Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 19, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 July 1910 — Page 2

Around the Bend

By ALICE CAMERON

Ralph - Hurlbut leaned back in unacsustomed idleness and let the canoe float down stream. The sense of having nothing to do, nothing to worry about, on this glorious June morning, filled him with a dreamy content. He was on the first vacation he. had taken since college days. The last few vears had been strenuous ones for the keen young business man. -Mind and body had been worked hard. ; As the canoe swept down stream, Ralph Hurlbut was consclous of an exhflarating excitement. His imaginatfon pletured a dozen adventures, but one image persisted, and at last drove the others away. - Ralph’s youth was asserting {itself. He hoped he might find Mer gitting on the bank or walk tng heneath the willows; a dream girl vith the gray eyes and the sweet mouth of the woman he could love As he neared the turn in the stream, hiz odd imagining beeame almost real to him. Tt possessed his mind wholly He could even see the gown she would wear; bhie .L‘fo, with 'zwrh:zx\,\' some. white fiufly stuff on it like clouds on a June <ky. He gazed with : a boyish eagerness toward the bend that hid her : A few more vigorous strokes and the canoe swung dizzily around the curve and. glided into the:unknown part ‘of the stream. The trees were fewer here. There were flowers near the banks. He gazed quickly about’ No ond wasdp sight. AN w:ls peaceful and quite deseried. A deepdlisappointment came over him, a feeling stronger than ithe cause seemed to warrant! He tried to laugh ft off “Here I am mooaing like an fdiot! " 'he exelalmed, disgustedly. I lmagine a thi,lfg and then ' complain because it is not real.” But the disappolntment and -the eager longing persisted - ' . .He steadied the canoe and- looked around once more.. A white patch on the“léft bank attracted his attention. He could not see what it was, and in S " = 1 z7-.o \ 2 '. ‘ ‘ o L S ORIy, : {3 iTy 7. Pt 4.s‘:‘\\“\" =L oy I{"‘?l);;/., -_— rﬁ ‘:. ‘.__" = = .m" N NGRS O Ty NI 5 e «l\\”j' i .{, " ;«. > 4{7’?;/“'(\\' , " ‘e \, '% ‘(%_B;?“' | § e LRGH y eyl | YEIIANT TGNI ST A . A\ - e /'-,) Niiig % Bewced S .A'\‘!/‘:}l?‘}i:. W“"“—"” L o "‘,. wlb N e \\\r\\f;ﬁ = LSty i o = N NP T / —— T ateey {{((' P e L 8 e T i ; e ﬂﬂ':.':?‘-*j'f.“"-"*‘g}s“n\g&' //\ ‘\,,t, "‘T"'Z,:l—i;\ \";\"LE\\ / =- — — YL LED Sorie : \»\‘\\\ O 2 E4O 700 YO, QR LITTLE CGLOVE" \Y ° i pursuir, idly: paddled to the shore. He drew his canoe up on the bank and picked up the object. [t was a little white silk glove, long and small: in hand, the fingers st!ll curled naturally as if ‘rosy living fingers were within them. He smoothed it out on his- pa'im The tips were soiled a trifle. Ralph' smiled down at the dainty thing. ! ) YL sﬁnd your owner for you, little glove.” ‘he said, putting it into This pocket. ; Far up thé road, to his left, he caught ;sight of a laoving patch of blue—a:. blue dress, a white hat! Immediately he ran.up the bank and started along the road. ' i Before he could reach her, the wearer of the blue dress turned into a narrow path leading to the only house in sight.. When Ralph arrived at the path he could see her knocking at a side door. Her back was turned to him-as she pounded vigorously. Ralph | waited, walking slowly up and down. The blue dress evidently had a determined owner : Ralph thought she would never cease knocking. He had his first misgiving when® she »Ashéok; the door. Finally, when sllle began to kick strenuously at the panels, he began to see that Fate had, perhaps“ been misleading him, - - | At this moment the woman made up -her mind that no one was at home. She turned away and came down the path‘toward Ralph, walking with impatient strides. A basket hung on her arm. : : - { She looked about fifty years old, ex- | ‘remely gaunt and' remarkably bad-“ tempered. - One glance, and.the fact that he had followed this person in a romantic mood, carrying her glove over his heart, moved Ralph to a ﬁt‘ of laughter. While she walked toward him, staring angrily, he rocked to and 1 fro in paroxysms of mirth. The woman came almost up to him, dnd was about to say something in no gentle tone—to judge by her expression—when she suddenly tripped on a stone, and catching at Ralph for support, let I her heavy basket fall at his feet. His 1 coat was torn with a long rénding sound and the woman sat down heavily in a crumpled heap. The cream in" a glass bottle in the basket splashed lightly over Ralph, and eggs covered his shoes with a yellow coating. As he noted each new phase of the catastroplie he burst into another roar of laughter. .His companion sat in the road and regarded him stonily. Finally, Ralph saw that her face was growing very pale, and at the idea that she might really be hurt, his laughter subsided. He gently tried to help her up She struck at hifi awkwardly, her eyes flashing, but said nothing. Ralph was really alarmed for by thjs time her tace was very white. ‘“Are you hurt, madam?” he asked, anxiously. No answer. He began to talk, hoping that she would break her angry sllence.

