V A - & ! , tm 'J .1 w r i . 1 1 PA. THE EICHT HOUR A DAY PLAN. An Advocate of the Reform Makes enga'as tlone to Housewives. While the eight-hour plan for domed tic service tins fallen far short of suc cess In the quarters where Its trial has been given most publicity, Its Imprac ticability tins not yet been so far proved that advocates for the reform have ceased to recommend It. In the first of a series of articles on the sub ject, by Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, In the American Kitchen Magazine, the au thor says that as soon as household work becomes of the Intermediate grade between groveling labor and creative work the eight-hour day In service will come In. Then each work er will know what he or she hag to do, and will go about It Intelligently, and come to It fresh every morning, be cause It has not lain like a nightmare on the breast every night. In a comparison between the trades and domestic work, Mrs. Richards ar gues that because tbeelgbt-hour trades worker chooses his work, be has op portunity to do It until he becomes pro ficient and from that fact comes the pleasure of accomplishment, because work well done Is always a delight. She says: f"As a rule, the eight-hour wage earn , when he leaves bis work at night, knows what he is to take up In the morning; there Is no waste of time, no leaking away of the morning's enthu siasm. In the house service at all k times la uncertain, dependent on the weather, on the lust night's conditions, on the whims of the employer. Hav ing said that the pantry was to be cleaned, at the last moment the order Is changed, and something required for which no materials are ready. "In the trades a morning's work ends with the stroke of 12 an bour for luncheon, rest, the newspaper (the painters and carpenters who come to my house are always Interested in the dally, and. . weekly Illustrated papers. Tbey sit on the floor and read while they eat the home lunch forty min utes a day for self-Improvement!). On the days when the second girl expects to go out at 2 o'clock the mistress Is late from her shopping, or some one comes in unexpectedly and extra prep arations delay the luncheon. It Is ot; ten nearly 4 o'clock when the maid Is really free, then It Is too late to go where she bad planned; If she feels obliged to try It she Is reprimanded for being late back. The point to be made Is that she Is only let out with a . trlng, which tightens about ber neck with the least spontaneous action." A Woman Bird Doctor. Among the thousands of occupa tions open to women, a New York woman has found one In which she la entirely alone. She Is a bird dec tor. Besides traveling all over the Eastern States to visits thousands of little pntlpnts, s'. e keeps a hospital and boardinghouse for vhe feathered tribe. "How did I start, and how succeed?" she said. In answer to a question. "Well, rjy work grew out of my reali zation of how much a bird doctor is needed. Before I started, there were no specialists In bird ailments. There Is very little literature on tbe subject. Courses in ornithology may be taken, of course, at our colleges, but these treat most'.y of the lives and habits of wild birds. There is no ' place where one may learn the care and treatment of caged birds, and those in aviaries. "Then, too, a knowledge of medi cine is necessary. I have taken courses In both homoeopathy and allo pathy. The simpler surgical opera tions came to me naturally. As a child I doctored my pets and set their broken limbs. "However, as there Is no course of study especially for the treatment of birds, most of one's knowledge on this subject must come from years of ex perience. Birds have as many ail ments as human beings. I have sat up until late at night with a single little patient, watching every phase of Its disease. Each variety requires treatment peculiar to itself, so one's study is never ended." Success. 111 Army of Women ltuyare. Women as professional buyers are becoming so numerous that before long merchants say they expect to see wom en control this particular field. There are few occupations more exacting or more responsible, and yet there have not been many failures. At first wom en buyers represented only such trades os millinery, dress goods and other lines that appertained strictly to their own sex. To-day they are acting as buyers for makers of piano actions, agricultural Implements, diving dress es, chemical apparatus and dyes. They are also representing brewers there Is a female hop buyer, and she is said to be a good one coloruien, brushuiakers, manufacturing tailors, button manu facturers, automobiles, cloaks, dresses, mackintoshes, shirt waist makers, manufacturers of