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THE NORFOLK WEEKLt NEWS JOUUN'AL FRIDAY AUGUST 6 1909 J A.1 W A. W & A. Thi Norfolk Weekly Niws-Jgiii " fho News , Established 1881. The Journal , Established II _ THE HU8E PUDLI8HINO COMPAI W. N. llusc , N. A. HUM President. _ Sccroti jSvcry Friday. By nmll ncr year , | 1 Entered nt the postolllco tvt Norf Nob. , ns second class mutter. " Depnrtnl Telephones : Editorial No. 22. BuBlncBS OIIlco and Job Hoc No. II 22. high rollers will soon bo su ceded by the high flyers. It will bo well for congress to member tbo same letters that B vote tilHO spoil veto. The Spanish people do not xv war. They huvo keen inuinoi Touching buck to 1898. It 1ms boon suggested tbnt Prosit : Tnft hold nn Inquest , ruther than i n dinner , over the tariff wranglers Down In Itolivla they are still us firearms and explosives and kll people. They seem to forgot that Klorlous Fourth was over sex1' ' weeks ago. And now old fashioned boots men are coming Into style again. It any wonder that there Is a dem for free hides ? Why waste so in Kood leather ? A Washington ( D. C. ) noxvspr describes n movement of the Wr ! Hying machines as "a gaspy wobl There are other "gaspy wobbles" di In Washington. With all the new aspirants for ] lie favor who are skipping nbout sen , land and nlr , Walter Welli needs'to hike to the pole or ho w cut much Ice in Arctic circles. Governor Haskell of Oklahoma E that the newspapers which crltl him are opposed to honest and ni < government bnt there are a whole of people who do not agree with ( ornor Haskell. Figure heads have been ordered moved from nil the battleships , would be a good thing to remove si animate figure heads from governn positions whore they have ceased lie of any value. Augustus Busch , the St. Louis bi cr , thinks the prohibition wave Is : siding. The Globe-Democrat sugg that it might bo well for the lir interests , however , to Imitate Gal ton and build n sea wall. Chauncey Depew , who was real q for awhile , has broken out ag This time it Is in the Congressh Record. This tariff discussion is sponslble for many serious affllctl the people have to bear. Weston , the pedestrian , threaten walk back to Now York from Francisco. While there is no lav prevent this , there Is consolation the fact that he is twenty years ethan than William Jennings Bryan , Ai lea's great runner for the preside : Georgia has a homespun governc "Joe" Brown. As a guarantee of p faith of his Jeffersonian simplicity has increased the number of cole on his staff from thirty to fifty. A\ on earth will as many colonels as do in the prohibition state to f Justify their titles ? Wheat manipulators seem more ' ing to pay their taxes than some ors , anyway , Jim Patten said w the assessor asked how much persi property he ought to assess him , you double last year's amount I tl It will be about right. " But then , J money comes easy. At the recent meeting of the nal nl education association at Denvt resolution was adopted domain that nil fraternities and sororltlei connection with public schools bo r Ished upon the ground that their tlmmnco Is destructive to the del racy of the schools. The resolu was .unanimously adopted. There was such a Jam on the 1 York subway that the managers of road put Into service trains with nrato cars for women. Now I found that the women rather stant In the regular coaches crowded ' men and will not patronize the put on for their comfort These will bo discontinued. This Incldei amusing as showing that lovely man does not enjoy being loft alor As far as the world is able to Ji from developments up-to-date Turks have not bettered matters much by firing Abdul Hamld and i Ing up ns his successor n man of same family who Is personally a entity. After going to ns much < ble ns they did to revolutionize th It seems as though It would have to Invest In a new , up-to-date r family , instead of taking up a s worn second hand article. Senator Gore got close to the t when ho said In a recent speech : " people must see the necessity of t lutlonlzlng the methods of the se and house of representatives. It never intended by our constitution tiny one man should bo the sccptt master of the senate , or the uccptt monarch of the house of represe lives. It Is important that the At lean people should dethrone these r tors and monnrcliB , those pretcm and usurpers. " When n woman Is rich enougli buy several thousand dollars' wort clothing In Europe she Is cortn able to pay the duty on the g < when they enter this country , wife of a rich Boston man who