"™ hope you will forgive me for laughing. You see | thought you were —er, some one else., And I was so surprised .I could not help:laughing. Tell mé whether you are hurt. Let me help you.” His face looked so handsome and so -appealing that the stony expression of the woman softened a trifle. L ~ “Well, the least you can do is to help me home,” she said, grufly. “I'm all shook up.” She evidently blamed hitm for her fall. He raised her, and | she - leaned on him, grunting and ' groaning. : : They walked on. BBhe said nothing. ' Finally he began.to be unpleasantly aware” of ' her weight His arm seemed almost paralyzed and drops of perspiration came out [on his forehead He stood still a’ moment in the road. “Would ‘»}'()u mind changing to the other side? I could support you with my right larm. This one {8 getting - a little . tired.”” The long lips:set into a grim line. “Can’t,” responded the' woman. l“M}' other arm’s hurt too bad.” He wondered vaguely how her arm could possibly be hirt, but said nothing. The woman urged him on, It seemed to Ralph interminably. " She did not speak except to urge him .re walk faster. Finally, they made one last turn and came within sight of a small gray house set well ;hm‘k from the road iKLIL garden of ir_osx-s_. Red ramblers climbed over ‘t‘en_m‘ and porch. . . As the two drew near, a young girl !amsn from the steps and hurried to- % ward the gaté. “ Oh! are you hurt? | Are you hurt?” she exclaimed, breathlessly to the woman. The latter put %m:t, her “Lnjnred" arm and opened the gate with a bang. “No! I fell down but T wa'n’t hurt a mite. Would ha’ "Imon home an hour ago only I wanted to teach some ‘smart fools a lesson. She strode;, up the walk and into the house, letting the screen door slam after her. . - : - ' Again‘'the ' helpless fit of laughter came upon Ralph. He leaned against the gate, rubbing his numb arm and shouting with mirth. This time he had a sweet echo, and looked into a rosy face dimpled with fun, for after one blank nnnm{nt,«an(l a glance at the state of his attire, the girl ‘had semed to divine all, in a flash. . - The young man ‘looked down somewhat ruefully at his coat and shoes. “I gseem to have received the worst of it,” he said. ; Tha girl looked up with a trace of shyness. -.'You could come in. and clean up. Do not mind her, she’s pecullar, but—+" o ' He broke in with a question. “Any relat!on?” he asked. What if sha shouwid be the mother! ; *No! Oh//no! \\’4» are boarding here -—my mother and L Mrs. Thurston takes boarders every summer.” She started toward the house, and Ralph followed Mrs. Thurston met them at’'the door. She led the young .mman to a roem, supplied hiin with water and elean towels in grim- silence But as shé was' leaving she paused “Gimme that coat.”” Ralph handed it to her, and she disappeared. i ) Presently she brought back the coat. The léng rip was neatly mended. “Guess this'll do till you can see a tailor. Dinner ready in half an hour.” That dinner was a memorable event, It was a well-cooked meal, served in the long bay windows where the ramblers climbed in over the sill. Mrs. Thurston lost some of her grimness, and even smiled once or twice. Mrs. Farrand, the girl’s mother, was very gracious. : : . _And the girl herself? She sat by the open ‘wifilow, not in the blue dress.he had pictured, but in snaqwy white. In her eyes were the lights and shadows the expressions he had - seen in the eves of the Dream Girl around the bend in the stream. His wonderful vacation had, indeed begun. . Afterward, he saw her alone for a moment on the porch. The glove lay in his pocket. He was afraid to ask her about it. Suppose- it should not be hers. He drew it out slowly. The' light from the window shone upon . it. The girl reached up and took it from his hand. /“Why, you found my glove!” she exclaimed in surprise. “It is yours, then?” “Yes. I'm so glad! It is not very pleasant for one not to have a mate.” He locked down at her. “Im finding that out, too,” he murmured. He moved a step nearer. , “Good night.” He pressed the little soft hand in both his own for a mo ment. - “I'll see you temorrow morn ing,” he said. *“l've arranged with Mrs | Thurston to come here to board.” | Discriminating Rat Burglar. ! _Just before Easter 225 carnations were taken one night from the cellar ‘ of L. W. Acheson, a florist, of Pitts 1 field, Mass. He called in the police. but they found no trace »f a burglary. Mrs. Patrick Carney, liv.ag in an ad joining house, has just found the car nations in a tub in her cellar, whera a rat had carried them and made & nest. To carry the flowers the rat traveled 50 feet from house tq house. The flowers were all taken between midnight and five o’clock in the morning. A strange feature of the rat’s theft is that he took but one variety, a pink, leaving. all the white and dark red carnations undisturbed. .

