Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

* [LIGHTS on wr® ~A_) LTIONAL C A niTA I clark* ~J&ce**KWz ■ /% BJ ■ ■ /1| / COPYRIGHT BY WA PATPfPOO/I * hen you take In the city of Wash yKSTj lngton what the unregenerate call Ml a “rubberneck wagon” your course is bound to lead by the Cosmos IW W club. Until the Metropolitan club t- *. built its new quarters, its build- M ing was situated near that which jrVjg ~ r ' Ml houses the Cosmos members. It Tv Hi was the great delight of the in flß w- Jll formation giver on the eightsee- I llj ing automobile to declare to the VVcl !p Passengers that the Metropolitan club, "which you see on your right, •jSaK> A is the home of the nobs, and L— . J the Cosmos club? which you see on (your left, Is the home of the cranks.” Presumably scientists have become accus tomed to being dubbed cranks by the unthinking. It has been a long, hard struggle at times for Home scientists to get recognition from the world. The Cosmos club has a membership which in- Hi Mjfjisak * X /•■» i ‘&*&rSti/k. ■■?■|p >■ S’ «Ptjlli£?» ***^S&- Nm i_«4 • i^ w?,!4v - itf JmLu mS >.~- < wK&tff*■» r.-»«y...,/» *, r •if*’. 'cja .^jii - ■»*sji|i3fe?-i iPjJfepssal J^HS MRgSK * k I inmii-*-*'— -"** "? '- : '* , i, . ,•••■< -J. . < - ■ * 4 3f|p ’ ’>•'«... - *““>» &i V •:'|- BHiniHMNV - * ' ' * . - • § WPvK f ' ■'P.Z'#’<<'■ , * ► . *' ■ , * <• S ' "**S ccyv/yfcr/ci/r mcnu£ -look/p/g r/o/?r/i from /y stwet eludes some of the greatest scientists of the 'United States, and, in its non-resident member whip. some of the greatest scientists of the world. There are botanists, astronomers, ornitholo .glbr-ts, and, In fact, scientists of all kinds and de ascriptions, to be found nightly In the great, •weeping parlors of the club’s quarters. There Is Just as much hospitality and jollity In the club •e; are to be found lu the rooms of any social organization lu the world —and learning besides there, also. In order to bo a member of the Cos *j>ob club you must have something besides ®nmey and social standing. It is probable that ire are many members of other organizations tj> ’Washington, who would be willing to throw their memberships Into the deep sea, if the act would buy for them admittance into the club ■*>f these sclehtists. Ulie headquarters of the Cosmos club are In ‘the old “Dolly Madison” residence. It was there that the widow of President Madison lived and field social sway for years after the death of her lint band During the Civil war, for a time, Adtui jrft! Wilkes lived in the Madison house. It was Wilkes who took Mason and Slidell from the Brit t«h steamer,“Trent” and thereby nearly brought on war between the United States and Great BrlW'n at a time when such a war might have insured ultimate victory to the Confederate arms. I' The biological survey of the United States government has lost the services of Dr. C. Hart hlerrlam, who for years was the survey’s chief, and who in the early days worked so hard to make theservice what he succeeded in making it, one of the most useful departments of govern ment. Dr. Merriam has accepted the direction of the Harrlman Foundation for Zoological He ojirch. Mrs. Harrlman, the widow of E. H. Har riman, the groat financier and railroad man, has carried out the wishes of her husband, and has »rt aside a large sum of money to be used for purposes of zoological study. Acting unquestion ably in line with her husband's wishes, Mrs. Har rlman requested Dr Merriam to take charge of the work. It is probable that the former chief of the bio logical survey is the foremost authority in the United States in matters pertaining to certain lilies of natural history work. It was Dr. Mer riam. more than any other man, to whom Theo dore Roosevelt went for advice about the scope of his expected work in Africa. The doctor and the colonel have been friends since boyhood; when in New York state both were pursuing bird «tudies and exchanging letters on general sub jects of natural history. These words about Dr. Merriam and the Kar ri man Zoological Foundation lead one to tell a story about the late financier, which perhaps will throw some light on a side of his life con cerning which most people probably know’ little. One year ago winter I went south from Washington, bound for Augusta, Ga., with a friend. E H Hardman’s private car was at tached to the train at one of the stations on the way. It happened that my friend w’as a close per sonal acquaintance of Mr. Harrlman, and he was tnvited to dine with the financier on his private car, and was told to bring his friend with him, provided the friend would like to come. There were several men of large affairs at that little dinner party, one of the guests being the president of oue of the greatest railroad systems in che world. The conversation, natu rally, w-as about big affairs of the financial world, concerning which I knew very little, and I am free to confess, cared much less. After hearing a good deal about certain things concerning which the discussion was more or less unintelli gible to me, I ventured to break into the conver sation and to tell Mr. Harrlman that I had such of the journals of the “Harrlman Alaska Expedi tion” as already had been published, and more over, that I had read them. For the next two hours 1 had ample evidence that E. H. Harrlman cared for something besides railroads. Ten or twelve years before he had ft u mm W B || Hill TW/lY Y\\ » Qj A v J =Z-^—V m '•■•■ #* U 1| A «£ \ H Klf i JrKJ©& ••x^rnTi fmifraKmi i M 1 \ \ ‘ »..j^LAsai ■ -i j** * - ; <^T_nmS1 «r *SS& &JI. > 1 ~ *~**Z"- •- ■~ "'j' : ■.