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JAFAN 13 HUSTLING. Tlint fowilry i:vit!?'i:(ly IntciMla to fomp to t!ie I'rout. Fred G. Turner of Tokyo, Japan, ftaid ywrterdny: ^Recently ^ovl rr.l iron and ft col plants have been em-ted near Tokyo, which are o\vn??l l?y (he govi rument. It is the intention ?.f tin' government evrntually to build all of its own w;rribips. and even make its own guns. For years the government lias been sending educated vonng men t.i I he manufacturing centers of the lenitcd States and Europe to study the industries of those countries, and now Jupan hi beginning to reap the benefit of that wise policy. The .Jajxuiese are willing to learn, and they are observant and intelligent scholars. The yonug men who, at the expense of the government, have traveled all over the civilized world for the purpose of making observations brought back new ideas as to methods of manufacture and doing hnsinesa, and they were at once put in force. "In this tm-lnwn .lapan nas ouxaineu a large corps of trained men lit to take charge Mid conduct large business enterprises with the same push and spirit that characterize the Anglo-Saxon race. "I kMow personally at least a score of young nun, graduates of Japanese high schools, who bare spent from throe Sr nix years in the large citiescf the United States with no other object than to eee and to learn. Some cf them were with the Carnegie company of this city for several years, and what they didn't learn abont the iron and steel bnsiuesf in that time isn't worth knowing. "Pittsburg is soon to get a large order for steel rails from the Japanese government. Japan stands in urgent need of transportation facilities in the interior of ttic country, where, up to date, the only style of carrying freight is on men's backs, and the government has decided to luwld several railroads at once. One of them will be 100 miles and another 25 miles in length. With European methods of tilling the soil and adequate transportation facilities, the volume of the agricultural products of Japan can be increased enormously There again tlte government shows its wisdom. It is not satisfied with baotning the industries and straining every t.ti ,.r.,aua Hi?> /-rim nf ? li? kingdom, bat gives just as uracil thought to agriculture, which is and must always be the foundation of the prosperity of any people, if the prosperity is to r st ?ii a solid basis."? Pittsburg Dispatch. T!ip Itninoil City of Xocbloaloo. Professor W. II. Holmes, one of the head curators of the National nftiscum, has returned from a trip to Mexico under the auspices of the Smithsonian institution. lie accomplished the exploration of the ruined city of Xochicalco ("hill of tho Hewers"), something not dene hitherto in a scientific and thorough way. The hill is a relies of stone &Mkk1 terraces from base to the summit, fit id a network of walls, liaishud iu softqtiwd ur cut stwao and well plaster.od. fee aauiwit is u1>*ut ouc-faurUi uf a *#? square, aad in tho uuutur stands a twopla,of simple but artistic oliaiactea It? walls arc covered with rude glyphs carved into them. Tho temple is about 60 by HO feet square, and is .surrounded by a very coriplot o system of courts and pyramids. Professor Holmes says the city belongs to the pre-Spanish period, and that to remodel and build the summit in the extensive way now indicated must have taken centuries of time. Therefore he concludes that the city is much more than oUU years old, as there is no rccoiu or us caprine aim occupancy by the Spaniards.?Washington Star. .More 'I'tinn a Horn?ti Mnrlyr. Among the melancholy applications for "leave to pr<-. r.n.e death" in the Stella disaster was ono touching in its revelation of a deed of heroism. The applicant was a Miss Baker, whose father, a major, had gone down with the vessel. Both were about to perish, when the father made a piteous appeal to a boatload of passengers, who were leaving the side, to find room for his daughter. One man, cf whose identity there is absolutely no trace, instantly stepped hack to the ship and allowed the lady to take his place. As the boat cleared the side, the vessel went down, carrying with it the girl's father and her unknown r< ?i u-.r. Ill *.v beautiful, how unutterably sad! His anonymity swum somehow to enhance the heroic {.'land -or r.f his <Jr nth Nothing wojId have 1. u gained by knowing his name. .v n:an capable of such a deed wants 1:0 mortuary honors nor the local habitation of a menunient. lie bob ngs to the infinite of greatness, ar. 1 i his lining grave is the sua.? I.iindi.n Tii 1.1. t !.??