IPAEM AND GARDEN. J
E'rsulte of Careful Selection of Seed.
The importance of good seed cannot
tie too strongly urged. A grower of
wheat In several years' experiments
found that it paid well to hand-pick
his seed wheat. The first year lie
planted seven and a half pounds of
hand-picked wheat on one acre In rows
eighteen inches apart, and at harvest
he threshed out sixty-seven bushels.
The next year the yield was seventy
two bushels, using a little more seed.
On a trial row he planted seventy-six
extra fine kernels of seed (weighing
forly-ilve grains), and the product was
ten and a quarter pounds, or at the
rate of 100 bushels of wheat per acre.
The experiments were made many
years ago by Professor Mount, of the
Colorado Experiment Station, the seed
being in rows eighteen Inches apnrt,
and twelve Inches apart In the rows, a
wheel hoe being used for cultivating
between the rows. In Belgium all
seeds are carefully hand-picked and
the wheat crop cultivated, with the
result that l'rom sixty to seventy-five
tushels of wheat per acre may be
found on nearly all farms.
TTTion the Isnek!e is Cionn.
The ace< i:ipanying lllustration*! show
lio*,v to join the ends of the driving
reins tosciher when the buckle has
been lor . With a pocket knife cut the
end of (.ieh rein, as shown at a, then
by slipping the extreme end of each
through the tack-shaped opening of
the other, a reasonably Arm union la
effected. The necessity of alwti3*s
keeping the reins fastened together
cannot be too strongly emphasized.
If a horse becomes frightened, and on
rein is dropped, there is 110 possible
way of recovering it, if it is not fast
ened to ihe other. Many a runaway
has res it bed from a failure to observe
this prec ration.—Orange Judd Farmer.
Added 8tol!o Room.
The innovations show the elevation
of the ordinary farm barn, and also
the floor plan, ns it appears wnen iflo
additio:i that is shown has been built
L±r!mj u=y
C I •
i% tii
ha e
THE GROUND TLAN.
to give increased room for the accom
modation of cow, or other stalls. The
addition is across one end of tne barn,
each end projecting to form an open
manure shed. The shed on the loft
hand can be boarded in and used for
ELEVATION OF THB BABN.
calve 3 or other young stock, or for a
place (o store tools and farm machines
If desired. The shed on the right Is
convenient to both lines of stalls, the
Manure being hauled out to tlio shed
ouch day. Such an addition costs hut
little, having a simple shed roof, and
fjirnlshes added room that Is often ex
cfcedhi'.'ly valuable —the extra stalls,
and the covered place in which to
store the manure.—American Agricul
turist.
Use and Value of Cut Green Done.
What the silo has done for tbo dairy
man the green-bone cutter is doing for
the poultryman. Each in its field has
solved the problem of supplying a food
that will be eagerly relished, and will
force production at a season when na
ture is against us, and at a minimum
of cost.
The important constituent of animal
food for poultry is protein, which pro
duces flesh and feathers and the albu
i_en of the egg. When given a free
range t he fowls will supply themselves
with : imal food by catching bugs
aiul v. nns when they are obtainable.
The tro'.iblc is. nature does not always
supply this food in sufficient quanti
ties even in summer, and during the
winter months it is not to be had at
all. Some seasons there will be pleaty
of grasshoppers and crickets, and af
ter a shower the ground will l>e cov
ered with angle-worms, but during a
dry season worms are scarce, a*d if
the grasshoppers fail to appear, the
poultryman must supply something to
take their place. Nothing answers
this purpose as well as green bone.
