A CAGED MOCKING BIRD. I nased n cobbler' shop upon the street, And paused s moment at the doorstep, where, In natures medlev. pipintj mol and sweet, The songs that tlinll the swamp when spring ia near, Flv o'er the fields at fullness of the year, Arid twitter where the autumn hedges run, Joined all the mouths of music into one. I hut my eyes; the hermit thrush was there, .... And all the leaves hung still to catch his spell; , Wrens cheeped among the bushes; from somewhere A blue-bird' twecdle falterincly fell; From rustling corn bob-white ins name did I heard the oriole set his full heart free; And barefoot boyhood rushed again to me. The vision-bringcr hung upon a nail Before a diutv window, looking dim On marts where trade waxed hot with box and bale; - ... The sad-eyed parsers had no time for him. TESTING By WALTER Y dear Dorothea, I see I 4 HTTT im,st 01106 mme I"-0'61- O Yet you must know nl- H )R ready what my views are "fOr upon this matter. Your money Is n subject In which I have lit tle or no Interest. Indeed, I heartily wish I could forget It altogether. It in an Insult to love to discuss such sordid detail'." Ashley Crcet waved his band as thought to dismiss the topic for nil time. Dorothea Spray regarded him admiringly. "You are to different from the rest of men," she said tremulously. "Every one told mo that I should find my money a great temptation ti avari cious people. They said I should be courted for Its Sake alone, and be de ceived. And and I have found you!" She smiled complacently. Clearly her advisers were at fault In their Judgment of men, and their motives. For hero was a man who would not so much as allow her to tell him how much money she really had who loved her for her own sake, and vig orously opposed the discussion of a topic which, as he himself alllruied, ,wns an Insult to love. ,-I want nothing whatever to do ;with your money, Dorothea," lie said finally. "I have my four hundred a year, and that is all which concerns me." But the girl had not yet made her self understood. It was rather a deli cate subject to broach. But she had already made tip her mind as to the course she should pursue. "I kuow I know," she said. "But that is not quite all, dear Ashley. Oth . r people are saying horrid things about you. They do not know you as I do. And and I want to prove to them all that they are wrong. I want to triumph over them, and show them liow unselfish and noble you are." A look of interest came into Ashley's face. "But such people ore obstinate, and rather difficult to convince," he re minded' her. "You had better much Jet them alone." But Dorothea was not to be dis suaded from her purpose. "So," she said, decidedly, 'I nave found a way to show them all how wrong and unjust they are. I waut you to remain In this room during the lutcrvlew I am about to have with my dear friend and lawyer, Mr. Lucian Orme. He is coming up the stairs at this moment." There was no time to do anything else. So the man kept his seat. It could not make liUn any the less dis interested to be obliged to listen to the approaching discussion of legalities. And he was not altogether free from a feeling of curiosity. It showed It self in a little nervous uneasiness that now took possession of him. But this the girl did not see. The door opened and Lucian Orme ,was announced. He was a man of close upon forty, with frank face, and gentlemanly - bearing. Ills greeting1 with Dorothea wag more than cordial. Indeed, one might even have suspected by the curious way In which his deep eyes rested upon her from time to time that he, too. was In love with this fcleuder, graceful girl. She motioned blm to a chair, and began her expla nation. Ashley Creet feigned Indiffer ence, and looked out of the window. "Mr. Orme," uhe said, deliberately, 'I am fcOing to ask you to do a strange thing.' I am going to bo married to Mr. Greet as soon as arrangements can be made. My friends are saying hor rid things about it, nnd I nm going to teach thein a lesson. My tastes nre, as you know, of the simplest. My money Is never used, and tho capital accumulates year by year. Mr. Creet is quite Indifferent to it, nnd declares that he will not touch it. Ho has three thousand dollars .