Dakota County HoralS
DAKOTA CITY, NIB.
4hn M. Ream, Publlhl
Temper an a a
combination.
pistol make a' bad
To became a successful loafer a man
tafait possess a let of natural ability.
'"Wliy will people continue to build
tfiVlr homes on the sides of volcanoes?
Trying to tell a new AhIi story Is a
thorough test of an average ninn"s
Originality.
One of the best things ahoit the
Joy ride is that It so often turns out
lobe Its own punishment.
The Department of Agriculture reit
erates the charge that the housefly
Carries more germs than a whisker In
IT culture tube.
A Connecticut woman died of joy,
eused by receiving a large sum In
cajh. It Is not, however, a complaint
which Is catching.
Tha gallantry of the men of this
eounfry la emphasized by the fact that
Women are permitted to wear big hats
Ten at baseball games.
Owing to the fact that there had not
teen a war In Central America fo
fCTeral weeks the earthquake got busy
hd shook the people up a bit down
there.
The rush to the vicinity of Mount
Etna no doubt will suggest to the av
erage summer-resort proprietor the nd
Vantage of having a practical volcano
(tear bis hotel.
Compelling a Congressman to cat
J)fg speeches Is cruel and Inhuman and
besides It spoils a lot of paper stock
which eventually might have a useful
and honorable career.
Actors and actresses who are fortu
nate enough to be Identified with plays
that are decent and at. the same tl'ue
Entertaining should not neglect to get
down on their knees every night and
give thanks.
, A Harvard professor of psychology
is conducting experiments to see
What advertisements make the strong
est appeal. Those containing refer
enes to 49 and 99 cents are sure
to get honorable mention.
The new Queen of England Is tallar
than the king, but friends ot the cou
ple do not believe this has had any
thing to do with the fact that the king
has made the Queen's brothers royal
highnesses Instead of serene high
nesses. It seems from the stories about
King Oeorgo that an heir apparent
has about as much chance to show his
paces as a Vice President. Somebody
ought to open a correspondence school
of instruction for both of these classes
of functionaries, so that they may not
come to their duties totally unprc
pared.
The cost of living might be less if
you would throw out your telephones.
qlut using gas and electric lights, go
DacK to coal oil, cut on your maga
zines and newspapers, wear cheaper
clothes, never go to any place of
amusement, entertain no company, and
live on bread and molasses if you
care to live that way.
It appears that Andrew Carnegie
woke up one morning recently nnd
found that he waa $3,000,000 richer
than he had supposed himself to be. It
must worry men who are as rich as
Carnegie to think how easily they
might be robbed of a million or two
here or there in such a sly way that
they would, never miss it.
White ia henceforth to be the dis
tinguishing color of rural-delivery
mail boxes In all parts of the United
States. The Post Office Department
baa sent out a request to this effect to
the millions who are served by the
rural routes. Not only will the color
Identity the boxes and posts and pro
mote a desirable uniformity, but the
paint will protect them from damage
by the weather.
Somebody is always trying to fool
eouieooay eise. a aime museum pro
prietor in Boson lately organized a
very complicated hoax, In which a
"meteorite," previously heated and
aklllfully "planted," waa dlacovsred
with much circumstance, and placed
on public exhibition. Unluckily for
him, the museum man did not really
know much about meteorites, and pick
ed out a aort ot rock that does not
fall from the sky. Suspicion was fol
lowed by Investigation and exposure;
and the "Norwood meteor" has gone
to Join the once more famous "Cardiff
giant."
English non-conformists are push
ing their plan for a federal union of
the independent churches; to be
known as the United Free Church of
England. It Is proposed that in every
Village where there are two or three
non-conformist churches struggling to
live, they shall all be united into one
strong church. In one village it may
be a Baptist church which will be th'
center ot union, and all the membert
t the other churches will become Bap
tists. This is easier In England than
In America, as neither close coii-nun-Ion
nor immersion is Insisted on by
the English Baptists. In another com
munity the new church might be
Methodist, and in a third Presbyter
Ian, and so on. The result would not
decrease the numerical strength of
any denomination. In the view of Its
advocates, but would produce an econ
omy of effort and of money. It -e-mains
to be seen whether the denomi
national barriers can be so easily re
njved as to make the proposed feder
atlon successful.
