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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
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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.
