THE AIRY GIRAFFE.
IN CHARGE AT WEST POINT
BOYS' FUN WITH BROOMSTICK
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Prof. W. N. Munson rccommcntla
for treatment of old orchards to plow
nn early as pcsBlblo In tho spring, har
row at onco and apply about 500
pounds of fertilizer to tho acre, thon
harrow about onco In two weeks un
til tho middle of August, when a cov
er crop of ryo or spring vetch shoul.1
bo sown. In working among tho trees
ho tlnds tho tracclcsa harncsfl of groat
'Valno. Tho exact time and method of
'tillage Is not so Important as to bo
sure thnt a fair amount of tillago Is
given.
In the production of milk and cream
on the furm tho farmer seldom stops
to consider that thero should be
placed a valuo on tho forage which
tho cows consumo when on pasture
or thnt thq labor necessary to feed,
milk and properly caro for the cows
and tho milk Bhould bo considered as
an expense. On this account, too
often, tho farmer falls to fully under
stand the nctual cost of his butter
when ready for market.
Tho number of sheep In tho world
Is estimated at 580,000,000, a number
much greater than any other meat
producing nnlmal. Of this number
thero are In Australia 88,000,000 r Ar
gentina, 07,000,000; Turkey, 45,000,000;
Russia, 45,000,000; Great Britain, 27.
000,000. Thero are an evon 100,000.
000 goats, with not enough of'thom in
tho United States for enumeration.
Weeding out tho poorest cows Is tho
best way to Improve tho record of any
dairy in tho amount of milk and but
ter produced, In proportion to tho
number of cows kept. This process of
weeding out will also aid materially
to Increase tho profits.
Large bands of sheep do not thrive
so well under arming conditions as
smaller ones, and are moreover espe
cially apt, to Injuro tho land, for they
not only crop the growing plants too
closely, tout by buncuing, tend to pud
dle tho ground.
While bran can bo used with a de
cided advantage In making up tho
rations of tho dairy cows It should bo
used to excess as It will mako cream
hard to churn while tho butter will
bo pale rather than a golden yellow.
When tho tlmo for culling the
lyoung Btock comes, tho experienced
breeder has a decided advantage over
tho beginner. The formor can toll at
o much earlier dato those birds that
will bo profitable to keep.
Tho tlmo to placo on surplus boxes
lis when tho hive or lower story Is full
or nearly so. As long as bees havo
abundant room In tho brood chamber
to work thoy will not go Into any sur
plus boxes.
If thero wcro fewer dogs thero
would bo nioro sheep; and as soon as
farmers mako up their minds to havo
more sheop and fewer dogs, they will
bring that healthy condition to pass.
Perhaps tho reason more root crops
are not raised Is that thoy require
more work both In tholr cultivation
and harvesting and In tholr storing
and feeding.
Use up all tho old straw stack for
bedding the animals before warm
weather comes. Manuro Is a by-product
that figures part of tho profits In
live stock growing. Mako tho best
of It.
It always seemed to us a great mis
tako to fatten sows and sell thorn
after they havo raised a litter. A sow
that develops good breodlng qualities
should bo kept as long as possible.
Tho cows of Holland live In their
owner's house, nut don't Imnglno tho
ntalls aro filthy llko ours. Thoy are
as neat as your sitting room.
Hood blood Is essential to the pro
ducing of good horses, but not any
more so than tho material that forms
tho food for producing tho nnlmal
whon once started In life.
Ventilation, both night nnd day, Is
essential to tho health of poultry.
iMany diseases nmong fowls are trace
able to tho want of puro air.
By somo seedsmen sweet clovor Is
(catalogued ns Bokhara or beo clovor.
It Is a fine thing for bees, as tho flow
era secreto a lino quality of nectar and
large amounts of It.
Remember to supply plenty of grit
Ito tho young poultry. Thoy need It
ias much as mnturo birds. Grit forma
(part of their dlgestlvo system.
