Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher
LOUP CITY, , - NEBRASKA
EYES HURT 3Y STRONG LIGHT
Intensity of Illumination a Bad Thing
for the Human Organs
of Vision.
A good deal has been heard of late
of the injurious effect of certain forms
of lighting on the eyesight; and our
comparative ignorance of what are
known as the ultra-violet rays of the
spectrum has made them an obvious
scapegoat. But it is equally likely
that human eyesight suffers from the
mere intensity of illumination which
is afforded by artificial light. In an
ordinary room in which the sun's rays
do not actually penetrate, the daylight
which filters iu is often as low as
one-tenth a candle-power for each
square inch of illuminated surface. It
may even be as little as one-huu
dredth, and certainly is no greater
than that, in the rooms of Queen Anne
houses where the walls are paneled
and the small windows have small
panes and heavy wooden frames. The
intrinsic brightness of nearly all arti
ficial lights is much greater than this
which accounts for the injurious ef
fects they produce on the eyes if lo
cated within the range of vision.
Only Two Fires in 70 Years.
The city of Cartagena, in the Re
public of Colombia, is one spot where
the business of being a fireman is no
great drain on the nervous system,
according to Joseph K. Duffy of San
Francisco, who spent some months ir
Cartagena.
“There have been two fires in Car
tagena in the last 70 years,” Mr. Duf
fy said. “One man who now is grow
ing old says his father remembers as
a small boy when a house in the town
was burned. That was an accident.
The other fire, which happened recent
ly. say about a dozen years ago. was
believed to have been of an incen
diary origin.
"But these fires did not destroy the
houses in which they happened, be
cause the houses are built of stone.
All that can burn is what is inside
This felicitous state of affairs Is as
cribed by some of the inhabitants to
the influence of San Pedro Claver. a
priest of Cartagena a couple of cen
turies back, who within the last ter.
years was made a saint.”
Played Before Mendelssohn.
Elghty-one and an organist still
and a woman at that! This old-age
prodigy—away back in the ’308 she
was an infant prodigy—is a London
er named Ellen Day, who, according
to M. A. P., still displays amazing
' igor and vitality. For seven and
twenty years she has been organist
°f Christ church, in the Westminstei
part of the English metropolis; be
fore taking this position she played
at another church in the same bor
ough for 18 years.
As a child she displayed her gifts
before Liszt, Mendelssohn, Chopin and
Queen Victoria. Mendelssohn, indeed
was so pleased with her playing ot
some of his compositions that he
wanted to take her to Leipsic and su
pervise her further musical education
there, but his offer was not accepted
This organ-playing octogenarian has
never married.
Keeping Time in Holland.
“Railroad time, as we generally un
derstand the phrase in the United
States, is a little ahead of the ‘town'
time, but in The Hague, the quaint old
capital of Holland, all private and un
official clocks and watches are kept
20 minutes fast,” said Gerald Wal
thall.
“When it is noon in the railway sta
tion, postoffice and other government
buildings of The Hague the timepieces
in the shops and the watches of the
sturdy burghers show 12:20 p. m. Just
what reason there is for this I don’t
know, although I asked enlighten
ment in many quarters. It seems a
custom that has been handed down
for generations, and the Dutch are too
conservative to change the ways ol
their progenitors without some migh
ty inducement.—Baltimore American.
'Twas Ever Thus.
The nurse was wheeling the child
along in the baby buggy. Two ani
mals also occupied the buggy. They
were stuffed. The child held one
tenderly in her arms. She cooed to
it. The other was strapped inertly
to the side of the buggy, without ca
ress, without cuddling, looking sadly
out on the weary world with wide
glass eyes.
The stuffed animal in the arms of
the child was a possum. The unca
ressed animal strapped to the side
of the buggy was a Teddy bear.
Would Have Home Course.
Mrs. Julian Heath presided at the
meeting which was held the other day
in New .York for the purpose of urg
ing the-creation of a federal bureau to
instruct mothers in the care of their
homes and families.
Jamaican Women Want Ballot.
The latest part of the world to be re
ported as making a commotion in fa
vor of giving women the ballot is the
British West Indies. In Jamaica the
other day the legislature killed the bill
enabling women to vote by the slen
derest of margins. Instead of being
discouraged, the women of Jamaica de
clare their willingness to fight a hun
dred years or longer for their rights.
