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A BSD IN MAARKEN. gm &, FOR CHICKENS in WINTER, 1 A r I & K- -. I A Revery R Her at :niae ease long- years ago. Er yet ray heart nad grown to jnow Tfc potency of Oman's smile. I at and smoked in Sichelar sty! And nasJtrd before the Injle's glow What cared I then for wind and snow? Let stormy blasts of winter slow Careless I purled my pip the vrh.'.e Here at mine ease. The umes have chained. The lon no I hut a dream, a Meeting .show No pacful pipe. I cannot smil- oh' how can I contrive my pile Tw cloth- these dozen kids or so Here at my knees'' T A. Da'y - tne itno"lc Tlm-s. R R R tt "And so yon. positively refuse to ' give up tins intimacy" "Really you aak too much, aunty. What lse can I do m this stupid ' place? ! an devoted to yachting, you foiow, anil. besides. Mr. Trevor is the only man here wno has a motor car." "But, my chiid. you are engaged to is: married' What would Tom say If . ire saouid hear cf it? And what would you k if he followed your example?" "Oh. I wish be would: Kts devo tion wearies me Mjuretimes. He- nr:d to be quite a teae but since our en rinnent he seems to havr forsworn -v-rytbing exciting " Tie first speaker was Miss Tread way. the girl s aunt, a wealthy woman j of forty years, who had adopted her ' after the death of her parents. Flos- i sJe & "iance. a young doctor of good .family nd some means., was complet- j iae i medical course m Germany, and ' they were to b married as soon as ! fee received his foreign diploma. , The girl loved, him. but she was very young. only nineteen and she was a willful maid, having always had her own way Her besetting sin was ove of admiration, and she deemed it agential to her happiness to have a man in her toils So. being for the time bereft of her iover. she had drift-.! into a serious notation with a rich bachelor who lived near the sea side resort where they were staying. 3Jr. Trevor s summer home, a fine I stone mnnsicn overlooking the harbor, was the scene of many festivities. Ke had already given two dinners in Flos- i sie s honor at which functions Miss j Treadway had served as an unwilling i chaperon. j "Flossie," said Miss Treadway, "I think you ought to consider Mr. Tre vor s feeling'. It Is not fair to him; he coes not know about To: Per haps you hiid better tell him?" And spoil all my fun "A'hy, aunty. what a rus you are making about a Ernie I cannot moe here without nas society Tom is in Germany, the sen divides u; and he rs welcome re enjey himself in like manner How ever, there is no- prospect of his doing anvtting o s-nsibla" F2os:e. you are incorrtirible'" ex claimed Miss Treadway with as m-ueh severity of tone as she was capable ' "I Will leave you to your own tnounhts. as I ar du-r a: a meeung at toi- reciory this afternoon." Wben he was alone Flossie curied J her dainty self m a large easy chair and laaghed softly as sne recalled her . aunt's wordi?.- I Lce Tern." she repeated. "No j. ainze of that couldn't get rid of him even if I wanted- to." Then she fell to mcinr. and a tender look came Intr- her deep blue eyes. "Dear Tom." she murmured. "I do love him. I wouldn't give him up- for twenty Mr. TreTors ' she went to her desi fcund a letter, and. having a fine sense t:f personal comfort, sank back into iht- uepths of the chair, and with a i-,x of chocolate in one hand, the let ter js the other, began to munch sweats and read. At first her expressloi was slightly aored. then asto-mshed. and finally she thrw the sweets and the letter on the rloor. filing herself face down on 2 couch and commenced weeping. The portions of Tom's letter which ' had produced such dire results ran as follows- "I ha such a strange and exciting i-dventur that I feel it my duty to teil you all about it. ou know that rr.v hotel is in one of the best streets here, and :hat from my windows I can , mucn of the beauty and fashion of Berlin. However. I never dreamt of -uch a vision cf IovEness as the piece i a box cf sweets, and I was offering if femininity whose acquaintance I ' her some when there came another cade yesterday " i tap at the door Putting her hastily At this Flossie's blue eyes opened j down, for I did not wish to be caught wide, she sat up. loosened her hold on ! with a young lady m my arms. I :he chocolates, and read on. j opened the dcor. and there stood a "The object of my admiration sat ( stout French nurse, with a high white in her carriage a-one and unattended cap and apron who asked anxiously just below my window Suddenly I j if la petite Mademoiselle Helene was heard the rusi of -a runaway horse within. And. Flossie, she sternly frcm the opposite direction, and see- i reprimanded my charmer for entering inc her alarm I hastened -down the ( a strange gentleman's apartments un eteps and assisted her to the pave- invited, and she led the beatuiful ? T rST . 1M ' Fine sense of personal comfort: ment. She smiled sweetly and was about to speak when her attendant re turned and she re-entered the carriage and was rapidly driven away: not for-1 setting to throw me a kiss as she was lost zo view. "The world seemed a blank, without her" .