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IS TilS THE YOUNG HAYS DAY? tHS is the day !f th- youi: mnli For years pas this ttatemient has been dinned in our ears. un til most of us have accepted it 1ts a fact. Venture a feeble protest. a score of examples are hurled at your devoted head. Kipling. Marconi. the Kaise. eve Winton hurci ae quoted. Authors, artists. actors. in ventors soldiers. statesieii of under forty are pointed out as hbrilliant ex ampLes of the great truth that tl-e world to-day is run by young mWen. Youi are told that so great is the rush :ind pressure of modern life that a imian who has entered the arena in early youth must be old at fifty. -Whose brain is it that has humbled the might of tussia and won an em pire for the island kingdom of the enast" asks T. C. Bridges. The whole sclene (f this aiazing v., war was hatched in the brain of Marshal Oyamia. and it would be rash to say that there isa mn:i alive of under sixty who could carry in his head thte threads of so nany and so compicamted schemes as does this white-haired, silent Japanese. Who is the greatest seientist alive? I suppose that there is no one who would sugge-4 any other answer to this question than the one name, Edi son. He is fifty-eight and patents on an average thirty new inventions a year. Does any one imagine that his activity will cease in t .o years' time? On the other side of the Atlantic by far the greatest star in the scientific horizon is Lord Kelvin, eighty-one this year. The best and greatest work of his life has been done within the last twenty years. Three at least of his greatest inventions in the way of elec trical measuring machines have been achieved since he passed the sixty post. Only . couple of years ago he was conducting a series of most delicate and interesting experime: s in connec tion with the rotation of the earth. i4ustrating the:n befora -i.s pupils with a boy's spinning top. Not long ago he was lecturin'z on th? t-nili- strength of various metals. To illustrate his figures he sluug a lif'y-six pound cannon ball from the roof by a thin steel wire. "Now." said he, "o Prove tmant my ca'Culations are accuraie I will stnd beneath tha: ball for tLe rest of the lia~r." Au ' he die. --- -- Turn to the world f business and see -.ho holds premier plice. Undoubt edly the gre.Ltest finartler alive is Pierpont Morgan. He h:s practical con trol over properties capitalized at more than $6.0090000.000. an amount far greater than the combined annual rev enue of the forty-three principal na tions in the world. Six feet high, weighing two hundred and thirty ,pounds. he is strai ht, strong and -powerful, and looks ten years younger .Than his sixty-eight years. To see him jump out of a cab, run into his office, .devour the contents of a lengthy docu ment in fifteen seconcs. ')y no stretch of imagination you could consider the amazing man as beyord -work. SAndrew Catrnegie aga'n. The some 1tge as Morgan and every bit :ts vigor mus even though he has retired from -aetive business. Just begun to enjoy -Life, so lhe says. He golfs, motors. kides and attends to more business in his private nouse than most :nen do in their offices. Only the othe'- day he~ was delivering a lecture on the "Mys teries of Steel" at a meeting of the [rg'i and Steel Institutio. eb cuil multiply such instances by the score. Russell Sage at eighty-nine is active as ev-er in the pursuit of mill Lons. John D. Rockfeller. in spite of bad health, manages the largest priv ;ate fortune and public company at -sixty-six. H. ML Flagler. of Standard Dil and Florida hotel fame. is seventy five. Charles T. Yerkes again was the same age as Mor-gan and Carnegie. He was fully sixty when he went ov-er to England arid began to confer upon benighted London the inestimable benefit of electric traction on the sul phurous underground. and incidentally to make a brand uew and enormous fortune for himself. ~ ' Lord Roberts was sixty-eight years old when he took command of the British forces in South Africa and began those operations which brought the war to a successful conclusion. How about the English .Jacky Fisher? Does any one feel inclined to call that apostle of efficiency too old and to recommend him to retire to private life and to make way for younger men? Pass to the stage. bir Wyndham had recently to undergo a slight operation. '"Go ahead," he said. "I know all about it. I was a doctor myself once." So be was. More