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10NC FOR THE ONSUCCESSFUl; worksd and be hustled from morning till night, Jut somehow he couldn't succeed; used his best efforts, he tried with his might. Jut somehow he couldn't succeed. bore up with fortitude under the strain, henever nc failed he tried over again; ft charactcr stood without ever a stain? Jut somehow he couldn't succeed. : bent to his task in the world with a will, Jut somehow be couldn't succeed, e sweets that we covet to him wero but nil, or\T"r?ok rvTTT ) ?.* CIIPOOQH ; plodded along in the very same way ly in and day out. with but little to say; i bent to uis labors, cave little to pky? Sut somehow he couldn't succeed. i answered a jibe or a jest with a smile, But somehow he wouldn't gucceed. ^ heart always generous, though heavy the while, But somehow he couldn't succeed, hetaever a thorn pierced hia flesh on the road i'shut his teeth tight and shifted the load; 5* plucked not nor reaped from the seeds that he sowed? ?jid somehow Le couldn't succeed. i was one, only one, from the millions hurled \Vho somehow cou'.d never succeed; > traveled his way through a oold, dreary world. And never, could never succeed. it he U3ed his best efforts in playing his part, ie burden he carried oft made the tears start? nd vet through it all a sotig welled from his heart: This man who could never succeed. ?Milwaukee Sentinel. DN THE OYEItf.. BY R. W. CHILD. AOJ%> AM inclined to think that Il| a girl's wit is quicker than 0 a man's in a tight placc, if Jl the place is tight enough." WBr Mr. Colchester had spoken after we had been silently tting for several minutes watching e mist that was creeping over th??; oonlit watei and listening to the ] lirp of the crickets in the grass. He ways began a story by stating the oral. His way was to present some inclusion and then prove it by a per Ml experience. "I -was thinking o? my sister," he :ptained. "She once saved us both f ova a fearful death. If it had not sen for her ready wit I should have J ?n a biscuit!" At this every one straightened up rceptibly. Mr. Colchester's stories ere always interesting. "Perhaps all of you do not know that y father was a cracker manufacturhe continued, "and that he had a iop with machinery and three ovens It. Of course that wo^ld be conlered nothing to-day, when there are ikeries that supply thousands of peoei in every part of the country, but hen I was a boy I remember I used wonder that there were enough ouths to consume all that my father's orkmen made. B"I often went down to the shop, for was really fascinating to watch the lixnrs turning the great rolls of dough ver and over, aud.see the cutting maKnep chopping a lbng strap of it into tie sticky lumps. Then old Carberry, e baker, would toss the pieces which a Deen pattea ana moiaea oy nana the tiled floor of the oven. Some* lies my sister Margaret used to go ith me, for we were great chnms, id it was on one of those occasions at we got Into trouble. "The day, I remember, had been iny, and after a discouraging attempt amuse ourselves in the house, Mariret said, 'Let's take umbrellas and i down to the bakery/ "I was so glad of the suggestion that forgot it was the noon liour, wheu e men would be gone and the matinery shut dovrn. It wasn't until we W tho rioaprtori I'AArn fho f tta mm nm red it. " 'Well,' said I, 'we are bright, aren't e? But let's look round?I'll tell you, t's look at the cool oven.' ' 'Cool oven!' exclaimed Margaret, in rprise. ''I explained to her that in the ornary course of business only two ens were used, and that unless there, ?re extra orders there was always one en which was out of commission, sing shut off from the furnaces below r the big sheet-iron dampers. "I raised the latch of the heavy door I id bent down to look across the flat, ed surface inside. " 'It's just like a cave, isn't it, Bob?' led my sister: and I laughed at the ea and asked her whether she exacted to see a bear or a robber walk 'Of course I don't!' she said, for she ways was on her guard against my aking fun of her. 'Let's crawl in.' ' 'AH right,' said I, tonchiug the brick alls to make sure I hadn't made a istnkp: and thpn I fnllnwpri hpr in le through the gloomy opening. "'Will it get my dress dirty?' Marret asked, out of the darkness. " 'No, indeed,' said I. 