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mistook powder for beer MOST POPULAR AND DELICIOUS VEGETABLE Equivocal. "What did Delia, do about that osculation proposal of Harry 'a?" "She was Immediately up im arm about ifc." Unconiclous Bravery Exhibited by Tramp Who Extinguished Fire Approaching Giant Explosive.

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President Seeks His Relaxation at the Theater

WASHINGTON. President Wilson finds his greatest relaxation and rest from work in going to the theater. Like President Taft, Mr. Wilson enjoys an evening at the theater as the most complete diversion from official cares. It seems to make little difference to President Wilson whether the play is good or not, he is easily amused and entertained, maintaining a certain good-natured responsiveness to whatever happens to be on the boards, until every player who comes to Washington cherishes the ambition to "play to the president' because he never fails to appreciate the effort from the classic production to the nqisiest slap-stick. The theater-going habit of President Wilson recalls the various modes of former presidents in finding recreation or diversion from the hard day's work in his office. President Picturesque Costumes No INTEREST inthe personnel of the diplomatic corps is revived as the autumn advances and diplomats return from their summer outings. The lamentable thing for sightseers is that the legations are becoming so thoroughly Americanized that there is no novelty now in their appearance on Washington avenues. In former days the Turks, Persians, Siamese and even the Japanese kept to their native costume and made a most notable attraction in social affairs; now, however, they appear like everyone else in evening hats and frock coats, while their ladies wear exquisite Paris "creations." As one western visitor remarked, about all that is left of the national costumes is the Turkish ambassador's fez -which is nothing extraordinary now that the American Shriner is often seen wearing it when remaining over after a convocation. Formal social invitations from the lady of the White House will soon be forthcoming. They are embossed in Gothic type and delivered by messenger and tradition has it that they are "commands" and that previous engagements do not countbut this is How "Uncle Jere" Rushed Y0U TrY Off tue doe CONGRESSMAN JEREMIAH DONOvan oi Norwalk, Conn., the representative from the Fourth district, and affectionately known by some as "Uncle Jere," as his predecessor was affectionately known by some as ''Uncle Ebb," is a genius in the line of making his presence felt wherever fate locates him. It was so when he was a member of the state senate. No one ever knew when the serenity of that body would be stirred and bounced out of the window by the candid Jere. Even Stiles Judson, who was so often the instrument used by Jere to pry the lid off the box of hidden explosives, didn't know. The Uncle Jere of the Connecticut state senate is the same Uncle Jere who has attracted the attention Pro

Men Lay Success on Hickory Switch

V.ESIDEXT MARSHALL at a ussion on corporal punishment claiiv,d the leadership of the hickory switch league with a percentage well over .500. Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila bay, occupies the cellar position with a percentage of .000043. The vice-prosident attributes much of his success in the world to early spankings. "I cannot recall," he said, "any specific case just now, but I got in round numbers about 500 lickings. I never got spanked in the graded school, though. Mine were all of the home talent variety, personally conducted by my mother, a good old-fashioned Presbyterian who believed in a liberal use of the rod." Secretary .Daniels got his worst "licking" for celebrating too highly the birth of his country Back in 1S76, on the Fourth of July, he was assigned to hoe in the garden of the old homestead vlown in North Carolina. That waft too much for his patriotic

Van Buren walked and rode and played checkers for recreation. Andrew Jackson loved to smoke his old corncob pipe and was a patron of the cockpit and owned lots of bird3. John Adams, who came into the White House before it was quite finished or ready for occupancy, was serious to moroseness, and was all but a recluse. President William Henry Harrison had the habit of going to the market for the vegetables and

meats of the White House table, and upon one of these occasions, on a rainy morning when the market was chill and damp, he took the cold which resulted in his death. President Hayes rode little, walk ed less, and read the greater part of his leisure time. Jefferson's costly French and Italian wines and Ma deiras were one of the features of his administration, and President Mad ison thought that champagne was the most delightful of all wines when taken in moderation, but that more than a few glasses produced a head ache the next morning. Consequently President Madison served cham pagne only at his dinners given Sat urday night, when the margin of an idle Sunday might allow for the head ache the next morning. Longer Worn in Capital only tradition. At the Turkish em bassy the "command" cannot be obey ed, for religion forbids the Turkish women to appear in public. The ex ception comes when a member of the legation, as for instance, Ali Kuli Khan, the secretary of the Turkish embassy, chances to have as his wife an American woman. It is interesting to witness the in formality of ambassadors as they chance to meet. -After the summer a little group of diplomats were over heard discussing the delights and pleasures as well as the discomforts of the various American summer re sorts. The coming season promises to be a lively one in Washington, and the diplomatic corps will take part in the merriment. National Magazine. Into Fray; Is Not Sorry of the nation, by his occasional attacks on fellow members in congress. Ho was in action in the house of representatives a few days ago. He lit out, as the saying is, for the Pro gressive members of that body. Mr. Murdock, who was discussing amiably upon the subject of government by caucus. Uncle Jere took issue with the gentleman and denied that the caucus system was the fault of the legislative system at Washington, that the real fault was absenteeism, and as Mr. Murdock is a Chautauqua fa vorite, the blow landed in a vulner able place, in a second there was an uproar. After sparring for a while with indignant congressmen, charg ing a Kentucky member with being rarely seen in his seat, Uncle Jere slung this out and the storm abated: "Well, they ought to resign and go home if they don't want to stay here on the job." Uncle Jere is the sure Bernaru Shaw of American politics. It is sus pected that Uncle Jere plunges in where angels fear to tread, just to satisfy himself that the angels lack pip. But he is never sorry. spirit and he rigged up his cannon, with which he intended to glorify the day, and shot the garden into fragments. The whipping was a result. "If there is any good in me. I lay it first to baptism and second to the strap," the lit. Rev. W. T. Russel said. "I don't care to make a confession to the public, but I was virtually hammered into shape." Admiral George Dewey declares he was never "licked" by the enemy either at home or abroad. "I have been mildly chastised, like all other boys," the admiral said, "but I cannot recall any specific time that I was spankod."

