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4 THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL 4TUIIT4, GA., 5 WORTH FQBSYTH ST. L, ntered at the Atlanta Fostotfice as Mail Matter of the Second Class. JAKXS B. GRAY, President and Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Twelve months 75c Six months .....4®c Three months aßc The Semi-Weekly Journal is published on Tues- day and Friday, and is mailed by the shortest routes for early delivery. . It contains news from all over the world, brought by special leased wires Into our office. It has a staff of utstinauished contributors, with strong depart ments of special value to the home and the farm. Agents wanted at every poetoffice. Liberal com mission allowed. Outfit free. Write R. R- BRAD LEY, Circulation Manager. The only traveling representatives we have are B. F. Bolton, C. C. Coyle, L. H. Kimbrough. Chas H. Woodliff and L. J. Farris. We will be reepons.ble only for money paid to the above-named traveling representatives. IOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Tbe tabei used for addressing your paper shows tee time your subscription expires. Hr renewing at least two weeks be fore tbe date oa thia label, you insure regular service. In ordering paper changed, be sure to mention your old. as well as your aew address. If on a route, please give the route u umber. We cannot eater subscriptions to begin with back numbers. Remittance should be seat by postal order or registered mail. Address all orders and notice* for this Department to TH! SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. Atlanta. G*. rhe Far-reaching Achievements Os the Wilson Administration. The achievements of the Wilson administra tion are remarkable for their variety as well us their scope, touching every field ot national in terest whether economic or social, domestic or foreign, and touching them all constructively. Few administrations have done so much to conserve a.i 1 stimulate productive resources; few have done so much in the cause of social betterment; none has done so much for strengthening national de fense or in solving the vexed problems of our for* eign affairs. The Wilson administration began with a pro gram of economic reforms and readjustments, de signed not only to purge business practice of old abuses and inequities but chiefly to set free and energize the forces of business development its pledges to that and end have been redeemed in letter and spirit. The mere catalogue of what it has done in this field is impressive. It has enacted a tariff law under which com mon rights no longer are sacrificed to special priv ileges and under which the country's foreign trade has reached unexampled proportions. In the same connection, it has established a non-partisan tariff commission, thus affording a dependable and scien tific basis for the future study and settlement of tariff problems. It has enacted the Federal Reserve Banking and Currency law which has banished forever the fear of financial panics, which has freed the South and West and every part of the country from the bondage of Wall Street and has made the United States the dominant money factor of the world. It has enacted an anti-trust law, supplemented by a Federal Trade Commission, through which the problems of Big Business are being worked out with equal justice and moderation. It has prevented a disastrous strike and opened away for the permanent solution of such problems. It has put into effect a federal income tax whereby wealth is made to bear its rightful share of taxation, and a federal inheritance tax whereby vast fortunes, like Hetty Green's, can no longer escape their rightful tribute to the community. It has begun the construction of a Government railroad in Alaska for the release and development of the natural treasure so long locked up in that territory. It has 'passed an act admitting foreign-built ships to American registry. The substantial re stilts of this legislation are witnessed by the fact that since it became operative the tonnage of ocean merchantmen under American registry has in creased one hundred and twenty-six per cent; and the tonnage of steel merchantmen being built in American ship yards has increased three hundred and fifty per cent. While these developments are due partly to war conditions, they have been greatly strengthened and encouraged by helpful legislation. Still more important in the upbuilding of a merchant marine is the act empowering the Gov ernment to assemble and organize capital for the purchase and operation of ships for oversea trade, and creating at the same time a Government shipping board with duties and jiowera similar to those of the Interstate Commerce Commission. These and sundry other measures constitute the service of the Wll«on administration to indus trial and commercial interests. No less substan tial and varied has been ita service to agricultural interests. Indeed, no other administration in the Government's history has done so much to pro mote and enrich the country's rural life. Witness the Farm