THE FRANKLIN PRESS.
VOLUME XXI.
FRANKLIN. N. G. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 13, 1906.
.NUMBER 24.
UPOSE YOU
tour burden Is heavy, I haven't a doubt.
Bat others have loads they mast carry
about.
And they ar not whlnlntt. ' ' r
Bom people ire (lad If but half of the way
Lies out of the shadow, or part of the day
They see the tun shining.
Suppose you try smiling.
t know you are lonely, but other hearts
ache.
And bravely refuse to be bitter or break
Berause of life's sorrow.
They think of the joy In the land far away,
And hasten the slow passing hours of today
With hopes of tomorrow.
Suppose you try smiling.
ANGLING
HHtt
Hilda Jolcey and Amy Evershed
were bosom friends, according to the
standard of bosom friendship that ob
tains between girls in their early twen
- ties. They made a point of seeing
each other twice or thrice every day
and spent most of the remainder of
the twenty-four noun in writing eaen
other effusive notes. Neither had a
secret from the other. Their whole
converse, viva voce or by letter, was
one perpetual Interchange of mutual
confidences. Had you breathed to
them the hint that this excess of fond
ness was bound to be followed, sooner
or later, by reaction that the pace, in
fact, was too warm to last they
would have resente-l the ridiculous
suggestion with mingled Indignation
null auiuaciucui. iiiu .....,.
was even then Impending; the little
nit wunin tne lute was ciirau iu unuu,
and as you will probably not be sur
prised to hear a man was the cause
of it.
The man In question was Reginald
Bmart-Shryke, the eldest son of a
neighboring Bqulre, and heir to five or
six thousand a year. For some years
be had been friendly with both girls.
But it was Hilda Jolcey with whom he
ultimately fell In love, to whom he
proposed and by whom he was accept
ed. So far all was well. Amelia Ever
shed betrayed no sign of jealousy. On
the contrary, she congratulated her
darling Hilda warmly on the engage
ment But I must get on to the little rift
as Impen
way: H
ing into
sorts of
Uon to h
Shryke.
Tind kisses
when he l
kisses Die!
"t8 it er veHJilf, Hilda?"
"Nice? It Is herlenly. He does It
bo beautifully with such such I do
not know how to express It but
there's an eloquence about it that
that"
"Just so," Amelia nodded, knowing
ly. "To kiss like that iBn't a thing thai
comes all at once, either. It wants
practice. And your are very lucky, my
dear girl, In possessing a lover who
has had such practice, and thus ac
quired the art of kissing really well."
"Nonsense! Yon ar nulte In er
ror," protested Hilda rather sharply.
"I am Reggie's first love. If I were
Dot, Indeed, I should have had nothing
la say to him. I am not the sort of
trlrl, as you know very well, who cares
to be one of a multitude. I must be
either a man's first and only love, or
nothing."
"Is that so? Well, I confess you sur
prise me," rejoined Amelia, raising her
eyebrows. "For my part, I'd much
: rather be a man's last love than his
llrst. la fact, it's only his last love
that ever comes to anything. His first
Is usually dissipated on some Impos
sible person. It Is with them that he
gets the practice and experience, by
which he learns how to make love and
kiss effectively, and"
"I really think you must have gone
mad, Amelia."
"Oh, nonsense. It's like golf or cro
quet. There's no fun In playing with
beginner to whom you yourself have
to teCu the Adiments of the game.
Give, me a man who knows as much as,
or more about It, than I do!"
"And how much do you know about
lt.-.piayyjBertsMeiiflg tnat you never
save never una any experience of a
lover?" demanded Hilda, with all the
superiority of an engaged girl.
.Amelia Evershed smiled, enigmatic
ally. "Oh, I know what I know," she
aid. "I've had my little experiences
with men, In a probationary sort of
way, Just to keep my hand In against
the time when Mr. Right (as servant-
galdom styles him) comes along.
nueoever su opportunity nas come
my way, I have seized It, and made
the most of It And I always found
tf,klh MniM ma k..i. , a
i - ". v. ,,en ujV uws ut woere we
. started) that those men who had previous-practice
and experience made
much ithe best lovers. Bumblepuppy
at oridge is Dad enough; but from
BumMepuppy In love-making may
us saints deliver me!
"Have I not spoken good nrartimi
sense J Would you find your Reggies
wooing so acceptable if he were not an
expert at it? You know you wouldn't."
"I tiell you Reggie la not an expert
lie h had no previous practice in
making love," exclaimed Hilda, al
most crying with Indignation at the
Idesl 7
"No?"
There Was a note of amused Incred
ulity In the interrogation. Moreover,
brief as It was, It seemed to Hilda
to be pregnant with sinister meaning.
i "I don't understand you, Amelia,"
she flashed out. "You are hiding
something from me. You know noth
ing against Reggie?"