Indicted for smuggling goods li trunk with a false bottom Is now p trnted by the public disgrace she brought upon herself. In this , ni other things , honesty Is the host Icy. The time to advertise Is now. crnsttimtlon In this direction Is thief that puts many a business on rocks. If you nrojtrosperous you still desirous of more business things are going slow , surely thl the time to Invite people to got a n on themselves towards your plrict business and show them the adv ages to be gained by trading nt j store. The best time to use prlnl Ink Is always now. Try It. A woman In Now York has ni Illustrated how very reckless s wives are in taking risks. She away from her husband with an leged count. The man got n wire message from the lady after she started for Europe saying that she discovered that her nobleman counterfeit and that she wished t < taken back home. Wives who are templatlng similar adventures sin ilnd some means of knowing that t counts are genuine. Otherwise 1 safest to be content with Just an titled , everyday American husband John D. Rockefeller has given ready $112,055,000 to educational philanthropic institutions and for this there Is many an humble man gives only his dimes who has relal ly a much larger share of the love esteem of his fellows. The glvini money , whether It be by tens of lars or by millions however wo Its objects can never count for ir In the hearts of men unless It is kn and felt that there has been self rlflce and self denial behind it. 1 not in giving out money but in the Ing of one's self that endears a ma the world. It Is heart throbs- coin that count with humanity. lien are surely learning to fly. flying machine made a successful across the English channel and Inventor gets $5,000 for it. Wr Brothers have made many succes tests with their aeroplanes and win the reward offered by the Un States government. It can safelj predicted that within a few years ing will be quite a common modi transportation and a flying mac , will cost less than an automobile w they are manufactured by thousa The past fifty years have seen ir great and wonderful advances n in the world's progress , but the i fifty promises to see time and dlsti still further annihilated by the ge of mankind and not only the earth the heavens alive with people bon business or pleasure. The thought that water Is a r valuable natural asset for irrlgn and general navigation and musl conserved by protecting forests controlled for industrial uses , is a one to Americans. We had ha made a beginning of work In thes rectlons when a new public us < which It had been put has aroused nation to Its great value. The pliances of electricity have mad the power which is destined to sv cede steam and all other form ! power. Private monopoly woke to value of waterpower In the Indus future of the country long before government or the people realized the water powers were being bo up all over the country. Presl Roosevelt did his best to arouse public to their value and at last Importance of the policy to the fti wellbelng of the American peopl pretty generally understood. Newspapers and magazines are of the development of the Cana northwest , but while this Is marvc It Is mere bagatelle when comp with the progress In the western tlon of our own country. Everyw here , for thousands of miles , new c try Is being brought under cultlva new towns are springing up and ones are growing Into cities. A who was familiar with this cou ten years ago , now finds himself i unknown land. Deserts have converted Into orchards and vlneyi forests have become cultivated h steads and the waterfall whore landed his finest trout now turns wheels of busy mills and factories needs a journey through this cou from the Mississippi to the coat bring to anyone's mind a cotnpre slon of what Is taking place. 1 making and will keep the whole c try rich for generations yet to con Governor Johnson of Minnc says that traveling about dollvt chautauqun lectures is a hard life that he would much rather remal homo. It is one of the amusing tt about men that when they reach I. A. 4 . . place where they can command $20 night on the platform or big pay anything they begin to bemoan tl : fate. No doubt it gets mighty t some to a homo loving man to t around the country and utter ti statements of truth to people v want to "see" him , but the cash t swells his bank account so rapldlj a fine compensation. Andrew Cm glo Is no doubt working hard to i gorge some of the wealth that he d not need , but meantime he has 1 of comforts and luxuries that m men merely dream