HEAL RURAL READING
WILL SC FOUND IN THIS DE
PARTMENT. Two Valuable New Varieties of Toaaa-
toee Cheap Breeding Honae for
Poultry Convenient Farm Wgo
Treee Tapped More than Once.
New Tomatoea.
Hardly any other vegetable is as vari
able in its character and foruj as the
tomato. Changes are going on con
etautly, new varieties are coming to the
from, and old one disappear from the
seed lists. Among the uiotit promising
varieties of this year's introduction is
the Crimson Cushion, Introduced by
C KIM SOX CUSHION TOMATO, THOKJIVKS,
KW TOBK.
Peter Henderson St Co., New York,
who consider it the earliest large to
mato. It belongs to the Ponderosa
da, but Is a divided Improvement
over its first representative. It Is more
symmetrical in shape, thieV-r through
from Htem to blossom end, frequently
almost globular. The color is brilliant
scarlet crimsou, untinged with purple,
and ripens up completely to the stem.
It is almost seedless, flesh firm, meaty,
and of the liest tiuality. Tomato, Thor
burn New York, introduced by James
M. Thorburu & Co., is a sport of the
Acme. As will be seen from our illus
tration. It differs In form from all other
varieties, being hexagon shaped, and
unusually deep. Its color is deep red,
with a purplish tint, and It is alto
gether handsome and unique.
The Height of Grape Trelllaea.
Trellises are built much higher In
this country than they are in Europe.
We get our Ideas of what the grape
vine needs by seeing the wild fines in
woods climbing to the top of high
trees and bearing their best fruit at the
highest point. American grape vines
require more room than is usually giv
ea them. In Europe the vineyards are
set In checks like our corn fields, with
four to live fee high, and each bearing
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tjtiiy a itn uuuvoejs ui uuii, . c in c
seen many grape vines, eaeh of which
covered a large trellis and bore two
to three bushels of fruit every year.
twn vines it ngntiy mauagea ana
pruned keep In better condition than
those that are restricted for room. In
most vineyards that we have seen, the
the vines were twice as far apart as
"they are,
w-"
Breed) as; Honae for Poultry.
Small breeding houses have come to
be considered almost a necessity upon
the average farm as well as In the
.yards of the fancier. The farmer has
learned that it is economical and much
more satisfactory to pick from his
flock the most promising pullets and a
well-bred male and place them In a
commodious yard with a snug little
house of their own. From this yard
will come all the eggs that can be used
for hatching. The eggs from hens hav
ing the entire range of the farm may
be disposed of in the general market
and used for household purposes.
The accompanyfug illustration is of
a small breeding house, which has
been In use for three years. It was
originally a large organ box and has
been made over somewhat. Very lit
tle extra material was needed to com
plete it. A half sash, tar paper, hinges,
book and staple, and a few boards
A SMALL BREEDING nOfSR.
picked up about the farm were all the
extras needed. This bouse accommo
dates in perfect comfort a pen of eight
or ten hens and a rooster.
Patience with Teama.
The quality of farm help is more
nearly tested by Ks ability to nianagd a
team without abusing it than by any
other one thing. The horse Is a sensi
tive, nervous animal, and if abused,
as it often Is, It soon becomes restless,
and finally otwtinate and vicious. A
great many horses are ruined fry the
poor quality of farm help, which Is now
so common. If better help cannot be
procured ft may be necessary to do as
1s done by Southern fanners, breed
mules, which will resent HI treatment
no promptly that they will be less like
ly to be abused than Is the horse.
Lass la Clover Knallasre.
iMtim nvhlrh cauapa f lie loaa with
Hw-. mww"W
if "2ag la tbat clover la a rath
r Hl ill a4ant, say the Indiana
Experiment. Cation, and often be, ta
la the all to a bign degree, wnleh caus
a tt ptaataQoff of a large amount of
Btevfaotiac, mack the Mint aa ocean
la a pUe of bora manors r at loaat that
1MB Mm m wpartaaca la aoaCMag It.
