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' * < i < : - . 1-5,1 i-aid the ( oastmaster , ris-
Ir.g to hi > f.i. i. "v\- aj < fi rtunit < ; in hav-
* Dr : with n this ovc uin a man kviioM ?
-Vjfaw-wu.-'m.s both writ
as a or and a pub-
. .ifSf.ik'T , have ina.lo him famuli * : n
man v.ijuai we arc proud to welcome ns n
: a man whoso nano i.s a ho ishold
in o-jr < * ily : a num. in point of t : > ct.
ifV.N no introduction at my hands. I
hare ll.e pleasuresontlomon , of - "
Her. * ho was seize < l with a violent fit of
vougfclnr. borwwn the paroxysms of which
Jj tesiiod over and xvhisyerod to the man
sitting next to him :
"Say , .Tohuson what's his blooming
name ? I can't think of it to save mv
.life. "
" "JJcv.-ard Verne de Vrees , " answered
.TobnM : i.
* * I l'-i p the pleasure , gentlemen , of in-
troduchi ; : Mr. Horace Verdigris , who will
now you.
V.'nik n Cru : c ?
Most men cannot walk in a straight
with their eyes open , and none
ever lived that could do so wifh his
exes shut. Try it. It is an aged say-
Ins tbat a man follows his nose , and
there never was a nose since Adam
tiiat stood straight in front of a face.
Jtll of . : s ar < * afllictcd with either sin-
isfcrotor > i < n or de.\trotorsion that is ,
In walking we veer either to the left
on to tle right. It cannot be helped.
Set up two posis on the lawn and bet
a. million that no man or woman in the
crowd can walk from one to the other
ivitli.Mii anfraetno < ity. There's a swell
vrord f < > r you. Anfractuosity that's
where you set a wiggle on walk wab-
-bly. r.anSor ( Me. ) News.
"Foe.T5 writ jug "The IVlh. "
"It jiirl.s. . " he said , "as if there might
be a ! - > t < f coin in ir 1"
Clu'or'-t ! ' > ' the thoiidit. he tintinnalm-
folcdiin i r ! ofil > 'oil ' ( crg\ .
aasss
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Cpanions of Great Papers on important Subjects.
'ats > S was to have Uen expected. Adjutant Gon-
eial Ains\vorth's suggestion that we must
cut down the size of the army , raise sol
diers' pay or else report l conscription ,
lias raised a storm of newspaper protest
throughout the country. IVrhaps General
Ainsworth did" not intend his mention of
conscript"- ) : ! to be taken seriously , but at any rate it has
borvod his purpo.-e by directing general attention to the
serious state in which the army finds itself.
The army is 20.000 men short of its schedule , and of
ficers are so few that this year's class at West Point is
to be graduated six months before its time in order that
BOine of the vacant commissions may be filled.
"What the reason is for this condition has been often
pointed out. The rate of pay for enlisted men has not
been increased for over fifty years , and that for officers
for thirty-seven : yet in that time not only has the cost
of living increased greatly , but pay in all other occu
pations has risen.
It must not be forgotten that the army of the Tinted
States is on a different basS.- < from the armies of Kuro-
pean continental nations. There military sen ice Is a
part of the citizen's duty , lie is expecter ! to devote two
or three years to the anry. and ail citi/.ens are alike
In this respect. In the I'nited States , however , ( lie army
is a body of men hiivd to do military sen ice , just as
cities hire strict cleaners or poliioiuen. It is in compe
tition with every other form of employment , and in time
of peace no patriotic feiT.ug enters into the service.
This nation must p.y : enough to atract : men to the
army. If pay is inadequate , volunteers cannot be had.
The remedy is obvious. Lot C'orgrcss appropriate
enough money < .ut of the nation's enormous surplus to
Increase the pay of olilcors and on'.Kretl m ° n to the point
of attractiveness. If thK ! K done , recruiting stations
will be overcrowded with applicants. Chicago Journal.
