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~. Mi* BOUT once in a decade a new leet of ocean liners is launch ed, setting a new standard for size, luxury and safety at sea. the great ships which are thPought to express the last word In :vboat building are suddenly found " . dwarfed by their new sisters and rele Kgated to a second place. The new fleet now under construction, in turn, surpasses al the great ships which have gone before. The world has scarcely become ac customed to using the Mauretania as a synonym for large objects, when two great ships, the Olympic and the Titanic, were designed to surpass all of her dimensions. IN& sooner was one -of these liners launched than the own ers of the Mauretania planned a new ship of even greater length. Now, In turn, comes the greatest of all ocean liners, the Europa, which is still larger. With the increase in length, beam and tonnage, comes a corre sponding development in the luxury -uipment. One may no longer tels, since the new boats offer many more attractive and novel features not yet attempted by the builder of hotels. The new liners have all, even more than the comforts of a palatial home. The supremacy of the seas in black and white is as follows: m VesseL. Length. Tonnage. Mauretanla ...........790 ft. 32.500 Olympic ...............S0 ft. 48,000 Europa-................ 90 ft. 50,000 Statistics are likely to be stupid things and the mere recital of dimen 'sions, however large, give- little idea of thej-overpowering bulk of such a - ship as the Europa. The new liner ~will, have a displacement of about 70,000 tons. In other words, the ma terial used in this construction will *>.'egh 140,000,00)0 pounds. It would, 4therefore, require 1,400,000 men, or #about the population of Philadelphia, each carrying 100, pounds, to handle Ithis material. If this material was AOrRIM AL/GUJZ" WCTORM~ Ship Dimensions Compared. *loaded upon the largest American freight cars7 it would fill a train 40 miles in length, which, by the way, would extend all the .way across the Panama canal. The combined ca pacity of the three largest hotels in New York city Is 3,235 persons, while the Europa carries 4,250 passengers. Ship With Nine Decks. The Europa avill have a beam of 96 feet, so that her deck 1will be as wide as Broadway in New York city at its widest point. She will have nine decks above the water line, thus mnaking her literally a skyscraper afloat. The population of a small city will be luxuriously accommodated aboard without crowding, since her capacity will slightly exceed 5,000. The old familiar standard of compari son, such as the height ci the Statue of Liberty or the Washington monu ment, is completely outclassed. Some idea of the enormous size of the Europa may be had from the or der which has been given for 2,000,000 feet of Oregon fir to be used for the decks alone. For months this lum Sber has been lying near Portland, ' Ore., before being shipped to Ger many. Special care has been taken to provide only clear, vertical grain wood, which has been selected with the greatest care. With the unprecedented amount of cabin and deck~ space available on the Europa, a nur er of unique features b ecom~e possible which have never 7E /./ZROM >efore been attempted on a ship. None >f the staterooms will be cramped, as on the early boats. For those who care to travel with all the comforts of home, there will be complete suites available. There will be a choice of dining rooms for those who do not :are for the main dining saon; there will be a Ritz-Carlton restaurant, a ;rill room, tea garden and even a rathskeller. Spacious palm gardens, which in winter may be converted into sun parlors, will occupy the up per deck. Several ladies' salons fin [shed in different decorative periods will appeal 'to the t -astes of different ationalities. All of these salons will be connected by telephone to the pri vate staterooms, so that those whose cabins are perhaps two or three city blocks apart may talk with one an other. The gymnasium on the Europa will be much larger and more completely oquipped