than forty years ago be acted as army surgeon during the great civil war-. Yet, in spite of his more tha'n sixty years. could anyone seeirg hinm either on or off th'e stagte call him old? It would he impossible. Trhe stage is the most tr-ying of all the professions. and is said to age its votaries the most rapidly. yet not only Wyndham but man'- other veter aus atre proof of players over sixty who can hold their Cwn with any of th.e younger gener-ation. Turn to the knights of the petn. Here, above all othe; professionis. the genius of youth is supposed to shine pre-emninent. The common idea is that an author is written out at thir-ty. May I suggest to such as share this belief a per-ural of the recent works of Count Tro:stoy. w ho has passed not only t'ur-ce score but four score year-s. Not only is !e the greatest writer and leader of thought in his own country, hut his 'influence is so great that thle omnipotent borea neracy is :.c-iually afraid of hitu. Cir i-k Rtusseli. a.;o - . has passed his sixtieth birthday, yet. despite physical it-eh'.is men;:'ivy as -eti'e eer o: seca anad -sky and 'norm. The grecat s?'. writer- wvas at sehcoi i1 France wvith three of Chlesi Dickenls' son1s. ImJks for- lT . IVkey lroike an (:::er giants of the & md:-' cf the ni:e -t cenury lHe issi!to the fore. The s-mallest vibration of sound c: be distinguished better with one ec than %yith both. Only one person in fiftten has pe feet eyes, the largest percentage of d fects prevailing among fair-haire people. The primary cause of sour milk the growth of certain bacteria that al always very numerous in the air an cannet be kept out of the milk. Thes are most abundant during damp, heav weather, which usu:;lly accompani< thunder storms, as such we:nther particularly favorable to their develo: ment. Hence, the popular notion tht thundcr storms make milk sour. A testing apparatus for varnis supplying a needed standard, has bee brought out in Scotland by Profess< Baily and Dr. Laurie. It includes blunt steel point pressed down by spiral spring, and this point is draw over a dry coat of the varnish on glas the pressure being increased unt the varnish is scratched. The pre-su being known, a definite measure < the .oughness and hardness of the va nish is made available. Liquid air blasting cartridges, as di scribed by Y. Jacquier. are made b packing powdered charcoal in a cas of stout paper, and covering this wit an asbestos wad through which paper tube passes to the bottcm < the cartridge. When ready to us liquid air is poured into the tube: th eartridge being fired by a fulminat cap in the usual way. The firing shoul follow the filling within ten minute: as the liquid air gradually evaporateE Mr. W. E. Searritt, formerly pres dent of the Automobile Club of Amet ica, says, in Cassier's Magazine. tha he exDects in the near future to se very fair runabouts sold for S300, an touring cars of a similar grade fo $500. He also predicts that in tim prices will be still lower, so low, ir deed. that the average city workma will be able to own his own automobil< as he now owns his bicycle, so the he can keep his family in the country and ride to and from his work. Why the teeth of some people deca; early while those of others continu sound throughout a long life is a prot lem that appears to have been only im perfectly salved. A European investi ator, Dr. C. Risa. has lately analyze( the saliva of 210 children. averag: thirteen years of age. and has con firmed the idea that there is a rela tion between the alkalinity of the sal va and dental caries. A bighly aika ine saliva insures good teeth. He ha ade many experiments to determin' how an acid or slightly alkaline sally: ay be made decidedly alkaline. an< as proven that a diet containing muel ~ime has a marked influence, and doe: nuch to keep the teeth in perfect con ition. Cheap oxygen is the one importan roduct thus far obtained from liquit ir, for which such extravagant prophe ies have been made. As the nitrogel nd oxygen of the liquid air return t< he gaseous state at different temper tures, it has proven to be possible t< eparate them by fractional distilla ion, and as the evaporation of thi ases cools the air entering to be com ressed in the apparatus. the proces: s very economical. An idea of ti! fficiency has lately been given by M eorges Claude. His plant produces ne thousand cubic metres of oxygen ith a purity of ninety-six to uinety ight per cent. in twenty-four hours nd the cost in France is only one wentieth of that of oxygen from th< lectrolytic decomposition of water. THE COLD UPPER AIR. Surprising Streaks of Warmth Encount. ered Sometime. Generally speakigg, the temperaturi f the air falls with ascent-about ont egree for every three hundred feet he change io pretty regular, too. There are exceptions to the rule, though. 