If atZUJmt war ho vsa. Koa H,
t3ta atfct la radweaw ait Mm saaCaaa la
awwrroi. It wfil ha faoaaaary far
the person filling the silo to watch pret
ty carefully, and If the temperature
rise above 135 degrees, to keep water j
well poured on the surface. I da not!
think that any injurious result will
arise from the application of water.
We have ensilage here, and have re
ceived no results other than beneficial
ones.
Feeding Corn
Corn is one of the foods that are too
rich in the heat and fat producing
elemeuia, says the Ohio Farmer, it
needs something that contains more
of the bone and muscle-forming ele
ments to make It a good ration. Now,
the scientist tells us that the excess of
r-91 rtwili vif nue will te iTor.l no in flirt
system as fat. This is. In a measure,!
true. But all of us common hayseed I
know that in practice. If an animal
be fed an exclusive corn dit-t, the stor-
lug-up process goes right oa ;ill rigiit
for a time. Then the appetite become
clogged, there Is a discouraging check
in growth, and the auimnl take. an un
thrifty aplteuraucf.
Something besides corn sh.jusl beVJ
as the grain ration, for the sake of
variety if for no other reason. KelUh
has a great influence on digesiion. and
an animal will not cut with a good rel
ish when fed on a single food for auy
great length of time.
Vary the Diet of Cows,
Milk is corni)sed of certain solids
and water, and. to produce it. we must
give a cow such foods as contain these
elements; that is. nitrogenous foods,
says the Connecticut Farmer. Those
which make fat will not produce milk,
nor are they of much value for umnur
ial purjsses. Another point: Ho not
make the mistake of giving every cow
In the herd the quantity or the same
formulated ration. One cow will re
spond in milk, another will not; one
will digest it ail. another will not And
still another point: (live the cow. If you
possibly can. a variety. She relishes
a change, and. If it Is a proper one, will
do better for it. None of us want pie
at every meal, although the pie be ever
so good; so with the cow, she likes
an occasional change In her diet. Give
It to her.
Low Farm Waarone.
An enormous amount of force Is wast
ed in loading material into high farm
wagons. It is fortunate that this truth
Is being discovered and lower gears are
put into use. The accompanying sketch
shows a convenient low farm wagon
commodious and light, but strong
enough to make loading a very easy
matter. The long body has a truss un-
der It to support the middle, the chains
being attached well under the body at
the front, to avoid the wheels In turn
ing. Side and end pieces can be put
upon such a body, and a wagon lox
made If needed. Let the wheels tie not
only low, but let them have broad rims,
so they will not cut Into the land when
hauling loads across the fields.
Tapping Treea Twice.
When the tapping of maple trees was
done with an axe, chopping a gash in
the maple and fixing a spout to con
duct the sap to the bucket, a few sea
sons sufficed to so scar the tree as to
greatly Injure Its future growth and
value. And after all, less sap was
procured by this method than by those
now used, which scarcely make a scar
at all. A half-Inch bit, boring into the
tree at a slight angle above horizontal,
will gather the sap best. It Is not un
common, to put two or even three spouts
into some of the l-st trees. If the
spouts are withdrawn anil the boles are
tilled, a healthy tree will grow over
the wound in a year or two, so as tc
leave a very small scar. . ,
Wheat in Drills.
Nearly all winter wheat is now sown
by the drill. There are many advan
tages In this method of putting in the
crop over broadcasting. Not the least
of these is that it affords so good op
portunity to drill mineral fertilizers in
contact with the seed where they will
greatly stimulate 11 a early growth.
But the most important advantage is
that the drill leaves the wheat In a hol
low where it can be slightly protected
agaitwt all but the severest freezes.
The ridge each side of It is mellowed by
the frowt. and when rains come H W
washed down over the wheat roots.
This is greatly helped by harrowing the'
wheat early in the spring so soon us the
ground Is dry enough.
Low Tops for Fruit Treea.
The increasing prevalence of high
winds has much to do with making
fruit growers favor the heading out
of fruit trees near the ground. There Is
great loss of fruit when the trees are
high headed, and it Is also much more
difficult to gather without Injury. As
for the old practice of training the high
head, so that teams used In plowing
and cultivating can be driven under the
branches, It is very rarely followed
now. The orchard ought to le culti
vated only when young. After it gets
Into bearing, seed It and pasture with
sheep or swine, also adding mineral fer
tilizers every year.
