OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
To Stop Land Thefts.
'if well-informed people are to be believed the
I only way to save the remnant of the public do
main in the United States from cattle barons
land land sharks Is to repeal the desert land
ict and the commutation clause of the home-
, tead act which permits the settler to gain
title by cash payment Instead of actual resi
dence. If this be not done It is predicted that next decade
will witness the acquirement of all the available govern
ment land by the corporations and syndicates mentioned ,
leaving no territory open to actual settlors.
Within the last six years the government has parted
with 80,000,000 acres of its domain , and of this great tract
more than one-half has been allotted during the two years
ending June 30 , 1003. It is notorious that bona fide set
tlers have secured very little of this hind. It is easy to
Bee that at the rate of 1GO acres to each homesteader
500,000 settlers would have found homes in the West , and
It is safe to say that not one-tenth of that number actually
took up claims and lived upon them. The speculators ,
the timber companies , the town-site boomers , the cattle
kings and the other land-grabbers simply secured people
willing to perjure themselves , and these people , having ac
quired title to the lands , passed them on to the inherits
which suborned the perjury.
It may be said and with some truth that it would not
be necessary to repeal these laud laws if government offi
cers would enforce them. Unfortunately , recent events
in Oklahoma , in Indian Territory , in Oregon and In other
regions of the West have shown that the very men
charged with enforcing the laud laws are the men who
are most active In violating them.
There Is a pleasing possibility that some of these faith
less functionaries may go to the penitentiary , but It would
be idle to hope that their successors will be any more
faithful or that the public domain will be any better pro
tected under one set of officers than under another. The
moral fiber of land attaches appears to degenerate from
the moment they assume their official functions.
The only way to remedy the abuses which have grown
up Is to repeal all land laws save the homestead act aud
to confine the operation of this latter statute to settlers
who actually reside on the land they pre-empt for the full
four years originally required. Even under this restriction
there will doubtless be some evade the law , but the rob
bery will be thieving and somp successful efforts to much
less than It has been during the past six years and It will ,
moreover , be so dangerous that few people can be found
who will take the risk involved in a fraudulent entry.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Pleasures of Winter.
j INTER is harsh , rough-visaged , rigorous.
| Yet , like many men , he conceals a kind and
j generous heart behind a forbidding exterior ,
( and provides many wholesome and delicious
jei'jiyments for those who learn his peculiari-
1 ties , bear philosophically with his petty tyran
nies and treat with forbearance his eccentrici
ties of behavior. In the country and in the city it is during
his reign that most of the
social pleasures of the year are
enjoyed. Summer drives thousands away from their homes.
Winter brings them back , and takes a hand -renewing
the agrceabla acquaintanceships and friendships which
separation has parr'y broken off.
There is on class of people to whom winter brings
special gratification. He suggests to book-lovers a quiet
book by a quiet lamp ; and these alone are sufficient to com
pensate for all the pleasures that the hard old tyrant drives
off. What if the birds are gone , and the leaves have fall-
< fl , and snow is descending , and the wind howls through
the night like a thing possessed , if one can stay indoors ,
pull up a comfortable chair , cock his slippered feet on
another chair , and enjoy the company of his favorite au
thors ? They are better men and wiser than any whom
lie probably would meet if he went out They do not bore
lilm : or , if they should , he could kick them out without
hurting their feelings. They give no advice which Is not
sought. When he wants instruction they do not "jolly"
him. t | u he wants *
amusement they do not put on a
smug countenance and talk theology , or a wiseacre one
BIBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Free Translation la Made Into Several
Dialects.
During the past two years and a
half A number of prominent mission
aries in the Philippines , mostly Presby
terian and Methodist , have been en
gaged in making translations of cer
tain of the New Testament gospels
Into the Tagalog , and then the
Vasayan , and the Pampangun , and per
haps already the Ilocano dialects.