2' eport has just appeared in print abou ome experiments made in Italy with unmanned" balloons. They were sen p near Venice. One important inver sion of temperature amounting to tel egrees Fahrenheit, was experience< etween 10,000 and 10,385 metres, 01 August 4. last year, notwithstandini the fact that a few hours previously: very violent thunder storm occurre' t the station. The second ascent wa :ade on August 30, at the time of th< solar eclipse; the inversion of tempera ture was not so marked as in the pre vious case, but amounted to five de rees between the heights of 18,00 etres and 20,000 ~isetres. The exac altitude of the inversion during thi sent is somewhat uncertain, as th barometric trace was partially oblitel ated by the peasauts who picked u: the records. Thunderstorms were als p~revalent about twelve hours prior t the time of this ascent. 'The discox is kn'own to be one of the most intel osting resultsa connected with the recen explorations of the upper air. The Hen and Schoolma'ams. t'ontinuing his talks in "Natur study," at the Teachiers' Institute o Pottsown. Pa.. Dr. Bigelow said tha the barnyard hen is the iirst bird o the year to lay an egg. and that it I this that makes her the most lovabl American bird. "The greatest need o the public schiol teachers." lie sai "is a fatter pocket-book." and he woul, 'e'omend~it -a them as r;pleasant ou1 of-door diversion and wvealth-promnote he hney bce business. He instance, ses ot the grec:t profit and pleasur rie fromit. he having harvestel wenty-nine tous of happiness from hi thirty colonies of bees last year. Wiil of Three Words. "All to mother.-C. T." *bu a@.00 to his~ wife, whom h always "' adrse and spoke of a In prono' ing' th' wvill valid, th The Girl and the Curl. Shie cipped a curl where the ten(ris cling r- And Ihe wrote, the merry ef: "Oh, the dearest gifts are thiose that bring Just a little of yourseli." -ieve'and Plain Dealer. More Imiportant. s Stella-"They are always trying to e Invent a bottle that cannot lie refilled." 1 Bella--They ought to invent a ring e that cannot be regiven."-Ne.u;. Xork y Sun. Satisfactory All Arouind. "The Bilkins marriage has turned out well." "Sure! Neither one is more disap pointed than the other."-Amcrigan Spectator. Discovered at Last. to r Senior Partner--There's, one thingt be said in favor of classical music." a Junior Partner-"What is that?" Senior Partner-"The office boy en't whistle it."-Chicago News. ef Let Him Wait. "No," said the optimist, "I never take my troubles to bed with me." "It's all right to say tuat now." re pliea the pessimist, "but wait till you have a few ingrowing nails."-Chicago Record-Herald. His Favorite Play. "What is your favorite play?" asked f the girl who quotes Shakespeare. "Well," answered the youth with e long hair, "I believe I like to see a man steal second as well as anything." -Washington Star. The One Thing. How differently things may be viewed! From a monetary standpoint it takes ten mills to make one cent, t while from a pugilistic view it takes e hundreds of pounds to make one mill. I -Baltimore American. Economy. "Why did Titewodd choose to be t married by a justice instead of a preacher?" "He said that church weddings took too long, and he had hired the carriage by the hour."-Cleveland Leader. Profesieonal Advice. "He said I did not have sense enough to come in out of the rain." "Well?" "Well, you're my la wyer. aren't you? What do you advise me t' do?" "Buy an umbrella."-Houston Post. Ihe Fr'en dly Tonmeau. Redd--What is the tonneau on an automobile*" Greene-"Oh, that is the part of the car a pedestrian lands in when you throw him up in the air instead of going over him."