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DEFECTS of warships NeW port Conference Substanti ated Capt. Keyes’ Charges. secrets are made public r„ n feren Decided That Very Few C Defects CouH Be Remedied In ths North Dakota and Deleware. D. C.—ln view of the 0 f the secretary cf war revoking or<U l vnhibition he recently placed tllf • officers who attended the New a£ai:i'(onterence from discussing its P o! ' . on officer who was prominently a;: T,pd with the entire proceedings -V; conference, has stated that it ci / Substantiated the charges of de , ■ pointed out in Commander tyV ] e tter on that subject with a K e -miner exceptions. This office has i eNV fnr . in ost in his denunciation of rl, conference decided, he stated, t , f, w of these defects could tha ! eVdicd ill the North Dakota and j!? . v ., ro which are now 40 per cent 1.1 dieted, imt. suggested that if prac col . l i‘ e additional case armor of about nc ” / ,'. s {,<> placed around the smoke 10.1 up-takes to protect them l’ ll *. , sl) iinters. The armor now be aS„a .’ve" inches, the additional armor in? ■ i increase the protection to eight : w " 1 ' They recommended that if !incticable, an additional fire control placed forward of the smoke ir,u cn ‘that in case the vision from Tikr muf is obscured by smoke, a 1 jp', r ‘.jew could be secured from the nther position. conference also hesitated about ‘ k i r „ extensive changes in the plans f rVn‘Florida and Utah, as the plans (, f ' t 1,000 vessels renuired five or six "months for their preparation and any change that would involve a change rf 1 weight to any considerable extent would require reconstruction of the 1/1 As*’ now designed the two aft tur ret's on the Florida and Utah type are on fne same level, and it was proposed If practicable to raise the second tur ret f r om aft. so as to allow’ it to fire over the aft turret. This is proposed because in the event of the aft turret as now designed being disabled in cer tain positions, the firing from the sec ond turret would be limited. The weight so added to the second turret from aft could be counter-balanced by lowering the middle turret. On the important subject of what ought to be the type of the next battleships to be designed, the kind of battery they should carry and their aimor. the conference has not yet made a decision. CORSETS COMMENDED BY DOCTOR. Women Are Told That Their Torso Muscles Need Support. Los Angeles, Cal. —Dr. L. E. Land one. whose plan to improve the hu man race by applying Luther Bur baik's theories in the training of chil dren by selection, has brought consid erable attention from the scientific world, commends the modern corset. Addressing the members of the Hun dred Year Club, the leading woman’s organization of Los Angeles, he said: ‘‘Corsets, the sort w’orn today, are good for the reason that the torso muscles have been weakened for gen erations until now the average fe male form will not stand without them. - "In the time of Queen Elizabeth,” continued Landone. ‘‘they wore steel corsets tightly buckled in back and front. They were instruments of tor ture. From them are evolved the comfortable corsets of today. I doubt if the torso muscles of women could be supported in their weakened condi tion after a generation of corset-wear ing except for some artificial prop.” CHECirrREASIJRfBOOKS. Millions in Vaults To Be Counted By Experts. New York City.—-Following the res ignation of Hamilton Fish as assis tant treasurer of the United States, In charge of the sub-treasury here, a corps of bookkeepers under the direc tion of United States Treasurer Treat have begun checking over the °ooks of the office. The counting of lire cash in the vaults will be taken a P as soon as the checking of the hooks has been completed. There is the vaults approximately $173,000,- WQ in gold coin, $17,000,000 in cur acy and $80,000,000 in silver coin, a nd all of this must be counted and trifled piece by piece. The work will ■probably require at least a month. The counting is only done when an assis am treasurer leaves the office. Mr. . h resigned as assistant treasurer n order to accept a nomination for congress. - USE sand" asjiertilizer. Richer Says It Increases the Fer tility of the Soil. Spokane. Wash. —Frank Rose, a anther in Columbia county, south of Pokane, is experimenting with sand s a fertilizer of clay so-il, and the es n-t is being w r atched with interest : “ is neighbors as well as the heads stat(l agricultural colleges in the , nv ? st The purpose of the sand, J 1C;1 being spread over the land