THE
HIM
PROPER HANDLING OF APPLE
CROP AFTER IT HAS BEEN PICKED
Respiration of Fruit After Taken From Tree Bears Impor
tant Relation to Their Keeping; Qualities Keep
, About Twice as Long in Cold Storage
as In Ordinary Cellar.
ivWlLEUR P. MSSBiT
MEGAPHONE HAS FOUR TUNES
. i
Instrument Can Be Heard In Every
Direction, Even In Back Looks
Like a Lobster.
Anycno wlio hns ever sat on a
grandstand during n football game or
track urnl Held BportB knows how lim
ited 1b the radius of sound that Issues
from n mejmphonc. The announcer
must, turn in three different directions
successfully to mako an announcomtnt
to one section. A Malno woman hns
apparently solved this problem In tho
megaphone she has designed. It looks
llko a big lobster more thnu anything
else, but It Ih credited with doing tho
work. Tho usual trunk tube hnB two
Intermediate branches near the mid-
New Megaphone Idea.
die and consisting of short tubes di
rected at an anglo of about 45 degrees
Two other longer tubes extend back
ward from Just below tho mouth
piece. These long branches rest on
tho shoulders of the announcer and
are rotatably Joined bo tho mouth may
bo adjusted to different nngles.
Wbcna manxshoiits anything through
this mcgaphono It can ho heard on ull
sides, and oven In back of him.
FOrJGET NAPOLEON'S PET DOG
citizen of Chateaurou'x Narrowly Es
capes Arrest When Pleading
for Stuffed Animal.,
M. Augustln Kllon tells nn amusing
story in the Debats about a stuffed
dog that once belonged to Napoleon
This. dog when alive accompanied the
emperor to St, Ilclona, and woe
brought back to France by Marshal
Uertrand, who died at the chateau of
Tout Vont, near Chateauroux,
The chateau, with nil its posses
slons, including some relics of Nnpo
Icon, wob left by Its pious owner,
Mmo. Amedee, to tho Archbishop of
Uourgos, and became the property of
tho government when tho church re
fused to accept tho provisions of the
separation net.
Tho relics of Napoleon wore moved
1o a museum at ftourgea, but tho peo
ple of Chateauroux were able to se
cure possession of these treasures and
to houso them. In their own museum
Tho stuffed dog, however, wob forgot
ten and remained behind nt the chn
tcau.
At this there was a great outcry at
Chateauroux,' for the people wanted
tho dog in" their museum. Their grlev-
ancee wore laid before the govern
ment In prose and verse. However,
nothing wdb done Until a citizen of
. . I. m i ' k - V
cuatcauroux went to raris ana iaia
his claim to tho dog before threo cab
inet ministers,
Ho 'did bo nt considerable peril tq
hlmsolf. for when ho sold that ho had
come to see tho mThlBtrirs apropos df
a dog of Napoleon's that had been
seized with tho other possessions of
tho Archblphop of L'purKes, ho was
nearly arrested as a lunatic.
Who would have thought, ob M.F1
Ion i says, that Napoleon's dog, who
lived happily under the Concordat
could have got so woefully entangled
with tho separation law of n hundred
rears later?
CAN YOU FIND THEM
AIEIA1 o m
There are 12 names beginning with
"K."' Move up, down and slanting,
but do not skip. You can use the
so mo letter any number of times.
Soup for Swimming.
"Mamma," queried little four-year
old Nellie at the dinner tnblo the bth
er evening, "What makes peoplo eat
soup first and then fish? Ik It so the
flh can go In swimming?"
the BEASt
A sivcet-fneed dolly,
With bright, Koldtui 'liulr.
Was put In n coileli
With a btB Teddy bonr.
"Dear mo!" thought the doll
To her llttlo Bflf,
"Uo will cat tnu up
The menu, horrid elf."
Hut as'aho couldn't talk,
Hhe Jtmt sat nnd stared! r,"
Hho mlKht try to walK,
If she only On rod.
"fli-HUty and the henst,"
A llttlo boy nald,
And dolly was no allocked '
Hlic looked um If dead.
"LOOK INDIAN" FOR OBJECT
Best Way to Find Lost Artlcle.lt Suc
cessfully Worked by Youngster
Who Found Stickpin.
When you drop n smnll object on
tho floor, "look Indian," and you'ro
sure to find it. Horo Is the modus op
erandi: A certain young lady dropped a
stickpin In tho hall the other day and
had hard work to find it. She hunted
high and low, and on her hands and
knocB, nnd with a candlo specially
procured for tho purpbse, but it was
no ubo; the pin was very tiny nnd tin-
perceivable, its value being thnt of ns
Boclation rather than size or brilliancy.