Their object is , of course , a most laud
able one , from the standpoint of every
.one who believes in the education of
the individual will aud judgment in
religious as in all other matters ; it is
to give to the Filipinos , who are really
without anything that could fairly be
called a religious literature , a chance
to I earn f Christ's life and mission
in their u\vn every-day tongues , in
nhicli most of the masses can read at
least a little. It is an enterprise mag
nificent in scope ; all the more reason
Tor expecting to make progress slow
ly in it.
It is to be feared that the transla
tions , hurried into shape at Manila
: md hurried off the presses in this
country , are hardly such as could be
desired to be made of "The Book. "
However zealous the missionaries must
he given credit for being in acquiring
: v practical speaking knowledge of the
dialects of the natives with whom they
are at work , not one of them is in any
sense a scholarly linguist and there
i ; all the more necessity for cereful ,
scholarly work In the half developed ,
imperfect forms of written speech ,
such as the various Malay dialects are.
To be sure , tlie American mission
aries have had the assistance of sev-
iral natives of more or less scholarly
j.intension in their own dialects. They
: ire. however , at least no better quali
fied for painstaking work of this sort
than their American colleagues , and ,
v. ; : Edition , know almost nothing of
il : : Bible , as is to be said of every
r Ki : : io. even the best educated.
I'ntlcr the circumstauces , one Is eom-
j'o.lfd to wonder just what sort of an
the Bible will be ob-
i-.r : } sson ; of
' of the Filipino m&sses
{ : " ( ! by those
translations. Occasion-
v j j read these
and talk political economy or ethics. He does not need
to go to the theater for a drama. Shakspeare will afford
him a bettor. He need not hunt out -lecturer on evolution ,
or ethics , or history. Cicero , or Macaulay , or John FIske
can better instruct and entertain him with discourses on
these subjects than anybody he would likely find. He has
Hamilton aud Bryce to teach him the principles and con
stitution of his country. Milton to raise his thoughts to
the sublime. Winter restrains Mm from going out into
the world , but it impels him to stay where a. large part
of all there is in the world that Is witty and wise will come
in and entertain and improve him without money niid with
out price. Kansas City Journal.
Women Who Work.
H13 irrepressible question of woman & invasion
| of man's field of work is profounding agitating
T I the Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis , and he is out
with a warning to those of his sex to have a
care that they are not superseded by their sis
ters. He cites one case where a woman quali
fied by experience to fill a certain posotion did
the work of her male predecessor at a salary $15,000 less
than what he received. The grave reproach of "cheap
ening labor" evidently , according to Dr. Hillis' way of
looking at the matter , lies against the women.
Now , if Dr. Hillis really feels tiiat he has been or
dained to deliver a message on the subject of laborers and
their hire , let him reason with himself about the sins of
the employers. If a woman can do a man's work , why
should she not be paid a man's wages ? That is the whole
question. Of course , there are plenty of inefficient women
workers , just as there are hordes of inefficient men work
ers. In certain occupations , even , women are preferred
because they are quicker , defter of hand and more attentive
to duty. There Is no hard and fast rule of superiority.
The test lies In the work done , and , according to the value
of the work , whether it be done by men or women , men and
women should be paid without distinction of sex.
That two scales of wages , one for men and one for
women , are so often enforced in the same field of Industry
only shows how eager the employer is to put money In his
own pocket at the expense of justice. Necessity on one
hand and selfishness on the other are the warring forces
which prevent a true adjustment of the relations of em
ployer and employed. New York Daily News.
Agriculture , Not Iron.
T is the farmer , not the financier , who is king.
He is riding while merchants and manufactur
ers walk. Taken collectively , it is probable
that the American agriculturist 'never before
enjoyed so prosperous a season. Notably is
this true at the South , where , for the first
time , perhaps , the cotton planter finds himself
in a position to get ten cents for a staple which it doesn't
cost him more than six cents to grow. At the Northwest ,
in the great spring wheat regions , the story is intensified
by the explanation that the farmers have enjoyed six suc
cessive years of prosperity. The question of reaction or
depression does not appeal to them. There is nothing to
react or depress. Over-production to them is a relative
term. It carries no such propotiouate increase of costs as
in industrial lines.