Amid the sounds of mourning at
London bus been heard a note of ap
prehension concerning the new king
and bis probable attitude towards the
quevtitnis which have vexed the na
tion for so many months. The late
king's diplomacy and open mlndednesa
were greatly relied on to steer the
ship of state out of the dangerous
whirlpool which Involved the fonstltu
tlonnl question of the lords. Ills eon
Is said to be of nore obstinate char
acter than the father, resembling In
this his old predecessors whose name
he bears; but so little Is known of
George V.'s attributes that this asser
tion may be based upon nothing bet
ter than the name he ha chosen.
Should It be true that one of the old
Hanoverian obstinacy and wronghead
ednesn lias come to England's throne It
would, Indeed, be a serious thing for
the country. The Georges, and Will
lain IV. as well, tried England sorely
for more than a century, nnd it was
not till the crown descended to Victo
ria that the menace of the dynasty
passed from the realm. Ignorance,
gluttony, Infidelity, Indifference, and
obstinacy marked the successive
rcljnis of the four previous Oeorges,
nnd William's was little better in most
respects. That the English nation, In
spite of Its rulers. In spite of Internal
turmoil and foreign wars, became on
land and sea. In commerce, In culture,
and in morals the superior to many of
Us rivals Is the highest compliment
to the sterling qualities which ani
mate Its people. It Is ft grave situa
tion which faces the new ruler and
his subjects, but the good wishes of
the world go out to both with the hope
that be has learned from the teaching
and example of his father that modera
tion, that consideration for all parties
which formed so striking an attribute
of bin kingship.
TRIED TO ARREST THE KAISER.
'IhotiKlit tomrehln Wmm Wrong
When Kmpi-ror Came Home.
Only quite recenily the Kaiser left
the Imperial residence at Potsdam clad
In an ordinary suit of brown tweeds.
The guard, however, seeing him go out,
did not know who he was, an ques
tioned an official of the palace shortly
afterward concerning the stranger.
This aroused some suspicion and the
Emperor was followed, still unrecog
nized, lie went to Berlin, where a
regular detortlve was set to watch
him, for any stranger at Potsdam la
always well looked after.
The Kaiser went to a restaurant.
and dined as an ordinary mortal
might, for ho la given to these llttlo
Incognito excursions, says Cassell's
Saturday Journal. He did nothing par
ticular beyond buying some cigarettes
at a tobacconist's, and the detective,
Joined by another plain-clothes man,
dogged the unsuspecting monarch back,
to the palace, which be entered un
concernedly. The guard saluted, but
the Innocent detectives, now convinced
that something w.is wrong, dashed for
ward and laid their hands on the Kai
ser's shoulders and demanded to know
who he was. It took twenty minutes
and the corroboration of half the pal
ace to satisfy them that they had
"pinched" the Kaiser, who enjoyed the
Joke hugely. He ordered the crestfallen
men to bo given a sumptuous dinner
and a hundred marks (equal to $25)
apiece as an appreciation of their zeal.
A Treat A heart.
Look beuh, boy, Ah wants to tell you
You sho' got some Joy ahead;
Bum mah gwlne to breng us melon,
Black seeds peepln' out do red.
Watahmelon's what Ah 'fere to,
Dat's right go on hoi' yo breaf,
Dey ain't nothln' half so Mlclous;
Tickles coons 'mos' nigh to deaf.
Vines is growln' mighty rapid,
An' de bloHHoms la 'bout due,
When dey fades dur comes do melona,
Sproutln' dur fo' me an" you.
Iilgguh, bittxah dey'lll keep gltttn',
You an' me a-wultln', boy;
Pretty soon we up n' grab one,
Den wa tas' some real true Joy,
White folks nevah 'preelates 'em
Lak dn nlgKuha, you kin bet.
But do black man got to have 'em
Kvhry lummuh, else he'll fret.
