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WATER FED FiRE Case Where Liquid Was of No Use to Quench Flames. Metallic Sodium in Vessel's Hold Merely Blazed More Fiercely as Streams From Fire Hose Reached It. It Is said that, for the most part, wo+o'n i-r qnrslictr? in cnffipipnt miantitieS vv u c.va ix cimuamv-.... will eventually quench any fire. In some cases, however, water not only proves ineffectual but actually kindles and nourishes the fire. When a freighter, the Hardy, steamed out of Le Treport, France, some years ago she carried, besidesthe mineral water in her hold, a number of small wooden cases marked "metallic sodium." Now, the channel was rough. The vessel rolled and pitched violently. The captain saw that the ship was listing to port, and suspecting that the cargo was shifting, sent a boatswain below to investigate. As the boatswain entered the hold he saw that several cases of tfiineral water had broken and that the water was swishing about in the hold. Then suddenly he saw one of the wooden cases marked "sodium" burst into flame. Immediately he gave the alarm, and the crew rushed to their fire stations. The captain directed the men to turn ~4-Vn-v Via1/1 Ac* firct lilt? Xiuse liliu Lilt; UV_?iU. ao LUC u^i, stream of water struck the burning case there were several explosions as package after package within the case caught fire. By this time two other cases of sodium had broken open, and their contents, as they came in contact with the water from the hose, burst into flame. The crew could not believe their eyes. The more water they poured on the fire, the more intense grew the conflagration. Then suddenly two cases flew into the ?ir, crashed against the overhead beams and spread out in sheets of fire, the smaller pieces dropping back only to bounce and dance about, huge balls of flame in the halfswamped hold. The superstitious crew was fast, becoming unmanageable, and the captain saw that in any case he must abandon the ship. He ordered the crew to the boats not a moment too soon, for as the boats rowed away from the blazing hulk several loud explosions came from the hold. Then there was one mighty detonation; the freighter broke in two and plunged out of sight. Japan and Baseball. Japan is one of the few nations of the earth that has adopted the <4national pastime" of the United States, the game of baseball, which grew up, in its present form, in the latter country. The game has been transplanted, has taken root, and is thoroughly flour'? +V?a. folortrl blntrHrtm "Rnt thp 1QII I lift U1 II1CT iOluuu ? ? Japanese, according to one of them, recently traveling in America, are making all their baseballs by hand, not yet having perfected any machinery for manufacturing them. This sojourner, who is a mechanical expert, was much interested, while on his trip. in learning the method by which the balls are made. The playing of the game in Japan, says this traveler, is widespread. A few years ago two of the Japanese universities sent teams to the United States, where they engaged in competition with American university nines. Their ability was marked, and their sportsmanship excellent The common interest of the people of the two hations in this sport has been recognized as a possible source of increased understanding between them. Will Never Show. Joe Hawkins of the Auto Sales company, is a believer that appearance is 95 per cent of the game. The other day he was demonstrating a very classy six-cylinder car to a^man and his wife. The wife was very much taken with the appearance of the car; the husband was still a long way from being sold. As they were coming down Merid. ian street one of the cylinders started missing. Hawkins, trying to apologize for the behavior of the engine, said: "One of the spark plugs must be broken for one of the cylinders Is missing." The wife spoke up: "That doesn't matter much, the cylinders are all under the hood anyway, and if one of them is missing it will never show." ?Indianapolis News. Something Missing. ! "This catalogue is no good," said a man visiting the art museum, according to a story that has reached lis. There ain't any prices on it" "What," said his wife. "You weren't thinking of buying any 7' "Certainly not," replied the complainer. "But how can you be expected to appreciate pictures if you don't know the price of them?"