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Amorlcnn mono'-wnr's nion as a
rulo don't Hhlrk thoir work, whether it
lie fighting or shoveling coal, hut
when, after the piping of the
"bo'sun's" Hhrlll whistle tills order
wns heard during the liloekade of
Cuha'H ports It was often with a feel
ing of iliHtiiHti'. to say this least, that
ptepnratlons weie made to begin the
work.
Bringing a collier alongside a bat
tleship In a seaway and keeping her
thcro for several hours while hun
dreds of men under a tropical suti
shovel coal In the hold Involves not
only the hardest kind of woik, lint it
Is often attended hy accidents ot a
more or less serious nature
In spite, of cotton hales used for
fenders to keep the ships apart while
coaling during the Spanish-American
war, thu heavy plates of several col
liers were stove In. men were injured
and It cost thu government thousands
of dollars to repair damages, to say
nothing of the loss of the use of the
collier while it was sent to a drydoek
. for repairs.
? This has all heen changed now hy
the introduction anil adoption hy the
navies of the United States and other
countrios, after extended experiments
anil severe tests, of a device known
as the Miller marine cahle way, in
vented by Spencer Miller, of this city,
a mechanical engineer and a member
of the Society of Naval Architects and
Marino Engineers.
Almost identical with the present
overhead cahleway system used in
New York's streets by the subway
contractors Is this new device, which
has, instead of derricks at each end,
the masts of two ships. In other
words, while the warship tows the
collier, the bags of coal are sent whiz
zing across tho water hy n series of
wire ropes kept nt a uniform and suf
ficient tension to prevent them from
touching tho waves.
On tho day before the Illinois sailed
from this port to attend tho corona
tion of King Edward, Mr. Miller was
seen on her deck inspecting his de
vice which had been recently Installed
by tho navy department. Mr. Miller's
device will permit the battleship to
take coal at sea from any vessel it
may meet. In war time It could not
Machine
The largest boring machine In tho
world has Just been constructed In
Philadelphia, and Is to bo Installed In
n largo oV:ctrlc company's plant for
boring thq lmmenso openings which
aro domanded for the hugo dynamos
that aro being built to lurnluh tho
great amount of current for transpor
tatlon .purposes. The maehlno bores
tho larg'Ot aperture on record, namely
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POSSIBILITIES OF TELEGRAPHY.
L'tllllni; tli Winn for a (Srout Vurlut
if l'uroi.
"Doing things by telegraph Is
hobby now." says an observant mat
"mid It seems that there am but fur
things which may not transpire In this
way. I lead a little while ago abont
a marriage ceremony which had been
performed In this way. It was a Chi
cago man. of course, who figured a?
the main ptlnclpnl. for they do
strange things, you know, in Chicago.
Chess game- are played over the wire.
The cable Is even pressed into service
by the experts who engage in the In
ternational game of ches3. Long-distance
games are becoming common.
"in a little while. I guess, progres
sive euchte. seven-ill), poker, casslno,
old maid, solitaire, and all the other
games will be played over the wire.
These things have been suggested by
the series of bowling games which nro
now in progress between New Orleans
and Mobile games which are being
played over the wire. It !b a good
thing. I like the Idea. It might not
do in poker. You couldn't sec the
other fellow's face. You couldn't tell
a bluff from a dead straight thing. Hut
wire playing Is all right and I guess
after awhile men will be dying by
telegraph. There's no telling." New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
RUSSELL SAGE ONCE IN POLITICS
DurliiR III Term In Congreai II NomJ
nutcil rillmorn for Vlc l'rotldent.
It may not be generally known that
Russell Sago, the noted financier, fig
ured quite prominently as a politician
at onu time and was four years in con
gress. He was chairman of the New
York state delegation at the conven
tion where 'aehary Taylor was nomi
nated for president. Sage and his as
sociates were Henry Clay men and
voted solidly for "the mill boy of tho
slashes" until it was apparent that he
could not be nominated, and then tho
New York vote, under Sage's lead,
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28 feet in diameter, a spaco suITIclont
for two cars to pass through sidowlse.