u • there is clay, is to increase *Jh ’l iiity of the soil. Mr. Rose v efi this in a small way last fall and tp„ >a / s the results in larger and bet jn ‘ t' r °ps w’ere such as to warrant him vj the sand mixture over 1118 entire holdings. he declinkTresidency. '-‘ary Wilson Will Not Head Col crado Agricultural College. son n J er ' —Secretary James Wil iS r ' President Roosevelt’s cabinet 0 { ported to have declined the offer rionu I)res ihency of the Colorado Ag- I* 0 "l lUral College at Fort Collins, v. Vln " this declination it is stated ricnit lnember °* the state board of ag- G ll n! ;D Ur l e that the Rev. Dr. Frank W. Uot ( :r J ! us Chicago, one of the most is v. . cler gymen in the United States, ' considered for the place. LATE NEWS NOTES. Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens of Port land, Maine, was unanimously re elected president of the National \\ oman s Christian Temperance Union at the annual convention of 1 ! ' af organization neld in Denver, Col. Other officers elected were as fol lows: Vice president-at-large, Miss Anna A. Gordon, Illinois, re-elected; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Francis P. Parks, West Virginia; recording secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Prestcn, Anderson, North Dagota, re-elected; treasurer, Mrs. E. P. Hutchinson, Kan sas; general branch secretary, ivxiss Rhena E. G. Mosher, New lork, re elected; Loyal Temperance League branch, Miss Margaiet Winiringer, Il linois, re-elected. President Roosevelt celebrated his fiftieth birthday on October'27, in tne midst cf a political campaign viiicn he is directing with ail the force of ms strenuous nature. He was born at 23 East Twentieth street, New York City, on October 27, Uso. The old house still stands, and is usually tne scene of some kind of celebration on his anniversary. The president cio sses tire half century mark vigorously as a man of uiirty. Jn an endeavor to establish his con tention tnat ail persons connected WKii ihe night riders’ usoocmnon are lespcnsibie ter ravages maue oy any member of the organizaaon, Henry Bennett cf Louisville, Ky., Iras hied a suit for SIOO,UOu damages in me Unit ed States circuit court. The plain tiff, on February 4, was set upon and terribly beaten with clubs and ihcrn ed switches by a band ot uignt riders. At the same time his steinmery and Tobacco factory and otner large and valuable buiid.ngs were destroyed by the night riders. Prince Hemy of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, made an ascension in ihe reconstructed airship oi Count Zeppelin. A great crowd witnessed me start of the flight. Deprived of his honeymoon clothing and rigged out in the uniform of a musician of the United States navy, in -which he first met and fell in love with Miss Ada Gorman, daughter of the late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman, Charles J. Magness, dubbed by liis companions as “Millionaire Musician,” is chafing in the brig of the receiving ship Lancaster at the Philadelphia nacy yard charged with desertion. While plowing, Jasper Welch, a farmer of Sergent, Ky., unearthed SBOO in silver coins, some of which are rare specimens. The place was onca. occupied by a miser. Nearly a hundred cottages of Salis bury, Mass., a seaside resort were de stroyed by fire. The loss is SIOO,OOO. Union county, South Carolina, again veted for prohibition by a three hun dred majority out of one thousand five hundred votes cast. During the pats three years of prohibition the ar rests for drunkenness have decreased fifty per cent and property valuation in the county is said to have increas ed $2,000,000. The result of the recent election in Canada shows that the Lauriier (Lib eral) government has been sustained with a majority of fifty, with seven elections yet to be held. All the min isteres were re-elected, while sevn of the opposition’s chief lieutenants were beaten. Charged with conducting the most extensive matrimonial agency swindle ever unearthed in Pittsburg, James L. Leclair and Miss Lena Miller are pris oners at Pittsburg, Pa. More than two thousand letters from men and wom en were confiscated, and the police say close to five thousand, from every state in the union, paid a dollar after being promised to be introduced and wedded to an affinity. vThe Statue of Liberty, which illu minates New York harbor and wel comes the immigrants who seek the lands cf the free, was twenty jofais old October 28. The gigantic young woman —for Liberty iis always \oung —is as ,-faithful and beau ufitlsagkq —is r *>'*outhful and beautiful as she always. The work of Bar thsftii, the celebrated French sculptor, Miss Liberty was unveiled October 28. 