CASTRONOMiCAL TORTURE
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,.. ' Poultry an$ Garden, .. ( (.
Hr .Gardening and poultry faisinkt is.,a.
vtJi IS.atuiAl and prfitabl,coinliuation, asv
tact helps the other and gives a va-
neiy 01 employment, -whereby the
..-'pare moments in each, vacation are
profitably utilized. Fowls .are . natural
Insect destroyers, and during the sea
eon when insects are most destructive,
If allowed to range in the garden every
morning and eveniug wllliirenJei. ex
cellent service. It is a good plan to
'raise all small vegetables, '"such'' as
, bean5, peas, onions, radishes. a nd let
tuce, by themselves in a lot enclosed
,i ' by a thicken proof fence, and to have
. another lot the .same size for the chick-,
ens" to range in. The year following,
' lejt the- diickejis be. turned lulu tbe lot
where the garden t was 'and use for a
garden tile' lot vacated by' the fowls.
'. ly. thus glytng-the garden plot to
poultry every alternate year, the soil
' ' is! not' only Vested but wonderfully
fertilized "by the- manure, of the '.fowls
which is absorbed by the soil as fast
as it fal.'s upon It. Joshua II-uiiDjIo; jit
... Tiie.EpiomUt. :i . ... . .
Tlie Poultry Yard,
The above illustration shows a.typi
'.cal Leghorn. ' '
..This breed.. tli.op.gh small, was at one
time very popular, especially ( wiUiJjipw compose, Jhe. Berkshire Associa
tive who lived in the count rV. b'ut'1 tio'n. the" eon tinned .ind fntiiro Ip.hW.
the demand for larger market fowls
has grown so rapidly that, the all-purpose
fowls, such as Plymouth Bocks
and Wyandottes, have almost entirely
displaced then. ' v '".. v I . . '
White Leghorns have pure white
plumage, with clean yeljow shanks,
'Bea'ks and skin, and when fully nia-
tured Hie males, .weigh: about ? four
pounds and the females from three to
three and a half. They are counter
parts in all else but color of the brown
Leghorns, and possess all and possibly
more of the many good traits of : the
WHITE LEGHORN MALE.
Leghorn family. They are slightly
larger than the brown Leghorns, and
their eggs are about as large as those
. , of the larger breeds. They are spright
,' ly and always on the hustle, though
. they stand confinement remarkably
v well, and a'dozen' hen's -may ie kept in
f- a verv small Don.
"Many people on the farm object to
them on account of. their color, claim
ing that they are shining marks for
hawks and small animals' which prey
on the' poultry yard, but 'this' view
seems hardly' well taken, since it Jias
been shown that the broods are .con
stantly being rdbbed even among those,
that are totally bhick. . 'Color makes
no difference, and unless a better ob
jection for discarding them can be
advanced, we see no,, reason why- they
should not regain their, former pres
tige. v. .'
There is ! e'er la inly no prettier fowl,
if we fancy solid color," and they cer
tainly have merit. Home and Farm.
Berkshire Hog.
"Will you plfcase give a young be
ginner in swine . growing something
abbuViWB'erlcs'hire bree'd," history and
introduction in this country.
. -JEO. R. STAHL.1
Wc cannot do better in reply to our
correspondent .than to; give what Prof.
W. D. May( says of this breed. Prof.
May is in the , Missouri Experiment
Station, "and is a gentlenia'n who has
made. a study, of live stock. lie says
of the Berkshire :' ' '
From 1820 to 1828 the Berkshire was
very miich. improved by Lord Barring
ton, who devoted much time and a
great deal of care and judgment in
developing what was even then the
most popular breed in England. That
the efforts of Lord Harrington were
so signally successful Jtr' at tested-'by.-the
fact that most English Berkshires
trace thejc ancestry -to his herd. :
A. B. Allen, who is authority on the
subject, states that.the first importa
tion of 'BerksbuW'- into' tlie Uni'tVd'
States was made in the year 1823, by
John Brentnalk if JCew Jersey ln
1832 a Mr. Ilawes. :iu Englishman,
made the second, and-afterward.s.otber
importations at Albany, N. Y. In
J 830, Bagg and Wait, of Orange
County, Y., began importing largely
and engaged extensively in raising
and disseminating the breed through
out the great corn West7, The.B.erk-.
shire immediately became very popu
Iar, and fancy prices were paukfor the
animals throughout tbe new pork-producing
territory. They were especially
esteemed at the time for their quality
of crossing... ami. thereby, improving
not onft the Common 'but oih'er breeds'
of swine.
