M i
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
j RAILROAD HEAD RESIGNS
hugiies as surr.L:.:2 c .
uunrin Hnahltt who has been rw"
the Chicago ud Northwestern Railway- cmpW
for nearly 14 yean. ha. given up " iirnl
accept the chairmanship of
tors. Mr. Hughltt. wno is m ---
year. 1. In many way. one or 8'"" -able
men In the railway service. There probably
la no man In the railroad world today who
more widely known and yet about whom so ( little
I. known In detail a. Mr. Hughltt This Is the
result of a lifelong policy of doing things rather
than of talking.
He was born In Genoa, Cayuga county. N. x..
in 1837. and began his career as a toiWho
.tor at Albany for the New York and Buffalo
T..nh eoinnanv In 1852. In 1854 he located
. X .a worked as an operator for the mi-
and Mlourl Telegraph company. Mr. Hughltt entered W
ilea a igM and until 1862 he waa consecutively sunu.... " "
Virata maTer of the St Louis. Alton and Chicago at Bkratogton From
3m to 1864 be was .uperlntendent of the southern division of the imnoi.
Central . . nnratinE
: It was during the latter period that Mr. Hugmu P" "
that has never been surpassed. The government 7''-'"; ' d
to move a large deUchmt ol JZZ
(-was uooaeo wun iramc. iuu i-ji to -- 7 . .v. flig.
'.magnitude of the problem, whereupon Mr. Hughltt took his place .a .toe dls-iwatcher-s
key and performed the task without interruption to at
of 72 hour, of continuous service. When he
Mmtb found that he had been promoted to the position of general superin
tendent of the road. , . , . .n-
to 1870 Mr. Hughltt left the service of the Illinois Cental to become gen
nl manager of the St. Paul road, and a year later George M. PuUman
IfeTaced him to become the manager of the Pullman company. Mr HughiU
ftlt7S accepted the position of general .uperlntendent f ""J
Milroad. after which his rise to the presidency was rapid and M
WthTconstantly Increasing Importance of the system In the western rail
"tZ'rf the most remarkable thing, about the
tarn's hoard Is the fact that at the age of seventy-three he , Is abte to do
a more strenuous day's work tnan most, rauwajr v, --- -
1 . . .1 v. fmm atlirrtV BLOCK. Uinw
US year, younger, ine i uu ---- --- . . that ne
anng P"""""- - ""-"V "V. m.,kw. acUvltr.
the most perfect care 01 nimseii, accoumo i
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WASHINGTON. Charles B. Hughe, forma
ready la deep In hi. new work as merfr
preme Court. He takes the greatest Jnti
soclate. on the bench have found him to be
goes at the task, before him wita reiresuing.
I FRENCH REPUBLIC'S MASTER pjQQfl ft ffjjf.
1 The great railroad strike in Prance brought , , .J M Ml fVi
Xt.
am
J,
more than ever to the notice or me worm
nu-kahlft man. On the reassembling of the Cham-
Many
or of New York, al
4 tntted State. So
Jhe labor and his as-
tlgabla . worker who
UllY Or CLJ.dt
Kingston, Capital of Jamaica, Is
. '. Completely Restored .
ZZTfZSZl, rthThe-tS So Declares Game Commissioner
proof, through confession, of the leader, of the
recent railroad strike, that there was a deliberate
plot to ruin France by violence, anarchy and civil
, Brland. now prime mlnUter and master of the
French Tepubllc. was nobody ten years ago. At
thirty-five he was an outsider, and. worse, seem
tagly a failure wen as a lawyer. Suddenly he
willed, and all . came easy to him. Easy Is the
wnm that seems to characte.lae him now ana
. . . 1
, 0ni, genlufa could have led tne ea-ioTiuB.
