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ynco/r CAKV&Z mras © Jg&lR. 1 *"** _ 5W^ HE position of general man ager of the biggest railroad in the country, or the biggest manufacturing plant, or the biggest mercantile establish ment. would sink into insignif icance when compared to any of a score of positions in the government service at Wash ington that have just been filled by the new administration. These big jobs, nearly every one of which has to do with the well-being of millions of the people and carries with it greater responsibility than all civil life can ' parallel, pay. on the average. $5,000 a I year. Quite naturally a five-thousand- j dollar man is not big enough for such i a job. So the appointive power | throws out the dragnet for men big enough for the given task who place public service above profit, or who regard the distinction of a federal of fice as compensation, or who are men of parts despite the fact that they may not have yet gained such financial standing as to make a hundred dol lars a week look unattractive. Have a look at some of these jobs, says W. A. DuPuy, In the Philadelphia Record. j Indian Commissioner. Take, for instance, the commission er of Indian affairs. That official is in j reality the administrator of a great j estate. This estate is valued at $900. <>00.000. It is the biggest estate in I the world. There are .300.000 heirs . to it. They are mostly, in the eyes of j the law. minor heirs and the estate j must be managed for them, their ■ moneys must be collected, must be ta-! ken care of, must be distributed. Not ! only this, but each of the individuals in the 300.000 must t>e carefully look ed after. He must be kept healthy. | He must be given the advantages of ; schooling. He must be led toward self- | supporting manhood. He must be given the rights of manhood whenever ' he proves himseir fit. The man who is responsible for the administration of so huge an estate i should be a man of unimpeachable character and of many parts. It fell to Secretary Lane of the department of 'he interior, to find such a man. He dragged the country for the individual ■ of just the right qualifications and ex perience. Finally he settled upon Cato I Sells of Cleburne. Texas, for the post. I Mr Sells was not a candidate for the , post, but was appointed only after special agents of the department had looked into every step in his career with the idea of determining whether ' or not he was the right sort of man [ to handle one of the most try ing posts in the government service. Chief Patronage Dispenser. Over in the postoffice department Is , a man who is in the very midst of appointing 62.(i00 postmasters. In ad dition to this be is the chief of staff of an army of 66.000 clerks and letter , carriers. In addition to this he is the I superintendent of 60,000 postoflices and has the control of the policies that govern them. And still in addi- ; tion to this he has direct charge of the ; development of the parcel post, which Is attempting to carry packages for a hundred million people. Altogether no mean job This man is Daniel C. Roper, first assistant postmaster general. The sixty two thousand postmasters who are appointed from Washington actually receive their commissions from the president or the postmaster general. First Assistant Roper is. however, the man who handles all the detail that leads up to those appoint ments. That army of city letter car riers. which has increased from 10,000 twenty years ago to 30.000 at the pres ent date, is immediately under his care, and every rule and regulation for its control originates in his office. The same is true of the 26.000 clerks, of the 62.000 postmasters and various other cdds and ends that go to make up the 150,000 people who are under the command of the postmaster gen eral. This first assistant Is to the postmaster general very nearly what the chief of staff of the army is to the secretary of war But he has a big ger force to deal with, scattered over vaBtly more territory and performing a service of infinitely greater detail Rural Organization. In the department of agriculture a brand new job has just come into be ing and a brand new man has been appointed to fill it. This job is one of C2PD <££US considerable proportions in that it has as its object no less a thing than an improvement of the conditions under which dwell all those people of the farms who furnish the, food supply for themselves and the 60 per cent, who dwell in the cities as well. i his new activity in the department of agriculture is known as the rural organization service’ It has as its di rectors Dr. T. N. Carver, professor of economics at Harvard. Dr. Carver is the nation’s recognized best authority upon the subject of rural economics. He has written a number of books upon this subject which are regarded as standard. He takes up his present work upon an indefinite leave of ab sence from Harvard. The rural organization service is largely financed through the national education board, endowed by Jchn D. Rockefeller. The department of ag riculture has co-operated with this hoard for a number of years in farm demonstration work in the south and is highly pleased with the practical re sults obtained. Uncle Sam’s Real Estate Office. This is a new' commissioner of the genera! land office, who is a man who has 683,000.000 acres of land for sale. Sales of land are now running on pret ty smoothly and amount to about $10. 