Tho big cross rails which hold tho
boring apparatus are 36 foot In length
and carry nt their ends a 12-inch bor
ing bar of steel. Two men from a
platform control tho movement of tho
machine, which is operated by elec
tricity. When In action tho whole
machine runs as smoothly ns possible
good vIcp president. 1 suggested his
name and it was brought before the
convention, lie wns nominated with
out trouble. 1 then notified him thut
he had heen chosen as our vice presi
dential candidate. He accepted the
nomination and the ticket was elected."-Leslie's
Weekly.
Summer Outline '" Tuttlulili.
Air in pastilles Is the latest novelty
for tiiose who look forward to a
Utopia in which tho hours of the
working day will no longer bo cut Into
by breakfast, dinner and tea, but
when mankind will simply have to
swallow a few meat tabloids and
leave Nnture to do tho rest as he goes
about his business.
Tho Invention is the work of M.
Oeorges Jaubert, of the Ecole Poly
technique, Paris, who has discovered
a combination which, when dissolved
In water, gives off oxygen.
Two pounds of air pastilles made of
this combination will produce io(
litres of oxygen, and the benefit of
the invention in theatres, hospitals,
mines and submarines is evident at a
glance. It nieuns, in fact, that a trip
to the seaside is to be bought from
the nearest chemist and enjoyed iu
one's own room.
Misfortune Churned to Itallroxl.
The extension of rallwuys Into the
Scotch Highlands Is gravely declared
to have been the cause of the depopu
lation of the district.
If a woman can sweep a Btreet with
a skirt train a half yard long, how
many streets can she sweep with a
skirt train a yard long?
The luclty man has a daughter for
his first born.
and in n short spaco of tlmo tho
stanch boring burs plow and eat their
way through 28 feet of solid metal.
Tho maehlno is adjustable as to speed
and the siee of opening desired.
Vnrloty Is tho spice of life, and vice
Is tho cayenne popper.
Trust not your money to ono whoso
J eyes nre bent on the ground.
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Tho Malays aic sufio3ri1 to n ol
the parent slock of the Hlack .lavas j
nut nave never licen popular in tin
country. They are bred for exhibition
only, not possessing qualities for pi at
Heal put poses. They are of medium
size and In carriage are particularlv
upright and powerful looking, the
baik being almost always at an angle
of forty live degrees. Their plumage
Is wry close and red or murooa and
black In color. The body tapers from
the broad shotildcts to the tall, which
tit oops nlmon in a straight line with
the back The thighs nru long and
powerful A striking featuie of tin
.Malay is the head. It Is long and
niaky, the brows over Hie eyes heavy
and piolectlng. giving the bird a ciuel
and Hone expression; the neck Is long
and scanty of hackle, the skin of the
throat l it bright red. and the scanti
ness of the plumage causes the red t.j
show distinctly and this Is a charai-
ililay damn rock.
terlstlc ot the breed. The wattles and
ear lobes aro slight In development.
The shanks and toes me bright yel
low. The Malays nro large and hardy,
and are used for crossing with other
breeds to infuse vigor and size. In
disposition they nro reputed to be very
savage nnd In battlo literally tear their
opponents to pieces.
Tho Kxperlrnrcii of Other.
The poultry raiser Is too often In
clined to work out tho problem of
poultry raising rather than to take
from others his Information. This is
especially truo If the owner of the
poultry happens to be n farmer with
Just a few hens. For when he was a
boy he took care of chickens, and that
is the start he has or thinks ho as
of otberB. But tho grent world around
us Is full ot wisdom that has been
gained by tho experiences of n thou
sand lives, nono of those lives running
parallel to the others. It hns been
said that a man can learn more In
one year by taking Information from
others than he could gain In his own
experlenco In twenty years. The say
ing, unllko muny popular adag03, Is
true. The first thing a new man at
poultry raising should do Is to go
systematically about learning from
others. This will cost hlra something
In tho way of time nnd money, but It
will be the best lurostment he can
make.
Poultry l'olnta l'lckwl Up.