Fresh bones contain a large percent
age of protein. The same can be sakl
of the several brands of meat meal on
the market, but the fresh product is
more palatable, more wholesome, eas
ier to feed and cheaper. Hens have to
acquire a taste for meat meal. It
sometimes takes several days to get
them accustomed to eating the mixed
feed containing it. In all my expe
rience as a poultry-raiser I never saw
the hen or chick that looked twice be
fore eating fresh-cut bone. Meat meal
is liable to become tainted before use,
•especially in hot weather. It is some-
time* mi(k of scraps and rofuso tfli tti
have reached such a stage of ripeness
i that no poultryman who caters to first
class trade would think of feeding it
If fed in too large quantities, ths
strong odor whkh always accompa
nies it is likely to impart a dls&gro*>
tno odor to the eggs or flesh. There
are several good, pure brands of meat
in sal on th ma ket, and they axe cer
tainly bettor than no animal food at
all, but are to fresh green bone wnat
dried beef Is to beefsteak. Peed the
meat when you cannot get hones.
Freeh bone is easier to feed. It does
not have to be mixed vrtth ground feed
and stirred up with water, but can be
fed Juot as it oomes from the mill, and
may be scattered in ths litter, thus
affording exercise for the hens in
scratching for It. Every year more
poultry men arc giving up the use of
ground feed and are giving s whole
grain diet, reducing the work of feed
ing considerably. The green bona can
be cut In L*c time tiwui M taxes to mix
soft feed.
The cost of bones for a sunUl flock
Is generally nothing; the butcher will
supply them. When a large quantity
is usad tbuy can be obtained from tha
large butcher shops and slaughter
houses at a very moderate pries. No
matter what the price is, nothing will
start hens laying and keep them at it,
or make young chicks grow largo
frames and feather out well, hasten
the moult or flt a bird for the show
pen, like fresh-cut green bone, when
fed in conjunction with a proper grain,
grit and green-food ration.—J. Frank
lin Hlller, in The County Gentloman.
Farmers nr. becoming more pro
gressive and are also beginning to
work on more scientific lines. At
many oI the experiment stations the
sons of farmers are taking special
courses in agriculture, with the result
that they become largely instrumental
in improving farm methods in their
communities when they return to their
homes. The period has passed for ex
pressions of contempt for the theoreti
cal farmer, as theory and practice
have demonstrated by actual tests that
no advance can be made by practical
effort alone. The theoretical farmer
may have been lacking 111 skill when
handling the plow or in the use of
other implements, and his theories
may also have failed, but he aimed
for something hotter and became an
educator of others. The most progres
sive agriculturists are those who are
not satisfied with present methods.
They are willing to experiment, to
learn and to teach, and they bring Into
the community better breeds, improved
fruits and superior varieties of
grasses, grains and vegetables. Some
of tliem have gone into bankruptcy
because of unwise expenditure In their
efforts to do more than others, but
they left their neighbors better off
and also better supplied with live
stock and more fertile farms.
No farmer can progresa unless he Is
willing to study and learn. In all oc
cupations theory is a mighty factor,
for education is considered essential
to success. The farmer of to-day who
maintains that only practical farming
Is worthy of his consideration, and
who believes that Ills sons can learn
nil that Is necessary about farming
on the farm itself, daily witnesses tlio
sons of those outside of farming deriv
ing knowledge at Institutes in which
instruction In mechanics is Imparted.
The best engineers, machinists and
wood workers endeavor to enter their
sons lu schools or colleges at which
they can tie taught all that Is possible
from a theoretical standpoint. The
farmer has kept himself back by Ills
opposition to theoretical farming, tho
"book farmer" being, to him, one ut
terly destitute of knowing anything
except to expend his money fcollshly
in the effort to accomplish an Impossi
bility. The farmer, however, Is a close
observer of operations, for, while he
will not become a pioneer and gives no
encouragement to those working out
side of practical lines, he quickly se
cures the benefits derived througi- the
efforts of the experimenter. Of course
all farmers are not alike, for many of
tliem are progressive, but many prfer
to wait for developments, and whsn
tliey become convinced that a chssge
in their methods of farming is msres
sary will accept the inevitable and sn
deavor to improve.
The class known as "breeders" has
made many sacrifices la the effort to
improve the breeds of live stock, the
greatest obstacle to progress being the
Indifference of farmer <. But the
breeders wont on with their work,
every year witnessing an advance in
the Improvement of horses, cattle,
sheen aiul swine. Records were made
and live stock went up In prices.