Where Germans Lead.
The Germans are the world's great
est chemists.
Forests of British Columbia.
Official estimates state that in Brit
ish Columbia there is an area of forest
and wood land aggregating 285,554
square miles. All over this extensive
area are large sections, each of many
square miles, owned or leased by
American syndicates and controlled by
American capital. The available tim
ber area of Vancouver island alone
amounted to 8,000,000 acres.
Always a Popular Toy.
The boys of ancient Egypt played
with toy soldiers.
IS MADE BY DR. BESSEY OF THE
STATE UNIVERSITY.
“MADE IN NEBRASKA” CARDS
Superintendent Bishop Certifying to
County Superintendents Semi
Annual Apportionment.
'
In a letter to Deputy Commissioner
of Labor Maupin, Dr. Charles E. Bes
sey of the University of Nebraska
makes a suggestion that will be of in
terest to Nebraskans. Dr. Bessey sug
gests that at all future fairs, state and
county, the exhibitors of goodE manu
factured in Nebraska make the fact
known by attaching "Made in Nebras
ka" cards to all sucu exhibits. He
says that this custom is followed at
all of the fairs held in the Dominion
of Canada and believes that u could
be followed to great advantage in Ne
braska.
Dr. Bessey was led to make this sug- j
gestion by learning from the last bi- j
ennial report of the bureau of labor
and industrial statistics that Nebraska
manufacturing institutions turned out!
$151,000,000 worth of finished products!
in 190*, a large proportion of whit h
was made up from raw material fur-1
nished in Nebraska. Nine million del-j
lars were paid in wages to the work-1
ers in these manufacturing institu
tions. and to this enormous wage roll I
should be added the wages paid to;
workers in other than strictly manu
facturing plants—railroad men, print
ers. pressmen and other skilled work
men. The total wage roll would doubt
less exceed $20,000,000.
"Nebraska’s place in the agricul
tural world is well known and abso
lutely sure,” said Deputy Commission
er Maupin today. "Why not proceed
now to let the world know that we are
progressing along other lines of pro
ductive endeavor?" .
State School Apportionment.
State Superintendent Bishop is cer
tifying out to the various county super
intendents the semi-annual school ap-1
portionments. which amounts to a
total of $293,192.49, or $0.79272 for
each pupil, there being 309,855 school j
children enrolled during tne last si*
months.
One year ago the apportionment
amounted to $334.376.t>8.
The amount allotted to Douglas:
county, out of this apportionment this
year was derived from the following
sources: State tax. $2,381.49; interest
nn school and saiine lands soid, $90.- i
099.53; interest on school and saline
lands leased, $o<.308.64; interest on!
bonds. $117,301.43; interest on state
warrants. $12,866.65; from the sale of
fish and game licenses. $3,050; district
bonds. $134.98; final dividend from the
miffalo county bana, $o0.10.
Armory Funds Apportioned.
At a meeting of the state military
board the legislative appropriation for
armory rent for companies of the Ne
braska national guard was apportion-1
ed. The brigade headquarters, each.'
of the two regimental headquarters
and each of the two regimental bands j
is to have $100. Companies of the'
hirst regiment are to have $259 each;
with the exception of company L.
Omaha, which is to have $400 a year.
Company A at Kearney. C at Nebras
ka City, D at Fairbury and F at Lin
FIXING ASSESSMENTS.
Northwestern Case Deferred for a
Short Time.
The state board of assessment came
very near assessing the Northwestern
railroad, but owing to the fact that
Land Commissioner Cowles had been
called away from the meeting, an ad
journment was taken for a few days,
no action was taken on the motion
by Governor Shallenberger to increase
this roal $4,000 a mile.
The Northwestern is now valued at
$33,600 a mile, and the governor
moved that the valuation be placed
at $37,500 a mile. This motion was
seconded by Auditor Barton.
The motion was discussed infor
mally while awaiting the return of
the land commissioner. Treasurer
Brian said he was ready to vote for
the increase, but he had given the
railroads to understand that if the
road was to be increased he would
give the nianother opportunity to ap
pear and make further argument. For
this reason he was in favor of a delay.
