AIRSHIP TRIP
TR NORTH PILE.
Features of Walter Wellman's
Latest Attempt In His Dirigible.
PROVISIONS TAKEN FOR A YEAR
Explorer Expected to Wake the Trip
In Four or Five Days if Successful.
Food For the Expedition Is Carried
In Special Guide Ropes.
For several years Walter Wellman,
a Chicago newspaper man and maga
zine writer wtio recently left Spits
bergen. Norway, in his dirigible bal
loon bound for the north pole, has
been working to carry out his belief
that the north poie can be discovered
In an airship. He has made two
expeditions by sledge and boat into
the polar regions and is well acquaint
ed with conditions there. llis airsnip
theory grew out of his experience and
his study of the progress of aero
nautics. After two years of prepara
tion his dirigible balloon, the America,
first ascended from Dane's island.
Spitzbergen, on Sept. 2, 11)07, carrying
Mr. Wellman and two assistants, to
make a dash for the pole. A furious
storm made progress impossible, and
the party descended safely on a gla
cier.
His First Hunt For the Pole.
The initial expedition of Mr. Well
man in quest of the pole was made in
1594 by sledge and boat "urn Spitz
bergen. He reached latitude 81 de
grees. His second trip was made by
the same means in IS9S-9, when he
penetrated to latitude 82 degrees north.
Then Mr. Wellman turned his atten
tion to the airship problem. M. Louis
Godard. a French expert, was given
an order to construct the largest and
strongest dirigible balloon in existence.
With the exception of the Zeppelin
craft, no airship of the balloon type
has ever been constructed so large a*
the America.
Shiped northward from France in
the early summer of 1900, the Amer
lea reached Spitzbergen early in July.
It was found to have so many defects
that it was sent back to M. Godard's
shops to be reconstructed. In the fol
lowing summer it again reached Dane's
island.
Gales and the work of perfecting the
details of the airship delayed Mr. Well
man until Sept. 2, when the ascent
was made. Owing to the lateness of
the season no other attempt was pos
sible in 1907. The America has since
been in storage. The inflating of it
Vegan on July 31.
Escaped Disaster Three Times.
In September, 1907, the storm bore
the airship three times toward the
mountains, but each time the Amer
ica, by means of its motor power, was
able to make a circle and escape im
pending disaster. Finally Mr. Well
man concluded it was useless to con
tinue so hazardous a journey, and a
descent was effected on a glacier half
a mile from the sea. The airship had
been in the air three hours and a quar
ter, and its motor machinery never
stopped until the order was given to
stop it. Mr. Wellman's companions at
that time were Melvin Vanlman of
Paris, who was chief engineer of the
America, and Felix Blesenberg of Chi
cago, who was navigator.
Mr. Wellman left New York on May
12 of this year for Spitzbergen. where
be has been engaged in completing his
preparations for the start he is now
said to have made a few days ago.
He estimates that under favorable
conditions the pole can be reached
from Spitzbergen in from two to five
days.
Mr. Wellman estimated that his air
ship America would hold 220,000 cubic
feet of gas. capable of lifting 20,000
pounds and retaining its buoyancy for
thirty days. His ship and equipment
weigh 7,000 pounds and his cargo ap
proximately 8.000.
Wellman's Companions.
He has with him Melvin Vanimau, a
young American, who is his right hand
man and has figured much in con
tinental theoretical aeronautics the
past year, and a third person whose
name is not known in New York.
The explorer had planned to carry
5,500 pounds of gasoline, food and
other supplies, enough to last a year;
a complete sledding outfit, a large life
boat and wireless telegraph apparatus.
The steel car is 115 feet long, 8 feet
high, 3 feet wide and shaped like a
V. Its keel is a tank containing 1,115
gallons of gasoline. The ninety horse
power motor drives two twin screw
propellers made of steel, eleven and
one-half feet In diameter.
The car is divided into fourteen sec
tions of eight feet each. One holds
the navigating deck, another the motor
and machinery, and the third is where
the crew sleeps and eats. Food is
carried in specially constructed guide
ropes. The hums, bacon, butter and
bread stuffed into long leather tubes,
six Inches thick, serve the purpose of
keeping the craft within reasonable
distance of the ground.
The airship Is made of several thick
nesses of fabric, two of cotton and one
of siik. which gives the greatest pos
sible strength to the envelope in pro
portion to lightness.
Mr. Wellman's attempt recalls the
Andre expedition of twelve years ago.