Ixian act which Herbert Myrick calls “the Magna Charta of American farm finance” and which another eminent authority de scribes as “the greatest piece of constructive leg islation in the last half century.” Witness the Smitb-Lever Agricultural Exten sion act by which every rural county in the United States is being provided with skilled farm demon strators and by which the stores of agricultural ' knowledge, gathered through years ( of research and discovery, are being carried directly to the men behind the plow and to tbe wives and daughters of the farm household. Besides these far-reaching measures, the Wil son administration has produced a cotton futures set which places the sale of cotton on a firmer basis and puts an end to unfair practices that have cost cotton growers incalculable sums of money. It haa produced a grain-standards act estab lishing uniformity in the grading of grains, and also a warehouse act that will develop better stor age facilities for staple crops and thereby enable farmers to secure warehouse receipts which will be easily and broadly negotiable. ?t has given the country a federal good roads act. the first ever passed, under which a fund of seventy-five million dollars will be expended for the development of a national system of excellent highways. Had the Wilson administration confined its efforts to these two fields of service—business and agricultural—its record still would be memorable. Bnt Its achievements have gone beyond the domain of things economic into the rarer sphere of things ocial and human. This record is interestingly summed up by the Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican, a representative New England news paper and one of the leading independent journals THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1916. in America: “The federal act prohibiting child labor, the first one in American history. "The workmen s compensation act to pro vide uniform • compensation for government employes when disabled and adequate benefits for their families in case of death. “The establishment of a federal employ ment bureau. In its first year no less than 25.645 employers filed application for 107,- 331 workers, and in the same period 184,032 persons applied for work, of whom 84,963 were referred to employment and 75,156 were actually employed. •‘The seamen’s act, which abolishes so called involuntary servitude, provides better treatment of seamen and improves the life saving provisions on vessels at sea. • "The eight-hour provision approved for employes under the Alaska coal land act. “Bureau of mines act extended and strengthened. Ten new experiment stations and seven new safety stations provided. "Vocational education provided for soldiers in the United States army. “The prohibition of intoxicating liquors for officers as well as enlisted men on the warships of the United States navy. Os this Admiral Dewey says: ‘A good thing. Every roalroad, every great corporation has long had an iron-clad rule forbidding men to drink while on duty. Isn’t a ship as important as a locomotive? Practically every European power has copied this order.’ “The Adamson act providing for a basic eight-hour day for railroad trainmen, conduc tors, firemen and engineers.” Either the economic program or the social bet terment program which the Wilson administration has carried out would be epochal; but in addition to them, it has put through the most far-reaching program of national defense in American history. The navy has been increased by one hundred and twenty-one authorized warships. The regular army has been virtually doubled, and through the fed eralization of the National Guard a formidable second line of defense has been provided. The total amount appropriated by the Wilson admin istration for the construction of new ships is $655,- 289,806. The total for this purpose during Roose velt's fqur years was $83,192,938, and during Taft’s four years Thus in a little more than three years the Democrats authorized more than three times as much for the upbuilding of the navy than the Republicans authorized in eight years. The Wilson administration has had to cope with the most difficult and dangerous problems that ever confronted American diplomacy. Time and again during the past two years the country has been threatened with war, but its peace has been preserved with honor and its rights have been steadfastly upheld. The greatest military Power in the world has been constrained to abandon sub marine ruthlessness and to square its conduct in this respect with international law and humane principles. Because it has not blustered, the ad ministration is censured by the jingoes; and be cause it has not cringed, it is censured by the Hyphens. But because it has kept the country at peace in the midst of a world conflict and has done so without sacrifice of principle or honor, it is ap proved by the rank and file of the people. The Mexican problem has been handled with a view to the highest duties as w'ell as the broadest interests of the United States. In refusing to recognize the