Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 September 1909 — Page 2

Farm and Garden.

The Golden Rod. OR In tho fields of rlponins grain. Which tho touch of the sun makes gold again; OfT with the daisies nodding whlto. With tholr vellow hearts und their blooms of light, Fur away from the dust and glare. Prom tlu stoma's sharp hiss and thu fiu-uuy blare. "Where i.i qulot peace tho rich plants nod.

Then- shine th

lied uHin and. given a good horse in hands of an expert feeder, it will sometlnms tala- on tU-sh at tho ruto of live pounds a la. One half this sain I. however, about tho nvorago.

glories of golden rod.

toad with thtir scepter

keen gold of their

The j line the

blooms, "With the briuht waving in ''

The bunch m Leant through long green IleLIs "W hose verduie a background of softness ylel.i. They stretch .iva in u gulden laue.

For nn artist - . to And 't igatu In Hs

With tts ligtM!. un.i shades sunbeam pass.

i ravel again gorgeous mass.

the

Ah It blooms thought it Of the love

ciowned "Who passed

once irings

: more kings.

with

more, what a

t ban

sweetheart

hnppv

his

along the way. "With nature a id nature's Jewels cnv. And looked m.n her rich ripe hair. Her iolet eyes, and her hlu.-he rare. And felt that Kden's path he trod

pltickt d together the golden Paltiniorc Anieiican.

Fragrance of Hay. Tho agreeable odor of fnudily out

, hay is imparted to it by certain plants I of th family of tho labiates, such as the salod-bumot. woodruff, sweet trefoil, otc, but in particular by tho so-callod spring gnus or vernal grass Anthoxnutum odorutumi. This latter la n very precocious gnuuiua that flourishes as early as the end of April or the beginning of May. It grows In low and thick tufts, and thrives chiefly in fresh and shaded ground. Now. should you ask us whence this odor of the spring grass which to hay imparts its fragrance, we shall answer, we shall tell you: It is due to tho aromatic principle called Coumarin by the chemists. This substance Is also extract od from the ubc-e-mentioned plants In which it appears in appreciable quantities, and used lit the manufacture of perfumes, as well as in medicines in the form of sedative and carminative pastes and

symps against bronchitis, whooping ron eh. etc. 15. I). A., in the American Cultivator.

It Is natural for hogs to root and It is profitable to let them do so under certain proper conditions. Hreeding stock icquiros clover, al falfa and bran more than corn, but a little Judicious mixtures helps materially. Two litters n year Is business. II they are lr.rge mid nine-tenths of thepigs ralsod to maturity, it U good business. Crossing twe thoroughly well established breeds results tu ström; pigs that make good gains, but the progeny should all bo sold for pork. One cross is permissible, but breed ing crossbreeds results in nothlms but mongrel stock.

Stomach worms in sheep can be prevented by keeping tobacco stalk 1 aves and stems where the Hock can havo access to them. They will eat what thoy need of thorn. Tobacco waste can be bought cheaply. The English sparrow may oat bugs and Injurious Insects and noxious weeds, but not to any extent when the corn shock or the granary Is handy to be pilfered. It Is nmazlru how much grain the little posts w'll get away with in the course of a year.

Woman's Sphere.

THE RAIN FOREST.

Glimpse of the the World in

Greatest Wonder Savage Africa.

of

As

tbev rod.

SOME ROSES THAT BLOOM

IN AUTUMN.

Why Net

Plant Variety Flowering?

For Late

vat ing

ly and

in the

named

T often tie roses in public and i private gardens ate strictly summer; flowering, giving one glorious dis-1 play around the middle of June and ' then otilv a few strangling (lowers' the rest of the season. It would be,

a goo.i idea u some or ttie rose gardens planted ears ago to the hybrid perpetual varieties were torn out after the June display, the soil removed und new substituted, or. if this is Impractical, giving a thorough dressing of clean loam and manure, culti-

the beds and borders thorouuh-

planting to approved varieties

fall. With many of the rosea

below the writer ha not had

personal experience, and it may be that some at least have been tried and found wanting, but a few thoughts on what he has seen may be acceptable. The bright red Gruss and Töplitz was last season very beautiful in some of the parks in the middle west up to the time the plants were cut by frost. It (lowered well early In the season, stood the heat well and again in fall put forth a bounteous crop of flowers. Its lovely color brightening up the surroundings at a time it was most needed. Pegeed-down

