Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1904)
4iiiiWw t&sssssszs&M&i -Urn w??-lW&m 4 Vn Kit her ref'lar letter seemed she got one ever' day Toor Jonea declined he'a bankrupt an' the (Jover'nient'a to An never was contented 'leaa ahe answered right away. blame, Ho alie'd borry pen an' paper an' we'd teaao her till ahe'd algh For when he kep th' office there th' folks would never fail An' ay that 'fore ahe'd marry us ahe'd go Iny down and die. To do a little trndin' while they waited for th' mail. Oh, we never waa respecters of no peraona, aex or kin So I've thought th' whole thing over an' I've Just about agreed An' when th' folka got mud by gum! we'd tease aa worae That while th' rural route Itself hns filled a long-felt need, ag'iu, I believe that I'd be willin' to go git my mail once more 1 J nut to live, an' laugh , an' lie flg'in at 'Lijah Joneses atore. Hut th' old day ha departed an' th' atoro ain't quite the same, W. M. Herachell, in Indlanapolia News. e SECRET OF THE 8PRINQ WINDS. "Die wind of March haa the cull of the sea (O winga of the wind, do they never tire?); 3t hurries the cloud and It harries the tree With the flutter and roar of a leaping fire, Odd and wild and eager to Dec, la the lure to loss or to liberty, -Light of the eyea pud my Heart's De sire? The April wind haa the scent of rain (O winga of the wind, do they never tire?); Softly it whispers and hiiHlitta again. Warm aa the kins of the pale sun afire, Promise of bloom and the green of new grain Ja peace but the droway aurceaae of pnln, Light of the eyea and my lleart'a De sire? "The wind of May tosses the petala white (O winga of the wind, do they never tire?); "White as the love-moon silvering the night. Pure aa the dew and the heart's new fire, , Ttalmy blessing and strong aweet might. JLilierty, peace, and the sure delight. Light of the eyes and my Heart's De sire? Harper's Magasine. IDE ! -jrp WO o'clock i. ni. on n blueing July day In tho country. A row of stalwart inowera, each keep ing time with acythe and step acroaa lUo ton-acre lot on the Howland fnriu. Jl line of plobald cuttle, black and white, red and white, dun and gray, reara color and dun, coining slowly down the alope of the woodland pas ture to drink from the brook beneath the spring. A great, old-fashioned, ream-colored farm house, with green tdln!& and a plaxzn, a aide porch and m grirpevlne colonnade, standing on a level lawn, beneath tall maple trees that were only tiny saplings In the -days when Great-grandfather How land moved up Into Vermont from Connecticut "to ettle," some eighty .years ago. The doors and windows of this flue OIQ manSlUU WtlO oluumuK muo Vi.u, and a brown retriever stationed uMhe front gate amiably watched the de parture of two double-seated carryalls, -each drawn by a pair of fine horses, and laden with a merry cargo of laugh ing girls. And from one of the upper windows another girl, apparently some twenty years of ago, looked out, dress ed In a blue striped calico, with a pina fore apron pinned to her sloping shoul ders, and a cook) book In her hand. This was tho aspect of the old How lund farm and homestead when John Parry, artist, first behold them. During the three weeks of his stay tn the mountain village of Hradley he bud beard much of the Howland place, j .and the "Howland girls." Relng a shy j and retiring student, he inwardly con gratulated himself this afternoon on the absence or "those girts," aa ne, too, looked after the cloud of duat that fol lowed the retreating carryall wheels. "I can get my picture done before they come laughing and gabbling home again," muttered Mr. Tarry, as he fix ed his ramp stool and umbrella near the garden gate, and prepared to sketch In the groundwork of the finest view tn Clayford County, as his host at the vlllago tavern had called It, while directing him to It that day. Tho ungallant artist painted as fast ,-a he possibly could, tu order to finish bis work before the daughters of the Louse returned. But the sun poured down his most scorching .beam upon his head, and not a leaf was stirred in any direction by a welcome breeze. ,The haymakers baited now and then to allow of the passage of stout, com fortable looking brown Jugs aloig the Una, and the sight made Mr. Ferry ttilrstler, till at last. In bla desperation, ke unlatched the garden gate behind Jitro and went up to the