In an experiment to test tho los
of moisture in Incubator eggs the
West Virginia station found that tho
smaller eggs lost a very considerable
larger quantity of moisture than did
the larger eggs. This Is as It should
be, as the relative surface on the larger
eggs la less than on the smaller eggs.
Tho result should be that the moisture
content of the large eggs should be
more constant than In the small eggs
and In some seasoiiB this should give
hatching results In favor ot the lurgo
eggs.
For a good many years now tho ad
visers of amateurs In poultry raising
have been advising to feed the young
chicks on hurd boiled eggs chopped
fine. Now somo of the poultrymen
are declaring that the practlco Is not a
good one, antl that tho hard boiled
eggs are too hard on tho young chicks.
Wo would like to havo tho opinions
of some of our readers on this point.
If chopped hard-boiled eggs are bad
for young chicks we should know It,
as tho practice of feeding such iu evi
dently very widespread,
Ono poultryman says that ho finds
it advantageous to have two sets of
drinking vessels, using one ono day
and the other tho next. Ily this
means one set Is sunned and aired In
tho off day. He thinks he keeps down
dlseoso germs by this method. With
out doubt drinking vessels so handled
will bo free from slime and other
things that may foster tho develop
ment of disease germs,
1'nrtrlitRo Wyiititlotte.
From Farmers' Itoveiw: Tho Part
ridge Wyandotte comparo very fav
orably with tho rest of tho Wyandotto
family. They are good layorB and
make good tablo fowls, their flesh be
ing very Juicy. They nre early to
mature. They breed very true to color
and markings and hotter than 75 per
cent or ail birds raised make good
breeders. I think that In a very few
years tho Partridge Wyandottes will
bo tho most popular of tho Wyandotte
family. C. F. Avery, Whitley count)-,
Indiana.
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Ilulli'tln 110 Iiipattmcnt of
Mile. The mite thai causes ca
urlrul
c itch
or mange, Is c lus'il i elated to the mite
that causes sheep i" ab both belong
ing to the same gtnus and species but
ale different ailetles. The sheep scab j
mile will not attack cattle, ror will
the cattle mite attack sheep or other
animals. The Itch miles are fount! to
he veiy numerous upon nfeetcd cattle,
and a wiy small quant,'. y of debris
fiitin an actively infcsto'ji men of the
skin will often uveal a surprlslncly
large number of the parasites. Th".u
niltis may be irmowd fioi.i an animal
and ictalii their Utility for a long
time. Hptclmetis haw been colloctrd
and kept In small ghiKs bottles In the
hilioiiitniy at the oidiumy tempera
tutc of the mom during thu winter
months nr.lni; from 15 to .so degned
which lived from eight to eleven tlny.i
i:pustiie to bright sunlight, however,
would Mil most of the mites In a few
hours. Scabies dees not appear to af
fect cattle while the) are doing well on
glass nor attack those In good condi
tion over three years old The aid
dials that suffer most are cnlw. er
lines, and two-yrat-olds, and those In
poo; condition. The flist symptom rf
the disease Is usually an Intense Itch-
nig oi i ne sum a itou i tno neck or
shouldero. and It extends more or less
rapidly, depending upon the health
and Mgor of the animal, niong the
hack and sides nnd down the outside
of the legs, but does not usually af
fect the Inside of the legs or the'skln
of the abilotni n
Tin- Work nf .lnn WeliU
Kllhu Iturrltt. writing of Jonas
Webb, says- Hut what higher honor
can attach to human science or Indus
try than that of tak'ng such a visible
and effective part In that creation In
sending out Into the world succch.-iIvc
geneintioim of ntilm.il life, bearing
each, through future ngi- and distant
countries, the shaping imp-ess of hu
man lingers long since gone back to
the dust features, forms lines,
curves, qualities and characteristics
which those fingers, working as it
were, on the tight wrist of Divine
I'lovldcnee. gave to the sheep and
cattle upon a thousand hills In both
hemispheres? There are flocks and
herds now grazing upon the boundless
prairies of America, tho vast plains
of Austtalla, the steppes of Russia, as
well as on the smaller and greener
pastures of England, France nnd Oer
many, that bear these fliger-mnrks of
Jonas Webb as mindless, but ever
lasting, memories to his worth. If
the owners of these well-created
things value the Joy nnd profit which
they thus derive from his long und
laborious years of devotion to their
Interests, let them see that these finger-prints
of his be not obliterated by
their neglect, but be perpetuated for
ever, both for their good and for nu
everlasting memorial to his name.