roses are not acceptable to some people, but whero beds have to be j kept In track there must be some formality, and if their long shoots' are turned down, what a wealth of. llower is produced nil through the ' autumn by such grand old roses as i

jwme. Isaac Perrier. Victor Verdier and Heine Mario Henriette. Then the hardy Dijon teas such as Gloiro do Dijon. Mme Berard. Boquet d'Or nnd Gloiro Lyonnaise are only memories with many of us. yet what a grand dlsplav they give In early summer, followed by nn autumn sprinkling of lovely (lowers. How manv of us have given the best attention or late to such beautiful old roses as Almee Vibert. Souvenir de la Malmalson, William Allen Richardson nnd others that are at their best in tho cool dnys of autumn? Tho rugosa roses are a host in thoinselves, always beautiful from earliest spring to midwinter and perfectly hardy. Including the new colors thero Is a great variety to be had. nnd the effect of the satin-Hko flowers on the soft green leaves Is very fine, to say nothing of the handsome fruits that hang on nearly all winter. The beauty of the rambler, noisette and Wichuriana varieties Is taken full advantage of Indoors, but they are not sufficiently recognized as beautiful outdoor roses. Wo bollove we are correct In saving that the widespread popularity of the Crimson Rnmbler pome years ago did harm to this section, for Crimson Humbler, except in very favorable circumstances, is not a satisfactory outdoor rose. In n moist soli and semi-shady position It is perfect, both foliage and flowers attaining splendid proportions ami color. Hut In the full huh tho foliage in pale green nnd the color burns out of the (lowers almost boforo they are open.

Starting Indians as Farmers. The Cheyenne River Agency will be bu.sv for some tlnio to come, as tho distribution of live Ktock to Indians ha commenced. To each bond of a family is to be given twenty-three head of 2-year-old heifers, or In case he so desires a team of mares, a wagon and harness, agricultural Implements, live cows and tho in cash, says the Pierre correspondent of the St. Paul Dispatch. This distribution means that to any of the Indians who desire will be given a start of about $1,000 in value either toward starting n heard of cuttle or beginning farming operations without nny expense.

Best Fowls. If onlv the best fowls were retained and the interior ones discarded as soon as they show thnt thev cannot keep up with the others, there would be a great deal of saviug of both time and food, ami more room might be secured for those that aro retained. Inferior chicks or adults

win amount to nothing but a loss in

tho end. and they should be gotten j .1 r -. . .

nu oi ueion mey cost tue owner

more time and money. Many youn

fowls that aro kept until quite large

snoul! ue eaten by the owner, nnd

mus save a Pinail sum in the meat

one. insieau or entailing expense.

farmers Home journal.

Thorough Cultivation.

it me ground is cultivated often

onongii no weeds can grow, nnd if the groumi for a crop is carefully pro-

parou oeiore putting in the seed, by

deep plowing and frequent harrow

ing, the cultivation required after tho plants are up need not be more than 1 Inch deep, if this Is done after

every rain there can be no weeds.

ana tnoy win become fewer every

year, wane me cultivation will prevent loss of moidturo in the soil by

aiioruing a loose covering of dry

euriu.

Feeding Manure to Plants. Our people are perfectly satisfied that they can put character into milk and cream and butter by feeding tho dairy cow a properly balanced ration and all that she will properly stand. The cow Is simply a machine, the soil Is simply a machine, and the cabbage head is a machln. into which wo can put a certain amount of material and turn out from it so mam dollars, if you feed this vegetable matter, with high-grade nitrogenous mat uro von can mako It pay.

The Value of Grit. A shortage of grit will verv speedily affect tho egg supply. Without grit the food cannot bu properly dlRested, and until that has boon done the Internal egg manufactory cannot be expected to work. Of tho grit which fanciers of every clnss of bird may uso there are various kinds, and so long as it Is hard and sharp, though of a suitable size, any stone will do. Western Poultry Journal.

