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Women Teachers in Japan.
The Japanese hare apparently
to the conclusion that women nuke
better .teachers than men. Fifteen
years ago;" the women preparing for
the profession of teaching were only
20 per cent of the total number. To
day they constitute 85; the demand for
women as instructors is much greater
than that for men. The number of
girls who receive a regular education
is eight times what It was a decade
ago. There is also an ever-increasing
invasion of business offices; in some
of the largest houses in Tokio and
other cities,' most of the clerks are
now women. It would be a mistake,
however, to interpret this movement
as a sign that the women of Japan
nave suddenly become, mannish. They
have from time immemorial done the
hardest kind of drudgery, such as
weaving, coal-heaving, and tilljng the
soil, which is infinitely more the work
of man than teaching and bookkeep
ing. Their new employment may
mean a relief from their more arduous
old ones.
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As to the general policy of going
abroad and busing or borrowing ideas
whenever we can find good ones, it
should be encouraged. Great as this
nation is, it is not in possession of all
of the world's available stock of vis
ible supply of wisdom, says the Wash
ington Post. If Japan had been as
narrow-minded and bigoted as China,
if she had been so much enamored of
herself and so contemptuous of "for
eign devils" as were the celestials a
few years ago and as most of them
are to-day, she would have turned her
face to the past, her back to the fu
ture and continued in that position.
Bat having a splendid equipment of
practical sense she sent her most in
telligent young men into all progres
sive countries to gather the results
of experience. From those she se
lected the best and it is only justice
to say that in many instances she im
proved on the best And that is why
Japan has achieved more progress
in 50 years than any other country
ever made in 500 years.
Money Value. of Politeness.
The attitude of too many public
servitors seems to be one of hostility
toward the public Manifest Indisposi
tion to answer perfectly proper ques
tions is shown. Such defects of char
acter are' almost certain to bar the
way to advancement in any calling,
says the Philadelphia Ledger. Superior
Ability may bring a high degree of
success without any grace or suavity
of manner, but the majority of em
ployes do not possess exceptional tal
ents and must rise by energy, integrity
and a pleasing personality. This last
named quality more than any other
explains the rise of certain persons to
high estate. Very ordinary men have
smiled their way to honors and for
tune. A cheerful, friendly person may
pass for something much better than
ne really is, so great is the value
which the world sets upon good nature.
Washington. The rate bin, pure
food inspection measure and the se
lection of a type for the Panama canal
arc among the legislative products of
the session of congress just ended
that have the largest share of inter
est from a practical standpoint, but
from a historic viewpoint the 'house,
senate and president, at the instance
of Representative Arthur L. Bates,
enacted no more interesting law than
that appropriating 920,000 to raise the
famous old flagship Niagara from
Lake Erie and preserve it as a per
manent sailors' home at Erie, Pa., as
a memorial to the first victory of an
American fleet over a foreign foe.
The bill provides for, the salvage
work under the direction of the sec
retary of the navy and for, the erec
tion of a suitable building of brick
and stone for housing the vessel after
it is transported to land. !"' "
The site 'contemplated by the board
of trustees of the soldiers' and sail
ors' home' of Erie, who are made the
custodians of the vessel, for the pro
posed building is on a bluff overlook
ing Lake Erie, making la most appro
priate setting for carrying out the pa
triotic intentions of the advocates of
made the fame of Commodore Oliver
Hazard Perry, born in Rhode Island,
and one of the greatest of our early
sea fighters. '
Perry not only fought both the Law
rence and the Niagara with consum-'
mate skill, bet he also built them,
an achievement not possible to the
paval leaders of to-day.
Earl) in the war he was assigned to
go to Lake Erie and build two brigs
of war of 500 tens each and 20 guns.
So imperative was the haste that tim
ber cut-in the forest was put into the
ships on the same day.
His force was much depleted and
discouraged by illness when the Brit
ish fleet under the command of the
brave Capt Robert Heriot Barclay ap
peared in force.
