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Milk For Hogs.
The greed with which slight
warmed sweet milk is consumed b
hogs will gratify the owner and cor
vince him that it is "good for them.
A pig filled up on it is an emblei
of solid comfort.?Farmers' Horn
journal.
Gilts For Breeding.
Select the gilts for breeding rroi
the litters of mature sows and age
boars, as they are stronger, mor
vigorous and will make more satis
factory brood sows than those fror
young and immature parentage.?
Farmers' Home Journal.
The Moisture Limit in Butter.
Replying to an inquiry, Professo
E. H. Farrington, of the University o
Wisconsin, explains that the per cent
of water and the per cent, of mois
ture in butter are the same thing
Some persons use the first term%an<
others the second. The present la^
I states that butter containing over sis
teen per cent, water must pay a ta
of ten cents per pound, since it i
classified as adulterated. It is quit
necessary that buttermakers be abso
lutelv sure that the butter they ar
making does not exceed the sixtee:
per cent, limit.
For the benefit of those who hav
not the means of testing their produc
for percentage of moisture, Professo
Farrington" suggests that they nee<
have no fear of exceeding the sixtee]
per cent, limit if they will wash th'
granules of butter with cold wate
at about fifty degrees Fahrenheit, al
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lowing me uuuci lu omuu >u <.ui
water until the granules become har<
and firm. Then after draining ol
the water, wash and allow .the butte
to stand in the churn some time unti
It drains rather dry. Sprinkle th'
salt over this and give it the usua
amount of working. Excessive mois
ture is held in butter that is soft am
not thoroughly drained.
Wagon Scoop Board.
This is my description of a scoo]
board for a wagon, writes a corre
spondent of Farmers' Mail an<
Breeze: First, get two eignt-inci
' The Scoop Board Closed.
boards about two and one-half fee
iong and taper down on one end abou
four inches. Then get two two b;
tours two inches longer than youi
wagon box is wide. Use eight-penn;
nails in nailing the floor to the tw<
by fours and six or eight-inch board
The Way It Opens.
for the floor of scoop board. Nail to
gether and bore a flve-eighths-incl
hole through the outside floor boaifi
about eight inches from the end foi
the rods. Use three-eighths or one
half-inch rods with one joint abou
four inches from the upper sid<
1 boards at the ends and nail two cleat
i on the upper and lower side of th<
five-eighths-inch holes so it won'
6plit out when scooping from th<
board. Bolt a two by three piece t<
the end piece of the wagon box, usinj
bolts three-eighths by six and one
half inches long. Bofe two holes ii
a piece of side board iron or thii
Iron about one inch wide and eigh
Inches long for screws, bending it a
(shown in small end. to fasten th
rods and hold them in place to kee]
the board closed.
A'ew Tomatoes For Forcing.
In the propagating houses of th<
Department of Agriculture, the Bu
reau of Plant Industry has beei
making experiments with a view ti
procuring an ideal tomato, which ii
the language of an official of that bu
reau is a fruit without a depressioi
at the stem end; a round fruit wit!
ridges; a fruit with the interior wel
formed and compact and a fruit o
mo/linm c?7c? <rnwin? in lnrsrp plus
ters. The forcing of tomatoes unde
glass has assumed considerable pre
portions in the Middle and Norther:
States, and the demand for the green
) house grown crop is steadily increas
/ ing. This is due, it is stated, to th
fact that tomatoes when grown unde
\ glass are superior to those that ar
grown in the extreme Souther:
j States and which must necessarily b
i picked partially green and shipper
' long distances before reaching ou
markets. For special table use, sue
as is demanded by large hotels, th
greenhouse-growr fruit will alway
be in demand.
While a number of the varietie
of fruit onVhe market to-day is gooc
none has the characteristics whic!
wifluld rer^r It ideal.
The Bi'Wau of Plant Industry ha
three or four years bee:
BraA|gAfljweties with a view to se
ra?BragS?MH with characteristics ap
MpBpMh|^Mthe ideal. Out jf a larg<
number of forms a few kinds hav
y been secured which give good proa
y t?e of finally producing a form whic
t. <vlll fill the present void.
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e Good Fruit Finds Good Market.