than any heretofore install d. In addition to the regular apparat s, terewillbe . runn track so y-rs he oca- ihu'rekn riig hemehnia eeciin evcs l eady inroducedonsom ships 'il e veycmpee.naln net x rsu toE A/OPA Qnelgn diet beoe eeng atemedise. i.on of theca staroosho will be pedlt on thenearlynboats.tForgthoseiwho earby toiravl withun a thre omfor ofn hoe, ther wilo::nplete equipes avile. uropa will be niate cho-o digyb rom for tsyse.e has no etfaors theising diabove salon teres whil be so faili-arto eaurant, oca illeroomn tea garde, ndoen dec athsetllr Saius alrm ans, hishape wintearayc.Arwl bevre orced sun therlowillmoccpte up poerfulck Seraps lade san f hegatiaiis.i wll o these slon ill bet cnnetd by telephone to the prp-1 vaoughtates so hatthsp.os cabinst perps toerahr city >arats apar mayre towt nea an-b e gynau on the Europa wisul eqippetfhan masts heretofore intapos ible In anmiti torth regular apparges >ver the willire arunning theAatcs thcean ithut reuoaig taining e indiectcmnicain deices ld red roce on.m hiswl Te eyaolftheseablng ner that Fort or nonecisanica mhell teant conildeed hawlfe of the m nasiumhto hoffrnewigen avuse or he seie-igexercse. We h Tao close May Lux uctioe ff md spekciasqas onrto wilhe bier n coeeton wikt theeynaei Nrbyticll useess. alageswm trkihe and omthi seatsa byesie overht skilfuxaepinanlt uae pecimenrafterihelhad beenicoed to igyb onhim ystemroshha promie niaoby i-iin auctoeherh decks, whic is s aili etr oca liNrs, look heren, boe youcbu hishawe appearuan. plAsed wihb fore, tor the byer : "butec this ithe grat ship wil thus bae, supplied wiath curs of lamea toi he prop-i er tmperatur. Thn, systemsinsuresdi tehruhu tohece hi." "h well," powerfl eliegrah auc rtuevei carrido seang hill be set up antheEro. Theki nusualov it de therat dor.-illpincott's silKtrnsmi His Grecevemessge ovrWheatiret it offspee Atladntic cas that teheropilawy havDcnsieried the welfare ofil the GATE FASTENER VERY HANDY Durable Lock Can Be Made and Ap plied by Any Person of Me chanical Turn of Mind. The season for repairing farm gates s at hand, and some gates will re auire new fasteners. A durable gate astener that will receive the gate when slammed and hold it securely, as well as one that can be operated from iorseback and yet cannot be lifted by stock, can be made and applied by a >lacksmith or anyone of a mechanical urn. writes Victor Labadie in the Rural New Yorker. It is made of two ?ieces of common flat iron b, one inch wide, each 14 inches long, shaped In nanner shown in Fig. 13, swung at c ;y means of a 3%4.-inch bolt through a iece of bar iron, a, 124 inch by 1% nches in diameter, eight inches long, >lus diameter of post to which it is 'astened by aanut on the threaded )nd, the portion which passes through :he post being rounded. The ends, d, nay be either welded together or fast Handy Gate Fastener. med with a bolt and a loop and may )e arranged onto the bolt to assist in fting the fastener, shown In detail )y f. Gate is shown in closed posi ion by c. An iron plate, g, may be astened to gate where it strikes fast ner to save wear on gate. HANDY LEVEL FOR THE. FARM ombined Instrument Shown in Illus tration Will Be Found ConvenI ent In Fields. In doing repair work in the distant lelds it Is not always convenient to ~arry too many tools, so the handy evel and square combined, as shown Level and Square. n illustration, will do the work of oth tools. Two small spirit levels or ~lasses are siinply soldered to the quare, one In the center of the blade ad the other upon the tongue, as hown by (a) and (b) in the illustra Ion. In leveling any plane surface he level at (b) is employed while in etting studding, posts or any vertical ork, the plumb level at (a) is em ~loyed; this secures very accurate work, as the stud is set against the ~ongue of square with the blade rest ng upon the level sill, the top of stud s then moved back or ahead until It s accurate and perfectly plu~nb. The evels should be soldered to the blade f square ang be accurately In line with ti. edges of same, to make this1 col