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JOHN HENRY Mum ftdtarr MOVABLE WIRE COOPS FOK THE GROWING CHICKENS ON TITLED ODD SIGHTS WHICH WILL GREET THE AnERlCAR SAILORS THERE BY GEO. V. HOQAHT, ("HUGH M'HUQH.") Donr Hunch: Your letter from Von. Ico Is nt hand, nnd wo nro glnd, Indeed, to hear from you. I hopo you won't fall In Ilia canal whllo In Vonlco, No doubt your early education on tho Erlo will bo of great help to you got ap! I notlco from your letter thatyou'vo been hob-nobbing with nobility over thoro careless Hunch! Wo got 'orn ovor horo, Hunch, by tho gross, bo you haven't anything on us, I went In to tho Waldorf to moot Uncle Peter ono ovonlng last wcok, and I found him entertaining a Oor mnn noblotnan tho Count Chooso von ChccBo, Tho count la traveling In this coun try Incognito. If It woro my country ho couldn't travel In a cage. I'm wIko to thoBo guyn with tho CJorgonzola title all wrapped up lu tin- "Entertaining a German Nobleman." sue paper and only eight dollars In J 1 1 o I r Joaim. Count Chcoiio von Chooso wob In troducod to mo by Undo I'etor an lluln Horr HungBtnrtor, nnd thon in t-lo whispered mo next to tho real truth nbout tho Incognito gag. Undo Potor cortnluly dot'H mnko both ondB moot lu tho lemon lnduatry. I Jo lu tho original onion collector, nnd ho spondH his wuklng momenta foiling for dead ones.- 1 wan on to Count CIioobo you Chooso tho momont ho opeqod his talk trap. That ml(f Is ovor horo to pick out nn heiress" and fall in lovo with hor becnusu ho ucodo tho monoy, ISvory Btonnier brings them ovor, Hunch, Bomo Incognito, uoino In drcus iniltH, nnd somo In hoc Blgno vlncce, but nil of thorn nblo Uplck out n lady with a bank account at GO paces. It's getting no now, Hunch, that an opon-fneo, stem-winding Amorlcnn linn to kick four dukes, ' olght cnrls, noven counts, and a couplo of prlncos off tho front steps ovory tlmo ho goos to cnll on his Bweothcnrt If alio has mouoy, Whon I go 'down Into Wall Btroot, Munch, I find rich men with tears dreaming down their faces whllo thoy nro calling up on tho tolophono to boo If tholr daughter. Olndys, 1b still Bafo nt .homo, whoro thoy loft hor boforo thoy camo down to buBlnosfl, Walk through n peachy palnco of tho rich on Fifth avenue, and what will Vou llndT Attswor: You will And a proud moth er bowed with a groat grlof, and hold ing on to a ropo which Is tied to hor daughter's ankla to provont tho lat ter from running out on tho front I lazza and throwing klssos at tho titled foreigners. You will And tltoso cheap skate rvory whoro, Hunch, rushing hlthoraud .thlthor, nnd Riiltllng tho nlr for tho u(lor of burning monoy, Why should it bo thus, Hunch? Wo hnvp laws In this country to protect tho blrdo and tho trees, tho AH over tho country rich men with romantic daughters rushed to and fro nnd then rushed back again. They were up against n crisis. If you could got near enough to tho longdistance telephone, Hunch, you could hoar ono rich old American guy Bhrloklng tho battlo-cry to another cap tain of Industry out in Indianapolis: "To arms! Tho foo! Tho fool Ho comes with nothing but his full-dress milt nnd a blank marriage license! To arms! To nrmBl" Tho telegraph wires aro also bIz zllng with excitement. Dispatches which would mnko your blood curdlo with anguish and sorrow for tho rich aro flying all over tho country. Bomothlng llko this: "Hoston, Today: At 10:30 thin morning Rudolph Oscar Grahbltall, tho mllllonnlro stonobroakor, road tho startling news that n foreign count had Just landed In Now York. Ills suffering wan pathetic. Ills daughter, Gnsolono I'auntolla, who will Inherit $19,000,000, nioHtly in bonds, stocks and newspaper talk, was In tho dental parlor flvo blocks uway from homo when tho blow fell. Calling his house hold about him, Mr. Qrabbltnll rushed Into tho'dontal parlor, boat tho dent ist down with his bill, dragged Gaso lene Panntolla homo and locked her up In tho rear cupboard of tho sparo room on tho second floor of his man sion. Hor teeth suffcrod somewhat, but, thank heaven I her monoy will re main In this country. Tho commu