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v " , I I I I i I nil li I II I I '" I -..!'"' jJB s . EIQN RCHAPD n GARDEN tRGTrfflfcOLD ifttifc NEW YORK SUBWAY A MONUMENT TO SKILL OF AMERICAN A '7 lace. When there is an eligible a x i i ; r y s. v. 4 rv r - One of the fi Sightseers crowded the famous New York subway for hours the day fol lowing its opening Oct. ::0. It is esti- HAD ENOUGH OF LAW ONE MAN'S EXPERIENCE IN DAM AGE SUIT. Verdict for Substantial. Amount Suc cessively Dwindled Until There Was About Enough Left for Cne Night's Real Good Time. "Owen O'Brien, well known in I awndale. sustained dangerous personal"- injuries while running an eleva tor in a paper mill in Appleton. Wis.." said Lawyer George S. Foster. "He biought suit against the paper com pany in Judge Jenkins' court and was awarded judgment for $15,000. The company's counsel appealed the case and it was retired before the late Judge Gresham. "The latter held that the complain ant should have made himself ac quainted with the condition of the ele vator before taking the risk of run ning it. His directions to the jury were to the effect that the company was not responsible for the accident. So the jury brought in a verdict exon erating the company and Ihe $I.r.000 judgment went glimmering. "The company, however, recognized that O'Brien, who had been long in its service, was entitled to some comien sation. and therefore offered him. through his lawer. $1,000. This the lawyer advised hnn not to accept, as he had good grounds for an appeal and would probably get judgment in his favor on a third trial. He told O'Brien to return to Chicago, whence he had come to attend the trial, and that he would probably hear favorably from him in due time. "After about sixty days O'Brien got a letter from a Chicago lawyer ask ing to sec him at the latter's office. "'Well, your attorney in Wisconsin has settled that case of yours.' Owen was informed when he appeared. 'Kverytbiug has been arranged -very favorably and there is some money here for you and a document to sign. "He pushed toward him a written undertaking to abandon all claims igainst the company and any further legal proceedings in consideration of the sum of 550. "But 1 was to get $1,000 anyway,' protested O'Biien. " Oh. thee were costs of court and 'awyer's fees and other expenses, ami this is ail theie is left.' "O'Brien refused to sign and went forth to seek satisfaction. Lawyer fter lawyer declined to take up the ;ase. At length one obliging lawyer $aid he would, but on reconsideration thought it would be hopeless and ad vised him to accept the $60. saying he would go and get it for him. O'Brien reluctantly consented, and the lawyer jot the nioney. He deducted 20 for his services and handed O'Brien $40. And O'Brien was so mad he blew in $20 before he Tvent home and had only $20 left." Chicago News. Big Fees. It is said that the fee given to one of the medical chiefs attending ifady Curzon ran to 100 guineas a day. and that, if the mere question of money were concerned, he would prefer not to have this continuous retainer. Whatever the honorarium, it is well known that the greatest specialists are extremely reluctant to sacrifice their connection for a long period, and so detach themselves from the doctors who are accustomed to send for them. When such a break occurs it nuans that some less eminent men get a step forward, by favorably im pressing the general practitioner. Four of the premier consultants have been more or less detained at Dover castle for the last month: and it is easy to see. from the celerity with which some of them have dashed to London tc came back by special train to sleep at the Castle, that they have been anxious to fulfil their other ob-ligations.T-London Exchange. Jap Holds Yale Degree. Marquis ', of Japan, holds a Ya.o decree. - nest pieces of engineering skill in the m;ted that 1S0.MHJ people rode in the underground trains during the after noon, and that of these fully one-quar- BAN ON TOBACCO CHEWING. Edict Issued Nearly 200 Years Ago Against the Habit. In the code of laws passed by the towns of Windsor. Hartford and Wethersfield in the years 173S -".! may be found the following on tobacco chewing: "Forasmuch as it is observed that many abuses are crept in and com mitted by the frequent taking of to bacco, it is ordered by the authority of this court that no person under the age of 21 years nor any other that hath not already accustomed himselfe to the use thereof shall take any to bacco until hee hath bought a certif icate under the hands of someone who are approved for knowledge and skill in physicks that it is useful for him and also that hee hath received a ly cense from the courts for the same. "And for the regulating of those who either by theire former taking it have, to theire apprehensions, made