18S7. President Cleveland and his cabinet, the governors of many states, Americans noted in every walk of life, and manv distinguished French men and ether foreigners attended the bronze young woman’s debut. Washington. The Spanish debt of $599,850 award ed to certain citizens of this country under a treaty of February 17, 1834, with Spain, has been finally liquidat ed, according to the annual report of the registrar of the treasury. Spain has been paying annual interest on the amount since the treaty, and this year the Spanish government trans mitted $570,000 in liquidation of the debt. The principal has been paid over three times in inteiest. The civil service commission has decided that there was no foundation for the charges that custom inspec tors of New York are compelled to see a Mr. Plummer in the office of Treasurer Sheldon, of the republican national committee, at No. 2 Wall street and there contribute $25 each. It was charged that the four hundred and fifty inspectors were assessed that amount to help the republican campaign, that many had already con tributed. Commissioner Greene went to New York to investigate, examined forty or fifty employes and reported that he had no traces of coercion or assessment, or even of a very general systematic voluntary payment of con tributions to the campaign fund. A total of $1,297,263,420 in new mon ey W as printed and circulated by the bureau of engraving and printing dur ing the fiscal year, according to the annual report of Director Ralph. Inspector General Garlington of the armv in a report exonerated Chair man Goethals of the isthmian canal commission of the charges made by President Brothers of the Balanced Crane Cable company of New York, who claimed that unfair treatment was accorded him in the award for furnishing and erecting cable ways at Gatum, on the isthmus. ALL GERMANY AMAZED At Autocratic Manner in Which the Kaiser Acts VON BUELOW’S BESIONATION Refused—Chancellor Responsible for Al lowing aa Interview Which In furiated five Nations. Berlin, Germany.—Chancellor von Buelow’s position appears to be al most untenable. Far and wide through out the empire the newspapers of all parties discuss with varying degrees of mockery, amazement and regret the government’s explanation of how what purported to be enormously important utterances of the emperor, affecting three great powers, passed through the hands cf the chancellor and a long line cf foreign officers without seemingly having been considered by any of them or read by most of those responsible for the delicate foreign relations. in addition to the semi-official ac counts already published, it is learn ed that the emperor handed the manu script of the interview, which appear ed in the London Daily Telegraph, and the authorship of which is still undis closed, to Baron von Jenisch. The chancellor described the note from von Jenisch, which accompanied the manuscript, as referring to the enclosure as an article, not as an in terview, so that the chancellor did not consider it necessary to give it his personal attention. The manuscript consisted of a number of small, flimsy like sheets, the handwriting being dif ficult to decipher, and the chancellor referred it to Herr von Mueller, the minister at The Hague, who was act ing as the chancellor’s private secre- tary. The latter, in his turn, and without examining the document, sent it to the foreign offices, where, in the ab sence of Herr von Schoen, the escre tary for foreign affairs, it was read by subordinate officials who did not attach importance to its contents, and returned through the proper channels without further examination until transmitted by one of the imperial secretaries of England, where, as the Tagliche Rundschau, one of the news papers that is read in court, aristocrat ic and military circles, describes it “emerged gaily into the world, infu riating the French, Russians, Dutch and Japanese, chilling the British, ex citing bitterness and nervous irrita tion on the part of our own people and undermining our neighbors’ be lief in our reliability. London—The expiring frame of sen sation started by the Daily Tele graph’s published interview with Em peror William has been fanned to fiercer heat than ever by the an nouncement of Chancellor von Bue low’s resignation and the emperor’s refusal to a-ccept it. With even the pro-German radical papers emphasiing the impossibility of a British entente with