Potatoes Chained Together. An agricultural freak is shown in an illustration in the current number of Haus, Hof und Garten in the shape of two potatoes held together by a seven: linked chain. The chain must have been dropped and remained unnoticed on the fleld and a potato formed in both of the end links. They, grew through the iron rings and are now held there firmly, the iron bands havIng depressed them at the points cf contact. They were picked up -af Bchoenow, near Bernau, Germany,

R “:’_’}fﬁ};' RO IR e 7 ‘U\* t"f“" A / ” e # _‘ t . . ‘ﬁl Tl o l!!g L 7 T & 0 8 o S~ ! S — L P x g e 8S e A (% 2, Sheep are excellent farm cleaners. The .bruise on an apple is injurious. _Lice and mites come Wwith warm weather, . \ Tie the grape vines to the trellis wires before the vines begin to run. No wejl bred farmer ever contents himsel with scrub stock or poor crops. It is a sad mistake for a man to make a good crop of grass into poor hay. Pure fresh air, day and night Is one of the prime essentials for keepmg fowls in good health. . Most separators do their hest work with the milk at a temperature of from 85-degrees to 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

When- the cream has been held at churning temperature for a period of two or three hours, it is ready to be churned.

A good way to keep manure for the garden {s to fill a large box, turning it ever with a fork about once a week and keeping it moist.

The government is sending out experts to various parts of the country to .teach fruit growers the best methods of spraying their. trees.:

When shrubs are first planted they should be headed back one-half or more, byt after they become established they should be allowed & branch at will, :

‘One of the p»ominent symptoms of shoulder lameness in horses is a difficulty of lifting and extending . the limb, which is particularly noticeable when the patient-is urged to trot.

The flea beetle is a small, metallic blue insect which is destructive to the fruit both as the larva and the adult. Spraying with arsenate of lead or paris green is generally effective.

Some of the amber honeys are made from the aster, goldenrod, boneser ' queen of the meadow, heartsease, wild sunflower, Spanish needle, sumac, magnolia and marigold. .

