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Natives Publicly Enjoying an Opium Smoke in Shanghai, Where Lately
Strenuous Efforts Were Made to Abolish the Practice. —Dennis-
ton & Sullivan, in Leslie’s Weekly.
Unique Soap Holder.
A peculiar contrivance, termed a
soap holding device, is a recent in
vention of a Chicago man. Its ex
tremely simple construction is shown
in the accompanying illustration. It
•comprises a supporting arm, to which
is suspended a chain and clamp, car
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aping a cake of soap. Obviously the
supporting arm is attached to the
so that the suspended cake
'of soap w r ill be directly over the
water. arm is not
is pivoted, in order
T 4.nat the soap can be dipped down
to the water when necessary. The
sanitary advantages of this soap
holder will be apparent at once. It
does away with the ordinary slimy
receptacle employed for holding the
soap. The soap hangs in a position
of best advantage to the user. Soap
of any description can be used, as the
supporting pin can easily be pushed
into position.—Washington Star.
Adventurous Life In India.
Tram traveling in Calcutta evi
dently calls for special training of the
nervous system. A correspondent
gives details of three mishaps which
he observed during the space of a
few hours. He saw one car with no
apparent excuse crash into another
standing at a junction. In the next
case he saw a car, upon which the
driver was engaged in drinking a
“lota” of water, charge a number of
bullock carts, and his final experience
was of a cyclist “contemplating the
ruins of his bicycle and addressing
measured and adjective language to
an official at the steering wheel.”—
.From the Advocate of India.
Practical Sympathy.
A gentleman was one day relating
to a Quaker a tale of deep distress
and concluded by saying:
“if could not but feel for him.”
'“Verify, friend,” replied the
vQaaker, “thou didst right in that
thews, didst feel for thy neighbor, but
didst thou feel in the right place?
Didst thou feel in thy pocket?”—
Democratic Telegram.
WAS TOMMY LOGICAL OK SARCASTIC?
"“Only fools are certain, Tommy; wise men hesitate.”
“Are you sure, uncle?”
Yes, my boy; certain of it.”—The Tatler.
Too Obvious,
It was the first vaudeville perfor
mance the old colored lady had ever
seen, and she was particularly eicit
ed over the marvelous feats of the
magician. But when he covered a
newspaper with a heavy flannel cloth
and read the print through it, she
grew a little nervous. N He then
doubled the cloth and again read the
letters accurately.
This was more than she could
stand, and rising in her seat, she
said:
‘‘l’m goin’ home. This ain't no
place for a lady in a thin calico
dress! ” —Everybody’s.
Largest Rock-Crusher.
The largest rock-crusher in tho
world wms recently thrown into oper
ation in a cement mill at South
Pittsburg, Tenn., and it crushes all
the rock used by a 4000-barrel plant.
The machine has an hourly capacity
of 800 tons and sixty per cent, of the
product is in pieces four inches or
less and thirty per cent, in pieces
two inches or less. The crusher is
nineteen feet in height and weighs
42 5,000 pounds. The operation of
this machine alone requires twenty
nine horse power.
Unique Garment Hanger.
A garment hanger for men’s ap
parel somewhat different from any
heretofore patented has been de
signed by a Connecticut man. In the
majority of such devices now on the
market little or no provision is made
for supporting the trousers properly,
the main ide„ being to take care only
of the coat. In the garment hanger
shown in the accompanying illustra
tion an extra attachment is added
to support the trousers. The latter
are attached to the trousers in an
exceedingly unique manner. Curved
inwardly from the ends of the hanger
are small loops, which are designed
to clamp on the suspender buttons on
the trousers. The latter are in this
-way held in an extended position,
eliminating the possibility of becom
ing creased or soiled when hung in
the crowded closet or wardrobe. —
Washington Star.
Electricity as a motive power has
been in use for twenty-five years.
Italy’s general scheme of land and
sea fortifications will require an out
lay of $35,000,000.
Portugal’s budget for 19 08-0 9
gives $50,000,000 revenue and ssl,-
500,000 expenditure, a deficit of sl,-
500,000, or $200,000 less than in
1907-08.
