yby WILBUR D NLPEMT
.n
HlRink
OFFICER FORCED FROM NAVY
tho alternative of resigning or of standing n court martial and drow up for
mal charges to bo forwarded to tho navy department at Washington. Thoso
charges Barry suppressed and thon applied to Washington for retirement
Subsequently tho officers of tho flagship took a solomn oath that for tho
honor of tho navy tho full story of tho admiral's offense would not bo rovoalcd.
Its nnturo, however, is known to every member of tho crow on tho West Vir
ginia and doubtless to tho entlro crow of tho Pacific fleet now In California
waters.
Barry waa born in Now York in 1849 and In 18C9 graduated from tho Na
val Academy as a midshipman. Ho had been continually In sorvlco Btnco.
STARTED AT
"Seeing a bigger field in Pittsburg,
I went there when I was 25 years old and got work in tho mills of tho Pitts
burg Wire company as a laboror. Later I was mado superintendent and man
ager and worked In that capacity for six years.
"Next I becamo general superintendent of thq Oliver Steel Wiro company,
of Pittsburg, and worked In that city and in Beaver Falls for a long tlmo.
Finally in 1903 I was asked to como to Now York and organlzo tho United
States Stqel Product Export company."
INVENTS MULTIPLE 'PHONE
tone. It will probably got Its first practical test for commercial purposes over
long-dlstanco wires.
MaJ. Squires is regarded as ono of the ablest men In the army along
scientific lines, and Is an electrical export Ho is considered tho peer of al
most all the scientific commercial men, and ho haa already Invented many
electrical dovlccs.
LONGS FOR THE FOOTLIGHTS
amateur actres and those who witnessed tho ovont say that no votoran of
thn hnardH over outdid the governor's
of earnest purpose to win out Jano
anything.
After a service of 41 years In the
navy, Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry,
Into commander-in-chief of ttao Pa
cific fleet, haa been retired upon his
own request, hta action bolng based
upon the domand of tho officers of his
flagship, and Wost Virginia, that ho
olthor resign or stand court martial
on charges of grossly Immoral con
duct Ho refused to resign and send
a telogram to Washington asking that
ho bo Totlrod a request which at
once wbb granted, Tho scandal haa
croatcd a sensation in naval circles
and outsldo thom, for Barry's long
sorvlco had mado him one of tho best
known officers In tho country.
Whon tho gravo otfonso, of which
Barry Is accusod and which in effect
Is substantiated by his act of retire
ment, waa discovered tho officers on
his flagBhip at first determined tq
send him a loaded rovolvor, with a re
queBt to ubo it Upon further consid
eration thoy decided on allowing him
$4.50 A WEEK
James A. Farroll, tho now prosidont
of tho United States Steol Corpora
tion, who will rocolvo $100,000 a year,
was a laborer at 10 yoara of ago, oarn
Ing $4. GO a week, or $234 n year. Ho
reached his high station by hard and
persistent work.
Born in New Haven in 18G3, Mr.
Farroll is of athlete build, over six
feet tall and weighing 220 pounds. Ho
1b married and lives In Brooklyn. His
family consists of two girls and threo
boys. Whon Mr. Farroll was asked
for n short sketch of his careor, ho
said:
"Well, I quit school to go to work
when I was 16 years old, because my
father, who had sovoral sailing ves
sols plying between New York and
Liverpool, was getting too far along
In years to carry on his business. I
began work in a stool wire mill at
New Haven and remained thoro nine
years, doing manual labor.
MaJ. Georgo O. Squires, of tho Unit
ed States army, has just given an im
portant Invention to tho world. Tho
patents Issued to him cover a system
of multlplox telephony and telegraphy.
Theso patents have been dedlcatod to
the public, and anybody is froo to
make uso of thom without paying a
cent of royalty. Thoy cover devices
which can bo applied to tolephono ap
paratus now In use, and as many as
ten simultaneous conversations may
bo carried on over one wiro without
Interfering with each other.
Tho major is 45 years old, a Mich
.hlgan man and n grnduato from West
Point 24 years ago, and Is unmarried.
