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Show THE COUNTY REGISTER. Keslaler PuMialilng Conipanjr. EPHfUIM, : : : UTAIL FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. HINTS ABOUT KAFFIR CORN CULTURE. 1 Kannan Who Ha llutl Sucre With It 1'aH In for rroflt Toinutoe (or rl Knuiliige Talk Orer-iu- ti Farm Notes. Kaflir C orn Cult ure. 0. P. Norton in the Council Grove. Kj?isas, Republican: I have received ; many inquiries about Kaffir com, its growth, method of planting, cul-tivation, harvesting, etc., that I would like space to answer all at once through your column" ind save time. When planted for grain, we use the lister, and make rows abrmt thres feet wid". The plate for planting corn will not do. (Jet a blank plate and have small holes drilled in it same as 'or sorghum, as tho seed is about the same size. One bushel will seed twenty acres. It grows much like sorghum snu needs the same cultiva-vatio- n as it and corn. The seed should be covered two or three indies deep. The foliage Is simply immense, three times as much as sorghum or corn. It heads out like sorghum, but the heads are much more compact and the crop of sel very much greater, It should be planted as early as corn und not later than May 1. There are two methods of harvesting; first, cut up when seed is ripe, with sled, and shock samo as corn. It has to be cut very low to get all the fodder. Then we throw down the shocks and even up the hoids in urm fuls, hold them on u block ami chop the heads olT with an axe and the fodder. The seed is threshed like any other grain. Nome rMW heads off with knife before p, and then cut and shock atter-wurii- s, or turn in tho cattle, same as cornlfodder. 1 liiay say that harvesting Kaflir corn Is a very slow and tedious process, but t(io crop a good one, too is cer-tain tio be there, wet or dry, and if tho hurvrsting is tedious, the crop will bo a bonanza, if your corn is a failure; and it beiits paying 60 cents a bushel for corn,! or going without feed, if you have i.'o money to buy. I am confident the havvesting may bo done with a header, same as wheat, by enlarging the wheels of the header so as to get the siklo high enough. When this is done Shero will be more Kaffir corn than tjmts raised in Kansas. But if a crop ff Kaffir seed is a good thing to have W the end of a drouth, when your ccrn is a failure, a crop of Kaffir corn is no less a bonanza when millet is killed by a drouth, and prairie grass not Mgtt enough to cut. !Sow a bushel to the aVre, broadcast or drill it in with ft wiheat drill, get it well covered so as to isure a good stand, and you are as certain to have a good crop of the best feed that grows as that your taxes or mortgages will some time be due. The writer thereof has made arrangements to put in 100 acres of Kaffir for Imy and grain the coming sonHon, and ho does not expect to buy any feed of any kind to winter thirty head of horses and colts and seventy-fiv- e hoad of Shorthorn cattle. Sow Kaffir corn on the highest driest thinnest soil you have; the crop will be there all the same. centage of thrf, gveen tomatoes? had ripened and the tomato lejiveJ had cured. The cows could not ti kept away from the.se tomato piles, f They rooted theui over with noses ami! horns and cleaned up everything but t'Jo bare vine, and at nights as long 'p.a the tomatoes lasted they would comie into the barn painfully full and their udders distended. I leave it with scientists to nay whether the milk producing element was in the tomato itself or whether it supplemented some other feed to make a well balanced milk ration. Toinator For Stock. A correspondent of the Rural Can-adian last fall hud a thousand bushels of tomatoes left after his market, and tried the experiment of feeding them to his cows with such an increased milk flow that ho pJnnted tomatoes for the purpose of feeding them to the cows. Ho says: After the first frost last fall wo pulled tomato vines and collected them in piles, with the green tomatoes adhering, where they re-mained a couple of weeks before we could let the cows into the field. By that time we found that a large per-- NErToBK has a millionaire club. It would be a popular move if the p members of the association could be fenced off by themselves entirely. Tho world could afford to get along with-out them and the majority of mankind would bo just ai well off if they took their money with them. people on th platform and found them, with few exceptions, courtooua but Inquisitive. We wore, no doubt, a disappointing lot. There was noth-ing in our apparel to mark the Rebel soldier, and as we mingled with the crowd surprise was freely expressed that we were not as their fancy painted us, though just what shape that fancy took 1 never learned. The ladies, as was the case both North and South, were iniensely patriotic, and read us severe and no doubt salutary lectures on the evil of our ways, which were submissively and court-eously received and duly pondered. There was one question that you could safely wager would be asked by five out of ten, and that was, "Do you honestly think you are right?" This conundrum was offered to me so often that were time allowed, being in President Lincoln's