Catering to the Horse Market. It Is very well known that good draft grade homes are all tho hotter for hard work when only in good fair llosh conditions. And yet It Is the fat horse that brlngB the highest price. Tho New York Herald gives a good Illustration of this fact, and says that the feeders often pick up their prospects in the markets where they are to bo sohl when flnishod. selecting only such animals as promise to round out to fancy drafters of extrn weight, shape nnd quality. These horses are used for light work on the farms while the fattening process Is going on, and thus often almost pay for the feed they consume, leaving to tho farmer as a profit the difference between firht cost and final sellIng price. This difference Is sometimes nstoulBhlng when horses nro selected and finished by an export feeder. One man last year picked up a carload of prospeets In one of the western markets at an average ot J27&, and. after feeding them a little more than three months, sent them back to the same market and sold them at an average of $lä2. It takes about four months for the average fowler to fatten a stall-fed draught horse for the .Now York market. Corn, oats, whoat, bran, linseed meal, molasses And timothy and clover hay aro th principal rations re-

Feed For Young Turkeys. The most universal feed adoptod now for young turkeys Is stale broad soaked In sweet milk nnd pressed or squeezed quite dry for the first few feeds, feeding only n very little at a time, after which cracked wheat and pinhead oats are fine. He careful and don't overfeed them. Hotter kop them a little hungry than feed them too much.

The Indian Runner Duck. Tho average weight of the Indian Runner duck Is four pounds. It does best on a largo, free range, not standing confinement so woll as other varletie8. The duck Is full grown and ready for market at seven or eight weeks of age. Indian Runnois are wonderful egg producers, great foragers, hardy and delicious eating. Holding Up Milk. Sometimes the dairvmen finds a cow "holding up her milk." as It Is called. The glands really fall to secrete properly owing to somo norvous condition or disturbed state of mind. Give the cow n little chop feed or bran to divert her mind, and she will soon give it down nil right. House and Farm.

tho sub-

AROUND THE FARM. Regularity in milking helps (low during the present and all sequent lactation periods.

In ordor to get the best flavored milk, tho cow should bo fod nothing until after milking. Tho cows should be kopt clean, and not allowed to wailo In mud or filth. This calls for clean yards and clean well-bedded stalls.

Until only a few vears aco. tho croat

est wonder of the world lay hidden away in one of the most savage parts of Africa. The natives of that region, terrified by its mysterious columns of vapor and its subterranean thunder, did not venture within many miles of it. The white men who had looked upon it could bo counted on the fingers of one hnnd. And yet. more than fifty years hnve passed since tho explorer Livingstone, journeying eastward along tho Zambesi, first beheld that rainbow mist rise above the forest. Of its cause he could learn nothing from the savages; and so. except for his own conjectures, he came quite unprepared upon his splendid discovery. He approached it by the river, which above the falls is a mile wide, and below them runs tor fifty miles at the bottom of a gorge between four and live hundred feet deep, whose twin walls of black, precipitous rock show for all that distance scarcely a ledge or slope where the smallest plant may cling. So. after a peep, downward nt the falls, from the Island on their brink which now bears his name, he left his newly found marvel less than half seen, and departed whence he cntne. And the loneliness of those vast solitudes brooded once more over forest

and river, to be broken only at rare Intervals by some wandering hunter, or jjerhaps by a party of men adventuring through endless toil and danger to behold a wonder whose fame, even then, spread as far as that tiny portion of South Africa where white men dwelt and civilisation held sway. So things remained until the day of Cecil Rhodes, under whose name auspices went forth the voortrekkers. or pioneers to colonize tho vast land now called Rhodesia, in tho heart of which Victoria falls He. Many of these voortrekkers, and their wives and children, died at the hands of the savage Amatabelo tribe of natives ; but the survivors in the end were victorious, and the country became their own. Cecil Rhodes died, and was laid in his lonely grave among the Matpuo Hills, on a rocky summit which looks i Tar out over tho land ho loved. But j his wishos were remembered, the greatest and the least of them; and still, year by year, the Central African railway grows, every year a little northward through the forests. And