Although New England is the horn
of the commercial apple, and th
leading variety, the Baldwin, ha
n been grown here for many centuries
d yet our farmers have allowed fruit in
e terests of other sections to surpas
them in applications of the bes
methods of culture, harvesting an
marketing. It is pointed out by ou
leaders in horticulture that immens
profits are being lest through lac!
of cultivation and general care fror
planting the trees to marketing th
f fruit[
First rate apples are never withou
"" a good market. It pays to raise ap
pies that are too good to be barrele
but good enough to be wrapped i:
paper and carefully packed in ne^
v boxes. Such fruit needs only to b
shipped a few miles and is able t
* compete with the Pacific Coast frui
that comes 3000 miles. All that 1
e needed is good soil, fertilizing an
culture with careful handling an
e .marketing. Our farmers have th
Q market for retail apples all to them
selves, yet produce hardly any frui
? that can be ranked as first class i;
1 the early part of the season. Ther
J" is no reason why farmers should no
raise fruit that will sell for as muci
1 by the box as most apples now brini
e by the barrel. Apples at $1 per bo;
r in average seasons would be proflta
ble, while $1 per barrel hardly pay
? expenses. In some years our farmer
* would be favored by good crops at ;
1 time when there was a shortage ii
r other sections, and the average pric<
1 of the fruit from year to year wouli
s be at a high level. Both the yieli
1 per acre and the price per bushe
might be doubled by careful methods
* ?M. D. P., in the American Culti
vator.
3 Planting Rules.
Thoroughly compact the soil abou
1 tho cooHo and so hnsf-pn ffprminatinn
i Remember that rows which rui
- north and south allow the sun's rayi
to reach both sides of the plant?i
j distinct advantage
j Plant seeds of string beans ever:
j fortnight, so that there will alwayi
be a supply of tender pods.
Forget that potatoes were evei
planted in hills; level culture Is mucl
better. Plant the tubers in deep fur
rows.
When planting large, flat seeds, se
them in the ground edgewise. Ger
\ mination is more certain.
Make sowings once a week of sucl
quick-growing vegetables as lettua
and radishes, to insure a continuou
' succession.
Sow radish seeds in the same ro\
, with slow-germinating seeds. The:
r will come up in a few days and mar]
the rows for cultivation.
To get the earliest cucumbers, mel
ons and summer squashes, sow th
seeds early on inverted sods or i]
small pots in the house or coldframe
Do not follow your grandfather'
custom of planting beets, lettuce, on
ions and such vegetable in raisei
j beds. They dry out too quickly, a
i well as being difficult to cultivate,
j Do not expect peas to mature wel
j in the hottest, weather. You will b
disappointed. But sow the seeds o
I an early variety in August and yoi
| will get a good crop in the fall. Spra
j with a potassium sulphide solution t
. | keep down mildew.
' i Rotate the crops In the garden
Land that grew any of the cabbag
tribe last year should be planted t<
- beans or some other class of plant
" this year. Many troubles like cjub
1 foot will thus.be avoided. As a rule
* follow root crops with those whicl
r grow above ground.?Suburban Life.
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Farm Notes.
^| For hogs rape has proven to be i
t great feed.
e Broilers shrink about half a poun<
3 each when dressed.
I Rape is an excellent forage for bot]
- beef and dairy cattle.
1 Prune and spray if you want goo<
1 fruit. Now is the time.
t The shell of an egg contains abou
? fifty grains of salt of lime.
^ I Forty dressed ducklings are packei
j in a barrel for shipment.
From thirty-five to forty ducks an<
I drakes are allowed in a pen.
The duck averages ten dozen egg
in about seven months' laying.
a Sheep also' like rape and thriv
0 when allowed a liberal supply,
a An apple grower in Ohio credits hi
- j extra large and fine crops of apple
n ! to faithful and persistent spraying.
11 ! \\ hen cultivating the plum o
1! cherry orchard, the work must b
1 ! done shallow that no roots will b
!*: broken, for broken roots send u;
r ; shoots that sap the life of the tree.
i
When we see so many farmers
n wives "with none of the modern con
veniences of the dairy to lighten he
burdens, is it any wonder we hear s<
many say it does not pay to mak
r butter?