The Berkshire was no less than a
faithful companion to man in the sub
jugation pfythe gi-ejj-t, Wst. ;:It fol
lowed IviyViu; all his joiibieys' into
the new:aud "untlisvovered comitries
awaitiw to yield nn the bounties of
their soils. From year to lyeaY infu
sions of new Berkshire bKvod ha t'ol-
lowed the ,first,, until, e-da'vj; the greal
portri eking rlSgJons of ,'oiir nation
tiro ivorld 'wide 'famous, liot only for
the amount but in the quality of the
product.
So in early days, as at the. present
time, the Berkshire held first rank
throughout the Mississippi Valley. Its
success has come largely through the
fact that its promoters have been of
sound judgment "coupled with that
s.kjll and discernmeut that has enabled
them to develop those essential quali
ties of a perfect-animal that is now
almost a machine in. its regularity,
while eliminating those points that are
detrimental to. the highest success.
The flesh of the Berkshire consists
of ' well lifarl'led streaks of lean and
fat, and .this fact; alone will readily
dlstinguishMt to any one familiar with
one" slaughtered product.' ' Not only
does. this, great essential recommend
the breed to the one who raises pork
for Jioms! consumption, but it is taken
into considera.t.io.n by best butchers on
the market' and ia'iio small factor in
.eierinjlng the.ftnimafsji.ihat bring
lie top prices. m
"Witlt tftese ''points of sliperiority al
ready acquired, and with, the best in
terests of the breed in the hands of
such eminent and successful men as
hip of this breed is assured. Indiana
Farmer. . ' :''-. "
. As to Close 1'astuKlner"
There. ik,'a general complaint that our
common grasses run out, are not at
nil lit for permanent pastures because
Very early they"1 give way to wild
grasses and to wteeds. It is true some
grasses will .sod. the land completely,
and make a fairly permanent pasture,
but as a rule they will not furnish so
much -succulent pinstuue as does some
of the other grasses that dd itot form
so complete a sod for tramping or for
.close ;.j)jcking. . Indeed, many timothy
pastures are completely destroyed be
cause the animals are allowed to run
I over the .field dong after they are un-
auic iu ski tti'ii a. iiYJug iluui ii.- i-;iitr
pastnting jn' the -.fall results in close
picking and .much tramping on the
surface: ilsually the fall is so dry
that many grass roots get tramped up
with 'the fine dust. " Need we wonder
that a good meadow pastured closely
in the '.fa'Jl as' a 'hard-picked timothy
pasture, should .turn to white-top, to
wild grasses or even' to cheat when it
is so abused in the fall? If forage is
given, if plant-food is added in suffi
cient quantities to act as a top-dressing
of manure, then tramping the per
manent pasture in the fall will do
inuch:iess injury. The available plant
food will tend to revive the old grasses
and to nourish the young grass that
may spring from volunteer . seed.
Feeding pumpkins, fodder or sorghum
while the stock is still on pasture not
only gives additional food for the stock
but protects the pasture. It means
much to the pasture if it is allowed to
remain as a sod. If the fall grass is
allowed .to. fall over, occasionally and
given a 'chjince to 'grow' more rank, all
the common grasses will hold from
year to year -much'. better ' than they
usually do. The most persistent grass
that furnishes forage- in profitable
quantities will be greatly benefited by
a "partial fall growth to cover the sod
in -.wJjiter,. or by feeding on pasture
sufficiently as to produce a top dress
ing; of manure over the entire area.