, Tho Increase In a Hock of sheep rep
irescnts almost entlro profit to tho man
I who hns no rontals to pay and kcop3
his sheep on government lands.
The mcubutlns season Is practically
over with poultry, so fnr as profit to
the owner Is concerned, and tho Min
nesota experiment station advises
that all old nesting material bo taken
out and burnod, nnd thnt nil nesting
boxes bo disinfected ami given n coat
of liquid Ucoklller; after which fresh
straw may bo placed In thorn for Into
layers. The creoaoto preparations
sold at lumber yurds for wood pre
serving havo been used with good ef
fect as Uco klllors.
Tho movement of so many thou
sands of young people from tho farm
to tho city Is laVgoly caused by bad
roads which lsolato their homes nnd
render tho world about thorn Inac
cessible. Tho addition to tho urban
population lessons tho producing forco
of tho farm and at tho samo tlmo cro
atcs n greator domand for farm prod
ucts. This means a higher cost of liv
ing nnd an undcslrablo situation re
sults. Tho minus quality of our lolls lies
not so much on tho chemical oido of
the soil as upon the wretchedly poor
physical condition Induced through tho
lack of any attetnpt to return to tho
soil that vital attribute which makes
for productiveness humus; which
together with rational Ullage and use
of manures, constitutes tho best key
Tor unlocking the Btorago of latent
plant food contained In tho soil.
Tho cow Is Instinctively 'the most
courteous animal In tho world. She al
ways responds to hotter treatment.
What shall wo say for some of the men
who own her nnd uso her with a nig
gardliness that shows how little thoy
know of a cow and how llttlo they ap
preciate her.
If tho dairy cow Is In a good healthy
condition and her milk supply profits
counteract her nctual expense of keep
ing, sho is worth tho tlmo and troublo
of keeping her but on tho other hand,
should sho consume moro feed than
her profit warrants, get rid of her as
soon as possible.
. When doing tho trco planting, do
not forget to put n few trees In a cor
ner of the pasturo fields, if thero Is
such a things as fenced pasturo on tho
farm. Protect those for a fow years,
and thoy will protect the stock for
many moro.
Animals aro llko human beings
sometimes thoy will eat more than at
others, and if a feeder acts In accord
an co with tho demands of tho animals
under his control, It means safo and
suro economy to tho man who pays
tho bill.
Tho best tlmo to thin peaches Is
just when tho pit Is hardening. In tho
country between 35 and 40 degrees
latitude, this Is dono Juno 10 to 15.
Further south, of course, tho work
should begin earlier.
From a business point of view, tho
hog is descrlbod as "a great national
resource, a farm mortgage lifter and
debt-payer, and tho most generally
prolltablo domesticated animal In
American agriculture."
Don't hesitate about paying a good
prico for a puro bred sire, provided ho
Is well bred and good Individually.
The money will como back to you
fourfold in tho first crop of young
sters. Celery makes most of Its growth
during September and October, and If
you can get plants of theso varieties
out In July and August, and a root
system started, tho chances are good
for n crop. t
In fattening both fowls nnd chickens
It must bo remembered thnt tho less
exerclso they get tho quicker they will
fntten. It Is difficult to fntten well
fowls that havo a free range.
Foods vary In quality owing to dif
ferent conditions under which thoy
aro grown. 'This is ono reason why a
prescribed ration will not always pro
duco tho samo results.
For comb honey, a hive a little moro
shallow In the brood nest than tho
regulaV body is preferable, as It forces
the honey up into sections Just where
It Is wanted.
Farmers and feeders would do well
to pay more attention to the root
crops In their nttempt at getting tho
Ideal feeding ration, both for beef and
dairy cattle.
Ono great advantngo sweet clovor
has over n great many crops Is that it
will keep in check almost all of tho
noxious weeds with which wo are
troubled.
Tuberculosis In chickens has been
found In flvo cases this year by tho
stato hygienic laboratory at tho Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
It Is highly deslrablo that pigeons of
all kinds should nssumo their now
garb before the cold, damp dark days
of winter set In.