000,000 a year. There have been bet ter years and there have been worse. There was the banner year of the sales through this office away back in 1836, when the land-hungry Anglo Saxons had reached that choice tier of states including Michigan. Illinois. In diana. Mississippi and Alabama, and were buying fast. Rut today there are good lands for sale throughout the/west There are gold lands and coal lands and oil lands and farming lands. Alaska has a wealth of valuable real estate, but even Arkansas. Kansas, Missouri. Michigan and Florida, in the east, still have federal lands for sale, and they are selling. The new man who has just taken charge of this monster real estate business is Clay Tallman. a young lawyer from Nevada, in the far west, where the chief activity of the people is land-booming. In this office there are 500 employes in Washington. There are 125 branch offices in as many localities, and'these and the field force are responsible for wn additional 1.000 men. Mr. Tallman is not yet fotty years of age. He grew up in Michigan, was educated at the state university and went to Nevada when he was ready for practice. A term in the state sen ate, an unsuccessful but closely con tested candidacy for representative to congress, and other political stepping stones, led to his appointment to one of the big posts in the federal execu tive service. An Executive Hero, i Rear Admiral Victor Blue, under ap pointment by the new secretary of the navy, tits at the head of the premier branch of the navy department—the bureau of navigation. Some months ago this young naval officer held the rank of commander and was in service, on the Pacific, being chief of staff of the Pacific fleet. Then he was called to Washington for service on the gen eral board, and before long he found himself the head of that bureau which has offices immediately adjoining the secretary with the rank of rear admir al and authority to officiate as acting secretary when Mr. Daniels and Mr. Roosevelt are out of Washington. The bureau of navigation has noth ing to do with navigation but every thing to do with the personnel of the navy. It is. again, the human branch at the given service. Every lad who is recruited into the service enlists through this bureau. All the training schools that work toward making him a first-class man-o’-warsman are under the bureau of navigation. Even the naval academy at Annapolis finds its authority here. Every captain am bitious to get command of a squadron %nust look to this bureau for promo tion. The enlisted man who overstays his leave, the lieutenant who has fall en a victim of the plucking board, the stout commander who has been too long on shore duty—each aqd all must take their cases to this bureau. Ruler of 9,000,000 People. Over in the sister branch of the mili tary service sits another man who has a very human work to perform in that he is the virtual ruler of 9,000,000 people. This individual is Brigadier General Frank McIntyre, chief of the bureau of insular affairs, and there fore charged with the active control of all matters pertaining to the gov ernment of the peoples of the Philip pines and Porto Rico. General McIntyre is not as new to his task as some of the men herein mentioned, as he came to it through many campaigns in the Philippines and by work in the bureau under Gen eral Edwards, its former chief. His task is an immense one. as the bu reau of insular affairs is attempting for one thing to perform the miracle of molding into one homogeneous 1 whole the T.O chaotic tribes, speaking as many dialects, holding to many re ligions, harboring many animosities and unenlightened as to civilized liv- ; ing. who go to make up the popula- j tion of the Philippines. The Gold Guardian. John Burke, three times governor of the great state of North Dakota. I is the guardian of the greatest aggre- ! gation of actual money that has ever been gotten together in the history of the world. He is the new treasurer of the United States, and this govern ment i3 the possessor of more wealth j than any other institution since Adam. The other day he signed a receipt for $',,426.422,051.48'2-3. Nobody can think ! of a billion and a hall of actual money and comprehend what the amount ac tually means. But that is the amount in actual money in the treasury at Washington that the retiring treas urer of the United States turned over to Treasurer Burke and for which he is responsible. These vastly important government positions, that are so large in respon sibilities as to appall the man who tries to measure them, are of great number, but one other should be men tioned in selecting but a few of the most strikingly interesting ones. This