Scattering . the. rotted manure from the
barnyard . or J from the rotted straw
stacks upon the permanent pastvfrd
is .sure to , lengthen the life of the";
pasture and, to increase its yield of
forage." . .-. .' '
. "Whenthe small pigs are allowed to
run with larger hogs they often be
come completely covered with lice.
When they become thin the hair gets
long and looks coarse, it usually in
dicates the presence of lice. Coal oil
and lard is a good remedy for killing,
lice" on young pigs. W. B. Anderson,
in the Indianapolis News. . .
Commercial Methods,
If the iujiii whose , life is spent on
the farm Would use his brains as well
as his hands, he would find result
.much uH-is'iiroti'table than at present.,.
It is all well enough to understand
.wjmt, & necessary in. farm operations,
but of what avail is it if plans are not
carefully., laid and as carefully exe
cuted? There is a city business man
who was brought up on a farm and
is ' u&w'' Spending' some of his city
earned money at the old occupation, i
Largely, as a matter of sentiment,' he,
bought t,he old.; homestead, and after
a time used it for a summer home, 1
leasing the, land on the share, plan.
XXne? summer, being" at the farm consid
erably, he noticed the rather slip-sfhod
motaods of operation, and the next
year took charge of the farm him-'
Sflf, .engaging tlie necessary help, to
do the' work. Then he looked carefully
over the place and planned just what
iie would do "with 'it. lie had" no
trouble after his help discovered that
bis knowledge was -riot wholly theo
retical. The farm is making some
money, solely as a farm, and will make
more in the years to come. It is run
as rt-Hmsinoss proposition, and every
detail of its handling carefully consid
,eed. The commercial rules applied
to farming will bring success. In
dianapolis News.
-. A Btjle in French Serials.
As examples of the French feuille
tonist's attitude towards style, let us
take two gems from the work of Pon
son'du Terra il. One of them is: "The
kjuan.4pin,ds.fTie,kJald and clammy
likeltihoseTof.-a;e'ii6jjt.,, The other:
"The count pami-up ana aown tne
garden, reading the newspaper, with
his'' hands behind his back." Th
Academy. !
IToina-n KcserreA Seat- t TaWe
" ami Suffered 'Thereby.
'. "Go to that little table' d'hote," said
the man, giving its name, "and reserve
i seat for Johnson and one for me.
Wait for us. We will ba there prompt-'
ly at 0 o'clock." -
The woman went. It was not yet 0
o'clock, and the place was not crowd
ed. The black-haired girl at tho desk,
smilingly pointed out a table. The'
waiter seated the woman, and turnejd1
down a chair on elf her side of. 'her for-.
Johnson and the iniin. ' , ; ' . '.V,
It got to be G o'clock by 'the big
clock over the mantelpiece. jTljey,
failed to arrive. Half aftfer ( Feople
began to come in in couples. The
black-haired girl glanced furtively at
the woman and the' (llrs-'jtupjetl'i
down on either side or her. The wom
an tapped for ber waiter.
"Serve my dinner," she said. "Bring
the 'fddder' first. The "fodder" was
the radishes and green tilings that ush
ered in the soup. '';.
The cafe filled up. JCeavly: every feat
was taken. The -.cloak pointed, to a
quarter of 7. Still tbeempty chairs.
The, waiter advanced, eyebrows polite-
"Shall I bring your fisjli?'.' he a4sked..
Ife brought th? fish'., Five minutes,
of 7 by tho clock. Tables all filled
Waiters, host, the black-haired gfrl'at
the desk all looking at tlie woman 'and
the turned down chairs. The waiter
advanced. '
"Shall I bring your chicken?"' hS
asked. ' v
He brought her chicken. People
came in and stared at the turned dowri
chairs. Some frojviel.' Siuw poiwte3
at them angrily and talked in foreign
languages. ;.: - .
The waiter: "Shujl, . I .bring your
roast?" '
"Yes," SiVhed the woman.