It wasn't a safe thing to store 20 kegs of explosives under the residence

of the superintendent, but it was the only safe and convenient place in that wilderness where the railroad con struction gang was blasting its way through a mountain. A tramp came by, and paused before the cellar's open hatchway, into which autumn leaves and various combustible litter was blowing. Carefully he lighted a two-inch stump, and carelessly he threw down the still blazing match. Almost in stantly a tongue of flame darted up, and then another and another, until a fierce fire was being sucked into the cellar. The tramp turned. He saw the angry flames leaping towards the kegs, and he knew it was his work, but he did not run. Tearing his tat tered coat from his back, he sprang to the rescue. With an energy truly remarkable in a person of such apparent placidity, he beat and smothered the fierce blaze to death, not conquering until the staves of the kegs were actually scorched. Burned and weary, he leaned against a keg, until the superintendent, at tracted by the unusual noise below, came running in. He took in the situ ation at a glance, then grasped the tramp's blistered hand. "My good man," he exclaimed, "vou have saved my entire family and myself from total destruction by your bravery. Name your reward. Those kegs contain giant powder." "Oh, lor'," said the tramp digustedly, "I thought it was beer.' HAD FORGOTTEN SOMETHING An ahsent-minded farmer drove to town with his wife, and on their ar rival both set out on their respective errands. When the farmer had trans acted his business he climbed into his wagon and started home in a hurry. He had a sort of a feeling that he had forgotten something, but could not re member what it was until he reached home and the children set up a howl for their mother. Of Mixed Ancestry. Count Berchtold, Austrian foreign minister, comes of an uncommonly mixed ancestry. He has in his veins, according to a biographer of a gene alogical turn of mind, strains of Ger man, Hungarian, Bohemian Italian, Polish, Ruthenian and southern Slav blood. As regards social standing, too, the count's relationships are of a composite nature. While connected through one of his ancestors with an Austrian peasant family, the Emper or Francis Joseph is his ninth cousin, the czar of Russia and the German emperor are. his eighth cousins and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is his fifth cousin. Didn't Appeal to Him. A Dutchman residing at the upper end of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, was applied to, to contribute some thing to the Washington monument, the agent at the same time present ing a picture ofx the contemplated structure for his inspection. The Dutchman regarded the plate atten tively for a moment, and at length ex claimed: "Veil, I von't pay noting toward him, for I don't see no use to pild a house mit such a pig chimply." Not for Winter. A Paris correspondent to the Phila delphia Telegraph Introduces to its readers the heelless dancing slipper. now in vogue in Paris and says: "Young girls are especially fond of this kind of dancing slipper, and it is believed over here that little else will be worn next winter." Broad minds are never shocked, .some one has said, but as a winter costume this seems amazingly incom plete. Louisville Courier-Journal. Home Trader. A surgeon in a western town, en gaged to perform an operation of minor character upon a somewhat unsophisticated patient, asked him if he were willing to have only a local anesthetic." "Sure," replied the other; "I believe in patronizing home industry when ever you can." And he meant it. Lippincott's. Had Other Meanings. "I suppose when you said you were going to make a home run and put one over the plate, you were thinking; of the big baseball games?" "No, I wasn't. I was thinking of the hot muffins for supper." Grasping -at a Straw. "I was glad when the comedian said he would sing." "Why so?" "A song was bound to interrupt hU monologue more or less." -

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of soil fertility, plenty of moisture and

protected from excessive sunshine. The cabbage root maggot is the worst enemy of the cauliflower. Plant lice bother it some, but dusting with, fine

tobacco dust will be found an effective remedy.