it necessary to them or upon due ad vice are iersuaded to the use therof, it is ordered that no man within this j colonye after the publication hereof shall take any tobacko publiquely in the streets, highways or any barn yards or upon training days, in any open places, under the penalty of six pense for each offense against this order in any of the particulars there of, to bee paid without gainsaying. uptKui conviction by the testimony of one witness that is. without just ex ception before any one magistrate. "And the constables in the several towns are required to make present ment to each particular court of such as they do understand and can convict to be transgressors of this order." Why He Preferred a Curate. Dr. Lang, the popular bishop of Stepney, was formerly honorable chaplain to Queen Victoria, and a good story is told of an interview he once had with her majesty. "I hear, Mr. Lang." said the queen, "excellent accounts of your work at Portsea. and I find that you actually keep a staff of twelve curates. You should take to yourself a wife. I believe you would be able to do with at least two curates less.'' "Ah. no madam." was the prompt reply, which greatly amused the queen, "that would scarcely do: if I have a curate who does not suit I can get rid of him. but I could not do the same with a wife." Fortunes in Texas Onions. More fortunes are being made in growing Bermuda oninions in Texas than in the oil business. Some capital is required to operate in the Texas oil fields, while in the onion-growing bus iness an investment of a few hundred dollars is reasonably certain of bring ing a profit of several thousand. The area of the state in which onions can be grown is limited, but it covers many hundred thousand acres. This land is situated in the extreme south western part of the state. Kleptomania in High Society. "Kleptomania" is becoming a source of great annoyance at the social func tions cf the women's clubs in New York city. For the last two winters women who frequent these gatherings have suffered losses and now scarcely an entertainment of such a character takes place that some article o. value is not missing. Jeweled hat pins, purses and chatelaine bags have been purloined. At the recent breakfast of the Women's Republican association at Delmonico's a sable muff was lost and at ihe federation meeting at the Hotel Astor an expensive feather boa was taken. The women are thinking of having a detective to protect them from these annoying thefts. Queen Helcne Nurses Prince. The little prince cf Piedmont, un like his sisters. Princesses Yolanda and Mafalda, is being nursed by his mother. Queen Helcne reluctantly gave the other children up to the nurse, but when the long hoped-for heir to the throne arrived she abso lutely refused to let any other than herself give him nourishment. world to-day. ter were children. Lack of ventilation lias been found the chief drawback to the subway. aaam THREW OUT GUESTS' THINGS. Tidy Wife Thought They Belonged to Her Husband. A night editor in New York was talking about the late Amos J. Cum mings. "When Cummings," he said, "was beginning his newspaper life he had the good fortune to attract the atten tion of the leading editor of the day. This editor took him up. pushed him along and paid him a good salary. "The editor was absent-minded and he never could remember that Cum mings' first name was Amos. Asa was the nearest he could come to Amos, and the wise young Cummings listened in silence to sentences from him that began: "'Asa. write a good story about ' or 'Look here, Asa, can you get up a story on ' or 'Asa. I like your work. I am going to raise your sal ary. One day Cummings had occasion to call at the editor's home. He was ushered into the parlor, and he laid his hat, glo-es and stick on the marble-topped table that stood in the mid dle of the room. "The editor entered, and the two men began a long, interesting and im portant talk. "In the midst of their discussion the editor's wife swept into the parlor. This woman was noted for her tidi ness. She did not give so much as a nod or a look to her husband or his companion, but strode up fiercely to the marble-topped table, gathered in her hands Cummings cane, hat and gloves and with a snort threw them out of the window. Then she stalked forth again. "Cummings looked at the editor. The editor looked at him. Then, in a soft, apologetic voice, the editor said: "'She thought they were mine, Asa.' " Mulish. There are persuasive ways even for dealing with a stubborn mule. At the entrance to the subway extension near Trinity church the other morn ing a negro driver tried to persuade his impassive steed to enter thp cage in which he was to be lowered down the shaft. The mule approached the cage, but not nearer than two feet. There he stopped, and