There wasn't' very much else' to
bring, but the "clock pointed to" 7.15
now, to 7.20. More people- entered
The, black-haired gfrl 'at- the desk
looked angrily at the turned-down
chairs. The host came aud.,Jookeda,t
the chairs, too; . He made, foreign mo
lions- to the waiters. ;. ;,. -; ,
The. outer doors slammed. Strang
ers entered. It slammed again. The
waiter had brought her coffee. He
stood- aside, eagerly watching her
gulp it down.
"My check, please" she stammered.
He turned back the chair. Two stran
gers stood ready. Tbe door slammed
again. She looked up sadly. Johnson
and the man entered. - :
When she came to they were slap-pb-ig.her
f ticewifh wet towels.
'.'What: -wa.the majtlyr?" the man
asked, surpriledly. : y'
"If you had staid one minute lon
ger," faltered the woman, with. a loot
atthe' elwk, "j-au wftuldvhave' found
nif dead;'I . ', ' ,Q
"Was it because you pAuid have had
'to pay for -your dinner?" he asked, cas
uirily. ew. York;. Press.'
An jaterestlne- Iron Tree. .
At a nieeting of the Academy of Xr '
ural Sci-e-nces, Professor Oscar C. !s.
Carter, of the Boys' Central. High
School, was the principal speaker.
In his address he refetTed to a so
called Iron tree, which was difcovered.
about one mile from Three' Ton, Mont
gomery. County,, em bedOeiln a sanu
9t,oiva quarry about ten feet below the
surface. m .
The ti'So was about eighteen feet
long, and the trunk was about eight
inches Ah diameter. 'It had completely
turned to iron, and Avas composed
mostly of brown lrematite,- an Iron ore.
A poittlon of the treewras of imperfect
lignite, which the i?.rofe.ssi': explained,
greatly resembled charcoal. No doubt
exisaMvimong scientists that the arti
eje 1-jjf.erred to was a'eal tree, because
knots were found, many of which had
also turned to iron. .
"Tlie phenomenon is accounted for,"
said Professor Carter, "by the fact that
the shales and sandstone in that neigh
borhood are covered with red oxide of
iron, and sometimes wtli brown hema
tite, and it" is supposed that the iron
ore, which contains! a coloring, was re
duced by organized mattf-r, and- that
it was made soluble in water contain
ing 'the. - carbonic-acid gas. As the
water holding . Hire ...iron in solution
canie in contact with the tree, the iron
wa precipitated on the tree, and there
was an interchanging of vegetable and
mineral matter, so tlmbthe roctyswere
relieved of their coloring matter and
the tree took it up." Philadelphia
Press. ' ' -j
He Fooled Ber.
Not long ago a young man who works
In a local bank quarreled with his best
girl. He tried- several times to Smooth
things over, but she wouldn't let him.
Finally ' he thought out a scheme
which, if it worked, would not onjy
pave the way to, a reconciliation, " but
would show hiin-conclusively that she
liked him. lie hired a. telegraph mes
senger to help him out. That evening
ha went to see the girl. Again she re
fused to make up with him. Just as
he was about to go tlie messenger boy
appeared At the door. j
"Is Mr. Elauk here?" he asked, ex-
f hibitlng a telegram. "Down at liis
house dey told me lie'wus.".s . '
The young man received the mes
sage and glanced over It. He then
handed' itto the-girl. It read:'
"Can you go to" Alaska at once .to ac
'cept good position? The Coast Mer
cantile Co."-
"Walt a minute, boy'-said.the young
man. "I may want to answ-er this."
Then he turned to the girl. "Mary,"
he said, "shall I accept this offer?" "
The scheme worked. They" disap
peared in the 'parlor a' moment. Com-,
ing back the young maa gave,the mes
'senger boy a dollar. "No answer," he
"said. Then as the boy turned to go he.
whispered,-"Don't tell anybody I faked,
up that message." Kansas City Tims.