....n.urlmin half lawyer without case
.ariuvi " 1 m - . ., , i,t
v power as the great nan of France. The puouc "
lalns a bundle or comraaicuona.. ab "
Uc tMtmctlon. beani cultea, iu.Uce and toterlor,
aaalrev-iiirronquerVd a degree of
of Pennsylvania!
taBetlow. cafe
in tea year, to
r'- -eTeeV He n
lively, of P'
rm a ia'ttw 'iuu. specialist of
nee,
arryan
. He waa 'not ot the ruling s of StlNr-alre. Possiblv resbuLiul I tnrouuuui. U14 v
Or. Kalbfu. Assert. That ThoM Who
Claim to Have 8een Wild Bird. ,
Are Merely Careless Ob- j .,
servers. s,
Harrisburg. Pa. To the ever recur
rent question. "Are there any wild
pigeon, in Pennsylvanlar Chief Game
Protector Joseph Kalbfu. onoe more
answer, an emphatic no." -
Dr. Kalbfu. has been Investigating
this subject on his j own hook, and in
co-operation with other eeekera arte
knowledge for years! but feels tun' '
wild pigeon,: or paskengeri pip'
to mm . tp
these I g4t
was a
on. for the disappearance
have been made; the one
be the most plausible
during the time when
were everywhere, there
antmai e of predatory bird, and
them I in, upon them, following
thr and down In their passage
8f 9 .country. For some rea-
the year 1879 vast number.
.Irds were destroyed either
or by being blown to sea
clflc, sailors reporting that
Mor many 'hour, through
tpigeona Thla, it Seems
Id the supply to such an
pose remaining were not
jtand the attacks of their
s- and. gradually fell a
"emiea until they be-
Building. Are a. Nearly Fireproof at
' It I. Possible te Make Them
" - New' City, la Immenae .'
Improvement. . ,."
' Kingston, Jamaica. Kingston, the
city which, was wrecked, by earth
quake and ruined more-comjtlstely b
Ore In January, 1907, again take. It;
place as the largest city In the West
Indiee outside of Havana. The work
of restoration I. almost complete, and
although a few vacant sites remain
uncoupled the principal shopping cen
ters and the residential area have all
been built up. The new Kingston U
an Immense Improvement upon that
which went to piece. In the ', catas
trophe, and there are still works of
public improvement to be underta
ken. '- v-'- ,'
Almost without exception the new
store buildings are of reinforced con
crete and are as nearly fireproof as lo
cal conditions have made it possible.
The principal street, are adorned by
colonnades, some of a very Imposing
character. In King street all the pub
lic office, have been brought together
in one block; and another similar
block I. about to be erected. The
architect of these block, of buildings
1. 81r Charles Nicholson, who came
specially from England to Jamaica to
study the site and prepare the plans
The first block ha. cost $400,000.
There la a sense of public disappoint
ment at Its appearance. For one thing,
It is not regarded as being a. attrac
tive as a building of Its kind ought to
be. The government authorities, how
ever,: profess themselves to be quite
satisfied with the result, and propose
to have the second block built along
identical liner
Public garden, and open apace.
adorn the principal section of the city,
the site, of these having been acquired
by the government at considerable
cost, much against the wish of the
taxpayer.. The results have, however.
more than justified the expenditure,
and Kingston Is today more of a tropi
cal town than It has ever been before
within-modern' times.
The government buildings and the
splendid structures of the Bank of
Nova Scotia have served to alter en
tirely the appearance of King street
from the sea northward. The harbor
front has been completely restored
and there Is now talk of a sea wall or
esplanade being constructed, not only
to facilitate shipping, but to serve a.
a driveway or promenade. Plan, are
also under consideration for the con
struction of a new park to cover about
forty-five acre, of , land.
Copenhagen'. Deer Park.
' Copenhagen, Denmark, has the lar
gest park of any city in the world. Its
area la about 4,200 acres.