assassin Huerta, Mr. Wilson strength ened the cause of constitutional government throughout Latin America, and in refusing, despite the clamor of selfish interests, to make war on a bankrupt and broken neighbor he lifted the United States to a higher plane of national morality. Re lations between the United States and Latin America were never so cordial as now—a fact due very largely to the President’s Mexican policy. Mr. Hughes bitterly attacks that policy but. interest ingly enough, ha does not say what he himself would have done ?n the face of the same re sponsibilities. The Wilson administration has to its credit other useful measures ano policies of diplomatic importance, notably the Nicauraguan treaty giving the United States a new naval base in the Pacific and safeguarding its interests in the isthmian canal; the Danish West Indies treaty which, when formally ratified by Denmark, will transfer to American ownership islands of great strategic value; the establishment of a protectorate over Hayti; the maintenance of friendly relations with Japan despite the California anti-Japanese agita tion; and new peace treaties with twenty or more foreign countries. Judged by its record in domestic affairs, the Wilson administration has done more in the way of business legislation, more for agriculture, more for social betterment, more for national defense than any of its predecessors in the last half cen tury; and judged by its record in foreign affairs, it has established policies and achieved fcsults that will bulk large in all future stages of American history. Grade Crossings. Commenting on certain figures which The Journal recently published to show the peril of walking on railroad tracks, a correspondent aptly remarks that one of the prime causes of the thou sands of deaths and injuries thus incurred is the great number of grade crossings. “Why continue grade crossings?” he asks. “As I have been informed, the laws in the old countries, England and others, do not permit such crossings. The railroads should exert every energy to do away with grade crossings. It would save them thousands and thousands of dollars. They should join in with the counties through which they run and re-route the public highways, so that the latter will parallel the railroad all the way instead of crossing every mile or so. Coweta county has lately undertaken to do this. Between Pal metto and Newnan they have eliminated many grade crossings and also between Newnan and LaGrange. Other counties should take up this work. It shortens distances and saves lives. So, why not a law to abolish grade crossings?” As we understand it. the railroads seize every opportunity to reduce their number of grade cross ings, and progessive counties always take account of this problem in reconstructing their highways. But the expense involved Is oftentimes tremendous. As our correspondent, Mr. M. B. Forbett, points out the roads and the counties can well afford to co- - operate in effecting such improvements. ,In the meantime, however, it behooves pedestrians and drivers to avoid as far ae possible the danger of railroad tracks. The Results of the Primary. Mr. Hugh M. Dorsey has won the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia by a decisive majority. The Journal cheerfully accepts the result, and, as a Democratic paper, pledges its support not only to Mr. Dorsey’s election, but also to his administration in so far as it is conducted for the best interests of the State. In The Journal’s opposition to Mr. Dorsey and other candidates, there was no tinge of personal cr factional feeling. We had no objection what ever against him or any aspirants in the primary as far as they individually were concerned. We die object to what we considered the anti-Demo cratic and sinister influences that stood behind some of the candidacies. We believed it unfair and dangerous that avowed enemies of the party should be countenanced and • encouraged in ao important a matter as choosing the party’s leaders. We believed —as we still do —that a Democratic primary ought to be Democratic in method and in spirit no less than in name. We protested against the scheme of a political outcast to dominate the affairs of a party to which he has repeatedly proved a traitor and against the national leaders of which he is directing his dastardly attacks. We felt also that the welfare of the Western and Atlantic railroad, the State's most valuable possession, was Endangered by what appeared to be the plan of special interests to get control of the Governorship, the Comptroller Generalship and a Railroad Commissionership. If there were concerted efforts to that end, they have been thwarted, for the office of Comptroller General and the contested places on the Railroad Commission will remain in the hands of their trusted incum bents. It was solely on mattters of principle, however, and in no wise on personalities, that The Journal spoke its mind in the recent primary. We respected the character and ability of all the candidates, and we shall support all the nominees in their