DAKOTA COUNTY
MERALDo
IS.
MOTTO All Tho News When It Is News.
VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NEIL, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1910.
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MR FALL KILLS FIVE
OSCAR ERECLOEH AND FOUR
COMPANION3 PERISH WHEN
D1RIGIELE BALLON DR0P3.
WIATCR ROLLS 13 KILLED
Son cf Lord Who Flow Across English
Channel and Returned, Victim of
Accident In View of Thousand in
Er.clur.d.
Lc-loM'.sscr, P.V.oniih Prussia. Os
;ar Er!- -lot h, the German nercnaut
r.bo vc :i tho international- balloon
'ace nt St. Louis In 1CW7, and four
jompsniona were killed Wednesday
when tho dirigible balloon Erbsloeh
burst at a height of several hundred
ot and dropped to the earth a crum
pled mess.
The Dead.
Oscar Erbslceh, inventcr and bal
loonist. Herr Toe'.le, a manufacturer of Bar
men. Engineer Kranz.
Engineer Hoeppe.
Motorman Spicko.
The craft was of the nonrlgld type,
17C feet la length and "3 feet in diam
eter. The motors were of 125 horse
power and drove the airship at a
speed of 2Si miles an hour.
The war department recently pur
chased one of Erbsloeh's balloons.
The cause of the accident Is a mat
ter of ' conjecture, but It Is believed
,hat the bursting of the bag was due
;o the expansion of gas by the warm
sunshine.
Bournemouth, England. Hon.
Charles Stewart Rolls, third son of
Lord Llangattock and one of the most
daring and 6killful of British avia
tors, who recently made a flight from
Dover to France and return, met a
most tragic death at the close of the
first flying machine tournament of the
Fear in England Tuesday.
In the presence of a great company
Df spectators, a majority of whom
were women and children, and many
personal friends of the young aviator,
the Wright biplane on which he was
flying fell suddenly with terrific speed
from a height of 100 feet.
It struck the ground close to the
crowded grand stand, smashed into a
tangled mass, and before the doctors
and their assistants could reach the
spot Rolls was dead.
The event In which Ttolls was com-
peting was for a prize for. the aviator
alighting nearest a given mark. The
goal was directly In front of the grand
stand, where the spectators were
massed. He had risen to a good
height, then shut off his motor and
was gliding In a broad circle toward
the mark.
Without warning the tail piece of
the biplane snapped off. The machine
gave a sudden lurch, and the frame
work crumpled up the air. When
It struck the ground it was smashed
'to splinters. The-doctors found that
Rolls had sustained a fractured skull
Lord and Lady Llangattock, the par
ents of Rolls, narrowly escaped wit
nessing the tragedy. They were
yachting along the coast and put in
at Poole, near Bournemouth, intending
to attend the aviation meeting, but
postponed going until later.
Rolls was thirty-three years old, and
was one of the most popular young
all-around sportsmen In England.
Bethany Plain, Rhelms. Baroness
De la Roche, the first French woman
aeroplanist was injured probably
fatally here Friday by falling from a
height of more than 150 feet.
Baroness De la Roche had flown
around the field once at a height of
80 meters (250 feet), when suddenly
in front of the applauding tribunes
she appeared to become frightened
and confused at the approach of two
other aeroplanes. She began to de
scend, but while still 50 meters from
the ground lost control of the ma
chine. The aeroplane turned over and
fell like a log.
While momentarily conscious the
baroness said that the rush of air
from a motor passing over her head
had frightened her, whereupon she cut
the ignition and lost control of her
machine.
RIVER. STEAMER GOES DOWN
Cape Girardeau Strikes Snag in Mis
sissippi and Sinks All Pas
' sengers Safely Landed.
St Louis. The river steamer Cape
Girardeau struck a snag and sank to
the bottom of the Mississippi river at
Turkey island, 50 miles south of Lc"t
Monday. Ninety passengers were
aboard, and all were taken ashort
safely.
