Cunalrjr Kudi.
Tbe report of several committee
appointed by the lepartme.ut of Agri
culture to examine the. subject of mak
ing country roads have been submitted
to Secretary Morton.
That branch of the. work which In
volved the farmers' road was Intrust
ed to Geo. Kuyslou, who has made a
very thorough exaiiiluullou luto the
requirements of the American farmer
so far as good roud are concerned.
Oeu. Uoyston reports that the farmer
tieeds "a solid, well-bedded ni r-nrt.
narrow as to be only a single track,
but having an earth track alongside."
This Idea la rutber new, and la baaed
jo the fact that where the ground la
dry and In good condition the dirt road
la a near perfection as any well-made
road can be. It U easy for the horse,
la noiseless, and la readily and cheaply
maintained. On the other hand. It la.
In aoine seasons of the year, almost the
'worst road that can be Imagined.
Gen, Uoyxton'a plan proposes a road
of ordinary width, one-half of which
shall b of atone, which can be used In
seasons when the dirt road Is at Its
worst, and the other a natural-soil
track, which can be used when In Its
beat condition. In this way the ex
pease of building and maintaining the
highway will be reduced about one
half, and a track perfect at all season!
at the year will be provided for the
farmer. If this Idea la adopted, the
ejuestlon of cost, which is the bug-bear
-thai always comet up In any dlscus--loo
mt the food-roads question, U
? greatly simplified. There are very
r- anauy eectteae of the country now suf
' feting from had roads where stone or
' ejravel caa be obtained at a small coat
1 for a single-track road, say eight feet
WW.
-The Department of Agriculture has
done for the American farmer better
aad more practical work In this in
vaodgatton than It could do by the dls
trlbntlon of flower and pumpkin seeds.
winch used to be ha main boat
'Ota'toaaaMl Cnrrta
1 " The race that took place In Franca,
Jon 11 last, baa done much to bring
tetoysakwjsie the devices for travel
bag trr ordinary roads In automobile
carriage 1 this race the route was
, from Paris to Bordeaux and return, a
, distance of about 737 miles. Under
' ae conditions o? the race, only four-
ited carrlagea could compete for the
rat prise of $8,000. Sixty-six vehicles
, propelled by petroleum, steam or elec
; - 4riclty, and five or six petroleum bl
; wyelea, competed for the prise. The
Art vehicle to complete the coarse to
' Bordeaux was a petroleum carriage,
which made the distance 363 miles)
4a twenty-two hours and twenty-eight
,. tniinntp. which was equivalent to
bout fifteen mllea an hour. The first
carriage to arrive at Paris met with
aa accident which detained It awhile,
bat it made the entire distance in two
days and fifty-three minutes, showing
a rate of travel of about 14.9 mtles an
boor. This was a gasoline carriage.
The object of this race was to show
that heavy carriages can be propelled
,,. man economically and rapidly by tne
eaaaical power than by horses, and
(bat the movement of goods In cities
caa be accomplished more economi
cally by mechanical appliances than
by aalmal power. The experiment In
aTraace has Induced an American com
pany to manufacture a vehicle adapt
all to use on American road for the
oaveyance of person and light freight
front place to place.
- The Paris contest demonstrated that
( the petroleum or gasoline carriages
Were far more successful than those
being either electricity or steam for
motive power; that less time was re-
ernlred to replenish them, and they
were less liable to get oat or order.
Four qaarts of oil carried the vehicles
about twenty miles, which was ranch
more economical than any of the other
means of generating power that were
employed.
The bicycle has undoubtedly come to
.. stay for use In short distances, where
, no adjuncts of a journey are required,
1 tmt the automobile carriage Is the com
tag conveyance for distances of ten
aaOes or more.
User a! Items.
araj Unseed oil applied briskly with
n sett sloth makes a nice soft polish on
Woolen goods should never be wrung
waiter washing, for this stretches them.
