Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 8, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 November 1909 — Page 2
Farm and Garden.
What Matters It. It matters not how dark the night, Or If the hour be midnight late, To rae the pathway will be bright If, waiting, you but ope the gate. It matters not how cold it be; It can not chill me nor benumb; I, through the frost your face will see. If you stand looking when I come. "What matters it If blinding hall Shall fall amid the tempest's war? Its violence can naught avail, If you be waiting at the door. What though sharp stones may fill the way, Or torrid sands my feet may burn. If I can feel, with oach new day, You wait and long for my return? Though mountalfl. high the waves may roll That us divide and keep apart. I will be strong of heart and soul If you close not from me your heart The lightning's flash the sky may blaze. And rive the heavens' vaul'ed dome, , All undismayed I'll stand and gaze If you give me.a welcome home. Thomas Porter.
by feeding one week and starving the next will bo disappointed.
What Real Farming Means. Agriculture In this country will take a great uplift In Ita general efficiency and financial profit, says Oov. Hoard of Wisconsin, In his Dairyman; the material resources of fortuity, forests and fuel will be better conserved and life on the farm greatly elevated In its scope of enjoyment, when the American farmor comes to that period of mental development that will ennble him to see that farming is as truly a work of science and large comprehension of forces as any industry. No improvement can come as long as the farmer believes that he does not need education and well developed brain to carry on his business. The only farmer in the land that is making good growth and progress is the man who accepts the statement squarely, that thought, knowledge and real mental power are necessary to his well being as a farmer. " Standard Weight of Produce. Kind. Pounds per. Bu. Wheat 00 Corn on the ear TO Corn shelled 5G Rye 5G Buckwheat Barley 4S Oats 32
Peas 0
Palatablltty is one of the Important White beans GO r- .... White potatoes 0
55
FEEDING VALUES OF DIFFERENT HAYS.
Factors.
Clover and many of the other legums have won for themselves high places In the farm practice and rotation in most sections of the country; but referring igaln to the advance pages of Farmers' Bulletin 3C2 of the Department of Agriculture, it is of interest and advantage to know the real proportionate feeding value of the legumes as compared with other hays. For many farmers who in the past have grown nothing- but timothy for the market are now commencing to grow clover In order to help build up their land. As a result there Is more straight clover and clover-mixed hay
sent to market than heretofore and
dealers have difficulty in
enough timothy hay to supply their
trade. By comparing the feeding value of different hays, however, given below, It will be seen that this present tendency to grow more legume hay Is in reality a fortunate one for the feeder, If he will but recognize the value of such hay, as well as a wise practice and a great advantage to the grower in Improving his soil. But from the standpoint solely of the feeder, whether he be the city feeder or the farmer himself in all feeds protein Is of the most Importance as it builds up the body, carbohydrates the fuel, coming next. On the average. In 100 pounds of alfalfa hay the digestible protein amounts to 10.SS pounds; in cowpea hay, 10.79 pounds; in alslke clover hay, S.15" pounds; In red clover hay, 7.3S pounds; In redtop hay, 4.S0 pounds, and In timothy hay, only 2.S9 pounds. In 100 pounds of redtop hay the digestible carbohydrates amount to 47 pounds; In timothy hay 43.72 pounds; In alslke clover hay. 41.70 pounds; in alfalfa hay, 37 33 pounds; In cowpea hay. 3S.40 pounds, in red clover hay. 2C.15 pounds. When fed for protein, timothy hay ranks last, but when fed for carbohydrates it stands next to
redtop. which heads the list. If the total nutrients are considered there
are a number of different kinds of hay which are equal, if not superior, to timothy hay for feeding purposes. If cut at the right time and properly cured, Johnson grass and Bermuda grass hay are about equal to timothy in amount of nutrient. Palatablllty is a factor which is very important In determining the feeding value of hay. A hay may be high in nutrients, but if it larks palatablllty. it is not as valuable a feed as a hay that Is poorer in nutrients but is very palatable. Timothy is a very palatable hay, and this is one of the chief reasons why it Is standard in most markets. But palatablllty may depend largely on the time the hay is cut and on the method of curing. Redtop may le cited as an example. It is quite generally true that In most
Sweet potatoes
Onions Turnips 55 Clover seed CO Flax 50 .Millet 5S Timothy seed -15 Blue grass seed 44 Hemp seed 44 Cornmeal 4S Bran 20
In
very
Potato in Wild State, a wild state thu potato vine is hardy and will grow to a con
siderable height. It is said that the Indians did not cultivate the potato except for the leaves, which became
ettin' known as their tobacco hence the
iviitca auu amino ui c c mt to-, but there are no signs of potatoes at the roots. So much for cultivation.