"Against him? Far from It 1
know nothing about that handsome
and eminently agreeable young man
but what la entirely to his credit. If
he has practised and made himself
perfect, that Is all In his favor. And
you, who have entered into the fruits
of bis practice, ought to commend him
for it most of all." . - ;
"I tell you, again, he has never
practised. Yon have no right to say
such thing, Too know he hasn't,
Ame!I," , .
ifl HiaJii'" 'Mi iiiflay spoken of
1 sssfppear
i rltTeU
joh, Amelia,
aV J grins and
TRY SMILINO.
This funny old world Is a mirror, yoo know,
Turn Its way with a sneer, ifr fare of a foe,
And you will see trouble,
But meet It with laughter and looks full of
cheer,
And back will come sunshine and love true
and dear,
Tour blessings to double.
-Huppose you try smiling.
All places are open to those who are glad,
Too many lark courage, too mauy are sad,
Those near you need cheering.
So sing with your burden, the way Is not
long,
And If yon look upward your heart will
stow strong,
And skies will be clearing.
Suppose you try smiling.
Youth's Companion.
FOR A RISE.
"Do I?"
Amelia smiled provoklngly, as she
uttered these two words, with the air
of one who could, and she would,
throw, a good deal of light on the sub
ject under discussion.
"What are you driving at, Amelia?
You must tell me what you mean by
these odious covert Insinuations. Do
you know of any girl to whom Reggie
has made love before he became en
raged to me? If so, who is she?
insist on a plain answer."
"Oh, nonsense, Hilda," Interposed
Amelia, with amused contempt. "Don't
make such a ridiculous fuss about
nothing. Talk about a storm in a
teacup! This is a veritable hurricane
in a thimble. Your Reggie has been
like other young men, that's all. Leave
It at that, and don't talk any more
rubbish about insisting upon particu
lars. For one thing, 1 don't admit that
I know any particulars. For another,
if I did, I shouldn't tell talcs out of
school. And now, let us change
the subject."
But Hilda was not In a frame of
mind in which she would acquiesce in
'elns thus cavalierly nut 'off.
"You do know something," she cried.
furiously, "and you shall tell me, Ame
lia."
I shan't," said Amelia Evershed,
pursing up her lips, with a determined
air.
"You shall you shall, I say," ejac
ulated Hilda, more and more furious.
"My dear child, do keep calm. I ab
solutely decline to say any more about
the matter. More especially as I have
If,"
nee
had been
Into making an un-
admission, "let us consider the
ject finally closed."
But Hilda's keen perception, ren
dered keener by rabid jealousy, had
not missed Amelia Evershed's hastily
checked slip of the tongue, with If
attendant signs of confusion, and
with eyes blazing and checks aflame
she was down on it like a thousand
of bricks.
"Minx! TrMtrcss! I see how It is.
Reggie has - has been making love to
you ! "
"PBhnw! What has put such a fool
ish notion Into your head?" replied
Amelia, with affected amusement at
the absurd imputation.
But she avoided looking Hilda in
the face as nhe mid It, and Hilda was
not slow to mark the omission.
"It is true. I can sec It is true," she
cried, in furious accents. "Deny it,
madam, if you can."
"1 am not goins to stop here to be
Insulted in this wiiy by any such ridic
ulous acrusallons," retorted Amelia
Evershed, evidently glad of an excuse
for terminating the interview. "Good
by, Hilda. When next 1 meet you, I
hopo you'll be In y0llr right mind
again."
And she took her departure.
Hilda went up to her bedroom and
cried for two hours and three-quarters.
uut the tears brought her no relief.
Tears of anger never do. Besides,
while brooding thus alone, her Jeal
ous suspicions had magnified them
selves to an astonishing extent.
She saw a secret understanding be
tween her Reggie and Amelia. She
saw herself betrayed, in her tenderest
affections, by one whom she had sup
posed her most faithful and devoted
friend. She saw her lover's heart Btol-
en away from her, and her whole life
laid waste and desolate by the ser
pentine wiles of that diabolical minx.
All this Bhe saw, and a hundred other
things besides.
When Hilda came down to tea aha
found her brother Philip Just returned
from business. He saw at once by her
red and swollen eyes, that something
was the matter. Ho asked her what
it was. Then out It all came. "All,"
uu i say i ies, rar more than all.
rnmp, who was a good brother,
was greatly aroused and perturbed by
me luie oi nis sister's wrongs.
"Something going on between Smart.
Shryke and Amelia Evershed," he ex
claimed. "Tut-tut! It it to too out
rageoua I can can hardly believe It
eitner of him or of her."
"But it Is true!" cried out Wllda
clenching her hands excitedly, "she as
good as confessed it to me. I don't
oiame Reggie so much disloyal and
pernaious as he has been. It is more
mat snake Amelia's fault than his. She
has beguiled him to bis downfall, like
her cbngenlal prototype In the Garden
of Eden."
After tea, Philip put on his hat, and,
with a determined air, sallied forth.
Hilda had no doubt from his manner
that he had gone to demand an explan
ation from Reginald Bmart-Shryke.
It was three good hours before he
came back. Hilda looked up at him
anxiously,
"Well?" she Inquired.
