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Show faem and GAEDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST CULTURISTS. Soma ! t at Hint TO I AGRI- - About ration of tbs Soli sad Thereof Horticulture, Viticulture sad I loriculture. Keep the Ridges Corere L Some of the best farm land in the country has been rendered of no value conby being allowed to get into a dition in which the rains can wash the soil away and leave the subsoil on the hillsides ridged and gullied. At the Wisconsin round-u- p institute C. P. Goodrich related a little farm history that strikingly bears out this assertion. He said that when he was a boy he lived on his fathers farm in New York state. The land was worth at the time of his leaving it $125 per acre. That was about fifty years ago. The soil was productive and the farm a The land was rolling. money-make- r. The ridges were kept in grass and gave good pasturage, when they were not cut for hay. There was another farm not far away on which he sometimes worked. Recently Mr. Goodrich visited the old home farm of his boyhood. He found n It in a most dilapidated and condition. The men that had been living on it had devoted it mainly to grain growing year after year. They had kept the ridges plowed up, till they got so bad they could not be plowed. The rains year after year had washed the soil from the ridges and had carved out deep gullies, often not more than two rods apart, and so deep they could be neither plowed over nor filled up. In time the men that owned the farm had abandoned all the ridged part to Canada thistles and other weeds, and even these were stunted in growth. The land is now worth hardly more than $15 per acre. Mr. Goodrich visited the farm on which he used to sometimes work. He found it in a high state of fertility and productiveness. The owner said that he had been offered $150 per acre for It, hut had refused the offer. He had farmed that land successfully. He had not robbed the soil and then stripped It of its sod and left it to the mercy of the elements. He had kept the ridges covered with a good mantle ot verdure. This had held the soil from being washed away when the rains came. Once In awhile the sod on the hillsides had been broken for a single lyear, when it had been put into some crop that would rotate well with grass. Then it had been seeded down to grass Xaf fasUt lagaln. Where it la possible for ridges to be icome gullied they should be kept cov- ered. If they are not suitable for meadow land, they should be put and .kept in pasture. If they are not even fit for that they should be allowed to grow up into thickets or even have trees planted on them. The roots will then act as soil binders. Rotating Crops. True says: At the Indiana Station the conclusion has been reached that not only can larger crops fbe secured, but that the fertility of the soil can be better Improved by rotations. A comparison of continuous grain growing with the rotation of grain with grass and clover a gain by the latter method of , showed Ifi bushels of corn, 7 bushels of oats, iind 6 bushels of wheat per acre. The average percentages of gain were for corn 22 per cent, oats 2S per cent, and .wheat 44 per cent In such systems of farming as sugar production In the South and wheat production in the Northwest a condition has been reached, even upon land originally of great fertility, where a system of rotation must be employed. In Loulsl ana the growing of a leguminous crop, like the cowpea, has become a neces alty with the sugar planter. The North Dakota Station has taken up the study of a suitable rotation for the wheat farm. Experiments carried on for six years show that continuous wheat culture is unprofitable, while wheat in rotation increases in yield and Improves in quality. These crops of wheat and one of clover gave in four years almost as much wheat and more profitable returns than four crops of wheat in succession. Little was gained in rotating wheat with other cereals, as spring rye, barley, and oats, but wheat after a cultivated crop gave a larger percentage of increase than wheat after summer fallowing, millet, timothy and clover, flax, field peas, or peas and millet The inorease in the wheat crop over wheat after wheat was as follows: After cul tivated crops, 75 per cent; after fallow, 63 per cent; after millet, 41 per cent; and after timothy and clover, 33 per cent When a cultivated crop wlii only pay for the labor of its production it is better than summer fallowing, aa the succeeding wheat crop will show. i A. C. Judi-jclo- more nearly aa eTen Advice and Hints on Both Subjects That May Be Found of Value. .11 