At 4'allue Tlinr.
Prof. I). II. Otis: If the weather In
chilly, put the cow In a box stall well
bedikd and free from draught. When
tho calf Is born, blanket the cow until
she regains her normal condition. It
nothing better Is avnllablc, gunny
sacks, sowed together, will answer,
(live light, loosening feeds nnd water
from which tho chill has been re
moved. Cold water is likely to cause
a contraction of the womb and reten
tion or the afterbirth. If tho latter
Is not discharged In twenty-four to
forty-eight hours, It should bo ie
moved. If the udder Is hot und enked,
It is better to milk tho cow frequently
(at least once In two or three hours),
but not dry, ns a fresh flow would be
stimulated which would increase the
iuflummatlnn nnd might lead to milk
fever. Steaming tho udder with a
Manuel cloth dipped In ns hot water
as the hands will benr Is verydeslrable,
after which the udder should bo rub
bed dry und treated with camphorated
vaseline. Keep the bowels loose. If
any signs of constipation appear, give
ono and one-half to two pounds of cp
som salts, dissolved In warm water.
Adhering to thc3o points nienns much
In giving the calf a good, vigorous
statt.
The iJitnir l'nrt Knnmr.
Mr. John Hovvat. In an addrers said:
Tho lamb has Its enemies and tho
shepherd thnt can succeed In constant
ly getting n crop of lambs on tho mnr
kot without serious loss Is deserving
of a statue. Tho stoninch worm Is
the worst enemy of tho lamb. We
havo read and studied nnd experi
mented with all or nearly all of tho
so-called remedies, worm powders,
gasoline, turpentine, and so forth, hut
tho conclusion of the whole matter
Is tluit in the long run they do not
pay. The damage to tho lamb's thrift
Is not compensated for in results. Our
theory, which we have partly demon
strated by practice, is to feed tho
ewes and lambs grain until the lambs
nre In tho habit of seeking grain on
their own account, then feed corn In
a creep with a tonic thnt will aid
digestion and keep the stomach In
the mo it vigorous condition. This Is
the only cute or preventive ngalnst
stomach worms that Is practicable
and profitable.
If Mr. Jones plants one bed of lot
tuce and two beds of onions, how long
will It take Mr. Hrown's chlckeiiB to
dl'i them up?
Tho woman who bus a front porch
.? her houso now begins to set out
chairs and hang up tho hainmnciw.
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MEN OF GERMANY AND AMERI0A
liinilltlnrM Are Widely DltTrroiit In tho
'Inn C'niiiitrlrx.
In (Sri many It may he said that tho'
tendeuc) Is to make better workmen;
In Ameilca and Kngland the tendency
Is to make better men Tho Anglo
Savon policy Im to "cast tho bantling
on the rock" and let him work out IiIm
own salvation through temptation. la
(icrmnny the policy Is quite tho re
verse; the workman Is protected froim
disciplining temptation and ruled In
thousand ways by the government In
stead of being allowed to rule himself.
Ametlcau discipline Is fiom within,.
Cicruuin fiom without.
Tho (iermnn workman Is without
hope even In religion, for It Is rare
that n (Iermnn woikman Is ever seen
In church after confirmation; there In.
little or no chance for him to rlaei
he has before him no possible enreer
In politics, nor any hope of bccnmliiR
n Carnegie or a Huntington. Conse
quently he Is without ambition to do.
h! work fater or by better methods;
he Is content to do what his father did,
without thinking, though the all see
ing government Is making herculean
eiToits through Its scores of technical
and IndiiHtilut schools-the best In the
world - to stir him from his stolid nmli
prcci'ileni-bountl lethargy.