To make tho greatest profit out of
swlno It Is necessary to produce gains
cheaply. This can best bo accom
plished by furnishing plonty of for
age. To got tho best financial results
frnm a flnok of nmltnii Rlipnn If In or.
sontlal that thoy combine n god flceco
with a good "lec of mutton.
Tho sow chosen for breeding should
bo soloctod from tho best nnlmals In
tho best nvallnblc herd In tho farmer's
neighborhood.
signed to tho famous Seventh cavalry, Custer's
old command. Aftor throe ycar3 In tho Soventh General Barry was trans
ferred to tho infantry arm and assigned to tho First Infantry as a first llou
tenant. Two years lator ho was promoted captain, nnd nfter thnt passing
through every grado until In August, 1903, President Roosovolt mndo him a
brigadier general. In April, 1908, tho samo president promoted him to his
present rank, tho highest under tho present law that an nrmy ofllcer can
attain.
General Barry as superintendent at West Point Is tho second ofllcor of
his rank to hold that post since West Point was founded. Tho other was
Llotit. Gen. John M. Schofleld, who wns a mnjor general whon appointed
superintendent In 187C.
No ofllcer in the army hns n finer record thnn General Barry. In the
Spnnlsh war ho was nn ndjutant genoral, and after tho closo of that war ho
saw hard service In tho Philippines. Whon tho Cuban govornment Tailed to
mako good several years ago, with tho result that tho Americans had to
rcoccupy tho Island, General Barry was designated by Prosldent Roosovelt
as commandor-ln-chlef of tho Army of Cuban Pacification, as It was known,
nnd In that capacity ho did his work so thoroughly that whon tho Island was
for a Becoud tlmo turned back to Its own pooplo to rulo General Barry wus
accorded when ho left nn ovntlon -such as few officers havo ever received at
homo or abroad.
FEDERAL CHIEF OF MINES
Throo great delegations visited Washington early In tho summer to urgo
tlo appolntmont, tho managers of sixty collieries Jolnod In tho laudatory
chorus, and sixty-two sonntors put their nnmcs to a petition In his bohnlf.
All this recognition was won by Dr. Holmes while serving ns chief tech
nologist of tho technological branch of tho geological Biirvey. In this crtpnclty
ho was carrying on in a minor way tho work which ho now will develop to
tho fullost extent.
Whllo tho operations of tho technological bureau havo not been wide
spread, becauso of lack of funds and authority, still tho mon under Dr.
Holmes wero ablo to diminish mine disasters. Thoy personally saved tho
lives of many Imprisoned minors by going to their reseuo In tho faco of dan
gers which would havo meant death to loss experienced men with poorer
equipment.
Tho work of making mines safo has occupied tho attention of Dr. Holmes
for years, and ho' has mado rapid advancement in tho finding of offectlvo
means to tho end which ho has sought. Ho galnod tho coulldonco of labor
and capital, and It Is well known here that his subordinates aro loyalty Itself
to the chief.
WOMAN WHO
agreed, anil LeedB, also a married man, becamo
infatuated with her. It Is said that Leeds paid his wife ono million dollnra
for a divorce. Mrs. Worthlngton nlso secured a legal separation from her
husband, and three days later tho wedding took place.
Leeds mado his now brldo tho present of Jowolry worth over a million,
a steam yacht, and a two million dollar palaco In New York city. Whllo on
a visit to Paris, LeedB bought his wlfo a $200,000 pearl necklace Sho wore
this on Several occasions, had them unstrung and they woro oxportod In n
bag to tho United States and entered at tho custom house as loosu pearls.
Then began her battle with tho treasury, which has become celebrated.
Although tho pearls were apparently Imported by a Paris Jowolor, tho cus
toms authorities considered the notion a subtcrfugo and demanded tho GO
per cent, customary duty on a necklace. Mrs. Leeds Insisted that they wero
dutlablo at 11 por cent, ns Indiscriminate pearls and won tho day and Inciden
tally somo $50,000 which othcrwlEO would havo gono to tho government.