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n A wound made while removing
e limb heals best if the cut is mad
j close to the trunk or branch. A stu
r a few inches long does not heal am
u becomes a lodging place for spore
e of fungi and bacteria which cause de
s cay and death of the tree.
For soiling purposes, or where rap
s is cut and fed to the stock, it shoul<
[( be drilled in rows wide enough apar
h to admit of horse cultivation. It wil
then grow to a large size and is mor
s convenient to get at in cutting. D
a not cut it closer than five or six inche
i- of the ground, as it grows up agai;
so much
p cut dote.
' Boys With a Business.
What Two Boys Have Done
Other Boys May Do
I
The same rule that makes a successful
business man makes a success*
/ ful business boy; that is, to finfi
I something which people need, and !
i then let them know that you can supI
ply it. Of course, there are certain
standard kinds of business of which
e every boy thinks?selling newspai
j pers, or running errands, for examh
' pie. But the really alert boy wants
j to invent a business of his own.
; Here is what a couple of boys of
my acquaintance have done in a business
way:
e The best business boy I know is .
e James Conroy, of Plainville. Like ]
3 ' most boys, Jimmy had increased his
?? ' spending money by shoveling snow,
i- j but in Plainville most of the side's
1 walks had taken care of themselves.
;t | This last winter Jimmy decided to exd
tend his business and hire other boys
r | to do the shoveling. So, late in No0
! vember, he went from house to house,
k j politely explaining that he proposed
Q j to make regular season contracts for
e | shoveling snow, just as the man who
j cleans the New York streets does, at
t | so much a cubic foot. He showed
?- j that it would be much more satisfactl
| tory to know, every time it snowed,
n | that the shoveling would be done, and
v j just how much it would cost, without
0 I waiting to make a bargain with any
0 j one who might come along. By this
1 j time people were interested, and
9 I when Jimmy measured their walks
d and showed them how much a three3
inch snowfall would cost, most of
8 them signed his contract.
: Meanwhile Jimmy organized at
t school a shovel brigade of boys who
11 agreed to report to him at the first
0 snowfall, to work at a fair, fixed
> price, and to keep on working until
h his. last sidewalk was finished.
S Jimmy assigned each boy to a house
x and waited for the snow. Fortunately,
it came on Friday night, and
3 Jimmy could use his brigade all day
3 Saturday. Of course, some boys
a shirked, though that did not hurt
11 Jimmy, for he paid only for work
9 done; but it was a busy day for him,
* seeing that the walks were promptly
* cleared, and collecting his payment.
1 The next storm was so heavy that
' H nparlv Kwamned Jimmv: but he
rose to the emergency, hired several
men who preferred sure work to simply
hunting for a job, and he made a
good profit, for, of course, the more
snow there was, the better for Jimmy.
In the spring he saw that the
same system could be applied to
1 mowing lawns; with better results,
3 I too, for he could give steady work to
1 two men. So he made contracts for
the season, basing his price on the
7 I number of square feet in the lawn.
3 I The last time I saw him he told me
J that he intended to try to get the |
r i work of cutting ail the lawns and
1 : shoveling all the sidewalks which be!
longed to their small city!
' Then there is Joe Sargent, of Monj
roe. Monroe is a "summer place"
I near a big city. Every night the busij
ness men come out from the city, and ,
1 many of them, though they do not
9 I care to keep horses, prefer to drive
8 | from the station to their homes along ,
! the shore. Formerly, if they were |
7 fortunate, they found a disagreeable
? liveryman or one of his untidy sta-' (
bleboys waiting for the train. Sometimes
there were no carriages at all, ,
| and sometimes, w&rse yet, when a !
? i carriage was ordered for a particular | 1
a i train, no carriage came and the busi- j (
f- I ness man lost his train?and his tem- i <
3 | per. too. Of course, people grum- \
" j bled, but what could they do? They I ]
4 I had to hire of Jones and take their <
s chances, or else walk. i
Last summer I found on the sta- <
11 tion platform an alert boy, about i
e thirteen years old, whose "Carriage, I
' sir?" sounded earnest and inviting, i
a When I smiled, in some astonishment, I
y the boy seized my suitcase, placed it I
0 carefully in an old carryall and i i
darted for another passenger. I j i
' looked at the team. Everything, |
0 horse, harness, and carryall, was old,
5 but everything was clean and well- 1 (
s i polished. Decidedly, the new stable j
" j was worth trying, and I wondered |
!? j who had started it.
