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n rnLfbmoiiT KENNEDY TO Archbishop Kynn's work two years beforo Ryan's death. Prior to tho suffragan bishops' mooting tho diocesan counselors and Irre movablo roctors met, The popo'a suggestion had been mado to them that they place Bishop Kennedy first upon their list. They did so. Monalgnor Fnlconlo, papal delegate, upset by tho difference of opinion, requested tho 13 Catholic archbishops In tho United States to signify tholr Individual choice for Archbishop Ryan's successor. Tho majority of them havo written him favoring Prendorgast. Falconlo forwarded these letters to Romo, nnd now, according to precedents, there Is but ono thing for tho popo to do mnku Bishop Prendorgast archbishop. NEW HEAD FOR HILL LINES Carl Raymond Oray, senior vice president of tho St. Louis and San Francisco line, with headquarters In St. Louis, has resigned to bocomo president of tho steam and electric railroads of the Hill system, with headquarters at Portland, Oro.. suc ceeding John P. Stevens. Tho ar rangements wero mado by James J. Hill. W. C. Nixon, vice-president and genoral manager, will succeed Gray as senior vice-president of tho Frisco, with Charles M. Levy nnd W. V. H. 'Honing as assistants to tho vice-president and with W. T, Tylor as general manager. Tho offer from Hill to Oray was pending while Howard Elliott, presi dent of the Northern Pacific, wbb considering the proposition for tho chief executive office of tho Missouri Pacific railway and tho St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern. Shortly after Elliott left St. Louis Cray met Hill In St. Paul and then Inspected the Hill property In Oregon and' Wash ington, Gray kept the negotiations secret, but as it was necessary to submit the matter to tho officers of tho St. Louis and San Francisco tho fact that tho tender had been mado by Hill was known In St. Louis several weeks ago, and although Gray rofuscd to dlBcuss thq maltor it was learned that his resigna tion was at hand and that Nixon and tho other officers had been chosen. BOOST EDUCATION IN SOUTH of master of arts at Mllllgan college, dlalely after graduation he became the years between 1000 and 1002 ho nessee school conditions. In 1003 he founder of Virginia Christian college, The 'educational purpose of the congress Is to work for tho gutdanco of 'pupils in the common schools of tho icareers, though'unable to go to high IS A WIZARD Representative John J. Fltzgorald or New York, who has como to the head of tho commlttoo on appropria tions In the readjustment mado neces sary when tho Democrats took over the control of tho national houso of representatives, will have ns his right ihand man James C. Courts, who for over a decade has been officially designated as clork of this most Im portant body, Ills maHtory of figures lis nothing short of wonderful; ho has 'had yoara of oxporlence In which to perfect himself, and thoro is llttlo do ing in the way of committee business that he can't reduco to cold figures. ' Congress annually votes an extra j$l,000 to his regular salary In recog nition of his extraordinary ofllclonoy. Mr, Courts is gonorully referred to as the "mathematician of the house," and what ho doesn't know about tho governmental llnnncos Isn't worth knowing. Ho la always "on dock" nt committee meetings, and his usual place Is by tho Bldo of tho chairman. appropriation for somo obscure matter at hla tongue's end and reels Off facts dare tho layman. Mr. Courts' services will doubtless bo as highly appre ciated bv the now chairman as they GET REP HAT night Itov. Thomas P. Kennedy, Bishop of Adrlanapolls, president of the North American collcgo at Itomo, Italy, nnd a personal favorite of tho popo, shortly will bo appointed by tho Holy See as an American cardinal, to sharo honors with Cardinal QlbbonB, of Baltimore ThlB statomont Is mado upon tho authority of a Roman Catholic, so high in church affairs that It should bo taken without hesitancy, and ac cording to tho same sourco tho ap pointment will bo tho direct rosult of tho BUffragan bishops rofualng to abide by tho pope's desire to boo Bishop Kennedy rocommondod ns a successor to Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, who died rocently. Tho popo'B wishes woro mado known to tho suffragan bishops by Cardinal Gibbons. Instead of select lng tbreo names tho suffragan bishops submitted one, that of Bishop Pron derenst. of this dlocoso. who did Parents nnd teachers in the south ern Btates will bo interested in the fact that on Juno 1st James Shelby ThomaB, doan of Virginia Christian collcgo of Lynchburg, will become commissioner of education for tho Southorn Commercial