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TOHC3 OP THE TIUE8. A CMOtCS CCLCCTtON OT INTCR. UTINQ ITEMS. aha IiiimIhi mt th D-llr ailial a t Mnm Mmtmm. avjeeta t "fuUgtnoaa adum- 1 Hoty sssoke The beat way to pretest against n la to take action for the right Still It must be admitted that bloom cm look much prettier when they are worn by aome other fellow's girt. The accumulation of wealth la fol lowed by an Increase of care, and by an appetite for more. He wbo seeks for much will ever be in want of much. It la beat with him to whom God has given that which is sufficient, though every superfluity be withheld. There Is a proper pride that is com mendable, and which is the offspring and the safeguard of self-respect We should avoid haughtiness, arrogance and presumption; but we may and should harbor a proper degree of pride a pride based upon self-respect, and which prompts us to endeavor to pre serve it The Indemnity of 4.000,000 francs which China has just granted the French missions of Szechuen carries the promise of something equally as hand some for English and American suffer ers from more recent outbreaks. We may be a little slow In Christianizing China, but Caucasian cannon In the treaty ports are powerful persuaders to decency. Persons who practice deceit and arti- uce always deceive themselves more than they deceive others. They may feel great complacency in view of the success of their doings; but they are in reality casting a mist before their own eye. Such persons not only make a false estimate of their own character, but they estimate falsely the opinions .-and conduct of others. No person is obliged to tell all he thinks; but both .duty and self-interest forbid him ever ?to make false pretenses'. -, ' It la stated in a dispatch from Mad rid that the war In China thus far has cost 120,000,000. This Is exclusive of the forced contributions the sugar and coffee planters have had to pay to the Insurgents for carrying on the war'or for buying war material, and ranging from 25,000 to $50,000 per planter. It wlll be cheaper in the end for the planters if the Insurgents are success ful. If Spain defeats the latter the former will be substantially ruined tinder the burden of taxation which will be levied bv the Snnnlsh vem merit The Spanish Treasury Is already bank nipt and the deficit each year was growing larger before the war broke at If the present revolution shall continue as long as the last one Spain will be plunged into a financial chaos. "One of the most foolish of all the ailly statements that have been made fay "Wiggins," of Canadian notoriety, Is that In regard to evaporation from the great lakes. He Is quoted as say ing that the air passing over the lakes Us enable to reload with vapor from them, the alleged reason being that "there is no electricity In the air, and without it the humidity will not rise." He pretends to think that the telegraph snd telephone wires which cross the path of the air current reaching the lakes from the Southwest abstract the electric energy of that air, so that it Is unable to take up vapor from the wa ters. If he understood the conditions about which he discourses thus ab surdly he would know that the process of evaporation from a water surface depends on the temperature and rela tive dryness of the air, and that there Is good reason to believe the process la a cause of electrical excitement, not one of its effects. It is astonishing that any one should suppose such claptrap nonsense as that attributed to Wiggins Is worthy Of being distributed to the world as "news." A number of persons on duty in the meteorological service or the signal orpe have petitioned the President for leniency to Private Thomas Gill, who some time ago knocked down his su perior officer, Lieut. William E. Birk hetmer, of the Third Artillery, and was sentenced therefor to four years' Im prisonment In the penitentiary. The petitioners set forth that Lieut Blrfc beUner is an overbearing, tyrannical, uagentlemanly officer, who has con stantly sought to Impeach the honor and standing of his associates, and has made life burdensome to them by his maay despotic and brutal acts. If the facts set forth are correct there la good reason 'or the President not only to Interfere and mitigate the sentence mt the private, who had the manliness to resent his brutal treatment, but also to reprimand the martinet who was gnilty of It In civil life such an in fraction of discipline would have met with a Mght Ins or brief Imprisonment The Imposition of this long sentence i a man