STOClV
INDIVIDUAL FEEDING TROUGH.
Sclicme to rrevcnt Hogs From "Hog
glng'' the Swill.
J. G. T., Tippecanoe Co., Ind, fur
nishes us with a sketch of his plan
of building individual troughs for
feeding hogs.
The general plan Is so clearly
brought out In the accompanying Il
lustration that very llttlo additional
description is necessary. The on in
ary V-shaped trough U used, wit'i a
platform behind and stout 12 or 15
inch planks in front.
Planks C feet long aro halved dia
gonally and used for partitions and
INDIVIDUAL FEEDING TROUGH.
bottom. Each of these planks is cut
as shown in the illustration, so that
it will set down over the V-shaped
trough and Is then nailed to the plat
form In the rear.
A swill chute is built in the middle
opening, as illustrated. The swill
flows into the middle trough and
then flows to each of the stalls as in
any ordinary hog trough.
Our correspondent says this plan
is a satisfactory one for any farmer
who wishes to bar off his hog trough
so that each animal has an equal
chance with every other one.
f Cod Liver Oil for Calves.
Experiments recently made in Wis
consin In the use of cod liver oil for
calves, as a substitute for whole milk
in rearing tend to confirm the results
hitherto obtained, namely that calves
to which whole milk is fed "do best;"
although the system of feeding cod
liver oil is decidedly the more econ
omical. The calves were given whole
milk for the first six weeks of their
existence.
They were then divided into two
lots. One lot was given the same
food before, namely whole milk; the
other being given an increasing quan
tity of separated milk and cod liver
oil, while the whole milk was dis
continued. At the latter period the
oil which was supplied reached a
weight of two ounces per day per
animal, and the separated milk am
ounted to ten plins, which was in
creased to 12 pints a month later,
without any extra oil, though the
other lot had the same quantity of
whole milk as before. Without go
ing fully into details, the whole milk
was valued at 1G cents per gallon;
therefore the daliy cost of each of
the calves works out about 24 cents,
when the maximum allowance of
milk was given. If the separated
milk Is valued at fmir cents per gal
lon, the milk for the calves fed with
it would be six cunts per head per
day, to which has to be added the
cost of the cod liver oil, bringing It
up to nine cents per day. The differ
ence in the value of the calves was
considerably in favor of the cod liver
oil fed ones, after the cost of the
feeding material is taken into ac
count. It is very rightly pointed
out by the experimentalists that the
amount of fat present In the whole
milk (1 gallons) and in the same
quantity of separated milk, plus, in
the letter case, two ounces of cod liv
er oil, was about the same. It, there
fore, follows that the cod liver oil
calves might continue to get their
two ounces of oil daily for about
four months, the period during which
the other lot received whole milk.
Then, if we assume that whole milk
contains three per cent of butter fat
then in 1 gallons, a calf gets some
thing like 7 2-5 ounces of fat daily,
which is really four times the
amount of fat supplied to a calf get
ting gallons of separated milk
and two ounces of cott liver oil. In
order to determlno, if possible, whe
ther the oil might, with advantage
be continued after weanlug, to those
calves that were accustomed to It, a
further experiment was conducted,
wh.ch went to prove that the oil could
be so glTen and the animals to which
it was so given rapidly Increased In
weight till they slightly exceeded
those to which whole milk alone uid
been given .through the same periods,
When to Fatten Hogs.
The tlmo to fatten hogs is when
the season is mild and cool, as less
food will then be required to keep
them warm than after winter be
gins. The largest profits from hoga
is secured when the cost is reduced
by warm and dry quarters and judl
clous feeding. Corn is the best food,
but the great gain is made when a
variety of food 1b given.
When tho herring fishery Beasop
Is at Its height something like 5,000
or 6,000 miles of nets are set night
Vv in the North
:j Crossing the Bar
By MARY C. BOYLE.
With their mutual lovo for music as
an indissoluble bond between them,
Austin Mlllls and Belle Lawrence
were the most steadfast friends, but
not lovers. The wonderful friendship
which existed between them was
beautiful In its simplicity, and the
Intense sympathy which manifested
itself in their liking for each other de
served the hackneyed but expressive
appellation that they were surely
kindred souls.