"It Is all right," answered her broth
er, smiling.
What do you mean by 'all right?' "
"I mean It Is as I hair ..pn.i
a - ima
from the first There has hvn .
egregious mistake. Amelia Evershed
doesn t care twopence for 9m.
Shryke, and there has never been any
thing between them." . v
Riggle has told you this?" '
"No; I haven't seen flmnrt.ai.i.. t
haw been to Amelia's. She has told
me,"
'Ah! fm astonished at Vour han.
dona that, Philip: still mora at t
(taring auowea yourself to be deceived
vj tut minx's plausible and Interested
.iiiiiirTTTi she
lies. For, of course, she would tel
you tbat she was innocent, But"
"Half a moment, Hilda, Bhe has
not only told me that she cares noth
ing whatever for SmarfHhryke, but
she has also given me Incontrovertible
evidence of the fact"
"Evidence? What evidence?"
"She has promised to marry me.
"Why did you make me so unhappy
by all those false Insinuations against
Reggie?" cried Hilda Jolcey at the
next meeting with Amelia Evershed,
shedding tears of mingled reproach
and Joy iipon the other's bosom.
"Why did you pretend that he bad
!a?en making love to you? You did
it in jest, I suppose to get a rise out
of me. But It was a cruel, cruel Joke,
oh my Amelia."
T did it, I confess, to get a rise, but
not out of you out of some one else,'
said Amelia, smiling.
"Out of whom, then? I do not un
derstand you.
'Out of that very procrastinating
admirer of mine, your brother Philip,'
said Amelia Evershed. Truth.
MEN DROP A MILE AND A HALF,
Thousands See Horrifying Descent
From Broken Military Balloon.
Thousands of spectators who had
gathered on the outskirts of Rome,
Italy, to witness the ascension of an
Immense balloon, containing a cap
tain and eight soldiers, were horri
fied when the netting of the great alr
Bhip parted a mile and a half above
ground, precipitating the nine men to
Instant death.
Their bodies, hurling through mid
air, landed within a Bmall area. The
spectators, as if with one accord,
turned their heads away as the bod
ies neared the earth, an.d cries of hor
ror went up from the crowd.
In the frightful descent the twirling
figure of the captain, arrayed in a be
spangled uniform, was a distinct mark
for the vision of the horrified specta
tors, many of whom cried out, "Dl
Capltalne! Di Capitalne!" Due to the
fact that the military balloonlsts were
spilled In twos and threes fro'm the car
of the huge balloon, the bodies re
tained that scries during the fall,
there being two groups of three and
one group of two in the terrible de
scent. Following these the ninth
man", who had contrived to cling to
the netting an instant longer than the
others, smashed to earth.
Several of the bodies crashed on
Cop of J.hc others, m
more horrible.
When tse o!
barracks w
the ascension
shock they order
clnlty cleared of
which were hundredi
other parts of the groirtid women who
bad fainted were being carried to
places of shelter, while doctors were
summoned to admlniief to them.
Hundreds, recovering their senses,
rushed to whero the nine bodies lay.
It is estimated by several eminent
scientific men that tlie men may have
been dead before tUelr bodies struck
the earth. Relieve! of the weight of
its human cargo, ie gas bag, which
had remained Intct, soared into the
clouds, attaining. 4 height which made
It after a while invisible.
Tho military officials are making an
Investigation as to the probable cause
of the horrifying accident. It Is be
lieved that a defect in the webbing of
the envelope caused the accident. A
public military funeral was accorded
the bodies of the balloonlsts.
QUAINT AND CURIOU8.
Esperanto, the new universal lan
guage, has been set to music.
The total area of the "rth, Includ
ing the polar regions, Is about 1,500,
000 square miles, and the total popu
lation Is estimated at 1,550,000,000.
A small boy has discovered that old
corks cut Into cubes or brickB may be
used as bulkling material for minia
ture castles and fortresses. These
cork bricks do not look unlike some
kinds of stone.
It is claimed that a parrot for sale
in Ix)ndon can speak 800 words dis
tinctly, and use sentences from 20 to
30 words In length. That means
more words than many human beings
use or understand.
Miss May Carrington of Springfield,'
Mass., has broken all records for
blindfold typewriting from dictation,
writing 6221 words in one hour, exclu
sive of errors, for each of which five
words were deducted.
A meteor has fallen "with a screech
ing sound" so the reports say In
Michigan, and burled Itself In the
earth with a report which was heard
at a long distance. U made a hole
nearly twenty feet deep, and It is
thought it pulled the hole In upon It
self. A marvelous downfall of little toads
descending from the clouds has
stirred a great deal of consternation
In a remote region In Utah. Where
the diminutive batrachlans came from
and for what purposes they may be
utilized are puzzling questions to the
rustic Mormons.
The Massachusetts fish commission
has planted about 80,000,000 lobster
fry this year, and If one In a hundred
would reach maturity there would not
be much danger of a failure of the
lobster crop. The young lobsters
have so many enemies, however, that
the death rate among them is very
high.