Andre built a huge spherical balloon,
which he expected to steer with a sail
and drag ropes. He never returned,
and it is believed that he was killed
by Eskimos.
The First Roosevelt Hunt Trophy. I
The Smithsonian institution recently
issued a careful description of the first
specimen from the Roosevelt expedi
tion in Africa, which has been pre
pared for mounting. The specimen Is
a new species of rat and has been
named by J. A. Loring "Georyehus
kapiti." The description issued by the
institution is written by Edward Hel
ler, a member of the expedition. This
new rat has prominent front teeth and
is evidently a destructive animal. The
expedition captured eight of this kind,
all of them being of a drab gray colot
and almost identical in the peculiari
ties which distinguish the species.
THE THING THAT
WAS BEST,
They Concluded It Was Above
Even Music or Painting.
By VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ.
ICopyrtsht, 1909, by Associated Literary
Press.]
He had not come to the little seaside
place for idleness, although it was
true, because he was tired and over
worked, he had come for rest and re
cuperation. He had brought with him
canvas and colors, and by permission
of his landlady he was allowed to im
provise a tiny studio In a building out
side the boarding house.
She, too, because she was uervous
and restless, had come for change and
quiet. Like him, also, because she
loved her art, the summer could not
be enjoyed to the exclusion of that art.
Ilers was music. She had an exquisite
voice and was studying for the oper
atic stage. The landlady considered
them both an addition to her little sea
side place.
To be a really great painter was the
man's highest aim. To be a siuger. in
the same sense, was hers. And there
was one other point of similarity—for
»he furtherance of their respective
arts love and marriage had been quite
laid by.
On the veranda of the cottage the
ladies who knitted and embroidered
called him hard names because lie
chose rather to lie alone in toe boat or
strolling on the sands or cooped up In
his six foot studio thau to mingle with
them. But this was before ;he came.
The night that she arrived lie did an
unusual thing. lie took a rocker on
the veranda, and he keep It in the
shade of the vines, whence he could
see her face. Often, after that, he
watched her furtively as he heard het
SIIE TORE OFF A STBIP OF HER PETTICOAT
TO BIND IT.
practicing. Vet ho evinced no interest
in her voice.
His emission and his commission
both were observed by her, and both
were resented. If she was beautiful
at all, she thought, she was a musi
cian first and a beauty afterward. It
gave her no pleasure to be admired for
her appearance by one who had no
appreciation of the music.
One day one of the ladies who knit
ted told her that Max Burgess had
paid her a compliment.
"Yes?" asked Judith, with a delicate
uplifting of her eyebrows. But it was
with difficulty that she concealed her
expectation.
The woman clicked her needle sev
eral times. "He said he would love
to paint you as you looked when you
sang." was her answer.
"Thanks!" returned Judith, flushing
crimson and raising her dainty chin in
the air. "I do not aspire to be an
artist's model."
The next morning at breakfast Mr
Burgess inquired if she would care to
como to his studio and look at some
canvases. Now, if Max Burgess took
little interest in her art, she, in turn,
took as little In his. She knew nothing
of pictures. Nevertheless she went.
"You say nothing," he observed, with
a strange, slow smile after she had
made a survey of his work.
"I don't know good pictures from
bnd," answered she. "To me. person
ally, they are equally unappealing."
"Not seriously?" The smile had dis
appeared.
"Oh, seriously. You see." with n
provokingly exquisite gesture of her
slender hand, "it's much the same as
your indifference to music. Fancy
your liking music, for example, simply
for its visible effect on a singer's face!"
She was rapidly growlne indignant.
tie reit tne justness or ner renuke
but the artist iu him was awake.
"Ah. it is as a singer that I wish to
paint you!" he cried. "You know, poo
pie forgive artists for personalities
The other day. when you were sirr
ing that thing that made your coin*-
ploy and your eyes gleam, i veritably
tingled for my brushes. Would yoi
-perhaps— some time"—
"Decidedly not," answered she "I
could not dream of so degrading nr.
art. You would like me to sing, to lc*
my soul utter itself in my voice—so
that you might get the effect on can
vas!" There was no mistaking the
ringing scorn in her voice.
"Indeed. I am very sorry if 1 have
offended you." said he.
After lie bnd seen her to the house
he came back into the studio. One
after another, slowly and discontent
edly. he examined bis pictures. One
after another he laid them down with
a sense of disappointment and unde
fined longing.