of and some d ( have time to do that. There are pi ty of men who will take Johnsc fame or Carnegie's wealth any tl either of them are willing to oxchai for n commonplace life. The current number of Success nn article on "What Women Might for Tholr Towns , " In which It not o commends the progress which wet have made along social and civic 11 and the Influence they are able exert when organized and In earn but draws the conclusion that If t can accomplish ns much as they h they are perfectly capable of doln great deal more through the w spread Influence of the General I oration of Women's Clubs with largo membership. The writer sa "And yet with this body of public s Ited women , well organized i trained for concerted action , Amei has the dirtiest towns In the elvlll world. The servant problem is we hero than in any other country. ' laws protect our working women 1 than do the laws of any-other elvlll state. " According to this statem there Is abundant work of a most portant and pressing kind for women's clubs to do. Compared the paltry and Insignificant mlssl pursued by many of these organ tions the reforms mentioned here of transcendant value to humanity. AFRICA'S FUTURE. It used to be , not many years i a dangerous and thrilling adventure go even a comparatively short dlsta Into the interior of Africa. It was dark continent , haunted by sav tribes , fierce beasts , unpenetrable ; gles and fever laden swamps. ? > Africa has become so civilized t even hunters have to take out licer and must choose between the ordin license , which permits him to kill o two animals of a kind or pay the limited rate and kill all he can. I a land of wonderful wealth and v derful opportunities. Even a : counting out over half the continent barren , desert , unhealthful or occui by native ability , Africa has five n ion square miles of healthful , proc tive , absolutely undeveloped land , gold , minerals and precious stonei has ! \lmost unmeasurable wealth , is supplied with water powers and r igable rivers and lakes as no ot country Is. It would have been veloped long ago but for Its inacce billty. Africa has few harbors , a ] tllentlal coast , great deserts , cutl off the Interior and Impassable aracts near the mouths of the riv but the railroads are overcoming this and African railroads do not h to build snow sheds and the rivers lakes are never blocked by Ice. I predicted that In forty years Afi will have two transcontinental i roads running north and south. ' Cape-to-Calro Is now half done five trunk lines running east and w Great cities will dot the coun There will be thousands of steamb ( on African rivers. Good roads be their motto , and thirty thous miles of highway will make it automobile paradise. Ten mil white men will be living in health happiness and twenty million natl will bo able to read and write. S are a few of the predictions made those who know Africa in its pres state and have all faith In Its futur THE EUROPEAN SITUATION The revolution in Persia whlcl being accomplished practically ur the supervision and with the cooption tion of Russia Is less interesting at exhibition of the rise of indepeni political thought and action among people of Asia than It Is of changed relations between the gi empires of Europe. Ever since time of Napoleon the bitterest hal and the strongest Jealousy has t felt toward each other by Great I ain and Russia. While they have served peace with difficulty since days of the Crimean war , It has t universally believed and underst that at some future time they w ( clash over their final boundaries Asia. Great Britain has felt that Indian empire would bo less than cure If the authority of the czar v pushed too far southward. Russia her ambition to dominate Asia , never ceased her stealthy advai eastward and southward. It wouli difficult to find a student of pollt history within the last fifty years ' did not believe that Imperial neces would eventually bring about war tween Russia and Great Britain c their respective spheres of autho and Influence In the Orient. Now , wo witness the astonlal spectacle of an apparent entente dlale between these two ancient emles. There has hardly been a t In this last half century when ell power could have asserted Itself as premo in the affairs ot Persia will calling forth a remonstrance and , ) mps , Inviting armed resistance ft : he other. Each would have found ; reat nn extension of the authority Its ancient enemy n menace to Us c [ uture so serious ns to be proven it any cost. Great Britain would h seen In this coalition the first e