country. I an-swered in President Lincoln's style by stating that it "reminded me," and told thora of the couple who took their bridal trip on an ocean steamer with the usual result As the husband would return from sundry trips to the rail of the vessel his young wife would inquire, "Reginald, darling," are you sick?" To which he at last replied, "Good heavens! Rebecca do you think I am doing this for fun?" The Century. What Uecame ot the Cow. As I have never seen anything in the papers from the boys of the 67th 111., it would seem that such a regi-ment never existed. The following in-cident which is no doubt well remem-bered by many comrades, should wake them up, and be the cause of letting their old friends know they are still on earth. In March, 1802, just before the bat-tle of hiloh, the 57th 111. was in camp about half a mile back from tho river. Only a few weeks before a sleek cow, somewhat resembling a Jersey, made her appearance, and was at once de-clared "contraband." She bocame at-tached to the regiment, and as she was in prime condition, the Hospital Steward was instructed to care for her. , She furnished her daily quota of milk, which was relished by all in the hospi-tal at the time, and to state that her pre6cr.ee was welcome would be tu state it mildly. During tho bloody 6th and 7th days of April she disap-peared, only to return to the regimont after the battle was over. During the march to and through the siege of Corinth, she was in constant attend-ance upon the boys, and gave them a feeling of home-lik- e content. After '' the siege I was confined in the hospi- - tal. and the milk furnished by "Bossy" made a welcome addition to my cup of V black coffee. Some time during October the cow suddenly disappeared. Whether sba was made into beef by someother regi-ment or appropriated for other uses, the 57th never knew. Can any com-rade tell anything about "Bossy's" fate? Wm. Kunth, 57th 111., in National Tribune. Lacquer for War Vessel. There arrived at San Francisco from Japan by the steamer China tw packages addressed to the United States Navy Department, Washing-ton, D. C. It was learned that the contents of these cases were four plates of iron and steel, each four feet square. These plates are cov ered with four coats of anti-foulin- g and anti-corrosi- lacquer. They will be subjected to a test of submergence in salt water for three months, In order to ascertain whether the process can be applied to the ships of the "White Squadron " It is said by those who have seen the Japanese steel warships having this lacquer on their bottoms, instead of the usual paint that the plates were thoroughly protocted, and that the lacquer coating was perfectly smooth and unbroken. The bottom of the warship Niniwa Kan was coated with this lacquer for nine months. When the vessel was docked it was found that its plates were in excellent condition, and not the least particle of grass or barnacles was found. Colored People Fleasod. A Letter In a Ilutton. A most unique relic of the late war is possessed by George Clutch, of Col-umbus, Ind. It is a button off a pri-vate soldier's uniform. During the latter part of the war Mr. Clutch's brother-in-la- J. F. Gallaher, whose home is ln Ohio, had the misfortune to be captured by the Confederates and confined in Libby prison. After Mr. Gallaher had been there some time he began to feel the need of money, which would enhance his prospect of reach-ing the Union lines should he succeed in making his escape. A surgeon of his regiment, who was in the prison, was about to be exchanged. He cut off one of the large brass buttons from his uniform, and separating the two parts of it made a cavity by tak-ing out the filling. He then wrote on a slip of blank paper, in a small but distinct hand, the following note to his wife, which he inclosed in the cavity and again sealed the button to-gether: Libby Prison. Dear Wikb If we are not exchanged by the 1st of December, end nie $30 in green-backs. Put in a vial canned up in a can of The colored citizens of Washington are happy. The war department has definitely decided to bring a troop of colored cavalry I of the Ninth to Fort Meyer as a reward for its serv-ices in the recent Indian campaign. Nogreater honor could be paid a troop, white or colored, than this, for in ad-dition to being the most delightful cavalry station in the country, Fort Meyer has been officially designated as the haven of rest for the troops that havt made themselves conspicu-ous In military achievements. Besides, the troops stationed there have the additional distinction of being the guard of honor to the President on occasions of official ceremony. Troop K of the Seventh Cavalry (white) will also be rewarded for its gallant con-duct in the Wounded Knee battle by a period at Fort Meyer. The troops named will come East relieving the two troops at present stationed here, about May 1. Grant' Monument. A former officer of the United States Army, who saw General Sherman in New York sevoral weeks before his death, said that the latter expressed great indignation at the continued talk and inaction about a monument for General Grant He said: "It is enough to make General Grant turn in his grave to have