who only struck bis super- i endurance had eeased to be a i an act of harshness under miliar cases of :aad brutality have re- oecaywi la the German army, eh thCnrpror has Uvea Ms par i tar the line of uartoctlug mt nower. The President wa3 hr lactate the action of tzZ o y ."i rwfcl trasa ha r-3frJ LmtJi. WaSa ft - I cs r- Kjai a ry ifjwC-L ...J lata in the impoaalbtltty of the driver checking speed la tints to avert cats tropes. There was nothing to rely upon bat muscle, with an antiquated me chanical device against the tremendous force and momentum of electricity aa4 physical law together. A conductor might see a human being on a crossing 800 feet ahead; running at the rapid pace which Is all that recommends trol leys be could not stop the car in time to save life er prevent maiming. The new brake Is automatic. Its efficaciousness does not depend on the muscle of the driver. lie has nothing to do but turn a handle six Inches. That sets a spool turning on the axle and winds up the wheels In the length of a car. The strain being on the axle and not on the body of the car the comfort of passen gers will not be disturbed as it Is when ever the driver makes a frantic effort to use the present brake in an emer gency. The "nasal twang," so-called, of the New England people has long been a 'source of innocent merriment" to our English brethren, especially to Lhoe wbo are so uncertain in their relations to the letter "h." Yet the great Lon don dallies are discussing very earnest ly Just now the British origin of thia peculiarity which has been so long charged up to the debit account of the Yankee. The Times traces it to Corn- wail; the Globe to Sussex; and the Westminster Gazette to Wapping. There are a good many alleged "Ameri canisms which prove on investigation to be of unquestioned English origin. A recently returned traveler says that in the part of New England where he was iorn and reared the remains of a boiled dinner when hashed and served the next day bear the euphonious name of "bubble and squeak" and that he has been many times reproached for using a coarse "Americanism" In so speaking of It. lie had, however, he continues, the fortune while In Iudon to lunch one day at the Liberal t'nlon Club and found on the bill of fare his old New England acquaintance with the famil iar name printed at full length. It proved on Investigation to be the same confection as that he remembered In New England; and the steward assured him It was a well known English dish which he had never heard called by any other name. There is enough in the recent reports from the scene of the Cuban revolution to warant the belief that the United States may yet be summoned to play an important part In the future of the isl and. Assuming that the reports as to the situation there are even partly true, it is evident that Cuba is nearer the es tablishment of her Independence than ever before. Should she succeed It would be by no means strange if ber leaders, regarding a protectorate as the most desirable form under which to administer the affairs of the Island, were to appeal to the United States or Mexico to assume charge. The colored Inhabitants of Cuba number about 35 per cent, of the entire population, and, as a rule, these people are poor and ig norant Slavery has been abolished and education was made compulsory In 1880, but the time has been too short to permit of any real improvement in the condition of this part of the Cuban population. What to do with these In habitants is a perplexing question with the insurgents, and it is probable that they would rather remain as a depen dency on some other government than assume the difficulties of admlnlatra- tlon with so large a portion of the popu lation unfitted to attempt self-govern ment And were the Cuban leaders to decide that the burden Is too heavy they would be far more likely to appeal to the United States than to Mexico. While the Cubans and Mexicans speak the same language the two peoples are not bound together by so many ties as exist between this country and Cuba. Most of Cuba's trade is with us, and there are comparatively few products which It can exchange with Mexico. It is yet too early to assume that the re sult will be a victory for the insur gents. But vague as the reports are It is evident that up to date the revoln tlenists have the bent of the struggle. In view of their spunky resistance and the reported weak financial condition of Spain It would not be surprising if the question of a Cuban protectorate were to be forced upon the attention of the next