'They have to >ep these ovens clean as can be. ley're fus3y about every speck of ist.' "I had hardly finished when the iron or behind us shut with a resounding mg. One of the workmen who had me back to work had closed it.! " 'O Bob,' cried my sister, with a lit> scream of fright, 'we're shut in!" " 'Like two biscuits,' I laughed. .11 we have to do is to shout and me one will come.' "But Margaret was really scared, id groped her way near me to put her Ind on my siiouiaer. 1 conress tne rknesa and the close, stuffy air were r from cheerful. 'I began to call as loud as I could, td not getting: any answer, I crept er to the solid iron door and began eking it with my heels. After a moent I stopped, breathing hard from y exercise, and then I heard Market's voice behind me, saying: "'Waith a minute. Bob! Listen" "I strained my ears, and from the itside I could hear a rumbling that emed to come from far, far away. "'It's the machinery:' I cried. 'It's ter 1 o'clock, and they have begun to ork again. No wonder they couldn't ?*r as" . ' "By that time I had become really ightened, and I suppose I must have k temporarily lost-my bend. I shouted wildly until luy throat was sore, but it seemed only to fill our oven trap with noise. There was no hope whatever that it would penetrate the thick brick walls. Suddenly I was startled into silence by a sound of scraping iron underneath us?a familiar noise to ray ears. Some one had pulled open the great damper that shut us off from the fires in the cellar below! They were going to heat our oven! " 'What was that?' exclaimed my sister. touching my hand with her cold fingers. 'What did that noise mean, Bob?' She seemed to know our danger by instinct. I did not answer, for with a sinking heart I felt on my face the first breath of warm air! ' 'Tell me,Bob!" demanded Margaret. 'Thpv nr<* heatimr this oven, aren't they?' She had caught my wrist and pressed it as hard as a girl could squeeze, "'Yes!'.I gasped, trying to speak bravely. I remember-I felt that; if I were alone I should not care nearly so much, but the idea that my little sister would have to die, too, put me into another panic. "A second breath of air a good deal hotter than the first fanned my cheek. ' I jumped up with a scream, and beat ! and kicked upon the rough brick walls and on the iron door in blind terror. ; Then, exhausted, I crawled along the [ floor to the place where Margaret sat. | She was crying quietly?I could tell bei cause when I put my arm about her I j could feel that she was shaking. "'They will never, never hear us!' 1 she sobbedv " 'Don't cry, Margy,' said I, patting her wet cheek while I tried to arouse mw nwti prtnrnor^. 'Perhans there is j another way.' "I tried to think, but the heat had then become almost j unbearable; it stung my. nose and seemed to suffocate me. Once when I touched a place on one of the tilea I drew my hand back in real pain. There was no hope of breaking the latch of the iron door, and no ?ne could hear us, though we put our mouths to a little crack at the top of the door and screamed. I was sure | we would be baked. My arm was sun round my slater, and her hand was still . in mine, as if she were seating the comfort of the touch. (''It was becoming hotter and hotter, but neither of us spoke for several seconds. Then suddenly Margaret started up and cried out,1 eagerly, Tell me, Bob, quick! , Hare you*got a piece of paper? "I felt in my pockets. 'Yes, I have an old postal card!' I exclaimed. 'What are you going to do with it? " 'They cau't hear us, but we can make them see!' she cried. 'Hurry! Give it to me?and your jack-knife!' "I handed them to her, and she began | to pick at the hem of her skirt with the point of the knife. j " 'We need thread,' she explained, exi citedly, 'and if this is a chain-stitch on this hem we can get it!' I lighted a match. 'And it is. Bob, it is!' she cried. I realized that she had caught an end of thread and was carefully ripping it out. " 'Now, Bob,' she commanded, handing me the card, 'punch a hole in the card and tie it through.' Her voice was weak. Prom my own struggle to keep my senses in the aw/u! heat, I knew that she was nearly at the collapsing point. " 'What are you going to do with it?' I gasped. "'The door!' she answered, faintly. 