The boat was returning from Com
merce. Mo. Many of the passengers
were women and children. They
were asleep when the boat hit an ob
struction. The passengers crowded on
the decks and members of the crew
quieted them. They walked ashore
on the gangplank. Later they were
brought to St. Louis by train.
Submarine Rams a Gunboat
Provincetown. Mass. During the
maneuvers in the war game Monday
the submarine isonua rammea tne
D-mviinnt Castlne. flaeshiu of the sub
marine flotilla, and to prevent her
sinking she was run ashore and
beached. No one on board was hurt
Wisconsin Sawmill Burns.
Wausau. Wis. The sawmill of
Brooks & Ross at Scofleld was de
stroyed by fire Tuesday. The mill Is
valued at $50,000. A heavy rain saved
the planing mill.
SPEAKING OF THE
PROGRESS f m-jg?X&fayl JVjVrA
Already Ono Site Is Prominently Mentioned.
TRAIN ROBBERS ARE FOILED
THREE YOUTHS HOLD UP THE
"KATY" FLYER.
Crew Slips From Under Muzzles of
Revolvers, Regains Cab and
- Dash Away.-
St Louis. Cleverness on the
part ' of the engineer prevented
three youthful and apparently Inex- (
perlenced bandits from robbing the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Southwest
ern flyer, No. 3, near Larimore, about
fifteen miles from SL Louis.
Three young men were arrested as
suspects and are In Jail pending inves
tigation. The police do not believe
they are the men wanted and are
searching for three others.
The bandits compelled the engineer
and fireman, at the points of revolveis,
to descend from the cab and go with
them to the baggage car to assist
them in uncoupling it.
While tinkering about the coupling
the engineer and fireman in the dark
ness managed to glide away from the
bandits. The two started on a run
for the cab. . The bandits goon became
aware that the crew was dashing for
the cab and opened fire.
The engineer and fireman sprang
into the cab, the engineer threw the
throttle wide open and dashed away
with the train.
Several shots were fired during the
attempted hold-up, and the passen
gers, who filled five coaches, were
thrown into a panic. Conductor Walk
er, who also displayed great coolness
in the crisis, devoted his time to calm
ing the passengers.
The train was in the hands of the
bandits 40 minutes. For half an hour
they tried of their own accord to un
couple the baggage car. It was not
until they found themselves unable
to do the work that they got the en
gineer and fireman.
According to the railroad officials
here there were thousands of dollars
In the baggage car in addition to the
mall.
ALL RELIGIONS TO UNITE
ohn D. Rockefeller Quotes Letter
From Roman Catholic Bishop to
Support His Prediction.
Cleveland. O. John D. Rocke
feller. Sr.. in an address before
the Bible class of the Euclid Avenue
Baptist church, prophesied the amal
gamation of all tho religions of the
world. To bear out his statement, he
quoted a letter from a Roman Catholic
bishop, whose name he did not dis
close. "There is more of the spirit of
Christ in the world today than ever
before," said the oil king. "It Is the
greatest power. People who love him
are coming together and they will
unite. Regardless of the slight differ
ence due to many religious organiza
tions, the same spirit is there and the
motive will accomplish as much."
URGES L0EB FOR GOVERNOR
Taft Favors Collector New York Port
for Gubernatorial Candidate In
Empire State.
Beverly, Mass. President Taft Mon
day urged William Loeb, Jr., to ac
ppnt the Republican gubernatorial
nomination In New York this full. Mr.
Loeb Is averse to taking up the task
and would prefer to complete the work
that he has undertaken as collector
of th) port, but before he leit Burgess
Point he assured the president that If
the demand was made he would ac
cept the duty.
Finds Riches in Attic.
Crooksvllle, O. In tho attic of the
house on his farm known as the
Lewis homestead, west of this city,
Theodore Brown Monday found an old
iuer that contained $1,500 in gold and
old coins. The Lewis heirs will at
tempt to wrest It from him.
