Farm Notes, Part 2. m— MAGAZINE SECTION. MISS HELEN CANNON. One of the First Ladies of Official Society at National Capital. Choice Fiction, Current Topics. The Centre Le r - remedy for the evil which Is being nocrat L f | % KEBERC IN DELAWARE, |*TAPE FORTUNE IN omer And one which is not dependent | WORMS. | Miss Cannon i8 mistress of her father's | NIAGARA FALLS IN DANGER. Some, BR i Co-operation, This | home a Danville, tinols There, nel | | remedy could be ned omplished by New in Washington, she is always prepared Huge Mountain of Ice Towed From | Maine Florist Returns to Sweden Joint Resolution in Congress For yk State alone, and would be to so for company, for the Speaker's married hoe . Their Preservati Se channel youth’ of aughter wit! roe 0 nends | Grand Banks of Newfoundland. After Breeding Bait, Their Preservation. the river channel south O daughter with her children, spends | be ind Bank ewf i 4 Goat Island, between that island and much time at the Cannon home, and New York State bank, that relatives and friends always feel free \ erlcan Falls ould diy de vith the in* « n 8 ’ ’ i » Alnerics ain " ivi wi to “drop In” at almost any time, Horseshoe whatever hing oom Official Feminine Calls. diverted Prom its natoral bed The Treaty oO hen paces the AMerican In the social life of the natjonal cap- i at a ont well out into the ital, Miss Cannon-woccuplies, by virtue deep part of the river of her father's position, a unique posi affords ample opportunity tion. Possibly not all our readers are DeCesR! excavations, aware of the many unwritten laws that govern the exchange of calls women whose husbands or cupy prominent positions at ton F Land prescribes thal When Congress is not in session, | deepen ——— Kite {the 4400 the t for the i { By ull balt are Liv far mo popular kinds fishing ia Maine ing earthworms, which have the odor of the about them and which | seem Lo be choice tidbits, not only ror | { trout and landlocked but | for pickerel, perch, black bass and (eed, of swims soll is def) in decaying veg worm not piel More than ten a florist of Bangor, w Ww Proposal to Unite With Canada in an Effort to Stop Further Depre- dations Which Will Destroy the Scenic Urandeur. At last the national law makers o come to a realizing sense of the which threatens Niagara alls, most all the world's rial wonders H resolution of the Benate H ' i Hel ntative Lis created un Act of 1002, o Congress, was, In ary and desir the further depletion Niagara Falls to exert of represel the Canada, practicabie for the preserva weir natural con- | | The Strenuous Work of a Tug's Crew—One of the Strangest and Perhaps the Most Valuable Prize Ever Taken by a Ship. | In order that the city of Philadel | phia might be rescued from an ice fam ine a powerful ocean-going tug has ac | complished the almost impos: ible feat between | ¢ capturing a huge iceberg, and tow it into port. Never in the world's | history has this wonderful | ment n duplicated, and contrasts with the fascinating exploits re | ness of count by the marine historian SIin-| purpose bad, gailor, appear commonplace | and trivial, With its of ice in tow, the | tug passed Delaware River | creating consternation among the float ing the sti as observers | he secured ¢ | coul imagine other than that the] 1d ia wife of the President and the wife of CO a Wii ¥ Tuan Laat oom india the Vice President. All this fuss as to sme freak of wind and cur | worms b3 {Ilion to his cust ail pul tent. is| Who shall call first may appear ridicu-| 8, eo great danger of shipping. | ers g tion of the ; lous to persons who not brought } tas dition. | s 1 1 ible for ge 1 te : thie for Those nited in contact with life at seat of which threw the lin jot of | ernment, and possibly Miss Cannon ud » " y ) : panic. Orders | the home the scenes” | w! thoroughly democratic may sailing of | average Though his one, and She Often Graciously Presides at War Councils of the Nation's Chiefs. —Democratic in Manner and a Famous Housekeeper, The posts and to the Ol walter ground salmon, also the best in d woman in America on politics distinction of being inger ny {1 beautiful of ’ accorded daughter of | House of Re who statecraft, is generally Miss Helen Cannon, Speaker of the U pr Speaker is 1d demi is a man of many close {1 fathe Wa OC | Ing 1 Olt S are ( : 1 achieve | a A : rnational Cominiss r the River and Harbor rearing earthworn ! Lis nested {0 . of se day, Ww fishermen, ’ Boston, purple ion, Cannon or De it a the weratic in manner, but his only presided death of | genta al . 