He believes his invention will soon bo
in general uso and that its adoption
will reduco the cost of operating tele
phone exchangon and make telophono
Borvlco cheaper.
The invention Is regarded as especi
ally valuablo for long-dlstanco uso, as
It gives a clear and easily audlblo
Among tho scores of American girls
who aro gaining famo as disciples of
tho "unusual" In somo form or other
may bo mentioned Miss Jane Haskell,
daughter of ox-Gov. Charles Hnskoll,
of Oklahoma. Naturally, ono would
think that this pretty westorn girl had
all that was nocessary to mako hei
llfo an Ideally happy ono. Youth, bo-
clal position, tho pleasures of a re
fined homo, horses to rido and tho
most hoalthful Invigorating air In nil
tho world to breathe surely sho
should count horsolf among tho favor
ltes of fortune. But sho doesn't
Rather, she pines. What for? Tho
stage! Once somebody told this
brown-oyed little Jano that Bho had
talont and never since has she been
'qulto happy, qulto contented. After
much argument and toaslng and a fow
tears she persuaded her parents tc
let her study "dramatic art" and
that's what she's doing now.
Recently sho made hor debut ob an
dnugnter -wnen k camo to an ovldonco
says she will succood If work counts for
In youth I labored lone nt school:
I could repeat tho loncthy rulo
That told how tho cubo root Is found. '
My boyish brain whirled round and round
With all tho mazes of tho rulo
Yot nover. slnco I wont to school.
Ilavo I a cubo root yet dlscorned
Nor used tho rulo that then I learned
I wondor why.
Full oft, In hnty memory
I call to mind tho O. C. D.
What was tho thine? Why was It sought?
O, what prodigious, painful thought
I spent on It, and how I'd fret
Tho dodging a. C. 13. to got!
And still In all tho years to mo
Haa novcr como a a. C. D.
I wonder why.
O, fractions, too, I multiplied.
I turned thom up, or on ono side
And added them, or used some trick
To get tho answor right and quick.
Yet slnco my bravo diploma came
I must confess porhaps with shame
I'vo never had -to multiply
A fraction when I sell or buy.
I wondor why.
Old Euclid, too, I tolled with htm;
I tackled diagrams so grim.
And cones and other things I wrecked
Whllo various angles I'd bisect.
Doto, circles, lines and flying arcs
And all tho cabalistic marks
I'vo novcr used slnco that far day.
They do not help mo draw my pay
I wondor why.
Tho algebrala mysteries
Onco wera as plain as A,' D, C's.
I could stretch x'b, y's, and r's
Across the board and then with oaso
Could solve, although my mind 'twould
vox,
Tho problem, showing what was x.
Yet slncoi,I left the schoolhouiodoor " X
I've fathomed x plus y no more
I wondor why.
In 2,000 Years.
Tho eminent scientists in their ex
plorations como upon somo old news
papers bearing dato of 1911. With
difficulty tho contents nro translated,
but finally tho text Is placed In reason
ably understandable form. Professor
Dlggett, tho most eminent of tho
Bavants, deciphers among other things
tho words "Horseman," "Cowboy' and
"Blrdman."
"Evidently," ho writes in tho
lengthy roport of his discoveries, "tho
prehistoric raco which inhabited this,,
section of the globo waB n peoplo
which clung to childish fables and
myths. Tho legond of tho centaur, or
half-horsc-half-mnn, is ono that wo,
find In almost all languages. But tho
myths of an alnlmnl that was half cow
and half boy and of a bolng that was
half bird and half human aro, In a
way, now. On a piano with theso
myths nro tho others wo find In theso
records, which wo consider too absurd
and childish to, Justify much contem
plation. I rofor to tho occasional ref
erences wo find to nn Ico man nnd a
coal man. Theso fictitious beings are
always mentioned with a sad sort of
humor. Probably thoy were nursery
bogles pr figures of speech."
The Obliging Dentist.
"Ouch!" wo shout when the don
tlst prods iwny down to our Inner
consciousness.
Oh J Wow! 'wow!" Wo ropeat.
when he Impales a throbbing nerve
on a barbed Instrument nnd toys
roughly with It.
