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Battons.
They're In favor.
Small ones are first.
Metal ones stand high.
Crochet buttons are very smart.
Buttons are covered with silk or sil-
ver.
Bone buttons, if carefully chosen,
are very smart.
Profession of Society.
Society, after all, is the most ardu-
ous profession a woman can adopt,
laments the Ladles’ r'le!d, since it ab-
sorbs the greater part of her nights as
well as her entire days, and allows of
no repose save that periodically
snaiched in a “rest cura.”
Itallan Women Pack Heavy Loads.
In Italy the people take it for grant-
ed that women should carry heavy
loads. Horses and wagons are scarce,
and it is common for women to carry
heavy loads of wood from the dock to
the market place. Often they are so
heavy the women look as if they would
stagger underneath, They carry this
wood all day for less than fifty cents,
though the lumber is disposed of in the
market at a good price.
Embroidered Albums.
The postcard album has reached the
fancy work stage, and that means it is
very popular indeed. Square albums,
with plain stiff board covers, are
bought, to be recovered with silk or
linen and needlework. Some of the
bandsomest are of silk, with the words
“Postcard Album” embroidered in solid
work, and a floral Jesign—forget-me-
nots are naturally the most appropriate
—is done in ribbon embroidery.
Brains on Tap For Beauty.
If you live in Boston and “have the
price,” advice as to just what to buy
when you go shopping may be yours.
A young woman in that tow, says the
New York Press, who recently was
thrown on her own resources, decided
that her unfailing eye for color har-
monies and ‘aste in dress was a mar-
ketable commodity, and opened an
office, where for a small sum she tells
women -vhat they ought to wear.
Should her enterprise prove a success,
doubtless many women in the same cir-
cumstances will talze the shoppers in
tow.
Empire Coats,
Three-quarter length cloaks in the
Empire shape are seen among the
wraps as much as they were in the
winter fashions. A model with straight
€ront, double-breasted, with yoke be-
ginning at the side and continuing
across the back, the lower part of the
coat being cut slightly flared below, is
to be in favor. Other models, declares
Harper’s Bazar, have this same front
panel and yoke, with the lower part of
the coat pleated. Short, square box
coats, coming only to the hips, are
made of covert cloth and also of cloth
to match the skirt of the gown. There
are very smart little covert cloth coats
of the usual single-breasted variety,
with long seam from the shoulder to
the hem, as well as those “vith many
gores and strapped seams.
Sewing Tables Become the Vogue.
Sewing tables are quite a fad among
many belles, and the girl who has not
a mahogany receptacle for clothes in
need of repairs is no longer up to date.
The favorite style is of dark brown
mahogany, with glass or brass knobs,
as one pleases, and with strips of brass
along the edges. It mnust have a deep
basket-like appendage lined with silk
which harmonizes with the shade of
one’s room. These pretty trifles cost
anything one may wish to pay, but
the least expeisive cost about $25.
There are sewing tables in cherry, but
antique mahogany is the thing. Many
tables have wonderful accessories in
the shape of gold-handled scissors and
gold thimbles. One girl is the fortun-
ate possessor of a half dozen gold cases
€or spools of cotton.—New York Press.
Indian Girl’s Dancing Robe.
An Indian girl, daughter of Howling
Crane, once the head of the Cheyenne
Indians, recently sold her “party
gown” to a syndicate of territorial cu-
rio gatherers for $1000.
The garb was old and worn, moth-
eaten and ragged, yet the price was
cheerfully paid—incidentally, the pur-
chase was a good investment. The
dress was decorated with 728 elk teeth,
all very valuable fcr lodge jewelry, and
the transfer from the original purchas-
er to an Eastern jewelry manufactur-
er was made in advance of the securing
of the teeth at a price that was almost
double the amount the girl, Nannie
Howling Crane, received, says the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
As years go by the number of elk
teeth is becoming smaller, while the
growing larger, and the result is that
the laws of supply and demand boost
the price. Almost any genuine elk
tooth will sell for $2, while the choice
The top price is usually paid for a
tooth that is turning green with age.
