BREEDING SHETLAND PONY
... FOR CHILDREN'S PLEASURE
LIVED TO SEE HIS IDEA GO
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I Octave Chanuto, Father of Aviation,
Who Died In Chicago, Invented
the Glider Years Ago.
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Little Animal Is Most Docile of
Most Sagacious Whcro They Origi
nally Camo
Children's
,.. George W. Ooodacro, a prominent
figure on tho Potomac Speedway, has
Introduced into tho District of Colum
bia a now Industry,
j Air. Ooodacro proposes to devoto
much of his tlmo In tho future to the
breeding of Shetland ponies, and has
recently imported 12 head of beauti
ful animals which bo has located on
his estate In tho vicinity of H right
wood. Slnco tholr arrival theso pon
ies havo excited much ndmtrntlon on
account of their gentleness nnd Intelli
gence. With one or two exceptions, tho
ponies nro of the tiny kind, as the
illustration shows; lu fact, they aro
so small that tho major portion of
them could pass botweon tho legs of
n man of nvorngo slzo without tho ruf
Jlo of a hair. Tho lord of tho harem
Is a perfectly mado tiny specimen of
the Shetland trlbd called Bllllo, black
In color, and ho can 'do almost any
thing ho is cnlled upon to do except
talk and puy taxes.
Tho cutest in tho band Is a tiny
symposium of horseflesh called Dr.
Chase Jr., so named because ho ro
' scmbles tho Doctor In color, being n
golden sorrel, and again because his
markings aro similar to those worn
uy the great Speddway trottor. All of
tho ponies except two nro of tho pop
ular color, being either white and
Llack or bay and whlto.
Tho fashion In ponies runs strongly
toward tho extremely small ones
They bring fabulous prices when of
Tight slzo and color In all largo cities
in this country, not only on account
of their oddity, but because tho size
desired is hard to produco. Tho prim
itive homo of tho Shetland Is In tho
Islands which lie off tho cxtremo
northern coast of Scotland. Bleak
nnd desolnto aro theso Islands, even
in the midst of summer, Tho grass Is
sparse and not ovor-nutritlous. It Is
in winter, however, that tho sagacity
and endurance of tho Shetland Is put
to the test. He Is compelled to dig
through tho snow for tho forago ho
tets, or, maybe, If the snow Is too
deep for him to reach tho ground, ho
Uvea on twigs and seaweed.
In tho caso of tho Shetland pony, It
is truly a survival of tho Attest. Tho
HANDLE NERVOUS
TEAM SAFELY
Brina Animals' ZIoada Within
Twclvo or Fifteen Inches of
lncli Other, Allowlnsr In
Blda Reins to Slacken.
' To hnndlo a spirited team with per
fect safety bring their heads within 12
or 1G Inches of each other, writes J.
O. Hall in Farm and Homo. This
will slacken tho Insido lines. I drive
n team of mules in this way that I
could not control otherwise
! I had snaps put on tho ends of n
four-foot ropo. I pass this rope through
the inner rings ot tho bits and snap
Ready for Safe Driving.
them into tho outer rings, as shown
nt a and b. Tho bits I uso are Joint
ed wlro ones.
I A friend of mine was recently killed
by a fiery team running away. With
such a ropo as I uso tho accident
.would mavo been nverted.
CHINESE GROW
MANY TREES
Vurnloh Secured From Ono Small
Tree That Taken All Colors
Allko-If Well Muniised
i DMflNottoao Luotor.
' ny C. anAHAME-WHlTE.)
I In China there nro many trees
which arouse tho woudor of trav
elers. Tho varnish treo Is of Bmall
'slzo and hns u loaf resembling that
of tho wild chorry; n gum oozes from
!it drop by drop, llko tho tears of the
iturpentlno tree. If 'an incision is
mado In it, n greater quantity of li
quor comes forth, but It soon destroys
the tree. Tho varnish takes all colors
Equine Tribe, nnd Seemingly
From.