no amount of patting, tugging or kicking availed to move him forward. Finally the driver divested himself of his coat and tied it about the mule's eyes. But that wasn't enough. The sagacity of the kicker was too great, and he again stopped on the edge of the cage. The mule was led away and turned around several times to mix him up. He was not to be mixed. Then the cage was moved and the driver ied his mule blindfolded all the way around the block. This time he was fooled and was in the hated cage. It had taken an hour and amused at least a thousand passersby. New York Sun. Voted With Colored Servants. Rev. Dr. Alexander Mackay Smith, Episcopalian bishop coadjutor of Pennsylvania, went out early in Phil adelphia and voted. He went over to the polling place in company with three negroes and left again in their company. None had on his hat, not even the bishop. The bishop is a Re publican and a Roosevelt man. His three negro servants are also. The bishop suggested that they all go over together and the blacks seemed pleased. The polling place was in a little cigar store and the advent of Dr. Smith with three blacks and no hat surprised the judges for a mo ment. The blacks voted first and tne bishop brought up the end of the line Too Much Trouble to Vote. Admiral George W. Melville did not vote Tuesday, thereby keeping up h is unbroken record. He has never cast a vote in his life, and now says It is too much, trouble to do so. Th ad- ivs: miral, who lives in Philadelphia, says "There are plenty of men at the polls without me, and I dare say someone will vote on my name anyhow." (Mr. Wragg Invite contributions ot any new Ideas that readers of this de partment may wish to present, and would he pleased to answer correspond ents desiring Information on subjects dlscuwd. Address M. J. Wragg. Wau kee. Iowa 1 EXAMINE THE BERRY VINES. I The condition of the berry plant at I the close of the growing season is a certain indication of the product the following year. Let us examine: Is the foliage free from rust and blight? Is the cane mature and well ripened? Is it stocky and well supplied with strong, vigorous buds? Is it free from spot, speck and blemish? Are the roots light, fibrous and strong? Is the pith, the vital or essential part of the plant, bright, fresh and firm? If so we are assured that with a fair sea son and proper winter protection a full crop may be expected. In many localities. I fear berry canes, now so promising, are injured by early spring frosts, severely freezing the young shoots when but a few inches high. This injury is observed only in the pith, the life marrow being dark and shrunken, a few inches above the ground. The cane above and below showing a fine, vigorous growth. Canes so affected are almost certain to ma ture no fruit the coming season. Ex amine them closely. In any event it is important to save all good canes by most thorough winter protection. This is best done by bending bushes to the ground and covering with fresh earth. The process has been described many times, but needs to be repeated again. It should be understood that the roots of plants are very flexible and may be turned and doubled in any direction. Now, in laying bushes down for the winter, the bending must be in the root and below the surface of the ground. It is not at all difficult, but simply requires a little care and piactice. This method of protection is f,Iven at an expense of seven or eight dollars per acre. There is no doubt whatever as to the great advantage of such protection, and it should be practiced in all latitudes where the thermometer ever reaches ten degrees below zero. Never attempt to grow berries in northern climates without winter protection. It may be done any time after frosts and before the ground freezes. Select a time when there is no frost in the ground or bush, remove two or three inches of dirt from base of hill, gather the canes in close form with a wide fork dr well protected hands, and bend gen tly in direction to be laid, while sec ond party inserts fork near opposite or with foot pressed firmly against the hill, it is forced to the ground, bend ing only in the root, and covered with dirt. The top of succeeding hill rest ing along the side of .preceding hill. Seed potatoes are valuable. It will pay those who have them to care for them. They should be kept cool, but not too cool. They may be chilled so their vitality is injured, and not freeze, either. Such potatoes will not produce strong plants, if they grow at all Healthy, strong seed will make more difference than one would think in the potato crop. NOTES. The heeling in of fruit trees should be a complete covering of them. They do not endure exposure of the top from sweeping western winds. A steer is better in a cornfield of fifteen cent corn than in the family orchard. It