nity breathes easlor, but nil tho in coming trains nroholng watched." Aro you wlso, Hunch, to what the pnn-hnndllng nobility of' Europe uro doing In our dear United States? Thoy uro putting all our million aires on tho fritz, that's what thoy'ro doing. i ii win soon como iu puss inui uio holross will have to bo loekod up in lliu naro deposit vaults with papa s bank book. Hero Is nn Horn from ono of our most prominent newspapers. Head It, Hunch, nnd thon rush out nnd take a running kick at tho first nobleman you aoo: "Long Island City, Now. Plnchom Thoy Furnish Many of tho Advantages ofa Frco Range. "The Helreoi Will Have to De Locked Up." Shortfnco, tho millionaire who made a fortuno by lnvontlng a way to opon Not tho least Interesting of nil tho plnces at which tho Amorlcnn fleet will touch in Its sail 'round tho 'earth will bo tho littlo island of Malta, in tho Mediterranean sea, south of Sic lly. Thoro tho great fleot of battle ships will stop on its way homo from tho Pacific to tho Atlantic, via - tho Suoz canal. Outside of diplomatic naval and military circles, littlo Is known of this mere speck upon tho mnp of Europe Students of history will porhaps ro cnll tho presonco thoro of Napoleon I., who plllnged tho churches, stripping them of tholr gold nnd silver, nnd shipping tho booty nway, only to have his vessel founder In a galo and los lug nil. To day, In tho churches aro solid nllvcr gates and vessels that woro overlooked by Napoleon's mon for tho reason that thoy woro painted black to decelvo tho oyo of tho van dais. On tho northwestern slioro or. this Island 1b St. Paul's bay. clearly Idontl fled with tho apostlo's shipwreck and made , the subject of many famous paintings', adorning tho walls of tho churches In Valletta, tho principal city of tho island, Tho stirring history of tho KnightB of Malta is forcefully prcsont in all its romnnco, nnd tho Island Is rich in relics of theso valiant men. To tho fomlnlno mind, Maltoso laco, that over popular fabric, Is suggested, although this mutorlnl Is not directly connected with tho Island of Malta, tho Iacemn kors living upon tho adjoining Uland of Gozo. Most Important of nil England has theso Islands, making Malta tho baso of suppllos, coaling station, garrison nnd rendezvous of tho Mediterranean INTERIOR OF CQWffTUlL 3o times called oncga. In shapo It re sembles a huge poko bonnot or aklrt turned over tho head. It Is gathered in on ono sldo and kept in placo by nn arched whalebone. This is operated very skillfully by tho women, nnd gives thorn tho nun-llko effect ro- marked by tho visitor. Tho ovens of tho knights still sup ply tho garrison. Tho prcsont postof flco on Strnda Morcanl, formerly tho Palazzo Parlslo, was occupied by Na poleon I. as his headquarters when ho waa nt Vnllotta. A tablot marks tho spot for tho tourist. . . Strada Santa Lucln. or. an it Is known by tho tourists, tho "strcot "of stops," is a decided novelty. It leads from tho lower town nlong tho bay to tho main street of Valletta, Strada ueaio. This climb Is lined with Bhops, nnd hero also nro found nt tho corners the saints ehrlnoa, beforo which bum tho candles plucod thoro by tho do vout people Tho governor's pnlaco Is nil that one could plcturo ns typical. Hero Is the. room nung in rich tapestry In which tho house of nssomhly for tho local parliament meets. Hero Italian la spokon, this Inngungo also bolng used In tho courts of Justlco on tho Island. It Is declared by tho commercial clnsses that tho usa of English no a supplement to Mnltcso nnd Italian would bo doslrnblo. St. John's Convontunl church Is next In Importnnco to tho palace. Within, from floor to colling, It Is ono blazo of momorlnl antiquity. Tho floor Is paved -with tomb3tonos of moro than 100 chovnllors. With tho heraldic em blazonmont In marblo mosaic, and tho sculpturo, bronzo and paintings, a wealth of history Is unfoldod. This wonderful church lias its chapols, each dovotod to tho nationality of men who have flgurod In tho Btlrring history of tho Island, each chapol having art in oil nnd, marblo. No visitor to Malta over