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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1910)
SEED CORN CRUSADE. Railroads Intcrcstod Ao Woll as tht Farmers. Railroads . linvo taken up the cru sade for hotter seed corn In Nebraska. Tbn Northwestern and Union Pacific, have Bont bulletins to all agents to be posted to call the attention or the farmora to tbo crusade for bottor cOrri now being waged by tho Commercial club of Omaha and to the necessity of fcsllrig tho Bpet oorri especially f hln year, Two hundred snmplba of corn from all sections of tho slato arc now In tho toster at tho Commercial club and Chief ToBtcr Campboll Is eagerly watching what tltc result will ho, an thin corn comes from all sections of the statu. The on tiro state scorns to bo .aroused to tho necessity of tostlng tho seed corn, and whllo many nam pics aro being ecnt In tho crusado In also hnvlng Its effect In other wayti because farmers In many cases aro preparing to test' their own corn. Bo many excellent authorities havo shown tho corn is not good for seed that all seem to havo como to tho conclusion that thoro Is a great deal In tho statomcnt. A bad oar of corn planted will cost tho farmer an ftvorago of twclvo bushols por aero when his crop Ib harvested. Robertson Bros., of Waterloo, seed growers, who buy from 250,000 to 300, 000 bushols of seed corn annually, havo mado from thirty to forty tests a day since Decombor 1 of cofn from all parts of tho stato. Tholr ltndlngs show that CO per cunt of nil corn gathered boforo tho freeze of October 13 will not grow nnd that of tho corn which was gathorcd and cribbed since that tlmo scarcely any will grow. George Couplnnd, regent of tho Uni versity of Nebraska, who hns a largo corn ncreago at Elgin, Bays that a great doal of tho corn from his sec tion was so damp that when It was gathered and cribbed It froze bo solid that crowbars had to bo used to pry It apart. IIo says that ho has his doubts about tho germinating quali ties of seed corn which was gathered early and that tho corn which Is still standing, and which is tho best to bo found In tho state, Is also In a bad way. General Grant Cannot Come. In reply to a lotter urging him to nccopt an Invitation to speak at tho ISpworth assembly noxt August, Gen eral Frederick D. Grant has sent tho following loiter to Addison Walt, dop .uty secretary of stato: "Headquarters Department of tho T.akoB, Chicago My Dour Mr. Walt: 1 .havo Just written to -Mr. Jones, presi dent of tho Epworth assembly, as I wrlto to you, In roply to your kind lot tor of tho 12th lust., to exprosa my deep appreciation of tho htgh compll anont paid mo, In tho invitation to bo present during Patriotic dny, August 4, next. "I most dcoply rcgrot thnt It Is Inv poaslblo for mo to havo tho honor of bolng with you then, hocauso of tho ananonvors at Pino camp during tho month of August noxt, which maneu vers I am to command. Sincerely yours, FREDERICK D. GRANT. Nebraska Hardware Officers. Tho Nebraska hardwaro doalorB convention elected tho following of llcors: President, O. R. Wycott. Madison; vlco presidents, hrnest Hoppo, Lincoln; h. Worth, Falls City; Gala Lawson, Hastings; socrotnry, J. Frank Ilnrr, Lincoln (re-elected) ; treasurer, II. J. Hall, Lincoln (ro oleetod); chairman oxucutlvo commit teo, Fred Kblngor, Plnlnvlow. What the League Wants. Two thlngB which tho nowly organ ized Southwestern Hard Winter Wheat Millers' loaguo will try to bring about In tho trado aro tho abandonment of long tlmo sales and a shortening of tho credit period oxtonded to somo classes of patrons. Tho commlttoo named at Kansas City a Bhort tlmo ago to draft trado rules will report lis rucornmpndatlons at another mooting In two weeks, Tho rulos will not np ply to credits oxtonded In local torrl tory whoro a mill oporntos, but will bo Intended to make shipments to oast rn consignees subject to nrrlvnl draft terniB or cash on delivery. For a Bano Fourth. Mayor Lovo Is already considering somo plan whereby a sano Fourth of .Inly celebration can bo socurod with a minimum of trouble und annoyance Last year whon tho plan wns started citizens objected hocauso they had not leen naked to Join In tho movomont In time. Henco tho early consideration JIOW. A Labor Chautauqua. A (labor . Chautauqua Is being