Ligonier Banner., Volume 43, Number 3, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 April 1908 — Page 3

THE YOUNG | ATHLETE’S START

ANY BOY MAY BECOME STRONG IF HE WILL CAREFULLY FOL'7- LOW DIRECTIONS.

RULES FOR THE BEGINNER

“First Gain Consent of Your Stomach” ~+*Rising and Sinking” and Other Exercises That Are r&s Good.

-BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE. [Athletiq Expert of New York Evening

World; Author of ‘“Muscle Building,” etec.] .

There is no royal road to athletic power any more than there is a royal road to learning. ' ) You can’t go to bed ignorant and wake the next morning with a college education; nor can you learn by a few weeks of over-study what takes a normal boy years to acquire. : It is the same with athletics. . Most ‘boys, sooner or later, have longings to be strong. Most of them “take out” this ambition in mere planning; a few more do a great deal too much athletic work for a week or so and then gradually cease doing any at all. - Yet they wonder that they notice no benefit from what little they have done.

“€" Persistent Effort Required. , Now, athletic prowess is.like an edu<ation. It cannot be mastered except by steady and long work. If you look 'on this work as a bore and fail to concentrate your mind on it you may as well give up all hopes of becoming an athlete. It is only the boy whose interest in exercise is strong enough to keep him at it consistently who can aspire to athletic honors. To such a boy there is nothing impossible. He will succeed in athletics as he will succeed in later life; perhaps he will owe thuch of the latter success to the former, .

- Now the boy who has not the strength of purpose to keep up the athletic career he has once begun will gain nothing by reading these lessons. They are writtén' for the boy who wants to be an athlete, and who will stick to the exercise until he becomes one. I know how hard it is to remember to go through all your exercises every day and how easy it is to get in the habit of postponing them until seme more convenient season, and to end by omitting them altogether. T )

But the same applies te school work. If you can set aside a portion of each day for school you can set aside a far smaller portion of the day for athletics. . . -

Let me suggest that you get three or four other boys to form with you a sort of informal athletic club and that you exercise together. In this way ¥you cannot only point out each other’s mistakes and have a chance to compare your improvements with that of others, but the presence of others will help you resist the temptation of giving up the work. / ; Delicate Boys Made. Strong. -

If you will promise to adhere faithfuily to the rules I shall lay out T promise to miake you an athlete. It does not matter whether you are

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President Roosevelt—long before he was president—told me that as a boy he was sickly and delicate. By athletic work and outdoor exercise he acquired a physique and a brain that have given the word “strenuous” a new meaning. The present emperor of Germany was- another fragile child whom early athletics rendered strong and vigorous. James J. Corbett, the boxer, is a third of many such examples that might be cited. It is not the boy or man with the enormous, cast-iron muscles who is the ideal athlete. The true athlete is *he’ who has every muscle trained and supple, who has every inch of his body under perfect and immediate control;

HAD DOUBTS ABOUT CARNEGIE

Crofter Not Easy in His Mind as to New Landlord. . Adam B. Gunn of this city, the well%known all-round athlete, who for several years held the world’s championship, has recently returned from Scotland, where he spent a month at his ‘birthplace, Golspie, county of Sutherland. Golspie is within a few miles of Andrew Carnegie's estate of several hundred acres, and Gunn brings back an amusing story concerning Carnegie and the spirit in which he has been received by his own race, among whom the has taken up his abode. The Carnegie estate is occupied by many farmers Known as “crofters,” who rent small farms. It so happened that one of the “crofters,” an old man by the name of Campbell, of the Carnegie estate, who had not seen his new landlord, but kfiew him by reputa‘tion only, was walking to a nearby town when Carnegie drove along and gave the man a lift. In the course of «ie asked the old man where he lived. e TiE e e L SRR ; kb

whose brain and body are in perfect accord. The ox has twice the size, muscle and pulling power of the tiger, yet the tiger is by far the more formidable. So the trained athlete is easily the master of the longshoreman or street tough. Many boys. will abject that they are too busy at school to go in for athletics. This is a mistake.