Where before n:i animal was sold at
only a nominal sum prices rose ten or
a hundred fold. While the farmers
were oblivious to the work of the
breeders the latter class was making
rapid headway. Tc-day hundreds cf
farmers are breeders, and their farm
are operated ca tiie most scientific
methods known. The result oi ths
combination of practice and theory
has increased the value of live stcck in
the United States to thousands where
fsrmerly tho figures were given in hun
dreds, while the increase in the yields
<f crops has been very marked. What
is more important, however, is that the
fertility of the farms is now much
greater than before. "Abandoned"
farms are fewer, "worn out" soils are
brought again under cultivation, a
larger and more selected variety of
fruits has been Introduced and the
general condition of tho farmer has
been greatly improved.
Much of tho advance mace by the
farming class Is due to the heretofore
despised theoretical farmer, who has
always led the way, even If years were
required after Ills decease to deniou
strate that he was right, though dur
ing his time unsuccessful and unfor
tunate.—Philadelphia Record.
>. BUPCTET f<;A if*
Haunted.
A* I sit at fall of evening
Muaing 'fore the open fire,
'Joying thoughts as light and flitting
As the bl&zee of the pyre,
Lo! appears to me a figure
Standing in the flickering light,
And I say in trembling accents,
"Art thou come again to-night?
Speak! who art thou? what thine errand:'
Answer comes without delay:
"I'm Jim Brown, the tailor's son, sir;
Here's that bill. Pa wants his pay!"
—Detroit Free Press.
A* It Is Don*.
"Yes, I am going to write a play."
"Ah. indeed! Have you picked out
the novel yet'?"— Chicago Post.
Upright.
Customer—"Why, you've got all your
best apples at the top of the basket."
Fruit Denier—"Yes, I go on the prin
ciple that there is always room at
the top."—New York Time 3.
A nlsei-lmliilhtlnr Intelligence.
"Surely you are not afraid of the
dark!"
"No," said the small boy, "but I'm
a little scared of the tilings that might
bo In it that I can't see."—Washing
ton Star.
Qnlt® Couimon.
Bacon—"Who is that Insignificant
looking little man on the other side
of the street'.*'
Egbert—"Why, that's one of our
most prominent citizens!"—Yonkers
Statesman.
Adanltt^d.
He—"You will admit that man is the
most sensible of all animals?"
She—"l'll admit that he thinks he is.
It is for that reason it is so easy
for a woman to make a fool of him."
—Boston Transcript.
Fortune's Favorits.
Mrs. Newlywed—"You remember
Bob Bigfrout, whom I refused lust
year? Well, he's just struck an oil
well worth live million dollars."
Mr. Newlywed—"Gosh! Some men
have all sorts of luck!"— Puck.
The Quarrel.
Mrs. B. (sobbingi—"When we were
first married you used to take me on
your knee and tickle me under the
chin."
Mr. B.—"Yes, but, gee whiz! Julia,
then you only had one chin."—Judge.
Silence 1, Gain.
He—"Darling, my salary has been
raised ¥3OO a year, but you inusn't tell
your father."
She—"Why not?"
He—"Ho might get the Idea that I
could support you."—Town and Coun-_
try.
A Narrow Kscape.
Miss Fisher—"Quite a confidential
chat you were having with Miss
Iluehler. I fear you'll find me dull
by comparison."
Mr. Blunt—"Not at all. It's a relief
to talk to a girl who isu't clev—that
Is—er—not at all! Not at all!" Phil
adelphia Press.
Only One Theory.
"Now look here," said the lawyer,
shaking his flst at the witness, "I
want you to understand that you
can't bamboozle me in this court sim
ply because you are a woman."
"Why?" she asked in her sweetest
tones. "Is your wife present?"— Ch
icago Record-Herald.
How Thing* Usually Come.
"Do you believe that all things eomo
to him who waits?"
