TRUE WORTH. torn love the tlow of outward show, Some love mere wealth, nd try to win it; Ent houss to me may lowly he, If 1 but like I he people in It. IVhat'a all the gold, that (litters cold. When linked to hard and naughty feeling? (Vhata'er we're told, the nobler gold Is truth of heart and manly dealing, rhen let them aeek, whoae ml ltd are weak, Mire Faahion'a amile and try to win it; rba house to me may lowly be. If I but like the people in it. A lowly roof msy giva m proot That lowly flowera are often fsfrest; And trees whoae bark s hard and dark May yield ua fruit and bloom the rarest. There's worth aa aure 'neath garment poor Aa e'er adorned" a loftier atation, And minda aa juat aa those we trust, Whoae claim ia but of wealth's creation. Then Jet. them aeek, whose minds are wk , Mere Fashion's smile and trr to win it: The house to ms mar loVtv be. If I but nke the people in it. Abraham Harper, in Leslie's Weekly. ON THE FACE OF THE CLIFF I y ALBERT XV. TOLMAN. Early on a hot July morning Dan I Thore was a breathless silence fnr Handy, the drill-runner, end Sam- a moment. Then from far below rose my Kline, his tender, were banging the dull craah of the avalanche, fol- away at a sixteen-foot blasting-hole lowed by the fainter clang of the In a shelf on the face of a perpen- drill. They shivered at the narrow- oirujar diuii overlooking the river, ness of their escape. 'Above their bends the array rock nut thnv i .. . . . . i 1 - - ttcio in niiaiuK pern, rose sheer forty feet; beneath was swinging over the abyss against the drop of a hundred and sixty to the smooth bluff, devoid of foothold. ,nmP- When a man has warning to brace Handy, a red-beared giant, two himself against disaster, he can meet incites over six ieei ana iai in ine it better. But the complete unex bargaln, tipped the scales at two pectedness of this catastrophe had hundred and forty pounds. Kline left them limp and weak was a wiry little skipjack, eight Forty feet above, the hose bent Inches shorter, and weighing almost over the crest. The only thing for m nunaren potinas tess. Bom, now- them to do was to climb It; and "cm BKiiicu woramen, ann mere was no time to waste The minded the eight-score feet beneath hot pipe burned their hands frlght them no more than so many inches, fully, but it offered their only road van naa ueen a siruciurat-steel to life. worker on dizzy "sky-scrapers," and Both could not climb together Ills mate had furled royals on every one must get above the other. ... ' "Go flr8t. Sam!" muttered Handy The drill was cutting down the to his lighter mate. It was no time Hard trap at one end of the ledge far debate; life depended on prompt In the thin boII that overspread the action. Sam swarmed up the hose rock grew scanty grasses. One stilt above the drill-runner's head of the tripod touched the outer edge. When the machine fell, leaving u"s"1 u""" " ,ru"1 UI lno cut tne pipe-end open, the hissing steam hung the steam-hose from the boiler began to play on Handv's lea- Rner. beyond the summit. Ktzed by the pain from the scalding j i ji j t. B teea-scrcw Jet, the big man. for a short distance, handle, directed the steel point prob- kept close below the other lifting ing the depths of the ledge. The his two hundred and forty' pounds mm mi pi- hi' .j iu uu ;mm ui mm; lie could feel every throb and beat as It pounded away, obedient to the hundred pound pressure from the holler. Meanwhile Sammy tight ened up the chuck-bolt, pumped the mud from the deepening hole, and poured down dipper after dipper of water. The exhaust steam envel oped them In a little white cloud. Round their feet spread a thin blue ance of powdered rock, and the mud-gouts Bpattered their clothing, as four times a second the whirling drill rose and descended. The sun baked the cliff front. But the morning mist still covered the broad river with an irregular, fleecy blanket, pierced by the moving masts and tall smoke-stacks of larger craft, while the smaller puffed unseen below. From the base of the bluff broke suddenly a harsh roar. The stone-crusher, for which they were furnishing food, had be gun Its dally grind. Chug-g-g-g! The machine ham mered incessantly, dancing to the explosive staccato of the exhaust pipe. But for the hundred-and-twenty-five-pound weight on each leg, It would have