The value of the Pullman company
was fixed at the same figure as last
year, $12,500 for the Standard cars
and $S,000 for the tourists. Auditor
Barton moved to value the Standard
cars at $15,000 and the tourists at
$10,000 and his motion was seconded
by the governor, but the other three
members of the board voted to leave
this corporation at its present assess
ment. The car companies were as
sessed at the same figure as last year,
though the mileage was reduced from
150 miles a day to 100, which will
boost the values somewhat. The total
valuation of the Pullman company
will depend upon the number of miles
these cars have rim in Nebraska. This
has not yet been figured.
In his talk for an increased valua
tion of the Northwestern the governor
called attention to the fact that the
Northwestern is assessed at $6,700 a
mile, while the Missouri Pacific is as
sessed $7,440 a mile; the St. Joseph
& Grand Island at $6,500 and the Rock
Island at $8,507. The Northwestern,
he insisted, was out of proportion to
the other roads, and therefore should
be increased. Treasurer Brian an
nounced that he would vote for the in
crease. though no figures had been
submitted to show that the road was
assessed too low.
May Have Dispensary.
The excise hoard is seriously think
ing of appointing an agent or drug
store to dispense liquor for medicinal,
sacramental and mechanical purposes
and grant a license to no other firm
or store. It is said to be the idea of
the board to permit whoever gets the
license to sell the stuff upon the state
ment of the purchaser that it is for
the purposes enumerated. So far.
however, no one has been appointed
and the police are still raiding places
and bringing in beer and boozers
under the law.
Fitting New Office Rooms.
The third floor of the state house
not otherwise used is being cut up in
to rooms for the use of the supreme
judges who have not already been pro
vided for. The State Railway com
mission has been given the use of the
senate chamber in which to care for
its work in discovering the physical
valuation of the railroads.
Premiums for Kid Corn Raisers.
The Nebraska State Board of Agri
culture is offering $150 in premiums'to
the boys under 1& years of age who
grow the greatest number of bushels
of corn to the acre during 1909. The
money is divided. $50 to first. $25 to
second.*$20 to third? $15 to fourth. $10
to fifth and $5 each to sixth to elev
enth.
Stock Judging Bui.'ding to Be Erected on Nebraska State Fair
Grounds.
coin, ah of the Second regiment, art
to have $300 each, while the two Oma
ha companies of this regiment, G and
I. are to have $400 each. Companies
B. H, K. L and M get $250. The sig
nal corps at Fremont Is given $250 and
the hospital corps at Lincoln gets $300
a year. This is the first apportion
ment.
Dr. Clark Threatens State Board.
Dr. A. W. Clark, head of the Child
Saving Institute at Omaha, has noti
fied the State o3ard of Public Lands
and Buildings that unless the , board
accepts as an inmate a child named !
Maxie, now in the Saving Institute,
he will turn loose the war dogs of1
publicity and gave tne facts to the
people of .the state. Dr. Clark gave
tae board until June 1 to get right.
Gift Goes Begging.
Lewis M. Seaver, secretary and
treasurer of the National Humane al
liance, has made a trip from New York
to Lincoln to find out whether or not
the people of Lincoln want the thou
sand dollar drinking fountain for ani-'
mals sent by the alliance more than'
a year ago. If it is not wanted here,
Mr. Seaver says that he will be very
glad to take it to South Omaha, where
it is wanted, and that he has more
than forty applicants on the waiting
list. The fountain has lain for a
year unpacked.
Called on Lincoun Long Ago.
Addison Wait, deputy secretary of
state, last week celebrated a birthday
by recalling that just torty-five years
ago, on his eighteenth birthday, he
called upon President Lincoln in the
White house and talked with him. Mr.
Wait’s company was at that time in
charge of Fort Whipple. He and four
companions secured a furlough and
went to Washington and called upon
the president. As he left them me
president remarked: “We are going
to wind this thing up soon, boys, end
you can go home."
Pioneers to Meet.
The Nebraska Territorial Pioneers
will hold the next reunion in this city
September*"6-7. The meeting will open
the evening of September 0 with a
memorial service held in honor of
deceased members of the organiza
tion. September 7 there will be a
picnic dinner at the state farm.