-4e great-hesaed. he certainly felt for. the worklnamen. who at once
i nmvooa. mm -and .wore by him. 1 1
Baying a second-hand pres. in Pari, he took It .from the freight office
aa with a horse and wagon, and with one boy put It together, aet the type
I launched the Democracy of the Wert. Brland .excited great animosity
tfca ruling classee, and so, for one reason or another, he got himself dla
. l'rs as a lawyer. V.-.v.-v.;
. He quit St. Naxaire. his career apparently broken at the start, and be ran
4 write. Paris socialists were edified by the young stranger', grasp of their
aawjeeta, - tua arucies in the Lanterne became at once noted for their clear
ness and boldness. They expressed the discontented worklngman to him-
1 n n were tne worklngman who wrote them.
He walked into the sovereign office of French deputy, first in 1902. anln
ft 1906. and now, as .imply, he has walked Into the cabinet and put himself
aa a neaa. no one realize, now ne does it. All haoDena tranmillltr wifhm,f
orkn. He steps through cruel difficulties without effort.
MISTRESS OF BIG MANSION 1
After nine years the moat costly house in
America has been finally completed, and presid
ing over it will be a petite young lady who has
won her way to this queenly position through
a courtship which once threatened to upset a sec
tion of Washington politic.. The house is that
of Senator W. A. Clark of Montana and New
York, and is situated at the corner of Fifth ave
nue and Seventy-seventh street, Manhattan.
ine nouse, wnen viewed from the exterior.
appears rather heavy and massive for the apace
occupied, but, once within, one appreciate, the
real harmony of it all. Each of the nine stories
I. massed with every conceivable adjunct of com,
fort and luxury; from top to bottom la a .tore of
.toned wealth and mechanical device nnnm
passed In the modern construction of house bnlld-
, 4kav The bare structure alone cost $5,000,000. ' -.
HMUitjUtm tne copper king baa reared this palace for one who not so man
t )sm ago waa the daughter of a poor physician, in Montana. At that time
sr asm was Anna L Chappelle, and. her father, dying penniless, com-
i er m vtm care or oenaior uiara, urging his interest in her .ausleal
jr.. i'V
i i ,i,v rum
. oyui u w me contrary., , , .
-The cause for the disappearance'
this bird, which existed In flocks.
millions a generation ago, can only Oe'
conjectured, but it seems that other
causes beside wanton destruction br
man are found. Dr. Kalbfus sums up
the general situation in a letter on
the subject, which he wrote to a group
of local sportsmen who asked him for
information on the subject He wrote v
3C
..a TffintEhiNNOYING
. Simply Will Net Endure
, mjer 8ereechlng f Fowls -Vary
Tune Nightly.
South Nor walk, '3 Conn. Two- bun-
did calliope lunged guinea ben.
ned if Miss Sarah L. Davenport of
1 wui.ua w . -J-- n V-- .nMwannA f Ufa
. The senator seat his ward to the Boston Conservatory of music, where
Unr swogreas was so marked as to cause him to send her to Paris, to perfect
fcaristsi-l- a It, was during this period, ..ays Human Life, that the senator
feasaa. to 'hat his affection for his ward was of more than the fatherly
-twstor. While society. waa busy linking his name with that of nearly every
Sgtbto yonng lady, he became assured his ward's feelings were the same as
.Ms) ..own. anal asked her to becomo his wife. '.
RESEMBLES "FIGHTING BOB"
- John C. Hartigan. BrBlgadier-General of the
4 Nebraska National Guard, frequently designated
as the prototype of "Fighting Bob" Evans, is, a
conspicuous figure, particularly in the West at
the present time. Forty years of age, a native
oi Missouri, ne is described as a natural born
flghtter who never know. , when "he . Is beaten.
( From boyhood Hartigan was always "licking"
' somebody. After his school, day. were over he
licked his opponents In two races for the mayor
alty at Fairbury. In 1897 he went to the Philip
pines as a private soldier and cam home a cap
" tain. He did some gallant, work in active serv
ice, and on his return was successively promoted
to his present position of honor and usefulness.