Jumped over into the abyss. It was as if a monstrous wingless steel wasp, aU legs and no body, were boring Inta the shelf. The hole was already down four teen feet. Two more, and it would be done, completing the battery of dozen, which, loaded with dyna mite and fired simultaneously, were expected to send the entire ledge crashing down on the dump. Handy's practised ear told him It was time to exchange the dull drill for a fresh one. "Shut off that steam!" he shout ed; and the machine stopped. "Send down your sixtoen-foot drill!" Soon the long steel bar swung clinking down the cliff face, to take the place of the other, which was ent back by the same rope. "Turn on your steam!" rose Handy's shout; and again the ma chine started. Kline had Just finished a funny tory that made the big drill-runner ahake like a Jelly; his roar of laugh ter almost drowned the puffing of the exhaust. He was looking far down the river, from which the last vestige of mist had disappeared, when his attention was recalled by a startled exclamation from the iior. me atter. chancing t -v. . . . - "-a -"uue wmcn tne men had descended. It was too far for them to reach; be sides, the Assure ran the full length of the shelf. Too horror trlcken to shout or stop the drill, gazoo, nelplessly. ft 9 In their wings. A painted butterfly fluttered before) his face. A swarm of files, taking advantage of the fact that his hands were busy, buzzed about his bald head, bltlr.g htm in tolerably. At last he felt that he could not climb another Inch. Just then, right on a' level with hi bloodshot ryes, appeared a narrow ledge. Could he but raise hlmse'f hit own height and get hit toe-tips on that scanty ahelf, freeing his arms from the un endurable strain, he might have a chance yet. The agony of the next two min utes was comparable with nothing which the drlllman had ever experi enced before. He knew that he must climb quickly, for he could not last much longer. Shutting his eyes and throwing all his strength Into his nrms, he lifted himself by a succession of short, quick Jerks. He experienced a pe culiar dragging sensation, gradually stronger, as If each foot were teth ered by an India-rubber cable, which pulled harder with every Inch he rose. At last he knew he could not pos sibly raise himself another mill metre. He opened his eyes and glanced down. The ledge was about half up to his knees. Lifting his toes, he swung them In. and rested them on the rock. The relief was Inexpressible. ' The strain was off his arms, although the horrible emptiness yet yawned under his heels. The top was still nearly ten feet off. His arms became suddenly weak. All grew black round him. He swayed dizzily. A little more, and he would tumble backward. "Hold on, Dan!" The shout from above gave him a spurt of courage. He opened his eyes Just as a noose dangled down past his face. Kline above, flat on his stomach, his head projecting over the edge, engineered the ropo down below Handy's knees. "Put. your 'feet through It!" he directed; and the drlllman obeyed. Soon he was seated In the loop. Letting go the hose, he grasped the sv -acts -ee PRESIDE NTT TAYLOR nv v acq aw 9 " - - wx- I riuunil, to the girl who wants to earn a college education. IT SOMETIMES TAKES A LARGE CHEST TO HOLD ALL ONE'S MFT1A1 S. Shndc For Hogs. If hogs are to thrive In pasture lhade must be provided. Some far mers cut away every vlstage of shade. The hog loves a cool, damp shado where he can He and snooze during the heat of the day. If left. In a pasture with no shade he will suffer. Experience of prominent breeders shows, however, that a mud wallow la by no means necessary. If the hog cannot have a clean bath, no bath la preferable, but 8us Is a child of the soil and he should have cool, moist ground to lie upon. American Cultivator. A Scheme For Testing Seeds. For the ordinary planter the well known "dinner plate" tester, made with two soup or dinner plates and one or more moist strips of sterilized cotton goods, preferably cotton flan nel, will be found to answer all pur poses. The cotton strips are sterl- I nzea in boiling water to destroy I spores of molds and other fungi pres ent, folded twice upon themselves j and placed In one of the plates. The J aeeds are now laid between the folds I For testing several varieties at once. of cloth