a “personal au tocracy” imbued with Bismaickian tradition,” it is plain that Anglo-Ger man friction will be renewed more fiercely than ever in consequence of the latest developments in^ylin. LITTLE COTTUN IN MBS. Picayune Report*/Says All Will Be Ginned tfy November 15. New Oriels, La—The Picayune says: Very little cotton remains in the fiMd, and it is said mat all will have been picked and ginned by No vember 15. The damage from tin. boll weevil in some sections is reflect ed in the short yield, many of the Red river lands producing only a bale to six acres. Those planters who have decided to cultivate cotton anonthei years are adopting heroic measures in an effort to allay the ravages of the oest. These precautions include the early burning of all stalks in the field in order to destroy places for hi bernation, as well as a thorough turn ing over of the soil and preparations to°plant an early maturing variety of the staple. BURNED GOVERNOR IN EFFIGY. The People of Larkinsville, Ala., Aro Indignant at Gov. Comer. Scottsboro, Ala. —The people of Lar kinsville, a small village near this place, bad a meeting there and burn ed Governor Comer in effigy. Their indignation was aroused over the re fusal of the governor to appoint Mr. Walker McCutcheon, son of the late Judge W. W. McCutcheon, to the pro bate judgeship,. made vacant by the death of Judge McCutcheon. Probably two hundred people, work ed up to a high pitch of excitement, participated. Larkinsville had been almost unanimously for the appoint ment of McCutcheon, but Governor Comer named J. J. Williams of Sec tion as his appointee,. Navel Memorial Park. Washington. D. C Secretaries Wright and Metcalf have approved a site and design for a naval memoi ial in Vicksburg national military park, and congress, which authorized the se lection last May, will be asked at next session to appropriate $200,000 for the project, that being the maximum con templated by congress. The memorial design is for a granite obelisk, two hundred and two feet high, with four bronze statutes of heroic size at the base and four descriptive tablets on wing pedestals. The statues will represent the famous naval squadron commanders, Farragut, Por ter, Foote and Davis. Tom Twas Consecrated. New Orleans, La. —Several thou sand representatives of confederate organiations took part in the exer cises attendant upon the consecration of the tomb at Metairie cemetery, m which the body of General George Moorman .founder of the United con federate Veterans, is to repose Gen eral Moorman was the originator of the idea of forming the United Con federate Veterans, and calied the flrst convention which met as a Confede ate reunion. CONDEMNS NIGHT RIDING. Statement Made by President Barrett of the Farmers Union. New Orleans, La. —Night riders and their depredations will be taken up at the meeting of the National Farm ers’ Union in New Orleans, Novem ber 11 and 12. The price of cotton must go up,” says President C. S. Bairett of the union, in a statement given the As sociated Press, “but the union repucu ates the insinuation that it in any manner countenances the deeds of night riders which may seek to shield themselves under our name. “The National Farmers’ LRiion ut terly condemns such scoundrelism as the so-called night riding,” says Mr. Barrett further. “The union has an economic fight to wage, but it must be done in the open and within the law. Should any of our members be dis covered as night riders, we would be the first to turn them over to thu law. We will deal with this at our forthcoming meeting at New Orleans, which, however, is primarily for the purpose or devising ways and means for getting a better price for our cotton. “The Progressive Union and com mercial interests of New Orleans have assured us they would rally to the support of the growers of the staple, and New Orleans has been chosen for the place of meeting on this account and because of its im- I portance as a cotton market. We ex j pect a large attendance of delegates, | representing over 2,000,000 members !in every state in the cotton belt. ’ CHINAMAN HAD TWU WIVES. Was Forced to Send One Wife Back to China. San Francisco, Cal. —When Robert Hutong Bosnian, the Hong Kong mil lionaire, arrived from China on the steamship Korea he defied the laws of the United States which distinctly provide that this country is no place for any person who believes in poly gamy. Bosnian not only publicly proclaim ed himself to be a polygamist, but emphasized the fact by bringing two wives with him. The local board de nied him