<"? 1 11* A Sareoxic man wa* telling the othvi day of tilt? inaiiiH r i:i \v! icli the p* oj !. down in his { wn have :c?>no into frvo coinage (.n their own ! ? < !:, so to apt ak the no t. I nsetl. liowt'Vi r, lining aluminium instead of silver. The "coin" consists of aluminium strawberry checks of tlirce differ? nt size, good r? ppectively for "oncer; tc," "one tray," "onequnrt." < >11 the hue!: in mistd figures is a strawberry, so natural, it is declared, that it almost looks red "Tii. t is thecirculating i tedium in our JocaJily nu'.v," said th.c in r.\ie nam,;, as he jinph'd .* 'up of th" checks in his" band.?Kansas < ity Journal. 'IVtl liml 1'rt J, Colnn' l Fred Fount 11 of the Twcn tioth Kansas, the hero of ('nlumpit. is 5 feet II inches tall and weighs Od pounds It wonhl In.* a poor tribute to bim, therefore, to say tint ho ecu 1?1 whip his weight in wild cats. Kan-ii*. jjeoplu are talking liii.i ii'f-?l?.r ^iv-oi, r but why not for vice p rident on t! o ticket with bis ca.-'t *in prototype i i military dash .' Kousevelt a'pd Fun-ton", the twin telrotn of too eui-t nod west I Hurrah for Tad and FredI? Huston w?t>? ? WHAT HE WAS AFTER. The < ;?! Farjiwr'n A??wer filmic Iho Voiiii;; I'VIIohn Wrnry. The help we get nowadays clout nroomit to rhucks. Tlir.e was when the help you hire I in haying time eon hi 'to a decent day's work, but this year they're wurs'n ever." OKI Farmer Smith was getting in hay : t I.is farm in a suburban town, and laid two or three new men at work with him. The ohl man eoutiuued: "Tell you what it is, old as I tun I can pack more hay on to a wagon than any two men of the present day can fork up." "Suppose y>!I try t?, old mutt." sttgl'i" It'll nlio iif tin. limn <? llio ciiimt ! time tipping t'.ie wink to his mate on tin* opposite fitle to "soek it" to tlie old rum. 'i lie < id fellow needed no second invitation. With a hound lie mounted the en ft, ami was stowing away hay at a tremendous rate. l*p came forkful after forkful, llrst on one side and then upon llie oilier. The "help" was putting in its host li? ks and the old man was kept squirming arotpul in lively style, much to the amusement of all hands. The "help" was rapidly getting tired; it woul ! never do to give tip and allow the old matt to come off victorious. Something must he done at once. "When I put up a heavy forkful on this s-ide, give him ail you can lift from the other end and knock hint out." said one of the men to the other in an linden one. The plan worked well. One of the ir.eai lifted a a extraordinary hig fonkful, just putting it upon the edge of the loud, and while the old man was leaning over endeavoring to get it in place the fellow on the other side threw all he could lift upon the hack of the old fellow, which, of course, upset hint and sent him sprawling to the ground. "Hello! what are you down hero for?" asked help No. 1. endeavoring as I srnnifi w.-is vcr.y iiiiicn surprised one li 't long 1 closed. It is the custom in :ne of the schorls w'.< n n sWiiiviT, or more likely liie ;?rl.??. !j?;?1 or one of the trustee:!, enters for them to any to the school at largo: ' <:<)oil morning, ehildrcu." Then the children, ?*is with one voice, will answer: "< !ood morning, sir." It iiiav have 1 eon this custom wlilch brought about the surprise for the principal. Tiie children in the primary school had been sowing, and the work w;.s done remarkably well. It \v?: warm, uncomfortable weather, and the children had done bo well that the | teacher thought they should he rewarded by the approbation of the priuelpal. and she sent for ldm to come to her room. When ho entered, the sewing was around everywhere, and the , room looked so much more like n (dressmaker's shoo than a school that 'he exclaimed involuntarily: I "Why. hello!" "Hello!" responded every little mite i In the room .ami so spontaneously that | teacher and principal turned away I that the children might not see them | smile.?New York Times. fool III flinroli. S i'i! :in i n p. rifiH i il cliurcli ollVer: ' "Tlii' gri'inlilin*-' ami raj?'