Suicide In Wake of Fight.
Sacramento, Cal. Antone Rdchi of
Chico, who made two attempts to com
mit suicide because of tuo defeat of
Jeffries, died in the county hos-
plW
NEXT FIGHT
RAIL LINES ARE PROSPEROUS
Roads Are Placing Enormous Orders
for Equipment Dividends Show
Dig Increase.
New York. Continued evidences of
the great prosperity that is surging
all over the country are given in the
enormous orders placed within the
last few days by the large railroads
of the country for additional equip
ment.
No such tremendous Bums of money
have ever been spent by the raVroads,
it Is said, except in the Initial con
struction of a road, or in a large ex
tension. The Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road company alone has appropriated
$7,000,000 for new equipment.
Not merely in money spent for 1m
provements of facilities, but In the
declaring of dividends by the rail
roads lies the proof that the good
times which returned a year or more
ago have in no way diminished.
Since January 1 eighty-six railroads
and industrial corporations In this
country have increased their disburse
ments or declared initial or resumed
dividends to the extent of $57,625,000
a year. Twenty-three of . these cor
porations are, railroads, tboir Increase
alone representing $15,000,000. Up to
June 1 of this year the' aggregate
dividend payments from the eighty
six corporations in question have
amounted to about $298,000,000, which
is an increase of abojt M0.230.000
over the first five months of last year
CALL RATES CONFISCATORY
Pullman Company Lawyer Says Com
mission's Order Means Bankruptcy
for Big Concern.
Chicago. Contending that the Inter
state commerce commission's order
for a reduction of sleeping car rates
is confiscatory, attorneys representing
the Pullman company and the rail
roads appeared in the United States
circuit court to argue for a rehearing
of their petition for an injunction to
prevent the order being put Into ef
fect. An injunction was previously denied
them, but they seek to reopen the
case on the ground that they have
new facts to present.
Attorney Fernald of the Pullman
company told the court that the new
schedule of rates would ultimately
mean bankruptcy for the sleeping car
companies.
It would mean a loss of $110,000 an
nually on fare3 between St. Paul and
the points of Fargo, N. D., and Seattle,
Wash., alone, he said.
The reduction from St Paul to
Fargo is 40 per cent, on upper berths
and 25 per cent, on lower, and from
St. Paul to Seattle the fare Is lowered
29 per cent, on upper and 6 2-3 per
cent, on lower.
ESTRADANS WIN. NAVAL FIGHT
Repulse Surprise Attack by Two
Madrlz Gunboats on Town on
Pearl Lagoon.
Blueflelds. The combined defense
of a force of American planters and
merchants and the Estrada soldiers
successfully balked an attack against
Pearl Lagoon Saturday when the
Madrlz gunboat San Jacinto, backed
up by the gunboat Venus, directed a
heavy fire Into the center of the town.
Concealed guns set upon the coast
since the last Madrlz invasion were
aimed against the San Jacinto. Cap
tain Soils of the gunboat and a score
of the crew were killed outright, while
forty or fifty more of the men were
wounded. The attacking gunboat wa3
practically disabled.
Powder Magazine Blast Fatal.
Pittsburg, Pa. A powder magazine
at Cabot. Pa., exploded Tuesday, kill
ing one person und injuring 20 others.
Tho magazine was tho property of the
Standard Plate Glass company and
contained 1,000 pound J of dynamite
and 6,000 of blasting powder.
Lifts Ban cn Eenzoate.
Pasadena, Cal. Action taken last
year, condemning the iiho of beuzoate
of soda as a food preservative, was
rescinded by the American Institute of
Homeopathy Tuesday.
"DRY'TO LEADS TO LY8CHIH8
ANTI-SALOON DETECTIVE HANGED
FOR KILLING MAN.
Mob Storms Jail at Newark, O, Gets
Prisoner and String Him
Up.