all this talk and begging going on for a monument over his body. I know that all Grant would have ever wished would have been a plain marble slab, something to mark his last resting-plac- e, and nc more. I hope that when I am gone no one will talk about a monumeat-ove- r me. A good piece of white mar-ble is enough for any soldier or any-body." tomatoes or blackberries. Sena ll m a dox ol provision!. J. F. Gallahkr. This note is well preserved, and was still resting snugly in its place in the button when shown recently by Mr. Clutch. To continue the story the button was made to take the place of another on the uniform of the ex-changed surgeon, who reached home and delivered it to Mrs. Gallaher in due time. It could not have escaped the close scrutiny of the officers had it been conveyed out of the prison In any other manner, as the officers were particular to search all of the prisoners, including the sur-geon, most minutely. Mr. Gallaher did not have much hope that his scheme would succeed, even should the note reach his wife, but he was surprised, for the fruit arrived in a short time, and although closely in-spected by the prison officials , they failed to discover the vial containing the money concealed in one of the jars of thick preserves. Soon after re-ceiving the money Mr. Gallaher suc-ceeded in making his escape from the prison, being one of the chief partici-pants in the great tunnel expedition, lie found the (30 obtained in so novel a manner to be of great service to him in reaching the Union lines. Ex. Confederate l'rlnonert on tlielr Travel. We were to be sent to Johnson's Island, Lake Erie. Our route lay over the Erie Rail-road, and we made the trip on parole. The guards placed at each door of our coach were for our comfort only, as i wo were objects of marked curiosity during the trip and would have been overrun with visitors had not admit-tance been refused. At the different j stations we mingled freely with the TfiE camp nm JA.THERIXG AROUND IT I!f k IEMI" X1SCEST M00. i Indian a Enlitd Men A Lett' ln Uutlon Confederal 1'rUonara ou Tlielr Traralu, Ele., Eta. ) The enlistment of Indians to orni 8 troops and 19 companies io many cavalry and infantry regimen!8 1 n Important step toward- - a solution of the " Indian problem." U is, of course, an experiment, but ooe form from which no harm can come to the new recruits or to the servce. It may be productive of good, certainly to the Indians, probably to the Array. The ubo of subject tribes under white officers has proved successful in the British occupation of India, and there are many who believe that it solved a difficult problem there. In the use of Indians us scouts our Army made a step toward the present ex-periment. The War Department does not ex-pect to escape difficulties in the or-ganization of these Indian companies. It may be very slow recruiting, es-pecially for the infantry, as the Indian has a prejudice to life out of the sad-dh- e but among the Navajos and some other of the tribes ol Arizona ana iNew Mexico may be induced to take serv-ice in the infantry. These Indians, It is said, do most of their fighting and trailing on foot, and will readily adapt themselves to infantry life. The conditions of enlistment will be about the same as those governing white recruits, excepting, of course, a requirement of a knowledge of Eng-lish and testimonials of previous moral character, which the life of the Indian has made it unreasonable to insist upon. The authorized enlisted strength of the army remains at 25,000, and if the Indian enlistments prove success-ful the secretary will ask Congress to increase the strength of the army, so as to include the 1,500 Indian recruits that are hoped for. At present the enlisted strength is 23,000, and some difficulty is now encountered in secur-- 1 ing white and negro recruits. The Indian companies will have separate quarters, but in all other will be treated as other sol-diers are. They will be required to enlist for five years. Doubtless ex-perience will suggest to the War De-partment and to the officers assigned to the Indian companies variations in clothing, food, equipments, and, per-haps, in discipline; but those most familiar with the Indians when em-ployed as scouts assert that the intel-ligence of the Indians is likely to be of a higher order than that of the ne-gro or the average white recruit Those favorable to the present experi-ment believe that the influence of dis-cipline upon the moral, mental and physical condition of the Indian re-cruits will be as plainly seen quite as soon as it is upon any other material from which our army is drawn. Army and Navy Register. A bTORr is told of an advertiser who presented himself at the New York Henild counter with a three thousand dollar roll as an offer for a half column advertisement with a good sized cut accompanying it The "aT' was re-fused. There is a standing rule in the Herald .office to never Insert advertis-ing cuts. titrn Smut. The Ohio experiment station has been examining a subject of great in-terest to tho farmers of this locality, viz.. smut in Indian corn. The ex-perimenters have found that no appli-cations of liquors or powders will do the least good aftar