Look heuh, boy, de summuh's. comln',
Uwlne to be hcah aftah while,
Brengln' 'long dut wutuhmclon;
Dat's right, nlgguh go on smile!
Kxchunge.
Indian Cremation Moat Stop.
Some time ago the agent and other
officers In charge of the Yuma reserva
tion asked the braves to refrain from
burning the bouses of the dead. They
showed how easy It would be for a Are
to sweep over a part of the reserva
tlon and put government property In
Jeopardy.
For a time the Indians observed the
request, the Los Angeles Times says,
but a few dnys ago celebrated the de
parture of one of their number In the
most approved redskin style. The per
sonal effects of the deceased were
burned and his house was set on fire.
lie was supposed to have arrived In
the happy hunt lug ground, ready tor
an enthusiastic reception.
But, Inasmuch as the personal prop
erty of a deceased person belongs to
the heirs by the California law, there
Is no doubt that zealous friends over
stepped the law when they cremated
everything the dead ludlan ha; ever
owned.
The practice of the Yuma Indians
In burning their dead, together with
the possessions left by the departed
braves, bus aroused the fcdenV author
It lea to action. While there wouldn't
be Interference with cremation a re
llglous rite the ofllcers declare that
government property must not be en
dangered.
In the Same Moat.
Jack (entering office) By George,
the rain Is coming down all right. I'm
soaked.
Tom Where Is your umbrellaT
Jack It's li's what I am. Boston
Evening Transcript.
Many a woman wouldn't want
vote If she could boss some voter.
8H
ILLINOIS BIRD KINO.
Merrhaei Who l Friend of Hum-
ered Tril rn ln Fine i nlleetlon.
Illinois' bird king U a dry goods
merchant, Isaac K. Hem of Phlln. He
is one of the greatest authorities on
ornithology and his collection of
stuffed birds, their nests and cgs, Is
one of the finest in exigence. For
thirty years he has made a study of
the feathered songsters of the air ami
Is their staunch defender.
Mr. Hess has for years agitated a
closed season on quail shooting lasting
for several years. lie believes I hat
these birds are ine best friends of
the fanners and that the "Hob Whites"
should be protected from the annual
slaughter, lie ban written a number
of articles defending his position and
has sought to arouse the Legislature
to the importance of this protection.
Two broods are raised annually by this
species, and If undisturbed woll breed
rapidly.
A single pn Ir. If not Interfered with,
will produce tluO young birds in three
llKSH.ANl) SOMK OK HIS KXItlUITS.
yeara. He computes each pair of qual
as worth $5 annually to the farmer li
destroying insects.
The persecuted hawk family ia als
being championed by the Philo enthu
Blast. Ho has discovered that fo.
every hawk that destroys poultry then
are 100 that subsist upon Held mice
insects and other small enemies of tht
farmer. Thousands of hawks arc
killed every year because of ignorance
and prejudice.
While studying the beautiful roso
breasted grosbeak, one of the hand
somest birds known to the Unltet
States, Mr. Hess discovered a strange
mystery of nature. He learned to hit
Intense surprise that the grosbeak It
the only bird thnt will cat the potatc
bug.
Students of nature and bird loven
In particular who have Inspected the
collection of birds, nests and eggs
gathered and classified by Mr. Hess
agree that it is one of the finest It
America. One case contains eight
birds with the nests and eggs of eacl
species, every one of which were col
lected within a few miles of his home
A second case contains 120 specimeni
secured in other sections of the coun
try. The eggs range from the large
mottled typo of the vulture to the m
nute humming bird. Every hour tha
he can spare from business Mr. Ileiai
devotes to bird lore. He is constant!
photographing his feathered friend
never kills one wantonly, but is con
stantly trying to save them from de
8tructlon. He has learned thnt Illinoli
alone contains moio than 100 sped
mens of birds that nnnually nest it
this State, and it has been an enor
mous task to procure a specimen o,
each with its nest and eggs.
Keemed l.lke the Kenl Thin.
"Oh, Jimmy, let's put de lamp out
de smell is someth'n tierce."