-. year of his own, which will be ample for our wants. So I am going to make a deed of gift in fuvor of my old nurse nnd companion, Margaret Swuu. She shall live in ease nnd luxury for the re mainder of her days. And peoplo shall know of a truth that my husband is , above their unworthy suspicions and insinuations." She stopped. There was a glow on her face as she triumphantly pro claimed her plans. Thore was a mtirht movement in tho direction of the win- u-iw. unt Ashley held his peace. Lu cian Orme looked crnva i "Ti'i'f iS lUtl'er ft tal'tlluS Proposal," Dorothea had anticipated his obi lions, and was read tr i,m calm.v" "r.!0l,0Sal'" 1Io- IT . " luo ouine or my pres ent instructions. Mr. Orme The man colored. . -., , ue sam, curt t. "I will . lu ,'gn lt to-morrow Bf- oroinea nodded. Then she went T.W V 7a. " "lUe Whll. "I fin IV t m-ana. A. . . . v niuiL Tl'ftll ill A . . v v, " e onl' ""'vial details. . rs ,uu or8 content. His captor sat, with beaded fact and grim, l'lying a listless awl, as in a dream Of pastures winding by a shady stream. Gray bird, what spirit bide with thee unseen? For now, when every songster finds hi love, And makes his nest where'er the woods arc green, Free as the winds, thy ong should mock the dove. Ah, were 1 thou, my grief in moan would move, At thinking otherwise, by others' art Charmed and forgetful of mine own sweetheart. O many-souled, Shakespeare bird, who knows, Full well each feathered songster' pipe to wind! 0 enptive Milton, in this dreary close Sniffing in shame of fortune so unkond. Holding wide, sunny stretches in thy mind! 1 blush to offer sorrow unto thee. Mnster of fate, scorner of destiny! John Charle McNeill, in The Century. A LOVER. J. MOWBRAY. He got up quickly, and reft the room. As soon as the door was shut, Dorothea drew her chair close to that of the lawyer. "Now, listen," she said, In low tones. "All this is a mere pretense. I am not going to rob my husband of what he has a right to expect. But that must remain a secret between you nnd mo for the present, Mr. Orme. I shall send my old nurse away to-morrow for a holiday. That will prevent her hear ing the news, and so save a disappoint ment at the last. But the world will think that I am getting rid of my money, and will be reproved for its base suspicion. Mr. Creet also is not to know. But I shall tell him all on the day when we are married." The lawyer nodded. Ho had heard a few Quixotic things in his life, and was beyond surprise. Moreover, ho was beginning to see that the plan might have its advantages, after all. He stood up to take his leave. "I wish you all happiness," he said quietly, the girl's slim hand clasped for a moment in his own. And then he left her. Dorothea went to the door, and called her lover. He was conversing with old Margaret Swan in an ad joining room. But he came at her summons, and declined to discuss the plan to which she had given so much earnest and anxious considera tion. It was a fortnight later, and Lucian Orme sat alone in his private office. There was a tap at the door, and a clerk entered. "Mr. Ashley Creet to see you, sir," he said. The lawyer nodded. k . "Show him in," he said, and the clerk withdrew. Then he leaned back in his revolv ing chair, and a queer little inscrutable smile played for an instant upon his clear cut face. Then the door opened again, and Ashley Creet was formal ly announced. He took the cbnlr which was proffered him, and cr.me to the point at once. "I called in reference to that little matter of Miss Spray's deed of gift to her nurse," he said airily. "I may as well intimate from the outset that the plan lu question was carried out with my full and complete approval. It was the very best thing my nfflanced wife could have done to have estab lish my true position." Lucian bowed stiffly. "And your wishes?" he asked r.:rt- ly. A faint tinge of color came into Ashley's face. "Arenotto "Are not too easily expressed." he replied. "But I am desirous of know ing whether or not Miss Spray actu ally carried out her intention. She has never referred to the matter since the day when she gave you her in structions. You, with your experi ence of the world, Mr. Orme, must be aware' that er ladles often revoke n decision within an hour of its forma tion. And, now that this matter has gone thus fur, I am determined to see it through. My honor demands it. aim, ir you have not yet drawn nn n deed of gift in favor of Margaret Swan i muse put my aversion to such top ics in the background, and insist on Its immediate fulfillment." ine lawyer opened a drew forth a large .legal document. Glancing at it for a moment, he handed it to his visitor. The latter took lt, and devoured its contents eagerly. Then he handed it back and rose to go. "Thanks," he said, with a miln "I am delighted to see that this matter iias uecn legally carried nut n.i day, Mr. Orme." He walked briskly to tho rTnntv T.n. clan Orme watched him. His step oo juuuij, ui ueaa erect. There was uo disguising the fact that he really was "delighted." Yet the- n,ii on the lawyer's face, when the door cioseci, ooaea no good for the . man whose motives were so disinterested. jJive minutes later, Lucian Orme carefully put the legal looking docu ment within the empty grate, and held a lighted match to its lower edges. The flame spread rapidly, till but a few blackened ashes remained. "What a fool!" he soliloquized grim ly. 