light-weig- ht full-leng- th ld leaf-rolle- Oar Ueeli In Germany. It is reported that American meats Spring Ennui Gown. HIFFONS and appear I among the goods set out for new spring evening cut gowns, but alsmall figure, though their colors are of the newest and most stylish. Other sheer fabrics lead them these easily for though dresses, they are well in list of acceptables. Of all the array perhaps the new silk gauzes are the finest. They are In white, with waved line design In white silk embroidery, or they have the effect of embroidery. Again they are patterned with varied sizes of polka dots, some as large as a piece and giving a most striking effect. Broche foulards are also used for evening wear, especially the light designs and grounds. These silks show waved designs in irregular shapes all in one color, with the plain part, and over this the pattern is thiown. The result is a moire appearance at first glance and is very charming. Moire and louisine silks in all the delicate tints are used for evening and are made up plainly or elaborately, as one chooses. White and corn colored moire silks are much liked. A new sheer silk in crepe nubienne, which has a crepe look ana silk finish. It comes in all the delicate tints and will be much used for evening. A model gown of it in white appears besides the initial. White lace insertion, pale blue chiffon and black velvet trimmed it. nt Topics That Will Amuse and Instruct Junior Members the household. Elehlng Doge. We know that cats are fond of fish, and travelers tell us that the arctic dogs like them well enough to do their own catching. Their owners never feed Eskimo dogs in the summer time, and one of the most interesting sights of that country is to watch them get their own breakfast, says a traveler in the American Boy. They will not go into the icy cold water till they are very hungry, but in the morning they will wade out in the water and stand as still as a stone until a fish comes sailing by. They then jump for him, diving just as a seal would, frequently sinking under the water ten or fifteen feet These dogs are used for drawing sledges, but they are tremendous hunters. When they see a deer or other game, no matter how many sledges are behind them, off they go like mad. Their owners know they are likely to get beyond control at this time, and each dog is fastened in the harness in such a way that one little pull of a particular string by the driver will set him loose, so when the dogs catch sight of game and start of wildly the driver just pulls the string and off they go. Berlin say that the exclusion is to apply only to meats upon wnlch preservatives have been used. However this may be, it is a matter that the Agricultural Department will find it advisable to look after. It is a fact that American export meats are quite generally preserved with borax and other chemicals. If the Germans refuse to permit these meats to go into their country, the only thing to do will be to send them meats not so preserved. With the cold storage facilities now in existence our meats can be sent to Germany without the use of borax. It will indeed cost some money to do this, as perhaps special arrangements would have to be made for keeping in cold storage the same meats after they reached Germany. Doubtlesfe that will be the final outcome no matter how the present incident may be settled. The European governments show a decided Inclination to give their people pure foods. Up to the present time it has been found easier to send them meats preserved with borax than to send meats in refrigerator carriers. In this connection it will be interesting to learn what action if any has been taken in reference to the frozen meats from South America. There is a strong indication that the action of Germany is due to pressure brought to bear on the government by the German farmers. The farmers are a very Important factor in German politics, and they have been for years demanding that American competition be lessened by the increase of tariffs or the exclusion altogether of American products. of Raw Pork. m . din of wars alarms. seas and solid grounds, doth call us to arms; Who for King George doth stand, theli honors soon will shine; Their ruin Is at hand, who with Congress Join. The acts of Parliament. In them I much delight; hate their cursed Intent, who for ths Congress fight. The Tories of the day, they are my dally Oer toast; They soon will sneak away, who pendenee boast hold, they have my Who hand and heart; May they for slaves be sold, who act r Whiggish part. Old Mansfield. North, and Bute. dally blessings pour; Confusion and dispute, on Congress