Tbey should be pot through a wringer
-aad hsang out to dry.
. Bread should never be kept In an alr
aaaca, for this gives It an unpleas
state flavor. It should be kept in
arenas hex or eartheaware jar, with
-a cftotb over tbo top, or If a cover be
a4 aokaU holes should be made Id it,
xxmcgu Whkb the air can penetrate.
L3i braad to very Indigestible, gad Is
Xiapi bf bsiag kept t or a 4a after
'ffS- Boata ana la braad. when prop
at, to tstt aaaeb mere wboto
k"Zf aaj a.arlebtag thaa aabsre
, always as atfasd assf
' xaa bst tat baratog. Tixt
-efff Ht Cia.
, , j rsm tstCi mtA f grassy
'TTI Ti artar ttt rtlfl l-tt taw tiairftaal on
an ounce of soda added to each galloa
of water.
To remove Ink stains from mahogany
touch the spots lightly with a camel's
hair brush, or a feather, dipped In spir
its of nitre, and as soon aa the Ink be
gins to fad away rub It quickly with a
damp cloth.
To cltan kid gloves take a quantity
of dry broad crumbs plain biscuits ars
perhaps the best button the gloves
upon the bands, and nib thoroughly
with the crumbs. This Is sie-lally em
Cttdous for cleaning light suede gloves.
To tast black silk, Ule tet J"uil sim
plest way of doing this is to cut off a
small place of the silk and burn It. If
It burns out quickly, leaving a clear,
crisp, gray ash, the silk Is pur; but If
It smolders and leaves a heavy red or
reddlah-browu ash It bus been treated
with chemicals and will uot wear welL
To restore shabby velvet mix two
teaspooufuls of liquid ammonia with
half a pint of hot water and apply It to
the velvet with a stiff brush, rubbing It
well Into the pile, so as to take out all
the stains and creases. Theu hold the
velvet over a hot llatlrun until the
steam raiie the pile and It Is perfectly
dry.
The projier way to dust a room Is to
begin with the walls. Small pictures
and ornaments should be removed and
the walls well swept with, a feather
brush or a broom with a thick duste
tied over It. The picture cords and
backs of the pictures, tops of windows
and doors, should be wiped with a damp
cloth, and also the other woodwork and
the gas brackets. While dusting Is go
ing on the window should be opened
and the curtains first shaken and then
tucked up oul of the way. Upholstered
furniture should be well beaten and
brushed and then wiped over with a
damp cloth. All rooms that are much
used should be dusted every day and
tnorougniy ousted In th way explained
aoove once a week. Home Notes.
The Spiral Soother.
"Give me a spiral soother," says the
critic to the professor. The audable
dispenser of liquid comfort picks up a
lemon tenderly and carefully proceeds
to remove Its peel. The knife Is han
dled so deftly and carefully that when
the white Inner skin of the fruit Is ex
posed the yellow rind hangs In one
piece, curving around and around, like
a bed spring, for instance. A goblet is
produced and the peel la carefully
wound around on Its inside until It
reaches from the bottom to the top.
Cracked ice la heaped in to bold the
peel in place and a bottle of ginger ale
Is trickled slowly Into It. The liquid
sparkles like champagne, and yon feel
cooler with each tiny bubble that rush
es to break upon the surface.' You
spend two or three minutes In rapture
at the vision and then you raise It to
your lips and sip It. The man in the
stiff collar and white shirt front be
comes your beet friend; the exasperat
Ingly cool-looking girl you are willing
to lead to the altar, your enemies are
forgiven and you make np your mind to
pay all your debts aa the concoction
trickles down your throat, cooling your
frame, but warming the cockles of your
heart.
Glad. She Lives la America,
"I'm glad I live In America," said a
pretty young woman, talking to a Phil
adelphia Inquirer reporter, "because I
am never afraid to travel by myself.