Edward D. Pitt, a brother of Rev.
Henry Pitt, a London vicar and mem
ber of the great Pitt family, so illus
trious in English history, has lived
in Pittsburg, Pa., since 1870.
It requires 15,2 00 stenographers to
do the office business of New York
City.
Lord Wolseley, who has passed his
seventy-fifth birthday, has probably
had more narrow escapes from death
than any other living British officer.
In his younger days his lordship was
so daring that he earned from the
Ashantis the title of “The General
Who Never Stops.”
Canada received 4 0,000 emigrants
from the United States during seven
months, 5000 of them being farmers.
Charles Field, who is believed to be
the oldest judge in the United States
now presiding, has just celebrated his
ninety-third birthday by holding a
session of the district court at his
home in Athol, Mass.
Manhattan is the most densely pop
ulated island in the world. It- has a
population of 99,150 persons to the
square mile.
For the first half of the year the
total production of iron in Germany
was 6.049,700 tons, against 6,355,-
900 tons last year. The reduction
was less than five per cent.
Although the mulberry tree is
raised in Mysore, the most of the silk
produced in India is made from the
wild silk worms and from raw' silk
imported from China and Siam.
During the summer season the Bor
ough of Richmond doubles its popu
lation on every pleasant Sunday, but
only for that one day.
OASES OF CHILEAN DESERT.
Part They Play in Development of
the Great Nitrate Beds.
Northern Chile, which is so largely
mountain or desert, is generally re
garded as a forbidding wilderness,
but in spite of its natural desolation
the landscape presents a scene of
great beauty under the softened hues
of sunset, and here and there in the
waste of sand and salt may be found
by looking for them a number of
oases, the most conspicuous of which
are Pica and Matilla.
These oases are supplied with wat
er from the high Andes, but the par
ticular streams that support their
life are not certainly known. It has
been found that in various parts of
the great Atacama desert the earth
underneath the surface layer of sand
or salt is sufficiently moist to grow
crops, capillary attraction spreading
the water through the soil. The
rainless Atacama desert is the scene
of the greatest industry of its kind
in the world, yielding enormous
quantities of nitrates used to enrich
the fields of Europe and the United
States.
The oases play a very important
economic role in the industries of
the region, supplying vegetables and
foodstuffs for the support of the
workmen, alfalfa for the cattle and
various fruits, and also serving as
timber producers for the nitrate
works, which require much fuel.
There is no part of the world where
agriculture is more intensively car
ried on than m these green spots in
the Atacama desert. —Zion’s Herald.
Color.
Of the light-rays that fall upon an
object some are taken up by the ob
ject and others are reflected. It is to
the reflected rays that we are to turn
for the explanation of color. For in
stance, a sheet of white paper is
“white” because ail the seven kinds
of light are reflected from its surface,
while the sunflower is “yellow” be
cause when light falls on it the violet,
indigo, blue and green rays are se
lected for absorption, and yellow prin
cipally is reflected. The reflective
rays, received by the eye, produce the
sensation of color. This is the ex
planation of nearly all the colors that
exist.
A False Impression.
Patience —“I’ve certainly made an
impression on that man over there;
he hasn’t taken his eyes off me since
I got here.”
Patrice —“ Which man ? ”
“That one with the black mus
tache. ”
-Oh, he’s the hired detective!” —
Yonkers Statesman.
Comptroller Wilson, of Chicago,
has ruled that no telephone, traction,
electyic light or other public utility
corporation can make contribution?
to hospitals or other charities.
Drainage of Soils.
Drainage permits of earlier crops
ind a larger proportion of air,
warmth and moisture in the soil.