so as not to touch each other, and the second plate is Inverted over the first, this forming a moist, aerat- ed and more or less sterile chamber. The cotton strips must be kept well moistened, but not saturated, prefer ably with water that has been steri lized by boiling, and allowed to cool before using. Two or three lots of I seeds may be tested In the generator I at one time, but earh should be con tinued In a separate cotton strip and numbered to avoid error. When, however, It Is desirable to make several germinating tests at one I question whether any girl ought to attempt to go through col lege unless she has some assurance behind her. To borrow money for four years Is, of course, to assume a very heavy debt, which may become an intolerable burden. I have known girls through good scholarship the aid which that haR brought them from college funds through loans, with such small sums as they might earn, to succeed In winning a college course and afterward rapidly pay o.v their responsibilities. It should be borne In mind, however, that such a course is a great discount on much of the college life, and with such limitations one Is deprived of a great deal that Is profitable. If It Is solely the intellectual gain one is after, I should think it might .c . i in buiiic ' luwn ui city wnere one couiq live outsitlo m and work perhaps half the time, extending the college course over more than a normal number of years. It all depends on the indi- Q vidua). President Taylor, Vassar, in The Delineator. But the heat of the sun on , 3 Mkg ' 9 li Pan Gemiinntor. (7 j , so fast that a blow from one of Kline's shuffling feet kicked off his cap. Soon ho climbed more slowly, and the sailor began to outstrip him. Weakened by the Jerk of the drill, the hose had burst in spoto. It sagged ominously. Through little holes the steam spurted out. threat ening hands and faces. With avert ed heads they climbed In silence, toes clattering against the smooth rock, awed by the deepening empti ness beneath, tormented with the dread that the couplings abovo might break. Now a man's muscles may be very strong for some purposes, and very weak for others. Kline, the sailor, accustomed to swaying upon ropes, was a far better climber than Handy. Besides, the latter had a hundred pounds more to lift. He began to be conscious of a fearful ache In his biceps. Ab the hose rubbed and cut Into the soil on the edge of the bluff, a shower of earth fell on the heads of the imperiled men. Kline got most of this, but enough struck Handy 8 line. his head had been too much for him; he was losing consciousness. Kline saw the danger. "Hoist away, quick!" shouted he to the men behind bim. Up came the line. Just as Handy lost con sciousness and lurched backward, the sailor caught him by the wrists. Youth's Companion. Cuttlefish Farms. It Is not generally known that cut tlefish are cultivated on some farms in order to be "milked." These cut tlefish farms are located on parts of the British coast, and the cuttlefish are kept In tanks or ponds to be "milked" of their Ink. The pond or tank is connected with the sea by a pipe, and a thousand or more cuttles are kept in a single one. They form a most curious Bight as they move about, trailing their long urms and staring out of their bulging ares. They are guarded bv screens. Wtllrll prevent them from heln. Of. 1 . 1 .1 1.'.... If 11 . . . i om. 1-ui il Lucy are suuaeniv b"e "W" "d f"CeJ I frightened they will WUirt their h r 7, ViT , . Bt" "mllk" water, and it would sides, the sailor s shak ng of the rope therefore ll0 lo8t. Tnls' uid J ilk fLh ' be'OW ' 18 uabl.. and each cuttle lU mill ..I, .1.1 flf. . i iii jrau iiiiccu Biiiiungs worth a Suddenly steam ceased to pour from the hose. It had evidently been shut off by the engineer, warned by the crash and hia dropping gage that something was wrong. There were footsteps above, and a shout: Hello, down there year. It is secreted In a hair, orhtnh can be opened and closed at will, the cuttle ejecting the fluid to darken the water so that it may eBcape uu seen when attacked. The best cuttle fish are procured in China, where for some reason or other they produce the best quality of "milk." When the farmer considers it on. portune to milk the cuttles, be pro ceeds by opening the sluices of the Ua thn. .. ... I