(here Flossie's expression be came indignant): "I found on inquiry that she was staying at my hotel, and so frgri grounds for hope of a speedy meeting. That night for the first time a years my dreams were not of you alone, the beautiful blonde appeared to me more than cace, always with tEt charming -smile!-" r!" exclaimed noma. . V vV ' r 'tw it fl 1 M j 3 i t "To-day the plot thickened, and how ever paimul it may be for you to hear it, I feel :t only honorable that you should know all particulars, and then judge for yourself if I am to blame. This morning I was seated near the front window reading. Keeping one eye on the street you can easily im agine why Wi.en there came a gentle tap at my door "Thinking :: was the waiter, I shout- , ed 'Come in The door opened, and. j to my utter amazement, there stood i the beautiful blonde, all smiles and j blushes. Atte'- I had recovered irom u u .j,,ti . . which thrilled me , t - j. 7 .-. , I i vited h to a ! the delicious shock from head to foot, I "Never mention that man tc me again." I sea; en the sofa, and then endeavored ' to entertain this :a:ry guest to the best of my ability You must not be ,- shocked, dear when I confess to you f that we soon became great triends and that she came of her o'wn accord and ' sat on my lap " It was here that Flossie rlung the obnoxious letter away from her and began to rep wilaiy. and she was so ' absorbed in her grief that Miss Tread- J way entered unobserved. 1 "Why. what :s this?" exclaimed her aunt. She bent over the prostrate ' form and said. "Flossie, dear; teli aunty. The girl only cried the more, but at last wailed, "Tnat man; that wicked. false m3n!" "Who do you mean?" asked the be- wildered woman. "Tom" See the letter on the floor!" Mrs. Treadway picked up the letter, i ' put on her glasses and began to read; j . at first she looked puzzled, then i amused, and finally she laughed out- right. ( "Why den't you finish the letter?" she asked, with a quizzical expression . in her kindly eves. j t "3ecause I won't"' cried Flossie. ' J springing to htr feet. "Never mention I that man to me again. Where are my 1 ! hat and my ;acket? I am going to I ride with Mr. Trevor at five, and if he j , asks me to marry him I will say yes. " At this Miss Treadway only smiled, i "There, there' sit down and listen to poor old aunty Nay. I insist. HI just 1 am net mistaken, you left off I when she sat on his lap." I "Yes!" cried Flossie. "How can you ' bear to speak of it?" j "Listen." interrupted Miss Tread- wav. Flossie, awed by the unaccus- I tUiiiei ! "51 tomed severity of tone, obeyed. 'She came down of her own accord and sat on my lap. Fortunately, I had blonde away in tears who. by the way. was just three years old, and it was from a baby carnage that I as sisted her the day before'" By this time Flossie had ceased to weep. and. though much abashed, she could not restrain from joining in her aunt's laugh. """Flossie. ' sail Miss Treadway later on, "how do you like the idea of Tom's flirting? And I believe I heard a maiden say not long ago that she wished he would tease her as he used to do. How do you enjoy it?" "Spare me!" cried Flossie. "You know I don't like it. Oh, I wish we could go away from here. Mr. Tre vor's attentions are so marked, and the worst of it is I now realize that I am to brame." "What do you say to a trip to Ger many, for instance?" said Miss Tread way. -The very thing!" cried Flossie, all smiles. - And the next week found them bound for the Fatherland. Louis K. Fulton in Chicago American. Caught the Women. Ralph Hulse. who is running for as semblvman in Trenton. X. J has made a tremendous hit with the worn- en of his district, while helping his wife with the family washing one day last week he attempted to empty a tub of water, but slipped and fell, sprain ing his back severely. He was to have attended a political meeting that night. but was unable to do so. being con fined to bed. A brother spellbinder ex plained his absence, whereupon all the women present decided that such a husband should be elected. They are cow working hard in the injured man's behalf. SiSScS24c Arranged to Accommodate All Youno er Members of the Family. A curious corner of the world is Maarken, two hours' sail across the Zuyder Zee from bustling Amsterdam, and no less carious its quaint little houses and its sturdy inhabitants. The stolid Dutchmen cling jealously to their ancient dress and customs, and evidently deem a crowded house hold man s bounden duty to man. Children swarm like ants, and one wonders how their island can hold them all. A peep into the diminutive anil wholly bedless dwellings magni fies the mystery, so it is quite a re lief when the portly Gudvrow, fairly crackling in her starched cap and pet- wall recess and reveals the Maarken prototype of our Pullman sleeper. Embroidered pillows and elaborate hangings show the level of the paren tal bed, and in the space beneath four or five of the youngsters travel com pactly into dreamland. The surplus small fry are similarly stowed away in some other wall. Dreadfully unhygienic, of course, yet the bright eyes of the boys and m'rls. their rosy cneeks and stuffed sausage limbs indicate pretty clearly that in Maarken. at least, bedding humanity upon shelves lowers neither tone nor vitality. HELPED TO BUY ONE HEARSE. Vermont Family Had No Use cf It and Refused