the fungus is once in this plant It says unprincipled makers of nostrums advertise prepara-tions warranted to prevent or cure all manner of insect or fungus injuries. The station men are of the opinion that the claim is false. There is no chance save in prevention. Smut may be distributed by domestic animals, by yard manure, etc. Infested stalks should be cut out, gathered and care-fully destroyed. In no other way can the ground be kept free from the smut and in no other way can smut be prevented than by keeping tho ground clear. Seed corn that is absolutely clean is another necessity for a smntloss crop. THE BOSS MONKEY. How M. Faul DuChalllu Met 111 Flrnl Gorilla. DuChalllu was walking, as was Lit custom, some distance in advanoe ol his companions, ranged in single file, when his ears were saluted by a strange, hitherto, unheard, sound, says Lippincott's Magazine. It riveted his attention at once. Could it be tho noise of some cannibal tribe preparing for combat, or of an elephant disturbed by his approach? Ho cast himself down and with ear pressed to the earth listened breathlessly. Once more the oppressive silence was broken, this time by a sound of snapping timber, loud as a gunshot and then there came crashing to the ground a great branch of a tree so big that he said to him-self: "Goodness! These must be giants!" Another bough was pitched down, and it was plain that if ho cauld not see the enemy, the enemy could see him. Then from somewhere aloft there issued a prolonged, guttural growl full of mischief, a blood-curdlin- g sound never to be forgotten: He stopped and mado the native signal of danger a peculiar clicking noise of the tongue against the roof of the mouth. He got his rifle in readi-ness. The bombardment of boughs had now coased; there was absolute silence, save for the thumping of his heart against his ribs. It thumped so loud that he feared it would betray him to the unseen and unknown foe. "Wait a little, Paul! wait a little!" he said to himself. "You are not ready to fight quite yet." Peering into tho twilight around and above him, he was suddenly aware of an , object in his immediate neighbor-hood. A short, hairy, manlike crea-ture, with a black, hideous visage, i fierce, staring eyes under low brows, and enormous mouth, with huge, citnino teeth; this head set on an enormous chest and paunch mounted on short, crooked legs and furnished with a pair of arms long and muscular enough to squeeze a lion to death. This was the being he had come so far to behold; this was tho creature that no white man, unless it was Hanno, 2.000 years ago, had ever seen. -- liftf was the gorilla. ' '""A, The brute was near him before he saw it, and now it thumped on its chest and emitted another long-draw- n, ter- - rifle yell resembling the sound of thun-der in the sky. It advanced; its black lips curled away from its long teeth in a savage snarl. It was not going to wait to bo attacked. It was eager for the fray, and advancing beat its breast with sounds as from a big drum. DuChalllu was alone. He drew his rifle to his shoulder. He said to himself that the nearer the creature came the better would be his chance of giving it a fatal wound. Savage though it looked, it must have a vital part. He waited until its hairy body was less than twice tho length of his rifle from the rifle's muzzle. Then he pulled the trigger, aiming for a spot of the heart. It wa9 a shot upon which a good deal depended for the yo.ing explorer not to mention the gorilla. The smoke hung in the still air, but he saw that he had succeeded. The ani-mal lifted its long arms and bent for-ward, uttering groans that were human but full of brutishness. It stumbled forward and fell on its ugly face, and was dead in a few minutes. "For," observed DuChalllu, "it is lucky, though they are so strong, they die very easy." Such was the end of his first gorilla. Mrts. Sarah Parker, an American, hus gone to Algiers to found a branch of the marrir.ge law reform associa-tion. After her work in Africa is do ac she will go to France and estab-lish a branch in Paris. When she gets back to America she might undertake a more needed innovation: a -- av divorce law reform. each woman would determine to Q tValiiag goods her first choice ' KyQa keep itupfoTuV0 would be an appreciable e ffect. ilwo uld feel it; American labor would begifitp find itself in demand; manufacturers would be stimulated to greater effortsjto improve all linos of goods; tho artists of the nation would not hesitate to turn their attention to producing designB that should rival those of the Old World and give individuality to the product of our Moms, till America would lead the world and own to no formidable rival. The lines of beauty are also the lines of strength. The rudo stono hut soon falls in its rudeness and ugliness. The cathedral built on a closer ap-proximation to the lines of beauty stands from century to century, in witness that nature not only produces men as "born artists," but is so far from being capricious in it that she brings all her power to bear on men to force them forward in their education as artists. If they refuse to obey her; If thoy argue that they were not born artists and cannot