'He never even saw that deed lacked a seal!" He walked back to his writing table and sut down. An hour passed, and he was once more immersed in work when a hurried knock sounded on his door. He seemed to recognize it, and rose hastily. "At last!" he muttered. "Well; it was bound to come. Poor little girl! I wish I could spare her." He opened the door. A white face looked at him plteously lrom without, and two trtmbling bands were held out to him, He took them, and drew her into the room. Then be led her gently to a chair, and she sank Into lt with a llttlo stifled sob. "Ob, you can't think what has hap pened!' she cried plteously. "It is so so dreadful I never never thought it of him! , I Lnolnn Orme drew hi cbnlr a lit. tie nearer to her own. "Dorothea," ho said gently, "we have been old friends for ever so long. All that concerns your welfare is of grave Importance to me. Let us forget for a little while that I nm your lawyer, and you my client. Let us remember only that we are friends. Can you do this?" She looked at him tearfully. He had never seemed mo strong before. She wondered how lt came about that sho bad never before realized what a no ble man he was. It seemed so natu ral to run to him wheneve- Hie was In trouble. She had done so. from a child, and was only now beginning to realize what all this meant to her. "I can't tell you!' she sobbed. "It's so so humiliating to have to Ml it to any one even to you!" He flushed. 'You need not." he jald gently. "I know it already." .She dropped her lace handkerchief with a start. ' "You know it!' she gasped. "Oh, but that Is Impo slide!" He smiled. "Well," he admitted quietly, "I may not quite lay claim to positive knowl edge. But I can cues. Mr. Aslilov Crept nnd Miss Margaret Swan have decided to throw their lot together, and have been quietly married this morning. Am I not right?" She nodded. "How did you know It?" she asked tremulously. The lawyer glanced at the ashes In the otherwise empty grate. "lie came to me a little more than nn hour ago," ho said dryly. "I think he was then on his way to the church. He wanted to see the deed of gift." Dorothea looked up. 'But you hndn't oue," sho cried. "I don't understand." The lawyer srollt-d again. "I had one ready for him," he snid. "Somo instinct told me that he would come. So I prepared one, and scrib bled a few names at the foot. Some people might call it forgery. But I was ready to risk that. He saw it, and was deceived. Then I burned It." He pointed to the little heap of ashes, and was silent. "He has noh written to me," said the girl. "But that horrid old woman has. They were married half an hour ago. Oh, dear! what a miserable, heart breaking world this Is!" The lawyer smiled. "You should be thankful it is no worse," he reminded her. "You have had a narrow escape, Dorothea. Ash ley Creet's motives were mercenary, after all, and I always knew It. I nm only too glad to remember that- ho wna discovered through your own plan. Ho win De amply punished when he learns the truth." "And serve him right!" she comment ed. "I will never believe another ninu as long as I live!" Lucian laughed. "Isn't that rather premature not to say rude?" he inquired. She looked into his gray eye?, nnd held out her hand. "Except you," she said shyly. "I know I can trust you." "Thank you," he said simply. "I may put you to the test some day, Dor othea." She blushed prettily. He had let her see his secret. Then she rose to go. "(lood-by," she sold timidly. He held her blind for an instant. "Good-by," he said. Then he opened the door for her to pass through. "May I come and see von on ThniM. day?" he asked. "Yes," she snid, and left him stand ing there by the onen tnnr n smlm upon his face. Preseutly he closed the door very softly, and went back to bis sent TtnV he could not settle again to his work. tor ne knew now that the way lay clear before his feet, and t-nt sooner or later he would reach the goal In which bis dearest hopes were cen - ' New York Weekly. Metlloal Certificates For Chauffeur.. The question of improving the laws nnd regulations relating to automobiles is attracting consider.-jle attention in France, and a draft has been made of certain new regulations for legislative consideration. In the licensing of chauffeurs it Is proposed that each ap plicant must possess a medical cer tificate in orUer to have men of abso lutely sound health in charge of motor cars. It has been found that in nu merous Instances in Franco chauffeurs have been in poor physical condition, either from overwork or various bodily infirmities, and even a case was en countered where an epileptic was In charge of an automobile. It is now proposed that hereafter a physician shall certify that each candidate for a chauffeur's llceusi is sound both mentally and physically. With present high-speed touring-cars and the neces sity for keeping tho most careful look out and controlling tho machine abso lutely, the problem becomes closely akin to the running of a locomotive, and the move of the French author ities would seem to be a move lu the right direction. Hurpor'a Weekly. Iimiia's Fatty Tyraut. In "Russian Peasant Blots," In Everybody's Magazine, Ernest Toole thus describes the "Natchululk:" "As you muy know, this Natchalnik is the Czar's 'Inspector.' He watches Zoinstvos and peasants alike. He is he tyrant of tho district. He forces the peasants to elect his creatures for Judge and clerk and road-member. If any oue opposes him, he simply calls this person a dangerous conspirator and throws him without trial Into Jail. The wise Russian law provides that the Natchalnik can imprison a peasant without trial for only three days at a time, but I have kuown cases where a troublesome 'honest government' peasant was put into jail for three days, then freed for three hours, then put into jail again, and so on for weeks." Onrntsy'i Kt1 OMe.r. The young sea officer in Germany lias little or nothing behind him. Ho'Tooks to make the naval history of his coun try, and with this purpose in view he exhibits a keenness lu acquiring the secrets of the seaman's art which may be equalled but is not excelled by the naval aspirants of any other uatloti, lllustrated London New. A Qnestion to Think Over. One of the farm papers asks the fol lowing question: "Are you keeping your poultry or Is your poultry keep ing you?" Providing that they think lt over well that little question ought to be the means of doing n great ninny poultrymen n lot of good. Look into the matter for yourself, and. If "you nre keeping your, hens," endeavor to make such chnnse ns will turn the thing about. If the "hens are keeping you," see to It that they are well re paid for their trouble and use every menus possible to enable them "to keep you" better In the future thnn they have In the past. Weekly Witness. Fattening or tho lings. Much has been written and snid about feeding hogs, which Is well and go.-vl; but Just ns much depends on their tare while yetting this feed. If their feed is put o;i a floor covered with six inches of snow, you may be sure that you nre feeding at a loss. They must have a good, clean feed floor If pond results nre to be reached. Again, It has been found by carefully conducted experiments that hogi being compelled to lie out in the cold will consume fully twenty-five per cent, more grain to make n hundred pounds gain thnn hogs that nre well housed. The matter of drink Is also Import ant. Hogs that are on full feed natur ally will drink lots of water if it is not too cold. They should be given water at least twice each day and that no colder than when first drawn froili tho well or spring. Being careful niong these nnd other lines makes the difference between sue cess nnd failure in the business. In dianapolis News. Training Milk I'nll.. The milk pails should never be al lowed to stand aflfr being emptied. If It is not convenient to wash them at once they should be filled with cold water, which will prevent the thin film, composed of the solids of the milk, forming on the Inside of the pall Once this film Is allowed to dry on the pall it Is almost Impossible to remove lt. A frequent mistake consists In pouring hot water Into the paiis be. fore they have been rinsed out with cold water. The effect of this treat ment is to cause the film to adhere more firmly. Uinsing with cold water Is always the first process in the cleaning of metal miiU vessels; then follows the washing and scalding. Willing Is unnecessary, as the heat of the vessel, after the scalding water is removed, is sufficient to dry off the surface. Always leave pails so that the sun can shine into them. When