Spraying Outfit. The nir-cooled motor gasoline spraying outfit is popular in some parts of the East It is cheap power and highly satisfactory. Dr. Pierce, one of the most successful Eastern very' much. The compressod air system is especially desirable for hillsides because the cylinders may be mounted on trucks with low wheels and there is no danger of upsetting.
Fruit and Poultry. Where fruit trees are grown along with poultry they mature more rapidly, begin bearing at least one year earlier, at the same time the trees furnish comfortable windbreaks for the early chicks and cool shade for the late broods. Hence, . fruit and poultry grown together are most remunerative. Have Something to Sell. If possible try to have something to sell all the time. The person who only disposes of poultry producta when every' one else is doing so isn't very smart.
Pure Water is Best. Pure water beats all kinds of purchased drinks for working in the field. Let the other fellow take the occasional "stick."
Corn is Fattener. After all. corn is the great fattener for sheep, as for other animals, but fed alone will cause trouble.
as you
AROUND THE FARM.
When packing apples do
would be done by. A weed killed now means 100 fewer weeds next spring. Plow up the old strawberry bed It it is falling and start a new one.
Store early dug potatoes In a cool.
dry place. Do not put In the cellar,
markets feeders discriminate severely i Allowing a potato t0 take a second
against redtop whenever It Is found growth spoils It for eating purposes, mixed In u-tth nnv othpr kind of lmv. Clip grapes off with a pair of shears.
Thev -inim thnt rwiton hn nn fpRfiin.-l Don't allow anyone to tear off the
not profitably keep n Ictv sheep. The
difficulties that stnnu m me way can be easily overcome, and it Is well worth while to mako the effort when one considers the benefits from Bhoep. On one farm where pure bred poultry is the pride of the poultryyard and where the heavy laying strnln Is the prime object greater layers can be produced and the llock can still be among the top topnotrhers ns pure breeds. A Texas stock raiser says cotton seed menl Is not only not unsafe and detrimental lo pigs, ns a great many farmers believe, but it Is the most np petladng, nutritious and hcathful of all feeds common to this country. .Mutton breeds of sheep do not de pond on waste lands and hillsides to become profitable. Good sheep require good pastures and pay well. Wool Is simply a product of the sheep and no farmer can make sheep pay who depends on wool for his profit. A comparison of corn and oats as feed for work horses was made at the Ohio station, and the results ludlcat that when clover and timothy hay mixed are fed to mature goldlngs at general farm work ear corn Is practically efficient, pound for pound, as oats. Then corn did not produce laziness, nor the oats indue Increased spirit and endurance. JAP VERSION OF CLASSIC. Irwin's "Japanese Schoolboy" Tells Tale of "Rip Van Winkle." Wallace Irwin has decided to mako Hashlmura Togo, his Japanese schoolboy, a real character in fiction, and it is predicted that he will become as dear to the hearts of the reading public as Findley Peter Dunne's ".Mr. Dooley." Mr. Irwin is writing a new series of articles around his Japanese schoolboy for the American Magazine.
In the first of this new series Hashlmura undertakes to relate the story of Kip Van Winkle to Mrs. Beverly Smith's six-year-old son. Here is a
sample of his Japanese interpretation of this familiar legend:
"When Hon. Ripped van Wrinkles
read Albany papers & seen how noted his Bro was, he grow entirely sadder & go up Catsklll Mts for a rest. 'Why should lazy folks like you go to Mts for vacation?' require all neighbors.