planned lor by tho labor unions of Lincoln to bo held during tho coming summer. At a commlttoo was appointed to make iirrangcmonta, secure speakers nnd boI i dato nnd place. Tho subjects of addresses nnd loeturos will bo confined chiefly to economic topics and thoao of Interest to union mombors. The "Greator Lincoln Industrial Ex position" will be hold at tho Audlto rlum May 24 to 28. This was decided upon at u meeting of tho commlttoo In chargo of tho exposition at tho Commercial club Thursday. A dla gram of tho booths will bo mallod to ail prospective exhibitors, A numbor of applications for booths hnvo boon Tecolvod, "but so far no apuco has been lot. Tho Bcopo of tho exposition will Lo greater than that of tho "Mado in Lincoln" show Inst yoar, All nr ilolpq manufactured In Lincoln will bo exhibited. IN &RIEF. Willlahi IfoyoV'ft 1 Pttllirinn pdrlerls held; at Washington In .connection with tho shooting of two Newark (N. J.) collogo men on a train near Jersey City. Sheb Williams of Paris, Tox., Is In Kansas City, Mo to claim tho body of Clay Clement, tho actor und play wright, following an agreement mado many years ago. A Japanese, supposed to hnvo boon bent on tho nssasslnatlon of somo high oflltial, was killed at Amoy, China, by tho accidental Ignition of n high explo sive in his clothing, Phil Allen, Jr., wrecker of the First Nntlonnl hank of Mineral Point, Wis., was taken to tho federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Knn., to servo a sentence of ten years. School - slates and sponges havo boon barred by McKoosport (Pa.) health officials, who declaro them to ho germ breeders In scarlet fover, upon which they are waging a fight. "I'll got you," shouted Howman I). Soybcrt? aged 80, as ho sat dreaming In n chair In a Butlor (Pn.) livery sta ble. He then began shooting nnd awoke to find himself seriously wounded. James It. Garfield, ox-President Roosevelt's secretary of tho Interior declares ho Is willing to lead tho Re publican party In Ohio ngaliiBt Gov. Hnrmou If thoro Is popular demand for lila candidacy. Charles Smith, a painter In desper- to straits, told Now York physicians ho was so hungry that ho allowed himself to bo knocked down nnd run ovor to got tho prlco of a meal. A woman whoso buggy ran over him gave him flvo dollars. Tho Adirondack Cottage sanitarium at Sarannc Lako, N. Y., founded lor Uio treatment of tuberculosis, has ro colved from Mrs. 13. II. Unrrlmau a lottor, Inclosing n check for $25,000 nnd congratulating It upon tho com plotlon of Its 25 years' oxlstonco. Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma has ro- fusod tho request of Texas authorities for tho extradition of Georgo Smith of Fort Gibson, Okln., wanted on tho chargo of stealing a bnlo of cotton in 1870. Gov. Haskell gavo us his reason that tho man was lending an honest life. Rcnr Admiral Harbor, In command of tho Pacific flcot, assorts that a clique of ofllcers at tho Mnro Island navy yard is responsible for tho stories uuscnworthlnoss concerning tho cruisers West Vlrglnln and Maryland. Tho ship's will contlnuo tho southern voyago with tho lleet. Violet Gordon Chnrlesworth and her mother wcrq each sentenced to llvo yeara imprisonment In a London (England) court for fraudulently rep- oscutlug that tho younger woman was an heiress to a great estate On tho strength of a mythical fortune of $2,500,000 tho grl had borrowed many thousand dollars. William Avorlll Harriman, son of tho lato Edward II. Harriman, was" tossed oyer tho historic Yalo fonco by sophomores during tho annual Wash ington's, birthday cano rush, and sus tained a blackened oyo and numerous cuts and bruises. Tjio Yalo, freshmen, however, of which ho Is a. member, wore victorious over tho sophomoros through superior numbers. EIGHT MILK MEN INDICTED Bills Are Found Against Directors of Consolidated Exchange for Ad vancing Prices. Now York, Fob. 24. Eight Directors of tho Consolidated Milk Exchange' tho Institution which Is said to bo ro sponslblo for putting up the prlco of milk In this city wore indicted by tho grand Jury. Each of tho men is nccused of aid ing in tho restraint of trado In viola tion of tho Donnelly act the stata law governing trusts and monopolies Editor Anderson Is Dead. Chicago, Feb. 25. John Anderson, a resident ot Chicago slnco 1844 and nubllshor ot tho Norwegian dally, Skandlnavon, slnco 18UU, died at nia rosldonco of heart disease. THE MARKETS. Now York, Feb. 23. UVK STOCK-Stccra tt 00 fff 6 85 Hoirs ! S W 9 80 riiiIm. 