towards a southward move upon \slntlc empire. Russia would h seen In It nn attempt to thrust no ward the wedge that should split empire In twain. Within a few mon utter such a move In cither direct Lho two powers would have been iictunl conflict. Why does a sltunt so unexpected make not a ripple u the surface of European politics ? Thorpe are two main reasons for changed situation. The first Is tllsclosure of Russia's weakness t Ing her war with Japan. Nothing [ mother great war , and this tlim successful one , can restore lies prestige. A second and more powe reason Is the drawing together Great Britain and Russia In the rlous evolution of European dlplomi This Is one of the dlstlnguls nchlevements of King Edward. In movement to alienate the emperoi Cicrmany ho has out-played his ponent. To accomplish this It necessary to break up the close llance formerly existing between V lam and the czar ; and this meant closer drawing together of Russia England. A better understanding tween these two was necessary , Dvents prove that It has been rencl It will be Infinitely bettor for botl them and for nil Europe that its pc should no longer be threatened their rivalry in the Orient , wl : there Is good work for both of then ilo and where neither can ever h to be supreme. TAFT'S VICTORY. President Taft has won n dec ! victory In compelling the tariffs forces to redraft the bill in such sh that the pledges of the republican ; ty should be fulfilled. The tr comes down and the revision ( President Taft promised the peopl downward revision Is n reality. The fight was won quietly by president , put it was won. He g no sign of Interfering in the wort building the bill , while it was gc through congress , but at the last ment , when the conference had m up its mind to report a bill that not suit , the president wrote a le that definitely settled the question to his attitude and gave assura that no bill would be signed wl did not give lumber as low as $ and a lower rate on gloves and 1 lery. lery.The The conferees were angered , they surrendered and the man In white house came out with flying ors. Concerning the dramatic momen which this victory was won , John Ian O'Laughlin has written to the i cage Tribune : For a time the president's proi clamento threw tro conferees Int state bordering on panic. They decided to defy the president and sort In their report the Littauer n and lumber at $1.50. They had ca the democratic members of the i ference committee to the confere chamber for the purpose of show them the report and permitting tl to vote against It the usual p : custom. At this psychological moment , president's letter arrived. The de crats were told that their arrival proved premature and they were vlted to leave. Then the republican conferees , gored by the president's further Inference forence , locked themselves into t : room and uttered words unfit for ] licntion. It was asserted that the houses might as well be advised I an agreement could not be reached Saner counsels prevailed , howe for all of the members present v "regular" and not inclined to take action which would give the democ nn advantage and might disrupt party. The beauty of mon like Aldi Payne and others Is that they are ] ticians first , last and all the time , when they are up against a stone they do not go to the extent of bu ing against It. Mr. Aldrich stf there were only forty-nine votes In senate which could be depended ute to pass the bill. The republican senators from W ington , Oregon and Idaho had nounced that they would not appi the report unless It carried a rati $1.50 on rough lumber. Mr. Aldrich finally announced i these men would have to give In , 1 he was determined a report shoult made , and , in order to insure the p ident's approval , Ills demands musl met. met.Tho five republican senators f the states named were sent for. T were shown the president's lei Thy remained recalcitrant. Then astute Aldrlch began to build fires dor them. He telegraphed out to the luir Interests of their states , told then the president's ultimatum , and adv them to accept It. Prompt ansv followed. In view of the wlllingncs the lumber interests to accede , senators representing them were c polled to follow suit. While this maneuvering was in p ress Senator Aldrlch addressed 1 self to securing the assent of Spec Cannon to the retention of the Dim rates on gloves. Senator Cullom , during the mon session , had announced that ho st absolutely and unequivocally for Dlngley rates on these articles that under no consideration would accept any