leaves with out: 'first viBltlng tho Chapol of Hones, beneath tho Hospital of Incurnblos. which adjoins tho burial place of tho knights who died in hospital nnd who woro burled In mnntols a boo with their whlto cross. This chnpol's nrchl tocturo Is rendorod In ovory detail by- tho bleached bones of humanity. At tho baso of tho altar Is n tablot bear ing an inscription. Tho following is a translation: Tho typo of coop shown will somo times prova valuable for housing growing stock, lly its use many of tho ndvantngos of n frco range can bo secured in localities where tho area is insufficient to permit such range. Tho usual practice Is to placo theso coops on grass land nnd ono or moro times dally to movo them their length or width so that tho fowls may hnvo fresh supply of green feed and tin- soiled ground. Of courso any given nrea can bo fed over In this way sev eral times during a season. Tho coops aro light and very readily moved. Dragging would bo mndo easier by shaping tho lower edges of tho ends of tho bottom, scantling of tho frame llko a sled runner. The coop can bo still further Improvod. 1. Hy putting doors about a foot "Read tho Startling News." squirrels and nil nulmnls except those that can ho roachod by an automo bile, Init why don't wo havo a law to protect tho nolroBscaT Why aro theso titled slobs permit ted to borrow car faro, and como ovor horo nnd give this fair land a fit of Indigestion? Why aro thoy pormlttod to sot tholr proud nnd largq foot on tho soil for which our forefathers founht and blod claina by Btcam, has dotormlnod that Bquadron. From tho British, tho Amor-. lean ndmlral and hlB ofllcors will ro colvo attention. The sullort will view tho Island In its slmplo Ufo, oxploro catacombs und visit tho ancient Clt- ta Vecchln. At San Antono tho olllcors" will ho cntortnluod by tho duko of Counnught, who Is at presont com-raandor-lu-chlof of tho military forces of tho Mediterranean. On tho fourth day nftor leaving Gib raltar, tho travolcr to tho oast finds hluiBcir In tho Malta channel, a strip between " Sicily and Mnlta. Upon bright days tho snow-clad peak of Etna makes ItBolf vlslblo. At tho south tho rocky shoro of Gozo Is outlined. Eastward, bright iu its ornngo color, lies Mnlta. Ono Is first Impressed with its snow-whlto buildings, low and solid, and with tho nplros of tho churches. In tho distance tho hugo domo of Mus ta church, tho third largest In tho world, stnnds llko a sonllnel, guarding tho peoplu of tho old city In tho cen ter of tho Islnnd. This church, with its hugo domo, wns bult by nntivos who worked only upon Sundnys and holidays and without wages, tho labor covering a porlod of 27 ycnrB. No scaffolding was used In its construc tion. Tho two gront harbors spread their nrms Invitingly and within thoro Is nmplo anchorngo for tho "big 1C" Hoot of Undo Sam. Tho hugo breakwater, poking Its iioso Into tho channel, spoaks of tho enterprise- of tho Eng llsh in protecting this woo spot from tempests Tho buildings skirt tho shoro of tho harbor, rising abruptly to tho omln enoo that forms tho principal thor- no foroign count will marry hs dnugh tor, Sudsotta. She will Inherit about $103,000,000, nbout $18 of which is looso onough to spend. Tho unhappy fathor Is building a spite fonco around his mansion, which will ho about 22 foot high, and all tho unmarried mil llonniros without daughters, to speak of, will contrlbuto champagno bottles to put on top of tho fence. If tho count gets Sudsotta ho is moro of n sparrow than hor fathor thinks ho is." It's pitiful, Hunch; that's what it Is, pitiful 1 All ovor tho country rich men aro dropping their beloveddaughtors In tho cyclono collars and hiding mamma's stocking with tho money lu it out In tho liny loft, I am glnd, Hunch, that I am not a rich man with a daughter who is oat lug hor heart out for a moth-covered title and a castlo on thu llhlnuwlno. You can hot, Hunch, that no dnugh tor of mlno can ovor marry n tall gent with a nose llko a quarter past bIx and n knowledge of the English lan gungo which doesn't got boyond I. O, U. Talk to tho nobility yon