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11 1 1 1 '! I I I 1 1 1 1 1 P OLITICAL l-WH Whf the Farmer Stick. Fully ten billion dollars has been added to the value of the farms of the United States in the past ten years of Republican protection prosperity. Practically another ten billions has in these ten years been added to the market value of farm products. These are astounding figures, but they are borne out by official statistics. The increase In the value of farm lands in the past five years, löüO-liKXJ, has been $G,131,000,000. In a report entitled "Local Condition us Affecting Farm Values. 19(lliC.V lately issued by the Bureau f.f Statistics of the Department of culture, we find the followltg stateuieut : Increase in Value for Ten Ciuses of Farms. For rice farms the increased -value of the farm real estate durin the five years is $3,000,000, after which are 4hi sugar farms, with an increase of $20.O0O.D00. The tobacco farms increased $57.000,000. the fruit farms $1M,0 M).00O. and the vegetable farms $113.000.000. The d.iiry farm increase of $.'iC0.0t).000 jis exceeded by the increase of $4110,000,000 for cotton farms, and considerably more by the increase of farms devoted to general purposes, including a small element of farms with minor specialties, which was $708,000,000. The grand aggregate of increase for all classes of farms "SWIM OUT! Y0UT.E is $i',131,000,000, more than two-third of "which is contributed by the increase for hay and grain farms, $l,9S3,000,OOO, and $2.2U3,000,000 for live stxk farms. This Increase of more than six billion dollars in the value of farm 11 lands in the five years ending with 190T Is in striking contract with what took place In the four years of Democratic t:iriff making. IS93-1S97. In those lean years lean for the wage earners and therefore lean for the farmers tjie decline In value of farm products was estimated at between $ -l.OUO.OOO.üOU and U00.C00. American labor was earning less and eating less. In that same lean period of free trade tariff revision the depreciation of farm land values was not less than $5.000,(00,0(jo. Total loss to the farmers of the United BtaU's Iii four years of downward tariff revision, ten billion dollars. All of this gigantic loss was recovered in the four years of protection prosperity following the election of President McKinley In 1SI0. In the next succeeding five years, ending with 11!.", years of Republican protection prüsierity, there has been a further gain of more than six billions in farm land value and of probably four billion dollars In the values of farm product. Counting the money lost, 1893-1897 (free trade period), $10.000,000,000, and the money gained bac: again and Increased t eyond that by the huge gains In valuer of lands and of products since 1900, and we find that restored protection t labor, to industrj" and to the product of agriculture hrs been worth twenty billion dollars to the farmers of the United States! Says the report of the Agricultural Iepartment, lately issued : Increase in Value for Five Geographic Divisions. Nearly four-fifths of the national aggregate increase in value of farm real estate daring the five years Is found in two groups of States the North Cen tral States, with more than half of the total increase, or $3,572,000,000, and the South Central States, with one-fifth of that Increase, or $1,201,000,000. The South Atlantic and Western gros of States have nearly tie game hitrea-. $314,000,000 and $500,000,000, respective lr. The smallest increase is left to fae "North Atlantic States, where a net gain of $34 4,000,000 remains after deducting ome reported decreases in value. Increases In farm land values have U'i'u greatest In those sections where the largest growth of manufacturing industries has taken place In the North Central and South Central States. The more factories, the better for the farm er; the nearer the factories to the farms, the greater the demand for farm products at highest prices. Among the causes of Increase In farm land values given In the report under nmslderatlon are the following: New or expanding manufacturing in dustries ia nearby markets. (Result of Protection.) liaising sugar beets for sugar factories. (Result of Protection.) Improved economic condition; general prosperity. (Almost wholly the result of Protection.) Higher prices for products. (Chiefly du? to iTotection.) Some details of these higher prices are found Interesting. In 189G (free trade tariff period) corn averaged 21.5 cents a bushel ; five years later, 1901 ((protection period), the average was 60.5 cents a bushel. Oats were woith 18.7 In 1896, and 39.9 In 1901. Wheat was 50.9 cents a bushel in 1895, and 02.4 cents bushel in 1904. Eggs brought 16.9 cents a dozen In ISOfJ, and 81.8 cents a dozen in 1903. The average prices for 1901-1904 were far greater than for 1S95-1899. Cora ((not counting the extraordinary price