endeav ors to serve Georgia well. Mr. Dorsey having received a majority of the popular vote, his nomination is free from any con vention doubt or hazard. Had he received only a plurality of the popular vote in a majority of the counties, he still would have been assured of the nomination under the rule adopted by the State Democratic Executive Committee. As matters have turned out in this primary, there can be no question of what the ißajority has willed or of the due accomplishment of jthat will. But suppose none of the candidates had re ceived a majority of the popular vote. It would then have been possible, under the county unit rule, for a minority candidate to secure the nomi nation. Indeed, under this rule, a minority candi date inevitably would have secured the nomina tion if none of the candidates had received a clear majority of all the votes cast. Therein lies the unjust and undemocratic element of the so-called county unit rule. It makes it possible for one vote to outweigh ten. It strikes at the all-important principle of popular government that every citi zen’s ballot should count alike. The fair and democratic way of dealing with this problem was exemplified in the recent “run off” primary in South Carolina. In the first pri mary there were five candidates, none of whom received a majority of the popular vote. Former Governor Blease led the field with a plurality of some twenty thousand votes over his nearest rival, but he lacked eight thousand votes of having a clear majority. Obviously, it was not the will of South Carolina Democrats that Cole L. Blease should be their nominee for Governor; and, for tunately, they had a party rule which protected their rights. In accordance with that rule, the two candidates having the highest number of votes were required to run in a second primary. By that means the citizens who had voted against Blease and who constituted a majority of all the voters had a chance to make their will effective. The result was that Blease was defeated by Gov ernor Manning. Under this simple and equitable plan there can be no convention juggling, no discrimination against any community of voters, no denial of any citizen’s full suffrage right. In Georgia, on the contrary, the county unit rule invites juggling and discrimination. It abridges the right of the indi vidual voter and makes it possible for a minority to override the majority's will. The time has come for Georgia Democrats to break away from the folly and injustice of the county unit rule. The time has come for them to repudiate once and for all the malicious interfer ence and influence of political adventurers who are loyal to no party and no principle, and who are a menace to the State. We say this without preju dice toward any nominee of the recent primary, for the result of that primary is unmistakable and is binding upon all true Democrats. This is no hour for factional differences. It is the hour for united and generous effort to promote the national interests of Democracy and to upbuild the Com monwealth. For these very reasons, however, we should take thought of the methods and principles best suited to Democratic stability; wherefore it behooves us to shake off the tyranny of the county unit rule and the obloquy of political cutthroats. Judge Price Gilbert. Governor Harris made an admirable selection in appointing Judge Price Gilbert to the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Justice Joseph Henry Lumpkin. In the ten years during which he has presided over the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee cir cuit, Judge Gilbert has proved himself an able jurist and an earnest upholder of the law. Prior to that he earned distinction as Solicitor General and also as a Representative of Muscogee county in the Legislature. To his new duties he brings a wealth of legal scholarship, a rich fund of practical experience, a mind of rare breadth and cultivation, and a character worthy of the best traditions of Georgia's Supreme Court. Quips and Quiddities A certain distinguished professor of medicine asked one of his students tn class one day how much of a certain medicine should be administered to the suf ferer. ••A tablespoonful," answered the young man. In about a minute, however, he raised his hand and said, "Professor, I would like to change my answer to that question.” The doctor took out his watch. “My young friend," he remarked, "your patient has been dead forty seconds." “How's the grub here?" a new boarder asked genially, rubbing his hands, at the dinner table of a seaside boarding house. "Well, friend, w.e have chicken every morning," an old boarder grunted. “Chicken every morning"’ The new boarder posi tively beamed. “Chickerl every morning! And how is it served?” “In the shell,” grunted th® old boarder. VERY human life should be like a river. EThe river begins as a tiny brook, creeping its way through the long grass, or through the dark, obscure forest, to an unknown goal. As it flows it gains tn strength and speed. It comes into more open country, rejoices in the sun