonee ever erected. It le
♦ rsllroed de above the gmee of Wft*
termen Brown, wbo helped boUd the
Boston and Lowell line. Tbe tie Is of
granite, no wooden tie* having been
need In the ceostrectloc of the roed.
which waa tbe drat In tbe strte to be
chartered. A portion of tbe tie was
smoothed off for tbe tnecrtpUoo It now
pears. At the tlnee tbe road was built
It connected Boeton wltb the north
BBftf-iiliiiir
• PLAYOBOUND PARAGRAPH* •
• - •
5 Tho unlvvrul Impulo* to play 2
• I* a divinely ordered thing. If • I
• Oad glvaa tha instinct man aught * (
• to pravlda tha playgraund. »
• Man playa anl> where ha la a• !■
• human baing in tha fulleet sense J
1 of tha ward, and ha haa raaahad •
• full humanity anly whan ha •
2 play*. 2
• It wauld ba difficult ta find any •
a paint at whiah in aur larga a
J oitiaa a dollar will ga furthar Tn J
• tha making af these thinga far a
• whiah tha alty eaieto then In tha J
« provision and maintonanaa af 2
• playgrounds. •
• In thaaa playgraunda and In *
« thair work liaa tha bag inning af »
*■ aaaial radamptian af tha people in •
S lerge oitlee. They fljraleh the opeo- *
0 too la af a alty aaving itaaif i af a
• tha paapla af a groat oity finding •
2 natura and Oad by finding thair *
• naighbar* and themeelvoo. •
a Hara liaa tha funotian af tha •
! playgraund. It glvaa tha in* J
a dividual tha opportunity far •
a maatory af hla bady undar aan- •
2 dltiana af inaraaaing difficulties J
a In Ita varlad phyaioal aativitiaa. •
a It alaa glvaa tha appartunlty tor a
2 tha aooial axparianoaa af damaa- J
a raay af aalf and group gavarn- a
a mont It la tha oahaal tor phye- J
S iaal and eeelel aalf and 2
a aalf diraatlan. •
2 Thara la anathbr paint af vlaw 2
2 whiah maintain! that na mattor a
a haw graat tha aaat tha valua af •
2 tha bay aavad la Inaatimably ba- 2
• yand It. Thla paint af vlaw la s
a auggaatad by that Maatar af prae- a
2 tieal Ufa who knaw full wall tha 2
a valua af manay. avan tha widow** •
a mite- Par what shall It profit a •
2 alty If it gain tha whole world 2
a and laaa tha *aula af Ite ohll- a
2 / 2
A TIN CAN CONTEST.
Beye* City Beautiful Club af Columbia,
•- C, Daaa flood Wark.
ID Columbia, S. C.. tbe Boys' City
Beautiful club baa bean organloed by
T. Kaltb Legare, aaalataot city engi
neer, who corvee aa director of the club,
and Ita energies bare baaa put to
practical nae In a number of way*
looking to a general betterment of tba
appearance and condition of tha city.
During tbe early lommer the members
engaged tu a tin can eontoat three
prlsea baring been offered to tbe boya
wbo collected tbe greateat number of
tin cana from tbe Ma. atreeta and oth
er placee which bad been rendered un
tight ly by them. During thla Mme tba
boy* gathered 21,57(1 cane, which were
deposited by them In pllaa at apadfed
points, from which they were hauled
away by tbe health department and
burled where (Ilea and moaqoltoaa can
not And them. Tbe prlsea awarded
were »26, *lO and two prlxee of $5
each, the flrst prise being won by tbe
collector of 0.407 cana and tba fourth
prize for 4,082 cana.
Tba total coat of cleaning tba city of
tbeaa unsightly objects probably did
not mnch exceed 975, and It la doubtfal
whether a similar amonnt ba* eter
bean spent by the city to greater ad
vantage. In addition to thla, it Is to be
praanmed tbat tba boya bare become
thoroughly Imbued with an appteda.
tlon of the undealrability of tbe nn
algbtllneaa occaaioned by diacarded tin
cana and aimllar rubbish.
MAKE YOUR OWN TRADE.