is not too late to plant tulips, hya cinths and fall bulbs in November, but they should not be planted too deep and the bulb bed. when late planted, should be more deeply mulched so that they can start before the frost locks up the soil. The Dominie apple is a heavy bear er, and has old associations, but it is' not a hardy tree and is of poor quality. It should give way to Utter's Large Red, a well tested and desirable sort, of good quality and a showy seller, with high dessert value. The European Larch should be planted very early in the spring in order to secure success in transplant ing. Dig and bury the trees in the fall and then set in March. See that everything is in shape for the coming winter in the orchards, vineyards and berry patches. A lit tle neglect now may make a great difference with next year's crop, or, with the whole future of the trees and plants under your care. Hens have a way of crowding on their roosts, even when there is plenty of room. One farmer recently says the crowding causes them to rest less perfectly than they otherwise would, thus strength and productiveness are lessened; and again they get over heated, becoming apt to take cold easily. He says he bores holes five eighths of an inch in diameter, eight inches apart from center to center, for Rocks, seven inches for Leghorns, in upper sides of the roosts, and sticks wooden pegs about fifteen inches long in the holes. If the pegs are only a few inches long a hen will sometimes fly up between two hens and alight on top of a peg in so doing. MICE IN THE ORCHARD. It is not often that mice will gnaw the bark from the bases of trees that are in clean ground. They do not do their work until food gets scar6e, bVt it is wise to prepare for that time. Ail grass, weeds, or other trash should be cleaned away from a space at least two feet in diameter next the trees and the soil tramped down hard. They do not like to work in hard ground. It is a good plan to put a lit tle poisoned corn in the soil next the trees, where the mice may find it if they come and where chickens can not reach it easny. "Peach Growing in Missouri," is the title of a late bulletin issued by Sec retary Ellis of the State Board of Ag riculture. It contains the crop report for June, and some valuable sugges tions on the subject mentioned above. It may be had by addressing George B. Ellis, secretary, Columbia, Mo. The pleasant days of winter may be well utilized in cutting the old canes from raspberry bushes, and in trim King the orchard. THE ART OF FEEDING. We have been asked by a beginner in the sheep business to give in detail the art of feeding sheep and lambs. This is an art that can only be ac quired by experience. We have been giving results of experience for many years and have been pointing out some of the best plans. "Amateur feeding operations are fre quently attended with unsatisfactory results, but persistency, in right di rection, brings its reward. The man who feeds cattle one year, sheep the next, and some other hobby the third year, can hope for nothing else but failure. To succeed in this business one must stay with it year artcr year. Every move will be an educator. He will know each year about buying, se lection, the manner of feeding, time of marketing, and a score of things that cannot here be put in print. "The lamb feeder needs to see his lambs before eating, during the time of eating, and after they have eaten. to know how they are doing. When several lambs lag back, indifferent about coming up to the trough, it is evident they are getting too much grain. The next time there may be more. The ration should be cut down until .ill come to feed. It is not a ood plan to give too much sale, as dropsi cal conditions are induced by it. Salt regularly and sparingly while on feed. The better the feed the less time will be required to fatten." Some error has been allowed to creep into feeding operations by stuff ing all the time. It is not the amount of feed given as much as the amount assimilated. Assimilation can go on so long as the sheep have good health. Gluttony tends to disease. The best feeders do not keep sheep on all they will eat, but they do keep them thriv ing and laying on fat. Some people are so airaid to have convictions lest they become bigots, but there is something worse than bigotry, and that is to have no con viction of your own except one made to order and pumped into you by your neighbor. THANKSGIVING. "Hare and brown in the shadows. The nieadowluml meets th gaze. Where the bold, blithe bee went seeking Its sweets in the summer iay.s. The honey is stored in plenty. So what if the winter N near? The time is not one for repining The day of thanksgiving is here." Let the apples stand out in the barn or some outhouse just as long as you can and not have them freeze, and they