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REAP WITH
Old-Time Farmers Show Revolu
tion of Farm Machinery.
Veteran Swings Scythe at Ninety and
Explains How He Harvested
Qraln 8eventy-Flve Years
Ago at DeKalb.
Chicago. From the shadows of the
past camo reapers of 60 and 70 years
ago to tho Henry Whltmore farm tho
other day, near DeKalb, and In tho
role of harvesters pitted themsolves
against the marvelous machinery of
modern Union.
More than 1,000, many of whom camo
In automobiles, watched the men har
vesting grain In as many ways as have
been contrlvod slnco agricultural pur
suits huvo been followed on the Amort
can contlnont. There wns the old
fashlonod cradle, tho slcklo and
scythe, the early-day reaper and tho
modern binder. It was a panoramic
history of one of the most Important
phases of the Industrial life of America.
White-haired, patriarchal In appear
ance, his shoulders bent with the
weight of years, "Uncle" William Allen
of Sycamore, swung his cradle for five
minutes aa he was wont to do three
quarters of a century ago. And as ho
out his last swath, ho leaned on tho
handle of bis cradle and laughed at
the Incongruity of the picture pre
sented. "Looks silly, doesn't It?" ho asked of
the cheering spectators. "Times have
certainly changed clnce I began har
vesting."! And his old eyes followed
a modern binding machine cutting a
wide swath, gathering up the fallen
rain and tying It in bundles.
"I am 91 years old," said tho vet
eran harvester as the binder turned a
corner, "but If I could live 20 years
more I would see even greater changes
In the world than since I first began
winging a cradlo In a harvest field."
Among tho reapers were C. W. and
W. W. Marsh, two brothers, who have
lived more than the allotted three
score years and ten, and who are
credited with being the first to have
conceived the Idea of the reaper. Their
first machine was brought forth and
cut a swath around the ten-acre field.
As crude as It seemed to the throng
of spectators, it was a marvel com
pared to tho cradle which they had
used for years before they brought
the reaper Into being. .
"I am glad to have lived to sco this
day," said tho elder of the Marsh
brothers. "Farming today la not what
it was when we were boys. Look at
that blndor. Soe how the driver fair
ly satis through that ocean of grain.
isnt it worth living to see?
Following the exhibition In the field.
uunaies or wheat and oats wore
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brought to the lawn of the Whttmori
home and spread on tho grass, where
It was thrashed by old-fashioned flails
by men who had swung dulls long be
fore the thrashing machlno was evor
l reamed of.
Spcechmaktng and music concluded
tho day's program and refreshments
Were served In old-fashioned style to
the hungry harvesters.
WANTED TO SHOW THE JUDGE
Magistrate Calls Halt When Girl
Starte to Bare Form In Court-
Case Was Dismissed.
Now York. William McMeehan or
298 Avenue A was so little anxlouB
to see his wire outside tho Yorkvllle
court the othor day that he waited
until a policeman went along with
hlra.
McMeehan' was a. complainant
against bis comely stepdaughtor, Mary
Miller, a pocket edition maiden,
charged with presenting a large black
eye to her foster parent.
."She la all the time beating me,"
the man told the court.
"Ho hit he first," said the tiny wom
an. "Where?" asked Magistrate Stein-
y? i3 ?? MWEUVFR4
CRADLES
ort In n moment of Judicial Indiscre
tion. The girl started to let the drapery
down from n well rounded shoulder.
There was a threat of a more Intimate
knowledgo or the family affairs of the
McMeehans.
"Hold on; don't do that; this case
Is dismissed," said the magistrate.
"I'll see you outside," said Mrs. Mc
Meehan to her husband.
McMeehan said ho was In no par
ticular hurry about going. He watted
for a policeman going his way.
SEND RATTLESNAKE BY MAIL
Callfornlan Made Custodian of Innu
merable Collection of Spiders, Bugs
and Strange Things.
Los Angeles, Cat. A live rattlesnake
held captive In a large oil can which In
turn was reinforced with a wooden box
arrived at tho Hollenbeck consigned to
Charles Mead.
Since bis receipt of the rare La
trodectus manctus, or red spotted
spider, the most poisonous Insect of
Its kind, Smead has been made the
custodian of an innumerable collection
of spiders, bugs and curious living
things that crawl, creep and fly, the
lateBt being the rattlesnake.
