The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, October 13, 1904, Image 5
FMM TOPfCS.
THE HOG THtT PATS.
It, not the larfNt hoc that pay*,
hot #f ?pe thft th^ UrgMt
quaJltrif porl to tm shortest time,
uud vu the smallest quantity of food.
If a pig comes la daring April he has
oine uioDtbaln which to grow by the
mm! of thl lc^ Jf he ia Well head,
end from a ffobd stock of hop ha
should easily be made to weigh 250
imuitdM during the nine months of his
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CLEANING MILK CAN8. I
An Interesting test of the effect of
cleaning milk csns ?nd making them
term free by the ase of steam be
Tore milk Is poured Into tliem has
been made In Germany. Some time
^(hiring,hot rammer weather two milk
can* w?*e selected: one was thor
oughly, *V4?U cleaned In the- ordinary
\\*f iV aeoabblbg with bat waten
I lie other-we*, subjected to the ac
tion of stvath -w half an hour. In
Ihe first the milk went sour In twea
ly-tturee hours, Iq the second In twen
ly-cigm imd a half hours, and the to?
lents of the flfat can were found to I
contain twenty-kfx times ir many bac
teria ss the other. The same experi
ment repented la the winter showed
tlint the sterilized milk can will kee*
the milk sweet for nine* hours longei
Ihsn.the American Cub1
rator. ***. *"
VIff 1<& W ,T?B/R?Yj V
No horse can travel safely wnnlJut
Ihe line of,
tll-csseutia
r. yieifroff. Aside from ite
iV^^ceosiiiBr nhlt}ie natural
rest of the bony structure upon the
ground, its expansive power iu keep
ing the hoof from 'contracting npWn
the inclosed joints and Its promotion
by its uctiou of circulation of -blood to
the extremity of the hoof and conse- .
(picnt growth, the frog lias a J1 unction !
too often pvverleokdtl. 4 It Is 'the only j
tiart <n* the hftof*' ?lint 'oof^mnruicnte*
with the nervous system, and through ,
that to ttar brainf aiufrtt is, therefore,
'A#** ynicans tlilit the horse bns-.ot
hcctifjiroly' determining bis' foothold
upon the ground. Upon no muscle id (
Ihe Imh1.v is he mfre dependent for
healihfiil. hatiifcd nqtlbfi, alid fwnn the I
moment ffrojf Is* dlapl^rfed by Ine |
blacksmith's, iron the decay qf the
horse's |?ower begins. Contraction
.quarter cracks,, t. e cracks, navicular
ill*c?i*?? munitions, and, more
troublesome than ail else, corns, usurp ,
the frvt elasticity of nature, and the ?
animal commences a downward 1
course.
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CORN MEAL FOR COWS.
An item is now going the rounds of
tl<e ore** that scour* in calves and
somA. other troubles the calf was like
ly to gave ^erc duo to the feeding of
eoVn inesi; to the prcghnnt cow. Thie
is absurd. unless of course the corn
meal const itut^l the entire ration
when it would,likely hijure the calf,
* provide*! the cow lived to bear the
calf. As a matter of fact there Is a
lot of nonsense written about the use
of corn ^ Its various forms. Admit
tedly it in nbuscd iu the f.-edlni; of
farm stpek. but so long as It Js the
ers'est of .nil pu'd <r >ps to urow over
n larjt" tton" of our ?*ouutry. so Ion?
tfiUKf |t form s majni part of the ra
tion. * 1*"J
If mixi.-ikes are made in feeiling corn
It is I ??cavse it Is not fed with sulli
cicr.f variety or too much of it is fed.
V> believe that corn may be so roln
t:Vd \rlfii other grains that It may
screly Constitute at least one-half the
ration and cows and most ^tlier farm
n ilium tlirive on It. But corn un en I
one day. bracked corn the next and
corn op the ear the next is not vari
ety by* anj means. Use the other
grains in proper mixture with corn,
itsinj; aUo plenty of succulent feed ami
It will bo a long time before the aid*
icals will refuse the corn or cease to
be benefited by It.