light, darts merrily down a small incline, sings over the pebbly gravel. A little later, still growing, it becomes robust and strenuous. It dashes recklessly and triumph antly against obstacles. It throws itself headlong from rocky steeps. It brushes aside everything that would hem in and restrain it. Then, broadening, it quiets down. It allows its strength to be turned to useful purposes. It no longer flings in and out, impatient at the least delay. Nearing its goal, it grows ever more placid. The speed with which it coursed when it was a moun tain stream is its no longer. But it still flows. This, I say, is a picture of every human life as it should be. Alas, there are many human lives it does not at all resemble. The brooks of these lives do not gain in strength and power. They do not run a profitable course. They do not excite admiration as they flow, ever flow, to their merging with the green sea. No. Somehow they get lost en route. They run into miasmatic places. They lose their ability to progress. They meet an untimely, inglorious end in some noisome swamp, where they stagnate. Brother, how is it with your own life? Are you flowing onward, or are you stagnating? The brooks have no choice. Forces external to them determine whether they shall grow into splendid rivers or perish in stagnant ponds. It is different with you. External powers, to be sure, do have a part in the shaping of your destiny. But it is not an all decisive part. The arbiter of your fate is always you. So THE monarch swung down the avenue, riding his high-stepping horse, between the crowd ed row’s of cheering people, with drums, flags, and loud fanfare; and suddenly it came to him how many times aforetime kings had ridden thus, and now they were still, soft dust; and he grew sick at the thought and went home to his bed and turned his face to the wall and died. The poet wove verses to his maiden, turning his desire into all manner of curious, jeweled metaphor; and he opened a book at his elbow and read the Greek anthology of a thousand years, and saw that all his delicate fancies had been done be fore by Meleager and Sappho Melanippides. Si monides, Alcaeus and Pamphilius; and he remem bered also that the same nothings had been writ ten by the bards of old Italy, Germany, France, and England, and by singers and lovers in Arabia, Per sia. China, and where not? So he ceased from writing, and ate and drank until he was sleepy. The beauty smiled at her freshness in the mir ror, and was proud of her round breasts and long hair and all her goodly charms; but the thought of Cleopatra came to her, and of Blanchefleur and Helen, and of the many, many enchantresses of men who once enkindled ardor and now were gone back to earth and air, silent and impotent forever; and her heart sank, and she covered her body with coarse clothes and betook herself to a nunnerj, there to end her days. The epicure ate rare viands and drank the choicest of wines at the feast, and knew how to draw out the lingering taste of things, and to ap preciate the nicest shades of flavor and aroma, until there came to his mind the vision of the millions upon millions of men and animals, feeding, biting, Sept. 15. —There is a man in the WAdirondacks who owns a. farm consisting of 700 acres of wild mountain land. The soil is shallow and rocky and the land is covered with brush and timber. It probably would not sell for more than $5 an acre. It is impossible to raise crops upon It, and it would support only a few head of cattle or sheep. Yet this man is making a living oft his land. He expects to make a great deal more in the next few years, and that without introducing any improvements. This man is raising venison for the market. His stock consists of 150 ordinary Virginia, or white tail deer. He has a standing order from a hotel for two deer a week, and he sells the meat for 27 cents a pound, while the horn and hide are worth something more. Although this land would not support any other kind of live stock In numbers except, possibly, goats. tlMs farmer estimates that he can increase his deer herd to the number of 500 without causing any scarcity of food; for deer eat twigs, leaves and weeds as well as grass. Their only rival in the matter of omnivorous appetite is the goat, and he is not worth a tenth as much. In the opinion of scientists in the United States biological survey, and of the men who have already gone into deer farming, the native Virginia deer is to be one of the most important domestic animals of the future, and big money is to be made in raising venison for the market because of the low value of the land upon which it may be produced. Persons who advocate the raising of the Angora goat in this country estimate that there are 250,000,000 acres of land in the United States which would support goats, and are fit for practically nothing else. large part of this Immense tract would also support deer. The Adirondacks, the whole Alleghany chain from Pennsylvania to Georgia, the Ozarks, the coastal wilderness of the Carolinas and the pine barrens of Florida