A friend residing in Calzona hav
ing read of the fact that the hotel
man had received the spider decided
on a more peculiar gift and as a re
sult set out to catch the snake, of
which species there are many In that
section of the country. In a letter ac
companying tho gift, the donor men
tions the manner of Its capture and
hopes that Smead will be able to add
to the collection which he has or la
BONE ON
Removal May Restore Victim to
His Right Mind.
New York Man Recovers Speech After
Operation and Surgeons Believe
Frequent Attacks of Insanity
Will Now Cease.
Now Haven, Conn. Removal of a
piece 'of a patient's skull which bad
come In contact with tho brain brought
back the power of speech to Harry
Wlltse or 164 Plymouth street.
For six months Mr. Wlltse had
been unabln to utter a word, but
when Dr. Morris D. 81attery, who per
frmod. tho Pernt,on ' th Presence
nr n nnvun n innfa nrnmiMnni ati.
or a nozen or more prominent sur
goons In tho city, came Into the op
erating room ngaln after leaving it to
see another patient, Mr. Wlltse raised
his head from the pillow, and In a
dlHtlnct but low tone said: "Hello,
Doc."
There wsb groat surprise at tho mo
ment and tho news quickly circulated
to tho physicians who had been In
terested In tho caso. Tlioy proclaim
ed tho bellof that when Mr. Wlltse
fully recovers his strength, his speech
would bo as good as ever. They also
bellovo that frequent attacks of insan
ity, the result of Injury to Mr. Wlltse's
head 2t years ago, will ceaso. The
operation was performed In tho hos
pital of St. Raphael.
The Injury to Mr. Wlltse, who Is
36 years old, came to him when he
was 16. Ho wan ploying ball near his
home In Forty-fifth street, New York
city, one aftornoon, when ho was run
over by a team, the horse stopping on
the boy's head. Ho was taken uncon
scious to a hospital, where it was
round that his skull was fractured.
He remained In the hospital about six
months, but as a result of the Injury
Insanity developed. '
He waa later sent to the InBano asy
lum In Mlddletown, N. Y., and after a
iow y nam mere ne was released as
cured,
Three rears ago, however, he
mnklng for the southwest museum. As
yet Smead has not been ablo to decldo
whether tho serpent shall ho kilted and
his skin tanned and stuffed or whether
to turn It over to somo of the Main
street Bide show fakers.
From Don Cabezos, on the Mexican
border, Smead several days ago re
ceived ono of the most perfect speci
mens of a scorpion evor seen here.
It Is five and one-half Inches In length
with not a vertebra or a claw dis
placed In the horrible land crab. In
addition two splendid specimens of the
centipede were Inclosed.
A mining man residing In Lower
California undertook to show his es
teem for the hotel man by shipping
him a pair of bats captured In a great
guano cave along the west shore,
They.were both dead, but preserved In
such a manner that they will keep
for a long time. In tho letter accom
panying the bats tho .mining man tells
a wonderful tale of the millions of
these night flyerB that at about seven
o'clock in the evening begin to leave
the caves.
"They pour forth In one steady
stream for a period of more than three
hours, all going out over the ocean la
their flight. At about three o'clock In
tho morning they begin to return, fly
ing from the land side, having evi
dently completed a big circle In their
flight. Again It takes them several
hours to get Inside. The caves are
so foul smelling, so vilely black that
they have never been fully explored."
Bathing Suits In Church.
New York. The following adver
tisement appears in a Montclalr (N.
J.) newspaper:
"The Drookdale Baptist church will
be In session at 9:30 tomorrow morn
ing. No collection. Please bring
bathing suits."
None of the officials of the church
who might explain the advertisement
could be found.
HIS BRAIN
became Insane again, and was once
more removed to tho asylum. White
at the Institution he had lucid Inter-'
vnls, followed by clouded reason. Aft
er treatment for about a year he waa
released and camo to this city. He
mado his home with his brother
John Wlltse, an electrical worker.
Last summer his condition agatn cony
pelled his removal to the state asy
lum In Norwich for a few months.
Last December Mr. Wlltse was again
taken to the Norwich asylum. After a
month there his condition became such
that he could not utter a sound and re
mained in that state until tho other
day, when tho operation was perform
ed. Now he talks rationally to his
nurse, and the attending physlclanB be
lieve that he will be cured of all Insan
ity before long.