Congress. , Unusual. What is thia? , An English jury, of presumable Philistines, award a liter ary man (Jerome K. Jerome) $2,500 damages because driven from bis home by the noise of an Invading railroad verdict based on the ground that a lit erary man has special rights. Genius then has at last scored one victory In this world! The great Wallenstetn made the silence of a desert around him and worked oat his campaigns at night and an English author has actual ly been Judged to bare a similar priv ilege! But Imagine a dashed "literary feller" in America getting any such rights from an American Jury here In this land of hand organs and railway whistles. But, courage! Remember Jerome K. Jerome. Boston Traascblpt Preparing for a Big Blast. Preparations art being made at Long Core, Me., for one of the biggest quar ry blasts ever made la thia country. The object of attack Is a miniature awoatala of granite, seventy-ore feet m perpendicular height la the face of thia badge, at the foot, a funnel Is being driven, which when completed wOl be T-shaped, the mala stem nfty t fart !, wttb twe eroasarias ClrtJT seef la lea ea Bight m art sf iwwder la te be owt at t"r t'1t ttTiT!' Cm lfiaT ttraaei Lzfa'i&''&r awmtaiav- AGRICULTURAL NEWS THING PCftTAININO TO FAJtaJ AND HOMC. TMS Farmers aaaald Hot WaeU Oood Tlase om Bad Joba-Tae Area Which V ariose Depths of Water Will Irri gate Malt Batter la the Caura. The Faraaera' Pay. Many a farmer has yet to learn that his time is worth money. His pay for good work is certain, although usually late In coming. Every stroke in the hayfleld and in the preliminary work of plowing, artlng and seeding is re paid drop by drop In the milk pail. Ev ery whack at the witch grass In the corn field is appreciated by the cattle who eat the ensilage, and by the hens. who turn the grass into eggs and meat. Every pull at the weeds in the truck garden means at least a cheaper and better living next winter. Every task tells, if done with common sense, says the Massachusetts Ploughman. It is like payment In the form of a draft due In six months; sometimes longer. hen ever there appears no prospect of any direct u resent or future return, the farmer will do well to take thought be fore doing the task at all. An immense amount of digging and hauling and grubbing and drilling and lifting has been done by farmers for which there was uo possibility of return, simply be cause the sa d farmers iatoreo uuuer the Impression that their time was not worth estimating. There is sufficient work that will pay: some of it at once, but most of It In the near future. Do not put good time Into poor Jobs. Look out for your pay. Don't cheapen your self. Windmill Irrigation. Of course, the deejer the water Is be low the surface, the greater Is the pow er required to raise It Consequently, a windmill of a given strength will raise less water and Irrigate less land when the water has to be raised 30 feet than when It has to be raised 100 feet says the Farm and Orchard. A 12 foot windmill Is usually reckoned capable of doing the following, pro vided suitable reservoir Is attached: Water 200 feet below the surface, with a reservoir 30x00 and six feet deep, will water one acre or garden. Water 150 feet in depth, with reser voir 40x80, one and one-half acres. Water 100 feet in depth and reser voir 50x100, two acres. Water &)0 feet In depth and reservoir 00x150, four acres. Where the soil is free from rock and well points can be easily driven. It will always pay to put up a windmill, if the water Is within fifty feet of the surface, wherever there Is a sale or demand for garden truck, and where the necessary water cannot be obtained by any cheap er method. Usually arid land near enough to town can be obtained for a very small sum, and as the total cost of a windmill and reservoir will not ex ceed $250, It Is like buying four acres of irrigated land for this amount, plus the value of the land In Us arid state. Bulling Hotter. By all means, salt In the churn. Grinding salt Into the butter on the worker Is a thing of the past and Is not practiced by any of the first creamery and borne dairy butter makers. It In jures the grain, and is more apt to leave the butter mottled. One has to esti mate the amount of butter color, and why not use the same rule in determin ing the amount of salt to use? After the butter Is washed, let the water drain out of the churn while the requir ed amount of salt is being weighed out Then sprinkle the salt evenly over the butter In the churn, close the lid and turn the churn slowly for a minute