evermore; To North, that British Lord, may honor still be done, t I wish a block or cord, to General Washington. Lincoln's There was once a fish who refused to swim (Now. what do you think of that') His folks all pleaded and argued with him, But he set his fins dawn flat. - , For swimming, he said, was much too ... slow, And this Is a rapid, age, you know. He would hunt up some swifter way to 1 Philadelphia durin the British in the War of the RevolupeIts tion. Its author Is unknown. culiarity consists in the manner In which It may be read in three different ways, viz. or-- 1 (1) Let the whole he read In the der In which it Is written; (2) then read the lines downwards on the left of each comma In every line: (3) In the same manner on the right of each comma. By the first reading It will b observed that the Revolutionary cause Is deprecated, and lauded by the oth ers: Hark! hark! the trumpet Bound. th y towns do not grow merely because of their location, and this factor of location will become lea and less important as the years go bv Chicago is situated upon the most la! &n(j uni0vely of all places of She is simply t human habitation. city of transportation, and Is no hater than her rails and boats, thou by her rails and boats she lives every western state and territoij, The same is true ot St. Louis and tit vast southwest. One railroad recently planned for western extension, ag laid out along its lines the sites new towns, each thirty-eigwhich was located and named befott the question of inhabitants for th towns was ever taken up. Anothq railway in the southwest has nan fifty cities that are yet to build, am still others have scores of commutf. ties which In time are to be the bat tlegrounds of human lives, the stage of the human tragedy or comedy. Th railways have not only reached but created provinces; they have not onlj nourished but conceived communitiej, The Century. FATTEST CHILDREN IN THE WORLD To-da- ht Daughters of Hungarian Peasant That Unique Distinction. Clal k, doctx Strt ical worn pini poll then, and j thor near had! a mi cure a tei Ecki Lincoln was hungry for an education; he yearned for growth, for ex- - panslon, and, because many volumes were denied him, he appreciated all the more the precious books which he walked many miles to obtain, and which he read before the log fire when all the rest of the household were Tbn Modl.h Waistline, asleep. There was no large library of No longer is it the end and aim of books staring him in the face, bidding go, the "elegante to possess a tiny waist, his for attention, and distracting And there that little fish sat! says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. choice. All- the energy of his nature That, of a truth, is sadly out of He thought all day, and he thought- all was concentrated on that single "Life apnight, keeping with the straight-fronte- d of Washington. He threw his whole to swim; Till his brain pearance one and all are craving to He thought tHl began he lost his appetite, being Into it, and devoured it, as only now, him. at perhaps present Nevertheless, And his friends all laughed soul thirsting for knowledge can. more than ever, is a perfectly neat They said he had always been so queer, Success. this strange at werent surprised and natty waist line an indispensable They part of a perfect whole. And to meet But Idea; one morning, when they came to The Feather Game. this necessity waist belts are offering Jeer, A small feather with a very little themselves in most persuasive guise. They saw a wonderful sight! stem must be produced to play the Sashes are very much in. evidence, to a shell. harnessed a flylng-fls- h feather game; also a tablecloth or fashioned of soft silk, crepe de chine, HeIn had he which sat; of hollow the small sheet. The feather is placed chiffon or net. His reins of seaweed, twisted well upon thi3, and the company stands In a circle, holding the sheet. Beautified Her Bedroom. Some one gives the feather a blow, A clever woman who had a plain and the object of the game is to predeeper toned paper on her bedroom vent It from touching any one. wall below the picture molding and a Each one gives the feather a puff daintly flowered canopy in a cretonne whenever it comes near him, and over paper of trailing roses above, cut out It goes to the other side again. The carefully Irregular sprays, one or two excitement produced is very great, and great trailing branches, a bud or two It is always a most amusing spectacle, and a half blcwn rose and glued them the onlookers enjoying It almost as to the wall Just under the molding as finished with a fancy band of blue if much as the