"No," answered the hustler, decisive
ly. "Pretty nearly everything that a
man doesn't want comes to him who
waits, but the things worth having
comes to him who gets up and humps
himself."—Chicago Post.
An Advantage.
"How do you like your new cook?"
"Very much, indeed" answered the
youthful housewife.
"I must say she doesn't look very
strong."
"That's why we like her. She can't
do so much damage if she gets an
gry."—Washington Star.
A PlflHture of Memory.
Drolichon bought a phonograph and
insisted upon his mother-in-law buy
ing her voice registered by the instru
ment.
As the good woman refused, ho
added, maliciously:
"Oh, come now, just a few words.
You can't think how much pleasure
it will give me to hear your voice—
when you are gone."—Le Fiargo
A Similar Experience.
"Have you ever tried to write a
novel?" asked the young woman.
"Yes, indeed," answered the young
man; "I wrote several."
"What were they like?"
"They remind mo somewhat of a
few of Dicken's works."
"Which ones?"
"Those that weren't appreciated un
til after he was dead."—Washington
Star.
Fun la the Furl or.
When you see a youug man sitting
in a parlor witli the ugliest four
year-old boj' that ever frightened him
self in a mirror clamberiug over nis
knees, jerking his necktie out of place,
ruffling his shirt front, pulling his
hair, kicking his shins, feeling iu all
his pockets for coppers, while the un
resisting victim smiles all the time
like the cover of a comie paper, you
may safely say thai, the howling hoy
lias a sister who is in a room not twen
ty feet away, and that the young
man doesn't come there just for the
fun of playing with her brother.—
Tit-Bits.
Employee T*k an Oath.
The recent attempts of a gang of
American swindlers to victimize the
London banks have drawn attention
to the remarkable precautions which
banking houses take against fraud,
says the London Daily Mail. Every
employe, from the office boy to the
manager, has to take an oath on enter
ing the bank that he will not divulge
the business of the establishment, ex
cept under compulsion of law. And he
is not allowed to forget this with, for
every year the entire staff is assem
bled in the board room to hear the
oath read over. The effect of this pre
caution has been admirable.
There is also very great care exer
cised to prevent fraud by means of
worthless securities and promissory
notes. In almost every bank there is
a department devoted to scrutinizing
all notes which may be deposited for
this purpose. These records, which
have been compiled after years of col
lections, show the standing of almost
every Arm in London. Many a busi
ness house would be dismayed if It
knew that practically all its most cher
ished secrets were known to the bank.
Reference to these records will indi
cate at once whether the firm concern
cd has at any time dishonored a bill,
and so the bank is able to gauge the
value of the securities offered, say, for
a loan for three months.
These are merely a few precautions
adopted, but they will servo to give
some Idea of the constant and unre
mitting carc taken to prevent fraud.
Hors® Market of tlie United State*.
The United States has a herd of 13,-
500,000 horses, representing a value
over $600,000,000, and more than 2,000,-
000 mules besides. The mules are val
ued at about $115,000,000. Texas has
1,125,000 horses and Illinois and lowa
almost a million each. The average
price of horses Is, in Rhode Island,
S9O; in Nevada, about sl7. Since 1875
horses of the best breeds have been
introduced—English, French, Perclior
ons, Normans, etc. There are eight
principal types in the market, to-wit*
The cob, the carriage horse, the Eng
lish saddle horse, the American saddle
horse, the roadster, the draft horse,
the range horse of the West, the
Southern horse. There are many
young horses, but at present hardly
more than 100,000 four or five-year
olds are available for the market. The
St. Louis market sold 119,000 horses
and mules in 1599; Chicago, 110,000;
Buffalo, (12,000; New York, 52,000.
The export of horse was 2907 head in
1803, 25,126 in 1800, 45,778 in 1899,
04,772 in 1900. fc Tlio cost of transporta
tion across the Atlantic never exceeds
S4O. The British have lately pur
chased many thousand animals for
U6e in the Transvaal, Germany pur
chased 6000 for use in China, and
Belgium has just bought 1500 cavalry
horses at an average price of SIBO.
