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Of Interest to Dullders
Prof CharlcB L Norton of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
pays that a great deal more caro
ehould bo taken In protecting steel
work and wrought Iron work from cor
rosion Concrete Is a far better safe
guard than stone orterra cotta agalnBt
Gro ho says The Boston skyscrapers
are viewed with suspicion by Prof
Norton
Women are sure all men have hab
its of extravagance which need cor
rection
Smajlest Monarchy op Earth
Tho sovereign who reigns aver the
nmallest monarchy in the world is the
king of Cocos a group of islands near
Sumatra Tiyeae islands were dis
covered about 200 years ago by tho
captain of the Keeling but were corn
paratlvoly little known till 1825 When
Mr Ross an Englishman visited them
Jie was struck by their beauty and
took up his abode there It is his
grandson George Ross who novr
holds sway over the Cocos
Making it Emphatic
Concerning a certain archdeacon in
he English church a talo of modesty
f s tdhT Ho forbade one of his friends
to- call him doctor saying If you
call me doctor I will do the same for
you Oh but you cant replied
tho other I am not a doctor You
soon will be was the answer Ill
be if I am came the retort
Elephants Long for Freedom
In captivity elephants always stand
up when they sleep but when in the
jungle in their own land and home
they lie down The reason given for
the difference between the elephant
In captivity and in freedom is that
tho animal never acquires complete
confidence in his keepers and always
longs for liberty
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Lightning and Trees
Prof Assmann one of the German
government meteorological experts
says that lightning seldom strikes in
a forest -where the trees are dense
and qf about the same -height Danger-
exists only where isolated trees
nBO high above their surroundings
Try me just once and I am sure to
pome again Defiance Starch
Unresisting Victims of Button Trust
Why are there two buttons or even
one on the sleeves of a coat The
writer took a census of hisj buttons
and found that60 of them were un
necessary He Is particularly anxious
as to the two buttons behind on a
frock coat Taking a survey of the
whole human family lie finds that
there are 800000000 buttons worn all
of them useless Philadelphia Led
ger
Wife Drove Pests Away
A Yorkshire man whose poor rela
tions1 pestered him continually mar
ried the worst scold in the county in
order to have a guardian who would
protect him from the importunate
legacy hunters The venomous and
incessant vituperation of the woman
1 ad the desired effect
Insects Dont Touch Rice
A remarkable fact connected with
the riceiPlant is its almost entire im
munity from the attacks of insects
and from those diseases which infect
the cereals and other vegetablo
growths as also that it supplies a
-wholesale diet for one half the popula
tion of the world
Force of Blus Whale
A blue whale harpooned by a New
foundland whaler in Placentia Bay in
March 1903 towed the steam whaler
Puma 122 miles the screw being re
versed at full speed the whole time
and not until twenty six houra
elapsed was exhausted and killed
BUILDING FOOD
To Bring the Babies Around
When a little human machine or
r large one goes wrong nothing is so
important as the selection of food
which will always bring it around
again
My little baby boy fifteen months
old had pneumonia then came brain
fever and no sooner had lie got over
these than lie began to cut teeth and
Lelng so weak he wax frequently
thrown into convulsions says a Col
orado mother
I decided a change might help so
took hira to Kansas City for a visit
When we got there lie was so very
weak when he would cry he would
sink away and seemed like he would
die
When I reached my sisters home
she said immediately that we must
feed him Grape Nuts and although 1
had never used the food we got some
acd for a few days gave him just the
juice of Grape Nuts and milk He
got stronger so quickly we were soon
feeding him the Grape Nuts itself and
la a wonderfully short time he fat
tened right up and became strong
8nd well
That showed me something worth
knowing and when later on my girl
came I raised her on Grape Nuts and
slio isxastrong healthy baby and has
been You twilL see from the little
photograph L send you what a strong
chubby 3oungster the boy is now but
lie didnt look anything like that be
fore we found this nourishing food
Gi ape Nuts nourished him back to
strength when he was so weak ho
cculdnt keep any other food on his
stomach Name givea by Postum
Co Eattle Creek Mich
Ali children can be built to a more
sturdy and healthy condition upon
Grape Nuts and cream The food
contains the elements nature de
mands from which to make the soft
gray filling in the nerve centers and
train A well fed brain and strong
sturdy nerves absolutely insure a
healthy body
Look in each pkff for the famous
little book The Road to Wellville
I POULTRY
Temperature of Sitting Hens
A close observer of poultry says
that hens differ greatly as to the tem
perature of their bodies at brooding
time Some hens have a high tem
perature and such are good produc
ers of chicks as the heat is very
necessary for the work of developing
