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Keep ITp Appearances.
Many farms are estimated below
their true value because of slovenly
appearance. Weeds higher than the
fences, trees blown down and left to
rot in the same place, fences out of
repair, gates and barn doors off the
hinges or swinging on one hinge, unsightly
Irtter in door yard and at the
;< barn?these and many such evidences
f carelessness depreciate- the value
?f any farm. The soil may be excel-1
lent, the water facilities all that could i
|v - fee a<ked for and all natural advan-.
Cages requisite to make a good, high?
priced farm may exist, and yet that
farm scarcely makes its owner a Iivf.i
ing.
The Cost of Production.
The cost for food in producing one
pound of poultry meat does not exceed
five cents. This lias been dcmcastrated
by actual experiments made,
and the profits depend upon the prices
|#;s ?btained. But there are expenses other
thau for food, such as the eggs used
for. hatching, the losses of checks, the
use of the liens during sitting and
brooding, and the care and labor bestowed.
If the chirks go into the
*?"macket before the first of June they
may bring a price anywhere from
twenty to forty cents per pound, according
to quality, the profits depending
not so much on the saving of food,
but in avoiding losses of chicks after
they &re hatched.
Mat ton C!:ops.
i The best single grain for fattening
" ?beep is corn.
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^ should be yarded and given clover hay,
and a light feeding of corn at first.
One-half pound per head can be fed
for a start and increased gradually
until four to five pounds of grain are
tonsumed a day.
Poor sheep may be able to eat only
& one pound each day.
The fat ones should be selected for
market, and the remaining ones fed
until they are in proper condition for
the butcher.
Any unprofitable members of the
flock should be fed and fitted and be
ent to market with the iambs.
, If. there are ticks 0:1 the flock the
*heep should be dipped before going
5 in the fattening pens or yards.
Let the flock glean the cornfields.
Begin feeding early so the flock do
ky uot run down 011 poor pasture.
If the pasture is poor the sheep can
be kept in good flesh by feeding a littie
grain.
Wheat or oats fed iu a trough, one
to two bushels for one hundred head.
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An acre of rape will feed fifteen
grl- limbs about two mouths.
Corn, oats and oil meal i? a good
p. - mixture feed with such foods as rape,
roots, ensilage and turnips.
Never leave the sheep out'in the cold
ij~b v fall rains.
It s much safer to yard them every t
v might.?Farm Journal.
lie Orderly.
' Every farm ought-to luive a place
for, keeping the scraps of wood and
i ; iron that accumulate. Somewhere
there should be a big box into which
the stray bolts, burrs, broken bits of
machinery and oth?r iron may be kept.
> s Nobody knows how many times a
L - year such a box is visited unless he
Bjjfc * has tried it.
Then we ought to put away every
Bice piece of pine, or oak, or other
Hard wood we come across, especially
? ' if It be straight grained and likely
| .. to come in play some day for a handle,
?r whiffletrec, or some such thing, if
there is no such place, we are likely
to do a great deal of running about
|f-t\ Before we find what we need When
yiC the pinch comes.
Have a lumber pi'* where all the bits
?f boards nlank and timbers may be I
|?.. stored. How much better this is than
to have this lumber scattered all
?ronnd the buildings.
Hang up the harnesses used on the
lb'./* form when not on the horses. Some
men throw them down wherever they
ml Happen to be when they take them off.
Hang up the other things that ought
to be hung up about the barn. The
? baru is the farmer's kitchen, silting
room and parlor. You Can tell by the
way it looks how good a housekeeper
he is.
Do not let the bottles of medicine
for the horses and cows stand around
en the girts and box-s in the barn.
. Have a little cupboard for them, and
keep them there. Every interest demands
this. Almost all su?h medicines
contain poisons, and we can not!
be too careful how we handle them, j
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; You Will Be Gtnd.
vT If you study your business just as a j
school boy works away at his books, j
About all the mistakes we make;
eooie from not really knowing our!
business as we should.
If you do not try to do to-morrow's j
work to-day. Few backs are made J
strong enough to bear such a double
hrrrdpn verv iuilg.