Tho young lndy, after a final shako of
the rug, was Just about to give it up,
when ono of the children chanced to
canto along. "Why don't you look 'In
dian for it?" he asked. Before tho
young lady realized what was meant.
down dropepd tho youngster on tho
floor, his head and his whole body ly
ing sldowlsc, and Just ns close to tho
dead level oh poslblo. In this position
his eyes moved rapidly over the lloor.
"I havo it," ho shouted presently, and
Hiiro enough, right in the middle of tho
floor, in so plain a place that it had
escaped notice, was tho missing stick
pin. The youngster then explnlned
thnt "looking Indian" meant putting
the head to tho ground in order to
catch sight of the smallest object be
tween oneself and tho horizon. "They
do it on the plains all tho time," ho
said. "That's why they can always
tell who's coming. But It works in
houses Just as well as on tho plains.
Why, wo never lofio anything In tho
nursery nowadays; wo Just 'look In
dian' nnd find It right. Off.';
TRICK WITH COINS IS NOVEL
With Glass Full of Water Several
Pieces May Be Dropped in With
out Overflow.
Take n glass and fill it to the brim
with water, taking care that the sur
face of the water Is raised a- little
above the edge of the glass, but not
Dropping Coins in Water. .
rimnlnu ovnr. PInco a numbnr of nick
els or dimes on the tablo near the'
glass and ask your spectators how
many coins enn bo put In tho water
without making It overflow, saya the
Popular Mechanics. No doubi the re
ply will be that the water will run oyer
before two coins aro dropped in. Hut
it Ib possible t"o put luUen or twelve
of them, With, a 'great deal of care
the coins may be made to fall with
out disturbing tho water, the surface
of which will become, more and moro
convex before (ho water overflows.
F)sh From a Bottle of Ink.
A simple and pretty llttlo trick thnt
almost anybody might' 'do, Is the
changing of a glass full of Ink Into
an aquarium. The glass of ink is ex
hibited to the audience,- then a hand
kerchief is placed over it nnd Imme
diately removed, showing a glass of
witter with a fish In it. Of co'iirso the
water and tho fish are there at first.
The Ink Is perfectly represented by a
picco of black rubber 'cloth, laid
against the inside of tho glass. A hit
of thread la fastened to the cloth and
hangs ovor the slda of the glass away
from the audience, with a little cork
nt the end of it. When tho magician
places the huudkerchlef over the
glass he takes hold of tho cork und
brings away cork, thread and all, hid
den in the handkerchief, leaving the
water and tho fish disclosed.
Silent Watchers.
Gladys What are the silent watch
ers of tho night, Ethel? Ethel I don't
know, unless (.hose they've forgotten
to wind up.
(Uy V. W. MOltSl-:, New Hampshire.1)
Tho respiration of animals Is n well
know nctton and tho necessity for it
In the living creaturo la fully appre
ciated. Tho fact that plants and parta of
plants must also breathe Is not so
commonly understood. Yet all living
cells, whether n part of nnlmnl matter
or vegetable matter, must have oxygon
to keep them nllvo and tbey give up
carbon dioxide nnd wntcr as n result
of the action of tho oxygen on some
of their contents. Parts of plants
when cut off from tho mnln stem do
not die nt once, nnd must continue to
breathe. This In true, whether tho
Bovcrcd part Is n leafy branch, a fruit
)or n root; but .soma porta live much
longer after removnl thnn others,
nnd tho apple continues to brcatho for
many weeks nrtcr It has been picked
from tho tree.
The chief products of respiration
aro the snmo in plants' as In animals,
namely, enrbou dloxido (commonly
called carbonic ncld) and water. Theso
products can bo easily shown by plac
ing ono or inoro apples In . glass Jar
nnd covering It tightly. In a few
hours a dewy film will cover the Inner
surface of tho Jar, that In time will
collect Into drops which wilt trickle to
the bottom. On opening tho Jar, p.
llttlo clear llme-wntcr may bo poured
Into It without touching the fruit, and
Teetlng an Apple,
the lime-water will bo seen to turn
milky, Just ns It will If an animal's
brenth Is forced through It
Tho taking up of oxygen from the
air can nlso bo readily shown by (ho
following Interesting experiment
In n largo basin par)ally filled with
water net a small support on which
Is placed an apple and a small open
dish containing a solution of caustic
soda or potash. Tho apple should not
touch the wulcr nor the caustic sola
tlon. Cover the support nnd Its con
tents by a large bell glaen or wide jar
with Its mouth wholly In the water.