A1 wo iii8 latter, chancing to i mey were glance down at the Inner Ai t k. too busy. Then over the edge peered helf, had noticed a slight crack be- tne "ngnee"8 horrified face. It dls- ftrn V, I a . . . I Dnuaarod mid i rti . . .1 .. -v.i luc BU11 ana lue Dlurf. a- '""Wi "u """"B ceeds by opening the slulce-t of th. As Uonrf.. -. .. '1 . . .. nnrl rimnlnir ti,1H thnf h ,. I . fOT""S mo Biuil.es OI mi -. ...iUJ milieu, asiounaea, tne - a , pono and gently ailatin tho water crack- appeared to widen. Jarred by 10 "ln8 neip. I The cuttles then swim around the ..uiuuong or tne drill, an old """n "au '"'"o- reaction me .pond, and as soon as one passes warn was actually opening. P- He heard his mate panting, and through the sluice Is closed The The movement was downward and loollln down. him several feet ! cuttle passes down a small" channel tutward, slckenine anil alnw Thirty below. ! intn . ...in ..i ..... . , .... . - . ........ .. . .,, , i Mmau rwBvpvMM), una ---- uuug me ropo laaaer Dy Can you make It, asked. Groaned Handy, "I don't know." "Hold tight; I'll help you as soou as' I get up!" cried the other, en couragingly. A few second mnre and a final shaking of the hose and There came a riHim Kt.. -ki la shout of trlumuh. The earth I eltled. Another : i ' i i r i 1 an A I ... I. showered over the drill-runner. would plunge after tiio t.,,.iir, I "I'll get a rope!" exclaimed tho mass to a quick death at the bottom sallor. and disappeared. ot the bluff. And then: Haudy climbed doxgedly. It "The hose!" yelled Handy, and men work to support two hundred Jumped for It. Kline followed.' They and Iortv pounds with one hand, caught the hot pipe Just ai the ledge whl'e you raise the other for a fresh fell. hnlH I,' ,.), til," I,.. . .. ., L...I a The Inih.an4.lt..... i . I shnefor Hlstnnnu HrnH. .ullv Vi la km - "uu-iii i cc-ij tinners tuoe -- .... canvas and rubber, wound tightly greBS became a series of mere "'.mi i nr. was ntty feet long. mltu- pw lihbs ne ion inai ne It upper end was coupled to the pipe could not make another. And the frOIU the I. .,'... I. 1 . I Inn .till l.ir. . fut nM - i lb iuwer was at- " " " v.. . lachAft Ik. .. . . ... I i... 1... . U rnu- . - - ivi wlw sieam-cnest OI the ivu uj muu uv ivso. hid i-uar oi 'ill. Old and leaking, it was fairly tne crusher was suddenly cut off. Vnlnui trnm ItAlnw , im . In tiltv. sicaiii, out. uiii ' - " ma to nolo nr. I ..... . . . . il. i ...... i im, ....... ,.,, . -i. i .. u i " v . w moil una twelve nun- uw in. .1 . . . ...n. nui. u(n 1 Pounds of steel. It must give 1 tor m' 1 ' senses were never Way BOmnivkovn I. . . I I,..,,,,.. Kva.v llfrla ....... .1 , " vj. v. OUt Wltere I tiJ- "ulJ""' m.iv qwunu maa J the men or above? The reply magnified. The puffling'of u tug meant life or death. reached his ears. He heard the cry ftJOT th bare fraction of a second of a bird. ' His eyes stared at the J rl hung at their feet, Us sharp rock before him; he could trace point whirling madly. The exhaust every little vein, every discoloration. '"e 'jetonated like a Oatllng. Then. He had not realized it qpuld be - i ne nipple to which thu hose so fearfully hot. The sun beat on Was COIllilait I....I i i . .. I . . . a . . jT oroaon in tne nis snouiuer-umues. nu luieuue ead Just outside the steam-chest, thirst tormented him. His mouth "own ...., .1.. . . I . . . . I,. .... . v uincnine, ringing ana tnroai were parcueu. Aicnougn ltasr i CU"' leavln them dn- Kn w oue' tho rth 81111 fBl1 g alone on the rubber tube, the upon htm from above. """J spurting from Its torn end. Insects hummed round, rejoicing uan. he as soon as It Is securely there the water la drained off. It Is then fright ened, and at once squirts the fluid from the bag. When It Is evhauited it is lifted out, the milk collected, and the basin is prepared ior another. Popular Science 81ftiugs. More Wasp Tlmn He Wanted. The announcement that the Hay ward's Heath Horticultural Socisty was prepared to pay a penny for every queen wasp brought to the sum mer show has caused the secretary to be Inundated with wasps from all parts of England. Some of the send ers have requested that the money they consider due them should be for warded by return of post. The sec retary, however, wishes it to be un derstood by seuders that only persons living within the