If you are faithful in the small things !
about your farm work. A match will
set a house afire. Many a good n?;!e
Jus been ground out by grit in the
bearings. So, too, little things of the
right kind help to bring about success.
If you try to find out what your farm j
is b>?st adapted to and then stick right i
to that crop.
If you can figure it out what you
are most suited to do on the farm.
One man is a dgood dairyman; another
wins with sheep; another with
gain; still another with fruit. Blessed
is that man who can do some of all
these things and do them well. He
can not help being a happy man.
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If you keep your bills paid. The
evil one was the inventor of running
accounts at "the storeairtl elsewhere.''
He knows just when every bill is due
| and says "Put it off till to-morrow."
! Don't let lfim fool von. Par when the
note is due.
If you consult your wife often aboi?t
the farm work..and,other business.
The point wlrere'Thany men* begin ttf
go. down is ri|W^wh'ffre'their get the
notion into their heads that they can
go it alone...' They can not and keep
it up very long. .{Set that down as %
fact.?Farmer Vincent, in Farm Jouiyi
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Crops For the Orchard.
When the orchard is young and the
! soil is rich it will generally pay tx>
I grov.vmihseE corn-or vegetables -for- the .
years ^lurihgf which ^the' trees arc
1 reaching the stage of fruit beariug.
Corn is one of the best crops to grow,
for the reason that Jnueh of its hub-*
stance is made Up'of-starch, which J*
taken from the air. Then it requires
cultivation and is geqeralty manured,-^
i especially when it ts grown in a'smalf"
way. It does not form a mat to keep
the moisture from the roots of the
trees. It has the additional, good
quality of being largely , grown, and*
no matter how large the orchard, ther
corn crop can always be used to advantage.
Then the stalks of the corn
plant are serviceable for binding
around the trees for protection
against rodents and sunscald. In the
case of growing corn the rows should
not be run too close to the trees, a*
it is undesirable fo draw the fertility
from immediately around the trees,
and it is also undesirable to cultivate
close. In this .day'of low heading
or fruit trees it will be difficult
to drive very close to the trees without
injuring the low drooping
branches.
Potatoes and tomatoes are two
classes of vegetables that may be .
grown in the orchard to advantage,
as both require to be clean cultivated,
and usually receive good applications
of manure in some form.
Frequently the growing of these
crops pays all the expenses of
keeping up the orchard, and when the
latter comes into bearing it starts in ;
without being a debtor to the man
that owns it. Nothing, however,
should be done or grown that will in
any way injure the future usefulness"
of the orchard.?National Fruit Grow
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Farming by Inoculation.
A portion of inoculating material as
it is mailed to the farmer by the Gov-;
eminent consist of three different j
packages. Package No. 2 contains the |
cotton with its millions of dried germs, j
Packages 1 and 3 are the media or j
food by means of which the farmer
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meut iucloses explicit instructions
how to use the bacteria, as follows: i
(Method patented in ofder to guar-j !
an tee the privilege of use by the pub-1
lie. Letters Patent No. 755,510 grantcd
March 22, 1904.) ;
Put one gallon of clean water (preferably
rain water) in a clean tub or
bucket and add No. 1 of the inclosed
package of salts (containing granu- i
la ted sugar potassium phosphate and j
magnesium sulphate). Stir occasion- :
ally until all is dissolved. \
Carefully open package No. 2 (con-:
tabling bacteria) and drop the inclosed \
cotton into the solution. Cover the tub j
with a paper to protect from dust, and i
set aside in the warm place for twen- j
ty-four hours. Do not heat the solu- J
tion or you will kill the bacteria?it j
should never be warmer than blood j
heat.
After twenty-four hours add the con- j
tents of package No. 3 (containing am -!
monium phosphate). Within twenty |
hours more the solution will have a !
cloudy appearance, and it is ready for J
use.