house. The brown retriever did not oppose jtda advance, but lay on the clean mar-Lie-pale led wooden "floor of the hall, and lazily flapped his Ull in welcome. Mr. Tairy knocked. AtUj ioae Irl-y a Uj'it, graceful . THE DESERTED POSTOITICE. j No--. I'm no remlnlerencer an' folks ain't chnrg-in' me With heln' versed In rhetoric, or gab, or repartee, But I've got my opinion an' I'm not nfcerd to sny I wish our old poKtofllce vtill kep' open here to-dny. For when it kep, a fellers hn( a heap more fun, no doubt, Than ainre It'a been abandoned for a new-style rural route. That'a when It used to keep, you know, down to Joneaes atore. Hut them old times la gone, 1 guess, to not come buck no more. Von rickollect, I reckon, how we'd act around th' stove An' ans, nn' talk, an' tell our tales, an' ever'body strove To aee which one could He th' worst an' all of you'll agree That Annnnlas never had no great big edge on me. An wa'd chaw an' cuiia an' conjure schemes to reg'larly regale Ourselves on Joneses applf while he passeled out th' mail. An' we'd aometimca git to hummin' on aome old camp meet in' tuna Till Jonea 'ud laugh on' lell aa we'd be aingin' purty aoon. , An' when the cvcnln' ahaddcra come a-stenlin' cross th' land We'd spy th' srhoolmnnn trlppin' in an' holdin' out her hand figure In blue .calico appeared at the lower end of the hall. Mr. Parry looked at the girl as she came nearer. She hnd a frank, happy, childlike face, with large, bewitching gray eyes, ii ud a quantity of soft, short, curling hair of the truo golden color, such as la seldom seen except upon the sunny l.'pud of a very young child. , "The hired girl, of courae. How live ly she la! I should like to pnlnt her," thought Mr. Tarry, as she dusted some flour from the prettiest hands and arms In the world, and apologized to him In a very sweet voice for keeping him waiting. "I hud Juat begun to make biscuits for ten, and I Could not come till now;" she Hiilil. The artist, lost In admiration, gazed at her so persistently that a sudden warm blush ran over her pretty face. 'l)o you wish to see Mr. Howland, sir?" she asked. "No no I you if I might have a glass of water," stammered the unfor tunate art Int. "Certainly, sir. Won't you step In side whllo I got It?" Like one In a dream, he followed her into a cool and pleasant parlor, and stood waiting till she returned from the kitchen with a goblet of water on a tray. "It la from the coolest corner of the well, for I drew it myself," ahe said, with n bewildering smile. John Tarry drnnk it, and thought it nectar. His mind was In a whirl, but out of the confusion a settled purpose very gradually developed Itself. And when he set the glass down upon the tray on the table, he proceeded to car ry out that purpose by taking the girl's band and asking her point blank if she would marry him. t , "Sir!" ahe exclaimed, drawing' her hand away, and turning pale with fright, for sho thought him a maniac. "Don't be alarmed," he said, more calmly. "I am In earnest. And I am a gentleman. Thore Is my card. I will glyo you any references as to my respectability you may desire." "But, sir," sho began. Then she glanced at his card, and was silent "Yes, I know It seems strange and perhaps rude to you," he said; "but on my honor I don't mean It so. All my life long I have had an ideal, and you realize it for the first time. I am rich, and 1 think I may say good-tempered. If you marry mo, you will have but one person to please hereafter Instead of many, as you have here. This mental position is not suited to you. De my wife, and no young liuies will ever again drive away for plenauro and leave you to perform tasks like theae." "Like theao!" repeated the girl, smil ing. "Why, yes. You said you were mak ing biscuits for their supper, didn't yon? Surely you cannot prefer the place of a servant to being the beloved wife of a rich man, who will study to make you happy in every way he knows?" The hired girl looked down upon her blown and dimpled hands a moment. "Would you really marry me, sir, a poor servant girl?" she asked. In an altered and softened tone. "Indeed I would. To-morrow. Here In your own village, and umong your own friends," cried the artlat. "You are the sweetest, loveliest, dearest " '"HuHhl" she answered gravely. "I'll tell you, sir. In a week from now I'm going among my friends, and if you like to follow