effective. ERMINATION OF WHEAT SEED eavier, Better Developed Kernels Germinate Better Than Lighter Ones, Says Expert. (By J. G. LILL. Kansas State Agricul tural College.) An extensive investigation to ,de ermine the relation of the size, eight and density of the kernel to he germination of wheat has devel ped the following results: The heavier, better developed kern els in a head of wheat germinate bet ter than the lighter kernels in the same head. Grading according to size will not select the kernels which will germin ate the best. The germination is directly .,corre lated with the density of the kernels. The germination is independent of the size of the kernels. The above points have been Indi cated by the results of the tests. It is elieved that the samples used were large enough to give accurate de erminations of the germinating abil ity of the different samples of wheat. Loss by Insects. The department of agriculture says I the averoge loss to farms by insects 1 reaches the stupendous figure of $700, 000,000. This included losses to field nd forage stock, live stock, fruit and 1 truck garden, flowers and forest prod ts nd stored fnnod1 TRAP FOR LITTLE ANIMALS One of Most Successful Devices is What Boys Call "Figure 4" How it is Made. When I was a boy I used to have an ambition to be a hunter and trap per, writes James Sturgess is the Farm and Home. One of the most successful of my home-made traps was what we boys called a fgure 4 trap and it was made as follows: A small oblong box was taken and on Trap for Small Animals. .he top was hitched a cover, b. A string, c, was fastened on one end of the cover, and to the other era a t.rigger was attached; e is' the bait stick which projects through hole bored In the upright end of the trap. To set this trap the cover, b, Is lifted and the string, c, is passed over ,he notched upright and the trigger, d, Is fixed at one end In a notch in the box, while the other end is placed in a notch on the bait stick. Any In terference with the bait stock releases the trigger and allows the cover to [all. There Is danger sometimes of an animal working the cover up. To pre vent this a brace, g, is provided. It is fastened to the upright by a small hinge, and when the cover is down ftts against a bar, h, thus confining the animal until released. DUR FARMERS ARE WASTEFUL Russia Is Only Country That Does Not Raise, Bigger Yield of Wheat Than United States. A recent issue of The Consular Trade Reports calls attention to the wasteful manner In which American rarmers handle their land, emphasiz ng thereby the value of th~e Rocke eller educational board's efforts to )pen the eyes of the agriculturists to .he need for intensive farming. With the exception of Russia, evergl European country raises more wheat mnd rye per acre than does the United 5tates. The Increase ranges from 50 :0 100 per cent. or more. In oats and yarley two or three othier countries all behind this in the average produc Jon per acre, but our advantage Is light, not ranging more than 6 to 7 >er cent. Where te averge Ameia are rils1./uhl o4hatesm 9uniyo adi emn yield 84bshlan nEnln 32. hied toass.....e..13. over, 2. 15. a~strig ..............18. on. 23.9 end.1 Lhe coer argud toatwhen other Aei-a anfrer was atached;keepspace with borend in theuright yedo thec tap oplshet is trap th covestio bf ifted, and abe atrig.cris assteduve he nostched uivgh an thoetigr ThI fxd oe endac lna t. n th box iratlse that end ispin-e ich anthion th elai stick. Anyin erfttencemaitheths baistfocrehiseus pose, trgerande astea cove to 2se. Thercshbe is lwys sometmeht a ana workinguce covewer whpet binge and otheth oer istate. Thereins ar br, few thucs cnininur :Russry wher there Conr Toha'Des rdNt pats.igrYedo ha re Repors cals attentitte to the narxer wihanl otheir lauand eophediz n>terby thievleoteRce pegteables sol the rulyt dt rheied for itencsives-cooinnd With teo eceponfs. sier Asd ry class farer anres nt Uniat o 100 up-to-datet. thr methInosas and naey tw othr threl theicgs.ie tabn theels in the ragerduc in te are btou avantage Afer ethecosaepane.ces Wh the egeae gAriandeped erdiidend ofan inGany heldsar nacbhielshatnoud in purchased 32.4 oushl.Hr r uthern farmer. tefnite S a 13. 