hnvo boon hobnobbing with. Hunch, and sou If you can reform thorn. Yours in hopo, JOHN. tCopyrlKht, 190S, by a. W. Dillingham Co.) 8neeze Cause for Divorce. Mrs, John Duckies of Donvor la nf tor a dlvorco becnuuo hor husband snoozes. It makes hor nervous and tho baby nervous, nnd oven tho neigh bors got ildgoty nnd talk whon John wakes up In tho middle of tho night with a rousing old "Ho-rnBh-shool" That's tlln WAV Mm llllrlllno ilnunrllin,! for Iholr country, and for which somo it to tho nttorney sho applied to. John oughfnro of tho city of Valletta, Of us aro stilt fighting and bleeding tbo country? Why? Why do thoBo fat-houdB como over horo with a Bllvcr clgarutto caso and uses suulf and whon ho awakened ho would tako a pinch bf snuff nnd then llo In bed, hump his back and horo shoo 00 times or moro. It would shako tho bod and kuock nil tho covers u society directory and make ovory off and tho baby would set up a yell, and rich mau In . tho country fasten a bur glar alarm to his check book? Find out, Hunch. A few days ago ono of theso mutts with nn Edam title Jumpod off an ocean llnor, and immediately tho prlco of pndlockH rose to tho highest point over known on tho stock'exchnugo. Mrs. Duckies Just got distracted. Tho attornoy told her thnt porhnpa John could not holp It. but tho lady In sisted hIjo wouldn't llvo with tho horn. Bhoo man, Isho went off declaring sho would think up somo moro had habits of John's if Biicuzing wasn't fit cnuso for action. Minneapolis Journal. " Up through tho narrow stono Btreots you uro driven to thu hotel, passing upon ovory hand mon who wear tho uniform of King Edward, Tho bare footod, or sandaled, nntlvo trudgos loUuroly along, Horo and thoro ono boob u group of Maltese women, tholr faces half-hidden beneath tho faldctto This primitive rnco Ib dooply at tached to tholr national usages for which other nationalities sometimes show lack of consideration. Tho fat detto Is a peculiar mantilla of black silk worn by tho women. It Is somo D. o. M. THIS WORLD IS A STAGE. OUR LIFE A TRAGEDY. ALL IS ILLUSION; ALL A FIC TION, DEATH THE CLOSE OF ALL THINGS. ! IT UNMASKS AND SOLVES ; ALL. THOU. WHO LIVEST, PONDER ON THIS. ! PRAY THAT PERPETUAL LIGHT MAY SHINE ON THOSE WHO REST HEREIN. : GO IN PEACE: REMEMBER THAT THOU SHALT DIE. Tho mortuary connected with tho nospiiai nas n singular rcuc. it Ib a placo whero tho body is loft 24 hours aftor death, with straps fastonod to tho hands nnd feet. Tho allghtost mo- tlon would sot n bell ringing and thus provont any llkcllhod of bolng buried alive noth tho Islnnds of Gozo and Malta nro honoycombed with caves which dato from tbo porlod of Phoenician occupation. Theso catacombs nro at tracllvo In tholr grucsomencss. Ono ontors thorn nt Clttn Vocchla, whoro native guides aro always waiting to earn a fow pennies for tho prlvllgo of oscortlng you through tho mazollko corroldor8 extending In all directions, Asleep for Thirty-Two Years. A most remarkable case of a woman who has Blopt for 32 years Is roported In "Dor Tag" from Monsteraes, near Stockholm. Knrollno Karlsdattcr wns a schoolgirl of 13 when sho suddenly fell -nsloep over her books In tho schoolroom. Aftor fruitless efforts on tho. tenchcr'B part to rouso hor tho girl wsb carried home. Sho Blopt until quite rocently, when bIio awoko to find that her childhood and girlhood were long past, and that sho Ib now a middlo-ngcd womnu of 45. Frauloln Karlstaddcr is not very much worriod over tho mattor, however. Sho fools KB fresh and na full of energy na if Bho had moroly enjoyed a good night's rest, Hor chief concern nt, present Is to mako up for lost tlmo and complcto hor education, which was so abruptly Interrupted. used with satisfactory results for con fining laying hens during tho Bummor. Tho care of the fowls will tako rather moro tlmo than In houses, but tho uso of tho coop moved dally solves tho problem of green feed; it makes It possible to carry a largo number of fowls with many of tho advantages of freo rango on limited areas and it la tho observation of tho writer that hens kept In this way (with no fixed habitation) becomo broody less than tho8o In houses and may consequently lay moro eggs. An orange box bo neatli tho roof with a hinged gato in front of It for removal of tho eggs af fords tho needed nests. This can bo sot on nnd fastened to tho bottom frame at ono corner bo that it moves with tho coop. Such a coop will ac commodate from ton to 12 hens. A3 a IS WBm P zjS IK X 7VVW?tiKi KESRIS U... I.. Ill W""" I II I I Good Type of Movable Wlro Coop. squaro In tho gablca so that fowls on tho perches beneath tho roof can bo reached from tho outside. 