a landing and he threatened to appeal to Secretary Taft, whom he claimed as a personal friend and who had partaken of Bosnian's hospitality in Hong Kong. Wires were pulled and Commissioner North allowed him to land, accompanied by his two wives, Margaret and Clare, and their two children. Later word came to Commissioner North to allow Bosnian and a portion cf his family to remain for six months longer. He was to give a bond of ssoq that they would return at That time. The dispatch also instructed that one of the wives must return to the Ori ent immediately. Bosnian selected the younger one and Margaret, wife No. 1, goes back to Hong Kong. Wife No. 2 is to remain. It is true that she, according to the laws of the United States, is not a wife, but she is permitted to remain and pose as such. Under the laws of California she is liable to arrest. SOCIEffUFIpTYIOSMED. Representatives From a Number of States Were Present. Indianapolis, Ind.—The Farmers’ Society of Equity was organized here at a convention of representatives of a number of states. The constitution of the society embodies practically all of the basic principles of the Ameri can Society of Equity, the only chang es being some few of minor import ance that will remedy defects, the principal change being that all dele gates to the society must be produc ing farmers. The following officers were elected: J. A. Averitt of Indianapolis, pres ident; W. E. Greilick of Travic City, Michigan, vice president; J. C. Rous of Indianapolis, treasurer. The direc tors are: N. M. Ashby of Sebree, Ky.; J. A. Myers of Ramsey, N. J.; I. S. Herd of Kecsauka, Kas.; L. H. John son of Attica, Ind.; and F. W. Morris cf Rochester, Minn. STUDENTS BRANDED COMRADES. Initiatory Ceremonies of Los Angeles High School Fraternity. Los Angeles, Cal.—Six students of the Pclytechhnic high school have been suspended and three others are in danger of sharing the same fate because they had branded the fore heads of two students of the Los An geles high school with nitrate of sil ver during the initiation ceremonies of the Kappa Delta fraternity, a for bidden high school secret society. The boys who were branded and whose condition for a time alarmed their parents, are Frank Rouse and Edgar Lusk. On Lusk’# forehead the letters “K. D.” were branded. On Rouse’sa forehead were the figures “ ’o9.’’ Ugly red scars were made, but it is not believed they will be per manently disfigured. VIRGINIA GULONTAL DAMES. The Restoration of Old Washington Graveyard Reported. Richmond, Va —At a meeting of the Society of Colonial Dames in the state of Virginia held here the complete restoration of the old Washington graveyard at Wakefield, in \\ estmore land where are interred the father and grandfather of George Washington, was reported. Relic hunters had committed many depredations which have been cor rected, as far as possible, and the yard is now inclosed by a concrete wall with iron gates and is in charge of a caretaker, the society in Virgin ia bearing the expense. HALLMAN RDYSfERERS. Cause Costly Fire —Ten Thousand Bales of Cotton Burned. Belton, Texas—Fire started by Hal lowe’en roysterers totally the Belton compress and 10,00 b bales of cotton. The loss will exceed $250,- 000, which is covered by insurance. Twenty residences were damaged, by the fire and water and seventeen loaded freight cars burned, which will increase the total loss by SIO,OOO. SELF-RELIANCE. } - -r\ Myself did make my yesterdays. And this I truly know, ! To all my morrows I shall bring Their store of joy or woe. Each run these lips of m.ne shall drink, It shall be filled bv me; For everv door that I would pass. These hands must mould the key. If e’en on yonder shining height A larger life I own, Though throb my brain, though ache my feet, _ Its slope I climb alone. No more along a darkened way, I, doubting, blindly grope; No more i shame my sold witii fear, Nor yet with yearning hope. But knowing this that I do know, And seeing what I see. I rest in this great certainty All may be well with me. —Janet Yale, in Harper's Bazar. A PAYMASTER’S FLIGHT. By ALEXANDER ELY. When I was a sergeant in the Uni ted States cavalry in the Far West I was detailed one day to command eight men acting as a guard to Major 8., who had paid off the force at our post and was going to pay those at the next. He was a small, baldhead ed. lean man, except a round stomach, which begins to protrude upon some people after they pass forty, with a crafty eye and a silent tongue. The only words he spoke were directions as to handling his safe, a