Tﬁ% earliest sown lettuce should be of some of the loose growing varieties. F’orajsmmnor use plant cabbage lettuce, or heading varieties, as the leaves during the warm season will be whiter and more crisp. . ' Soy beans shed their leaves before the grain begins to ripen; therefore when hay is desired the plants must be cut when half or more of the pods are fullv grown, but before the beans begin to harden. It Is a well known fact among farmers and fruit growers that blackberrfes improve the. physical nature of the soil through their root action. When they are removed from the apple orchard the sail is left in ideal condition for the outer feeding roots of the apple trees.

~ While it is conceded that permanent maintenance of soll fertility without live stock is possible, it is not practicable as a statewide policy, because it {s not the highest type of agriculture and because few farmers can be induced to comply with all the conditions necessary to make it effective.

Plant ‘cannas one to two feet apart, depending altogether if they be dwarf or the tall-growing sort. They like very rich soil and plenty of water during the growing season.. A mulch of straw manure will help- to conserve the water that is given them. Cut off all the seed pods as they form. s

Root plants may be transplanted, but it is not advisable unless it were in the casel of extra early beets started in the hotbed or turnip-rooted radi{shes lifted out at thinning time. The roots are usually ill shaped, yet their table quality is not -injured. Long varieties always become distorted and are not marketable. o

Although rape can be used as a soiling crop, and Is so used in many places, it is doubtful if it will supplant other plants for this purpose. Its chief use is for pasture, especially for hogs and sheep. Geese and other fowl will do well upon such pastures, and those who are raising poultry as a chtef industry will find a field of rape a useful adjunct. It cannot be recommended for curing as a dry fodder or for silage. It is so succulent that it cures with difficulty, and it cannot be compared to corn for sllage. .

Fowls to lay eggs that will hatch out the best chicks must have as nearly natural conditions as possible —plenty of outdoor exercise, except fn, wet and bad weather, plenty of fresh air day and night in the henbouse, cleanliness, sunshine and a variety of vegetables, animal and mineral food, such as wild birds secure in the open fields and forest. Free range is best unless the housing and yarding conditlons meet all the natural requirements. The house for breeders should be tight and dry in the floor, roof and three side walls, but fully open in front for the admission of an sbundance of fresh air and sunshine.

Ripen cream properly before churn % ing. ; : w

There Is a scarcity of good dairy COWS. . 5

The cherry tree should be headed low. )

Feed all of the hens all they will eat of wheat and other nourishing feeds. 8 ;

A very important part of dairying fs to make it profitable all the year around. i

Preventive and destructive measures are both necessary in combating hog lice. : . ; b

In order to keep fowls healthy we must breed for health just as we would for any other desired quality.

When the young poults begin to get their long *wing flight feathers, they require extra care and attention.

For feeding lambs to be .used for breeding purposes preference should be given to bran, oats and linsced meal. -

A well-ventilated and light and dry cellar is the best place for the incubator in operation, as it is less subject to change of temperature than any other part of the house.

For two or three years after plant: ing, the ground among ornamental shrubs should be spaded and the surface cultivated. to ‘keep down weeds and grass and .to conserve moisture.

Some states prohibit the importation of dairy and breeding cattle until they are tuberculin tested, but permit as yet unrestricted sale of stock within its boundaries. = -

- Rape is especially valuable for breeding ewes in midsummer, when the pastures begin to fail, as the sueculent feed keeps up the supply of milk for the lambs.

Never overfeed or feed pepper or other condiments to the hens you expect to furnish eggs for hatching. If you do, infertile eggs and weak chicks will be the result. .

The Wisconsin experrment station finds lime is deficient in much of the grain .ration fed to dairy cows and hogs. Hogs fed on phlosphates and bone mash, made consistent and profitable gains. :

"The table value of both lettuce ana radishes depends largely upon a quick growth under moderately cool conditions. For this reason the soil should be very fine of texture and fertile to stimulate the most rapid growth.

A grape vine to bear well must be cultivated and carefully pruned each vear, cutting back to two, three, or not more than four canes, and carefully pinching - off surplus young shoots during the summer. . .

There is something in suiting the corn to the soil. Trylng to suit the soil to the corn is a tough proposition, as many a man who has tried corn adapted to bottom soil on thinner upland has found to his sorrow.