An elk of the male sex produces only
two good teeth, and the robe, there-
fore, represented 364 elk.
Miss Howling Crane is a rich girl,
and could afford all sorts of fine
gowns, but she rather liked the one
she sold; still, adverse circumstances
had stricken her father, and rather
than dispose of his ponie: to meet onli-
gations and to feed himself and family,
he carried his daughter’s “party gown,”
or, more properly expressing it, her
varieties sell for as Ligh as $50 each.
dancing robe, to the curio collectors
When Old Crow, chief of the Chey-
ennes, heard of the sale he was broken
hearted, and immediately set out to
get it back, but he was too late—the
robe had been forwarded to the East
by express.
The Cheyennes are land rich, yet of-
ten suffer from extreme hunger. When
that way they will sell their all, regard-
less of the value. When they get in
this shape the curio hunter invades
their homes, and the tinkle of silver
ofttimes robs them of articles they
would rather give their lives than bar-
ter away.
Modern Hair Dressing.
The very newest way of arranging
the hair is to weave it prettily, draw it
up on top of the head, with side locks,
out soft and fluffy, but not over the
eyes at all, the entire arrangement be-
ing topped off with a crownlike braid.
Simplicity is the present rule in hair
dressing.
The big, horrible pompadour is left
to chorus girls, and its place is not off
the stage. There was never anything
more truly hideous than the pompadour
ratted up by an amateur hair dresser.
The straight lines brought out every
defect of the complexion, says the Phil-
adelphia Press.
Just how you should dress your hair
is a question that you must settie for
yourself. Your neighbor may look very
pretty with her hair done a certain way
but the style may not be acceptable for
you. Experiment until you find the
secret. If you can afford it go to a
hair dresser and let her give you ideas,
The expense of such an experiment is
track.
The clever woman who discovers a
becoming way of doing her hair seldom
changes her style, but cottons to it as
long as she can.
The girl with a high forehead must
bring her hair down a little. The girl
with fine temples and a lovely forehead
should arrange her hair so that these
beauties are displayed.
Beautifying is but bringing out the
good points and glossing over the poor
ones.
An invisible net will keep all the fly.
ing shreds of hirsute decorations with
the rest of the hair. By brushing them
the way they should go they will soon
take the hint.
Back combs have been the salvation
of the woman who always tagged
around with a fringe of hair hanging
down the back of her neck.
If modern beautifying has done no
more than teach women to pin up those
shaggy ends it has certainly been
worth while,
Hard Working Americans.
The moment a singer, virtuoso or
conductor returns to Europe from a
first visit to America it is the custom
nowadays to interview them as to their
Boston Transcript. Miss Marie Hall,
the violinist, gave hers with the ner-
vous eagerness that is in all that she
does, and she heaped fiery coals on our
Bostonian heads by paying us compli-
ments in return for our indifference to
her. *“I was sometimes in doubt
whether there were any Americans ex-
cept in Boston and thereabout. In
New York, for instance, I fancy no-
body is quite a real American yet. It
I asked anybody I met, ‘Are you an
American? the answer was always,
‘Well, yes, but not exactly, quite, alto.
gether American all the same’—and
the explanation was that he or she,
or the father or mother, was born in
Germany, or Ireland, or somewhere,
not in America. All the American men
are in such a hurry to become Ameri-
cans that they make themselves per-
fect slaves, they work so hard. No-
where have I seen men have so uni.
versal a passion for making money,
and so universal a content in seeing
their wives spend it. I am sure it is
true that America is run by its women,
at any rate, if the men do run it, they
do so only for the women's sake. Thd
men go about shabbiiy dressed and
work from early morning till late at
night, even though they are million.
aires. To live in America you must
either be an American, or be buoyed up
with a sustaining, glorious hope of be-
coming one. No one, otherwise, could
live there for long without being cut
off in his bloom by premature old age.
