XICE OLD GENTLE MAH.
' r Klii mt Saaaar la laterrale la
Military Affairs, ISlltlr. aa
taa Flae Art.
' Th new king', full name U Freder
ick August lieurge L mi wig- Wilhtlm
Maximilian Karl Maria Xepomuk U
tlst Xaxier C.vriukus Romanui. He
ysut born at 1'illuitz, August 8, 132, and
ia four years younger than the late
King Albert, who was his brother. He
VeceiveU a thorough military training
nd graduated at the Ilonn university.
In the tii1 mum war he commanded
til Second Saxony infantry division.
Aa coinmumler of t lie Firt Saxon ii
vulon he tlistinguishttl himself In the
war of 1870-71. When Albert became
KING GKOHGE OF SAXONY,
(ropulur In Military. Art ar.il KMutiHlor.nl
circle.)
king, Prince (leurge win mnle com
mander in chief, and in lSfch lie wus t
pointed a l'ru'nm field niurshul by
Emperor Williimi II. lie wn. married
on May 11, ls.VJ, to Infanta Jlaria of
Tortugal. She died in 1SS4. Six chil
dren were horn to thrm.
King George has taken an active in
terest in the polities of his country,
nnd, has filled many Important govern
ment posts', figuring proininetitly in
the tax reform laws. "o important
changes are expected to follow hi
Hi ("cession.
The new king of Saxonr is known for
hi military tuatcs ami considerate
treatment of private soldiers. He
tternly put down the mistreatment of
toldleri by ollicers and severely pun
ished petty brutalities on the part of
subalterns, and noncommisbione(i offi
cers. His secret decree on the subject,
in If 01, attracted great nt tent ion when
.the Vorwaerts divulged it. The king
is a capable musician, plays tJie piano
has good taste ami technical finish,
ami often gives musical parties at his
house, where he and his daughter,
rrincess Mathilde, play duets. King
George lias attended chamber music
concerts assiduously, nnd Is the patron
of many musical undertakings.
THE ADMIRAL CHUCKLED.
Head of Unrran of Vavliratlan Hs4
u Ainuilns Errlenc. with m
Fresh Interviewed.
Deservedly or otherwise Admiral!
Crowninshicld has the reputation of
being grim ami unpleasant in his
nearing toward newspaper men. One
day a correspondent, i newcomer in
"Washington, called upon Secretary
Long at the navy department in order
to obtain from that ofliciak whom he
knew personally, an introduction to
Crow ninshield, then head of the bu
reau of navigation. Long was out but
Crowninshicld sat beside his chief's
lk awaiting the secretary's return.
The correspondent mistook the bureau
ADMIRAL C K O W N I N S H I K I. D.
(At Pnsent In t'iinmanl of the Kuropran
Naval Station.)
chief for n private secretary and, ac
cording to a couirihutcr to the Satur
day Evening Post, addressed him thti.:
"Is the grim destroyer in his con
jiing tower?"
"Tlie which in his what ?" nsked the
admiral.
"The devourer of hapless literary
wights Crow ninshield is he in his
office?"
"Not at present." resp nded the ad
miral, Mnilingly. "What did you wish
to tee him ulx'Ut ?"
"Wanted n iietnre of his tremen
dous highness fur publication in
the M
"I can tell you who his photographer
is," chuckled the admiral, courteously
writing down an nddrc. "but I hap
pen to know that Crow ninshield hasn't
any prints of himself on hand just at
present, the " pular clamor for his
particular sUV of heaut having -Lausted
the supply."
SnliMn f lose! on I'nyiliiy,
Taveri.s in Sweden are closed on Snt-
is pay day. while the
savii tin bar U
;ire lev! otn-n until
ini inight. J tns plan inncices the wnrk-Tin-n
to invest their money where it
will pay them interest, instead of in
alcoholic Mimnl.mts.
Willi lluek'a swift Kliicbf.
A wild duck can fly at a speed of BO
miles an hour.
CKAUbfcRRV FLOWERS.