And now ensconced in the depths
of a luxurious arm chair, Belle sat be
fore the huge open fire-place in the
dim sitting room of the Lawrence
home, awaiting Austin's coming. Pos
sessed of a magnificent tenor voice,
engaging presence and strong per
sonallty, Austin Mlllls was courted
and feted by both sexes, ilut it was
to Belle that he always came with his
newest songs, for she was a brilliant
pianist and with he: as his accompan
ist there was u subtle difference in
the tone and expression of his voice.
It was just as the twilight hour,
and fascinated by .the fiery elfins in
the glowing embers, the melancholy
spirit 'of the gray light stolo o'er her,
and though far, indeed, from being a
dreamer of dreams, her thoughts
took flight and it was a most serious
girl, quite unlike her gay, sparkling
self, that Austin Mlllls beheld as ho
came breezily in, his countenance be
tokening a spirit of happiness and joy
In the mere fact of living.
But soon the draperies ers drawn
and the room flooded with a blaze ol
brilliant light by Austin's eager hands,
and the clear, full tones of the singer
rose sweetly and triumphantly with
the soft melody of the piano. They
had just finished a riotous folk-song,
yet the fireside mood was still upon
the fair player, ;.nd she gently began
to play the opening strains of the sad,
beautiful "Crossing the Bar." Taking
up the refrain, Austin sang with a
wonderful depth of feeling the words
which have touched and comforted
many sad and veary hearts. Breath
lessly, Belle turned to him as he fin
ished and Impulsively exclaimed:
"When the grim angel calls me, and
I put out to sea, no matter where you
may be, 1 wish that you would sing
Just as you havo to-night, and "
"Away with such gloomy thoughts,"
interrupted Austin. "The blues are'
positively out of fasnion, and what
girl wants to be old-fashioned even
in her moods?" Austin's good humor
was always infectious and happiness
soon reigned.
Long afterward, Austin Millls sat
In the music room of the Eagle House,
running over tho Keys of the gra-nd
piano, humming snatches of the latest
comic opera, and idly listening to the
gay chutter around him, for it was a
typical summer hostelry with the usu
al complement of merry young peo
ple. Sceptical in regard to all pro
monitions, yet realizing full well the
unusual spirit oi unrest that was upon
him, memory painted a vivid picture
of another night and the strange wish
that Belle had made. Suddenly, as if
guided by an unse . power, he began
the low, minor chords of the song that
he had sung to her that night in the
gloaming. The laughter ceased, all
ears were strained, and even the
blase men strolling up and down the
broad veranda stopped and listened,
as the singer's voice rose and fell,
wafting it- message of sadness upon
the night air.
In the same dim old sitting room
where they had spent so many happy
hours together, Belle Lawrence lay
sleeping ' ith a calm, serene smlls
upon her lips, for Austin Mlllls had
fulfilled her ivish far better than he
knew, for just at the moment when
the last Quivering note of the sons
had ended, her soul had passed to the
great unknown, and she had "Crossed
the Bar."
How Mahogany Became Fashionable
Every one knows how effective and
handsome mahogany is when used for
good furniture, but few of us know
how its value was first discovered,
In the latter part of thus seventeenth
century a Lonton physician had
brother engaged in trade with the
West Indies who on one occasion
brought home several logs of ma
hogany as ballast The doctor was
building a house, and his brother sug-
gested that the logs would serve for
celling beams. Acting on the pro
posal the doctor gave orders to the
workmen to make us of the ma
hogany, but their tools wer- not equal
to the task of cutting tho hard wood
and the loss were put out of the way
in a corner In tho garden.
Some time afterward the head car
penter tried to make a box from the
wood, but was unsuccessful with or
dinary tools. He told the doctor, who
was interested in. the baffling timber.
and ordered he. vier tools to be made
to work it with, says Home Notes,
When this was done, and a box at
last made and polished, it was so
handsome that a bureau was made
from another of the despised logs.
and this was declared by experts to
be bo superior to other furniture
making woods that the craze for ma
hogany set in, and furniture made
from it became highly popular, the
then Duchess of Buckingham foster
lng the craze -in the fashionable world,
8eek Uso for FIre-Kllled Timber.
A well-equipped testing plant has
been established at Boulder, Col., un
der the auspleea of the state univer
sity, to investigate tne matter or util
izing the great amount of fire-Wiled
limber which is to be found in tha
state.
Roads
MAINTENANCE OF GOOD ROADS.
What Object-Lesson Roads Have
Demonstrated Thus Far.