will keep far better than if put in at once after picking. In the cellar they should be kept as near the freez ing point as possible. Even then you will need to sort them often. CASTOR BEANS. We are asked. Is the growing of castor beans profitable? The castor bean is a tropical plant, hence it cannot be successfully culti vated in the north. It is frequently seen growing there, however, as an ornamental plant. It is a perennial in warm climates and sometimes attains a height of thirty feet, and will live for several years. It is a native of southern Asia and northern Africa, and has been naturalized in southern Europe and other warm climates. In the West Indies it grows with great luxuriance. It has been cultivated to a limited extent as a field crop as far north as 40 degrees: but the climate of the Southern states is best adapted to it. In Texas and southern Florida it strongly shows its perennial ten dencies. A castor plant is said to have been grown in a garden in Gal veston, the stem of which attained seven inches in diameter. The plant continued to yield for seven or eight years. A hundred' bushels of beans have been raised per acre in localities in Texas adapted to its culture. The value of the beans consists in the oil which they yield. Order nursery stock now. If too late for delivery in the fall, you will have first choice in the spring. You can't stand to lose by getting poor stock. If the trees come in fall, heel them in and you will be ready to plant with no delay in the spring. STRAWBERRIES. It pays to mulch the strawberry beds, whether large or small. It will keep the winter from injuring them by freezing and thawing of the ground; the snow will also be caught better and held better than if the ground is bare of all but the straw berry tops. Then, early the next spring, just before the plants begin to grow, remove all but a thin cover ing, putting it between the rows, so the tender leaves and flower stalks can come through. This will insure clean berries, free from dirt and grit, and keep the moisture in the soil, to help the berries to grow. If the mulch Is some kind of coarse manure, so much the better. It will do the plants no harm, but the contrary. I have often tried it. While It Is unfortunate to have ex cess of horses on the farm of indiffer ent quality, it is easy going to the other extreme. On every farm where two or three teams are regularly used through the summer season, it is the part of wisdom to keep an extra horse, a supernumerary, as it were. If any thing should happen to one of the regular work horses, this one can be set to work without losing the use of the other horse of the team. Of course, this will involve some outlay, but in the end it will likely be found good policy. In years gone by, the favorite horse on the average farm was one that could he utilized in doing almost any kind of work on the farm and that ciuld be taken to the market within a reasonable time. This class of horses is not so much wanted now. The aim should rather be where more than one team of horses is kept to have all hut the one team of a heavier class. Truth may lie at the bottom of, a well, but falsehood can be fcund on many a to:nbstone. TREE PLANTING IN ALABAMA. A planting plan has recently been prepared by the Bureau of Forestry for 1.800 acres of land in Cullman county. Alabama, owned by Emil AM richs. and valued at from $1.25 to $3 per acre. The planting will be done in several different localities, but all in Cullman county. Work will begin as soon as growth ceases next fall, and will continue through the winter, except in freezing weather. The first season's work will include the plant ing of Lobolly pine seedlings collected in the forest on a tract of 160 acresr of open woods. Two hundred and eighty acres will be planted with chestnut and white and post oak. A seed-bed will be prepared for the rais ing of Lobolly pine for a tract of 4t' I acres, as it is considered not advisable to use entirely stock collected from the forest. All this planting is based on the fact that while immense quantities ol Lobolly are being cut in that locality there is little or no reproduction on the land in question, due chiefly to annual fires set to improve the pas ture. Mr. Ahlrichs will have a fire patrol system. It is purposed also to treat a tract of fi-40 acres to improve the natural reproduction by the prevention of fires. l.abor may be obtained at $15 per month, hence the work can be done at very small cost. It is estimated that the planting will cost only from $2 to $3 per acre. Lobolly pine is to be planted for the production of lumber, chestnut foi posts and telegraph poles, and oak foi railroad ties. Hogs should be sold when they arc ripe, no matter what the price is The leel-headcd man will avoid getting excited when taking hogs to