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MM m ( OMMENT I - 8 of 00.5 cents In 1901) was 14.2 cents higher; wheat, ". higher; oats, 10.2 higher; protatoes, 10.J higher; horses, $22.74 higher; mules, $22.G3 higher; milch cows, $0.01 higher; other cattle. $1.03 higher; sheep, 70 cents higher; swine, $1.09 higher. In 1900 prices are still higher than the average for 19001904 for a large number of farm articles, including corn, wheat, rye, potatoes, tobacco, cotton, cottonseed meal, eggs, horses, mules and sheep. Farmers have reason to stand with the Republican party, the party of protection and prosierlty. At the rate of a dollar a reason, they have about 20.'100,000.000 reasons for refusing to stand with the free trade party, the partj of adversity and ruin. American economist. Twelve Dollarn a Ton. Quite frequently we see in the columns of free trade and tariff revision newspaier a repetition of the silly statement attributed to Charles II. Schwab to the effect that steel rails could be made by the Carnegie Company at a profit for $12 a ton. We do not know whether or not Mr. Schwab ever made this statement What we do know is that In 1899, the year when he Is said to have made the statement, OVER YOUR HEAD.' the price of Bessemer pig iron at Pitts burg was $19 ton. It takes considerably more than a ton of pig Iron tc make a ton of steel rails. KIther tht Carnegie Company got its pig Iron for nothing, or else Mr. Schwab did not know what he was talking alnmt, o else he did net say that steel railcould le sold at a profit for $12 a ton. In the past four years pig Iron has ranged from $14 to $18 a ton. Granted that the United States Steel Corporation has made a handsome profit on It. steel rail production at $28 per ton. ami that it has occasionally sold Its rails outside of tne United States at less than $2S. the fact remains that the assertion that' steel rails could be sold at a profit for $12 is unmitigated non sense. A child slumld know better thar to believe and reieat w transparent a fable. American Economist. Always t? Heirret. For a hundred years we have had orasional outbreaks such as are tak ing place now. In the years when protection has scored Its most signal triumphs the people have often turned against It, but always -to discover and regret their mistake within a very short period of time. Secretary Shaw Is the most conspicuous advocate In America to-day of the economic system which has prevailed In this country with great benefit throughout all the prosperous periods of our history from the days of Alexander Hamilton uir;il the present time. Now and theu It will be overthrown, but Its over throw will be only temporary. Protectionists may be sad over the follies of those who know not what they do when they denounce It, st they can always be assured that no antl-protee ticn victory, will ever be jermanent. Shaw is denounced now by some be cause he Is the gren? protectionist to day, but that may oly mean that he may be acclaimed to-mornow. He sure ly will be If the country goes to the length of again taking up the free trade folly. Cedar Ilapid Republican. The Ileal Remedy The enactment of law will correct the transactions of men or combinations of capital where they need to be cor reefed, and not the changing of the tariff schedule.- The revision of the rates of tax on Imports should be un dertaken wheu the country at Urge seems to need It, and not for the ex press purpose of correcting one evil tc the detriment of the entire country and its commercial and industrial enter prises. Marion (Ind.) Chronicle. The first place of worship In Westert Australia was unique In two respects the materials of which it was buil and also the several purposes touhJot it was devoted. This remarkable build Ing was made at Perth by soldiers shortly after their first arrival in 1829, and was composed almost entirely ol bulrushes. In addition to its use on Sundays for divine worship. It occasionally served as an amateur theater In the week and during the whole time as a barracks. A thorough knowledge of the "geog raphy' of London Is required of cabmen. Among 735 applicants for license la 1904 there were only 350 whe passed the examination; and of these more were dropped because they did not know how to drive. Italy has 95,701 acres of orange and lemon groves, containing 10,739,907 tree. Nt Russian army officer can marrj before the age of 23.