Barclay was a veteran of fine abil
ity, who had been with Nelson at
Trafalgar, and had sustained a serious
injury there.
His fleet consisted of the Detroit, a
new and strongly built ship of 17
guns, all long except -two, the Queen
Charlotte, the schooner Lady Provost,
the brig Hunter, the sloop Little Belt
and the schooner Chippewa.
Commodore Perry had at his dls-
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-Maldea, ,llasI0t of a sugar bar
rel Frederick 8 Hall, of Maiden, ha
constructed a unique musical instnH
nent, supposed to be a distant relative
to the 'cello, and on the one string of1
.the contrivance-. t the: parforaMr plays t
arias and' selections from famous!
operas. .... ,
Hail got-the idea for the banal
'cello one day when he heard the hoi
low sound made by some small boys
pounding on a large hogshead. He be
lieved that the hollow cavity of a)
good, stout oaken barrel would pro-1
duce a good sounding-board for a
vibrating string. I
Procuring a 'cello string. Hall rigged
it 'on the side of a barrel and then
began his experiments. After sev
eral weeks' work he has perfected an
instrument that gives a surprisingly
mellow tone.
- Friends of the musician have been
calling at' his studio by the score for
the past few days to hear the new
musical instrument. Hall has received
a large offer for the instrument from
a circus performer, but he refused to
part with it.
Hall is well known in local musical
circles. He is the composer of sev
eral tuneful songs and marches.
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David H. Moffat Will Install
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the restoration plam Thereafter the posal the Lawrence, his flagship; the
naval relic is to be kept on exhibi-1 Niagara, Caledonia, Ariel, Trippe,
Dr. Edward Brooks, the noted teach
er and author of Philadelphia, de
scribed at a dinner the great strides
that popular education has made in
the last 50 years. "Smaller and small
er, he said, "become the percentage
of the illiterate, of those who cannot
read or write. It won't be long before
a thing that once hapjiened to me
in Sullivan county will be quite im
possible. When I was teaching school
in my youth in Sullivan county a boy
one morning undertook to go through
the alphabet. He stumbled along, and
finally came to a full stop before the
letter X. 'Dunno that un,' he said.
'Oh, yes you do,' said I. 'Think a
minute. He thought. Then he bright
ened. 'Why,' he said, 'that's dad's
name.'
The raising of the Japanese battle
ship Mikasa, which was sunk at Sa
sebo last September after an explo
sion, not only gratifies a natural sen
timent, but may help to solve a mys
tery. The Mikasa was' Admiral Togo's
flagship in the famous battle in which
the Russian fleet was practically
wiped out of existence, was In the
thick of the fight and sustained the
heaviest loss of any vessel on, that
3ide. The accident which caused her
to sink was greatly deplored by the
Japanese, who will rejoice that she Is
once more afloat, and doubtless there
will be careful inquiry as to the
sause of the explosion, which sent her
to the bottom and resulted In the
death of several hundred men.
tlon free to the public at all times.
The size of the building may be
judged from the fact that the Niagara
which was built after the same model
as the Lawrence, was 100 feet straight,
rabbet. 30 feet beam, 9 feet, hold and
was pierced for 20 guns. "
Every American knows .of the he
roic deeds of Perry at the battle of
Lake Erie In the war of 1812. It is
one of the brightest pages in a naval
history lustrous in deeds of valor.
Contrary to an Impression that, has
gained currency the Niagara did not
sink during the battle. It was not
until years later, when the memory
of the great victory was fading into
forgetfulness that the Niagara found
a resting place at the bottom of the
lake.
The water at this point Is not very
deep and the location of the wreck
has been well identified. Fortunately,
the fact that it has been half im
mersed in sand and water for the last
40 years has kept its old timbers in
an unusually good state of preserva
tion and no doubt is entertained that
the vessel can be successfully raised.