“While you are in school or studying, banish every thought of athletics from your mind and thlpk of nothing but the book befofe you. But you will find you have ample time, outside of study hours, to become an athlete. « For instance: Your school hours are probably from 9 to 3. You devote a good part of the evening to s@udy. That leaves you the .best part of the afternoon and an hour in the morning for athlefics. It is really much “more time than you need. : Now, before I lay out any course of exercise for you let me give you one bit of warning that applies equally -to the boy of 8 and the boy of 18. It is t&lis:' ;

* Never exercise when you are tired. If you weary of your exercises and find it an exhausting effort to con-,‘ tinue them, stop for the day. Each day you will find you can exercise a little longer and a little harder than you could the day before.- But exercises gone through by exhausted muscles can do nothing but harm. Stomach Must Be Right. l

To_become an athlete you must first gain the consent of your stomach. This is not meant for a joke. It is

the sternest sort of a fact,. as many persons have learned who have neglected to obtain that consent. - On the condition of the stomach depends all the working of both body and mind. A weak or disturbed stomach utterly unfits a man or boy to do his best work. Therefore, to become an athlete, first build up the stomach, getting it into strong, healthy condition. That is half the battle for athletic prowess. It is easy to make the stomach your friend. Unhappily, it is almost as easy to make it your dangerous enemy-

In the first place, it is not necessary to diet as rigidly as if you were going into a college football game, but you must, none the less, be careful what you eat. Don't eat sweets between meals; don’t eat much dessert (unless it is something like rice or tapioca pudding); leave pastry alone. It is too much, in winter, to expect any boy wholly to give up buckwheat cakes; but they are not good for you. If you must eat them do so in moderation. Leave sausage alone, too; and other highly spiced foods. Neither tea nor coffee should be drunk by any growing boy; least of all by an athlete. Fried foods of all sorts are bad for you. .Now, at first glance you may fancy these restrictions cut eut the best things of life. But they do not. They cut out only the worst things. Do not eat when you are tired out. Rest a few minutes in such a-case before eating. Take no violent exercisc for at least half an hour after.eating. Smoking Not Allowable. -

Don’t smoke. That is bad for both stomach and nerves, and no normal boy gets any real pleasure from doing it. Leave beer and liquor to older people who are foolish enough to spend money that way for the privilege of wrecking their constitutions. Get at least nine hours’“sleep every night. : The foregoing instructions must be rigorously followed by every boy who desires to be an athlete, whether he be in primary school or in college. For on stomach and nerves hang all an athlete’s chances of success. And the perfect condition of nerves and stomach depends on the strict observance of these rules. The course of exercises to follow is intended for boys under 14. Up to the age of 14 no boy shduld take up seriously any of thoes more strenuous sports. They are apt to injure frames not yet hardened enough for such work. The exercises I prescribe to-day are beneficial and even necessary for all would-be athletes, either old or young, but they are intended especially for the boy under 14, as coming well within his scope. | Here is a good daily routine to start on: . First Morning Exercise. Get up at ‘seven o'clock. s Before bathing or beginning to dress lie flat on, the floor, on your back. Fold the arms across the chest. Now rise toward a sitting posture, without moving the legs and without uncrossing or moving the arms. Do not rise entirely to a sitting posture, but only about three-quarters of the distance. Then sink back again into your former position and repeat the process of rising. lge sure to keep the legs rigid and moved while doing this. Repeat four times the first morning, not stopping to rest between times. After that increase the number of “rises” by one each morning till you can rise

“Og the Carnegie estate,” came the answer. '