The law Ann of Putnam & Putnam
in Westfleld, Mass., consists of- hus
band and wife, Mrs. Putnam, the Jun
ior member; having been admitted to
the bar last week. : She is 26 rears
old .and was married Ave years ago.
She began the study of law three
yvars ago out of Interest in her hus
band's profession.
This country tanks first In the
paper-making Industry. Germany is
second and Great Britain comes third.
The production In America is two or
three timet greater than In Great
Britain.
a. i
Wm Nb J If
Cultivating, the Crops.
If at first the weeder was faithfully
used, that will greatly help in the af
ter work with the cultivator. Cultl
vators should be so gauged as to run
very close to the rows of corn and
practically to cover the ground.
Machines that go astride the rows
will accomplish this work In a mure
satisfactory manner than the old fash
ioned cultivators. As these are fur
nished with teeth that run on both
slilos of the rows, It will be seen that
In passing once over a field the spaces
between the rows receive two cultl
vatlons. This work of cultivation
should be continued as long as the size
if the corn will permit or there Is
Hme for the work.
With the common Held corn that is
to be husked, there should not be too
many stalks left In the hill for a
development of ears, but If for fodder
there may be more left to grow, but
even then not too many E. R, Towle.
Sheep Notes.
Sheep manure Is both clean and rlcl
mailing u a uiusi uesiruuiu leruuzfer
to handle.
In passing th
sheep the weedgeed
gets too dli
tempt to gn
igea to make an at
lereafter.
Keep the
p pens jfell bedded,
which will
Jerve the manure and
make
of the straw at the
same time,
Weedy
bid to be ap-
pctizing
true there are
portion
west that would
iums for sheep.
e flock Is often Im-
tmmature ewes.
feeders say the ewe
years old when its first
ed.
to be kept in medium
t eight or even nine
n the year they do not re-
cake or corn and the tlmo
money upon them is when
nursing. The Epltomist.
uta as Vegetables.
spring, when there is
ty of fresh vegetables,
spinach being about the
only resouro of the housewife, ten
der young nop sprouts axejtnosed foi
sale in the Brussels mar
In great demand during the
which lasts from March 15 to April
16. Forced hop sprouts mav be had
as early as March 1, but they are not
as tender and succulent as sprouts
cut from the foot of hop plants which
have been covered with earth during
the winter months. When the earlh
Is removed the tender sprouts are cut,
care being exercised to leave sufficient
to form new sprouts. Hops are cul
tivated In various sections of Belgium,
but the hop sprout culture is confined
to the frontier of the Province of Bra
bant, touching East Flanders. During
tne Beason immense quantities of fresh
hop sprouts are dally sent from this lo
cality to all the Important cities and
towns In Belgium, but the greatest
part of the product goes to the large
canning establishments at Mollncs,
where the sprouts are canned or bot
tled and exported, as a table delicacy,
to all parts of the world.
Piano Box Poultry Houses,
I am a beginner, and write to ask
if piano boxes should not make good
houses for a pen of fowls, say six to
eight fowls In each box. If so, how
would you fix them?
Place a small window In one end of
the box or at the front. Cut a door
at the front or end at you choose.
Nail strips to each side a foot from
the floor to hold roosts. As the top
Is slanting, you can put hinges to It
u you choose to raise up same In
warm weather for ventilaUon add to
raise clear up when you want to clean
It out. Cut a hole In the back part
large enough for the hens to pass
through and to this put another box
lot the nests. Common sense will
show you how the nest box should be
constructed, at the back of the big
box. Whitewash all inside and outside,
and you have a cheap, serviceable
chicken house, not large, but good for"
ail purposes where economy Is the
main consideration. We have seen
fowls kept in store boxes not near so
large as a piano box and profitably. It
la not the size of the house, but the
attention given the fowls that counts
In poultry culture. The Poultry
Guide. x
Care of Alfalfa Crop,
So new is the alfalfa crop to most
farmers that too much stress can not
be laid on the Importance of cutting
the crop at the proper time. One of
the best authorities on alfalfa raising
aaya the late cutting of the first crop
Injures the plant more than at any
other time, and we hare found It pro
fitable to cut alfalfa the first time
as soon as one-tenth In bloom, even
though the weather wax bad and we
knew the crop would spoil in curing.
The Increased yields from succeeding
cuttings over thai cut late much mora
than makes up for the loss of the'
first crop. ' t
Alfalfa growers who are trying the
crop for the first time should bear
the above statement In mind, for, aa
stated, it Is not only the injury to the
second and succeeding crops or cutting
that should be avoided, but there Is
dangw of such utter ruin to the plant
itself that the field baa to be plowed
nnder and reseeded. One can better
afford to sacrifice the first cutting than
to run the risk of losing the entire set
ting. In the matter of curing atfalfa
hay, bear tOtlnd that. the cs hay
must be protected from the rain, for
once well wet after cutting there Is no
care or treatment that wlfl restore Its
feeding value. Large growers of al
falfa have not hesltattd to hart small
1
1
ed
'at
1
s
I X
. M M
m ar
1 j,
be nef i
The
paire
May b
snrr y
7
iLrht Id '
fan
caps made so tbat the smalf cocks of
hay can be protected in case of need;
they find it pays. If the two points
In raising alfalfa here given are fol
lowed, one will have Uttle trouble In
harvesting the crop. Indiana Farmer.