A Long Tramp.
Four young men attending school at
Wesleyan started on a BOO mile tramp
to Cascade. Col., located at the foot of
Pike's Peak. They are members of
the Y. M. C. A. and will attend the
summer conference of the different
Y. M. C. A associations of the middle
west which is to be held at Cascade.
June 8 to 16.
Club Test of Liquor Law.
The right of the excise board of the
city of Lincoln to enact and enforce a
rule prohibiting bona fide incorporated
clubs, organized for beneficiary or so
cial purposes, from incidentally fur
nishing liquors to their members, is
to be tested in the supreme court of
the state at the earliest possible date.
The case made up in district court
and which will be carried to the higher
tribunal as soon as the transcript can
be prepared, is that of the state
against John S. Gipson, president of
the Waiters’ club.
Suit Is Dismissed.
On the motion of the plaintiff and
at its costs, the slander suit for $60,
000 damages brought by the Wood
men Accident association against Sen
ator F. W. Bartos, was dismissed in
the district court. The association
brought suit on the ground that the
statements made by Senator Bartos
concerning the association, its officers
and its methods of doing business,
were not in the line of his duties as
a legislator, but were caused by per
sonal enmity and were slanderous in
| their nature.
NEBRASKA III BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Western Nebraska has of late . re
ceived some fine rains.
Hebron has taken steps to provide
a complete sewerage system.
Arrests in Kearney have been ma
terially lessened since the lid went on.
Weitkaaip's hardware store at Vv ins
low was broken into and about $100
worth of knives and cutlery taken.
Charles Jacobs, who escaped from
the penitentiary was captured by Mar
shall Goble near Prairie Home, and
brought back to prison.
Henry Bucholtz, a young farmer
living in the western part of Merrick
county, was adjudged insane at a
hearing of the the insanity board and
has been taken to the asylum at Hast
ings.
A requisition was issued for the re
turn of J. H. Storrs, alias .1. H. Mc
Carthy. The latter was arrested at
Seattle and is charged with the em
bezzlement of the funds of the Horn
estate.
*-ittie c.0win liranam, of Kremonr,
4 years old. was pulled out of a rain
barrel just in the nick of time. While
piaving on the back porch at the home
of H. A. Ward, the boy fell headfirst
into the barrel.
Although only one-half of the aver
age vote was polled for the proposed
issue of $100,000 bonds for the new
High school building at Hastings, the
proposition was defeated by a major
ity of votes.
Hutch Willard, who was being held
in the county jail at Chappell on a
charge of horse stealing, made his
escape. He was given his liberty for
a few moments, improving the oppor
tunity to make his get-away.
Norris Brown is preparing to re
open the Senator Brown residence in
Kearney. The daughters. Lucile and
Jane, are at the Nebraska university,
and will return to Kearney with Mrs.
Brown at the close of the school year.
The ease of State of Nebraska vs.
Frank Tomka for violation of an in
junction of the court was heard in
court at Madison. Tomka admitted
having violated the injunction alleged
and the court adjudged him guilty
and lined him $100 and costs
FtostolBce employes axe (planning
several interesting entertainments for
the postmasters of Nebraska, who
meet in Lincoln in their seventh an
nual convention June 8. 9 and 10. E.
R. Sizer, postmaster In Lincoln, Is
president of the organization.
In federal court at Uncoln James
Martin declared that he had been ar
rested and imprisoned in Nebraska
City merely because he "was a nigger
and had $f>00 in the bank" He is su
ing William Liebold and Otto Jensen
for damages to the extent of $11,000.
Details have been received of a
murderous assault on Dave Bailey, a
former Central City boy. in Seattle,
\vash. As a consequence of his be
ing mistaken for a wealthy citizen of
Seattle he was held up, robbed, choked,'
slugged, thrown into a lake and half
drowned.
Misses Gretcben Spencer and Miss
Vivian Rector, two young women of
Nebraska City, who have been in Chi
cago for the last three years preparing
themselves for the stage, have gone
to New York city to accept a position
with one of the leading companies,
which travel out of that city.