radius of tho show will be paid foi their wasps. London Eveulug Standard. Unnecessarily Scared. A young man had been calling now and theu on a young lady when one night, as he sat in the parlor waiting for her to come down, her mother entered the room Instead aoid asked him in a very grave, stern way what his intentions were. He turned very red and was about to stammer some incoherent roply when suddenly the young lady called down from the head of the stairs: "Mamma, mamma, that Is not the one." Ladles' HJme Journal time or when many varieties are to be tested, Instead of duplicating the plate germlnators already described the writer found the following ger mlnator, suggested by Dr. Volney Spaulding, formerly of the Univer sity of Michigan, to be superior: A deep granite bread pnn six or eight inches wide was obtained In which was kept about one-fourth inch of : water. Cotton flannel strips of any I convenient length, two or three yards I and of the width of the pan, were I tucked crosswise at intervals of five ! Inches. Short galvanized wires I about an Inch longer than the width of the pan were Inserted through these tucks and gathered together, thus forming the cotton BtrlpB Into numerous folds or loops which were suspended in the pan above the wafer by means of the supporting wires. The endB of the strlpB being left sufficiently long to touch the water in the pan, the entire piece of cloth composing the loops, In which the seeds are placed, is kept uniformly moist. The cloth should be moistened be fore beginning the experiment and. It Is needless to add, sterilized. A definite number of seeds taken as they como from an average sample are counted put for each gerniliiAtlon. For seeds In rather small lots, as garden seeds, fifty to a hundred will answer, while for the cereals, grasses, clover and others used in exton slve cultural operations about 200 should be used and the tests dupli cated when any doubt exists about the restiits. The tests should be ex amined from day to day and the sprouted one3 removed and counted, the number being recorded on a sheet of paper. The length of time required for germination Is dependent upon sev eral factors, chief of which are mois ture, temperature, vitality and vari etal differences, six to ten days being sufficient for most kinds. When tests are made during the winter or early spring months, at which time It Is usually most convenient, the germi nation should be conducted In a mod erately warm room bo that the tem perature will not fall below fifty de grees F. at nlgbt and remain between seventy and eighty degrees K dur ing the day. In the case of uKalfa and certain other of the clover fam ily a Bmall percentage of the seeds will remain apparently sound at the close of the germination test. Allow ance is usuallly made for these, one third being counted as viable i. capable of growth. Cauliflower, cnb bage, turnip and beet seeds of poor stock I. e., run out are Just as viable as those of good stock. The only means of remedying this defect Is to use selected home grown seeds or to buy the best stock of reliable seed houses. J. J. Thornber, in. New York Witness. water and then go forth for a whole sale slaying. The solution Is not to be applied with an ordinary can. It probably would eat the can with more avidity than It eats weeds even. A spraying machine is necessary. The introduc tion of Mr. Sulphate to Mr. Weed Is performed In the tender youth of the latter, when he Is unsophisticated and about four Inches high. The pres ence ot a good, bright sun Is said to help the matter along, and If It hap pens to be in the early morning when the dew Is still on the ground, why, so much the better. The sulphate works in a slow and leisurely fash ion, and for the first day or so the Intruders continue to stand up and pretend they like It. On the second dny, however, they lose heart and am bition. They become mourning weeds, the chief mourners at their own funeral. The process has been tried en the wheatflelds at the North Dakota sta tion as well as In flax culture In Min nesota. Some remarkable results are said to have been obtained at the Cornell station at Ithaca, N. Y. Sul phate Is said also to have established Its usefulness in the oat fields of Wisconsin. Weekly Witness. Cartoon by Triggs, in the New York