players themselves. and held by it. The effect caught taffeta. The collar, plastron and sleeve was charming. cream trimmed guipure puffs are of (Now, what do you think of that!) The Bnsy Bee. with blue velvet ribbon. The cuffs Old fishes gasped as he thundered by, Effective Trimming. Great, indeed, is the amount of work and the girdle are of blue taffeta. With his elbows out and his head held A very effective trimming for lightwhich a busy bee will do In a day. , high. flannel blouses is a band ef And the lady fishes would blush and sigh Every head of clover consists of about Gown weight Not XwMt Showy. When he nodded and tipped his hat 60 flower tubes, each of which contains The newest gowns are not showy. embroidered linen, which has replaced But the queerest part of this queer afa very small quantity of sugar. Bees The cut is so perfect that with little the coarse lace or taffeta bands so long fair will often visit a hundred different trouble they can be altered to fit any popular. Pretty striped wash flannels (As Im sure youll agree with me), one with ,ne usual figure. The skirts are made in shirt waists, trimmed with Is the way folks changed their opinions heads of clover before retiring to the there are not showing quite so much flare a few tucks or left plain. The latest hive and in order to obtain the sugar In that fish world under the sea. the back the model shows in waist is as earlier season, and it the shirt yoke For they said he had always been so necessary for a load must, therefore, . sleeve still the sleeve which is the more like the waist worn several seabright, thrust their tongues into about 6,000 'Twas no wonder his schemq turned out different flowers. .. A bee will make 20 principal point of departure. It is the sons ago. ' all right. eblow sleeve, the Du Barry sleeve, the And while they were cheering with all trips a day when the clover patch is ' Grecian sleeve the Marie Antoinette German Women Study Medicine their might, convenient to the hive, and thus will This little fisa winked at me! sleeve call it by whatever name .you Dr. Irma Klausner and Miss Elsa von draw the sugar from 120,000 different Ida Goldsmith Morris In Chicago will still it is the sleeve that makes der Leyen, who were the first women flowers In the course of a single days to take their degree and pass the Gerthe gown this spring. work. Where there is trimming on the' skirt man state medical examination, have it is generally about the foot, where now settled at Berlin, where they inCat and Moose. are ouen seen wide Insertions of lace tend to practice. Now that this is alThe players stand hand In hand In a or rope hemstitching, formed with lowed In Germany many women are circle, the mouse being Inside and the rows or ribbon. flocking to Berlin to study medicine. cat outside. They dance around, raising their arms and lowering them alNEW 8PRING GOWNS. ternately, which gives the cat a chance to jump In at one side, while the mouse n Rooster. Jumps out at the other. The cat Is , Mesmerising now a prisoner and goes round miaulI knew a little boy who used to perform this trick very successfully. He ing," but as the dance , continues she had a bright young rooster, of which soon gets out and chases the mouse, he was very fond, and which he often who darts in to save herself. If she gets In by herseir, the cat pays a forbrought into the house. He would hold this rooster on his feit. but if puss gets in also It Is the lap, and with a piece of chalk draw mouse who has to suffer for it. lines from the tip of his bill to the back of Its neck, pressing very lightly Scissored Animals chalk. with An amusing game is "scissored aniAt first the rooster would appear mals. Plain white paper, scissors and sleepy, and then would nod its head pencils are the Implements and the very drowsily, and finally to all ap- guests are allowed a few minutes in which to cut out any animal they may pearances go fast asleep. If put upon the floor the rooster choose from the paper, and add eyes, would remain standing, but with its ears and other necessary decorations eyes fast closed. Then the little boy with the pencIL But one trial Is would bring a light near to the rooand there' must be no preliml- sters eyes, and It would stretch Its nary sketching. The animal must be neck and crow a great many times, scissored right out of the paper. Foras it the sun were Just coming np, tunately, however, each one is privialthough its eyes were closed all the leged to- write the name of the animal ' time. represented. . Then this young mesmerist would lightly tap the roosters bill and spurs Queer Names for Girls. with a lead pencil. The