Hero ho censes from his torture,
and smiles benignly.
"vvny aont you Bay what you
thlnk7" ho asks.
"How can n man swear satlsfae
torlly whon his mouth Is filled with
fingers and teeth and tool87" wo in
quire, with somo heat.
"I'll fix that for you," ho says. "I'll
put a rubbor dam In your mouty and
then you won't need to wnsto any
breath or effort In tho attempt to
voico your feelings,"
Affected.
"Business Is business, young man,"
tatd tho employer. "This thing of
your coming to work at ten In tho
morning Is not right. I havo to bo on
fluty. nt eight In tho morning. What
do you think of that?"
"Eight in tho morning? My dear,
air, you havo my sympathy,"
The Next Day.
"O, Mr. KuryiiB," said tho hostess,
"wo are so glad to seo you. But is not
your wife coming?"
"No. ' You see, sho took somo of hor
birthday gifts, to tho stores to find out
what tho prlco marks wore."
MAKING MONEY WITH SQUABS
Largest Pigeon Farm In World Turns
Out 250,000 Birds Every Year
Much Work Required.
Travelers approaching Los Angeles
from tho north aro astonished somo-
times nt seeing from tho car win
lows flocks of pigeons numbering
many thousands just on tho outskirts
of tho Angel City, Theso belong to
tho world's largest pigeon farm, own
ed by T. R. Johnson, nnd Justly
considered ono of tho show places:
of southern California. Merely as a
curiosity It ranks with tho alligator
farm, tho numerous ostrich fnrma and
ilmilar freak establishments.
Tho pigeon farm consists of about
fight acres of . sandy, gravolly land
nlong tho bod of tho Los Angeles
rlvor a "river" only by courtesy dur
ing tho long, dry summer months
, Money Makers.
whon it becomes practically a more
rivulet Tho farm was established
about ton years ago on a compara
tively small scalo; but tho venture
proved bo profitablo that tho owner
developed tho business nlong Unoi
such as havo marked tho growth ol
other great modorn industries, until
ho claims to now havo moro than
100,000 fully grown pigeons in hit
establishment not to mention tons ol
thousands of squnbs. Any ono ques
tioning tho accuracy of tho figures hat
tho privilege of counting. As a mat
ter of fact, tho cstlmato probably it
many thousands below tho actual
number.
Thq object of this vast pigeon brood
Ing establishment is tho production
of squabs. At tho present tlmo nbout
,40 dozen squabs aro killed and son!
to market ovory day; hut a llttlo late:
In tho season tho dally output will b
much greater, so that tho annual
fequnb crop from this ono establish'
mcnt Is about 260,000. Theso soil at
nnywhoro from $2.50 up to 4 poi
dozon (donondlnK unon tho tlmo ol
year), nnd It Is ovldont that tho in
'como from tho mammoth pigeon farm
1 foots yp.to a, very tidy Bum aunually.
jiowovor, mis is not an "voivot" by
any means. Tho birds consumo bo
tweon two and throo tons of grain
bvory day and tho labor of looking
nftor thom, keeping tho buildlngt
plcan and sanitary, and killing nnd
preparing tho squabs for market Is not
h trifling mattor.
WATER TROUGH IS SCREENED
Easily Arranged Out of Piece of
Eaves Troughlng and Chickens
Cannot Get Into It.
An excellent watorlng trough for
chickens may bonndo by following
tho dlroctldnB glvon below:
Toko a plcco of caves troughlng
Screened Chick Waterer.
about 15 Inches long and havo a tin
nor solder on somo end pieces, Then
put n wiro screen with a ono-lnch
mesh over tho top. Tho chlckons can
not get Into the wator and ono filling
will do for all day.
Food flavors the egg.
Dry houses provent roup.
Too much raw meat producei
worms.
The first essontlal In tho productlqt
of eggs is tho health of tho lions.
Poor drainage in tho chicken ynrc"
always results in unhealthy birds.
Feeding cannot bo properly regu
lated when a mixed flock of largo and
small fowls aro kept.