-Yonkers Statesman. Only One song. Yeast-"Were. you up to the oyster supper up at the church last night?" Crimnsonbeak-"Yes; it was a very enjoyable atl'air." "Yon're joking." "No, I'm not. Every one that found an oyster had to sing a song." '"Must have got tiresome." "Not at all. We only had one song the whole evening"-Yonkers Staites man.. A Drawback. The Hippo-"Tes. I i..ught to wear glasses, too, but somehcw I can't get them to stay on my nose." When Society Plays Ball. "Rlead about the society ball game n Washigton the other day'-" "p.What about it?" "Aw'fly exciting. Man batted a ball into the grand stand where the Marine Baud was playing." "Yes." "BalI~bit the bass drum and bounded off, and.'the catcher caught it. The um -pire called the batter out." "Elh! How could he':" "Said he was eaught oil the bass:" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tragic. After a long. patient search the comn edian boarder had discover'ed a straw berry in the shortcake. "T1here's sand on it." lie growled. "I wish the landlady would wash the ber :ies when she buys them." "Do you think it would be fatal to yat such a berr'y?" asked the sweet singer with a broad smile. "Sare; I'd bite th~e dust." Alid the landlady looked cbider than the .'ittle brick of ice cream in the ceni tre of the table,---Colhimbus Dispatch. t Wonderful. The modern Sherlock had been hast ily summoned to discover why so little work was done in the big office while the boss was out. --"I observe." said Sheroek, looking around the room, "that Mr. Bones, fyour tall bookkeeper. has been kissing your pretty stenographer du:ing your absence." r"How in the world (did you find that >ut?" gasped the boss. 1 "Why, she has a lot of ink on her -nose. Hie forgot to remove the pen from behind his ear."-Chicago News. His Lose Growing Cold. "What's the matter. dear?" her mother asked, seeing the trouble in the young wife's face. She had just received a telegram and sat with the yellow piaper crumlpled in her lap. "It's from Douglas," she replied. "Has anything happenedi to him? I hopel) he hasn't been in a railroad acci dent." "No. Hie says he' we!: and will be home o-morow. ut h one ut ~X ? IT E'"'?Y rr A Pressint Question. HERE is prevalent in the minds of thoughtful men such unankim ity of sentiment and COicII5sionI as to the necessity for good roads. and the fact is so well settled that there can be no systematic con struction of roads without government co-operation. that it is hard to see how it can be much longer delayed. While agitation for good wagon ways is as old as the first settlement in our system of civilization. it has been until within the past few years subordinated to the wonderful extension of railroad lines. In the earlier days of the re public the duty and obligation of the government to aid in the construction of wagon roads in the States was not seriously denied. The necessity for government aid is admitted almost everywhere. only four or five of the wealthiest States pointing the excep tion, and these without exception advo cate government co-operation. Presi dent Roosevelt not long ago, speaking on the subject, declared good roads the main hope of retaining the energies of our young people in the country. and thus stop the flow from country to city. wiherevery avenue of business is already over-crowded. Other emi nent men contend for good roads on the ground that the farmer. the first and most important producer of wealth. ought to be placed in position to hold is crop and market it at the most fav rable opportunity, whereas under bad roads he is virtually under compulsion to sell it as soon as it is matured. because the roads may become impass able at any time during the. fall, winter r spring. The intelligent people of town and city plead for good roads be cause the food they consume must come from the farm and be paid for according as it is able to reach the market. The farmer. the mainstay and dependence of the government in every emergency, feels that his substance is annually swallowed up in..the unhappy onditions that deny him reasonable market communication at his best time to sell. He is discontented at his lot when remembering that he pays sixty per cent. of all the taxes. and yet receives no direct consideration at the hands of gover'nment, while unnum bered millions have been given from the National treasury to better condi tions everywhere except upon the farm. The man who digs -out of the soil that which sustains all progress and prosperity knows that while govern. ment aid has. been Ilvished upoo cean-going commerce, not one dollar, since the constric-tion of the old Cum erand road, has been expended by the United States to facilitate com erce between the farm and the mar et. It is no wonder,. in view of all this, that the agricultural classes look pon the