It is not to the billion-dollar steel combine alone or to
the other huge capitalizations of recent years that one
must turn in order to find munificently expanded totals
following the dollar mark. The domestic yield of Indian
corn alone , at present cash prices , would furnish a sum
sufficient to buy and pow for all the stock and bonds of
the United States Steel Corporation twive over at present
quotations , anil leave a handsome sum for working capital.
The hay crop , estimated as worth $360,000,000 , offsets the
annual gross earnings of the Steel Trust , and the like is
true of the wheat and of , the cotton crops. Taking the
staple crops at their current money value , approximately
$5,000.000,000 , and we find it to be twice the amount of
the estimated depreciation in security values within a year ,
or a sum sufficient to take over 80 per cent of the railways
of the United States at market prices of their shares. Is it
anw wonder that the agriculturist refuses to be a pessim
ist ? St. Paul Pioneer Press.
ally one hears of a defender of the
friars praising their devotion in mas
tering the native dialects and their
scholarship as preachers and writers
in these tongues. As a matter of fact ,
the great majority of friars , even after
long residence In this country , preached
so atrociously in the dialect that the
better educated natives used always
to be smiling about their sermons be
hind their sleeves. It is scarcely prob
able that our Protestant missionaries
in the few years in which they have
been at work among the Filipinos , are
capable of doing better , if as well.
The Outlook.
INDIAN RELICa
Plan to Collect Them for a National
Kxhibit Recantly Agreed Upon.
Indian mounds , cliff dwellings and
other relics left by the aborigines of
North and South America are to be pro
tected from vandals and preserved for
historical research if plans of the in-
termitional commission of archaeology
and ethnology are carried out The re
cent meeting was attended by the Mex
ican ambassador , the Peruvian minis
ter , and scientists representing Mexico ,
Peru and the United States. A major
ity of the South American republics
were not represented , however , and it
was decided to postpone permanent
organization until next December , by
which time all the countries in the
western hemisphere will , it is expected ,
declare themselves in favor of the plans
of the commission.
The Pan-American Congress , held in
the City of Mexico , 1901-02 , started the
movement for forming the commission ,
the purpose of which is "to promote
the unification of laws relative to an
tiquities in the western hemisphere ,
to increase and diffuse knowledge con
cerning these antiquities and of the
aboriginal peoples by whom they were
produced , and to encourage the collec
tion in suitable museums of the remain-
lug vestiges of these early peoples. "
The commission will collect Indian
arrow heads , pottery and everything
of that character. They will establish
OHO or more archaeological and ethno
logical museums of the international
character , and these musemns will be
so conducted that there will be an ex
change of relics. In Mexico they have
a superfluity of Aztec sculptures and
pottery which they would be willing
to exchange for some relic of the
aborigines of our own country. South
America is , of course , rich in archaeo
logical relics , and they are deeply inter
ested in the plan to make a study of
the early races and the antiquities of
these two continents. Washington
Times.
The Notable Exception-
There recently appeared in the corri
dors of the Capitol at Washington an
Englishman who is visiting this coun
try for the purpose of studying its po
litical economy.
The Briton was introduced to Speak
er Cannon , who , at the time the
foreigner appeared , was conversing
with a constituent , a great , burly man
from Illinois , with extremely definite
ideas upon things in general.
A conversation between the three
ensued , during which the Briton rather
haughtily remarked that to him the
laws of the United States seemed de
fective , in that they did not protect the
poor man from the evils of monopoly.
"Now , in Great Britain you know , "
said the Englishman , "there's but one
law for every one , be he prince or be
he pauper. "
The large man from Illinois broke In
with : "Same way here , old man ! In
this country It 'makes no difference
whether a man is a beggar or a million
aire , he's got to obey the law unless
he's got a pull ! "
Not Such a Bad Shot. .