I calculated one night that I should
run through my span and pass out a
centenarian in about two years.”
trifling and it may set you on the right |
impressions of their tour, observes the |
THE DUTY OF LAWYERS,
Cortlandt Parker's Advice to the New
x Jersey Bar,
Under the heading “Some Whole
some Advice to Lawyers,” the Liclen-
tific American notes that Ne.» Jersey's
lawyers recently paid a deserved trib.
ute to heir most distinguished asso
ciate, the one who has becn longest in
practice in the State and who, tarough-
out its boundaries, 18 recognized as the
dean of the profession—Cortlandt Par'cs
er, of Newark.
In the course of nis address mr,
Parker delivered a few words of ade
vice to his young friends. He said:
“Stick to the profession—seek tc ele-
vate it. Do uot seek by it (0 make
money, Doing that mals it a trade
not a profession. Be fair in charges,
Help the poor, with advice and with
professional aid. If ic o:curs to vou,
as 1. should, to lock out for old ave,
believing that Webster was right when
he said that the fate of a lawyer was
to work Lard, live wall and die poor,
use economy, and as ou acouire some-
thing to lay up, buy in some growing
town or city a buildiag, a business one,
if you can, even if it involves a mort-
gage for part; rent wi'' 'eep down
interest and pay taxes and the proj rty
one day will enrich you. You will
have hard work to get weil off by sire
ply saving, and the community will ex-
pect you to live comf.rtably. I’o not
speculate. Be known in Christian
work, and in charity, public and pri.
vate, scecrding to your means. Study
law and history in all spare time, and
| manifest it by your ction in tue
| courts. Do not be a politician. But
always vot> and do the duty of a citi-
zen. Be member of a party, but inde-
| pendent—a slave to no one. Deserve
honors and office. If they come, as if
you deserve them they should, do
honor *o them. If they do not, never
mind. There i5 one who seeth not as
man seeth, whose ‘well aone, good and
faithful’ is worth all the dignities of
all the world.”
Hung on to the Plow,
An old English gentleman, a school
teacher, who some years ago resided
in one of the small towns of Ohio, was
an agreeabie teller of stories, but
deemed it beyond his reputation as a
racontear to tell one that did not sur-
pass any that had preceded it.
A farmer having come to the village
remarked in the presence of his friends
that he had been plowing all the week
with four horses, breaking up new
ground, and dwelt upon it as being a
very big thing.
| “Pshaw!” said the old Englishman,
| “that's nothing. I have seen in Eng-
| land fifty yoke of oxen hitched to one
| plow.”
The remark seemed to occasion gen-
eral surprise.
“And,” continued he, “the funniest
part of the whole thing was that while
the plow was og the top «f another hill
the leading yoke of oxen was on top
of another hill, and the jorty-aine be-
tween the plow anu the leaders were
suspended between the two hills. And
there was another matter connected
with it rather strange. In the course
of the day the plowmsn, becoming
rather careless about driving his team,
ran into and split a big oak stump. The
plow passed safely throush the ‘split,
but before the plowman got entirely
through it closed and caught him by
the coattail.”
“Did it tear his coat?” asked a per-
son of inquiring turn.
“Not a bit of it,” replied our vera-
| etous narrator; “he hung to the plow
handles and pulled out the stump.”—
Buffalo Times.
i
| London Birds’ Friend.
An interesting spectacle for city
dwellers to whom common country
scenes are rareties, may be observed in
St. James’ Park.
Walking from the Horse Guards Pa-
rade to the Duke of York's column, one
may see on the lower branch of the
second tree on the right-hand side of
the roadway a wood pigeon’s nest in
course of construction. These birds be-
jong to the class of wood pigeons which
are now becoming as much acclimat-
ized in the metropolis as the numerous
so-called “tame pigeons.”