market and on no account excite there. The least excitement, running or striking hogs, means a loss of sometimes many dollars in the value of the hogs. RAISING COWS. It is not a very difficult thing to convince the average farmer, even when prices for beef are low, that he ought to raise a steer calf. He falls into that rut as naturally as "falling off a log." But when the idea is put before him of making a business of raising nice heifer calves nicely mak ing a business of doing it to sell them as cows when two years old he shakes his head in doubt. It will cost about $12 to $15 a year, allowing mar ket prices for fodder, to raise a heifer to be a cow. If the farmer will show skill and taste, and not ring-streaked and speckled, as many do, he will have no difficulty in selling good, well marked, thrifty heifers at any time before cowhood, at a remunerative price. To do this, he should use a lit tle good selling wit. It is not enough to sit down and wait for a buyer. Use the column of the county papers about you to tell what you have to sell. If you wish to reach outside parties, then the columns of the Farmer's Advocate will suffice, or those of some othei paper. In selling calves or heifers bred from bulls of pronounced dairy breeds, there is wisdom in using a paper that is read by dairy people as well as by beef cattlemen. But it is astonishing what a differ ence in real cow power there is in a heifer well reared and those that are raised by average farmers in an aver age way. If ever it pays to bestow extra care, extra comfort, extra feed on a cow, it is in the first year of her life. If the dead tomato vines and other rubbish in the garden have not been raked together and burned, it should be done on the first bright day when dry enough to burn. Rake into large piles and places some old straw on top so the fire will consume all com pletely. Tomato vines especially har bor many kinds of insects concealed in the pith of the vines, and if left alone the insects will be ready to des troy the young plants next spring. GRAPE PRUNING. Fall pruning of the vine is much more prevalent than formerly, and is fast growing in favor. The prejudice that February only was the proper time to prune vines is fast passing away. Although the vine has yielded its fruit and lost its foliage, the sap is still at work performing its func tions in maturing and ripening the wood. This being the case it is fair to presume that the less it has to do, the less wood it has to ripen, the more perfectly it will do its work; hence the removal of all wood not needed for next year's fruiting is so much re lief to the vine. The wood, if it be used for propagating purposes is all the better for not being hardened suf ficiently to stand exposure during win ter. The weather this month is milder and more favorable for pruning and more comfortable for the operator than mid-winter. The snow, and often intense cold render winter pruning anything but an agreeable job. For next summer's garden make a compost heap this fall, consisting of several wagon loads of good stable manure, and three or four barrels of wood ashes. Mix as well as possible and cover thickly with straw to pre vent soaking from heavy rains. Ditch around the heap for drainage and in the spring you will have a rich, easily pulverized manure which will give surprising results when applied to vegetables and berries. THE BEST. No farmer who would be up-to-date and make the most out of his busi ness should try to get along without the best of everything. Nothing short of the best farm, the best orchard, the best stock, the best tools, the best crops, should satisfy the top-notch farmer. All of these things cannot come suddenly, but he who constantly strives to attain them will reach the goal, and their gradual accomplish ment reduces the expense. In fart, by constant endeavors to reach the mark. the expense may be more than offset by the profits from superior productions. "Henry, love, is your will made?" "Yes." "Have you put on your shirt of mail?" "Yes." And jauntily pinning on his placard, "I am not drunk; my skull may be fractured," the modern citizen of a grtat city started for business. HIS DEBUT. The summer girl may have her day. We know it to our cost; But at our windows now we see The winter man Jack Frost. Knickcr Jones has a scheme to offer Japan. Bocker What is it? Knicker To strew banana peelings around Port Arthur so as to hasten the fall. VALUE. We often discover, As likely as not. A chip in the pocket's Worth two in the pot. Methuselah was observed to chuckle. "Just thinking how I fooled that insurance agent when I bought my an nuity," he explained. With a light heart he went off to celebrate his 400th birthday. AUTUMN. How Nature's workings harmonize! We see it everywhere. For now she grows chrysanthemums , To match the football hair. The Man Who Shook Hands With George Washington sighed dismally. "To think." he muttered, "that at this late day I should be knocked out by the man who bought the first Sub way ticket!" Reflecting on the perishableness of fame he sadly hobbled away. "Yes." remarked the fair lady, "the marriage knot is exactly like my shoe- LICORICE WOOD A ROOT. The Foundation of a Very Pretty and Dainty Plant. Pretty nearly $2,000,000 worth of licorice is used up in this country every year from the lands bordering on the Mediterranean. Most people think that licorice is made from the wooden twigs and branches of a tree. But in reality the licorice wood is the root of a very pretty, dainty plant, which has beautifully shaped leaves that are colored bright green on one side and pale silver green on the oth er. The licorice plant is a perennial, and in England, where they are trying to make an industry of raising it. the experimenters plant it in rows be tween cabbages and potatoes. In the Mediterranean and oriental countries great plantations are given up to it al together. The licorice plant throws out immensely fleshy roots, full of juice when they are fresh. They spread and burrow far into the earth, and a good, big hole has to oe dug to get them out. The licorice wood, as we see it here, represents only about half the original weight and size of the root, for fully 50 per cent of the juice is lost in drying it. Therefore the licorice dealers are getting to be more and more in favor of squeezing the juice of the roots on the spot and then shipping this extract. Not Too Young. One of the younger members of a down town club was solicitously in quiring the other day what steps he should take in order to put up his in fant son for membership, says the Chi cago Inter Ocean. "Aren't you rather premature?" one of his friends observed. "You say he's only a year old." "Yes, he's young yet," was the an swer, "but that's about the only time to get him into a club nowadays. He's too young to have made any enemies or to attract any attention to himself. Anybody's likely to be kept out of a club according to a story I heard the other day. A man who was objected to could not for the life of him find out who had objected and why. After a great deal of trouble he discovered that the objection to him came from a man who had borrowed from him the money to pay his way through college. After that, what chance does any man stand?'' A Good Ad. Jacob Lift, the theatrical manager, is a strong advocate of advertising. He has great ability in the preparation of striking, attractive and successful advertisements, and nothing pleases him more than to find a novel or quaint idea embodied in an "ad." "The last time I was abroad, ' said Mr. Litt, "I was driving in Kent when I came to a farm where there was pasturage to let. The owner of this farm would have made a good ad writer, for the big poster that an nounced the pasturage was gotten up in this humorous and whimsical way: " 'This farm to let. seventeen acres, for grazing. Persons having old cat tle, or cattle with strong appetites, had better be cautious in turning them out to pasture here, as my grass is so rich thai it would be liable to injure them for the first week or so.' " San Antonio Express. Growing Tobacco in Ireland. Although it is illegal to grow tobac co in the British Isles. Col. Everard. with the permission of the chancellor of the exchequer, has been experi menting at Randalstown. county Meath, and it is said that there is quite good hope of a new industry being found for Ireland in this branch of culture. Prof. J. N. Harper of the University of Kentucky, an expert on the weed, declares that the crop is as good as anything that Kentucky and Virginia can grow. The moisture of the Irish climate is claimed to be ad mirable for tobacco growing, and the Emerald Isle also affords plenty of the right kind of soil. London Globe. Familiar Names in Congress. Some investigator with a good deal of leisure time at his disposal claims to have found that eighteen men named Smith ran for congress in the last election, including eight members who tried to succeed themselves. There were eight Browns and six Joneses on the list. Official records show that altogether there were 1,011 candidates for conzress. around it simply won't stay, tied." And for still another trip she con sulted the time table to South, Dakota. ON THE GRIDIRON. Let captaius of armies and fleets Betake themselves now to the rear; Let captains of industries vast No more in the foreground appear Now other?, and greater, have come Whose glory is filling the sphere; We worship true heroes again The captains of football aro here. WHEN LIPS MEET LIPS. A sweet Hippopotamus' Miss Allowed to her lover a kiss; From the size of the twain. It is certainly