LOWEB , CALIFORNIA "wGDLD LS USEZUL TO US.
1CKK the Tinted States ready to buy new
territory , prolably it could at this tune
make no more valuable acquisition than
the peninsula of Lower California. Aside
from i ho value of the land itself , its pus-
-ession would undoubtedly add much
strength to any position \\hich wo might
be forced * > a-sume in relation u international p > ! ! tic.
on the Pacific , a'id would * lo much to augment mi1' na
tional muscles , which , as the President has frequently
pointed out so clearly , mrst be ready lor the regulation
and defense of the Panama canal. A well-protected coal
ing station somewhere within striking di.xan.-c of tire
Pacific mouth of the canal is a necessity which is rec
ognized. Moreo\u' . for strategic purposes in case of
war that issued from Asi.iti'c vaters. the fluff of Cali-
iornia , narrow. 700 nihs : lo ; g. and partly fortified I y
batteries at Cape Pan Lv.--is. and at advantageous points
on the eastern side of the peninsula , would l.o. in its
function as a harbor and as a base for supply and coal-
The girl with the blue-bead necklace
nodded her head and then , taking
the hairpins from her mouth ayd trans
ferring them to her hair , said , " .My ,
yes ! We had a perfectly elegant
time. "
"Was Maud up there : ' ' as'-red the
girl with the art nouveau waist buckle
"I should say not ! " replied the girl
with the blue beads. "What do yon
think ! She went to him af ast him
to take her as good as ast hnn. She
says , 'You're a-goiif to take t/ie. ain't
you ? ' Sorter joshin' him. o' course.
She wouldn't have none If he'd
said 'Yes. ' Oh. no ! She'd h.ve : slap
ped his wri t for darin' to tak. her se
rious. Now , what do you think o' that ?
Ain't she the nerviest thing" What
do you think he says to her ? 'You've
got another guess com in' , ' he says.
'I'm coin' to take P.abe. ' I think it
was good enough for her. That's the
way she is. though always tryin' to
butt in an' make trouble if she can.
The nerve of her. astin' him if be
wasn't goiif to take her ! An' 1 told
her myself the same mornin' that-
was a-goin' to go with him. Xo. she
ivasn't there. "
"I think he done just ricrht. " said
the girl with the art nouveau waist
buckle , approvingly. "Say. P.abe , I
Lhink he's just grand. "
"Sure ; I think so. too. " said the girl
ivith the blue-bead necklace1. "Ain't he
the elegant dresser ? "
"I sh'd say , " said the girl v , ifh the
firt nouveau waist buckle. heartily.
"If I had a feller like him "
The girl with the blue-bead necklace
tittered , "lie ain't my feller. " she
said , " .lust because he takes me out to
i few places ain't no sign he's my fel
ler. I don't know whether I'd .have
iiim for a steady comp'ny or not. I'ut
[ do think he's grand. Ain't he got
nice hands ? Did you ever notice his
liancN ? "
"Sure. " said the other girl.
"rather don't like me goin * with
! .in. : " confided the girl with the blue-
: iead necklace. "He dmi't like him be-
" aus" he wears good clothes and he
ihinks because his hnnris ain't all dirt
that he don't work , an' he thinks that
lie don't get enough wage" . Father
: nak'\s me tired. Walter'd look well
liandlin' ribbons with hands like .Tim
Sloan's. I guess. An' as : far as wages
or . Walter's makiif good , an' he'll
jet a raise Christmas , maybe. Look at
ing depots , invaluable to our forces on the Pacific.
Puget sound 01 : the north is at present the most avail
able refuge for a hard-pre.-sed squadron , and is so far
away from the canal as to lender dubious the possi
bility of assistance coining from Atlantic waters. The
suggestion of purchase is not new ; many years ago it
was discussed in Washington , but the rise of Asiatic
powers and the canal project have more than doubled
the desirability of the possession. The purposes of Mr.