other is that of councilor of the state department, a post Just now held by one John Bassett Moore, college pro fessor. This iB the man who advises as to the points of law arising between nations as the ordinary lawyer would give an opinion as to the points at difference between two individuals in ordinary business. Treaties and inter national differences are his regular diet, be they past or prospective. He Is likely to patch up a little agree ment any morning before breakfast that will lead to world peace or find a provision in an old treaty that will crowd some land-hungry European country off the American map. L I SHOULDN’T BE GIVEN A SAINT’S NAME Ad^rn Croaker writes to the Holton Recorder: “Reading a news item the other day about John Wesley Smith being found incorrigible and sent tc the reform school, reminded me of the risk parents take in giving their male progeny the names of the sainted good men of a past age. I once knew a boy who was loaded down with the name of John Calvin, who persisted in going to the bad and finally landed ih the penitentiary. Another boy nam ed Matthew Simpson grew up such a reprobate that neither his parents nor teachers could do anything with him and he finally ran off and be came a tramp of the worst hobo brand. I had a schoolmate once named Alexander Campbell Jones. ; who was an all around scalawag, and who. when grown to manhood, be came a scoffer at all kinds of re ligious sentiment and put in most of his time abusing and opposing Chris tianity. The safest way is to name your boy Bill or Tom or Jake or Jeff or something that don't mean much." —Kansas City Star. Art and Truth. "Art alms to reveal the absolute truth,” said the idealist "Well,” replied the prosaic person, "the truth is all right But I don’t see anything so artistic about a ther mometer.” Fashion* In Girls’ Names. The fashions in girls’ names that prevailed a score of years ago appear from the lists of graduates at the wom en’s colleges, the New York Mail states. ' Looking over the names of honor graduates and candidates for the degree of M. A., the cream of the graduates at Wellesley college, one finds that they bear the following names: Myrtilla, Gladys, Florence (5), Alice (3), Margaret (2), Daphne. Ma rita, Marion (2), Evelyn, Muriel, Laura (3), Annie, Esther, Marian (3), Cou hfr’lfflliiimfei' iiVriroiiViri . - d; stance. Mary (2). Louise (2), Charlotte, Julia. Bessie, Bertha, susan (2), Elizabeth, Mildred (2), Sarah, Carol, Ethel (2). Gertrude (2), Olive. Helen (5), Nancy, Doris, Nellie, Marie. Elva, Katherine, Jennie and Eva. The Florences and Helens lead all the rest with five honor girls; the Lauras are unexpectedly strong and that Marys have two representatives. No Edith is on the list. That name, along with Ethel, has already lost Its popularity of 20 years ago. The Dor othys were apparently not yet being born, and the Ellas were all dead. Some good old names like Laura and Susan survive as hand-me-downs, and the name of Mary, fortunately, will never perish. At Scotland Yard. The Caller—Oh, inspector, about that diamond pin I reported 1 had stolen last week—I’ve just called in to let you know that I’ve found It The Inspector—Found It! An' we’n Just got an absolutely priceless clew! —London Tit-Bita. GOOD ROADS ARE PRO .TABLE Loss to Farmers in This Country Traceable to Bad Thoroughfares Is Inconceivable. The subject of good roads is like the poor, it is always with us. Every season the topic recurs with painful Insistence. Even in this enlighten ed age when inventive genius is do ing everything that can be done to im prove the conditions of the country, there are places where the roads are so seriously neglected that one can scarcely pass over them with a me dium load. The loss to the farmers in this country that can be traced directly to bad roadB, is almost inconceivable, says Kimball's Dairyman. It is not the purpose to try to compute this account here. The expense or haul ing, the waste of time in going for repairs or in doing other necessary errands are all increased by poor roads. These are conditions of eco nominal importance but there is an other side to the good road question that is of equal importance and that is the social effect. The farm that is located on a well kept, well Improved highway is al ways nearer town than the one whose road connecting it with the market is rough or poorly kept. The time will come when people will say they are 20 minutes from town rather than two miles from town. With the changes that are being made in meth Fine Example of Macadam Road, Well Maintained. ods of transportation changes will also be made In roads. There is sure to be an influence on the social life of a community that can be directly traced to these methods of highway improvement. The home tbf t is located on a, well improved highway is always more at- : tractive; It is worth more when put upon the real estate market and it is a more pleasant place to live because the social intercourse between the neighbors and the town which must always be a social (enter, is more/ free. There is less isolation and this is what malres life in the country really worth while. The farm home that is well Improved, that is equip ped as such homes may be now days, that is located on a highway .which puts the town and town friends al most next door to you, leaves little to be desired. There is still another point in con nection with the good road, and that is the attractiveness of a well kept hard road bed. Who has not seen from the car window a long smooth road reaching out into the country bounded on all sides by green pas tures or well kept fields passing over gentle bills and through shaded val leys leading ever onward? Such a road exerts an influence that Is un mistakable, calling the automobile ep thuslast aud the one who loves to be out of doors beckoning him to come out and speed over the bard, smooth, floorlike highway. On such a road every turn offers new enchant ment. Every change of scene ofTers new blendings and adjustments of col or effect. Surely the well kept road is “a thing of beauty and a joy for ever." Prevent Road Trouble. Careful use of a drag on a dirt road that is already in reasonably good condition, will almost entirely prevent trouble from ruts, mud holes or dust, and give good service at low cost. . Implement Coes Much Good. The road drag is a simple Instru ment. but' when used at the proper time it does so much good that Its results are unbelievable by those who are not acquainted with it. Material Is Immaterial. It does not matter if the road drag be made of a split log, a large bridge plank, or an old iron rail—either of these will do the good work. Destruction of Rats. The systematic destruction of rats on all farms is advocated, whenever possible, by trapping, poisoning and organized hunts. Keep Water Fresh. In hot weathe- renew the water in . the poultry yard two or three times a day and keep it in shade. Correct Inferior Traits. Inferior traits of the dairy herd may be corrected more quickly by breeding. .» I BASIS OF SUCCESSFUL GROWING OF PORK i j Hog Cot*. (By \V. MILTON KEI.LT ) Healthy and vigorous pigs from well bred. properly matured ancestry are the basis of successful pork growing. With a uniform lot of pigs at eight weeks of age, our chief motive should be to keep them in a vigorous, fiesh gaining condition until they have de veloped enough bone, muscle and stamina to carry our corn crop to market. Providing the pigs have been prop erly weaned, they will have developed stomachs strong enough to handle generous rations without check in their growth by the removal of the sow. At this time the pigs should have as near as may be a balanced ration. At least the feed must not be ail corn, or too starchy or too monotonous in kind. The skill of the feeder will fur nish the variety that induces appetite and favors growth rather than fat In feeding pigs of this age we are confronted with two problems: First, the danger of giving them too much fat-producing food, and second, the feeding of larger quantities of pro tein foods than they have the ability to digest and assimilate. Too much fat is not desirable at this period and too heavy feeding of protein feeds will acquire an excess of that element, thereby stunting their growth. The element of waste in feed ing too much protein is important in determining the profits. I have never been able to compound any rations of grain and commercial feeds that would produce as good re sults for young pigs as one which skimmilk makes up about one-fcurtli of the mixture. With a suitable vari ety of farm-grown feeds we can read ily change the proportions of the ra tions as our observation and judgment may suggest. The truly scientific feeder must cut away from mixed feeding standards and vary his rations according to the growth and condition of the pigs. Nor is it likely that one can figure out a ration so well balanced without grazing as to promote the most vigor ous growth as will result when the ration is supplemented by the daily run of a field which furnishes succu lent and bulky food. From weaning time until the grow ing pigs are about six months old pro tein is the most important element in the ration. Corn is nine-tenths car bohydrates. oats contain more protein than corn, but hardly enough to meet the requirements of the growing pigs. Rye te richer in protein than oats, but as a pig feed barley excels all of the above and 1b a sure crop in many localities where corn rarely matures. Clover and alfalfa are highly nitrog enous, bit too bulky to suit the needs of the young pigs. Cow- peas, soy beans and Canadian field peas are well suited for pork growing where they can be grown. Various localities produce feeds that can be nsed ad-' vantageousiy to balance up a ratiou. Wheat middlings, linseed oil tank age and other feeds of commerce all have their place in economical pig feeding which must be regulated ac cording to the variety of farm grown feeds that are at hand and the prices of these purchased feeds in the nearby markets. The man who is engaged in pork growing as a business and not merely feeding bogs