Dairy Notes.
Do not change the feed suddenly.
Do not keep a cow that tests below
three percent in butter fat.
Use cooking soda to clean the milk
vessels; it is better than soap.
Dairy stock cannot be Improved It
mixing ut breeds Is carelessly permit
ted to go on. '
Salt should be always accessible.
Clean and thoroughly air stable be
fore milking.
Keep the dairy barn well lighted.
- The milk cow needs sunshine not
alone for health, but to aid in the pro
duction of milk and fatter fat.
CreajB-fatHirg "to churn is usually
4ie to the milk coming from cows
'that are near the close of the period
of lactation.
When butter fails to come after
churning for a long time, it is a good
plan to add some water to the cream,
or a small quantity of salt. It helps
to contract tho swelling mass of cream
and overcomes the viscosity which Is
preventing the separation of the gran
ular butter.
SkllJ in the dairy is Important, bu't
the art of butter making does not de
pend altogether upon skill in the man
ipulation of the milk, cream and but
ter. Inferior cows that are half fed,
or not feed properly, will not furnish
milk of the desired quality for pro
ducing the best butter." Agricultural
Epitomlst
Swarming.
Swarming; this is tho rock that
wrecks the honey crop. If some one
can Invent a non-swarmlng bee or
hive, his fortune is assured. We have
to have the colonies strong to make
lots of honey, and If they are too
strong they get the swarming fever,
and away goes the honey crop. What
are we to do? Well, let's make up our
minds to keep them from swarming,
as much as we can, and do the best
possible with those that Bwarm. I
have today selected three or four of
my most prolific queens, whose bees
:e hustlers an 1 good' workers and
1 raise all flly young queens from
these colonies. . ,
I will work as follows: I will give
them plenty of room above and be
low at all times, and thus keep them
from swarming, and at work in the
sections as long as 1 can, and when
they do swarm, they will throw out a
big one. I will set the old hive away
from the old stand about two feet and
facing at right angles with the old
location. I will place a new hive with
combs or full sheets of foundation on
the old stand and hive the swarm In
that. I will take off all surplus cases
from the old one, snd place them at
once on the new hive. This gives
every worker to the new swarm; for
every boe that files out will come
back to the new location. If I wish to
raise queens from this stock, I break
up the old colony at once and make
aa many nucleuses out of It, as there
are good queen cells available. If It
Is not a good desirable stock, I cut
out all the queen cells and put a
young queen In It. A laying queen Is
better, but I usually do not have
enough of them to go round. Now the
new swarm will go right to wo;k and
make about as much honey as If it had
not swarmed. You can usually get
quite a little surplus from an old
one, as they very seldom cast a sec
ond swarm when treated this way,
and are given a queen Immediately,
The new swarm has the old queen,
and If you do not wish to Increase
she should be replaced In the ball or
swarm, and the two colonies united.
This gives a young queen each year
and almost Insures good wintering
George W. Williams.
Poultry Notes.
Keep the fowls clean and their
houses clean.
Roup Is produced by a bad cold be
ing neglected.
If eggs for hatching are desired, use
two-year-old hens.
Granulated la the form In which to
supply bone to poultry.
To make poultry business a success
It must have attention.
It Is very essential that the poultry
house should be well ventilated.
Bone meal contains lime and also
animal matter which Is of value.
All perches should be on the same
level, none higher than the others.
Some green food is Indispensable to
ducks after they are two weeks old.
Whole wheat is an excellent food for
hens, but should not be used exclusive
ly. ...
The nse of food is to sustain life
and maintain warmth and good con
dition of body.
HenaJike a variety of food and it is
an item to give them as much in this
line as possible.
For ducklings try cornmeal and
bran, equal parts, and make it into
mush, with milk.
If the egg shells are fed to poultry
care should always, be taken to crush
them' well before feeding.
Rather the best way to feed corn to
young chickens is to give It in a
crushed or cracked condition. :
when desired, to fatten rapidly.
there is nothing) better than good
cornmeal. Give all they will eat up
clean.-:--
When the chickens are oft their feed
and do not eat with an apparent re
lish, Increase the exercise st,d change
the bill of fare. . .
A ben pay in proportion to the
number of egga she produces; there
fore, it it an Item to feed so aa to as
sure plenty of eggs,
ANIMAL TAMING SECRET
Y NO MEANS THE MYSTERIOUS
ART 80ME PEOPLE THINK.
Wild Beasts and Birds Quick to Dis
cover When the Law Protects
Them. Ability of Animals to Take
Care of Themselves When They're
Hunted by Man.
