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7 - -T - IMPROVED AND ADEQUATE VENTILATION FOR STABLE HOW LOVING-CUP ORIGINATED Interesting Story Telling How Power ful King of Ancient Taught Ignorant Lesson. Tho so-called "loving-cup" Is com mon nowadays and wo bgo It every where Uut many years ago thoro .were no such things ns these queer thrco-handlcd affairs, and tho follow lng story tells how they first happen ed to bo made: Once upon a tlmo, centuries before tis there lived n great and poworful Tdng who was extremely fond of hunt ing. Ho was ono day In a hugo forest pursuing a stag, but It was so fleot nd clever that It eluded him and his band of followers, nnd led them en tirely out of tholr way. After wander ing about In u hopoloss fashion thoy finally enme upon a llttlo hut nnd tho king himself dismounted and rapped ntnnrtly upon tho door. A young girl answered his knock and soon showed the men tho right path. Tho king was about to go when no saw n well near the house and at tho Bight of the clear water Immediate ly felt thirsty, and going back, nsked tho girl for n drink. Without hesita tion she went Into tho house nnd camo out with nn earthen jug filled with tho well water. Hut, Instead of offering lits royal majesty tho handle, ns most people would, sho held that hersolf and handed him tho cup tho wrong wny. The king said nothing, thanked tho girl, and ho nnd his band soon found their way out of tho woods. But when he reached his palace, he determined to roward the girl for giv ing him tho water and nt tho samo tlmo to teach her a lesson in polite ness. Sending to his Jeweler, ho bado him mako a stiver cup with two handles and deliver it to tho young girl without a word from whence It camo. PerhapB a month after this tho king again hunted in that same forest, sought tho llttlo hut, and asked the girl for another drink of water. This time sho entered tho house and camo out with a beautiful silver cup full of sparkling wnter. "Now," thought the king, "sho has certainly learned a lesson." But never was ho moro mistaken, for tho poor, Ignorant girl took a handle In each hand nnd for the second time offered her Ucgo lord nothing but the side of tho cup. Tho king rodo nway deeply per plexed. He was still resolved to teach the girl tho pollto way to hand a cup without directly rebuking her, and many wero the hours ho spent in cud geling his brains for somo way In which to do it. At last a bright idea struck him, and ho sent for his Jew eler a second time. "Mako mo," said he to tho man, "a sliver cup, heavily chased, and with my royal crest and put thrco handles on If The Jeweler much surprised (for re member no such thing had over been hoard of up to this time), did as ho wa"s told, and soon tho mug was fin ished. As before, tho king had it privately sent to tho girl who lived in tho llttlo hut. Ono day not long after this for the third time ho rodo Into that forest, nnd taking the now well known path soon reached tho cottago. Dismount ing ho knocked nt tho door and asked humbly for a drink of clear water. The girl-immediately came out with the beautiful three-handled cup and ta lcing two of tho handles in her hands eho offered him tho third. So tho king rodo nway, well plonsed with his strategy, nnd reaching home, ordered three-handled cups to bo made in every sort of ware, nnd they be came so popular that wo now have thorn In all our shops and stores. "Oh dear! It's rnlnlnff hard." safd funs. "I fool It on my nose. Wo need our rubber ovor-shocs, And I'd like some rubber hone!" "I'd lovo to hAvo tho over-shoes,' Said llttlo Fluffy Toes. "Uut excuse me dear If I observe. We do not need the hosot" INTERESTING FACTS OF TOPS Whip-Top Is Very Old, It Having Been Used In Remote Tlmo by Grecian Doys. Many tops nre of modern Invention, but the Whip-top Is very old, It hav ing been used In remoto tlmo by tho Grecian boys." It was well known In POPULAR GAME OF "CUTTING" Always Finds Favor With Boys and Girls Simple Prizes Given to Winners. A gamo of "cutting" always finds favor with boys and girls. Provldo each person with nn old magazine, a pair of scissors, a small cup of bome-made pasto and a brush mado ly folding a piece of paper many times and then finely slashing one ond. Besides these things givo to each player several sheets of plain paper n llttlo largor than a mngazino page. Each