The landlord ventured to ask how the “crofters” had liked Sutherland Walker, who was formerly proprietor of the estate. “We all lik’t him a’ richt. Some 0’ us had a wee bit o’ trouble wi’ him, but he was a’ richt. But aboot this new one, Carnegie, I hae ma doots. The folk a’ tell me he's a damn scoundrel,” replied the farmer with a shake of his head. The conversation was quickly changed and the farmer left the rig little suspecting -that he had been riding with the man about whom he had his doubts.—Buffalo Courier. : Rush Work in English Mint. O‘wing to a shortage in small coins, seven tons of pennies were turned out in a single day by mfl ish mint. - Asparagus an Old Vegetable. One of the oldest known food plants

and sink back 20 times. ' If you find you cannot stand this ratic of increase without undue fatigue increase by one every other morning instead of every morning. | : Old-time gymnasts were taught to rise entirely to a sitting posture in this exercise. This, however, is harm.ful. For after you are about three quarters of the way up the strain begins to fall on 'the spine, which it wearies without strengthening. ~, This “rising and sinking” exercise is splendid for strengthening all the muscles of the back and abdomen, and is also beneficial for the leg muscles. :

In this as well as in all the other exercises do not loaf. At the same time do not move jerkily. Every movement should be regular and quick, but not sudden. -

For instance, when starting begin also to count one, two, three, four. At the word “two” you should be “up;” at the word “four” you should be on your back again; starting to rise again at the next count of ‘“one.”” A second should elapse between each two counts. : g

After a time this exercise will come easier. When it does try this variation on it: . Instead of folding the arms acrosg /B \‘\. b f b‘\‘ \-"’-_l: \.\\ ; “Rising” and “Sinking” Exercise. the chest, lie holding them straight above the head, and at every second “rise” bring them down to the sides. This is of benefit to the chest as well as to the upper arm muscles. A “Suppling” Movement.

After you have gone through this first exercise the required number of times, stand up, heels together, chest out, arms hanging loosely. : Now stoop forward, without moving the feet, keeping the whole body below the waist perfectly rigid. Bend forward until your finger tips touch the floor in. front of you. You may be unable to touch the floor in this fashion the first time you try. But by practicing constantly your muscles will soon ‘“limber up” sufficiently to enable you to do so. Remember to keep the legs rigid, the knees unbent, while doing this. Having touched the floor, rise to an upright posture and try the same motion over again. When counting in this exercise, take three seconds to touch the floor and three more to rise again. : : ¢ Do this four times the first morning and increase it by one each morning, until you get it up to 20. Now, standing as before, keeping the heels together, bend as far back as you can, without losing your balance; and recover your upright posture once more. This backward motion should be done slowly and easily, with no wrench or jerkiness in the recovery. Do not lean back so far that it will be any strain on back or abdomen to recover your former position. Practice will’enable you to go farther backward as time goes on. Try this, too, four times the first morning, increasing by one, until you reach 20. s :

Then try the forward motion again, until the fingers touch the floor; and, on recovery, do not stop at the upright posture, but continue moving the upper half of the body backward, thus combining the two motions, and, recovering, move forward until the fingers again touch the floor. Try the daily increase of one,on this motion, too. These forward and backward motions are excellent for both abdomen and back, especially for the latter; and are also good for the legs.

ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE

Cultivation of Gossip.

A visionary man has undertaken to cultivate gossip. Gossip of ‘the past and present, he believes, has been too wild, rank and careless, and he is anxious that it be pruned and trimmed. Cultivated gossip will certainly not be as entertaining, spicy and palatable as the loose and untamed kind, but it is believed that it will do less harm to the ‘neighbors. : There are those persons who feel that cultivated gossip will be stale, flat and unprofitable. Gossip, to be good gossip, must have a bite, a tingle and a tang to it. Gossip to be most interesting must be injurious to somebody. The most popular gossip must have plenty of scandal in it. If scandal should be censored out of gossip there would be no gossip, and this would be an inconceivable condition.

A Bit of Home.

One is always glad to see a familiar face on foreign soil. Hardly less welcome is the sight of some object associated with one’s native country. Some people never discover their patriotism unmtil they catch sight of their flag in a strange land. Mr. Samuel Cox found a bit of the United States in Russia, and tells about it in “Arctic Sunbeams.” . :

“While visiting Peterhof we were rowed out to a fairy island on the lake. Then the guide took us to an .oak about 30 feet high. On it was a brass plate registering the fact; that the tree grew from an acorn taken from an oak by George Washington’s grave and sent to the Emperor Nicholas. The tree was well-grown and thrifty. “It was curious to see how. the name Washington was spelled in Russian. I do not know the Russian type, but this is the nearest approach to it 1 can make: : x g “‘BamuHrmoHa.' it “I asked the guide to spell and pronounce it, and he said: o ; “‘Va-sha-li-n-g-tonal’

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.The poor farm will grow taxes if nothing else. s

r Good grade draft horses are still in ‘demand. Raise a few, .