mo there" She paus ed. "I'll go to the end of the world! Where is it?" asked Mr. Tarry. "Only to Saratoga, sir." "Very well. One week from to-dny I will be there. You'll marry me, then?" She laughed, showing her little gleaming white teeth, mdde him a rus tle courtesy, and fairly ran awny. Johu Tarry packed up his things, went to the Inn, paid his bill, and started that very night for Saratoga. He bad nearly reached that plnce when he remembered, in utter conster nation, that he did not even know his lerolne's name. "However, I'll toon find her. There In but one such face In the wor ld." he thought And after a week had passed, 'he ought for the girl diligently, every where through Saratoga, but lit val-i. One nf;M h oo' n diaeonNie- ly at the gayest ball of the season, and beheld her! She sat the center of an obsequious group, magnificently dressed, and beuutlful as a dream. ' Toor John stared at her opon-mouth. She saw him, smiled slightly, and she beckoned him to her with a wave of her Jeweled fan. "(Jive me your arm, my cousin," she said, negligently, as she rose from her chair. And then John Tarry snw it all. This was his heiress ccualn, Kate, whom he had never seen before since their child hood. This was the bride his mother had begged him to seek, and from which very thought he had turned dln gtiBtod, lest he ahould be reckoned by the world an heiress hunter. And there, among the group of matrons ot the sofa, was his mother's pleasant face smiling after them as they walk ed away together. He had met Kate at the house of one of her country friends, and, without knowing it. had given his mother the very desire of her heart Thus it was that the great kelresa was wooed and mnrrled for herself alone, as every heiress truly desires to be. Hut John Turry persists in saying that he married no one In the world but "Squire I lowland's hired girl!" New York Weekly. JAPANESE INSURE THEMSELVES. New Lews Drive Foreltcn Companion from Mikado's laics. Following the example of Germany, the Japanese government within the last year Issued regulations for tho foreign life lusurance companies leav ing agencies in Japan, that threaten to drive all but the largest concerns away, says the Kansas City Star. The Emperor of Germany was so exacting tn his demands that all the American companies wuudrew after many months of fruitless negotiations. The Japanese government stopped abort of the extreme point of tho tier man contention, but the obligation to deposit a guaranty fund of 100,)0 yens ($50,000) before beginning opera tions and, In the cuse of life-insurance companies, to deposit a further sum equivalent to the annual reserve set aside by each company, for the benefit and protection of policyholders, Una Reemcd onerous enough. Tho German Emperor did not pro pose to have the fathering drained of money to profit the companies deposit ing an I investing it in America and enrlclung the New York money mar ket, wherefore the mailed lint fell per manently upon those great financial concerns and they left Germany. The Japanese government observed many things while Its bunds were tied by the old treaties and hns been slow to rea h out for the foreign Insurance companies. It will let the alien con cerns remain, hut they must become virtually Japanese companies and all fhe guaranty funds and investments are required to bo put In Japanese bonds of specllled Issues. Having had a free hand all ulom; and a lurge and Increasing business, the foreign insurance agents strained every nerve since the government nr. der was Issued Inst June to have tho terms modified In some way. The offi cials remaining obdurate, all the com panies are preparing to close up their affairs here. Existing policies will he continued and premiums on them col lected and settlements mude at de cease, expiration, etc., but otherwise tne American life Insurance companies have no future business In Japan. Uneipected. The story of a young man who found something better than the solitude of melancholy thoughts by tho sad sea waves is given as a fact. While enjoy ing merry Margate he mado tho ac quaintance of a young lady to whom he paid some attentions. Matters progressed with such seriousness and rapidity that the young man, when he came back to town, immediately made bold to present himself to the young lady's father to ask bis consent and b'e'ilng on their