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Show FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Sotrte rp-to-Iate Hint About Cultivation Cul-tivation of the Soil and Yields Thereof Horticulture, Viticulture and Floriculture. rine of Foreign Weeds. If we had cniy to contend with weedj rative to this country, the task w-uld be a comparatively light one. The weeds brought in frcm across the tc.ans have proved to be cur greatest tntniifc3 and the nrst dilScuit to eradicate. The cta:.ge of soil and climate cli-mate has teemed iu many ir.s!ance3 to five tlitm incrti-'eJ poaers of living anJ d veli ping. "Nv'here at home they receive little atten icn on account of their iiuie g3re--bive'nS3I in their new LaLi.tat ti;c sp.ead and take psses-Etoa psses-Etoa Oi tht t-ai ;h to such an extent tha; it sometim s sicnii us if man muit bJ au.iuisheQ in bis conllict with them. In the list of 2M weeds of the Unite! i tavtb pubi.sheJ in the Year-Beok of Is.o, it, j species are cf foieun or.giJ. Of thee iojv, 4 ate nauves of Eu;opj and 30 have come to us through Europe, Eu-rope, though they prob-b'.y originated in Asia. Two oniy of these came to us directly from Asia. From Sou.h America Amer-ica e have received about a dozen weeds, most of which are as yet known only in our gulf states. As the star of tiup.re is said to hold its way westward, so alsj weeds seem to have a Ltndtncy to work westwari uiuie than eastward. It is a fact that the weeds passed from Asia to Europe and Iroiu Europe to America aud f.om Aiijeiica across the Pacific to New Zealand and Australia. Less than half a dozen American weeds have becoms troublesome in Europe, which Is very remarkable considering the fact of our constant sh.pinents of grain to Europe. Oqly three or four species from west of the Mississippi have become distributed dis-tributed through ihe eastern states, anJ only one or two have entered the country from the Pacific coast. This may be due to a number of causes. The greatest would seem to be the extension westward of cultivated culti-vated areas. The newly cultivated lands may prove more susceptible to seizure by the weeds than the lands that have been tilled for centuries and ages. Another cause may be the poor cleaning of seed from Europe due to their possession of poorer machinery and the fact that in the advance line of agriculture machinery for cleansing la so generally possessed that the seed sent to Europe contains few weed seeds. .A third reason may be that there is found less waste ground In Europe than in America, on which the weeds can get a foothold. We must, however, admit that these reasons do not entirely satisfy us as to the causes of so general a westward movement of weeds. How to Raise Corn. If you have a good bed of loose dirt and cultivate right, you can raise corn, says a contributor to Indiana Farmer. The first thing is to break your ground nine inches deep. Then harrow and drag until the ground Is loose as deep as you plowed it, unless It Is a heavy sod; then you don't have to work it bo deep. I would lay the ground off in rows three and one-half feet wide and make a good furrow with the single plow. I would plant one grain of corn every twenty Inches; then take your steel SDike-tooth harrow, fin tha time the sameway that you planted. Just as the owii comes through the ground. The'ftfabout a week, with your barrowgo crosswise the piece; then talrn Jfhn u1f ivof.-. n a i deeper tlifij first time than any other; the secOJnd time a little shallower than first. I would plow as many as five times; once every week. I prefer level cultivation. Then, after I am through plowing, and when most of our farmers have laid their corn by, I take a drag that weighs about 100 pounds and is three feet wide and run through every balk, every other week until my corn begins to get Into hard roasting-ear condition. Trunin and Transplanting: Young Tree From Farmers' Review: A large proportion of the trees that ?re lost In resetting die because they have been Injured when theywere taken up. In digging up the trtfes the surface soil should be removed to the root system, then a trench duff around the tree out-Bide out-Bide the mass ofc roots; then by cutting under the rcSots with a sharp spade on each sid.,- the tree may be loosened from ther soil . with a good supply of young, growing roots. If the tree is 'arge,' the trench must be made around roo,ts to the depth of the lowest, i the roots gradually loosened and ?d from the soil. No matter how 2fully a tree Is dug, many of the ng feeding roots will be Injured destroyed. Thus only a small Cunt of sap can be supplied to the ches and buds, which nevertheless Inue to evaporate a large amount S.'ater; thus the tree often starts slowly, and sometimes fails en-.. en-.. By removing the branches and n proportion to the injury of the balance Is maintained. All in-roots in-roots should be cut off clean i knife, and the wounds of large hould be painted over with some 'A oof covering. When trees are he roots should have a fine, I M of Eoil, which should be 1 Stnly In contact witn every j g no air space around them. J ;DAnuld De sPread out in nat- r nrnuy around ail the t the new roots will he i make a rapid growth. trrwnicl1 tre la planted V "i tr.. r . . . . . iiuui wmca It fl y-ree snouia be set ihe " S jt was before it was re- soil Is heavier, the tree J O flower; if lighter, it i d deeper.. The surface the ,cn lf over the roots jind