the chicks A hen with a high tem
perature will leave her nest for a con
siderable time each day and still the
results of her brooding be of the best
There are other hens that have a low
temperature and are very poor pro
ducers of chicks whether theystlclc
to the nest all the time or not We
have not made a study of this mat
ter and do not know how much truth
there is in the opinions of the so
called close observer Testing a num
ber of hens by means of a reliable
thermometer should shed some light
on the problem
More Yard Room
Where fowls are kept yarded they
do not often have the amount of yard
room that should be given them On
our farms restrictions of this kind are
ndt necessary as land is worth too
small a price to make it necessary to
lessen the amount the fowls should
have The small amount allotted to
the poultry is often due to the cost
of fencing But the larger the yard
the less the cost of fencing If no top
rail is used four feet will be found
high enough for a wire fence if the
yard is of good size The smaller the
yard the higher will the fence have to
I be as the smaller the yard the more
strenuously wm tne iowis try to get
out of it
Turkey House
In the accompanyingrcutsare sbpwa
two views of a turkey house illustrat
ed by the United States Department
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TURKEY HOUSE FRONT VIEW
of Agriculture In the front near the
top is seen a ventilator which should
always be open except in exception
ally cold weather The roosts are
placed near the front of the house and
are on the level The back view shows
the slide door which should be left
TURKEY HOUSE BACK VIEW
open during the day that the turkeys
may go and come at pleasure Farm
ers Review
Geese
TLe last census reported 5G00000
geese in the country and about forty
times as many chickens This shows
the relative importance of the goose
raising industry to that of the chicken
raising industrj It is doubtless true
that it would pay ourN farmers to raise
more geese than they do Goose
raising has not largely passed into the
hands of specialists as has the indus
try of raising ducks The goose re
quires a great deal of room to do
well and for that reason the farmer
has the advantage over the specialist
Most of the geese in the country are
raised on farms but generally in
small flocks They use a large amount
of pasture and this is one thing in
their favor as fields of clover and
alfalfa can be turned into goose meat
at little cost The goose feeds very
largely on grass but needs water to
swim in to do the best
The fact that the goose does not
lay a large number of eggs and that
it requires a good deai of room have
conspired to render the goose popular
witli American farmers In spite of
this however the statistics show that
there are more geese in the country
than ducks The goose could be used
much more advantageously on some
farms than any other domestic bird
There are on a good many farms
marshy fields that are too wet for
cattle or other farm stock that would
make acceptable pasturage for geese
Some of these fields could not be
drained without great expense and
some of them lis so low that it is
doubtful if drainage would ever be
effective This is just the place for
a goose run the frequent pools of
water giving them the places neces
sary for swimming and hunting
Geese raisers declare that geese do
not thrive so well in large flocks as do
ducks The why is not explained
There may be no why except lack
of care and crowding in too close quar
ters It is probable that it is due to
decreased opportunity to find food es
pecially where the birds have to hunt
much of it themselves The larger
the flock the greater in proportion will
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be the amount of food the fanner must
give for the number of bugs found
will be leas per goose Geese do not
require much attention and that
should make them popular with the
American farmer who has more area
than available labor After the gos
lings are a week old they show a de
cided determination to take care of
themselves if a good range is given
Perhaps this characteristic has been
taken too much advantage of by some
of our farmers and accounts for the
lack of success with geese in some
instances
The geese of the country comprise
a good many mongrels the parents of
which were imported so long ago that
their breed names have been lost
The most profitable breeds are those
that have been Introduced in compar
atively recent years such as the Tou
louse Chinese -African and
Egyptian Canada or Wild Geese are
fi
eing raised to some extent The
armer that goes into goose raising
will find it will pay him better to
grow the distinct breeds than to raise
geese of no known breeding
Quail on toast is a common del
icacy that is in repute with epicures
Some of them were shocked when
they learned that squabs were being
palmed off on them for quail They
will perhaps be more shocked when
we tell them that now the palmers
have gone a step further and are palm
ing off very young chickens for squabs
Recently In visiting a poultry yard
we were told that a dealer had been
round and pajd good prices for chicks
just beginning to lose their down He
said he was buying them to sell to the