porson Is to cut out nny picture or parts of pictures ho choosos and mount them on tho plain paper to make new pictures. Aftor half nn limn all of tho pictures should bo placed where they may bo seen, bnupio prizes should be given to those ma king the prettiest, tho most comical or tho most original sheets, BETTY'8 CAKE-WALK. When Hetty saw n enke-walk, Bh'e laughed nt all tho fun, And thought It was the strangest thing Bhe'd seen beneath the sun. The bowing nnd the dipping She taught her dolls next day, Though It was quite ridiculous To walk that silly way. "When Betty takes a cake-walk There's something at the end; She doesn't learn to scrape and bow, And turn nnd twist and bend, nut onward like a soldier She marches to the fore; The end of Hetty's cake-waUt J. Is at the pantry door. " Tho tisunl method ol stable vontlln- tlon Is to placo Hues with outlets ter minating In a shaft through tho v roof and surmounted by a plain cupola or cover with a cap a foot or so above tho opening. Tho Idea In the latter caso Is that tho wind will blow bo tween tho cap nnd tho top of tho shaft as shown at 15 In tho Illustration here with, Bays American Agriculturist. This method tends to incroaso the flow of vitiated nlr from tho stable and thus aid tho ventilation, puro nlr coming In from Inlet iluos plnccd at somowhat remoto points from tho out-lota. Whether this method Is fully satis factory Is not certain, for at tlmcB whon tho wind Is gusty tho vltlnted air is forced back Into tho Btablo In stead of bolng drnwn out, nnd often snow nnd sleet aro drawn down tho shaft. To overcome tho uncertain working of this kind of shaft, ns well as other disadvantages of the plain cupoln, tho style of cupola shown at C with sides opening in the direction Humming Top. England ns early at least as tho four teenth century, when Us form was tho samo as It is now. Today boys play with the Humming' top. This Is hollow, having at its crown a peg, round which Is wound a string; this being pulled through a kind of fork, gives motion to tho top and sets It spinning tho fork nnd tho ( Peg Top. string bolng left in tho spinner's hand. In spinning tho top, enre should bo taken to wind the string firmly and evenly on tho peg, and when It Is pull ed out, neither too much nor too little force should bo used, and a firm and steady hand should bo employed, while tho top should bo hold in a per pendicular position. Tho string should he drnwn with a steadily Increasing force, or tho top will not hum prop erly. Thern aro various kinds of peg-tops. and they nlso vary In shape, somo be lng much roundor than others. Those aro tho best which aro shnped llko a pear. There Is also great variety as regards the shape and size of tho peg, which In somo tops Is short nnd thick In others long and tapering. Again, tops nre made of different kinds ol wood, some being made of deal, others of elm, some of yew-treo and others of boxwood. These Inst are tho BoX' ers so highly prlzod. Somo of the very best tops are made of lignum' vltno, with long, linndsomo pegs. MOUSE TRAP IS VERY USEFUL Easily Made by Placing Piece oi Stout Paper Over Top of -Earthenware Jar. If you have no cat and find the mice In your house getting altogether toe bold for comfort, or If you would like to keep somo mice for pets, a home made trap will catch them. Over the top of an earthenware Jni fasten a pleco of writing paper, tight ly binding It with a string or elastic band. In tho center of tho paper cut n cross. Set tho Jar In tho closet, and Biispend by n string a pleco of cheese over tho conter of tho Jnr, nnd lean something ngnlnst tho Jnr bo that the mice can reach the top. If thoro are any mice In tho closet tho bait will attract them, but JUBt ns soon ns the flrBt mouso reaches tho center of the paper he will drop Into tho Jar and tho paper will liy oacic into place attain, ready for tho next comer. trap arrangod In tho samo manner car bo used for tho capture of field and harvest mice, which mako odd and amusing pets. A barrel covered with stiff browi paper can bo used for commonrata but thoy will gnaw out unless the barrel bo partly filled with water. The Usual Crop. "Are you trying to ralso anything on your suburban place 7 "Yes: a mortgage." Illustration Shows How Air Is Pumped From Building at All Times, Regardless of Direction In Which Wind Is Blowing ial ventilation