Tho orchard Is a splendid placo foi
poultry to rango In. Poultry la a
vory good Insect destroyer.
It would bo a good thing to move
tho poultry yards occasionally glvlna
tho hens now, clean grounds to live
on.
With young chicks thoro Is as muct
"dangor of overfeodlng nB underfeed
ing. Feed often and regularly, In
stead of too much at ono time.
tho soutu siopo oi a inn maices &
splendid location for a poultry houso
Tho north and west sides aro nat
'urally protected from the cold winds
In somo places chlckons aro pun
chased, confined and finished for mar
kot on milk nnd ground feeds, tk
milk constituting tho larger portior
of tho diet.
Bavo all tho grain, such as ftnfflr
mllo, sorghum, broom corn seed, mil
lot Bccd, otc, for poultry. It Is oft
en difficult to got a varioty of food foi
fowls during winter.
UPS AND DOWNS.
When we've chopped down a trco,'
Will It grow, sirs, or not
It wo straight chop it up
On tho very same spotT
Gay n house has burned down
In a terrible flro
Had It burned up, Instond,
Would tho flamos have gono higher?
And answer mo this: '
Whon wo've emptied our cup,
Ilavo wo drunk down our tea,
Or, forsooth, drunk It up?
Bo, to show whero our speech
lias one claim to renown,
I am writing It up
While I'm writing It downl
Edwin L. Sabln, In Bt Nicholas.
'WATER SNAKE' PUMP IS OLD
Can Be Made Simply by Placing Gar
den Hoie Around Clothes Pole
Used In Egypt.
Boforo pumps woro invented all
Borto of queer devices wcro employed
to ralso wator from ponds, streams,
and wolls. Ono of thoso wau a ma
chlno which is commouly called
Archimedes' scrow, hecauso It wnB
supposed to havo bcon Invented by
Archlmedos, who lived In tho third
contury boforo tho Chrlstlnn era. But
tho samo apparatus has been used in
Egypt from long before his tlmo until
tho prosont day.
It is nothing but n tube wound spir
ally, llko a corkscrow, ciround a polo
nnd placed In an inclined position
with its lower end dipping Into tho
wator and tumod by n crank nt Its
upper end. Every tlmo tho open
lower end of tho tubo dips under tho
surfaco it scoops up a llttlo wator,
which as tho tubo, or scrow, Is turned
risoB along it until It reaches tho up
per ond and flows out.
Tho apparatus will not work If It is
Inclined vory Btooply, bo to ralso wa
ter to any great height it would hnvo
to ho mado exceedingly long. But It
would do vory woll for raising wator
from a pond or stream to n reservoir
on tho bank from which it could bo
enrriod away In buckotB, or allowed
to flow through canals or pipes to
places farther down hill, And if tho
Bourco of tho wator woro n swiftly
flowing stream you would not hnvo to
turn lLo crank, for a paddlo whcol at
tached to tho lower part of tho scrow
and just dipping into tho stream
would do tho -work for you.
So tlicro is ybur water snake. You
can mako It vory simply by colling a
long pleco of garden hoso around a
clothes polo, Inserting ono ond of tho
pole among tho rocks In tho bod of a
brook bo that it can turn without
slipping from Its plnco, nnd laying tho
other ond, which should hnvo an arm
attachod to turn It with, In a forkod
stick driven in tho bank.
This will do to show that tho thing
will really work ond ralso wator. If
you aro handy with toolB you may
Water Snake Pump.
think It worth whllo to mnko a hotter
apparatus with smooth bearings and
a llttlo paddlo wheel just touching tho
stream and turned by It Or you can
mnko a llttlo affair to ralso wator
from ono vessel to another Indoors,
nnd nmuBo tho youngsters, out of a
cano or a broomstick and somo rubber
gas tubing.
Popular First Names.