DAY OF BIG DEEDS.

3Iany Larxe Tliin Ileitis Dun ljr the United State. Many large things are being done by the I'nited States In a quiet way these days. Many other large things are In sight. Two weeks ago Secretary ftoot returned from his trip round the Scuth American continent. Two days ag Secretary Taft reached Washington after establishing peace In Cuba. In each case these missions were unexampled. Mr. Root was the first American foreign minister who had ever been out of his country on official business during his term. Mr. Taft was the first head of any administrative department nt Washington who had ever become receiver of any foreign government. Each of these officials did his work with tact and thoroughness. Secretary Root traveled. 115,000 miles while on his mission, l?e met the heads of most of the South American republics, and on all of them he impressed the fact that the greatest friend they had In the world was the United States. The counsel which he gave to all of them will unquestionably be of service In leading them to see that their interests, at home and abroad, will be served by a policy of stability, sanity and square dealing with all the world. President Roosevelt Is to make a visit to Panama, to Inspect the work which has been done on the 'American zone on the isthmus, to learn the precise condU tious there at first hand, and to le in a iK)sltion to recommend to Congress such legislation as may be needed in pushing the work of construction. While at the isthmus the President 1 likely to call on the government of the Panama republic. This is a regime In which we have special interest. It was Ameri can sympathy, supplemented by prompt American recognition, that created Pan ama. Arter the republic had been placed on its feet the Unted States, under the obligation to prevent any In terruption in the trade across the isthmus, prevented the Columbian govern ment from attempting to subvert the regime at Panama. By a treaty with that republic, under which we have oltalned the right of way for the canal, we have guaranteed the republic's Inde pendence. Thus President Amador's country, which is the newest and one of the smallest of the nations of the earth, has a recognized place on the world's map. Panama's position is so safely buttressed that Colombia, from which she seceded, is about to recog nize her Independence. All the rest ol the Important governments of the world had already done this, following the example of the United States; but Mexico In the old days never gave full diplomatic sanction to Ler separated colony, the republic of Texas, although Texas had an Independent existence for nine years before coming Into the American Unlcu. Mr. Uoosevelt's mission v.I'l be as unprecedented as were those of his two cabinet department chiefs. No Presi dent of the United States thys far has ever gone out of the country on any sort of official business. Technically, Mr. Roosevelt will te In the United States all the time, for he will be -conveyed to and from the Isthmus on an American warship, and theoretically that vessel will be his domicile while there. But actually he will be outside of the limits of the United States. Even the canal zone Is onlj leased to us. The title Is In the government of Panama. It Is believed that while the President is on his trip to the isthmus lie will call at Havana, lor the next few months, and, probably, crever, the United States will be In control ol Cuba. Under the Piatt amendment wo took charge of affairs there, on the collapse of the Pahna government, and we must remain until fair elections for President, Vice President and members of Congress are held. The elections will take place under the machinery prcvlded by the Cuban laws. But we will supervise the elections. We will also be the Judges as to whether or not the elections are fair. Secretary Taft, af ter .listening to both sides In Cuba regarding the elections of 1905, said that they were rotten." It is our business! now to see that, at the restoration of Cuban authority. If there ever Is to be a restoration, the elections will not be open to reproach. If President Hoose veit visits Havana he will g ;t a receit!on from natives and foreigaers which will be memorable for Its enthusiasm. The visit, too,' will attract the world's attention. The United States these days Is blazing new paths In practical politics and diplomacy, but all are In the direction of progress and peace. All are calculated to give the United States a new claim to world leadership In civilization and enlightenment. St Ljüuis Globe-Democrat. The Republican Party and Farmer. Iu 18U2 Lincoln signed a free homes bill which has added inlllloüs to the West's farming population. In 1902 Roosevelt put his signature to a national Irrigation act which will place other millions of farmers In the new tmplre. which It will create In the and region. By Its protective tariff acts the Republican party has put the United States In the lead of all the nations n the extent and variety of Its Industrial activities, and has created a home market which has a'dvanced the price of everything that the farmer has to sell. has Increased the value of hla laud and all other sorts of property belonging to him, has reduced the cost of the th'ngs which the farmer has to buy, and has made air addition to his comforts and to his general prosperity and social In fluence undreamed of in the years preceding the foundation of the Republic an part'. In the Republican scheme In which the nation has been developed there has been no forgotten man, white, bhek. red or brown, low or high, and t'sere has !een no neglected catling. In a direct and emphatic degree the Ameri can farmer has reason to be grateful for the work which has been done for him by the Republican party. Leslie's Weekly. When They Will See. Horace Hoies, who bok deep water soundings of th tariff question In Iowa, said once that, while the people could not find that they were protected directly. It was impossible to convince them that they were not protected Indirectly. "We cannot make them see," he said, "how they would prosper apart from the general prosperity of the country." Which Is saying that the workingmen In the field as well as at the forge can not see another tariff reduction until they see again the bottoms of their dinner pails. And when they see one they are sure to see the other. Stx Louis Globe-Democrat. Iu Sweden a separate car must be provided on the suburban night trains out of Stockholm for the accommodai tlon ht Intoxicated persons.

Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.

GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENTS.

iF the annual encampments of the tirana

Army veterans served no other purpose they would be invaluable for the Influence, they exert as visible evidences of the nation's strength and vitality. At a time when the public Is absorbed In the contemplation of diverse troubles, political and

commercial, they disclose the presence of a national spirit which took us through an upheavel far greater and more terrible than any peril now even remotely seen. It may be doubted whether any other event of the year does o much tc correct our historical perspective and enabie-us to 5-ee thing: In their true relation as does this annual reunion ot the o!d soldiers. The final abandonment of the encampments, when it becomes necessary to discontinue them, will be a distinct loss to the nation, depriving it of an object lesson which has been stimulating and helpful and could be given in no other way. The mere sight of t ie aging veterans on parade is something to stir the Imagination and kindle anew the fires of loyalty and national pride. No commemorative custom or memorial service which may be adopted In later years will take the place of the sight of the soldiers themselves. There Is added reason, therefore, why each of the encampments to come should be made the occasion for such a demonstration of deep and tender Interest as (hat which has greeted the veterans In their meeting at Minneapolis. Not on sentimental grounds alone, but for reasons of practical policy, we cannot well make too much of these meetings or cherish their memory too carefully. Chicago News.

EDUCATING FARMERS DAUGHTERS.

HE question of how to educate the daughter of farmers for the real duties of life has been solved by the government of Belgium. Free schools have been established In different sections for the" purpose of giving girls instruction in the many branches of agriculture and home housekeeping. Girls

are admitted to the schools when fifteen years old, and kept In training for ten months. During that time they are expected to study and master the elements of agriculture, dairy farming, housekeeping and accounts, and be prepared to go out In the world and practice the lessons taught, In many Instances becoming teachers. Belgium is a thickly-populated country. There are numerous cities and towns that tempt the young people to leave the farms. The daughters of well-to-do farmers are Inclined to take life easy and try to live above working on the farm. It was to correct this growing evil that the new schools were Instituted. Every school admits fifteen pupils. Every girl has a room to herself, and must take proper care of It while she remains a student. All are dressed alike, and their clothing Is made of ordinary material. A term of ten months generally enthuses the pupil with a liking for the farm, and results In keeping the girls at home and benefiting the country by their lives of usefulness. Modern life on the farm should be enticing to the sons and daughters of the country. It certainly presents many attractions not found iu the pioneer days of agriculture. There Is a hope for homes and happiness In the future that cannot be held out in the marts of commerce. Any system of educating that tends to training the minds of pupils In a different direction Is not to be commended. The world of humanity must, become a home-loving and home-building population to Insure peace among the many families. There are more