compromise. He was that Speaker Cannon was Insistent that former Congressman Llttf would be a bitterly disappointed n "In such a matter as this , " rep the Illinois senator , "I care not ! for the views either of Mr. Cannot Mr. Littauer. I believe the Ding rates arc right and I am going to Bin by them. " Here was further proof that Pr dent Tnft would not be alone nine the confcrccB In his demand that i exorbitant house rates on gloves not adopted. Speaker Cannon , when ho nrrb In the conference chamber , was vised by Senator Aldrlch that the c forces had determined to report favor of the Dlngloy rates. The speaker was angry. Ho 1 been criticising the Intervention President Taft during the day and 1 asserted It was a mistake for him have been consulted at all ; that It v the business of congress to make 1 Iftlutlon and that the president's pox was restricted to approving or dls proving It. Senator Aldrlch poin out , however , that congress was such a position that It had to uurr dor. dor.The speaker finally acquiesced , ho , too , Is n practical politician and left the conference chamber xvlth i dent disgust written upon his face. AROUND TOWN. Did you hear our pleadings , : Weather Man , for this week's s shine ? Those three little spring chlckom Madison created more real cxcltcm than the double shooting. There's a young man In Norfolk v has proposed to nt least three g ; within the past two months. The school boy better make the b of this last month of vacation. Sch starts Just n mouth from noxv. At a little party given for a 7-yc old Norfolk boy the other day , ele < of the fourteen guests present w suffering from xvhooplng cough. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. An Atchlson young woman lat made a dress In three hours. Some slang covers the ground c < pletely , and covers It quickly. If you want to make a man very gry , get some one to pray for him. The better satisfied you are w yourself , the less likely you are give satisfaction to others. Ordinance No. 337. An ordinance knoxvn as the ann appropriation bill , appropriating s\ \ sums of money deemed necessary defray all necessary expenses and abilities of the city for the ensu fiscal year. Appropriation for ei fund , and the rate of levy upon property of said city therefor. Be it ordained , by the mayor : council of the city of Norfolk , Neb. : Section 1. That the folloxving su of money be , and the same hereby nppropriated from the revenues of said city of Norfolk , Nebraska , for fraying the expenses of said city , its liabilities , Interest on bonds i sinking fund , for the ensuing fis year commencing on the second M day of August , 1909 , as follows : Salaries of officers $4OOC Police 3.00C Fire department 3.00C Office supplies 30C Printing 60C Streets and alleys 5,00 ( Miscellaneous 2.00C For Corporation gulch ( ex pense 3,30 ( For dyking and drainage 3,00 ( Street light fund 3,00 ( Interest on bonds due 19il. . . 45C Interest on bonds due 1911. . 45 ( Interest on bonds due 1919. . 1.71C Interest on bonds due 1936. . l.GOC Sinking fund bonds duo 1911 , 2.50C Sinking fund bonds duo 1919 , 3,80 ( Water fund repairs and cxton sions 4.00C Public library 1,00 ( Sec. 2. That the folloxving levy made upon the taxable property said city of Norfolk , Nebraska , for said year and for the folloxving r poses , to-xvlt : General fund 15 m Street light fund 5m Interest fund 7m Sinking fund 10 m Water fund 514 m Library fund 1 % m Police fund 5m Fire department fund 6m For Corporation gulch 5m Sec. 3. Tills ordinance to take feet and be in force from and after passage , approx-al and publication required by law. Passed and approved this 28th t of July , 1909. Attest : J. Friday , Ed Harter , Mayoi City Clerk. Ordinance No. 338. An ordinance fixing the time i place of holding regular and spe < meetings of the city council of the c of Norfolk , Nebraska. Be it ordained , by the mayor t council of the city of Norfolk , Nebi ka : Section 1 , That the regular mt Ings of the city council of the city Norfolk , Nebraska , shall bo hold on first and third Mondays of each mo : hereafter. And that special meetli shall bo held at such tlmo ns ordo by call of the mayor in manner i vlded by Inxv. Sec. 2. That the place of hold regular and special meetings of council of the city of Norfolk , Nebt ka , shall be at the council room in city hall In said city. Section 3. This ordinance to ti effect and bo In force from and af Its passage , approval and publlcat ns required by law. Passed and approved this 28th t of July , 1909. Attest : j. Friday , Ed Harter , Mayoi City Clerk. Making Money On the Farm VII.