.* '?\or (lie lirat ^-in f-Liiirt'li l:i1t; ly springs from original , .sin. As :i niatlor of fact, a cliurcli, ; especially if of In*ick or Mom? <-on. sanction, is generally tlic Coolest place I in town."?Gburcli Economist H !IS lie COIIUI lO COIICCHI MIS U1C1TIlUCllt. <?uick as a tlash from the old man came the answer: "After more hay!" This; answer tired the lull) coiupietely.?Boston Courier. HE'S WISE NOW. Uce'nreM Tlint \<> Girl Can I'.hc IIIm l'?r it l)rny. "Von don't catch me ever doing tinything for auy girl again as long :ts 1 live," said the young man with the polka dot hand on his hat. "So, siree. 1 was an easy mark once, hut I've got wise to myself now. ".Miss resell went to Cape May last Thursday, and when I heard she was goiiv^ 1 had to break in and ask if I might come up and carry her bag to the train. 1 was bound to make a grand stand play with her, you understand. She said 1 might, and you couldn't have held mo. I was tip at her house before the doors were epen, and tJicre she was with a bag the size of a trunk, all knobby and luiu># on the outside from the tilings she'd Jammed Hito it. Von k-nuw how a woman paoks -?puts live Saratoga:', full of things into one siuali steamer trunk and gets the janitor to sit on the lid so it'll go shut. "Will, that's the way Miss I'eaeh's l?ag was packed, and it weighed a ton nt that. 1 pickud it up gayly?it had a crate of umbrellas and parasols and a box of candy and a basket of fruit and n rug and a jacket and a bandbox and n bundle of magazines and a few other Ii.itl/.o ami t.'.i o..? ,??Y W liiiti nf/il u ?n uii n *; pi i mi. >> urn t to the station, I lugged tiio things into the waiting room and sat down with tiu? hag on my knees. "Pretty soon I looked down, and there was a stream of something black running out of it and soaking into my new gray trousers. Did that girl say she was sorry? Did she say she was a horn fool for iKicking things like that in a hag? Did she tell nie I was an nngcl of light? No, she didn't. She just looked at me haughtily. "'Oh, Mr. Skaggs,' says she, 'There you've gone and spilled nil my shoe polish. How awfully careless of you.' "Never again, and you watch me. No more helping girls get out of town for me. They're all selfish brutes, girls are. and I'm a wise guy to learn it so early."?Washington I'est. Ilo I'olltm cil Suit. 'lite principal of one of the public . HIDES HIS LIGHT. Taih U" rf Oimilin |;*ci < '.->oil nml Cunc'.-nl* HI* I <! entity. Who is "Cash K" of Omaha? This is u fittest ion that fur ten vc is luts excit?-d t'.to curiosity of the people of tins eitv ami has engaged as much research ns did. years a^o. lite inquiry as to the identity of the man who struck Dilly Pat terse u iu ? another section of tho country. "Cash Iv" may he either a man rr a woman, for anything the puLlie knows. "Cash K" is a philanthropist who lielieTes induing good and hiding itr? If modestly away front the thanks of those | it has heiielited. As the sex of "Ctnti j K" is unknown, the indiv dual nr.it-1 : nreessarily, in bein^ referrtd to. be ?lu<sed as neuter ?emler. "Cash lv" only communicates with tlio public Hirough the columns of one paper, und all its contributions, which aiiiunnt to thousands < f dollars, liavu been inndo through the editor cf this paper, who presumably knows who the philanthropist is, but guards the secret religiously. Ten years ago the editor of this paper annonneed that he had received $1,01)0 from "Cash lv" to apply on a subscription being circulated for mine charity work in the city. The ne.it fall no announced the receipt of another $1,000 to lie applied to the Oeuelit of the poor of Omaha, especially those not accustomed to receive regular charity from the city and county. The ner.t winter he had occasion to make two $*1,000 announcements, "Cc.