Last year I was In London and went
around with a friend who waa married,
and we were spoken to In an insulting
manner every time we went out. Paris
was still worse. ' People speak of the
French politeness, but It Is only a ve
neer. The men would get In front of
us on every street corner and smirk
and ogle and chatter like monkeys. I'm
glad I didn't understand anything they
said. There are no men like the Ameri
can men, and I never was so fully able
to appreciate It aa I am, now I have
seen those of other nations in their own
lands. Besides, the girls are treated
better here than anywhere else on earth,
and I don't want to cross the ocean any
more."
Two Amusing Mistakes.
Here are two delightful little malap
rnpoisms which possess a distinctly sci
entific bearing. A witness giving evi
dence la a police court, and meaning to
Indicate to the magistrate that a certain
man suffered from varicose reins, said
that the person "bad had haricot veins."
The other story was overheard In the
drawing room of a large and fashiona
ble hotel at a Northern health resort.
An elderly lady was discoursing on the
pollution of water. She had been read
ing an article on the dangera to health
entailed by the presence In the water
of dleeaae germs or bacilli. "Yea," aald
the lady to an Interested circle, "I sup
pose now that filters are proved to be
of no use at all we should boll all our
drinking water to kill the basilisks In
it" The I-oudoa Illustrated News.
Male Was Glad to Get Home.
The remarkable memory of a mule
that waa driven to Texas from this
country ten or twelve years ago was
ahown last year when be waa driven
back to the neighborhood of bis oM
home. The male was driven to Texas
by Ram Strange, who lived In the Glens
fork neighborhood, and was brought
back by Jonathan Watson. The flnt
night after his arrival he broke away
and went Immediately to bis old boms.
where he kept hie dulclferotis voire
floating upon the night air and day
light It Is supposed from his aatloa
that he, like most people that go from
beta to Texas and return, bad eaeagh
of that eoantry aad was glad to gat
back. Colambta (Ky.) Spectator.
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Tba -flemm Central Africa are
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PtftTAININQ TO
FARM AND HOML
THE
Firsm Oavta Mew I4ae ead JotIj-
orata Hot. Mind aad Hw4jr by Tklaa
a Annual Vacation To Vrirm
Horses Jadlcioaaljr.
A Vacation for Farmsra.
If anyoue needs a rust, and a chaugo
of scene for a few days, It Is the Indus
trious farmer. The early sprlug sow
ing and planting; then the cultivation
and weeding of the laud under the
plow, and the midsummer harrustlug
of the hay and grain crops, sloug with
many other little matters, have kept
him busy from early In the morning
until late In the evening. The harvest
Is over; the hay Is In the barrack or
stack; the grain In the barn gulng
through the sweating-out process, aud
the corn Is laid by. A few days caa be
spared now. Give the farm over to the
charge of your son or your foreman,
and go to the seashore, or upon a fish
ing trip.
your wife should go, too. if the far
mer has beeu busy In the fields, the
wife baa had her hands full lu the
bouse. He who knows nothing of the
trials of the farmer's wife In harvest
time In gathering the vegetables, lu
preparing and cooking them three
meals a day, along with much other
work, has much to learn. Take a rest;
If you live In the mountains, go to the
seashore; If you live near the ocean, go
to the mountains. A change uf local
ityseeing new people, new thing and
new methods of working will quicken
one's thoughts and produce lasting Im
pressions for good. One returns know
ing that other people have as many
trials and discouragements as we have,
and that farm life Is not so hard and
disagreeable, after alL Fifty or seventy-five
dollars spent on a ten-days' trip
will do more good to both than twice
that amount Invested at 0 er cent
Make a trial of It Baltimore Ameri
can. Jadlctona Drlvlna of Ho rata.