Pampering Young Pigs.
The young pig should have enough
feed to maintain thrift, but be should
not be fed aa If he were being fatten
ed. The digestion of young pigs la
weak, and If overfed at this time, es
pecially with corn, they will become
stunted and never prove profitable an
imals. The feed for young pigs should
not be concentrated. Olve them a
mall proportion of grain and wheat
middling a, with enoagk milk and dish
water to distend their stomachs and
kaa thsir diaavtioa la goad condition.
A nta- akoaM ba atehl of Him ntoatha
old before tt will b saft ta faad It 1
fccarllT with core.
COSVISIBST tOW FARM TBCCK.
NOTES ON EDUCATION.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PU
PIL AND TEACHER.
Daily Practical Training la Manaera
I'm of the Hek tngraph in Bchool
Claaaea Should Bit Near the Teacher
Good Drill on Soonde.
Practical Training In Manners.
Afvk the children daily to tell what
opportunity they have Improved of
buing kind and polite.
The teacher should remark on any
Improvement shown by the pupils, and
eaJ I'uiiW " lk ,l- 11 u wel! t0
to Talk without restraint.
so aa to obtain their rl opinions. Tact
will be needed to ward off a feeling of
self -gratuWt ion or eonc!t, which may
otherwise be brought out when pupils
tell of their own polite acta.
ImpresN pujwls wirh the Idea that
good manners is one of the subjects
purauvd In the schools, and that It will
help them in life, and that practice
shows progress In this particular
! brauch.
Without miug to demand It, teach
ers should lead children to offer theiu
any service that is not menial. Such
attentions as disponing of wraps, um
brellas, etc., fetching them when need
ed, picking up things accidentally drop
ped, handing crayon, eraser, etc., lift
ing or moving things, offering a chair,
helping to put thing In their places at
the close of school, should be rendered
to teachers by pupils. If, at first. In or
der to make children see what offices
are proper the teacher must ask for
them. It should be as one would ask an
equal, and not a servant; and any ser
vice . rendered should be most, politely
acknowledged.
The oUler children should be made
to understand the propriety of assum
ing some responsibility over the young
er. Tbbt la ahnuHt universally prac
ticed In school where "busy work" is
done, when the older puplla help to dis
tribute materials for such work, and to
assist In its execution. They ahould
akso insist those who need aid In put
ting on or taking off wraps, overshoes,
etc. Children should understand that
girls need not assist girls and boys,
toyg, but that help should be offered
and accepted, as is convenient
Pupil should be trained to receive
ami entertain those who come to visit
the scowl. They should entertain as
politely In a schoolroom as In a parlor.
When visitors come, a pupil ahould an
swer the bel!, politely invite the com
pany to enter, flud them comfortable
seats, take their wraps If they wish to
dUpoae of them, and offer any other at
tention the occasion may seem to de
mand. To do this properly at the ttme
tmplins previous training pupils act
ing as visitors. In rhl aa In other
things, officiousness on the part of pu
pils should he guarded aalnst. Give
opportunities to all pupils In tarn to
show these attentions.
In the discipline of the school, when
children have bad training In food
manners, the queatlon "Is this politer
wilt oftentimes prove more effectual
han a severe reprimand. This baa
been detnonst rated by actual experi
ence, even In schools difficult of control.
North Carolina Teacher.
Do Not simplify Ton Much.
We do not lelieve that in order to
make the school work pleasant to the
pupil everything must te made easy.
The healthy child likes a sugar plum
occasionally, but does not want all his
food sugar coated. It Is not easy play
that Is attractive to the robust boy. He
spurns It, and chooses that which calls
forth all his power. He delights in the
consciousness of physical iower. Ko,
too. there Is a Joy in the severest men
tal effort, If it be but rightly directed
and successful. Every true teacher
must ha ve watched with keen satisfac
tion the play of the child mind as shad
owed ou the countenance. Me delights
to mark the clouded face, the downcast
eye, while the struggle for the mastery
of some uncomprehended sentence or
problem is going on, and to see thest;
quickly give place to the flushed check.
the shiulng forehead, ana the hashing
eye, which tell of victory achieved. One
aim of the wise teacher will be to de
velop this sense of power In the child.