become so, she tumbles about their ears the u gly and unsafe structures they build to shiold themselves from wind and weather. I.lve-Stoc- k and Farm .Notes, Dry ground and dry weather suit sheep best. An excessively fat animal often proves barren. The more an animal is exposed the less it will produce. On a majority of western farms clover should bo grown more than it is. Hogs will pull a farmer out of a financial hole quicker than any other rtock. Meat, meal and milk make a sub-stantial hen ration, while green vegeta-bles furnish the appetizers. Poor feed makes poor dams, poor dams, poor lambs, poor lambs make but little meat and poor wool. One of tho principal items in plow-ing is to produco loose earth, in which seed may be conveniently planted. A pig farrowed in April has sine months to grow, and should, if well fed, bo fully ready for market by that time. In feeding grain of any kind to hogs, care should be taken to have the foed-in- g place clean, or they will eat too much dirt. In feeding for meat a good strong growth from birth to maturity is the most profitable, whether the animals are cattle, sheep or hogs. Don't let the "goodness" of the manure be washed into runs or ditches where it will be of no value to anybody. If the manure pile must be exposed lot "fertilizer juice" go whore it will do some good. A hog or any other animal can be hurt by over-feodin- g. Even when fat-tening only what will be eaten up clean should be given; more than this is a waste of material without an adequate return. When by a careful test a cow cannot be mado to give a profitable flow of milk, the sooner she is fattened for market the better. There is no ad-vantage in keeping a cow that does not pay a fair profit. Well cared for scrubs can be made to pay- a more profitable return than the best thoroughbreds if they are neglected. With all classes of stock the most profitable results are only secured by good treatment. Women do not care whether they are patrons of home products or not Indeed, every candid woman will ad-mit that the fact that dry goods or any- - tiling else is "imported" throws a halo about it Women have demanded im-ported goods, and the demand has been answered, until now foreign manufac-turers look upon the United States as their legitimate market and the possi-bility of being shut out is not regarded with equanimity. As Ion; as there is a demand from America, foreigners will attempt to supply it Right hero is the opportunity for American women to use their power and at the same time be patriotic. Da. Kijjqsbcrt, of London, Eng.. calls a halt on some of the extrava-gant statements which are being made about hypnotism and its dangors. In the first place, he says that the propor-tion of persons that oan bo hypnotized is very small. Out of 1,1 12 experi-mented on at the Hypnotic School at Nancy, only 162 passod into a state of somnambulism. This is a little over one in every six. Next nearly all of those who pass into it are very easily aroused from it a slight pin-pic- a noise in the room, or even the operator walking away (rom them being suf-ficient None of them can be made to do injurious, criminal or iadecent things. The remarkable exhibitions given by "professors" are all with carefully prepared "subjects," with which they have worked night and day. ' The Source of Electricity. Every day the needle of the mag-netic compass has been observed to sway first one way and then the other upon its pivot with no apparent cause, thus varying from the true meridian of a place. Scientists hava for many years been trying to account for this. Prof. Bigelow has just published his theory of the cause of the disturbance of the magnetic needle. The two magnetic currents, Prof. Bigelow believes, are streaming to us from the sun, one being produced by the corona, tho other coming directly with the sun's rays in straight lines. In other words, according to this theory, electricity is generated by the sun. It reaches us tho same way as sunlight does, and the conclusion is that it is akin to, if not identical with, sunlight itself. The revolving earth is tho gigantic dynamo which excites the electric currents and makes them manifest. This is the summing up of the latest theory as to the source of electricity. There is a certain belief, put forth very anciently, that all matter is one universal substance, manifesting itself in varying forms, according to varying conditions. We seem to be swinging forward to this state of belief again. Practical Electricity. Cittle Grown at a 1'roflt. The best beef has usually sold at a profit through all the seasons of de-pression. The exception may be ac-counted for in the improper methods of foeding, and neglect to Improve the best time for marketing. Every gen-eral farmer should grow good grade cattle every animal the progenv of a good pure-bre- d sire of any recognized beef breed, and tho dura should be of the best type of cows, herself the get of a choice sire with as much good blood back of him as is obtainable. The cows should be trained to milk well; and if their capacity after a full test when three years old, does not reach an average of four gallons per day during at least 250 days in the year, greater