Another Subscription. In the old days in Vermont many ! of the towns were without facilities I far carrying their dead from their i earthly habitations to the burying I ground. Therefore the good people ; went from house to house solicitina contributions for the purchase of a town hearse. It was a difficult mat ter to raise the necessary $40 or S30, bat m ta town of R accomplished. At each neral different farmers but in the town of R it was finally recurring fu- Ioaned hGrses to draw the hearse. In the 'course of time the old hearse came to the end of its labors, even as those whom it had carried to the little burying ground had come to the end of their labors. The subscription committee made a second canvass of the town and visited an old farmer who had contributed toward the first hearse and laid before him the neces sity of a second hearse. Old Gray beard regarded them narrowly and then said with determination: "Me and my family ain't never had no uses of t other hearse, and I don't calcerlate ter pay out a dem cent more." Lippincott's. Ups and Downs in English. The following telephone conversa tion, recently overheard between a woman whose home is in the suburbs and a business acquaintance of her husband, illustrates some of the curi osities of our language: Business acquaintance Good morn ing. Mrs. . I'd like to speak to Mr for a moment. Mrs. . I'm sorry. Mr. , but my husband isn't down yet. B. A. (inqu:r:ngly) Isn't down yet? Mrs. . I mean he isn't up yet. i I'm letting him sleep late this morn- ! It- in:: be was so down last evenlnsr over his office troubles that he was about ready to give up. Ke says he'll b down as soon as he gets up. Har per's Weekly. President Skillful With Foils. According to Generso Pavese, said i . to be the champion tencer or the world. President Roosevelt has more ability with the foils than many of the foreign ministers and attaches in I- Washington who have handled the flexible steel rods since their youth, aignor Pavese has been instructing the president for the past year, and declares that he is his aptest pupiL For a time the lessons have been dis continued, he says, but they will be resumed about the middle of Decem ber. "Mr. Roosevelt." says the fenc ing master, "is wonderfully quick and is finely developed physically. His arms are rounded and sinewy in fact. he is a perfect specimen of man hood." Resourceful Patrolman. Patrolman Plischke of the Los An zeles police force is a man of re- 1 sources, as he proved one evening not long ago. He belongs to the bicycle ' squad and was walking along a hand some residence street whence ob served a suspicious stranger who wa? j unable to give a good account of him I self. The officer found on the man a , porch climber's outfit, including dark i lantern and coil of rope. Plischke i did not think he could handle his pris oner and at the same time take care of his wheel, which he feared to leave behind. So he made the man pat his hands on either side of a lamp posi and handcuffed him there. Then he went for help. Responsibility of the Jug. "Yes. suh de snake wuz twelve foot Ions " "Comemow!" "En had sixty rattles " "That won't do!" "En five buttons." "You're a great liar!" "WelL suh. maybe I is; bat car's onething I wuzn't mistook in, en may be you'll doubt dat." "Go ahead and tell it." Then the old man straightened him selm. smacked his mouth, and said: "De jug belt two gallons, en only had one handle!" Atlanta Constitu tion. Largest Carving Knife. The biggest carving knife ever man ufactured may be seen at the world's fair. This monster blade is thirty feet in length and has an edge as sharp as a razor. It is made out of the finest steeL and the handle is a masterpiece of the cutler's art, elabor ately carved and beautifully polished. It would take a veritable giant to wield a knife like this. The Frost Herald. Oh. Mte? Katydid. I inshi you'd ccrn along. T weary of de locus an' Ts hungry ret vob song. I wants to hear yon talkin tout de sis ter dat got los' -goin" ne'rh on- Augns day a-tookm foh de fros. I want? to hear you phus an a-caHin af her name Caus r pantin an Ts pinls' rob de good news jei de same. r weary of de mockln birds an whin-poor-wills foh sho I want to hear about dat Jros 1st jes' lew weeks mo. Added to United States. In many places the channel of the Rio Grande has been changed by re cent floods. A short distance below Hidalgo a slice of Mexico, embracing several hundred acres of land and oc cupied by several thousand sheep and goats, was cut off and conveyed to the United States side of that stream. So .the United States is a trifle larger "than it was a few weeks ago. - WITH VZm 153 (xifK3 ZkLTTA m Htsrfi m rnviik AalO 5H Mvr.ir The Glry of Winning. Not for the cries of "Hurrah" from the rouzn-spoken crowd That cneered for another last night, and to-morrow will turn With cheers for some new hero, fearless and strutting .ind proud Sucn slory I spurn. Not for the pra:se of the sray-bearded saes who prate Of yesterday s doctrine as fcohsh or vile or worn-out. VTto to-morrow will grimly declare to day's creed out of date Their piaudits I nout. But for their sweet approval who. love lv aad gentle and fair. ilav" some day sm? unto their sons of m siory I strive; How ion?, u ye heroes, if they ceased to praise "would ye dare? Wbos hopes wouid survive? . E. Eiser in Chicago Record-Herald. Civil War Losses. 