; Hartigan is known as a knight of the mailed
list, and he is one-to-ten shot as a favorite son
f rTebraska. The force and efficiency of bis military career have been fully
demonstrated to his admiring fellow citizens, and it has come about that
IKrftgaa has overbalanced the popularity of that other illustrious Nebraska n,
lam Jxnntngs Bryan., westerners aamire piucs, ana it is said that Haiti
rna has lets of it. .-. . ... ' .- i 5 "v.-- -v.
Not Much of a Prize.
' 9 f rst pr! ; in a lottery held at
e at AV-.'zim, in France, was
a f-crtf. i 1 t!ie drawing tock
i 1 ; iv r found, to his
; ;t '1 of two
iB re to be
' i plyer.
uluo ,toe
True Praise and Flattery.1
The unctuous hypocrite is in suci
contrast with the man of honor as is
the slanderer and scandal monger.
The fair and open face of honest
praise, tha caress of true affection In
speech,, the thrilling verdict of solid
fame and real glory, are a. far away
from f.... ;! 'aa the stars are from
mud pudJI.-s.
pigeons in the United States that I
think it best to write yon tbla short
letter explanatory of our understand
ing of this matter. For some years
past certain individual, have been at
tempting to collect data that would
prove the presence of the wild pigeon
somewhere in the United State, or in
the world. -.-.:,'..:.:. ,7S
"In the Forest and Stream issue of
September 8 will be found an article
1 n n " ' . . '
ujr ii. i . nouge, wno is connected wltn
the Clark university, Worcester, Mass,
wno naa been tor some years, past
investigating this matter. Thl. gen
tleman writes that he has received .ev
eral hundred communications relative
to this matter, but that np to this
time he has failed to prove the pres.'
ence of a passenger pigeon anywhere
in the United States. ' . . .
"Many people write him that they
are certain of their Identification, that
they know what wild pigeons are anil
are sure the bird, tre passenger pig
eons. Investigation ', has invariably
proved total to be turtle dove, or the
band tall pigeon, or some bird ottft
than our passenger pigeon.'1 Mr, Hodge
says ,in concluding his article that
while his investigation Is not encpar-1
sging. lt does not prove beyond the
question of a doubt that passenger
pigeons may not yet be found and he !
proposes to continue hi. Investigation
for another year. ; This, it seems to
me, .covers the ground absolutely;' no
difference what ' reports ' may ' be
printed in the newspapers; no single
instance of the existence in the United
States of the presence of the wild pig
eon has been proved.
Divesport's neighbors, whose protests
lastF'i j forced her to get rid of 300
ilCgS. ' ' v' f
Aff..' have come to a pass now
where Hiss Davenport's neighbors will
extend' the freedom of the city to the
uag. if 'she will only -consent to chase
the. guinea hen..y ' .-..
in desperation, resident, of Wilton,
a ihort distance from here, have asked
H D. Ottfen of New York to dig up
a law which will force Miss Davenport
to gag her pets between sunrise and
suniiet- It was Mr. Ogden who pro
cured the court order prescribing capi
tal punishment for every one of Miss
Davenport's dogs, but when constable,
went to execute the order, the animals
bad been, shipped beyond the danger
zone. . . v.,'; v :: ' i-, '. :
Boon afterward Miss Davenport es
tablished a vocal conservatory for ambl-
ttsus guinea hens and at the present
tine ahe has 200 promising perform
ers, mostly, soprano, under her care.
They change the opera every night
and oa Sunday night give an extra
performance ; . i
An old law has been resurrected
wlch makes it a misdemeanbr to har
bor any bat or i bird that , cries.
whines, cackle, or barks during sleep
ing hours, sad the chance, ate: that
-the guinea hen. wilt he asked to show
cause In a few dayfcv..y-.,.:.,'.-.-
yiss Davenport is one of the most In
teresting women in this part of the
state. Of a distinguished family, pos
sessed of great wealth, she tired of
tnvel and settled on a large farm In
Wilton about twelve year. ago. She
took a fancy to dogs, and soon had a
line kennel, which . included
Leo, valued at $10,000. ..