*
Gayboy ( time I a. m. ) 1 say , old . ,
chap , Isn't this a little late for you to ,
be out ? Aren't you afraid your wife j
will miss you ?
Enpeck I hope she will , Irat she
can throw pretty straight for a
man. Illustrated Bits.
Its Ueiivery.
"You delivered your speech la a man
ner that was most timely and ! effect
ive. "
"Yea , " answered the political orator.
"I had to be particular about the de
livery of that speech. It was a . . cL
transaction. " Washingtoa. Star.
cience
A"0
* 5 , .
iwention
The illuminating power of the sun
at zenith is estimated by M. Charles
Fabry at one hundred thousand can
dles.
In recent European experiments ,
corpses have been kept for a certain
time in a bath of chloride of calcium
heated to 123 degrees , then taken out
and steeped for twenty-four hours in
a cold solution of sulphate of sodium
The bodies are transformed into per
fect mummies , to be kept Indefinitely.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce , who has
been studying the strange "sleeping
sickness" which affects many of the
Inhabitants of Uganda , ascribes the
Bpread of the Infection to a species of
the famous tsetse fly , whose attacks
are fatal to horses and cattle in Africa.
These flies are found to be Infected
with the parasite that causes the sleepIng -
Ing sickness by entering the blood and
the cerebro-spinal fluid , and the well-
defined areas of country to which the
flies are confined correspond absolute
ly with the distribution of the disease ,
Where this species of tsetse fly is no1
found sleeping sickness is unknown.
A second blossoming of trees late In
the season , after the usual forming of
buds for the next year , may result
from some Injury , such as removal
of the leaves , if the inference of M
E. Apert Is correct In October , 190 $
this observer saw a white lilac in full
bloom , the bush baring small green
leaves and beautiful clusters of whitd
flowers , while some hundreds of feet
away was another bush of the usual
autumnal appearance. Investigation
showed that worms had eaten off the
[ eaves of the first bush several montha
before. A return of the worms in July ,
1908 , was followed by a partial re
production of the phenomenon , and M.
A.pert believes that a second flowering
of a fire-injured trees , reported by M ,
Jolly as a result of the action of heatj
\vas really due to destruction of the
eaves. It is proposed to test the theory
> y removing the leaves of apple trees ,
> ear trees , etc. , in July or August.
It is an old question , "Are the 70
odd chemical elements really elemen-
: ary , or are they compounded of something *
thing still more elementary ? " In tha
ight of the recent discoveries about
radium Prof. P. W. Clarke recurs tea
a theory , advocated by him many
vears ago , that as the planets were
evolved out of the original nebula
which gave birth to the solar system ,
he chemical elements themselves werd
also evolved out of something far less
complex than themselves. The fact
hat existing nebulae are very simple
n composition , while stars in various
stages of evolution exhibit more and
more complexity , until , In solidified
> odies , like the earth , a great number
of chemical elements with a myriad
of compounds are found , Is regarded us
strongly supporting this theory. The
ihenomena of radium lead to the ad-
litional suggestion that as in the de-
elopmeut of the heavenly bodies we
eein to see the growth of the elements ,
o in radio-activity we witness theii
decay.
FIND HIDDEN WEALTH.
People Discover Treasure at Unex
pected Places and Times *
Hidden treasure has an irresistibH
attraction for the human race. On tht
lightest hint from seer or fortune
eller some one is sure to dig where tin
ildden treasure is supposed to be , aiic
disappointment does not discouragj
another attempt when another "tip'
Is received. Very few have ever conn
upon hidden treasure , and the fe\4
have found it unexpectedly.