He will seek not so much to remove
obstacles out of the way as to teach the
young thinker how to meet and over
come them, Educational Journal.
The Hektoarrnph.
The problem of furnishing aupplomeu
tary reading matter to the voracious
mind of the "young Ideli" of to-day, hi
mot easily solved by the use of this
simple medium of reproduction, which
Is cheaper than any of the other
"graps" or "styles" on the market
Moreover, It can be made by any
toacher for the rifling coat of 75 cents:
Kequired:
1 pint of glycerine Ji5
4 ounces gelatine , .20
1 tin pan 8x12. 20
Total cost 75
Dissolve the grtntlne In a pint of cold
water. Then add the glycerine. Put
upon the Move, stirring that It may
not burn. When it comes to a boil pour
In a shallow tin pan to cool. Beware
of air bubbles and you will have a
fuuowth, hard, sticky surface. A shal
low caramel pan with upturned edges
la lust what Is desired In the way of a
pan. Eight by twelve Indies, the sug
gested dimensions, correspond wKh
those of the blocks of unglazed paper
old for the hektograph.
Directions: Use hectograph Ink and
a coarse at ub pen. Hee that every stroke
of the pen snows a green metallic I us
tor when dry, ease the work will not
'Hake." Write or print the reading
matte- to be used and when tue Ink la
quit dry lay the anaet face dowa upoa
the iMMoarapa. Proas gently over aba
whole aarftvn wlm tbs band or a am
cloth. After from two to five mi notes
according to the Donrber of eopiaa 6
siredj gently pl the psfwr off. from
tha impraaaton thus niada, reproduce
all the tuples required, laying one absaf
of paper on the surface at a Uu.
The lack of suitably graded reading
matter is a swurco ui great anxiety to
the teaetr scUL In spite of the numer
ous supplementary readers published
almost daily. In fact, the problem is
so purely Individual that material va
ries with almost every school. But
equipped with a haktograph a teacher
may gather In every field, and where
other resources fall she can originate
her own stories and multiply her effort.
The rtwding matter which thus passes
through the hands of the children cau
hardly be measured, and there Is no
limit to the culture obtained by contact
wirh the bt our best men and women
have said, on all the varied subjects of
the modern courte of study.
So at the risk of purple fingers
which may be easily cii-aused with
pumice stone make yourself a bekto
graph and there will le one burden the
hs, as the horror of scarcity of read
lng matter rolls from your shoulders.
Elizaiieth V. Brown, in the School
Journal.
The Theoretical Boy and the Heal Hoy
A few days ago I heard a teacher
giving her exjM-rience In trying to util
ize a suggestion found iu a school Jour
nal. She said:
"I read in one of my papers a piece
entith'd 'One Teacher's Successful
Management of a Difficult Case.' It
told how a teacher, who had in her de
partment a disorderly boy of nineteen,
won him over to docility by kindness.
His teacher brought all the love and
tenderness of her vehement nature to
bear on the lad. One day, the boy cre
ated a great disturbance atid also made
a failure of every realtutlou throughout
the entire morning. At noon, the teach
er mildly requested him to remain
where he was, anil complete his unfin
ished tasks, which he refused to do,
marching from the rooni with the oth
ers at the signal of dismissal.
The teacher went to til in as he stood
with his comrades In the yard, and
sweetly asked, "Haven't you forgotten'
something, Harry?" The boy hung his
head In shame and was about to return
to his sent, when he was Informed that
it wasn't necessary and was requested
to go home. Me reluctantly departed,
returning the following morning, and
with twars of penitence besought the
pardon of the teacher and the school.
Well, I had a rough disorderly boy
In school. I asked him to finish neglect-
ed work, which, aa In the ease noted,
he refused to do. I took the next step,
and told him to keep his seat while the
others enjoyed their Intermission; he
left with the rest. I started to him aa
he was enjoying himself with his play
mates.
"Here my program began to vary
from the original. My boy did not dis
play symptoms of remorse and shame.