National Aid to Good Road! ovement as promising- their long-de fer-ed material salvation. The qunes on of National aid to, good roads is bsolutely above and beyond the realm f party politics- Itt is advocated b3 strong men of every political faith, and no man desiring the best in the aterial development and continuina great ness of the- country will seek tc Inject into it any element of party rejudice. To. do. so, would be to etract from a proposition at once seri ously important to the commercial, in ustrial and social advanicement of all le people in every part of the land, mid would be a saerilege to be des pised. The Good Rod qiuestionl is I ressing question whieb. soon or late.. will have to, be recognized by Nationad id in co-operation with the States. Dust-Laying Material. A new dust-pre-venting and dust-iay ing material for use on roads and rrets was tried in Scotland last year, with results said to be promising.. It onsists of "an aqueous emulsion of ool-washing suds or wool-fat or wool wax. with or wvithiout the addition htereto of a disinfecting oil," and may applied to country roads, streets and ailway beds by spraying. It is de ~eribed as' a by-product, that is. after :ecovering the major part of the grease from wool washing wastes the remain ing wool grease. together with potash nd soap fats, are saved for subsequent itution with water and used for street r road sprinkling. It is said that the emulsion does not clog theC spraying ap paratus and that its h~ygroscopie q1uall les keep downt dust for a long time. EngineerIng News. Malt Route DIaeorttinued.'l Une r-ural delivery route within a few mniles~ of Kansas City, Mo., has been discontinued andl others may be oetaue of the miserable condition of h Missouri roads. Altho~ugh the outy spends about :Rl30.000 a year on naaahm rroads-this mioney tDemn de ived from dramlrshop) licenses. nnid most f it collected in K~ansas C'ity-comar tzivey little attention is given to theO lirt road's. and it is hecause of this that ' . rural cervic has been1 don ~atinue.d. Djcuit Catse for Bavaria~n Jul're Tlhe PBavarian c~outsi have haid a comt licated (questionf of law to decide. A. :at. chased by a dog. ran into a stable where a cow was being milked. The ~at jumped on the back of the (cow. vihe kicked the milkmaid off her Whom should the maid snl2 for damni ies--the owner of the dog. the owvner 3fthe cat, or te owuer of the cow? The ourts have derided that they are 1 three equally responsihl.. and each will have to pay one-third of the dam is Mood. A member of the faculity of tire JVnI -ersity of Wisconsin tells of some nousing replies made by a pupil under oin an examination1 in English. The adiat.e had been instruemed to write out exa mples of the indicative. the subt u l~toy m'ods. iis effort resailed as ol',was:ea .I SOSSOSSSOCSSS .S@ Keep Oilcloth Bright. Never use soap in the water when cleanm:~ olleloth. It fades the colors and greaks up the paint. Ammonia liso is to be avoided, because it gives the eloth a dull, dead look. If a brush is "sed, it should be a soft one, but it is better hot to use any, except in vases where the oilcloth has been long neglected or ;ooriy washed for some time previously. Take a clean fiannel cloth and apply, clean. warm water. which is fin to be removed by soaking it up intl the washing cloth again after it has been wrung og. The oilcloth is then wiped dry with another piece of clean flannel or coarse crash. Of course, an oileloth. with frequent, washings, will look old, and the house keeper should be cautious about was'h in;g when dusting will answer just as Artistic Scrap Basket. The pretty brass and copper basins which Qur students bring home from abroad and which are frequently to be picked up in the foreign quarters of large cities, make exce'lent receptacles for scraps. The scrap box or basket as sold in shops and fancy goods departments is seldom in accord with the other fur nishings of a modern library or living hall. Yet as something of the kind is really necessary in a room much used, it is well to visit a Japanese -dealer and see what can be found. Indian baskets or any sturdy weave of grass and twigs good in shape and color make another hint, and jars of green pottery with wide o4n mouths decorated or undecorated are worth thinking about. Domestic Leaks. Rice and sugar left in paper bags. that burst and scatter their contents. Left over vegetables, fish and cooked eggs thrown into the