‘With your other planning, figure on raising a colt or two this year.

- Farm folks need the smile just as much as the crops need the sunshine, _

The stock market iy the last place in the world where the farmer wants to venture.

Comfortable quarters for the hogs are essential to proper economy of the food ration.

Look through the vegetable bins and let the stock clean up all the small potatees and the half-rotted apples. : ; i

The prosperity of the farmer was honestly earned, which is more than can be said for the success of some business enterprises. >

The farmer must plan the work carefully and keep the farm help thoroughly busy if he is to realize a, profit on the high wages he is obliged to pay

Too small a field for the pigs will result in their soiling the clover, result Ing in their not eating it so fast. It pays for the sake of the hogs to have a large field.

Why not raise a few mules? They mature younger, and can be set to hard work any time between two and three years of age, a thing you can’t do with the young horse. o

A good time to begin with sheep. Get a small flock and start it on pasture and you will be ready to give them good care next fall. Meanwhile plan your winter quarters. :

The seed corn which was selected last fall and thoroughly dried will _prove the wisdom of the farmer in the ! eyes of his less careful and provident Heighbor when the two stands of corn of the coming season are compared.

Yes, tne cow did kick, but that was no excuse for you losing your temper and lamming her unmercifully with the milking stool. I overheard a farmer say the other day that it had cost him the profits ‘on a cow for three days for the beating he had given the COW.

- The first thing to do with the newl¥ born lamb is to get it full of the ewe’s first milk. Many a lamb’s life can be saved by a little attention at this time. It often occurs that the teat becomes clogged and will not yield to the efforts of the lambkin. Lend a helping hand. ' :

The fall-dropped colt is more convenient on the average farm than those born in the spring. Some of the horses on nearly every farm are idle all winter anyway and the mares might better be nursing colts and giving them a good start than to be eating their heads off and giving nothing in return. o :

To gain a week.- on string beans plant as early as you think safe.” As soon as the plant appears place blocks or bricks four’inches thick at intervals along the rows and lay down 12inch boards alongside. Then 'when the danger point threatens cover the plants with the boards.and you will save them.

Let the boys on the farm have some animal or plot of ground which is really their own, and then let them realize the profits to be made from them. In this way they will feel a personal interest in farm matters and will learn by practical experience the ins and outs of stock raising and farming. This will tie them to the farm as nothing else will. by

In estimating the amount of seed needed for a certain field it is quite essential that you know' its dimensions within reasonable accuracy. But do you? Is it not largely guess work. A good cotton cord, the size of a plow line, should be kept for a measuring line. To make one, buy 70 feet of cotton cord, fasten a ring at each end and make these rings exactly 66 feet apart. This is four rods. Tie a piece of red cloth in the center. One acre of ground will be the length of four of these cords and 2% cords wide, equal to 16x10 rods, making 160 square rods to the acre. ’ i 5

The soil, the cow, the market and the man behind the combination are the determining factors as to success or failure in the dairying business. Plenty of men would lose money at 15 cents a quart. The acre should be made to produce the most possible feed because in this way the cost of production is reduced to a minimum. The cow should be bred and fed to produce large quantities. The market should be determined according to conditions. No dairy farmer can afford to grow average crops. He must put the fertility into the land and secure %igh production. 'vao or three crops can be grown on the same land in one season, but of course in this country where land is so cheap it is not necessary to do farming under such a high pressure. :

Weéed out the ata¥ boarders from your cow herd. ‘A good habit v get—(lddlieg out the hen bouse twice a week. £ ‘Don’t be unreasonable. The ¢ lected flock will not remember you. Don’t make the mistake of setting the hen until she is thoroughly broody. - It is easier to raise a good horse than to pick ore up when wanted. Remember that. .