Because-so rejoint Hon. Rip. 'Lazy
folks need rest oftener than busy folks
because they enjoys it more.'
"So Hon. Van Wrinkles put on ten-
nish-flannel & straw derby & stole alone by bosko dell of sweet scenery off-way from sumn'.erly hotels. And
there he sat down & watch what Nature was doing.
"While tbusly chatting with his soul le seen some fat ghosts playing ball-
game near there. He had never saw a Ghost before, yet he was sure they was, because of their lace-curtain ap
pearance. Half of them Ghosts was red-team and other ,a was blue team. Hon. Hen. Hudson were pitch for this
game, Hon. Chris Columbuswere catch
and Hon. Nap. Bonyparte were at
Batt. So It were a very rare collec
tion of Ghosts to watch doing a
ball-play.
"Hon. Win. Shakespeare, who were
Umneror for this game, cry 'Struck
once!' when ball shoot Columbus in
gloves with loud thump for a Ghost.
Struck twice!' declaim Hon. Shake
when Hon. Hud again push ball with whizz. Oucely again Hon. Hudson pre
pare to make National League toss. He hold Ball to wrists with wet
knuckles, stand pigeon-toed with elbows, writhe himself double with
wormly twists, then of suddenly, he
snap himself out & Hon. Ball make target-practice to mittens of Hon.
Catch. But O banzai! ! could not
do, because Hon. Bonyparte, with
mean swosh of batt-stick, colide that
Hon. Hall so fastly & high that it
bounce over morning star & all thm Ghosts stand around with heavenward hands and chins upraised awaiting for It to arrive down. Pretty soonly Hon.
Ball appear approaching In very central middle of sky. Hon. Columbus prop himself with yearning thumbs to catch iL Wild colledge yall from all Ghosts present. Ball approach downwards. Hon. nipped Van Wrinkles seen this & obtain such excitement ho must try to catch it also. So he also raise his thumbs to moon. Downly, downly, come'Ball O joyous! it approach to hands of Ripped Van Wrinkles. He shall catch It! Then, of suddenly. WHACKS ! ! Poor Van Wrinkles miss that Ball with thumbs & It alight so earnestly to his forehead that he drop down on Catsklll Mts where he fall asleep & remain so for 100 entire years."
value and tbat horses will not eat It. The point that the feeder and the farmer too. overlook Is that when redtop is cut toi late it has a bitter taste, is not palatable, and horses do not relish it, but If cut early it has a sweet taste, Is very palatable, and is more nutriti
ous than timothy hay. When buying timothy that contains redtop, feeders
bunches.
Mulched potatoes will not grow as badly as the unmulchea if wet weather
comes on.
Plowing the orchard late encourages late growth of wood which Is apt to
winterkill.
Letting weeds go to seed mcana that
you are laying up trouble for next
Khnnlil PTnmlnn If mrnfiillt.- In nnlur I year,
to see If the redton was t rarlv nrwi I The cattle market for thin, grassy
properly cured. If It Is properly cut steers has not been satisfactory for
and cured It does not lower the quality
or feeding value of the timothy. It is very seldom that redtop Is cut at the proper time, and it Is safe to say that perhaps not over one-half of the crop Is cut early enough.
Hints on Hog Raising. Salt buried a few Inches In the ground In certain spots will attract the hogs and confine them pretty closely to such places. It is natural for a hog to root, but
If you want to prevent him from doing so a simple ring in the snout will answer the purpose. It is a great mistake to mark a hog by mutilating his ears. Better use a motal tag. Successful hog raisers will always have clover or alfalfa pastures fo their animals.
sometime and prices have been de
clining.
Heifers accustomed to the milking machine from the first do much better
than old cows that have been milked
by hand.
Some who grow sunflowers for
chickens advocate gathering the heads
and thrashing off the seed, and storing
It for winter use.
Corn stalks on the ground over winter will decay more quickly than where allowed to stand, and flat on the
ground they will hold the soli from
erosion on sloping or hilly land. Save the painful process of dehorn
Ing by preventing the horns from
growing upon the calves. This can be
done by clipping the hair off the little knobs and applying a preventive. In large gardens and on fine estates the fashion of the day runs to coloringplanting out broad masses of
simple ficwers where the carefully
In the Old Heute.