"Not on yer life! Dat's wot makei
it set'in like a genuine automobile."
(uulil-rnle.
"What shall we do. John," Bald the
farmer's wife, who had retained timet
of her sentiment through twenty-tive
years of married llft--"what shall wi
do to celebrate our silver wedding:?'
"Reckon up, where all the sllver'i
gone to In bringing up our family,
grumbled he.
"Ob, no, John; It must be somethlnt
real good and out of the ordinary.
tell you what. Let us kill the fattes'
pig and give a banquet."
"Maria," said the husband solemnly
"I don't see how the unfortunate anl
ma! is to blame for what Lappenet
twenty five years ago."
(73 ' Is! i3-C Ts.
;w;fjx
Pests of va;lous kinds cost the
American citizen the staggering sum
of $2,000,000,000 annually, according
to the Washington Post. "If," said
Herfiy Wethersbee Henshaw, "we could
get CongresH to appropriate $1,000,000
for the extermination of the English
sparrow which we couldn't; and hav
ing the million could thereby ex
terminate the foresaid English spar
row which again we wouldn't it
would be a million mighty well In
vested!" That sounds rather startling,
but Dr. Henshaw Is assistant chief of
the biological survey, and speaks as
one having authority.
And that Is not half so startling
as some of the other figures they can
give you at the Agricultural Depart
ment on the cost of little things
thlngasorneof them almost microscop
ically small. According to experts in
the biological survey, the smaller mam
mals, for the most part rodents, cost the
farmers of the country something like
$130,000,000 a year. And that's a pret
ty big board bill! But It pales into in
significance beside the tribute exacted
from the same farmer by the insect
pests. According to C. L. Marlatt, as
sistant chief of the Bureau of Ento
mology, injurious Insects cost the
farmer about 10 per cent of his prod
uce. According to the last Agricultural
WOMEN' AND LOVE.
Only the iMoliileel Girt Able to Keep
, IHtiNloiiN iih Time 1'UNMes.
In Harper's Bazar Gertrude Ath
erton, the novelist, has an interesting
article on love. She knows her sub
ject well. Among other . things she
says this:
"We all
know that the older girls
more difficult are they to
grow, the
please in the maiter of man; that is
to say, when they have the opportu
nity to meet a reasonable number of
men. It is only the sidetracked girl
(generally In small towns deserted by
the young men) or the too sheltered
girl, who keeps her illusions. Women
that see too much of men soon lose
these. In mixed colleges the process
of disenchantment begins Just that
much earlier and In the most plastic
rs of ihe human mind. The girls
almost shamefacedly, announce
engagements immediately upon
jse of their collegiate career, arc
undevlatlngly maternal, those In
whom love of children Is so deeply
Implanted that no amount of contact
(save matrimonial) can rub off the
masculine halo. Others may have
quite as much good looks nnd even
charm, may even have a certain youth
ful element after romance, but the ma
ternal element In them does not pre
dominate, and that leaves them free
to pause and think, consider; to see
the male animal, with which they
have rubbed elbows for several years,
exactly as he Is. Therefore, they con
clude to wait a few years and seek the
opportunities to meet men that can
companion them, give them something
more than a brief romance, a family,
or an establishment. Sometimes these
girls, particularly If they discover
ability enough to make an interesting
career, do not marry at all. No man
fulfills their Ideals of what a life com
panion should be; they conclude thai
happiness is to he found alone, not In
the surrender of liberty to some one
mnn who may develop all sorts of de
testable traits.
"GRAND OLD WOMAN" IS DEAD.
RlUa Sienre of Australia Warn a
l'rlriitl of bllilrru of Her Country.
When Mlas Catherine Helen Spence,
the. "grand old woman of Australia,"
died not long ago the children of her
country lost one of their best friends.
It was Miss Siience who, In conjunc
tion with Miss Emily Clark. Initiated
the Australian system for the care of
dependent and delinquent children, a
system which is the envy of social
workers in more than one other coun
try. Old as she was, according to th
New York Tribune, she filled up to
the time of her death a seat on tbo
State children's council and also on
the destitute board of South Austra
lia. But Miss Spence was never realb
old, though she had lived 85 years
when she died. She took the warmest
Interest in all that her friends were
doing. She mothered and brought up
one after another three families of
children. Her public work was many
sided.' The English colony In South
Australia, to which, as a young girl.