BOY'S MILLION DOLLAR HOME
$25,000 for Furnishing Apartment for
Little Russell Hopkins Also
Have Private Zoo.
Now York. RubboII Hopkins of At
Innta, consul general from Panama to
this country, has Just purchased a
$1,000,009 house at 1045 Fifth avenue
to? his baby son, John Randolph Hop
kins, who was born two months ago
In tho Hotel St, Regts.
The baby's grandmother, Mrs. J. J.
Lawrence, will spend $25,000 in fur
titshtng a suite of rooms which are to
serve for the nursery.
The roof of the house will he cov
ered with a steel wire case and con
verted into a playground. Ono end
will be used for a small private zoo.
Three Pastors In 100 Years.
Claysvllle, Pa. The Claysvllle
United Presbyterian church celebrat
ed Its hundredth anniversary Sun
day. The church holds a record in
that it has had but three continuous
pastorates In Its 100 years' existence.
Tho present pastor. Revr Alexander
McLaohlln. has bean with thn ihnni
1 since 1872.
(Copyright, lgn. by Associated Llteratr Presi.)
Abe Shearer had been born on a
farm. At six years old he was picking
up potatoes as his father dug them.
Between ten and twelve he put In two
winters at the district school and
learned to rend In a slow, uncertain
way. He could also spell tho easy
words If not hurried. Arithmetic was
almost a scaled book to him and ho
rejoiced when ho had added seven and
four together and was assured that his
sum of eleven was positively correct
From the ago of twelve It wns all hard
work and no chance. Abe wns a good
hearted fellow and a hard worker, but
ho grow up a boor.
Mary Raxter was a farmer's daugh
ter. As Boon, as she was old enough
ito lift tho churn dasher It waB placed
tin her hand. To bo n farmer's daugh
ter meant feeding the chickens, peel
ing the potatoes, using tho lirooni and
.helping otherwise. She also went to
school for n terin or two. She learned
more and faster' than Abe, who car
ried her dinner basket for her, and
sometimes took her hand for the long
mllo walk. They were always In lovo,
It seemed, but nothing was spoken of
marrlugo until Abo hud reached tho
age of manhood. In Intellect and In
tuition the girl was the superior, and
yet Abe was Btrong and rugged phys
ically und was looked up to.
One day aa Abo was working In a
field by the roadside an auto In which
four girts were riding met with soma
accident They were girls from the
city stopping at a summer resort two
miles away.
The hired man was called to and he
responded. After half an hour he
'was lucky enough to find the cause of
the trouble and remedy it, but that
half hour had worked a change In him.
Abe had never been In a city. He had
never seen a handsome girl. He had
looked into the face of Mary Baxter
thousands or times, but never to ask
himself If she were homely or good
looking. He had seen her In many
dresses, but he had never thought or
style or harmony or colors. She had
been Just Mary to him. She was nei
ther a flirt nor a coquette. Their talks
as lovers had always had a sober
.tlnge.
The girls In the auto were full of
talk and laughter. Abe wondered that
,God had made them so handsome, and
(that money could buy such hats and
dresses. He came to them In a hick
ory shirt and overalls and with a rusty
straw hat on his head and they flat
.tered him. They praised his strength
and admired his sunburn and freckles.
They said If they ever married It
would be to men like him. And as a
climax the handsomest and most mis
chievous or the quartette whispered In
the hired man's ear as the auto was
ready to proceed:
"It Is a case or love at flrBt sight with
me. Meet me this evening at eight
o'clock by the big willow tree Just
this sldo or the hotel. Don't fail me."
Abe Shearer had never thought
much of himself. He had done some
!blg days' work and bragged of the rec
ord, but he wasn't vain or egotistical.
He was Just a farmer's hired man and
,was content with his lot But a new
epoch had come into his life. He had
been praised and flattered by hand
some girls. He had won the love of
one of them without making the slight
est effort on his part Ho knew for
'the first time that he was handsome
as well as strong. Abe's old straw hat
'was cocked on his ear for the rest of
the afternoon, and the family won
dered at his superior air aa he sat
at the supper table, it seemed aa if
he had been lifted up into another
.sphere.