to find an outlet for bis farm by-products must recognize the fact that young hogs up to six months of age need a growing, not a fattening ration, and that they need feed In judicious quantities. Regular feeding is essential to a steady, unremitting growth and three feeds a day will give better results than two and in following up this method it is advisable that they be fed only what they will clean up with an apparent relish. Always bear in mind that the most valuable asset of the growing pig is 120 pounds of bone and muscular development aided and supported by a natural aud keen appetite. From the fifth to the sixth month should be the period of preparation, that is, the time when we are getting the pigs gradually accustomed to their fattening ratiou. During this period 1 have always se cured the pest results by feeding plenty of corn and giving the bunch the run of a field of clover, alfalfa or cow peas. In this way their digestive system gradually becomes accustomed to the changes of diet and by the end of a few weeks’ feeding are in the best possible condition to make good use of all the corn they are capable of handling. At the end of this period they should be well rounded out and weigh at least 165 pounds. Notwithstanding that corn has been the object of much criticism by many theoretical feeders, yet the fact remains that corn and water will produce more economical gains than a diet of mixed foods. Mixed food may produce a little greater gains, but the quality of the pork is not so good and the loss of shrinkage while on the road to mar ket is greater than is the case with ; the corn-fed hogs. During the last two months, the fin* i ishing period, the previously bulR frame and digestive capacity, in the making of which a variety of suitable food is essential, is loaded witn fat, a process in which corn produces the cheapest gains. How many pounds can we make the : pigs weigh at eight months of age is the great question. My ideal is the 300-pound hog at eight months of age, but my ideal is quite a way ahead of my present achievements. I think I do well when I I market a bunch of pigs that aver- j age 270 pounds at that age. CORN SILAGE FOR SHEEP IS PROPER Michigan Farmer Finds It Excel lent Ration When Allowed to Ripen and Mature. Silage is not always satisfactory as a ration for sheep. Sheep growers in many localities will have nothing to ! do with it as a feed for their flock. 1 They wilt admit its undoubted value : as a cattle ration, but tbeir experl-! ence has been against it s6 far as sheep are concerned. 1 believe that well matured silage I can be fed to sheep with the very j best results. I have been feeding it for several years, and since the first year the results have been al! that could be asked for any ration. The first year that 1 planned to use silage as a winter feed for sheep, I planted eight acres of corn to be used in filling the silo. It was planted rather late, and, as 1 was somewhat afraid of the frost, the crop was cut & little early. It was planted very thick, sown, in fact; and when cut the leaves were green and heavy with sap. The ears were poorly hardened, writes a Michigan farmer in the Farm Progress. Some of them were barely hard enough to escape being in the soft stage of development. 1 was doubtful about the quality of the silage, and ray doubts were con firmed when I began feeding it it was given to the sheep in small quan tities in connection with clean tim othy hay. Some oats were fad with it at times. The older sheep did not appear to thrive on it as they should, and the younger ones began to appear sickly and thriftless. It had a tendency to Clean Nests Essential. Clean nests are very essential in producing clean fowls. Change the nest material occasionally, and as a precaution against insects burn the discarded material that is taken from the nests. Too much care cannot be given to cleanliness in the poultry yard. Scarp* for Chickens. Bran or middlings and beef scrap should be kept in receptacles to which the fowls have access at all times. loosen the bowels of the animals even I when fed In small quantities. Next year 1 harvested a crop of corn i that was much riper and more ma ture than the first. I let the blades . and husks assume a ripe color before running the crop through the cutter. There was no trouble that season or at any time since. It has been fed to sheep of all ages ever since the first season. From two to two and one-half pounds have been given daily to everything from spring lambs to ewes with sucking youngsters at their sides. They have been uniformly as thrifty as though fed on a grain and hay ration, and the cost has been much less. Green corn, especially when put in the silo uncut, has been the cause of silage ration for sheep acquiring such a bad reputation. When corn is left to ripen enough that it could be husked in the field, it can be placed in the silo and fed to the sheep with the very best results. Looking to the Pedigree. Look at the pedigree of the stallion you patronize, and if it is not issued by one of the recognized