Miss Spence went from Scotland, was
not at all like the colonies founded
later by gold seekers. It was a colony
established by Idealists, with dreams
of Just laws and pure electoral con
ditions. Miss Spence took all this In
at the Impressionable age and all her
life she preached and worked for the
voice of the people in government. In
18!3 Miss Spence travele'd in Amerlcr
peaking at the World's Fair In Chi
cago and in many other cities.
l'relljr Lea-end Aboat Cora.
There Is a beautiful Seneca btory
of the origin of corn In Canfleld's
"Legends of the Iroquois," as follows:
"Long and earnestly a young brave
wooed a beautiful maiden and at last
gained her consent to live in his wig
wam. Fearing that she might be sto-
Department report, the value of farm
products for l!tOS-09 was estimated at
$8,760,000,000, as against $7,881,000,000
for the previous year. And If the In
sects laid upon the farmer the mini
mum of their yearly tax they would
cost him $876.0(10.000. This does not
Include "two very legitimate Items,
namely, the loss occasioned by Insect
pests to farm produrts, chiefly cereals
and forage crops, in storage, and to
natural forests and forest products."
To each of these at least $100,000,000
more must be assigned," making the
total tax chargeable to insects last
year $1,076,000,000.
The "critter" known to the cotton
planter as the boll worm and to the
farmer as the head or ear worm is
the costliest of the pests, taking one
year with another. He is credited
with destroying 2 per cent of the corn
crop, In point of value and quantity
the most Important of Uncle Sam's
crops, and 4 per cent of the cotton
crop, which comes next In value. The
corn crop has been steadily climb
ing up toward the billion and a half
mark for the last few years. At that
rate this particular worm has cost
the colintry $70,000,000. And there's
the price of several Dreadnoughts
gone into the maw of one measly little
worm!
Equally costly Is the Hessian fly,
len by one of her many admirers ho
slept by night in the forest that he
might be near to protect her. One
night he was awakened by a light
footstep and, starting up, saw his
loved one stealing out of her lodge
as a sleep walker. He pursued her,
but as If fleeing in her dreams from a
danger that threatened her life, she
ran from him like a fleet-footed hare.
On nnd on he pursued and finally
drew so near that he could hear her
quick breath and the rapid beating of
her heart. With ail his remaining
strength the lover sprang forward and
clasped the maiden's form to his
breast. What vas not his grief and
astonishment when he found that his
arms elapsed not the maiden he loved,
but a strange plant the like of which
he had never seen before. The maiden
had awakened Just as her lover over
took her, and, frightened at her sur
roundings, she waa transformed. She
had raised her arms just as her lover
caught her and her uplifted hands
were changed to ears of corn and
where her fingers caught her hair the
maize bears beautiful silken threads."
HERE IS A FREAK PATENT.
lhla It efrluom tor Cow, When
Alllkeil Ulve lee-C old 1 laid.
A curious idea for milk carts is
contained in this patent, applied for
In 1898. Just what it Is Intended for
Is told by the Inventor himself: "My
Invention is a new and useful improve
ment in milk refrigerators and deliv
ery apparatus, and has for its object
the provision of a device that resem
bles a life-sized cow, In which milk
may be stored and kept at a proper
temperature, and from which it may
be drawn as occasion requires after
the manner of milking a cow. With
in the body are receptacles or compart
ments, each of which is provided with
a cover and adapted to contain the de
sired quantity of milk. By the use of
two receptacles two qualities of milk
may be stored at the same time, such
as sweet milk and buttermilk. In the
bottom of each of the receptacles Is
located a valve having a spring for
normally holding it in place, so as to
prevent the downllowlng of the milk.
,ach of the teats has a toggle-lever
connected to a lift-rod, and when the
latter is raised the valve is lifted and
the milk flbws out of the teats. By
proper manipulation of this device a
realistic representation may be had of
the milking of a cow.