Is concerned, tho prlnclpa point Is tho retention of wind forco nsslst In ventilation whon only tho nnU mat heat In thu stnbto is available tq produce ventilation. Tho assistance of tho wind Is of great servico and should, bo taken advantngo of as much ns pos Bible. A method of cocurlng this nd vontnge Is shown In tho largo pJetura, herewith. As tho ventilator shaft torj initiates In n square rather high cu pola twlco tho size of tho shaft. Open, Ings of reasonable slzo are made oppo fllto each other in tho walls of this cut pola and In lino with the prevailing winds, ns shown nl n. Doors aro mndoi to fit theso openings, connected ni Bhown nt b and hung from n crosspl'ecd bolow tho roof of the cupola. Near thrt bottom of tho cupola aro two or throq holes about 2 Inches In diameter de pending on tho slzo of tho cupoln. Tho ventilator shaft as shown at o extends nbovo theso openings but torinlnntori slightly bolow tho larger ventilator openings. In operation, tho door closes ns shown nt n on tho right, and opens on tl mm a- us?,r tt-ii I 111! 0 0 Features of Stable Construction. of the prevailing winds and covorod with doors hinged nt tho top but swinging froely, has been used with success. When thore Is no wind the doors hang so that the cupola is partly open on each side, but as shown In the Illustration, when the wind blows from the right, the door on that sldo Is closed by tho forco of tho wind. Tho other side, however, Is open and there Is always a chance for the stablo air to pass out and no chance for rain or snow to blow down tho shaft. If de sired, doors can be placed on all four sides of tho cupola. Though this nrrangement Is satis factory so far as romoving outdoor in fluences from tho interior system of w.u loll, nk tllo QUIIltJ IIU1U U UUIiOUL Uli air passes In on the right at o and nuj shown by the arrows passes out on tho! left, at the samo tlmo drawing n cur ront of nlr through tho ventilating! shaft at o. Tho same object would be' secured if tho wind blew from tho od-I poslto direction, it is important that tho cupola bo divided Into two sections! as shown at d so that the wind can-! not pubs directly across from tho hold o to the opposite side. If desired, four compartments may bo mado as shown at e so that tho wind inny bo admitted! on two sldos of tho cupola so that thoro would bo suction to this draft no matter from what direction thej wind might como. PERFECTING HOOF OF HORSE 7 . aJIv A foot with too much growth on fore part of hoof, which 1b apt to cause olbow hitting, Is shown In tho Illus tration. Tho remody Is to paro off as indicated by lino and fit a leather pad under rear part of hoof. CHANGE SHEEP PASTURE OFTEN 4 Droedera Must Practice Method of Dividing Into Small Lota if Swob and Lambs Kopt Healthy. (By W. M. KELL.Br.) The moro I study tho sheop busi ness and tho more carefully 1 note the results of my own experience and observation, tho more I am coming to npproclnto the frequent chango of pastures for tho owes and lnmbs. It costs money to chango our system of pasturing sheop and divide our pas tures up Into small lots, but wo must practlso this method If we succeed in In keeping our sheep and lambs freo from stomach worms. Wo know that theso worms como from tho sheep to the lambs through tho grass that 1b eaten. We know that It takes a certain tlmo for tho germs when dropped on tho grass to dovolop enough to get to the lambs. That tlmo Is estimated to be from eight to 12 days. Wo know that tho lambs are born free from parasites. Wo know that it Is possible to kcop the mothors quite free from parasites before the lambs are dropped. By putting what facts we know to gother wo can readily see that It wo change pastures frequently, say every eight tor2 days, we will lessen tho danger of tho lambs becoming In fected with theso germs through the vrnau Hint thur consume. Some of A foot of correct proportions shown In tho second Illustration. Uno drnwn from front part of leg, BtrlKes u llttlo distance bohlnd tho con tor. Tho bonos aro at tho tirnnnr angle affording strength and freo ac, iion in iravoung. the highest authorities advlso allows lng the Iambs to run ahead of tin ewes and moving the ewes one nn turo nhead each week, thus the ewes and lambs aro changed every week, Pasteurlzlna Milk. To pnstcurlzo milk or cream Is Blm ply to beat tho same to nbout inn it