4 eport oat neces elected mu iendships Hing t a8 weil He import worms from were prolific bir | course and nfl t make t of all thos« husband's Cannon, with these compelled any ladies no one i8 so close LO Din as Congressmen wl 1 ors in service ver, in unwritten er who has vent old sir Vears unmarried | a n sen sb mountain dos over up the y howe accordance Ving a | is upon over househ y the Is ame LW not », many ago ol A box In rong with members Commission f O i to make a “first call” imetion in Washington, save the in con) sald Domin world on {i not floatin disproves am, iss Cannon emphatically ting that a woman As the lants next Presi powerful man in the » theory cannot keep on Ti of ble Warts secret enor a confi the official, the most States, what is going on “behind { s in u who, to the are Was respon some gOV- | : | frenzie elegrapl shipping intere re“) were Issued to ur { ni i (R41 48 into a hold up to leave { patched to lo she nore Report of Committee. probably learns ih m pron ptiy reported to be derived action Was plan which the desired | would mnie | in curbing the speculators. , in part: “As a step recommend that shall con the A ol 2) nave every vessel due mes- | green ns 10UEnD a ’ I " (te as wi tl ware stat to intercept a ] youna extensiy teamers and warn th ot Of 4 hare yrage out of the berg Maritime Interests Excited. For oss Inada ind anche of peveral who next publie Mr. C made sever maritime Cook, ’ i al hours wers 0 weard-of presence bay Later, when feat t 8 "ne intensely which men WOrs nan d provis ons, viz of War to be author f the diversion 10 atiract : tention bait lines tion ing when t} sought “All earthworms ¢ face at night,” said the gr and rot the entrance to the the w dians o erful : i. d excitem wire, | 00k ’ the ' forint f w or TIT, possibi Indians worms at was » no more, from the wat | ara Fall $.0ns8 utary ited, juired . “rs increased watched the + fastest tug ey p LE} to ex fou me asses neat While , the of drag side rms were { Canada ging anket smeared with bird 1 face of the land, thu fat worn lumps of After zr tl a the Indians carried the blanket to camp, | (ed © h rm and add ed another coating f ird im Though [| have n praised much f my invent it is not rights, as [ galned In 0 ty to remain ' ' accompli : ‘ regretted 1 nconceiva a ti under } the land Canadian « legis along the sur king up the sticks and hhles berg's captu » UES Crew wa 8 together : | earth and Pe ! wd y time ler Niagar foet the ' ten ' per AOL without prop ir experience was a warning to the rest of the crew, and when the tug with the prize passed the Breakwater every man aboard was muffled as if for a Peary relief expedi | tion | The length of the iceberg was, {foet, and it is estimated that it ws vield fully 500,000 tons, which fsnearly sufficient to make up the shortage in ice crop due to the mild winter The work of cutting up the mountain of ice will have to be pushed of the A> rapidity with which it will meit under . ¢ hei ala : a | the spring sunshine psi F poe 2 1 | The mo be ag captured ner o | h w Grand Banks Newfoundls It was made fa jarring men on ORLS 1 ’ iountain of + arctic vor Dependent on Canada. , 3 1 rile mine It = be noted that unless the e peop from | British government with this «d by { country in its ¢ t to save the natural ir.) The ! gd | ii hy L'Hom State le to il the f ti - " t which is we 134 ion ct that Senator Yorl unites A P trate f E Lhe t « ° idea 4 Nw ature, has asked the Senate to kill his bill restricting the taking of water from Niagara River above the falls for | POR aba OMS 20 SaxS. In defense | of bis action, “1 cannot find any sentl- | ment in favor of protecting Niagara | Falls, and I'm tired of being attacked lon the subject of my bills relating te {this subject Yar - Mu Indians because v : MAMMOTH INCUBATOR. nator i 16 A Hatching Machine That Does the Work of Ome Thousand Setting ~ - [31 thao tie staunch in ice, ana the r : wid has of incubator : long tow-line from : } aac a 5 afta y ry i iu ! i egRs urs iin 1 fo ” or ng 1st been complete ) P. Hall ‘embry ! feet long Partitions compartments, each en off portions T ‘ a o The trays vielded will be of good quality — { ' ire 38, and bold 70 eggs | ea a single not thorough require an expendi 00, for eggs of the requis d forty cents a covers fifteen eggs id firm MISS HELEN CANNON. Ps DAUGHTER OF THE EAKER OF THE HOUSE OF Ki ESENTATIVES ”~ 1bher at light but enforcem in th that 1 ard it emains ecognition | ather's position, the fact | trays of such dignity of her she too good not insist upon the House enjoying all the is due him. Should Mr ay of the in official life than an} of her sex, has “mum” than can be ed position other men too, he 4 r i" en vet never so much as once . gs due the incuba she let her tongue slip when | 8 | f ir | 1 common woud and to is . i School Garden Education. Every child likes to play in the m dirt. to make sand houses and mud and even to plant a was the word, and this is more | 4 politici Speaker ol prestige wi | Cannon one an { mud Y the 1 said of some men of exalt I ich and cost Q ] ' : be President Aves oles Moreover, Speaker Cannor confl I : Ave ples, : ; Ai i scretion and