Congress. Hla work for tho congress will carry him into all stntes of the south, for the" purpose of bringing about a quicker exchange among all educators of edu cational Ideas and of school Improve ment suggestions. He w.111 also work out a plan for the Southern Commer cial Congress, whereby It can assist college and othor students of the south to Bocuro or completo their edu cation along scientific llnoB. Mr. Thomas 1b a young man with an unusual educational record. Ho was born In Saltvllle, Vn In 1880, Ho received his education In publio schools, then propared for college at Taiewell and the city high school at CatlettBburg, Ky. Ho took his degree Johnson City, Tenn., In 1000. Imme an Instructor in the samo collogo. In took an active part in improving Ten moved to Lynchburg, Va., and was a south, so ns to prepare them for useful school or to collcgo. AT FIGURES If a question comes up involving an ho has all tho necessary information' and figures In u mnnuor that would always havo boon In tbo past. 3 THE CHILDREN HOUSEBOAT IS INEXPENSIVE Whole Family May Be Given Cruise of Couple Weeks In Summer Around Some Lake or River. But fow peoplo can afford tho house boats ono sees Illustrated in tho maga zines, yet many would greatly liko tho chance to tako tho wholo family and cruising about somo lako or rlvor. A houseboat Is figured In tho accompany. lng lllustrntloaphat Is comparatively Inoxponslve, and still largo enough and convenient enough to mako n family outing very ploasant. In many places a flat-bottomed "scow" can bo found, H hauled up on shoro In idleness, which can be purchased for n trifling sum. A plain llttlo bouse nnd awning can bo built upon this, of a slnglo thickness of sheathing, similar to that shown In tho illustration, wrltos Dwlght Wood- bridge In tho Hearthstone. This llttlo houso has two rooms, ono for a cook ing room and ono for a "living" room, which can also bo used for a Bleeping room nt night, though tho "men folks" will very likely make their beds out on dock undor tho awning. A moro Inoxponslvo plan still Is fa A Houseboat, enown in mo socona cut. If one can buy nn old flat-bottomed scow, well and good. If not, he will doubtloss bo able to hlro ono for a couple of weeks, and on this ho can oroct a tent, nail lng nnd bracing tho frnmo to tho deck. A cloth awning can bo put up over the unpecupiod part of the deck, as in dicated by tho dotted linos, when tho improvised houseboat, or rathor, tent- boatwiu be comploto. It may not bo vory handsomo, but lota of comfort and n very Jolly tlmo can bo had, and an nt a small expense. Such n boat can bo moved from point to point by towing with a row- A Tent Boat. boat, or a llttlo mast nnd sail can bo erected that will provo Bervlconblo. A vory Bmall sail will move oven a largo boat ovar tho quiet waters of a lake, and on a summer outing rapidity of movement is not called for. Tho cuts aro offered as suggestions morely, If theso plans aro still too expcnslvo for anyone, or out of reach becauso no flat-bottomed scow is at band, thoro is still another plan. Make a pontoon by flooring over a little raft of logs, making tho floor Pontoon Scow. sufficiently elevated and level by tho plan shown In the third cut, and on this pontoon oroct a tent. -Inexpensive pleaBuros aro host, aftor all, and vory liKoly ns much pleaBuro will bo had upon a pontoon houseboat aB tho mil. llonalre experiences upon his palatial craft. Chemical Prints In Darkness. Horo ia tho way to tako a picture in tho dark; Draw a picture on a niece ot paper, Using sulphato of quinine in making tbo outlinos. Expose the paper to too sun lor a row minutes: thon place tho popor faco down on a niece of sensitive papor, liko that used by pnoiograpners, ana placo tho two sheets betwoon tho leavoa of a book. If tho sheetB are romoved from tho book a few hours later you will find that an exact reproduction of tho drawing will nave boon Impressed on tho sonsltlvo pnpor. Doslgns of any sort con bo copied In this way, or you may traco over a printed picture or design with sulphate of qulnlno and by tbo same procoss produce a faithful' copy of tho print. Try it. Father Was the Animal. Teacher John, ot what aro shoes made? Boy Of leather, sir. your Teacher Whore docs tho leather como from? Boy From tho hide of tho ox. Toacnor wuat animal, thon, sup plies you wuu shoes and glvos you rrw--w meat to out? Hoy My father. A QINQLE. J 2v I'm &s oeST&sIcMiW But when I'm "fheve 2, while I look Q.uife djjft event eA COURTESY TO BOY'S MOTHER Parent Should Be Treated as His Most Valuable Possession Kindness Also to Sister. Many a boy falls to rlso from his chair when his mother enters tho room, whllo ho would