-h lv" trying that as the winter was an unusually severe cue there was need cf greater j effort to prevent suffering. Kegalarly j every year since has this unknown . doiior been in evidence, the last winter bringing $1,000 threw times. In addition to this, "Cash lv" in all these years has been a liberal contributor to every charitable or relief gcliemu that has been broached in this city and has invited those in sudden and pressing financial need to apply to "Cash K" through the papers, and from this source hundreds have obtained relief j win n wcrthy. j Hut Omaha is yet in ignorance of j n im 11 iu?.i v h i.? u;i nvi iiiilli UXJil l 11 cl nil uvtioiis uud> r tlio impersonal mark of "Cash K. "?Chicago Inter. c)L?*ni. ? PEACOCKS AND' TIGERS. Tliry Mvc Tow<*tli?*r In the Thicket* of the I'nnt. Peacocks ami tigers are believed nsnally to live together. There is also a common jungle legend that leopards and tigers can fascinate peacocks. The j story may originate in the fact that both leopards and peacocks have spots 1 and that there is sonio mysterious relat tion.ship between them. Colonel Tytler had an experience which showed that the natives believe in the story. When stalking a peacock, he was rather suri prised to .see how near it allowed him 1 to approach. The bird paid no attention i to him, but was gazing?sHyt-ce-tiy, as if ! fascinated at a little paten of jungle | just iu front. j Looking in the same direction, lie raw a leopard stealing tin its belly tuj ward the bird, which continued to rej main still in the same position. lie was ! greatly surprised, for he had never even i heard of leopards in that neighborhood, but his astonishment was greater when, on his raising his gun, olio barrel of ! which was loaded with ball, and, cov! cring tlie animal, the leopard threw up I its paws and shrieked in a voice hoarse I with terror: "Neliiu, sahib, uehin; ! inut chulao" ("No, sir, no; don't fii?!"). lie paid that for a moment, be thought lie must bo going mad, and nil the Indian lales of enchanted ffNtiv es and fairies wore wolves and the like flashed iiii'tjii<<ti his rccoiit'ciiuu. me next nio! nient lie saw a man very cleverly (lisj Raised in a leopard's skin, with a well 1 stuffed head and a bow and arrow in j one paw, standing before him. The j man so dreused was a professional fowl] er, who said that in that disguise ho , ecu Id always approach near enough to ' ! shoot the birds with a bow and arrow and sometimes to catch them in his hand. ? Spectator. KIiiIIiik Interview* Came llli;li. 1 ht'ar^ vest "id ay that llarmswoMh. { the proprietor of tho London Daily I j Mail, had ottered Itich.ird Harding Da- I ; vis any amount ho eared to ask for an interview with It-udyard Kipling. Tho j 1 offer was mado through Harnisworth's j I rejeev ntaiive here. The l'l?iladelphia | author replied in his characteristic ! manner: "Of course not. How perfect- I ly vi iietilous!" I ' Mr. Douhleday, one of Kipling's in- l I ti nit-* friends and his pul li her, was | 1 seen by the Knglinh newspaper editor's j ; representative and asked whether he j would not oblige Mr. llarmsworth hy helping him to sec are an interview i fro.111 lie author of "Mine Own People. " j i I understand that Mr. Donbledoy, when approached on the subject, told tie . liarnisworth man this: ! v..,, 1,11 >1.. W........ ?tl. 41... I 1 shall 1 ;u perfectly willing to seeuro tli ' I desin <1 interview for liiin under mi1 ; i condition?namely, I will pivo Mi i Ilsnnswoith a thousand word intci- 1 j vi< w with Mr. Kipling provided ho will | | fend inn a t ve thousand Word interview I with t^nec nVictoria." Mi'. Hums worth had figured 011 th [ , K pli'ip interv iew as ilie f< atnto of tli" t fir.-t, J- iniea\ edition of The Mail.?New i | York Letter. An <>l<i llontl. While tearing down an old house oil ! Joseph Eastman s placo on IJroadway, ( i:i Tarry town, N. Y., workmen discovered an old Continental be nd in ii rat's tit t. It read. "This entitles bearer to 1 I . t'paoidi dollars, payable at Halt'! 