Btaatlrs mt Baa; with
Which Bat Pew mt I. A.ra
ruHlltar.
One of the daintiest of wild flowers
of June in the IiIormoiu of that time
honored concomitant of roatt turkey,
the crunlierry. While, however, er-
erylxMly knows the berry, few are ac
quainted with the flower, for the peat
togn where it blown in the choice fel
lowship of the stately pitcher plant
una the golden club, and of many
rare orchid, are quite remote from
the beaten paths of travel, Fays Coun
try Life in America.
The cranberry plaJit la a mnnll,
slender, somewhat trailing shrub,
with the neatest of evergreen leaves,
from amid which a lew threadlike
stalks lift their nodding flowers.
When fully expanded the pink lobes
of each corolla are curled back like a
lily's, and from the heart of them
the compressed stamens protrude in
the shape of a spear-point or heak.
The imaginative may see in this long
beaked little bhissom a resemblance
to a tiny crane's head, whence some
hard-pressed etymologist has thought
to derive the word cranberry that
Is. crane-berry.
Those who like to make a plnce on
the home table for oddities and rari
ties of the plant world may well in
clude in their list for June a few
sprays of the cranlerry vine in
bloom the unfamiliar, alert blos
soms, looking brightly out from their
green bower, being sure to delight all
flower-loving visitors.
TOOK DOWN THE WALL.
Dram-Maker Made a linns That Was
Ton lllu iirt Tbroagh
tlie Dtor,
It was in the days when big bass
drums were in vogue, nnd the bigger
they could be made the more they
were appreciated, says the Baltimore
Sun. It was a common thing then
to see a great bass drum moving
along behind the band, apparently on
a pnir of little legs, vigorously pound
ed by little arms and completely hid
ing the man. There was great ri
valry among the hands to have the
largest drum, and the makers would
stretch the skin to the fullest extent
to make it cover the barrel of the
largest circumference.
One ambitious drum maker, deter
mined to outdo all previous perform
ances, got his material together in a
back room of his little one-eye house
on n narrow street and built his
drum. It whr the largest, certainly,
that had ever been constructed, and
its tone wns as deep nnd sonorous as
a cathedral gong. There it stood, the
pride of East Baltimore ami a monu
ment to the fame of tha engineer
who constructed it. Hut, unfortu
nately, the engineer had failed to
tnke measurements of the door and
window. The small room was nearly
filled with the immensity of the prod
uct of his laborious zeal in a good
caus. Hut it wns of no earthly use
there, nnd to land it on solid earth
the maker was finally obliged to re
move part of the wall, and the cost
of this ("nesnrenn operation greatly
reduced the profits of the production.
NICKNAMES OUT OF STYLES.
It Is Sow C'nnnfril Almost a Crime fo
( nil Kven nn Intimate
Friend Uy On.
The present fashion of using the full
Christian names of persons young or
old. when addressing them, instead of
a nickname, as used to he the rule, is
a more sensible thing to do than fash
ion usually prescribes, but why it
should be cotinted a crime for an inti
mate friend, in a moment of forget
fulness, to revert to the old nickname,
it is hard to understand.
To call her child "Bessie" as once
she was called, rouses the ire of the
parent of "Kliabeth." "Anne" brings
you tip with a frown and a sharp re
minder should you call her "Annie,"
though you may never, in her ease,
have learned of the change from the
old style. "Will," as a rule, doesn't
care a fig himself what you call him.
but le quite sure his mother does, and
will say to you reprovingly: "William,
if you please," if you chance to call
him "Willie." Two persons who had
been close friends had a quarrel which
parted them for life over one's per
sistence in calling the child of the
other "Hate," instead of "Gladys,"
which was her name.
Pumas Horn In Martlnlqne.