At the beginning of the present con
gress Representative Bates announced
his determination to see that a relic
of such value should be carefully
kept He did not finally succeed in
fcrcing through the bill and getting
the signature of the president till the
closing week. It was not difficult to
persuade President Roosevelt to give
his approval.
The raising of the Niagara should
not take a great deal of time and the
suggestion has even been made that
it be rushed so that the ceremonies
attendant on placing the old craft on
the 1-wn of the home may take place
c- September 10, the ninety-third an
niversary of the conflict
The battle of Lake Erie has always
been regarded by .Americans as their
crowning victory on- water in the sec
ond struggle with Great Britain. It
Tigress. Somers, Scorpion, Ohio and
Porcupine.
In numbers the American fleet was
the stronger, but the British ships
were better fighting crafts. Only
two of the Americans, the Niagara
and the Lawrence, were of the first
class.
Furthermore, the enemy enjoyed an
advantage in .having the long guns,
while for the greater part the Ameri
can ships were equipped with caron-
nades, which could only carry for a
short distance.
Before going into the battle Perry
raised on his flagship a standard on
which were the words of the heroic
Lawrence, for which. the. ship was
named, spoken in his moments of
death:
"Don't give up the ship."
The British commander was terri
bly injured and nearly all his ships
were complete wrecks. So impressed
was Perry by the valor of the enemy
that when the time for surrender
came and the enemy's officers came
to his flagship, the Niagara, he de
clined to take their side arms.
His triumph complete, Perry sent
to Gen. Harrison this modest message,
which remains a classic:
"We have met the enemy and they
are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one
schooner and one sloop'
Denver, Col. David H. Moffat, mil-j
Honalre banker and railroad builder of)
Colorado, who boasts as his friend,
Thomas Gay, head waiter of the Fifth:
Avenue hotel. New York, desires hlsj
friend to live near him, and as thej
first step in that direction has pur-;
chased a ranch of 158 acres in Routt!
county, near Steamboat Springs,
which he is having put in shape be-
fore presenting It to Gay. Mr. Moffat:
bought the rauch for $4,800. He will!
spend a goodly portion of his time on
the ranch with his old friend. The;
friendship of the two men has inter-)
fered with Moffat's business severalj
times, but when a man objected to
the waiter the banker wanted nothing
to do with him. Once a Denver man
took an eastern capitalist to Mr. Mof
fat's room in the hotel to talk over a,'
business deal involving $250,000. They;
found Moffat playing poker with the;
waiter. They were introduced to him
as they would have been to any other
guest and the deal fell through on
account of the attitude of the eastern!
man when a waiter was introduced to
him as a social equal.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS GROW.
Foreign Trade on Sound Basis
Collections Are Large.
and
Milk Fed Pumpkin Amazes.
Bloomington, 111. A milk fed
pumpkin is the latest development in
agricultural circles. Two pumpkins,
grown on the same vine, were on ex
hibition at the Tazewell county fair.
They stood side by side, but one was
ten times larger than the other. The
giant was given a pint of milk per day,
a hole being cut in the vine which
was attached to the stem. The milk
was completely, absorbed over night
The small brother attained natural
growth, but the milk fed weighed 100
pounds.
CJty of Mexico. During the fiscal,
year ended June 20 the total exporta
tlons of the country amounted to
$271,138,809, against $208,520,451 in
the preceding fiscal year, a gain of
$62,618,357. Imports amounted' to
$220,651,974, against $178,204,962. an
increase of $42,446,112. Nearly $50.
000,000 in coined silver was exported
and some $38,178,000 new gold was'
imported in the readjustment of the
currency. Exports of merchandise in
the fiscal year increased by $2,741,919.,
The foreign trade of the country is on
a sound basis and the customs collec
tions large.
During the fiscal year the United
States took of Mexican exports $186,
010,052; Great Britain. $47,272,873;.
Germany, $20,523,156; France. $8,010,-'
279.