market men for squabs who would sell
them to the restauranters and hotel
men who would serve them to the
customers as quail along with toast
Now can some one find something to
palm off in the place of the unfeath
ered chick
The color of the chick at time of
birth does not indicate the color of
the mature fowl that is to grow out
of it This leads the amateur to con
clude that certain chicks from eggs
that he purchased as from pure breeds
must have been wrong The amateur
will have to wait till the chicks have
matured before he can be certain of
the variety they are A chick entirely
black is not common and the chicks
of black breeds are generally canary
colored on the under part The colors
come out right when the feathers
grow
The poultry raiser needs to concern
himself more about the conditions that
surround his flock than about the
breed though the breed is important
Bad conditions will spoil the results
from the best of breeds
The man that raises poultry largely
for market will generally settle down
to one variety but the man that
wants to learn all he can about fowls
will keep numerous breeds
Chickens are like money they can
always be disposed of at a fair ex
change The prices for fowls are
quite constant
Model Dairies
There are as yet few model dairies
in the country but we believe that
more of them will come into existence
as the boards of health in the cities
press the investigations that they are
making into the conditions of the
farms in the country that supply
milk The Chicago inspectors have
been going out as we have reported
in past issues of this paper and they
have found a good many dirty dairies
and a few clean ones Reports say
tat in other large cities the Boards
of Health are taking the same steps
Here and there they have found
dairies that were models in every par
ticular The barns were high and
dry The light was abundant in the
stables Cement was used wherever
possible and water was supplied to
every nook The stables were
washed out after each milking and
the cows were kept in the cleanest
possible condition Some of the own
ers of these dairies even insist that
the cows be curried before each milk
ing but most people will regard that
as perhaps unnecessary Absolute
cleanliness does not require that un
less the cows are shedding their hair
The appointments of a model dairy
require that the ventilation of the
barns shall be of the best and that
the windows be large enough and so
placed that light can reach to every
part of the building The feed
troughs should be washed out daily
The lack in this regard is one of the
causes of bad odors in the milk On
some farms they are never washed
out and at every milking the scent
from them crosses the stream of milk
that is falling into the pail It later
reappears as a disagreeable taint in
the milk or butter
The Cheese Situation
According to reports from various
parts of the country the condition
of the pastures thus far this summer
has been such as to favor the mak
ing of cheese The best quality was
however made in the early part of
the season the quality of the milk
deteriorating as the weather became
warmer and tne pastures shorter
The cheese that was stored was large
ly of the early made kind Most of
that being made in the middle of the
summer is shipped directly to market
as there is no demand for it for stor
age The market is said to be slug
gish and almost no cheese is being
purchased to send abroad
Many a farmer has weakened tho
constitutions of his animals by feed
ing too heavily of corn TJjiis feed
makes fat but when fed in too great
abundance deprives the animal of
visor and lessens the breeding quali
tfcs
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Peach Liqueur
Take mellow full flavored peaches
Wash but do not peel slice and put in
a stone jar which must be set for six
hours in a kettle of boiling water
Cover the peach kernels with brandy
and let stand till next day Strain off
the juice from the peaches taking
care not to squeeze the fruit j hard
enough to make the liquid muddy
Measure the juice and for each pint
take a generous pound of the best re
fined sugar Put sugar and juice to
gether and let stand until next day
then bring the mixture to a boil skim
thoroughly and strain it again through
a bag of double cheese cloth When
it is cool add to it the brandy in
which the kernels have been soaked
putting one pint of spirit to two of
tyrup Let it settle and if not per
fectly clear strain again It ought to
be either a clear pink a bright yellow
or a white according to the fruit used
Use clear glass bottles Put in the
kernels also a blade of mace tied to
a bit of yellow lemon peel and a frag
ment of stick cinnamon Cork seal
and keep in a dark place The liquor
Improves with age
For Toilet Details
A capital notion is a large case of
flax linen daintily embroidered with
different sized receptacles for holding
gloves veils cravats waist ribbons
and the hundred and one detailsjthat
nowadays go to make up a well-turned-out
womans toilet Veils carefully
handled will last a long time whereas
tossed into drawer without being fold
ed and stretched out to their original
width they scarcely last a week in a
condition one would term respectable