or two; then let stand In the churn long enough for the salt to dissolve. If a lever Is used, be careful not to give the lever a sliding motion, but press gently until the butter has a waxy texture. In packing, be careful not to tamp the butter in the churn; close the lid and turn. Do not leave any open spaces In the package. Level off the upper sur face with a wooden straight-edge, and cover with a parchment of cloth circle. Wipe the sides and bottom of the pack age with a towel, so that It will have a neat appearance. Stock, Farm and Home. Intensive Cnltare of Cow Feed. Mr. Bancroft of Delaware, has dem onstrated, says the Rural New Yorker, that oue acre of his light soli will fur nish a year's supply of food for one cow. A spring's crop of crimson clover and winter oats Is put into the soil, and the ground at once plowed and put in corn or cow peas, which. In turn, go into the silo when ripe. After this second crop is harvested, another crop of crimson clover and oats is started. The ensil age from this acre will feed one cow a year. During her heavy milking sea son two pounds per day of cottonseed meal might be profitably added, bat the cow could maintain a good yield without It. ' Mr. Bancroft even ssys that be doesn't care If one-third of the crimson clover and oats are "down" so flat that they cannot be easily cut for the silo, for it will all be plowed In to' make more corn. This la the most "Inlenslve" culture of cow feed we have yet hen rd of. Wsr Aa-alast Weed. I began lighting weeds more than twenty five years ago. I first laid down the rule that no weed should be allow ed to go to seed la my garden, and the result was that la a few years the labor ef cultivating the garden was reduces fa one-fourth what It waa ta the start ayi W. F. Brown, H Tb Olio Parm er. ; Rett 1 appttee thia rale ta a few aeraa on which I trn strawberries). awbat pMataaa; bast a w&e trhtav al far fba M WW fatfil iaf tffCf ta astaad It to all (fee la w w aaecasdsd entirety, I am approaching nay Ideal and already see great baaed t from It I pair largely on a good atand of atover, and the ass of toe mowing machine on the stubble fields, and keep ing oar fence rows seeded to grass, and I have nearly annihilated the rag weed, which la such a pest to most Ohio farms. Palverlsiaa the Soil. A writer in the London Garden, who evidently understands the business, aays that deeply worked and finely dl vlded soils invariably yield bj-fnr the heaviest crops, let the season be what it may, while ground that Is only stir red a little and left in lumps, never really repays the small amount of labor expended on it It is of primary Im portance that the ground for potatoes be well and deeply stirred, and finely divided ai planting time. More really depends upon the preparation of the ground than on the quantity or quality of the manure. On no occasion, how ever. Is fine pulverization more Impor tant than In mixing manure with the soil, and in the experiments we have made, a certain quantity of manure was, at least, doubled In value by tbor oughly grinding it Into the soil, as com pared with Its value when plowed un der in the common way. Hoop in f owls. I take good, strong vinegar and put wnai i want to use on a chicken In a tin cup ami tie a small cloth or swab on a stick six Inches long, and anoint the ben's bead and neck with It twice a day for two or three days, according to how badly they have It, says the Couutry Gentleman. Use mltteus or gloves, and change the vinegar and rinse out the swab when you change hens. Tut logwood in the drinking vessels and pour on lukewarm water; give them no other drink. Let them out so they are not confined too closely. This cured them all right for me, even when their throats were so stopped up they could scarcely breathe. I have tried sulphur and lard, but that kills them for me. Dry Food for Chicks. A food for young chicks should never be sloppy. It will do no harm to mois ten the ground grain a little, but no more water should be used for that purpose than to make a stiff, crumbly dough. It Is better to feed even ground food dry If It can le done conveniently. One thing to observe Is never to leave any food from the meal that has been moistened, as it ferments and assists in causing gapes, as well as leading to bowel disease. Scatter millet seeds over the runs of the chicks and let them hunt and scratch for them. They will be all the better for the exercise, and will have more appetite for their meals at feeding time. Work for a Bull. It will make a bull practically quite safe If