Take , for instance , that romantic un
earthing of 200,000 coins in the bed ol
the River Dove , in Staffordshire
. Some workmen
seventy-two years ago.
men were engaged in removing a wut
bank which had formed in the centei
of the river , when oe of them wai
amazed to find on raising his spadi
that it glistened with silver coins
Attracted by the digger's exclama
tions of astonishment and delight , hii
fellow workmen hurried up , and in a
moment half a dozen men were scamb
ling and fighting for the treasure
feverishly tilling their pockets , theii
hats and beer cans with silver coins
which were worth their weight In gold
for they were of the time of the firsi
two Edwards , and had lain in the rivei
for 500 years. That the bulk of tht
treasure trove was ultimately claimed
by the Duchy of Lancaster matten ?
little , for its finders had already * ap
propriated scores of thousands o.
precious disks.
Only two years later a few Ylllagi
boys were playing at marbles on Sun li
day afternoon in a field near Beaworth
In Hampshire , when one of then
o
caught sight of a piece of lead pro
Jectlng from a cart rut in a rough roa <
that crossed the pasture. Tugging a1 il
the strip of metal he disclosed a hole
>
and through the exposed opening lit'
:
saw a pile of glittering coins , briglrH |
as If fresh from the mint To fill hii
pockets and those of his playmate
was the work of a few moments. an (
o little did the youngsters appreciati
the value of their discovery that 01
their way home they amused then :
selves by flinging the coins into th
village pond.
Ultimately nearly seven thousant
coins were recovered from this buriet
treasure chest , and they proved to b
of the reigns of William I. and WiMSan
II. and in a wonderful state of presei
vation. >
A similar discovery was made nea E
Wetherby , In Yorkshire , when a heavj a
cart , passing over a country road , stucl h
fast in a rut , and on being released
disclosed a number of silver corns ,
which had escaped from the burst lid
of a chest linden under the roadway.
It was assumed that the chest of coins
had been buried there in the perilous
days of the civil war , and that the
gradual sinking of the road and the
weight of the passing cart had at hist
brought it again to the light of day.
In the year 1846 a most valuable
deposit of treasure was revealed in the
strangest fashion at Cuerdale , near
Preston , in Lancashire. Some laborers
were digging near the banks of the
River Ribble when the pickaxe of one
of them struck something harder than
earth and more yielding than rock.
On removing his pick he found transfixed - ,
fixed at the end of it a large ingot of
silver. Plying his tool with renewed
vigor he soon discovered wealth , con
sisting of scores of silver ingots weigh
ing in all over 1,000 ounces.
Similar fortune befell a couple of
4aborers who were digging in a ditch
near Gladstonbury , In Somersetshire ,
when they unearthed an ancient chest
full of coins of the days of the Stuarts.
They took samples of the coins to a
neighboring antiquary of wealth , who
not only paid the men a large sum for
their treasure , but purchased a score
or more acres of land adjacent to the
lucky ditch. And here the irony of
fortune is well Illustrated , for al
though the antiquary spent thousands
of pounds In buying and excavating
his land , not a single coin was dis
covered beyond those which a stroke
of the spade had revealed.
This is the kind of trick fortune
loves to play on designing men. Not
very many years ago , when the thatch
ed roof of an ancient cottage near
Rlpon was removed a rich nest of
5-gulnea gold pieces was discovered
hidden away under It When the news
of this treasure trove came to the ears
of a neighboring land owner he was so
fired by the lust of gold that he forth
with purchased a dozen similar cot
tages in the district and had them all
pulled down , but not a solitary coin
was found in exchange for the 3,000
the cJlJerlment cost him.
Grow Young : as Yon Grow Old.
Next to air and food in the human <
economy comes exercise. We may
have plenty of fresh air , and a proper 1
allowance of the right kind of food ,
and yet , without helpful daily exer
cise these will not avail to keep the
body In good condition. In answer to
the question , "Why do we grow old ? "
a French writer gives these three rea
sons : "We do not get enough phys
ical exercise in the open air , we are
poisoned by microbes , which the pha
gocytes have not succeeded In de
stroying , and we are depressed by fear
of death. " Of the three reasons it
will be noted that he gives the place
of first Importance to lack of exercise.