The fruits aro stored, the fields are bare, Tho ground is hard, tho ddoa aro gray; November's chill Is in tho air; Tomorrow Is Thanksgiving day. The farmhouse Btands in sheltered nook, Its walls aro filled with warmth and cheor; Its fires shine out with friendly look To welcomo all who enter hero. Full forty years have come and gono Since first this hearthstone's ruddy glow. Fresh kindled, flung Its light upon Thanksgiving guests of long ngo. Long was the list of squires and dames; From year to year how short It grew! Read out the old, familiar nnmes , They heard here when this houso was new. Grandmother? aye, she went tho first; Grandfather? by her side ho rests; The shade and sunlight, Interspersed, Have fallen long above their breasts. Our aunts and uncles? sundered wide, Their graves He east, their graves llo west; As veteran soldiers scarred and tried. They fought their fight, they earned their rest. Our father? dear and gentle heart! A nature sweet, beloved by all; How early turned his steps apart To pass from human ken and call! Our mother brisk and kindly soul! How brave she bore fate's every frown, Nor rested till she reached the goal Where all must lay their burdens down! Our brother? toward tho setting sun, From us remote, his home is made, And many a year its course has run Since here his boyish sports wero played. Put by the book! My heart Is sore. The night winds up the chimney flee. The fires within gleam ns before, But none are here save you and me!
But, sister, you and I again Will heap tho hearth and spread tho board And serve our kindred, now as then, With all that home and hearts afford. The scattered remnants of our line, We'll summon 'neath this roof onco more, And pledge, in rare affection's wine, The memory of those days of yore. God bless them all, the fond and true! God keep them all, both here and there, Until the Old becomes the New, Forever, in His Mansions Fair! - Youth's Companion.
THERE HAD BEEN A CHANGE. Topography Didn't Look Just Familiar, and He Inquired. When I got within five miles of where I thought Deep Valley, Ida., ought to be. I met a man and a mule on the trail and asked if I was going in the right direction. "Can't say you are." replied the stranger. "You know the place, don't you?" I asked. "I did know it." "And you know Uoar mountain, close by?" "I did know." "Why do you say Mid? " I queried. "You don't mean that Deep Valley or Bear mountain have run away, do you?" "Oh, no, no! I jest mean that there has been a change over there." "What sort of a chnnge " "Weil. Bear mountain has slid down and filled up Deep Valley, and If you are goln' over there to look for Hank Thompson you'll want a shovel nnd crowbar to dig down to him through a hundred feet of rocks nnd dirt."
Every hog pasture ought to have an
open shed on a high point of ground ; studied effect Is Intended to be in the
for shelter from tho hot sun. Leave . so-called natural style.
all sides open so the air can pass over
them. Keep the pigs growing from the day they are born until they go to the slaughtering pen. The man who Imagines that he can produce fat and loan bacon In streaks
In pruning raspberries first observo
how many canes there are In the hill, and cut out all over throe or four. The number of main canes should be governed by their size and the number and strength of M heir laterals. 'There are few farmors who could
The Penguin. A bird that walks and swims, but doos not fly. Is the penguin. No nesta aro made by penguins, but tho one egg laid at a time by the mother Is carried nbout under her absurd little wing or under hor leg. Spanish Black. Rosidonts of tho cork regions of Spain heat tho bark In kettles with spouts, through which Issues a gas that Is used as an llluminanl. The refuse is sold as the "Spnnlsh black" pigment.