0. W. Norton, in a letter to the Chicago Pest, says: Many of your readers are interested in the war be tween Russia and Japan, and follow ing the accounts of the battles are ap palled by the great losses reported in each of the "armies. These losses ! cprr! encrrrjocs. and the imDression is general that the world has not seen before such desperate fighting. Com- paratively few of your readers are old j enough to remember the fighting in our own civil war. and fewer still I have made any study of the statistics of our own losses in battle. Modem weapons, especially the small arms with their small bullets, are much more merciful than those used in our great war, when the bullets were one inch long and fifty-three one-hun-dredths inches in diameter, causing fearful wounds. The papers report that a very large proportion of the men wounded en both sides in the present war have already recovered and returned to the ranks The news paper accounts of the great slaughter in these battles are usually exagger ated and the figures greatly reduced, by the official reports. Perhaps your readers would be in terested in some statistics of the civil war. comparing them with reports of battles in the East. The following fig ures are taken from a book compiled by William F. Fox. entitled "Regimen tal Losses in the Civil War." This book is acceptec as authoritative, and by far the most reliable publication in the statistics presented. The figures are not estimated losses, nor taken frcm the accounts of special corre spondents in the field. Th-y are com piled from the muster rolls and official reports on file in the War Depart ment The following table gives th- per centage of loss m several regiments in one battle to the number of men engaged in that battle, ranging from 60 per cent to S2 per cent of the men who entered any one battle. In the table from which I copy these figures there are a large number of ether regiments in which the losses exceed ed hair" the number engaged, but this list is long enough to show what stuff our American soldiers were made of. The list includes killed, wounded and missing. A small portion of those re ported missins were taken prisoners, but the greater part were reported missing in battles where no prisoners were taken, and were so reported be caus at the time the report was made it was not known absolutely whether they were dead or severely wounded and left on the field. Pet. Rerimnt and battle loss. One HundrHi and Firty-Srst Penn- sy'.vania Gttysbur j-" One Hundred and First Xew York Manassas "3-5 Twcnty-hrth Massachusetts Cold Harbor TO 0 Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Bethesda Church - 5-2 Twentieth Massachusetts Fredericks-burs- . . -. 3S 4 Eizhth Vermont Cedar Creek . 6T 9 Sijrhry-nrst Pennsylvama Freder- ieksours - oT- Twelfth Massachusetts An tie tarn. .57.0 First Maine H. A. Petersburg . . SS.3 Ninth Louisiana (colored) Milliken's Bend o4-0 One Hundred and Eleventh New York Gettysburg .. . Si Twenty-fourth Michigan Gettysburg -C.T Fifth New Hampshire Fredencks- burz . . t3. Nnth Illinois Shiloh . .... C.3 Xlnth New York Antietam .. CO Fif'eenth New Jersey apottsylvania.CS Eighty-second New York Gettysburg. !. 3 Fifteenth Massachusetts Gettysbur.ol.9 Sixty-ninth New Y )rk Antietam. . al.j Fif ty-nrst Illinois Chlckamauga.. SI : Nineteenth Indiana Manassas .... il Z One Hundred iiu Twenty-nrst New York Saiem Churca ... 60.9 Fifth New York Manassas .d Ninety-taird New York Wilderness. i-.u Thirteen-Year-Old Scldier. "I was mustered into the service at camp Chase. Lowell, on Sept. 3. 13(51." says storekeeper Edwin F. Cushmg ai. the navy yard, a resident of Somer ville, "and. I was bom at Dover, . H., on Hay 29, 1S4S, my age at tne time of muster was 13 years 3 montns and 5 days. My final discharge was given me at Gallops island in Boston harbor, on August 2(5, 1S65, thus mak ing the oflicial curation of my connec tion with the regiment just one week less than four years. "Of course," says Mr. Cushing, "there were a great many more boys in the army. But the larger part of these under-age youngsters got in dur ing the last two years of the war and as I began with carrying a musket and kept right on in that sort of duty i curing the major part of the time I ! was in the army, the claim has been j made in my behalf that I am the i youngest soldier, with four years of active service to my credit, who en- J listed from Massachusetts. "Whether or not that is so, and the ! record may De duplicated several times in this as in other states, I am satisfied," said Mr. Cushing, "tnat I became a soldier full early enough, f and but for some 'hnrdening I had just received on a New Hampshire :?m. my experience m penormmg , the duties of a full-fiedged enlisted; mar might have been much more diL- J cult than it proved to be. Then again, ' my regiment, the Twenty-sixth Massa- j chusetts, did not see much real work J the life in garrisoning forts and in policing New Orleans gave me a chance to grow to the full measure of a soldiers duty, so that when we reached Sfcridan in the Shenandoah valley, we were all a toughened lot of union defenders. "The Twentysixth " said Mr Cush ing was one of the Butler regiments that went to Ship island with Gn. Butler in November. 