. . . - _ . . - - - - - . . . . - . . . - . . . . - - . _ . . . . . . . . . 4 I - - - I 4 I III D.nd , I IN'vN11 iaJ I' ' TlJo > o- The Cln&en Light Cure. Unltell Stntcs Consul Frazier of COjJ1hllgcn , l'nll1url , reports that In the Flnsen Medical Light Inslftllto , now IL state lianltllrlllll1 , 1,3G7 cases had been tt'oatoll up to May , 1903 ! , hy the Flnson rays . Of thoHO most were IIIIIIIR'lIlgurlH , und In about 1,01)0 ) cases the beRt / results : had been nttain cII , RO thnt "In most cases ono may cOllnt definHel upon n cure , " to use the cJfI1dnl langllago. The doctor nt the Institute are extremely conservative - lIve and never promise to effect n I cure ; hilt the records show that In u mnjol'lty of the cases where sufferers 4 have boon oncolIl'lIged by being admitted . mltted us pullonts curds have been effeetod. In the one case of the American jllltlont where the physi- clans ' not ' determined whether have yet - or they can give relief , It appears the patient In suffering from n rather cleep ' seated cnneel' , but the lnson i rays Iln not cure any hut the . most superficial cancol's. Protecto From Gascs. One of the greatest dangers with Which the coal mlno , hnfl tv contend h.tho \ generation of deadly gaG In the chamber In which ho In ut wOl'le ills hmtf'1'I1 Is fO ! made n'l t to guard against nn OXllloslon of thin gas and even to indicate Itn proportion In the ttt.nmosphere , hilt the miner himself does not tlllO limo name preclllltlon to prevent inhalation of time las , relying ' lying all his ability to run out of dan- gOl' Often ho Is oVcl'como III his flight and then the companions who P . Jti r , + ! V SuppllCQ Oxygen to the Wenl'cr. hnve escaped return to search for him and carry him to safety before It , Ii too late to resuscitate him This work Is hampered by the presence of , the doalll gas , tn the mine anti often a man'R fellows not only fail In his ] rescue , hut lose their own IIvcs. There. has recently been Introduced : I\n apparatus which makes It possible for n man to go safely through 11. mine charged with deadly gas and come out without feollllg any effects oC time fmncs. As hero pictured , It consists of aU alr.tlght hood to fit over the wearor's head and shoulders , with a compressed air chamber and automatic ' matlc feuding , arrangement ' attached to the hoot ] The air for breathing Is discharged . charged gradually Into the hood to 1'0- 1)ll1.cO the air which has been breathed The wearer of this apparatus can spend several hours , If necessary , In the presence oC gas which would kill 1\ man In 1\ few minutes were It per. ( II. . ttell to enter his Illngs The In 'onUon may also ho utilized to enter amolwfillel1 rooms , affording protection , tlOII to both the lungs and thc e'os ; . , More or LeGs. H\ggs-puffldns \ l'egnras himself as the one man In n thousand. DIggs-Is that all ? I thought ho reo larded himself as the other 099. - FLOOR PLAN OF BARN. Roomy and Comfortable and Can 80 Constructed Cheaply. .1. J. I-Plenso ; publish a floor plan of a barn 30 by 60 feet , contnlnlllg thloo single horse stall , one box stall , feed room , 10 hy 12 feet , and stalls for about 20 head or cattle 2 . A stone cellar with 2.foot walls a-dmlls frost. How wOllld It answer to .stlld It Ull In. side and line It with matched lumber . her ? - Alls.-Tho accompanying plan shollld stilt J. .1. p Time UllllOr floor wOllld have a 16 ( foot mow over the hOl'- stable , a 12.foot drive floor and n. 22 . foot mow over ! the catlle The basement contllltl 3 slllglo horse stalls , and box stalls , 101 slllglo cattle stalls , and feed r00111S. The writer IIIIIlt just such n barn 3i ( by ,18 feet In 1897 , the carpenter ) work oC which caRt $110. 