"I wonder?" he questioned vaguely,
going to the window and looking
toward the sea. "1 wonder"—
But the sea rolled on and on, under
the expanse of enigmatical sky, nnd
gave him no answer.
One day, some weeks later, Judil*..
was on the solitary little pier when
Max Burgess came for his boat That
morning she bad happened to hear
him speaking to a servant. He was
giving some orders about the packing
of his effects. And now, as she stood
on the hot sands, a reckless impulse
came to her.
"Why are you leaving?" said she.
"My work here doesn't get on very
well. I'm falling back, somehow."
Ills eyes were on the horizon.
"Would you still care about painting
I tne?"
"Would 1 care?" His eyes were no
longer on the horizon. It must have
been that which made the blood fly to
! her cheeks.
I "Well," said she, "if you ask me to
row out with you In your boat we
| might talk it over."
: So they rowed out presently
they were far. far frJin shore. He
I must have been looking at her hands
| instead of the land, or he would have
seen that they were getting into a
very heavy sea; that each moment the
skies were growing darker. Spray
wet Judith's dark hair and gleamed
there Just for an appreciable fraction
of a second like milky agates In the
bed of a black stream.
"Isn't It glorious?" cried she, with
sudden joy.
His eyes questioned her keenly. She
challenged, and then he understood.
With au effort he brought the boat
around and pulled for safety. Ills
thin Jersey showed the lines of his
strong, supple body. The muscles of his
' arms and chest rose superbly. Judith
I watched him. fascinated. Then the
j rotten oar cracked.
I She tore off a strip of her petticoat to
| bind it and make it strong enough
j for work.
He put an oilskin about her. Her
i hair brushed his face. He kissed it
[ furtively, but she detected him. Wil
] fully she drew a damp curl forth from
S under the edge of the oilskin where he
i had tucked it—and then she laughed
I at the look in his eyes.
"Attend to the boat!" cried she. And
the oilskin was new—rich yellow; the
' hood was scarlet lined, her hair was
like midnight, and her face was a
flower. Yet he, the artist, the lover
I of color, must needs attend to the
; boat!
When they were safe at last, when
he was helping her ashore, he looked
at her with a protecting tenderness she
] had never Imagined him capable of.
"Ah," cried she, "if only you cared
i for my art!" She looked on at him.
| Ills hand masterfully sought hers.
; then:
\ "But there's something better, sweet
j heart—there's something better than
: even music or painting, nave we
found it, do you think?"
"I think," she admitted, reflectively
I and demurely, while a smile was run
ning riot over her piquant face— "l
think we've found the thing that is
best."
Tho Sort of Table He Wanted.
The following conversation was over
heard between a joiner and his cus
-1 tomer a short time ago:
Joiner—Please, sir, I've brought the
table you ordered me to make.
Customer—Well, put It down here,
my man, and let's see what sort of
job you've made of it.
The uian set it down in the middle
of the room, and the customer exam
ined it with the air of a critic.
Customer—Why, my man, there Is
here a crack filled up with putty.
Joiner—Yes, sir. Well, sir, I know
! about that, but it won't be noticed
! when it sets hard.
: Customer (coming across some more
! putty)— But here's some more, my
1 man. What is the meaning of this?
Joiner—Well, sir, you see, a little bit
of wood chipped off the corner, and 1
\ just put a little putty there to fill up.
j It won't do no harm, sir, when it's set
j hard.
Customer (finding some more putty
[ patches)— Look here, tny man, this
| won't do. Why. here's a big lump
| right in the middle of this leg. What
can you say about that?
Joiner (scratching his head and try
lng hard to find some excuse by which
to retrieve his honor)— Well, sir, that's
| no harm whatever, and the putty when
! it sets hard will be firmer and harder
than the wood. So, you see, it will be
all the better if you wait a bit, sir.
Customer (sarcastically)— Here, my
good man, just take this table home
and bring me one made of putty alto
gether. I want a good strong one, ami
you can fill up the cracks with wood.
| London Tit-Bits.
They Were Shady.
Bung—So you have succeeded in trac
ing back my ancestors? What is your
fee? Genealogist—Twenty guineas for
keeping quiet about them.—Cassell's
Saturday Journal.
A Gun Must be Shot
Every Minute
One of our mammoth guns must Unbroken grains, puffed to eight
be shot every minute to supply the call times natural size —made four times
for Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice. as porous as bread.
