Currency In Manila.
China and Mexico are not alone In
exhibits of the evil of fluctuating cur
rency, for Manila itself offers a strik
ing refutation of the theory of per
petuating the silver basis there. An
American business man who has just
returned from that city gives an illus
tration of the way the thing works.
American dollars are worth at pres
ent in trade $2.40, but if one wishes
te buy American currency with Mexi-
T can, he must pay the bank $2.45 or
$2.50. Besides this the commission
•which represents the United States
has determined that the price of Amer
can money should be $2.27 in Mexican.
The commission changes its valuation
from time to time, but it cannot change
as often as the price of silver changes.
An American merchant in Manila sells
a bill of goods for SI,OOO American.
When the goods are delivered the
buyer pays $2,270, because that is the
official circulation of SI,OOO in gold.
But when the merchant tries to turn
his $2,270 back into United States
money the banks charge him $2.40
Mexican per American dollar, or more,
and the merchants lose ?130 or over
on this transaction in exchange.
The crops in Bombay, India, have
been so badly injured by the drought
i that another famine is feared. Al-
appeals for help have been made
u by the Franciscan mission at Maypur.
THE SURGEON'S KNIFE
Hrs. Eckis Stevenson of Salt
Lake City Tells How Opera
tions For Ovarian Troubles
May Be Avoided.
44 DEAR MRS. PINKTLAM :—I suffered
with inflammation of the ovaries and
womb for over six years,enduring' aehefl
and pains which none can dream ©f but
those who have had the same exp-
MRS. ECKIS STEVEN9ON.
rience. II undrods of dollars went to the
doctor and the druggist. I was Bimply
a walking medicine chest and a phys
ical wreck. My sister residing in Ohio
wrote me that she had bean cured of
womb trouble by using E.
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then discontinued all other mcd icincs
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■early all pain had left me; I rarely
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a much better condition, and I was
cured in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation."— MßS.
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One Little Boy.
[ used to sit with idle hands
As if all life were play,
As one who counts the hour-glass' sands
To while the time away.
Now I am busy as can be
And leisure time employ
By darning holes in stocking knee
For just one little boy.
By heaven's first law my house was kept;
The brass was polished bright,
Each room was dusted well and swept;
It was a pleasant sight.
But now mud tracks are on the floor #
And with them many a toy,
And fingermarks upon the door
Tell of one little ooy.
Once quiet reigned, or silvery sounds
Of music filled the air.
Now tramp of many feet resounds,
And, clanging up the stair,
March martial bands, with fife and drum,
All flushed with pride and joy,
Behold! at "double quick" they come.
Led by one little boy.
Time was I pondered Browning's verse
And Walter Pater read;
Of Ibsen I could once converse,
But now—a tired head
Is cuddled close at "story time"
When evening shadows fall,
And I am wise in nursery rhyme
And fable, that is all.
Once, when I tucked him into bed,
He hugged me tight, and then:
"What would you sell me for?" he said;
I kissed him once again
And answered: "Not for diamonds, pearls,
Nor gold without alloy,
Nor all the wealth of all the worlds
Would buy one Httle boy."
—May Ellis Nichols, in Good Housekeeping.
How to Lasso.
Frank Chamberlain, the "champion
lassoer of America," has arrived at
Chicago from the plains. He has given
an exhibition of his skill with the la
riat and described the art of throwing
It in the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
"A mistaken Impression prevails in
the mind of the public in regard to the
manner in which a lasso is handled,"
111owiis'c;
says this expert. "The idea that the
loop is always swung around the head
before making a cast, especially when
the roper is on foot, is erroneous. No
man of experience ever makes a cast
in this fashion from the ground, in
practical work. There are several rea
sons why he does not. One of them is
that the movement is likely to frighten
the stock, especially horses; another
that he may have to wait some min
utes before a favorable opportunity
occurs for making a cast. He knows
that better results are obtained by
holding the rope as unobtrusively as
possible, even keeping it concealed
from the object of capture.
"On the contrary, however, when
mounted and in pursuit, it Is absolute
ly necessary to swing the loop over
and around the head, for the cast
must be made with the greatest pos
sible force, in order to overcome not
only the forward movement of the
pursued, hut also the action of the
wind, should that chance be against
you.
"As to the manner of casting, some
'ropers' cast with a quick, jerky move
ment of the hand, seeming to use the
arm very little and the body not at all.