Pets.
ponies are kept by their breeders In
droves, and, when In tho spring kthoy
wander lo tho water'B edgo to got n
taste of seaweed to supplement tholr
rations, scores of them perish us the
treacherous tides frequently catch
them unawares and tho wenkeBt nro
carrjed out Into tho ocean.
Tho oft-asked question: Prom
whence did tho Shotlands come? has
boon answered lu different ways. Tho
commonly uccoptcd explanation Is
that thoy wore taken to tho Islands
from tho mainland many centuries
ago; that they were originally a
horse, Instead of a pony, and that the
hardships thoy havo been compelled
to onduro havo diminished their size.
This belief Is fortified by tho fact
thnt when tho Shetland Is generously
fed ho Increases In bIzo nnd bulk,
and this fact also has brought dlsas-
ter to a number of breeders In this
country.
Whatever fashion demands, breed
ers must supply or go out of business
A pony that Is not much taller than
n great Dano will bring ?100 moro In
tho market than ono tha't measures,
six lnchos higher. Rich fathers and
rich mothers seek tho tiny ones for
their children, nnd thoy do not Btand
on the mattor of price when they
find what they aro seeking. Tho
Shetland Is tho most docllo ot the
equine trlbo, and, seemingly, tho most
sagacious. Doubtless, his environ
incuts havo sharpened his Instincts
to u rcmarkablo degreo. In blood ho
Is tho plebeian of the plebeians,' ns wo
moderns count horseflesh, for his
breeding Is only ono degree higher
than that of tho ox or tho ass; that
Is, tho truo Shetland.
Tho most remarkublo breed of pony
known Is tho Canadian French pony,
his ancestors having been brought)
over from Franco by the French colo
nists. Ho evidently has good blood
In his veins, and may have descended
from tho Spanish palfrey, as ho paces
and trots, is a horso ot high spirit,
and of considerable speed. Tho noted
Hal family, Tho Pilot Jr. family, tho
Copperbottoms, and some of tho oth
er pacing families In tho United
States sprang from tho loins of
French-Canadian ponies.
alike, and if well managed, neither
loses its luster by tho change of the
air, nor tho ago of tho wood to which
it Is appllod
There is another tree from which
a liquor Is obtained thnt differs but
little from tho varnish. Another Is
termed tho tallow tree. This is as
large as a high cherry tree; the loaves
are of a lively red, and tho shape
V . , u ,u,LJnin,nel tho'
V.,i mT I f po' opens 1,1 th0-
..nu u U.WUUI; ii consists of;
? , 0 OI naze'-.
win, iiuuou iimy uub mo property
of tallow and of which candles aro
mauo.
Tho whlto wax treo Is no loan nr.
traordlnary. It Is not so tall as tho
tallow treo; It has largo leaves and
a whiter bark. A small kind of worm
fixes itself to the leaves and forms
n onrt nt finitili miml it
,uuu, BuiuiiiT man a
honey comb, tho wax of which is
very imru ami snining, and of fnr
greater vniuo man tho common bees
wax.
mi . i j i i . ...
iiiey iiuvu in cnina most kinds of
weeds mat are to bo found in Eu
jujiu, iiuu uuverui omers, uraong
wnicn is ise-ian, or rosowood, which,
if of a reddish black, nnd full of fl.no'
veins that seem painted. This wood Is
fit for tho finest sort of Joiners' work.
Seed for Pastures.
Best seed mixtures for permanent
pastures nro determined by tho nature
of tho soil and climate moro nrnb-
ably by soil than by cllmato. In somo
localities It Is not easy to sccuro any
other permanent pasturo than that In
digenous to tho country or than somo
Introduced grass which comes to bo
tho prevailing grass. Of tho former
class Is buffalo grass, in localities
whoro it is qulto at homo on tho
range. Of tho latter class Is Ken
tucky blue, which has como to bo tho
prevailing grass over all tho forest
area In tho northern and northwestern
states.