buying tin pulls see that the seams nre well filled with snider; they will be easier to clean, and there will be no lodging place for germs. A hnlf-inch lange is also desirable, thus preventing Mie bottom of the pall from coming into .lirect contact with the ground. Amer ican Cultivator. Overernpnlna: of Bolls. It is safe to say that every farmer, .vhose soil Is not virgin soil, has hud .be experience of wearing out soni" itrip of soil by overcropping, too little 'ertillzer or wrong methods of rotation. Some men need to be'taught this lesson ant once, nnd us soon ns a bit of their loll begins to show wear they build t up. Men who nre in a position to tnow claim that tho natural supply of potash in the soil is almost limitless, mil wo know that by the use of .gurncs we can add nitrogen to the ;oil at small expense. It Is claimed, lierefore, that phosphoric acid only iced bo bought, and hence the cost f building up or rebuilding the soil is educed to n minimum. This Is doubt ess so under normal conditions, but iow many men so crop their soil that 4io plant foods are preserved In it In he proper proportions so as to be avail .blo for the growing plant. We do not know for a certainty, cs ept under chemical examination, fhether or not we are getting thr ,roper proportion of potash to the ilant by cultivation, nor can we tell bout the nitrogen, except ns wo muy udge from tho growing plant. Toss! ly the result lu .the following crop. ,'hen we think wo shall have done oli lint Is possible for the best results, is ; complete disappointment, nnd wo be in to scoff at the scientist's theories, "hat we are gradually wearing out our oils can not be denied, and It is cer ninly a question worthy of consldera ion that each of us look more closely Jito how we are treating our soils nnd nd somo way of applying the remedy If we tiro abusing them. Indianapolis News. Air.iUu For norms. Professor Melville, of the Utah Sta tion, says that lu comparing alfalfa nnd timothy as roughage for horses, the results of six tests, under varying conditions of work, show that It is not as difficult to maintain the weight of horses on alfalfa as on timothy. The cost of maintenance was greater in every case, except one, on timothy than on alfalfa. The appearance of horses in every comparison of alfalfa and timothy was In favor of tho alfalfa fed horses by long continued alfalfa feeding. Attacks of colic and other digestive disorders can be prevented by a judicious system of feeding. The amount of hay fed on most farms could be reduced one-half. It may be eco nomical to reduce the amount of hay and increase the amount of grain fed to horses. It is evident from a study of the experiments, during four periods in which bran ond shorts were used and during one when outs made up the grain ration, that brun and shorts may be substituted for oats when the horst are fed alfalfa and timothy. Twenty pounds of alfalfa a day maintains the weight of horses weighing neatly 14K pounds when at rest. At heavy work, 'VZJi'l pounds of alfalfa a day was barely sufficient to maintain the weight of the same horses. It Is evident that there is a tendency to use all the pro tein, whou horses nre fed timothy, and no apparent waste of nitrogen when fed alfalfa. This waste Is not consid ered serious here, as protein is not an expensive part of tho diet. These re sults were those of a direct 'trial, but the surface indications of an indirect trial; lt may be that fne conclusion la not well founded. Since red clover bay doos not differ materially In uutri- tiie value from alfalfa, It seems prob able thnt the first m!clit bp substituted for the l.mf, nnd with similar results, provided the first Is well cured, sweet nnd free from must or dust. Hut If It must be fed. shake out nil the dust p(.sIblo and moisten the hay. Weekly Witness. Vor tlin Winter Teller. In many cellars In the country the space must be used for the ptornge of fruits and vegetables ns well as for the other purposes for which cellars nre generally used. In order that perishable articles may keep In them to the br?t advantage the cellar must lie capRlilo of ventilation, but at the same time must be frost-proof. This latter can be brought nbnut by the proper protec tion of (he walls, banking up with soil will generally accomplish this, trs well as the spaces around the windows. No better method of cellar ventilation can be devised than thnt here described. Build an air-shaft of two-inch planks, which are about n foot wide: they must be long enough to reach from the floor to near the ceiling of the