Mexico Imported from the United
States to the amount of $145,600,313;
from Germany, $20,814,557; from
Great Britain, $20,344,648; from
France, $16,383,255. All sums are in
Mexican standard currency, the unit
being one-half of the American dollar,
gold.
It Is to be supposed that our farmer
friends have already attended or are
planning to attend some agricultural
fair. These expositions of farm stock
and products provide the farmer with
the yearly comparison sheet by which
he can discover wherein his own
methods may be improved. The dis
play of fine stock and farm and garden
crops inspire new nd higher ideals
for the .farmer, towards which con
sciously or unconsciously he works
during the rest of the year. He re
solves that seed selection and wise
fertilization shall give him a bigger
and better stand of corn or grain next
year. His eyes feast themselves upon
the choice breeds of cattle, sheep and
hogs, and he hears some suggstlons
about improved methods of breeding.
He awakens to the fact that his own
careless methods have resulted in de
terioration of his own live stock, and
resolves that he will begin to grade
up, that he will get new blood into his
hogs and cattle, and that he will even
breed his really fine mare to as good
a sire as he can find in place of the
scrub stallion he had used before and
from which he had obtained a colt of
inferior grade. And then there is the
display of farm machinery which al
ways is fascinating and instructive.
There is always something new which
the enterprising manufacturers are
putting out for the lessening and
cheapening of the work on the farm,
and it pays the farmer to keep posted
as to the latest and best farm machin
ery, whether he is ready to invest in
it or not Many a suggestion is se
cured from the study of improved farm
Implements which may be adapted to
the old machine without any infringe
ment of patent Then there is the dis
play of domestic things which always
Interest the wife and give to her
thoughts and plans in 'reference to the
work of the bouse and kitchen which
will prove helpful all through; the
year. The fair is" a great educator,
ana or an the events- of the year
should be the last to be missed by the
farmer. If you haven't any extra fine
corn or grain, or- cattle, sheep or hogs
to exhibit, make It a point to. see. what
others have to show. Make -mental
comparisons with the products'of your
own farm and then resolve that there
is going to be something doing n your
place the coming year which will bring
you up closer into the ranks of the
progressive, up-to-date farmer.
ed la the Sort to equip the boys of
the farm' for a?niaeletife Jaxatiaav
bat the girls who has thought of. thej
girls? Way should they,jaot have!
uetricoarsesia those branches of agri
culture and domestic science which
would better fit them for their duties,
and make their lot easier? There is a
suggestion for America In the estab
lishing by Belgium of free schools for:
the purpose of giving girls instruction
in housekeeping- as -.related to the
farm, and in various phases ef agri
culture closely linked therewith; such
as gardening, poultry keeping, dairy
ing, etc. Girls are admitted to the
schools when 15 years old, and kept in
training for ten months. During that
time they are expected to study and
master the elements of agriculture,
dairy farming, housekeeping and ac
counts, and be prepared to go out in
the world and practice the lessons
taught, in many instances becoming
teachers. Belgium is a thicklv nonu-
lated country. There are numerous
cities and towns that tempt the young
people to leave the farms. The daugh
ters of well-to-do farmers are inclined
to take life easy and try to live above
working on the farm. It was to cor
rect this growing evil that the new
schools were instituted. Every school
admits 15 pupils. Every girl has a
room to herself, and must take proper
care of it while she remains a student
AH are dressed alike, and their cloth
ing is made of ordinary material. A
term of ten months generally enthuses
the pupil with a liking for the farm,
and results in keeping the girls at
home and benefiting the country by
their lives of usefulness.
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ARMY MARCHES TOO LONG.
A deaf-mute has become' able to
talk and hear as a result of being run
sver by an automobile. It Is not ex
plained how or why he happened to
refrain long enough from walking on
railway tracks to get run over by the
automobile.
The refusal of Grand Duke Nicholas
Ktehoialevitch to accept the post of
;ommander-in-chief of the Russian
irmy makes him entirely eligible for
membership in the Wise Guyovitch
club.