4 DO (tO 60 KI.OUU Winter StralBliU.. 5 20 tp 5 W WIIMA'I'-SIUV 1 mitt tl COHN-Muy n it 75 OATH NMliritl Willie,..,,., p;r HY1C No. 3 Wcntorn , 81 Q to S3 31 31 11 Hl'TTKll-ureanwry ., wjr KOUB SO if CI 112 ICS H CHICAGO. WTTLB-PrlmK Steer 7 25 f 8 10 Medium to aooii t;ovH., Cows, 1'lnln to Fnnoy,,.. Choice llrtlfors Calves , llOOS-l'ilmo Heavy .. 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Holland Is again expecting nn heir to tho throne, and of courso tho people, who have just heard tho news, hopo that it will bo a boy, although such a result would cnuso tho supplanting of the beloved little Princess Juliana. Queen Wllholmlnn Is In excellent general health and Is seon often riding In her motor car, for sho has become nn enthusiastic automoblllsL Peoplo have been remarking ot lato on tho wonderfully clear complexion of tho quCen, Somo time ngo sho adopted the practice, which conies from tho West Indies, of taking lemon baths, it is oald to bo a great Invlgorator und a wonderful help to tho complexion. NORWAY'S Chrjstianla-Bcrgen Rail . line Across Mountains Completed. Eastern and Western Parts of the Kingdom Have Easy Meanatof Communication Event' o? Much Importance, . Chrlstianla. Tho opening of tht railway across tho mountains from Chrislinnln to Bergen recently, by King Haakon was an ovont In Uufhls- tory of this country ot far widor im portance than any ono not well ac quainted with Norway, geographically and topographically, would bo ablo to appreciate Norway is divided Into threp Isolated parts by tho Dovro mountain nnd by tho broad and wild rango of mountains thnt boar succes sively tho names of FylofJold nnd Langfjeldcno. Tho overland routo bo- twoen Dergon nnd Chrlstianla was. oven more than tho routo to Trond hjom, a groat hlndranco to tramc pass ing as it does for a considerable dls- tnnco ovor mountnlnn of a height of G.000 feet and moro. Although Norwny was united Into ono kingdom aB early as 872 by King nnroiu manager and has romnlnod united over since, tho natural splitting up 01 mo country Into tho wostorn, northern nnd eastorn districts has in ovltnbly to somo oxtent Impaired tho feollng of unity In tho nation. And tho barriers which nnturo had raised botweon tho districts havo formed very serious obstacles to norsonnl co operation for tho development of tho economic resources of tho country. Tho conscquonco has boon that tho progress lias been considerably slow- er than it might othcrwlso havo boon. Oood roads woro constructed In the principal overland routes in tho begin' nlug of tho last century, and thoy represented nn lmmonso Improvement on tho ancient trails which had been possible only on foot or on horsoback. lint a Journoy or several days In n carringo was expensive nnd entailed great loss of tlmo nnd, In tho winter tlmo, sovcro hardships, in 1880 tho railroad to Trondhjom was completed. Thus tho grcnt barrlor hotween tho northern parts and the southeastern pnrts ot tho country wore overcome. Tho highest point of this road docs not Ho more than 4,000 feet abovo soa lovel; but many peoplo thoucht It could not bo kopt open In tho winter tlmo. This fear proved groundless and tho road turned out to bo n very Ratcatcher London's New Official Offers to Cap ture one Thousand Rodents In Three Nights. London. It sooms that tho grue- somo freemasonry which binds Eu ropean odlclnl exocutlonors togother causing them to intermarry andMn hcrlt tho profession, Is not without its parallol among ratcatchers. Hence John Jarvls, who has Just beon ap pointed oinclnl ratcatchor to the Lon don county council at a salnry of $243.12 a year, Is a ratcatcher by in heritance and Instinct qulto as much as ho Is by profession. Slnco 1803 onch malo member of his family has devoted his llfo to catching rats, and so It was with tho grcntost confldenco that Jarvls Issued a chal lenge to all tho ratcatchers In tho kingdom to catch moro ot tho vermin In a given tlmo than, nny man living, provided that nolthor dogs nor ferrets woro employed in tho hunt. Further - more, ho Bald that with tho assistance of hia undo, Mr. J. Dnltou, ho would