'Dangle the card through the crack ia the door!' Then I understood her plan at last, and crawling painfully over on my knees I thrust the postal card down the little crack between the door and the iron jamb. " 'Pull it up and let it down!' cried Margaret, with a final effort, and I jiggled the string so that the paper j would dance upon the wall outside. My head swam with the effect of the terrible heat and it seemed ages before anyone came. "Then suddenly the latch was lifted, the door swung open, and in spite of the blinding daylight which poured in I could see the astonished face of old Carberry, the baker, peering in at us! "I caught my sister's dress, pulling her toward the opening with all the -* moo laff "In IYIP And fell aireu^jiu mai huj ?c.. ? ? out after her into the old man's arms. "That is why I say," concluded Mr. Colchester, as he looked round upon us with a smile, "that it was a girl's wit that kept me from being baked like a biscuit. And that is the reason why I say that a girl's wit is the best in a tight place?providing the place is tight enough."?Youth's Companion. "Man U Nature'* EnemT." "Man," says Professor Lankaster in his Romanes lecture at Oxford, "is nature's reb?l." Natural selection having, as supposed, lifted him from so low?the monad?to his present high estate, is now believed by many of its advocates to be a failure as regards raising him any higher. Having done so much in the past, it is thought to be incapable of doing "the little more" which is of such great importance. While in the case of other creatures their actions are supposed to play into the hands of natural selection, so that this beneficient force becomes the alma mater of new races, in the case of man it has been otherwise. His own actions have defeated the aims of natural selection for his welfare. Darwin held similarly pessimistic views. "In one of my latest conversations with Darwin," writes J Dr. A. R. Wallace, "he expressed himself very gloomily on the future of humanity." And this was on the grounds that under present conditions the Attest did not survive. Many evolutionists, therefore, as Mr. Francis Galton and Dr. A. R. Wallace, have suggested ways in which natural selection may be assisted rather than thwarted in producing a more perfecc race. The remedy proposed by Prof. Lankester is that men should acquire greater control over nature by means of a deep study of science. And In the reformed education advocated by Prof. Lankester Latin and Greek are to be eliminated as injurious.?London Globe. DpHtroylujf Genni. The inspector of the disinfection ; office of Turin, Italy, has instituted an i iunovntiou in destroying germs it ; dwellings. He uses a one per cent, so lution of sal soda for cleansing th* . floors, whereby the bacilli of diphtheria > aud typhus are killed in one minute. IN THE PU MAYOR WEAVER. 01 "aaapshot" taken during an automob attack on the gas leaae "gang" has tire cou SLIDES DISPENSED WITH. New Projecting Apparatus For IIlastratlag Lectures. A neiy form of lantern has recently made its appearance, which tliffer3 markedly both in its optical principles and in the results attained from the ordinary projecting apparatus which the lecturer is accustomed to use. Limited as it is to the utilization of slides only, the ordinary lantern renders it impossible to use directly illustrations from books, sketches, specimens and models. Photographs of these various objects must first be made, and from the negative a lantern slide prepared. Even though the resulting slide may be sharp and clear m every uetau, ic sua preseuiN m?; defect'of presenting'its subject in dead black and white tones. Attempts at coloring, although, sometimes successful, iare often'the>cause*of manygrievous errors on the part of the artist The apparatus which we are about to describe, and which has been recently Introduced by Philadelphia Instrument makers, projects on a screen not only the image of a lantern slide, but reflects as well pictures in books, specimens of insects, or other natural objects, mechanical models and the like, and this all in the natural colors of the objects. The lecturer Is thus enabled to make use of the countless illustrations in magazines and books, of an innumerable series of color prints, sketches, photographs, and of working models that can be shown in motion NEW PROJECTION APPARATUS,' SLIDE on