Root's visit to Mexico are not very well defined. That
his excursion was prompted in part by the administra
tion's interest in Lower California is not beyond rea
sonable belief.---Collier's Weeklv.
RUSSIA'S REVENGE ON JAPAN.
VPAX will do well to observe with keenly
analytical eye the formation of the Russo-
Japanese Commercial Company. This con
cern appears to be a II ssian organization ,
and from what we gather of the meager
details sent out , it is about to inaugurate
a movement of infinitely more concern to
the Land of the Plum Blossom than war.
It appears , among other things , that Siberian butter
has long been shipped to Hamburg , repacked and reshipped -
shipped to Japan as a German production ; so also with
Russian sugar disguised as Austrian ; likewise Russian
liquors in a German wrapper. These near-food prod
ucts , so it seems , find a ready market in the Mikado's
kingdom their relative cheapness appealing , especially ,
to the lower classes.
Having failed to best Japan in war. Russia perhaps
thinks this is a much more subtle scheme ; and so it is.
Tnles- , his majesty of Japan gets extremely busy and
has his parliament enact some sort of a pure-food law
with teeth in it , his people will find thpin-olves face to
face with a monster beside which Mars seems a pygmy.
Strawufvry jam manufactured of hayseed , pumpkin and
aniline dyes is only a question of time ; while formalde-
Jiyde ami salicylic acid are both sure to play a pro
found p.irt in the future progress of hiempire. . Wash
ington ( D C. ) Herald.
TO SAVE THE BIRDS.
.IIK . statisticians who foot up the loss to the
country resulting from the killing of insect-
dosiroving birds , and from our further neg
lect to intelligently protect and foster these
wii.L'od scavengers of the air , put the gross
sum at tfSOO.OOO.OUo per year. We do not
know upon what facts or what basis of
computation this onoriuors total is reached , but if it is
one-tenth part true it is a startling showing. The prop
osition of the federal government to set aside bird reser
vations and breeding grounds \vhore our feathered friends
might be protected in life , liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness s-ens to rest upon sound economical grounds. It
is a measure of safety for ourselves as well as for the
birds. Philadelphia Record.
a
| .Mr. Ferguson. lie started in at seven
per. less'n six years ago. Anyway. I'd
r.-Jhcr have a feller that had some
tyle about him. even if he was draw-
in * out less money. Me an' him was
out las' night , an' I tell yon he's no
cheap skate even if he ain't makiif
more'n $10. I was a-gn'n' to tell you
about suthin * . but I guess I won't. "
" ( Jo on ! " pleaded the : rirl with the
art nonveau waist buckle. "Tell me.
I won't tell nobody. "
"Oli. it ain't nothin * . " said the girl
v. ith the blue-head necklace , "only if
Miss Maud thinks that she can string
Walter I can tell her what ho told her.
S'i'vs ' ot another think comiif. Her
name won't be Maud , it'll be Mud. I
true.-r I'll spring that on her. I'll say :
'Hello. Mud. ' an'she'll say : 'My name
ain't Mud. thank you. ' and I'll say :
'Oh , ain't it ? I thought it was.
What'll you bet it ain't ? "
"I ( last you to. " gignled the girl
with the art nouveau waist buckle.
' "Hut you tell me what you was a-goin'
to ( ell me. Honest. I won't never toll. ' '
The girl with the blue-bead necklace
shook her head until the hairpins tum
bled out again.
"I'll pinch yon 1111 you tell , " said
her friend.
The girl with the blue-bead necklace
stjuoalod. "Quit now , you mean
thintr ! " she cried. "Say. guess what
me an' Walter was a-Iookitf at in the
shop windows when we was out las'
niirht. Cross your heart you won't
tell ? "
The -jirl with the art nouveau waist
buckle crossed her heart and the girl
with the blue-bead necklace bent to her
and whispered :
"Di'mond rings. " Chicago Dally
Xew : .