TO HEAD THE
the various resorts of tho old world ho has beon
working early and lato and has gono over ovory foot of tho 9,000 miles of
tho system, meeting tho managors, foremen and oven tho labororfl and study
ing tho conditions. Thero Is hardly a mile of trnck In tho wholo systom with
which ho Is not familiar. N '
With tho prospect for a continuation nnd Incronno In good llmoa Mr.
Gould 3ays ho Is ontlroly satisfied. Conditions In tho Houthwcst aro very
promising. The only posslblo deterrent influence Is a political ono and ho
believes that will disappear after tho fall elections.
MaJ. (Son. Thomas H. Barry, U. S. A., who has
uocomo superintendent of tho United States Mili
tary arademy at West Point, Is what Supremo
Court Justice O'Gorman recently termed "a typ
ical product of Now York city." Ho was bcrn nnd
reared In tho old First ward, nnd thero nro now
In Now York men who will tell you thnt "Tom"
Bnrry wns the hnudEomest boy In- tho old ward,
and that when ho camo back from West Point
on furlough tho younger boys wcro wont to
point him out ns their hero.
General Bnrry was ono of tho popular cadets
during the four years ho waB at tho acadomy. As
an athloto ho stood In tho front rank, and ho stood
high as n student. In June, 1877, ho received hU
diploma, and as n second lieutenant was as
In tho appointment of Dr. Joseph A. Holmes to
bo director of thtf now bureau of mines It Is con.
ceded In Washington thnt probnbly tho best
equipped man for tho position In tho United
Stntos has been gained for this Important post.
Ever slnco congrosB passod tho bill creating
tho burcnu nnd giving It authority to Investigate
mlno disasters, mako experiments nnd BUggest
menns whereby nccldonts may bo decreased and
tho yearly casualty list shortoncd, efforts havo
been mado by hundreds of Interested persons to
havo Dr. Holmes selected as chief. Tho Indorse
ment of all tho coal operators' associations has
been glvon, overy prominent mining engineer In
tho country, Including John Hays Hammond, haa
mado his plea for Dr. Holmes, and tho miners'
union has added its efforts In hts cause.
COST A MILLION
Tho series of exquisite gowns worn by Mrs.
William B. Leeds of Now York, Newport and Lon
don, has beon tho fcaturo of tho season at tho
ultra-fashionable watering place of Doauvlllo,
Franco. Sho Is reported as having hnd gront so
clnl success nnd has given a succession of do
llghtful entertainments. Mrs. William B. Leeds,
It will be remembered, 1b tho woman who cost
her husband ono million dollars, and who refused
tho Importunities of royal and noblo suitors who
wero after her fortune, estimated at thirty times
that amount.
Her maiden name was Na'nnlo Stewart. Sho
was tho daughter of n wealthy Cleveland banker
nnd wns said to be tho handsomest girl In Ohio,
Sho married George E. Worthlngton. Thoy dis
GOULD FAMILY
Ono of tho sons of tho very rich who does not
bollovo that his llfo Bhould bo given up to Idle
ness and sportB Is Kingdon Gould, tho oldest ot
tho soven children of Georgo Jny Gould. Kingdon
Is only twenty-threo years old, but ho knows a
whole lot about his father's Interests and, for
that matter, about tho Interests of tho entlro
Gould family. ThlB 1b as it should bo, for ho Is
destined to tnko Ills fathor's placo as tho head
of that multl-mllllonnlro family. Ho Ib n well
educated man without ovll habltH nnd with n lovo
for vork. Thla week ho loft to Join tho rest of
tho Gould family In Europe. Ho would havo gono
with them last bprtng, but ho folt that ho wanted
to famlllarlzo himself with tho Gould railroad sys
torn In tho southwest. So Instead of lolling about
Youth Can Extract More Pleasure
With Useful Household Article
Than Anything Else.