Evidence has como from many
sources to show that object-lesser.
roads have readily convinced the
people who have seen them that they
can hardly afford to go without such
highways, except in thinly Inhabited
districts. Much of this evidence .s
in substance like that given In Its re
port for 1907 by the Rhode Island
Board of Public Roads. It says:
'There Is no doitbi that these sam
ple half-mile roads started up the
taxpayers, in every town where the
worth of good roads has thus been
shown, to demand and to appropriate
the money for more roads of the
same sort. It is quite true that
other elements entered into the sit
uation; but to see was to believe.'
In his last biennial report State
Highway Commissioner MacDonald
of Connecticut said in essence that
many States began their road im
provement with a few thousand dol
lars, as an experiment rather than
as a fixed policy, "and we find that
appropriations for this purpose by
those States have grown by leap?
and bounds, until now it is not a
question of thousands but of millions
of dollars," showing clearly and em
phatically that the people of the
country fully comprehend that old,
long established customs are wrong.
He adds:
"At no time In the history of our
State-aid plan has the movement re
ceived such universal recognition and
irrepressible popular demand for
highway improvement as has been
shown during the last two years.
The usefulness, th economy and the
benefits to be derived from good
roads have become so very manifest,
even with the small amount of mo
ney that has geen used during the
last twelve years, that it is almost a
financial impossibility to meet the
demands of the people."
It is true that some of the people
seem to understand that the better
the road the slower this wear, anil
the smaller the cost of maintaining
the highway in good condition; but
others appear to believe that a road
once made of stone, or of other dur
able material well used, should last
many years, if not forever, without
rpairs. In cases they have implied
that "there is no use spending $5,
000 to $10,000 a mile to make a
good road, if we must pay out mo
ney every year to keep that road
in good order."
Compared with the work done on
the best public road ever made, the
work put into building the best of
known railroads Is exceedingly cost
ly. Every practicable art has been
used, and enormous sums have beeu
spent to make such roads us nearly
perfect as is possible; yet every well
managed railroad, particularly the
more costly of tlu-m, keeps men at
work every day retouching here and
there. Almost evftiy year such roads
are In effect rebuilt completely, ex
cept so far as the heavier part of the
grading is concerned. No railroad
man would dream of letting a road
go years without repairing.
The better tho highway can by
made, the less tho cost of mainten
ance, due regard being given to the
valume of traffic that highway beard.
It may even be that If a perfect wag
on road, say of solid concrete of
great thickness and largely of the
toughest and most durable of mater
ials, could be made and remain un
broken by man, almost no repairing
would be required in generations.
But the best of macadam or of tel
ford roads can not long endure much
wear of wheels ar.d hoofs, of w'nd
and water, without mending. Usu
ally the shorter the period between
repairs, the less costly they are
Where good care is taken of well
made roads the cost has been less
that that of keeping the ordinary
roads in good condition. As in Mer
cer county, New Jersey, for example
where the people of a township had
long voted $1,800 yearly for road
repairing, that annual cost was re
duced to $600 by macadamizing the
highways. Here was a direct saving
of $1,200 per annum, to be add
ed to the other benefits derived from
Improvement of their roads.
Perhaps the truth that the best is
the cheapest in the end is one of
the hardest In the world for the Am
ericans to learn. As a nation we
havo always been In the habit of
patching matters up enough to 1st
us get along some way, any way, for
the present. We act on the prinsi
pie of one who has been credited with
the saying, "Why should I do any
thing for posterity? Posterity has
done nothing for me."
A number of tho twenty-four Stated
aid States have arranged to pay from
their treasuries part of the expense
of keping their improved roads in
good condition. In other States the
whole cost of rpairing the highways
falls on the taxpayers of the locali
ties in which those roads lie. Indi
cations are that most of the State
aid commonwealths will help their
different road districts to keep theli
good roads in good order, befor
many years pass away. Good Roads
Magazine.
Let the Hogs Root.
Let tho hogs root. How
ever, if you feed plenty of salt, ashes
and charcoal, they won't want to root
w much. Even small pieces of coal
and coal ashes will be eaten by the
hogs when they are shut up In close
quarters.
MAKES HER WAY AS
Maude Allen, Young Mulatto Posing
For Eight Years as Boy, Gradu
ates and Is Made Teacher.