-Small Grain Breeding By C. V. GREGORY. Author of "Homo Course In Modem Agriculture" CopyrlKht , 1909 , by American Pr . Association grain breeding is secoi SMALL to corn brooding in Impo tnncu. Indeed , there Is ovt moru chance for Improvcuiei along this line , since BO little him bei done already. The average yield i ontn in loxva in 11)08 ) WOB only txvunt ; three bushels to the acre , xvhllo mm fields yielded throe UtncB that muc Tills Is only one Instance out of nun that could bo given to show the groi need for Improved Heed. With small grain , ns with corn , tl work of Improvement must largely 1 done for each special locality. Eac type of WH and cllmntu affects tl crops In a different way , nnd varletli that yield well In olio part of the cou try may fall utterly under dlfferei conditions. Thin makes It uecessui for each locality to have Its sun grain brooder. There Is no opcnli along the line of special farming tin offers greater opportunities to the ai bilious young farmer than this. Tl work Is a little more particular thr corn breeding perhaps , but the rcsul are Just as sure and the profits Just i great. Even though you may not ca to take up Htnall grain breeding ns business , It xvlll pay you to carry it < to n limited extent at least to provlt Improved weed for your oxvn use. Selection the Basis of Improvement The requirements of the vurioi grains vary xvlth the use to which tin are to be put , but the yield is an ii portaut point with all. Selection the basis for Improvement in yield : well ns In the other points that xv be taken up inter. The llrst step Is select the variety that seems to 1 doing best In your locality , and u that as the basis of improvement. Tl simplest method of breeding is to F lect n few of the best heads at harvc time to start with. A great dlfferen will be observed nt this time. Son heads of oats , for instance , will co tain three times as many berries ; others not n foot axvay. The se < from these large heads , folloxvlug tl laxv of "like produces like , " give In ger yields. The seed from the selected heads soxvn on n plot by itself the no spring. Small grain is not like corn that It is normally self fertilizing. Tl lloxver Is Inside the hull , ' BO that tl pollen cannot get from one to tl other. The only way cross polllnatii can be accomplished is by hand. Soi : improved varieties have been produ cd In tills way , but the operation is t delicate and the results too unccrta for the beginner. Being self fertilize the only way small grain can be mix is mechanically , by mixing the seed , is not necessary that the breeding pi be a considerable distance away fro the other Holds , as in the case of cori The produce of this breeding pi should bo thrashed separately and usi for planting n larger field the ne year. The year after that there w be enough seed for the entire ncrcai of small grain. This method is simple and casl worked out on nny farm. The trout with it is that the Inherited dlffc Fid. XIII OKA IN IN IJUEEDINO 1'LO onccs ill the yielding ability of dil cut heads is not fully taken into count. The only way to tell xvhlcl two equal sized heads xvlll yield most is by uctunl test. If the grca improvement is to be made Indlvli head tests will have to be resorted Individual Head Tests. Those Individual head tests are rlcd on In much the same mnuuci the Individual ear tests xvlth corn. ' heads should bo carefully selectee the full. In addition to the size heads , the stiffness of the straxv , height nnd freedom from rust other fungus diseases should bo no The roxvs In the breeding plot Bhi be four Inches apart nnd the keri dropped the same distance opart In roxv. The aim throughout should bi have the conditions as nearly those of the field as possible. ' number of rows will depend to n < Bldornblc extent on the tlmo that bo devoted to the work. The lui the number the greater the probn Ity of producing something good , ty roxvs is n good number to B with. Increasing the Yields. In the full the roxvs should bo ci fully examined. Some xvlll bo led badly. Others will have poorly fll short heads. Still others will be bn rusted or smutted. Discard all tt nnd harvest and xvelgh the product ench good roxv separately. There bo a fexv that xvlll be considerably tor than the rest From these cno of.the , best heads should bo selecte < plant next year's breeding plot ' n rust Bhould be thrashed together i used for planting an Increase bed. ' . y Bced from the iucretso bed Is useO plant a bigger field and the