The tjernian work man Is slow, says
the Outlook, therefore his wages tire
small. It It. less expensive In (ler
iniiny to hire muscle than It Is to In
stall expensive machinery. Therefore
in all sorts of German iniiiiufactiirltig
establishments one sees clouds, of
workmen bending their hacks, to '"bur
dens which In America nre borno
swiftly, noiselessly and more cheaply
by electilclty or steam.
WHEN THEY GAVE LAND AWAY
NrlirADkn Hull Not Aln) h Vulimlilfi
n It I Niht.
"IVrtile ns our broiul prairies nro In
Nebraska," said Judge Stark of that
state, to a group In the Democratic
cloakroom at Washington, "I havo
seen the time when men were glad to
give away all tho real estate they had,
and counted themselves fortunati) If
they couid succeed III thnt.
"During one of our bad drouth years
I met n scrubby looking team ono
morning making toward the Kant. Tho
niati In tho carriage was one of my ac
quaintance, nnd he was on thu way
hack to Illinois, His old nome. Wo
talked on, and ho told me how every
thing on his plnco had dried up and
disappeared till he had only a enrt, a
cow and a few farming Implements.
left of nil his prosperous assets.
" 'My next neighbor,' hu continued,,
growing cheerful at tho thought, 'was.
a Dutchman. I proposed to trndo my
cart and cow and remaining farming.
Implements for his liorso nnd wngoni
here, If ho would nlso accept tho deed
of eighty acres, half of my land.'
"'Ho took you up on thut?' I re
marked. " 'Yes,' answered my friend, cordial-
ly. 'You see, the Dutchman could not .
rend, and 1 deeded over to him tho en
tire ICO acres. Thut Is tho reason why
I am able now to pull up stakes for.
Illinois.'" j
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Spinach and Bund.
Tho French, who eat with their
brains, sny thnt spinach is tho broom
of tho stomach. I wonder what kind'
they havo In La Hello Franco? hi
Now York tho weed wo call spinach
would constitute tho knife ami fork of
a gallinaceous biped as welt ob its dl
gestlvo npparatus. That Is, thcro ls
enough sand In a basket of spinach In
tho Now York market to rcBtock tho
craw and gizzard of a barnyard roos
ter. A miserable little hanilful of this
Blllcatcd, moth-eaten stuff is sold for
15 cents. When cooked It makes a
dnb that will about flit an average
sized kitchen spoon. To wash It re
quires cook's entire afternoon, still It
In gritty. Now, hero Is a chanco for
nn enterprising young man to make it
Rockefcllerlau fortune; let him sell,
washed spinach to householders, guar
anteed free from sand nnd vermin. .
Make a specialty of tho product. In u
fow years tho newspapers will dub him
"tho spinach king," and his fame wllL
endure. Now York Press.
Itrmnrknhle I'tilottrlnn IV ill,
A remiirkablo periormnnco on tho
road wns that of John Cooke, whoso
death was announced In July, 18 IU.
Ho wns generally known throughout
Enghuul as "Jack tho Greyhound," on
account of his fleetncss In running.
In the old coaching days ho ran for
long distances by tho sldo of coaches,
throwing somersaults every few
strides, On one occasion ho resolved'
to attempt tho Journey from London to
Illrmlnghnm, accompanying tho mall'
roach for tho whole distance. Ho ac
tually performed this exploit, keeping
pace with tho conch by taking an al
ternate number of steps and somer
saults. Hut this combined speed and'
agility did not snvo him from tho
workhouse, in which institution bo
died. Could llctllne nn AtiolUtied?'
If betting could bo stopped; aw
enormous bulk of thoso who engage
In It (npart, of courso, from profes
sional bookmakers) would savo a
great deal of money, but thero Is no
moro chanco ot abolishing betting
than of abolishing chnmpngno, cigars
and mutton chops. It would not bo a.
bad thing If bookmakers wore licens
ed, but thoy nover will bo, partly bo
causo ot tho difllcultleB of finding a
satisfactory licensing tribunal, and
chlofly becauso of tho outcry that
would bo raised about tho "legaliza
tion of gambling." lladmlnton Mau
zlno. If sllcnco Is golden tho woman who
is deaf and dumb must bo twenty-four
carets fine.
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