small af fair that could easily be lifted by two men and for which a place was ar ranged on a buckboard wagon which the major always used to transport the treasure. His clerk drove the horse, while the paymaster sat be side him, the safe between his legs. The country through which we es corted the paymaster contained a wild and lawless people. I thought at the time that eight men, though drilled soldiers and well armed, were a small guard for such a purpose. Whether the major thought so or not I didn’t know at the time, for he said nothing about it. I learned af terward that the colonel commanding wouldn’t give him any more, and the paymaster entered on the trip under protest. We were crossing a part of what is called the Great American desert or alkali plains, with nothing there higher than a man's waist. I rode a couple of hundred yards in advarfce, keeping a sharp lookout in every di rection. For more than half a day not a living thing except the mem bers of our party and gophers was in sight. But suddenly in turning to look to our right and rear I saw on a rise far in the distance a mounted figure looking at us. I judged from the general outline of horse and man that he was an Indian. After what appeared to be a careful survey of us he disappeared on the other side of the risel - •*•'!'*'£***'**•-* >*♦•**.•. • I felt a bit uneasy. Turning, I di rected each man to see that his arms and ammunition were in order and notified the paymaster of what I had seen. It didn’t seem to trouble him much. We jogged on for a few mjles and when emerging from low ground suddenly heard a mingling of yells and saw r on our right a motley crew several times as large as our own coming down on us. They were evi dently a mixture of road agents and cowboys, with a sprinkling of Indi ans. Their leader rode in advance, a revolver in each hand, the only one of the lot who was not yelling. I had just time to draw my men up in line between the cnccmers and the buckboard before they came within close range, and I told each man to pick one in front of him as nearly as he could estimate. My men were armed with repeating rifles, while the attacking party had some guns, but mostly revolvers. I waited till they came within COO yards before I gave the order to fire. Nearly every one of my troops brought down his man. The gang hesitated, and I gave a sec ond order to fire. This halted them; but rallied by their leader, they came on, bringing us within range of their revolvers, and my men began to get hurt. For some minutes there was a continued firing on both sides, several of my men being put out of the fight, though but one was killed. My ef fective force was reduced to four men besides myself, Major 8., and his clerk. It began to look as though the robbers were going to get the safe. Suddenly I was astonished to see Major 8., who had stood in the buck board using a rifle, jump down from the wagon, cut the traces, spring on the horse’s back, and away he went like an arrow. The act demoralized my force so that they broke. J failed to rally them, and we were all soon tumbling after the paymaster. His clerk mounted the horse of the man who had been killed and joined in the flight. Never have I been so incensed in my life. The paymaster, a commis sioned officer, by his cowardly act had cast discredit on me and my men. I had the mortification to see the ban dits ride down on the safe and caper joyfully about it. All I could do was to help the wounded men of my com mand along, supporting them by turn in their saddles. But what surprised me was the fleetness of the major's horse. lam no judge of horseflesh, and I had mis taken the animal that drew the buck board for a mere beast of burden. Looking ahead, I could see the pay master miles in advance, fleeing as for dear life, and in time he disap peared altogether. For once in my life I placed money before human life and wished he were in the safe and the funds were on his horse. I thought with some satisfaction how I would prefer charges of cowardice against him as soon as we reached the post we were making for. The bandits, having secured the safe, paid no further attention to u r * and we rode on to our destination What w r as my astonishment on riding into the garrison to see Major B. sit * ting coolly smoking before an extem porized desk with heaps of bills be fore him paying off the enlisted men. His belly was gone. It was plain that he had taken it off and placed it —a heap of money—on his desk. “Thanks, sergeant,” he said, “for your fine defense. I have reported you for gallantry, and you’ll hear from it. The robbers got the safe with nothing in it. I’d rather rely any time on that mare of mine than a safe. Sorry any of your men got hurt. Next!” And, having paid off the man before him, he devoted him self to the next in line. —New Haven Register. 