Baltimore, Md. After masquerad
ing as a young man for eight years
because she believed It would give
her better chances for advancement in
the world, Maude Allen, alias "James
Allen," a bright young mulatto worn,
an, has been arrested for wearing
male attire. As a girl In her teens she
passed at the head of her class In a
boys' high school, and as a young
woman in trousers she became a
teacher In the public Bchools of Balti
more.
Maude, or James, is now twenty-four
and first donned man's attire when
she was sixteen. Sho says: "On en
tering the Baltimore Colored High
School the thought occurred to me
that I might make a big success in
life as a man. I know that a woman
of my race has not much chance, so
with due thought I shaved my head
and bought an entire outfit of men's
clothes. We were then living In an
other part of town, so, with my
grandmother, who was the only ono
who knew my secret, we moved to
tho house in which we now live.
"I got through the school In three
years, graduating at the head of my
class. I was appointed n teacher at a
Brooklyn school and several months
ago transferred to School No. 106, In
this city. I see no reason as to why
I should not be allowed to dress as I
please. I am surely not different from
the majority of other members of ray
race. I should not be hampered."
Never once was the sex of tho
young "man," who daily sat at tho
desk In a public school, suspected. She
was an active worker in Ebenczer
Baptist Church and taught a Sunday
school class. This was tho only
chance for her to mix with men, as
sho kept completely aloof from the
negroes of tho neighborhood in which
she lived, going to her homo Immedi
ately after school and remaining in
tho company of her grandmother.
When seen at her homo to-day sho
was dressed in a natty suit of blue
serge. Tall of stature, she would
easily be mistaken for a youth of
twenty. She also possessed a rather
heavy beard.
A short time ago the woman was
taken ill and entered the Maryland
General Hospital, whero it was dis
covered that she was not n man. The
polled yesterday went to the hospital
and placed tho woman under' arrest.
Sho paid $50 fine and costs and was
given twenty-four hours in which to
change to feminine apparel.
MAN AND HAWK BATTLE.
Venturesome Person Torn at Bottom
of 90-Foot Pit.
Nutley, N. J. Hawk battled with
man at the bottom of a pit, ninety
feet below tho surface of the ground,
in Nutley, and though tho man won
he will carry his right hand in a slins
for many days, as tho hawk's bill tore
It deeply in a dozen places. And the
hawk was only a chicken hawk at
that.
Charles W. Barker, of Passaic ave
nue, saw throe of the airy fowl fan
ciers hovering over the chicken yards
of Emll Schneider. He shouted to
Schneider, who got his gun and fired,
wounding one of the hawks. That
bird fell Into an abandoned stone
quarry.
"Lower mo on a rope and I'll get
him," volunteered Barker. Down ho
went ninety feet and reached for the
wounded hawk. There was a beating
of wings, a clutching by sharp-pointed
talons and the men above heard Bark
er yell in pain. But ho threw himself
bodily pon the savage bird and got
a strange hold on it. After he and his
captlvt wero hoisted up tho hawk was
measured. It spanned four feet from
tip to tip of wings. Barker is suffer
ing severely and there is fear of blood
poisoning.
IDENTIFY HER BY TICKLING.
Refused to Show Gold Tooth and so
Detectives Made Her Laugh.
Philadelphia, Pa. Tickling as a
means of identification Is an innova
tion of the local detective department
tried this morning. A seventeen-year-old
girl, giving her name as Annie
Brown, had been arrested on the
charge of being a daring boarding
house thief. Detective Tucker had a
warrant from Allentown for a runa
way girl. The warrant gave as the
prime mark for identification the fact
that she had a curious gold tooth.
Tucker frowned upon the girl. "Open
your mouth," ho commanded. Sho re
fused, and even resisted successfully
efforts to pry her mouth open. Then
Tucker reached forward and tickled
the girl on the neck. Others did like
wise, and tickling her on the neck be
came a copied diversion. Finally she
could stand it no more and burst out
laughing. Then It was seen that she
had a gold tooth. She is held as an
Incorrigible girl.
Women Hard to Cure by Hypnotism
Washington, D. C. Women who aro
addicted to an immoderate use of in
toxicants are less susceptible than
men to treatment of hypno-suggestlon,
according to the view expressed to
night by Dr. J. D. Quackenbos, of New
York City, at the meeting of the
American Society for tho Study of Al
cohol and Other Narcotic Drugs. The
statement of Dr. Quackenbos that he
had permanently cured more than
eight hundred patients by the method
of hypno-Buggestion after the subjects
had become asleep through the use oi
a drug aroused vigorous protests from
several leading scientists, who chal
lenged Its accuracy.