CLKA\'tX? POULTRY HOUSES. I
It Is hard to say it. hut it is true
that only about one house in ten
owned by farmers In which poultry In
kept Is cleaned more frequently than
twice a year. Midsummer Is a favor
ite time for the scmi-nnttnnl cleaning
a Ad if litis work is to be done thi*
siiiu ;i> t it should be done thoroughly.
SHfccf t inty or two when it Is likely
to be dry, and turn all the fowls on
to the range. Next clean the (loot
thoroughly, seeing that every bit oi
l)l|i 1m reroovAf; take out all tlir
nest boxes and bum them with theii
consents. Tiien !???? house Is rentf?
for a thorough coat of whitewash, in
which has been mixed some carbolic
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r.ri'sh every part yf tlfe house heav
ily with the whitewash, using a spray
er to throw the wliKewuab Into the
< ?>Vhers. "l.et the house stand for a
few hours, then go over It again with
the wl'iteuash., Next me that:* the
ror?Kts -ire covered weft with keroseiu
oil/ being sure to get iuto the spare
where the,root Is attached to Ihe wall
t'u* In nest bor >s. whitewashing
tin ??/srifl out as n preeautlon.
pni a li. itvy costing of cjeau. dry sand
, ovr ihe floor, and tile house Is ready
f<>r the birds. If one would do the
"<"k thoroughly catch and examine
c.ich fo\\*l or chicken an ! sprinkle In
sec j. po.vd' i- *it| eatl? biid's fvnttacrs.
immI kjtrluilo 'a liaet a) 'supply of,1
In powder In each licst. While it
may like ntui(vi?ssary work, this
sij-iic tavW oughi really to lie done once
in evc"v t\>o mouths at longest for per
f*; > health.
Onr <ioir Kuttirr.
".'5.c roa: m ho was largely responsl
b .'ii'.' tin introduction of xolf in thl*
country. Hubert l^ockhart. dietl a few
days ago in Kdinburg, Si-otland. He
tor years a linen Importer In New
Y<frk,j?n9 organized the first golf club
in tlie limited States in Yonkers, N. Y.f
in is<R, , It was known as the "Apple
Tr <e ClaftK.'' Subsequently he found
til the Ht. Andrew's (lolf Clnbw
Vfc, .7 F.a? a* CotogiM.
\%|irri the originator af t^e genuine
enu ?Je cologua dlad, aged eighty, he
yjite Ms secret to Ids nephew aud heir.
Since '709 only ten persona have seen
, he receipt, which Is kept In gry
tvel ?* looked
r THIN OUT TUB FRUIT. ?
-.It to not ^ goad Indication whan1
btdrd fralt, trees pr* propped to pn>
?out Iom of limbs. wmb a UN
to tbus overloaded, it to being cofr
pelled to perform too much service.
It will alwaf s p4j to thin off the i#
plus fralt egrlfr in ^^e season, so .as
not to tax the tree too severely, as If
fruit left on the tree will be of bell
quality and a larger crop will be 4
succeeding year. *
PRUNING BLOOMING SHRUBS.
All who have shrubs on their groti?li
do not understand that the pruning
should be done accord! ok to the sen at n
of bloom of the shrub. For example,
the spring and early summer blooming
shrubs grow tbetr Moomlng shoots
during the late summer and fall, a?d
heuee when sa<*h shitobs are severely
pruned in the winter and early spring
the blooming shoots are cut off. The
fall blooming shrubs bear their bloom
ing shootsduring the summer of *?!
sntne season in which the* bloom. ..
l . This, being plain, it is evident that
?the daViy spring'and early sumojpr
blooming shrubs should be pruned jpst
after the last blossoms have gone. a*d
the late summer and fall bloom teg
shrubs should be pruned during the
plater or .early, aprinff. To a certain
extent the same rule duplies to vlnfta.
except sucli. like the honeysuckles, ns
bloom at Intervals throughout the sum
mer, am? which may be trimmed In the
early spring with the result that while
tAo trst bloom m*T got be so profuse
I the midsummer and fall bloom will o*
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PLANTING TREES,
j A good tree well planted will usual
ly grow whether the work Is doue Jn
the fall or spring. In.the fnll the toil
Is'usually in the best Condition, and
the tree has timfe to get necustoined
to Its new position, the winter rains
fettling the: sail among the roots no
^ tlint 10 is rnafij to *tafr t into growth
at tlie Inrst appearance of sprlnfc. Kail
planting differs from spring plantfpg
in two respects: In the first ther
' ifeed of the pocketful of water
'In on the roots, whlcm Is of so m
I value In spring planting; and the i
ond Is, raising a mound of earth around
the newly planted tree to protoct it
from the rigor of the winter's storms
and the depredation of the lleld mice.