Drainage benefits the land also by ,af
lording a ready outlet for ail excess
of water, thereby preventing stagna
tion and removing a source of evil,
The bad effects produced by an ex
cess of water —all of which are, of
course, removed by drainage—may be
enumerated at length. One evil pro
duced is the consequent diminution
iu the quantity of air within it, which
air is of the greatest consequence,
not only in promoting the chemical
changes requisite for the preparation
of the food for plants, but likewise
to the roots themselves. Excess of
water injures the soil by diminishing
its temperature in summer and in
creasing it in winter —a transposition
of nature most hurtful to perennials,
because the vigor of a plant in spring
depends greatly upon the lowness of
temperature to which it has been sub
jected during winter (within certain
limits), as the difference of tempera
ture between winter and spring i3
the exciting cause of the ascent of the
sap. The presence of a large quantity
of water in the soil also alters the re
sult of putrefaction, by which some
substances are formed which are use
less to plants. An increase in the
proportion of moisture in soils has a
powerful effect upon its saline con
stituents, by which many changes are
produced diametrically opposite to
those that take place in soil where the
water is much less in quantity; and in
this way the good effects of many val
uable constituents are greatly dimin
ished, as for instance, the action of
carbonic acid upon lime and green
materials, and gypsum upon car-
.bonate of ammonia.
The proportion of plant foods avail
able in the soil for the use of crops
is largely influenced by drainage and
the amount of surplus water in the
soil. The directions of the currents
which occur in wet soils are entirely
altered by drainage; in undrained
soil are altogether from below upward
—being produced by the force of
evaporation at the surface—conse
quently the spongioles of the plants
are supplied with undesirable subsoil
water; but when the land is drained
the currents are from thd surface to
the drains, and the roots are, conse
quently, supplied with fresh aerated
water. Drainage increases the ab
sorption of carbonic acid, also the at
mospheric supply of food, and cre
ates a tendency in the plant to pro
duce leaves possessing a different
structure from those which the same
plant produces in dry situations. An
other important point is that on land
that has been drained the system of
subsoiling can be adopted with ten
fold advantage, which is an object of
the highest importance, for there is
no doubt that the use of the subsoil
plow been satisfactory on almost
all soils, having been found as valua
ble on light lands with rententive
bottoms as upon those of a more com
pact and stiffer surface, rendering
soils drier in wet weather and more
moist during a season
That a tenacious and imnervTt
soil must be relieved from the
collected and retained on its
before the earth can be fitted for the
growth of vegetable matter lias been
most clearly and satisfactorily ascer
tained. The best mode of effecting
this object may be a question, but it
is probable that under-draining with
tiles will be found the most econom
ical method.
A cold soil is never capable of pro
ducing profitable crops. An excess
of water in the soil, in addition to its
injury to the soil, also produces a
constant dampness of the atmosphere,
which has been shown to be injurious
to plants, especially by diminishing
evaporation, thus rendering the
process of assimilation slower, and in
some sections and on certain farms
malaria results; in fact, there is every
reason to believe that surface water,
which is for the most part stagnant,
is by far the most injurious, because
in this manner the currents produced
during the heat of summer—namely,
the period at which vegetation should
be most active—will of necessity be
entirely from below upwards, being
produced by the evaporation of the
water upon the surface of the soil, the
consequence being tnat the roots of
the plants, instead'of being supplied
with water charged with the valuable
plants foods, will be supplied with
water which has existed so long in the
soil that it will have lost these vegeta
ble ingredients, and will, moreover,
be charged with excrementiticus mat
ters. No system of drainage can di
minish the quantity of water which a
soil receives; it can only affect the
quantity which it retains and prevent
stagnation by allowing it to escape
freely that continual currents are pro
duced so long as any excess of water
remains. Drainage will not fail to
pay a percentage upon the cost far
greater than many other investments,
as that land which uas been reclaimed
by drainage will oftentimes require no
manuring for years, the herbage, too,
being of a peculiarly different species
from that hitherto produced, as well
as being far more nutritious. —Phila-
delphia Record.
Good Horse Flesh.
The chest in all breeds of horses
should be wide, deep an:l round, and
ribs well inclined to the rear. These
conditions are. necessary to ensure ef
ficient breathing capacity and staying
power.
The lower line of the chest towards
the abdomen should be nearly liori
sontal to the grcnn. ? . Avy undue in-
clination upwards of this line is an In
dication of want of power of en
durance.
The abdomen in race horses should
be round, and not too full. Too large
an abdomen seriously interferes with
speed, by exciting an undue pressure
on the lungs, add thereby affecting
the breathing capacity. Where speed
is not required, this A ,art of the body
may be more fully developed.