'Clean Dairy Cows.
Beforo milking tho cows should be
gono over with a brush and all parti
cles of dirt romoved. This need not
tnko moro than 30 seconds per cow
Tho cow's udder comes In contact
with tho floor nnd cannot be cleaned
simply brushing. It Is very Importnnt
that tho udder should bo washed with
damp sponge or cloth, nnd this may
tnko 30 seconds moro. Tho sponging
will bo doubly effectlvo If tho long
hairs around tho touts and lower part
of tho udder aro cut short.
Chicago. In tho rocont deatU of
Octavo Chanuto, Chicago mourns tho
loss of tho first henvlor-than-nlr bird-
mnn, known as tho "Pnther of Avia
tion." Chanuto perfected and flow In
a glider, which wns practlcnlly tlio
gnmo lunchlno us tho present blplano
without nn engine. Chanuto Is cred
ited with being tho originator of tho
heavlor-thauair craft, which havo now.
brought ramo to Bcores ot mrumon.
Chanuto was a natlvo of Franco.
In 1882. ns vice-president of thq'
American Association of Englneo'rs lit
convention In St. iLouls, ho suggested
that tho development ot tho gasollnq
engine, which hud thou just been dlsi
covered, would mako it possible for
man to fly. Follow engineers told him,
It was undignified and unprofessional
for an officer of nn engineers assoi
elation to mako such a prediction.
But ho lived to boo his prophecy ful
filled while ho sat in his gnrden out
side of Paris nnd tho Frenchmen flow
over his head to do htm honor.
Chanuto was born In Paris, Feb
ruary 18, 1832, and camo to America
with his parents In 1838. Ho was t
civil engineer on many railways, and
had boon an officer or honorary mom'
"uer of tho Drltlih Instltuto of Civil
Engliieers, Canadian Society of Civil
Englneors, American Society of Civil
Engineers and Western Society ol
Civil Engineers
Ho, was tho author of many ongl
neerlng papers. Ho mado public hit
Ideas on tho conquest of tho air In a h
volume published In 1891, entitled
"Progress In Flylm: Machines."
Chanuto offered tho Wrights flnnn
clal assistance when they wore mak
Ing tholr experiments, but thoydo-
cllncd it. It was nt his suggestion in
1003 that they had their flying ma
chines patented. Tho Wrights have
made public acknowledgment of thcli
indebtedness to Chanuto for ideas,
plans nnd valuable suggestions. The
flying machines of today aro merely
variations of tho Chanuto machine
with powor applied, but ho was the
jflrst to suggest the application ol
'.power to tho flying machine, although
ho did not do it hlmsolf,
I He made 2,000 flights In his gliders
ibeforo tho Wrights or any of the
other heroes of tho air began tholr
inower-machlno experiments and ob
enped without a serious Injury.
h Ho suggested that tho next develop-
vnent might bo the utilization of all
'currents In flying, as do tho birds.
jlo thought flying mnchlnes would
eventually fly 100 miles an hour.
THE FIRST SEWING MACHINE
One Pictured Here Was Constructed
During First Half of the Last
Century.
London. Tho oldest original sowing
machine we havo Is shown bolow. It
Is, as will bo noticed, very roughly
constructed, nnd wns mado during tho
Di et half ot tho last century by Charles
Kyte, a native of Snowshlll, near Eves
bam. It Is built on n four-legged wood-
The First Sewing Machine.
en stool, which supports tho tablo on
which tho machine Is carried. This
curious and clumsy-looking forerunner
ot tho delleato machine of tho prosent
day is now tho property of tho South
Kensington muBCum,
FLYING MACHINE IS UNIQUE
Aeronaut Rigs Himself Up and Then
Walk Through Air as He Would
Through a Street.