For, last month, these foods were r'r.,,v,c „.:,u u i
, , ' , Orains with every starch granule
served tor seventeen million meals. .1, r »• • •
exploded, so the digestive juices act
We ask you tomorrow to surprise instantly.
your folks, and have one of them / , ,
served on your table. toods that arc good—and good for
you. Foods that the children like.
W hen you see these crisp, gigantic You are missing more than you
grains, you'll not wonder that people know while you cling to foods not
like them. nearly so enticing as these.
Puffed Wheat—loc Puffed Rice—lsc
\
These arc the foods invented by Prof. An- Then the puns are unsealed, and the steam
derson, and this is his curious process: explodes. Instantly every starch granule is
Tt,„ 11 . . . , , blasted into a myriad particles.
ilie whole wheat or rice kernels are put into
sealed guns. 1 lien the guns are revolved for . lc kernels grain arc expanded eight
sixtv minutes in a heat of 550 degrees times. Yet the coats arc unbroken, the shapes
arc unaltered. We have simply the magnified
That fierce heat turns the moisture in the grain,
grain to steam, and the pressure becomes tre- One package will tell you why people de-
H,cndous - light, in them. Order it now.
Made only by The Quaker Oats Company
HARD NAMES.
! COIN In Scotland That Aroused A
Lady From Schenectady.
i Few Americans have trouble In pro
j Bouncing the name "Schenectady," al
j though the spelling of it is not always
!BO easy. In "Talks In a Library"
| Lawrence Button tells of an old Scotch
I laird whose guest one summer was a
young lady named Miss Cunningham,
! who came from Schenectady. "Skin- j
J ney-taddy" and "Skonk-ter-addy" were I
i as near to it as the laird usually came.
In his eyes the orthographic and or
| thoepie beam of his own titles and ap
pellations was entirely eclipsed by the
marvelous mote known as Schenec
i tady. and he never realized that the
i inhabitants of the counties of Scho
harie, Cattaraugus and Chemung in
the state of New York might safely
bite their thumbs at the residents of
i the shire of Fife in the kingdom of
| Scotland tintil his eyes were opened
1 somewhat rudely and his sight was in
x way restored.
"Uncle John," I said to him suddenly
one evening when he was in convul
sions over Schenectady—"Uncle John,
what is the name of your place?"
"BalduthoV
I"And of your parish?"
I "Aroner.iuch."
| "Ard of your post office?"
I "Pittenweem."
, "And of your railway station?"
| "Klllconguhar."
"And still. Uncle John." I continued,
| "you. as laird of Balduthy (the vernac
ular form), elder of the kirk of Arron
craw, receiving your letters and pa
pers at Pittenweem and taking your
trains at Killnoeker, think Schenec
tady funny!"
BREAD SHEETING.
! The Sun Dried Dough of the Land of
the Pyramids.
| In the land of the pyramids when- j
i ever coffee is brought into a visiting j
! guest the sun cooked bread sheeting is J
always served therewith. It looks like j
| so much chamois leather and is of j
! sweetish taste, being compounded sole- !
j ly of flour and the expressed pulp of
, sultana raisins. It is cleanly to handle
' and can be crumpled up in the hand
! without fracture.
I This bread sheeting is a most impor
| tant article of interior commerce, per
j camel caravans, among the Asiatic kall
j fats and bazaars. It has for thousands
I of years been their combined bread,
j cracker and cake all in one.
j The bread sheeting is used In the
! countries of origin as minor articles of
J furniture and furnishing, just as the
I natives of the tropics make n bewil- j
j derlng variety of uses of the cocoanut
I palm and its products, as sun blinds,
i awnings, lanterns, cashiers for hold
i lng papers and so on through a dozen
I uses. In their dry climates these uses
j are practicable, but in rainy seasons '
1 the goods if wetted collapse like paper
! almost.
Even in Manhattan among the ltnl
! lati bakers you see the peculiar trellis
work hardtack bread (made in big ring
! ed sheets about a yard square) made
to do duty as temporary shelving. It
i will not stand much weight, but is
used for drying out light articles, as
' the air strikes the objects both from
below and above.—Bakers' Weekly.
Use and Ornament.
Mr. Newrich. the multimillionaire, |
was famishing the library of his mag
nificent mansion. "I.et me see." he
mused. "You've got the order for that
$.">.000 edition do luxe of Dickens
bound in levant?"
"Yes, sir." replied the bookseller.