infants' clothing, sweetmeat makers, manufacturers of cords, fringes, tassels, gimps, corsets, gloves, furs, glass Jewels, bends, wigs, balr goods, saddlery, hats, surgical In struments and several hundred other things which, If detailed, would make this column look like an extract from a trade directory. These women may make very few tnlstakes. Let some rival house secure a better supply of a free-selling, fash ionable commodity than tbe firm she represents lot it happen that the rival lias bought In such a way that it cau undersell ber firm und there will be another buyer In ber place next sea son. Brooklyn Eagle. Katravajtant Millinery. One of the extravagances of tbe new tnllllnery calls for slits anywhere which Khali muke the hat more effec tive. There Is no thought of whether the bat may be urn do over luto some ether style some time or cut Into it now. x There Is no denylug that a certain style may be obtained by the method. Take a picture hat, a soft flop shape. Of faint blue felt, face It with velvet of blue a few shades darker. Then run velvet ribbons an Inch wide, of a blue shade three or four degrees darker than the bnt. Make four rows of vel vet, threading through slits which arc two Inches apnrt. And do not put an other stitch of anything onto the hat. These "silk" hats sometimes are seen with tbe ribbon running of a contrast ing shade. The effect Is rather bi zarre for tine taste. A nonclmlnnt fashion of using the slit on a hat for general wear Is to cut the side of the crown' In two places near together and run velvet folds through, letting the ends hang over the side, of the hnt. The slit takes the place of a buckle. Nashville Amer ica u. Par Facte. Double breasted effects are general. e Though many of the freak-shaped coat-sklrta have made their appear ance, Is safe to predict etons, blouses and the dainty Jacket with the dip bnck and front will be most worn. e Ultrn fur garments are combined with embroidered materials In the shape of girdles and collars. . For dress and carriage wear fur coat sleeves are flowing, but for the street they are gathered Into some sort of cuff bishop fashion. e Pluln round muffs ore the sanest In vestment. - Mink and sable tails are the best bat decoration in the shape of fur. e e If more fur be liked, let it be of the finest, real chinchilla or real baby lamb (broadtail). e Sable or mink tail bindings are still used to cleverly outline lace collars and tbe like. Frogs as a fastening give quite the Russian look. Philadelphia Record. Straighten Tour; Kneea. "I read much," says a middle-aged woman, whose erect, graceful carriage, by the wax la noticeable, '?of this, that and the other thing that should be done In order to stand properly nnd Improve the figure, but I never pay any attention to any of the sugges tions. I have never done but one thing in this matter, and that Is to fol low the advice given to me when I was a girl of Bixteen by my grand mother, whose' Btately mien was the admiration of all her friends, and which I could not hope to' better or even achieve. "All that Is needed," she used to tell me, "In order to stand well is to keep tbe legs straight. Notice yourself a half-dozen times during the day, and you will see how useful Is this advice. Constantly the knees a re too much bent. The figure sags in consequence, and its Mnes of elegance are lost. Straighten the knees every time you think of it, and the rest of the figure falls natur ally In the proper position." Harper" Bazar. Simple Dressea. There is' nothing very difficult In the construction of any of this sea son's dresses, ns they are plainly made, and there is very little trim ming to be seen upon any of them; all the newest woolen fabrics are wider than usual, consequently they can be cut to better advantage, and the skirt of a dress can be made with one or two seams, according to the width of the material. Good quality lace collars and soft silk fichus edged and Intersected 'with lace are more popular than ever for decorating a bodice or a blouse, and they enable one to make a variety of changes in the appearance of tbe same costume. For this reason plain fabrics and mot tled mixtures are mostly preferred for making up outdoor gowns. jrgiHiNGS TO WG AH Cbinchillu hag been employed this season as a trimming for white cloth costumes. Girdles and corselet belts of whita leather laid in folds are Included In the season's novelties. For dress garnitures squares of pas sementerie are taking the place so loLg occupied by medallions. Fancy buttons are Been even on the new gloves, and an extreme but mod ish button Is of gun metal with rhino stoue buckle. Ermine sets for children are very fashionable and look