the screen, as well as apparatus .for expert mentiug In chemistry and physics, specimens of plants, flowers and moths, ail in the delicate tints o? the originals. By the use of lenses, diaphragms and mirrors the object is illuminated and reflected on to the screen. By use of an illuminating lens, a cone of light from the condenser is projected upon the object, every part being unifornriy Illuminated. The lens is used eitlier for spreading the light over the entire object or condensing it upon a small portion when a very brilliant light and special details are desired. When the lens is shifted toward the source of light, the rays are distributed over the entire object; when the lens is drawn toward the object, the beams condense and concentrate on the point desired.? Philadelphia Record. Her Qualms. "Are you entirely satisfied with your alimony?" asked her friend. "No. Sometimes I am afraid some of it may be tainted. I don't see how he can possibly er.rn as much legitimately as I am getting." "If there is any question about it, why don't you accept less, and so enable him to " "Merrv sakes! What n sillv thine: you must think. I um!*?Chicago Uim:ord-Herald. An Emit on the Cat. A little English girl wrote the following essay on a cat: "The cat w a square quadruped, has its legs at the four corners. If you want to please this animal you must stroke it on the bark. If it is very much pleased it sets up its tail quite stiff, like n ruler, so that your hand cannot gut any further. The cat is said to have nine lives, but in this country it seldom needs them all because of Christianity." Her Query. The guileless village maid was about to visit the city for the first time. "Remember, daughter," said the anxious mother, "if any of those bad city men try to flirt with you dou't pay any attention to them." "But how about the good men, mamma, dear?" asked the pretty daughter, anxiously.?Chicago News. BLIC EYE. T PHILADELPHIA. He ride. Mayor Weaver's sensational attracted tlie attention of tlie enntry. k SIMPLEJTEHT. A tent can be made by children very easily and quickly without outside help. Get three old sheets or shawls, a rope aud some safety pins, and follow this picture and description: Tie the rope between two trees so that you may walk under It without louuiiiiii; yi>ur ueau. mrow a. aucci ui shaw! over it. Tie four strings as- long THE TENT IN POSITION. as yourself to each corner of the sheet (one on each corner). On the other end of each string tie a pointed stick. Drive these sticks into the ground as far from the rope as you can. The sheet will now make a good roof. Two more sheets are now used for the sides of the teat Each sheet makes an end and one side. Use .safety pins to pin up these sides. The hole at each end of the tent under ^1* - A ^ '< ? f ft Ir AArv ?f /iaaI LUtf LUUL ia uacoaai J 1.1/ ixc:c;|/ it v.vi/i and comfortable. Most tents are very stuffy and hot, but t&is tout is as satlaDOBS ' AWAY WITH LANTERN IS. factory an arrangement as can i>8 .made.?Indianapolis News. A rin?n<[?r, Fritz Himmelsdorf, a butcher in a small Western town, kept his money 011 deposit at the one bank the town boasted. While not very well versed in the intricacies of banking. he was ,very proud of the fact that he possessed a bank account and never failed to write a check wheu he was compelled to pay out any amount, however small. One day, through some mistake, he drew a check for aa amount somewhat in excess of b;s balance at the bank. Next mornlug William Jones, the collector for the bank, came into the shop where the butcher was chopping hamburger steak to tu? tune of "Ach, du Lieber Augustin," which he was very earnestly whistPug. ' Mr. Himmi?ls(lorf." said Jones, "you hiivo ; n overdraft at the bank amounting to $4.03." "Acli, is* dot so?" Mid Ifrita, slowly. "Vait till I get my check book, Billy, and I git' you a check t'jt it."