the leaders who dence in his daughter's common in the have frequently with the presiding officer Many of these confidential confabs are held at the brick shared by of confer sense is lower house Congress occasion to unpretentious vine-covered house which constitutes Speaker Can | non's Washington home, and many | times a newcomer at such a conference has been surprised to horses of our national l gislature freely be fi mre soe the wheel telling state secrets the hostess Joys of Good Cooking. Incidentally it that Miss Cannon Is largely responsible for may be noted so many of these political star cham sions being held at the Cannon residence instead of In the Speaker's office el bor sewn private at the Capitol or some Few readers of this need the where be great popularit bl] that by gets the told AVOrage man good cooking, and by Senator Hanna's famous “hash breakfasts” prove that the President and high officials of the nation are no ex ception to the masculine rule Well, just here one has a hint as to the magnet which helps to draw many men of affairs to the Speaker's home instead of to his office. Miss Cannon is a splendid housekeeper, and Is an ex pert In preparing or superintending the preparation of those plain, whole some dishes which never fall to make a hit with men who are weary of hotel cooking. In things to eat, as In dress, Speaker Cannon does not go In for much In the way of “frills”, but no man who knows what is In store for him ever devlines an Invitation to dine at his houvve store won RON other to] United States ssible, hi ughter {f her kindliness and democracy in ideal First Lady of the Land ———r URGES EASY SPELLING. means lm will by a8 is by no make Supreme Court Justice Joins With Other Well«Known Men Carnegie (ives Fund to Ald Cause, Associate Justice David J. Brewer of United States Supreme in jeeply Interested In the adoption of a scientific regulation of English ng Justice the Court spell Brewer is member of the of which n board Brander Mathews, of New York chairman About have agreed adopt for customary use in thelr own personal correspond the simplified spellings, heretofore recommended and used by the National Educational So clety. namely, program, catolog, deca | log, prolog, demagog, pedagog, tho, al | tho. thoro, thorofare, thru and thruout In May and June, 1905, many distin | guished scholars, literary men, and scientists signed the promise, and now the committee has been permanently organized, under the name of the Sim plified Spelling Board Funds ade quate for the putpose have been given by Andrew Carnegle, the Justice thinks, to the amount of $15,000, the income of which is to be devoted tn the interests of the organization Among the members of the board are EB. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor of the University of Nebraska: David 1. Brewer, associate justice of the Bu. preme Court of the United States: Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University; Andrew Carne gle, Samuel 1. Clemens (Mark Twain), Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Wilk fam Dean Howells, Prof Lownsbury of Yale, Prof. James of Harvard, Ben jamin B. Smith, editor of the Century to nee following twelve Independent, and Andrew D White reason | and pulling weeds, which are carefull breaking off the twigs of trees iy garden planted and watered furnishing diver gion and pleasure for the day It is an easy matter to direct the youthful mind a little further along this line | {and Interest it in a real miniature gar | util | may lead to its addition to th | quite | school | school teachers gladly of Instructors, i Magazine. WH. Ward, editor of the way happy It is not an untried theory, but abundantly proven in all the and many of our small cities Philadelphia has what are called ‘Municipal Gardens;” Boston has a dozen “School Gardens;” Chicago, Detroit. Washington, Cleveland, Los Angeles. In fact, almost all cities have successfully worked out either the school garden or the vacant lot cultl vation idea, two separate propositions, it Is true, but closely allied The hoo! garden idea opens up an OAs) and agreeable avenue to what proves more of a diversion than a task to the young. New York has only one such farm garden, but on its one or {wo acres. the children plant and raise both flowers and vegetables, while in an extemporized cook-house they prepare the vegetables for the table and enjoy | the flavor of the fruits of their labor. | Resides this Instruction in the culinary | art. & bedroom in miniature furnishes an opportunity for the girls to learn how to care for rooms In Phila delphia the relation of the municipal gardens and the schools is intimate Put to see this idea worked out, per haps, at its best one must study It as it is in Boston. There, a private organ: | ization known as the School Garden| Association, for six years or more