get up at onco If q strangor entored, and ono would sup pose that his motherwho is moro tc him than all tho rcBt of tho women- kind put together, should, to say the least, have from him the samo marks of courtoBy as strangers. In fact, you can toll a boy's character pretty ac curately by tho way in which ho troats his mother, for as a mother has prob ably done and will do moro for her son than any other woman with perhaps ono exception will ever do, ho. ought, in return, to treat her as his most vol uablo possession. His courtesy, his chivalrous and knightly bearing toward her, are never thrown away. She sees It all and thinks moro of it than does any ono elso, and ho neod never fear that hlB thoughtfulness Is thrown away. Perhaps, occasionally, Buch conduct may to a certain extent. go unnoticed by somo othor women, but by his mother, never. In tho samo way one's conduct to one's sister is a test of good breeding. Sisters aro not mothers, by any means; but still they demand courtesy from their brothers. Porhaps a sister can bo protty'hard to got on with at tlmos, but nevertheless sho Is a woman, and sho can do certain things without any foar of retaliation, becauso tho nobility of tho man In the' boy is bound to re spect tho woman la his Bister. Let her tease and tantallzo, but re member tho best way to euro her Is to treat her so like a lady who could novor descend to such methods that she will soon be forced to stop, In or der to live up to the character you havo given her. Mothers como first, therefore, over all the world, .and Bis ters next. Treat them as carefully as you do anything else in your life, and with evon moro care, and then wo can discuss the rest of womankind. Har per's Round Table. AMUSING TOY EASILY MADE Fish Made Out of Paper Will Swim In Water If Little Machine Oil Is Applied. Anyono can mako a paper fish that will swim. First of all, draw on paper the picture of a fish, as shown below. Thon cut a channel from the tall near ly to tho head (D), whero a round opening should bo mado (A). Place tho fish In a tub or pall ot wator elde down, and drop into the head of the channel (A) a fow drops of sowing- A Paper Flh. machine oil. At once tbo fish will be gin to swim in tho most remarkable way, tho motion being causod by the spreading of tho oil through tho chnn- nol (D), It tho channel bo slightly bont (C), tho fish will swim In a circle A Joke on Father. Johnnlo Pnpa, you'll let me out lock of your hair, won't youT Father Certainly, my boy I I am do llghtod to seo that you havo so much affection for your parents ns to ask tot a lock ot hair by way of romombranco, Johnnie You seo, papa, ray rocking horso has lost Us tall, and I wanted to mako It a now one, Tho Contluent SATISFACTORY METHOD OF PROPAGATING WOODY PLANTS Layering May Be Considered Connecting Link Between Natural and Artificial Generation Many Varieties Increase Naturally. (By d. j. cnosnr.) Layering may be considered the connecting link botween natural and artificial propogatlon. Many plants, such as black raspberries, grapes and othnrs, increase naturally in this way but man has-lent his aid in bo many wayB to this process of propagation that it may be considered to a certain extent artificial. A layer is a branch bo placed in contact with the earth as to Induce It to throw out roots and shoots, thus producing ono or more Independent plants, the branch meanwhile remain ing attached to the parent plant. Layering frequently proves a satisfac tory method of multiplying woody plants which do not readily tako root from cuttings. There are several methods of layering. Tip Layering. Tho tip of a branch or cane is bent down to tho ground Vine Laying. 'and slightly covered with soil when it will throw out roots and dovclop a new plant. Many plants may be prop agatod In this way. Vine Layering. A vino is stretched along tho ground and burled through out Its entire length in a shallow trench, or it may bo covered in certain places, leaving tho remaining portions oxposod. Roots will be put forth nt Intervals and branches thrown Up. Later tho vino may be cut botwqen the3o, leaving a number of lndepend- Mqund Layering. Tip Layering. 