Germany is much Interested now in
a cigar that is said to be free from
ilcotine.a A smokeless cigar would
greatly please some old maids.
Evaasville, Ind, gity have formed a
3fagle Blessedness club. We may
safely regard this as merely another
case of beau-baiting. '
A Pittsburg millionaire has just set
tle! a breach of promise, case for $25.
)M. Pittsburg should give him a rota
at thanks.
Gen. McCaskey Says Infantry Branch
Disapproves Unnecessary Tramp.
Washington. Long marches in the
infantry branch of the army, as pro
vided for in recent orders, pertaining
to annual camps of instruction, are
disapproved by Brig. Gen. William 8.
McCaskey, commanding the south
western division, in his annual report
to the war department The recent
orders, he says, will have a deckled
and disastrous effect upon reenlist
ments. Commenting upon the general dis
satisfaction. Gen. McCaskey says:
The practice marches as now ordered
and the prospect of a repetition of this
There Are Many
Hampden, Mass. Deacon John N.
Isham, who has been cultivating two
or three strains of potatoes for half a
century, recently decided to Introduce
in his patch a few other varieties. On
one seed farm in North Middleboro he
found 825 named and numbered kinds,
not including this year's seedlings, re
sulting from crossing native stock:
with a hardy South American potato.
Deacon Isham, after learning what a
complex proposition the potato breed
er faces and being Informed that not
more than one In 100 new strains Is
an improvement over the plain every
day potato which New England, has
produced since the days of the Pil
grims, concluded that the old-time
"spuds" are good enough for him.
Cats Mourn; Turn Black.
8teubenville, O. Two cats owned
by Hiram Jennings went into mourn
ing following the death of their mas
ter the other day. Jennings was found
dead In an oat field after eating a
summer's long encampments and the
extended marches Incident thereto are
looked upon as- an unnecessary- hard
ship. American soldfprs are thinking
men and reason to The effect that
while any hardship that Is necessary
will be endured, those not necessary
will be evaded. It Is believed that 'the
infantry soldier upon reenlistment
will be found in the coast artillery.
"I am of the opinion that camps of
instruction as now conducted are too
long In duration. .Three weeks in
camp should be sufficient Marches
should be less than 100 miles; any
thing beyond this Is unnecessary and
is disapproved of by the majority of
officers and men whom I have inter
viewed on the subject"
of Potatoes.
pet cats, both white. They followed
his body to the grave, and upon their
return to the house it was noticed
that they were rapidly changing to a
deep black. Within three days the
felines were in deep mourning. They
have refused to eat, and spend the
night wailing most pathetically in the
back yarn.
STAYED IN JAIL, BY CHOICE. '
"Eddie"' Mullin Declined to Accept
Fredom and Died in Prison.
Cleveland, O. "Eddie" Mullin. who
for 29 years refused to leave the Cuy-t
ahoga county jail, died at the city hos
pital. He was about 65 years of age. '
Mullin was a familiar figure about
the county prison. He was picked up
by a policeman one "day in the fall of
1877 wandering aimlessly about He
was talking to himself about ships and
Egypt He was taken to the county
jail to await an investigation as to his
sanity. He was not violent and the
probate court did not investigate his
case. Hugh Buckley, member of the
board of public safety, was then sher
iff, and he ordered the release of Mul
lin. The prison doors swung open and
Mullin was told that he was free.
"I don't want to be free. Please let
we stay here. This is the best place
I have found since I left the ship the
good ship Alice," wailed Mullin with
tears in his eyes.
Mullin's manner touched the sheriff,
and he said he could stay around the
jail until he found a place to work.
Mullin liked the jail so well that he
did not try to get a job.