The trimming of the broken or bruised
roots with a sharp knife is necessary
and the spreading out of all the roots.
Do not plant over an inch or two deep
er than the tree stood In the nursery.
Tnke pains to work the soil well in
among the roots. Treat a young tree
as a living thing and not as s poet,
and 3'ou will seldom lose one; Always
prune the tops in the spring, never in
the fall.?The Epltomlst.
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SETTING AN ORCHARD, j -
The best season for setting nn or
chard Is just as soon aa the winter
breaks and the ground cau be han
dled. Re careful not to freece the roots.
Crouud can be handled better In winter
and in very early spring than later in
1hc season, for It will notpm-k or bs?e
then as it does later; but it is prefer
able. cspci-ially in clay *611, to have the
ground in proper coudiliou, not too wet
lis there is danger of baking tlie ground
around the roots of tlie trees. We have
set trees in the fall, winter, and as
late in the spring as May, when large
apple trees were in bloom, and the ear
ly varieties of fruit were leaving out.
It Is best to set the trees as soon as
possible after being taken from the
nursery row. If any of the roots are
badly Injured or bruised. It Is best to
?cut them off and let the tree send out
healthy ones. The roots should be
carefully examined, and if they show
lumps as the result of aphis or other
diseases, do not set the tree. If you
want a permanent orchard you should
| set healthy trees. I cannot too strong
ly emphasize the Idea that deep plant
ing makes "root rot." Nature starts
the roots on trees from the surface of
the ground, ami we should plant them
the same way.
I riecc some of the best surface earth
carefully around the roots, and after
filling the hole, pack the earth tightly
aud closely arouud the tree, to prevent
the winds from shaking it until the
roots get started.
| If the roots are trimmed or cut t^ack,
the top should be proportionately
' trimmed, otherwise the Tight propor
! tU>u established by nature between
the top and the root being di?(u*bt-d,
' the tree Is apt to become stunted or
J unhealthy, and make little growth. The
root must have sufficient time to get
) atarted to e#en up the right propor
! tion with the top. I have seen trees
! that were six years old transplanted
; froin the nursery into the orchard, and
I it took them several years to get bal
anced-fto aa to make good growth,
riant a tree that is healthy aud vig
orous.
A crown graft will usually make a
| stronger aud more vigorous growth
j than a graft on a smaller piece of the
Mni?? roof, as it is larger and has more
j vitality. Different .varieties of tree*
! grafted on whole or piece roots will
! form tops according V> the character*
" Istlcs of the seion. and the same it true
of 't^e roots; somt form a tap root;
oftiefs wlH ifnf. Yon ran graft a .len
ding on a piuce of whole root ?|f it is
praeth-al to graft on a whole root*, and
It will form Its own tap root, without
regard to the piece root or whine root
on which It is grafted. So thnfvVinc*
sap will form a spreading root, nio mat
ter on what kind of a root iti acioli
is grafted.-8. A. Ha sell inc.
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Kubbtr For Tim.
Automobile makers are beglning to
worry already over a possible substi
tute for rubbor for tirea. It is claimed
that tbe demand for this material lis*
Increased rapidly the last few years,
the Importations Into the United States
alone the last year being $0,400,000
over those of 190:1. This means, it Is
agld, that rubber frets are heMg ever
taxed and tftat there Is danger of their
dying ont. The consumption of rub
Nr for vehicle tires Is phenomenal in
lis aaaaaltnde
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
God bat tests where eril tempts.
The Lord still earns for the lowly.
No true serin ua Is an end 1a itself.
A 1.
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into his collar.