To inoculate seed:
Take just enough of the solution to J
thoroughly moisten the seed. Stir thor- j
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Oil{Tilly so mat an uc sccuo
touched by the solution. Spread ou*l j
the seeds in a shady place until they j
are perfectly dry, and plant at tlifc!
usual time just as you would untreated !
seed. The dry cultures sent from j
the laboratory will keep for several j
months. Do not prepare the liquid j
culture more than two or three days I
previous to the time when the seeds i
are to be treated, as the solution once j
made up must usually be used at the ;
end of forty-eight hours.
To inoculate soil:
Take enough dry earth so that the ;
solution will merely moisten it. Mix ;
thoroughly, so that all the particles of i
soil are moistened. Thoroughly mix j
!h.*.> earth with four or five times as i
much, say half a wagon load. Spread j
this inoculated soil thinly and evenly j
over the field exactly as if spreading j
fertilizer. This should be done just j
before plowing, or else the inoculated j
soil should be harrowed in immediate-1
iy.
Enough germs are sent in each little j
package to Inoculate seeds for from j
one to four acres. The package can be |
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carneu iu \uiu imun, ...... .
more work than several cart loads of j
fertilizer. It costs the Government less J
than four cents a cake, or less than a I
cent an acre, and saves the farmer :
thirty or forty dollars, which he would i
have to spend for an equal amount j
j of fertilizer. Different cultures are t
j sent for different crops. The results ,
! have been surprising.?From Gilbert
! II. Grosvenor's "Inoculating the
Ground," in the Century.
The Berlin police have arrested res- !
taurant keepers for fraud for having j
dummy musicians in their orchestra* j
CHANCING OUR FOOD.,
ne?nlf? of Vodern Kafinsr Show Ci to B<
a Stronger l'ace.
The other day, at a mooting of tin
life insurance experts of New York
wo were told that the span of life it
America is growing longer, that tht
average- American of to-day lives t(
be about five years older than tht
American of.fi^ty; years ago. That is
we have been gaining a year Iu ever?
ten. Statistics also show that tht
rw,> ;< nvrwliifiiio hirfroi*. srroneer. fine]
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men and-women. We are titfler,
moitK jlaTuor'e n*ork than our grand
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Why ? Many influences * are, ol
course, at work' fii producing' these iii
terestihg changes; advanced rnedica.
sofPhce iias4ptacik-ally cenqueted ..'the
contagions diseases and lias largely de
creased infant mortality; iinprovec
sanitary and hygienic scieuce has
saved the lives of thousands of citj
dwellers; but,, after all, no single in
fluerice is so important to the -welt'art
of our physical being as the food wt
take into our bndies. "As the coal is
so is the engine."
JN'o study, then, could be more inter
esting and important, as bearing or
this question, than au investigation ol
the changes in our food fashions. Dc
'we eat the same things that our grand
fathers did? If not, what is the trenii
of our diet?toward the food of the
vegehylan, which includes the niucl
advertised'modern food; products, ihe
"cbrealf^or toward the old diet of the
meat-eater?
Upon this.point,the last census.gives
us striking and conclusive information
It shows, indeed,*the. most extraor
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dinary c obliges m our uiei, ami
changes that point to a siuglco-consistent
tendency.
In short, we are becoming more and
more a nation of vegetarians.
In the matter of inmtOn, for instance,
every 100 Americans in 3S5C
consumed ninety-four sheep, nearly a
sheep to each man, -woman and child;
in 1000 the consumption had been reduced
to'fifty sheep to every 100 persons?a
reduction of almost half. More
remarkable still has been our turning
from pork: IIS hogs 10 every 100 persons
in 1S50?more than one hog for
each man, woman and child?to fortythree
hogs in 1900. We are still large
eater of beef, however, though here,
too, there is a reduction of twenty per
cent., from twenty-Sve beeves to 100
persons in 1850, to twenty beeves in
1900.
But what of milk, butter, cheese,
eggs and poultry, which must be considered
as meat foods in contradistinction
to those which are strictly vegetarian?
Here, too, though the statistics
do not cover the whole period of
fifty years, we find interesting changes;
mostly large increases. For examnie:
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In 1SS0 tne supply 01 eggs was v-v
dozen for each 100 persons, and in
1000 it reached 1700 dozen. In the
same period the supply of dairy products
increased by more than threefold.