garbage. Bread pan left with dough sticking to it. Fat put into earthen dishes to grow rancid. The mustard cruet left open to lose its strength. Lemons left to dry. Egg shells thrown away, instead of being washed and used to settle the coffee. Cheese allowed to mold. Kerosene can left open to evaporate. Clothespins dropped and never picked up. Boiler put away to rust. Table linen put into the wash- with out first removing stains and darning if necessary, and so on ad infinitum. How to, Clean straw Hats. Almost any old hat, unless it is too disreputable in appearance, can .be re furbished and made to do extra duty between seasons or on rainy days, thus saving the new one, besides occasion ally affording a change in headgear. y Black straw hats, it is well known.. can be blackened and much improved in appearance either with shoe black ing or with the blacking that is now made especially for hats,. and that may be obtained at most oZ the department stores. A solution of oxalie acid applied with a stiff brush and a fresh ribbon or a bunch- of ficwers will do wonders for the old white straw hat. For a black hat of fancy braid, in*.o which, the dust seems to be hopelessly ;groumd,. try the following method of (elenning- First pin it out fiat on a bgard.. using pins enough to hold it ' steady.. Brush it thoroughly, then with a nail brush rub) on a solution of aleo hol. water and a little ammonia, and allow it to dry before taking it off the board. If. after this treatment it is not a good color, put on a coatof iat blacking.. Steamed Chicken-Clean, stuff and truss a plump chicken as for roasting. Steam until perfectly tender at the le:: and hip joints: this wil. take nearly thirty mninutes to the pound. Serve, with a bread or amn egg sauce. Cheese Fritters-M1ix together four tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, three tablespoonfuls of dry bread crumbs, one-fourth teaspoonful paprika, and lastly four eggs which have been lightly beaten without separating. Fry in hot fat to a delicente brown.* Strawberry Farina-Cream together t-ie yolks or four eggs and one-haif (lupful of sugar. ard. te'aspoonful of ba king powder an~d a teaspooniful of un~xila. LDe:t th whites and add to ti:-a mi;ttre, sit:rnating Withx one-hallih enau of fa rin. Co(ver with whlipped Icreattm and sweetenmed strawberries. Peu~nut (CageS-C:ut stale breadz into thin slices and spreiad thicmkly with bmter. then place~ into the oven to brown. Make a paste of finely chopped peanu111ts mixedl with miayonna ise and spreald over' the slices. Rtub the yolk of a hard, boiled egg through a sieve overt each, and serve on crisp, curly let tuce leaves. Steamed Pudding-One cupful of chopptied suet, one cupful of molasses, one~ enpful and a half of tine bread crumbls, two seanit cuipfus of flour, one 1eatspoonful of salt. oneiL cujpul of anmy ind of chopped dried fruit, one tea sp onfulm of baking powder, onie scanit '~npoonful of sodax mixed with one cupul of sour milk. Mix, turn into aresdmold and steam for four Iteamed O:'Rmeai-.Mix a half pint of co .rse oatnm.al with one tablespoon f ' o 1- n one. quar o boiin 8OUTHERW ':- f -1- - - 70PICS OF iNTERESY TO THE PL ANT THE WOOLY APHIS. One of the pests that is ever com mon in the apple orchards of the South is the wcoly aphis. This is an insect that does its real injury to the roots, but is not seen there, because everything is under the ground; but it has one part of its existence above ground-on the bodies nf the trees, and usually in the crevices of the bark, where they look like little clus ters of cotton. This appearance is caused by an excretion from the body that clings to it, and from this it gets the name, Vwooly" aphis. The insect passes the winter in the eg state, and also as adult females. In the spring time, as soon as the weather gets warm, the eggs batch and the females that lived through %egin their work. All of the latter give birth to live young; these, with tuose just hatched from the eggs siick the sap of the roots, and in turn propagate very fast! They form numerous colonies on the roots that cause swellings that look like beads and that seriously interfere with the growth of the tree. In tne warm weather of the summer there is 3 form produced that has wings anl flies to other trees, where they fdrm new colonies. Thus the pest is spread over an orchard in a short time. Not only are the orchards affect ed, but the nurseries; and their tre, carry