marriage. It wag then that he found himself face to face with his tailor, to whom be owed long arrears of unpaid bills. It Is a wonder that It Is not demand ed of the men that they put up new monuments for their wives every u 'he sty la change. j &rcience SnVehtion Settlement of the tropics by Euro peans la pronounced Impracticable by F. Hueppe, an eminent authority, who finds that only the strongest become acclimatized, and they aoon degener ate. 1 Electric Incandescent lamps have been supposed to be perfectly safe In surgical operations, but a recent ex plosion of ether vdpor was traced to the upark made at contact In turning en the light The report of Mr. Olyphnnt, of the Geological Survey, shows a remarknble approach to equality In the petroleum production of the United States and Russia for the year l!r2. The United States was very slightly in the lend, with 80,804..r!M barrels, against 80, 540,040 barrels for Kussla- All the rest of the globe produced only 13, 79765 barrels. A reddish ring Inclosing a whitish glare was seen around the sun after the Krakatoa eruption of 1883, if.id has been named Iliahop's ring. Keen observers have noted a similar ap pearance In recent months. This ring had a diameter of 70 degrees In Au gust, 11X12, but had diminished to 20 degrees in Deccmlier, 1003, although settlement of coarser dust was ex pected to make It larger. Artificial phosphate, claimed to be superior as a fertilizer to the natural, is now made at Magdeburg, Germany. The process, that of Herr Wolters, con sists In melting in a reverbntory fur nace a mixture of 100 parts of coarse ly crushed phosphorite, seventy parts of nt-ld sulphate of soda, twenty parts of carbonate of lime, twenty-two parts of sand and six parts of cinders. The melted mass is poured into water, dried and crushed to fineness. Mr. Guy E. Mitchell tells of a strange use for milk. He and others have used It for painting barns and outbuildings. Into a gallon of milk are stirred three pounds of Tortland ce ment and enough pigment to give tho proper color. This mixture, spread on the wood, makes a coating that after six hours becomes as good and lasting as oil paint. It makes the best pos sible paint for trees where large limbs have been pruned or sawed off, says Mr. Mitchell. The X-rays of Hlondlot are not only emitted by the nerves and muscles of man and animals, but it appears thnt they Increase with activity In the body. Continuing his experiments, Augustln Cbni-pcntlcr has found that the whole spinal cord increases the phosphoreBcnce of the test object. Contraction of muscles Is Indicated, and the "motor-centers" of the cere brum are manifested when called into activity, even the center of speech showing Its location by extra X-rays when the person is speaking. Among the productions of the Phil ippine islands are two delicious fruits entirely unknown in the civilized tvorl i One of these Is the durlan, v. . . , remarkable qualities were de t r.nted upon by Alfred Russet Wal lace during his explorations iu the Malay Archipelago. It grows on a lofty tree somewhat resembling an elm. Is about as large as a cocoanut, has a tiny shell, and contains a creamy pulp which combines some of the fla vors of a delicious custard with those Df a fine cheese. "To eat durlans," said Mr. Wallace, 'Is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to expe rience." - American soldiers In Jolo call the durlan "the vegetable Llmburger cheese." The other rare fruit spoken of Is the mangosteen, said to be the only fruit that Queen Victoria never lasted. The exquisitely flavored liquid It contains cannot be preserved for shipping abroad. HOW HANNA WON HIS WIFE. When a Yonnn Grncer He "Wooed Only Daugtattr of Daniel bbodsa. Nearly thirty-eight years ago Mark (Ianna was Just starting on his buxi ness career as a grocer in Cleveland, lie was poor, plodding, and to the cas ual observer a very every-duy sort of young man. Daniel Rhodes was ono of the rich coal owners of the State. i He had one daughter, Gussle, the very Idol of his soul. Around this lovely girl I the brusque old father had wreathed all the sentiment, all the hopes of his future existence. Mrs. Rhodes, her fond mother, was a JoJnt Idolater at j the daughter's shrine, iid the doting ' parents bad dreams of a rich, intluen- tial suitor, a splendid marriage and a brilliant social career for