"And the SIO,OOO set of Shake- 1
speare?"
"Yes. sir."
"And the standard authors bound in 1
calf—Thackeray, Scott, Washington I
Irving, Cooper and all them there i
other fellers?"
"Yes, sir; I have a memorandum of
the entire list."
"Well, then, that's off my mind," I
said Mr. Newrich of Pittsburg, with a
sigh of relief. "Now. what 1 want is
something to read. Say. have you got
a complete set of 'Old Sleuth?'"—New !
York Times
An Apt Simile.
Some men have a career like a j,-olf
ball. They are helped out of one hole !
only to get Into another.—Llppiaeott's. !
THE MARIENBAD WORLD.
Taking the Cure at the Salt Springs
of Bohemia.
When you are at Marienbad the first
sound you hear Is tap. tap. tap, at your
bedroom door.
"Half past 5! Time to get up!"
"All right!" you growl In fcply. rail
ing while yon slowly get mit of bed
against the absurd tyranny of medic
inal waters that lusist on being takea
so early in the day.
Sallying forth, you And the Marien
bad world already astir. Water drink
ers are converging from all sides to
the spring. Each one on arrival pro
vides himself with a glass and goes
forward to receive his dally dose. You
Join the waiting file. Soon it is your
turn, and the attendant maiden for i
modest coin fills you a bumper. You
take It aside and eye it keenly, hold
ing It to the light. Then, surreptitious
ly snifling, you taste it cautiously. The
flavor, it appears, is not unpleasant.
You are reassured, and, assuming a
resigned air, you drain the glass.
Elated by this proof of your courage,
you walk out. The band Is playing,
the promenade crowded. Here you
may see the crowned heads, million
aires, great singers and all the other
celebrities who frequent Marienbad.
There Is a peculiarity of the place
that will quickly strike you—the stout
ness of many of the visitors. As the
Baron von Seidsplitz, himself a man
of girth, remarked to an English
friend, "There are many thick people
in Marienbad."
Hunger by this time probably poa
sesses you, for it is 8 o'clock, but lo
not expect a hearty breakfast. Crisp
rolls or toast and fragrant coffee will
be enough, served In the open air. To
a favored few an egg or a small plate
of cold meat la permitted.
Curious morning tasks are prescribed
for some of the patients. Mr. X., for
instance, is ordered a piping hot mud
bath, while Mr. Z. follows the "terrain"
cure. This consists in walking an In
creased distance each day, so as grad
ually to strengthen the organs of which
the functions are impaired. Most peo
ple, however, spend their time in wad
ing. writing or lounging.
The welcome call to dinner draws
all together about 1 o'clock. Again
the fare Is simple, the motto being,
"Nothing very sour, nothing very
sweet, nothing very salt, nothing very
fat." Even the restaurants are not
allowed to provide dishes harmful to
the "cure." So you make yourself
content with fish, roast meat or chick
en, green vegetables and stowed fruit,
and. as for drink, water, diluted claret
or l'ilsener beer must suffice. Woe
to him whose choice strays to made
dishes, pastry, cheese or spirits, for
these he must abjure as long as he
stays at Marienbad.
To rest awhile without taking "for
ty winks" is the patient's next prob
lem, and when he has worked through
it he will probably stroll along to a
concert or make an excursion among
the delightful pine clad hills that in
close the Marienbad valley.
When evening approaches the gar
dens and promenade till with people.
They sit about at small tables and
sip their coffee while listening to the
band.
Your last meal is a light supper at
7 o'clock, and by 9 you should be in
bed.
The normal length of the "cure" is
four weeks. It is said, however, that
Americans, with characteristic anergy.
have been known to compress It in'o
something like half that time.
Homemade.
rttll—Thought you always smoked
Havana cigars? Jill—So I do. Bill—lt
says ' Colorado" on that box you just
handed me.—Yonkers Statesman.
Do but half of what you can. and
you will be surprised at your own dili
gence.
Corrected.
Employer (angrily)— Young man. what
<*> you mean by sitting there doing
nothing for the lust half hour? Don't
you know better than to waste your
time in that way? Office Boy—l ain't
wastiu' my time. It was some of
yours.-—Chicago News.
Bo not arrogant when fortune smiles
nor dejected when she frowns.—Anto
hlus.
GOV. STUART
SHOWS THE WAY
Popular Executive Lauds the
Republican Nominees.