Something in the soil or climate of
Martinique has in the past operated
to produce great people. In addition
to its having been the birthplace of
Kmpress Josephine, it also produced
the greatest of modern novelists, Al
exandre Dumas, pere. Dumas was
the son of a retired French officer lir
a mulatto. He left Martinique early
in life and spent the balance of his
days in Paris, for the reason that,
owing to nu e prejudice, there was no
chanec for him to rise in the world
or to become famous in the literary
profession in America or the Ameri
can islands.
llml n Full Moon.
The month of February, issfi, was in
erne respect, the most remarkable in
the world's history. It had no full
moon. January had two full moons,
and so had March, but February hod
none. lo you realize what n rare
thing in nature it was? It had not
ocrnrrcd since the creation of the
world, and it will not occur again, ac
?ording to the computation of astron
omers, for 2. ."on. Win years.
The. Work of Munnt Pele.
Sea soundings near Martinique show
that in some places where there ,wai
formerly a depth of 200 meter the
depth is now in exceki of 1,200.
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INDIANA SCARECROW.
It Flashes Drsma mt Light Over a
Field to'Frlshtea Crratarra
Heat oa Depredatlaa,
In designing the light-throwing ap
paratus hown in the accompanying
cut Alexander C. Davis, of Lafayette,
Ind., seeks to provide an inexpensive
animated scarecrow, adapted to be
operated by the wind, to flash beams of
sunlight or lamplight over a field to
frighten away any bird or animal bent
on depredation. The device can be
mounted on a post at any convenient
place nnd serves to frighten hawks,
crows and other birds in the daytime
and owls and rodents at night. It con
sists of a fixed frame of any desired
MCHANICAL SCARECROW.
thopt', open on two sides for th free
passage of the wind, with a lamp in
each end of the frame for night use
and a central revolving wheel which
carries a number of mirrors to reflect
the light acrotss the field it is desired
to protect. The flanges on the blades
are pimped to catch the wind on one
side only, and even a slight air current
will set the wheel in motion. Any or
dinary lamps or lanterns may be used,
those shown being partially protected
by metallic hoods, which also serve aa
reflectors, with openings only on the
sides towards the mirrors. When this
scarecrow is in use at night it throws
streams of light round and round the
field, while in the daytime sudden
flashes of light from the sun serve the
same purpose. Louisville Courier-
Journal.
CORN FOR THE SILO.
When th Ears Are Just Thinking
About CilaalnK Then Is the Proper
, Time to Cat Them.
My time for cutting the corn for the
silo is as near Jfs may be when the
ears are just thinking about glazing.
When it is too old for me to eat, it is
old enough for my silo. I do not in
tend to run counter to the scientific
fellows by saying lam not robbing my
silage of dry properties it might have
acquired if I had not interfered, but
I have imprisoned for my cows the
sweet juices and flavors bo much rel
ished in the mangers, writea a Penn
sylvanian to the National Stockman.
If the corn lacks moisture in the lat
ter part of its season, the. lower bladea
will dry and drop before the harden
ing process i operative at the ears.
Then that corn should be cut, for
what it may gain in dry matter above
it is losing in dry matter below. If
one has a small silo nnd n few acres,
and the. filling is a small matter of two
or three days, then he can bide his
time and cut when everything appears
to be just right. We have 16 acres
growing for the silos, and ns. we like
to fill slowly, our cutting will extend
over a period of possibly three weeks.
By filling slowly we consider w get
about. 20 per cent, more in our silos
than by simply filling them and pass
ing on. Silage does not begin to do Its
business settling for alxmt a week,
and it is our rule to cut quite rapidly
for two or three days, then proceed
more slowly by stopping a day and cut
ting a day alternately. We use low
wagons nnd a corn harvester some
times, lnit when an acre turns off 20
tons or more the harvester we hove
doesn't succeed in getting it in very
far. We have a man in the silo and in
struct, him to keep the out sides some
what higher than the center. This
man is supposed, as Bob Seeds would
Fay, to "keep a-goin', keep n-goinV
liar from a Distance.