particularly well with the black velvet coats, whi.h so many little folks are wearing. Toques formed of flowers or foliage are very fuslilonuble In Paris. Also velvet or pnuue toques embroidered with flowers In naturU size and shad ings. 1 In the Jewelry line the Biost beauti ful corsage ornaments are lu floral de sign. An exquisite example is a rosy spray, wit a leuves of diamonds set In platinum and centres of pink coral. Buttons, fashioned from filbert nuts, set In a frame of gold and with gold shanks, represent an extreme fancy for the adornment of smart tailored gowns. The idea Is Parisian and the entire nut, in its natural color, is used. Realism has been carried to the limit In floral garniture for millinery pur poses this season. A wreath of mng uolla blossoms lu black and white, with slightly decayed leaves, and roses, accompanied, by the inevitable thorn, are Instances. A handsome belt that Is costly enough to keep it entirely out of reach by the bargain hunter is made of black silk elastic, studded with small steel beads and fastened with a buckle, showing an Iridescent background and openwork design of finest steel bead. Tbe red shades for street and eveu Ing wear embraco scarlet, cardinal, claret, cranberry, currant, coral, cerise, ruby, garnet an'flamlngo. In greea the fashionable tints include olive, hunter, ' myrtle, laurel, churtreuse, Uchou, forest, almond, Nile and silver preen. fflk MBICOLTORAL Provide nreen FoojJ For the Hem. Those who keep Inns must not for get to provide something In the way of green food that may be iiRed by them when the weather gets real cold aud the ground frozen hard, for under smh circumstances It Is Impossible for thein to get any grass or something that will tnke its plnce. Jt is a good plan to stow away some cabbages or lutabrga turnips, to be used only for the chicken, for both of them are comparatively cheap, and they will surely be the means of greatly Increas ing the egg supply whenfed durlnc cold weather. Rye In the 11 on Lot.. From a two acre hog lot sown to rye Inst fall and pastured through the win ter nnd early spring, I threshed forty six bushels of rye. To get n full yield from a rye pasture It should not be grazed on very long In the spring or when It Is rendy to shoot upward. A grain crop that can be pastured six months In the year and almost a full crop of grain hnrvested therefrom "to boot" Is certainly a valuable one for the stock und grain farmer to take hold of. While the price of rye Is not generally as great as wheat, the yield is greater, and will probably balunce evenly with wheat through a series of years. J. E. llaynes, lu Swine Journal. T" Odors That Affect Milk. Many of the odors that affect milk and cream are exceedingly volatile, or evaporate quickly If the milk is quick ly cooled nnd Is exposed to the air in a thin sheet, as It Is in the aerator, where It runs out over cold pipes or through a cold air, in a slow flow of thin stream or drops. This Includes tbe odors from weeds, even the wild garlic, which is more powerfully scented than the onion, the odors from cabbage or turnips, nnd the stable odors which cannot always be avoided whn the cattle are milked In the barn. We say they cannot be f voided, be cause in many barns there ' a cellar filled with decomposing manure, and in those of older construction a de posit of liquids below the floor, so that it Is almost. If not quite. Impossible to prevent the air from having some part of the odor from below. In such cases the only remedy is the aerator, so placed that it will allow these odors to pass off, and not allow it to acquire new ones. We say the only way, al though a new stable with cement floor, kept clean by brushing aud wash ing each day, might prove more effec tive if every farmer could afford to take such a radical measure. Tbe Cul tivator. Prospects For Dairy Farming. Taking the country In general, tbe field of dairy farming never held forth better promises than It does at present. During the last yenr the price of cheese nnd butter has been uniformly high, especially that of cheese. Aud there is no reason for believing that the active condition of the market Is not to continue. In fact, we have rea son for anticipating better prices for butter aud cheese In the new year than we have had In the last. In the Department of Agriculture at .Washington vigorous efforts have .een made In catering to foreign trade for butter. The efforts ot the Department have been quite successful. With a larger exportation of butter we are assured of better prices at borne. The impending doom of the colored oleomargarine Interests also gives great hope to the dairymen. The vic tory of the dairymen of this