• ••* ' : '*#'■>*•*" rr M. ''-'’ t7 ii (T I hi IJJUrv » nm * v, > PiNNSYL VAfl/A AVfNL/f -LOOPING CAST /POM Tff/ASUPY DCPARTM/NT taken a company of naturalists to Alaska with him as his guests. He had had a delightful time with the scientists and they had profited much in a knowledge way by the trip to comparatively new fields. I found that Mr. Harrlman was keen ly interested in birds, trees, shells, flowers, stones and mammals, and that he knew’ and ap preciated nature in all its forms. That w’as the only time I ever saw E. H. Harriman, but from what he said during the two hours and a half spent in his car that winter night I was not at all surprised when I found out that he had pro vided a fund for zoological research. Across Lafayette square, due west from the Cosmos club, is the vacant Decatur mansion. This house was built by Commodore Stephen De catur in the year 1819, and it was from its por tals that he w r ent forth one year later to meet his death at the hand of James Barron, also a naval officer, who had challenged Decatur to a duel. It is American history and the circumstances are known to all, but It might be said that it was Barron who was in command of the United States ship Chesapeake at the time it was over hauled by the British ship Leopard and searched for alleged deserters from the British navy. Books have been written about Lafayette square, but the stories that are told about the men whose statues are in the square, and about the men who lived in the houses surrounding it, are endless, and not all of them, perhaps, have found their way into print. The statue of Lafay ette was erected at one corner of the square not long after the statue of Andrew Jackson had been put in place in the center of the square, provided a square can be said to have a center. Lafayette visited America in 1825, and even to day one hears occasionally of some living person who remembers his visit. Not long ago there died in Chicago, at her home on Elm street, the aged Mrs. Davidson. She was born in Charleston, S. C. Her maiden name was Ancrum; she was a granddaughter of Col. William Washington, a first cousin of George Washington, it was William Washington who at the battle' of the Cowpens fought a hand-to hand fight with Colonel Tarleton of the British forces. Colonel Washington succeeded in cutting off the thumb of Tarleton’s sword hand, and then there was interference which separated the combatants. Lafayette was a strong personal friend of Wil --!__/ HI //v <5T/rvTE- nUTL f; y'i ■ W.-M >*|yM “/. ft* . * ’’ej ar >M «i|»* f I %r i»/ •* ‘ W.-^Jl|£gß ijm i w -ili> if r hr* -i^Uj HO/-7L' or 3J?CRfTA.9Y AWO* liam Washington, and when he visited Charleston in the year 1825 he was a guest at the Ancrum residence, MYs. Ancrum, the mother of Mrs. Dn vidson, being a daughter of Colonel Washington. Mrs. Davidson, then a child six or eight yearn old, remembered the visit perfectly and kept until she died a present which Lafayette ha 4 given to her, the grandchild of his old friend anti comrade in arms. There is no statue of Washington in Lafayette square, though one day there may be, for it is said to be possible that Andrew Jackson may be put elsewhere and George Washington may take his place. The nearest physical approach, so to speak, that one gets to the first president, in La fayette square, is in the White House, which fronts it. It may not be generally known that the White House was completed before Washington died. It was only a few days before his death, as Washington tradition has it, that George and Martha Washington walked through the recently completed White House, to give their approval or disapproval, as it may be, of the arrangement of the rooms. It is possible that that visit to the capital was the last one which the Father of his Country made, for it was only a short time afterward that he died at his country seat, Mount Vernon. Reference to Mount Vernon brings to mind the fact that there is living in Washington today an aged man named John Lane, who is the only living person who ever saw George Washington. Now, inasmuch as the Father of his country died 111 years ago, this may seem to be something pretty close to a false statement