Some drivers will take more out of a
horse in going five mllea over a coun
try road than many others will In go
ing twenty miles. If a hard drive of
twenty or thirty mllea la before a horse,
aaya the Breeder and 8 porta man, atari
oat moderately. Do not whip or worry
or fret blm. Leave all his strength,
nerve and energy to be expended In
going forward. After going along
quietly and not too rapidly for a few
miles, and the horse becomes warmed
up, his muscles distended, and be is re
lieved of the hay eaten the night be
fore, then puah along briskly, and do
the heaviest work of the day. Don't
hurry up the long bills. Stop frequent
ly, cramp the buggy so as to take the
load off the horse, and give blm time
to catch his breath. Tou will make
better time In the end by pursuing this
course, your horse will finish his day's
work In better condition, and you will
avoid wind galls Make time on roads
which are level or slightly down hill.
Then the weight does not drag heavily,
and be la not jarred when going fast,
aa be would be If going fast down a
steep hill.
laceadlarj Lanterns.
"That wa a costly lantern," sighed
neighbor D., aa be looked dolefully at
the smoking ruins of his new barn.
The kerosene lantern bad been set
on the floor "Just for a minute," but
long enough to get knocked over. The
blazing oil made quick work with the
Inflammable material on every hand.
In ten minutes the roof was falling In;
It was impossible to save even the ani
mals. A few precautions would cer
tainly lessen the frequency of such dis
asters, soys an exchange. Having a
place for the light, secure from long
handles. Irresponsible heels and switch
ing tails, would be our safeguard, pro
vided the rule was alwaya adhered to
of putting It in its place when not In
band. Great care must be used In mak
ing a place for the light, so that It will
b s 'fe foin d Migel sbove as well as
below. The beat arising from a con
tinuous flame la considerable, and If too
nee the woodwork might gradually
heat It to the burning point, or a dusty
cobweb might serve aa a fuse to carry
the blase. A candle fixed in a lan
tern makes a much aafer light than
kerosene, but la not bright enough for
all purposes. One farmer who bad Buf
fered from fire planned so as to have
all of his barn work possible done be
fore dark. When a light was neces
sary It was never carried Into the barn,
bat pat from the outside through a
window Into a box made for It, with a
glass front
absaiasj the Woods.
Any species of weeds can be subdued
aad controlled within the limits of an
ordinary farm, aad, unless the value
of the land Is low from other causes,
ma be profitably undertaken. If the
weed la an annual, aaya the Philadel
phia Ledger, reproducing Itself from
seeds only, It may be subjected by pre
venting seed production. For perma
nent pastures, lawns and roadsides.
thla la quite sufficient If persistently
followed In cultivated fields the land
thus seeded should first be burned
over to destroy aa many aa possible of
the seeds on tbe aorface. It may then
bo plowed aballow, so aa not to bring
the remaining seeds too deeply In the
oil ' The succeeding cultivation, not
deeper than tbe plowing, will Induce
tbe germination of tba seedlings aa
tbey appear. The toad may then be
plowed deeper and tba cultl ratios re
peated aatQ tba weed seeds art prettj
Usreartly cleared oat to aa great a
4?a aa tbs (low ttar readies. , Bs
U ttU&&i, g(M to ; tow bxhaa,
I aw waya aecs caa gsawwaaw aao
jrt;Hbm to tba Jarfaea. i A tboa
Sm4 rtZZa.Blr'b Oatrared bf
tito-abMvbtof wttk leas aCbrt thai
alugle mature plant caa be destroyed,
and every seedling killed means one
lass weed sved ha the solL
Storing fotatooo.
One of the most essentia! points about
potato culturs Is to know how to pro
serve the crop when you have raised It.
This Is the more Importsnt with regsrd
to the seed potatoes, which have to be
kept from sprouting for a long period.
If buried, putatoos must 1 covered
lightly st first, so as to permit of ven
tilation, and the covurtng added from
time to time, but only enough to pn
tct the tubers from the frost This. In
my exporleuce, Is the most unsatisfac
tory way of storing potatoes. The next
worse way is s cellar uudur a building.
The trouble with a cellar la to give It
air enough aud keep It cool enough.