There is nothing else which can take
the place of physical activity as a :
preserver ' of youth and energy. "Grow
young as you grow older by cultivat
ing a moderate love of good , healthful ,
honest sport , " is sound advice. Walk
ing , running , jumping , rowing , play
ing golf , tennis or croquet , or any other a
mild form of exercise in the open air
keeps the muscles supple and prevents - u
vents the joints from stiffening , fills
the lungs with life-giving oxygen and
keeps the blood from becoming slug y
gish or the liver torpid. In short , it j
is exercise thai keeps the body in
tune and "up to concert pitch , " just as
exercise keeps the voice or a musical 1
instrument in perfect tone. Success.
fi
'Possums Show Cunning.
John Tousbaint of Cahokia declares cs
he is the first man to discover how h
oppossums ravage hen roosts , says the c <
St Louis Globe-Democrat He states 01
that for years the farmers of this vicin
ity have lost their chickens and could .
not account for it Mr. Toussaint says
that he was sitting at his window
early in the morning , when he noticed
a 'possum steal along the fence and C (
enter hL poultry house. He believed
the animal would soon return and secured - _
cured his shotgun. The animal did E
return in a second or so , and as it J al
came In sight Toussaint fired. He y
killed the 'possum and went to secure | aj
It , finding one of his fine chickens
lirmly grasped In the 'possum's tail.
Mr. Toussaint says that the animal
ai
visits the henroost regularly , and that >
QO chicken ever screeches , because its ' #
breath Is cut off by the pressure of the sj
animal's tail. When the tail is safely ro
stretched around the neck of the chick rodc
en the 'possum starts off , dragging the
Cowl after him.
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The Poor Corn posit r A ain.
ai
There was trouble between the pro-
rietor of the Daily Trumpet , published . .
iii Slowbury Center , and one of the
prominent citizens of the town. !
The citizen is Orlando Vance Jones ,
ivho writes occasional verses for the
Toet's Corner" and pays for space .
{
n which to advertize his dental sirup ,
rhe trouble arose soon after the birth
0
5
f Mr. Jones's grandson. Being much j '
gratified by the resemblance to him ) . .
rVhieh many of the diplomatic mothers
n Slowbury detected in the features
f Orlando Vance , third , Mr. Jones
omposed a tender poem which he en-
Itled. "A Pigmy Counterpart" ad
When he opened the paper , of which ch
ie had ordered one dozen copies , he chNe
at the head of the column his poem an
inder the title , "A Pig My Counter- by
mrt"
ca :
Reason.
aud laughs the livelong day ;
i ray do not think her simple
wi
she'll latiph at anything you say
Because she has a dimple. cm
Yale Record. let
all 1
When a woman imposes on her hus- >
and with kin. how the people roar !
But the woman never knows It ; they
ire very careful to do their ab
ilnd her back. in :
TO LIVE COO YEARS.
Insular Idea Whlcfc !
lievera In J nglaad.
Can man live for 500 years ? There
is a large number of people who be
lieve that they are going to lire tht
_ length of time.
Their leader 1 * one
' well-
of London's -
known editors , & .
J. Klbblewhlta , a
man ordinarily
credited with wis
dom and cosmos
sense.
The people w o
hare not been eoo-
verted to the new
theory and hope of
longevity are stand
ing aside and pooh-poohing the whole
Idea. The biologists and chemists all
scientific men , in fact are advising
the undertakers to get coffin measure
ments for these people at once , for
they are dabbling with dangerous
drugs and doing other things that are
called unwise If not perilous.
But KIbblewhIte and his frien
pect to be here when the
begins. They are enthusiastic/ They
declare the doctors , the preachers , and
the grave diggers are facing aowy
times. These men have not been stam
peded up to date.