country over the manufacturers of colored oleo Is simply a question of time. It seems, however, that this victory can be gained by other than legal measures, though perhaps very much more slow ly. The decadence of the oleo inter ests Is assured by Improving our gen uine butter. What we want Is more and better creamery butter and less poor dairy butter. John Mlcliels, in Michigan Farmer. Detecting San Jose Scale on Frnlt. When only a few insects are pres ent on a tree the San Jose scale Is not easily detected. If there is fruit on the tree, particularly apple and pear, the pest may bo often seen long distances. On some varieties, especially light col ored fruits, the characteristic purplish rings with the scales lu the centre are very conspicuous. The marking varies somewhat, but it Is not liable to be overlooked. On pear nnd apple it Is very pronounced and fruit on badly infested trees is often mottled. The Scale attaches Itself to any part of tbe fruit; but it 13 more abundant on the culyx end. At times there is a de pression where the scale is attached, making the fruit very irregular if UARKIMO OX IPl'LE lliDB Br SAN JOSS 80A.LB, badly infested. The uccoiiir nying outline shows the scale markings on an apple recently received. It Is a peculiar fact that the scale seeks tbe fruit where there are only a few Insects on a tree. When picking fruit, trees from which suspicious specimens are taken should be marked, They can be sprayed laterund watched. I have known many cases wlier the scale bus been flrst detected 4u-n orchard ou the fruit. The sauiw char acteristic purple spot Is seen upon tbe bark of many young trees, and upon tbe newer growth of older trees. Some apples and pears are often attacked by a fungous disease, producing a cir cular reddish or purple marking slml hi? to the scuta spot, C'aru should be ( o J V o n 0 J taken not. to mistake this for scale. The presence of the scale In the centre of the circle cen be easily detected with a small pocket lens. It Is snfo to be alert nnd on guard all the tltntv American Agriculturist. Ueefnt Combination. The accompanying Illustrations con vey an Idea of an Improved corn house nnd granary. The corn crib nnd grain bins may be mado sclf-dlscharglng. without opening nny part of the upper portion or without the use of a ladder or steps, by placing floor joists at an angle, itn shown by the dotted lines, Fig. 1. Fia. 1 SECTION OF FRAMB. The projecting part of the floor is made the bottom of the bins nnd corn crib that is built upon it, aud Is left open on tbo side next to the corn crib and grain bins, go that the corn will slide into it. A cover may be hinged to the box, so that It may be turned up when grain Is taken out. If oue wishes to use a shovel for enm bins n) Cor crib 1 FIO. 2 INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT. corn or grain, the opening into the bin or crib may be closed for a apace of two feet, either In the middle or at each end. At the closed places there will be no' grain or corn upon the floor of the box. It will be easy to shovel out the corn or grain. Fig. 1 represents section of frame. Fig. 2, plan, and Fig. 3, end elevation. ,,. v Fia. 3- -END VIEW OF BUILDINO. Dimensions Twenty-eight feet long by twenty-eight feet wide. Height, twelve feet to plate line. Driveway, nine feet wide. The building Is de signed to have stone foundation, nnd the exterior Is covered with seven eighth Inch siding. A neat, but plain cornice. Shingled roof. Rolling doors. This will make a useful building and Just what Is wanted on a well arranged farm. C. II. Hlckox, In Ohio Farmer- The Value of Cold Storage. It Is essential for every fruit grower to have some means of cold storage at hand, for it Is only by such methods that he cau hope to reach the highest prices. Moreover, If fruit Is properly stored in a cool place, the loss from shrinkage and rotting will be com paratively small. The saving In apples Is' so great. In fact, that a cold storage house will sometimes pay for Its con- structlon inside of a year or two. But this is not all. During tbe sum mer, perishable fruits can be kept lu the cool dry -Toorus until ready for marketing, and more than half that would otherwise decay would be saved, Then, as fall approaches, winter grapes nnd pears can be accommodated In it, and the grapes can be preserved until long after midwinter, when higher prices will be realized for them than during the height of tbe season. To build a cold storage bouse Is not very expensive, and after the first outlay of money, there should be no need of any further cost. The side of a hill should be tbe site selected, if possible, a sort of basement being built for the fruit. The