Newarii, O. Battering down the
doors of the Jail, a mob of women,
men nnd children Friday tock Charles
Etherlngton, an anti-saloon detective,
who confessed to having killed a man
here, and lynched hltn In the public
square.
The mob which had been increasing
(II owning nt the Jail became frenzied
tmd refused to listen to pleading for
preservation of order.
Thry broke all the Jail windows and
rammed in the outer door, taking the
key from the Jailer. They quickly
found the prisoner's cell on the second
floor and then, dragged by a rope, the
man was taken up Third street to the
R'l'iiire and across the park to the
southeast corner, where he was
strung up over the arm of a telephone
pi;e.
Gov. Harmon arrived in the city Sun
lay and began an investigation which
may lead to the ouster of the sheriff
and Mayor.
The shooting of Howard and the
lynching of Etherlngton is the cul
mination of long standing trouble be
tween the "wets" and "drys" here.
Etherlngton and twenty others, all
raid to be "dry" detectives, came here
from Cleveland and other places to
et evidence against "near beer" sa
oons. At the first place no trouble
irosb. At the second Charlns Rich
irds, the bartender, was handcuffed
'or over an hour. At the third place
Mslted the trouble started.
A mob of 2,003 gathered and. threat
ined the detectives. With revolvers
lrawn the Anti-Saloon leagno officers
ret rented to a hotel. The police in
terfered there, arresting eight of the
detectives.
'J'ho remaining twelve detectives
broke and ran, pursued by the howling
mob. Half a dozen were caught and
beaten. The police rescued most of
them. A downtown crowd fell on
James Henderson of Columbus, and
beat him ho severely that he was
taken to the Newark hospital. Ether-
lnzto. who fled to the ball park,
stumbled in his flight and the crowd
set upon him. Howard, the proprietor
of a "near beer" saloon, the last place
searched by the detectives, was In
front of Etherlngton when the latter
drew a revolver and fired.
Etherlngton was hurried to the Jail
with a yelling mob at tho heels of the
police vho were protecting him. All
tfti noon the crow - stui-mcd About
the place threatening to lynch the de
tective. WES NOT SUPPORT MADRIZ
Emperor William, Through Foreign
Office, Declares Germany Will Not
Intervene In Nicaragua.
Berlin. The foreign office Tuesday
made public an authorized statement
respecting the letter of Emperor Wil
liam to President Madrlz of Nicaragua.
Reports have reached Berlin that at
tempts were bolng made in America
to construe this letter as an Indorse
ment by the emperor of (.he Madrlz
party.
The statement follows: "Madrlz
gave notice of his election upon
undertaking the presidency, to the era
perlor In the usual written form. The
customary formal reply was prepared
by the foreign office. It was not an
autograph letter, but was simply
signed by the emperor. The address,
'great and good friend,' was In ac
cordance with official courtesy. Any
intervention by Germany in Nlcara
guan affairs neither followed nor is in
tended. Germany neither sought nor
designs to seek1 a coaling station. Ru
mors of Germany's intention toward
the Galapagos Islands are equally
without foundation, as are all sugges
tions that the German government
has In any wlr.e modified the cultiva
tion of friendly relations toward the
United States."
TRAINMEN SLAIN IN WRECK
INew York Central Passenger Train
Jumps Track None of Passengers
Seriously Hurt.
New York. Three men wore killed
and a train load of passengers badly
shaken U when north-bound train 69
on the New York Central, known as
the Northern and Western Express,
was wrecked Monday near Newton
Hook, iilno miles north of Hudson.
Engine and baggago car Jumped the
track aul toppled over. The six other
cars of the train, nil Pullmans, left
the ralih, but remained upright and no
one in tnem was seriously hurt
Engineer Tyndall was caught under
his engine and was flatly crushed, dy
ing shortly afterward. The other train
men were Instantly killed.