Gussle, when, as usual, the unexpected happened. Gussle Rhodes met' and loved the ob scure, poor young man, Mark Ilanna. Mr. Rhodes was astounded when the daring young grocer called upon him and asked for the hand of his daugh ter. Ho refused absolutely to grant the young suitor even time enough to beg. He said "no" curtly and sharply, nnd when he suw his daughter lie tried to scold her, but Instead he took her In his honest arms and begged her not to think' of "this unknown mnn. Ilanna." He said he never, never could consent to such a choice for his child. Gussle Rhodes told her father, with many a reassuring embrace, that sho would nevr marry without his con sent, and she added: "Rut, papa dear, I shall never marry any man but Mark Hannu." Then she promised her father not to see her lover or write to hi in for a year at least She kept her promise, and lu the course of a few weeks, al though she never audibly murmured, and waa sweetly gentle and loving to oil about ber. she grew pale and wan. She neither ate nor slept The old father was at his wits' cud. Some one proposed a foreign tour for that change of scene which U supposed to work wonders in heart affecUous, and, presto! a few hours' notice, father, mother aud daughter were on board an Atlantic liner. For nearly a year the "change of eeue" prescription was faithfully pur sued, and the patleut, always cheer fully submissive, gentle ajd charming, obvlouslr grew frailer day by day. Al most n Vspalr 'lie old man brought Lis csi'4 home uw' i'.ii. and ons morn- Ing he gathered the courage to ask her if she still cared for Mark Ha mm. "Why. father." ahe replied, "I shall always love Mark; I told you that, you know, a year ngo." Toor old "Uncle D?.n'' Rhodes! That was a bitter day for-him. but be was equal to tho occasion. Sending for the obscure young man, he aald to him: "Mr. Ilaunn, (lusaie loves you; that I.i my only reason for accepting you ns her future husband. Yon are poor. I'll fix it so Gussle can live as she hns been nccutomed to nnd I suppose I must see you marry her." Now the coming young mnn cast ever so slight a shadow of his future greatness on the opportunity of the present. "Mr. Rhodes." said he, "I most grate fully accept the gift of your daughter's love. To marry her Is for this world to become a paradise for me, but I can not make her my wife unless she will be content to live as my means will enable us. I can neither accept aid nor permit my wife to accept It from any one." So Mark Hanna nnd Gussle Rhodes were married, and the bride went from her father's big house to live In a tiny little cottage, where with one mnld-of-work she was as hnppy as a queen fof some years. Tlttsburg Dispatch. ARCTIC EXPLORATION. la the Object Annicht Really Worth Alt th Time, Expense and Trouble? Mr. I'eary Is going on another hunt for the North Tole. Tho layman is sometimes apt to pause and ask him self whether, after all, the business of Arctic exploration Is worth while. Tho history of such exploration Is a story of long effort As long ago as 1553 Sir Hugh Wil loughby, with several-other command ers, led the way Into the frozen north In the eastern hemisphere. It Is prob able that they reached seventy-two de grees north latitude. In tho centuries following, navigator after navigator went into the north either In the east ern or western hemisphere. The names of Barents, Henry Hudson, John Davis, Froblsher and William Haffln are written on the world's mnp, and their explorations were, without doubt, of specific benefit to commerce and the scientific world. Modern exploration may bo said to have begun, with Terry, who in 1827 reached 82 degrees 45 min utes north. The most memorable expe dition of the nineteenth century was that of Sir John Franklin, who in 1S4. sailed for the north with two ships and 138 mon. His expedition was lost. In tho next twelve years no less than twenty-one expeditions from England or America were organized to search for Franklin and mnke explorations to ward the pole. After thnt, polar ex plorations lapsed for a time, but about 1875 It was renewed with fresh vigor. During the century England, Germany, Austria, America, Scandinavia nnd even Italy have sent explorers, and the achievements of Kane, Hayes, Hall, Greeley, Wellman, De Long, Nansen and Teary are too well known to need speclfle mention. Hundreds of thou sands of