undertake to catch 1,000 rats In throo nights. As Jarvls mado theso challenges ho fondled half a dozen tnmo whlto rnts, whllo his soven-yonr-old daughter nt his sldo played with a couplo of fer rets, "I havo no son to carry on tho business," ho said, "but Kit, thoro, and her younger Blator both know protty woll all there Is to know about catch ing rats. "Tho means I uso for catching thorn Hvo is a family Bcorot, known only to my peoplo for tho last four r.enor atlons. I won't toll you oinctlj what NEW ROAD lucrative nntlonnl investment, nl though It hnB not as yet paid directly In tho form of dividends; it has dono hotter than that by greatly accelerat ing tho development ot tho Trondhjem district nnd of Nordland nnd Fin marken. ... . In 1872 Investigations Were com menced with tho viow of discovering tho best lino for n railway botweon Chrlstianla and Bergen, aud in 1874 tho storthlhg voted tho first part of an oventunl Bergbn-Chrlstianla railway, thtr tolectiori irom Bor'gon to Voss. But td tho goncral public tho contin uation ecemed impossible arid moro llko ono of Asbjornsen's fairy tales than anything else, for tho field ex plorations had moro than confirmed tho populnr conception that tho dif ficulties to bo ovorcomo wero truly rormldablo. Tho railway which has Just heon opened follows practically tho Uno which tho engineers traced In 1874. From Voss to Opsot, a distance ot about CO kilometers (35 miles), it rises with steep gradients from, 339 to 5,100 feet, and, rising further to n max imum height of nearly 8,000 feet, it passos altogether a distance of moro than 100 kilometers, through high mountains, coming down to 4,800 feet at OJello. And In theso inhbspltnblo regions it was found necessary to boro tho Qravehals tunnel, not less than 5,311 yards long, besides a numbor ot shorter tunnels. Chinese Adept a Consul Pontius, at SWatow, Tells In teresting Story of Industry In Peng-Chow District. Washington. Mr. Albert W. Pontius, tho Aniorlcan consul at Swatow, sends an Interesting report ot how tho Chi neso fans aro mado. Fan-making, ho writes, is of origin so ancient in south ern China that no one. knows whon it wns started. Tradition has it that tho first fans were mado In tho llttlo vll lago ot Peng-Chow, at Atnpow, which Is about throo miles from Swatow. For hundreds of yenrs only tho women in tho different villages through which tho industry spread, wero tho fan mnkera, but to great is tho demand now for theso cheap fans, used as they aro by tho millions for advertising purposes, that nearly ovory man, worn-nn-nnd child works all day and half tho night at tan-making. Tho industry is almost confined to Issues a DeH that socrot is, but I don't mind letting you know thut It acts vory much in tho same way aB chloroform doos on a human bolng. Ovor my back I fling a huge sack, connected with a trap door arrangement at my sldo. I wear noiseless boots and black clothes. "As I walk down tho pnssagos with a bull's-oyo lantern attached to my sldo tho rats, Beared by tho light, scamper past mo. Ab thoy run I can pick thorn up left or right hand and drop thorn into tho trap-door. Gradu ally they work tholr way around to tho snck on my back. My I How tjioy fight I Sometimes when I fancy I havo a hundred I find halt ot them aro killed by tho time I arrivo homo." That Jersey Devil Again. Staunton, Va. Report comes from Hlghtown thnt David Meozo haB Just soon what somo declaro is tho famous 1 Jersey devil, which was reported to havo first boon seen In Now Jorsoy, whonco it gets its nnmo. Meezo Bays that tho strnngo bird or beast was flying dlroctly ovor him and had a head llko a horso and feet and legs llko a mulo. It Honrs along on great red wings. It Is Bald that tho animal was Boon In West Vtglnla Bomo months ago. It Is supi3cd to llvo In tho mountains, feeding on bear and deer. It is tho most extraordinary combination ot beast and bird ever soon in theso parts. False hair is going up In prlco. A dealer cays' It Is following boofsteak. Wo trust it will not got into tho butter. ftxttJ imaehvat4 hhhmmu .jvar For 10 ycaro tho engineers contin ued their exploration work, and mean whllo a national determination was slowly forming that tho task of unit ing eastern and western Norway should bo undertaken in Bpito of all obstacles. In 1894 tho