rooster would .It is not uncommon for a Japanese ruffle his neck Immediately feathers, to bear the name of a flower. On flap hia wings, thrust his spurs and g a girl the other hand, however, many girls through all the motions of a furious in ' Japan bear the names of some dofight mestic utensil as frying pan or dust ' He- - would keep this np until brush. Doubtless this results from the stopped by being lifted from the floor , common-amongcustom some people . . Th Coming Women' Convention. with credentials from her home club, and then set down again. of child a from the first object naming When the little boy would give the This has been a phenomenal year showing her to be a member in good usual call which summoned the chick that strikes the eye after the little one for conventions of women., The three standing. , ; ens to their meals the rooster would has cpme Into the world- great conventions so recently held in Washington, those of the Women Suftry his best to pick holes, In the floor, Senrf or Grate Linen. . fragists, the Mothers Congress and Anarchists In a Colony. thinking he was making a fine meal Grass linen is always a useful sumthe Daughters of the American RevoA communistic community Is about mer fabric and now new scarfs ar to of corn. If a few pieces of grass were lution, are scarcely over when club be had In it a brnshed against his face and some but to be established at Midlaren, in sheer, silky quality, of women turn to give their attention course. These scarfs are from one to tons dropped upon his toes he would Drenthe, by a number of Dutch anarto the biennial of the General Fedtwo yards long and are used In modish scratch away at a great rate, as if do- chists from Groningen. To this end eration of Womens Clubs, which will - Most of these scarfs ing his best to destroy a garden. Does property has been purchased consisting be held In Los Angeles May 1 to 9, hat trimming. it seem surprising that a rooster of land, with farmhouses, etc., and the show applique designs and ar rather nt inclusive. Grave questions are to be should have such an imagination? ' experiment will be entered upon is settled at this meeting of delegates expensive. For a cheaper hat drapery The rooster was awakened by strok- soon as the necessary formalities for linen with grass embroidered esn dots from every state and territory. The J the feathers on the top of his head the transfer of the property have been color' question, which, some assert, be bought by the yard, double ing backward and then giving him a slight completed. threatens the disruption of the Gen- width, at $1.25. jolt and netting him upon' his feet. eral Federation, is, together with the It Is curious that the more he was New Conditions In Gallela. revision' of the the most abReaping Velvet Freak. mesmerized the easier it became and As a result of the Polish boycott of club women sorbing topic among Keep your velvets thoroughly clean now, the more things he would do. And it German and will receive careful handling at and fr?e from dust, using for this purgoods Galicia Is being overrun ' did not hurt him in the least He grew the meetings. French and American commercial pose a soft brush; then steam them by by so large and handsome that he was Mrs. Joseph F. Sartori, chairman of holding them travelers, who are oyer a hot flatiron. This sold for a fancy price. Quincy ders. The almost securing many orthe press committee for the Los An- will remove creases, total absence of says Ladles finally . i ,, Optic. geles biennial wishes to particularly Home Journal If you cover the velBritish trade representatives Is much emphasize the fact that every club vet with a damp cloth and commented upon. press lightwoman expecting to attend the bienwith an Iron you will have a velvet Ingenious Piece of Work. ly nial meetings must come provided The following ingenious piece of poHustling, bustling men waste half resembling panne in effect etry 1b said to have been circulated In their energy In kicking up dust rient wrot The two fattest and biggest childre in the world live near Buda-PestHungary. They are respectively 7 an 9 years old. Therese Santo, the young. Education. Balt atotie It cord Pin aboi nml add . HAD i Pend - "T ness ' clan Wfi ces c , -- will be excluded from Germany after October 1st next. Dispatches from Fred H. Rankin: If it had not been for the cannibalism of some of the people of this and some European countries, who persist in eating raw pork, we probably would never have heard of trichinae outside of the laboratory of the chemist or the lecture-rooof the scientist. How can you protect a man even with microscopic