Every few days somebody Invents a
now kind of Hying machtno, und ono
of tho most Interesting of tho latter
contrivances Is that designed ;by n
Nebraska man nnd shown herewith.
Tho illutratlon tells tho story nnd It
would seem to Indicate that tho aoro
naut gets rigged up nnd then wnlks off
through tho air as ho would walk up
the street. A small balloon has a
framo depending from It. This frnmo
has a broad belt that encompasses
tho operator s body under tho armpits
and supports htm. Flexibly connect'
cd with tho frnmo aro auxiliary buoy
ant bodies, llko small boats, on which
tho feet rest, and which afford a ro-
nlstanco to tho ulr when tho aeronaut
goes through tho motion of walking,
und aro expected to enable him to net
ually walk on air, Finally, tho op
crator Is equipped with n light, broad
blnded paddlo, like tho paddlo of n
Paddles Through the Air.
I
canno, for tho purpose of paddling
above tho housetops after ho has walk
od up thero and hung suspended by
tho buoyancy ot tho balloon nbovo his
head. If everything works ns. Intend
ed, this will truly be n remnrkablo in
vcntlon.
WHAT LITTLE CHILD THINKS
Interesting Story of Wee Tot Who
Was Bothering Her Aunt and
Couldn't See It.
All thoso In ehnrgo of llttlo children
must surely wonder sometimes what
little children think of them. Thoro
aro always tho two points of vlow
what wo think of tho porson to whom
wo aro speaking and what that person
thinks of ub. A certain young woman
was busy writing letters tho other
day whllo a small nleco played about
tho room.
"Now. Noll, you must bo very quiet,
as auntlo is very, very buBy."
"Es, auntie."
Dead sllcnco for nenrly half n mln
uto, and then Nelllo said: "Can I put
dolly hero?" ''Yes, pot, but don't
speak." Anothor momentary sllenco
followed by a second Interruption, and
then another and then anothor.
"Now, Nolllo, darling," said her
aunt sternly, "If you bother mo again,
I shall Bond you up to tho nursery."
"Do you mean It, auntie?" asked
tho naughty llttlo miss.
"Yes!" oven moro stornly "I do
meanilt; you havo already bothored
mo qulto enough."
Thero was tho unmlstakablo noto of
flrmnosB that every child can recog
nize, and Nolllo subsided into compar
ative stillness.
After about ten minutes nuntlo
turned round with nn approving smile:
"Now, pet, you havo boon so good you
may como hero nnd 1 11 tell .you n
lovoly fairy story."
'"Es, auntlo."
Nolllo climbed -on to her knno nnd
then looked critically and only half-
npprovlngly up at tho smiling face,
nnd sho added argumontatlvoly: "Hut,
auntie, It wus not mo that was buyer
In' you, but roally you that was bov
erln' mo, 'coh I wanted to play and
you didn't lot mo."
Blind Baggage.
"nilnd baggago," Is tho route that
a Cincinnati cat took when ho went
traveling. That Is to say, tho cat
climbed on tho truck under ono of tho
cars of a passenger train and rode to
Chicago. Ho did not pay any fare.
Pussy was discovered at Newcastle a
city in Indiana 100 miles from Clncln
nntl. Ho was not a cheap cat. Ho
had pasuad by tho ordinary cars and
had chosen a Pullman coach to rldo
under. Ho was dusty from tho Jour
noy, but thn conductor did not dls
turb hlni, and so pussy continued tho
Journey to Chicago.
The. Canary's Ears.
A canary's ears nro back of and n
llttlo below" its oyoa. Thoy aro not
hard to find when ono haH learned
whoro to look. Thoro Is no outer ear,
bucIi ns animals havo, but simply a
small opening which Is covered by
feathers. It Is qulto surprising that
birds should possess tho very ncuto
hearing which thoy do whllo lacking
tho fleshy flap which enures tho nnl
malB to catch sounds.