Talk Quality, Bmphaeise Worth, Lay
•trees en Inherent Oeedneee/'
One of tbe big hardware bouaaa af
tba country Issues tbe following:
"Queer thing thla reputation. It
takea tolling and moiling to get It,
takaa alngleneaa of purpoae and capaci
ty to resist temptation to cheapen, but
once you've got It Ita value Is tran
scendent and can't be computed In dol
lars and routs. Uow Infinitely better
It la to build on a foundation of quali
ty and worth than to cbaaa tbe wlll-o'-
the-wlsp of cbeapneea, which leada yen
Into bogs and swampat
" 'But my trade won't pay tbe
price,' walla some timorous soul. Toor
trade, dear man. ta what yon make of
It If you Insistently talk quarter tea
and ten cent brooiua and flv* cent
brushes and ninety cent apples and
fifteen cent or*ngee. bow In tba name
of common sense do you expect tbe
trade to aak for anything else? Try
1 tba other. Talk quality, emphasise
| worth, lay atraee on Inherent goodneea
' and watrb tbe result Cnt loose from
1 cheapness, for yon are leaning on a
broken reed that will give yon a bad
' fall one of these days. Profit and
; prestige lie in selling good good*. la
' any feeling se all aattafylng aa tbeeon
ectouaaeee tbat your name stand* for
, tba beet—for quality?"
1 SANITARY MARKET.
\ Beeten Plen* the Establishment ef
I One Been,
Boston ia to have a sanitary market
▲ alto nenr Copier aqnar* baa been se
lected, and tba Women's Municipal
league la going to undertake thla mnch
needed step toward civic betterment
I A desirable let baa been decided upon
t for tbe erection ef a bolldlng which
I will be a model at Its kind,
i This mafkat will be constructed ef
tbe moot approved materia la, with non-
I absorbent and d net proof finish. fartlU
i ties for care in tbe handling of food
. stuffs, etc. Control over sources and
qnallty ef tbe food Itself will also be
Included In tbe plan.
Profit Srorn Park Sheep.
Becnnee a net profit haa been re
[ celved from tbe wool of tbe abeep at
> Cedwalader park. Trenton. N. J., Com
[ mtaoloner Bnrk Intends to etoek tba
► park pasture with tboroagfcbred* nasi
| year. Tbe wool waa disposed of *t a
. local manufacturing plant
HEALTH AND MONEY.
There i* tin* difference between
those two temporal blessings health
and money: Money i* the most en
vied, but least enjoyed; health is the
ggait enjoyed, hut least envied,
and this igperierity al the latter is
«di mora chviou* when we reflect
that the poorest man would not part
with health for money, bat the rich
est man woiJd Adly Bart vriih di
hi* money for health.
1— » T
C ~ UQHT'S THAT FAILED.
Bleem Reigned Whan Thsekersy and
Charlotte Brenta Mat.
Tboae do not alwaya thine who
should, as many a chagrined "host or
hostess baa found oat Amusing In
'retrospsct If quite otherwlaa at the
moment most bare been the occasion
wben Charlotte Bronte, "the little lady
from Yorkshire of whom sll England
waa talking." appeared at tha London
bouae of the author or "Vanity Fair."
The atory la told In Lewis Melville's
"Tha Thackeray Country."
Thackeray gave s dinner party to
saeet Charlotte Bronte In Jane, iB6O,
snd smong the guests were the Car
lylea, the Procters, tha Brookflslda. Mr.
Crowe. Miss Eliot and Mlas Perry.
"It wsa a gloomy and silent eveo-
Ing," Lady Kltrhle bsa recorded. "Bv
ery one waited (Or the brilliant con Ter
se t lon which nsvsr began st all.
"Mlsa Bronte returned to the safe la
the atudy snd murmured a lew wot*
aew snd tbeo to our governess. Miss
True lock. The room looked very dark;
the lamp bsgan to amoks s little; the .
conversation grew dimmer and mem
dim: the ladles tat round still expee
tant My father waa too much per
turbed by the gloom and the alienee to
be able to co|ie with It at all. Mrs.
Brookfield. Who was In the corner la
which Mlas Bronte wss sitting, bent
forward witb a little commonplace,
since brllltsnce was not to be the order
of tbe erasing
" 'Do yon like London, Mlas BronteT
she asked. Another alienee, a pause:
then Mis* Bronte answered very
gravely:
" 'Tee—no.'