I
i Agricultural 1
Ti f iTnTiiTtiTnf iiTjiTiiTjitnTitTiiTjtTjiln?iiTirT- T--
TTTTl I" I I TTTTTTT Tt I I I rl4TTT
THE CONTINUOUS DOOR.
Type of Opening for the Silo That Is
Most Desirable.
The advantages of a continuous
door to the silo making It possible to
climb a ladder on the insido of the
chuto and step directly on to the
sllago without even Btooplng would bo
appreciated "by all and especially by
the man past middle age. Our illus
tration shows a general plan of a pro
posea silo which will have a door
with nothing extending across it Tho
doors could be of any height, perhaps
simply tongued and grooved plank
sawed as long as width of door. The
chuto is built with the rest of the
silo, of the same masonry construc
tion, and the reinforcing steel passes
around tho chute. The portion of the
wall at B in the figure is only sup
ported at A ..nd C. However, for con
crete brick or tile, a light steel rod
may be laid in the wall approximate
ly as shown, which makes a re-enforced
beam of that portion of tho
A Real Continuous Drop Door for the Silo.
wall, that if properly built, will with
tanu the sllago pressure.
If this chute were roofed over, the
doors could all bo left out and no
warm air escape. Windows should be
provided at frequent heights along tho
chute, thus providing plenty of light
within the silo. Tho sllago chute is
quite essential and should be as per
manent as the rest of the silo. This
being the case tho extra expense of a
door of this typo Is entirely justified.
COOLING MILK.
Keep the Cans in a Tank Filled with
Coid Water.
A great deal of the milk brought
to the creamery Monday morning. Is
sour, caused largely from not being
properly cooled Saturday night. A
tank of cool water to placo the cans
in as soon as you are through milking
Is Indispensable. One of the plung
ers used to stir tho milk with is also
necessary. This is made by solder
ing a piece of tin about four Inches
In diameter onto a small tin pipe
two feet long; this will make a plung
er which can be easily washed. By
giving the milk a churn or two, tho
whole mass wih be agitated and thor
oughly stirred, sending the milk in
tho center of the can to the outside
and that at the outside to tho center.
If milk is clean, and the cans, strain
ers, palls and other utensils are prop
erly cleaned an-1 tho whole mass of-
milk is properly cooled down imme
diately after mllkh.g, it will keep a
long time.
A Typical Silver Laced Polish Male.
The Polish breed is said to have
originated in Holland. As an orna
mental lawn fowl It is very attractive,
The Polish of all types are claimed
to be persistent layers. Owing to the
difficulty of breeding them true to
markings they have never become
very popular with the general public.
Keeping Honey.
Do not put the honey in the cellar,
as honey readily attracts moisture,
and It will thus become thin and wa
tery. Honey should be kept in a
dry, warm, even' heat, 100' degrees
even heat will not be too much. If
extracted honey becomes thin, tie a
thin cloth over it and keep the ves
sel where it is not only warm, but
airy, and it will soon thicken. Honey
should not be kept In a cold place.
Prevents i est Crowding.
When the hens seem to have a
partiality for one nest, and two or
three resort to it and crowd each
other, the best remedy is to close the
cost entirely, thus compelling the
bona to seek new localities for laying.
They will do so. and a sufficiency of
nests Lhould be urovided so that eacn
hen mav have one without crowding.
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I I 1 X X X X X X X X A X X A A A A Jl X X AIL X 1
CROW STEALS WOMAN'S HAT
Makes Nest' of It and Owner's Cat Is.
Impaled on the Pin, Meeting
a Tragic Fate.
Jacksonville, N. J. When Big Ben,.
a crow that has been here for the last
five summers, made his reappearance,
Mrs. Joslah Spraguo had no thought
that his advent presaged tho loss of
her new hat and her favorite house
cat Mrs. Spraguo bought a hat In
Paterson about two weeks ago. It
wasn't radical in shape or style, but.
it was a bright, attractive piece of
headgear, and ono of Its appurten
ances was a long pin, with a shiny
silver knob at the end.