A report received by the public
service commission at Albany said the
wreck was caused by tho engine
striking a door cf a freight car that
had fallen on the track.
Church to Build Asylum.
Holland, Mich. A movement has
been started by preachers and laymen
In the Christian Reformed church to
establish on asylum where the church
will take care of its Insane as It does
Its ,-oor.. This plan includes the pur
chase of a large farm between Hol
land and Grand Rapids.
3ig Catholic Church Burns,
Nanalrao, B. C The Roman Cuthollc
church and St. Anne's convent were
completely destroyed by Are Tuesday.
The lous Is placed at $230,000.
worm
PlRM
Burn all the rubbish.
Keep a pure bred ram.
Any climate suits alfalfa.
Clover la a more efficient subsoller
than the best sub-soil plow.
Some say that cows need salt when
the butter Is hard to churn.
A good wick to the Incubator lamn
Is one of the Important things.
Dampness In the poultry house'.
yards or runs Is often a Bource ot
trouble.
The thing that counts In the poul
try business Is doing the right thing
at the right time.
Don't let the weeds get a foot high
and then pull them, disturbing the
surrounding flowers, even If none are
pulled out -
Fight green lice with tobacco-tea
and the rose-slug with lime-water. Or
try dusting air-slaked lime on the in
fested rose-bushes.
Few horsemen pay enough attention
to the teeth of tho old horses, and
then ' wonder why they look out of
condition.
On Jand at all subject to foot-rot
many sheep will fall lame more es
pecially the close-wooled breeds on
grass.
It Is very seldom that a crmm of
sheep may bo fattened on dry food
without some of them dying or suffer
ing witn constipation.
'There- may be Buch thing as bad
luck in the dairy business, but it la a
peculiar coincidence that It always
follows bad management
On receiving new rose bushes from
the dealer or from other sources,
transfer them immediately to the soil
without exposing the roots to the sun
or drying wind.
When a colt or other animal on the
farm is cut with barbed wire or by
other means, the wound usually can
be successfully treated without the
services of a veterinarian.
Probably the best vegetable grown
In the garden Is asparagus. It Is a
perennial plant and lasts for many
years without renewing. It Is tho ear
liest and most delicious vegetable.
Select a good, strong colony to
build the queenv cells, remove all
combs containing unsealed larva, also
remove the queen, and let them re
main queenless a few hours.
The common foxtail millet Is the
best for dairy cows. This threshed
and mixed with nn equal part of clo
ver hay makes one of the best rough
nesses. Unthreshed millet should
never be fed alone to any kind of
stock.
Vino cropR should not bo disturbed
after the vines commence to run, as
the leaves act as a mulch of the plants
spread almost as far as the vines and
grow quite near tho surface of the
soli. Any weeds not destroyed by
former cultivations should bo pulled
by hand.
Salad plants, tomatoes, muskmelona,
green corn, beans and the like have
of late years been added, one after
another, to the greenhouse crops, and
the enlarged menu resulting there
from has gratified the epicure and has
been a source of revenue to the pro
ducers. Leave all the good ewe Iambs for
breeding, but give extra feed to
lambs intended for summer market
They may be growing uow, but they
will put on better flesh for higher
prices with a dally feed of .ground
grain. It Is a good way to cash in
surplus grain.
If you have a separator you will not
be bothered with a lot of sour milk
standing around during the warm
months. Pigs will drink sour milk,
but the sweot milk will do them more
good. Get a cream separator and
save more of the cream, besides de
riving more benefit from the skim
milk.
If the mare is fed on timothy hay
and corn alone she cannot furnish the
proper elements for the development
of the foal. 'Wheat bran, shorts, oil
meal and clover hay should be a great
part ot the dally ration. Give the mare
daily exercise and it will not hurt
to work hc tp to foaling time, pro
viding she 'ji not strained or overworked.
Be sure to milk the cow clean.
Thorough ventilation Ja necessary.
Air and cool Incubator eggs dally.