Inspection who will go and deliberately eat raw pork, heedless of its condition and in direct opposition to every dictate of reason and every decree of c'vil'ration? We claim a superiority over the Fiji Islanders, forgetful that Points on 8ognr Maples. we have cannibals in our own midst During the past four years the Ver- who eat raw pork of every conceivmont experiment station has conducted a series of experiments dealing with able age and quality and then express the flow and composition of sap in the holy horror at the Fiji man eating A mere observsugar maple. In spite of the poor sea- "raw missionaries. sons a large amount of data has been ance of the most primitive laws of civ- -' secured bearing on many points of ilized life which demand that we make practical as well as scientific interest a distinction between the cannibal and Among the findings are some that civilized man and cook our meat food, throw light on the question, which would be the surest safeguards for the future of our American pork in the side of a tree gives the most sap 7 In the season of 1901 four trees Were provision markets of the world. selected for this work and tapped at the usual height on the north, south, Raising Clover east and west sides. The trees repreFrom Farmers Review: I raise on sented as nearly as possible all condian average fifty acres of clover a year. tions ot exposure. The results ex- I have had only two failures in fifteen pressed in pounds of sugar obtained years. These I attribute to nothing may be seen from the following table: but the dry falls. I always sow the North. South. East. West clover with oats. I sow the oats In oorn-stal- k ground, pulverize thoroughly, then harrow, then sow the clover at a peck to the acre, then harrow again and roll. Unless the weather is extremely hot and dry I am sure of a good catch. I think a deal of favor ot the south and east sides of a trouble is In not sowing great enough tree is quite pronounced, amounting to which makes it appear in the fall seed, as if three-tentof a pound. Similar trials there were not a good stand; and when north south and comparing tapping the farmer sees it so thin he will plow made la 1899 and 1900 also give re- It up, whereas if he had only sown it a sults that favor the south side. little thicker it would be all right. On typical sap days it seems unques-ionabl- y Chas. McKenna. true that a south exposure ill yield the most sap. On a cloudy "What makes life dreary Is the want lay when all sides of a tree warm up of motive. George Eliot hs in Favor. Bolero Salt NLES3 a quick shift is made soon J (I I bolero suits will be as numerous in the I spring as they have W Vw been recently. They are present in imnumbers pressive among spring street models, in checked tweeds, striped heavy cloths and smoothly finished materials. Tucking and enter stitching Pruning Berry Bodbeii into many largely the John W. Lloyd, in a circular of and stitch-sil- k of them Illinois Agricultural College, says: or velvet are The bush fruits require careful attenlight cloth Many are tion to pruning, if the best results trimoriental or have Persian gowns to be secured. Proper pruning insures or some a stocky growth of the canes, so that mings in bands, medallions fanciful Skirts, while trimmed, they will hold up their fruit, thins the will not design. be so elaborate as they have fruit so that the individual specimens will grow larger, and reduces the size been the last two seasons. Triple and of the top in proportion to the roots, double skirts are to be worn, the triple thus insuring a vigorous growth of part sometimes coming only from sides and back, the front breadth outlined new wood. The best pruning for blackberries, black raspberries, and the with applique lace of some kind. Spanish flounces in all designs plain, strong growing varieties of red raspstitched, tucked or trimmed continue berries (such as the Cuthbert) concloth sists of four distinct operations: (1) in fashion. Many are rows of tiny tucks laid in gowns of off the the growing tips Nipping shoots in summer when they have to below the knees, the rest falling in reached the height of one and a half a flare. B.cks of bodices are finished or two feet, thus causing them to with basque or postilion effects. Three-quarte- r, Russian blouse and throw out strong laterals; (2) removcoats are worn, I ut the tendency ing superfluous shoots, so that only three to five remain in each hill; (3) for spring is more toward short jackets cutting back the laterals to from and bolero or eton effects. 