Horse flesh is exported to Norway,
Sweden and Germany for food.
People With Artificial Limb*.
They are making artificial limbs so
cleverly those days that the people
who wear them forget they ever suf
fered the trifling embarrassment of
losing a leg or two or even an arm.
They put in such flexible joints and
such charming rubber feet that the
wearers of these Improved legs dance
gayly at balls and cotillons without
raising a question as to tlie makeup
of their limbs. There is a man in a
downtown office wearing an artificial
Lg and foot—his own having been
amputated four inches below the knee
—who jumps six feet forward in a
sprightly manner just to show what he
can do when the subject of wooden
legs is mentioned. lie can pick up a
two hundred pound man in his arms
and hold him easily and dance a jig
with his rubber foot and willow limb.
He would just as soon have an arti
ficial leg and foot as not. There is
one advantage, he says. He never
has rheumatism, and he never suffers
with corns or chilblains, no can quit
a game at any stage wilhout be
ing accused of having "cold feet." lie
is as happy as a grig, though just
why a grig should be happy is oue of
the things no fellow can find out.—
CLt/ago Chronicle.
Cjueni Maria Keep* Her S®n I'imy.
The young King of Spain in May,
1902, will attain his majority. lie will
reach the age of sixteen, when the
duties of the State will pass l'rom the
(Jueen Regent, Maria Christina, his
mother, into his hands.
So that he shall be fit for his high
calling his education is being carried
on without stint, and with little pauses
for recreation. French, German and
English lie speaks well; indeed, legends
declares that at the early age of two,
when he was decorated with the Black
Eagle by the German Emperor, he en
tered into conversation in German with
Friuce Albert of Prussia, who was a
messenger from one court to the
other. The King spends several hours
weekly in military pursuits, and is
an accomplished rider. lie also stud
ies music after a long day devoted to
history, literature, geography, mat he
matics, and various other subjects. If
the wishes of his royal mother be car
ried out he will assuredly be a model
monarch.—Loudon Times.
Front Door Mirrors.
Recently, in passing through possi
bly the prettiest village in the Cots
wolds, says a writer in the Loudon
Graphic, 1 saw ail excellent idea that
might with advantage bo introduced
in Louden and elsewhere. Within the
knocker on the front door—which, in
this case was about on a level with
the face of the visitor—was placed a
small convex mirror. Supposing the
visitor is paying a call of either con
gratulatlou or condolence, liow advan
tageous must it be to put the right
expression on his countenance—either
festive or doleful—before he knocks
at tlw door!
| FOUND IN PORTO RICO.
Intr*tluff Field For Stu<lnntßof Natural
History.
Porto Rico is proving to be an inter
, esting field for the scientists in the
employ o! the Government. They
have already discovered much that is
new in plant and animal life on this
• island. The United States Fish Com-
I mission has been particularly forward
in the work, and as a result has just
: issued a series of five bulletins on the
| subject of some Porto Rlcan fishes
until recently unknown to science,
i One of these bulletins describes two
I new fresh water leeches from Porto
: Rico, one of them, "Blancfcard's leech,"
being of a bright crimson on the back
and a light orange color on the under
surface. This leech is short and thick,
| measuring about fifty-three milll
i metres In length.
! Tlie second, which has thus far re
! ceived no name, is very large, nearly
| four Inches in length. The colors of
this leech are arranged in stripes of
yellow, red, ash, black, olive and
brown.
Another bulletin deals with 150 or
more sea crabs, shrimps, etc., many
of which are new, and ranging in color
from a screaming crimson to a dull
gray. One of the new crabs is of a
bright turquoise blue, another of pale
rose pink, while a third reminds one
of a majolica pitcher. Others bear
i calico patterns, which are simply stun
11 lug.
Bulletin number 401 is perhaps the
most interesting, as it describes a cer
tain class of crustaceans which seem
to be intermediate between shrimps
and lobsters. The eyes of these lit
tle crayfish are not set in their heads,
but grow on the end of long stalks
sprouting forth from either side of
the head. The limbs of these strange
creatures resemble toothbrushes, be
ing covered with a growth something
j akin to hair.