The most satisfactory aud cheapest
way that I know of Is to aUue 11) a dug
out, making the roof of earth over poles
and brush. lu very wet w wither such
a roof will leak, unless covered with
boards, curu stalks, straw or other cov
eting. The best location Is a slope or
bank facing oith. By leaving an al
ley through the center of a dug-out,
with plenty of large ventilation shafts
through the roof, a brisk circulation
will be kept up whenever the end door
Is oiued particularly where the door
o;ens on the level, as It will do If the
building Is dug in the side of a bank.
The dug-out should be built with a
bin on each s'.de of a central alley. The
bottoms of the bins should be raised
six Inches from Jhe ground and the
sides of the bins should be clear of con
tact with the walls, whether stone or
dirt Both bottoms and sides are best
made of fence boards, with Inch spaces
between. Such a building, carefully
managed as to ventilation, ojieued up
on frotity nights aud kept closed during
the warm days of fall and early winter,
will take early Ohio potatoes through
to spriug without a sprout Early rose,
beauty of Hebron and other such va-
rlrtles may require turnlug over once.
Kansas Farmer.
For Oranarjr Peat a.
Last fall In cutting up my corn 1
placed two open bottles, containing bl
sulphate of carbon, four feet apart
on the floor of the bin. The mouths of
these bottles were covered with a layer
of cheesecloth, and each bottle covered
with an old broken box. Tbe corn,
according to the New York Tribune,
waa thrown on these boxes, and the
bin filled to lu utmost capacity. Tbe
result waa highly successful; ' what
weevils were admitted from the field
were destroyed, and none further ap
peared. Thus, at a coat of fifty cents,
with very little trouble, I protected
about five hundred bushels of corn
against the weevils Moreover, I have
noticed neither mouse nor rat In the
bin, nor traces of them, which waa not
the case before, for In previous years
they, too, did great damage to tbe corn.
I have advised for years such use of
bisulphide of carbon. I am gratified
to bear of Its extensive use all over the
country. Many millers use It most sat
isfactorily. It kills, to easily need. Is
not expensive, and. If cautiously used,
so as to cause no danger from fire or
explosion, Is most excellent
Make the Calf Drink Slowly.
We often see articles In agricultural
papers, giving directions how to break
tbe calf to drink; bow often, bow much,
and what to feed, all of which are most
important, but what I consider one es
sential phase of calf-feeding I never see
touched upon, says Bural Life. Rap
Idly or slowly shall the young bovine
drink his milk? Calves generally,
when fed milk from the pall, drink aa
rapidly as they can. The greedy and
very hungry ones gulp it down till
tbey choke, aud It seems the delight of
others to thrust their noses to the bot
tom of the dish, sin) drink as long as
they have breath, then "come up and
blow."
The sudden filling of tbe calfa stom
ach with milk Is well known to be dele
terious, and to obviate tide too rapidly
filling up I had a tinner, several years
ago, make me a vessel, holding about a
gullou. the diameter of a six-quart pall,
with an oval liottom, with a hole punch
ed in the center about large enough to
thrust a lead pencil through. With this
"drink-slow dish" set on tbe milk In the
pall, tbe calf drinks slowly rrom tbe
fountain that cornea through tbe bole In
tbe bottom.
One War to ftpra.
When parts greening potato vines It
occurred to me bow many waya It Is
done. A neighbor used to plaster tbe
parts green dry at the same time I used
It wet. says A. P. Sampson In the New
England Farmer. I put the aame barrel
I use on apple trees on the atone drag,
close to the tub I use to cool milk, and
have a man pump luto the tub. I fill
tbe barrels, then draw to the potato field
and leave one barrel at each end of the
field, so as not to walk so far back and
forth. Now I put a pound of parls
green In each barrel and apply It to
the vines with a pall and wblak
broom. I uaed to do two rows at once,
now I do one, aa the pall reaches tle
other barrel better and saves a wait.