Oostlicsl of All
The fish was no bigger than a silver
dollar. Its color was bright gold , and
it had a beautiful bushy golden tail.
"That , " said the pel stock dealer , "is
the finest aquarium fish in the world ,
a Chinese brush-tailed goldfish. It is
handsome , healthy and long lived. A
good brush-tailed goldfish , " he conclud
ed , "costs $ * J.)0 or $ . " ( . .0 , and some line
specimens have sold for as much as
$7 < JJ ( apiece. "
of the old-fashion
What has become -
ed man who said , Avhen he wanted to
abuse a town : "It is the junipiug-off
place ? "
USES O ? ADVSHSITY.
: i3 ClitMT.sjiHie Pii tin SiHiswUiiifi : Clr-
ftimMu-t.s in Ihe M om-y < ueM ion.
"You know. " said ? Ir. Cheersome to a
X < -w York Sun man. "a finan.-ial strin
gency or currency famine , or whatever
you call it , is not wholly without its
advantages. Xot wholly. This last
affair has helped us a heap.
" .Now. there's Mrs. Cheersome , she
says to me the other morning :
' "Sereno. I've simply got to have
some money. I've got to have a new
dre s and a new hat I can't wear
tho.-e things I've got another day : and
I've got to have money for a lot of
little things that I need right away. '
"And then I say to her :
" 'Why , Lucy , haven't you been read
ing the papers lately ? Don't you know
how dillicult it is at the present mo
ment to get cash money , while at the
same time people don't like to take
checks ? We've got the money , Lucy ,
but we haven't got it in such shape
that wo can use it. I suppose I could
get money at our bank , but do you
know I hate to ask them for it at just
this time , you know , when everybody
ouirht to be considerate , or I h.-tte to
ask for more than we really need.
" 'And you wouldn't want me to go
into the market and bid for currency ,
would you ? I'ay ' " or 4 per cent for
cash to spend for luxuries that wo
could edge along without for a little
longer ?
" We can sot together cash enough
for our actual needs , but don't you sup
pose we can wait a little for those oth
er thimrs until things get back to nor
mal ? Which they are bound to do
right soon. '
"And Mrs. Cheersome doesn't fully
understand this money talk , but she
knows there's .something in it. and for
the rest she trusts to me. and > o we
have been enabled in ts ! ' ' - > ( last few
weeks to avoid a numbe.- oxpeneli-
t tires that otherwise we should have
been compelled to make.
"In fact , we have been through a
period of economy , one of enforced
economy , I know , but a period of e - enemy -
omy nevertheless , in which we h.ivc
saved money that we would have spent
if wo had had it in hand , with the re
sult that instead of beiim the poorer
for the financial stringency and the
currency famine and so on we are now
actually better oil' , and now. with con
fidence restored and the whole situa
tion easier , when Mrs. Cheersome
comes to me I sha'n't have to tell her
how hard money is to get and all that.
but I shall say to her simply , and I
shall say it cheorsoniely :
" 'My dear , how much ? " "
When a man hears a rap on his back
door he imagines all sorts of things
and hopes it may be something import
ant. but his wife , more practical. 5:133 : :
"Oh , it is only the boy with the milk. "
With oats around half a dollar 1
certainly does take money to make th
mare go.
The breechy horse is the most aggra
rating thing on the farm , unless it i
an old cat that kills chickens.
* The man who has hogs or cattle t <
feed in an open lot does not grow vorj
enthusiastic over the prospects of goo (
sleighing.
A good way to move a hand cori
sheller a short distance is to turn i :
upside clown and run it ou the balance
wheel , aftci the fashion of a wheel
barrow.
Smni ! grain throughout a consider
able area of the corn belt is not a verj
profitable crop , but it is a very iieces
sary crop in order to get a supply ol
straw.
For good results in farm dairying
and butter making in winter , keep the
milk at an even temperature. Keep the
cream sweet until' the day before
churning , and stir the cream \vcll.