1 1". . according to act of conprrss p.!v'-s 1 I' el,. I 1 1 I," . > The hotiso was built in 17o8. It was . tVo licrtne <.f the Yun Werts, the hea 1 ' ol which hoTi'nt) was on? of the captors of Major Andre. | A FEW EASY PROBLEMS. I S"Ir-"11->t>? Priifi Kor j H?)'n iiuO (iirls ?? Ovi'P. In tlit* whole of imxzlcdoui there a loug list. of little problems that are very simple and yet are so highly ymtising that it urny be worth while to go back into this history and for a moment recall some of the be.-t of them. It will , Lo found timt the lioy or girl who has , a little fund of these catch questions v will bo able to afford considerable amusement to the playmates and friends assembled at the birthday party of some much admired little girl friend. The editor of this page was a l.oy himself once some years ago, nud he known from experience how much real fun * ?*. lto flotitiml fi'niM < 'ivi crin ?*.' ! i t it may bo well to remember sonic of t bem. Th.-ro is no boy or girl who decs not know what will be tho cost of a dozen and a half herrings if one lining and a half cost a cent and a half. That catch question is almost a s old as arithmetic itself. And there is thccaso of the frog at tho bottom of tho well tl'J Ic t deep, ft will lie remembered that he jumps up three feet each time and tlivn falls back two. How many jumps -will it take for him to get out of the avi 11 entirely V A discussion that will bo funny can * be made up on the answer to this qnesj tion. And then tho difiVrence between six dozen dozen and half a dozen _ dozen. Of courso this is apparent i in ; mediately, but the hoy asking the qne.ition must crnfuse his li. tcirnrs by telling tiicm to answer quickly. It is not always so easy to think correctly in a hurry. All I'no young folks know that a pound is a pound the av? i Id over, and that tho question, "Which is the .heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of lend?" is intended to catch only the unwary, who arc likelv to hurriedly answer, "Lead," without thinking that it is a pound of lead. It was a witty hov who was driving tho ducks home, and who answered the question as to how many lie had by saying, "When in line, there are two ducks ahead (fa duck, two ducks behind a duck and one duel: in the middle." Asa matter of fact, now, how many ducks did tho boy have to drive? This fittlo nnerv was mil I v a father i (.? his son, who had asked him how old i ho was. "Now. sou. how old am 1 if ' 1 :un now just six limes ns i.l.1 as yon [ are, hut in ~4 years von will bo exactly t one-half ns old ns IV" How old was [ each V i There are a great titimhcr of tin so simple little catch questions which it r is always well to have in miml. for they will surely come in handy some day. : T here is, however, one catchy problem [: which is not quite so readily seen i through. It has to deal with a hungry hunt', r and a wily squirrel. The hunts\ man was pretty mad, for hp had l.ecn out all that day and seen very little ( game of any kind, and had not been *ah!'j to shoot any at all. lie had had a [ few chances at very Ions liui^'O and had missed all of tjieiu and was about to ; turjl for home when a frisky little r .squirrel whisked out upon his path and scampered away to the nearest tree hefore Mr. Huntsman could get his gun "to his shoulder. 1 Ho followed the wary little bushy tailed fellow and found that he had got In hind the nearest tree. Tlibn he thought lie had him, and here is where the crafty little clsap fooled the hunter, b for ns fast as the hunter moved around ihe tiee to get a shot so Master Squirrel ; moved around the tree. Many times did the liuntir go completely around ahu tree, and'the squirrel invariably [ kept on the opposite side, always keeping tho tree between himself and the u hunter. The question which catches is, "Did the hunter go around the , squirrel ' /vote pnj.ii, mm .wco >vuat ne tifiys about it. ? Now York Ilcrnld. Vncnllon Time. Wcs don't have to po to school, llecanso the l<rn? is out, Ami we are so plat) of It We dance mound ami shout. Wo played soldier yesterday, Ami now we're die: ins wells. Those things in the w t?on thereT Oh, they're Kate's and Nell's! -''V r> v <*^<1 "f .Mj;.' '''J ? **? -dm r.to-i-y r. ( ?? V' % 'r* * "* T ___ "7 _i. y s-o' *> " They hoth |dsy, 1 r.t Leaping Louis lleneath tint apple tree; They've set liimiT now, 1 think? I'll run across and s o. Yes, they've fixed an empty lor; 'Tin just uhout so l;iah: When the dinner's laid on it. They'll (-.ii to me and Si. -XT/!1 . / Ha :v; /r.fi|p ' pw '' ^ I! i iS!