30'F-
ROADS. I
'., Jl.'.e. dikJ . ,, ,w
J". J. YEKNON writes as fol--lows
in the Tress Bulle-
tin, New Mexico College
q of Agriculture: (lood
roads are indicative . of
a high;, .ijate. .,f civilization. jU'lie irp--.
rovei'.it iii'ilhe coKditiq of elcoin :
ujju uijjun ajis jnuimmis ill luoil" itxrt,
unmistakable language the advance
ment, an the civilization of a country:.
Highty speeialized 'inaustrlesr' whictf
usually attend a high state of civiliza
tion, among. a people, .seldom, flourish
.wher&mfcaBsUsluap raided' forSuaid
PXclinncft nf rninmnditipsi t -lir
Jl , ,- , j - H
Istandard of Hvinfe in' - a comiAunity
rises, it. soon .finds .expression, in. de
mand for better roads roads suitable
for the gen tlemafis "saddle hnise, for"
the family carriageTor the salesman's
road? wagonv for the -delivery; fnrtn's'
auttmobile.i car, and. -for the plfdsnre
Isetrkem'. and tourists' automobiles-. i-
I The most jiatuitab .sy.k'in: tor fuJlonv.
iiU,Jro(aid--bt:ilI.ding is .to jegiai the rm-.
ijrpjVemeu.t in the city or villago,rwtorkr
jng. outward in. the different direoif'11
qu .jje rjjnes of least resistance, but .at
all Jhngs striving .to reach the!igrea"test,
pop'ulation and tlie heaviest f rafflp. '
I The work should be placed in chanre
;pf a inh .w'bo'.uiiftestii'lfdS1 ro'a'dbuid
' ing and' road repair. ;This statement
Is equally: true whether there be mtfehM
or little money available for the work.
The system which permits the -appoint-"
ment .of men: as, road supervisors, re
gardless of their fitness for the posi
tion is accpuutabje in-a great. mtasijre .
fr , poor., roads, .and. for thevfee.bleiu--trest
t'aken. in road. improve.ment:
"Pi-pbably there i.s no 'piore road.wqrk
in ihahy countits th'ah'coujd besujer
.1nfende'd by one' man, anil that -man
qualifications for the work to "he Gone,
which would result inot. 6ulyin . better,
roads, .but ialso:.in..gleater.-efliciency
and. economy-, .-.Such a. System pKYiiils
in many vof th. older States t tjie
Union, and it has been suggested ,that
it .might prove most desirable ,114 ..this
'se'cti'on ulidr "our conditions. "- '"''
The use of improved labor-saving
machinery in the building and i-;-; ..iir
of . the common . liigbways 110 :ud)t
would result advantageously i all
concerned. To illustrate: If a ..la
chine were devised, whereby two en
and four teams with the maMi.'ue,
could perform, as. much of a jiiven
.kindof work-j n.arry as ten men v.-.-ild
perform in the same time with terms
and the old slip scrapers, it is cvi hit:
that the purchase and use of sik'.i a'
machine, provided; however, that ihe
price was nob -exorbitant, "Avoxdd be
most desirable al Would resii'.; in
jnuch. economy.. , Furthermore, if at
the same tiinp, witli such a maciiine,
the wpj-k cpuld be done infinitely 1 et
ter. It would seem to be the heigLt of
folly not to invest in one.. The uio;! u-h
road grader . is .just . such .' a ma ; i ! j ne,
Ths roadgrader has become so popuJar
In most of the older States to-day iiiat
the old slip scraper-is seldom s-.en;
and'-when it does appear. 'ft 1s u-ed
onljr iif corners where the grader olm
not reali'the work Wjth a jnc 1 n-n
grader iiitl'iQ hans4of an. expert in.
eyery cq'-unty .the .roads . leading' out
from our. cities, and-towns- would soon
disc.ai;d..thelr shruKkeu appearance :ind
take. on a more roundel, elevated
form, and the holes and inequalities
would gradually disappear, leaving h'"
surface si amifoi'nV that thejr would
delighthe eye and afford pleasure
to the traveler. .