Prince
To Free Game Birds.
Portland, Ore. Hungarian part
ridges will be introduced into eastern
Oregon and. Washington thl. fall.
Sixty pair, of the bird, will be or
dered from the east They are ex
pected to arrive in about two weeks,
and will be liberated in the hills near
Dayton, Wash..
It is believed that these bird, will
do well in the grain-growing districts.
where they will be Introduced. They
are prolific, beautifully colored, hardy
and gamy. The birds will be pro
tected until 1913, when it Is thougirt
they will have become 1 sufficiently
plentiful in the grain fields to allow
of their being hunted. -
UTILITY iiWD CLEAWJIIESS
Bow cm Ordinary, Old-Fashioned Structure May ton Easily
and Cheaply Changed Into TJp-to-Data .". (
;;;.'.y.i,p ;v,,r;v:v;:'. ,t-: , Sanitary Bulldlns ;1--'(K-.:Vv": v;f
AH realise that m bars to be Ideal
must combine both utility and clean
liness. The sanitary condition cannot
be obtained to perfection In basement
barns, and 'so, recognlxing this fact I
have drawn plans to show -'how an or
dinary, old-fashioned basement barn
can be easily and cheaply' changed
into an up-to-date barn; one' which we
will be proud to ask our neighbors to
inspect and one In which we can pro
duce milk that will sell for a pre
mium, write. W. A. Cooke in New Eng
land Homestead. ' '''.
- The barn as it stands today Is a
common, rectangular, farm barn with
a basement for manure and hogs;
with a driveway to the floor above on
which we find the cows, horse, and
beep. Above are the lofts with loose
board floor, through which the chaff
and dust are constantly sifting to con
taminate both milk and cows, for we
know that dust is an ideal place for
the growth of all bacteria, especially
tuberculosis. Let us add an ell to
this barn for the cattle with no ator-
connect with tha second floor
which the feeding Is done.
, On the second: floor of the." main
barn la a driveway' from end .to end
with hay-bays on either side. The
grain room Is also located on this floor .
so the' grain may be hauled' up, mixed
In the room, from whence it Is shoved
Into the feed car. Between the grain
room and the east wall I. an open
space in which are the opening, for
the horse mangers. ' Inclined drive. ,
way. at both ends enter the barn
through doors U . feet wide and 1
feet high. Above the door, are caf
fold. so that all space may be utilised.
The hay is unloaded by means of a
horsefork running on a track to aM
parts of the lifts. The root at pres
ent is a square roof, but were I to re
build I should certainly put on a
French roof as the storage capacity
Is greatly increased at but a alight
advance In cost.
Paint will be considered a very
necessary adjunct to this barn, so that
It may, harmonize well with the rest
age room above. This ell should be. of the farm. Besides the beauty part
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Ground Floor Plan ef Improved Barn.
' Deer In Colorado.
Berthoud, Colo. Under the strin
gent game laws and the short open
season, deer are growing mora plenti
ful each year and this year the hunt
ers hove In nearly all cases obtained
venison, ;v, ..
Deer meat was eaten in many Ber
thoud homes last week, despite the
fact that the weather has been un
favorable. : V, . f ' "':'..'-,
In two Instances recently deer were
sighted within two hours' drive from
the city, several -parties going out In
automobiles and obtaining shots. . ;
X': ' Honor for Captain Ssalby.
Ann Arbor. Mich. Captain Sealby,
herd of the disaster to the steamer
Republic in 1909, has been elected
vice-president of the 'junior law class
of the university of Michigan. Captain
Sealby entered the law department of
the university last year, having given
up a seafaring life after bis ship was
wrecked in a collision with the steam
er Florida.
