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f : Boston Little Ones Sleep on Roof and
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tt r , : Putting the baby to sleep In n bm :
oJ .on top of the flat roof of n modern
7' skyscraping apartment house , 01' In
the Iron balcony far above the aldo-
walk , or even on the broad window
seat of the upper story , at the very
edge of the precllltous might ( , Is the
, newest method of fresh air training
r' h\ch \ is devolollng among the
' .ithy and aristocratic families ! of
the Back Day and Brookline , Boston. .
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111.1' . that along almost any street In
time exclusive section of the city one
may look up to the upper stories of
the houses , especially In the apart-
ment houses , and see n box which , In
' a poorer quarter of the city , would
\ - be taken for a window garden
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A TEXAS CHATELAINE 'CHARM. .
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Novelty from Paris Likely to Become
a F"d.
To take home with him as a souve-
nir of New York , 11. Texas man recently -
cently found nothing so attractive In
. the whole metropolis as a revolver ,
. . . .f/hlch ho purchased at a jeweler's
and for which he paid $50 It might
seem to be taking coals to Newcastle
to take a revolver to the big South
ern state , but the Texan said that the
_ best woman - slmot In his part of the
country had never seen a revolver like \
this It was a tiny one , barely two
inches long , made entirely of gold ,
but with all tim qualities of a regular
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shooting Iron Genuine cartridges accompany -
company It , and It maltes a decided
I pop and .genuine lash of flame when it
is fired. It is a novelty from Paris ,
: and Is put up In dainty little lenthor-
I covered , velvet-Ilt1ed cases . , like any
: other article of jewelry. It Is , or cnn
bo worn , as an ornament , and Its possibilities -
! slbflftfes are manr Mounted as n
I hatpin , n tiny chain attached to the
trigger is pulled to set it off and suggest -
gost further hostilities to the ubiqul-
, stons masher ; or dangling from a
r chatelaine , it is used to Intimidate the
guilty man who buries his face in
the paper while the pretty woman
before him Langs to a strap in the
street car.
Change : In Gulf Stream. .
Seafaring men say the gulf stream I
tillS increased its speed and Incoming
ships are several hours ahead of
schedule time These bound south
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Third of These : Underground streams
Just Dhcovered :
A third lake has been discovered beneath .
neath time surface or London. Recent
excavations : In the lghborhooll 01
Trafalgar square brought It to light ;
and It Is interesting to remember thaI
the first of the series was found undO !
the He of time new Admiralty buildIngs
h1h ' since the distance between tht
two points Is comparatively trifling
The old legend or tradition that thl
metropolis Is floating upon a vast arC !
of water , though long viewed as t
popular absurdity , WitS not entlrolj
without warl'nnt. And It Is curious
too , that a vague idea or the ItlnG
should survive through the nges. It
these days of "tulJes , " undcrgrounc
tramways , and general burrowing i. :
all directions , everything that lies beneath
neath the broad expanse of Lender :
will In course or lIme bo struck bs
restless dlggors. The lake near Tra
falgar square , it may bo added , lies at
a higher level than lie river at West.
minster brllIge
Portraits on the Fingernail.
Fingernail portraits of sweethearte
are the newest fad
In Paris The portrait -
trait Is photographed .
graphed by a deliCate .
cate process and Is
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for fickle minds ,
with the growth of
time nail the photograph -
graph disappears r- ; c
In the course of
lime , so that time aF n
danger of having
to go through life
with n fingernail picture ] of a sweetheart .
heart who has ceased to play the role
Is averted
Laid Week : In Cave.
A shepherd of the 1\lorvon of Argyll-
shire recently had a singular exporl
ence. Ho left his house to attend
some sheep on time hill , and did not return - -
turn His family became alarmed at
his continued absence , and next tIny
search parties scoured the neighborhood -
hood , hut no trace of him could bo
found He was absent for five days ,
his family meantime having abandon-
ed all hope of seeing him alive again
On the sixth day , however , ho turned
up alive and remarkably woll. lIe
stated that ho had fallen Into an obscure -
scmo cave , and had lain thieve for
nearly 11. week in an unconscious 01'
dazed condition.