2-If there were a fOllr-lnch brick wall built on the inside of the cellar _ - - _ 50. - _ ------.t' . & : . FCQ Room d ii Ii h u.'u : . I 00 . 1' . . . $ II. . . . ' , C Ijt M \ N9tATTI : ' , u. . N . . . ; ccw : Srn9l6 , f..IO . . ' i-- 3:1 : . t- ; : "oon - _ I TI . ! \ W ' ; M . . . , Mnwc CI\ ' " ' . . . . , . . ' 1.5. ) n C . ( . . ) - - : . , . . . / If ) Lv : a 'j - ; ; STaai HOIE. . STAc lt i : L : _ _ _ _ " " - - f.hN : Floor Plan of Stock Barn 30 by 50 Feet wit hat hl'oo 01' fOllr.illch hollow space hotween the stone and brick , it WOIlJU make the cellar very much warmer , and woulll ho far hotter than one lined UII with Illmhor If the top wore celled over with matched lumber and covere'll with sawdust It would keep the cellar from freezing from the to } ) . 'rho only drawback to putting In a wood ceiling , 111 that It decays very qulcltl 'I he writer has arched n good man ) ' outside cellars with a four.lnch row of brick giving the arch a two- Inch rise to every foot In width , thrce.quflrter.illch rods were placed through time cellar at the Spring oC limo arch six feet apart to keep it from spreading. This was covered with earth 01' sawdust ; time : brick : never rots and 111al\03 a denim pure cellar - - - - Manure for Potatoe W. D-I. What Is the host manure to force potatoes ! 2. will new land not yet brolwn produce good potatoes ? Would lime help to warm the soil ? Is there any fertility in It ? Well rotted yard manure with an admixture of , poultry manure Is considered . sldel'ed the best fertilizer for 10tl1- toes An application oC ashes Is also ; good. " , New land h well adapted to the growing of potatoes A common method of preparing now round , ' 15 to plow It , harrow It down wel1 and plant the potatoes with n hoe 3. H 1 the land Is heavy and cold and application - , cation of limo would warm and mellow i low It. Limo Is not a fortllizer It Is necessary for land to contain a good stacie oC plant : food before lime cnn ho of any benefit ; Its function Is to liberate . ate and turn over to time 'oung' plants that plant food contained In the ma- nuro or Certl1zer It Is used also for correction of acIdity In the soli. 130' yond these mechanical functions limo Is not considered a fertilizer In a strict sense oC the word. It Is estimated that during the last I fi\'o i years telephones have been put Into nearly half D. million rural homes. GAVEL A BEAUTIFUL ONE. Work of Art Used in Opening St. Louis Fair. The gavel used by D. It. Francis in giving formal notice to the nations that time exposition was opened was worthy of the occasion. Its material was made from arm aged oak tree that for more than a century towered on time summit of Ant hill , a con3picu- ous lanthnarlc to aborigines , whose graves it sheltered until they were unearthed to make room for time f 1 l ' t7 I r9 ' -J crowning feature of the exposition picture It is omhe11lsllod with time Amerl can eagle In silver , with pinions rprend A map of the two hemni- spheres encircles the head , handsomely . Iy Inlaid and engraved , significant of the united efforts of time old and new worlds in the latest achievement In oxposltlons Inlalll In the handle are the shields of time United States and time fioHr do his of France , time parties to time Louisiana pnrchase Six heavy silver rings encircle the head of time gavel , and the Up of time handle Is finished with an acorn from the oak tree ont of which the gavel was carved Once Ruled Over Many. ' . ; ; ; ; ) I } ! Iiq . tf" t I'11flk ' . ) ' ' ( &U . . . :1 : : . j i _ t I f " k , h\ , : I t ; ; t e .Jrr r l' . Figure of a king , in relief , recently found In Ararat : Ibum Ali , Dnh1cn Slack Cats' Island There is nn island in Puget Sound , not more than half a mHo across , which is so thickly populated with cats that they may he seen cover- ing the rocks