The back and loins of all horses
should be short. On first thought, a
long back gives us the impression
that such a condition is conducive to
speed; but on reflection it is found
that such is not the case. Undue
lengths of back and loins are gener
ally associated with soft, “herring
gutted” animals, and necessitates the
expenditure of much more muscular
energy in raising the forequarters
than when the distance from the with
ers to the croup is short. The top
line should incline shortly towards
the croup, and, passing over this part,
should continue in a gentle down
ward sweep to the tail. Short back
and loins are also necessary where
weight-carrying power is required.
The loins should be short, fiat and
broad. A slight convexity might be
admitted, but a tendency to roach and
hollow backs should be carefully
guarded against.
Breadth of loins is a very important
point in all classes of horses, for it is
over this region that the strongest
and most powerful muscle in the body
is situated —the long, broad muscle
which extends from the pelvic bones
to the last three or four bones of the
neck, and the action of which is re
sponsible for the rising of the fore
part in galloping, jumping and rear
ing, and for lifting the hind quarters
during the action of kicking.
We have already noticed the bones
and tendons of the leg from the knee
and hock down to the ground. Suf
fice it to say that, in proportion to the
kind of work the horse has to per
form, so should the size and shape of
thes'e appendages be regulated.—W.
T. C., in the American Cultivator.
Bowel Diseases of Poultry.
Sometimes it happens that diarrhae
occurs in flecks where the manage
ment has been good, and at once the
difficulty is diagnosed by the farmer,
or poultryman as cholera, or some
other contagious disease that may be
unknown. The cause is usually the
free use of very watery green food.
When rye, grass, tender weeds and
other bulky foods are largely con
sumed by the fowls the result may be
a laxative effect, but this occurs most
ly when the green food is very young,
at which stage of growth it contains
a large proportion of water and very
little solid matter. The effect is more
readily noticeable when the birds
have had but little green food, being
kept during the winter and spring on
a grain diet. The remedy for the dif
ficulty mentioned is to confine the
birds in their yards for a few days,
feeding them twice a day on a ration
of ten parts cornmeal, two parts sifted
ground oats and one part fine bran,
adding a gill of linseed meal and a
teaspoonful of salt to every quart,
cooking the whole as bread. —Weekly
•MUtness.
i..i ft 2, , ———
V Bug Nuis*cp.
of the Massachu
setts AgftWfWal Experiment Col
lege, says of all the
living creatures globe are in
sects, and that nor ore than one
out of ten is friendly t&~han. He es
timates that $2,000,000 or $3,000,000
worth of damage is anually wrought
by insects, and that known means of
protection, properly used, could pre
vent about two-thirds of this loss. He
is, therefore, impressing the necessity
of a close study by all classes of peo
ple of this question, with the hope of
saving forests, shade trees and crops.
Not to 15c Continued.
According to J. E. Wing, unless one
is certain that his lambs wilf go early
to market, say an age of not exceed
ing three months, he had better dock
them. Tails are unneccessary ap
pendages to a modern sheep and are
apt to get fouled. A docked lamb has
a square look and seems fatter than
one with a tail. What blood goes to
nourish a useless tail would add to
the growth of the body, no doubt.—
Weekly Witness.
To Get Rid of the Groundhog.
There is practically but one cure.
Bisulphile of carbon will smother the
peSts in their dens. Saturate a rag
with two tablespoonfuls of the stuff,
and push it down the hole as far as
you can, then stop the hole up with
sod or earth, and go away sorrow
fully, for you have committed mur
der. Bisulphide of carbon is very ex
plosive; have no matches or fire
around.—D* W. Brown, in the In
diana Farmer.
Value of Quail.
It is said that the quail has been
known to destroy sixty different kinds
of weed seeds, and it is a fact that
about five per cent, of his food is
made up of seeds that are harmful
to the farmer. He also destroys an
nually large numbers of injurious
bugs.—American Cultivator.
The Rash Plumber.
To save foolish workmen from in
curring unnecessary risks, says the
Builders’ Journal, is well nigh impos
sible. Almost every year some rash,
thoughtless young plumber rushes
out and does a job of work. —Louden
Globe.