storthing do elded upon tho construction of .a rail way from Voss to Tnugovaud, and in, 1S98 tho continuation of tho lino, through Halllugdnl to tho Junction point on tho Christianla-GJovik mil road, Itoa, was decided. As a preparation, transport roads had tp h6 constructed and barracks for cnglneors and workmen built; 500, 000 kroner (5135,000) had to bo Bpent on transport roads alono. The Grave hals tunnel was constructed by a prl vato contracting firm; tho rest of tho work was dono directly by tho stato. Tho whole road was built exclusively by Norwegian engineers and work men. Tho contractors on tho big tun nel onco mado an experiment with Italian workmen, but they very soon proved bo fnr inferior to tho Norwe gians thnt thoy had to bo sent homo after a fow weeks' trial. Tho railroad has, c length of 493 kilometers (300 miles) and thero aro 178 tunnels, aggregating 3C.082 meters (119,250 feet). Tho total cost amount ed to 54,000,000 kroner ($14,580,000). It has been necessary to put up wood-1 en walls at many exposed points. Thero aro throo rotary snow pIowb of American system, those having proved fnr superior to other patents which havo boon tried. By tholr help nnd .the wooden walls It is bollovod that tho trpfllc may bo carried on as regu larly as on nny other railway. Fan Makers tho Peng-Chow -district, hecauso hero abounds a particular kind ot bamboo especially suitable for tho rigs and tho handle of tho fan. Tho manufacture of tho fan is vory simple. For tho frame tho split bam boo is repeatedly rived until each pleco is sufficiently slender and floxi bio. Theso thread-llko pieces of bam boo aro arranged in a row, attached to each other by a throad passed cross wlso through tho middle. This thread is fastened to a semi-circular strip of bamboo giving tho fan its shapo. Tho ribs aro then slightly heated and bont at tho ends. Tho fan has now tho pe culiar and characterlsto shell-liko shapo at tho top. Very flimsy silk gauze Is thon pasted on tho faco, and a kind of tlssuc-lllto pnper on tho back. After tho handle is nttachod, tho bor der of tho fan is black varnished and tho gauzo Is coated with a chalk-and-water mixture Tho handles aro mado of bamboo, various kinds of hard wood, bono nnd Ivory. Tho hand painting on tho fans Is clovorly dono, In somo in tnncos being works of art. Tho medium quality fan retails for 25 cents Mexi can (ton cents gold), better grades, ono to four dollars Mexican (40 cents to fl.60). Tho amount now exported yearly amounts to about $30,000. This fan trado of late has shown a decrease, duo to tho Importation ot Japaneso straw fans, which havo met with a favorablo demand. MONEY HIDDEN UNDER CARPET Son Finds $3,400 In Small Bills Left by Mother,' Who Was Thought Penniless. South Norwalk, Conn. When Mrs. Frank A. Slavln died it was thought sho did not havo a cont. Tho kltchon carpet was taken up and two layors of small bills, which almost covered tho entlro floor, wero discovered. Thoro was nearly a bushol of thorn whon piled -up, and thoy amounted to $3,400. Hor son, Charles A. Slavln, wnB about to vacate tho houso and Btood in tho doorway dobatlng whoth or to tnko up or leavo tho kitchen carpet Ho thought it might do to cover tho dog kennel, aud so he pullod It up. Irish Potatoes In Cotton Land. Osyka, Miss. Tho farmers ot this locality aro making preparations to plant a largo acrcago in Irish potatoes. A truck rarmorB- organization has beon porfoctod, nnd, In conjunction with mat or tho Diversified crop Growers' association, it Is expected to produco good results. Tho farmers aro preparing to fight tho boll weovll by living on products raised on tholr farms. - - i-. MAKING A I :LAWN Uramshank, nfter investigating the matter carefully, last spring decided that tho best way to deal with the half-acre cf ground surrounding his now suburban homo wns to scod It heavily and Just lot tho grass grow at its own sweet will. "If you don't cut tho new grass all summer," Brnmshank explained to his wife, "it getB a chanco to thicken up nnd-tho noxt year you havo a splen did lawn. I think wo can stnnd tho long grass for ono season!" "Oh, certainly," agreed Mrs. Bram shank, who hns an invontlvo mind, "And when It gets tall enough, aay about August, wo can hang Japanese lantcrs through it nnd give a garden