plain There couldn't have been bigger bliss. David had just thing the pebble at Goliath. "Anyway." remarked the giant, "my funeral will be cheap. I have a nice stone at my head already." With this cheerful view of the mat ter he thereupon expired. THE WAY OF IT. Tis love that makes the world e round. For me and for my neighbor; And when he strikes, we fill his place With Mammon's unskilled labor. Knicker Somebody says archltee-ture- is frozen music. Bocker Great Scott, think of Wagner fiat! A TRIBUTE. To what shall I compare her charms? I cannot call my girl a rose; Nay. Bridget is an autumn leaf She paints things red before she; goes. SOUNDS. Though from its native element It may long have been free. The shell will hold within Its depth The murmur of the sea. The shell game has its music, too; However far away. It still will hold for one to hear The murmur of the jay. McUindburgh Wilson in New Ycrk Press. CORN CROP IS IMMENSE. Some Comparisons Which Show the Marvelous Production. Our corn crop of this year, if massed together, would cover sixty acres of ground to the depth of nearly 1.600 feet a veritable mountain of corn over a third of a mile hfgh. If divided equally among the population of the earth it would give each person nearly two bushels. One practical re sult of the enormous corn crop ought to be a material reduction in the price of beef for home consumption, since it is the crop on which beef cattle are chiefly fed. In many parts of the wesf the harvest has been abundant, but !n Oklahoma, especially, farmers thi.4 year are l)oa.stful of their corn crop. Favorable climatic conditions pro duced a record-breaking yield. In many instances the ears and stalks are of such unusual size as to be veri table curiosities. In a field owned by Walter Mathews, a farmer near the town of Mulhall. in Logan county, an eleven-year-old boy weighing eight pcunds climbed a stalk to the height of four feet without its bending with him. The stalk was strongly rooted and about sixteen feet high. While the growth in Oklahoma was excep tional, no traveler through the west this fall could fail to he impressed with the vastness of the corn area and the immensity of the crop. Leslie's Weekly. Acency Formed to Jog the Memory. The frequent cases of weakness or loss of memory which threaten to make this ae remarkable have givfti rise in Vienna to the establishment of a "Memento Agency." whose function is to relieve of anxiety those pcoptx who can not rely on their own reel ection with regard to future engage ments. The agency issues a dotiblo envelope to its clients. In one. on which you write jour name, address and the date on which you wish to have your memory jogged, you inclost a note of thv particular business of which you want reminding. You seal it up and send it, in the second en velope, to the agency, which return you the inclosure exactly at the de sired time. You are thus freed from all intermediate worry. There is only on possible flaw in this arrangement. Who can guarantee that the employe of the agency will not also laube into) forgetfulness? How to Remain Young Naturally. Better than the art of growing ol! gracefully is th secret of not grow ing old at all. It is something nortli knowing and worth remembering. The secret is concealed in the fact that men and women Hre as old as they take themselves to be. That im plies will power, but what of it? The world is governed by will power. When a man says that he is dead on his feet be is usually telling tht truth. Growing old is a habit. When a man at 40, or 50, or 60 years Imagines that he is growing old, he will be old. After awhile the world will learn the secret of longevity. Improved con ditions, supplemented by will power, will perform the miracle. Then a man. instead of growing old gracefully, will remain young natur ally. Chicago Journal. Italy Wants National Hymn. It is symptomatic of the age we live in that a people unprovided, as tha Italians seem to be. with a national anthem should seek to supply the need by way of the familiar newspaper com petition. The contest is open to alt Italians, and manuscripts are to be submitted not later than Df-c. .11. next It is stipulated that the "national hymn" shall be "short, but full of ani mation and thrill, popular in evpres sion, but artistic in spirit." First prize is a gold medal, and to every competitor adjudged worthy of sucb a distinction will be awarded a di ploma of honor. A Victim of Money. "De yuther day a man gimme a or der on de bank," said Brother Dick ey, "en bless God, dey paid me ob in bran' new money, dat shiucd en rus tied lak a silk dress on a womaa; but still I ain'J, happy!" "Looks like Vou wuld be?" "No, suh! I don't mind spendm money dat's old en wrinkled, but dis yer money is too new ter spend. Pop IP e!" Atlanta Constitution. X Vi.