? Vernou Wilder, in Harper's , Ant*. The Americun truth feller was in form. '"Talking of ante," he said* "we> got 'em as big as crabs out West. I guess I've seen 'em liglit with long thorns, which they used a* lances, charging each other like savages." "They don't compare to the auts I saw in the East," said an iuoffensive individual near by. "Thejiatives h*ve trained them as beasts of burden. One of 'em could trail a. ton load Port miles with ease. They worked will# ingl/, but occasionslly they turned oii their attendants aud killed tfcein." | But this was drawing the long bowj a little too far. I "I say, old chap," saii a shocked voice from the corner, "what sort of, ants were they?" j ' Elephants." said the quiet aiau.? London Tit-Bits. ; The present Governors of Kansas,, Minnesota and Oklahoma are country; editors. At Grahamstown, South Africa, a, pair of ostriches were 3old recently for ftKXXh Cure of th? Horn*. The farmer should remember that the stomach of the horse is small and hence should be careful to see that his animals have frequent drinks of good, pure water during the day. This is especially needful during the summer when the dnys are hot and dry. It is no easier for the horse to go from morning until noon or night than it is for a man, but we find many careless farmers compelling them to. It is not humane treatment and the horse is too faithful a servant to be dfenied such a small favor. Cure For Barb Wire Cats. I had a young hors; cut on wire so badly I decided to sboov. him. My wife objected to that and made salve which her father (veterinary surgeon) has j u?ki ror twenty-live years witii unfailing success. My horse was cured in seven weeks without a blemish. This recipe has never been allowed before the public, but with hfs consent it is herewith enclosscL Unsalted lard one pint, burnt aluui two tablespoonfuls, turpeutine one tablespoonful, carbolic acid eight drops. From the simplicity of the ingredients, it is marvelous to note the results.?A. R. Bahr, in The Epitomist. The Pay* F?r Way, Some one has said that "many farmers' wives are making more on the amount of money -invested in hens than their husbands are making on an equal amount invested in land or in stock. ? We have no doubt this is true, and tbe\ ben oucbt' to take higher rank among farm stock than she does. Bid dy is seldom mentioned among the assets of the farmer, and yet she may be able to purchase the clothing for wife and children, and often does as much or more than lhat. Give her a good, clean and comfortable home, and plenty of plain, nutritious food and pure water, and she will rppay yon a hundred fold and more.? Indi- ' ana Farmer. Fn'tenlns: Kowl* Qolckly. Shut the fowls up in a darkened place, with just^rfoajh light for them to see to cat. and feeiWm cornmeal, ground oats, cracked wheat and shorts, which-may b?vmix?d in equal proportions and scalded. Food as often during the day as they will eat up the food clean. In other words, stuff them. Take a light and feed again just ? before you go to bed, and as early in 1 the morning as possible. Supply them with grit and water, and keep the premises clean. Half a dozen fowls together will fatten more quickly than ^ a larger number. If you could pen n them off, six ia a pen, you will get best results. Cooked potatoes, rice, corn ,, bread, cracked corn and whole' wheat ^ may also be fed. Give no green stuff ^ as it will do no good. Fowls crowded ^ this way should be iu fine condition in three weeks.?The Ruralist v Noats For Geese. The goose seldom lays more eggs a chau she can cover. She rarely or never lays a second clutch, and for . this reason it is necessary'to use extra care with the first eggs, In order to increase the broods. The nest is usually thoroughly dry, and the female ^ aits for a long time, thus making it .9 warm throughout. Sometimes the male , bird is left in charge. When this is p the case, the birds* will manage their jwu affairs, unless the weather is extremely cold. Duck and turkeys are n more easily controlled, and lay larger clutches, the young birds, quite frequently, not offering to sit the first ? year, but continue laying throughout the season. While fine hay, or fine well broken straw, makes good nests, ? a very good nest can also be made of wood shavings. Select only the thinnest and softest, and make the nest " with them. They "can be lightly sprinkled with diluted carbolic acid, to keep away lice, and, being very porous. a will retain the odor and effect of the n acid much longer than any other ma- 0 terial.?Mirror aud^Favmer. .a Fait To*. To keep salt dry for the stock in the v field: Make a box two feet by one * foot and one foot; make the cover about two inches wider than the box, * and fasten on with hinges. At the 11 back nail a board (a) long enough to * r * I keep the lid from laying open. On the front side make two boles so the cattle can smell the salt. The rattle can get T the salt when thc-y want it. We have been using one for two years, and it , works fine.?Chas. E. Likens, iu The Epitomist. Making Money, I Nearly or quite nine-tenth!