Whey fed to excess may cause stiff jolqts in the pigs. Its feeding value is about half that of milk.

The best breed of sheep for the farmer is the one which combines a pag fleece with a large carcass.

If you are keeping sheep plan on a good generous turnip crop this year. It is almost a necessity in successful sheep raising.

An Jowa man at last accounts had the corn<husking record of the year, having husked 75 bushels in four ®ours and eight minutes.

A course at your state agricultural college will do more to interest your boy in agriculture and tie him to the farm than any other one thing.

Alsike clover is valuable on heavy soil. It is a- lighter growing, finer crop than the medium red, and ie shorter lived, but it will pay you to try it.

Begin some kind of crop rotation this year. Don’t raise the same crop year after year on the same piece of ground. Give the ground a variety of work to do. - 5

Don’t let fine weather over head tempt you out into the field which is still too wet tq work. It is bad for the soil, hard on the horses and qisa.ppointing to you. s

Damp crib corn will prove a curse to many a;farmer this year who deat to the advjce to select and care for his seed qbrn just let matters drift along in the same old way. -

It has been proved (from experiments that unless linseed oilmeal can be purchased at approximately as low a price as corn per pound no profit from its use with corn and clover hay for fattening lambs is to be expected.

The spoiled horse is generally the one that has been improperly trained. Careful, thorough breaking should so establish the good traits of a horse as to make the acquiring of bad habits almost impossible save where the grossest kind of mismanagement was practiced. °

It 1s a good practice in planting an orchard to alternate the varieties, setting not over two or three rows of one sort and then something else. This will insure heavier bearing through cross-pollination of the blosSoms, some sorts not being able to fertilize themselves. i :

Mowing the field of young alfalfa may check the weeds but it will also check the, alfalfa. . The ground intended for alfalfa should be so thoroughly prepared that weeds have no chance to start until after the alfalfa is well along and firmly rooted. Alfalfa that gets the right start will prove very inhospitable ground for the weeds. g

A man must be friendly to have fr-iend%% This was never more true than i‘?the country. Try a little friendliness toward that neighbor whom you have considered rather cold and distant. You will perhaps find he will warm up to you and the friendship will work mutual good. Get his ideas, and if you have anything good in that line share it with him. Fie

It takes no more work or food to feed a 700-pounds-butter-in-a-year cow than it does to feed the one which produces' but 200 pounds. Why not weed out the poorer cows and get in those which pay a good profit? A cow ought to produce at least 300 pounds of butter fat a year to make it worth while ‘keeping her, but many a farmer is keeping cows which will not produce half that. :

Horticultural societies of other states might well emulate the example of the Indiana Horticultural society which is making a practical effort to encourage the commercial fruit industry of the state. It co-operates with the farmers’ short course at Purdue university, offering cash premiums at a fruit show which is held during the course. The fruit business of Indiana is still to be developed.

Get a good bull—pure-bred if you can afford it—and breed up your herd. Cornell university, New York, has just shown what can be done in this direction. A cow of ordinary grade was kept and the progeny for four generations was tested. The cow was producing 225 pounds of butter in a year. By the use-of a pure-bred sire the next generation produced 275pound cows and in the fourth generation two cows, descendants of th original one and improved sires, made an average of 450 pounds of butter in a year. This ought to settle the question as to whether pure-bred or grade animals are preferable for the dairy.

Do not reduce the fruit yield by cutting or breaking off the fruit spurs. Every fruit tree will send out fruit spurs on the sides. of all the limbs and small branches, covering the gsides and upper surface with fruit gpurs and leaf spurs from the body of the tree to the extremity of the branches. These should never be removed, yet many, with saw or hatchet, clip off every fruit spur from the main part of the Ilarge limbs and small branches, leaving only a denuded branch. Fruit spurs are small shoots only one or two inches long These should neither be cut off nor jammed off by one’s feet: when picking fruit. Fruit spurs produce fruit buds in one seaswn for the crop of fruit the following seasoy .