on its l’Ace, but it is the truth nevertheless. When John Lane was a small hoy the driver of a stage that ran between Washington and Mount Vernon asked the lad if he wanted a ride, and the answer was a hasty climbing up to the seat of honor by the driver. The boy made the trip all the way to Mount Vernon and arrived there just as they were removing the body of Washington from the old tomb to the new one. In order to make certain that the remains had not been tampered with by ghouls who not long before had broken into the old tomb, the coffin was opened and John Lane, aged ten, was lifted up to 100 c on the face of the Father of his Coun try. Mr. Lane today is the only person who survives of the little company which was present at the transfer of the body. Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union of America Matters jf Especial Moment to the Progressive Agriculturist A pessimist is one who, of two ;vils, chooses them both. Sometimes a half-pint of happiness will make a pec!-: of trouble. The peculiarity of a crank is that ae always thinks it’s his turn. Gossips have automobiles beaten a block when It comes to running people down. By the time you have acquired wis dom everybody looks upon you as an old fooi. An optimist is one who would rather believe that f-verytfcing is all right than know the truth. There are fair things in life so com fortable as old friends and old shoes. Do not be in haste to discard either. The man who allows things to go at loose ends is pretty certain ulti mately to find his affairs sadly rav eled. Co-operative action is by voluntary association. Trusts, broadly speaking, are the results of both forms of ac tion. Many have enjoyed the benefits de rived from the work of the Farmers’ Union without knowing from whence they came. Organization has become the watch word of the century. The 'past his tory of the race is largely a history of individuals. It sometimes seems easier to strike than to lift up; but give us the man who always lends a helping hand, no matter what it v’osts. Take your chances with the man who is good to horses, cows and oth er farm creatures. He will not fail you when the pinch comes. Where the greater part of the corn crop goes to market by way of the hog pen, a substantial increase in the bank account is pretty sure to fol low. Now for a breathing spell. The harvest season was long, the weather capricious and the work strenuous. Take a day off, and do nothing but just rest and putter. Give the human machine a chance to cool its bear ings. START OF FREIGHT EXPENSE Cost of Hauling Ton of Farm Products to Market Over Country Roads Averages 25 Cents. The United States department of agriculture stands ready to prove that the farmer is heavily handicapped by the two million miles of public roads of this country, of which only seven per cent, is improved. It stands ready to show that the cost of hauling a ton of farm products to market j over country roads is upon the aver- j age 25 cents, says Birmingham Age- , Herald. On modern improved roads | the cost is but eight cents. On “dirt” j roads it is 39 cents, and on sandy j roads it varies from 33 to 64 cents. | These figures are demonstrable, and j no farmer will dispute them, for they j know full well what the cost for poor roads is to them. Were the cost of the haul to the railroad reduced to 12 cents a ton, as j it readily could he by improving the ; public roads, the saving to the farm- j ers of the country’ would be just about j $250,000,000. “It seems easy," says the j Washington Herald, “to write the fig- j ures $1,000,000 a day; that is the ' amount of loss, or rather that is the loss of gain the farmer would get if he had good roads. He would get $1,000,000 a day more for his products than he does now. His bad roads im ply a loss of about three dollars a year for every man, woman and child in the United States. If we can add that $250,000,000 to the purchasing power of the farmer, it is not likely that we should hear so much about hard times; there would be bound to he a proportional increase in prosper ity’ and our agricultural assets would be very largely increased.” This estimate does not include the increased value that would accrue from good roads to farm lands. It takes account simply of the freight expense which necessarily begins at the farm. The cost of the haul to the railroad is regulated by the condition of the public road, and the time is fast coming when the farmer will demand that he shall be considered when money is being poured out like water for railroads, waterways and the like. To Introduce Bokhara Sheep. The department of agriculture is seriously considering the introduction into this country of Bokhara sheep, from which comes the fur called “Per sian lamb.” All Astrakan fur is now raised on territory tributary to the Caspian sea. The best fur is taken from the lamb when it is only