PENROSE SOUNDS A WARNING
Philadelphia to Stand Loyally by the
Full Party Ticket, and Importance
ot Big Vote In State Is Dwelt Upon.
[Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia. Oct. 12.
With Governor Stuart presiding at
the opening meeting of the campaign,
the largest Republican rally ever hel.l
In South Philadelphia, the canvass for
the state and local candidates may be
aald to be fairly under way.
That every man on the Republican
city ticket will be elected by at least
50.000 majority Is the confident pre
diction of those in a position to gaup - '
public sentiment and that Judge von
Moschzisker, Philadelphia's represen
tative on the state tickut and his col
leagues, Messrs. Sisson and Stober.
will poll the full party vote, is con
ceded on every band.
There is a spectacular campaign be
ing waged by a few malcontents
against the local Republican ticket,
with the aid of the Wanamaker news
papers.
The fact, that all of the iniiependant
newspapers are this time refusing to
foster the schemes of th« Van Vaikeu
burg political bureau la a source of
chagrin to the old-time insurgents.
The great mass of the public spirited
citizens are in line with the Republi
can party.
Governor Leads the Way.
Governor Stuart's attitude is truly
representative of the thought of the
best citizenship of the community.
In his address opening the campaign
the governor among other things said:
"1 am here tonight In behalf of the
Republican ticket, at a Republican
meeting, to speak in favor and to use
my beßt efforts, and by my presence, to
show my sympathy with the Republi
ran ticket, and my Interest in the suc
cess of that ticket instate, city and
county, at this time, In Philadelphia.
"The state ticket is headed by a can
didate whom you welt know, and that
position Is justice of the supreme
court.
"That gentleman has been nominal
ed by the Republican party for the of
fice of justice of the supreme cour ,
and the name of the gentleman i*>
Judge von Moschzisker. a resident of
Philadelphia county, and a member <'
the Philadel ilia bar. and he has fille i
the position as a member of one of OIK
courts for the past seven years: ■!
young man of undoubted ability an !
integrity, and a man.to if| mind, wh.)
will make one of the greatest jurist -
of this commonwealth. By reason of
his position as a candidate for the si,
prenie court of Pennsylvania, he will
not be here tonight."
He then paid a tribute to each of
the local candidates, and in presen -
ing Messrs. Sisson and Stober, the
state nominees, who were present at
the meeting, he was very felicitous
Tribute For Penrose.
Not only was the Initial meeting of
the canvass a great and imposing a:'
fair, but on the following night there
was a grea* demonstration given in
honor of Senator Penrose by the work
ingmen of Kensington in recognition
of his services in formulating the new
tariff bill
This was undoubtedly the greatest
gathering of the kind ever held in this
city. It was an expression of loyalty to
the Republican party, which will be
evinced, as they said, In a practical
way In the vote at the coming elec
tlon
The nominees CD the Republican
state tlckpt had a conference with
Colonel We. ley R. Andrews, chairman
of the Republican state committee
this week, and report that the recep
tlons aceurn- d them In every plac»>
they have visited t.ave been spontan
eous and ecrdi® in their enthusiasm
They are assured that there are no d~
factions or dissensions anywhere, and
lhat they "Rn expect the full party
vote at the coming election.
The schedule of meetings for this
week include visits to Unlontowi,
Oreensburg. Huntingdon, Lebanor..
tionesdale, Scranton and Wilkes Barrc.
A Hero.
Tommy's mother had made him a
present of n toy shovel and sent him
out in the sand lot to play with his
baby brother. "Take care of baby
now. Tommy, and don't let anything
hurt him," was mamma's parting in
junction. Presently screams of an
guish from baby sent the distracted
parent flying to the sand lot. "For
goodness' sake. Tommy, what has hap
pened to the baby?" said she, trying
to soothe the wailing infant.
"There was a naughty fly biting him
on top of his head, aud I killed it with
the shovel," was the proud reply.—Lip
pincott's.
Because.
She- I tell you the moral superiority
of woman is recognized in the lan
guage itself. There isn't any feminine
for "rascals," is there?
He—Of course not, but that's be
cause—
She—That's because there are no
feminine rascals!— Chicago Tribune
Didn't Care For Him.
Little Eleanor's mother was an
American, while her father was a Get'
man.
One day after Eleanor had been sub
jected to rather severe disciplinary
measures at the hands of her father
she called her mother into another
room, closed the door significantly and
said, "Mother, 1 don't want to meddle
in your business, but I wish you'd
Rend that husband of yours back to
Germany."—lndies' Home Journal.