"The taming of" animals, and es
pecially our common birds and mam
mals, is by no means such a mysteri
ous art as many persons suppose it
ro be," said G. Alden Lorlng, who has
served as Held naturalist for the
United States Biological Survey and
the Smithsonian Institution. "Most
animals respond quickly to kind treat
ment.
"Once assured of our friendliness
they seek our company, build their
homes near ours and visit our
grounds in search of food. Sometimes
they become so confiding that they
enter our bouses, take food from our
fingers and even perch on our bands,
"But if we hunt them and do all we
can to destroy them their attitude to
ward us is Just the reverse. They
take to the open fields and forests
and are ever on the alert for danger,
."Probably there are no better illus
strations of the ability of some ani
mals to take care of themselves once
tbey understand that we are their
enemreVihan the cases of the red fox,
f-woodchuck and common crow. Here
we have three creatures that have
been persecuted from the time when
the country was first settled, yet
within the last decade, despite the
wonderful improvements in firearms,
traps, etc., their numbers have not
become smaller in the least, whilo
others of greater strength but weak
er minds have been exterminated.
"What baa been the result of the
warfare against these animals? It
has served to make them specialists
In the art of self-preservation, and to
day Br'er Fox and Jim Crow have
the reputation of being two of the
smartest creatures living.
"It might surprise many of the
Central Park visitors to know that
the little bunnies that take nuts
from their hands and perch on their
shoulders while eating them are so
fearful of man in many other parts
of the country that without the ut
most stealth and caution the hunter
cannot approach within shooting dis
tance. "Why are the squirrels so tame In
Central Park, and bo Bhy in other
places? Simply because they are fed
in one place and hunted in others.
If the Central Park squirrels were
hunted, they, too, would become wild
in a remarkably short time.
"To a certain extent the same is
true with all animals we make them
our friends or our enemies. That
animals are quick to discover and
.take advantage of closed season has
been proved by "the deer In the
Adlrondacks snd the Western--StiUes.
All the guidoe and mountaineers who
rve In a deer country must protect
their gardens with wire netting, else
the deer would soon ruin them.
"As soon as the hunting season
opens and several shots have been
fired few deer are seen near bouses,
and from that time until the season
closes they are as shy as hawks.
"To appreciate fully what can be
accomplished by protecting animals
we have only to turn to the Yellow
stone National Park and compare the
habits of the animals living there
with the habits of their kin who live
in the country Just beyond the boun
daries nf the park. Most striking of
all is the change that has occurred
In the habits of the bears that have
become Uncle Sam's wards.
"The sportsman who has hunted
bears In the Jackson's Hole country,
just outside the park, knows that
Bruin Is one of the most difficult of
all large game to approach. Both his
sight and his hearing are defective,
but if you wish to get within rifle
shot of him you mush take advantage
of the wind, else he will surely get
scent of you and your chances of see
ing him again that day, unless you
have a pack of good. bear dogs, Is
small indeed.
"But In the Yellowstone Park,
where hunting has not been permit
ted for years, the bears have lost all
fear of man. They have become so
tame that It Is one of the sights of
the park to visit the garbage dumps
near the hotels and watch the bears
feeding in the evening.
"Some of the huge good natured
brutes get Impatient as the wagons
carrying the refuse barrels approach,
and without waiting for the drivers
to dump the barrels climb Into the
back of a cart and In their efforts to
appease theler hunger Up over the
barrels, with results that do not add
to the dignity of their appearance.
"Yet the park bears do not at
tack man newspaper stories to the
contrary notwithstanding. The worst
sin charged against them Is the oc
casional mixing up of a camper's out
fit during his absence.
"Other animals in the park are al
most equally tame. Mountain sheep
saunter up the slopes as the tourists
approach, occasionally pausing to
look back. Large bandB of elk divide
in order to let the stages pass, and
on the parade ground of the fort ami
the' lawns about the hotels mule deer
feed without displaying the least sign
of timidity. ;
"In Blscayne Bay and on Lake
Worth, Florida, the winter tourists
have recently' begun to feed the
scaup ducks that winter In the South
in immense numbers. It It a com
mon sight to sue small pleasure craft
passing In and out among the flocks,
the tourists tossing bits of food to
the ever watchful birds which scram
ble forlt Sometimes they even
wlm alongside the boats and take
food from one's hand.
' "Those, remember, are' the tame
ducks tbat a few months later will
be on their way to their Northern
breeding grounds. Ask a hunter on
Long bland Bound how cIosm yon
can get in a skiff to a flock of scaup
ducks. He will tell you that if you
succeet in Mulling within : long
shooting range of a flock once out
of twenty attempts yon will be doing
well.' '-,..
"Last year a law went into effect
thai prohibit the shooting of ducka
r -. m ''-;'
sfter inu urni oi January. The result
was that in many of the small vil
lages situated on streams and rivers
ducks spent the winter within a
stone's throw of houses along the
bank and In many Instances the resi
dents actually fed them.