The tendency of all these open mesh
woven things is to shrink The fancy
for the long gauze veil with deep hem
border grows apace That these
spend quite half their life thrown
back over the hat in nowise aiects
their popularity Indeed for such
were they apparently ordained the
smart French and American elegantes
flagrantly adding an ordinary fine
russian net for actual use
Batiste With Embroidery
The value of a tasteful wrapper that
can be slipped on with ease and which
invites relaxation is well understood
This one is exceptionally attractive
at the same time that it is wholly
simple and is adapted to a wide range
of materials As illustrated however
it is made of white batiste figured
with pale green and is combined with
a collar and frills of embroidery The
fronts are plain and loose but the
back is laid in inverted plaits which
provide additional fulness and to the
lower edge is joined the gathered
flounce The quantity of material re-
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yards 27 1033 yards 32 or GVi yards
14 inches wide with vi yards of all
over emboiiry and yards of edging
8 inches wide
Symphonies in Colors
Color symphonies are engaging the
attention of both milliners and dress
makers at the present moment when
novelties in the way of new modes are
no longer forthcoming All sorts of
fantastic ideas are being employed
and so that the colors harmonize
there is no limit to the quaint and
lovely conceits that a true artistic
modiste can achieve One of the most
original of these creations for eve
ning wear but it is alas only for
the fortunate few is a sunrise
frock in which all the tints of the
sky at sunrise are skillfully blended
The soft cool gray of dawn rose pink
an indescribable blue and a sort of
mauve haze that trembles into white
are all intermingled so softly that one
is conscious of no details of the gown
only of the wonderful general effect
Girls Apron
Pretty aprons are ever in demand
This ce is novel and becomes orna
mental at the same time that it serves
the vractical end of protecting the
frock As illustrated it is made of
white lawnywith trimming of embroid
ery and fancy stitching but all the
materials used for aprons are equally
correct white for the better sort col
ored charabray gingham and the iike
for those of harder uago
The apron is made with a yoke
thtt is extended at the front to give
a stole effect fronts and backs -The
main portion is gathered at its upper
edge and attached to the yoke and
front and the closing is made at the
center back
The quantity of material required
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for the medium size 8 years is 2V2
yards 32 inches wide with 2 yards
of embroidery to trim as illustrated
Pretty Necklaces
Gold beads look very pretty worn
above the low collar of a summer
blouse They are confined to day
wear at present while longer chains
of rare stones are liked tor evening
Coral necklaces as well as those of
turquoise beads have come in with
the reappearance of gold ones and
when becoming either of these is a
very effective ornament In one ol
the prettiest long chains the fine gold
links are interspersed with oblong bits
of cut aqua marines and swung on the
end of the chain is a large locket
trimmed with the same stones onl
smaller and in the center rests a sin
gle diamond
For Tailor Made Gowns
Chiffon cloth is being largely usee
for tailor made gowns this summer Ii
is pei haps tho most fashionable of al
the thin fabrics and while it has al
the suppleness and evanscent beauts
of chiffon it also possesses the dura
bility of cloth and works up into the
most fascinating of dresses In the
soft pastel tones it is exquisite and il
lends itSelf so very easily to the pic
turesquc draperies and gagings thai
are now the mode Lace is a charm
ing adornment especially that of a
fairly coarse weave and it looks wel
in conjunction with galloon or sill
braid or even embroideries
Shepherds Plaid in Early
Shepherds plaid has made its ap
pearance earlier than usual this year
As a rule one encounters it only when
summer is drawing to a close and the
ping pong of the sportsmans gun is
heard echoing across the moors But
for once in her career fashion has an
ticipated matters and shepherds plaid
is included among the check patterns
considered modish in the way of taf
fetas and voiles Some very becoming
shepherds plaid gowns have been seen
in singhams andi fine lawns but the
insistent little black and white check
looks at its smartest in chiffon cloth
The Collar for Silk Frocks
For wear with silk frocks and rib
bon stocks there is a decided demand
for the modified medici collar which
takes the place of the plain niching
now rather out of date The new
medici rufile is of net or lawn edged
with Valenciennes or mechlin lace
Lnifp pleated and is from one ami a
half inches to three inches deep
stands out very stiff and somewhat
saucily from the stock
A Mew Fad in Ties
Grass green tape ties in white can
vas golf and tennis oxfords are a late
summer fad at the country clubs
links ind tennis courts Both men and
women have taken to wearing them
No Time Lost
A mother after days of preparation
for a weeks absence from homo- sud
denly remembered after the train was