AUTUMN SOWN
RYE VALUABLE
Crop Is Hardy anil Produces an
Immense Bulk of Material
Before Other Grasses '
are Grown.
(uy w. n. aiLiBEivr.)
Hyo is not grown on every farm,
but those who have proved its value
ns a bulky, succulent green food that
Is available in tho spring before the
grass grows, treat It as an Indlspensl
bio and valuable crop.
Those who do not grow It can
have an idea of this. In the spring
time when they are lamenting tho
nbsenco of now grass, resolutions are
often made to grow some the' suc
ceeding year, but when the time ar
rives to sow the crop tho good Inten
tions are forgotten and nothing Is
done.
Then when the time comes around
again, as It always (loos, much regret
Is felt (hat provision was not made
to meet It with a good supply of rye.
I would remind all that rye should
now be sown and assert that It Is
most dependable.
it la hardy, always grows, pro
duces an lmmeuso bulk of material
long before any kind of grass affords
VENTILATION OF
S
J I 3 0AMFTB RJP
jfAM eoAWNf iArotrp ,
'- In tho colder months when the Inside temperature is higher than that
outside, the renewal of air con be effected by a central uh'aft leading up
to the roof ami openings at the side by which cold air may enter.
Now ns the applo breathes In tho oxy
gon of tho ftlf, and breatheB out car
bonlo acid, tho latter will bo absorbed
by tho caustic solution whllo water
will rise in tho Jar to nil the space
mado vacant by tho removal of tho
oxygen, Finally the water will 1111
about one-fifth of the air space orig
inally present nnd remain stationary,
because the oxygen Is all used.
Respiration, whether in animals or
in plants, causes a destruction of mat
ter In the colls much llko the dcotruc
tlon of wood in n stove, and tho rato
at which this destruction goes on can
bo measured by determining tho
amount of carbonic acid thnt Is
breathed out in a given length of
time.
Fruit, after tmvlug been picked from
the tree Is In tho condition of a starv
ing animal. Its cells still keep up res
piration with nothing in the way of
food to mako good the losses produced
by tho action. Since apples nnd other
fruits hnve no body heat to maintain.
the breathing process la not no active
ns In animals, nnd they may last
months after being picked from tho
tree. Yet there is a steady, contin
uous Iobs In weight as the weeks go
by, although tho fruit is sound nnd
firm.
Respiration Is partly a chemical re
action, nnd In apples, like moBt chem
ical solutions In tho laboratory, it
grows more rapid as the fruit becomes
warmer, nnd slowed dawn when tho
fruit Is cooled.
It Is frequently the race thnt warm
days with temperatures of 70 degrees
occur Into In the fall, and sometimes
continue for a considerable period
Fancy npples Intended for long keep
ing In cold storage should be cooled
as soon ns possible and kept cold. Tho
breathing process Is at tho expense of
cell contents and must weaken the
keeping qualities an It goes on. And
this destructive action is from four to
six times ns fast out of cold storage
as Inside It
Another fnct In connection with tho
respiration Is important, It Is not
stopped In cold storage, but simply
slowed. Apples cannot be kept In
definitely, but kept about twice ns long
In cold storage ns In a cool cellar.
Draft Horses.
A good horscmup never trots ft
drnft horse, even when ho has no
load. That is not what they are for.
Some degree of speed Is desirable,
however, even In a drafter, and tho
fast walk is not only tho prdpor lhlng,f
biit tho only speeding to which r'
heavy draft horse nhould be permitted.
n'blto and th sloe relish it greatly,
This includes cowb in milk, mnros
suckling foals, sheep with lambB, and
otore stock, too, if sufficient Is grown
to allow them some.
it should not bo sown In blcnk
prominences where It will havo to
cpqtend with cutting wlndB. Tho
moro sheltered spot or flolda ore
bettor adapted for its development in
thtf hindering weathers p early spring.
It may follow after corn or pota
toes. It Is only a temporary crop
and will bo consumed and cleared off
In tlmo to admit of roots being sown
in tho early summer. Making such
qilek nnd profuse growth It requires
rich soil, but not to excess, as tha
wpuld produce growth of a soft nnd
too perishable nature.
.Meld after field of H need not be
grown. A few ncrcH, from two to
half u dozen, according to demand,
will yield a hlgf supply. About three
bushel of need should bo sown per
acre. I much prefer to drill It, llko
grain,' (q sowing it 'broadcast
,UirdB and pigeons are, very fond of
tho seed and If Bown broadcast much'
or' It will be eaten; hut when drilled,
-most of It. Is loft alone.
