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Separate Lettuce and Carrot
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Different Flowers.
New York The Children's Farm
School in De Witt Clinton Park has
taught two blind boys to raise "crops"
qual In every respect to those of the
children who can see. In fact, Mrs.
Henry Parsons, in charge of the
school, and Mr. Brady, the boys' teach
er, insist that In the matter of beets
nd carrots the blind children's work
was superior.
Toe subjects of the experiment are
Carl and Peter, each 13 years old and
strong boys for their years. Peter Is
totally blind and has to be led every
where. Carl, who can't distinguish
Anything more than four Inches away
from his eyes, has Just enough vision
so that he can go and fill Peters wa
tering pot.
Carl's sister used to bring him to
the park playground. Leaving him on
a bench she would run off to the
swings, and the boy would sit there
listening to the other children play
ing. A gymnasium Instructor saw
Carl sitting there day after day and
tried to think of some occupation for
him. Finally the Instructor suggest
ed that a plot in the school garden be
given to the boy. Then one day Carl
came bringing Peter, and Mrs. Par
sons decided to try the experiment of
teaching the blind gardening for
pleasure if not for profit
On June 10 they began teaching
Peter and Carl to raise beans, beets,
carrots, onions, radishes, lettuce and
corn, Just as the other children do.
A wooden fence was built around
Peter's plot, along which cords were
strung to serve as guides to the five
rows of "crops" which were to be
planted. Feeling these and measur
ing the distances by his fingers and
arm Peter drew his miniature furrows
and dropped or sprinkled his seeds.
In bis first attempt to cover the seeds
be knocked the rows askew, but then
by placing his hand on that of his
teacher while he did a row In the
light way Peter mastered that art.
No grown-up farmer would like to
weed with his eyes shut, but that Is
what both Peter and Carl bad learned
to do. They were taken to other chil
dren's plots, allowed to feel the differ
ent seedlings as they appeared, and so
taught to distinguish the tiny plants
from weeds. Hand hoes not more
than a foot long were made for them.
By keeping their left hand fingers a
tew Inches ahead of the blade they
did their hoeing without cutting down
the vegetables.
Several weeks ago came the time
for the first harvesting on the Chil
dren's Farm, which raises two rounds
of crops in a summer. As radishes,
beets and beans approached maturity
the excitement among the small far-
TRIES HARD TO JOIN LOVER
Grand Rapids Girl Attempts to Enlist
but Balks on Request to
Remove Clothes.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Held back for
a day, a story of a young girl in male
attire and evidently wishing to Join
her sweetheart In the east has Just
come out of the local United States
marine corps recruiting station.
The "young man" In question en
tered the station stating "he" wished
to enlist In the service to be sent to
New York as soon as possible. Not
understanding why the applicant
should be sent so hurriedly to the
training station, the officer asked the
applicant to explain. Faint, but very
determined, the answer was given
that a close friend by the name of
Brown was sent by the local recruit
ing officer and Is now In New York
very 111, and It was "his" wish to be
near J'his" friend as soon as possi
ble. The preliminary examination was
hurried through and the prospective
recruit shown to the next room where
"he" was asked to remove "his" cloth
ing that the remainder of the exam
ination might be finished. After wait
ing for an usual length of time for
the "lad" to appear, the officer called
"him." No reply being received the
door was opened. The room was not
occupied. The window leading to the
hall was open and on the floor near
by was found a lady's handkerchief,
wet with tears, which had an Initial
"B" In the corner.
MONEY LIES IDLE IN COURTS
Nearly $10,000,000 In Unclaimed
Funds in England Atone Re
duce National Debt.
London. A recent publication of the
Law Journal bas an Interesting article
on the subject of the unclaimed funds
lying In court. "Some of those," it
says, "who are at present engaged In
the quest of treasure supposed to be
burled In sunken Spanish galleons
might possibly turn their attention
with greater profit to the mass of un
claimed treasure which stands to the
cerdlt of suitors In the books of the
pay office of the supreme court.