?Boston Transcript. Parental Diffidence. "Does your boy mind when you speak to him?" "Yes," said Farmer Corntossel, doubtfully. "But he's got us so impressed with his superior knowledge that we don't often venture to speak to him." As to Alimony. "Is there any way a man can avoid paying alimony?" asked the tfriead iwho waa seeking free advice. "Sure," replied the lawyer. "He can *tay single or stay married." I BULL ASSOCIATION flow They Work Out in Practice.?Helpful to Large as Well as Small Breeders. Ciemson College, April 26.?More md more the usefulness of the cooperative bull associations is recogaized as time goes on and its benelets to the dairy industry have a shance to become evident. The full results that can be obtained from such an association obviously can not ippear for several years. It ib lent therefore that since the hull aslociatioas are of only recent beginaing, the benefits so far obtained are only the fore-shadowing of greater tilings io tunic. Tie <J?-operath* bull association aas been carefully planned to enable I number of small dairymen and farmers who individually could not afford good bulls, to combine their resources and buy a few really good dairy sires. For example, suppose four farmers each have $100 to invest In a bull. They are so situated that they can all use the same bull. The association makes it possible for them to pool their resources and buy one $400 bull, presumably four times as good as any one of the four $100 animals that they could buy individually, [t is gr?.ti#ying to see that this theory is working out in practice so well that it applies not only to the dairymen with $100 available for investment in a bull but equally well to the one with only $10, or on the other hand to the one with $500. Saves the Good Bulla. The money advantage is the first thing which attracts the farmer's attention to the bull association, but by | far the greatest advantage of the or '?tVo of bulla I pamubivu is V ** i.?? ? p v -W ? ? . ( every two years by means of which continued use of bulls can be had until their value is proved. Statistical figures indicate that bulls owned by individual* are used only to an average age of about three years. At this age it is in^>ossible to haye any proAuction reiorde of tho offspring, whieh i? the only real teat of a sire's value. Because of this short life of the bull it happens over and over again that dairy fanners have discovered, after the daughters had flnI ished a record, the exceptional jjrej potent qualities of their sire; and then, en looking around for that sire, have made another discovery, a sad ene, that the search was futile, fbr the sire had gone to the butcher. Beneficial te Family Cow Owneru r The average herd of all the mem| bers of these associations consist* ef six cows. Inasmuch as there are many herds with ten or a dcsen cows, k fellows that there must be a great number of herds with less than six | eews each. In faet, town people ewn| teg fam Hy cows are often members, paying their share or1 assessment of five, ten, or whatever number of dollars is required for each cow; itod for this payment they have the us? of all the bulls in the association. Thus a family cow owner may for a $10 Investment have for a period of If years the use ?f such bulls as freely as though he owned them himself. Leads te Keeping Purebred Cows. The claim is made in behalf of the bull association as an institution that it open* up an opportunity for the small dairyman to do pure breeding. The figures gathered in the 1019 directory of bull aseoclations thaw that while the number of organisations, the number of members, etc., have I increased les* than 77 per cent as compared with 1911, the increase in 1 number of purebred sows owned by J members went ub 240 per cent, showins plainly that the hull association does help the small breeder to do pure breeding. No Chanee of Lew. We hare still to get the first report from a farmer to the offset that he has lost money on his investment in a co-operative bull association, wye J. P. La,Master, Extension Servioe dairy husbandn^an. The greatest loee that can be sustained from a disbanded association is that the wrong impression whieh the community and other communities may receive may prevent them from organising ether associations of the same feted, For this reason, we are ansions to see ail associations organised en the right basis and properly leaked after, to that nene ef them will disband. fnpfistieng far Seeoese. The principal prints to hwp In Bind far Wilding a successful wee elatten am w follows: 1. Have the blocks well organised, principally with reference te satisfactory ioietion of members and tee ptaee to keep he bull. t. Have the association well organised, with carefully selected sfffeero, the principal one of whom te the j secretary. The secretary is BP? we j of tbe association. He should b? a dotsyman is teres ted in the brood wleeted and in breeding generally, and a maa with good business ideao. Z. Buy the best bulls possible irtth the available money. 4. 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