The poultry products of the United States are just on a par with wheat and hay. The combined value of the

thres last year was around two billion dollars, an average of over 671 millions each. )

A mixture of salt, two parts, and ashes, one part, should be put in the salting box at least once each week. The ashes should be rich in charcoal. The cows require a great deal of charcoal and cannot do their best without it, y

Where manure is accumulated in stables and lots, and is properly saved, it goes on the land more evenly, as a rule, which is an.important considera-

tion where a man is endeavoring to keep up the land’s fertility and get as much out of it as possible at the same time.

The floor and walls of the dairy barn where the cows are milked must be free from dust and dirt; the cows must be brushed and their udders sponged off with a damp cloth previous to milking and the milker himselw must have clean hands ‘and clothes.

Always market your butter regularly at current market prices. Give your -customers pure, sweet, fresh butter and your reputation as a good butter maker will soon be established. When your butter is held until it is old and stale it is not wanted and your reputation suffers as well as your pocket. :

A foal may be raised on cow’s milk if the latter is sweetened with sugar or molasses at the rate of two teaspoonfuls per pint and three tablespoonfuls of lime water are added at first. Glve a cupful every hour at first and gradually increase amount and decrease meals to six and then to four feeds a day.

At the present time open-front poultry houses are very popular and are giving very satisfactory results. Such buildings have part or the whole of the south front covered -only by fine mesh wire netting and open at all times to the weather. Fowls housed in these open-front buildings are very rarely subject to disease and prove remarkably = productive. They - are much less affected by weather changes than birds confined in the oldfashioned, tightly-closed buildings.

Sonie persons advocate cutting the young potted plants loose from the mother plant as soon as they take root, while others allow them to re main attached until cold weather. Let them remain attached a month, when they are cut loose and become independent plants. The young plants must be kept well watered during the hot dry season of midsummer, as one drying out of the tender rootlets is fatal. After they are established in the pots they can be mulched with straw or meadow hay. ‘-

The Ame EQitor e

Mr. Willam A. Radford will answer qQuestions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building Zfor the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he {s, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to Willlam A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp {for reply. -

To any one alive to the developments in the building world there is nothing more striking than the steady growth of the quality idea during the past ten or fifteen years. Where formerly home builders - were satisfled with makeshift construction and with the cheap though gaudy effects in building there has come to be'a general -demand for the best grades of material and the most thorough workmanship united to form substantial, permanent structures. ’

Take the medium-sizedl’ dwelling house, for instance, such as the average family requires; a generation ago $2,000 would probably- have been the top figure considered proper for its cost.. Today no one would think of spending less than twice that amount if he would build with an eye to permanent use or future sale.

The increased cost of labor and materials has had something to do with this, it is true, but not so much as is sometimes. thought. No: it is the added comforts and the higher standard of gnality all the way through that have brought this about. Modern plumbing. and fixtures, modern heating systems, modern lighting, cemented basements, permanent fireproof roofing,> hardwood floors; ‘all these, which are the luxuries of yvesterday but the necessities of today, mark the »dvancing standards of -building; and the general building public now realize what the carpenters and building contractors have known all along—

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that quality building is the only kind which pays. E . As a natural companion to this idea of quality building there has developed also an increasing demand for permanency and enduring qualities in building work. The demand for fireproof construction has b»ecome more and mere insistent every year until now houses which may be considered fireproof, at least as far as the outside fire hazard is concerned, are very common. The building of a home almost alwayvs requires saving and sacrifice on the part of all in the family, and it is quite natural that they should