1 i Soon the boy returned with an- |
! other passenger in tow, climbed 1
i aboard, and clucked "Get up!"
i "Whom do you drive for?" I asked. {
"For myself, sir," was the answer,
i , "You see, it's vacation, and I thought
I perhaps people would ride with me
j ! if I started in business. So I took
! our old horse and hired this carry^
| all. I hope I may have your trade,
i sir, this summer. I won't miss any
! trains, if I can help it."
* I He had ray promise on the spot.
! Many of the cottagers tried him, andi
t | finding that he could be relied upon,
became regular customers. Joe soon
3 had more work than he could well !
do with his one team.
j Then some business men clubbed
together and lent him money to buy
a second team. This was not charity,
s for it was worth while to be sure of
( catching the train, and Joe never
e failed. By the end of the summer he J
| had bought the carryall and more ; ,
s j than pajd for the second team. This
s year he plans to start with three I .
| teams, and soon he will control the j
r ! livery business of Munroe.?Walter j
p | Dunham, in St. Nicholas. ! .
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^ | Work of the Goat.
, j The goat, more than any other fac- j
' j tor, has assisted the rural inhabi- j
tants of Asia Minor to destroy the j
r j magnificent forests which once ex- ,
0 tended from Smyrna through to j
e Konia, the ancient capital of Kara- |
mania. Not only have the peasants j
a and nomads destroyed the timber for
e the sake cf firewood, but they deb
i stroyed it also in order that their
^ j goats might obtain suitable pasture;
s And the goats in their turn prevented
the new shoots ever after from replac
ing the trees which had been cut
e. down.?Argonaut,
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1 Avoid Habit of Gossip.
[1j The gossip habit is pernicious. Re?
marS1 to the family that they ara
0 breaking one of the commandment*
s ?"Thou shalt not bear falscj^t^
ness"?and it
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SENATOR GEORGE E. CHA
A Democrat Elected by a Republican I
jorlty at a Poivalar
Burns Gas From Oil.
A new form of oil lamp has been
recently brought out for use where a
moderate illumination is desired. It
makes use of no wick in the ordinary
sense of the word and performs its
mission without either compression
or gas storage, rendering the lamp
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quite safe. The vaporizing is automatic
and instantaneous, and takes |
place in the burner, which is the essential
feature of the invention and
which is made entirely of glass, all
in one piece. At the top is a bulb,
about one Inch in diameter; below
a tube, the lower end of which
should always be submerged in the
hole. A small round wick passes up
through this tube and through tne
centre of the bulb to a small circular
)pening in the top of the bulb. When
the wick takes fire the flame comulafalt*
oabIb a nnnn 4 n rr f V? rnn or V* I
[J IClCiJ ocaio IUC J imvuftu
which the wick passes. The heat immediately
vaporizes the oil in the
wick Inside the bulb, and the vapor
Dr gas thus formed is consumed at
the top of the wick, burning with a
ilear, steady flame. On account of <
the convenient shape of the burner <
the device can be made entirely self- (
contained, in the shape and size of 1
i candle. ) '<
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Light, heat and oil are the worst i
;nemies of the rubber tire. 1
THE NEW IMPERIAL S
rhe Emperor has lately introduced ma
running of this <
Folding Hand Mirror. c
A folding hand mirror, particularly *
idaptable for use as a traveler's ob- ?
iervation glass, is shown in the ac- *
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^m^^^|^|iM^?gCn','fEe^nvention y
mirror was
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window the
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MBERLAIN, OF OREGON,
legislature Because He Polled a Ma- i
Primary Election.
Financial Affection.
"Do you love your enemies?" inquired
the man of lofty principles.
i? j *f. n,.M^u cuv
inu, auawereu mi. uusu.i
"I don't exactly love 'em. But 1 appreciate
'em. My biggest profits have
been derived from people who started
in to fight me."?Washington Star.
. Self-Loading Cart.