A correspondent, eighty-four years
old, to whom London parks have been
places of interest and observation for
over seventy years, writes concerning
the St. James’ Park nest:
“My attention was first drawn to
this nest building by seeing a wood
pigeon walking about beneath the
trees looking, as I thought, for food,
but in reality searching for suitable
small sticks. When it had found one
it flew up into a tree adjoining that in
which the nest was. I pretended to
walk on as if I had not seen it, and
the bird flew into the next tree, where
it soon deposited the twig in its cor-
rect position.
“As there seemed a scarcity of twigs,
I set about collecting some and strewed
New Colorings,
The art of dyeing is rapidly being |
acquired in America. Anything more |
charming than the colors of the sea- |
son's silks can hardly be imagined, and
the American products are not behind |
the imported. The rajahs and burling: |
hams come in fifty or more shades, and
the colors are finely graded, that any |
complexion may be suited. Purples |
range from deep dahlia tones to ame- |
thyst, violet and mauve. The delicate |
tone called orchid is especially lovely. |
In reds the variety is much greater. |
From darkest claret, through erimson, |
cherry, raspberry, which the importers |
call ‘“framboise’” and strawberry, |
which is also supposed to sound better |
in French, “fraise,” coral, salmon and |
several shades of pink. One can have |
a dozen blues, of which Alice, bluet,
delft, “campanule,” or harebell, and all!
the pastel shades are fashionable, |
There are several good browns, two or |
three grays, of which London smoke
is the latest, and three or four very!
good greens, including myrtle and two
“resedas,” which, of course, is mignon- |
and sold it.
ette in English.— New York Post.
| votes to making a sale.
them about under the tree so that the
bird might gather them more readily.”
~London Daily Mail. -
The Commercial Time«Saver.
These are strenuous days in the busi.
ness world. The greater the degree of
national prosperity the more are buye
ers and sellers cramped for time,
Whatever saves their time enables
them to save its equivalent—money.
Publicity is the great mercantile time-
saver. It spreads out the tradesman’s
wares so that the customer can see |
them all at a glance; it tells him ex-
actly where to find the precise article
that he wants; it spares him the labor
and inconvenience of rummaging. This
means a great deal to a hurried buyer,
By as much as it reduces the time the
customer must spend in selection it
minimizes the time the merchant de-
Nelped by Autoists,
ing throughout the country to a
greater extent than has ever been
noticed, and a large part of this ac.
tivity is directly due to the individual
and committee efforts of automobilists,
The Good Roads Committee of the
American Automobile Association is
‘co-operating with local authorities in a
number of States for the purpose of
improving the more frequented sec-
tions of the highway. The recent run
made by Asa Goddard from Boston to
New York was taken with the object
of studying the roads at an unfavor-
able period of the year when their bad
spots would be more apparent and it
would be easier to suggest definite
places for improvement. A detailed
report on these conditions is being pre-
pared by Mr. Goddard, and the Ameri-
can Automobile Association will en-
deavor to get the clubs in Massachu-
setts and Connecticut to assist in car-
rying out the needed improvements.
Asa Goddard is now engaged in the
good roads movement in Ohio, He has
accepted the appointment as assistant
secretary to the Cleveland Automobile
Club, the office being created chiefly
for the purpose of bringing influence to
bear throughout the State for better
highways. Mr. Goddard is one of the
most practical and best posted men on
automobile affairs in the country. He
is a practical road builder, having had
charge of the construction of some of
the best roads in New England. For
two years he has been a director of the
American Automobile Association, rep-
resenting the Worcester Automobile
Club.
The projected plans for the Glidden
tour this year have directed closer at-
tention than ever before to the condi-
tion of roads in the West. Singular as
i it may seen. to those who know little
of the true conditions, the roads in
Canada above Detroit and Toledo are
immeasurably superior to those in
Michigan and Ohio. In fact, better au-
tomobile travel will be found by way
of Canada from Detroit to Buffalo than
through our own country. It is almost
impossible to travel from Detroit to To-
ledo by automobile, and it has long
been a standing joke among the mem-
bers of the Detroit Automobile Club
that tle cnly safe way to take a motor
car between the two cities is by boat.