now it has reached the Zambesi, and over that hitherto unconquerable gorge has been thrown one of the most wonderful railway bridges ever built; and close by has sprung up a great hotel, so that the Victoria Falls and their surroundings are attainable at last by all the world. For many days the approaching traveler has been Hying through a mighty tropical forest, in which a path has been cut for the railway line, but which is otherwise so undisturbed, so vast and silent and lonely, thnt it is hard to believe white men inn ever make a home in it. Here the lion prowls at his own sweet will, nnd legions of antelopes, great ami muH. graze on the sweet veldt. And here elephants wander In troops of fifty or more, and in the swamps the hippopotamus plows his way through the papyrus reed and the ten-foot Rhodesian grass. The little Iron shanties of the railway men are the only signs of civlllzled life. The natives of tho country aro few and far between; their kraals, with the conical huts peculiar to this race of Africans, look down from tho rare, slight eminences. There Is no change in the scenery, little to give warning of the wonder that one approaches. Only, above, the noise of the train, n far-off murmur of sound grows upon the car; and a little while after, lloating upward from out of the forest, there comes in sight a long line of snowy vapor, which, as the low sun touches It, glows with soft, many-colored lights. This mist-cloud Is caused by tho sudden narrowing of the great Zambosi rivrr In the chasm, not 200 yards wide, which receives the falls nt the end of their leap. The cloud rises at times as much as fino foot into the air, and there condenses Into rain, which fulls In etornnl show-

ers glorious In this thirsty land, and makes in the country close about the falls one perpetual spring. This trait of land Is known as the rain forost, and In Its tropical magnificence, its soft irud delicate beauty, can surely be surpassed by nothing on earth. St. Nicholas.

As to That. Interrupting her husband's mutterings. tho fair young wlfo says: "Hefore we were married you would havo been delighted tb have buttoned my dress for mo." Strnlghtenlng up nnd mopping the perspiration from his brow, the brutal

husbntid retorts:

"Huh! Hefore we were, married you would have called tho police If I had

offered to do such a thing!" Ufa.

Ox Cavalry. Soldiers mounted on oxen are to

found on the cast coast of Africa.

be

Speeding to Dreamland Town. There's a touring car on four small wheels, It Is yoitig to Dronmlnml Town; Tho chauffeur mild Is your inothor, child, Hy hor side you must cuddlo down. You must close your eyes; there's golden due On tho road to Dreamland Town, Tho sandmen ride and glldo aside Policemen they In brown. We are going fast in our touring car, We are mmring Dreamland Town, And tho hand you feel will turn tho wheol And run tho bogies down. A speed law. dour, for our big. big car Wo nro entering Dreamland Town. And (he tiny wheels 'neath your little heels' Are slowly running down. New York Times.

FALL FORECAST FOR THE DEEPEST

COLORS.

Black Coming Into Its Own Will Be Worn.

And Jet

quite wild oer amethyst. Hot h tune of this seml-proiiouB stonu are used. There Is the dnop rich purple and tlu palo hyacinth. Doth aro popular, and are bi ought out in every kind of fabric. Lovely as these shades aro. they will not stand tho sun. The heat draws tho amethyst out of tho fabric and leaves It a dirty gray.

Separate Skirts. Now linen skirts for everyday weur are made with fifteen gores, ami they button directly down tho middle of tho front. These buttons, by the wtiv, are somewhat new, for they aro made in the same way as those pearl buttons used in men's shirt fronts, and the bars are put through u small eyelet in the skirt, so that it is easy to remove them when tho skirt goes to the laundry.

From present indications it Is evident that black is "eomiiiK into its own," and this will bo especially evident with the retain of cool weather. Jet is never so handsome ami etfective as when combined with black, and as jet Is having an unusual vogue the natural result will bo the return of black in all manner of dross materials. HIack net waists with jet embroidery and Jot buttons are already being shown as fall models and naturally call for separate skirts and suits of silk or net matching in color. The new fall shades are rather somber in effect, tho deep colors, such as very dark purple, seal brown and Prussian blue, being shown as loaders From Paris wo get the word that suits and separate coats of velvet, will be worn extensively during the season and will be developed in the deep, rich tints, and black preferred above all. This, however, is only one of the innnv conjectures that must be tried by time. An afternoon gown designed for early fall wear Is of black crepe meteor en.bnddered with jot. The upper portion has a rich design over the bust and about the hip and above the hem. The sleeves are close fitting, but open at the elbow, where they show a puff of the dotted net, which also forms yoke and collar. The charm of the season's styles is

the simplicity of lino which is hull-! niodt'g cated in nil the best gowns. These i Ing.