He yelled lustily and ran from me. To
overtake him was Impossible, so I call
ed to him In as sweet a tone as In my
breathless state I could muster, "Did
you not forget something. Freddlef
The fellow stopped, turned and stared
In open-mouthed astonishment a mo
ment, then called back 'None of your
busluessT 'I guess you'd better go
home,' I called after htm, Just as his
white hair and ragged bat disappeared
around a distant curve in the road.
'Well, my boy didn't return In peni
tence and tears next day, but his moth
er came instead, and what a terrible
time I had with her. Her unkind re
marks still haunt my memory. Freddie
never came back. I lost considerable
Influence and reputation on account of
this unfortunate episode
'If I had uot subscribed for and read
that school Journal In which I found
the story about Harry I would have
avoided the trouble with Freddie. .1
have made up my mind to lei my sub
scriptions all run out, and after this
paddle my own catire."
The teacher who discoursed as aiwive
has one Important lesson to learn. The
ories are general, but the art of teach
ing must vary with Individuals, and
each case should lie treated ou Its own
merits. What Is taught hi normal
schools. Institutes and educational pa
per should be digested and adapted,
not "swallowed whole," do or aptiil.
Mary A. Carver, in the Western
Teacher.
As Good aa a Game, ,
As good as a game to the lowest class
Is a lesson ou changing words. It Is a
good drill on the sounds, and may le
used with advantage occasionally.
The class Is, of course, at the black -iKWtrd,
chalk and brush on the ledge for
use, and every pupil should try and be
able to make the change, as soon as the
word Is mentioned. Hands may be
raised to denote their readiness.
Suppose the word top be taken ns a
beginning. The teacher says, "Change
It to stop." l.'p go the hands at once.
One scholar Is selected to make the
change. If be does It correctly, the
hands go down again, "Change, to
shop" Is the next problem, then shod,
shed, and so It goes on through, bed,
bad, bat, sat, slat, slap, steep, creep,
screen, etc.
A second plan consist In the teacher
making the change, while the children
recognize and tell ber the word.
A seat exercise may also lie given by
starting with a word such as mil, or
roan, and changing only one letter at a
time. Make as many words as posxllile.
Hhortea Up Your Hope,
Let your classes sit near you. I
would have every pupil Iu my class sit
within reach of my hand If possible.
Attention, like the force of gravity, va
ries Invsrsely aa the square of the dis
tance. Whenever I see a teacher try
ing to boar a recitation from a pupil
twenty feet away from ber I want to
say, "Hborten up your ropa and your
load will pull mora easily." That la
good physics and metaphysics -Ei-change.
TOPICS OF THE TI M ES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
aats mm Crtttciaau Baaed Caws
the Baspealags of tha Day Mle
tortcal and Newa .Notre.
A wise man, being asked bow old he
was. replied, "1 am In health;" and te
Ing asked how rich he was, said, T am
not In debt."
There are some faults slight tn the
sight of love, some errors slight iu the
estimate of wisdom; but truth forgives
no insult and endures no stain.
The fact that Ureat Britain has sent
a statement of her case to the Vene
zuelan Commission Is pretty good evi
dence that Lord Salisbury is getting
ready to swing himself over to the sldo
of arbitration. '
The ideals that we hold, the pnr
jkiscs that we cherish, are but steps In
the ladder of life. There are as many
alnive as la-low them; and It Is a far
smaller matter to stand tilin any par
ticular one than It Is to know that we
are steadily pursuing the upward path.
Canada, which is trying all sorts of
schemes to attract settlers, is now con
sidering one to deport the Armenians
to its northwest territory, but It will
not work. Three Governments Tur
key, Russia and Great Britain are in
tended In keeping the Armenians
where and as they are.
The new steerable balloon on trial in
the German army rises to an altitude
of over half a mile with a lond of two
tuns, and can slay up a week without
throwing out ballast or losing gas. The
silk of which It Is made Is coated with
a. secret preparation, rendering it ab
solutely gas-tight. In case of future
hostilities, no war department will lw
complete without a bureau devoted to
new Inventions.