MAN ABOVE ANY MECHANISM
Prof.' Amar Believe. Human Machine
Will Never Be Displaced Made
- , Many Measurements. - , '
v'.,'-. J -:' "i -'; :
rana, 'mat machinery never can
replace the worklngman is the conclu
sion which Prof. Jules Amar has re
ported to the Academy of ' Sciences,
after an Interesting study of the raaa-
machine. .-- '. - ..' : '
"l took as the basis of my study,"
explained the professor, "the principle
that a man who eats liberally ought
to -recuperate, in weight .every 21
hours. If his weight lessen, he works
to excess, but If his weight increases
he has not expended the maximum ef
fort. After hundred, of measurement,
covering a considerable period, I, found
that the human machine gives a profit
of 25 to 30 per cent on the expendi
ture but that the best artificial ma
chine return, only 14 per cent. It is
apparent that man Is superior to all
mechanisms. Man, however, fnlways
wastes energy during the? flrk five
minutes of work, before regaii tilt
equilibrium.
."Soldiers ought to be able to march
36 kilometers (21 miles) a day at the
rata of Ave and a half kilometers
(three and one-third miles) an hour,
carrying 46 kilogrammes (99 pounds).
Negroes, whom I studied in .Algeria,
slow superior resistance, but less In
tensity than white men. The man-machine
will always he superior in deli
cacy, though naturally Inferior, in
strength and speed." ., s ' 1 - :! ,
Studies of an English Scientist, who
has discovered that Monday's labor Is
the .most inferior and liiesday's - the
most superior, owing to the curious
action of Sunday as a rest day, end
last the workmen who does' not rest
gradually loses his energy; are axous
keen' lr'restaTtiong French sci
entists, ft lassitude of the French
workman i Monday is proverbial. '
C bstacles a Help..
bfnme j cdestals to the
I to cm 'come them.
Buy. Land a. Joke, Hita Oil.
Galveston. . Texas. "Lucky" John
O'Neill, the oil operator, brought In
two wells, flowing 1,000 and 1J00 bar
rels, respectively, on his largest And.
tour mile, from the Humble field on
the San Jacinta river, in Harria coun.
-ty. :; .. . -
T ?u ne,d of 189
every foot of which O'Neill says i.
proven. Several test well, had been
aunk on the land three years ago and
all proved dusters. -
Four months ago the owner offered
the land for $20Q and O'Neill, as a
Joke, bought it, remarking that If it
ever turned out oily he would give the
owner a liberal royalty.
He has refused $50,000 for his In
terest from a Texas company.
Tin In His Eye 22 Years. ' -
Kansas City, Mo. A piece of tin
embedded 22 year, ago at the base of
the left eye of Louis Lebaron was re
moved the other day by a surgeon.
' How True! ' ;;
"Homely women angle for men,"
says the Philosopher of Folly, "but a
pretty girl depends on her ciirres." '
on the same level as . the
floor of the barn, the basement hiv
ing been cleaned out and a cement
floor put In. The cement floor should
be - continuous throughout the barn,
having it level and without obstruc
tions to hinder in the sweeping.
Sliding doors divide the main barn
from the ell. The cows stand facing a
ten-foot feed alley with a low two
foot manger, In front of them, and
one and one-half foot gutter having A
six-inch drop behind them; tour and
one-half feet are allowed for the,
length of the platform . Between the
gutter and the wall Is a three and one-
half foot space which gives ample
room for cleaning.? The walla are
plentifully supplied with large win
dow so the barn may have quanti
ties tf sunlight ' The manure pit Is
at the south end of the barn. Just to
the west of the Urge doors at the
east aide of the driveway and connect
ed with the barn by a door and a
short alley in stave silo, with an In
side diameter of 16 feet, and a height
of 15 feet, giving a capacity of 90 tons
which Is sufficient to give us succu
lent food for 200 days. An overhead
track connects all parte of the barn
basement so that either the feed or manure car
can easily do the work..