^M ' / '1,1%. '! *> . I ; , ft > V ^ I' M V". ' / i ;st i v '/' , ' ?'. ,//// |B '' / / "' f . , . . 'ill ijjl" *|w They haw some rr.i! (1 't to cat f'.nn <n!.' > nr. 1 < u?t .r-1 |>to, I'.r.atl thai'* s; r -cl with n;< o, clean meat ? l.et 'rt liln v u il :i tit* i ' *ie I AH of lis :ir \> rune Wc u. flii'f yliii':.. In'. '..8; , It's nlcrr far to |i!ay >?>u are a I>ifciriJ?Tf>vril<i and cook*, jv- if?f(f?rct Lm in Cincinnati Commwial Trfb' I ctjmljw luuiii J '- I UOAUWAYSOF STEEL. I POIUTG Or SUPERIORITY OVER MACADAM. I Clipcper to Cnnatrnct itn<l Maintain 1 unil ?re I'rni'tiiMlIj- ItxlVKt?uetil?I?. (Iriisl Sn\ln,i I : ron er ? Sample I. in cm In Oporuticit. i S,'? rotary of A^ricnltcrc Wilson is tin t nthiisiiMie advocate: of feted track i \vn;;? n roads, ami ho believesthat they | will ovt ntnally supersede the macadam ami other made highways. Secretary Wi!r?m is of the ? pinion that the *ol.i I fr.fnl i : <1 i I'ijillv l.t i?il fid' 1 Ito tiufdc of the western states, and he strongly urges and advises the authorities of new and thriving towns of the ; west to investigate the merits of the ' steel truck svsti in heforo expending ! n.eney in i r nnam ut!y improving their I sir- - ts and roads. i Tii" guvornmi ;:t aire ady owns three ! ?t < 1 trai l: w 1:50:1 ror.ds, which were j built for the puipose of ptcving tlieir 1 ad van tap s ly actual tests. Oue of these is ;.t Aims, la., at the home of the seen tary. Aft r being subjected to all sorts of practical trials for a couple of years it is pronounced a success. During the Tran?iuis>issippi eshii it ion at Omaha the* government constructed a steel road so that the results of its , workings might lu seen by a large number of people, i The read consists: f two] mail. 1 lines i *>f st el plates, < if.ht inches wide, laid ; at a pufricicnt distance apart to reo ivc the win- Is of vel.ic !t .:of the standard gauge. Tics" j dates have a slightly proi jecting llange upward on the inner edge to ji'cAent the wheels of ordinary vehicles which have no (lances frcm easily i leaving the track. The lku:grs bring I only one-half inch aio not of a height . to 1 i. viiit the wagons from leaving the track to pass another vehicle. These steel plates are not supported l y wooden crossties or s tringers of any kind, 1 but are provided with flanges projecting Loth downward and outward, by means < f which they are made secure. i Ato.lio v f. )<! litis linen 1-nilC nf St : Anthony's park. Minnesota. This is considerably shorter than tlie? otlu r two, j bving Lut ISO frit in length. Although I cFosstic's aro not needed lor supports, tho two plates forming tlie* track aro | connected at intervals with rods for tho purpose of preserving a uniform space 1 between them and also to prevent tiltin.ir. Tliu read, when properly finished, | coulaius no perishable material, as | heretofore nsed and thought necessary. I hut forms a smooth, firm and comimet line s, harder and uiore dura hie than a road can bo made of any other muj terial. j The three great advantages claimed for this stylo of road by tho agricultural department nio: First, that the ] steel track wagon read can be bnilt I without greater cost in most cases and ! probably with loss cost in many cases j than any other hard and durable road: I second, that it will last many times as 1 long its any other kind of road and with much less repairs: third, that the power required to move a vehicle over the steuJ track road is only a small fraction of the power required over any other kind of road. The experiments with steel roads have been conducted unde r the direction cf Martin Dodge, tho chief of the special division of road inquiry of this department. In speaking of his work Mr. Dodge said: "Although our steel