2. Hy putting a hinged gnto largo enough to ndmlt tho blade of a hoo "opposlto tho ond of tho feed trough so thnt It may bo conveniently clennod when necessary. 3. Light dlagonnl braces In tho cor ners will render such coops llrmor nnd moro durable. Wires might un doubtedly bo used with advantage for this purpose. Such coops havo frequently boon consequenco, In part no doubt of tho frequent movlngs to fresh ground, tho fowls suffor relatively little from vermin. A Gallon of Cream. A department writer says thnt a gallon of cream should bo rich onough to produco from 3.5 to four pounds of butter. Cream that produces llvo pounds of buttor to tho gallon Is considered a littlo too rich, for thero is npt to bo consldor nbly moro loss In handling cream that Is so rich. HOW OLD IS YOUR HOUSE? You Can Tell by the Size and Form of Ilia Teeth. . . . ..r The upper1 row are typical of a horse that has reached the age cf three years. At that age there are four permanent nippers on a level with the neighboring teeth. These permanent teeth can be recognized by their great er size, their square form and the groove on the outer face. The lower figure Illustrates the teeth of a horse at 2 years old. Then the nippers are just pushing through the gums, white the middle and cor ner foal teeth are not yet shed. Common. "Thoy are qulto ordinary people, aron't thoy?" "Yos keep tholr ongngemonts, eat plain food, pay tholr bills, and all that sort of lhlng."-rLlfo. WOOD PRODUCTION IN GERMANY Among nil tho nations of the world Gormany rccolvos tho credit of being the most thoroughly scientific. Sho does with her limited natural ro sources what younger nations will soon bo compelled to do In solt-protcc-tlon; sho conserves them. When our wood supplies, stored up from 100 to GOO years, aro within sight of tholr ond, nnd sawmills that havo been moved from tho whlto pine belt of tho north to tho yellow plno belt of tho south havo been moved to the Pacific coast for tholr last stand, then Gormnny's sctontlflc forsestry policy will rocclvo bettor recognition. Wo do not think of moving a grist mill about from ono wheat field to an other, ns tho fields In turn become ex hausted. Aftor ono crop is hnrvoated another is coming on. So It must bo with tho sawmill nud tho crop of trees. If It takes 50 years to raise a tree of a given species, then onoflftleth of the forest may be cut oach year, provldod It rcscods or Is replanted und tho sawmill stays at tho same placo und tho workmen llvo In their permanent snug homes near by; tho "lumber shanty" will bo a thing of the past; raising trees n business llko raising wheat. Pur QfAJ lr.nai..t.t nt . t . M v-oiujuiiuiib, oinco mo publication of bulletin No. 88 of tho Iowa experiment station on "Vitality, Adulteration and Impurities of Clover, Alfalfa and Timothy Seed" a largo amount of important work has boen dono along theso lines, especially from tho standpoint of purity and vl tallty. Tho high prlco of agricultural seeds during tho pnst year has mado it especially important that bmers be auro of obtaining pure soed with n high pcrcontngo of vitality. Tho pas sago or tho pure seed law has been a long step in tho right direction, but thoro Is still a largo amount of seed Bold that ts far below standard. Tho resulta of tho latest Investigation In this lino havo boon published In bullo tin No. 99 of tho Iowa experiment sta tlon, which will bo furnished freo upon application to the director, Prof. C. F. Curtlss, at Ames, la. Mltes Kill Hens. Wo have known mites to kill lions.