The amount so standing In England
lone at the present day la nearly
110,000,000, of which the Interest and
a large part of the capital will,, in de
fault of a successful petition, ulti
mately go to the reduction of the na
tional debt -
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LONDON. The countess of Strafford, who Is one of the most popular of
the American women that have married titled Englishmen, was honored
the other day by an unexpected visit from the dowager Queen Alexandra,
the first she has paid since the death of King Edward. Lady Strafford and
her husband, Mr. Kennard, have taken Houghton Hall, Norfolk, from Mar
quis Cholmondley and Lady Strafford was engaged In gardening and dressed
In old clothes when the queen mother's motor came up the drive. The coun
tess attempted to run in doors and change her attire, but Alexandra Insisted
that she continue her work in the garden.
mers waxed so tense that the distinc
tion between meum and tuum was
frequently lost to view and the boy
whose beans matured early was like
ly to find himself minus the beans.
Even the observation plots In charge
of the Instructors were robbed of their
prize products. But to the credit of
the farm be it said that while the de
struction walked around them the
blind boys' crops were left undis
turbed. This harvesting was followed by
the second planting. In this Peter
and Carl showed such marked im
provement that Mrs. Parsons believes
that gardening in some of its branches
can be made an employment for the
blind. The sowing of beets and car
rots' by the blind boys was the best
done on the farm.
In a few weeks Peter and Carl have
learned to distinguish the different
seeds entirely by feeling. Peter has
BOYS SCHOOL LIFE
That in Boarding Institution Not
Natural, Says Bishop.
Not Only Do Children Suffer, but Par
ents Also, Who Lose Most 8acred
of Parental Duties One
Who Disagrees.
London. A striking appeal to the
upper and middle classes not to send
their boys to the "barrack life" of the
boarding school, and so remove them
from the home influence, is made by
the bishop of Hereford.
The bishop was a speaker at the
public morals conference, which was
held at the Caxton hall, Westminster.
The object of the conference has
been described as "a very earnest at
tempt to convert Mrs. Grundy" to ef
fect reforms in the moral education of
boys and girls.
Speaking on "Education for Parent
hood," the bishop said the English
people of the upper and middle classes
had drifted far too much into an al
most exclusive preference for board
ing school education.
"Boarding-school life is not a natu
ral life for the young," he declared.
"It is not only the children who suf
fer from being sent into barrack life',
but the parents also suffer because
they lose the most sacred responsibili
ties of parental duties.
"My experience as head master of
Clifton college which Is both a day
school and a boarding school leads
me to the conclusion that the best
form of school education for boys of
the upper and middle classes Is that
in which the boy is able to live under
the Influence of a good borne life.
"At the same time a boy can enjoy
all that is best In a well organized
boarding school."
A schoolmaster of several years' ex
perience gave several reasons why he
did not agree with the bishop of Here
ford's opinion.
"Take the case of, say, little Tom
my Jones, who Is a day boy at a sec
ondary school,' be said. "He Is hit
by another boy and goes home "ylng
to his mother, who consoles bldi and
dries bis tears.
"Tommy Is comforted and weakened
at the same time. If Tommy was a
boarder, and had no mother to fly to,
he would soon learn be must stand up
for himself and . become self-reliant
and brave.
"Either by bitting back at his ag
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a feat which beats that of the girl In
Grimm's fairy stories who had to pick
lentils out of the ashes. That girl had
beautiful blue eyes, and even at that
she had to call on her fairy godmother
to help her out But Peter, who is
totally blind, can take lettuce and
carrot seeds mixed together and sep
arate them correctly, though they are
enough alike to deceive many persons
who have their sight.
Peter's latest accomplishment Is to
distinguish bright colored flower pet
als one from the other apparently by
some subtle difference In the texture
of the blossom. That doesn't mean
that he could tell whether It's a pale
pink or a light blue aster or recog
nize any fine gradation of tint, but he
knows a red petal from a yellow one.
Altogether the Instructors are much
pleased with the summer's experiment
and are as eager as the boys to con
tinue it next year.
gressor or showing him that he was a
good fellow and didn't mind chaff,
Tommy becomes happy and self-confident."
Speaking at the conference on the
merits of the elementary school. Dr.
Macnamara said he could confidently
say that It had worked nothing short
of a social revolution.
It was not only in the Improvement
of the children themselves but he was
not Bure that the school had not re
acted even more upon the parents
than upon the children.
Even the poorest and most hard
worked woman in the back street had
made a struggle day in, day out to see
that her Eliza should have as clean a
pinafore as the rest of them.