When it comes to framing laws for
the protection of game, the farmer
should have a voice in the matter, or
at least be consulted, for oftentimes
what Is desirable from a sportsman's
point of view is directly the contrary
for the farmer's interests. Up in New
Hampshire this has been strikingly
demonstrated. It appears that the
deer in those sections are so numer
ous and so fearless that fiey have be
come a nuisance. The animals invade
the farmers' domain, eat their fill and
destroy much more than they eat The
pampered game is "finicky" in appe
tite. A deer will take a dainty nip out
of a head of cabbage. Jeaving the bulk
uneaten but valueless for the market
Thus a whole patch may be ruined.
Other vegetables and grain and fruit
are spoiled in the same ruthless man
ner, or trampled down by the preda-
tory beasts, and the total loss from
this cause is heavy. But the laws are
stringent and when a farmer shoots
a deer, or even chases one away with
a dog, he is punished severely. This
does not appear equitable, and the
New Hampshire farmer regards him
self as entitled to relief. And as the
farmer is a power in the state the
probability is that the relief will be
forthcoming when the legislature
grasps the inwardnes of the situation.
Plowing is an art. Who but the
educated type of farmer would look
at it in such light, but such it is, and
to turn a good, even furrow requires
years of practice. In some farming
communities the skill of the man be
hind the plow is tested by competi
tive contests. In some counties in
Illinois there are regularly organized
associations that hold plowing match
es every season, and wherever such
associations exist it is a noticeable
fact that there is a better grade of
plowing done. Here is a suggestion
for your community, if it does not al
ready hold such plowing contests.
Another ginseng grower disappoint
ed. A western newspaper tells of a
Missouri woman who has been looking
forward to realizing a comoetence
from raising ginseng. She decided to
go into the business three years ago.
and began to read circulars and pam
phlets on the subject before buying
her stock. She was on the point of
writing to a local firm for prices on
seeds and roots when she was visited
by a man who represented himself as
agent for a ginseng firm in Connecti
cut. His 'prices for stock were so al
luring that the woman invested about
$50 in seeds and roots, and as the
agent, while warning her that she
would have to wait several years for
her harvest, suggested that the prod
uct would probably bring $12 or $15.
a pound, the plants received devoted
care. They thrived, and the grower
began to feel like an icipient million
aire. Three years later some of the
roots seemed marketable size, so the
grower dug a bushel or more, firmly
believing she had collateral to make
her comfortable for the rest of her
life. The ginseng dealer to whom she
applied, however, found that she had
been the victim of a swindler, for her
cherished plants, instead of being gin
seng, were Culver's root (.Veronica
Virginica), which has very little value.
The two plants are so totally distinct
that one wonders how the unfortunate
victim could continue to grow it, year
after year, without any suspicions as
to its identity, were it. not for the com
plete lack of observation many people
show where plants are concerned. We
had .never heard of this particular
swindle before; perhaps there are
other victims.
The farmer is not as easy a mark
for the swindler as in years gone by
but the sharper is still trying to de
vise schemes by which he can catch
him and his dollars. The Smith Coun
ty (Kan.) Messenger tells of the lat
est swindle. The agent comes along
with his barb wire fencing and stretch
ing machine and offers to leave the
machine and 40 rods of goood fence
for trial, requiring the farmer to sign
a "good faith" contract on a postal
card for the return of the stretcher
The farmer signs for three dollars
and it is the old, old story of the $3
turning out to be $300 instead. It is
a safe rule for the farmer to adopt
to sign nothing, and buy of the local
dealer or of some firm he knows and
can trust.
,v Box S31' DeGraaT,Ofci.
Dr. S. R Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
Dear Sir:
I was a terrible smfferer from
pelvic weakness and had headache
coatimvously. I was not able to do my
housework for myself and litubaBtl.
I wrote you and described mw rmii-
tion as nearly as possible. Yoa recom
mended Puruna. I took four bottles of
it and was completely cured. 1 think
Peruna m woaWernauetficteeand have
recommended it to my friends with the
very best of results.
Esther M. Milncr.