way is to dig out the centre of the hill until the bottom of the basement Is on a level with the surrounding ground. The walls of the basement should be of brick or stone, und be very thinck lu order to resist the 'effect of changing temperature outside. The foundation should bo run up to tbe top of the hill, a slaut !ng roof then being constructed so nit all the water can be drained off. : roof should be made of thick .irds lu the form of. shingles; this .11 insure all the rain running down .id off the structure, without leaking .iirough. Over this a thickness of tar paper should be nailed and on top of this another roof of boards. The wbole then will resist the outside air effec tually, aud as a result an even temper ature can be maintained in tbe base ment the year round. It Is advlsabia to line the whole Inside of the building with tar paper, und then build around with matched lumber. On oue side place a large dooi aud window, and of course a veutilatoi must run through the middle of the roof. The window and Coor, as well as the ventilattug shaft, should be so constructed that every pe-tlele of all can be shut off if necessary. As th heated air will ascend to tbo ventilator, the window can be opened to aduill fresh air when needed. For water thai settles around the fruit bouse and fa. Is to disappear immediately sftei a rain, there should be drains dug so that the water can run off. Thug con s true ted, tbe value of the fruit hous becomes apparent In a very short time - F, O. S., in Agricultural Epltomlst From Tomsk to Irkutsk on the Elbe rluu Railway, a distance of 032 miles, there is only oue town deserving thi name Krusuolarsk, with a populatloi of !!8,000. ,1; fcrfej l8lillli Lil . The lloari-Mnkem' Laboratory. -JT CCOUDINO to experts the cost of building the best sort of macadam road Is about (J $10,000 a tulle, nnd that of building the -poorest Is about $8000. The best will last some thirty years with ordinary care; ths poorest will .all for extensive repairs after about two years, nnd will some! lines have to be entirely renewed within five or six years. It all depends on the materials used. Often, the better materials are easily available and are even cheaper than the poorer ones, and yet are not 'elected owing to the Ignorance of the road builders. This Ignorance, for which tbe tax payers suffer severely, the Govern ment has now set Itself to destroy. Last December it established in the Bureau of Chemistry of the Agricul tural Department a "road material la boratory," the solo business of which Is to test samples sent It nnd deter mine their value for road building un der the conditions of actual use. When samples of all the rocks available In a given locality are sent to It, It will de termine which will give the best re sults under the conditions of rainfall and temperature obtaining there. This laboratory, which is under charge of Mr. L. W. Tage, of Massa chusetts, began work without n tool or machine nnd without an appropria tion, this Inst becoming available only on July 1 lust, six months after the office was opened. Until now It has rather discouraged publicity, as It al ready has more work on band than It can attend to with the very limited forces at Its disposal. Hereafter It hopes to do better. All' material sent In is tested for abrasion, cementation and toughness, and will be tested for hardness ns soon as the proper machines can be built. The accurate determination of hardness, however. Is of far less Im portance than that of the other quali ties named. The abrasion test determines to what extent a given material will be worn away by a given amount of rubbing, grinding, shaking together, and so on. It Is obtained by placing fragments of uniform size In a cylinder, where they are agitated by machinery at a rate which ordinarily is not sufficient to break them, and then ascertaining the amount In which they are reduced in size. . The cementation test is to discover the adhesive power of the dust ground from the substance and cemented together by rain and by the rolling or trampling of the road. It Is obtained by subjecting little cy linders, formed by mixing the dust with distilled water, to the continual blows of a weight falling through a fixed distance; some substances will be shutcred nt once, but others 'will sustain as many as 2000 exactly simi lar blows before falling to pieces. This shows the ability of the material to repair itself when put on a road. Toughness is tested by the same ma chine, a cylinder of the material as it originally exists being subjected to the blows of a cylinder made up by mix ing water with its dust. It shows the resisting power of the material to the constant blows