Child's Logic WaG Good.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says that n
friend of hers was obliged ! recently to
administer pt1I1tBh.
ment to her even-
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year-old boy for
eating certain refreshments '
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freshments in the
' pantry which she
- had especially ! cautioned -
i tioned him to let
. alone. Said the
mother :
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not to touch that
jelly and cake : un-
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"Yos'm , " sobbed the 'oungstcr.
"Then why couldn't you ho good
and come to aslt mo for them ? "
"Because , " replied the hay , logically
enough , "I wanted some ! " -New York ]
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Typewriters for the Blind.
MaI1Y inventions have been made tu
bridge the distance between those
who have their sight and the so who
have not. But none has been more
practical and successful ! than the production .
duetlon of a typewriter which can bo
manipulated by time hllnd. The letters .
tel's on the keys are raised , and the
sensitive touch of the blind man can
tell the character on 11. key as soon aR
ho touches It. Time ringing of time bell
when the margin Is reached works as
well for him as for time man with
sight , and the sense of touch Iaaltes
the manipulation of the various keys
for setting the paper n comparatively
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The Power of Heredity
Man has greatly mOlllf\oll \ the forms
and habits of all the animals lint
have been domestlcatod by him , Yet
he has not been able to ollmlnato cor-
lain traits that have como down
through thousands of generations
from the remote past. Even the house
dog , furnished a bed to his 1I1t1"ng , will
turn round n number at times before
lying down , just as dill the wild dog ,
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that tn brealt down time tall grass for
his bed. 1 Even time cow on the range
has not forgotten time habits of her remote -
mote progenitors and hllloR her calf
In the bushes , thought the careful
hCl'dsman will tlllte care of It , and time
cow ] snows it. Even the custom of
the marc in nursing her foal 11. little
at a lIme , but often Is believed to
come from habits developed hy thousands .
sands and thousands of rears of ox-
Ilcrlenco wilen time mare hitch to depend ,
pond on herself to keep out of the
war of ravenous anhnals. The colt
would not bo able to run fast with 11.
full stomach and so the mother was
watchful to give him ) a little nt 11. time
find keep him in running trim. If wo
have not been able in some thousands
of years to eliminate such traits , how
long mnst have been the period dur-
ing which they were forming ?
The Good Feeder.
The hldo of the easy feeder should
ho of medium thickness and should be
sort and mellow. Tim hair should be
fine and thicl , as this indicates good
respiratory and circulatory organs i
within. Time skin tells a more truthful
talc ol the ability of the steer to malte
time best use of food than most of us
suppose When the digestive organs
lack strength and time circulation is
poor and sluggish , the hide becomes
thick and unylolding to the touch , and
the hair Is harsh and wiry The head
should he short , measuring from a lIne
drawn across time eyes to time nose ,
and shoulll bo broad. This Indicates
the ability to masticate food. Time
large mouth is indicative nearly aIwa -
ways of an ability to take taro of a
great deal or food. Time nostril will !
generally ho largo in an easy feeder ,
this indicating good.sized organs for
breathing. This Is or importance , as
It Is hy means or time lungs that the
carbon In the body of time animal Is
changed into { carbonic.acld gas , thus
producing force in the change. Sltl1- !
ful feeders declare that steers that do
not have these characteristics seldom
give n good account or themselves in
the feed lot , and , when sent to mar
ltat , are n disappointment.
Beetles on Melon Vines.