Winds of pass toe never jft brought
a vestal Into pott,
It Is hard wanting the soul at a
11 re work's display.
The time to break of a bad habit
"crzccu.
hearts with steel smiles.
. There can be no such a thins ss an
education without ethics.
That for which snythlng Is good
enough Is good for nothing.
It is always the other man's track
that looks smoother than our own.
It Is hard to comprehend God's
ways while you are walking in them.
He la not truly patient who Is pre
pared to suffer only as much as seems
good to himself, and only from those
whom he himself chooses.?Thomas a
Kempls.
If you find yourself springing from
your chair and rushing across the
r9om when there Is no occasion tor
hurry, go back and sit down sgaln.
Then get up slowly and wslk quietly
and with your shoulders back.
Tibetan Military Discipline.
We hear, too. of an abbot coming
at one place to see Colonel Younghus*
band in order to apologize for the con
duct of his monks in Joining a recent
?aaajt apoc the British. They had
in business to fight at all. he said, but
they bad been egged on to do so from
Lhasa. He had admonished them as
g sdperior should; he had had them
beaten! Not for a long time has there
htcn anything more comical in tho
history of war and diplomacy. The
gfiilH a Tibetan monastery are'
soldiers, somewhat like the old-time
Knights Templar, and, like them, no
doubt they prefer fighting to praying.
There is only tbo abbot's word for the
second whipping which his holy
knights received, and Cplonel Young
husband is too good an Orientalist to
believe ail he Is told. But he was so
pleased with the abbot that he remit
ted the fine of grain imposed upon his
monastery and allowed the old man to
go back happy to Irts praying-wheel.
What .will next happen in suqh *
country, no one can foresee. There
came news later from the long-delay
ing Chinese Amban that he wa? on his
way. as he had been for six months,
and that the Dalai-Lama, at last ris
ing to tho necessity of the occasion,
had provided him with a transport
befitting his rank. Certainly, in the
end. the Dalai-l^ama, or those who act
for him, will go to any extreme to
keep the expedition away from Uiasa
itself. It 1r equally certain that the
expedition will reach the city?or has
reached it.?World's Work.
Act at If You Were Broke.! .
A Plttsburger who has made more
than a little money by thrift and fore
sight has n friend who has many
dreams, but all of them turn out base- (
less, says the Pittsburg Gase.tte.
Among his friend's weakness is
"playing the ponies." and he has more
systems of doing the bookies than
any one else in the city. The fact that
the bookies keep right on in the busi
ness does not seem to discourage him
a! all.
Kadi time he goes broke it is his ,
ha*bit to call on his rich friend and
make a touch, explaining that he has
a new plan, which will enable him to I
repay all he has "borrowed" and have j
something left besides.
| Not very long ago he went to his
friend's office and explained that he
was on the inside of the races at Hot
Springs. an?l if he could secure $700
was sure 01 making it increase at an
alarming gnit. Me secured $700 and
departed for the health Mecca. Three
days later, on a Saturday afternoon,
came a telegram, saying: "I am broke,
how shall I act ?"
The prosperous friend took until
Monday morning to think out the ap
propriate answer. Then he wired:
"Act as If you were broke."
budget of Maxims.
Katlier than say nothing, men are
content to speak ill of themselves.
A proud man can never be a loser;
no. not even when he renounces his
pride.
It is much less for a man's honor
to distrust his friends than to be de
ceived by them.
? Few people have the wisdom to
like reproofs that would do tliem good
better than praises that do them hart.
It is with true love, so with ghosts
?nd apparitions, a thing that every
body talks of and scarce anybody hath
seen.
The mosl disinterested love is. after
all. but a kind of bargain In which
the dear love of our own selves al
ways proposes to be the gainer some
way or other.?Rociiefoucatild.
It Improves the Coffee.
Kxtra fine cofTee may be had by the
use of the new coffee "biggin." Juat
I arrived from Ccrmany. It Is a
I nightly object for the breakfast table,
being tastefully enameled In pale col
ors, and somewhat resembles the
French pot. It consists of two sepa
rate vessels. one on top of the othor.
In (lie top one. which has a perfor
ated base, you put the coffee, and hot
water poured over it distils Into the
lower pot a delicious and clear fluid.