Press. Millions of Germs in Cracks of Dishes Millet. For best results millet should be given a rich, mellow soil, though It can be grown with varying success upon almost any soil. Being a shallow-rooted plant, and making Its growth In a comparatively short time, It Is exhaustive of the available plant food In the surface soli, and Its reputation of being "hard on tho land" has some basis In fact. Any deficiency in tho fertility of land to be seeded In millet may be supplied with stable manure or sol uble commercial fertilizers. Seeding: Millet calls for an especi ally well prepared seed bed. It should not be seeded until the boII has thoroughly warmed up and con tinued warm weather is assured. It may be seeded broadcast and covered with a harrow, or drilled with an or dinary grain drill. The latter method is usually more satisfactory, giving a more even stand and requiring somewhat less seed. When drilled solid three pecks per acre is none too much seed for the foxtail millets. It would be bet ter to use more rather than less. Thin seeding gives coarse plants which are especially undesirable in hay. When millet Is grown for seed or for silage it Is frequently drilled in rows far enough apart to permit inter tlllage. Barnyard millet Is seeded at a rate than above mentioned, usually about two pecks per acre when drilled solid. Harvesting: When wanted for hay, millet may be cut when the heads begin to appear, and so tin until It is in bloom. The quality of the hay deteriorates rapidly as the seed develops. Cutting should never be delayed until the seed begins to ripen. Ripe millet hay Is not only much less palatable and less diges tible, but tho stiff hairs or beards are a source 01 annoyance and even dan ger to the stock. Millet hay is made very much as timothy. As It Is usually of ranker growth It takes somewhat longer to cure It. It Is well to cure it In part in the swath and later leave It in the cock- for a few days. American Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, Circular 81. Or. Wiley Experiments on Cbinaware Taken From the "Quick Lnnch" Rooms and Hotels Cause ot Appendicitis Chemist Blames Unclean Condition For Many Inflammatory Diseases Urges Better Household Sanitation. I Win Bnlphate Will llcstrny Weeds. At last weeds may be eradicated without the trouble of pulling them up by hand at the expense of time and an aching back. The magical eradlcator of these pests of the gar dener and farmer Is sulphate of Iron or green vitriol. This will shrivel up the tank growths, while thu grass will thrive. The sulphate, which comes in the form of green cryslnls. Is dissolved In water for application to the per nicious weeds. A couple or pounds to the gallon Is said to be ubout the right quantity to settle the fate of the most determined lawn dandelion that grows. Wild muutard requires a stronger dose, and the farmer who goes on the warpath after this com mon destroyer Is advised to use from neventy-flve to 100 pounds of the stuff fur each fifty-two gallons of Crowing the Basket Willow. One of the most unique experi ments of the government In tree growing is the work in basket willow culture ut an experiment holt nt Ar lington, Virginia, Just across the river from Washington. The holt Is located on an experiment farm on rich Potomac bottomland on the slope of the river bank about six feet above the water level. Twenty-eight con tiguous plots ranging from one to six square rods each were planted several years ago with four varieties of approved basket willows to deter mine the best methods of manage ment and Its influence on the growth and quality of the rods produced. Experiments show that the com mercial quality of the rods grown In this country under proper care and management Is equal or superior to the finest of thoso Imported from Franca or Germany. The nianagp ment ordinarily employed by Ameri can growers does not yield rods with the proper requirements for high grade wicker work. The' very grati fying results of the management devised by the United States For est Service, which Is conducting the experiments, has awakened consid erable Interest in thiti country antl will unquestionably revolutionize the basket willow industry ia this coun try. Indiana Farmer. Disking Alfalfa Fit-Ids. Thore are many good reasons why alfalfa fields should bj