In view of the enormous output of
automobiles from Michigan it is but
natural that the good roads subject
should be agitated there, and an
amendmenxt to the Constitution has re-
cently been adopted by popular vote
authorizing State aid to road building
somewhat on the principle that wag
adopted in New Ycrk a year ago. The
Michigan Highway Commissioner and
the autoists are now endeavoring to co-
operate with the proper officials in
Ohio toward the building of a firm,
broad highway from Detroit to Toledo.
In Pennsylvania active steps have
been taken to secure a proper automo-
bile route from Philadelphia to Pitts-
burg. The Germantown Automobile
Club has taken the initiative. A mac-
adamized road has just been author-
ized at an expense of $90,000 from Bal-
timore to Washington. A bill to this
effect has been signed by the Governor.
Plans are being made in New Hamp-
shire to improve the roads leading to
the White Mountains. In New Jersey
last year nearly sixty-eight miles of
road were built at a cost of nearly
$165,000. Plans are being made for the
improvement of several stretches of
road in the upper part of New York.
Even in the Far West the good roads
question is assuming greater impor-
tance than in former years, California
and Washington having taken steps to
improve their State highways. — New
York Times.
| NTEREST in good roads is spread:
I
The Cumberland Pike.
A bill for the restoration of the Na-
tional highway commonly known as
the Cumberland Pike, passing through
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, was introduced into the
House recently, The bill makes it pos-
sible for State authorities to borrow
money for the purpose from the Gov-
ernment without interest, provided
that not more than $10,000 per mile is
used in the improvement of the road.
This movement if successful will be of
interest and value to our citizens liv<
ing in the sections through which this
famous road passes.
“Alpine’’ Plants in America.
The Alpine plants worth growing in
America are chiefly hardy perennial
herbs that make tufts or rosettes, or
carpet the ground with a continuous
sheet of flowers. Examples are the
famous gentians, pinks and primroses
of Switzerland. These plants are not
confined to the European Alps, but
come from all high mountains and,
therefore, in horticultural literature,
the word “alpine” has become so gen-
eralized that it is no longer capitalized.
Unfortunately some of the choicest
alpines can be grown only in a special
rockery, where they can have cool
air, plenty of light, but without shade,
with constant moisture but perfect
drainage. Yet there are plenty that
can be grown in the ordinary border
which are able to withstand the alter-
nate freezing and thawing of American
winters.—Garden Magazine.
Advertising
owes {its power to the fact that it
showers its benefits with an even hand
upon those who pay for it and those |
who read it.—Philadelphia Record.
Consoling.
. Even the hurricanes of life split
the trees to kindling wood, and save
us lots of trouble.—Atianta Constitu-
tion.
Household
Delicious Mustard Dressing,
Delicious mustard is made by first
slicing an onion in a bowl and covering
it with vinegar. Let this stand forty-
eight hours, when pour off the vinegar
into another bowl, add a little red
pepper, salt, sugar, and enough dry
mustard to thicken to a cream. The
proportions should be a teaspoonful
of the pepper and salt and twice that
of sugar, but tastes differ somewhat
as to the quantity of sweet used.
How to Cook Flash.
Mrs. Rorer, in the course of a lee-
ture, gave the following directions for
cooking fish:
Fish like meat must be put either
Into a hot oven or into boiling water
to coagulate the juices on the out:
side and keep the flavoring in. A fish
may be planked wholly on the board.
The time of cooking does not depend
upon the weight of the fish. A roast
greater the time of cooking. A fish
takes its weight in length rather than
in thickness, so we do not increase ma-
terially the time of cooking. Cold
cooked fish may be made into a num-
ber of dainty entrees, like cutlets,
cusk a la creme, croquettes, scalloped
fish, or mixed with mashed potatoes
and made into cakes.