cellar. Cover the upper end with a piece of planking. A hole two bricks wide nnd one brick long Is made In the cellar wnll, and a hole of corresponding size is cut In the plank of the air shaft, directly opposite the hole In the wall. Then, at the bottom of tho shaft, next to or near the floor, cut out another piece about a foot square. Cover all the openings with wire netting, set the nlr shaft close to the hole In the wall and secure it in position. In the event of nn unusually cold streak of weather, boards may be placed over the opening in the bottom of tho shaft, or, better still, n number of newspapers may be folded nnd wrapped around the bottom of the shaft. The illustration shows the plan clearly, so that any one can readily put it in operatioii.-r-Iudiaiuip-olls News. faille Feeding- Experiment. The following from some careful cat tle feeding experiments of o:ie of the experiment stations will be found very Interesting to cattle feeders: "In the second trial a lot of two-year-old steers on alfalfa and alfalfa hay made an average daily gain in 1SS dnys of t.f,8 pounds per head. The gain made by a similar lot fed wheat hay and cured sorghum In addition to green alfalfa and alfalfa hay was l.Ct) pounds per head per day, nnd by n lot fed some rolled barley in addition to alfalfa fresh and cured, wheat hay, and cured sorghum 1.S7 pound:'. "The third test was made with two lots each containing eleven yearlings and covered 4S." days. Tho lot fed- principally nlfalfa made un average dally gain of l.'Jl pounds nor day, ami the lot fed a ration of sorghum hay, wheat hay, etc.. in addition to alfalfa 1.20 pounds. In the fourth test, which covered TrJ2 days, four steers feu al falfa ns a soiling crop, hay or both. In tho different periods, mado nn nv erage dally gain lu tho whole test of one pound per head, as compared with 0.11S pounds iu tho case of a lot fed alfalfa supplemented principally by sorghum liny. In connection with tills test one lot of four steers was kept on nlfalfa pasturage to compare this meth od of feeding with tho data obtained by tho use of alfalfa ns a soiling crop or hay. In 518 days there was nn av erage daily gain on nlfalfa pasturage of 1.01 pounds per bend, from the data Included in the bulletin the con clusion was drawn that tho combina tion rations containing alfalfa were nbout cqunl In feeding value to rations of fresh and cured alfalfa. "In all cases the shrinkage when steers were dressed was taken into account, and the conclusion was reached that although the differences were small, yet this factor was slightly greater with the lots fed nlfalfa com bined with other materials than on nlfalfa alone. "Since alfalfa, where conditions are favorable tor its production, yields the most abundant and cheapest forage grown In tho Southwest, the hli;h per centage of protein may be disregarded, although theoretically a carbohydrate feed, such as sorghum or grain hay, should be fed with lt to secure n more thorough utilization of the protein of the nlfalfa by tho animal. In situa tions where alfalfa can not b? produced to advantage, as with scant water sup ply and on excessively alkaline soils, carbohydrates rations may often bo grown, especially of the sorghum class, which in combination with alfalfa gives results about equal to those from the nil-alfalfa ration. Sorghum rations alono are undoubtedly Inferior to nl falfa olono and In combination with alfalfa yield greater gains than when fed alone. "The quality of the meat from alfalfa fed steers appears to be about tho same ns thnt from animals fed on the combined rations used. Animals fin ished with barley yielded meat of dis tinctly better quality, but the slight advance In price obtained did not make return for tho barley fed. "Assuming tho approximate average nnd representative character of tho forage used, tho yields obtained, and the animals employed, tho results of these experiments Indicate that under Southwestern conditions, where alfalfa may bo fed or pastured nil or nearly nil the year, this forage Is tho most abundant nnd the chsaprst feed avail able, giving as good gains of as good quality as can be economically pror duccd." Indiana Farmer. , rineopples are so plentiful In Natut r.t certain seasons that they are not worth carting to market, and aro often glveu to plgp. There nre nhout 10,000,000 of migra tory sheep lu Spain. Von Behring, Who Found Consumption Cure fpfe- uimm Dr. Von Behring Is.famous as the discoverer of the antitoxin for diph theria. He Is connected with the University of Berlin. After ten