. Very few of the great multitude, of
women who have been relieved of some
pelvic disease or weakness by Peruna
ever consent to give a trtissniiiil to be
read by the public.
Thereare. however. afeweoarnMiia.
self-sacrificing women who will for the
sake of their suffering- sisteie allow
their cures to be published.
Mrs. Milner is one of these. In her
gratitude for her restoration to health
she m wining that
the woaaeu of the
whole world should
know it A chronic
invalid ttvnwrlif.'lvtol.-
to health is no small' matter. Words
are inadequate to eznress anmht..
gratitude.
A GRATEFUL
LETTER TO ,
DR. HARTMAN
Plane Monument te Neare Pact.
The er. Dr. David W. Clark, of .
Cincinnati, is making an effort to se
cure sufficient money to erect a monu
ment over the grave of the arte negro
poet. Paul Laurence Dunbar. Mr.
Clark's father was a slaveholder; but .
he says "the man who wrote WTen
Mandy Sings' and 'When the Corn
Pone Is Hot' deserves a monument."
Artistic Sensitivtn
"Why are you so resentful toward
that writer?"
"Because," answered Mr. Storming
ton Barnes, "he once said there were
moments when my work did not real
ize the highest possible standard of
excellence."
"Well?"
"My dear sir, I welcome criticism,
but I cannot endure .such ignorant
abuse." Washington Star.
Close to It
"Were you ever hynotized?"
"I don't know, but I once bought
a lot of things I didn't want from a
hearty meal, aad by his side wen the I girl la a department store."- .
Sewer Good After 53 Years.
New Albany, Ind. By reviving an
old water works system that was con
structed 53 years ago at Byrnevllle, d
village 15 miles northwest of this city,
the citizens of that town contemplate
the establishment of a new system.
The old stone pipes that were placed
more than half a century ago were
buried deep in the ground and recent
investigation has shown that they are
as good as new. A supply of water
can be procured from a stream near
by and the reconstruction of the old
system, it Is said, can be accomplished
at a small cost
Life Created by Frenchman?
Paris. Prof. Liduc, of a medical
school at Nantes, claims to have cre
ated vegetable life. He has been ex
perimenting for ten years and he
eventually discovered that with what
he described as "osmotic pressure,"
which animates inorganic matter when
dissolved to a liquid, it is possible to
produce a substance identical with
living tissues. He gradually created
artificial cells, which lived and repro
duced. From these he claims he pro
duced growing plants three and four
inches long.
Automobiles on rural mail routes
promise a new mission of usefulness
for these sneedr horseless vehicles.
Three out of five rural mail carriers
at Waukomis. Okla.. are using such
method of travel and are now able to
make the rounds in about two hours,
whereas it took something like eight
hours when horse and wagon were
used.
Prof. Lyon, .of the Nebraska experi
ment station, has developed a winter
barley which promises well. It is
sown in the fall, yields more and ma
tures earlier than spring-sown barley.
It is of the bearded species.
Never throw a smut ball from the
corn on the manure pile. No surer
way of the spread of smut could be
found than to put manure containing
smut balls upon the corn field.
Remember that the animals on the
farm return to the soil the very chem
ical elements that the plant originally
contained only in a disorganized con
dition, which Is the only way plants
can utilize them for new growth. Ideal
agriculture thus maintains itself. The
plant feeds the animal and the animal
feeds the plant
Money making should not be the
sole object of the county or state agri
cultural fair. Ten to one if the fair is
serving the high purpose for which it
was intended that is stimulating and
educating the farmer to better meth
ods the fair will draw paying at
tendance. Better no fair at all than
to let the "midway" features, the horse
racing and the saloon predominate.
Such methods may make more dollars.
but they don't make better farmers.
The Kansas liar has reached the
city, as the following proves: Con
tractor (for building skyscraper)
"Have you ever worked high up in the
air?" Applicant for Job "Yes, sir;
I have helped gather several Kansas
corn crops." Chicago Tribune.