Space wilj not "permit,, of an etx te nd
ed discussieni 'of the me'tiidds nnd
means for rOad improvement, but at
least enough has been said to intro
duce a 'subject which is deserving of
much thought among the people' of
this section. We are on the eve of a
great wave of progress, and would
it not pay--both; the merchaNt1and the
ranchman ( to give the matter of road
building :nid road repair more at feu- '
tion? ...-
The Taramoun: Qneitlori'.
there is noquestion that can pos
sibly bei paramount . to that of ; good
roads. . We have tried every suggested
local system and found thenar all cither
impi'actical ox inadequate. The State,
county and district plans to have good
wagon roads have .all fajled except
In. three or four of the- wealthier
States, and the roads are no better
to-day (some of thema;re .much .worse)
than they were fifty years ago, 6r;
when first Opened. "to travel.. Argu-.
ment seems now tor" be su'p'erflous.asi
towhy the'Toads sh6uh.rbe syst'eniAlii--cally-
improved;' thc-qucstioii "is, how .
can we get tlem-.w intrjrov'ed? The
experience of allthe-.iya-rs proves
abundantly-4Liat. it-c!injniy. 4be done
Jby. the , general -gpytnflaejU;.- leading
the way, Senators jryl lpijsenia
tlves wijl tke notice tbat;.this is a
question affecting. very materially the
whole body of the American people, ia,
town, country and city;. in every trade,
calllii'g" Shd profession tbe producer,
tfie codsuttier" arid ''ih.6 dealer, the
?kilrches" tfnd eS'?If ' irfTitution per
'tainlng to the publie well-being. ' It is
a question of no iwrfknTlur- Idcaliti-,-section
oveiasi',- bwtf toahes" vitally:
the affairs of ever.y- condition and
situation f wlife-H 'A'U ;w41f the
country jsr very dojlar of tit-, .based
upon agriculture. .. ....
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Doing: Air.r WlJ OppoltJon.
. Superintendent of Parks A. T. Breck
enridge had a warrant issued, for the
arrest" of C. W. Cox on the charge of
larceny of the handle to the park
pump: 'Cox ran a lemonade stand in
thefyark 'ort-lAroor Day and In' order to
m'jtke 'tlib' Wiir'Ay buy his ware he i
satil to h'aye rejuoved the Jiande roxn
the. pump. and liid .it. Wifhita Corre
spondence Kansas City Journal.----
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The 111 Wiml.
When a c3-c-lone struck the place
Glen tie Jane wm whirled through pceb
'It's all right," said Jane, "I know; ;
But it was an awful blow!" ' '-'
It- 'J& '- Suudav MaEazine... .
1. Different.
vIl6-Mf'ieel like a 'two-year-old.'"
She :"IIorse or popular song?"-
Town Topics. ,
Good llraTrm!
'. "They-' say she married him ror his
tnouej."
r"Yes. nd now they are so poor that
she has" to press his trousers."
'"Alas! A real case of the irony 'of
fate." Chicago Record-Herald.' -
Henulrly.
' "Has ' -young Plunger any holdings
In-the'SJla'dmore stocks?" 1 I ' "
"HoldMigs? Well, I guess! He, goes
tlwwjior four times e.very week to s"ee
old .kadmore's diijighter.'' Chicago
THbun.e. . - ; . " '
"l-es," remarked the race horse, "all
my-'achie-vments have been due simply
to-' putting-my best fk)t forward."
'"Yos?" replied the Liule; "now I find
that J-accomplish untet by putting my
best, '.'foot backward." Philadelphia
Press. J ;.
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Jvalout-. '
'"Wnat's Barnstorm doing -these
days" Inquired Yorlck Hamm.
-"He's 'murdering Jujius Caesar every
night," replied Hamlet Fatt.
-..-"PJayine. Brutus?" '
V'Xp; flaying Caesar." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Why the Major Wi A nary.'
'What's the Major howling about?' '
"Well, this being a .-holiday, he's got
to carve the turkey." .
""""And did tlia t upset him ?" . "k
"Y'es; somebody stole the turkey."