are all potential deej range, capable of producing many .pounds of venison to the square mile, which are now yielding practically noth ing in the way of food. In the mountain regions men tioned a few scrub cattle and razor-back hogs, both of which have to be fed in winter, are the only live stock the land supports, while most of it is wholly unfit for farming. Learned economists have often wrangled as to whether man should add to the number of animals that he has domesticated, some of them claiming that he has already as many as he needs, wihle others say that he should extend his sovereignty over animate nature as rapidly as possible because the exhaustion of the supply of petroleum is going to n.axe animal power and animal' products Immensely more valuable In the future. Whichever side may be right, the value to the United States of domesticating the native American deer and making our great tracts of wilderness produce a meat supply is obvious. It will be one more method of pulling down the soaring beefsteak. Perhaps equally important, it will provide th® means of restocking wild lands with wild deer, thus saving to future generations the sport of deer hunting, which is one of the manliest In the world, and has trained American riflemen since colonial days In addition to the meat and sport which the propa gation of deer will provide, the hide, commonly known as buckskin, is a fine,’durable leather, which has many uses In some European countries a pair of deerskin breeches are handed down from father to son for sev eral generations, while the toughness of the buckskin clothing of our pioneer forefathers is a matter of record. Shoes have doubled In price during a compar atively few years. A large supply of a new kind of leather would have a good effect on the market. Furthermore, deer improve forest land by eating out the weeds and low brush, while they seldom, if ever, kill the trees, eating only the leaves and smallest twigs. Although, for the best results, an effort should be made to tame them, they may be turned loose In a large enclosure where there is suitable pasture and running water, and allowed to shift for themselves. Thus deer farming seems to be g proposition almost too good to be true. Its possibilities are exceeded only by those of the well-known Texas cat and rat farm, where*the rats are fed to the cats, and the bodies of the cats were fed to the rat®, leaving the catskins clear, profit. But there is a joker in the deer farming business. DON’T STAGNATE BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE THE SPELL OF THE PAST BY DR. FRANK CRANE RAISING VENISON BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN • long as a vestige of willpower remains with you, • it is possible for you to prevent yourself from stag nating—nay. to escape from stagnation if you have fallen into it. It is essential, of course, for you to recognize when you are stagnating. And this ie something that many men fail so do. It is not merely the wicked man, the dissipated man or the idler who falls a victim to stagnation. There are good men and industrious men who stag nate without knowing it. To state the truth in a few words, every man stagnates who ceases to make any real effort to grow in knowledge, skill and productivity that shall be of benefit to himself and to the world. This is true of all vocations in life. Whatever a man’s business, constant self-improvement is pos sible to him. And if he stops striving for self-im provement he stagnates. Many men show that they are stagnating their failure to make headway in the vocation they have chosen. They allow themselves to be satis fied with what they have attained. They deceive themselves into thinking that they have done well enough, and certainly have gone as far as they can. This is a mistake. They can always go fur ther, if only they will try. And they must try if they would life as God meant them to live. The same w’lth men who have climbed to the very pinnacle of business success. They, too. stagnate if they do not continue striving for self improvement. , What, then, is the test? How is a man to know whether he is stagnating or not? By self-examination, candid and thoughtful. You can tell, I can tell, any man can tell if he will be honest with himself. And honest self-examination on this point ought to be frequent. For it is easy, so easy, to slip »' into habits, to acquire points of view, that mean stagnation. (Copyright, 1916, by the Associated Newspapers.) chewing, gulping, since the world began; and re pletion irked him above hunger. The lover sighed and held her palm and looked wordless rapture into her eyes and spoke wild things to her heart, until he recalled the innumer able lovers who had, since life appeared on the planet, done likewise, not to mention mating birds and beasts; and all the unending epithalamium of passion seemed to rise from the past, and the thought of it was like the sickly sweet of chloro form to him, and he turned away in digust and left the maid wondering. The drunkard stopped his cups when he remem bered how