MY OWNFAMILYW
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HON. CEORGE^W
Hon. George W. Honey, National r
lain U. V. U., ex-Chaplain Fn.nh VV^
sm Cavalry, ex-Treasurer Stale of \\C° n ‘
sin, and ex-Quartermaster G -iw, "
Tex?.s G. A. It., writes from uiO First V
N. E., Washington, D. C., ~ dW
“I cannot too highly recommend ’ vom ,
preparation for the relief of catarrhal
troubles in their various
Some members of my own family have is*i
it with most gratifying results. \\7j
other remedies failed, Peruna'proved
most efficacious and 1 cheerfully certify
to its curative excellence.”
Mr. Fred L. Ilehard, for nine years a
leading photographer of Kansas City
Mo., located at the northeast corner of
12th and Grand Aves., cheerfully K j ve
the following testimony: “It is a proven
fact that Peruna will cure catarrh and
la grippe, and as a tonic it lias m
canal. Druggists have tried to make me
take something else ‘just as good,’ but
Peruna is good enough for me.”
Pe-ru-na in Tablet Form.
For two years Dr. Hartman and his as
sistants have incessantly labored to create
Peruna in tablet form, and their strenuous
efforts have just been cro.vned with suc
cess. People who object to liquid medi
cines can now secure Peruna tablets, which
represent the solid medicinal ingredient!
of Peruna.
AT THE WEDDING.
“Who’s going to give the bride
away?"
‘'The newspapers.”—Life.
TESTING PAINT.
Property owners should know how
to prove the purity and quality of
white lead, the most important paint
ingredient, before paying for it. To
all who write, National Lead Cos.,
the largest manufacturers of pure
white lead, send a free outfit with
which to make a gimple and sure test
of white lead, and also a free book
about paint. Their address is Wood
bridge Ridg.. Now Vo-i- rnty
GET US HOPE SO.
Knicker —Taft has a sense of hu
mor.
Bocker —Perhaps that might keep
him from makifig the Syiph bis
yacht.—Judge _
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot b
cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Cos.. Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
Walking, Kinnan & Makvis, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo?"!).
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and inucuous sur
faces of the system. ; Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
PERFECTLY IMPARTIAL.
“T want a kiss, darling.” he mur
mured. .
“What cheek!” she declared.
“Either will do,” he answered
Baltimore American.
CUKES ALL ITCHING ERUPTIONS*
Glencoe, bid., Nov. 21st, 1907: “i ha> A ha
eczema on my hands for 12 years, am-,
tried everything. I have been using
Signed, Mrs. M. Harvey. Tetteiune is the
surest, safest, speediest cure for eczema
and all other skin diseases, bold by drug
gists or sent by mail for 50c. by J. 1. bB
tains, Dept. A, Savannah,J3a.
The average missionary conribu
tion for each pupil in the
schools is higher in the Eplscopa <
nomination than any ether.
Hicks’ Cnpudine Cures Nervousness,
Whether tired out, worried, overworked, or
what not. It refreshes the brum ai,
nerves. It’s Liquid and pleasant to tax •
10c., 2£c., and 50c., at drug stores.
In addition to the canned ‘speeches
remarks the Indianapolis News, there
are the indiscreet ones which are
jarred.
AWFUL GRAVEL ATTACKS
Cured by Doan’s Kidney Phis After
Years of Suffering.
F. A. Rippy, Depot Ave., Gallatin.
Tenn,. sayc: ‘VFifteen yea;s ago
ney disease attacked
i me. The pain in
¥ back was so agoniz*
A/Su . ing 1 finally has.
give up work. The
TlgfeAaF came terrible a
of gravel with
pain and
some as large as^J
bean. Nine years of this ran 0 and
to a state of continual weakne--
I thought I never would be beua ; g
til I began using Doan’s Kidn
The improvement was ra; • *
since using four boxes I am cu.
have never had any return
trouble." __ , !OX .
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents -•
Foster-Milburn Cos.. .
DANGERS OF HUNTING ?
Cholly—Did you shoot the
Algy—Yes so awkward; 5' 0U
put on speed and get a-NU-
York Sun.