years of study on the subject be has again astonished the world by announcing the discovery of a cure for tuberculosis. His paper on tho new cure, read be fore the Tuberculosis Congress in Paris, has caused discussion In medical cir cles all over tho world. His final report on tho consumption cure Is being awaited with keen interest. IMPROVED FAMILY SCALE. Tho illustration shows an Improved family scale of the dial type, the par ticular feature of which is tho slanting position of tho dial, thereby enabling the Indications of the pointer to bo read with greater facility. Tho ordinary vortical dial requires the user to bend over In order to distinguish with any degree of accuracy its Indications. In other particulars the scale conforms to the conventional design of this type. Philadelphia Kccord. A Giant Oak, There is something like a sense of the tragic in the full of majestic trees. One has just been cut down near Burg dorf, in Switzerland, which really de serves to be described as a monarch of ihe forest. It was an oak. At a height of sixteen feet from the ground the trunk measured not less than four and one-half feet In diameter, which gives a circumference of sixteen feet three inches. The concentric rings showed the tree to have been planted nbout the year KiOO. Of these rings 311 could bo counted. London Cilobe. A Little Girl's h'ny on Ihe Cut. A little girl wrote In tui examina tion: "The cat is a square quadruped, and lias four legs at the corner. If you want to please the animal you must stroke It on the back. If it Is very much pleased It sets up its tall stiff like a ruler, so that your hand cannot get any farther. The cat is said to have nine lives, but In this country it sel dom needs them all because of the presence of Christianity. "Philadel phia ICecord. THIS BHOXZH PANEL ItEPKKSlSNTIXU THE IN'AUUI'HATION QV WASIXUTON, PRESENTED TO THE HALL OF l'AME. 5IFT TO THE HALL OF FAME Chancellor MacCrackcn, of the New York University, was able to aunouuee the first Important gift to tho Hall of Fame, The gift Is a celebrated bronze relief by Thomas Crawford, represent ing the inauguration of George Wash ington in 178U in New. York City. The prominent persona represented are George Washington, John Adums, who stands on his right; Alexander Hamil ton, Generals Kuox and St Clair, Bog er Sherman and Baron Steuben. The relief la a replica of one of the panels of the bronze doors cast for tho Sen ate wing of the Capitol at Washing ton, and was cast from the same Molds ICE SHAVER. A Minnesota man is the patentee of the simple ice shaver shown in the il lustration. The shaving blade has the lower portion corrugated to form the cutters, while the upper portion Is flat. Screwed or otherwise secured to the flat portion is a shank having a socket at Its upper end to receive a wooden bundle. The lower end of the shank Is spread, and covers the flat portion of the blade to strengthen the latter. The corrugated portion of the blade is made of vertical angular ribs, the construc tion being such that the sides of each rib Incline upwardly to form an edge, the latter extending from the shank to tho lower edge of the blade. Each rib f0 "N J i til I " iJilif Shaves the Ice. terminates In a point. Tho blade is made from a flat sheet of steel, the rib or corrugations being formed by press ing them up In the well-known manner, The points are made by either indent lug ono end of the sheet of steel before it is pressed in such shape as to pro duce the points, or by leaving the plate straight and cutting or grinding the end of the blade at an angle. This per mits the points to bo easily and quick ly ground to sharp cutting edges. Philadelphia Record. Peter Larson, of Montana, Is doubt less the richest Scandinavian lu Amer ica. 1:1 and at the same time. Tho doors were caBt in 18(18 by James T. Ames. Chancellor SlaeCruckeu suld: . "This work was executed for the United States Government to form one of the panels of the Senate doors at Washington. The total cost of the doors was over $30,000. They were cast by James T. Ames, who before the models and molds were broken up was authorized by the Government to exe cute for himself a single panel, which ever of. the sit "panels be might select He chose the scene of the Inauguration, which has been In the possession of his family ever since. The present repre sentatives of his family, becoming in terested I. the accounts of the Hall of Fame, counted this a fittlun nl.e. rnr ' the permanent preservation of thla sculpture."
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