'ent plants. Tho grape can bo easily propagated In this way. Mound Layering. Plants which stool sending up a largo number of stems or shoots from n single root, are often layered by mounding up the earth so as to cover tho bases of those stems CORNSTALK BROODER SHELTER . Any oimplo fnfmework with cross pieces will servo on which to lay corn stalks to mako such a shelter as shown In the Illustration, says tho FIT POULTRY FOR MARKETING Comparative Rate ot Decomposi tion in Drawn and Undrawn Fowls Xa Shown by Cir s -cuter of Government. The results ot the Investigations in to the comparative rate of decomposi tion ot drawn and undrawn market poultry made by the United Btates de partment of agrlculturo during tho sea son 1909-1910 have Just been published In Chemistry Circular 70. Tho condi tions of tho experiment wero Btrlctly commercial, as the fowls wero killed and dressed by tho regular employees of a poultry packing houBe, wero ship ped In tho usual ono-doren-to-the-box package In a car-lot ot dressed poultry, wero received by a wholosalor and handled with hto stock, and went to the retailer when he purchased fowls from tho samo car-lot, remaining in hU shop for the period which tho mar ket happened to requlro for tholr Bale. Tho shipments extended over a pe riod of six months, from Janunry to June, incluslvo, and tho haul was about 1,700 miles requiring on tho average of 7& days. Tho birds wero mature hens, large nnd fairly fat, and tho method ot killing was by bleeding through tho mouth nnd puncturing tho brain through tbo skull just below the eye. Tho carcasses woro drossed ac cording to methods known respective ly ns "full drawn," "wire drawn," "Boston drawn,'' and somo aro un- and cause them to throw out roots. Each may then be removed from the original root and treated as an inde pendent plant A plant is ofton cut back to the ground to make It send up a largo number of shoots to bo layer ed in thts way. ROOTS SERVE TWO PURPOSES Tliey Not Only Drink Up Dissolved Foods, bu t Also Serve to Hold' Plant In Fixed Position Strong in a Way. (By II. H. BHEPARD.) I Roots servo two purposes for the plant. They not only drink up dis solved foods, but also servo to hold the plant In a fixed position. Tho older and largor tho plant grows tho moro roots It nocds to so-' curoly hold it in place jind to fully satisfy Us drinking needs. AH of tho roots of n plant help to hold It In placo, but tho youngest and finest roots do tho drinking, Theso young, flno roots aro called feeding roots. Thoy grow, out In nil directions in tho moist soil In search of food for 'the plant. At tho end of each tiny feeding root is a llttlo cap resembling the finger of a glovo. Tho function of this little root cap Is to protect tho tender-rootlet as it pushes Its way through bard bits of soli. Although young and apparently tender, these foeding roots are vory strong In a way. Through the power of expansive growth, they are able ot push Blowly through tho very hard soil, and even penetrate some rocks, bursting them Into pieces. With large plants, Buch' as trees thoy penetrate very deep down Into tho ground where tho soil Is always moist, but always as hard as rock. What to Plant. As to what to plant, that depends upon climate and soil and whether tho garden Is for all tho year round or morely for summer and 'autumn, Bays Frances Duncan in the Century. If tho placo bo lived In during tho win ter, thon a hedgelike thorn, with Us gay scarlet berries, a fow overgreons marking Important points, and edgings of dwarf evergreens or box will glvo no small amount of cheer and empha size the fact that tho garden 1b not dead, but sleeping. Orange Judd Farmer. Tho roof is of wood, tho sides provided with internal and external crosspleccs to hold tbo stalks In place. Anyone can mako H. drawn, all being: dry nicked, and tho ovlsceration waa conducted with suffi cient car to render washing unneces sary. Tho routine of dossing, packing and shipping, and general handling In these experiments Is far abovo the av erage. In fact it all market poultry should be handled so well, the prob lem ot decay would bocomo Insignifi cant The Investigations which are de scribed in detail in the pamphlet dem onstrate (1) undrawn poultry decom poses moro Blowly than does poultry which has been either wholly or part ly eviscerated; (2) "full drawn" poul try; completely evlsceratod with head nnd feet removed decomposes the most rapidly; (8) "Boston drawn" and "wire drawn" stand midway between the undrawn and "full drawn" In speed of decomposition tho "wire drawn," which is most like the undrawn being usually tho hotter; and (4) that these deductions apply to dry picked, dry chilled, dry packed, unwashed fowls, which havo been markoted with what would bo called promptness. Tho effect of dlfforent methods of dressing In caso of delayed marketing Is now under Investigation. Arabian Horse. The Arabian horso Is a horso of tho highest courage, In stature about 14, hands 2 Inches, a horso of length, power nnd substance cojpblnod with tho elastic nnd tho sinuous movement of tho serpent Ho is a porfect ani mal, ho Is not exaggerated In some largo parts, meager and diminished in, others,