There Ib a great demand for It by
the cow keepers and those who have
become acquainted with its disposal
In this fnanlon never fall to have a
largo supply.
POULTRY HOUSE
GOOD HOUSE FOR CHICKENS
there It No Need of Elaborate Struo-
' ture, but It Should Bo Dry and
Free From Draughts.
In describing what ho dooiris ttte
best houso for chickens, Mr, Glenn T,
Bponenbergh of O&wogo county, NoV
York, writes the Farm nnd Homo ns
follows:
Front Elevation and Floor Pjan.
If concrete Is used In the construc
tion of tho foundation and floor It will
mako a rat nnd wnter-proof lloor tin t
is sanitary nnd easily cleaned. Tim
rest of the house Bhould bo built of
wood, as the forma for concrete would
cost nearly as much ' ns tlio siding
itself. The frame Ib 2x-Miic1i mate
rial and tho siding nnd roof bourd.i
of yellow plno surfaced both sides.
Iftho sldeB are covorcd with rootlni;
paper, it makes u tight and very warm
houso. The roof nhould bo covered
with sorno good' roofing laid nccord
Ing to directions so or to mnko It ns
tight as possible. Shinnies nro not
suitable for a building of thin kind, hh
tho roof Is apt to be damp most of
tho time. The curtain front houso Is
the driest and most easily regulated,
in uccordanco with tho weather. It Is.
cheaper to bulld, Is more easily cleaned
and tho floor space Is more fully uti
lized than In tho scratchlng-shod type.
This house should bo built tight ao
that tho ventilation Is from the south,
thereforo no drafts. With tho scratch-ing-shed
houso tho roosting room la
almost always sufo to bo damp. Hut
by removing tho partition this Is elim
inated and healthier hens are tho re
sult. It any ono doubts thnt n flock
of hcnB stir up much dust Just let'
him stand on tho frqnt aide of a cur
tain front houso when thoy are fed.,
Open tho ourtaln and when he sees
tho cloud of dust they rnlso 1 bollovo
ho will think fowls need more venti
lation. A shed roof Is best, ns It Is ouslor to
build, provides greater volume of sun
light nnd has no poak to become flllod
with cobwebs. The pens should be
deep rather than long and shallow.
This places tho sunlight on the floor
instead or on tno back wall, tlicreforo
a dried floor and happier hens. The
pens should be large enough to nccom-
raodnto 60 hens and two or moro
cocks. Ono 20 feet docp and 12 feet
wdo will furnish the required floor
space,
The accompanying plana of aldo and.
front clovatlons nnd floor arrangement
Illustrate what I think is the best
houso. This contains pons 12x20 foot,
tho front being 8 foot anti the back
5 feot high. This Is as high n is
necessary to build nnd as low as Is
easy to work, In. Tho front contains,
to oucn pen, ono ddublo sitsli window
with tho upper saeh hinged at tho u.
This la opened whon too cold aY
Btormy to ralHe tho curtain. A framo
KxC Teet, with (lio top hinged to swing
In, Ib covered with iihihIIii or elicone
cloth. On the outaldo or this opening
is tacked woven wlro to keop the
fowls In while curtnlu Is open during
tho day, oxcopt during a hard Btorm
and 111 very cold weuther.
Tho plnlform under tho roost inHVt
feet from tho floor, nnd the post nro
tho snpio height, beliiR entered rc-m
the platform. This loaves neurly all
the floor space available to the lions,
nnd. every nook nnd icorndr ! cleaned
with enso, Tho roosta are 2x2-lnoh
material rounded at Jim top, For a
I Side Elevatfon Mr. Sponenbergh'a
House, '
breeding house I would make the
pens 12 feet deep and 8 fcol wide,
which would hold as many hens as are
desired with ono cock, hut for a laying
houso the larger bIzcIb the bettor nnd
more economical.
Condition of Lavlna Hans.
A hen In the bpat laying comlltlon
iibb some Burplus rut on her body,
.Thin incnnB that hor bodily wantB
havo been supplied, nnd thore is sorno
to spare, a very rai non seldom inyi
well: it poor hen cannot lav well
Tho first part of the orb which U
made is tho yolk, which contains W
per cent, or nioumen nnd G4 pec cont.
fnt, Now growth and egg prpijuctlon
only come from tho qilrdlus food no(
ueeded to knqp tho body. Corn Is un
(excellent grain, but Ib 'so relished by
the fowls that aro liable to ovoi-pnt.