The astonishment aroused In Japan
by the report that our crack naval ves
sel, the Olympla, had been easily
passed at sea by the Emprea of India
is absurd. A very little reflection
would show that a war vessel on an or
dinary cruise does not waste coal In
trying to make a speed record. It would
lw as ridiculous for a war vessel to go
at full speed while cruising as It would
le for a passenger carrier like the Em
press of India not to go at full speed.
We all of us very often forget that. If
tendencies to physical ailment are
often Inherited, so are tendencies to
various forma of wrong-doing. The
misconduct and Ignorance of our an
cestors are visited upon us In both
physical and moral defects. Just as ours
will be visited upon our children's chil
dren. In both departments also there
are circumstances and conditions over
which we have had no control which
have largely contributed to make us
what we are.
The blow which Fitzslmmons landed
on Maher's Jaw was a savage one, but
It was not severe enough to prevent the
vanquished man Indulging In the pet
weakness of the modem pugllst. He Is
using his lame Jaw now to declare that
the blow was a chance one and that he
was not In proper condition to fight He
may be right on Iwth points. He cer
tainly is on the last. The" result shows
that he wa In no condition to light;
and it Is a great pity that he Is now In
condition to talk.
What a gift some cople have of find
ing fault! Praise anything, no matter
what, and they will always confront
you with a "but." It really seems to
hurt them when you take pleasure lu
admiring anything, and they hasten to
take you down a peg. Sometimes they
do this liecause they think such a
course argues an experience and ob
servation wider and more fastidious
than your own: but more often it Is Just
a petti lan l habit, springing from envy
or jealousy, for which the offender
richly deserves to have his nose pulled.
tS a preventive to his turning it up in
future.
In the Arkansas Stafe penitentiary Is
a young man who ought to be outside
the walls of that Institution. He only
entered It the other day, but even a
day of residence therein Is too long a
period of confinement for such a per
sou as he seems to lie.. Convicted of
grand larceny In Clay County, he
Journeyed nlue from the Clay County
court house to Little Hock n distance
of more than two hundred miles and
delivered to the authorities there the
official papers which set forth his
crime and his sentence and which of
course secured Tor him instant admis
sion to the penitentiary. The precise
nature of his offense Is not stated, but
any young man this one is nliout nine
teen years of age who will keep faith
under such circumstances is deserving
of U'tter treatment than a year's so
journ In a penal Institution. If that
young ninn has half a chance he will
n mount to something.
At a sale of uiiclalfiiiHl goods In a
storage warehouse In Hun Francisco a
man realized nlsiut ( 1,HI on an invest
ment of I10.WJ. Among the goods put
up for sale were eight ordinary pack
ing boxes. They were offered Just as
they were, contents unknown, as la
usual In such cases. A man named
Bclasco liought seven at (1.50 apiece.
The boxes had Iwen stored for Iwenty
years by an Australian merchant who
had a branch bouse In Kan Francisco.
This man, whose mime waa l,eetch,
died In Melbourne, and no claim was
ever made for bis boxes. Helasco took
tbs boxes borne and opened them. The
flrat contained an old-fashioned leather
port man tea n, and the flrat tblag he
found la It waa a wallet fall of old
coins, which he subsequently sold to
a dealer for liVi. In the next box waa
$.- In failed States gold coin; la an
other, some valuable Jewelry; In an
other, a lot of valuable books. 0 or
more In all. and lu others, rare .tamp,
carvings, and other curl.. Altogrt ber
he realized or will realize. alsut f l.UW
on hi speculation. After cluing the
first l,x be hurried out after the man
mho bought the eighth Is.x in the lot,
but could uot find him.
The sentence pas-d iin Miwi Eliza-Is-!
h Flagler, the young woman who
f hot a colored boy who was tresislnf
uisiii her father's premiM-s ' W"
Ingtou. Is by no means calculated to be
get confidence in the law and methods
of administering JnMl.-e. The In.y who
was shot was attempting to steal a
I-ar and f-r this trifling offense M
i.-i.,i.. o.v-or.lh.i- to the story, flew In
to "an ungovernable paMou" and fired
a revolver at him. The kbt "hap
lM.ned" to ! fatal. Tuesday the cae
brought to trial. The obliging
court o-tiwl earlier than usual In order
that the aristocratic prisoner might es-caiK-
publicity and after a short con
versation, in which all parties 1-K-ame
highly sympathetic, the young woman
was sentenced to a Hue of $"i and
three hours lu Jail. At the jail Ui
young woman was received as a g-icst
in the matron's room and at chat tine
with her friends, while a watchful at
tendant eyed the clock to we that she
was not forc.il to remain more than the
stipulated 1 minutes. It is Just such
sentences as this that breed distrust Iu
the efficacy and Justice of the courts.