The only dairy product showing a
decrease is cheese. Fifty years ago
each person ate four and one-half
pounds annually; in 1900 the amount
had dropped, to one-half pound. ,
Reducing all these various meat products
to a common denomination?dollars
and cents?we find that our meat
diet as a nation has decreased in fifty
years by about thirty-six per cent.?
Pearson's Magazine.
Nothing to Fear.
We hear a great deal nowadays of
the ''Yellow Peril," which simply
means that some alarmists are afraid
that the Asiatics will soon become
more powerful than the Europeans and
their descendants in America. In alluding
to this subject in the Review of
Reviews, Chung Fou-Tung, a Chinaman,
as liis name suggests, intimates
that the fear is a foolish one, because
England and America have granted
their colonies so many privileges that
serious revolt need not be anticipated,
and lie says that the "Yellow Peril"
of the Mongols under Genghis Khan,
six centuries ago, will never be revived,
unless Europeaus degenerate
into a savagery below that of their
ancestors in the days of Julius Caesar.
Naturally, if the Asiatics prove
themselves at some future time supeople
to all other people of the world
in all the arts of civilization, they will
take a dominating place, but that is
such a remote possibility that it need
not be dreaded, and before that time
we are likely to have the federation
of the world, when all men will be as
brothers.
The people of Asia have a great deal
yet to learn before they will be on a
par in intelligence and progress with'
Western nations, and in the meanwhile
we have more important matters to
discuss than fancied Oriental invaders.
Stopping a Ship.
The Canadian Government has been
investigating a method of stopping
vessels, which is the invention of .M.
Louis Lacaste. In the ordinary ship,
stopping is rather a slow process; the
engine must be stopped and reversed,
and meanwhile the ship is forging
ahead, perhaps into another vessel."
The ini-mitinri nf m Lacaste cousists
in placing along the sides of the ship
a large number of vaues, which, while
the ship is in motion, lie flat along the
sides. When it is desired to stop, these
large vanes can be released, and they
will stand out from the sides of the
vessel, causing an enormous drag.
In some experiments, conducted in
the St. Lawrence Itiver, the boat on
which the experiments were made
was stopped in its own length, from a
speed of eleven knots. It -seems evident
that. if. this system Is practicable,
it would be an immense safeguard in
case of imminent collision, for in nearly
every case the danger is sighted several
ship lengths ahead, but too late to
atep with the present appliances.
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k~! McCuo Convicted in Charlottesville :
Court of Murder of His Wife.
< Trial Was Sensational. ! [
J. Samuel McCus, for four years j
mavor of Charltotesville, Va., after a :
* ' long and sensational trial, was found j.
? guilty Saturday in the criminal court '
I .in that city of the murder o? his wife, !
' Fannie. McCue, van Sunday night, Sep- ^
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f The verdict of was murder in the ;
' first degree, which carries with it the
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p death penalty. The Jury deliberated
. less than fta'lf an hour.
I v .A--dead sileaoe prevailed In the ?
* court room when the jury filed back 1 r
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into the court chamber to announce ! r
j the" fate of the accused. The crowd , *
> that filled the court room remained ' I
, until the jury came in; j 1
Mr., McCue had been nervous as !
" Mr. Gilmer, the commonwealth's at- j ?
\ tornoy, was closing and the suspense : *
1 while awaiting the Jury's verdict was j i
' a severe strain, but he held up, occa- '
^ sionaily taking a testament from Hs j 1
> pocket and reading a passage or two. j v
, When asked to stand up to hear ; 1
* the verdict*: he rose calmly and with j 1
> set features heard the whrds thai sent '
him back to prison condemned to the (
(wvorpfit n0r>.a.ltv of thp law.