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
A TALK WITH THE SIGNALMAN
At the Football Game.Abe, how It makes one shudder to observe These sullen men who eyo each other so As though to estimate the strength nnd nerve That will result In giving blow for blow. Thus did the gladiators of old Rome Glare with exultant eyes upon their foes Which is the team belonging here at home? Tho game begins! He's got it. There he goes! O, brutal sport! Ten others pile on him And bear him of a sudden to tho ground. Good heavens! Will they tear him limb from limb? Hark to their cries! What fiendish, curdling sound! No, no. I cannot, will not look again To see the sacrifice that you call pln To see tho mangled forms of sturdy there! O, can he kick it? Can he? say! Alas, in every man there lurks the brute. I find that even I am strangely thrilled And yield to cheers when I should bo a mute, Am glad to see our foemen nearly killed. Hear now the rising tumult of the cheers When from that savage conflict, blind, insane,' There flies a cloud of fingors, hair, and ears Get up, you dubs! You've got ten yards to gain! , What's that? O, some one slay that referee! Offside? He's bughouse! Hit him in the neck! He's been bought up, as any one can see. No matter. Do 'em, boys; don't leave a speck! What Is that yell? Here, let mo get the swing: "Rah, rah, siss boom!" III! Sock it to them now. Break ribs and arms and necks and anything So that you make that touchdown. Wow! Wow! Wow! Chicago Trlbuno.
The Welcome Nugget. Tho Welcome nugget, ono of the largest pieces of natural gold In the world, was taken from Bakery hill. Ballarat. in 1858. It was found at a depth of 180 feet. It weighed over 2,217 ounces and was sold for $52,500 The Battering Ram. The battering rnm of the Romans waB like tho bill of a huge woodpecker, tho walls of tho enemy helnp the treo trunk. The battering ram was so called because at the end of the beam, from CO to 100 feet long, was fastened a bronzo ram's head. The benm was hung on ropes In n Jhcd and worked by from 50 to 100 men.
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I ftfkcd the man. "What i Ulovk lgimling?" "Tho Mock." ald he. "Is i length of track which, on double-truck road. Imh nt ph trance nnd
movable, arm; nnd on win-Kit-track line ono nt each end. When you road that a line Iiub every Inch protected by this system. It means thu entire line Is divided Into consecutive block." "Im It universally used?-' "No. There's only one line from Chicago to New Vfirlr thus, nrttt .. 1 nnil
(iL I of the total In the Vnltod llflj Stntes one-third Is on the l'nlon and Southern Pu-
"l'uke tbree blocks at tho beginning pf u line wllh a train In each. Train In first must not move to second until tho train In second Roes to third, and train In second must not ro Into third until third moves to fourth. "As number three goe into fourth, I' tells train In two It has done so, am' train In two going Into block three make the movable arm say to train In one 'Come on. I've gone Into block two.' "As an lllustrntlon, let's take three connecting; rooms nt your home, com munlcatlng without doors. Now nttac' on the rinnt hand Rolng- from the fron to the lack of each door frame a mo-, able stick which can be pushed to right angles with the door frame, or pointed down about as you would point your arm at a spot on the floor two feet from you. Got that? Your btlck represents the 'semaphore,' or arm. Now. then, the middle room Is your private oHlce. Your servant knows by the arm being nt right anKies she must not enter, arid when you are not In there the tick will point downward at 80 degrees and idio may usher a visitor In. "All very Mmple you Ray; but on a busy morning you rush In your otllce and forget to change the arm to Jenote occupied. The servnnt ushers In the laut person In the world you want there, Just then and the eherne Is a disastrous failure. Then you Improve so the stick left to Itself will remain firmly at right angles. Can't forget that, you figure. Next thing- you do is to forget to change the position of the stick. The employe eea signal 'occupied' und turnH away an Important client with disaster aluiOKt equal to that caused by admitting the one she shouldn't. "You 'change things so the stick will move from right angle to pointing to the floor, when you are not In your office. You can In walking from the front room Into your otttce relonsc the arm, which will go to horizontal ; It will stay In that position as long as you are In there; and