"Circumstances sometimes cause a
bird or a mammal to commit acts
that it would never do under more
favorable conditions. For Instance,
last winter severe cold weather clos
ed Cayusa, Seneca and other lakes in
New York State and deep snow cov
ered the ground.
"The gulls were compelled to scok
the open rivers, and tho crows came
to the barns and the suburbs of the
cities and villages. The pangs
of hunger seemed to dull their sense
of fear to such an extent that they
were willing to risk being killed
rather than starve.
"An animal loving Justice of the
Peace who Uvcb on tho banks of the
Su8quehenna River in a village up
the State came to their aid. From
December until the weather moder
ated he ran a free lunch counter on
the edge of the Ice within fifty feet
of his house, and fed several crows
and a flock of gulls that called dally
for their meals.
"But it is not necessnry to wait for
cold weather to tamo nnlmals. Any
one living in the country can, by plac
ing food at a distance and gradually
brlngln'5 it nearer and nearer the
house, draws the birds and animals
close to his sitting room window.
Then by patient waiting a few of
them, the chickadees, white breasted
nuthatches and squirrels, can be en
ticed Into the house, to be educated
further, according to your will.
'If you befriend the birds and mam
mals In this way you will soon dis
cover that much heretofore inex
plicable influence over animals Is
simply the result of kind treatment
and knowledge of their bablts."-
New York Sun.
LAYS HAM AND EGGS.
Cooked Hen
Fruit Also Said to
Be
Produced.
G. Nicholson, in comment In?: on the
report of hens laying eggs with han
dles, said:
The article In today's Tribune re
garding the mnn in Newton, N. J., who
had succeeded in producing eggs wltn
handles, convenient for eating, etc., is
extremely Interesting, and while it Is
very wonderful, it Is right in line with
other discoveries being made by sci
entific men, notably Professor Bur
bank in vegetable, and Professor
Loeb in animal, life. And right here
In this city a professor of chemlBtry
In Columbia college, who Is a friend
of the writer, nnd whose modesty pre
vents his allowing his name to be pub
lished until later on, has for some
time been experimenting with fowls,
somewhat on the line, however, of
hypnotism, as is done on human be
ings by Professor Quackenbusb.
Every fanner's boy knows that hens
hynotic Influ-
enccs, u
. Mm .-r.V.11,11
country for
In their hands nnd looking
at it the fowl will soon begin to look
cross-eyed and go about for days in
that condition.
The first experiment made by the
Columbia professor was in reeding to
hens pepper and salt mixed and hang
ing before hens salt and pepper boxes,
so that they could be plainly seen, and
Ir, a few days the eggs produced were
ail seasoned ready for use. Going
still further In the matter, he fed the
hen on comminuted ham, and the
next day the hen produced an egg
which, on being cooked, could not be
distinguished from the ordinary ham
and eggs as served in restaurants, ex
cept that it was all together, like a
pancake, and it then occurred to him
that possibly by applying the direct
rays of the sun to the hen It might
produce a cooked egg, and after ex
perimenting by putting the hen in a
glass box and exposing It to the sun
the hen produced a cooked egg, and
although these things may seem re
markable to the unscientific mind,
the professor went still further, and
reasoned out that hens could as well
produce two eggs per day as one. He
therefore fed the hen on sulphur and
lime, and also contrived a box with a
spring bottom, so that when the first
egg was laid It was dropped to a cush
ion below, and then the hen, as usual.
turning around to see the egg which
she had laid, and it not being visible.
In less than an hour produced another
complete egg, but It Is only fair to say
that it was of the common variety,
and not quite as large as usual, but
the professor thinks within a reason
able time he will produce an educated
hen that will lay cooked eggs with
bam, or other material, and all ready
for use.
We may say that arrangements are
being made to patent the process, and
that a company will be formed which
would seem to have great possibili
ties. New York Tribune. .
Half-Deaf People.
"If you are deaf In one ear," said the
botler-maker, "I don't care about giv
ing you a Job."
"Why?" aswed the applicant
"Because you can't tell what direc
tion sounds come from. Hence In a
place like this you would Km in great
danger."
' "How do you know t can't tell what
direction sounds come from?" the ap
plicant demanded.
"No person deaf in one ear," replied
the boiler maker, "can do so. A man
deaf In one ear will look behind him
if a gun goes off on his right He
will look up In the air if a child
shrieks at his feet He will look wild
ly In front of him If a locomotive
whlsfKs In his rear. A boiler shop
is no place for such a man."
"I knew I was like this," said the
applicant "but 1 didn't know all half
deaf people were." '
"They all are," said the bbller-ma. -er,
."and my ahop it no place for
them," Philadelphia Bulletin,
i Hit Lurid Style. .
The Lady Interviewer And iuii
brought that lovely parrot from the Ill
fated ship? . What beauty? Does It
ta:katail?
The Sailor Man (embarrassed H'm!
E-r-yes, quite a bit mum, but not fer
publication! Brooklyn Life.
THE POINT OF VIEW.
?lhy eat btforc the kitchen range.
The mrn was building In the pan,
hlii was a sweet and loving lass.