12 to 20 inches the next spring; (4) removing the old canes after they Something Sew In Blouses. have produced their crop. The annual New and odd waist of flowered tafpruning of currants and gooseberries feta. The yoke is made of white tafmay be all accomplished at one operafeta striped with narrow blue and yeltion, which is usually performed early low velvet ribbons, and the edges are in the spring. It consists in removing such of the old canes as have passed their most useful period, and all of the canes except such as are needed to renew the bush where older canes are removed; and of thinning out and shortening back the new wood on the old canes that remain. Currant worms, gooseberry mildew, strawr, and strawberry blight berry are the enemies most likely to cause damage to the small fruit plantation. They can be controlled by the timely application of the proper spraying materials, and the practice of other sanitary precautions, such as the burning over of the strawberry bed after harvesting the crop. Kater BOYS AND GIRLS. Home and Fashions A review of the figures also calls at-tcation to a remarkable difference between trees. Number 4, from which the greatest yield of the richest sap wan obtained, was a large vigorous is well tre standing In the open. Asamounts known such trees give largo of rich sap. This is due to the increased leaf area and full exposure to sunlight. The green i aves in sunlight during the summer season make starch from materials gathered from air and soil. This starch is stored throughout the tree and is the source of sugar in the spring. Sunlight, exposure and leaf area are therefore important factors in maple sugar production. The percentage of sugar in sap from different sides of the same tree is found to va y but slightly. run-dow- I 18 - i - Record-- Herald. er, is the daughter of Hungarian peas ants of the village of Nagy Koros. It Is claimed for Therese that no child of her age in the history of ths infantile world ever weighed as muck as she does. She tips the scale at 120 pounds, as much as the averap adult woman. Her cousin, Marissa Juhasz, thougs two years her senior, weighs ten pounds less. What is most remarkable about the pair is that their parents are sturdy Magyar farmers of ordinary height and avoirdupois. The two fat Hungarian girls han been . pronounced to he perfectly of the state healthy by the professors medical college at Buda-PestThough they have had flattering offers from' museum managers, their parents, who are far from wealthy, have thus fat refused to allow them to be takea abroad. They have beeen on exhibition only in the Hungarian capital for l folio to p; S and Tat thoti good and: recgl Bay, and1 'Grp I cb h. QUEER EXCRESCENCE ON A TREE Strange Freak of Nature Produced st Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester, Mass., has a strangt freak of nature in its "elephant tree," a mammoth elm, with a peculiar growth upon the side, resembling perfectly the trunk of an elephant. Ths tree stands in the heart of the city, beside the common, and at the rear ot the city. hall. Its age Is beyond the recollection of the oldest inhabitant, and it has been an object of curiosity for a hundred years or more. The strange growth was undoubtedly caus- - .1 eaq join iea I i beet spe rest alar of, 1 plal of i Jni In Wh te - , - 1 . s, . ed by some accident to the tree whei it was small, but it has In no way affected the health or beauty of the elm, for it is one of the most majestic to the city. M CoVt .accic wa jl lever 4 FinJ ftef mftei 9qal n. Ahusr MeKinlsjs Philanthropy. Abner McKinley, brother of the latl'j president, has brought to New York from Tampa, Fla., a negro boy U whom he has taken a fancy. He will educate the lad and give him every opportunity to demonstrate what one of his race may arise to under tht most favorable circumstances.', 1 Australian Whistling Moth. ' A whistling moth is an Australia! rarity. There is a glassy space on tht wings, crossed with ribs. When tht moth ' wants to whistle it strikel these ribs with its antennae, whlci have a knob at the end. The sound il a love call from the male to the ft male. It Hit Him Hard. Prince George dP Bavarla has publicly rebuked Professor Ranke fof saying that man is descended froa the ape. The prince evidently regarded It as inexcusable personality. Praise for FSfh Arena-- , New York.;, Gilbert Parker, the novelist sat member of Parliament, says he thinh Fifth avenue. New York, the ms! beautiful street in the world, next I the Champs Elysees, Paris. Heroes of Spanish Wan , , Kansas claims for her sons five out of thirty three special medals awarded by tie government for special acts of heroism and bravery during- the Spanish-America- n war. - . 0 |