It was wheq relaxation came during j s
a half hour's interim while his attor- i ^
^ neys conferred as to. their motion for | y
' a new trial that McOue showed emo- i
tion. His little daughter Ruby climb- | c
ed on his lap, her eyes reddened by j
weeping, while there also clung by 1
( his $ide two other small children. *
Great tears streamed down his cheeks. 1
Surrounding the group were relatives ?
who scarcely knew what to say to ;
cheer the condemned main. The veri
diet was read in silence by the 1
throng which literally obeyed the 1
court's injunction that-there must be ?
no demonstration.
Counsel for the defense moved that
the verdict be set aside on the ground f
that the jurors had read newspapers. 1
The court called the jurors to the wit- *
ness stand one by one and questioned
j them under oath as to whether they J
i had read the newspapers. As a whole *
they said they had not been influenced
by anything they had read. The motion
will be argued later,.
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GENERAL JESSE FINLEY DEAD. 8
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One of the Laat Confederate Briga- I \
diera Passea Away In Florida.
General Jesse J. Flnley, one of the .
. few surviving brigadier generals of a
-^V?A A ott ?n T nIrA J
IUQ tuiiivuciaLc aim;, uiuu m i
City, Fla..' Sunday. General FInley j *
was 92 years old. He was a Tennes- |
seean by birth, coming to Florida in i c
1848. j
He resigned the district judgeship i
of Florida to enter the confederate army.
In the southern service he rose
; from^ the ranks of private to that of
,i brigadier general.
He was a member of congress three
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terms, and held many positions of
i honor and trust in his adopted state, i
TYPOS FOR EIGHT-HOUR DAY. 3
Referendum Vote of Union Printers j
Counted at Indianapolis.
An Indianapolis dispatch says: All [ E
of the propositions voted upon by the
! members of the International Typographical!
Union have carried, with the 3
exception of one that provided for an b
increase in the salaries of the Inter- 3
: national president and International ! *
secretary-treasurer. j ^
The vote to establisn the eight-hour ! f
day and levy an assessment for that j -
purpose was 19,483 for, 5,398 against, j c
WILL GO TO PANAMA. ! a
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I Congressional Committee tc Seek In-! e
formation as Basis of Legislation. J $
A Washinetnn snecial <savs: Mem- 0
! bers of the house committee on inte.*i
state and foreign commerce have ar!
ranged to make a trip to the Panama i
canal "zone, starting from New York j t:
on the 14th instant, for the purpose c" j t;
acquiring information as a basis of! t
legislation at the next sessfbn of cov1 fc
j gresa. 1 v
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OVER SIXTEEN MILLIONS,
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World's Fair Attendance Has Reached j E
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Enormous Figures.
i A St. Louis dispatch sa/s: The at* j
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tendance statement issued Sunday, ]\o- i
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vember 6. by the division of admis- ;
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sion of the Louisiana Purchase Expo- ?
fi
sltion Company, shows total admis- !
sions for the week of 634,442, and the j
grand total since the exposition open- j f<
! ed 16,567,737. 1
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ROOSEVELT TO AMADOR. [
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Panama President Congratulated on |
First Anniversary of Republic.
President Roosevelt has transmitted j
j through the state department the fol- F
lowing cablegram to President Amai
dor, of Panama: f
j "His Excellency, President Amador, vs
1 Panama: < ' j b
! "Accept the congratulations of this j S
j government on the fir3t anniversary of i
j the Panama republic. j e
J "(Signed.). I *
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PORT NOW DOOMED
Stronghold of Russians is at
Mercy of Japs,
3ESEIGERS CONFIDENT
Crisis Reached Through Success of
Mikado's IndomitaW? Forces :i "
Gaining Vulnerable Shell- ing
Positions.
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Port Arthur is doomed. The correipondent
of the Associated Press at
yhe Foo has received information, the
eliablllty of which is beyonu question,
hat the Japanese are now occupying
)ositions which place the east side of
he town at their mercy.
The last assault, has gained imporant
positions which insure their abilty
to enter the main east forts whenever
they are ready.
"The Japanese calculate that if the
Russians do not surrender now, they
viil be capable of prolonging the fightng
by making their final stand at
Aati promontory and Tiger's Tail for *
i month longer with the mere hope of
.UUUUUlUg IUC BIIU55IC.