well under way that she had left a
bottle of a certain well known remedy
within reach of the meddlesome little
fingers of her thrc year old sen She
remembered ten that there was noth
ing that the child loved better than
the aromatic contents of that particu
lar bottle
Hurriedly calling the porter the
arxjou s motner prepareu a message i
to be telegraphed from the firtr sta
tion It read
Hide bottle of Robbies medicine I
Left it on table in my room
An hour later she received this net
altogether scathing message from the
boys father
Too late Bobbie got there first
Chicago Record Herald
Few Americans in Europe
Traeier returning from Europe de
clare that the scarcity of Americans
at continental resorts very notice
able thi season and hotelkeepers are
complaining that not in years have
they come upoN such hard times
WISH BLUE
Costa so cents and equals 20 cents
worth oS any other kind ol Diuing
Wont Freeze Spill Break
Nor Spot Clothes
DIRECTIONS FOR U8E
around in the taater
AX aHwiio Grocra
Wild Dogs of Central Africa
The wild dog of central Africa an
explorer writes Is common enough
He is an ugly looking beast with a
pied body coarse hair short head and
large upright ears These wild dogs
play fearful havoc with game occa
sionally clearing out whose districts
precisely In the same manner as the
red dhole of India before which even
the tiger Is said to retreat
Pert Stammering
Pen stammering Is the name giv
en by Dr Bertillon of Paris to a diffi
culty in writing analogous to stammer
ing in speech Many persons he says
are Incapable of writing even one of
the letters of a word as long as any
one is looking at them Hypnotic sug
gestion he thinks will cure this nerv
ous trouble as well as writers cramp
Greater New Yorko Pay Roll
Some Idea of the size of Greater
New York may be gained by the state
ment that there are 40000 employes
sn the pay roll This is a greater
number than many South American
republics and petty monarchies of the
old world carry including their stand-
j ing armies
Old Mans Secret
Alpena Sept 5 Special -Seventy-five
years of age but hale
and hearty is Mr Jerome K Four
nier of this place and to those who
ask the secret of his splendid health
he gives the good advice Use Doddt
Kidney Pills
When asked for his reason for s
strongly recommending the Grea
American Kidney Remedy Mr Four
nier related the following experience
I recommend Dodds Kidney
Pills because they cured me of Dia
betes i suffered with my kidneys
for a long time and suffered terribly
from these Urinary Troubles that are
so general among aged people
Then I started to use Dodds Kid
ney Pills and eight boxes ofv them
cured my kidneys regulated my wa
ter and made me feel like a hearty
young man
Dodds Kidney Pills make the old
feel young because they make sound
kidneys Sound kidneys mean health
and health is the other name for
youth
Most Spoken Languages
There are 382000000 Chinese speak
ing the same language making Chi
nese the most spoken language There
arftso many dialects which are entire
ly different that they seem scarcely
to belong to the same tongue The in
habitants of Mongolia and Thibet can
barely understand the dialect of the
people in Pekin Putting Chinese
aside the most spoken languages are
as follows in millions English 120
German 70 Russian G8 Spanish 44
Portuguese 32
Condemns Top Hats
The London Medicol Press thus is
sues a call for heroes The top hat
is ugly unhygienic and embarrassing
Irs sole claim to support is the
ui it fciJtiaaujiuy it gives It
only a few medical baronets would
drive to their consultations in Pana
mas and cloth caps they would break
the tyranny of habit over health and
fomeliness and at the same time earn
the undying gratitude of their humb
ler confreres
Refreshments in Church
Family pews were introduced at the
beginning of the seventeenth century
Some of these had a table and fire
place also curtains and window
blinds so as to secure the utmost
privacy This led to abuses In
some of the closed pws card playing
was not uncommon and the tedium of
n long service was sometimes relieved
by light refreshments The Reliquary
Snake That Store
While working close to a farm
house at Fulbeck In Lincolnshire a
laborer was astonished to see a snake
over a yard long swim across a
stream With some trouble he cap
tured it and found in its mouth a
cheese cake which it had stolen from
the farm house larder on the other
siue of the river London Daily Ex
press
Allens Foct Ease Wonderful Remedy
Have tried ALLENS FOOT EASE and
find it to be a certain care and gives com
lort to one suffering with sore tender and
swollen feet I will reconuaend ALLENS
FOOT EASE to my friends as it -a
certainly a wonderful reaituly Mrs IN
II Guilford New Orleans La
University Celebration
The University of Freiburg had a
grand celebration recently proces
sions fireworks illuminations ad
dresses the occasion being the round
ing out of the number of students to
2000 One of the speakers referred
to the fact that the number 1000 was
reached in 18S5 and he was much ap
plauded when he pointed at a babe
in the arms of a nurse as the future
our tlrousandth student
its but a slipper step from smart
ness to sin
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