infinitely often this experiment in for getfulness had been tried; the artist’s hand fell limp, for the cloud of ghosts of them that had f lived’ and strived in art rose before him like an ex halation; the saint paused in his prayers, remem bering the petitions, thick as the rain or the sea sands, that in the long years had assailed heaven. All were choked by the past, asphyxiated by the gases of corrupting yesterdays, strangled by ghost hands of gone years; and they cried: We stagger under the enormous weight Os all the heavy ages piled on us. And they rebelled at history, and complained against the weight of experience, and longed for the youth of the world, when all was fresh, untried and full of wonder; and they cried again; O antique fables! beautiful and bright, And joyous with the joyous youth of yore; O antique fables! for a lltle light Os that which shineth in you evermore! To cleanse the dimness from our weary eyes. And bathe our old world in a new surprise ( Os golden dawn entrancing sea and shore. ’ (Copyright, 1916, by Frank Crane.) The Journal Information Bureau is prepared to furnish reliable information in answer to almost any question that you choose to ask. You are invited to make free use of this service. There is no charge of any sort except a two* cent stamp for return postage. Address THIS JOURNAL INFORMATION BUREAU, FRED ERIC J. HASKIN, DIRECTOR. WASHINGTON. d. a In many of the states the laws provide that game may not be shipped or sold, and no exception is made in the case of game wnich has been domesticated. New York state is an exception to this rule. There game which has been raised in enclosures may be killed and sold by the owner, but he must accompany each shipment with a certificate showing where and how the game waa produced. Some other states make concessions in favor of the game propagator. Arkansas has a law much i like that of New York; in Colorado the owner may sell his deer, but must pay a fee for each sale; in Illinois deer raised in captivity may be bought and sold just like cattle; in Indiana the owner of a deer park ie exempt from game laws, and much the same is true of Massachusetts; Minnesota requires a nominal' fee for each animal kept, and a permit must be taken out for each sale, and Missouri allows sale by certificate like New York. In moat of the other states deer farming for profit would now be impossible because of the legal restrictions. The growing importance of game farming is being generally recognized, however, and the need for exempting the propagator from the operation of game laws should be brought to the attention of all state legislatures. The Virginia deer, although the best species for pro pagation throughout the United States, and the easiest one of which to obtain stock, is by no means the only member of the deer family which may be profitably raised. There are a number of European varieties* which have been raised in deer parks for centuries and which thrive in this country, while one of the fines} stags in the world Is the American elk. or wapiti. This animal weighs as much as a thousand pounds, and has meat of a fine quality. It thrives and breeds over a great part of the United States, and even, in the small paddocks of the zoological gardens in multiplies so fast that the herds have to be reduced by sales. This ■ animal might be raised almost anywhere in the eastern mountain regions. Unless a very large tract is avail able, the smaller deer would probably prove more suit able, for the elk is very destructive of forage, breaking down limbs and small trees. Where there is a large range, however, this great western stag would be an excellent animal for propagation. Stock- may be pur chased at from >SO to >IOO a head. Elk are not good jumpers and do not require as high a fence as deer, five feet of woven wire being enough to keep them in an enclosure. During the rutting season the bulls are dangerous and combative. Some western ranchmen assert that a few elk in a sheep or cattle pasture are a sure protection against,dogs, wolves and coyotes. That deer farming is a business of great possibili ties there can be no doubt; but no one should go into it without the fullest information. First obtain the opinion of some naturalist as to the suitability of your t range, and then see what your state laws are. If both are favorable, you may be reasonably sure of success. A Spy’s Camera A novel camera which has been in use in Germany for some months has been found upon a recently cap tured spy. In consists of a disc worn under the spy’s clothing about six inches in size. It is a small camera of a new type and contains a universally focused film which resembles a button projecting from a man’s vest. The shutter of the film is operated by a string, which is extended so that it can be operated from a con venient pocket. Each plate is placed at an angle of sixty degrees, so that six pictures can be taken without j refilling the camera. The size of the pictures is about-4 one and a half inches, but most of them are clear and I capable of enlargement. I