when you walk out of your olllce Into the back room It will be pulled down to Indicate you havo vacated ; and your employe may take the next caller In. "In other words, you have changed this device from a possible human forgetfulness to a positive mechanical performance; you have an automatic signal. "Substitute the consecutive lengths of n railway for your rooms, and you liave the block signal." "Then, n I understand it, n semaphore arm located ut the entrance to it block set at right angle to the post Is n signal to an approaching train to 'slop. and when pointing diagonally toward the ground means keep on going?" "Yes." "You call It automatic?"' "It Is. Just ns your stick Is kept at oO degrees inclln when your oltlcje Is vacant, so Is the semaphore arm on tho lino when a block In unoccupied. When a train enters a block It affects the energy which Is part of automatic signaling, so that tho arm goes to and remains horizontal as long iui the block 1 occupied." "You hulld these signals so their normal position Is stop and then you apply a force that makes them show keep going. Why is that 7" "Hecauso the trains must keep going. They have not only the problems of safety, but oC hurry up. They work by minutes, nnd seconds. The first duty Is safety. Having that cinched, the automatic hangs out the signal to keep moving. Only whon something occurs does this scheme cause signal to go to stop position." "What's the energy you referred to?" "Electric current." "Where does It come fromT" "Battery near each post." "Howls It worked?" "The rails of each block are made Just as If all one piece, by connecting all Joints with wire. Then connecting the extreme ends forms a complete circuit Tho current flows In this circuit Machinery made out of experience, wheels, springs and things is moved by this current, and Its movements either hold the arm down or permit It to stay horizontal. "With no train In bloofc. the current makes the mechanism pull the arm down nnd hold It there. When a train enters n block It destroys this combination. The wheels nnd axles combined with the rails make a shortur circuit. Klertrlc current deserts the longer for the shorter way round. The energy that held the arm down Is withdrawn, and up It swings to horizontal. "Bach block Is Independent of all otfivr blocks. When the Inst wheels of a train leave It. the current resumes Its flow, nnd the signal nrm away back at the entrance Is pulled down to proceed. Hefore the hind wheels have censed doing what I've Just stated, the fnnit wheels of tho locomotive have entered the next block and repeated what It did In the previous blocks."
"How about tho slngio ti t i automatic arrangement U ti . . there Is a signal nt each er,.' "Isn't it a possible thing t to enter a single track at . thu same Instant another ,, opposite end? What then?" "Yeshut we havo that t ik On double track, a train i slgnul talks only to the ti On the slnglo track It not back, but also to one which n Ing fiom tho opposite direct! done by tho current over l.i ono block to the next. II. ' trance to a single-track Wi,
me train sets a stop signs: , end Of tho block it Is ab,. And as it enters tho blink it tho cntrumo slgnnl to sua. done on double-track." "How does an engineer kn.. sees the homo nrm what It w "Wo put up another slgi nl t. mllo to a mile from the cw Ulock In the direction frum train approaches. It Is c.iii. The ono at the cntrnnce u 'Home' signal. The distant i. . osltlon of home slgnnl. see" "Is the distant distinguish! lotno signal, to aid the ciil-I' "Yes. the 'Distant' is pah. vlth black Imr, nnd has a t ho 'Homo red, with white quare end." "You said a while ago the s displayed only when sonxt' nythlng hut trains occur" "Now you touch the nn-t -ature of the outfit, and ti, eason why tho urm Is m.i .vheii left to Itself It will at top. As It Is constructs show anything but stop, unbss combination of rails, wire, ctnnet, etc., are working perr.wire parts, a rail bteaks, a l r .i switch point opens the sin the combination falls, the arm and resumes horizontal poslti," glnccr knows, you tee, when -stop : there may be n trsip switch, a break In tho trn k slgnnllng apparatus." "What Is done at night semaphore arm cannot be "Lights of several colors ,n these same posts. These are spectacles In the butt or w of the arm, nnd are display scured. according to tho sign "Why the name spectacle" "That's whnt It Is. The IU or ordinary flame color, hum Ight-day lamp. It will bum without replenishing, alth ik. are refilled