He u i brave but bashful man.
Far tall a year on her he'd called ' '
And looked the love lie bore the maid, ,
lint still It seeniid he never would
lieclnre himself without nor aid. a '
Ho weary nf the long dclny,
A hint resolved to ulve to hlra.
She sn'd. "IxMik at the frisky corn!
I do deelare It's poppin', Jim 1
"It's popnln', popolnV Jlra ! Ilearmei -
What Is It trills', don't you know
He hlnhed and roie. "I guess," said he,
"It's tollln' ine It's time lo go !"
Henry Waldorf Knurls, In Woman's Ilomi
Companion.
"I'm sorry she refused, old man."
'How do you know she did?" "Every-
body says she's such a sensible girl."
Cleveland leader.
"Did I understand you to say that
they are related?" "Merely In si
business way. Hashiarried into the!
family." Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Sbjpiultlm, the trust magnate, hns :
retired from business, has he? How '
much do you suppose he cleaned up?"
"Everything in sight but his record."
Chicago Tribune.
"There is no short cut to fame," re
marked the Wise (Juy. "How about
the upper tut?" suggested the Simple
Mug, looking up from the sporting
page. Philadelphia Record.
"I feel the poetic Ore," he said.
"That's all right," replied his wife,
but it won't do for warming purposes.
Better go out and order a ton of
coal." Atlanta Constitution.
"What Is your preference for the
national plant?" "Weil, if the doN
lar mark is to be our national sign, I .
think our national plant should be the
mint." Baltimore American.
Overheard at Palm Beach. Mrs. .
Ncwrltch Is your husband fond of :
piscatorial pursuits? Mrs. Madelt- .
quick No, he spends all his time a
flshin'. Philadelphia Record.
The Rejected Do you refuse me
on account of my poverty or on ac
count of myself? The Rejectress t
Neither it's wholly on my own ac-'
count. Cleveland Plain Dealer. .....
"Of course, Rounder led a very bad
life." "Yes; he's going from bad to
worse." "Ah! you haven't heard,
then, that he's not expected to live?" .
"Yes, I have." Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Stoplatfj Oh, Miss Tersleep,
that air you Just played takes me
back to my mother's knee! Miss
Tersleep Will she spank you for -
Staying Out SO 'te rwplnnrt T-ad.
a ducswTu wunst
xes, ui3. . wueu i muppeu, nv
stopped." "But you don't know one 11 "
key from another." "Sure not. I did
de pumpln'." Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
"Sometimes," said uncle Eben, "It ,
'pears to me like a reformer was one
o' deshero people dat has to talk two
hours an' a half to 'spress one o' de ten .'
commandments. An' liar warn't no
dispute 'bout dat in de firs' place."
Washington Star. .....
"You said some time ago you were
going to retire from politics." "Yes,"
answered the man with a good job;
"but the statement attracted so little
attenMon I concluded I could stay ,
where I was without being noticed." -
Washington Star.
"Here Is anothor question that
ought to be brought before Congress,"
Bald the earnest citizen. "My dear
sir," answered Senator Sorghum,
"Congress now has all the questions
it can take care of. What it needs .
is some answers." Washington Star,
"These editors are hard to please."
"What's the matter now?" "They used
to Bend back my stuff because they
coul'd'nt read It. "You ought to get a
typewriter." "I did, and now they send
It back because they can read it
What's a fellow to do?" Philadelphia
Ledger. ...--'v.
"The boss Insist upon our employ
ing his son here, and it's. as much, as I -can
do to keep htm Idle," said the city
editor. "Idle?" remarked his friend. VJ
"You mean busy, don't you?" "No, I
don't If I kept him busy It would keep
three or tour other men busy correct-
Ing his mistakes." Philadelphia Press.
An Indian's Leva for Hit Don, .
Colonel Holden of the Fort Gibson
Post, who sympathizes with everybody
In bard luck,, printed , this letter from
Richard Benge, a Cherokee,, whose
pack of trail hounds hat often made
muslo among the Fort Gibson hills:
"Will you please let me have a small (
space in your paper? -1 won't write
much. I Just want to tell you . old
'Drum,' my good bid dog, It dead. He
died of I don't know -what only he
just got alck and died. Poor old Drum
It dead and gone where all good Oogs
go. I feel sorter lonesome since old
Drum died, for I've only old Spot and
Mues left. Old Drum was the bust.
When he barked you knowed It was
'possum or a coon. , Old Spot is all
ight but he won't bark. Just wags bis
all." Kansas City Journal.
An Aniline Anniversary, -
The 60th anniversary of the Inven
tion of the aniline dye ia toecele
brated by the world of science bylhe
ptaclng of a portrait of the Inventor,
Dr. Perkln, In the National Portrait
Gallery, and a bust in the rooms of the
Chemical society at Burlington House,
London. .
Miguel Antony, a murderer umVr
sentence, of death in San Qucnim
state prison, California, feigned Infin
ity, but wat "cured" by a cold ba ii
every time he manifested lymr-toi.
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