grees, thon rapidly cook tho liquid By this process the Inctlc em-mo m germs which cause milk tn Rnnp nrn destroyed, but the germs which causo miiK to uecome putrid nro not do stroyed. Exports claim tho ilnnirnr that dirty milk may bo nnstourlzPii hence tho operntlon may bo dangerous or, at least, disappointing from th roason that ono cannot toll Just whe putrlfactlon may take nlnco. Thn int, tor cannot be detected until It nn ndvnnced ago, aB pasteurized milk or cream may novor grow sour, yet may contain germs frauirht with dnn ger. Many physicians also claim that pasteurization reduces the dlgestlbll ity or tho milk or cream. Currants and Oonnnhaprlan A. Hlttlnger 1b an oxtonslvo growor of currants and gooseberries. Ho lives five mllos from Boston. Every plant Ib propagated on tho farm. He has a beautiful nursery of currants, tho plants bolng very thrifty and vigorous, Doth of these fruits root readily from hardwood cuttings. Thoy.. should bo cut In tho fall, stored tn a molBt col lar or burled and planted ns soon aft tho ground can bo prepared In the sDrlmr, LONELIEST ENGLISH DUCHESS Tho loneliest nnd loveliest duchess In all Eng land Is our own Consuoln Vanaderbllt. Daughter of William K. Vandcrbllt, sho was only eighteen years old whon In 1895 bIio married tho Duko ot Marlborough. Hor splendid fortune was Used in part to pay tho debts of tho young duko and to rehnbllltato his mansions and estates and for a tlmo tho union was" a happy ono. King Edward wns much Impressed by tho charm of tho Ameri can girl and her position In British socloty wns assured. Uut tho duko failed to approclato tho klndnosa of fortuno In giving him so aweot and accomplished a wife and placing so many mil lions at his disposal. Ho ncglocted the duchosB and the couplo becamo ostranged, though no dlvorco fdllowod. English socloty, backed by Kind Edward, gladly would havo shown Its sym pathy with tho beautiful American and sho might havo queened It In tho most exclusive circles, but, whllo making no complnlnt, her graco has pre ferred a llfo of Bemt-BoclUBlon, dovotlng horsolf lnrgoly to phllnnthropy. Tall, graceful, with a refined bonuty which would bo noticeable In nny gntherlng nnd with limitless wealth nt hor command with all hor natural and worldly endowments tho duchoss of Marlborough never gives tho outsldo world tho apponranco of happiness. It may bo part of her potlto boauty that somo faintly traceable expression ot sadness should cling to hor faco; It may bo that her faco Is but tho Index to her heart. Whichever tho caso, her graco novor suggests to thoso who soo hor from tlmo to tlmo that she Is happy. Sho Is raroly known to smllo. Wearing, her $50,000 chlnchllln cloak, alio has sat through n Platonic lecturo unmovodj by tho playful fancies of a fnvorlto socloty locturorj standing at tho topi of tho giant Btalrs of Sunderland houso. sho has, xi a Paquln gown of sllkj received tho guests of a charitable gathering smilingly, it Is true, but not In tho happy way. Tho lonollost duchess In Ixmdon ono might call her lonely, with all nor friends, lonoly In that great house of hers, with Its lino plcturos and tapos tries and wondorfully carved colllngs and lnnumerablo powderod flunkies, lonoly with all hor diamonds and ropos of pearls and Bablos and chinchillas HEADS MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY i President Harry Burns Hutchlns of tho Unh vcrslty of Michigan, Is sixty-four yoars of ago. Ho was bom In Lisbon, N. H., and prepared hlms solf for college at tho Conforonco seminary at TUton and at tho Vermont Conforonoo seminary at Nowbury. i Ho entered Wesloyan university at Mlddlotonj at tho ago of nlneteon, but on account ot poor) hoalth was unablo to comploto tho yoar. Lator however, ho took up tho studies of physiology! and surgery nt Vormont unlvorslty. In 18G7 his! nnrnnta hnilno mnvnil tn Mlnlilffnn hn nrttnrmll yffifr Ann Arbor. Hero he kopt at tho head of his, 4IV A claH8' was lta valedictorian and cotnmoncomont) orator, and in 1871 graduatod with honors and MirWf 0 fl with tho dogroe of bacholor of philosophy. Aftor his graduation ho went to Owobso and was placed tn chargo of tho public schools thero. Tho next year Protossor Hutchlns; returnod to tho state university at Ann Arbor nnd was mado Instructor In, rhotorto and history, being ad van cod to tho position of assistant protossorj