" "Long before the second Pacific
squadron arrives in. the Pacific% the
Japanese flag, it is now believed, will
vave over the wrecked citadel." This
will end Viceroy Alexieff's
Iream of an unconquerable city.
The Japanese have not occupied the
nain forts and highest points of east
lills, but they occupied in overwhelming
numbers positions which will en-,
ible them to drive the Russians back
whenever they desire. ,
When the Japanese occupy the east
>ort ridge they will completely domiiate
the other Russian forts with their
irtillery.
Relief lit St. Petersburg.
A St. Petersburg special of Thursday
&ys: There is a scarcely veiled feeing
of relief throughout St. Petersburg
hat the day has passed without bringng
news of the fall of Port >Arthur.
rhere had been considerable fear that
he Japanese might push home the
tnal attack. It is now felt that
here may come another period of reiplte.
The authorities state they are
vithout direct news from Port Arthur,
md everyone is depending upon foriign
service for tidings of the devoted
jarrison. Nothing of Importance has
leveloped in the region of Mukden.
Detailed reports of the operations
igainst Port Arthur indicate that the
>rolonged attack is nearing its end
ind that the Japanese are now enterng
upon the last stage of the memirable
siege. For the first time the
Associated Press correspondent with
Jenerai Nogi's army has been permKed
to send dispatches direct from
Jort Arthur; and these show that pracIcally
all the outlying defenses are in
he hands of the Japanese, who are
anguine of Immediate victory. The
rmies of Oyama and Kuropatkin still
:onfront each other along the Shakhe
iver, inactive, except for skirmishes
,nd artillery exchanges.
FOR INTIMIDATING WITNESS.
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Irother of Alleged Counterfeiter
Placed Under Bond at Atlanta.
At Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, Eugene
lanston was placed under a $500 bond
iy the federal court to appear and anwer
to the charge of intimidating a
Jnited States witness. Mr. Manston
iad a difficulty with Will Howell, a
witness who testified against Charles
l Manston, his brother, in the famous
ounterfelting case.
A true bill was.found against him,
nd he was arrested- and required to
urnish bond. According to the fed
ral statute, the penalty Is a fine of
500 or three months' imprisonment,
r both.
Franco-American Treaty Discussed.
Paris newspapers devote leading arIcles
to the Franco-American arbitration
treaty, the former pointing out
hat this is the first agreement of its
:ind that the United States has mads
rlth a European nation.
COMMERCE AND LABOR.
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stimates for New Department for
Next Year Made Public.
Acting Secretary Murray of the deartment
of commerce and labor has
jade public the estimates of apprr.riations
for the department for the
seal year, beginning July 1, 1905.
The estimates aggregate $14,339,529,
eing $594,423 less than the estimates
Dr the fiscal year beginning July 1,
904. The estimates for the fiscal
ear of 1905 exceed the appropna:ons
for the current fiscal year by
4.218,444.
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN DIE.
:reight Runs Into a Derailing Switch
and Kills Two.
A Norfolk and Western freight train,
rent bound, from Roanoke, Va., ran
ato a derailing switch near Radford
lunday morning, and was wrecked.
The engine turned over on Enginer
I.ynch, of Roanoke, and Fireman
Cippe, of Blacksburg, killing both of
hem. The dead men leave families.
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WORKING OVER TIME.
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Fault of Railroad Wfcen Its Em*
ployes Go Out on Run Fatigued. >
The Railway and Engineering Review
.has the following to say anent
the working of railroad employes * j
over time: I
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It has been a very common custom
to abuse railroads for working men
over-time, and it has been equally,
common'' to astfribe many of the .