PLAN FOR ICE HOUSE Building Should Be Located on Easily Drained Ground. Protection From Scorching Rays of Sun Is Also of Importance Sawdust Is Considered Best Material for Packing Walls. The location of the ice house is im portant. It should be placed on ground that is easily drained, and if possible located beneath the shade of some large tree that the beaming rays of the sun may not beat on it in the hot summer time. Here is a good plan for building an ice house which has been used by a number of farmers; Make an excavation three feet deep and 12 by 12 feet. Wall this up with brick or cement blocks, letting the wall extend two feet above the ground. Dig a trench and put in a tile drain. Now put up the house, using two by ten studding ten feet long for the walls. Place the stud ding two feet apart. Then board up the building inside and out. A cheap grade of lumber may be used for inside work . A hollow space ten inches wide will be left in the walls, and this should be filled with sawdust. Straw is not good for this purpose, and should not be used. Either shingle or felt roofing may be used for covering, but one should be certain to get the roof high, enough so that he will not strike his head when putting in the ice. The door to ice house should be two feet eight inches by six feet eight inches or close to these dimen sion. Cleats should be nailed to the inner and outer edges of the door facing to hold ends of boards that may be slipped in and sawdust tamped down between them. Put coarse cinders over the iloor of ice house and cover them with eight inches of sawdust. Now the house is ready for the ice. Out the cakes of ice the size to fit .your ice box or refrigerator, i Inexpensive Ice House. and be certain to secure the purest ice possible. At the ice house the cakes can be slided down a long board into their places. - I believe it is best to set the ice up edgewise, says a writer in the Iowa Homestead. The cakes are easier to get out and they retain their usual thickness. Pack the ice to within five inches of the wall all around the building and pile ten or twelve feet high. The ice should be packed as solidly as possible, therefore all cracks should be filled with small chunks and particles of ice. Put eight inches of sawdust over top of the ice, packing it down in the five-inch space all around the house. Currant Wood Cuttings. Cuttings of this year's growth of currant wood may be made. These should be about eight inches long, and be set firmly in rich, sandy loam. Leave but one or two of the top buds out When the ground freezes, cover with earth or mulch. They should form some roots this fall, ready for a rapid growth next spring. Cultivate thoroughly next season, and they will be ready to set permanently next fall. Salt as a Fertilizer. Almost any sort of material that contains soluble, potash, phosphoric acid, or nitrates has more or less fer tilizing value, but salt has not a trace of any of these. Sodium and chlorine are all it has to offer. Salt might pos sibly have some little effect on the physical condition of the soil under some conditions, but even this would bs too slight to warrant its use.

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TESTING SEED CORN CLOSELY Best System for Drying Is That Which Holds Each Separately Rack Allows Air Circulation. Seed corn should be dried well, and the best system is that by which each ear is held separate from others. Stringing is one method, and the corn tree or rack is another good one. Careful farmers are testing their seed very closely, now-a-days, and the single ear test is the one plan considered thorough. Where this plan is The Seed Corn Dryer. used, it is necessary to mark or number each ear, and a rack which will aid in this work is in favor. The rack shown here is one of this sort. Ears are held on the points of wire nails driven through partitions of inch boards. A double rack of this kind is made and supported at the ends as shown in the illustration, says the Wisconsin Agriculturist. Each nail is numbered, and the tester box can be numbered to correspond to the units of the drying rack. Free air circulation and perfect drying can be had very certainly by the use of such a rack, which requires but little time and lumber in its construction. It insures accuracy and system in the valuable work of testing. REVIVING DEAD SOIL SPOTS Lack of Plant Growth Sometimes Attributed to Want of Water Manure Is Lacking Essential. (By HT. P. FISHBÜRN, Assistant Chemist, Idaho Experiment Station.) On land devoid of sufficient organic matter or sand, "there sometimes occur spots that are apparently dead or unresponsive to water and plant life to any marked degree. Lack of plant growth is sometimes attributed to want of water, and oftentimes such may be the case, but the spots in question are of a different nature from the surrounding soil, usually very compact and most impervious to water, indicating a too large percentage of clay. Experiments have shown that these spots can readily be brought to a high state of fertility by the proper incorporation of manure. Such a condition could not easily be remedied if it were a case of alkali, which answers the question several times asked, whether or not this be a case of alkali. Study Your Cows. In learning about the individual cows in your herd you are studying a problem that is of much interest, deeper and greater than simpl) looking at the animal. You are endeavoring to find out some of the hidden forces of nature that produce these different results. Get acquainted with your cows, individually. Get acquaint ed with their different wants, their different tastes; and also find what results are obtained from the individual cows, so that you can treat them ac cording to their deserts. Some of them deserve the very best of treatJ. A T 1 1 -. meni Decause tney are aoing good ana profitable work. Others should be sent to the butcher, because they are leeches on the good work of the others. Value of Cows. Have you ever estimated the value of your dairy cows in counting the cost of living? Give them credit for the milk and butter produced and for the Increased fertility of the soil from the manure saved. If you do this you will take more pride in saving planty of feed for the cows.

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