Some peeple would have prices of
farm products increased by lessening
the output. This , however , seems a
fooiish idea in view of the position
which the factor "supply" holds in the
game of markets.
As a producer of human food a good
daily cow is about equal to two beef
steers , and the cow has to give only
10 quarts of milk per day to do * the
v.urk. Anel , besides , the cow is left ,
while the steer js not.
Some farmers say that there is more
money to be made in dairying than in
sheep raising , and there are others
whose opinions are the reverse. The
fact of the case is , each is profitable ,
depending altogether on the man who
i * hunting the profit. The only sure
way to know is to try both.
A speaker at the Xew York Fanners'
Institute said : "Yarded fowls are the
modern improved egg machines. Fowls
let run a'nd given free range cannot
produce as great a number of eggs , for
the reason that they divert a part of
their cnpaeity for forming the eggs. In
my own case , I increased my egg yfM
1.S.720 eggs last year by j-arding my
fowls. "
A stockman living just outside of
Xebra ka. according to report , drove
his c.ittle over the boundary in order
to take advantage of low railroad
rates. Evidently thr * railroad "caught
oa" and disciplined him by compelling
him to wait for cars twenty-five days.
All this time shippers around him were
able to secure cars. Suit is now being
brought for discrimination.
When a man gets very wise in mat
ters relating to any single profession
he writes a book , but if you will call
to mind the best farmer of your ac
quaintance the man who is best
qualified to say something on crop
growing or live stock raising , you will
find that he never wrote a line on the
subject in his life and possibly has
never as much as pronounced his own
name in publicIt is a distinct loss
that such men are not more active as
° ducators.
To Food a Cult OIMVcjir. .
In an experiment to ascertain the
i est of raising a calf Professor Shaw ,
r > i' Michigan Station , took a dairy calf
and kept an accurate account of the
expense of feeding for one year from
its birth. The amount of feeds used
In that time were * JSl pounds of whole
: nilk. 2.oUS pounds of skim milk. 2.200
pounds of silage. 211) ) pounds of beet
: mlp. 1.2r 4 pounds of hay. 1.2J7 pounds
if grain. 171 pounds of roots , 14 pounds
> ? alfalfa meal and r 0 pounds of green
orn. The grain ration consisted of
: hrce parts each of corn and oats and
> ne part of bran and oil meal. At the
And of the year the calf weighed 800
) nunds ; u a cost of ? 2.S.)5 for feed. The
till' was a Hi > ' . -iVin.
X -i\ ' ! ' : IK' of Kosulvrny.
A new tyj-e of roadway has been dc-
eloped in ome parts of California ,
n as the petrolithic , which is noth-
nir more or less than a well-built oiled
oiid. The leading feature of this pave-
nent is the very complete compacting
> f the oiled material by means of a
oiling tamper , a new piece of road ma-
; ii.ery. It was designed to insure the
umping of the material from the lower
lortionp upward to the surface , in-
tead of downward from the surface.
L'he inventor received the idea from
eeing a large flock of sheep walk over
newly plowed road. After the sheep
lad passed over it the soil was found
o be packed so hard thai a pick in-
ic-nted it but a short distance. To ch
ain this effect with a roller the cir-
umfcrenee of the main roll is covered
rilli tampers , vchich : ict like so many
eet walking over the earth and packc
c
tig It down.
To Select u Cow.
While there may be no Infallible
ule by which a man can be governed
in selecting a .high-class daily cow ,
there are many points that will assist
and if carefully considered , will pre
vent disappointment as a rule. Remem
ber that a cow is a machine and is in
tended to change the different products
on which she is fed into something
of more value. There are two distinct
types of these machines. One manufac
tures or converts feed into beef ; the
other Into milk. There is a very de
cided and pronounced difference In the
type of the animal that makes beef ,
and the one which manufactures milk.