Wheat, with Kb by-products, It
tno inosi useiui grain to tno poultry
man.
Hard Runs Bad.
Keeping fowls on hard rutin will
frequently cause swollen feet and lees
.They must have some loose ground tc
scratch over,
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"7
My niittt Jaile, she' a old maid
'it slio 1st 8lio ain't afraid.
Blio declare, to p ilk tho truth.
An' nho'a not n KoMrWowi' tooth,
An a switch that doesn't match
Hon aha couldn't make a cntcli, .
8o she Uvea with us, an1 wo
Mako her glad an' Kind nan be.
Ma an MtMua Amos Ooff ,
Si aunt Julia la Jmltor off. .-
Mlftiun (loft wna hero today
When aha coma she said she'd stay . ,
3r. a nilnuto; an nhe stayed
Till tlm dlnnor things wnn Inld., r..
Aunt Jntio cooked tlio dinner, 'too;
Thrre'n moro things that she can do!
Itnka th' beds, an' sweeps .th'.( ball :J
Cleaned th houso for ua lids fall
Ma cxi "June, you'd havo' gray halm
If you had my fambly euros!"
Aunt Jano'a up at S each day,
lluatlln' In her buay way,
Oettln' bmakfast. eettln' urcatl
Mu, alio nlocps, alien' Joo nenr -dead.
8ho acjt. with her adahtll lite. 'v 1
Slio no when you nro a wife
Thero'H continual demand
On your time on every hand. i
"Jane," alto "yon enn't bo tree
lr you're ruahed to deuth like inc."
,Aunt Jnnno monda my conta nn' pa'ntn
Hoya thnt 1ms no old maid auntu u -Dnii't
know how much use they are,
Vestorday whon Missus Farr
Como to cnll on inn. Why thoy
Hntd: "We rush by nlsbt nn' day. f, ,
June, you lead a happy Ufa
Jest because you'ro not a wlti . tn, i
Aunt Jane aoa: "J. not to iro .
To my work-but-mobho no."
On the Safe' Side. M
will have my rovonge." . flayslh.ei
man who thlnkn the Juts Ueeu, Hllgbt-
ed, "I ahull hunt that fellow up nl
knock (ho daylights' but of lilm."
"Yes," counsels his irionufl, ami
limn van Will be arrested und drug
ged into court nnd thoro will ho. ft
Honsatloual story and you will be
sent tp prison and yqurclf ani( your
family will bo disgraced. Don't do
lt. It will bo better to cool orr nna
ignoto tho follow."
"I'm not going about It the- vfay
you think," answera tho offended,
man., going j, to get an auto
and pvortako Jilm on a , crossing and
hump him forty way's from Sunday,
and thon oxplftlb that It was mcrsiy
an accident."-'-
Admlrlne his Innenulty. till friends
have nothing to say.
r-i ,. . ,
She Knew,
"Mplly paugbgoty has gone (o New
York to buy her flahcoj sliij oxpccla
to be married thlo fall," confldca' tho
lttdy who keepB pace, with social,. af
fairs. "Doubtless, yqu mean tp buy "her
trousseau," corroqtB tliq young Ioni
an who prlden h.6rself ou her excel
lence In French, "TIioho 'tor'of'gu
terms nro ; so confusing, '! know; tllRt
jt is reaiiyf "
''fCp, 1'mcan flunce," rapllcn. (Lo
other- "The Pough.Rotts have Junt
been realising ou their pil stock, ami
Molllo said slio was going whore her
money would count tho most." ' ;
Family Note. j
"And' asks the culler or little Fred.
dy, "Which of you children take after
your father?"
"Not any of us," repllod ttle
Freddy, " ,
"None of yout" " ' ' '
"No'm. Hut mn takes ' after him
onco In n whllo with the broom
A Testimonial.
"Hear Doctor; When I began using
your hair medicine threo months ago,
you Assured mo that my hair would
not trouble me much longer, 1 take
pleasure In stating that you apoke (he
truth. Could you give me the address
of a good wig maker?"
ill-Fated,
'"KlBinot,"' explained the anient
youth, "means 'Fato. " ''
The tonder young"glr beside him.
looked timltjly Into his :eyca mud. .In
quired tjoftjy:
"nut If tho kiss. Isn't met, what
does It mnn then?"
False Premises. .
"And what was the thread of bin
argument?" asks the cltlzcu whn hns
not attendod tho political meeting
"Thread of It?" aaya tho dlBgrnn,
tied partisan, "Thoro wasn't'' any
thread to It. it was nil yam."