In the illustration below is shown j
a self-loading cart, the most recent of |
the many devices designed to do away j
with hand labor. A Pennsylvania
man is responsible for the complicated
piece of mechanical ingenuity,
which, he says, will gather up dirt or
any article and deposit it automatically
in the cart. The apparatus is
placed in the rear of the cart, and
consists of a collector which connects
with gears, wheels and other operating
paraphernalia. The collector
gathers up the dirt, etc., as the cart
is moving, raises it over the dashboard
and dumps it. Any ordinary
cart equipped with the apparatus can j
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collect a load in a very few minutes; |
Dt course, it is unnecessary for -the :
Iriver to dismount during the opera- 1
;io.u. vvnen me can is nueu xevers j
ire disengaged and the apparatus j
:emporarily put out of commission 1
intil the cart is emptied and ready I
'or the next load. .
TABLES IN BERLIN. j
ny reforms for the more economical j ,
5stablishment.
:oach, so that the person holding the j '
jlass can see both toward the trout I '<
md the rear of the train at the same j 1
ime and without placing the head I :
)ut of the window. When folded or J 1
jpen it is neat ana attractive in ap- ;
)earance, and can be quickly folded j
nto a compact form to place in the j
socket. The mirrors are hinged to- j :
?ether so they can be folded face to j <
ace, with a suitable stop-pin for hold- j ?
ng the mirrors rigid when open.? I 1
A'ashington Star. ; 1
Their Ins and Outs. i j
Mrs. Plumpton (with fashion pa- J
* ? ? V " AU "Or* ?* 1 f V* in in inrl/jn/1 crr\r\ -1 1
iCi; v^ii, ram, tuxo 13 iuucc\i ^uuu 1
lews! Thank, thank heaven, hips ]
Lre coming in again!" s
Mr. Plunipton?"In? You mean i
bursting out, don't you?"?Puck. 1
A Straight Tip.
Johnnie (to new visitor)?"So you
ire my grandma, are you?" 1
?GrS'auliteihvf?"Yes.-.fehJvnie! I'm t
our grandma on your father's side." t
Johnnie?"Well, you're on *he i
prong side, you'll find that out!"? i
'hiladelphia Bulletin- t
PROFIT IS YIELDED
BY TREE GROWING. !
Denuding of IV! assachusetts Land j
CaJte Attention to the V 'l ? of j
Tirriber Cultivation. (
Thirty-five years ago the town of j ;
Andover, Mass., contained as fine 1
groves of pines and other woods as
there were in the State. From the
top of Institution Hill, look which- J:
ever way you might, beautiful groves I
were to be seen.
To-day from the same point it is
like looking across an almost barren j
plain, says a writer in Horticulture, i
The woods have nearly disappeared, j1
a^id few trees have been planted in
their places.
The brooks where once a string of j
trout could be caught contain water ,
only a few weeks in the spring or j
during heavy fall rains; the rest of .
the year they are dry, or nearly so. j
What is going on in this town is |
going on in almost every town in the
State, and if the subject of tree plant- j
ing is not taken in hand either by
the Government or private parties
Massachusetts will soon be a treeless
State.
There are .thousands of acres of
land that are unfit for cultivation, yet
this same land has been covered with
good growths of timber and wood and
could be again so covered.
There is no better investment aD j
owner could leave his children than i
to plant his barren lands with trees. '
besides benefiting the State and the '
country in which, he lives. A great
many will say that it does not pay, a
tree grows so slowly. Let us look at
it in a business way and see.
J. D. G. Williams, of Raynham, set
a piece of land to pine in 1850. The j
land was $10 an acre; cost of setting i
out, $5. After twenty-five years of j
growth the standing wood was sold i'
to Mr. Thayer, of Taunton, for $150 1
an acre, leaving the land in better \/
order to set out again than when he
bought it. The case may be stated
thus:
Land, an acre $1C
Trees 9.
Taxes 5
Total $2C
Sold wood for $150 an acre and had land
left.
A Mr. Williams, of Bristol County,
set a piece of land to pine in 1811,
the land costing $6 an acre. The
.trees were set in rows varying from
six to nine feet and four to six feet
apart. The lot was examined by an
experienced lumberman in 1870 with
a view to purchasing, and the estimate
of the wood was seventy-five |
cords to the acre. More than two- j
thirds of this is suitable for box j
boards and is worth at the mill, three |
miles distant, $6 a cord.