} of those who essay to rear thoroughbred fowls, j do so with the expectation of making . it profitable. This is a natural desire, but it does not always result that way. Nearly all of our prominent fanciers breed for pleasure, of course, they do. (; for they cannot but heip feel a real ( pleasure as well as a gratification in | having line fowl auoui: rnem, ana in < ministering lo their wants, yet the idea i of profit is not left entirely in the j shade. ITowIs are pets which are abun- 5 dantly able t > pay their way, if prop- t erly treated, and those owners of fowls who fail to make them self-sustaining, have failed just that far in the management. To make them pay at least I ail expenses, and usually a fair profit, s it is not absolutely necessary to sell s the surplus for breeding birds at I breeders' profit, tor it is a well und?r- ; stood policy with good practical breed- i era. ami one usually carried out. to t make tlie breeding of thoroughbred fowls pay, whether sold at breeders prices or for food: To be enabled t< Jo this, requires a close attention t< letails in the management of the birds tvhich works-* double advantage, as i ensures the best of care in every de sartment. We take a sound, practi :al and common sense view of the mat :er, and wish to present it in the sam< way to beginners. Viewing it in tb< ight of a speculation has causc-d grea liscouragement and loss to the begin iers who anticipated the golden gain! :hey so signally failed to realizc.Farmers' Home Jourual. Ken?wloK Old failarak If the old pasture lands are to con :inue'their past''productiveness it ii necessary to observe some means o ppriiiHn<? tho r?rnr\ aa Troll aa nrrvM ng overgrazing while it i3 at its best rhere are doubtless thousands of pas :ure fields that are not available foi iny other purpose than grazing. Ii nany cases they haj> been stocked si leavily and the sod lias been allowet :o get into such a bound condition tha :he productiveness of the field ha: )een vastly reduced. The problen :hat confronts the farmer is to devisi tome means by which the usefulnesi >f these pastures may be increased. A disking or thorough harrowing wil lo much to stimulate to a greatei H-owth. Many of the roots may hav< jecome so stagnated, so to speak, tha 'urther development seems to be en :irely out of ihe question.- Dragginj md breaking up the surface tensioi vill reduce the "aod;bound" condttioi )y cutting up a' portion of the roflts vhich later decompose aud becom< )Iant food for succeeding crops. Ii ihort, a thinning process takes plnc< hat Is highly advantageous to thi :ondition of the pasture. Such a disking or harrowing will b< >roductive of better results, accordinj o many of our best authorities 011 thi lubject, oven though nothing else ii lone. It is advisable, however, to g< urther than a mere disking and sow t lew supply of grass seed. This should >e a mixture composed hirgely of blue :rass or other grasses that have beei ound to be well adapted to the local ty. Such attention to the pasture is ure to be'productive of excellent re urns, with the result that it is onlj . matter of time when the well kepi iastut*e will have become one of the nost valuable fields of the farm.)rovers' Journal. Cofwr ? a FcrtllUw. In a bulletin from the Central ExAti'imartf fofm Hffo WO P.flMflHfl mflt >e found a discussion of the profitableess of stowing and turning of clovei rOps. Extensive experiments in this ne have been carried on at that farm or a period of over eight years, and lie results gathered therefrom conlin a considerable amount of pracical information and data. The ad* antages derived from plowing undei lover are briefly stated by the statiac s follows: 1. There is an enrichment of the oil by the addition of nitrogen ob jined from the atmosphere. 2. There is an increase" in the 3tor? f available mineral plant food, phoshoric acid, potash and lime, in the urface of the soil taken by the clovei i part from depths not reached by lio shallower root systems of othei arm crops. 