Eyly Rising.
1>e forced t<? get up early." sayg
a physician, "grinds the soul,-curdles
the blood, swells the spleen, destroys
all good intentions and disturbs all
??y the mental activities. Criminals
are always recruited from the early
rising clnss."?London Chronicle.
Prima Facie Evidence.
"The Smitherses havo a new gaso
line stoVe." remarked Mr. Courtney to
his spouse.
"Howd'Je know that?" she asked.
"I heard the explosion."?What to
Rat.
Statistic* show that from 1801 to
1892 more than 230 periodic cometa
havo been observed with precision,
THE IMMORTAL.
&
imt-moving in.
'Ill just tab ? peep
Mr! their hnitaic'* 'heap!**
iaive Mid, with a satisfied rrin.
?Chicago Tribune.
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SO MANY OF US DO.
"Yet he says he's economical.**
"Ob. yes: his economy Is the common
?r garden varlet^J Like 1 tost of us. he
saves pennies on necessities In order to
spend dollars on luxuries."?Philadel
phia Press.
OPPORTUNITY.
"Never mind,*' said the friend, sooth
ingly, "you'll wake up sonqe morning
aud find yourself famous."
"Not much!** growled the pessimistic
poet. "It would be just my luck to
oversleep myself that morning."?Phil
adelphia Press. I!
ONE EXPLANATION.
"It's funny that when a man starts
smoking cigarettes he seldom stops."
"Simple enough. When a man lias
so little intelligeuec as to start smok
ing cigarettes he couldn't be expected
to have enough intelligence to stop. '?
Philadelphia Public Ledger. "
THAT WOtJLD NEVEK DO.
) ?There is a great deal 01 wisdom
i In that old injunction. 'Know tli.v
' self/ "
"Yes. but after yon gam such kuoul
! it's best for the sake of yeur rc
putation not to share it with your
i:;'i>rhbsirs."?Philadelphia Ledger.
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hAstb.
"lie's a liar, aud I'm going to tell
1 hiiu so right nway.*'
"You'll iiave to wait ten or lift ecu
minutes. He's engaged now."
: "No. sir. I'm going right back io ny
i office and do it. There's a teh-phonv
! there.Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A* rflifrf^VAL BATIi.
< Muuke> s?about your swvlT
shower but lis!"?New York American.
A RECORD WURTl* NOTICING. j
"There is a man in Bloominglon. III., J
who ate forty liunana* in forty milt* ,
utes."
??That's notliinpr when you're talking '
about records. My wife's hail thirty- j
one servant* girls In thirty daya."?
Chicago Record Herald.
REASON IX ALL THINGS.
Ilh-ks?"Oh. by the way, I was aw* .
fully glad to see your friend 1)noodle i
last evening."
Webber?"Why. he'didn't snv any
thing about seeing you."
Hicks?"No; I saw him tirst. That's
why I say I was glad."?Boston Trail
script.
AN IMPORTANT PERSONAGE.
Caller?"Well, ilie nerve of that!"
Merchant?"What?"
Caller?"I>idn't you hear that snip of
a boy referring to you as *1*111?* "
Merchant?" "Sh! Thai's our office
boy. 80 long as I can pretend I didn't
hear hiin it's all right."?Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
BUSINESS VIEW OF IT.
Esmeralda -"Why, how mid! Ilere'i
the first message ever seut over a tele
graph wire. It's'?Just four words?
'What hath' "
Gwendolen (Interrupting)?"Only four
words? How ridiculous! They could
have seut six more without paying ex
tra."?Chicago Tribune.
DUTY BEFORE PLEASURE.
Hostess (to new <. urate) -"We somn
to be talking of nothing but horses.
Mr. Soot hem. Are you much of a
sportsman?"
Curate?"Really, Lady Betty, I don't
think I ought to say that I am. I used
to collect butterflies, but I have to give
up even that now!"?London Punch.
ALMOST HUMAN INTELLIGENCE.
I<ong Tailed Dog ? "Don't you get
tired of everlastingly wugging that lit
tle stump of yours?"