Those who endeavor to improve
their flocks of poultry by selectingthe
most prolific hens from which the
young stock will be produced next year
make no mistake, but there is much
carelessness on the part of some in
the selection of mules. Neighboring
farmers frequently exchange egg, in
order to add new blood to their flocks,
but they fail to notice that by such
practice, continued (luring several
years, there is no out cross made.
Kvery farmer who desires to improve
his flocks should send to some distant
breeder, either for fowls or eggs, and
nim to secure pure-bred stock of some
kind. This should be done every year.
The result will be fewer cases of dis
eases, more prolific hens and better
qnality of poultry for market. Frairiflf
Farmer.
Value of Salt for Sheep.
The value of calt for sheep ia shown
by nn experiment in France, where
three lots of animals were fed on hay,
straw, potatoes and beans for 124
days. One lot had no salt, one had
half an ounce of salt each day, and the
other had three-fourth of an ounce.
Those that had half an ounce gained
four and a half pounds each more than
those which had no salt, and one and
one-quarter pounds more than those
which had more than half an ounce.
The sol ted sheep clipped one and three
quarters pounds more of wool and a
better fleece than those that had no
salt, showing better results ia the
wool.
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II a f-titta m A
KILLED THIRTY-ONEJ
Many Startling Crimes Committed
by Jane Toppan.
Astasia I st err d Morphine ,aad Atra
lar ta llrr Victims Passloa ta
slay aad llara Drvcloaed
lu Childhood.
Not since the days of Lucretia Bor
gia and the other subtle poisoners
of the middle ages has there been
a known equal to Miss Jane Toppan,
who has been locked up in the Taun
ton, Mass., insane asylum for! poison
ing Mrs. Mary D. Uibbs at Cataumet,
Mass., last August. By her own con
fession the nurse has killed 31 sick peo
ple who were under lu r cn re during the
past ten years. Some khe murdered
by giving morphine and atrophine, and
others with poisons she cannot re
member, and when not gratifying her
passion by killing people s,hc set fire
in the houses where she wait a guest,
or was employed in a professional
capacity.
When Judge ltixby. Miss Toppan's
senior counsel, firt visited her she
told himher dreadful story without
eliminating the revolting details, and
named 31 people whom she had killed
by administering poison. She seemed
to gloat over her success in hiding
from the physicians the true causes
of death in these instances, nnd then
she wanted to know of the lawver how-
she could be insane when she knew
she was doing wrong every time she
killed any one.
Misa Toppan began her revelation to
Judge Bixby by admitting at once that
she had poisoned Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Gor
don and Alden 1'. Davis, just as tlio
three indictments against her charged.
Doses of morphine and atropine were
used, she said.
Then she told how Mrs. Davis had
called upon her at Cambridge last
June to collect a note. She said that
she was seized with n paroxysm to
kill, a recurrence of the oft-repeated
influence. In this state she gave mor-
JANE TOPPAN.
(HasraChupetti Nurse Who Poisoned SI
of lltr Patients.)
phine to Mrs. Davis. The old woman
partially recovered, but before she was
well enough to leave for her home at
Cataumet Miss Toppan was incited to
try again, and this time death followed
the Injection of diluted morphine ami
atropine.
First she spoke of recent enses, those
of whose deaths Judge liixliy had reail
in the newspapers. These were the
deaths of Mrs. A. (). Iirigliain, daughter
of Mrs. Toppan, the woman who had
taken her from an insane asylum; Miss
Florence X. Calkins, the housekeeper;
Mrs. Edna H. ltannisteis sister of Mrs.
Itrigham; Miss Myra Connors, of the
Episcopal theological school at. Cam
bridge, the woman who hud given her
employment nt the institution hospi
tal und who hud giver her a sum liter's
outing at the marine biological station
at Wood's Hole, and Mrs. McNear. of
Watertown, who had hcfjhendod Miss
Toppan in many ways.
She went back over the preceding
years and mentioned the names of
the others whose lives had been put
in her professional keeping by doctors,
but which trust she had violated.
The lawyer said: "Miss Toppan,
you must be insane."