four or five days old. The Bokhara sheep also make good mutton. Good Farming. The best farmers are not all on the best farms. Many a man has per formed wonders on a poor farm. | There are men who have good farms j now who started in debt, without | buildings, money, little credit and the simplest kind of implements. LETTER ON COTTON BAGGING Mississippi Man Makes Interesting Argument in Favor of Agreement for Benefit of Farmers. Now that the season for ginning is coming, it is time for all parties who are interested in baling cottons to come to a perfect understanding about cotton bagging for the coming I have had a good many years’ ex perience. tut always at the mercy of I the jute bagging manufacturers, as J well as the mercantile companies, whaM were the distributers for the jute fac-B Vries, and I can truthfully say that® when there was a big crop to gin the I jute bagging always went up as high 1 as 11 and 12V& cents, writes D. N. 1 Hearn of Madison, Miss., in Union 1 Advocate. We had to pay their price Q even when the ginning competition was so sharp that the price of Jute took all the and with this con dition of things existing, it looks to mo as if every ginner would be anx- Vjs to unite on cotton bagging, whether they are friendly to the union or not. Every farmer, whether union or nonunion, should demand that all bag ging should be made of cotton. That would consume eight million pounds of cotton for a twelve million bale crop, and there are six or seven fac tories that have promised to add nine pounds to the weight of every bale of cotton that we sell them with cotton bagging on it. That would compen sate for the difference in weight, and if all or nearly all cotton was wrapped in cotton, the 30-pounds tare would be taken ofT. Away back in the Alliance timesTae jute bagging went so high it was al most prohibited and thousands of bales were wrapped in old gunny sacks, oat sacks and osenburg, and it was at this time that Odenheimer came to the farmer's rescue and made a good cotton bagging which run the price of jute bagging as low as four and five cents. Just think of the farm ers having to wrap four-cent cotton in fourteen-cent bagging. Now, Mr. Oden- j heimer is offering to furnish cotton bagging again, and I for one believe that cotton should he used for cotton as well as for corn and oat sacks. By i doing this we would only be making I use of our bad cotton. If we do any-B thing to increase the price of cotton® and cotton goods, the cotton grow’ersß are the ones who are benefited. The I wage earner is benefited, and that has a price lifting effect; in other words, , increases the capacity to consume as j w’e increase prices. To get back to the subject of cotton bagging, I hope that the farmers, ginners, in fact, everyone who really J wants to do something to better condition of cotton prices, and th<fl country generally, will take up. thijß bagging question and decide it, &ncfl stand by the decision we though til.- heav.’ns fall. • .Tilling r . .\f; the bagging for and arranged with Mr. son to supply those of my communityl that ginned their cotton at Madison station. I do not think there was more than six or seven bales wrapped with cotton in this vicinity. There ' should be an arrangement made that would be binding legally, that carries ! or fixes a penalty so that everyone who signs it would have to stand to ■ the rack, fodder. I see that some say i that the cotton bagging w’ill not hold. Neither will jute bagging, the way cot \ ton is handled. As an evidence, just go to the compress where cotton is ! handled and see the condition of the'l | bales wrapped in jute bagging and | you will be convinced. Eradicate Bull Thisfie. Bull thistles, common in pastures, cannot always be killed by mowing. Mowing tends to prevent maturity of seed. Cutting off the thistles just be low the surface of the ground, two or three times a year, will effectually eradicate them. Working the ground in rotation of grass, grain and corn ist a very sure way of eradicating weeds" Garden in Orchard. Garden crops may be grown fully between the rows of all kinds of young fruit trees. Peas and beans are particularly desirable for this pur pose because, being legumes, they en rich the soil and actually aid in the growth of the trees. By a cropping system of this kind the expense of the orchard may be easily paid until the trees come into full bearing. Feeding Chickens. Noontime is the best time to feed chickens raw vegetables such as cab bages, beets and turnips. Grain should not be fed oftener than twice a day. Thousands of hens are killed eve™ year by feeding too much wet foqJI and mashes. The greater portion oj the feed should be dry. A Small ColL^gggi Thi-re was born - P. T>-ckwur, neajfl !-;■ . : eoit lio&mm pounds it is JEW :• >x-* ; : fci|S is :]■ M Lilli i ry mulchii: c® n..in. IvS'Jj a f. HH apply wH| Tin? is an idtasfcfl