Deputy SherifT W. C. Condit, of
Dodge county* has his left foot cut off
at the ankle by a train at the Union
depot in that city, white trying to
save the life of Frank Kent, a young
man temporarily insane, who was be
ing taken to Lincoln for treatment.
Kent also had a leg taken off and sus
tained other injuries which will prob
ably prove fatal.
The recent heavy rain played havoc
with the dam of the Albion electric
light company, across the Beaver. The
dam was put out of commission last1
fall and the company installed a steam
plant to take .us place until repairs
could be made. The company last
winter expended thousands of donara
and a vast amount of labor to put the
dam in shape again and had just com
pleted its work.
The sanitary conditions of the meth
ods by handling cream In a large num
ber of receiving stations are of such
a nature as to require the attention
of the State Pure Food commission,
and an official notice has been sent
out by Commissioner Mains that
wherever conditions exist that will
render cream or milk unclean or un
wholesome, or where a sample of
cream or milk has been taken before
it has been thoroughly stirred, or
where any false or unfair test has
been made, the operator of such sta
tion w'ill be subject to prosecution
under the pure food law and his per
mit will be cancelled.
Twenty graduates will go out of the
High school at Oakland.
The board of education of Grand
Island has instructed a committee to
investigate the cost of a manual train
ing and domestic science department
and it is expected that the same will
be installed as part of the high school
curriculum for next year.
At the school bond election held in
Clay Center there were 149 votes for
and 33 against. The proposition Is
for $12,000 anti the proceeds will be
used to build a duplicate of the pres
ent structure, or rather to double the
size under one roof.
W. R. Rodgers, a sailor from the
battleship Nebraska, is in Kearney
visiting with friends, while his ship is
in dry dock undergoing repairs at the
Brooklyn navy yard. Rodgers was on
the recent cruise around the world.
The board of heauu of the city of
North Platte has promulgated rules
for the health of the community.
Among other things public drinking
cups are prohibited, stables must be
cleaned daily and manure put in fly
proof boxes or barrels, food jhall not
be displayed on sidewalks unless pro
tected from flies or dirt and rum
mage sales are prohibited.
THE SELECTION AND
TESTING OF SEED CORN
Method of Going Into the Field before Harvest Time ana
Selecting the Choice Ears—By Logan Owen.
Prize Winn ing Ears.
In obtaining seed corn from places
at a distance it is always best to se
cure It in the ear, because in this
form it can be picked over, judged
and all ears that are not suited for
planting may be thrown aside, while
if it is shelled no such selection can
be made.
The selection of seed corn by the
farmer from his own crop is generally
accomplished in one of three ways:
First, by picking out the seed after
the corn has been cribbed; second, by
selecting the best ears while gather
ing. and third, by going into the field
before harvesting time and selecting
the most desirable ears. Of these
three ways my experience has shown
the last to he the best, because a bet
ter selection can be made when that
is the only aim in view and when the
entire plant, and not simply the ear,
,an be considered. Whatever the
method, more seed than is really need
id should be selected, in order that
a second "weeding out" of the poor
est i ars just before planting may still
leave enough good seed.
On our, farm we have tried still
another method for obtaining the best
•eed corn—namely, to grow it in a
special plot of ground. We used the
following method: Take any number
of selected ears—say 50, for example
—and plant them in 50 separate
parallel rows, one ear to the row.
This makes it necessary for the plot
of ground to be at least 50 corn rows
wide, and it should be long enough for
the planting of about two-thirds of an
ear in each row. If possible, this
ground should be as far removed from
other fields of corn as can be, to pre
vent outside pollination. To further
protect from foreign pollen we have
round It a good plan to take the re
maining one-third of the selected corn
aud use it to plant a border around
the breeding plot. Before the pollen
matures every alternate row is detas
seled, to prevent self or close pollina
Two Best Ears.
tion; also any stalks in the rest of the
rows that are imperfect to a marked
degree in any way should be detas
scled.
All the seemingly good ears from
good stalks, in good position on the
stalk, should be gathered from the de
tasseled rows. Out of all these ears
first pick out the best ones for nest
year's breeding plot. From that re
maining the best ears can be selected
for next season's seed corn for the
main crop.