2the garde 1evera >lrann...t.bi.844. 44 2. ThIet valarue tha when the Amei ;oufres abe to kprov pae tur heirn run avbergedyield twohidsc >ofitshet is at onl aetion and >utin ppe ill bnces aboe te te Theld grates mitae mateie to hec hee ost mer livis tat he.de o Ie is uiotnts t e hatarefu spin ich planttioe lwell mlhedco. Fine buyeth mrchsalwyih SAVAGE BLOODHOUNDS TEAR PREY TO PIECES ARE PUT UPON TRAIL OF SUS PECTED THIEF AND KILL THEIR VICTIM. Mount Vernon, Ill.-A pack of half mad bloodhounds, trailing a man sus pected of burglary at Carrier Mills, broke away from their keeper, cor nered their victim in an empty shed and tore him to pieces. The dead man was a stranger in the community, and the body was so badly multilated by the dogs that identification would have been impossible. The remains were buried in the potter's field after if Hounds Tear Man to Pieces. a coroner's jury had exonerated the owner of the hounds. A house had been robbed at Carrier Mills during the absence of the family. On their return they put the hounds 'on the trail, which the animals readily found. As they neared their quarry they broke their leash, and before they could be subdued had killed their vic time: MAN IS SLAIN BY MINISTERS Georgia Moonshiner Threatens a Preacher, and Is Riddled With Bullets. -Blue Ridge, Ga.-Carter Lingerfelt, moonshiner, was shot to death in Mount Pisgah church, about seven miles from here by Rev. William Kimmo, a Baptist minister. Rev. Mr. Kimmo was aided in the fight by his two brothers, both- of whom are preachers, and one of them was seri ously wounded by Lingerfelt. A conference of the congregation was being held in the church, when Lingerfelt broke down the door, en tered and threatened to kill the preacher. Lingerfelt had previously threatened to run the three ministers out of the county if they continued to preach against moonshining. The Kimmos continued their crusade from various pulpits against the illegal manufacture and sale of whisky, and when Lingerfelt appeared they were ready for him. As soon as Lingerfelt drew his pis tol the three brothers op~ened fire, and Lingerfelt fell, pierced by half a dozen bullets, but not before, how ever, he had fired three shots himself, wounding Rev. W. H. Kimmo seri ously. The preachers fired from the Moonshiner Killed From Pulpit. pulpit, and Lingerfelt was killed just outside the church door. Panic pre valed during the shooting, many of the women fainting, and the men crawled under the benches. At the time the tragedy was being enacted a big still operated by Lin gerfelt was being destroyed by Depu ty Collector Hopkins, within a stone's throw of the church. CALN AND GOOSE ARE CHUMS Animal Owned on a New York Farm Attempts Suicide When Fo'... Is Sick. New Rochelle, N. Y.-No stranger affection ever existed than that be tween a calf and a goose, owned by Miss Hannah George, who lives on a little farm, near Mount Vernon. The friendship sprang up last summer when Miss George sold her cow and the calf was turned into a pasture where there were no bushes to brush away the flies. One day the goose, seeing a swarm of flies on the calf while it was lying down, caught and ate nearly every fly that was bothering it. The calf was grateful for the attention and chased a dog that was in the habit of worrying the goose. Since then the goose has been the calf's constant companion, spending the entire day strutti.ng around and jumping for the flies tha~t light on the calf. The other day the goose was sick and was kept in a closed pen. The calf, missing its friend, would not be consoled and attempted to strangle itself with its rope. Miss George dis entangled it just in time to save its ife. RHEUMATISM eunyonfi aheumtism eed relieves pansi the legs. arms, bak, stiff or woenjoints. contisDmopie pw cocaine or d to den the lp4 it neutralizes the acid and drives o)0ut af rheumatic poisons from the e* temn. 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