of wheels nnd horses' feet. At present the laboratory refuses to test materials intended for any pur pose except country road building. After a while, when a larger force is obtained. It will test those Intended for fences, houses and the like, and those artificial stones manufactured in such enormous quantities for city uses, such as pavements, roadways and all the thousand and one ends to which con crete is now applied. The value of this work will plainly be enormous, enabling It to be determined approxi mately how long any given structure will last under ordinary conditions, in stead of leaving this to be settled ouly by the slow test of time. Suturday Evening Post. Good Koade in Alabama. Too much cannot be said in favor of good roads lu this State a State that has very poor roads except in a very few counties. What is needed in this State in the respect of public roads 1b education and agitation, with a view to securing the appolntmeut by the next Legislat ure of a commissioner of public roads. Such a man must be a competent man. He must nut only know a good road when he sees it, but he must be able to build a good road. He must also be a man who can talk to the people, who can tell county commissioners how to place bonds an educator, lu fact, who must visit every county in the State at least twice a year. In or der to secure a competent man he must be paid a living salary say, $2500 a year, or about $10 a county. And such a man will be well worth to any county 4na ny times $10 each and every year. It Is a practical piece of business. In which there Is no politics, something we can all support to a man, some thing we will support to tbe utmost if we desire to make Alabama the best State in ull the world. All sbo lacks now Is good roads. Birmingham Age Herald. Making; a Systematic Effort. Over in McIIenry County a syste matic effort is being made to clear the roads of stones, and some of them are now considered to be copies of tbe typical boulevard. One man, above eighty years of age, living near Greenwood, has raked evory stone out of the road for a dis tance of nearly a mile from his farm. , Farmers Just south of Harvard have given complete attention to tbe road es far as Marengo. That between Woodstock and McUenry and also be tween Woodstock aud Crystal Lake will soon be gouo over by a volunteer party of young men. It Is considered that the removal of these accumulating stones conduces to more comfortable travel, results In tbe saving of wear on vehicles aud nflds greatly to the good appearance of the farmers' highways. DeKalb (111.) Ctuonitle. AMERICA'S WILD RICE. famished Wholeaome Support For Trad are and Hontere Tears Ago. In tbe early days the extension of the fur trade In a territory unsur passed for richness in pelts was actu ally made practicable by the wild rice, which furnished a wholesome support for the traders and hunters. Tike, the explorer. In 1S45, described the fort of the Northwest company nt Leech Lnke as stored with large quantities of the grain, 500 bushels of which were put away In a loft over the trading room. Employes of the company depended on it chiefly for food", buying It from the savages at the average price of about $1.50 a bushel. At the present time white people in the neighborhood of nil the reserva tions in Wisconsin and Minnesota are very fond of wild rice, which is com monly offered for sale In the towns. Charles O. Oppel, a produce dealer of Duluth, states that he handles from one to two tons of It every season. "Most of the cruisers, explorers and homesteaders tnke It into the woods with them," be says, "and they clnim that It Is better thnn tame rice, be cause It does not take so long to pre pare." It Is largely consumed in lum ber camps in the region where It grows. The wild rice that comes to market In this way Is all of It gathered by the Indians, the work of harvesting and preparing the grain performed almost entirely by the women. Wild rice Is more nutritious than nny of our common cereals, such as wheat, rye, corn, barley, oats and or dinary rice. It Is richer in starch and sugar than nny of these, and contains more of the stuff that makes muscle and blood. The freshly gathered seeds may be cooked by simply pouring water over tbem, but the parched grain requires half an hour's cooking and the fire-cured a full hour. It swells like the Southern rice, a single coffee cupful of the dry kernels fur nishing an ample meal for two In dians, or sufficient breakfast food for eight or ten persons. It Is especially wholesome for breakfast, served with sugar and cream. If it could be cultivated with any certainty, wild rice would long have become a staple for the white popula