Puo. Ooo &ntj I
6.re relations,
musf be -
Pop' noae
A.nd oV course
I So l-A.5 he
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STATELY VER8E.
If Jnry Rprs fnr out to sen,
Hy wayward tlrceaes fanned
I'd llko to know can you tell moT
Junt where Would Maryland.
If Trnny went high up In nlr
And looked o'er land and Ion,
Looked hero nntl thero and everywhere,
Pray what would Tcnnccico?
I looked out ot the window and
Saw Orrv nn tho luwn:
TIn'9 not thero now. nnd who can tell
Just where has OroKonT
SKATER'S HANDY LIFE-SAVER
Little Spike Hanging Around Neck on
Cord Enables One to Escape
When Ice Breaks.
It Is often on somo trifling thing
thnt a mnn's life hangs. Tho llttlo
article hero described, for instance
can bo dropped into a pockot and not
noticed, but thero nro clrcumstnncoa
undor which it might bo tho only
thing betweon a mnn and death by
drowning. It consists ot a wooden
handlo, with n sharp motal point pro
jecting and resembles an awl of un
usual strength. It Is meant to bo
hung around a skater's nock on
cord, nnd Is woll named. "Tho Skat
er's Life-saver." If tho Ico should
happen to break tho skntor could
Belzo this Instrument and stick it Into
tho firm ico nlongsldo tho crack, thus
affording n purchusa by which ho
could, draw himself to safety. With
out bucIi aid ho might flounder to his
Hangs Around Neck on Cord.
death beforo. ho could got sufficient
grip on tho slippery surface to got
out of tho water. If tho skater is
alono ho would find it a difficult task
to savo hlmsolf In tho event of tho
Ico breaking unless cqulppod with one
of theso picks.
SCHOOL LESSONS AT HOME
Trick Problems Can Be Made Source
of Much Amusement on Long
Winter Evening.
Wrlto theso problems on pnpor, dis
tribute them among your friends and
seo how many can answer thom
promptly nnd corroctly:
1 What two numbers multiplied to
gether will produco soven?
2 How may four fives be placed so
as to mako six and n holt?
3 If five times four nro thirty'
thrco, what will tho fourth of twenty
bo?
4 What is tho dlfforenco between
twlco twenty-flvo nnd twlco flvo nnd
twenty?
C Dlvido tho number fifty Jnto two
such parts that if tho greater part bo
divided by seven nnd tho lesser by
throo tho quotient in each caso will bo
tho snmo.
C If you havo a ploco of cloth con
taining fifty yards and wish to cut
Into fifty one-yard pieces, how many
days will It take you to do so if you
cut ono yard a day?
Somo may answer corroctly and
somo will bo caught, ouuy ns tho prob
loins appear.,
Hero aro tho answers:
1 Tho two numbers nro. 7 and 1.
2 Tho flguro C, tho fraction C-G and
tho decimal fraction ,D,
3 Eight cents and ono-fourth.
4 Twlco 25 aro GO. Twlco G and
20 aro 30.
G Tho two parts aro 3G nnd 1G.
GForty-nlno duys not GO dayu.
Dorothy Visits Grandpa.
Dorothy woh visiting her grand
parents lu tho country for tho first
tlmo. Seeing a quantity of feathers
scattered nbout tho hen yard, bIio
shook her head In disapproval.
"Grandpa," sho said gravely, "you
really ought to do somothlng to keep
your chickens from wearing out so."
MM.
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I HtLV
n Hthi
Housq
t
Serviceable 8helter Is Constructed
Out of Sod, Straw, Corn Fodder
and Earth.