Atlanta Constitution. ; ' '
lrl to Father.
"Here. Willie!" cried the .boy!s
father, "you mustn't behave that way.
JJverybpdy AVilLl)e"'calling,.y9U a little
glutton. Do you kiiow wha't.tbat is?" :
"I suppose," replied' gillie, !'is a
big glutton's little boy ."--'Philadelphia
'Press. '" ' '' ' '' ...
Trouble.
Teacun- 'Aiufif-your father earned
five dollars .and your, mother took -away
four dollars jvAat. would tha.t
mai.e?J'.. . . .. ,--...
Hiram "Troublc.'c'Xew York Even
ing Telegram.-
' ' After a Baictn. . '
' "Hie cashier" has skipped withSx,
000 aiullhyjoffcred a reward of
.$300 for't he fugitive."
"Youoy he iias. $18,000 and $300 is.
offered?, bli, fudge, ; I'll raise that bid"
myself. "' Tftese- ifrinLcr'sl are no' sports
at aH." Khsaf itj-l,ilries.
1 , - f orrpoi.
"Now, gentlemen," said the lecturer
on commerce and manufactures, 'nipu
tion one of the most important coijat
eraTTLram'lies"oThe'orbusiness." ' "WrlthtgToi lUriniafntizines," pj-ompt-ly
re8pcmdcdft-ae,''stifdeut-w-lio keeps
abreast 6f thb thties. -I'lt'tsburg Post."
' ' ' 5iit TUerr. ''
".Tuflge," said Mrs. .Stavcai to the.
Magistrate, who had -recently come, to
board w,ith hci jTiu luiiUcularly anx
ious W have rou try'thr-iiirki soup."
"I have tried it," replied the Majfi-,
trate, -and -my. decision is that the
chlckeu, has.provctl a;. alibi,'.'--l'hila-delphia,
Press., .
S ' -. ' At the Hotel.
Gnost-'-Didii't I' 'tv?graph yu for
Ihe besfroom i li''-''
Clerk "Yes, sir."' v
.. iinft--'.iWliy didn'U you save it for
due.'. .
.. Clerk "I've alreauy given tne Desi
room in the house to, fifty peppiest
night, and I thought yoUy wouldn't like
to bVrpNvded,' ClevelandLeader.
.-. .V Shrewd.
The LauT-"I A!ant to get' a box of
cigars for" a presivt, t o "
The Clerk "Y'es, miss. Does your
friend like a mikl or " .
The Lady "Oh, any kind, to they're
cheap'.v r- ' '-
The Clerk--';Ye madam. Khali I
send them lonn tr your husband or
will you take them?" Washing ixu
Sta. ' - ' " '
All- imnoriu 'nt -iter.! km, the : extension
of the' work of ihe Bureau of Chem
istry . has been the establishment of
-inspection for imported food products.
As a result food products imported to
this country ' have' been greatly im
proved. In former years the United,
States was regarded as the dumping
ground for the refuse teas of the com
merce of the world. Many years u&k
in order to overcome this evil, a s.v
tern of inspection of imported teaswfis
established :and has since been main
tained. The comparatively rare instances in
which the motions of plants, such a
the opening of- buds Into blossoms, in
cur with sufficient rapidity to be
served during a single brief period "f
watching, always cause much pleas
ure to the onlooker. Mrs. Henry
Cooper Eggar; In her description of ivn
Indian ' garden, tells of a species '
lily, Criuum augustum, which opf)
with uncommon swiftness, sq that si.
thinks it would be an admirable sub
ject for representation by kinetoscopic
photography. .
. Bronze or metallic powders are pr--.
duced by M. Baer by a novel metbl.
that has been patented In Franco.