Two barrels will do an acre. Some
use a spoonful of green to a pall of
water, and, of course, with a barrel of
water there needs be a stick to stir the
water every time a pailful la taken
out A gun to put on raw parls green
costs the tools I use coat 90 cents.
, Soot Crops Mot Fat Prodacera.
Boot crops cannot be considered di
rectly as fat or flesh producing, but
tbajr nabs aa agreeable change of diet
aad are valuable to use In connection
with aaore concentrated foods, such as
som, bras, oil meal, etc. Consisting
nestly of water, they have s loosen
teg oeadsoey that mast be counteracted
with heavier food.
Kveri
Cera.
.. Esowetl'a ersrgreea con to all right
for mala crop and far aaotseaiiea, :
1 WE OSAGE INDIAN.
Km le ica, Eottatiral, Hatea Work
aad Lotos tiamblinu.
There are now about lti.ixio Osage 1 ti
lls n a, of whom 4j0 are half bluods, aj s
me who has lived for many years In
the Osage nation. They have a reser
vation embracing about acres
of the richest laud on earth, rolling
prairie and water courw, am here the
'Unfettered Osage works his glad sweet
will. He may fem-e It, plow It, Kravse It
or let It alone. Work U not attractive
to au Osage. As an BK-rleulturUt he is
considerable of a fake.
It Is cany enough to get along with
the Indian, once you understand them.
They are jH-culiHr people and one wants
to figure ou their being tremendous
egotists. Nothing ou earth Is ever so
Important to an Indian as himKclf. To
himself an Indian 1h a tremendous affuir
nothing elue ever la. I recall how one
day an old I ml km cnine piiiiliut; tip to
me and remarked, with a woe-ridden
look In his face:
"Oh, my son. I am luded near dead."
I asked hlin what was the matter and
he replied In accents of Weary dejection:
"Oh, my son, I hired a white man to
plow for me, ami he In very wicked. If
I leave blm for a minute he will not
plow. So I muKt stand by the field In
the hot sun aud watch, or nothing will
be done. I have been obliged to stay
there ail day, that this white man
should work, aud now 1 fear I shall
die." -'W.CJ
The Osage, as I said. Is not much of a
husbandman. Wrapped in his red
blanket, be scorns labor, and defies it
Were you to offer him bis choice be
tween a combined mower and reapet
and a deck of cards he would reach for
the dock of cards.
Once In three months the Wreat
Father goes down In his pocket for the
poor Indian. Then It Is "payment
day." But this Is not exactly largesse
ou the part of the Great Father. The
fact is, be bus In his Inside pocket over
U.0U0,000, the bank roll of the Osage
nation, which be keeps for them. Ho
In this Instance It Is only the poor In
dian receiving bis own.
Parson C'bowne.
Mr. Blackmore worked luto a story
tbe character of a notorious pair of
parsons In a certain English county.
Parson Chowne actually was rector of
Knows tone, and the tradition of bis
evil deeds has by no means faded out
of recollnctlon. The people tell still of
tbe manner in which be revenged him
self upon any farmer who offended
blm. He bad two methods. One waa
to Invite the man against whom be
meditated evil to dine with bun, when
be would ply him with liquor, and
when his guest drove away, down a
ateep and rugged hilL the llnch pin of
one of his wheels would come out and
tbe man thrown from his trap and
break neck or leg or arm.
The other way was lees severe. He
would aay before some man whom he
could trust:
"I wonder bow bad Farmer X. would
feel were hta rick to be fired 7"
Next night the rick would be In
flames.
Cbowne never entered Into alliance
with the aavagea of Coleridge. Nor did
be end bia daya torn to pieces by dogs,
aa represented In the novel Several
of the tales told of him In "The Maid
of Sket" are, however, true, as la that
of his having Introduced an apple pip
Into the eye of a horse that belonged
to a baronet In the neighborhood,
against whom he bore a grudge.