"The portion of the body of the Im
itation cow not occupied by the milk
receptacles Is utilized for the storing
of Ice to maintain the milk at a proper
temperature. The Imitation cow stands
riveted to a wagon platform, and is
drawn through the streets In the same
manner as an ordinary milk cart."
Scientific American.
Maulfented the Ma-lnua.
tlderman Smith's baby was being
christened, and everybody present was
complimenting the happy parents.
"I believe," said the proud mother,
"that he Is going to be a great poli
tician some day."
"Why?" asked the ruddy faced fa
ther. "Well, because he crawls out of
everything so esslly," 6aid the wife,
smiling up into ber husband's face.
Llpplncott's.
& 1
COW tllVKS U K-t'Ol.l) M1I.K.
which is specifically a wheat pest,
though it also does considerable dam
age to rye and barley.
The aforementioned Hessian fly in
fllcts more damage on wheat than any
other one insect does on any one oth
er crop. It is credited with a mini
mum destruction of 10 per cent of the
wheat crop say of $60,000,000, as
crops are running now and with
easily $10,000,000 damage each year to
rye and barley. And there's another
$7J0O.0O0 and a few more Dread
noughts accounted for!
Next comes the chinch bug, which
attacks both corn and wheat, and to a
certain extent the other cereals. It
Is estimated as accountable for 2 per
cent of the corn crop and 5 per cent
of the wheat crop about $30,000,000
on each, and some slight damage a
few millions a year perhaps to other
crops. Chalk up $60,000,000, anyhow,
to the chinches, and let it go at that
While the great farm staples pay
toll to destructive Insects to the tune
of about 10 per cent of their value,
the fruit and truck farmers lose dou
ble that. The coddling moth, for in
stance, costs the apple growers some
where between $2."),000,000 and $30,000,
000 a year. There are the various
scale insects, Including the San Jose
scale, whose depredations were at one
time regarded bo seriously that It was
YESTERDAYS.
EXTINCT A8
Minneapolis Journal.
DYNASTIC NAMES OF ROYALTY.
Why the Late KlnK Selected Hdwonl
Hather Tthan That of Albert. ,
Most royal families have a given
name they employ as a sort of dis
tinctive dynastic hall mark, the Bos
ton Evening Transcript says. George
and Frederick are distinctively Han
overian, as Edward Is distinctively
English. The late king selected Ed
ward rather than Albert from motives
at once filial aud politic. He desired
that his father should stand alone in
his glory as Albert in English his
tory, and Edward was associated
with old and stately traditions of the
Plantaganets and Tudors. Similarly
the French Bourbons usually have a
Louis or a Charles among their string
of names, and the Bonapartea never
forget Napoleon at the baptismal font.
The most striking Instance of rever
ence for a dynastic name is found in
the princely family of Reuss In Ger
many. There are two principalities of
Reuss, respectively representing the
elder and the younger lines. Every
reigning prince must bear the name
of Henry. Henry XXIV. reigns over
one principality and Henry XIV. over
the other. All the heads of the houses
for 000 years have been Henrys and
in a grand family council early in
the eighteenth century It was decreed
that the figures should not exceed 100,
after which a new series should begin
with Henry I. As both branches clung
to Henry, a working arrangement was
patched up by which the younger line
begin a new group numbering with
each centurT".
The first Henry born in the twen
tieth century who shall mount the
tiny throne must revert to Henry I.,
and similarly his descendant senior
among the Henrys of the twenty-first
century is foreordained to be I., too.
Rather confusing is the system to the
reader, but if the people of the prin
cipalities like It no one else need be
concerned.
BE FAT AND SO BE HAPPY.
Stout People Mar Read TliU and e.et
Kneouraaeiuent from It.
Fat is often unappreciated or mis
understood and unduly blamed for
sins of delinquencies of other Jjody
foods, the Medical Record says. From
15 to 20 per cent of eae h healthy body
Is composed of fat and its chief
sources are the starches and sugars,
though certain fats are directly util
ized. The weight of present opinion Is In
favor of the view that fats are com
pletely decomposed in the intestine
and that the fatty acids formed are
absorbed, either as soaps or in a so
lution brought about by the bile.