o ; m’- ™ @ -—: - o ANTRY NTRY > Noox > 8‘“5.6. --‘-- R - < 7 i DiNiNG RM. JKITCHEN I loxire fooxne \1 I ‘ oWI s RN e [DoWwH ot , e " — Living Room = | 168:3°X13°0" — lu oy | Z =OO e PorcH : L ROEXTE N e o First Floor Plan .. want to build as securely as possible so tleat all their labor and savings may not be wiped out in flame. "The development of Portland cement during recent years hss done more to help along this fireproofing campaign than any other single factor. At the prevailing prices of the material entericg into concrete cconstruetion, viz., Portland cement, sand and gravel, substantial fireproof houses are being put up at a cost only abcut ten or fifteen per cent. greater than for ordinary frame buildings of this same design and size. The accompanying design shows a very attractive, well-built Bouse, planned on thoroughly modern lines and constructed ib such a wyy as to bhe as nearly fire resisting as any house could well be. Concrete blocks are used for the foundation and first gtory, while the second story s of cement plaster cn metal lath. The roof is of dark green slate. It can be easily seen that a house of these materials would ve in no danger from adjacent buildings if they should be on fire. It is interesting to note in this connection that statistics show three-fourths of our enormous fire logs

[in this country to be due to fire | spreading from one building to anothi er. In the numerous tests made in ithe U. 8. government testing labora--Itm‘ies concrete has been proved to be | absolutely fire resisting, and not only | in a laboratory but also in actual work | concrete has demonstrated its fireproofing qualities in the most con vincing manner. ' This house is 24 feet 8 inches in twidth and 32 feet 8 inches in length, ! i I ) : Bath | | : n .BeD Rm 10°0°Xe'8" | KoIR2'OXIOE " e L ) \ HALL {i : -4 i oW , Bep Rm. el : nwoxie® | = . s f :- 7 — i Ly T/ | 4 Lo i | ke ; Secord .Floor Plan It contains three large rocms, alcove | and pantry on the first flos® and two bedrooms and a bath upstairs. The floor plan shows the arrangement of lthese rooms to be both comfortable and convenient. The estimated cosi of. this house, using good quality oak flooring downstairs and edge grair

vellow * pine flooring ypstafrs and l hardwood ‘trim throughout, is $3,000.

American Children. There are two classes of rich American children. One is never heard of. To this belong those children who are being brought up on a sensible,healthy, simple life plan, being trained by English governesses and tutors, who come from a country where the training of children is a very fine art. These voungsters will. grow intqg strong wholesome men and women - with healthy bodies“and alert minds, eager to enjoy those pleasures and interests which will be theirs when they grow old enough to appreciate them. Tha children of the other class are always in evidence. They sit through long performances of “Die Goetterdaem: merung” and “Elektra,” read grownup books, and mimiec the world of their elders to the detriment of their minds, manners, and bcdies. What will the world have to offer thesa young people when they grow up? Every luxury which their elders have enjoyed they are tasting of in greater or less degree, and -most of the excitement as well. They have got so far awav from the simple tastes of ehildkood that they can no longer understand its pleasures, while all the edge has been taken off the amusements to which their elders look forward. ~Phone Sensitiveness. Preece has calculated that an au dible sound is produced in a telephone by a current of 6 to 10.13 ampheres and Peliat has calculated that a soun¢ is produced by a difference of poten tial between the two station amount ing to only one two-thouzandth volt. These statements give sme idea of the great sensitiveness of the modern telephone, but the sensitiveness of the human ear; which perceives the in. visible vibration of the telephone diaphragm, is no less remarkable. The Simplified Check Book. This is a true story as storfes go, There was once a gilded youth who decided to live the simple life. What did he simplify first? His check book. He hit on a plan by which he would just write a note to the bank explaining the matter and asking them to send him money and then he would send his valet to the bank with the note and his valet would get the money and bring it back to him. In that way he would save himself the trouble of drawing checks. Breaking it Gently. Simpkins always was soft hearted. This is what he wrote: ° “Dear Mrs. Jones: Your husband cannot come home today, because his bathing suit was washed away. | “P. S.—Poor Jones was Inside (ks suit.”—Modern Society. |