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Both from a cultural and from a dietetic standpoint the yautia holds third place among the root crops of Porto Rico. This plant, though of lower taxonomic rank than the sweet potatoes and yams, possesses many points of superiority over either, and few, if any, economic plants deserve more oareful ecological study. Though possessing no true stem, the yautia is a plant of striking appearance. The general aspect is like that of the taro, or elephant’s ear, so much used as a summer ornamental in the north; but the leaves are always ar-row-shaped instead of shield-shaped and with prominent venation on both surfaces. The height of the plant ranges from one foot in some types to eight feet in others, and the color runs from pale green with whitish petioles to purplish olive with black-ish-mauve petioles and veins. The leaves at first stand erect above the rhizome, but gradually droop and after a few months die, remaining attached by their bases to the top of the root. - Yautia, or yahutia, was the name ap‘plied to the plant by the Arawaks at the time of the arrival of the. Spaniards. We offer the following tentative theory for the etymology of the word: ‘“Ya,” the Arawak prefix meaning place of, or locality, and the noun “hutia,” the native name of a nearly extinct genus of spiny-haired rodents (Capromys) which was hunted by the Indians and which was probably abundant wherever there was a patch of esculent tubers. It is thus possible that the tubers themselves were first called after the place in which they .were found. ol

Three species of yautia exist in a wild state in Porto Rico; these are found in shaded ravines, usually near water courses. They flower freely, but no seed has been noted thus far. The numerous varieties which have been under cultivation for perhaps many thousands of years belong to the very similar if not identical species, XanthOsoma.sagittaefolium and X. atrovirens, or else to X. violaceum. .The last is readily recognized by its purplish leaves; only two varieties of this species are known to the writer. The intense localism of the 15 or 20 distinct native varieties of yautias in Porto Rico is difficult of explanation, and it can not be accounted for by popular preference or prejudice nor by varietal adaptability to soil conditions. Numerous cases have been noted of the abserice of certain excellent varieties in districts of easy access. On the average, fully 50 per cent of the varieties in a given district are confined to that district. The most tenable theory suggested for this localization of varieties is that although all varieties were common to all sections of the island at the time of the Spanish discovery, the 100 years of subsequent strife and sweeping changes, the extermination or absorption of the original cultivators of the plant, the existence of slavery, and the entire change of agricultural conditions in the last 300 years have caused some varieties to become extinct in each section, and as there is little need to import others when each locality has three to six of its own, such exchange of varieties has not progressed. .- ~ : Without the yautia the people of the interior of Porto Rico would be large-

FAMOUS SINGER HER FRIEND

Aged Woman Made Glad by Gift of : American Prima Donna. During a visit through Maine last summer some sight-seers came upon a tiny hamlet that lay off from the beaten track. It consisted merely of 2 handful of the humblest shelters, but in driving through it their attention was caught by the meager front yard of one of these houses which bloomed with a profusion of beautiful, costly flowers. The sharp contrast between the plants and their surreundings so piqued their curiosity that they topped their carriage and went up e little path on the pretext of asking for a drink of water. In the midst of her flower beds sat a humble little old woman whose childlike ignorance was made all the more touching by the grfitqh that lay on the ground beside er. ; ' Her flowers were her one great pride, and she was only too glad of a shance to talk about them. She ex.

Al Hiein s e iTph e DA o] i s HARVESTING YAUITIA &

ly dependent upon one native article of diet—the Chamaluco, or Mafafo banana. Unlike the yam, the yautia may be cropped at almost any time of the year; and unlike either the yam _or the sweet potato it can be grown in moist soil along the beds of streams in the clayey soils of the coffee districts, as well as in:the swampy alluvium along the rivers near the coast. The tubers, boiled, form a large part of the diet of the labering classes; fried, they enter into many dishes on the planter’s table; unfortunately the custom of baking is comparatively rare in Porto Rico, but the large tubers when baked are highly prized in Jamaica and some of the other British West Indies. If harvested before fully developed the tubers are .liable to be watery after boiling, and if left in the ground till the tip sends up a leafy shoot the old root is likely to have a strong taste and requires a longer time for cooking.. : The yellow-rooted varieties, espe cially the Martinica, require a somewhat longer time over the fire than do the ordinary yams or sweet potatoes, but the white varieties, like Rolliza, cook in about the same time ag is required for Irish potatoes. - When boiled the white varieties are removed from the water as soon as done to prevent their falling to pieces, whilé the Martinica or the Amarilla are left any length of time without danger of their crumbling in the kettle. In fact, the Martinica is at its. best if mashed after boiling and made into small cakes or croguettes, for otherwise, unless eaten at once while hot, its firmness is objectionable. The water in which the tubers are boiled is well salted. : :