It n long tlmo nlnco brooma camo
Into uso. Tholr Invention wns of
great benefit to tho world In nldlng to
koop It clean but havo you over con
sidered another phaso of tholr use
fulness? Slnco brooms havo boon In
uso, Just so long havo broomsticks
ever had n pocullar charm to boyB.
Tho nvorago boy can extract moro
amusement from tho broomstick than
almost nnythlng oIbo. with which ho
comos In contact, Bays Peoplo's Homo
Journal.
Dlvlrto tho players In pairs of teams
of two, providing as many broom
sticks as thoro happon to bo tonms.
Then diroct them to grasp tholr ro
upectlvo broomsticks as shown In the
accompanying Illustration, ench facing
In tho opposlto direction. Then lino
thorn all up nt tho starting point ready
to run tho rnco.
Theyro oft! But don't think thoy
A New Broomstick Pastime.
aro going to do n 100-ynrd dash In
record tlmo. Tho funny part of tho
fore-and-aft raco Is that tho chap who
facoB tho front invariably trios to
carry tho boy facing tho roar off hla
fcot in his offortB to mako speed. Ho
forgets that It la Impossible for his
team mato to run backward half ns
fast as ho runs forward, so tho
chances aro thoro will bo a good
thany trlp-ups and tho raco will bo
won by tho pair who can boat adapt
tholr Irregular gait to each othor In
stead of tho swiftest contestants.
Now, nB you will boo, hoadwork 1b
moro apt to win whon it Is coupled
with tho footwork than spoedy foot
work alone. So uso your hoads to
rogulato your foot; In othor words,
uso good "teamwork," as thoy Bay In
nthlotlcs, and you'll bo successful In
this broomstick pastimo ot tho "tore-and-nft
raco."
ILLUSION WITH SPINNING PIN
With Little Practice Ono May Suc
cessfully Imitate Very Many
Objects.
Tako a pleco of rubbor or elastic
and run a pin through it as tho
figure shows. Twirling tho ends, ot
tho elaBtlo vertically botwoon your
thumbs and foreflngors, and separat
ing tho hands In order to tighten It,
you glvo tho object a sufficiently swift
rotation to enable It to produco tho
Imago of a drinking goblot, says Mag
ical Experiments. Tho Illusion Is tho
A Spinning Pin.
more complete In proportion to tho
brightness of tho pin nnd tho light It
shlnos In nnd tho darkness of tho
background. In tho picture, wo sup
poso tho operntor placed In n dark
room, through a holo In tho shuttor
ot which a ray of sunlight creeps In
and Illuminates the pin.
With a llttlo practlco you may suc
ceed In Imitating vory many objocts.
Try for yourselves and seo what you
can make.
A Conditional Situation.
If little Klrla wero not so stupid
And little boys were not suoh fools,
And no one needod any teaching-,
Thero'd lo no public grammar schools.
Where Size Counts,
Edna thoughtfully considered n cow
that was calmly grazing in n meadow
across tho way. "Mamma, how old
Is thnt cow," sho ilnally Inquired.
"Sho Is four years old," answered
Edna's mother. Edna considered tho
answer nnd from tlmo to tlmo ap
peared to bo compnting herself with
tho cow. "Well," was hor parting
comment on tho question, "I'm llvo
nnd thnt cow la big enough to be
fifty."
Said n pert llttlo dog to n tall giraffe.
"It Isn't that any ono cares,
Uut you look no stuck up that tho nelghJ
bora laugh ',
And say you aro putting on airs."
Tho giraffe was annoyed, as you could
plainly ace.
And miffed ns he made reply: ,
"If you hnd a nice long- neck llko me,
Vou would do tho same M I." '
PRINCESS MARY NOW TYPIST;
King Georrjo's Only Daughter Learnf
How to Operata TypewriterTo
Learn Stenography.