Others employ body, arm and hand.
Both methods are effective when per
fected by practice.
"Branding on the unfenced range is
a task that never ends. There are
constantly being discovered animals
that have been missed at the regular
round-up, and these, wherever found,
are Immediately roped, thrown and
'burned.' At every turn and in every
phase of his work the cowboy lias
need of his rope. It is brought into
play in catching fresh mounts for the
men, for no horse Is kept under saddle
more than a few hours at a time. If.
as not infrequently happens, a steer
strays Into a quicksand, or mires In a
bog, the lasso Is thrown about his
horns and he is speedily extricated.
"When the mess wagon needs a lift
up a hill or assistance in crossing miry
bottom land, tile man with the rope is
at hand to render aid. Wood must be
brought for the camp tire. The cow
boy attaches one cud of his lariat to
the log of his desire, securing it by
any number of 'throws' or 'hitches,'
takes a snub on his saddiehorn, and
the well-trained, willing pony does the
rest."
Made Upon an Old Prinolpl.,
Great things have been happening
In the steam engine world lately. Just
at the beginning of our new century,
when it seemed as if electricity was
about to do away with steam forever,
a discovery has been made that prom
ises to give electricity itself a setback
in turn. This discovery is really the
re-flnding of an old mechanical princi
ple. As long ago as 120 B. C. a Greek
named Ilero made a steam toy known
as the aeoipile, a globe turned by jets
of steam which issued from it and
were directed agninst the ground. In
the year 1629 a man named Branca
made another toy in which a wheel
was turned by a jet of steam directed
bbanca's steam engine.
agninst paddles in its rim after the
principle of a water wheel. This mode
of using steam to turn wheels was
somewhat lost sight of when the cy
linder type of engine proved so suc
cessful, but within the last few years
It has again received attention from
Inventors under the name of "the tur
bine principle."
It is found that a wheel fitted with
hundreds of little paddles and inclosed
in a cylinder can bo driven at higher
speed with less steam than any other
form of engine. A British torpedo
boat destroyer has been made to cover
nearly thirty-three knots an hour un
der its power, and the rapidly revolv
ing turbine makes it possible to aim
guns at this speed, for the thumping
of the old cylinder engine is done
away with. At a recent meeting of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers great attention was given
to the turbine, according to the Scien
tific American. Papers were read
showing that turbines were success
fully running machinery at high
speed with less steam, coal and water,
that they occupied less space, gave
morepower, cost less, weighed less nnd
needed fewer repairs than any othci
stenm engine known, nnd thnt they
promise to develop into the ideal en
gine—or, as engineers call It, "the
thermodynamic machine thnt is ap
proximated in a motor in which adla
batie expansion is secured and friction
and lient waste made sources of com
paratively small loss."
Trick With a Pair of Scissor*.
If Alexander the Great were asked
to free this pair of scissors tied to the
back of a chair without untying the
cords, he would perhaps draw his
sword and cut the cords with one
blow. We will show him how the trlcb
can he done without Torce, as follows;
Take hold of the cord at A, pull I
through the handle B. and carry 1'
over the points of the scissors, follow
ing the dotted lines. This will fre
the scissors without breaking the cord
—New York Tribune.
Women's Troubles.
Women have twice as many trouble!
as men, for they have twice as many
clothes.—New York News.
jj Farm Topics jj
''own Not Properly Managed.
Many good cows give but a small
quantity of milk because tbey are not
properly managed. Some persons allow
a certain quantity of food, from wbieh
no variation is made. A cow should
be fed all she will eat, and if she im
proves in the quantity of bet- milk she
should be induced to eat more.
A Grub Worm'i Habit*.
The grub worm goes down into the
ground on the approach of winter,
where it lives three years, feeding on
the roots of grass and other vegeta
tion. In the third autumn it forms a
cocoon of enrth and comes out a beetle
in May or June. It not only does con
siderable damage as a grub, but the
beetle forages at niglit and attacks
buds and tender plants.
Makes Fat Calves.
Drinking the whole milk makes fine,
fat calves, but calves raised on skim
milk, oatmeal and bran, If not so sleek
at eight months old, will make a better
start fn bone and muscle, and beat the
more pampered ones at two years of
age. It is a waste of cash product to
feed a calf whole milk after its de
mands change so as to call for solid
food, and it is a mistake to so feed it
after it is ten days old, as warm skim
milk and a little oatmeal are much
better.