In regard to the type of ear to se
lect for seed the following points are
essential: The main object in view is
the production of as large a quantity
of grain to the ear as possible; the
ear should be cylindrical in shape,
about ten inches in length and
inches in circumference. Both ends
should be well filled out with large
kernels. The rows of kernels, as well
as the kernels themselves, should be
closely pressed together, in order thnt
the ear will be compact and solid.
Kach ear can be readily tested for
weight by weighing the entire ear
first and then the shelled corn ob
tained frorh it. The grain should con
stitute from 85 to 90 per cent, of the
whole ear. The kernels should be as
nearly uniform in size as possible, to
insure a good,even stand; they should
be wedged shaped.
The vitality of the corn should al
ways frays be tested. Improper dry
ing and storing away of seed corn
very often lowers the vitality of the
seed, but if it is thoroughly cured and
kept dry no injury is likely to take
place. We have found it a very satis
factory method to string the corn and
tie it up in the barn, provided it is
well covered. In the spring, before
planting time, every ear should be
tested, especially when there is any
doubt as to its vitality. We have a box ,
fixed for this purpose; it is four feet
long by three feet wnde by six inches
deep. We have bored holes through
the sides two inches from the bottom
and 2‘-2 inches apart; through these
holes we have stretched fine wire,
noth lengthways and crossways, thus
dividing the box into 2%-incb squares.
At one end these rows of squares are
numbered: along one side the squares
in each row are numbered. When
ready to test the corn, we get enough
moist, rich dirt to fill the box up even
with the wire; next we number the
ears to be tested. For example, the
first ear is marked ear one, row* one;
the next, ear two, row one. When we
have enough for the first row, the
first ear in the second row is marked
ear one, row two, and so on. When
the ears are all numbered, take four
or five grains from different parts of
each ear and plant them in the square
with the corresponding number. In
this box we can test about 275 ears at
one time. Of course, the box can be
larger or smaller, as the case may de
mand.
MAKING MONEY
RAISING SKUNKS
How the Animals Are Bred and
Why their Breeding Profitable..
Skunk farming is becoming an im
portant industry in some parts of the
United States, and yet the man who
suggested it was regarded as mentally
unsound. To-day there are hundreds
of such farms on a paying basis.
The average skunk produces a
quart of oil and the fur or skin always
brings a good price, fashion regu
lating the value. At the present time
the skins which are the most valuable
are the darker ones. A pure black
skin is worth from $1.25 to $2.50, ac
cording to the quality and size; a
striped skunk skin brings in the mar
ket about 50 or 60 cents, while those
with a part stripe are worth in the
neighborhood of a dollar.
It has been figured out that a man
who understands skunk farming can
begin on 20 skunks. 15 females and
five males, and in a few years he can
have a healthy bank account. It is
not difficult to calculate how rapidly
these 20 skunks will increase in num
ber. Say you begin work early in the
fall and that in December they breed.
At once you have an increase of 120
skunks, putting the average of each
litter at eight. In June they breed
again, and if the same ratio of in
crease be kept up, at the expiration
of a year and a half you will have
7.495 skunks.
Put the pelts at one dollar each, the
pelts of 200 male skunks would bring
$200; the oil at 50 cents an ounce
would be worth $800. Then figuring
as was done on the increa.se in
skunks, at the expiration of a year
and a half you could kill 3,700 male
skunks, the pelts of which would be
worth that many dollars.
The amount of oil gathered from
this number would be 29,600 ounces,
worth just $14,800. At the expiration
of four years you would have killed
1.890.000 males, the pelts of which
would be worth $1,890,000, and the oil.
15.120.000 ounces, worth $7,560,000.
And you would still have 3,700,000
skunks left!
It is not surprising that skunk
farming is being taken up throughout
the country, and if it was possible to
deodorize the skunk the industry
would be even more popular.
Dry Potatoes for Food.—According
to the Magdeburgische Zeitung, Consul
Frank S. Hannah says that the recent
experiments in the drying of potatoes
under the auspices of the imperial in
terior department has had such good
results that a new and important field
of activity may be offered for the Ger
man farmers.