Land, an acre 4 $6
Setting, trees ?
Taxes T. 1J j
Total cost an acre $24 j
Fifty cords ot wood at $6 $300 j
Twenty-five corda of wood at $2 50 |
Yield an acre $35(1
The late Richard Siknpson set a i
piece of pine thirty-one years ago on j
land too poor to cultivate. The wood j
now is estimated to be worth $150 an
acre at least.
These groves had no treatment tc
hasten their growth or improve the
quality of the lumber, and with the
exception of the removing of one or
two dead .trees, it might be said that
they took care of themselves. Had
these plantations been pruned so that
the whole growth of the branches
had been thrown into the trunks .they
would have been worth at least fifteen
per cent. more.
Astronomical Watch.
A Coventry firm has produced an
astronomical watch showing the vari*
ous functions of the heavenly bodies, j
Rv itn niH it ic nnssihlo to tpll what
particular constellations are visible at |
any particular time and .the relative !
positions of tbfe sun and moon. It '
shows the ordinary time and strikes I
the hours and quarters in the same j
way as a clock. The time of sun ris* !
ing and sun setting is set forth on '
one of the several dials. The advent '
of the seasons is also announced, to- i
gether with the tides. There are al? !
together seven dials, four being on i
one side and three on the other. The I
watch, being not more than two and j
seven-eighths inches in' diameter, is
little larger than an ordinary time- !
keeper. Over four years has been |
occupied in its production, and the ; j
value set upon the watch is nearly a j i
thousand pounds.?London Standard, j i
I
Beautiful Hardy Plant.
It is surprising how many amateurs I '
who possess a greenhouse will lavish '
any amount of care and labor on
some tender plant to coax even an in- i
ferior bloom from it, and yet ignore 1
the many beautiful hardy plants that i
mignt easily ue usea ior tne emoei- , ]
lishment of such a structure at a | i
season when flowers are none to plen- j 1
tiful. i
Such a plant is the common double j 1
Jaisy. Good plants lifted now with ; <
moderate balls of soil, and firmly i l
potted in well drained pots of a size j 1
large enough to take comfortably the :
sail of the plant and a little new soil
(vill give excellent results in the near
iuture. It is well to stand the plants
in a cold frame for a week or two 1
ifter potting before placing them in |
:he greenhouse, and a high temper- | ^
iture and close atmosphere must be j
ivoided.?From the Gardener. j ^
Style That Couldn't Be Copied.
A Belgrade womtm sent her last ' j
gear's hat to Vienna to be remodelled j ^
ind received back a wierd shaped, j j
>trange hued creation that baffled all j ^
:he envious efforts of the local mil- !
iuers at imitation.
The secret of this success of fash- :
on is now revealed by official docu- i ,
nents showing that the police at the [ ^
Vienna ranwaj &uu:un unaiuun uiw
marcel for a Servian bomb, and after j
subjecting it to various tests, includ- | c
ng immersions in v.ater, returned it i 1
mopen. ? Belgrade Correspondence j 1
London Standard.
Neariy all the civil, mechanical j *
ind elcctrical engineers. architects ( t
ind salesmen in Chile are Europeans, j *
ind they are naturally in sympathy I 2
villi European products. This is one j ?
'eason why America small a j *
ihare of that countH^^Hksss. ^
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Deposits of pitchblende hare been
discovered in the old Cornish tin
mines, while a new and quicker way,
has been found to extract radium
from the pitchblende. The yield of
radium from 200 tons of pitchblende
is only a grain or so. If the pulverized
ore ctn be made available by
science in curing disease, the saving
will be enormous.
Forty men and four women a thousand
are either wholly unable to perceive
certain colors, or can recognize
them only with difficulty. All
attempts to overcome color blindness
by educating the color sense have '
failed. There are three > theories of
color vision, all of which are based
on the workings of the sensitive
nf +>ia innnr avo
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Many eclipses are noticed in the
records of all ages. Astronomers
can determine accurately when
eclipses must have occurred and the
eclipse records are proving valuable
to historical students as a means of
determining the dates of important
events. From these studies P. H.