lines give distinction to a nguio and are grateful to the eye. anil It is to be hoped that the rumors one hears of the return of tho looped and draped polonaise arc onlv rumors and will never assume form. There is one satisfactory fact about the fashions these days: if a style is not liked there aro others one may choose and still be a la mode, for thero is now no one set to which all must bond.

Whits Lace Veils. The white lace veil is now tho veil of the day. It is more widely worn than the black and brown laco volls which came- in ' last season. It Is made of a soft Hrussels not, usually in a faint cream tone, with a tluv

! scalloped edge and a network of

vines above, if the ek'sign Is sprawling, reaching up over tho choeks an 1 noso. the effect is grotesque and should be avoided.

New Hat Trimming.

I he newest idea in trimming the large lints with revere side is to trim

tne revere. All of a sudden some

one has discovered that tills great

sweep of plain straw is not as becom

Ing as when it is ornamented with

n smashing big necktie bow or chwtoi

of ilowers.

A Startling Whim. The startling whim of the monien

is the black or dark colored chem

iMMie nun sieeves witn a wuite or

light colored gown. The effect is bet

tor than might bo expected, nnd the

black makes n charming backgioun for pearls or diamonds.

The Fashionable Color.

Violet Is the most fashionable coloi

of the day. The rage for this tint

wiucn, strangely enough, does not emulate th modesty of the fragrant

llower from which it derives its name

heeius io increase ratner than wane

as the season advances.

Conceal the Ears.

.Many of the very newest styles of

dressing the hair entirely concoa

the ears. These are invnriablv the

which include the contre part

Black Silk Cravat.

The cravat of black silk, mossaline

or some other weave, seems to bo feature of many gowns of linen well as cloth.

The Serviceable Coat Suit. The girl who Is chooßing a serviceable coat ault for everyday wear from now until October should regard these points: It Is as old fashioned to cut off a coat half way between the knees and hips as between knees and ankles. Coats are single-breasted, rarely hpuble-brensted. New mode'.o still show straight panel hacks, which hang for several inches lower than the side-s. These panels aro also pointed as well as straight. Sleeves are still small nnd reach to the wrist, and many of them show Hat fitted cuffs. Three-button cutaway ccats are made in all materials. Revers are often omitted. Flat trimming Is put. around the neck nnd a Dutch collar of baby Irish lace is added at the Imck. Sleevoless coats are being made up lu summer materials, and they will prove quite comfortable in hot weather. The sides should lie Joinod at the hips, if not above.

, Parasol In The much-ribbed the "Japanese," is this season.

Japanese, pnrniol,

callei

very prominent

FOL-DE-ROL.

Irish crochet aro ray plaitings are

one should

Height. walking the ofbe deci eased by head. To allow extieme and acbeyend an tinwhile the tiniest

To Decrease When standing or feet of tnliness may a slight droop of the the head to hang Is complishos nothing pleasant appearance,

droop can do wonders. Thero should be no stooping of tho shoulders, however, for this will ruin the figure and make tho girl moit awkward. She Fhould hold herself erect, though not ntlfiiy so. Marvels may he done In taking off Inches by tho manner of hnlr dressing.

vague

scent

on in

henrl

all tho

Cord ay

of the

How to An excellent nnd sweet Is to

be Agreeable. way to bo agreeable

avoid being disagree

able. As a general rule wu think nn Individual very nice who isn't really moan, dishorn st or rudo. So many people ge miles out of their way to kick somebody who's down that wo appreciate the one who will merely pass by In sib nee. Tho first act In the play of seif-improvoniont is to bo civil to evervbody, lot loose the sweci thoughts and to muzzle tho unkind ones. The second act Is the sumo. So Is the third.