Secret of Frozen Sweeta,
he making and moulding of ice
fream, according to Mrs. Rover, is as
follows:
it is wise to scald half the cream and |
allow it to get perfectly old before
freezing. Iruit ice cream may have
a portion of the sugar added to the
fruit and a portion added to the hot
cream. A good rule is to scald half the
cream and add to it the sugar. When
this is cold «dd the remaining half of
the cream, allowing seven ounces of
sugar to each quart of cream.
“The fruit should be added after the
cream is froz:n, and if the ic2 cream ig
to stand any length of time the fruitd
must be thoroughly mashed or you will
find little ‘rozen Dulles throughout
| the creanl. I'ruit juices freeze at a
higher temperature than sweetened
cream. In making friut ice cream al
low to eaci quart of cream eight
ounces of sugar and a pint of mashed
fruit. Scald the sugar and half the
cream; when cold add the remaining
cream; freeze, and when frozan stir in
the fruit: repack and stand aside tc
ripen. If you are to mould tne ice
cream, after the fruit is stirpdd in is a
very good time for moulding. The
moulds must be dipped in cold water.
You must have th» salt end ice fot
repacking ready at hand. The seams
of the moulls—that is, where the lid
is placed o. the mould—should be
covered with strips of muslin dipped in
paraffin. The moment the muslin
touches the cold mould it harden and
so covers the seam that i: prevents
the salt water from entering the
cream.”
Railroad Pudding — One cup sweet
milk, one cup molasses, one cup
chopped suet, one cup chopped raisins,
one great spoon vinegar, one teaspoon
salt, one teaspoon soda. Steam three
hours and serve with sweet sauce.
Macaroni and Eggs—Cook macaroni
until tender and place in a small bak-
ing dish. Beat together two eggs and
half a cupful of milk, add salt and
pepper and pour over the macaroni.
Bake in the oven until the tap is nicely
browned.
Chocolate Sauce—Put one-half cup
each of sugar and butter in a sauce-
pin and cook five minutes. Add four
squares of chocolate broken up and
when melted add one-half teaspoon of
vanilla. Add one-half cup of thin
cream and serve.
For Lemon Sauce—Mix two level
tablespoons of cornstarch with three-
quarter cup of sugar and a pinch of
salt and turn into two cups of boiling
water. Cook ten minutes, add one level
tablespoon of butter and a teaspoon of
lemon juice. If the sauce is now too
thick add a little boiling water.
Sweet Potato Fritters—A pint of hot
mashed sweet potatoes, two eggs, a
cupful of flour, into which has been
gifted a teaspoonful of baking powder,
salt, and enough milk to make a bat-
ter. Drop the batter, a tablespoonful
at a time, in deep fat, smoking hot, and
cook to a light brown. Tomato sauce
may be served with the fritters.
Tomato Cheese — Stir together one
pound of soft grated cheese and a cup-
ful f strained tomato juice. The best
way of “grating” soft cheese is to pase
it through a potato ricer or press it
through a coarse sieve. Season the
mixture with one teaspoonful of salt,
and sprinkling of paprika and & cup of
soft breadcrumbs. Pour the mixture
into a saucepan and stir rapidly until
smooth and creamy. Serve on toasted
crackers.
Carrot Soup—Scrape and cut into
small pieces six carrots, add an onion,
sliced, two or three stalks of celery,
and a leat of parsley. Cover with boil.
ing water and cook until the carrots
can be rubbed through a sieve. Add a
pint of ho: milk and thicken with a
tablespoonful each of flour and butter
creamed together. Season with sali
and red pepper and tho least bit of
nutmeg. Serve over cube: of frief
«Matters
of beef, for instance, the heavier—the |
“To make perfect ice cream |
_ All blood in a man's body passes
through his Leart once every two min-
utes.
White pine lumber costs to-day five
time as much in this country as it
cost in 1863,
Most of the houses and offices in
Manila have tiny window panes made
of transparent oyster shells instead of
glass.
The Japanese lover, instevd of an en-
gagement ring, may give his future
bride a piecc of beautiful silk to be
worn as a sash.