Tho latest bullotln of Smith collego
gives tho total number of students as
1.CG0, coming from all parts of tho
country. To many womon and parontB
a summary of their flrst names may
not bo unlntorcstlng. Tho nioBt popu
lar name is Holen, of which thoro nro
101; tho old favorite Mnry, follows,
with 89; Margarot comes third, with
03; Ituth hns CO; Floronco, 52; Eliza
beth, 47; Marlon nnd Mildred, each
41; Dorothy, 40; Edith, 3D. Fowor
than twenty of tho others numbor over
a dozon each, viz.: Agnos, 13; Alice,
?8; Annn, 23; Edna, 10; Eleanor, 18;
Ethol, 23; Frances, 1C; Qortrudo, 32;
Grace, 22; Josophlno, 13; Kathorlno,
25; Loulso, 20; Marguorlte, 17; Mar
jorJe, 23; Mabel, 13, Tho foregoing
constitute one-half of tho 1,600, nnd
tho rest nro In great varioty.
Raining Popcorn.
A llttlo thrcc-yenr-old miss wnn
dorod over to tho window during fam
ily prayers ono snowy morning nnd
nearly knocked tho Inspiration out
of the supplicants by oxclalmlng;
"Oh, mamma! Tomo nn' look. It's
walnln' popcorn."
verv lnww
E worrit
Soma
h a&ad-' well i
"Tomorrow's $6tr.
B'll tve you, fJcaor
a cVteJie o$ aayi
GAME IS VERY INSTRUCTIVE
Teaches the Children What Different
Animals Look Like Also Amuses
Small Children.
A gnmo for children that Is both
amusing and Instructive, being meant
for thoso of tender years, Is that do-
vlsod by a New York man and shown
In tho Illustration. Overlapping disks
rotating on sopnrnto confers nro piv
oted on a third card which acts as a
handlo. On ono disk nro tho heads nnd
foropawB of, for InBtauco, a dog, a cat,
a gont, a cow, and a rabbit, and un-
dornonth thom, respectively, tho words
An Instructive Game.
puppy, pussy, Billy, mooloy and bunny.
On tho other dlskB nro tho hindquar
ters of thcBo nnimals, and undor them
tho words designating tholr genus.
Tho gnmo Is to turn tho disks so that
as thoy moot tho two soparato parts
of tho difforont animals will como to
gether and form tho whole In this
wny the child will bocomo familiar
with tho nppoaronco of tho various
beasts, both domestic nnd wild, and,
seeing their nnmos bonoath them, will
como to rccognlzo thoso names in print
oven boforo ho can read.
MAKE WEIGHTS FOR ATHLETE
Round Load Ball for Shot-Putting or
Hammer-Throwing Can Do Cast 1
In Paper Board.
Many times boys would llko to
mako their own shots nnd wolghtB for
athletic stunts, but do not know how
to go about it to cast tho motal, In
making a load sphoro as shown in tho
illustration, It Is not necessary to
know tho method of molding. Tho
round lead wolght for shot-putting or
hnmmoMhrowlng can bo cast in a hol
low enrdbonrd or prossod-paper ball,
Bold In dopnrtmont nnd toy stores for
10 conts, says a writor in tho Popular
Mechanics. Cut a half-Inch holo In
tho ball as shown In Fig. 1 and placo
It with tho holo up In damp sand nnd
press or tamp tho sand lightly around
tho ball nB shown In tho section, FHr.
2. Cover over about ono inch doop,
A wood plug lnsortod in tho holo will
provont any sand falling InBlde.
When tho sand Is tnmpod In and tho
plug romovod, It lenvos a gato for tho
metal. Pour molted load Into tho gate
r.t
Mold for the Lead.
until It Ih full, thon, when cool, shako
it out from tho sand and romovo tho
charred paper. A. file can bo used to
romovo any rough places. Tho dry
paper ball provontB any Bputtering of
tho hot load.
1
Why Called Dot.
Ono of hor mamma's callers was
tolling llttlo Oracle of her twin grand
children named Dot and Dimple. "Ono
Is called Dlmplo," oxplalned the lady,
"becauso sho has dimples," ,
"And I '8poso tho other ono haa
dots," remarked Graclo.
Sadie's Solution.
mall Sadie, hearing hor father
speak of a prospective water famine,
paid; "Mamma, I know what we can
do when tho wator la all gono. We
can drink ten." .