seed fi this for the general fields or for sal By selecting the best heads for e. year's breeding ulot Imurovomeot rapid nnd marked , it takes two or throe yearn nfter the Improved seed has been produced to obtain It In RUfil * clcnt ( lunntttles for general URC , but the results xvlll pay for all the trouble , even If you produce seed for your oxvu Use only. After the superiority of your nuxv strain In once shown , how ever , you xvlll bo iK-'sleged xvlth re quests for need and cnn udd consider ably to your Income by supplying the demand thus created. The trade xvlll continue good , for each year you xvlll huvo something n little better to offer. In addition to the selection for yield , strong Btruxv and freedom from dis ease there are a number of other points that should be considered. These depend to n considerable extent on the use to xvhlch the grain Is to bo put. In selecting outs the per cent of hull Is ono of the most Important points to look to. This varies from SO to 50 per cent of the entire xx'olght. Slnco oat hulls are of little more value than struw , It Is evident that the smaller the percentage of hull the moro valua ble the outs xvlll lie. A more examina tion xvlll show the difference betxveen n thick and n thin shelled out To do * t no xrv GOOD BEAD op BEAHDED WHEAT. termlne the differences more exactly It is necessary to weigh a hundred onts or so on n line balance such as any doctor or druggist possesses , then press out the hulls and xvelgh them and calculate the i > cr cent. The weight of oats to the measured bushel varies from twenty-live to fifty pounds. The heavy oats are of course the most valuable. Nearly all grain elevators have a small device for testing the weight per bushel. Another point to be considered Is the tendency to stool. In localities where the summers are cool and lute varie ties can be groxvn. u tendency to stool considerably Is desirable , since a thick stand can be secured with loss socd. Where the summers are hot and early varieties must be grown , hoxvovor , the tendency to stool to any grout extent should be discouraged , since stealing always delays ripening. Often a bull will be seen partly Inclosing a smaller oat. These small oats are known as pin outs. They lesson the ylold , and a strain which contains many of them should be discriminated against. There are three general types of oats side oats , hulloss oats and spreading oats. The hulless varieties do not yield enough to be of any great value. The side oats , in xvhlch the berries arc allen on one side of the head , are grown in this country to a limited extent only. Most of the oats groxx-n are of the spreading varieties. There are varie ties of oats of almost every color , white , yclloxv , black and green being the most common. There Is little dif ference In yield that can bo ascribed to color. If they are groxvn in a com munity in large enough quantities so that they can be shipped in carload lots the soiling price xvill not vary much. Selecting Wheat and Barley Heads. In selecting wheat bonds those that do not shell too readily should be gix en the preference , since much wheat is test by shelling during harvest. The grains should bo plump , smooth and bright The seed coat should be tough nnd not cracked. Where the bran la brittle nnd cracks easily it is dltllcult to separate it from the flour. The kernels should be hard. Hard xvheat makes better flour oxving to the great cr percentage of gluten , and millers will pay more for it. Beardless wheat Is raoro easily handled , but It docs not yield ns xvell ns the bearded varieties. In barley the hull adheres to the homcl In thrashing. The grains should be bright ns the quality of brewing "barley depends largely upon the color The best barley for brewing purposes Is that which contains the most starch Tills can lx > determined by cutting through the grain nnd noting the per centage of starch to horny part * . For feeding purposes a smaller percentage of starch is desired. Beardless barley la n little loss hardy and yields n llttlo less than the bonn'l- cd sorts , but the convenience of linn dllng more than makes up for this There are two types of barley , the two roxved and the six rowed. The six rowed varieties have- given tbo best naUsfactloii In this country. Ho Told Hep. "Tell me frankly , sir. what do you think of my daughter's voice ? " "Well , madam , I think she may have a brilliant future In water color paint Ing. " Paris Figaro. It's xvhen a follow thinks he Is out of sight that he feels all eyes are upot hlm.-l'lttaburB Oazette.