Stump Tailed Dog?"Ne; it feels as if
the tall was all there, and I get just as
much fun out of the exercise as you
do, with a good deal less work.'"?Chi
cago Tribune.
TOOK TO IIEll.
"I don't see hoW Mrs. Blank got any
one to propose to her. she has ?ucb a
sour disposition."
"Why. Blank, you know, used to be
given to temporary aberrations of Hie
luJud, and at the time he asked her to
m'nVrV Idm lie thought ho was a lemon
squeezer."?Detroit Free Press.
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Ol 1-A|r? Pension.
As young men ore now filling the
places of the old and middle aged, they
should be ? iked to contribute to an old
age pension fund. The horror ?f being
overtaken by poverty after one Is n*
longer of any use In the world Is, the
severest of punishments. There are
old age pensions In New Zealand, as
well as other things which we might
do w?ll to study.
Mosquitoes, as carriers of the germs
of malaria, cause tB.000 death" eva*~
year in Italy
POPULAR
Ths city of Pana bat thla jni
?P?* a scientific* information bureau
at tho Sor bonne. and the Inquiries a!?
ready reach as many as twenty in sin*
Sle days. While special consideration
la given to scientific matters in Paris
and France, foreign subjects of Freucli
Interest receive attention.
A remarkable Instance of apparent
mimicry in Ceylon has been brought
to notice by Dr.' A. Willey. A fish,
commonly known as the sea-bat, strik.
ingly resembles a decayed leaf, and
a recent observer reports pursuing one
of these fiahea with a small net, when
the creature suddenly disappeared, and
the pursuer saw only a yellow jak leaf
gently and Inertly sinking te the bot
tom. As he turned away, the supposed
leaf righted itself and darted off.
e
The appearance of solidity in photo
graphs?the stereoscopic effect?is us
ually given by two pictures takeu from
a slightly different viewpoint. l>r.
Gradeuwlts describes a new single
lens that shows a far-distant iniu^c of
s photograph, free from distortion, and
under the same conditions of apparent
size, distinctness, perspective, light
and shade as those under which the
objects themselves would be seen with
a short photographic objective. This
conveys to the eye a very natural ef
fect, suggesting unconsciously a cor
rect perception of relief and distance?.
The steam-heating and electric light
ing combination now being tested l>y
Dresden promises to open a new era
in municipal economy. A huge central
station of the Saxon government con
tains ten generators, producing over
55,000 pounds of steam per hour, aiul
this is distributed through street mains
to the Royal Opera House, the Picture
Gallery, the Zwiuggr Museum, the
Royal Palace and other buildings. Af
ter the morning heatiug, little steam i*
needed to keep up the temperature, so
that most of the supply can be u*ed
for generating electricity, for tighting
and other purposes during the latter
part of tlm day.
Chemical analysis alone ls.no longer
the guide to the quality of iron at ml
steel. In the new "metallography." a
polished and etched sample is exam
ined under the microscope, when it i*
found to be made up of various mlnule
particles of which Mr. A. P.-lIead, the
British engineer, gives the following
as the chief: (1) Ferrite, or pure ir<m,
soft, ductile and conductive. <li> tVni
entite, a delinite carbon of iron, harder
than glass and very brittle. ?3) Pean
lte, a mixture of six parts of ferrite to
one of cementite. (4) Marteuslie. a
hard, brittle, 6olid solution of carbon
up to 1.1 per cent, in iron. (."? > A us
tentite, a soft, non-magnetic steel of 1.1
to J.6 per cent, carbon, suddenly
quenched from 1000 degrees in jee
water. (0) Graphite, or carbon, found
In slowly cooled cast iron. Ordinary
wrought Iron and the softer steels con
'slst of about ninety-nine per cent, of
'.ferrite to one of cemeutlte, while the
,'harder steels may contain as much as
'seven per cent, of cementite, and in
.white cast iron it may rise to sixty
'seven per cent. The maximum
.strength is readied with about tifteen
'per cent, of cementite. Iligli-carboii
;tool-steels. hardened 1>y quenching, are
almost entirely marlensitc.
THE POCKET HANDKERCHIEF,
At On* Tim* Not t<? lin Discussed la
Pollt? Sorlrty.