. In boiling the tubers the thin skin is removed previous to putting them into the water. - When baked the mealiness and peculiar flavor of the yautia afe much better brought out than in any other method of cooking; the skin may be left on in baking or roasting. - , : The various kinds and colors "of vautia are well adapted for use in puddings, croquettes, stews, soups, purees, eétc. The pink-rooted varieties make an attractive dish when served entire. i

A favorite manner of serving the vautia is as follows: The tubers ars peeled, boiled in salted water, and mashed; then milk, or eggs, and grated cheese are added, and the mixture is made into croquettes and fried, Parboiled, cut in thin slices, and fried is a native method which brings out the characteristic flavor to good advantage. v , ;

In fact, the yautia may be used in any way in which the so-called “Irish” potato is used. But while there is very' little difference in flavor :of the many varieties of potatoes, there is considerable variation in flavor, as well as in color, among the yautia varieties. _ : = Since the yautia is almost entirely unknown in tropical q)&%a and Africa, its introduction there’should prove of great importance. ‘Tubers of Rolliza have already been sent to Manila, Singapore, Queensland, Lagos, and the Gold Coast of West Africa. About 15 varieties have been .sent to Hawalil, where they are reported as growing well and thus far are resistant to the taro root disease which causes the loss of nearly one-half of the crop of that staple article of the Hawaiian market. The better varieties have been distributed in several districts of Florida, Arizona and. California, with considerable success; but since at least nine months are required for the maturing of most varieties, the area in the United States adapted to their culture must needs be very limited. < ; 1

O. W. BARRETT,

The distance around the world via the Trans-Siberian and our own transcontinental railway. lines is shown to be 17,997 miies. The sailing distance around the world from New. York via Suez, Singapore, Manila, Guam, the Hawaiian islands and Panama canal to New York again will be 23,092 miles. » £ i

plained that a fine lady: who came that way nearly every summer had given them to her. : : B “She keeps sendin’ \Q\e new roots every little while,” she\added, with pride. . “And she gave Daye Lummis’ widow a new churn, ‘cause her old one gave her a stitch in the side” Then she looked up eagerly. "“Peraps you know her,”. she suggested. ’;"'She’u‘ S singing woman who ‘says as| she was brought up in New 'Englah&}’\ herself when she was a girl.” =~ dw It was Nordica, who is A&s generously sincere in her gifts to some ‘ obscure old woman as when she plans an American institute of music. |

Work of British Life-Savers. I The total number of lives during the past year for.the saving of which the Royal National Lifeboat institution granted rewards was 1,156, making a grand total since its establish: ‘ment in 1824 of 47,346.--London Tit

816 AN ACRE REALIZED ON ANOTHER FARMER REALIZES $22.50 PER ACRE FROM HIS - WHEAT CROP LAST YEAR. Charles McCormick of Kenville, Manitoba, writes: “During the season of 1907, I had 100 acres in crop on the S. W. quarter of section, 18, township 35, range 27 west of the Principal Meridian, Western Canada, yielded as follows: “80 acres at 22 bushels per acre, which I sold for 90 cents per bushel:: and 20 acres oats yielding 60 bushels per acre I sold for 35 cents per bushel so that my total crop realized $2.004.00. From this I deducted for expenses of threshing, hired help, etc., $400.00, leaving me a net profit on thisiyear's crop of over $1,600.” : Thomas Sawatzky of Herbert, Saskatchewan, says: : - “The value of my erop per acre of wheat is $22.50. I threshed 1,750 bushels of wheat from 70 acres, and was offered 90 cents a bushel for it. Oats, 15 .acres, 500 bushels: and’ barley, 5 acres, 80 bushels. I do not know if I have been doing the best in this district, but I know if all the farmers were doing as well, Western Canada would have no kick coming as far as grain growing is concerned; and I further say that if Yyou want to put this in one of your advertisements, this is true and I can put my name to it.” : :

BUT WAS IT THE SAME MELONY

Paper Carried by Darky Amounted Almost to Perpetual Permit.