3. There i3 a large addition of hu ius, whereby the soil ij made more etentive of moisture, warmer and bet ?r aerated, conditions favorable tc igorous cr<4p growth. Humus alsc nrnishes the material best adapted or the development of these forms ol erm life that act so beneficially ir lie soil. 4. As an agent for deepening and lellowing soils, no crop gives such sat jfaction in results as clover. 5. Clover serves a useful purpose s a catch crop during the autumr aonths, when the ground would b( therwise bare, retaining fertilizing naterial brought down by the rain ud also that formed in the soil dur tig the summer months, much ol rhich would otherwise be lost througl he leaching action of rains. 0. As shown conclusively by the par iculars obtained by careful experi Qents over a number of years witl he more important faim crops, th< (lowing under cf the jrreen clover has . most marked effect in increasing th< oil's productiveness. A Patient Yoang Man. Bishop Ellison Capers, in an address it Columbus, S. C., praised the virtue >f patience. "We may have indus ry," he said, "sobriety, ambition?al he virtues that make for success; anc et, without patience, we will accom ?lish nothing, a young man was over ieard on a street corner, the othei light, reproaching a young girl. Thai -oung man was patient. He had sc lighly developed this excellent qualitj hat I shall not be surprised some daj o see mm a miuiuiiuue, n. >resident. or even a bishop. The young nan said, as the young girl drew neai lim. on the corner: "What a time you Irave kept mc vaiting!" The girl tossed her head. ' 'It is only sveen o'clock.' she said and I didn't promise to be here til! lunrter of.' "The young man smiled a calm and >atient smile. " 'Ah, yes,' he said, 'but you hav< nistaLeu the day. I have been waiting 'or you s'nce last evening.'Neil fork Tribune. Studying Labor Condition*. The Countess of Warwick, who ha< lone so much toward gaining bettei ouditiDiis for women iu the iijdustria ife of England, has just sent to Ne\i fork twenty-five delegates from'thi IVomen Workers' League of Grea Britain and Lreland, for the purpose o: studying labor conditions in this coun :ry so far as tliey concern women. Japan's Good Sailor*. A Japanese marine officer has ex dained why Japan Las such goo* jailors. Most of hsr coast vessels ar< small, but there are a great many o ;hem, and almost any man taken frou 1 fishing village oas had enough ex perleuce to enable him to become ai efficient sailor iu a short time. >lT 'I g ?? FARM FREIGHT ON TROLLEY ROADS Live Stock Shlpmeiti an Important P?rl r the BuslneM. One of the greatest possibilities of the interurban road lies in the deveiI opment of freight- traffic. It i& well , htted for the transfer of farm produce j and supplies for farmers and for carry ing of package merchandise, and it Caa often give great convenience for dellv? ery and for the possibility of handling freight economically, especially insmall cities. The Chicago, Harvard and Lake Gens eva Railway has not only a large ^ freight traffic of its own, but carries ^ on an interchange of business with steam roads to a greater extent, per3 haps, than any other electric road in the United States. Its southern terminus is at Harvard, on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, and at Walworth, eight and a half miles . north of this place, the road crosses s the 'Chicago, Milwaukee aiyj St. Paul ; Railway, thence running two miles . northeast to Lake Geneva, one of Wisconsin's most popular summer resorts. ?; One-third of the business of the road r is in hauling freight. Freight cars x from the railroads are hauled to sidy ings on the electric road at a flat rate j of $5 per car, and piece freight is transt ported on a one-rate plan between any s two points on the road for five cents ! per 100 pounds, no package being hane died for less than ten cents. A freight g motor car with a crew of two men car- 4 rie3 package freight and hauls from j one to four steam-road freight cars. t There are six freight sidings along the x ? road, not including the company's t yards. \ , Live stock shipments are an'imporj tant part of the business. In susmer \ i refrigerator cars are run twice afnreek j over the^Cjhlcago and Northwestern Railway for the b&H$t of dreameries , situated on the electric road, and last j winter 3000 tons of ice were hauled j from Lake Geneva for local use along I the line. The company receives $500 per year for hauling mail two trlpa , ^Jaily each way. Passenger tickets ar? , sold by the electric road to points oa , the steam roads, and baggage is car5 ried free. The power house is located , at Murray, and contains two generat tors of 500 kilowatts each. The equipj ment consists of ten motor cars and six trail cars. The maximum speed is l Corty-flve miles per hour.?Massachu* setts Ploughman. Babn Horae English. Here is a Bombay native student's t essay on the horse: The horse is a very noble quadruped, [ but when he is angry he will not d? 30. tie is naaen on xue spiutn wru. by the bridle, and sadly the driver places his foots on the stirrap, and: . divides his lower limbs across the sad-. - die, and drives his animal to the meadow. He has a long month, and hi* head is attached to the trunk by ?; i long protuberance called the neck. Ho i has four legs, two are In the frtrat I side and two are afterward. Theseare the weapons on which he runs.! he also defends himself by extending, . those in the rear in a parallel direction1 toward his foe, but this he does only, i wnen in a vexatious mood. His fooding is generally grasses and grains. > He -is also useful to take on back a man or woman as well as some cargo. He has power to go as fast as ho > could*?. He has got no sleep at night time, always standing awaken. . Also ttrefre are horses of short sizes. ?" They do the same as lheH'bthers aregenerally doing. Tuere is no animal1 like the horse; no sooner they see their| guardian or master they are always . crying for fooding, but it Is always at i the morning time. They have got tail.j but not so long as the cow and such; > other like similar animals.?Liverpool > Post. | Nothing Wrong on Hh Side. The man had been grumbling stead1 ily for half an hour to his seat-mate; whom he had never seen before. Ho had grumbled about business, polities, war, peace, vacations, church, chilrfrpn railroads schools, farms, news ' papers and that unfailing scapegoat? 1 the weather. 'f The man beside him had borne all ' that seemed necessary, and at last be' thought him of a way to silence the * grumbler if such a thing were possible. 1 "Are your domestic relations agreeable?" he asked, suddenly, turning anr inquisitive gaze on his companion. ' "Yes, they are!" snapped the grumbler. "It's my wife's relation* j' that make all the trouble."?YouthV ; Companion. The American Hone. But it is not the trotter as he is generally understood which has practically; 1 superseded the hackney in the'heavy weight harness classes. It is an animal which ha3 some of the character' istics derided when the hackney waa ' king?roundness of conformation, " power and high stepping?the high ac" tion being dropped considerably when the horse is pushed, speed replacing I" TT- In fha ahnw It. XIV I a cijuauj jiuuu iu ' ring or on the road; does not require constant Care to keep him well, and la useful for almost' any occasion. In ' other words, the heavyweight harness ; horse of to-day is a survival of the Attest, and is the real American product, bred from the American trotter.? ! Country Life in America. King: Oscar In tl>? Kngllah King: Oscar of Sweden will be de! lighted with his appointment as admiral in our fleet?a dignity which will place I bim on about the same naval level as :be German Emperor. The King of I Sweden is very fond of the sea, and I lie has been a frequent visitor at > Cowes when the Prince of Wales, now King Edward, was commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron. On one occasion, when dining with the squad1 ron. King Oscar made a very happy, 1 English speech eulogizing the mari time qualities of tlie Kntisti peopi? 1 nnd the achievements of their navy to which he now technically belongs. I ?London Chronicle. I A Curious Club. One of the most curious clubs on record has recently been formed by society ladles in Berlin. The principal' condition of membership is that the 1 applicant must be deaf. The club has I over a hundred memoers, who meet, f regularly on e a week in handsomely| i furnished rooms in the Wilhelm^ Strasse, where they converse by meanftj t- of ear-trumpets anl the sign language! and drink tea. t'