. The last two of the series to he
mentioned describe a world of new
I and strange life, gathered from the
1 sea lagoons around the island.
The Smithsonian Institution received
recently a number of specimens of
bird and animal life from Mona Isl
and, a strange rock-bound island off
the eoast of Porto Rico, on which the
Government has just erected a light
house.
Mona Island is of limestone forma
tion, and is literally honeycombed with
caves, some of which are almost as
large as tlie Mammoth Cave of Ken
tucky, and full of the most wonderful
stalagmites and stalactites.
The islaud has a peculiar fauna of
its own.—Washington Star.
Johnit) on tlie Whale.
The whale is an enormous creature
which inhabits large bodies of salt
water. We should not speak of the
whale as a lish, for he Is an animal,
only he can't crawl on land, having
nothing hut a tall and some fins to
push himself along. Doubtless you
have all read about whalebone. In
comes from the whale In large quanti
ties, which it carries in its mouth, as
you can see by looking at any suitable
picture of the whale. Whalebones are
useful to put in sun bonnets, to keep
them from flapping about your face,
and many things besides. A whale
has other hones, which it uses in Its
skeleton. You can catch a whale by
getting into a small boat in the Arctic
regions, rowing close up to the animal
and hurling a harpoon into it with nil
your strength, after which you haul it
j alongside the ship and cut out its blub
ber. Whale's blubber is made into
codlirer oil and other things, but it is
dangerous to hunt the whale, and
many persons have perished while lu
the act. We should always live so as
ta be ready for death. There was a
man once who captured a large whale
and put him on the oars and took him
all over the country, and you had to
pay twenty-live rents to see him.
When the weather got warm the peo
ple did not care to see the whale, and
the man got kind of tired and quit.
The whale had previously died
Whales have small cars, but their
hearing Is exceedingly good. Johnny-
Chicago Tribune.
of Cnpfl.
America's Cup is probably the hear
j iest hit of silverware in the world. Sir
Thomas I.ipton, that prince of sports
! men and genial gentleman, has not
been able to raise that cup or tilt it
| the least bit in his direction.
It is estimated that he has spent
I about ¥1,300,000 to lift it and yet It
j firmly maintains its level of the last
! half century. He has spent enough
to lift Westminster Abbey an entire
story and still is unable to move that
eup tlie smallest fraction of an inch
nearer the British Islands.
If he had put that money into coal,
i and by its combustion converted a
small portion of the water he has
sailed over into steam, he would have
power enough to life the great pyr
amid. Yet all of this power directed
against that litlle cup not been able
to even shake It on its foundation.
Surely this is a wonderful exhibition
of gravity.
Tlie Oak unci Vine.
Jnce I'pon a time there was a sturdy
oak thai supported a firmly clingiug
vine.
"You are very beautiful," said the
oak to tlie viue, "and this clinging
business is extremely poetic and quite
touching, but it lias its .drawbacks.
True, you tire not very heavy, but you
hold me hack by keeping the sunlight
and air from my trunk, and you ab
sorb much of lite richness of the soil
that is needed in my circulation. In
fact, it costs me considerable to sup
port; you, even if you do contribute
adornment and add a little sentiment
to the situation."
Moral—Beauty, poetry and sentiment
ntnv be too exacting.- -Sew Vork Her
aid.
A writer states that the difference
in susceptibility to electric shock be
tween horses and men is largely a
question of shoes. The sole of a man's
shoe has a very high resistance, but a
horse, with his four iron shoes, fas
tenod on with iron nails, is apt to get
the full benefit of the current.
The dragon-fly is the natural enemy
of the mosquito. The Department cf
Agriculture has discovered that the
English sparrow, among its other of
fensive traits, is fond of young dra
gon-flies, called "nymphs." When
these emerge from the water and
come out with wings, the sparrows
catch them by the thousand and de
stroy them. This, it is believed, results
in a greater prevalence of mosquitoes,
which carry malaria, and so inflict
great injury.