The people who hope and believe
they will live as long as they want t
have been studying the habita of the
whale , the pike , frogs , and lizards.
The whale lives 300 years. The pike
often lives to be 250 yf ars old If gome
hidden hook does not draw him from
his favorite stream. Frogs live an in
definite period. They arc found sealed
in rocks that must have been centuries
in forming. LJaards. likewise , have a *
almost eternal lease on life.
Why not man ? That's the qoestioa
the llve-for-ever theorists
are asking.
The secret of long life lies In th Mb-
eral application to the skin of glacial
acetic acid , according to the
tific Britishers. Persons who have dal > -
bled 1 in chemistry are aware of the
fact * that acetic acid has an effect upoa
the epidermis. Acetic acid baths re
store the hardened and wrinkled sMn
of octogenarians to the freshness and
softness of a chald's skin , say the be
lievers. It routs death and all the signs
of approaching death. In short , It
makes a man over. It is a revised Idea
of the fiction for which Ponce de Leon
sought In vain.
Kibblewhite claims to have cured va
rious cases of disease which were pro
nounced "incurable" by doctors and
really believes that glacial acetic acid
is capable of prolonging life.
THESE BOYS WORK.
Raise 5-1O Acres of Cornf for
They Receive S4,134.512.
By industriously tending a patch o
oru all last sumniur three Missouri
joys earned not only the handsome
mm of $4,154,52 , but sufficient distino-
ion to have the fruit of their industry
selected to be one of the features of
Missouri's exhibit at the World's Fair ,
md to cause the commission to place
lieir photographs in a place of honor
n the Missouri building.
The boys are John. George
Foseph Christian , aged IS , 1C ,
ears respectively. They are the sons
} . A. Christian , and their home 1 * la
Farklo , Atchison county. The work
vas all done between May 1 and NOT.
, , and the boys are now In school.
The Christian boys accepted an offer
rom Davis Rankin of Atchison county ,
lissouri , who is the most extensive
attle feeder In the world. Mr. Rankin
las 30,000 acres of land in Atchinoa
ounty , and each year he raises corn
n from 15,000 to 20,000 acres.
When the Christian boys applied for
tract of land on which to raise corn
Ir. Rankin promptly turned over a.
ract of 540 acres and agreed to pay
Lie boys 12 cents for every bushel o/
orn they would raise.
Hitching six Missouri mules te a
tster the boys went to work. This
aachine plows , harrows , and seeds aB
t one operation. They worked like
Trojans and soon the 540 a res were
11 planted. Then the boys had a
reath spell. When the corn began to
row another task appeared for them ,
nd three times the growing corn had
be cultivated. Again was a requlsl-
ion made on the Missouri mule , and
lx were attached to each of three two-
3w cultivators. The weeds were kept
own , the soil loosened , and the cons
rew. This corn was gone over threa
mes. Meanwhile the grain grew and
ipened , and when November rolled
round the harvest was begun ,
ITp to this time the work of making
ie crop had been done altogether bj ;
ie three boys. Extra help was en >
eyed in the harvest however , and
hen the corn was gathered and
leasured into Mr. Rankln's great corn
ins It was found that the boys had
rown 24,621 bushels of the grain. At
cents per bushel this netted the sum
S4.154.52. and Mr. Rankin gave
tern a check for that amoaot CM-
igo Inter Ocean.
, Or American Mailshtpn
On all * he American mallshlps
lays there is a regular postofflce
large of hree postal clerks from the
ew York postofilce , who llv abroad
id assort the malls jnst as la dona
the clerks upon the railway postal
ITS.
Electricity in Farm Worfc.
The use or electricity In connection
ith farm work is being strongly ad vo
ted. The Idea that the light Is de-
terious to vegetation Is said to be
wrong and that the contrary holds
od.
od.A
A nice , worthy , ambitious and cap-
io woman , married to "a worthless
an , is a pitiful sight.