THE GERMAN

At a review during the maneuvers in Silesia the German empress led her own regiment, the cuirassiers of the Garde du Corps, past the kaiser. The empress .wore tlie cuirassiers unlforiu, but not the helmet, which was replaced by a plumed hat The late Empress Frederick

HOW TO HOUSE POULTRY. Bnlld a Structure with a South Front and Good Drainage. If houses for poultry are to be built attend to the matter before cold weather Interferes with outside work, says Outing. Everything should be In readiness for your flock by the coming of cold weather. If you have houses already go over them and see that they are In perfect repair. In building the first thing to do is to select a proper location. The Ideal one Is the south slope of a hill. The next best one Is a place protected from cold winds by buildings on the north and west If no facilities for shelter are at hand the north wall of the building must be made of extra thickness. Evergreen trees make an excellent windbreak, and I would advise planting them for future protection, no matter how thick you make the walls of your house. Be very sur? that whatever location jrou select has perfect drainage. This Is a matter of the greatest importance. Leading poultrymen agree that more lickness among fowls originates from limpness than from all other causes. More and more the opinion grows mong practical poultry growers that tne best' house for fowls consists of a closed room In which they may roost, lay and remain In cold weather If they choose to do so and a shed opening to the south where they can tcratch and wn themselves to their liking. There hould be an opening between this tjhed md the closed room through which the fowls may have free egress during the day, but which should be closed at niffht In cold weather and for the pro tection of the hens from Intruders. The, ihed floor should be covered with chaff, straw or leaves to the depth, of five or six Inches. If road dust or sand Is mixed with It the better the fowls will be suited. If grain, Is scattered over toe litter the fowls will busy them' EjjYea scratching" for It, and this open-

opportunities on the farm for getting an Interest In the land than in any occupation offered enterprising young people. There is a future In agriculture for women. It has opportunities for advancement In every legitimate field of human endeavor. That work should not be overlooked by any parent or guardian. Seattle Post-

dreds of poor people have found their hard-earned savings swept away, and the newspapers are again busily discussing that great financial menace,-the director who does not direct." Well known and able financiers of Philadelphia were on the board of the trust company, and regularly the late president showed them large packages containing the company's securities; all "gilt-edged." So said the president. Not one of those well-known and able financiers ever dreamed of Investigating the packages; and for all the directors knew the packages, representing the foundation of the whole structure, might have contained sawdust The truth was at last revealed, but not through any mental efforts of the directors. The suicide of the unfortunate president started an Investigation, quickly disclosing a state of affairs that might never have material--ized had the1 directors fully appreciated thelmoortance'of their trust. This, and many other similar disasters have developed such an obvious moral that a new era must come an era In which directors, whether of the Bank of England, or of a concern capitalized at $3,000, will exercise a vigilant safeguard over the interests of all who are dependent upon their company's success. Montreal Star.

TALK IT

able that so few men observe the rule which Tacitus says was observed by the old Germans, "In all important matters they consult their women." The blasting of many a man's reputation, once fair and unspotted, might have been prevented If he had made a confidant of his wife In his business affairs. Defalcations, embezzlements, betrayals of trust and other criminal acts committed in the feverish haste to get rich quickly In many Instances would not have been eugaged In if the wife had been consulted before the first wrongful or doubtful. step had been taken. Most women have swift Intuitions In matters into which the moral law enters. Few of them are skilled In finance, yet the foundation of the financial success of very many men lies In the prudent counsel and management of the wife. Numbers of our most successful business men o We their good fortune largely to the encouraging or restraining advice of their wives in all Important crises In their affairs. As one of the chief sufferers when a false or Imprudent step is taken by the husband, the-wife is entitled to take the place of counsellor and guide whenever such aid Is needed. Philadelphia Ledger.