Already the demand for dairy cows
Is much In excess of tho supply.
The brooder and brooder coop must
be amply ventilated at all times.
Make the milker wash his hands
with soap before he begins to milk
Corn Is assuredly the most fattening
farm grain that may be fed to sheep.
Lack of a constant supply of clear.,
pure, fresh water before the fowls
means defeat In the end.
Any food that will keep hens In
prime condition and with vigorous ap
petites will cause them to lay.
Do not think that the separator Is a
difficult piece of machinery to handle
and that it is hard to take care of.
To every ten pounds of butter In the
churn mix one pound of dairy salt
and two pounds of water.
Two essentials must be observed to
keep milk sweet and clean for two or
three days so that It can be shipped a
distance or held at home for uso.
Many varieties of, trees will In a
few years grow large enough for fuel
and for small tfiubor, such as poles,
which can be used in many ways.
Select dairy cows that have everv
indication cf belr.g milk producers,
but determine this positively by the
use of the Babcock teBt and the scale
It is estimated that there are 95,000,
000 head of horses In the world. The
United States and European Russia
have the greatest number.
Pumpkins should never be planted
Jn the garden. The vines take up more
room than they are worth. Tho corn
field for the pumpkins.
Pea vines, which were formerly
thrown away by the canners, are now
being used for stock food. They are
preserved In slloo, or stacked In the
open air.
Cowpeas belong to the family of
plants known as the legumes, which
have the power of taking nitrogen
from the air by means of the bacterlt
which live on their roots.
You can afford to buy feeds for pigs
and lambs at the prices these animals
will bting this- summer, and th pas
lure will soon help out the feed ques
tion. A nation-wide battle against the
common house fly has been started
and It is expected to be waged vigor
ously during the present year, direct
ed by government scientists.
To force rhubarb the best success
is obtained by placing It under green
house benches or In a rather dark
cellar; but little light and heat Is re
quired to force good rhubarb.
Millet Is a warm-weather plant and
consequently It may be sown any
time up until the middle of July with
reasonable assurance that it will pro
duce a satisfactory hay crop.
To prevent rats and other animals
from killing and carrying off young
chicks use a tight board coop provided
w'lth a small run and all securely In
closed with one-Inch poultry netting
Including the top of the run.
Milk and butter aro higher priced
today In the large ' cities than ever
before. There Is no danger of an
overstocked market for many years
to come. This Is especially truo if
the dairymen produce premium milk
and butter.
Several different things may cause
the suppression of milk In one or more
sections of tho udder. Generally the
cause may be traced to an Injury of
some kind received when the heifer
was running in the pasture, or It may
bo traced to an Inherited weakness.
When gathering flowers always use
a sharp knife or scissors to cut them
smooth and clean. Early In the morn
ing is the best time, and the blooms
not quite developed will last longest.
"Soubo"' the stems deeply In water for
an hour or so before making bou
quets. A very considerable extension ot
live .stock farming would materially
Increase the cash output from farms
nnd at tho same time save millions to
the future farm wealth by keeping on
the farm a large percentage of the
fortuity that Is now sold off In ths
form of corn, oats and hay.
Raising calves on skim milk Is the
best method, all things considered;
and they will grow and develop on
this food as well as when allowed to
run with the cow. The secret of suc
cess and good health with the animals
is to teed often and In small amounts.
Overfeeding and Irregular feeding will
cause the scours and calves Hill growl
indifferently.
Most of these waste places on the
farm are the richest kind of land. If
the brush and briars were grubbed
out and the spaces put into cultivation
they would grow the biggest crops on
the farm. The soil In such places Is
full of organlo natter and other rich
fertilizers, which have accumulated
for years In the form of dead insects
and decaying twigs, leaves and roots.
" I 7" 1 7 J J L 7 i l
MULTIPLY CN YOUR FINGER'
Method Is An Invention of Polish
Mathematician Serve s Cal
culsting Machine.