"Insane?" she repeated. "How can
I be insane? When I killed those peo
ple I knew that 1 was doing wrong. I
was perfectly conscious that what 1
was doing was not right. I never, at
any time, failed to realize whut I was
doing.
"Now, how can a person be insane
who realizes what she is doing, and
who is conscious of the fact 1hut she
is not doing right? Insanity is com
plete lack of any feeling of responsibil
ity, isn't it?"
"Yes," said the lawyer, "that is so.
But you have no remorse, have you?"
"No," declared the nurse. "I hove
absolutely no remorse. I have never
felt sorry for what I have done. Kven
when I poisoned my dearest friends,
as the Daviscs were, I did not feel any
regret afterward. I do not feel nny
remorse now. I have thought it nil
over, and I cannot detect the slightest
bit of sorrow over what I have done."
Upon successive visits of her counsel
Visa Toppnn added details to the nar
rative of crime. She supplied no ad
ditional names.
WromlnK's Vanishing- Town.
In a short time the town of Car
bon, Wyo., once a lively little city of
nearly 2,000 population, will disap
pear from the map. Its days of
prosperity lire over. The 1'nion Pa
cific railroad which owned the land
and operated the coal mines there,
the sole subsistence of the town, hag
declared the mines exhnubted. The
railroad trucks will be moved nnd
Carbon will remnin six inilea from
the main line of the road, a deserted
.Tillage in a desolate country beside
a lot of abandoned holes.
USING THE SMOKER.
faMs Its Praper Maalaalatlaa Da
Bada the Proatahlrarsa mt the
ea aad Hives.
No one should be without a bee
amoker, even if they have but one col
ony of bees. Good manipulation of the
bee and hivea depends upon a smoker.
The smoker in your hands whvn work
ing with the bees always makes you
the master, while without it the bees
are usually boss. The smoker is the
beginner's sure guide to success, if he
acquaints himself with the proper use
of it. There are many different styles
and makes of bee-smokers, but they all
answer the purpose very well. A smok
er will cost all the way from SO cents
to $1.50, but the cheapest will let you
out of many a difficulty with the bees.
Fuel to be used in smokers mav con
sist of cotton rags, shavings, but de
cayed wood that is well dried Is per
haps the best.
The beginner is ant to use the smok
er too severely at first, nnd finally ex
perience will teach him to use it spor
ingly. It is not Only useless to smoke
Dees too much, bnt it is damaging to
their beat welfare at any time. Oc
casionally we find a very vindictive
colony that requires severe smoking,
but this is exceptional, nnd not the
rule by any means. It is best to try at
first to handle the colony without
smoke at all, but if they resist use but
little smoke at first, and in most cases
a very small amount will answer much
better than severe smoking. I have
seen colonies driven into a fighting
mood just because they had received
too much chastising in the way of se
Tere smoking. There are seasons of
theyear that bees are more gentle than
at other times, and while they will al
low themselves to he handled without
making any resistance at nil during
the season they ore gathering honey
at other times they will promptly re
bel. After the close of the honey season
they Wcome very irritable and usu
ally smoke must be used to put them
in condition for handling. It is best to
molest them as little as possible after
this time, other than see that each col
ony is in proper condition, nnd all hare
queens. A. II. Duff, in Farm. Field and
Fireside.
SETTING BROKEN LEGS..
A Ponllry Operation Mhleh jirenii
Delicate, lint In Renll- Kasy
to Perform.
A broken leg of a fine young pure
bred pullet was mended by winding
carefully with surgeon's plaster, which
EETTING A BltOKEN LEO.
can be bought for a few cents per roll
at the drug store. It is not the same
as court plaster. Wind closely, the
courses overlapoinir. but not so tichtlv
as to stop circulation. The bird was
turned loose at once and received no
further care, hut the leg seems as
good as ever after four or five weeks.
1). II. Bunnell, in Farm and Home.
AMnrnee,
"Is her husband so very rich?"
"Kich? Why, -lie can even afford to
economize on her clothes!" Brook
lyn Life.
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