: | LOMAX JOINS GOULD - LINE | Quits the Unicn Pacific to. Become the | . Western Pacific's Passenger | Traffic Manager. | Chicago.—Edward Lloyd Lomax, for | the last twenty-one years general passenger and ticket agent of the Unionm | Pacific, resigned recently to become | passenger traffic manager of the West | i ,‘7// —_ SN = Y | = ‘ ' N . e A ) Al 0K Vﬁ Sy U N S % }yf s :,‘;;"\\3 | \‘ » \. i I 7Dy : \ " \“ T 1 N NS ;:' 2 {/;‘ . \ s ’ \\:.\ NN \\\\x : ) _ N TENY ) Edward Lioyd Lomax. ern Pacific, the new Gould réad from Salt Lake City to San Francisco. The * resignation took effect July 1. .- While Mr. Lomax has n‘;:m:t;iimupltls “eadquarters at Omaha, Neb., he has beea a frequent visitor at the Chicago offices of the Harriman system and fs one of the best known passernger officlals in the country. . Mr. LLomax’'s experiénce in passenger traffic has been varied in_the west, the south and the middke west during. his connection with the Burlington, Iren Mountain, and other roads .which ha “served prior to gaing.to the Union Pacific in 1889. : Mr. Lomax was born {n 1852 at Fredericksburg, Va., and began-his railway | career in 1869 as a loecal ticket clerk for the Burlington and Missouri River railrcad in lowa. LEADS SUFFRAGETTE CHARGE Mrs. Catherine Waug,H'McCuHoch in.vades the Rockford ;Fa'ct-ories to Spread Dactrine, Rockford, Illl,.—The [llinois State Suffrage association’fwittle army descended upon Rockfor\l recently, the first city attacked in the invasion of northern Illinois. he. suffragists {id not find intrenchments thrm_\'n' up against them here, but they did find the work-. ing men in the factory districts provokingly timid. ' ' , Mrs. Catherine Waugh MeCulioch, - justice of the peace of Evanston, was quick to act. If the men could not he induced to surrcund the autos from - which the yellow banners wer, flving and listen to good suffrage arguments, M)y 'K'-, A ~. ' * ISR AN : @’/ [ag N e A . . ) 1 \1? -ﬁ( y"\ . ' /;’(-:7@”3 WA ‘5 'M'j ‘ /,;f._'\‘ ; N ZANhy \ e Vs , ) LING 3 C‘\l\j ' 7 N ~ x\\\é\\ s e (R S ) T Vel Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch. | then they should be made to hear it | inside the factory. Sheé went right up | to the open windows to make = her | speech. A Jbench was passed out to | her and she mounted it, and those inside heard her as well as those brave enough to come outside. ! The rallving songs by Miss Jennie | F. W. Johnson helped a lot, and it was | not long before the camlpaigners had j interested auditdrs. ‘ BOY, 13, SHAVES REGULARLY: For Months He Has Attempted to Hide ; His Vigorous Beard—Parent < .Surprised. . % - - i Summit, N. J.—John J. Kenny, Jr, | of Park avenue, East Summit, is only | thirteen years old, but has such a vig- | orous beard that for several months | he has been a regular visitor to ai barber only a few doors from his | home. Several times the boy has tried | experiments witl his father’s razor, J but with indifferent success. ;, The elder Kenny was surprised to : learn for the first time that the fair- | baired boy has a beard. .Unable to | make the razor work and being out | of funds, John asked -for 15 cents. | When pressed to tell what he wanted [ the money for, the youngster con-‘ fessed he “needed a shave.” “What!” exclaimed the elder Kenny. “Are you trying to make fun of your father?” o “No, I am not. Just feel my face,” replied the boy. Kenny passed the back of his hand over-the fair cheek and felt the stubble. John got the | 16 cents. He has to shave several times a week. ’ ‘

Longevity of Highlanders. By way of illustrating Highland tongevity, interesting details- are - now available regarding the ages of persons who died in Inverness-shire dur ing the past year. Half the total (460) of persons who passed away died above the age of seventy years; 276 were between seventy and forty; 161 btetween eighty and seventy; 22. be tween ninety and one hundred, and one over a century. : : 5 Premature. Professor in English: ~Literature (speaking of a woman who was buried alive)—She died and was prematurely buried.—Hamilton College voncordiensis. 7

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