Amid laughter, Dr. Macnamara add
ed that he could guarantee to say that
many a man bad held on a steadier
course because of Tommy's little
framed certificate upon the mantel
piece. Dr. James Cantie, honorable secre
tary of the Royal Institute of Public
Health, gave some useful hints on chil
dren's clothing.
He deprecated the use of babies'
"comforters" and unsuitable clothing
for children, especially "Eton Jackets"
for growing boys.
DAYS OF CANAL MULE ENDED
Tugboat Seems to Be Practical Solu
tion of Waterway Puzzle In
Pennsylvania.
Mauch Chunk, Pa. The days of the
canal mule at last seem numbered as
the result of repeated experiments by
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation com
pany, and tugs promise to become the
power to move the coal-laden chunk
era on the company's canal.
After trying different electrical ap
pliances during the pest few years
and finding that It was not feasible
to use electricity, a coal-laden barge
bound for Bristol was taken in tow
by a tug and made four miles per
hour. It went over the nine miles
level In 2 hours, which is about two
hours and a half less than It Is gen
erally done by mule power. Other
tests are to be made by the steamer
and If successful the mule will have
to go.
Several years ago the company
built a trolley line along the towpath
from here to Coal port and Welssport
for the purpose of moving the boats.
but It was found Inexpedient and the
mule was again brought Into service.
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IN the springtime, when primroses
are carpeting the copses and
hedgerows, there come gangs of
men into the Hampshire woods to
reu the oak trees and take on
their bark. They work hard, for their
Job only lasts during the flow of the
sap, it being impossible to bark trees
unless the sap Is in them, and the
gang are paid for the weight of the
bark which they can manage to strip
off in that time.
There are three distinct "flights" of
sap, each lasting about a fortnight. If
the weather is warm, the first flight
may begin early In April; but if
checked by frosty nights, perhaps not
until the beginning of May. The last
flight is at midsummer. The first one,
just as the buds are beginning to
swell. Is the best, as the bark is then
heavy with sap; and the last one Is
much the poorest. The bark ought to
make a rattling sound when taken off,
but there is little or no "rattle" in
midsummer bark, and It Is much light
er, as the sap is In the leaves. Only
"black" trees, 1. e., trees that will not
strip in the spring, are left till then.
First of all, the bark has to be tested
to see if It is ready to strip. To do
this a man goes up to the oak, cuts
a bit off a branch, and Is thus able to
see If the sap Is well up. This Is real
ly the beBt test. But very often, In
stead of climbing up, he marks out
with his ax a broad belt on the stand
ing tree two or three feet above the
ground, and Into the cut inserts his
stripping iron, which Is an instru
ment something like a very long
chisel. If the bark does not part read
ily from the wood, but sticks and
breaks, it shows that the sap is not
yet flowing, and the tree must be left
till Inter on in the season. If, how
ever, it is ready, the barkers can run
round the tree, removing the whole
ring in one piece, so that it can be
stood up on the ground like a gigantic
cuff. Next the "breech" bark is re
moved. This Is the part below the
belt, and Is the very best piece. It is
taken off very carefully In narrow
strips running right down to the base
of the trunk, and the stripping sounds
Just like tearing calico.
It is Important to throw the tree in
the right place, so as to avoid dam
aging its neighbors, and unless it has
a decided lean In the desired direc
tion, this has to be managed by means
of a "sink" and wedges. The "sink"
is made by chopping away some of the
trunk on the side to which the tree is
to be made to fall. Then the big
cross-cut saw comes into play, and
Iron wedges are driven in closely fol
lowing the saw. If the latter gets too
far ahead, it becomes impossible to
get the wedge in. It simply flies out
when struck, and the tree is liable to
fall backwards over the saw, and prob
ably does a great deal of unnecessary
damage. The men work In gangs and
very hard. "Ours is a very busy job,"
they say; "you see, we have got to do
it all while it runs," and the dirtier
they get from the sticky sap the bet
ter pleased they are, as it shows that
it Is running well. Three skilful men
will completely strip a medium-sized
tree in two or three hours. The bark
is first divided Into lengths of about
two feet Then, to loosen it, the cuts
are tapped with the back of a bill
hook or an ax, and the whole piece is
levered off with the stripper, Cold
weather and nights frosts make it
sticky and hard to take off, but warm ,
weather makes the bark "run" well.