has been developing little centers where | the children delight to plant and cultl | vate, furnishing object lessons of the ity of such work which it is hoped, ¢ school curriculum, and with this idea In mind these school gardens are located generally on land adjacent to doumes, some of the regular acting the part The effect upon the little workers in thse plots Is in every ard should lead to their more general use, den a fact large | violet The only change I have made Is to go out with a light giving forth a color and allowing It to shine for a few minutes upon the land to be visited with the smeared blanket Most lights frighten earthworms and drive them underground, which is the reason why they feed in the dark, but a light that carries a blue or a violet blue shade seems to soothe the crea tures and makes them careless of danger “Or perhaps the worms are hypno tized by the strange glare and cannot get away. That is the way a dash lamp acts upon deer at night, and | think a deer should know as much as an angleworm.” IN ROCKEFELLER'S CLASS, Chief Quanah Parker, of the Co manches, has all the great man’s hor | ror of the camera. While waiting for a train at Stanton, Okla, a young man began making photographs of him. The Indian grew angry, opened | his pocket knife, and threw It at the camera man. As this did not de ter the latter, Parker went Indoors, took a revolver from his valise, and started on the warpath. The police had to disarm him. J. Plerpont Morgan, Jobn D. Rock: efellor, H. H. Rogers, and others doubtless have sent messages of ap beauty of Niagara Falls little ean be accomplished, and from past exper, ence it seems more than doubtful that such will be the case In the matter of the irternational boundary and the seal controversy, Canada certainly did not show an over friendly spirit and there is no reason to assume that her attitude has changed in the least, but it would seem probable that she will use all her great influence with the mother country to defeat any friendly agreement that might be proposed This conclusion of Canada’s probable attitude is not reached entirely on ac count of any unfriendly feeling, but because of two very Important facts one of these is the greater width and | depth of the channel on the Canadian side, which would Insure a splendid flow over the Horseshoe Falls after the American side is entirely dry It is asserted that Ontario Province now receives from the Commissioners of Queen Victoria Niagara Park, » minimum annual rental of $60,000 for the water rights granted there, and when the plants for which these grants were made are in full operation, the annual rentals to the government will amount to over E300.000, water could be granted by Canada which would produce an annual rental of another £300,000, and still not seri. ously affect the Canadian side of the Falls, while the American Falls would be entirely drained long before this proval to the big Comanche. enormous rental was due. There would seems, bowever, to be a It Is further asserted that additional | incubator does th or has the capa 1g constantly for hing 1.000 } ne hat of of WOrs iy wis one n iil warily ten years The incubator is heated by means f a coll of eight steam pipes passing the top of the egg chamber on side and returning on the other | These pipes are connected, at one end of the structure, to a water tank and heater The walter flowing through the pipes is heated to exactly the right temperature, a thermostat at tached to the stove opening and clos ing the drafts to make this possible The only attention required by the heater Is supplying it with coal night and morning. The thermostat is an expansion tank, 10 by 15 inches which stands over the heater The tank Is filled with oll, In which is a float As the heat of the furnace warms the water, the water in the incket surrounding the heater ex pands, and the float in the oll rises This movement closes a throttie at tached to the floatarm, and shuts the draft of the heater; another lever st the same time opens the coldalr dran of the furnace. In this way the tem perature is regulated automatically, with extremely little variation, the eges being kept at 102 degrees A second novel feature Is that the heat of the egress is regulated by ram ing or lowering them in the egg cham ber, which is nearly a foot high In | side, burlap separating it from the |pipes. The egg trays rest on double frames hinged by galvanized arms or levers. As the chicks develop, the trays are lowered on these supports the first drop being made In six days and others at intervals, until, on the twenty first day, the trays are rest [ing on the bottoms of the chambers All infertile eggs are tested out oa the seventh day Mr. Hall built small incubators at first, but the ofl bill for forty of his wer ne Mie
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