Law of Attraction. The attractions of men to women nnd women to men are full of the most perplexing Inconstancies and contrndltlems Imaginable. It Is. for Instance, a physical law thnt mnunetlHin is not simple nttntrtlon of one thing for another, hut the difference of two opposing forces of attraction and repulsion, of which the former Is tho grentor. The same law holds In relation to the attraction of men and woman for each other.

Amethyst the Color. At tho Paris theatros It wns shown that tho dressmakers there have gone

Valenciennes and the popular laces. In yokes the sun the thing just now.

ror tho princess diessos have princess slips.

Jiiack or white coats may be worn

over various gowns.

wme, black ribbon is the trimming

ubuu ior iwo uiinis or the hat models, Usually when the suit is of a de

emeu color a hat of some soft, tint is worn. Kxcept for an occasional flounce, nil trimming is put lengthwise form. Figured as well as striped

euas are seen In the shops in newest colorings. The picturesque Charlotte

man is appearing on

sneer muRiin gowns. Unusual, to shy the least. , Is a wreath of prickly green buurs around the crown of a straw hat. Serge is a good, practical material for all-around wear, it wears well and has a decided stlyo of Its own.

-ui-oniijiu jiearis or jewels, or

siramis or platinum threaded with diamonds and pearls, aro fashionable. Colored net or tulle sleeves have a lining of gold net. This gives just a charming shimmer through the outer mesh.

unite violets are to be lar than the Russinn and lots, which have held sway.

Pennant most elabornto In workmanship have as their chief ornament a tiny watch, not larger than a 10cent piece. Spanish lace scarfs, scarcely seen since the days of their popularity, twenty years ngo. have again made an appearance. A great many odd shoulder band3 and straps uro being Introduced, partlenlnrly ns a finish for jumper gowns worn over guimpes. A great many collnrloss gowns and wa sts are dally appearing and the collar hnnd is becoming more nnd more senrce. Dangles and beads and fringes of silk nnd leather were never so popular as nt the present moment among the leather girdles and shopping bngs. Color embroidery on white, black, cream or ecru will bo much used, as woll as whlto on color. Most of the embroidery seen now In the shops Is machine tnnde.

nie newest wash scarf the Initial of tho wearer

on it in a similar pattern to that on the Initial handkerchiefs which nro to bo carried with the senrf when worn.

more popuParmti vio-undisputed

HOW IS THIS FOR MlID?

A Yarn That Is

Deserving of a

Ribbon.

Dl

the pig

Of all tho yarns that t.Ver ... down tho line regarding dee,, niud , following should bo ontltled t

uhiw ruiroii. ii napptminl in where mud originated.

A man was walking along ihe mi side one summer day and otlu.d fairly good looking hat out tu uu- Z Reaching out with Iiis cane, i n cut and was startled to lienr a vi ,.w..l.. I... . Uli... . .. . " "'I

i-.Miuuii. iiuiu. wnai the ui'ui

J Oil uoiug .'

Then ho made tho astonishing ,i covyry that tho owner of the Vn lllnen wrist nrwlnr II... !... .... .....

in mud.

"Great heavens!" exclaimed th.- m.

im 1 1 .in mi me noi. "is that deop as that?"

"Deep!" cried the victim. "Why mi alive, I'm standing on a load of hay LIpplncotfs Magazine.

re i

ea

niud

for men hns embroidered

Very Limited. When that very limited monarch, Louis Philllppo, was nskod to pnrdon Harbos ho replied: "He has mv pardon; now I will see If I can ge't him that of my ministers."

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A perfect ruby of five carats avera os at lenat five times tho value 0f diamond of the same size and qualii According to a Missouri newvpap. a candidate for country office ai-noun os himself in tho following r.iann "Owing to the earnest solicitation those to whom I owe mene, i ila, consented to become a candidal.- f, the office or county treasurer, nuhjto the- usual disclosures of ehnrat w A curious product of the vegetal, world Is the tooth-brush plain of j malen. It is a kind of creeper i cutting pieces of it to a suitable lcngt