Cowell has found evidence that our $
year has decreased within historical x
times.
The growing industry of extracting
aluminum has stimulated the search
for water-power in .the British Islee,
because the extraction of aluminum ;
is so expensive that only iow-cosl
power can be economically employed.
In this respecti Scotland, with it^
mountains, is coming to the fronts
The water power at the falls of Foy-<
ers, in Scotland, has hitherto been
the largest in Great Britain; but no* .
a still larger plant, at Kinlochlevenf
utilizing the rainfall over ,a tract ol
fifty-five square miles, is about to be
put into operation for the productibn ;
of aluminum. Its nine hydraulid
turbines, each of 3200 brake horse?
power, are the largest water wheel* ' ..
In the British Isles. , ;
A unique twin vessel has been con?
structed by the German navy officials,
designed principally for the purpose
of making repairs at sea on subma*
rines and other similar vessels of the
navy. The craft consists of two hulls,
connected forward and aft In a rigid
manner, so that they constitute one
ship. Amidships there is a frame,
from which hoisting gear for lilting
the submarines may he suspended*
The frame consists of two sets of two
arc-shaped structures. They are rigidly
connected, and also bear ,the
wheelhouse and the captain's bridge.
Fofr the support of the docked sub- >
marines bearing beams are provided,
those on one side being arranged to
turn upward. i
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IN 1781.
Curious Description of a Bride in the
Newport Weekly Mercury.
In the debris of an old building re-1
cently torn down at Newport, R. I.,
there was found a copy of the Newport
Weekly Mercury of October 27,
1781, "containing the freshest advices,
foreign and domestic, printed
by Henry Barber, at the foot of the
Parade."
It contains a proclamation by
JNatnamei ijreene, rjsy., cummauumg
the American army and the Southern 1
Department, signed: "Given at Headquarters
at Camden, the 26th day of
August, 1781,'and in the sixth year
of American Independence. Nath.
Greene. By the General Commander,
Will Pierse, jun., aide and secry."
A marriage notice in the same issue
reads: "On Monday last was
married in the town Mr. James Ludlow,
of the State of New York, merchant,
to Miss Elizabeth Harrison,
daughter of late Peter Harrison, Esq.,
a lady of genteel fortune and posBessed
of every necessary qualification
to make the state happy."
The sheets are eleven by fifteen
Inches in size, with three columns to
the page. The paper will be presented
to the State Historical Society.
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Indian Runs Down Wolves.
Charles Taylor, a halfbreed Indian
living at Solon Springs, a small town
near Superior, ic in the wolf hunting
business for the bounty there is in
it and catches the wolves by running
them down. He hit the hot trail of
one of the timber beasts February
x;7 diiu u *ci tyurv tug uauuuu^u uuimal
on February 22. He killed it
n-ith a stout club which he carries
svhen "hunting."
Taylor says that there Is nothing
remarkable about hunting wolves in
this manner. With snowshoes a
man can run down a wolf, whose
paces is slower in snow, in from one
and a half to two days, but Taylor
tvas without snowshoes. All one needs
is endurance, patience and the ability
to follow the trail of the wolf after
lark. The Indians usually hunt ia
oairs.?Superior Correspondence St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
His Fatal Sneeze.
The fishery guard Ganne, master
)f the patrol launch Chantenay,
ivhicli protects the fishing at the
liouth of the Loire, was drowned oO
Pabnboeuf on Wednesday night.
Rising from his bed he went on
leek after midnight in his night at
ire, and the cold brought on a sneezng
fit which caused liim to slip on
:he ice-covered deck and into the
vater. The engineer wakened by the
loise, tried to rescue him, but Id
rain.?Petit Parisien.
A Long Felt Want Filled.
"What is this peculiar key on your
typewriter? I never saw it on any
jefore." r
"Hist! My own invention. Whenever
you can't spell a word you press
his key and it makes a blur."?
health Culture.
A mortgage on a cat is not often
leard of. However, the other day.
here was filed in the recorder's o?ice
a chattel mortgage, the consider-*
ition of which was $20. The prop-|
>rty on which-ibe money was secured'
vai"3escribed as "a cat called John."
?Columbus 'Ohio* Dispatch.
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