dollars have been spent, ninny lives lost, men have suffered untold hardships, even being driven to canni balism. And for what? ask the doubt ers. Merely that they may reach an , Imnglnary point on the top of the world a point which, If found, would benefit nobody except the explorer himself and tho lecture bureaus. No one has yet reached It. The man who mado the nearest approach to the goal was Captain Cagnl of the Duke of Abruzzl's expedition, reaching 80 de grees 33 minutes north. The doubter who1 is compelled wllly nllly to observe the actions of explor ers may take comfort In the thought that he Is at least observing a line of honest rndeavor, that any increase of our knowledge of the world Is not al together worthless. Woman's Homo Companion. The "Stovep'pe Verdict." It was a characteristic of a certain Tennessee colonel that when once his oratory had begun to flow before the Jury nothing could stop It till the fount was exhausted. On one occasion he had Just finished tearing his oppo nent's argument -to tutters when the courtroom stovepipe fell with a crash. "There," cried the colonel, as the clouds of soot arose, "there Is a simile furnished by nature herself! Just as the stovepipe has come unjoin ted and fallen useless to the ground, so my adversary's argument has fallen with as loud a crash. One is not more hol low than the other, nor more in need of polish. "And, gentlemen of the Jury, what do those clouds of soot and. smoke re semble those black masses, smutting all they light ipon what do they re semble more than the malicious libels, the black scandals, which my adver sary has poured into your ears, and with which he has endeavored to blacken the character of my client?" His case had seemed hopeless, but when he had finished the stovepipe comparison the jury was converted, and returned what became famous In Western Tennessee as the "stovepipe verdict" In favor of the colonel's client JailhirtI Was an Artlkt. A young man named Will Vickery showed nn Ingenuity In escaping from the clutches of the law in Joplln the other day that might profitably have been applied In a better cause. Wil liam Is not noted as a worker nnd he mildly surprised his guards when, on being put to cleaning the streets, he began to labor with marked energy. When bis zeal and vigor hud enabled him to got out of hearing distance of the guards he commenced to engage passers-by in conversation.' Nothing In particular was thought of this until the guards noticed that they had a new man on tho Job and the hard working William was missing. When they Investigated they found that William had represented a pass lug countryuiau that bo was the boss on tho Job and needed another man. The countrymun wanted work and William hired him and handed bin) his Industrial implement Then be swiftly and noiselessly stole away. He -has not been seen since. Kansas City Journal. The ouly time a man seems to feel free to tell his wife bow ba Is doing financially Is when ba Is losing money, 1 j MAPLE SlGAIi. Though tons of maple sugar are made, for the most part in New York and Vermont, there ore probably many people living on farms throughout the United Stntes who have no more clear Idea of how maple sugar Is made than THREE METHODS OF COLLECTISO SAP. they have of the production of electric ity, says a writer In Farm and Fire side, from whose description of the process the following Items and illus trations are reproduced : The sugar maple is so called on ac count of the sugar contained in the sap. The person with no experience can hardly tell the difference, between It and water, as It Is clear and spar kling and hns but a faint taste of su gar. There is Just about enough sugar to make it a little slcklsh. In the fall the greater part of the snp goes from the trunk and branches Into the roots, where, burled deep in the ground; It will not be chilled. In the spring, beginning in the latter .part of Februnry or first of March, accord ing as the season is forward or back ward, the sap begins to ascend the body of the tree, the greater part of the outer layers of the tree. Securing this sap as it ascends and boiling it down constitutes the work of maple sugnr making. The first thing is to get the sap. In the early days before the bit aud brace an oblique notch was cut into the tree near the ground, nnd from this wound AVERAGE BOILING PLACE OF