.“A-negro just loves a watermelon,” ' said Representative Johnson of South - Carolina. “Strange, too, that when a policeman sees a negro with a melon at an unreasonable hour h¢ has it . right down that the darky has stolen that watermelon. I heard a story about a policeman who met a negro in the early hours of the morning, and he had a big melon on his shoulder. “‘l see you have a melon there? . “‘Yes, sah,’ answered the darky. ‘l'se got er melon; but I'se fixed fer you, sah,’ and pulling out a paper he handed it to the officer, who read: ‘This bearer of this is O. K. He paid me ten cents for the melon, and he is a pillar in the church. James Elder.’ e i : , “‘You are fixed,” said the officer. “<Pat’s what I ’lowed,” answered the ! negro, and he moved on.”—Washington Herald. ; 4

PRESCRIBED CUTICURA

After Other Treatment Failed—Raw Eczema on Baby’s Face Had “ Lasted Three Months—At Last Doctor Found Cure. -

~ “Our baby boy broke out with eezema on his face when one month old. One place on the side of his face the size of a nickel was raw like beefsteak for three months, and he would cry out when I bathed the parts that were sore ‘and broken out. I gave. him three months’ treatment from a good doctor, but at the end of that time the child was no better. Then my doctor recommended Cuticura. After using a cake of Cuticura Soap, a third of a box of Cuticura Ointment, €nd half a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was well and his face was as smooth as any baby’s. He is now ~two years and & half old and no eczema has reappeared. Mrs. M. L. Harris, Alton, Kan., May 14 and June 12, 1907.” i

CLASSIFIED. L EELEE I IR 3 el .F‘.' “ = T By = A i mi g [’ Q ‘Q . Printer—Where shall I put the announcement of Alderman Dodger's retirement? _ : : -Editor — Under “Public Improvements.” o { How Her Life Was Saved When Bitten By a Large Snake. How few people there are who are ‘not afraid of snakes. Not long ago & harmless little garter snake fell om the wheel of an automobile which was ‘being driven by a woman. The woman promptly~fainted and the car, left to its own resources, ran into a stenes wall and caused a serious accident. The bite of a poisonous snake needs prompt attention. Mrs. K. M. Fishel, Route No. 1, Box 40, Dillsburg, Pa, tells how she saved her life when bitten by a large snake. ~ “On August 29, 1906, I was bitten on the hand twice by a large copperhead snake. Being a distance from any medical aid, as a last resort I "used Sloan’s Liniment, and to my as-® tonishment found it killed all pain and was the means of saving my life. I am the mother of four children and& ‘am never without your Liniment™

Woman’s Rule.

It is becoming more and more evident that women mean to have and will sooner or later, gain the suffrage, which all thoughtful persoas ~of both sexes are coming to see is only a reasonable claim, but one could ’ wish that men would accede to it in & more generous spirit, and that wom“en would plead for it in womanly fashion, and without treating man as it he were the sole possessor of all the vices.—Lady’s Pictorial. : Deafness ‘Cannot Bs Cured mmfl*::#g S rhere le o m‘!mw‘:m cure deafness, an l@lb constitutional Deafness is caused y-ni'nnnmqlooadldue!m mucow lining of the Eustachian Tabe. When this taube s inflamed you have a rumbligg sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness {s the result, and vuless the inflammation can bs taken out and this tube restored to its normal condltion, hearing wiil be destroyed forever; nine cases oat of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothiag bntmhfinfim‘kfi‘ of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hu i gar-zuud - Deatness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured 801 d by Drt e oST TR Troliope’s Earnings as an Author. - As an author Anthony Trollope res