A wedding celebration in Cairo lasts
for three days. There is feasting dur-
ing all the time and the house and
streets are liberally decorated with
flags and lanterns.
Six sailors in the San Francisco Ma-
rine Hospital refused to go to bed, the
other night, because they deeraed the
hour too early. The nurse in charge
puiled a pistol and the sailors went
to bed.
One of the familiar and picturesque
sights of Paris is the postage stamp
market, which meets, both in summer
and winter, under the trees of the
Champs Elysees. Here stamp colleet-
ors meet, buy and sell, and discuss
prices.
At Braybrooke Church, England, is
still to be seen a monster trumpet,
sixty-six inches long, which was used
in the early part of the last century
to summon the people to church in-
stead of church bells. It was also
formerly used by the choir leader dur-
ing service.
Siberia has the biggest forest area of
any country on earth, yet the timber
for the construction of the eastern-end
of the Trans-Siberian Railway all came
from the United Sta.ec. It was brought
from Oregon, being shipped across to
Vladivostok, thence transported by
rail to the banks of a tributary of the
Amur and loaded into barges to be
towed 0 its destinations.
The Chinese do not take to horse
racing, but ‘hey have mildly exciting
sports of their own on which to wager
and lose their cash. There are the
cricket figh.s at Hong Kong, for in-
stance. Many thousands of people
journey from Canton to Hong Kong to
see this sport. The crickets themselves
are valued by their owners at enor-
mous prices, a viccorious insect fetch-
ing sometimes hundreds of dollars.
KEEPING COAL UNDER WATER.
Experiments by British Government Show
That Exposure to Air Hurts It.
Important experiments are being car-
ried on by the Eritish naval authorities
at Portsmouth to ascertain the extent
of the steaming properties of Welsh
coal which has been improved by stor-
age in the sea. Eighteen months ago
iron crates, each containing two tons
of coal, were sunk in a big basin in
the dock yard. At the same time a
similar quantity of coal was carefully
stored in the open air at a coaling
point and sheltered by tarpaulins. At
intervals of six months two ton sam-
ples of each storage have been taken
carefully and burned. The results have
siiown conclusively that by the sub-
marine storage of coal its calorific
value steadily increases, while by stor-
age in the open air a decided decrease
is shown. At naval coaling stations
in the tropics the decrease in calorific
value is very great, the heat of the sun
extracting the light, volatile oils.
The Admiralty is satisfied with the
physical and financial advantages of
submarine storage and has now di-
rected that experiments be made to
ascertain its practicability on a large
scale. The difficulty is that submerged
coal must be dried before it is used or
otherwise the superficial moisture
would soon cause spontaneous combus-
tion. Close confinement in the bunk-
ers of warships is the only method of
drying heretofore attempted. Spread-
ing quantities of thousands of tons in
the open air has not been feasible.—
New York Sun.
Deer Plays With Dog. 3
A deer which had been badly injured
in a wire fence at the farm of Edward
Pidcoe has been nursed back to health
and is now quite tame. The animal
was chased by dogs near Loyalsochville
and plunged into the barbed wire
fence, where it was found. Mr. Pidcoe
placed it in his barn, where it has
since occupied a horse stall.
An intimate companionship has
grown up between the injured doe and
Pidcoe’s house dog, and at present the
two are almost inseparable. The dog
upon entering the stall will lick the
nose of the deer by way of greeting.
They have even become bedfellows and
sleep side by side in the barn at night. 4
Dr. Jacob Kalbfus, secretary of the
State Game Commission, said in a let-
ter that those who were inconvenienc-
ing themselves on the deer's account
would be reimbursed for their expense
and trouble.—Williamsport (Pa.) Spe-
cial to Philadelphia Record.
Rural Mail Routes Still Increasing.
Thirty-two thousand rural routes are
in operation in the United States, ac- °
cording to a statement made at the
Postoffice Department recently. About
4000 petitions for the new service
await action. Rural! delivery now costs
bread, and dash paprika over all jug |
before sending to the table. |
the Government about $25,000000 a
year.