tion. Unfortunately, however, no method has been found whereby reg ular and satisfactory crops can be in sured. Pearson's Magazine. Cantbt tbo Kg Thief. A Long Island doctor who has been missing eggs from bis poultry yard for some time Is happy at last, for be has discovered tbe thief. For months every effort aud every device to detect the culprit failed, but, finally, the doc tor bit upon a scheme that was worthy of Sherlock Holmes. He took a dozen or more eggs and bored tbe tiniest of boles in the shell of each. Then through these holes he Introduced Into the eggs a piece of very fine wire. The holes were then filled with white wax and tbe eggs returned to the nest. A few days afterward the doctor was called in to see the child of a woman in tbe village near blm. After attending to the child be talked about one thing and another until the lady told blm of such a strange thing that bad happened to ber. A few days before she had bought a half dozen eggs from the village grocer, and in four of them she had found short pieces of wire. These were produced and shown to the doctor, who took possession of them and told tbe lady bow thoy bad had come to be In the eggs. He then Interviewed the grocer, who finally admitted that be bad been buying eggs for some time from a man employed by the doctor. The man is now work ing elsewhere and the doctor no longer patronizes that particular grocer. New York Times. Kidding; Llibon of Bati." Lisbon bos recently been subjected to tin unprecedented invasion of rats, which bus disordered tbe domestic economy of every household, and made life miserable. Cuts were powerless to check the Invaders; poison seemed to act as a stimulant to their appettteB, aud traps only served to demonstrate the helplessness of man's Ingenuity to cope with tbe pest. At length the aid of tbe bacillus was invoked, and tbe municipal doctors were commissioned to inoculate some rats with an infec tious disease. A suitable virus, barm less to man, was found, a few rats captured and inoculated, and then let loose. The bacillus triumphed. The ruts sickened and died with' wonderful rapidity, and to-day Lisbon is cele brating the conquest of tbe voracious rodent. It is now proposed to use tbe virus on board ships, where rats are known to be the carriers of infectlod fatal to man notably plague. London Ex press. Kellos of a Loet Tribe. A valuuble archaeological find has Just been made near tbe ancient town of Novgorod, on the banks of Lake II ineu. Tbe articles found Include hun dreds ot flint arrowheads, spearheads, axbeuds of slate, flint, fishhooks and an enormous mass of crockery and similar fragments, ornamented In the same style as those found previously in other parts of the same province. Archaeologists consider the discovery proof of tbe existence in the neighbor hood of Lake Ilmen of a numerous population during thj stone age. Tbe articles found are all of one class and date, Indicating tbe existence of a con siderable tribe, which must have either been, wiped out or have migrated to other regions before attaining any higher stage of culture than that of tbe stone age. London Standard. Fresh At In a Knuber Factory. 'At a rubber factory on the Continent, says the Scientific American, a con stant flow of fresh nlr Is maintained In tbe spreadlng-room wltb tbe aid of an exhauster fixed near the floor. The vulcanising room la especially con structed for the purpose, und has the vulcanlsers on a lattice support rutsed three or four feet from the ground. Below tbe platform, and right down to tbe floor, the brickwork of tho struc ture is provided on all sides with nu merous airholes. The laborers are only slightly inconvenienced by the carbon bisulphide vapors. Formerly they were obliged to work with respirators, ,but tbey do not now require tUeui. APPLE PICKINC TIME. Long In apple-pickin' time there is That'll iet your spirits dancin' till thry'N lighter than feather; Ifou can heo.r it in the music o' the neigh borin' rooster'a call, f ou can ace it in the squirrel carryin' unto along the wall; " An' the rustle, An' the bustle, An' the hurryin' in o' cropi, An' the weedin', v An' the eeedin', V, An' the dryin o' the hope; there's a busy feelin' in the air that set your soul a-nme to the hearty, healthy workin' days o apple-pickin' time. When the crib is full o' corn an' the oat bin runnin' over, An' the cricketa finish chirpin' in tk itrw stack an' the clover, 1 Then the echo on the mountain ace da your voice a-callin' back, An' you hear the far-off rumblin t tn freight train on the track; An' the lowin' In the mowin' Where you turned the cows to browse. An' the hurra, " An' the flurry, -r An' the bankin' up the house; An' you'll