The story la told of Parson Cbowne
that the Bishop of Exeter aent Word
that he would visit blm. Cbowne had
a portion of tbe road dug np and filled
with peat water and then covered over
with sticks and fune and a sprinkling
of soil. The bishop's carriage went In,
and tbe bishop was upset but Henry
of Exeter waa not tbe man to be stop
ped by such a (naffer aa a breakdown
not on tbe road, but of the road and
he walked forward on foot
"Mr. Chowne," aald be. "Pre heard
strange stories of you."
"Waal, my lord," answered the rec
tor, "so hev I of you. But my lord, us
be gentlemen, you and I, and us pays
no notice to tbe chltter cbatter of a
pars'! o' fulea,"
Nothing could be brought home to
Chowne. He waa far too clever a man
to allow himself to be caught in bis
malpractice. Toward tbe end of bia
daya he resigned his living and resided
In a bouse of his own.
Japanese Street Emblems.
The sign of the average Japanese
shopkeeper at once deceives the for
eigners, as, for Instance, a pair of huge
square spectacles, filled with gold leaf,
Is not tbe alga of an oculist or apecta-cie-maker,
but that of a goldbeater or
working jeweler. Druggists do not dis
play a mortar and pesue, but simply
an enormous bag, an imitation of the
small ones they use for Infusing their
medicines. Tobacconists hang oat a
sort of snuff -colored banner, bearing
Chinese characters setting forth their
name aad perhaps their trademark.
Tbey never Indulge In wooden Images
of Indian cblefa or ponderous Dutch
men. Tbe Japaneee saloonkeepers, or
rather the dealera In rice whisky or
sake, advertise their business by ex
hibiting a painting of Fujiyana, the sa
cred mountain. What possible rela
tion there la between a mountain and
rice whisky the unsophisticated West
ern mind cannot easily discover, unless
It Is Intended to convey the Informa
tion that as Fujiyana Is unsurpassed
among mountains, so la sweet sake
among liquors. Hatmakers bang before
their shops a long string of bats which
look Hka a row of gigantic mushrooms
dangling in tbo arlaaV .Hat dealera also
sell straw sands la, or wooden doge
with plaited solos aad aB similar ar.
tides, for the sheemaksr and tbe hatter
are asaally eats aad lbs aaxx tatflrlaV
Xbt grooar baaga oat two tin Baasa,
pais tod rod aaal faatasil ogstbar M
the gttto wftfe mnwt wta the klb
makers utilize the cuttlefish as so ad
vertisement of their, business. Florists
plant a slem er willow tree at a corner
of their bonne as a sign that they sell
cut flowers. Lacquer shops may be
known by the sign of a chlpbox like
those In which the lacquer comes pack
ed. The hair workers have a very sin
gular siffu; It consist, of an octagonal
box with a fringe of hair suspended
from It, which makes It look a if some
one bad tried to put a wig in the box.
but neglected to tuck It all in. Tbe
dealers lu cosmetics, who sell that me
tallic red the Japanese women Hpread
so thickly on their upper Hp that tbe
green luster frequently shows, are reo
otrtilzed by the small red flag hanging
over the entrance. House where
"soba," or buckwheat macaroni. Is for
sale, have a paper lantern lu front
beuriag the name of the house.
Merchants who sell sushi the little
roll of rice and fish of which the Jaii
anese are so fond put out a little ban
ner with the name of the restaurant
and some of the other articles of food
they are prepared to place before cus
tomers. Iu Tokio a few of iho siiop-keejM-rs
are Ix'ginulng to translate their
sitfim Into English, with dlsactrous
effect One shop near Gluza, the Broad
way of Toklo, bears the following le
gend: "The honorable meet to sail her."
A substantial looking building on the
Ginza Itself recently attracted attention,
for In front of It hung a great white
sign, with black letters, and on It were
tlie mysterious words, "The Before
Station." This was In reality an ex
press oince or forwarding gtatlon.