As a source of energy for the de
considered necessarily fatal to any or
chard In which it made its appear-
nice, and many thousands of trees
were destroyed in the hope of exter
minating it. In the truck garden ev
ery vegetable lias its own parnciiim
nemles. There are rootworni3 as
well as fruitworms, and leafworms to
boot. There are more varieties of
plant lice than are dreamed of in the
average mortars pnuosopny. iucic
are several special weevils for beans
and peas. And there are beetles and
borers, home-grown and imported.
It Is estimated that every rat In tha
United States costs the citizens at
least 2 cents a day for his keep. Un
fortunately it has been Impossible to
get anything like an official census
of the number of the pestiferous ro
dents supported, but considering that
they breed three or four times a year;
that the female begins breeding at
three months, and produces from seven
or eight to a dozen or more at each
brood, It is easy to see that even Un
cle Sam cannot afford to pay $7.30 a
year apiece for the pleasure of main
taining them. It Is the farmer who
pays the greater part of this board
bill. Mice also lay a very heavy tax
upon both town and country.
Ground squirrels cause a loss ot
many millions of dollars a year In the
States west of the Mississippi, where
grain is grown in large quantities.
It Is estimated that in California alone
they eat up $2,000,000 worth of wheat
each year, and in Washington they do
equal amage. Entire townships
have been made barren by their rav
ages, and Kansas, Colorado and other
We-tern States besides Texas have
been working for years to get rid ot
them. Kansas is succeeding, but she
has been for some years appropriat
inr $100,000 a year to the work.
The birds, the natural enemies of
the Insects, have been hunted merci
lessly. It Is only lately that any effort
has been made to stop their absolute
ly useless slaughter. In many States
their real value to the farmer was not
understood.
THE DODO
velopment of heat, fat may be de
scribed as quickly available, but not so
lasting as some other substances. By
its concentrated fuel power it savea
other tissues, especially the albumin
ous ones from over-oxidation and la
valuable as a reserve force.
Moreover, by its presence the pro
tein it, better enabled to do Its work.
In tissue building and as a storage of
energy for emergencies it is of great
importance. The last material use of
fat Is to serve as a protection of tho
body from injury and cold. It form3
an outer cushion for the frame.
From an aesthetic standpoint the
physiological and orderly distribution
of tt in the connective tissue makes
all uie difference between beauty and
ugliness. In considering the psychic
role of fat we should specially bear in
mind, G. M. Miles says, its reserve
function in relation to active vital pro
cesses. A liberal deposition of fat Is
one of nature's wise precautions to
enable us to bear some of the trials
of life. It has been known from earl
iest antiquity that fat people are more
contented and optimistic than lean
ones and the supply of fat may be
compared to the ample bank account
of a busy and provident man.
Niles says that he believes he Is?
correct in asserting that a physiologi
cal reserve of fat by its very presence
exerts a quieting and reassuring in
fluence on the vital forces most coil
cerned in constructive metabolism,
while its lack leads to a nlivsical His.
content and unrest, which sooner or
later reacts on the disposition, develop
ing into the pessimism and Kempera
mentnl discontent so often seen in lean
people.
A New Kind of Fifth,
A Washington architect and engi
neer, whose specialty is the recon
struction and remodeling of country
places, was retained for such Bervice
by a Northern man who had acquired
an estate in western Virginia.
On this place there was a fish pond
that the owner had decided to clear
out. Upon being drained it was found
by the Washingtou specialist that
there was at the bottom a spring ot
colored mineral water. Immediately
he advised his employer that be had
found a chalybeate.
"Chalybeate!" repeated the owner.
"Good! Put it in the basket with the
other flfeh. As I've never seen a chaly
beate, I'll be over directly and have)
a look." Chicago Tribune.
"There is one thing," every married
woman's expression seems to say,
"that I know all about, and that la
patience."
What has become of the old-fashioned
woman who got so scared she near
ly jumped out of her ekln?
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