SPkhc the colored !' had lieeu tho
one who flew Into an "ungovi-riiabl
passion" and shot the girl. Would be
have been treated iu this fashion? If
i. i.,l r..i off with three years' In
carceration Instead of thr.-e hours In
Jail, It would have tw-eii Is-cauae tne
court had consideration for his ex
treme youth. The sentence whs worse
than a farce. It was one of those de
liberate defeats of justice which create
suspicion as to the Integrity of the law
and encourage further wrongdoing.
As it stands to-day, any Washington
young woman with a bad temper who
sees tit to wreak vengeance upon a
mischievous Iniy by killing him has the
comforting prospect that she may do
so at the expense of a few of her
father's dollars and three hours' pleas
ant conversation In the simre best room
of the Jail.
The member of the American Antl
Tramp Hociety have a difficult task on
their hands If they are to aueeeeed In
ridding the country of the tramp nui
sance. The statistic of those who have
made tramp life a study show that out
of the whole uumtter of men who mak
It a practice to wander from town to
town subsisting ou charity a great pro
portion have adopted their vocation a
a permanent calling. They have be
come a thorough nomads a any gyp
sies. In other words, there ha been
time and opportunity In the last two
or three decade for the country to rear
a tribe of men who form a distinct
class organization and among whom
there are certain code and rules of con
duct which are as firmly established
as the rules governing the ordinary
amenities of more civilized life. Tho
tramp who subsist on cold "hand
outs" and rides on car trucks from city
to city has a separate status from the
tramp who makes a speclulty of warm
dinners and confines himself largely to
the country and small towns. These
professional vagabonds are tramps by
choice and luteutlou. Permanent work
and wages with food aud shelter are
uot what they want or will accept. The
Job which faces the tramp-removers
is nothing les than Ihe eradication of
an entire large army of iw-ople who
"work" at their own trade with an a
slduity which lx-speaks an Intense lik
ing for It. The fact that this army is
not compact makes It all the more diffi
cult to deal with. The anti-tramp so
ciety is right In thinking that ihe ouly
remedy lies In a concerted action un
dertaken In common throughout the
United Slates. Of the various experi
ments tried lu Europe some have been
reasonably successful, but there the
system of police aud military surveil
lance renders any plan much easier.
Here the only rem-dy must be one that
can be put In practice throughout tho
country. H Is not to hoped, either,
that any satisfactory results are to lw
achieved without long-continui-d effort.
One dose of compulsory work may
drive a tramp out of a community, btit
It Is uot going to reform him. He must
be made to understand from experteuea
that there is no room for him and no
chance for him anywhere unless he will
work.
Heed's Joke ou King ley.
Heveral years ago (say Moses P.
Handy). Mr. Heed aud Mr. Dlngley at
tended a dinner given by Iloswell P,
Flower, who whs then a member of
Congress. Mr. Heed is not a drinking
man. but takes a glass of wine when
he feels like It. Mr. Dlngley, a total
abstainer, was on this occasion the only
liiaii at Ihp table who eschewed the
lsittle. While conviviality wag at It
height. Mr. Dlngley was called from
the room for a moment. Mr. Heed no
ticed the absence of bis colleague, and
with great anxiety began looking un
der the table. "What Is the matter,
Heedr said the host. "I was looking
or I'lugicy, saia need, with a
per-
fcetly straight face.
In Japan.
Japanese auction are said to be con
ducted In tha following manner: Each
bidder at an auction write hi name
and bid on a slip of paper, which ha
puts In a box. When the bidding )
over, the 1kx Is oMned, and the goods
declared tbe property of the highest
bidder.
If men look a bad In thstr gag
robea aa they look la their night shtea
It will be tbe scarcity of them tbora
tbat will make heaven attractive.