ttlA fnllntvtnir Vnnt- T Jrt n?iHnll.w1 In 41. la MnnnnUw fnn Y. n n v.amm when ho entered tho legal profession, and In partnership with his fathor-ln law was In actlvo practlso for Bovoral years, whon ho again bocame con nccted vrlth tho unlvorslty as professor of law. Ho afterward went to Ithaca, and organized a department ot law In Cornell. Michigan got him backi again in 1876, he was mado dean of tho dopartmont in which ho had provli otiBly boon instructor, and during tho years whon Prosldont Angoll was absent as minister to Turkey ho was tho acting president of the university. For a dozen years ho has boon dean of tho law dopartmont and has mndo a record as an advocato of moro dignity In undorgraduato life, kooplng tho soholnstlto requirements in tho dopartmont always at tho highest stand ards. Tho regonts of tho university feel that In President Hutchlns thoy havo a man who combines both a high dogroo of scholarship and a gonlus tor administration, qualities very necessary in this importnnt position. i PEARSONS WOULD DIE POOR mm D. IC. Pearsons, tho Chicago philanthropist, who has glvon six million dollars to small col leges, expects to glvo away tho rest of his money this year and to rotlro Into a sanitarium to await tho end of n very long ilfo. Dr. I'onrsons la ovor ninety years old and afflicted with rheumatism. Ho will Bell his homo and spend tho balanco of his dnys In tho sanlturlum. Ho pralsos his own wlfldom In disposing of his wealth beforo his death, and says ho knows whoro It has gono nnd has prevented nny contest aftor ho Is gono. April 14. his noxt birthday annlvorsary, Dr. Pearsons plans to mnko his last boquests to his colleges, which will bo the Inst of his fortune. Ho will thon rest content waiting for tho ond. "A man Is his own boBt executor," said Dr. Pearsons, "and I lntond to bo mlno, I will Boll my homo and uso tho monoy to pay my dobts." Dr. Pearsons alwayB speaks of his conditional pledges as his "dobts." "I will mako no moro presents until my next birthday," ho Bald. "Thon I will dlsposo of everything." All Is In readlnoss nt tho Poarsons homo for a now tenant. Thomas, tho Pearsons butlor and general factotum, has been packing things for sev eral wcokB. "As soon as tho houso Is sold I shall go to tho sanitarium," satd he, "and prepare for tho final distribution. For twenty-four years I havo lived In tho old mansion. Twenty-ono of tho years I havo been giving. I have glvon something llko $0,000,000 to twonty-nluo colleges and Institutions In twenty four states. My debts, yes, that Is what I call them. You soo, I havo prom ised Berea collego $100,000 If $400,000 additional Is raised. "That Is ono dobt I must meet April 14. Then thoro aro other conditional debts that I must meet. You know, I Investigate overy collego or Institution 1 aid, and as I am getting pretty well along in years I think I would rather get rid of overythlng right away. "When my houso Ib sold nnd my dobts met I shall havo boon my own executor and shall havo closed tho ostato entirely. THE FOUNDER OF ESPERANTO Considerable intorost was manifested In th sixth International congress of Esperanto, th" univorsal language, which convonod In Washing ton recontly nnd was in session a weok. Th delegates numbered 500, coming from 40 nations, and among them was Dr. L. L. Zamonhot of Warsaw, Poland, tho author of tho now language, whoso portrait Is hero prcsontod. At somo of the meetings the only language spoken was Esperanto and tho play "As You Like It" was presented In that tonguo. Esperanto Is said to bo making considerable progress In tho United Statos and has been taken up by scientists, linguists, teachers, public mon and commercial houses. At its last session the' Maryland legislature pasBod a law permitting the study of Esperanto In tho public schools. At tho congress In Washington the teaching of Esperanto In tho public scbbola ot this country and In other lands was discussed and advocatod. Esporanto Ib not intended to supersedo any othor tonguo, but Is meant to bo supplementary to other languages, aiding la promoting an interchange ot Ideals betwoon tho pooplea of different countries whoro other forms of oral spooch aro lacking. It Is claimed for It that Us adoption would tend to bind nations moro closely together and to dispel tho doubts and mistrust with which races now regard ono another.