On Friday nfternoon Mrs. Sprague,
returning from a visit, laid her hat on
a chair on the front porch. Three
minutes after it was missing. She
heard a noise on the porch when she
was in tho house, but it was slight and
she could not believe it had anything
to do with the disappearance of the
hat Besides, her hired man, who
was at work in tho garden, had seen
no ono enter or leavo the house. The
hat disappeared as mysteriously as.
If the wings in the trimmings had car
ried it away. Yesterday morning.
Trlxle, the cat, which never wandered
far away, also disappeared. Mrs.
Sprague began to believe there was-
something uncanny about the house.
Sho and several neighbors made a
thorough but vain search for both the
headpiece and the household pet. To
day the hired man, who was in the
woods back of Mrs. Spraguo's home.
solved tho mystery. On a high tree-
he noticed a gray plume floating,
nbove above a baskot-llko affair that
Beemed to be fixed between two limbs
twenty feet from the ground.
The hired man shinned up tho tree.
and found Mrs. Sprague's missing hat
and cat. A tragic fate had befallen
Trlxle, however, for she was Impaled
on the long hat pin that stuck through
tho hat. The man scrambled down
from the tree with the dead pussy and
and the hat in his arm. As ho did
so Big Ben, the crow, and a bird with
duller plumage, evidently his mate,
circled about him with angry cries, as
if to prevent him from making off
with his trophies. The presence of
the two crows showed that Big Ben
stole tho hat so he and his mate would
have a ready-made nest. Tho death
of the cat Is easily explained. It is
presumed Trlxle, vho had no rever
ence for Big Ben's rights, espied tho
crows In their new nest on tho night
the hat disappeared. Stealthily climb
ing up the tree, tho cat must havo
made a spring for the crows. Ho
reckoned without tho presenco of tho
sharp hat pin. Tho badly clawed con
dition of tho hat indicated tho cat
struggled doperately to escapo before
it died. Big Ben and his mate sat dis
consolately on an upper limb of tho
treo to-day, finding It difficult to mako
up their minds to begin the building
of a real nest. Mrs. Sprague, too, Is
disconsolate for tho loss of the hat
and tho cat In tho same day.
CANADIAN SLAIN BY WALRUS.
Extraordinary Encounter Caused
Death of Sergeant Donaldson.
Ottawa, Ont. From a report which
has reached the Mounted Police Do
parement at Fullerton, on Hudson
Bay, whoso death was reported In a
recent message from tho north, met
his end In an encounter with a wal
rus off Marble Island.
The sergeant, with Corporal Reeve
and an Indian Interpreter named Ford,
were making their way from Churchill
to Fullerton, traveling in a small sail
boat which la used for this hazardous
trip. Near Marble Island they en
countered walruses anu killed several
of them. They had towed some of the
bodies to their sailboat, but on ono
of their trips a walrus attacked them
and put a tusk through the bottom ol
their dingy.
They stopped the hole as best they
could with a jacket and pulled for tho
shore. Wh"n nearing It, Donaldson
sn'C, that ho would swim the rest of
the way, as the boat was filling, but
in jumping out he upset it. Reeve
hung to the boat and reached shore.
Donaldson was rever seen again, and
it is thought he was attacked and
pulled under by a walrus.
REMOVED TUMOR FROM BRAIN.
Berlin Surgeon Lifted Forward Lobes
to Excise Mass the Size of An Egg.
Berlin, Germany. One of the most
extraordinary operations recorded In
the history of surgery has been suc
cessfully carried out at the Kalsorln
Augusta Hospital by its chief surgeon,
Prof. Krause. It was the extirpation
of a tumor which had grown from the
hypothysis of the brain, a gland situ
ated In the very midst of tho skull.
The patient was a woman, 35 years
old. The tumor was reached by form
lng a very large skin and bone flap
on the right forehead and temporal
region. Tho tumor was larger than
a hen's egg, and was buried more than
three inches deep in the substance of
the brain.
Nevertheless the whole tumor was
successfully removed by lfiting the
anterior brain.
Silk Hat Is Losing Caste.
Paris, France. Paris hatters have
declared In solemn convention that
the silk hat is slowly but surely going
out of fashion; is no longer worn by
men of fashion except on ceremonial
occasions; that its decline is marked
even in London, where it has so long
been a badge of respectability. This,
they-reason, Is the case in Paris main
ly because beggars, guides and oth-
I er- of the pestering fraternity .1
fans iook upon me wearer or a sine
hat as fair game.