1561. our com mander being CoL E. F. Janes, who led the 'old Sixth' through Baltimore, and CoL Jones is now one of the youngest men in the regimental asso ciation, of which body I am the secre tary. The regiment was encamped at Ship island until Aprfl. 1S6;. cur bri gade commander being Gen. J. W. r Phelps of Vermont, who was recalled ISSL fs&fiw &sm vfjw ssry - ' r-?J JMira mm THP. muA m WLdwumi v fcus uy President Lincoln for issuing tho&i famous emancipation proclamation Gen. Phelps being the first of tht. union commanders to attempt the frw com of the slave in general order." Back at Chattanooga. "I was in Chattanooga last -e&i' snid the captain, "and went over ;c the Chickamauga battlefield to Iocf tne camp of the First Illinois in IsSS I couldn't find it, or at least I cwilc not locate it by any of the old Iad marks. All traces of the old camp h n been obliterated, and new camps ct more permanent character have tata the place of the old ones. In a r months other changes will have tale place, giving to the regular cavajj staaoned in the park the model br racks and camp of the country. "The Seventh cavalry is there now. the troopers riding along the roads that were the scenes of many dashina soldier adventures in September, lSt3 An old surgeon riding with me ovei the field pointed out where a full regi ment of rebel cavalry crossed the rivei in the rear of his brigade and galloped by a log shanty beh.nd which he had just esrablished his field hospital The men in gray seemed oblivious ot the men in blue firing in front, and th men in blue were as oblivious of th presence of the enemy's cavalry in theii rear. That illustrated, the doctor said. what a mix-up there was at Chicka mauga. "A little later our driver, pointing o a large manufactory near the base ot Lookout mountain, said: In spite of the mix-up some of the boys were lucky in the outcome. There is a fel low named Patten, an Illinois man. by the way, who is worth J2.Q0O.O0C because of a leg shattered by a can non ball over in the park, before n was a park. He was so severe! wounded that he could not be sent north with the other wounded of tat battles hereabout, and was still ii hospital when the war closed. Tht result was he remained here, went Jnto business, and is now worth 12, Ooij.000. If his leg had not b5r crushed by a cannon ball, or if he had gone home lame, he might have Ios1 his chances to become a millionaire.' Chicago Inter Ocean. Camp Has Rare War Relics. U. S. Grant Pest. No. 227. G. A. R.. of Brooklyn has a veritable museum of relics in its headquarters, llosj of the relics are presents from those who took part in the War of the Re bellion or their friends. Among the relics of reat krerest in the pes' rooms is a collection presentee by Mrs. Walke. widow of Rear Admiral Walke. These are relics of the re bullion and the United Stares fieet on the Mississippi river, and comprise shot, shell and fragments from on board the gunboats Taylor. Carondo let and Lafayette, commanded by Commander Henry Walke. Other in teresting articles ar a large pasteJ portrait or" General Grant painted by H W. Bezthrong. loaned by Mrs. U S Grant: large pastel painting of the equestrian statue of General Grant, presented by the Fnion League Club, a picture of Andersonville Prison, anc many other things of intere-L includ ing a srump from the bartlneid ci Chattanooga in which is imbedded an unerplcded shell. A case which oc cupies the center of the rcorn con tain valuable and rare war relics which cannot be duplicated elsewhere Deaths of Confecerate Officers. Much has rjfen said in the Euro pean press of the death of Lieut. Gen. Count Keller, of the Russian army who was killed in a recent battle with the Japanese in Manchuria. Gen. Kel Ier was the first otScer of high rank Killed en either side, with the excep tion of the Russian Admiral Makhar off. who was blown up in a warship at Port Arthur It may be out of place to mention that in the civil war in th's country the Confederates had killed in battle no less than fifty-two general ofiicers. of whom one was a general of the highest rank and commander-in-chief, Albert Sydney John ston, who fell ar Shiloh. and three lieutenant generals. Leonldas Polk. Stonewall Jackson and A. P HIIL There were eight major generals and forty brigadier generals. The Confed erates fought great odds, and it was necessary for oficers of the highest rank to expose themselves. They went with their men into every dan ger, and this was the reason why so many were killed in battle, while few escaped being wounded. New Or leans Picayune. Wetenns Passing Away. Soldiers of "the disappearing army," as the veterans of the civil war have been termed, are dying at the rate of 100 every day, from sun rise to sunrise. This pathetic show ing is made by the quarterly state ment of the pension bureau, given our by Commissioner Ware. The mortal ity among soldier pensioners of all wars and classes last year was 31.278 deaths, of which 30,071 were volan teer soldiers in the civil war. Com missioner Ware estimates that there are from 150.00 to 130 000 soldiers ot the civil war who are not on the pen sion rolls. These he has designated as "the unknown army." It is said fully 3S.000 civil war veterans (pen sioners and nonpensionersj died last vear. Washington Star. Delaware G. A. R. 3adge. The "Little Diamond state," as Delaware is called, has adopted a de partment badge consisting of a dia mane, shield and pin. The diamond bears a representation of a hen. chick ns and a coop, emblematic of the -3Iue Hen's Chicken's." as the sol diers of Delaware were called in the revolution. The reverse is inscribes "The Department of Delaware. G. A R. Instituted Jan. 14. 