Princess Mnry, King George's onty
daughtor, hns recently learned to uaa
a typowrltor.
Thoro aro two women typists atj
tached to tho secretarial staff of Marl)
borough Houso, which la tho king's!
residence, ono of whom, at tho prim
cess' requost, taught hor how to op
ornto tho machlno. Tho prlncoea
proved nn apt pupil nnd dovotcd hor:
self bo assiduously to tho work that
after a fow weeks of Instruction and
practise sho was ablo to work a type
writer at a fair rato ot speed.
During tho reigning family's recro
atlon at Balmoral, Scotland, her royal
highness will nsslst In typing somo oi
her father's more prlvato corresponds
onco.
Tho princess Intends to learn ste
nography also and lu koonly looking
forward to holplng hor mother, Quoon
Mary, rcgulnrly with her correspond
ence whon. tho roynl fnmlly is sottlod!
In Buckingham palaco. J
This princess was tho first royal
porsonago to open an account in the)
postofflco savings bank, which sho did)
throo years ago on hor tenth blrthJ
day.
VISITING.
"My llttlo girl, I hope you tried ,
Your very best to be, "J
Quito ladyllko nnd well-behaved, -
When you wcro out to teat
"And that you said: 'Yes, if you please)
"When things wcro offered you; '
Or, 'No, I thank you,' quietly, ' i
Just as I told you to7" .
"Yes, mamma, dear, I smiled and said:
'Yes, thank you,' so polite;
And 'If you please,' and sat up straight
And always acted right.
"I didn't soy, 'No, thank you though,
Becauso, mamma, you boo,
I wanted all they helped mo to
When I went out to tea."
TELLING AGES OF ANIMALS
Not Yet Possible to Determine Ago
at Which Many 8ea and Land
Creatures Die.
Somo soa croaturcs and a fow landl
creatures llvo bo long that It has nod
yet been posslblo for man to deters
mlno tho ago at which It is natural
for thorn to die. It is stated, for in
stance, that In 1497, in a European
lnlto, a plko was caught which could
not havo beon less than 270 yoars old
There was ji brass ring In tho flsh'a
lower jaw, ana on tno ring an inscrip
tion showing that tho ring was placed
thoro In tho year 1230 267 years nro
vlously. Again, If ho bono plates Tnl
n whalo's mouth, which are said to
Increase regularly each year, aro on
Indication of tho creature's age, as la
believed, then 400 yoars la not on un
usual Ufetlmo for a whale. Evon the
common ring trout lives from 30 to 50
years.
Tho natives of India believe that
elephants live to bo 300 years old.
One was kept In captivity 150 years,
and tho ago ot tho animal at tho tlmo
of his capture was not known. Camols
normally dlo between tho agos ot 40
and 60, horses from 20 to 30, oxen at
20, sheop at 8 or 9 and dogs ut 12 or
14. Swans 100 years old and rnvensr
older havo been known, whllo pheas-i
ants and ordinary chickens llvo 12 on
15 years provided thoy do not flndl
tholr way to tho frying pan many aea-i
sons earllor, ,
Pillow Climbing,
In tho mlddlo of tho floor, somo lit
tle dlstanco apart, place sofn cushions,
Btools, umbrella stands, largo vases,
etc. From nmong tho company choose
somo ono who has nover boon
"hoaxed" and ask him to first -walk
over tho courso around and botween
theso articles, bo as to fix In his mind
their Bltuutlon nnd dlstnnce apart. Ho
Is then blindfolded nnd told to find
his wny carefully among thorn again
so ns not to touch anything,
Vory glngorly ho will do so, nnf
whon triumphant ovor his success tho
handago Ib tnkon from his Oyes, to his
surprise, not nn nrtlclo romnlnB on the
floor. All wero quickly and quietly
removed whllo ho was being blind
folded. Ills cautious movements nnd tuck
ing hero und thoro to avoid tho ob
Btaclcs that aro not there, mako fun
1 for the onlookers.