The younger members of the gang are
called "colts," and It Is their Job to
strip the smaller branches, while the
ganger usually does the body bark or
trunk pieces. The barkers begin early
In the morning and go on till dark;
but, though the work Is hard, they find
It, very pleasant In the woods in
spring, and the outdoor life seems to
suit them. Dinner-hour Is a welcome
break In the day's work. The young-
T?PPftC TH BAfK,
est colt is always also the cook, and It
is his duty to attend to the fire and
make enormous cnnfuls of cocoa and
tea. He gives a long whistle when all
Is ready, and the men throw down
their tools, whlBtle to distant barkers
and go back to the camp, where they
cluster round the fire outside the tent,
cooking slices of bacon on pointed
sticks and drinking basins of cocoa.
When a tree has been entirely
Btrlpped, forked sticks are driven Into
the ground with cross poles between
them, and the pieces of bark are neat
ly stood up on end to dry, leaning
agnlnst each other with the rough
bark outside and supported by the
ridge pole. The big trunk pieces are
laid bark upwards along the top to
keep out the rain, and the whole thing
looks like a long, dark caterpillar
crawling along the ground beBlde the
stark white tree. This Is called
"range," and It remains there for a
couple of weeks or a month, with the
air freely circulating, until the bark
Is brown all through and quite dry
and brittle. There is now no fear of
its getting mouldy, so it Is piled up
Into ricks or taken under cover into a
barn, where It remains until the au
tumn, when the "hatchers" arrive.
With t'uelr "draw shaves" (a knife
with two handles) they scrape off all
the rough outer bark and lichen, leav
ing only the inner bark. The scrapings
used always to be saved for the curing
of bacon, but owing to the introduc
tion of creosote there Is not now much
demand for them. Finally, the Inner
bark is cut up into small pieces and
sent In bags to the tanyard.
G. M. WOOD.
HAVE ANTIDOTE FOR LOCKJAW
Physicians Declare They Have Mas
tered This Dreaded Scourge
of Mankind.
The popular belief that a wound
from treading on a rusty nail is very
Uicely to cause tetanus Is quite correct
This Is not because it Is a nail or Is
rusty, but because by lying on the
ground it has become Infected with
the germs of lockjaw. Moreover as
the punctured wound caused by the
nail bleeds but little and this blood
dries up and excludes the air, the most
favorable conditions for the develop
ment of tetanus exist, for, as Kltasato
the Japanese bacteriologist, proved
the absence of oxygen is most favor
able for the growth of the germ.
The germ Itself looks very much
like a tack, according to a writer in
Harper's Monthly; It is so virulent
that its toxin in doses of l-200,000th of
a teaapoonful will kill a mouse. It has
been found by experiment that the
poison Is carried up to the spinal cord
not by the absorbents nor the blood
vessels, as are other poisons, but
through the motor nerves.
Fortunately an anti poison or anti
dote has been developed, but so
prompt la the action of the poison that
in an animal two minutes after the in
jection of a fatal dose of the poison
twice as much of the remedy is re
quired as if It had been adminlsterd
with the poison; after eight minutes
ten times the amount and for ninety
minutes forty times the original
amount is necessary. This antitoxin
Is entirely harmless.'
As a result of antiseptic methods
lockjaw is now almost unknown ex
cept after neglected wounds, instead
of being frequent as it formerly was.
When it is feared the antitoxin is used
as a preventive and when it has de
veloped as a cure. In animals, for na
turally horses Buffer enormously more
fequently than man, the same anti
toxin is used. In 163 horses that had
operations performed on them, but
were protected by the antitoxin, not
one developed tetanus, whereas of
eight cases unprotected by the anti
toxin five developed tetanus.
Drunk on Ether.
Ether Is consumed by gallons to
get drunk on in a small part of Scot
land. The origin of this peculiar and
limited abuse is strange. In 1848 a
bad epidemic of cholera broke out In
Glasgow. Among those flying from It
were some who came back to Drap
erstown, their native place. With
them they brought a cholera mix
ture which they found "exceeding
comforting." A rascally doctor, know
ing that the comfort proceeded from
ether, laid in a whole cask. He made
his fortune, and started the habit
that lasts till yet. Ether Is sold over
counters in Scotland, the penny a
drink. An old ether toper can drink
two or thre ounces a day, but one
half ounce Is one big dram in water.