1SS1." Depend ent from the pin is a shield bearing the coat of arms of the state. Th pin is inscribed "Delaware." From it is suspended the diamond by a cherry ribbon. Attacks Old Custom. An Enziish educational society which declares that people ought tc live in and use their "front rooms Express remarks: "Such a reckless suggestion is calculated to undermine the very foundations of lower middle has created a sensation. The London class life in this country," the front room being sacred to "company" over there. Next thin? it will be suggested that the Britishers wear their "best clothes" every day. (EfiXDT am krvrl lNvevni Ntw Oil Engine. A new oil engine is the recent and fruitful development of the internal combustion motor and its adaptation to the use of crude oils or oils of a specific gravity that precludes their use in motors of the ordinary type. Like all engines suitable for crude oil the latest innovation has provision for the Injection of water into the cyl inder before compression. This has the effect of allowing a much higher compression without preignition than is ordinarily possible, and it has other important effects. The builders say that the water vapor prevents the de composition of the petroleum to an extent, enabling the engine to run long periods with crude oils without leaving an excess of deposit on the vaporizer's walls. It is not easy to understand why water should prevent decomposition of the petroleum. The engine works on the four stroke cycle and uses the heavy black petroleum oils and the semi-refined or inter mediates, as well as the ordinary re fined lamp oiL There is a cylinder fourteen inches in diameter, giving fortj -seven brake horse power with horse power with crude oils. On the suction stroke of the piston air is drawn Into the cylinder through the main air valve, and oil is pumped through the oil sprayer into the va porizer, which receives a further sup ply ot air through a shifting ralve. At the same time water is pumped through the water sprayer and enters the vaporizer. This charge is then compressed, and. as the crank of the engine passes the inner dead center. is Ignited by the hot igniting tube. giving the working stroke. The ex taust valve then opens to allow the Durnt charge to escape, completing the cycle of operations. The ignitions are continuous on all loads, and the ignition tube is therefore retained r.t the required temperature without the aid of a lamp except when starting the engine. The speed of the machine is governed by varying the amount cf water and oil injected, so that on heavy loads full charges of oil and water are delivered, while on light loads small charges are given. Automatic Railway Signal. Misreading of signals and failure to eiecute them are the most potent causes of accidents on railways and it has been the work of many in ventors to lessen these dangers by uiuuuutus ituiuuidui: iisaiis, which shall relieve the human mind of the I responsibility as far as possible. Thus i the block systems now show signals ' which are supposed to prevent the I train next following from running ! into the one which has set the sig- , nal But these signals depend on the Stops Engine Witncut Aid. vigilance and action of the engineer, and so it may be wise to go a step further and make the block system not only set a signal against a train following on the same track, but also operate a mechanism to bring the sec ond tram to a standsall should the signal be unheeded. How this may be done is shown in the illustration. There is a lever depending from the engine on the small forward truck, with a cord con necting with the throttle and also with the bell and whistle. Beside the track is a long, light rail, which is elevated or depressed after the man ner of the signal arms. A reverse lever is provided for use when the en gine is backing and. seemingly, there is little chance now for a tram to run .past the block set against it. The inventor of this system is Orr C. Fisher cf Delphos, Iowa. Electric Launches in Venice. The Italian ministry of posts ani telegraphs has received authority in parliament to establish telepcone con nections between 3rescia and Ber gamo. Lecco and 3ergamo. Cremona ind Piaenza. Genoa. Pisa and Leg iorn, Naples. Foggia. and Barletta. Vaples. Reggio. Calabria, and Messina. The authorities of the province of Rome propose to build an electric railway between the city of Rome and Civite Castellana. The city council of Venice has decided to purchase a number of electric launches for use on the canals of that city. The een iral inspector of the Adriatic railroad, whose office is in Rome, has received oermission to purchase 150 