2000 ACRES OF FLOWER GARDEN Something About the Town Which Ships Beans to Boston. Writing from Weimar, Consul Wil liam L. Lowrie says that Erfurt, a thriving commercial city of Southern Prussia, with more than 100,000 in habitants, is known throughout Ger many as the “flower city.” It has a world-wide reputation for flower and farm seeds and plants, the trade in which the Consul portrays as fol lows: “The declared exports of these pro ducts to the United States in the last ten years amounted to $5 61,741, last year's shipments being worth $53,- 888. “The origin of the industry dates from the tenth century, and it was developed by the monks of the Peters monastery. The growth to the pres ent large proportions is of much more recent date. Since 1880 the business of raising flow r ers and garden seeds and plants in Erfurt has increased rapidly, until it is now five times as large as it was a quarter of a century ago. When the land failed to pro duce good wino grapes the people turned their attention to the seed in dustry as a mean of saving their waning fortunes. In former years the hills about Erfurt and Jena were famous for their vineyards. The wine was sold mostly at Weimar, about half way of the distance be tween those two cities, giving this place its original name of Wein markt, which was changed later to % Weimar. “The soil about Erfurt is especially adapted to the culture of vegetables and plants. It is deep, rich and well watered. The annual rainfall is heavy, and the surrounding hills afford good protection from the cool winds which sometimes sweep down from the Thuringerwald. There are 108 concerns engaged in the seed in dustry, also thirty-five seed exporters and twenty-four florists. An idea of the extent of this business may be' gained from the area of glass em ployed. The total is 113,735 square meters (square meter equals 10.764 quare feet), of which 30,867 square meters cover propagating houses, and 52,55 8 square meters are used over specially fertilized beds. Nearly 3000 people are employed in various capacities. ,**/*. “While there are no statistic:* available in regard to the total an nual output of the Erfurt seed and plant concerns, a single firm produces each year 70,000 to 80,000 cyclamen, 400,000 lilies of the valley, 60,000 apple sprouts (in pots), 20,000 pear sprouts, 10,000 plum, apricot, peach and quince sprouts, 30,000 straw berry plants, 300,000 short stemmed and 40,000 long stemmed roses. “About 20 00 acres of land in the city and the immediate vicinity are devoted to gardens. This land is owned by the Crown, the city and private individuals. It is leased to the various concerns at rentals de pending on the location and on the productiveness of the soil. Owing to the rapid growth of the city, which rivals the percentage of a Western boom town in the United States, quite an area of the best garden land has been plotted into city lots and is fast being covered with fine villas and houses. “The cultivation of the gilly flower in Erfurt dates from ISIO. It first appeared in the window of a citizen, and from this one pot hundreds of thousands of these flowers have been promulgated. The estimated annual production is 680,000 plants. To the same extent, or nearly so, is the cul tivation of the calceolaria, verbena, petunia, gloxinia, zinnia, pansy, car nation, balsam, phlox, hollyhock, pe largonium, fuchsia, azalia, etc., in almost endless variety, it is esti mated that the annual output of flower seeds is not much under 1,000,000 marks ($238,000). “Vegetable and farm seeds are cul tivated in large quantities and in great variety. Among them are in cluded 101 kinds of peas, 168 of beans (700 bushels shipped this year to Boston to help make up the deficit in its staple food), 269 varieties of kitchen herbs, thirty-four of onions, etc., sixty-five of grass for fodder, thirty of clover, 32 0 species of pota toes. There are 1542 varieties of vegetable seed cultivated in Erfurt. —Washington Correspondence Mil waukee Sentinel. Try It on the Dog. “Cultivate a pleasant tone of voice by practicing on the dog,” says a Kansas man. '“He doesn’t care so much what you say, but he is very particular how you say it.” —Kansas City Journal. A million silver dollars weigh fiven ty-nine and three-seventh lons.