EMPRESS IN COMMAND OF HER OWN REGIMENT.

air exercise will be a strong factor In keeping the flock, healthy. It will also result In a larger yield of eggs if an egg-producing diet Is given In connection with it. WHILE THE FOREST GROWS. Shrnba, llerba and Flowers Disappear for Lack of Sunlight. l:i Its youth the spruce forest offers an Inviting home to flowering plants, both shrubs and herbs. The soil Is moist and rich, consisting In large part of decaying leaves and twigs. The shade, though nearly uniform, is not dense and Seeks of sunshine appear everywhere In It. The light Is not strong enough to produce a tangled undergrowth, but a well-developed growth is found everywhere except In the most shaded spots. The layer of shrubs and bushes consists largely of the mountain maple, rose and ninebark, among which are scattered birches, gooseberries, raspberries and viburnums. In spring the ground Is carpeted with strawberries. Along the brooks white and yellow violets are common and orchids are scattered here and there. In the summer flowers are abundant, gentians, bluebells, goldenrods, daisies, columbines and pa luted cups vying with each other in giving color to the mass of green. In the shadier places low ferns abound, while the moist soil of the shadiest nooks is clothed with mosses and lichen. As the forest grows older the shrubs are the first plants to disappear, because of the Increasing shade. They are followed after a few years first by the taller herbs and then by the others, until only those flowers that require little light are left Even these persist only In more open spots and finally disappear and the shade becomes uniformly dense. . A mature forest, 200 years old or more, rarely allows even a stray sunbeam to pass and beneath It Is twilight at noonday. A few evergreen plrolaa

DIRECTORS WHO DO NOT DIRECT.

HK summer seison Is usually uneventful In the financial world, but developments of late have attracted world wide Interest. The United States has seen two demonstrations of frenzied finance, in the destruction of a Chicago bank and a great Philadelphia banking and real estate loan concern. Hun-

OVER WITH YOUR WIFE.

IIENEVER a man with a wife and family

TT A T I becomes a criminal, he Inflicts cruel sufferff I 'ngs uI)on tue Innocent. These silent suf-

misery they endure cannot be appreciated by those who have never passed through such a harrowing experience. It is lament

used to take command of her own regiment of hussars, , whose uniform she wore. The empress takes an active interest in military affairs and Is a great student of historical works bearing on the wars cjf Europe.

blossom In scattered groups. Clusters of the coral root are found frequently la bloom, but this Is a leafless orchid that requires little or no light. The ground is covered with a dense layer of brown spruce needles, which furnish a home for toadstools and cup fungi, and in the molster places for lichens and mosses. The forest has now reached Its final stage. It may still persist In this form for several hundred years. Indeed, If it Is not removed by an accident, it Is difficult to set a limit to Its age. In any event, a forest can rarely live 1,000 years', owing to the great weight of the tree tops and the fact that decay is constantly weakening the trunks. St. Nicholas. Keeping- Up Appearances. Col. Bumdick, one of the leading citizens and politicians of the town of I., who had paid a visit to Washington within a year, called at the White House and been cordially welcomed by the President, was firmly of the opinion that he ought to receive, and would receive, an Invitation to the wedding of the President's daughter. further than that, he had confided this conviction to several of his acquaintances, and as the time drew near for the event the colonel became uneasy. Inasmuch as no Invitation came. Something must be done In order to get out of the scrape gracefully. A few days before the appointed date 2 called at the leading stationer's and asked the proprietor of the store. In a casual way : "Mr. Jorkln, have you any engraved form for er sending regrets In reply to an invitation to a White House wedding?" "No, sir," answered Mr. Jorkln. "Then I suppose I'll have to write em,"' he said, turning away and walking briskly out The only secret on earth Is the &e no one knows but yourself.

WEALTH IN WEEDS.