"After Miss Bronte bsd left 1 wss
surprised to see my father opening the
front door with his bat on. Hs pat
his finger to hln Ups. walked out Into
the dsrkneee and shot the door quiotly
behind him. Overcome by tbe gloom
sad constraint, be was running away
to his club."
TERROR OF_A BOMB.
A Dramatic Inoldent ef the Petition!
Unrest In Rveela.
Hers Is tbe atory of s Russian an
srchlst outrage In the words of ons
who was nearly killed in the explo
sion: While stsylng st Cannes H.
Jones Thsddeus, author of "Recollec
tlons of a Court Painter," met the
Orand Dncbeaa Elene of Ratals, who
gave him an account of the then re
cent attempt upon tbe life of tbe csar.
Tha csar wna'n few mlnutee late to
bit srrivsl In the dining room, snd for
this reason the explosion wss prema
ture. After describing the event the
grand dnchew told Mr. Tbsddeua:
"When the echoes of the explosion
died swsy s dead silence succeeded,
which, united with the darkness pre
vailing, so dense as almoat to be felt
conduced to render oar belpleea posi
tion atlll more painful and unendur
able. We dared not move. There wss
no sscspe from the peril which sur
rounded us. Presently out of tbe dark
neea cams the clear, calm voles of tha
essr, 'My children, let as prayf Tha
sound of bis voice, while reassuring
es ss to bis safety to far, relieved tbe
swful strain on our nervea and brought
comfort to oar hearts
"We aank to our knees, Bobbing.
How long we remained ao I really do
not know. It teemed an eternity of
snguith before tbe guards appeared
with candles, little expecting to find
es sllvs. Home of as wars nearly de
mented wben tbe welcome rtllsf ar
rived. and our feelings were not cslmed
as ws then contemplstsd the swfhl
nature of tbe destruction ws bsd as
capfd
-A few feoi lo front of th* cur vu
S black chatm where so short s tints
before bsd been tbe brllllsntly lit din
ing room Oiled witb ssrvsnts. Not a
trace ef It or of them remained."
The "Copper."
There ere twe theorise ss to the
source of the term "cop" or "copper,"
the famlltsr nams for sn officer of tbs
Is w in tbs moatb of .the mtscblsveas
gamin. Ons derives It from tbs letters
C. O. P.—centrsl ofllce police-but the
other snd mors osoal sxplsnstlon of
the weed la that It referred to the
eight point ttar made of copper aad
surrounded by s copper ring worn by
tbs Mstro poll tan police of New York
la tbs Ists fifties. This badge, a buss
affair, which was fastened to the bat
toe bo is by s chain about four lacbss
long, wss later superseded by s apodal
bsdgs of tmsller tlx*.
_i£
Pee Hla Own Pleasure.
1 suppose your wife wss more thsa
delighted at your ralas of aalary. wasn't
ShsT" stksd Jones of Brown.
"I hsven't told her yet but sbs will
be wben sbs knowt It" answsrsd
Brown.
"How Is It tbst yoa haven't told
berr
"Well. I thought I would enjoy my
sslf s couple of weeks first"—Judge.
Cupid's Rsosli.
"Fsthsr. what do you think of the re
ealir
"Wall, my desr, I hardly know Rome
people think It la dangorooa. Bat why
do you sstr
"I sset Psrdy sway last night, sod
mm I'm eorry."-gt Loots Post Dte
patch.
The Leng, Leng Run.
"1 believe Honesty paya In tbe leng
run."
"So do L but I often wish It were not
secb s mlgbty long run."—Chics**
Record-Bern id.
The Msin Thing.
Actor-1 can bring tesrs to tbs syss
sf the audience Theatrical Manager—
Hnbt Ws want somebody who can
bring tbs sndlsocs.-Puck.
Reverse English.
Tbe psnhsndler met tbe prosperaee
man in tbs corridor of tbe ofllce build
lag-
"l am down and out," wblned the
panhandler. "Can't you help mef*
"Tee," replied tbe prosperous me a.
"Just press thst button on ths eleva
tor there and tbe operator will take
you In sad down."—Cincinnati En
quirer
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