Abo was Farmer Baxter's hired man,
and he waa therefore under the eyes
of the girl he was going to marry. She
noted this sudden change in him quick
er than the others, and she know the
reason of it She had been In the
orchard while Abe was at the auto
mobile and she had heard tho laughter
'of the girls.
After Abe had finished the milking
and put on his Sunday suit Mary di
vined where he was going. Sho asked
no questions and made no comments.
She of all the household was awake at
midnight when Abo stumbled upstairs.
Ho carried a puzzled, disappointed look
next morning but she had no com
ments. At four o'clock that afternoon
the rural mall carrier hailed tho blred
man from the road and gave him a let
ter with the remark:
"You must be getting up among tho
high-toned, Abe. Bet you that's a love
letter from one of the good-looking
girls at the hotel,"
Abe sat down under a thorn-apple
tree and opened the llttlo robln's-egg
colored envelope. On tho datnty sheet
of paper within wore written the
words:
"I was detained last night Please
be there at tho same hour this eve
ning." "By hokeyl" exclaimed Abe, as ho
flourished the noto around his head;
and that superior air came back. The
girl had not kept the tryst last night
but she was all right She wouldn't
disappoint him again.
When darkness camo Abo set out as
before. Father and mother looked at
Mary for an explanation, but she had
nono to make. It was an hour after
midnight this time when Abe came in.
He was sullen and moody all next day,
and no letter was received, but at
.night he went away for the third time.
It was growing daylight when he came
borne-and the watching girl saw him
go straight to the barn. Every line
of his figure showed dejection and yet!
sho seemed to read a certain determl-
nut. on In his step. She dressed and
reached the barn to find him adjusting
a noosed rope to a beam.
"Abe, I know all about It," she said,
as she took tho ropo from his hands.
"Come and sit down here."
"What what you hero fori" he de
manded. "To save you from making a bigger
fool of yourself. Sit down and hear
somo plain talk. No, then, who ara
we? You are Abo and I am Mary.
Neither of us Is educated and both or
us are plain faced. Wo have lived a
furm llfo all our yours. Wo know
nothing of the life lived in the cities.
Our wuys are different ways. Abo.
you would hardly know how to ring a
doorbell, and I'm sure I'd bo as awk
ward ns a cow In a lady's parlor."
"I say we are Just as good as any
body!" shouted Abo as ho wiped a
tear from his eye.
"Just ns good to Hvo and dlo. Just
ns good wlillo wo stay In our own
world. When we get out of It It's a
different thing. Abe, can you think of
me, with my crudo education, with my
awkward ways with my plain face
with tho llttlo I know or tho world, be
coming tho wire or a rich man and
holding a place In society?"
He was silent
"The other day you repaired an auto
In which four girls were riding. You
got puffed up over what they said.
Poor boy, you didn't know that they
wero having fun at your expense.
Your looks and talk wero a Joke to
them."
"Scat 'em!" growled Abe.
"And you dressed up and went away
to meet one of them by moonlight
Sho was Just fooling you, Abe she
didn't appear."
"But she said she said"
"That she loved you. Oh, Abe,
where was your sense! It was all fun
and mischief to her. Why should she
lovo you? Why mate with you? Your
world is for you and hers for her. And
and when you found that she was Just
laughing at you it was to hang your
self! Abe. there are fools among
women, but oh, tho fools among men I"
"It's time to get tho palls and do
the milking," said tho young man as
ho rose.
"Is that all?" asked the girl, as she
looked up.
"Why, if you want to be kissed you'd
better stand up, and if you don't know
that I want our wedding day jumped
ahead three months then you'd better
find out before another dinged auto
comes chuggln' along with a lot of
tltterin' gals for a load!"
The Exceptional Young Man.
The exceptional young man, says
Orison Swett Marden In an article In
Success magazine, Is the one who
looks upon his employer's Interests as
he would his own, who regards his
vocation as an opportunity to make a
man of himself, an opportunity to
show his employer the stuff he is
made of, and who Is always preparing
himself to fill the position above blm.
The exceptional young man is the
one who never says: "I was not paid
to do that;" "I don't get salary
enough to work after hours or to take
so much pains." He never leaves
things hair done, but does everything
to a finish.
The exceptional young man is the
one who studies his employer's busi
ness, who reads Its Hterature, who Is
on the watch for every Improvement
which others in the same line have
adopted and which bis employer baa
not, who Is always improving him
self during his spare time for larger
things.