Relative to time striped cucumber
beetle on melon vines , a bnlletln of
the Oklahoma station says : In mIdi-
lion to time preventive measm'es of
cleaning up rubblah and a thorough
cultivation of the melon ground , the
use of Bordeaux mixture as a repellent .
lent , and sluash as 11. trap crop arc
among lie most promising of the
remedies recommended by these who
have successfully dealt with thin In-
sect. Squashes are planted about
four days before the melons One or
more rows of squashes should bo i
planted , according to time size at time
field. Some of the trap plants : may bo
duatcII with Paris green when the
hCJt1e3 gather on them Others should
ho left to attract the beetles through
the summor. It seems that spraying
11.0 . young melon vines with Bordeaux
mixture not only repels the cucumber
beetle , but also poisons some of the
Insects which feed on the sprayed
lea'cs
Kaffir corn and sorghum seed arc
both good for poultry , and it would
pay many of our renders to raise tome
or both of those crops for this purpose
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Dry and Liquid Bordeaux Mixture.
'l'hol'o ia doubtless room for the use
of both IIqulll and dry Bordeaux mix-
turo. It Is far easier In most or our
eastern and middle states to malte and
applY the liquid form , but wo must
recognize time fact that In some or our .
states water ia a scarce article , and .
conditions are such that 11. dust spray
will do the work when a liquid spray
would not Even In the more humid
states there are times when time dust
might lJo used with more satisfaction
than the liquid o"rar. There has been
a sharp conflict between time men that
favor the , liquid spray and time ones
that favor time dry Bunt 81my There
has also been a conlllct between the
makers or Implements for the throw-
Ing of theMe Sllra 's. 'fhls would naturally -
ally ho time caBO. But wo must ac-
Imowledgo the fact that each form or
the mixture has certain advantages nt
certain times. Thus , in a very wet
time , the loaves do not hold the spray
that comes to them in liqulll form , as
they arc already covered with mois-
ture Ir time IIqulll spray la used a
great deal has to ho wasted In trying ;
to get enough on to do time wort. ] At
such a limo time dust spray would
stick readily to time wet leaves , and it
woulll he readily seen just where time
: . spray had RolUed. 'fhls of course it
Is Imposslblo to do with time liquid
spray on a wet day. The dust spray .
may also lJo put on early In the morn
lug , while time dew is still on the
leaves , and it stlclm to time leaves nB
the dew oVl\porates. The dust spray
has 1\11 advantage over the liquid
spray in the rather dry localities ,
where hero are extensive orchards
on hilly land. Many of time now arch
arils are being put out on hilly land 1 ,
over which It is very dif1lcult to drive
a heavy wagon carrying 11. great tank
of water Where water is scarce this
Is not only difficult to do , but in many
cases It wou1t1 lJo very expensive ,
aR time water would have ] to ho hauled
11. long distance. Yet in those same localities '
calitles the dow on time trees is sometimes '
times very heavy , and this helps out
matters Itnmonsely.
But there are many things to 110
said in favor of the liquid spray. Time
first thing IIJ that time mixture can bo
perfectly made and time poison dlstrlh
tlted evenly nil through. This is nol
always the case with the dust sprn ' .
It la oxceOlllngly difficult td get 11.1nl
form mixture , except with IIqulll , and
1\ had mixture means the putting or
too much poison on Ramo leaves . and
not enough on othOl'S , with time result
that the trees are not protected from
fungi In die one case and are injured
by time chemicals In time other. So for
our level orchards in time states where
moisture is plentiful , time chances are
that our orchardists will stick to time
liquid spray. Time liquid spray has
this great advantage over the other
that It can bo applied at times when
lie leavess are entirely dry , which enables '
: abIes the sprayers to work all day.
In the cases or the dust spray , the
work has to bo done during a very
short time in time morning while the
dew 18 still on the leaves or in wet
weather. The men that use the liquid
spray have therefore a longer time In
which to do their worl"
Torches for Destroying BuCJs.
During lie past few years experimenters -
mentors have peen using time torch in
various forms as a moans or destroying .
Ing the various beetles that prey on
melons and other Illanta This is quite
effectively done where the insects can
ho induced to congregate . on trap
crops 01' wceds. It is also suggested
that time torch may he successfully
use ; on the chinch bugs that accumu-
Into In the furrows made around corn
fields to arrest their mnrch
Oats malto ono ot'the best at poultry .
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