JO-DAT. TYPES OF JAPANESE WARSHIPS. h F hl -i- HOW THE JAPANESE KNEW. Had 8plea to Watch the Kulldiiin of a Kuwiaa liattle-Sbip at Philadelphia. A story is being told which sheds an interesting light on the marvelous fore sight and precaution that characterized the preparations of the Japanese for the present war. Some years ago a Japanesi agent came to Thiladelphla with a letter of introduction to a prom inent Thlladelphlan who had traveled in Japan. This Thlladelphlan tells the story. The letter was written by a J. -a-nese official who knew the Thlladel phlan, and it stated that If be would help the bearer In what be desired the favor would be greatly appreciated. Th- favor was for the Thlladelphlan to simply lntrodnta the agent to a first-class firm of detectives. This was done and the agent described as a re sponsible person. ' He bad plenty of money, and a bargain was made with the firm, the latter to receive a large sum of money. The detectives were required to dress In the clothes of laborers and secure work In Cramp's ship-yard and then to gather full Information about FUJI. ASHAI. YASHIMA. MIKASA. r , . . sw"" a the sap would of com'-.4 flow. Then under the lower corner of this wound a curved hole wide fr.-'u one side of the tree to the other, but narrow up and down, was made with a "jMuge," and Into this was drlvi i ;i short wood en rpout of the same slinpe, which caught the snp as It droi.ped from the cut and thus carried It to short wood en troughs made by dicing out bnss wood blocks. After the bit and brace came into use a hole was bored into the tree, nnd a round sp;;it made from a piece of sumnc from which the pith had been burned out was driven into the hole to convey the sap to the trough. Next the wooden bucket came Into use. Uy driving a nail Into the tree under the spout the luu-ket could be hung anywhere on the tree. In tho dnys of boiling In kettles color was the last thing a! :."d at In mnk Ing maple sugar, which was a dull black when finished, i'weetness was the main consideration, and there was no Incentive to keep out the dirt and cinders, for black sti?-!!- was Just as sweet, and sugar lighter than chocolate MODERX SVGA II CAMP. was looked upon as having been adul terated. The next improvement was the large pan placed upon an arch made of stone or brick. About the same time tin buckets came Into use. A little later the metallic spout was invented. This is now or sucn snape tnat it nus nut a small portion of the hole bored In the tree, but is held so firmly that the sap to flow from the outer layers of the tree where there U the greatest amount of sap, and that which makes the whitest sugar. A few sugar makers have their plant so arranged that the sap. or sirup, does not touch wood after the snp leaves the tree. At the present time color is an Important factor In the value of maple sugar, and as wood tends to color It wooden utensils of all kinds have been discarded as far as possible.' The marble sugar now made is of a light straw color. Any darker than that will not command the highest price, and if lighter adulteration with ieflned sugar Is suspected. ' The sap is gathered hi a tank hold ing about three barrels placed on a low sled with wide runners. Roads are made through the sugar bush so the gathering tank can be driven near all the trees. . J the Russian battle-ship Vuriag. then in early course of construction. Tin they did. and the Japanese government was supplied with every detail in the con struction and armament of the Varlag. The ofllclals at Cramps do not yet know exactly how the Japs obtained It. Thiladelphla Tress. How Paper Car Wheel Are Made. In making paper car wheels li'u to 150 layers are put together with flour paste aud subjected to a p:esMire of 500 tons whllo at a temperature of RIO degrees Fahrenheit. The blocks are then turned In a lathe, slightly larger than the tire, and the hole is bored for the cast Iron center. In turning, the paper blocks make a shaving that resembles strips of leather. The aver age life of the tire of a paper wheel Is about 300.000 miles. That represents about one and one-quurter-lnch wear. The centers do not seem to be affected" by service, and they are always good for renewal of tires unless some accV dent happens to them. A woman sldom marries a man td reform him unless he has money and Is miserly. a. ,V " ' f ' ! ' ..h&'vi