roads have not I been done sufficiently long for us to doj termino exactly what tiny will do. we | have been convinced that tliey are far i superior to the dirt and macadam roads. A load of 11 tons required '-20 horses to haul it over a common highway. Tho same weight was drawn without great difficulty by one horse over a steel track road. This load was 20 times the weight cf the animal, and still ho started and moved it without t i on I >le. "The steel tracks would prove popular with bicycle riders, and their use would permit of the extension of rural mail delivery to points not ordinarily within the reach of carriers under tho present conditions. "The cost of constructing the short section of steel track road already built was about !>1 per foot, but this is much in excess t 1' the necessary cost wlu-n j ! built in longer sections. The price will 1 also bo reduced after tho lulling mills ' are equipped with suitable rolls to get j the shapes desired. "It is prulable also that the weight of steel may be considerably diminished below that heretofore used without materially impairing the value of the road, j Ik-fore making a positive statement, as i to wti.ii me proper w? ilcur mould lie j I hiiiiiv time ii;u>t elapse (luring withh we it jiiiii c observations of the remit of Uahic on the rails aliendy down It seems probable, however, that a rail wcipliii :> i pounds to tho yard, one* i fit*tIr of an inch in thickness and with i lLo cavity immediately below proper! v : lill.'d, > av to tfivo a continr nu Ik ax! i v.iU prove suflUunt. This would I briiu,' d '\vi. the mat of the steel b> about fcl..VJO per mile, and there is every ; probability that tiuie and experience will show that that estimate is a libera' | one. j "Of course, the cost of actually lay- ; iipo the track must he added to this, as w 11 as the< xpew-eof bringing the rojid Hiiriitee up to it in such a manner as to pi rve 1 he surface of t ho roadbed even w.iii the surface of tne steel rail A1I lowing an eipuil amount for that purpi -e, wiiich is without diAiht biihieii nt, i j the road cuinplcto could be built fur i fcU.(hM) a uiile." I? units on Si t>< en I sin tut. At tbo eloso cf tbo year 1 b51'O it is computed tl)<it thero will Po 100 miles ' of iiiijiit ved r??:i? 1 nod dvivewny ?.n ( } . n I' l.uxl und. r tlx- provi ions < f ti' 1m\v < 1 1*0 >, \\iii( !i imthovi/' d rr.ch ! ?< i: !r -tit.!;, for wiiii h tlio county of iii. I.n.'iiid bis lion loo r<> i sued 1 ciikIm tt r nitre tliao $1,125,000. Tliu vxpeDbd j Of thcnr mftinteinmco is about $75,00X1 . 1 ft /Hit. ... I I iTot* the lr<xvmci*:: Tn all of the older states the tendency to seed down the land to grass has been a notable one for many years, says the t)enver Farm and Field Should the man who has lived for a generation west of the Mississippi return to the home of his ancestors in some state farther east he will not unlikely bo surprised-to find that tho small farm, which is perchance remembered as a closely cultivated and moderately produ< tive homestead, whereon a littlo of * 1 3 t 1 imug was ii.uuiiLni, HUH iH'en bought up by tlio owner of a grass farm near by and that now many of tlio fences aro gone. the buildings either removed ?>r in ruins and that grass for pasturage and grass for hay is the leading feature, possibly the exclusive crop. There are several reasons for this. Impoverished land recuperates when in grass. This is especially true if a part f t' the pasturage is a clover. In these tlays of low prices the landowner is often at a loss as to a method of farm- * in;,* which will pay expenses. To increase the product without- increasing the expenxo or to decrease the expense tnoiv than the decrease in value of the product is often found a necessity. Tho man who cannot do ono or tho other of those things is likely to want to sell out to the man who can or to tind himself falling behind and sold out. After land has been seeded to grass tho expens is only tho harvesting until roseeding is necessary. If pastured, tho expense of harvesting is nearly eliminated. The value of the product may bo less tka:i when cultivated crops aro