thoroughly disked In the spring, and through the season. The spring disking keeps the weeds back, loosens the surface, thereby conserving moisture anil let ting the air and sunshine Into the roots of the plants, and at the same time exposeB the eggs of grasshop. pers to the action of the elements whereby many of them are de stroyed. The addition of a dresslug of barnyard manure before disking will act like a charm. Alfalfa draws nitrogen from the air, but it will not disdain to take It from any con venient source. Beside the nitrogen In manure, there Is aynmonla and potash which the plant needs In Its business. Disking the manure into the ground makes It more readily available and prevents waste. Disk ing Is to alfalfa what plowing Is tn corn. r'rQia the Farmers' Home Journal. Washington, D. C. To those who loave their offices each noon to snatch i. hasty lunch, the Government has a word of advice to offer. It Is this: Whenever a restaurateur offers you a sracked mug and a chipped, seamy plate on which food is served, flee It is you would the pestilence. In the recesses of those cracks lurk thou sands of bacteria, and they draw no distinction between the millionaire Bmployer and his $10 a week steno grapher. The Bureau of Chemistry, at the head of which Is Dr. Harvey W. Wl I ley, has Just concluded experiments I on cracked china utensils taken from the lunch rooms of Washington. The conditions they find to exist In the restaurants here are duplicated In ! Bvery big city. In New York and Chi cago, where trade at "quick lunch" i establishments is much greater, a far larger population of germs Is be j lleved to have taken up Its abode in . tho cracks and crevices of the table I ervice. The examination of the chinaware by the Government came about as a I result of a crusade being waged ! against unhealthful kitchens and lerving rooms in the District of Col umbia. With the approval of Secre tary Wilson and Dr. Wiley the Gov ernment chemists were turned loose on the trail. They discovered mill ions of germs in the cracks. Dr. Oeorge W. Stiles, bacteriologi cal chemist of the department, had charge of the tests. Several dozen cracked mugs, plates and saucers tak en at random from the counters of lunch rooms and from the cafes of hotels were examined. The result was that Dr. Stiles discovered twenty three distinct species of organisms lurking In the cracks and seams.' In the final test it was found that these organisms ranged in number from 486 to 14,580,000 to every square Inch. Nearly all of the bacteria belonged to the family of bacillus coll. The bacillus coll is blamed as tho cause of many Inflammatory diseases, among which is appendicitis. Many of the other bacilli found in the cracked chinaware nre due to un clean conditions. These may not be noticeable, and the kitchens of the lunch rooms may be clean and spot less, but the Impossibility of cleans-. Ing the utensils thoroughly when they are cracked leaves the bacilli to in crease and multiply. The presence of the breeders of disease is Just as much a menace to the girl who haB left her typewriter to snatch a substantial meal of cocoa and chocolate eclairs as it is to the man with the drooping mustache who regales himself each noon on "coffee and sinkers." The bacilli are no re spector of persons. Dr. Stiles, in discussing the result of his tests, says: "This is a question which must necessarily appeal to every responsi ble Individual who seriously considers the matter of eating clean and whole some food. When we consider the great number and variety of organ Isms studied in relation to these cracked mugs the question of house hold sanitation becomes mote Im perative than ever, and a study of the sanitary conditions in private and public life would In many Instances furnish startling results. "Many of our hotels, public res taurants and cafes are particular to see that, splendid serving rooms are provided and elaborately furnished, which from exterior appearances seem to be all that could be desired for the welfare and comfort of their guests, but let one go behind the scenes in many places and note the changed conditions. The picture may be entirely different from that ex pected. "The sanitary aspect of refrigera tors and iceboues during hot weather may develop conditions beyond hu man toleration. Why