"Picking. Packing and Marketing
the Apple." by Lowell B. Judson, is an
illustrated bulletin just issued by
Idaho experiment station, Moscow,
Idaho. Write and get a copy.
The Michigan experiment station
has just published a most excellent
bulletin (No. 222) by Prof. Pettit on
spraying against codling moth on ap
ples. Write for a copy.
Lay the foundation of a good corn
crop next year by selecting at once
your seed corn. Take proper care of
the seed corn that nothing of its vital
ity be lost.
Sow a patch of rye this fall and pro
vide your stock with early spring pas
turage.
Prof. L. C. Corbett in Farmers' Bul
letin No. 254 of the department of ag
riculture. has provided the farmer and
gardener with valuable information
as to the best methods of raising cu
cumbers out of doors and under glass,
together with a full treatment of the
diseases and enemies, as well as for
mulas for salting and pickling of cu
cumbers for commercial use.
Destroy or feed at once all the wind.
fall apples. This will go a long way
towards destroying next year's codliae
moth crop
The extraordinary popularity ef fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great im
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from ail injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as a ettff
ener makes half the usual aanatHa? of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that wfeen the
goods were new. ,
TWIT or -Chile."
.There have been many arguments
during the last few weeks as tc
whether the name of the earthquake
smitten country should be spelled
Chili or Chile . Chile is the Spanish
and Chilean form. The name is com
monly explained as an old Peruvian
word for snow, the allusion being tc
the Andes; but "Chili" has also been
identified as a native South American
word, "chiri." meaning cold which
would make it really the "chilly" conn-
try. As to the meaning ofOndes."
there is plenty of choice. The word
has been variously interpreted as sig
nifying the haunt of the tapir, the re
gion of copper, the home of the Ant!
tribe and the site of the "Ondenes."
Spanish gardens on the mountain ter-
DOCTOR DESPAIRED
Anaemic Woman Cured ay Or. Wil
liams' Pink Pills Recommends the
Pills to All Others Who Suffer.
Anaemia is just the doctor's name for
bloodlessncss. Dr. Williams Pink Pill?
cure auamiia as food cures hanger.
They cured Mrs. Thomas J. McGuun, of
17 Lincoln Place, Plaiuiicld, N. J., who
says:
In the spring of 1903 I did ray
usual house cleaning and soon after
ward I began to have the most terrible
headaches. My heart would bent so ir
regularly that it was painful and there
came a morning when I could not g;fc
up. My doctor said I hadauamiiaatid
he was surprised that I had continntd
to live in the condition I was in.
I was confined to my bed for nearly
two months, the doctor coming every
day for the first few weeks, but I did not
improve to amount to anything. Al
together I was sick for nearly two
years. I was as weak as a tag, had
headaches, irregular heart beats, loss of
appetite, cramps in the limb? and was
unable to get a good night's sleep. My
legs and feet were so swollen that I
feared they would burst.
Before very long after I tried Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills I felt a change for
the better. I have taken about twelve
boxes and although I was as near the
grave as could be, I now feel as if I
had a new lease of life. I have no more
headaches, the heart beats regularly, my
cheeks are pink and I feel ten years
younger. I feel that I havo been cured
very cheaply and I have recommended
the pills to lots of my friends.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists, or will be sent by mail on re
ceipt of price, 50 cents per box,-tixboxe3
$3.50, by the Dr. Williams Medktiie Co.,
Schenectady, X. Y.
COISDPJmO
Relief that comes from the cseof
pills or other cathartics-is better
than suffering- from the results of
constipation, but relief and cure .
combined may be had at the same
price and more promptly, for
Lane's Famfly
MedJeine
.is a cure for constipation, and the
neaaacne, DacKacne, sweacne ana
general debility that come from
constipation stop when the bowels
do their proper work.
Sold by all dealers at 25c. aad 90c.
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