pvode.c 1. but tho expense is far less, so that if th,re rrc margins of profit in citht r ea o those of the grass farmer have greatly exceeded those of the grain farmer. In much of the west the possibility < f s: re.ing land to grass after once demt< ying t!:i* prairie sod lujs been seriously fjuest lotted. The prairie grasses are rich and nutritious, but their yield is not generally heavy and in many parts is uncertain, especially in dry* years, lilro the present. Where largo areas ere available at small cost, tho production of cattle on prairie or foot lull grass is profitable. In sonic sections which a few years ago were taken liy set 11( rs who have found mixed farmiii'C under existing conditions unprofitable the country is going back to cattle, not quite after the methods of the old range cattle days which preceded the settlement by farmers, but in a way a little more oiviTzed. Largo areas are inclosed. A better kind of grass farming is also being introdneed. o;i<! which gives vsluo to land and snhstitntes farm homes for half civilized ranches, and this moans the extension of alfalfa patches all over t'.m west. Alfalfa is ?not a grass l-olanically. but i3 a clover or a legume of the pea vino family. It makes ilnvo to four crops a year. Under favorable conditions it never needs rosjeding. It enriches the land on which it grows while yielding from thrco to live tons an acre a season. Wlicy I'or I**!!tten i it ic Iloxn. Wherever ohcore is made what is left of the miik after its casein and Imtter fats have been to.ken is the whey, says * the Boston Cultivator. It is mainly water and has little value for making growth. If pigs were fed on it exclusively. they would starve. But it contains all the sugar which the natural milk has. and if fed to fattening hogs with the grains that make muscle and hone it has a considerable feeding value. The milk of mam contains much more Jr of the sugar of milk than does that from cow3. It is from fermentation of this sugar in marcs' milk that koumiss is made. This is an intoxicating liquor made by the Tartars. It cannot well bo made from cows' milk, as it does not contain sugar enough. Whey from cows' milk is slightly sweetish to the taste, ami fatt< mug hogs oat it greedilv. though. ii' the lion's stomach is small, it should not be allowed to fill itself with this watery fluid that has so little nutriment in proportion to its bulk. Illlntlon of Milk. Iii lsOIl tlio Indiana experiment station for two weeks carried on an experiment on the influence of dilution of milk on efficiency of creaming. Tho results of this work, as published in bulletin 11 of tho station, were that a greater loss of fat occurs in skimmilk when dilution is practiced than with undiluted intTk. that tho loss is greater with cold than with warm water and that by diluting the milk a poorer tj. a'ily of skimmilk for feeding is tl err by produced. Tlieso results wero in accordance with conclusions arrived ai through similar experiments at the Vrunout, Cornell, Illinois and Ontario col! >ge stations. The process of dilation w e? i:et Jo be recommended us a genP? act.ice f '!. ?? p l<?nr Scrnli I.ntul. 'I ]v r i oo v ay by which rough land iri In* i ui .P." d ami fho weeds and bi.-i."i -o ijiickly. so cheaply and bo ei:i( 5iv"!v killed and tho land filled with k< ud gras.-"s as with n flock of s leep, e.or in which tho farmer can get an inc< : a? while doing it Dy cutting ail the bushes to the ground and putting < n twice tho sheep the land will n:: tare, and feeding them enough wheat bran to keep them thriving and with a s;.only of water accessible ho r ai in one year kill out every Imsh and we. i !l now ho will sow on grass seed ii) September as the rains begin to te;:?e he will by next year haven fino rhoep pasture.?National Stockman 1 ' 4 rntflo For Culm. Cat lie to !?.* admitted Into Cuba free, r. f'-i* t'.tt' f / . ! ! Iir.o I 11 11 e t lift L-l. !tvr\ii.l I'.-rni either Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans or (Inlvcston; must not come \ frnai the fever dlstric's: must lio free . rrofu tick, and be suitable for breeding \ I I>urposrc*. | 'J