registry as sociations don't use that horse. Many farmers will contend that a grade horse that is a good looker is just as good for a eire as a pure-bred, and expense is much lighter. Some of the handsomest, soundest and most perfect horBes are grades, and while they are splendid animals for use they are unsuitable to breed to. Every grade has a yellow streak in him, and this is just as likely to show as his good qualities. Air In Cow Stable. Keep the air as pure as possible in tbe cow stable. Look well to the ven tilation. Do not disturb the manure in tbe gutters or stalls until after milking is over and tbe milk Is re moved from the stable. Value of Clover. Where clover can be .nduced to grow it rapidly loosens the soil by Us deep-running roots, and absorbs from .the atmosphere many elements which, when In prime of the plant are turned under, will add greatly to tbe wealth of tbe soil. * Crop in Poultry Yard. Plant the poultry yards to some crop if possible. If this is not prac ticable keep the yard sweet and clean by plowing and disinfecting. HE CARRIED AN UMBRELLA. A dear old lady who was very “sot” In her prejudices was asked just why she didn't like a certain man. She had no particular reason that she could think of at the instant, but she had been so emphatic in her expression of dis like that she knew she would have to find some excuse—at once. Just at that moment she happened to glance out of the window and saw him passing by. He carried a neatly rolled umbrella though it hardly threatened rain. Quick as a flash she answered her questioner, “He carries an umbrella whether it’s raining or not—he is a ‘softie.’ ” “But,” said her friend, also looking out of the window, “here comes your son William, and he is carrying an um brella.” This did not stump the old lady. “But that's another matter—I don't like him anyhow—and besides, it all depends on who carries the umbrella,” she replied triumphantly. That is the position some people have taken regarding that wholesome and refreshing beverage. Coca-Cola. They have said a good many unkind things about it and in each instance have h^d it proved to them that their Utle,-. werAy, not true. Finally they seized upon the fact that Coca-Cola gets much of its refreshing deliciousness from the small bit of caf feine that it contains. They looked upon that as a splendid argument against it. Then, like the old lady who was remind ed of son William, they were reminded that it is the cafTeine in their favorite beverages, tea and coffee, (even more than in Coca-Cola) that gives them their refreshing and sustaining quali ties. But does that stop their criticism of Coca-Cola for containing cafTeine? No —their answer is similar to the old lady’s—they say “But that’s another matter”—what they mean is “Being prejudiced against Coca-Cola and lik ing tea or coffee, it all depends on what carries the caffeine.” We think the joke is on them—for caffeine is caffeine, and if it is not harmful in one it can't be harmful in another. We all know that it is not harmful in tea or coffee—that it is really helpful in whatever it is—this is bound to include Coca-Cola. Of course, the truth is, that having started an attack on false premises and having had what they thought were good reasons for criticism proved to be no reasons at all. they are grasping at an excuse which does not exist, to » explain a prejudice. So you see, after ’v all. it all depends on who carries the \ umbrella to people who are determined to be unfair. Let us be fair.—Adv. A woman married to a “good fellow” usually has a bad time of it. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, Hoftens the gnrna, reduces lntlaimna 'iou,allays pain,cures wind colicdtSc a bottle.!* By lookink carefully you will find more things to commend than to criti cise. Don’t buy water for bluing. Liquid blue is almost all water. Buy Bed Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all blue. Adv. When a girl gives a young man her heart she expects a diamond in ex change. Naturally. “Did you read that vacuum pros pectus?” “There's nothing in it.” Keeps Him Guessing. “I suppose your wife means every thing to you?” “No. Half the time I can't imag ine what she means.” Probably in Time. “Are you an end-seat hog, Tom mie?” "No, ma'am: I’m not old enough to be a hog yet.” Girls’ School in Spain. Mrs. Laura E. Richards, daughter of Julia Ward Howe, has been made a member of the Maine committee for the support of the International Insti tute for Girls in Spain. Mrs. Richards was one of the earliest indorsers of the ^ institute. Mis Susan D. Huntington. r who has been for the last three years director af the institute, is visiting in Boston. Always Loaded. Apropos of a septuagenarian mil lionaire who had married, at Atlantic City, a buxom manicurist, a widow with four children, Henry Lowe Dick inson. the noted divorce lawyer of Reno, said: “I thought the old boy was only flirting with her. I guess he thought so, .too.” Then, with a smile, Mr. Dickinson added: “Lots of people play with love as if it wasn’t loaded!” •mm