The potatoes are reduced by this
process to about one-quarter of their
original weight and can be kept in
good condition in this compressed
form for an indefinite length of time.
The military authorities have made
thorough experiments with this prod
uct and have become convinced that
its nutritious value is fully equal to
that of corn, and that the dried pota
toes can take the place of one-third of
the former ration or oats.
Seed Bed for Hay.—One of the prime
essentials in growing a root crop of
any kind is to have a good seedbed.
The land should be rich in potash and
lime, with large quantities of available
nitrogen. This holds good with all
root crops, with possibly the exception
of the sugar beet. Cultivation should
begin with the ylowir£
Plant Investigation.—The bureau of
plant industry, a branch of the depart
ment of agriculture, has been quite
successful during the past season in
breeding a wilt-resisting watermelon.
Wilt is a serious disease in the melon
belt, entire fields being destroyed. The
bureau has developed a thoroughly re
sistant variety which was grown last
season on 15 acres of infected land.
It has been demonstrated by the bu
reau that the gumming fungus or shot
hole disease of the peach can be en
tirely mastered by proper Bordeaux
spraying. On the Pacific coast this is
the worst of the peach diseases.
Farm Co-operation.—Farmers are
adopting the plan of exchanging work,
and I think it is the best thing that
ever happened, as they get to know
each other better and the different
ways of working are brought out.
Farmers should grow more children.
Farmers’ Families.—It is estimated
that there are about 7,000,000 farmers’
fr.milies in the United States to-day,
taking the word farmer In its broadest
sense, and including all families living
in the open country.
Many men who start toward sin
cess never get there because they
stop on the road to accept to > many
congratulations.
NOT A MATTER OF LOYALTY.
Simple But Insuperable Reason Why
Subject Could Not Kneel
Before His King.
One fancies that few types of men.
can. from time to time, have afforded
royalty more amusement of a quiet
sort than provincial mayors of Kng
land. •From the Foreland to Pen
zance," by Clive Holland, contains the
story of a mayor of Weymouth who.
during one of the visits of King
George to the town, was destined t>>
afford ‘comic relief" to a ceremony of
some importance.
The occasion was the presentation
of an address of welcome to the king,
and we are told that the mayor, on ap
proaching to present it, to th • aston
ishment and dismay of all, instead of
kneeling, as he had been told to do,
seized the queen's hand to sh tke it
as he might that of any other lady.
Col. Gwynne, the master of the cere
monies, hurriedly told him if the
faux pas, saying: "You should have
kneeled, sir."
• "Sir, 1 cannot," was the rep!/
"Everybody does, sir," hotly asserted
the colonel.
The mayor grew red, and evidently
much upset, exclaimed: “Confound .*,
sir. but I've got a wooden leg."
History records that "a smile suf
fused the face of her majesty, and th*
king laughed outright.”—Youth's Com
panion.
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if tii ■ right
Starch were used. In order to g’t the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects th*> wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou
ble can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
Quite True.
Marian, a little three-year old is
very stubborn. One day, when she
was fretful, her mother, wishing to
engage her mind, attracted h«r atten
tion to a cow in a vacant lot and asked
what it was.
Marian replied, "hoss" (horsel and
stubbornly refused to give in Her
mother, wishing to get a correct an
swer without scolding, asked What
eats grass besides a horse?" "More
boss," was the quick response.—De
lineator.
Household Hint.
“Do you know how to use a chafing
dish?”
“Yes.” answered Mr. Sirius Rarker.
“I have some novel ideas on the sub
ject."
“What are they?”
“The best way I know of to use a
chafing dish is to punch a hole in
the bottom of it, paint It green and
plant flowers ?n it.”—Washington
Star.
Starch, like everything els;*. is be
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market ill yerrs
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery—Defiance Starch—all
injurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap
proached by other brands.
Athleticism Extraordinary.
“Why,” said the first athletic blast
er, “every morning before breakfast I
get a bucket and pull up 90 gallons
from the well.” "That’s nothing." re
torted the other. "I get a boat every
morning and pull up the river."—Unl
versalist Leader.
Succinct.
Justice O'Halloran—Have you any
children, Mrs. Kelly?
Mrs. Kelly—I hov two living an’
wan married!—Judy.
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