electric iccumulators. The Adriatic Railroad Mmpany is planrinz to build an elec ric road from Chisso to Como and Zhiavenna. A Pocket Umbrella. An umbrella small enough to go in side a pocket is a recent invention, it s designed on the principle of the tele scope, and consist of a series of tele scopic slides, a carrymz case and a liece of silk coverms On opening the rase in which it is contained the con- , ents resemble a bundle of steel rods i I n a wrapping of silk. These are. witn I i little manipulation, converted into in umbrella of the orthodox shape, he short handle of which draws out nto a stick of the requisite Ienzth. i Hie cover is described as beins quite ts stout, tight and rain-reslstins as a irst-class umbrella cf the old style. Radium Argentiferum- Particulars are out regarding the iew metal discovered by the Tuscan mgineers, Travazlini and Fabian. The discoverers have given the new metal the name radinm argentiferum. The metal is composed of copper, iron and infinitesimal portions of silver radium and phosphorus The chief se cret, it is said. lies in the phosphorus. It is claimed by the patentees that radium argentiferum is stronger than steel, does not oxidize, is a better con ductor than copper, and can be manu factured in large quantities at one- I tenth of the cost of bronze. There fore they expect thatit will ue large ly used in making cannon, munitions, etc and that it will supersede copper in electric wires. Electric Tracticn in Ccal Mine. Electric traction is asd In at least one coal mine. Two locomotives of eighty horse pftwer each handle the SOU :ons daily output. They are seven feet long and three feet high, ran ring in headings too low for the use ff mules. A single eighty horse power iiotor is used, with its armature reared to two driving, sprockets, one ja ach axle. The gradients are from r s I ira zi to lin a- , Wcll-Built Concrete House That Will Defy the Cold. F. V. G. I would like to Ieara bow to. proceed to build a concrete house for little chickeHS" in winter. I usaal ly keep about 200 chicks oa hand: sellr ing them at about three months oM. I have no place to keep them In win ter. Please show how to build a salt able house of concrete and give aa estimate of the probable cost. The chicken house represented Ib the accompanying cut is 12x24 feet: it is 5 feet high on the south side and S feet high on the north side. It it built of concrete, the walls being six inches thick, with 2-lnch strapping and is lathed and plastered. Port- M C'JLJIRB Front View of Concrete Poultry House. land cement being used instead of lime in the plaster. By using Port land cement in the plaster the chick? ens will not pick the plaster off. . The floor is of concete and a wocdea floor is laid on top of it. This will keep the rats from getting under the floor or troubling the chickens ia ary way. The cost of the concrete wor wottd be 10 barrels of Portland cemeat makiag the concrete one of cement tff nine of gravel. 9 days labor for oae man and 12 yards gravel. The athex material and labor would amount to about $11 for lath and plastering and J2T for windows, door, roof and labor. The inside can be sheathed up with matched stuff if desired instead ol being lathed and plastered, but th walls can be more easily kept free from vermin if plastered. In order to get the sunlight into the chicken , house, the windows should cot be more than one foot from the floor, if higher than that the rays of the sun will not strike the floor as it should. The walls are built between plaaks. This is done by standing 2x4 inch uprights every three or four feet, both ; J R Section of Ground Plan Shoeing Con struction of Wall. A.2 by : In. strapping B. Iah and piaster: C. 2 in. hollow space; D. wood. brick. H, concrete aiL on the out and Inside of wall, and op posite each other, leaving twelve inches between the outside and in side uprights. A 2x12 inch plank ia now placed on adse both on inside, and outside of wall with an inch wedge between the planks and up rights. By using a small spread stick six inches long bween the planks it will keep them in their place. In raising the planks loosen the wedges and raise the planks allowing them to Inp down on the concrete li-2 or 2 inches, drive in the wedges and pro ceed as before. Poplar Shcots. ' S. W. M. How may the roots of' poplar trees in a neighboring garden i be prevented from throwing up shoou ' in my garden? i The poplar shoots which come up in the yard may be prevented oy sinking a strip of galvanized iron along th edge of the garden. The roots frora ' which the shoots spring are usually I within a few inches of the surface anc a strip of galvanized iron one foot wide ' should suflice. If this is not found , practicable, the roots should be pre ' vented from entering the garden bv means of a ditch, or in some other ', way. Once the roots are prevented from entering the garden the shoots j may be gradually eradicated by dig-1 zin:r them out. Jaundice. S 3. What is the cause of a hen turning yellow in the head? We lost one from this cause this summer and another is going the same way. This is undoubtedly a case of Jaun dice, which is a form of liver derange ment brought an by improper feeding cf unsuitable food in too great quanti ij. It would much simplify matters if you had stated the age of and kind of fowls you have, on what was fed and in what quantities. Very often such complaints are the result of the feeding of too much soft food in the shape of mash. As a result the gia zard is not exercised enough, and dis ease follows. The mash should b varied from time to time and not fe too frequently or In too great quanti ty. A healthy gizzard means a health bird, and no bird can be in propei health without its gizzard setting wort to do. How. By feeding a well-bal anced ration. Spelt for Stock Food. F. B. S. 1. Is spelt a good food far horses, cattle and swine? 