on a sunny day , from time riggings of passing vessels The cats number many thousands , and the strangest thing , Is that they are all blnele. Every evening a boatload load of fishermen land on the Island and lay out a seine a quarter of a mile long They pull It In with never less than a ton of fish , but next morning these : fish are gone The cats devour thom nil. These cats have been placed here by men who are supplying the mar- hot with women's muffs Once 0. year there Is 0. great roundup , and several thousand pussies lose their li'vos - . . . . . . : . . . - . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . - - - - - - - - : . : : . : , - . . - . - . : . - . - . ' - - ' . . . . . - : . . : : - : : : : . ' . . REVIVE AN OLD FASHION. - London Women Have Taken to the . Wearing of Monocles. ' " - Time eighteenth century bonn was . { f accustomed to view life through 0 monocle mounted on a long handle of gold or pinchbeck. The handle terminated In a ring by which the bauble was affectedly dan- gled on the end or the lit- . tlo finger when not In UBe. This quaint fashion Is being , i revived by the fair lady of to.day , and -"w.J' , to meet il London jewelers have de-- signed some very exquisite single glass lorgnettes , with long handles of gold , enamel , 'j tortoiseshell , or scroll work In din- mends One specimen , carried out entirely . ly In brilliants , represents a slender - ; 01' quiver full of arrows , anti on the . , , heads of the arrows - rows rests the glass. A Louis Selzo design oC time . finest worltman- hlp in dark royal . . luO enamel is studded with dill- mends and has : " wreaths of the . . . . . . tiniest leaves In gold surrounding It. Time handles of these lorgnettes are about four Inches long , and terminate In n small ring composed of little diamonds - mends 01' enamel , and through this the chain by which they are worn around the neck Is hung. An ordinary l- nary muff chain strung at Intervals with a precIous stone Is frequently . worn , hut the correct thing Is a narrow ribbon , with hero and there a diminutive clasp In br11llants. Awake for Twenty-five Years There is a man in London who has not slept a wink for a quarter at a century , and during that time has become . come completely weaned from the de- .Jo ' 1. . . . sire 'Vlton about Corty.five years old this patient had an attack of mala- rIa chills and tool a dose of 1Ifty.two grains of < ! ulnlno , Since that ! day he has never slept for the quinine pro- duced such a singing In his ears that sleep has been out of the question : Time noise changes In character from day to day Sometimes It Is like the roar of a cataract , again It Is like the sound of sawing and at another time It resembles time hissing } of steam from the exhaust of an englno. Doctors have made futile efforts to aid hlm- New York Herald Showing Yield of Fish. I YIELD orZ4 Of THE PRINCIPAl FISHERIE5 IN 10 MILLIONS POUNDS o . It\ . . . see . 100 , -4 SrtuaoN - . . . - , oY3Tvt - _ _ _ _ _ _ " coo .b- FILMING ' _ ® . .J IJl\tlltAAllIc.lBKJI : . AUI'lIvt _ : \0 t HAKE _ ( sWLTCAcut " : CLAM , . j ) t GMBJ IIII ! I 'I BLutflH _ ' HA\UUT . \ . CARP Q I , i LOB.Tt" ® i ; 1 I CA'TrI.tr.a " I 5\JtKtRo" I I , MAClltI\U. 1ft i " . IIJIoIP ii , ' . l FLQUllotR M t t.AKLTRCUT t/ - wHlttn.w 1 'TUllctcm 1 . . HAOOOtlI / - The accompanying diagram from the . . . ; . . . : : J. National Geographic Magazine needs litHo explnnatlon It shows the yield of the different varieties of fish Hunt for Burled Cash. A quiet hunt Is being made by members - bel's of 0. family who reside on n farm on the Alfred road , In Blddoford , Me" , for $300 In silver and bills which the T father of' the family burled some- ( where In the ground about the farm white In n state of Ineanlty. . „ @ w -