the insect to new places never before infected. It is, therefore, quite important to carefully examine every tree before planting, and de stroy the very appearance of the trouble. In fact, it is well, as a matter of precaution, to dip the roots of every tree in tobacco water just be fore planting, which is perfectly harmless to the roots and severe on the insects, and is the best u.se -for tobacco that I know of, unless it be tc kill chicken lice. There is no need to give up in dis coura'ement because an orchard is irfected with wooly aphis, but dig away the earth over the roots for. about. three inches deep and spread on tobacco dust with a liberal hand. and then put the soil back over it. Th*is is cheap and fully -worth all it costs for Its manurial value. It can. be bcught of the tobacco factories and others who deal in.lt, at not over a'ecut $20 per ton.-E. H. Van Deman. in Scuthern Fruit Grower. 60OME VALUABLE FEEDING FIG URES. The, Virginia Experiment Station. give some very valuable ideas in its 'recent report of tests made in cow feeding. We summarize a few of the leading ideas: The advantage of alfalfa or pea hay over bran is easily seen when the farmer finds he can produce alfalfa or pea-hay for ar und $3 per ton. From two to three tons an acreo may be produced from -an acre of land and ."um three to five tons of' alfalfa, including all the season's cus: tings. Bran costs $20 and up per ton. The advantage of' feeding pea hay and alfalfa, both rich in protein, for roughness, can hardly be over estimated. In feeding alfalfa instead of wheat bran it is best to allow one and a half' pounds of alfalfa for every pound of bran, and if' the hay is chopped the results will be better than when fed uncut When alfalf'.tI was fed under the -most favorable conditions, a gallon of' milk was pro duced for five and one-half cents, and a pound of butter for ten and one-half.. -When pea-hay was fed the cost was: but little smaller on the milk and a cent lower on the cost of buter. In localities where pea-hay is easily grown it can be given as a good sub stitute for wheat bran, and where al falfa grows -well it may be substi - tuted* for pea-hay. In tests covering two years' time, and with various cows, these results furnish proof of the advantages of roughness rich in protein over the concentrates, such as bran. At a time whren reliable data from tests so ably back up the experi ences of the farmers, this .will encour age dairymen wonderfully. I have known some dairymen who used a? falfa exclusively when the price of bran got too high. These tests prove that alfalfa hay at even half the price of branr makes a great showing In favor of' alfalfa. PEACE AND PROGRESS. And no-w they, say that the big saw mill is going to be established in the ltorow, jnst down the siCPC from our" cottage. So. after all, it seems that we who grew up among rurai quiet v' to - dwet! ;n the midst of alarm.'' Andi cur drcamts of raeditations are to be moleste.1 by its surgin~g, puis Items of Interest. New buildings, the construction of which was authorized in Norfolk the first six months of 1906, are valued at more than $1,000,000. Few of tha per mits granted are for buildings of more than moderate size. The shortage of Irwin Tucker, pres ident. of the Newport News Savings Bank. who committed suicide, was about $30,000. Asburv .Spicr caused a sensation at th~e ial of former .Judge Hargis and formier Sheritf (Calliban. who are charged with killing Mareum. by making~ a conifession in which he im plicated both defendants . A ttorner General Anderson. of Vir ia i, has t ken St eps to havec en frcred he- Chu rchman law. prendn.ii for a paenger' rute of 2 teats a mile., Bunzlingz ini the Government Print iun. 01.i'~ (oh ntes. Senator Whyte. ef Mav\landi. Wll I)e one of those wg: wnil inve-igate it this week ARM : i0TES8. FR, STOCKANV ACRU0C Gq -ER, ing, blowing, puffing machinZry restless energy that beats forever in the interests of the men who have sinned by loving moncy. - Well, this is progress-the watch word of the times-and we must fall into Nne, paying no attention to the repose of the rworld. The spirit of the day is to follow the noise and the smoke; to make piles of money for the purpose of " blowing it in." Once, agriculture was the universal occupation of Dixie's people, and ccn tentment and patience prevailed. Now, a fascination attaches to a "Job" that draws our boys away from home. and many a tired