every four or the . tho home signal Is In st , i engineer sees the flame i h i . glass. That's stop, nnd It I In the home signals. U ill--Is at caution he seos ttrglass. Yellow Is un-d on' In signal. - It tells the cn m i distant, nnd to be prei .t rd the home signal. He m i -green glass. Thnt men-. ! Is used In both homo and IM "What does a while 'j.ht "Well, It Is so easy t- h... daro use It. As a white ilu phore can be displayed l In. tacle glasses, you can nl---It Is Impossible In our : . "How about placs whtie tu lines cross at grade?" "The general principle, ni arm by day. and colors -f II,-' are the same, but bel"g catcd all signals are vnr n. i operated by men from .i nti The crossing ami contu ugoverned by the Interlock. ng - "When In perfect or U r m pled It displays stop U. ver proachlng tho crossing. Th.retr mii'
pr' hM. conhii"' chat ige In i; must ! tho lgn dlsj lay t mufct tit other i; with tho plajod ti possibly ' wise. Af Hlgnalt l to procnot ch routo i. train h. ovor an 1 tho region." "Does entering
locking region set the If ' stop, same as In tho block sy-' "Yen. Interlocking plants ex. the crossing 3,100 feet out e whero distant slgnnls are pi home signals are f60 feet fr"t Only tho signalman con di cenl. but the train automat the stop signal. "Now, my friend. I hne l all the principal features of l t Thero uro numerous varli' specially adapted to some I" dltlon. In yards where there tracks and little room for p"aro used. Whore thero nre tracks, two or more of thee placed on ono post -nnd o n "Are all lines completely e ; this manner?" "So. There nre about H The only line thus protected from Chicago to California iNorthwestern. Union nnd S-r clfle. One-third of the II."1' automatic signaling is on th " lines ami tho Northwestern 1 miles of double-track nutomatt other railway." I- W. l
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Blshcp Works a Miracle. Once, while Bishop Talbot, the giant "cowboy Hlshop," wns attending a meeting of church dignitaries in St. Paul a tramp accosted a group of churchmen In the hotel porch and asked for aid. "No," one of them told him, "I'm afraid we can't help you. I3ut you see that big man over there?" pointing to nishop Talbot. "Well, ho's tho youngest Bishop of us all, and he's a very generous man. You might try him." Tho tramp approached Bishop Talbot confidentially. The others watched with interest. They saw a look of surprlFc come over the tramp's face. The Bishop was talking eagerly. Tho tramp looked troubled. And then, finally, they saw something pass from one hand to tho other. Tho tramp tried to slink pnst the group without speaking, but ono of them called to him: "Well, did you get something from our young brother?" The tramp grinned sheepishly. "No," he admitted, "I gave him n dollar for his damned now ca'thcdral at Laramie!" Everybody's.
The Kind. General Humphrey, retired, former quartermaster general of tho army, was discussing a certain army officer whd had long been in the volunteer service, says tho Saturday Evening Post. "Whnt kind of a chap is he? asked a friend. "Oh, nice enough!" roplicd tho general. "But hna ho any senso?" "Sensed" snorted tho general. "Ho hasn't senso enough to turn around in a revolving chair."
Fire-Proof Paper Needed To the editor of a little Ma. paper there came tho other da dlgnnnt elderly woman, who slip of paper in tho editorial f i "Lookce here!" said she does this mean a bill for th' ' to my husband that's been iyears? Ye don't expect his ui pay debts o his contracted lm lie's dead? "You say he has not been . the paper?" said the editor, af' thought. "No, yc dondcrhcad!" sen an woman. "1 tell ye he's been d a years." "Strange," mused the editor Postofllcc Department has not t mn nf hin failure to receive
Quite sure you yourself haven enjoying tho lnestlnmblo olu i values of a perusal of my she. "That nln't the point." nrpuwidow. "You've been sending a paper and a 1)111 to a man that . It's your affair, not mine." "Well," said the editor final" cclvlng that he must bo a lofuture, madam, I will cause at. copy to bo printed on asbesto suro that your husband rey Citizen regularly." Phllade'il. ' ger.
Ivory. . .. ,
The Kongo ivory, jib imle"d i i -I.,,,., w.irv la far more hlghh -
than tho Asiatic product harder, of a finer grain, loud- f more easily to workmanship fewer fissures. Tho tusks of h
elephants are na a riuu, ' nn nVnmCO Ol
I pounds. Some of them aro of t it. i .
ordinary sue.
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