The evolution of the pocket hand
kerchief is odd and i uteres ling. There
.was fi time when it was tin uumention*
/Abie thing, says Modern Society of
iLondon?an article to be used out of
(Sight and referred to only in a wills- j
<per. In polite conversation it wijs care
fully avoided, and as to one's being
"caught using a handkerchief, it meant
?social ostracism.
, This state of things obtained up to
the time of the first Napoleon, when
,the Empress Josephine brought it for*
,ward for a personal reason. The only
jdefect in her beauty was an irregular
ity of the teeth, and to hide this she
used :i delicate Utile handkerchief,
which from time to time she raised to
her lips. Tlins she was enabled to
laugh occasionslly. Seeing that it was (
a case of either laughter going out. or ;
handkerchiefs coming into fashion, (he
court ladles adopted the pretty pieces ?
of cambric and lace, and It quickly'
car.ie into favor with all classes.
In England the evolution of the ar-1
tide which is now so openly displayed
by women was equally slow. There
was a time when It was forbidden to
nentlon It c:i the st.ige or to roake use
of It even in the most tearful situa
tion, while the people In the gallery
and the pit shed their tears into their
lnps. Even when It was mentioned for
the fust time In one of Shakespeare's
plays it was received with hisses and
general indlgnatlc:i by the audio.ice.
Little by little, however, the prejudice
gave way, and the time came when the
handkerchief ctuld be flourished in
bread.daylight. Now It 1 ns fallen into
a kind cf re 1 icil manipulation, and
f.->ri its style aid Management It Is
rvt n p:?vsll-!e to e^tir.iate the wcaiih
at ?! brce.ll;i<? of its owner.
To HhiiIpIi ltat?.
To Itnnish rats nil* arsenic thickly
with 1.utter, and spread it onthin vii?
?i bread. Cut the bread In piece*
ulMut an Inch aud a luiif square, and
place Hied where the rats frequenr.
I'.e sure to have low pans of wnuf
near, as the arsenic causes inter.-a
thirst. The rnt*. after eating ii:e
poisjned bread, drink freely oi ;i!e
water, swell up and die. without re
turning to Ihelr nests. Cayenne pep
per, shaken freely into the openings
leading to their retreats, or potash
plentifully sprinkled there, causes their
departure. The potash burns their
feet; the animals lick off the potash,
and thus cause sore mouths. Their
general distress results in a flitting to
moro desirable quarters.
A t<onfr TrsTtUr.
Dr. J. Furnlss Brlce, ship's surgeon
en the trans-Atlantic liner Cymric, is
now on his 810th voyage. So far In his
life he has traversed something like
2,500,000 miles, equal %i 100 times
?round the globe.
MARSHAL
. OYAMA
TIm Japanese- General
Fighter by Pate and Net
From CLoice.
Alt from being a hard-eyed,
shuggy browed genera!, as
one might Imagine, the
hero of so many d!f!i-*ult
campaigns Is the kindest,
most amiable old gentle
?an It would be possible to meet. He
fclmself declares that he has no liking
whatever for war, and that It li Irony
?f fate, not personal Inclination, which
lu made him the aoldler he Is to
Like most of Japan's great wen,
be la not rich In this world's goods. lie
la far too liberal to amass a fortune.
dropped off. He *u mnabie m
pay the rent, which woola coae do* ??
the follow ins day, ho he and his wtfew
rather than lose nil their stock, were
selling whst . article? they eoukl
smuggle out on tlie streets of Paris.
The attache had neraral important en
casements on hand that afternoon, hat
he postponed all snd hurried off with
the merchant. After thoroughly ex
amining into matters. he paid the
rent, suggested the man's moving into
a better quarter of the capital, and
during the rest of his stay there did
what he could to work up a clientele
among his friends. From that day
the merchant's affair-; flourished, snd
two years sgo he <11 h! worth a nice
round sum.?By his will he left 920.000
of It to his benefactor.?Chicago Trlfe
une.
?cue OF JOPSTIM BATS.
Quintals Still Stands Before ? House
In Kent.