he Is regularly worked In some way. He may be made to mn a one- horse power, to be used for cutting feed, grinding grain or cutting fire wood. In the summer he may be made to work In a one-horse mower, to cut the green fodder for the cows, or even In the hay harvest and in a wagon to do the work of a horse. He may also be used in the cultivation of the croia, and, by harnessing hlui properly, and putting a bit In his mouth, will be quite as tractable as a horse. By this health ful and useful exercise his value as a stock animal will be much Increased. Feeding: New Oata. Horses should not be suddenly chang ed from old oats to new, nor at any time be fed new oats In large quantities. The new oats will be all the more likely to be harmful If the hay is also new. Old bay gets more thoroughly dried than Is Ksslble for new. It Is not only more nutritious for this absence of moisture, but it has not the laxative effect which Is so weakening to a horse that new hay often has. It will pay to give several cents per bushel more for old oats than for new if they are to be fed to horses having hard work to do. Muck for Stables. Dig and dry a big lot of muck to keep the stables dry and sweet all winter, and to vastly Increase the manure pile and farm's fertility, says liolllster'p Sage. It Is not best to draw this muck long distances before It has dried, but when sun and wind have reduced It to a powder one team can haul a large quantity. Its own fertilizing value It not great In most Instances, but as a vehicle for carrying afield the riches of stable liquids It has no equal for cheapness and effectiveness. Overfeeding Pigs. But nothing Is surer, says the Ameri can cultivator, than that a pig wltb food always before It will grow poor. Its digestive apparatus never has time to rest and soon fails to work. There should be regular times for feeding, and these should be far enough apart to al low the pig to become hungry. A little leas grain than will be eaten should be given. If the pig Is fattened. The bal ance can be made up wltb clover pas ture In summer and beet roots In win ter. Tobacco aad Fruit. The tobacco crop requires very rich land, and it Is very exhaustive of fer tility. Many farmers who go to grow ing tobacco, thinking that It la all profit find that It takes most of the manure made on a large farm, with some min ers! fertiliser besides, to produce a good crop. Whether this manure used foi fruit growing would not produce great er profit la a question that tobacco growers the last year or two have been snatously asking. f .'-'. ; Dairy Oroaalea. -Coddling la as Injurious to vows as to chHdrea. It la not the child, boy M gtri, who la eat aBow-bafJlag, coasting or sAtag la tbadry.ceid weather whs suffers, either from eatd or from TSa tajy'fefaal craw w: flHHr Or ANIMAL. erf eeeeaMaaee la Oraaae a as Tae analogies of tawereafioa teach us that everything U spun of ons stuff and apoa one plan, aays the Geatle- maa'a Magaslne. Let a powerful ex ample of thia fact be taken In hand at ance and some portion of the animal creation be utilised. Now. we bsve all ef ua necks, some of us graceful necks. soma of us apoplectic necks, and some at ua no necks at all to speak of. Again, the giraffe has a very long neck, the elephant a very short one, and the porpoise apparently stops abort of one sltogether. But In each we find seven cervical vertabrae and seven only Again, they, and human beings also, all have the same number and variety of muscles and ligaments. Some of them certainly are simply mere represeuta tlves; for instance, the powerful Hga mentum nifchae of the horse is but feebly represented In man. "Padding' accounts for all the rest a little more or less of fat and cellular tissue. Our limbs form beautiful subjects for com pari sou. Throughout the vertebrates they never exceed four iu number, They are all modifications of one type, whether. we take the fins of fish, the wings and legs of birds, fore and hind legs of quadrupeds, or arms and legs of man. Comparing the legs of a bird with the leg of a man, we see that the complete leg of a bird shows the thigh bone, then the tibia or lower leg bone. unci then In the place of the tarsus and metatarsus a single bone with, at Its lower extremity, a small Iwme siipKirt- Ing the four toes. Primarily the anal ogy between the last five Umes of the bird and tlio so-called tarsus, metatar sus, and toes of raau does hot seem very complete, but If the chick In the egg be examined Its legs will be found to consist of the thigh Initio, of the tibia, of two tarsal, and three or four metatarsal bones, and the toes or phal anges. The upper tarsal bone subse quently becomes anehjioscd with the tibia and the lower one with the con solidated metatarsus. Now the analo gy becomes much more complete. The horse has but a single metatar sal botie (the third), with rudiments of the se-ond and fourth. These rudi mentary metatarsal bones of the horse are very Interesting. By means of them It Is comparatively easy to trace out his descent The whale rxissessi-s the rudiments of hind legs, and the boa constrictor possesses also the rudiments of a leg and a pelvis, and the rudiments of the wings are discoverable In tho apteryx. Tho thievl eyelid of tbo bird exists also In some ainphlbhins and reptiles and In sharks; also in man ss a rudimentary structure. The manner In which cows, deer, and sheep ter up the grass when they are feeding, pluck ing away at the tufts, is familiar to any observant man. The incisors of the tipper teeth are wn1 ting. Tbo Intennt Ing annlogy Is the ;jH that tho teeth are really there, but they are uncut that Is to say, they have never pierced the gum. How to Prevent Lockjaw. If your boy should have the misfor tune to run a rusty nail in his foot, as my son did not long since, I want to tell you what to do for him. If your heart quakes, as mine does, at tne very thought of lock-jaw. I had the doctor, of course, and be wanted to prolio the wound, which was an ugly one, I can tell you. right on the ball ot the foot at the base of the great toe. Having a mind of my own, I made the doctor put the probe In his pocket, as long as there was no portion of the nail re maining In the wound. The remedies used were salt pork, carbolated vase line, etc, but the wound continued to swell until the boy's foot seemed ready to burst with angry Inflammation, while he suffered Intolerable pain. I was In despair, when a friend from the country happened to drop In. As soon aa she saw what was the matter she threw off her things excited ly and asked If I bad any onions In the house. Well, the upshot of It was that we pounded up raw onions and made a thick poultice of them and bound It right on the foot Talk about magic! I never saw any remedy act so like a charm. When I got ready to dress the foot about three hours after, the inflammation waa sub dued, the swelling bad subsided, and the dear lad slept like an angel that night for the first time In over a week. He la all right now, thank Heaven, and I want every mother In the land to know about this simple, but wonderful, remedy for a wound of such a danger ous nature that even our best physi cians sometimes fear to tackle itNew York Journal. Colombian Half Dollars. Columbian centennial coins not here tofore circulated have been found fre quently In change of late. They are the &0-cent pieces of 1893, and the reason given for their appearance Is that many coin collectors and others believed that Immediately after the Columbian ex position they would have special value aa rarities, and so boarded them for a premium. They were so held for the better part of two years, but no appreciation In valus followed, and now they have been thrown upon the market and are freely circulated. They have a more attractive appearance than the regular 50-cent pieces, but this superior at tractiveness has not to any visible ex tent mitigated the regret which col lectors have bad hi parting with thera. The silver eolaage ef tho United Htates la nee varies from time to time, according to bo datolta law with which the treasury oflslala are familiar. At times silver datUra Mmlate with much ease aad freadoa and there does not seem to ba any aarloag demand for a graaiar nnmber of the sajaUer eotae. Agmla, K) mri anal to ba great- hr ta nasaaad aad that hi las treasury vaults, and are gradg lady received by baslneaa mea. bat silver half-dollars always circulate free ly, New York Sua. ' ' ' ' , , Mure Pare Afar NeedadU Dr. Reynolds' report to the publle health committee of the Chicago Olvla Federation on public health In muald palltlea contained some valuable aug gMtlona. lluiti of the dlsesae and desth In large cities was attributed to unsanitary conditions which might he prevented, especially overcrowding, the abutting out of light and air from dwell lugs and the general unheal Lbful con dition of the slums. Attention waa called to the fact that Paris and other cities bad found it necessary to tear down buildings at great expense In or der to get more air in the overcrowded districts. It Is time for the people of Chicago to consider seriously the matter of pub lic health. During the warm weather fully J children die every week In Chicago, and the deaths of adults bring the total death rate up to loo a day. There can be no doubt that a large pro portion of these deaths could be pre vented if the city would adopt a vigor ous policy lu dealing with the prevail ing unsanitary conditions. Much Is be ing done by private Initiative to ward off some of the effects of these condi tions. The city government should do Its share by changing the conditions themselves. There must be more efficient methods of collecting and disposing of garbage. The efficiency of the city's force of tene ment house inspectors must be greatly increased. The smoke nuisance must be stopped. There must be strict regu lations against overcrowding, and they must be enforced. The water supply must be made pure. There must be numerous small parks and breathing spots scattered through tho more thickly settled portions of Die city, where the people live who can af ford neither the time nor the expense of going to the large parks. This Is an Imperative need. The necessity and tho expense of satisfying It will both become greater as time goes by. These are a few of the needs of the ity In the direction of sanitary re form. They should be attended to aa promptly as possible. Chicago Kecord. Severe Hnlutc. A short time ago, writes a correspond ent In Brazil, a most ridiculous affair happened at Hio da Janeiro. An ice ship from lioston entered tho bay, com manded by a Captain Green, In the Smith American trade. Kort Santa Cruz, not recognising his home flag. hailed him and ordered him to "heave to." But the worthy skipper didn't speak Portuguese, and the simple state ment of the name of hi vessel, which ho burled at the fort was not at all satisfactory; so a blank shot was fired as a mild suggestion for him to stop. Hut he called for bis revolver, and, pointing It skyward, fired six success ive shots. Then a solid shot from the fort skipped across bis bow, and then another, better aimed, passed through bis foresail. The fort and two shore batteries opened fire upon him, and several of his light spars were cut away. But he held on bis course rejoicing, loading and firing bla revolv- Flnally he reached quarantine, and, came to anchor Just as his flying Jib-' Iioom went by the board. He was then so near the other shipping that they dared fire on him no longer, and the, police boat the custom house and the health boat all boarded hi in, together, with the captain of the port, who, with1 more vigor than politeness, wanted to know, "Why the deuce didn't you heave to?" "Heave to!" ejaculated the astounded sklp(er. "Was that what you wanted! Good heaven, I thought you was aalutln' the American flag!" "Dlable!" shouted the officers In chorus and they set the case down as additional' evidence of the lunacy which they re garded as a necessary ingredient In the American character. Tbe Horse Will Stay. It Is nonsense to talk about "the elim ination of the horse." He is here to stay, and here to win aa great honors as any gained by racer or roadster la tbe past So long as men admire one of the most Intelligent one of the noblest of animals, so long will they ride the horse and drive the horse, and find 1 aest and pleasure to be gained In no other wsy. Tbe progress of Invention may bring Into vogue for a certain time and to a certain extent many a curious vehicle. Like tbe "wheel,'' tbe horse less carriage may find, indeed, some degree of lasting favor. But until all lovers of outdoor exercise shall be pu ddly content to be mere motormen will tbe horse continue to find, year after year, his full quota of warm and appreciative admirers on the road. Boston Globe, f aafce Hypnotises a Cat Lewis Coolman, a prominent butcher of Somerset, Ohio, upon returning from a trip la the suburbs, saw a cat soma distance from a dwelling looking in tently at aome object He became so interested In the feline's strange na tions that he hitched his horse, and then discovered that the eat seemed rooted to tbe spot by a Urge black snake, which was coiled, and with Ita bead erect looking Intently at the eat which had been charmed or hypnotised. Mr. Coolman secured a club and struck the snake, and aa ha did so the eat fall aa If It had been struck. The nasi sec ond It waa on Its feet running la great fright toward the dwelling. iT f-f It la peculiar how soundly a sua sleepe when Ma wtfa crawls over alas on her way to the kitchen to asaka a are. ... -... ... 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