Printer's Ink.
Care of the Ear in Childhood.
Defective hearing Is a trouble that
many children labor under, caused oc
caslonally by disease, but oftentimes
by lack of proper care of the ear pas
sages. It Is sometimes the case that
the dullness and Inattention of a scholar
are due to Impaired hearing; and the
Inability to hear distinctly all that la
aald by teachers and pupils gives the
poor child tbe appearance of being heed
less and inattentive.
Tbe waxy secretion found In the ears
is nature s own method of keeping the
ear passages In a healthy condlUon.
There Is frequently, however, an excess
of this wax, and occasionally it hap
pens that In cleaning the child's ears
the excess wax Is puahed further Into
the ear passages. Repetitions of thla
process cause the wax to become pack
ed, causing gradual loss of the hear
ing power. Too much stress cannot be
laid upon the fact that pins and auch
articles should not be used In the care
of tbe ears, aa serious Injury is liable
from the article entering too far.
Glycerine and warm water in equal
parts Is a mixture (and tbe beet one)
that will dissolve and remove tbe wax.
Apply gently with a small ayrlnge.
Should there bo at any time anything
In the nature of discharges from either
ear a physician's advice should be
sought without delay. In each cases,,
there la almost certain to be some dis
ease of the toner ear passage requiring
medical attention.
Prompt attention will probably save
the child serious Impairment of hear
ing, if not utter loss.
It should be noted that teething may
have close relationship to trouble In the
ears, due to the swelling and Inflamma
tion of the gums This Inflammation Is
liable to extend through tbe eustachian
canals to the ears; and any tenderness,
accompanied by redness around tbe
ears, la a aumcient indication to war
rant calling tbe physician's attention
to the matter. Mother's Department
Babyland. ' ;
. . Widow's Row In Quaker City.
, Tba half square on Berks street be
tween Twentieth and ' Woodstock
streets, Philadelphia, Is know,n to all
who are acquainted with the neighbor
hood as the "Wldow'a Bow."4- Tbla Is
due to tbe fact that no less than seven
teen bereaved wives reside within Its
confines. All of these are aald to be
handsome and thrifty; five of them are
engaged In business for themselves and
eleven have very comfortable Incomes.
Two years ago there were twenty-three
widows In the "row," but four have
made new ventures on the matrimonial
sea since that time, and two have join
ed their husbands m another land. It
would be a breach of confidence to
mention tbe number who will be re
married before tbe close of tbe year,
but It la aafe to aay that the "Wldow'a
Bow" will loae Its prestige as the abode
of lonely females unless several en
gagements are broken off.
oath Af ricsa Gold.
The South African fields have gone
ahead of thla country in gold produc
tion. Tbe yield In Africa tbla year will
reach $90,000,000 and much higher In
1806. One peculiarity about the Afri
can gold la that It la taken from sedi
mentary rocks, and the processes have
been so much Improved that only 10 pel
cent of the metal la lost In the African
mines 42,000 natives and 6,000 Euro,
pean workmen are employed. But 50
per cent of the gold was saved by the
processes uaed nine years ago. Tbla la
an Instance or what science and In
genuity ars doing to Increase tbe gold
upply.
Tba Intelligent British Voter.
A correspondent of tbe British Week
ly had aome odd experience In a county
council election some time ago In a
rural district of England. "The name
of the candidates were Mr. Hook and
Colonel Holland. 'Ah, well' aald a man
to me, after I had been expatiating on
the merits of one of them, 'I don't know
aotbtog about 'Ook, and I don't know
nothing about 'OUand, bat my wlfe'e a
Dutchwoman, aad so I mean to vote for
Qllaad.' "
Oo to the an t for leosona In thrift and
to tba travsllng moa K yoa want to
kar goodttoas.
Itto.of a Baa that be to
It asaaaa bat b le fooC
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