Won Him.
lilobbs Ilenpeekke thinks you are
the finest fellow In the world. How
did you manage to make such an im
pression? Slobbs—Ob, X pretended to
be surprised when lie told me he was a
married man.—Philadelphia Record
Re sure to put your feet in the right
place, then stand firm.—Lincoln.
ROAD'S MODEL FARM,
Pennsylvania Line to Conduct
One at Bacon, Del.
AN EXPERT PUT IN CHARGE.
In Addition to Showing Possibilities of
the Soil, He Will Lecture at Granges
and Farmers' Institutes lmmense
Market Near.
In line with- the endeavors of the
railroads east and west to develop the
resources of the territory lying along
and near their rights of way is the
establishment of a model farm by the
Pennsylvania railroad at Bacon, near
Seaford, Del., on the Delaware rail
road. The company recently purchas
ed there a farm of fifty acres and will
conduct it as an experimental station
for the benefit of the farmers of the
Mary land-Delaware-Virginia peninsula.
It is believed that by exploiting the
advantages of that section there will
be a marked increase in the number
of those who desire to pursue tile work
of farming.
In the fall of 100S James MeCrea.
president of the Pennsylvania, tnade a
three days' trip over the railroad lines
on the peninsula, lie saw thousands
of acres in one of the richest agricul
tural districts in the world idle, with
adjoining farms nourishing and their
products in great demand in .-ill of the
large markets of the middle and cist
ern states.
Success t: . Long Island Road.
Knowing tlie success almined by the
J.oug Island railroad witb its two ex
perimental farms, which have been in
operation about four years. Mr. Me-
Crea suggested that a committee look
into the matter of establishing an ex
perimental farm on the peninsula,
where the railroad could show the
agricultural possibilities of the land.
The committee's report was favorable,
and the railroad bought the farm at
Bacon.
According to the last census, there
are 3.91 C.BOO acres of land on the pen
insula. of which 2,058,200 acres are
under cultivation. There are 28,355
farms on the peninsula, and it has a
total population of about 51W.000. To
induce more farmers to cultivate the
1 1,858.501 acres of idle land is one of
the reasons for which the I'ennsyl
! vania railroad is to undertake the op
eration of the experimental farm. The
co-operation of the farmers is already
assured, and the state agricultural col
leges, agricultural boards and horticul
tural societies are enthusiastic sup
porters of the project.
It is argued that points on the penin
sula 100 miles south of Wilmington*
are. in point of transportation facili
ties. as close to the markets of Balti
more, Philadelphia. Wilmington and
New York as the Long Island farms
are to Ne v York city. The railroad
officials say it is possible for the farm
ers to get their products into the large
markets in excellent condition. De
liveries are made in oue day in central
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Farmers' Immense Market.
An immense market is enjoyed by
farmers of Maryland and Delaware. It
includes practically all of the country
east of the Mississippi river, made pos
sible by a preference freight train
service that has created a wide de
i mand for fruits and vegetables grown
on the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia
peninsula. This demand is greater now
than can l>o met. and the railroad is
taking steps to aid in increasing the
number of farmers to supply it. t
To develop its experiment station
the railroad has appointed as superin
tendent 11. S. Lippincott, a graduate
of the Agricultural college at Cornell
' university, ne has done practical
[ farming at his home in Burlington
county, N. J., and in North Carolina.
Superintendent Lippincott has taken
an interest for years in experimental
I work, and he intends to visit the
j granges and farmers' institutes on the
peninsula, that he may become person
ally acquainted with the farmers from
Wilmington to Cape Charles. He will
be prepared to make addresses, visit
fairs and make exhibits of some of the
products raised on the farm and thus
demonstrate the interest which the
railroad Is taking.
The Cynics.
Cynics was the name applied to a
school of philosophers founded by An
tlsthenes, a pupil of Socrates. The
main tenet of the extreme cynics was
that civilization is a curse, and true
happiness can be obtained only by
gratifying the most primary physical
appetites which man lias in common
with lirutes. The general attitude of
the cynics as distinguished from that
of the stoics, who regarded everything
in the external world with indiffer
ence, was one of contempt. They wero
not an important philosophical school
numerically, but attracted attention
largely by their eccentricities and inso
lence. On account of their contempt
for refinemtnt their name came subse
quently to be applied to any one whn>
takes a mean view of human life.—
New York American.
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