A research institute has .men opened
by the government of the Malay States
at Kuala Lumpur, near Singapore,
The medical department is fully
equipped for special and general path
ological work for the scientific study
of clinical medicine, experimental phy
siology and bacteriology. The chemb
cal department is also arranged for ail
sorts of research. There are, in addi
tion, a well-stocked photographic de
partment, facilities for biological re
search and a good library. The insti
tute Is open to all workers, irrespective
of nationality.
A new and time-saving appliance
for the embarkation and discharge of
mails and baggage at Dover, England,
and Calais, Prance, the terminal points
of one of the cross-channel mailboat
services, has been installed. It is an
electrical gangway, and is constructed
upon tho system of an endless plat
form. It conveys packages of any
weight ashore at the rate of one in
fifteen seconds when working at nor
mal speed. Even the heaviest sacks
of mail and baggage are brought
ashore with remarkable celerity and
facility. The saving in trans-shipment
Is moro than half the ordinary time.
The aqueducts and reservoirs of Je
rusalem show that there was abundant
provision for running water In the an
cient city. Within the Inst few weeks
they have been brought again into the
service of the city, which for many
centuries lias been dependent upon
small accumulations of rainwater.
The water is piped from Solomon's
Pools, nine miles south of the city,
drawing water from the sealed fount
ain mentioned in tnc fc>ong cf Solomon.
It is a deep subterranean spring, which
flows through an arched channel 1;o a
distributing chamber. This increase
In the city's water supply will enable
twelve anclont fountains in the city to
be used.
A project Is now under consideration
by the municipality of Vienna for the
more profitable disposal of the sewag®
of the city, which at present is dis
charged into the Danube. The schema
consists In the application of a method
developed by Ilerr Noebel, of Posen,
xor the utilization of the liquid part
of the sewage for tho double purpose
of irrigation and enrichment. It is in
tended to convey the sewage in pipes
to an extensive plain of poor land
which suffers from lack of water, dua
to inadequate rainfall, over which it is
net to be carried In trenches, as is
done in England, but the surface of
tho land Is to be irrigated by sprinlv
ling the sewage water over it. It b
said that by tills plnn the land will no*
be ever-saturated, as it frequently is
on the sewage farms at Berlin and
Paris. The system is stated to have
been already in use at Posen with sat
isfactory l-Mlllt*!.
Trlbuto to Amtrlfui Preii.
A lengthy article in the- London
Times by a special correspondent whe
was lately in America, undoubtedly
Mo'jorly Bell, manager of the paper,
describe* his experience with inter
viewers and their capacity to provide
interesting copy, whether the person
interviewed contributes thereto or
not.
The correspondent pays a high trib
ute to the American press as follow*:
"But that the American press is im
proving and is bound to improve can
not, I think, be doubted by anyone
who has come in contact, as I have
done, with the men who have made it.
However one may differ from their
standpoints or depreciate their meth
ods, it Is impossible to deny their
quick intelligence and breadth of view
cr the thorough earnestness and up
rightness of purpose by which the
conductors of the press are actuated,
while in that which makes a press
greater in independence and incorrup
tibility, financial, political or social,
the American can compare on equal
terms with the English press."
Mahogany Hunting*
Mahogau3' hunting ia precarious
work. In Central and South America
the mahogany trees do not grow in
groups, much less are there whole
forests of tliem. They are scattered,
usually concealed in thickets. It re
quires skill and experience to find
tliem. To fell a tree involves the
work of two men for a whole day. On
account of a thick, horny growth near
the base of the tree a scaffold is
erected around it, aud above this, at
a height of from ten feet to fifteen
feet the tree is cut, so that Hie best
part is really lost. The felled tree is
then freed of branches, and hauled on
a rough wagon by oxen to the nearest
river, where rafts are made and floated
down.
The city of Mots not only has no
debts, but it has n surplus of $219,55 Q.