eye- looks .for a + letter from the ends of the world. In nearly every instance, old mill men and railroaders advise the boys to stick to the farm, claiming that though they make lots of money, they save nothing. - Recently I heard a man of the road say that a man of his craft was little better than a s.lave, driven about from pallar to post at the bidding of the boss. The big mill will have stray lambs from the farm, no doubt; and we must be kind to them and treat them as we would like ours to be treated were they away off. To the bosses they may be but tools to turn out- so much lumber; to us they will be souls who ought to be enjoying the freedom of the farm. And between times we may get quiet enough to wander in the land of other days, and to hear the stage horn blow and the cow bells jingle. Stanley Vann, in Home and Farm. PECANS FOR PROFITS. This is a nut-eating nation, and we import 28,000,000 worth of nuts annually. Still we do not consume edible nuts to the per capita extent that some countries do. There is no reason why we should not, for nuts ,rc a -wholesome article of the daily liet. If we grew more nuts we would onsume more. We can readily grow that king of cuts, the thin, or paper-shelled, pecan. I nut that comparatively- few have eaten. It is the best of table nuts, 3utfanking even the almond or th3 English walnut. it is the cultivated ecan of the gulf coast. Pecans are Jut a variation of hickory nuts, but he cultivated pecan far excels in 1avor and deliclousness all its cous The paper-shelled pecan is a matter f evolution and damp soils. . Pecan >rchards along the gulf between New 3rleans and Mobile are, say~s a recent vriter, planted forty feet apart to at orv for the mature trees, and this etting requires seventeen trees to the ere. In the normal course of events L paying crop is confidently antici ated in from eight--t tn yar, at ~vhich latter. per'od there should i rofitable crop of eighty pounds to each tree. At present prices this ould mean a fortune, but at twenty five cents per pound it -means $20 >r tree, or $340 per acre. -- Land a-Iong the gulf coast set in young pecan trees brings $100 per cre, whereas it was before the plant ng regarded as of little or no value. r'he result is that thousands c-f trees ire being set annually. It is .a mis :ake to say that trees of th e best ariety can be grown along the coast ly. for they can be grown in any cttom lands In any part of Alabama. and the nuts will be fully up to tadr.Briga Age-Herald. ~ OLLD ORCHARDS. When an apple tree has grcwn old t should not necessarily be destroyed. [n a neighbor's orchard last year, I noticed some old trees were- loade! with most excellent fruit. The resuit did not come through pruning or any design of the owner. By storms or otherwise the main branches of the trees had been broken off and a full head of young and tender shoots had sprung up. These were perhaps sin years old, and they were loaded with fruit. It is evident to any intelligent observer that the same result mnay be brought about by topping and prun ing.- In the orchard referred to is quite a lct of old trees which need to be treated in the same way. As they now stand the lnibs are mcss-grownl, and the terminal shoots are on the verge of decay. -Scarcely a single young thrifty twig is to be seen. By cutting off cne or two main branches at a time, the head of the trees could. in a few years; be dangcd -Into a vgorous growth of limbs that would hang full of gcod fruit every bearing season. It is better to change the tops gaually, fcr to cut oi! the limbs atI once would probabnly kill thec :ree. T. C. Karns, Powell Station, Tenn. NewsItems. V'ginia druggists are said to be violating the law vegulatig the sale of poison. William Jarvis, a farmer near Charleston, W. Va., was shot and kill ed by his wife.. The Administration has decided to pursue a Sem policy in Santo Domin go to protect the fiscal policy which the Senate failed to ratify. Julian Pavliniek. who killed his wife in fulfilment of a promise to her, was convicted at Newport Newvs of second degree murder anid sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary. Intial steps were taken toward. preparing the Government's exhibits at the Jamestown Exposition. Secretary Root went to New York. where he wvill sail today on his' louth. Ameriani visiting trip. It is expected that all the p~ersons iajured in the railroatd wreck near Sisbry no-brt will recover.