A curious clause, taking one right
back to the Middle Ages, appears la
the title deeds of a house In the Tillage
field-marshal marqtjis oyama
AND HIS FAMILY.
l''icld-Marshal Oyama is a bcro of many wars. Ho is si native of the
Bathuuia Province, and was Commaudcr-lu-Cbief of the Imperial army in the
wai* of restoration, lie has been Minister of War a number of times, and in
the war with China he acted as Commander-in-Chief of the Second Army
Corps. lie landed at Takushau and fought his way to Tori Arthur in twenty
days. He captured Port Arthur by assault the night after hi* arrival before
its walls, lie is one of the Japanese lOhler Statesmen, and, with Marquis
Yamngata, deserves die credit for the present development and elllcieney of
the Japanese Army. At the outbre.-U of the war with llnssia, he was ap
pointed Chief of Stall"; and. now that the various army corps 'have taken
their allotted positions in Manchuria, lie is ordered to the front to take com
mand of all the Mikado's forces in the tield. This photograph was taken
pn the eve of his depiiriure from Tokio. On his right stand bin wife, the
Marchioness Oyama. who is a*grndtiatc of Vassar College. She was one of
the lirxt Japanese gi"ls to come to America to be educated. Oil his left
stands liis daughter. Lady Hisako Oyauia, and in the background are bis
two sons.
It is told of him tnat during the Chi
nese War he bought provisions for his
men and horses out of his own pocket
rather than pillage the wretehed homes
?long t tie route.
In fact, eharlty got to be such a
mania with him that his wife, an ex
tremely economical woman, had to act
as treasurer and dole hitn out a smaii
allowance daily.
During his residence in Paris he was
often greatly upset by the way dumb
animals, particularly horses, were
abused. Once he got into a dreadful
muss with a cabby, and both had to
be murched off to the police station to
explain their conduct. Though the
marshal could speak but little French
lie stormed around the terrified com
mlssaire untH justice was given him
and he saw the Jehu condemned to a
$20 flue. Japanese merchants In Paris,
as well as cabmen, remember this ac
tive military attache, though in quite a
different way.
One day, sitting in front of a cafe,
he noticed a Japanese offering Home
beautiful fans at exceedingly low
prices, lower even than the same arti
cle could be purchased in Japan. Beck
oning the man to him, he asked liiin
how he could do It. The other told him
how, owing to long illness, business
of Offlutui, In Kent, Kngl.ind. This is
that tl?e owner of the house must keep
in good repair the village quiiit.-iin,
which still swings on its stout oaken
IK>st before the house.
One end of the swinging crossbar of
this quintain (said to l?c? the only sur
AN OIjD-TIM J". yl'INTAlN.
vlving specimen in Knglaiidj is shaped
like a square target pierced with a
number of holes Into which the point
of the player's lunee would enter.
When struck It would swing aronnd.
and unless the player were nimble the
snndbag hung on the other end of the
crossbar would swing around and un
seat him.
A PEASANT'S CaRT IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA.
Revenge of Ill-treated Horse.
Curious fets were revealed at an
Inquest at Birmingham, the other day,
concerning the death of a carter, nam
ed Penley. Wlffle drunk, Penley sav
agely beat a mnre, of which ho had
charge, because ho thought she had
ahlrkcd her work. Ho renewed'the
thraahlng when he got back to the
atables, and the mare, watching her
opportunity, suddenly kicked out with
both her hind lega, when Penley wae
behind her, strrklng him on the face
and ono arm. He sustained terrible
Injuries, f-auslnf Almost Immediate
ecath.
Turkish Ladles Are Smoker*.
I.HtllfM of the highest rank In Tnr
key arc often Invc!crate smokers.
Th? habit Ih a very ancient one and
l? to Rcncral that the woman who
'loCu not nrtioke Ik tho oxceptlon. The
tobacco Ih usually taken with the pipe
of native design. Every woman has'
her own pipe and many of the><c are^
valuable. bHtig decorated *lth elabo
rate carvings. A Turkish lady?that t*
to Hay, one who Ih not hampered with
household cares?will usually sp?n<^
many hours each day over her pipe.
The cigarette la also smoked by Turfed
Uh latflea In enormous quantltlMi