What rcsulto would yon expect from'
7fi lions wintered In n coop ot thin
cost?, J hnd 7G Mny-hatvhed pullctn li
winter, snyo n writer in Ilnral New;
Yorker, 1 built n coup 12x18 foot;
Insido measurement. Tho material
was sod for tho sides, tho roof wni(
straw, covered with corn fodder; thn
floor, Nature's deodorizer, naturnj
earth. I first Rclected it well sheltered
location, then proceeded by nottlnk'
Twelve-Dollar Hen House,
thrco crotches, ooch crotch sot thrco
feet dcop. Thin for the peak of my
roof. Next I vet ordlnnry six-foot
fenco postfl on sides lour feet apart,
two foot dcop, leaving hMch of coop
four feet high, plenty high enough for
aides ot nny coop. Tliun I spiked poles
on to thoso fonco posts on top, nnd
nailed on stnnll polen on tildo posts;
laid poles In tboso center erotchw,
then laid polos from post pinto to
crotch poles for rnttcrs, nnd my frnmo
was complete I put In a window
frnmo of plank on south atdo 2x8 feet,
covered same with muslin ctirtnln (no
glass); put door In cast end. I cut
sod and sodded up sides; put a llttlo
brush crosswiso for rafter poles, cover
ed with straw and shingled with corn
fodder. Tho foundation of my coop Is
raised slightly so water runs nwny
from It, which Is very Important. Bo
my labor nnd nil would amount to
about $12. I put pullets in coop lit
December and thoy soon began laying.
In January, February, March and April
I nve in god closo to II vo dozon eggs
per dny, My Income wuu a llttlo hot
ter than ono dollar per day, clear of
feed; and thoy havo continued laylnR
woll nil summor till molting this fall.
Now thoy aro through the molt nnd
nro going right a to tho egg producing
business ngaln.
HANGING. ROOST FOR CHICKS
Suspended From Celling by Means of
Wires They Are Convenient
In Cleaning Houses.
It Is often convenlont to hnvo ro'ostn
bung from tho colling of tho poultry
hotiso In ordor to facilitate cleaning
In the stylo Illustrated herewith, tho
roosts themselves aro laid on a frame
as shown, says Farm and Homo. At
euch end tho roosts aro notched so
as to lit In notches on tho two pok-u
nnd thus provont slipping. Tho whole
thing Is hung by four stout wires
from tho center of tho pen bo as to
bo within 2 foot of tho floor; or It,
may bo t'img toward ono corner. In
Hanging Roosi.
thlB case, at least 2 feet should' bo"
allowed botwocu tho framo and tho
wall so tho attendant can easily walk
all uround. For cloanlng, tho toobIb
may bo disconnected and carried oh
of doors. Preferably nlso, tho nolen
should rest In loopB of tho wlro, wo
that tho whole thing may bo romoved
without difficulty.
DOEMME
A load ot coarso sand is good for
tho chickens,
He Bum tho houses nro all treo from
(Ico nnd tilth,
If you want your honB to lay during
tho cold monthB thoy must bo given
food rich In egg material.
Cures of poultry troubles Ho In pro.
voutlng sickness In tho flock and not
In curing tho dlseaso or disorder.
liens fed on ono kind ut' grain nxi
tftiHlvely will not lay ns satisfactory
bh (bono that havo boon fed a variety
of grains,
Oats make an excollont grain fnr
laying hens. Thoy furnlah tho essen
tial food element without Increasing
tho fat on tho hen.
Glvo tho hens good feed, clean wni
(cr, a good duat buth nnd clean, ulr),
cnmfortnblo quarters, and tho egg buui
ply Is reasonably certain.
Separate tho cockerols, from tho puV
)ts. Thoy aro of no earthly uso, but
ou the contrary do hurm. Thoy should
ho capontzed or sent to market.
Alfalfa hay, If cut In tho bloom, lu
flno for ehlckona to pick over durlnx
tho winter months. Thoy will get
moro at less cost from ground alfalfa.
If your chlckon-hou8o faces north,
board up tho openings and transfer
them to tho south side nnd mako them,
big enough to allow tho sunshluu tq
flood the floor,
fc-UULU
Kit