people do not take better care of these places ot storage Is diffiAtilt to say. However, it is a regrettable fact that many such places often contain highly objection able material, and If not Intended for Immediate use it often contaminates and ruins the entire contents of the icebox. "In concluding it seems highly de sirable to ellmlnatetheuse of cracked dishes for the reception of food mate rials, and to make an appeal for a more careful observance of the known hygienic measures to protect our food from unnecessary and un desirable contamination." Dr. Pasquale Grlllo takes sharp is sue with Dr. Wiley. "Of course there are germs in cracked china," he said, "as there are In everything else In the universe. And it may be that some of these are bad instead of good. The proportion of bad gerniB to good ones is as 6 to 1.000,000,000. The bad germ may kill you; the good oues may be eaten by the spoonful without harmful results. A healthy person will eat many billions a day, or at a single meal, without getting so much as a suggestion of the stomach ache." Sensational Murders of a Mot Summer; Their Motives July 21 Andrew Bergen Cropsey, of Bath Beach, Brooklyn, shot and kllhd his wife at No. 1749 Eighty-fourth street; rage. July 19 Mrs. Ottiliee Kberhard killed, her daughter wounded at Coalburg, N. J.; Gustavus Eberhard, of New York, strongly suspected, still at large; robbery, July 15 The Rev. G. B. D. Prlckett, former Recorder at Metuchen, N. J., shot and killed by Archibald llerron, whom he had sentenced to Jail; revenge. July 12 Hazel Drew murdered, body thrown in a pond near Troy, N. Y.; Jealousy, supposedly. June 29 Dr. N. H. Wilson, of Philadelphia, poison sent to'hlm In a bottle of ale; revenge. June 21 John Klevenz, sexton of the Church of tho Most Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, shot wife, killed self; insurance. June 16 John K. Blackmeyer. out of a Job. killed his mother-in-law and shot his wife at No. 144 West One Hundred and Forty-fourth street; despair. June 8 Brooding over her husband's attack on their neighbor's lit tle daughter Mrs. Lena Winnett. of Stapleton, killed her baby and her self; humiliation. June 7 Surah Koten shot and killed Dr. Martin W. Auspitz, No. 157 East Ninety-third street; revenge. June 5 Frederick Rosatage, No. 181 Union avenue, Brooklyn, shot wife, killed himself; quarrel. 9300,000 in Gold for Leopold From Private Kxiate in Ugnnda. London, England. A dispatch to the London Dally Mull from Entebbe, Uganda, states that two shipments of gold, valued at $300,000, have passed through Entebbe from the Kilo mines, in King Leopold's rrivate do main in the Congo Independent Stato, from which foreigners are rigorously excluded. It is surmised that territory cov ering more than a hundred miles In itttri province is enormously rich in gold. About Nntctl People. Senator Piatt, who is sevtnty-five years old, said he thought he might live to be ninety. Baron Schllppenbaoh, Russian Con sul at Chicago, returned to New York City, to become imperial Consul-General at that port. Profeuor Fi-sderlc Louis Otto Roehrlg. Orientalise, philologist, du cator and composer, died at Pasadsua. Cal., aged eighty-uius years. Governor Kuchtel has killed horse racing In Colorado. He bas an nounced that the races can be run, but there must be no betting. l)oj;s to Guard Luxembourg Museum in Paris. Paris, Man's best friend, the dog, has been found a new occupation la Paris, that of museum keeper, M. Dujardln Beaumetz, Secretary of the Fine Arts, has decided to en roll in that body fox terriers for the new Luxembourg Museum. They will act as atitlllarles to the human guar dians, simply being used by night to give an alarm when necessary. The careful recruiting of the new canine functional i.-a has already commenced. Among t in Workers. Kalamazoo, Mich., has thirty tabor organization. Aberdeen (S. D.) musicians have lately been organised. Stationary nnemen recently organ ized a new union at Tacoma, Wash. The Fall River (Maa.) Splnuera' Union has reached its tltUeth birth day. In Italy the membership of trade unions uec.eassa from i:4Q. CSV la 1!)0: to 204,371 In 1007. Gfirmauy has altogether .thlrlj--thute labor colonies where Ui uupu ployed can obtain work as a right.
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