laugh at wind an' ' weather when the enow's a drift in' in If the mows are full o' fodder an' thera's apples in the bin. Every critter ia a-tir with the newg oT changin' weather. You can hear the wild froose honk as Be) calls hia flock together. An' the hounds are on the mountain a the woodchuc-k'a in hia lair, . An' the iqirrel fills hia cellar in the bel low hemlock there; ' An' the iinptin', An' the riDging', O' the axes on the hill: Oettin' ready. Workin' steady All the empty bins to fill: An' when youth bat crept behind you anT your life ia poet ita prime. You will feel your boyhood comin' back fa apple-piokin' time. Youth's Companion. Herr Svenson (after a tumultuous domestic scene) "If you are my better half what an Infernal monster I must be!" Sondags Nlsse. Sometimes the lover thinks that he Holds to bis lady's heart the key. And finds, when be ia forced to knock. Some other swain has picked the look. Philadelphia Record. Wife "When we go anywhere now we have to walk. Before marriage you always called a carriage." Hus band "That's why we have to walk now." "He likes excitement," said the) young man. "So I supposed," replies the dear girl. "Why?" "Well, hia choice for a wife made that tbe natur al Inference." Chicago Post. "Tie the church bell in the steeple That to worship calls the people; ' 'Tig the church belle in the choir A Calls the young men to admire. Harlem Life. Specialist (irritably) "But. madam, you must chew your food. What were your teeth given you for?" Female pa tient (calmly) "They weren't given to me-I bought 'em."-Tit-Blts. If women ever get to vote, ! You can depend upon it, Their party emblem, without doubt, , Will be a fancy bonnet. Yonkera Statesman. "The worst feature of this subma rine navy business," said tbe chronic objector, "Is that It will be sure to lead to a revival of the tank drama after our next war." Baltimore Amer ican. Mamma "Wby, Susie, you've of fered your butterscotch to everybofly but your little brother. Why didn't you band it to blm?" Susie (with in nocent candor) "Because, mamma, lit tle brother always takes it." Reporter "How did your club ban quet go off?" Smltbson "Not so well as It might have done, you know. The chairman called upon me (who bare) lost an eye and a leg) to answer to tbe toast, 'Our absent members.'" Tit Bits. Mr. Goodman "Your little playmate seems sad." Willie "Yes, sir. He had ter stay borne tfova school yls- tid'y " "Tbe Ideal And he's sad on that account?" "No, sir; It's be cause be had ter come back ter school to-day." Philadelphia Record. ' Chickens That Snora. "You never beard a chicken snore oc sneeze?" asked tbe poultry raiser who has a big farm of fancy chickens ovr in Maryland. "Well, you ought to learn something about chickens. Just go into a chicken house any nlgbt and you will bear chickens breathing heav ily in deep sleep. In different parU of the house you will hear chickens actually snoring, making a noise loud enough to locate tbe birds that are guilty of this reprehensible conduct. Whether the nearby chickens object to this barbarous habit I don't know, but there Is uever so much noise In a chicken bouse in tbe early part of the night If there is a particularly loud noise around the house a rooster will wake up nnd give a warning to the slumbering fowls, but In a few minutes all of tbem will settle down to as souud a sleep as before. You may take a sleeping chicken off the roost lu tbe night, and If you bold 14 a few minutes the chances are that It will go soundly to sleep In your hands. Yes, chickens sneeze when they are taking a bad cold. When I bear on sneeze I always give it a small piece of camphor to drive out the cold, and tbe chicken Is soon well. Chicken cough and have colds, catarrh and dlpbtberlu Just like people." Washing ton Star. Stops Train to Sara a Hons. Clara Schloaser, eight years old, ha received congratulations for ber brar ery, and also ber luunuuo action in Q Interest of a dray horse. A tiainsss- approaching Grccuvillo. Iowa, . Clara discovered that the horse, la crossing tbe track, was caught In the culvert. . ' To saro the animal the giTl ran te the centre of tbe track, which makes a sharp turn near tbe place where tbe horse was entangled. She waved he coat at tbe train. .The engine drives heeded tbo warning and brought Uta train to a stop wMhln a couple of rods Of tbe borse. ' " I.. -. Unfortunate DUeorery, Tho New York papers have discov ered an able artist who lives on $15 ) month aud Is content. I'oor m?l This is ibe lust of bis bnplpueaa. I will be llonlMti now aud prouah'.y -velop a whole lot of urllllclel wn: Buffalo ISxpress. '.T V:
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers