TOHC3 OP THE TIUE8.
A CMOtCS CCLCCTtON OT INTCR.
UTINQ ITEMS.
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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
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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
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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.
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sleepe when Ma wtfa crawls over alas
on her way to the kitchen to asaka a
are. ... -... ...
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poaraat people eaa buy aad aw taeaa,
aa the richeat eaa Nrasw aad kao
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