effort should bo made to breed them so that thoir progeny will be more surely in tho milking strains. Half of such cow's milk should go to the calf until six months old, the bal-ance to good use for butter or cheese, and the dross to the pigs. A three-year-o- ld cow whoso average milk pro-duction is loss than throe gallons daily for two-thir- of a year has no profita-ble place on the average farm. , There is a right principle to follow in the successful production of beef and butter. The above outline applies to tho general farmer who lives five miles or more from a village of 1,000 or more population or a railway station his farm land being worth $30 to $100 per acre. The special dairyman who sells milk In town by retail, or ships to the city wholesale trade may (?) Ignore the calf and beef question. The large farms where help is scarce and high-price- d and the land worth loss than j;10 per acre, may dispense with great milkors by careful management, grazing the cows principally, and the steers after twelve months old. putting the latter on the markets at thirty months of age instead of twenty months. But the prosperous cattle-man must be a business man one of natural ability; and the more he knows of tho world of business tho better chance for profit from hi3 calling. Orange Judd Farmer. Hint! to Housekeeper, To prevent layer cake from sticking, grease tho tins and dust in a little flour. Hot milk is a simple means of com-fort and is most reviving to ono who is fatigued by over-exertio- The best thing to clean tinware is common soda; rub on briskly with a damp cloth, after which wipe dry. Disinfectants are useful possessions in all households. Even the most sanitary plumbing may need the oc-casional purification of disinfectants. A German prescription for prevent-ing cold-sor- es and boils from coming to a head is to paint them five or ten times daily with equal parts of boracio acid and water. Sponge carpets occasionally with hot water in which either common salt or powdered alum has been dissolved. This not only brightens the carpet but prevents moths. To koop glassware bright wipe di-rectly from the hot suds. Tumblers used for milk should be thoroughly rinsed in cold water before being im-mersed in hot suds, as hot water seems to drive the milk into the glass and give them a dingy appearance. By applying a little of the best car-riage oil varnish carefully with a cam-el's hair brush to the edges of broken china, the parts being neatly joined together, the fracture will, when thoroughly dry, be hardly perceptible, and the china will stand fire and water. To preserve the rich fruity flavor, do not boil the prunes. Allow them to soak over night in cold water, enough to cover tho prunes. Then take the prunes out and boil the water in which they have soaked; add sugar to taste and boil fifteen minutes. Then add the prunes and set off on the range and allow them to simmer thirty minutes, then set off to cool. If you feel a little debilitated take the coca tonic; eat plenty of fresh, ripe fruit and vegetables, especially oranges, drink lemonade, and when unusually fatigued, and just before retiring, drink a glass of milk as hot as can be taken in large sips. Walk reasonably, and sleep in pure air. If a few days of this sort of home treatment fail to bring up the body and mind to their proper tone, call in your doctor and follow his advice. , Plantation Philosophy. Dar has been many er smart man dat wuz er thief, but I has knowed folks dat wuz too Ignunt ter be honest It may bo all right fur us all ter wush for old age, but it is better ter live well one year den ter live bad fifty. Love will do er great deal in dis yere life, but you got ter mix it wid er little meat an' bread ef you wants ter make yo' home happy. It ain't alius do man dat says dat he doan know nuthin' dat is smart I once knowed er pusson ter say dat he didn't hub no sense, and dinged ef he did. The custom of devoting a day to , funeral orations over United States senators and members of Congress who die in office is one that will bo dis-pensed with. The people's represen-tatives are publlo servants, paid for attending to public business. ' No one of them is so necessary to the publio that business must needs be suspended at his death. The rule is a mere cus-tom, as no matter how lnconsoquontal the senator or member of Congress may be, the same formula has to be gone through. We like better the old time customs. On the dark day which prevailed through New England early in the Century, almost everybody believed the day of judgment was at hand. Abram Davenport alone in the publio assembly of his state stood un-moved. Ha said the proper place for each member was to stand at his post whatever befeL and ordered tho candles to bo brought in that the public busi-ness might go on. If there were more Abram Davenports in tho legis-atur- e sessions would be shorter, and core and better work would bo done. III First Illneea. Mr. Noodle "I would like to get this prescription filled." Druggist (examining a box of cap-sules) "But you haven't taken them yet." "Haven't I? Well, I guess you'd think so if you'd spent the time I have picking the black stuff out' of them with a pin." |