In the dairy type we have an animal
that is angular , thin , somewhat loose-
jointed and with prominent bones. She
is Avedge-shaped from the front with
a lean head , moderately long face
slightly dished and a general contented
expression of the features. The muz
zle is large , mouth large , nostrils wide
and open , a clear , full bright eye , a
broad , full and high forehead , cars me
dium size , fine texture , covered with
fine hair and orange yellow inside. The
neck is thin , moderately long with lit
tle or no dewlap and the throat ig
clean. Wide space between the jay ? ,
the withers lean and sharp , the shoul
ders loan and oblique and the chest
deep and wide , which indicates vigor \
and constitution.
Ito iri at the Top.
The mistake that most persons makt
when they decide to go into the poul
try business is that of starting with
mongrel fowls and trying to drift into
the pure-bred line year after year. They
will buy , perhaps , a sitting of pure-bied
eggs of pure-bred fowls and at the end
of the season they allow the entire lot
to run together , and when the ncx {
vear's hatching season comes aroum )
they decide that they will still keep
some of the mongrel hens , if for nq
thcr purpose than to t'uraish eggs for
the table , ft naturally follows that th7
two breeds get mixed , and at the end
of the next season there are but few
of the young fowls which do not show
a cross. Another mistake that they
make is that of trying to keep more
than one breed. Those who have had
years of experience and have provided
ample yards and houses for each breed
may be able to do this , but those who
are not so arranged should never at
tempt to keep more than one.
It is folly to expect to supply every
kind of fowls which individuals may
ask for , and no one should attempt to
do so.
Select one pure breed one best suit-
el to the needs of near-by markets and
the one you fancy most. Dispose of
the mongrel fowls on the place and
keep the breed pure. Each year select
ihc best males and females and again
dispose of those that do not come up
"o all the standard requirements. Year
if tor year small defects will disappear
ind you will soon have a flock which
.viil not only be handsom * , but at the
ame time profitable. Don't try to sup-
) Iy all customers. Make a specialty
f one kind and let your customers
: uow that they can get nothing better
han you can offer them. Wisconsin
Tanner.
Corn in IIIiiioiM.
In an interview recently , Doctor
ryril G. Hopkins of the University of
llinois , at Urbana , remarked :
"Some years ago corn was a strang-
r. We found it here when wo came
native of the country , yet until fif-
een years ago we took it for granted ,
'hen a close study of its individuality
nd peculiar characteristics demdn-
tratcd that it was possiGle to breed
p corn just as we improve animals ,
Ithough we have not yet learned how
D control the male parent. The im-
ortance of this may be appreciated
hen we remember that the corn crop
f this country is worth 91,500,000,000
rery year 2,2.30,000 bushels. We are
ying to gt one ear of corn to the
: alk. That is what we are working
> r. because some stalks are barren ;
e don't know why. Various people
ave various theories , but they have
it been demonstrated.
"Take a hundred ears of corn , plant
lem exactly alike , three kernels to
le hill , the kernels from each ear in
row by themselves , in exactly the
line soil , cultivate them the same
ay , and the yield will vary 100 per
int. We cannot account for that
iriafion. It is impossible thus to de
rm ine why some corn will grow and
her corn will not ; but In planting , a
rmer should always use the seed
om the best ears , because that is
iely to yield more than the poor
.rs. Kut every ear of seed com
ould be tested by a germinating pan
iring the winter.
This is a new
ing , but it is being introduced rap-
Iy ; all seed men and the better class
farmers are taking this precaution.
> ne of the big corn planters will use
iv but tested seed.
"We are teaching these methods to
r students by practical experiments
'
nducted in twenty-five 'different
unties of the State of Illinois , as
. 11 as on the campus of the univer-
y. The results have been most sat-
'actory. and they ure appreciated by
e farmers. AYe have a corn breed
association in
this State
composed
twenty-five seed growers , and they
c all working earnestly with us in
ceding up the corn of Illinois to the
ry highest quality anil the greatest
"