Profitable Field Which the Americas Farmer I Neglect I nr. I have often wondered, siys Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson, why some of our wideawake aud resourceful farmers have not gone In for drug plant cultivation. The United States last year bought $G4,000,000 worth of d,rugs and dyes and nearly every dollar's worth of this material could have been secured from plants and weeds grown In the United States. A large and promising field here has been neglected by our people. Some of the experts of the Depart men of Agriculture have been investigating the question of the extent to which drugs now imported from abroad at high prices may be grown In the United States. Their studies have produced facts calculated to encourage the cultivation on a large scale of shrubs and weeds which are now looked upon as worthless and troub:esome, while in reality they possess great value If properly treated. In fact, the average farmer has rieb es lying unnoticed about his fields In the shape of noxious weeds, which instead of being utilized,' remain to incumber the land and: impoverish the owner. The value of certain of these native drug plants has been recognized by some collectors with the result that they have been well nigh exterminated. Belladonna Is a standard drug, widely used, and a very considerable sum Is paid annually for the products of this plant. Experiments with bel'adonna have been In progress at the Washington gardens of the government for about four years, and it has been found to do well In a good garden soil After the first year the roots become valuable and may be dug in the late autumn or early spring. It is desir able that they should not be allowed to become too woody before digging. They are cut and cured. The cultivation of belladonna on a commercial scale has been taken up successfrJly during tne past two years by an American Ann using this drug. At the present time a small but growing market exists In this country for ground paprika pepper, prepared from the pods of a slender fruit grown especially In Hungary. This product Is imported In both the whole and the ground condition, chiefly In the latter state. During the last two seasons small experimental plantings have been made by the government at Ebenezer, S. C. Three acres grown during the last season have yielded between 3,000 and 3,500 pounds of dried pepper pods, for which a profitable price has been received. In spite of the fact that the ripe -fruit was picked weekly and cured out In a tobacco barn over artificial heat, the profits resulting have been satisfactory. There was imported last year 3,500,000 pounds of pepper, valued at more than $4,000,000. The government experts say that this entire de mand can be met by American pro ducts provided proper attention is giv en to the business. If the advice of the plant specialists of the government be followed many new industries may be established on land that is now considered worthless. Weeds regarded 'as nuisances, which may be found along the wayside. In fence corners, and waste places, con tain valuable drugs. Among these are the so-called American wormseed, which Is used as a vermifuge. Some land In Florence, S. C, was devoted to the cultivation of this weed and yielded 500 pounds to the acre. The crop gave a better return, acre for acre, than cotton on the same kind of land for the same season. ! The despised Jimpson'weed supplies drug dealers with both leaves and Feeds. If cultivated this ungainly 111 smelling weed will pay better than wheat and other staple crops. Poke root has a commercial value, and on the shelves of the apothecaries it is labeled Phytolacca Americana. Burdock, and yellow dock roots are now imported because no American farmer takes the trouble to dig and send them to market. Among the wild drug plants now rapidly disappearing are seneca snake root md purple coneflower. This drug has .nie into special prominence in the last few years and Is much in demand, an increasing foreign consumption being noted in addition to the quantity necessary to satisfy home demands. Itable from Doa'a Paw. The popular notion that rabies only follows the bite of a mad animal or, by exception, the licking of a superficial wound is incorrect P. Rsnilinger, director of the Imperial Bacteriological institute of Constantinople, has brought forward three observations, which show tbe possibility of a third method of contamination. A certain number of animals, particularly the dog and the cat, have the habit of licking their paws. But Itoux and Nocard have shown that the saliva becomes virulent In a few days after the first appearance of the symptoms of rabies. When the rabid animal Is confined In one place the feailva drips upon the ground and soils his rawi, which are also contaminated by licking with his tongue. Wounds, therefore, made by scratching with the claws of a rabid animal are necessarily Infected wounds. In scratching the human skin the animal lays bare a number of nerve filaments, upon which the vims Is debited. Persons who are scratched by animals thought to be mad should, therefore, submit themselves to appropriate treatment without loss of time. Le Bulletin Medical. - 11 ' - MortnK la New York. An expressman who called at u New Tork boarding house for two trunks was asked by the landlady where they were going. "I don't know, he said. 4You do only half the hauling. I will" take the things to our office and somebody el?e will take them the rest of the way. The boss at the desk will know the address. The moving Is done on the installment plan to keep you folks here from finding out where the other people went. They were afraid to trust me with the number for fear you might worm it out of me, so they told it to nobody but the manager. Lots of people who move often make the trip In sections like that- Half the time when I take a trunk away from a boarding house I don't know where It will wind ap. That Is generali: done where there has been a row and the folks who leave lon't want to be followed. Been a little trouble here, I Imagine," he added tentatively. "Yes," sighed the landlady, "a little." Evening Wisconsin, Bringing It Home. Her Father What are you and roung Shortlelgh going to live on in Ktse you marry? His Daughter Well. If you must taow, papa, loot In tfcs mirror,

Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE ü ESI UNS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER Dalntr Tucked Eton. Far from showing suggestion of a waning popularity Ktou Jackets in crease in favor as the season adrances. They, are still among the best liked short wraps and will be favorites for the coming season. Our t-keteh shows a charming design for such a Jacket. The model Is of white mohair, with white silk braid. The three shoulder tucks extend to bust depth in front and run all the way to the belt In the back. PATTERN XO. Iu30. This gives a pretty fulness to the front The Jacket may be worn open with the reveres turned back, or closed, as shown In small sketch. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Tattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. No. 1530. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Xattr Ilnlan Suit. ' For the transitional ieriod In a boy' dress, before he can be put Into trousers, there Is .no style more satisfactory than the Jaunty one known as the BusPATTtEX KO. 1581. sian. This, as most mothers know, consists of a long, loose blouse coming Just above the knees, t and full knickerbockers reaching Just below the knees, or a couple of inches below the lower edge of the blouse. The style U a boyish one, and for that reason is always popular with the small erson himself. It relieves him from, the ignominy of skirts, and the blouse is not long or loose enough to oe in his way. The little suit fchown here is quite smart and mannish, just t:e right lines, and can be very satisfactorily copied by any home dressmaker. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be pure to give both the number aud size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your or3er on the following coupon: Order Coupon. No. 1M1. SIZE NAME ADDRESS s Little Aboat Everything. Running lessens the blood supply In the legs. Fewer married men than bachelors commit suicide. Erysipeias is now classed as a contagious disease. The United States has the highest murder rate of any country in the world. A. A. Aal Is a St. Louis merchant who uses but two letters In signing his name. Senator Pettus, of Alabama, Is wearing a pa.r of eyeglasses be purchased in 1SG5. . Edwa.d Halley Introduced mercury as the liquid for use in thermometers in 1CS0. No child, young girl or woman can be employed more than sixty hours a week in Canada, and the law Is strictly enforced. With a gift of $2T0,000 recently to Columbia College a department of health and science will le established. The bouse In which Rolert Burns died at Dumfries Is now let as a .Wniiinr nine nt a rent of ?tiI a vear. If great cold turned our atmosphere to liquid air It would make a ea thirtyfive feet deep over the surface of the whole globBy applying glucose or glycerine to their roots a French scientist declares fiat he has been able to stimulate the growth of plants. There are several hundred Boer prisoners In India who still obstinately refuse to take the oath of allegiancs. For riding a bicycle after being warned a canou named . Stampa has been suspended by the Bishop of Assisi, Italy. Considerably more than 100,000 tons of butter are made annually In the British isles, and from 130,000 to 140,mk) tons ot cneese. In Berlin an "anti-tip society has iboen formed, and branches are to be 1 started all over Germany. The ctjsct is to Co away witu "tirir.1

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