.wrecks 'tiopr-thet cause* The strance 1
part of such -a chargers the asi^rtiOT"
that, the practice proceeds from ..greed .
on the- parr ot the roads, .the writers
apparently being ignoranijbf the factv.
that the-mren are pai^ by; the 'hour and %_.
that it costs no more' to pay two men
ten hours each than one man working*
twenty hours. A court in Peniylva* ^
nia has lately taken a sensible yfeifcV *
of the case. It appears that affreight J
train had orders to remain Upon ; :>; i
sidetrack until four trains had' passeif- - ^
and that, while waiting, the entire/ ';M
crew went to sleep. Being awakened *
by the passing of the third train, they C v
assumed that it was the-fourth tram *'
and consequently pulled Out.and, into-'
the last train, which had not yet anrlv-.
ed. Two persons were killed and several
injured,' and on the trial of the1 engineer,
whose case first came up, the
plea was made that when a railroad /
employee falls asleep from phylfc^
weakness, J#?; illness, oriroB^weart.
ness from long hours or steady "employment
and an accident occurs, the
amnlnrnta chnnlil ho Qi>rui{tfcwl Tllfl - i
court, overruled this plea, holding that
no man had a right to work oh ja raIK;
road unless in fine physical condition,
and if he fell asleep, no matter from .
what cause, he should discontinue *
work, even though he should lose hie. v
position, rather than jeopardize the
lives of passengers; and as a result
the engineer was convicted.
This is a sensible as well as just v
ruling. A man himself is the best .
judge of his own fitness for suck
work so far as the matter of sleep i*
concerned;, in fact, he is the only one ~
who can know of his condition in that
regard. The absurdity of the charge ~
commonly made against the railroads j .
on this account lies in the fact that
trainmen have the absolute choice of
going on or staying off duty, and ii
not infrequently happens that traifis.
are tied up en route because men prefer
to go to sleepy rather than work
long hours over-time. If there is any - yvy
"greed" connected with the matter it
is wholly on the part of the men '
themselves, who naturally want to >
make-large wages, and as a resiflt fre-.
queutly do go out in an unfit condition*
and thereby endanger not only tkeir "
own lives, but the lives of others and }-the
property of the company as well.'
It is full time that the responsibility %
in such cases should be fixed whhre'it
belongs, and the Pennsylvania com!
has made a move in the right direction.
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How to Stay Young.
How old ere you? The adage says
that women are as old as they look
and men as old as they feel. Thai's
wrong. A man and woman are as oldv
as they take themselves to be. V *
Growing old Is largely a habit of
the mind. "As a man thinketh in his 7
heart so is he." If he begins shortly j$
after middle age to imagine him*
self growing old he will be old. t?
To keep one's self from decrepitude
is somewhat a matter of will ; ->j
power. The fates are -kind to, the
man who hangs on to lifc^ with both ^
hands. He who lets go will go. 4
Death is slow only to tackle the te- - - :
nacious. v
Ponce de Leon searched In
wrong place for the fountain of 4
youth. It is in one's self. One must y'b
keep one's self young inside. So.
that while "the outer man perisheth
the inner man is renewed day by'
day."
When the human mind ceases to >v
exert itself, when there is no longer
an active interest in the affairs of
this life, when the human stops, reading
and thinking and doing, the man,
like a blasted tree, begins to die at
the top. VjkYou
are as old as you think you
are. Keep the harness on. Your
Job is not done.
Two Chefs.
Liberal publicity is given to the fact +
that George Gould's chef has -returned
from a tour, while ours has been back
from Lynchburg for a week and. nothing
has been said about it.?Washington
Post. *
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wnuT TVBVA TTt WP f/OTTHL *
Louisville and NukvUle Raittoad.
If you are going to the World'* Fair your
want the best ronte. The L. k 5. Is the
shortest, quickest and beet line. Three | :
trains daily. Through Pullman Sleeping
Cars and Dining Cars. Low Rate Tiokets
sold daily. Get rates from your looal agent
and ask for tiokets via L. k N. Srorovmn . Allowxd
at MAMMOTH GATE.
All kinds of Information furnished on application
to J. G. HOLLENBXOK.
Dlst. Pass. Agent. Atlanta, Ga. *
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Fred?What do you think of Miss
Hyatt? * ' :.'-;
Joe?Oh, she's a nice looking girl,
but her actions are a trifle unwoman*
iyFred?Unwomanly?
?
Joe?Yes; she actually insists upon j
putting on her gloves before going
out into the street.?Chicago News.
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