party! It will bo nice, too, to servo afternoon tea under tho ahado of tho bluegrassl" "That's a'l right," said Bramshank Indignantly, "but I'm going to do It all tlio same!" Nobody could say that Bramshank was stingy with tho Becd. Ho got a hugo quantity from a doalor who was going QUt of business nnd anxious to dispose of his stock at cut rates, and ho painstakingly sprinkled all of It over his yard on tho theory thai it a little wbb good a great deal waB bol ter. When tho first tender shoots of green began to color tho ground Bram shank positively chortled with Joy nnd pride. Ho took practically all tho credit to himself for the rapidity and thickness of tho growth, though he did grudgingly nllow a trifle of It to tho soed man. "Ho said it was a special variety of seed," Dramshnnk told his wife, "and I bcllovo ho was right. Just look a't it!" After a fow weeks that was all tho Bramshank family did look at the lawn. Indeed, tho whole suburb con- traded tho habit of sauntering over to look nt tho Bramshank place, for noUsdy had ever soon anything llko tho grass that was growing thoro. It was Uncklnny who first broko tho nows. "Say, "ho hailed Bramshank from tho Bldewalk, "when did you decldo to take up truck gardening? Aren't you afraid so much grass mixed In "will lntorfero with tho vegetables?" Bramshank nfter ono pallid glanco over his wolrd-looklng estato reeled up against n porch pillar with a blind ing light breaking over him. Tho rea- Bon his lawn looked so queer wan that half the seed was tho seed of as sorted garden vegetables. There was carelessness about tho groupings which might have appealed to an artistic naturo, but which only further agonized tho Bramshnnks.. Thoro would bo a llttlo bunch of toma to plants, say, In the mlddlo of tho lawn and flanking them a thinly scat tered array of feathery carrot lopa. Green onions, lettuce, cucumbers, muskmolons and cabbages hilariously fraternized In tho wlldost confusion. As ho searched further Bramshanlc found Indian corn sturdily pushing Its way up in various spots. Also thero wero turnlpB and pnrsloy ,and many more things. In fact, as Mrs. Bram shank said, a banana grove was all that was lacking to make their half acre a comploto botanical collection for the entlro westorn hemisphere! Now, vegetables are all very well In their place, but nobody would chooso to havo them Bcattered all over a lawn. To bo sure, Bramshank could have mowed them down, but ho woulc? have had to mow also such grass as thoro was and anyhow Mrs. Bram shank hnd a frugal mind. Sho believed In accepting tho goods tho fates pro vlded, so sho refused to allow the garden-lawn to bo destroyed. Bramshank said tho real reason for her refusal was that sho had fallen In lovo with two tomato plants on tho leo sldo of tho library window and that sho could not resist tho appeal of tho tender young carrots pathetically flour ishing near tho lilac bushes. Thoro was something touching also about tho manner in which tho cucumber vines trustingly spread out and strangled tho struggling grass about them. The worst of It was that all summer Bramshank tolled in the garden ho hadn't expected to havo at all. It seemed rank foolishness not to tnko caro of tho enthusiastic tomatoes and other garden truck. Tho whole neigh borhood took to running over to got parsley from tho BrnmBhank front lawn becnuso tho Idea was so unlquo and not every one can pick lettuce from along tho front of his town prop erty. Tho BramBhnnka raised several bushels of tomatoes, thrco dozen ears of green corn, cucumbers enough to start a picklo factory and untold quan tities of small truck. Bramshank had to got up an hour oarller each morning nil summer long properly to caro for his vegetables, besides bearing tho Jeers of his nolghbors. And by fall thoro wasn't any grass at all. This spring Bramshank Is going lo Bod ovor his lawn. It will cost moro, but ho says It's safer. New Arctic Expedition. Tho Bulletin of the Geographical society of Italy announces another arctic expedition. Tho lender will bo Baldwin, tho leader of tho arctic ex pedition of 1901-1902. Ho proposes an exploration oL tho polar regions and to reach tho polo. He proposes to fol low tho route taken by Nansen In tho Fram. It Is proposed to spoud four years altogether in the Bearch. ,