2. What fime cf year is it planted and Bow i the ground prepared? 1 Spelt compares favorably with wheat, oats and barley as a fcod for stock cf all classes. It has a cling mg husk, similar to barley and an in ternal grain of much the same nature as wheat. As a stock food it would probably be as valuable as a mixture of wheat and barley, o-r wheat and oats. Spelt is a comparatively hard crain and should be ground for feed ing. 2. Spelt requires about the same method of cultivation as other cereals. as wheat, oats or barley, and it should be sown at about the same dates in spring. From 50 to 100 pounds of seed should be sown tc the acre. It win thrive on light soils and withstand drought welL Rust on Iron cf Machinery. X. Y. Z. What Is agood prepara tion to put on iron work' of machinery to keep it from rusting? As good a preparation as aay which can be used i3 ordinary eart grease. This is smeared thinly ot the exposed parts. Royal "Wit. Wclsey was sayingt "FareeIL a long farewell to all my greatnesa. -I hope it's not a Patti tMrtrntO," added Henry VOL, with i '' " Hi i aim! , llj ' Object ta Matrimeny. "Look here." said the soar-faced lady who had answered, the "pcrsca; iL" "your ad. is a fake.: it distinctly ttated 'object matrimony. WeH er am-yens see. tattered the man nervously, there was some xUstake. The printer omitted a word IThe ad. should haTe read, 'object "to matrimony. Town Topics. Modern Maid in a Quandary. Modern maid I wish some advice Old lady Certainly, dear. What is it? Modern maid Shall I marry a ma whose tastes are the opposite of mine. and quarrel with him. or shall I marry a man whose tastes are the same a. mine and get tired' of hint? Ne York Weekly. One Weuld De. She If I give you one kiss will yoa ie satisfied? Ha Yes. if we start now, so we mn get back home before night. oxed. i They were returning from the husk- Jig bee. "And were there any red ears?" isked the friend. "Oh. yes." responded the girl in the gingham dress. "I had two, when pe caught that city fellow kissing me." - The Change Benefited Him. "Yes." said Slyman, "I've been away" for a week, down at Swell- Beach." - ( "Ah! I suppose you gat a little . change for the better there." "You bet. My hotel bill amounted ' to $31.50, and i paid for it with a ' counterfeit S30 note." j Something' Wrong- Nbw, Henry she began, with set Jaw. "I must have 150 to-day." i "All right," replied her husband, t "her it is." "Gracious. Henry!" she exclaimed. ! suddenly paling. "What's the mar ' ter? Are you sick?" Apprehension. Little Edith Oh. ma. when I grow up wdl I look like that? Pittsburg Telegraph. The Little Woman. Little Girl I want to get a mittea. please, and charge it to me mother. Shopkeeper A mitten? You meaa a pair of mitten3. sissy? Little Girl No. jest on'y one; on that's suitable for a boy that's gain to propose an be rejected. Real Sufferers. Rodrick They say automobiles ara terrible an the nervous system. Van Albert I believe It. Rodrick But you have no autornc nR0 ' - ktk XT. Vir? T .-4 fhj v an .much ". uu. . ...! . street occasional!?. What Mamma Said. Mother What reason have ycu foi not wanting to marry Mr Oldboy. th capitalist? Daughter I don't love htm. Mother Pshaw I that isn't a reasoc: it's the rankest kind of rank noa sense. Looking Ahead a Long Way "What are ycu crying for. my boy?" "I ain't got nobody to play wid." "But where are your boy friends?' "Dey are all at de reform farm.' "Oh! Well, don't cry. You'll see them scon." "Ah. go long! , De Judge said I wouldn't be old enough to go dere fc two years." Strenuous Life. The mother Now, be carefnL 3 son. and don't work too hard at col lege, or you may injure 7onr health. The son Don't worry, mother. Un der the new football rules there isa't half so much work requireii as for merly. Like Its Namesake. "What on earth is the matter with Peckham?" "He bought a naphtha launch, y-ac know, and named it after his wife." "I know, but he's all cut and bruised and " "Natural result. thing blew him up." course the Latest. "Who owns that strange-'cG'iing rag tag machine over there?" -Why, the new barber. Ycu get in side and get shaved." "You dent mean to say he shave you in the automobile?" "Yes: he goes so fast the wind Just euts your beard off a3 clean as a whist." Her Only Troukle. Mr. Stubbs "Gcodness. Martha, -the baby has been crying for two weeks. What is the matter with him? Mrs. Stubbs "Why. nature is givina him his teeth. John.' Mr. Stubbs "WelL nature, may h ill right in some ways, but the la cer- Ar til yZJ" Aafj'IPs' TaBTaMrfc. M aiBw l eajpp l'aiRiya slow iaV . -V- . . . k . . jfcS'--'iw'-