The drinker gets hilarious In a min
ute. It la far wilder and more dan
gerous than alcohol.
Dog Follows "King of the Jungles
Into Forest, Emerges Hanging
on to Its Tall Natives Award
Canine Hide.
Slmba, the pluckiest fox terrier A
the world and the only dog of ltat
breed which has ever tackled a fuUV
grown lion "single-handed," will be
returning to London, her birthplace,
during the next few days from British
East Africa.
The story of how Slmba fought thai
lion was told by Cherry Kearton, the?
dog's master, who' has Just returned!
from the Kenla district of British East
Africa with a number of clnemato-t
graph pictures of wild animals.
Slmba is an ordinary fox terrier, oil
no special value from a breeder1
point of view. Slmba's fight with the)
lion took place when Mr. Kearton was
trying to obtain pictures of the killing
of a lion by native spearmen. Two
lions had been located In some scrubs,
and 20 Masai warriors, with spears,
were ready to attack. The lioness
however, escaped, and the male llonj
after appearing for a moment, bolted!
into a dried river bed and refused to)
budge.
"Slmba," said Mr. Kearton, "darted!
Into the donga, and within a few secJ
onds we heard a tremendous roait
which seemed to shake the groundj
and the bushes within 12 yards of u
were violently agltatetd. The lloa
roared again and again, and In the
brief Intervals we heard the weak bud
very furious yapping of the dog. Thai
Masai stood, every nerve tingling,
with spears poised.
"Suddenly the lion dashed through1
a little clearing, and we were amazed
to see Slmba hanging on with her
teeth embedded In Its tall. Three!
spears were hurled at the escaping
beast with such accuracy that they all
transfixed the heart and the lion fell
dead. You must know that the skin)
of the Hon belongs, according to local
custom, not to the warrior whose
spear Inflicts a fatal wound, but tor
the man who first rushes In and cut
off the black tip from the tall.
"Two of the three spearmen dashed
Into the donga, but they found Slmbsj
with the black tip still between her
teeth, resolutely determined to oppose
any hostile claim. The spearmen, who
were lost In admiration, agreed that
the skin belonged by right of seizure
to Slmba, and they handed It over
later to my wife as trustee for the
dog."
Prayere by Phone.
At a small dinner the guest of
honor was a young married woman,,
formerly a resident In the west and
the mother of two fine boys, both un
der five years of age. Now, It ap
pears that in their education the
proud mother employs a system like
many other young mothers, and that
she Is most careful to adhere to any
rule she may have formulated for
them.
Early In the dinner and during an
animated conversation with her host
ess the young mother suddenly ceased
to speak and her face took on a
startled expression.
"Mercy me!" she exclaimed. "I
have forgotten those boys. May j
use your phone?"
This permission being accorded, the)
young mother left the table. In m
few minutes she returned, saying:
"I must really beg your pardon;
but you know I have always Insist
ed that Tom and Harry say their
prayers for me before they go to
sleep. In the hurry of getting off to
night I quite forgot my usual duty.
So I Just called up the nurse ' and",
she brought them to the phone, so'
that they might say their prayers ta
me over the wire. I feel much re
lieved." Artists Have 8uch Troubles.
The pupils in a public school were
on one occasion during a drawing les
son placed before a model, and told to
sketch as they saw.
The results were amusingly varied.
Some of the youngsters' drawings bora
resemblance to a human being In re-
pose; others looked much like wooden
dolls. One little girl had drawn the
model Btandlng In front of the chair
that bad been placed upon the plat
form. "Oh, Lily, Lily!" exclaimed the dis
couraged teacher, as she examined
this effort "Didn't I say, 'Draw
Marie as you see herf"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Well, Is she standing In front ot
the chair t"
"No, ma'am. She's sitting In It"
"Then why didn't you 'draw her sit
ting?" "I hadn't got to it" explained Lily.
"I was just going to bend her down
when you rang the bell."
Of Course She Was There.
Mrs. Robinson And were you up
the Rhine?
Miss Nurich (just returned from m
continental trip) I should think so;
right to the very top. What a aplen-j
did view there Is from the summit
Her Foresight ;
"What Is she doing?"
"Selecting her wedding trouaseaa
and mourning garments."
"Isn't that a queer combination?"
"Not In her case. She Is marry
teg a wealthy young aviator."