auii enowing- tne onus, the natives () vert it into u tooth-brush. Tooth der to accompany the use of tie l.ruU prepared by pulverizing the .ir: stems. In tho island of Madagascar ,: form an important lenient of ,Kt cultural wealth. In the nonln :i. northwestern parts of the K-lan large- herds of these annua' a; raised, but thoy are found n o-e ( less abundantly in all parts of Mai, gascar. After crossing with Kin pean cattio the bump of th- zeh disappears, nnd the yield of milk i increased, but the meat of the tu crossed zebu is superior. A straw hat valued at Ji.cn i worn by the proprietor of a fa-hlo: able cafe at Marlenbad. Rohem! i I Is woven of straws through whir (lie crowned heads of Hurope have a various times imbibed cooling .rink dispemsed in the owner's vtuMi! meat. For many years th's kinu wm shiper has been collecting straw from tho royal Hps, scorning iiltnobles or statesmen. When the ; lection was large enough the hat a manufactured. An Invention that Is llkeh to hai ass the whiskey trust Is that of Doe tor Henry Spencer Illockmore o Washington. D. C. He has de iced i plan to produce whiskey from natura gns. "If the combustion Is proper; regulated," be says. ,,5.0oo feet o natural gas will producp approxi mntely fifty gallons of alcohol At natural gas can be re-adily obtain in unlimited quantities nt from fb to ten cents a thousand feet, it fol lows that 'he cost of fifty gallons r alcohol produced In this mannet would be onlq twenty-five, to fifty cents for raw material." The Peril of the Iceberg Tile fear of icebergs has been partlj removed in recent years by wirek telegraphy, but their presenr- on the seas is still menacing enough to cause anxiety to ninny a captain. There is the unparalleled caw of th steamer Portia In Notre Dame P.v In clear daylight an Iceberg wan nlchted. and pnsfcngers and crew Ih-cl-. d the captain to approach nearer in order that they might Inspect ami photograph It. The Portia, therefore. w steered close to the towering fides of the mighty berg, whose highest luna

cies glistened several hundred ft above the sea. Then the unexpectH

happened. There was an explonion like the shock of a volcanic eruption

and the mighty berg was riven asunder. One of tho pieces pht aparr. grew top-heavy, nnd toppled over, it base far under water rntchinu the Portia and lifting her high and dry som

10 to 12 feet above the sea. The imn;

ty overturning of the berg rrea'J

enormous swells, nnd these nm-'' W1,r"

were the only thing thnt sad tt

ship from destruction. The w eight oi

the ship caught on Its sheir oi ice ti the berg from turning a tiiil,'

somersault, and a huge swell picKea up the vessel and launched hr aemn. stern first In the sen.- Harper's Ww-

ly.

Abdul Hamid's Deceptive Horoscope

Hefore the lato Sultnn Abdul II,",

came to the tnrone, bo tue wuu nn nstrologer cast his horoscope, whir

predicted a surpassingly priuan

turo for Abdul Hamid. lorcieiu... ... ..i.i ii-

nmong other things, tnat in- -come tho heir of Osmnn and "rule over much more territory than O-unan

Hint horoscope was very bndi ca-i. for the Turkish empire began to nhria

from tho day he became suitan.

as rar as liiiropean uiniej

corned, over 70,000 square innen. m"T

than one-half the total he innen '

1S7(1. passed from bis control nun..

the thirty years of his reign, in

can Turkey. Kngianu is in

12gypt nnd France In Tunis, ami .n

the Red sea the revolt in tne " -has practically won the Arab.' impendence. In Asia Minor alone na

the dominions of the sultnn rem.

Intact, but the r.00.000 square t. they comprise are but a small portion

of the empire in western a w

qticrod In the fourteenth cenon

n.mnmi .. the founiier ot me

dynasty. Westminster Oazette.

Servian Army Pay. Of the olllcers of the army of SwvW. general receives $2.000 a year, a

ncl, $1.400; a lieutenant coinnei.

i major, JOOf); a captain. leutonant, $150; a second Hpun7h(1

$300. Servian cotnninnueis -

...1.I..1.. iUn Onlil nml ronirm '"

IIIMIU 111 iiv ... ...... --- . men by signal without any shou lae confusion during operations. Miw them spenk nt least one fore Rn i

i

guagc, and neariy

rench or ucrnian.