- In she main barn we And five hone
stallaf four calf pens, a bull pen and a
large Istorage bin for roots. We also
find i,haybay connecting with the
upper loor so that all hay for stock
is easier pushed or unloaded Into It
The ojfrbead track cornea through
the doors from the ell so that feed
can be easily loaded onto the car. The
grain which Is on the second , floor
may be loaded by means of a shoot
The horse stalls are supplied ? -with
iron hayracks and grain boxes which
the barn will last a great deal longer. ,
The approximate cost would be $2,800;
this means buying all the material
and labor' at present prices. The two
Boor plans are given herewith.
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Depth to Cultivate Comojrotir,
' At the Wisconsin experiment station
cultivation three inches deep left the'
ground more moist below the cultiva
ted layer than cultivation one and one
half inches deep, and these results
have in the main been confirmed by
similar experiments at the Utah sta
tion. .....J" - . . ; .,.,. . . . .
COMBINED CELLAR AND ICEHQUSE
t SyJo
i -rfCT -v-lOfT. U i
-UjBirwu CELLAR
- A combination of s cellar, with an
icehouse may be desirable under cer
tain conditions where the cellar la to
be used for cold storage. The plan
shown in the illustration is for a build
ing 14 feet byi feet and 10 feet high
with a 10-Inch wall filled with sawdust
When packing the ice, place it within
4 Inches of the lining of the Inner wall
and' All the open spacea with sawdust
No part of the Icehouse is 'undeit
ground. The cellar I. beneath the Ice
bouse and the entrance to It Is on the
outside.' ' The cellar is 6 feet by "10
feet and 6tt feet high inside measure
ment, though of course it can he made
larger. The top of cellar Is In the
form of a half circle or arch, the mid
dlo of which extend,. 2 feet up into
oWUNOUNt
the Icehouse. The walls are of birch,
plastered over with cement Bid
walla are ( inches thick and taoaa of
the arch 4 Inches plastered outs 14
and Inside with cement When build
ing the arch wooden support ahoaM
be used which is made of six-Inch
fencing supported by a I inch by 4
Inch oa each end. Two of these aup
ports are required, , placed about $
feet from each end of the cellar and
they are covered with six-inch fencing
laid lengthwise of the cellar. All'
these wooden structures are removed,
after the brick arch is made. A drain
tile extends around the outside of the
cellar. The outside cellar door is
raised and lowered by a weight and,
pulley. ... . "'.--., v";'
FARMERS NAME
THEIR PLACES
Gtvea Sort of Disnlty and Air
of rnrxnanenc to Farms and
la Alwaya of Great
. Convenience.
(By C. S. MILLER.)
I am glad to see so many farmers'
naming their places. A name over
the main gateway oY on the gatepost
gives a sort of dignity and air of pert
manency to the farm. - A farm name
is always a great convenience to trav
elers because few of our ; country
roads are named and a farm cannot
easily be located except by name. .
I know, some farmers say it Is a
silly and sentimental, practise but I
do not agree with them. I do not
think much of a man - who is not
proud enough of his home to give It a
distinctive name. . ,
In the south nearly every planta
tion is named and these names carry j
with them something of the true splr- j tion,
It of the love of rurAt life. If we-
glve our farms a name we win think "
more of them and our children wfll
always associate with the name some-
of the pleasantest memories of their
lives, i v- , i s , . ...
Mora Bushels From Leas around.
The possibility of producing more
bushel, of grain from a given . ares
and thereby reducing tha cat of pro- '
tf notion par bushel l, shown by Prel
cent' Waters. of U Kansas agricul
tural sohooi, whsn bs says that, where
Kansas "college-bred" wheat has been
used for seed, the aareage yield hoi
been in er eased flv. bushels per acre
fa that state. Similarly gratifying re.
suits have been . obtained in " other
States, In Minnesota the yield has
been greatly tnereaaed. Trials by 1
BP fanners in that state resulted in an,
average increase ef 83 bushels, 1
With better eultlyaUsn, better seel
eleetlea, bettep fertilisation, and a
rational rotation ef ereps, every fann
er may increase his output and corre
spondingly reduce the cost ef rco.hio-
f-