The melted -metal prk alloy is. van
through a slot into a sheet iron box
or cylinder in w-hich a shaft with
paddles ia rapidly revolved, or into :t.
chamber, into, which compressed air
suitably injected. The violent move
ment of the air converts the metallic
rain into thin, leaves by the time it
solidifies. The thin leaves may Ve
reduced to powder by beating, grind
ing or other 'meahs. ' '
The ancestors - of the horse were
accustomed to, roam over the plains,
where every tuft of grass or bush
might conceal an enemy waiting to
spring upon them. Under these cir
cumstances they must often hav
saved their lives by starting quickly
back or jumping to one side whoi
they - came without warning upcu.
some strange object. This is a .habit
which has not left the animal, evr i
after long years of domestication. On
the other hand, the donkey Is deseeDd-1
ed from animals which lived amoi:g
the bills," where thereWere precipices
And dangerous1' declivities, and . from
these conditions resulted his slowness
and sure-fooledness. ...
Chestnuts suffer more from the rav
ages of insects than almost any other
kind of nuts: ; Butternuts, walnuts ai.l
almonds are comparatively immun.
The reason why worms .are so oftei
found in apparently perfect chestnut
long after they have reached the mar
ket is thus, explained: The larvae f
the chestnut weevil develop with 0;
nuts, but they are not all of the saie
age. Thoie which first reach matui
i;y bore their way out, and enter tL
ground about the time that, the mitf
fall; but. others remain for several
weeks in the nuts after they have
been gathered, and these are the oi.-ts
that furnish a disagreeable EurprJte
when the shell is broken.
AUTOMATIC SERVICE
Will, r.eliere the Hosres of Terror t
"' ' trlkiue Servants.
A clever young inventor, living in
(.'cinmittown, who has often been )nr
victim of the incompetency and inou.--stam
y of his wife's servants, has htn
contemplating a device which he says
'will enable his wife to serve a course
dinner without going into the kitch ,
even if 'the servant has quit at tt
crucial moment.
His sthenic is to havean underground
trolley from the kitchen, with an al
fach'ment' id a wide woodeii gutter larg
enough toehold every size of serving
dish, and presumably steam-heated, so
that soups, vegetables and entrees wbl
not grow cold in the process. Whi n'
the hostess and her guests are ssldl
she needs only to touch an , invi-ib;
button and the soup tureen will soon
precipitate itself on the table; anoiln
mainpijlatiou, and the soup will tl'
appcar;' still another, and the rt'aM
and vegetables will come steaming i
their ji.'ace at the table, and so - u
until the complete dinner has ii
nerved, up to the very last dish of s. 1 1.
ijd almonds and demi-tasse. Fhil;i0
phia. Kccord,
He Knew Eaong-h.
'.Taiiip Francis Burke, now, Cong:--.-m"an
from the Thirty-second District
of Pennsylvania,' in an address to 1' c
gradiMt ing class of a I'ittsbUrg seh :.lr
told .the following story:
"The president of. an ocean lir-;r
coiuppny was taking a journey ncrovs
the water, and when the ship eiiUn-I
a very dangt-rous channel, he engage
in a ronversation with tbe pilot, wi:-,
by ihe way. was a whiskered old i-.jvi
of sixty-eight, with ail the appearand
of having spent most of his days on ti e
water.. The magnate remarked:
V 'I. suppose you know ell the danger
ous r' fs this channel?
"Th Uij.Pt.. .looking straight out ixto
tho l.isrht'. grnfily replied: 'Xope.'
"You don't I' said the magnate, v'.y
much' nurprised. 'Then why on e-:tn
ire yon in charge of that wheel? W t
d you know?
" 'I know whore tho bad places :ia."f,
coolly replied the old pilot, imi.-l: 1"
'the satisfaction of the magna !e."
Satmtlay Erening Post.
- . " TJp to Uate.
One' di' y.'s a -certaiu schoo;niaict,
wfth .vjvv:t' fierce and cane upraise.?,
wa" ab-uit to punish one of his jutp-iits,
Ihe'linle fallow said, cuite' innocvt;-iv,
and uoainlesz wfth some vacue rc'-ci-tecilon
of a visit to ths dentist: ..
"P!ease, sir, may may I take sis?"
lUiu'o iivl.