8cience Confirms Legend.
Dr. Albert Cann or the Heidelberg
Cancer institute announces the result
or certain experiments which show
that the human organs contain quan
tities or radium or some allied radio
active substance. Anatomical speci
mens which could not possibly have
come Into contact with Isolated ra
dium showed all the qualities asso
ciated with radium. Dr. Borness, an
other investigator, announces that the
brain substance Is radio-active and un
der certain conditions irradiates a
faint glow. Science, he says, has al
ways derided the idea of the halo, or
nimbus, with which the Savior and
the angels are depleted. But .now scl
enco comes to confirm the religious
legend. The nimbus Is a fact, Invis
ible indeed to tho ordinary eye, but
perhaps visible In another age and
under abnormal conditions of the
body and mind.
Indoor Air and Health.
Dr. Luther H. Gullck of tho Russell
Sage Foundation, New York, calls at
tention to the need or further study of
the effects of indoor air upon health.
"This air," be says, "Is somehow not
aa good for us, even under the best
conditions or ventilation, as the .open
air." He quotes Drs. Thompson and
Brennnn or New York aa thinking that
wo ought to do away with all systems
of ventilation, and use simply natural
ventilation open windows. On the
other hand, Dr. Leonard Hill of Eng
land finds the Plenum system of ven
tilation superior In Its effects to open
windows. But Dr. Gullck holds that
present conditions are -not right, and
that It still remains to discover what
must be done to make Indoor aa
healthy as outdoor living.
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There's ono uro way to make It cool
When It's a hundred In tho sliaJo,
And all the helps you ever knew'll
Fall to brink- yon the slightest aid:
Though by tho wnrmtli you are dis
mayed. This plan will make each broiling street
I.lko to a snow-heaped wintry glade
I'll write tills verse about tho heat
The poor, perspiring rhymster who'll
Not let his spirit be dismayed
But will observe this anclont rule
Can bring the chill for which we've
prayed;
In negllgeo am I arrayed
Tho blighting simoon breath to cheat;
'Twill get cold; beta may now be IsJd-.
T'll write this verse about the heat.
The weather Is Just like a mule;
'Tls a perverso and fro ward Jade;
'Twill now grow frigid as at Yule,
The heated term shall hero be stayed.
Tho sun's hot glaro will dim and fade.
Who knows? Wo may have snow and
sleet!
My melting work shall be repaid
I'll write this verso about the heat
L'ENVOI.
Friends, prithee no more be afraid.
A hundred times I've done this feat
To cool things off I havo essayed
I'll write this vorse about the heat
TOUCHEO.
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Tho eminent pianist Is simply
making the keyboard sizzle with the
violence of his fingering, when a fat
man In a rear seat Is asked by his
neighbor:
"Hasn't he a wonderful touch?"
"Wonderful ?" asks the fat man.
"Wonderful don't begin to tell It Why.
I gave up $3 for my seat and he
hasn't played a blame thing that I
haven't got the music to for my pi
anola at home."
Polarized Him, Probably.
A teacher at Cornell swallowed by
accident a capsule containing sixteen
small steel compass points, which had
,been placed In the capsule for safe
keeping. It Is Btated that a surgical
operation saved his life.
As the compass always points to the
north, some people might think that
Dr. Cook could have treated blm suc
cessfully. However, It may be that the poor
man was operated on by a doctor of
.geography.
But for the short time he kept the
icompass points he must have been
able to exert, a great deal of animal
magnetism upon those about htm.
At a Quip.
"There goes Green. He took up with
a new healing cult last week some
peculiar sect which argues that' ev
erything is nothing and nothing Is
everything." said White.
"Yes," replied Black. "I had heard
of it He told me he simply couldn't
swallow thn medicines that his old
doctor was giving him."
"Huh! Shouldn't think that was
half as hard a task as swallowing the
claims of tho everythtng-ls-notblng
fellows "
Appropriate Term.
"Servants or the people, Indeed!"
sniffs the angry citizen, discussing the
office holders. "Servants of tho peo
ple! There never was a greater fall
acy." "I don't know nbout that," comment
ed another taxpayer. "Did you ever
try to induce your cook to let you
run your own house?"
A Crusher.
"Don't you know, I think you would
bo nn Idcnl valentine,"
"Ycr? And to whom would send
mo?"
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