A French mngnzlne describes nn
amusing method of learning and re
membering the harder part of the
multiplication table. The method Is
there stated to bo an Invention of M.
Procopovlteh, a Polish mathematician
He has discovered a way of making
the fingers serve ns a calculating ma
chine to obtain the products of the
numbers from 6 to 10, and also of the
series of numbers from 11 to 15 and
from 16 to 20, both inclusive.
For the first series 6. 7, 8, 9, 10
fingers and thumbs are numbered, the
numbers runnlug from 6 on the thumb
to 10 on the little finger of each hand.
Now, in order to multiply the number
on one hand by the number on an
other finger we put the two fingers to
gether, ono on each hand. In finding
the product we count the two Joined
fingers and all above them and thus
get the number of tens; to get tho
units we multiply the number of fin
gers below the Joined fingers on ono
hand by the number below on the
other.
The rule is a little different for tho
iroducts of the scries 11, 12, 13, 14, 13.
The fingers of the factors aro marked
as before except that the thumbs are
now 11 and the little fingers 13. Jola
as before the fingers to be multiplied.
Then for 10s add together the Joined
Angers and all above them and also
add 100. For the units multiply the
Joined finger together with those
above It on one hand by the Joined
finger and thoso above on the other.
' For the next series of numbers, 16,
17, IS. 19, 20, the thumbs are each 10
and the little fingers 20. Join, the
fingers which are to be multiplied,
count the fingers which are Joined as
2 and all above to get the number of
20s and add 200. To this add the
product of the flngnrs below thoso
Joined, as in the first case.
Multiply en Fingers. .
Perhaps tho latter cases of this
curious little trick will be more in-,
teresting than useful, but the first
series will at times be an aid to every
body who is now and-then bothered In
his recollection of the multiplication
table. A little experimenting will
show that the whole device is simpler
In practise than In description. Ref
erence to the cut will simplify tho
study of these rules.
GIVE SOAP-BUBBLE PARTIES
Most Interesting Pastime for All Ages
and Sizes Clay Pipes and
Castile Soap Needed.
These are most Interesting for all
sizes and ages. Good clay pipes and
castllo soap and bowls enough to go
around are the needful things; also a
room which will not be hurt hv a
sprinkling of soap suds; and one thing
more tne smaller the child tho Wa
ger tho apron to cover hhn.
A little glycerlno in tho lukewarm"
soap suds will make tho bubbles
brighter and more durable. m,i if
thick shawl is spread on the floor they
win nounce upon it like rubber ba:i3.
1 A bubble tournament is great fun.
Arrange sides, with leaders. Let or.
side step forward in a lino with pipes
and bowls; then the loader starts and
Bees how many bubbles ho can make
with one dip of his pipe. Each of his
followers does likewise, while some
ono not in the game keens th
Then tho other side takes its turn anil
tho tide which blows tho greatest
number is tbo prize winner.
There aro many different ways of
enjoying this pretty pastime. Science
has discovered several methods of
heightening the colors in the bubbles.
THE DANCER.
She dances like a dnnilollon.
Fluff upon tlis breeze,
As gaily as a butterfly.
And quite as much at eane;
And surely she waa always meant
To fly upon her toes.
There neVer was another
That could go as Doris goes.
The flowers she Is scattering
Are no lovelier than she.
They fall In yellow showers.
A she (tally sets them free.
And she beikons them to follow
To the land where nil Is youn?
Where a thousand sprites are singing
In the eerie fuerle toriKiio.
What the Toad Does.
He has the power to drink with his
skin.
Even If emaciated, his skin will
take up enough water to make him
appear fat
He la most useful In the garden,
catching the Insects.
His skin secretes nn acrid humor,
so a dog seldom bites ono tho sec
ond time.
Authorities unite In Baying that ho
has been known to live 35 to 40
years.
It Is not true that he can exist Im
bedded In stone, unless there bo at
fissure.