Breed * of She.p Compared.
The Cotswold sheep possesses large
frame and long fleece, but it Is not
suitable for farmers where the pas
tures are not of the best quality. The
Merinos, when used for crossing, do
not increase in size, although the grade
of wool Is better. The Southdown is
best for use on common flocks, as it
Is bred for mutton tn preference to
wool, and, being hardy and active, the
cross is less violent tlmn those between
the Cotswolds and our small natives.
The wool from the Southdowus is not
Inferior, being classed with the middle
grades, nor is it deficient in quantity
as compared with common stock, but
much above the average. Their excel
lence is in the superiority of the mut
ton, and in that respect they have no
superiors.
Handling a Kicker.
A writer in the Nntionnl Stockman
gives this method of handling a kick
ing borse: Tut on him a strong surcln
gle and crupper. Have one ring where
the check book comes and one eight
inches lower on the right aide. Now
run a strap from the lower ring to the
crupper about where the hip strap
passes through. Now take a five
eighths inch rope fifteen feet long,
fasten It to the ring at the check and
then book through the ring in the hal
ter and back through the lower ring in
the surcingle. Strap up his left fore
foot. This should be done in a straw
yard. Now you have him ready. Take
your rope and go ahead of him a few
feet, a little to the right, and begin to
pull. Hold him steady and let him
fight this hard, but keep drawing his
head to his side, and he will go down
to the ground. Now you have him
where you want him. Keep him there
until he gives up. if it takes all day.
Show him you can handle him
Arranging lieu*' Nests.
This sketch shows n good plan of ar
ranging hens' nests where the breeds
kept are small, such as leghorns, but
when very large breeds are kept It may
I J
sometimes happen that the birds will
break the eggs by jumping down on
them. It is made from one-inch hoards
and is twelve inches high In front by
eighteen inches on the hack, nnd from
fourteen to sixteen inches wide, ac
cording to the size of the breed kept.
It is parted off into small rooms, four
teen by sixteen inches, and it may lie
made into any length desired. The
cover is hinged on at the back with a
leather strap fastened to the front side
of the cover to lift it up when desired
to clean and put in new straw. The
circular openings in the cover to admit
the hens are made eight inches in din
meter for small breeds and ten or
twelve inches for large breeds.—L. 01-
sen, la The Epitomist.
Clean Stable*.
The Importance if giving the cow
stable a thorough renovating cannot
be over estimated. This should he
done at least twice a year—spring and
fall. The floor, walls and ceiling
should he cleaned in such a manner
as to leave no dust or dirt or persist
ent bad odor clinging about the apart
ment. It is well known that flavor
plays a most important part in the qual
ity of all dairy products, nnd for this
reason great care should be taken
in keeping the stables clean nnd pure,
especially during winter, when making
butter.
There are altogether too many cow
barns that smell more like manure
barns than anything else. After n cow
stable has once been put in order it
only takes n small amount of labor
and time to keep It so, nnd the result
is you have elenn, healthy cows, pure
milk nnd more of it than if the apart
ments were allowed to remain in the
filthy condition in which so many of
tlieni are kept. There are many cow
stables that were built years ago,
which are narrow nnd low and poorly
fitted up for keeping dairy cows in.
These, of course, are not so easily kept
clean and sweet as the stables built
on modern plans.—V. M. Couch, in j
Ohio Farmer.
Ancient Water Cure.
A correspondent calls attention to
the fact that the "water cure" was
employed by the Dutch nearly three
centuries ago. In Martin's history of
the Indian Empire an account is given
of the struggles of the European pow
ers to secure the rich trade with the
East Indies. In 1623 the Dutch seized
the Japanese at Amboyna and subject
ed them to torture to make them con
fess to a conspiracy. "Each victim
was placed on the rack and compelled
to inhale water at every attempt to
draw breath until his body became in
flated', and he swooned, was recovered
and the same horrible process re
peated."
Instead of issuing passes to persons
leaving a theater during the perform
ance the Japanese mark the departing
spectator on the hand with an India
rubber stamp, the mark varying each
evening in form and color.
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Putnam Fapelebb Dves are fast to
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The Mexican lapdog is the smallest
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Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup tor ohildren
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In baseball the pitcher is the power be
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oatarrh tlwst oaanot be cured with Hall's
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