light, because the n broken ud and the I Lyi escape Crop. StL . Review: The los- J"-)uiar slnSity to the fruit his orchards the ment. In a year ehat they will be aciffurther bearing Eaen had they N; d bear their will large-ard large-ard is .f. iTRYliOJ Provo, Third, the sprayln iadst not be abandoned because the crop has failed. fail-ed. Begin In time and spray Just aa faithfully as though expecting a big crop of fruit Spraying Is likely to be very effective this year, if the directions direc-tions on pruning and burning are car-ri'd car-ri'd out, because the parts of the tree carrying the diseases and insects have been largely destroyed. There will be. consequently, fewer enemies left to combat. Fourth, the cultivation should be thorough end good. This Is necessary in order that the tree may have sufficient food supply for the vigorous growth which it should make. These attentions are all necessary to assist the tree in its recuperation. A Fish Fond. From Farmers Review: Since the ice has gone from my pond I have seen a number of good-sized catfish in the edge of the water dead. There were a'so the beads of a number, the rest of the fish being gone. The dead fish can be accounted for by the long-con-tiriued freezing which made ice two feet in thickness. The heads are perhaps per-haps the remains of some mink or turtle feast. They were eaten close up to the barbels. These sharp thorns would certainly be in the way of devouring de-vouring the head. In the fall there were several clouds of these fish playing play-ing up and down the pond, and as I have not observed any of their size among the dead, I suppose -the pond is yet well stocked. A fish pond ia a profitable institution. It furnishes an excellent pastime, for there are but few who do not delight in angling. Then the finny brood are a choice dish on the table. A pond does not occupy much room and is a blessing to the stock when it supplies a tank where they can drink whenever they are inclined. in-clined. It would surprise many to know how often stock will drink when they have free access to a trough always al-ways supplied with water. Lack of water will shrink a cow faster than anything else within my knowledge. A pond, too, can easily be made a thing of beauty. Mine is in a woods pasture and down to both its margins grow the young oaks of various species, and the hazel. In its borders I have planted calamus, cat-tails, skunk-cabbage, and white hellebore; in the deeper flood lilies. Wild fowl of many kinds visit it, and it is full of varied life. Had I no natural grove in which to locate a pond, I would surround sur-round with trees and shrubs the one I would make in the open field. I I don't think I would fancy sitting in the sun to angle. Besides, fish are fond 1 of shade in the heats of summer. j Foreign Eggs In Great Britain. Regarding the countries from which Oreat Britain imports eggs, an English writer says: Taking the various countries from which we import eggs, the comparative values for the last three years are very suggestive: 1896. 1897. 1898. Russia 630,052 812,297 965.129' Denmark ... 622,985 536 .252 685,447 Germany ... 782,121 813,022 788,844 Belgium ... 694,322 768,077 729,876 France 1.273,200 1.022.S69 817,336 Canada .... 178,931 193,998 251,710 Other countries coun-tries 103,045 150.262 216,781 It will be seen that the remarkabla advance of Russian supplies daring the last few years is not only maintained, but increased, and now the empire of the Czar ends more egg3 to us than any other country. In 1896 it held the fourth place, now it occupies the first. Increases are recorded from Denmark, Canada, and other countries, and decreases de-creases from Germany, Belgium, and France. As to the last named, the change which has been mentioned in previous years Is still further accentuated. accentu-ated. In 1892 the value of eggs sent to us from France was 1.611,945; last year it was little more than half, and it is evident that home and Irish supplies sup-plies are taking the place once occupied occu-pied by the French, which formerly commanded a much higher position than Is now the case. The greater supplies sup-plies of English, and the improvement in Irish eggs, will probably make this tendency still more evident in the future. fu-ture. As a result of the reduction of French supplies, which are the best foreign on our markets, and increase of Russian, which are among the cheapest, the average value has naturally natur-ally been reduced. Potash in tha Soil. The farmer who usually puts on 20 loads or tons of stable manure to the acre may think it would be expensive to add to that a dressing of 2,000 pounds of acid phosphate phos-phate and 1,000 pounds of potash salts, but it should be remembered that in the above estimate no allowance is made for phosphoric acid or potash in the soil. Very few fields are so destitute des-titute of potash as to need the full amount indicated. The fermenting or rotting of so much manure in the soil would liberate potash which is now in an insoluble form, so that the plants couid take it up, and we may leave it to future generations to supply sup-ply it when we have exhausted the soil supply. Ex. Sugar-Crring Pork. Allow the hog to thoroughly cool before cutting; carefully tira bans and shoulder? and pplit the sides in two lengthwise. Sprinkle 1 ottom of bar: el with fine salt and r..b each piece of meat with salt. Pac- in barrel with hams on the bottor , shoulders next and sid.s on tor- .fter three days cover the meat wit'.i brine made as fallows: Yater, 8 gallons; salt, 12 pounds: sugar, 3 pounds; saltpeter, 3 ounces; concentrat d lye. 3 teaspoonfu's. Boil all togethr- and skim. After cooling, pour over the meat. leave in brine from four o six weeks, then smoke a-s desired, "he brine should b strong enough to bear up an egg. Kedsie's Spraying Mixture. The spraying tiixture formula by Prcfrs-sor Prcfrs-sor Kedsi' of the Michigan agricultural agricul-tural college is as follows: Boll two pounds of white arsenic and four pounds of salsoda-for fifteen minuter in two ga Ions of water. Put into a jug and lar el "poison," ami lock it up. When you wish to spray slake two pounds of lime and stir it into forty gallons of water, adding a pint of th mixture fr ta the Jug. The mixture in the jus will cost 45 cents, and this is enough for 800 gallons or 20 barrels of spray. These 20 barrels will require 40 pounds of lime, which wiil cost 20 cents more, making the total cost 65 cents for 20 barrels, or 3U cents per h barreL . Killing Mealy Bugs. I have the city Hce, t. and I nut it on with a rond Amer of force, and that kills mealy lied.-. It was a very bad insect years stre until we discovered that we could will feerosene emulsion, and since then said (ve discovered that water, put on 'Zfok nronsidrable fore, will kill it "nifijarkin. FOR HIS OWN PEOPLE. PRINCE VISITS US IN THE IN-TEREST IN-TEREST OF PARIAHS. Declares They Are Slaves Persecuted and Oppressed Because They Have Embraced the Christian Religion Objects Ob-jects of Evangelism. Among the passengers on the steamship steam-ship Rotterdam Sunday vas one who described himself aa Prince T. B. Pan-dian, Pan-dian, from Madias, a member of the nobl Zermindar family of India, says the New York Herald. In his own country, he explains, he is not permitted permit-ted to use his princely title, because he has abandoned the religion of his forefathers and become a Christian, but everywhere except India the title "goei." As he received at the Broadway Central Cen-tral hotel in the evening, arrayed in a brilliant red turban and a broad yellow yel-low sash as incidents to usual evening dress, Prince Pandian, or "Doctor," as he waa registered on the ship's passenger pas-senger list, looked every Inch a royal person. "This is my first visit to the United States," he said, "although I have traveled trav-eled a great deal in Europe lecturing about my persecuted people. I have come here to lecture and to enlist sympathy sym-pathy for them. It is a mistake to say that slavery has ceased to exist. My cause is to plead for nine millions of PRINCE T. B. 1ANDIAN. slaves. They are the descendants of the people who inhabited India at the time of the Aryan invasion. From the time of their conquest they have been held in serfdom. True, with the advent of British rule in India legal slavery ceased, but virtual slavery still exists. "My people are called the Pariahs. The name is synonymous with disgrace. dis-grace. They are detested and oppressed op-pressed more bitterly by caste classes in India than are the aboriginal hill tribes or the gypsies of the plains. Everywhere on the fringe of what is called Hindoo civilization are vast numbers of poor and despised human beings, whom the Hindoos regard as unspeakably polluted because they have abandoned Mohammedanism and embraced Christianity. In the great towns many of these Pariahs have risen to wealth and position, many of them are men of culture, but they are outcasts. You ask for some instance of the persecut on. Well, take the question of drinking water. Land for the poor is very scarce in India, and residents cannon maintain a private well or tank. Public wells and tanks, paid for from public funas, to which the wealthy Pariahs contribute, are plenty. But the village or city officials offi-cials rigorously exclude the poor Pariahs from th?m. "Cattle or dog' may drink from the Tells with impvnity, but the Pariah, because he has uecome a .Christian, may not touch t e water. Children of Pariahs are bar-ed from the schools. These schools are supported by the state, but the casste classes are so powerful pow-erful that if a Pariah tries to send his child to school he is boycotted or driven from his village. He has no redress. re-dress. The objects of my evangelism are to emancipate the Pariahs from this form of slavery; to give them a chance for education and for instruction instruc-tion in the Christian religion, and to supply them with the necessities of life without persecution." COAL IN CHINA. Many Rich Deposits Are Found In the Empire. It is doubtful if the prospects of railway rail-way making in China would be so attractive at-tractive were It not fcr the rich deposits de-posits of coal possessed by the empire, says Chambers' Journal. Coal is said to have been found in every province, and there are good reasons for believing believ-ing that in the more or less dim and distant future China may be the greatest great-est coal-producing country in the world. In Shan-si, in the north of China, is a continuous field, 13,500 miles in area, of anthracite coal, said NEITHER CHURCH NOR SALOON. CAPTAIN The best behaved town on the map of California Is situated picturesquely in a thick Sierra forest, up in Nevada county. Its name is Overton. And what is strange to relate, this model town has neither church nor preacher In It. But then it has no saloon, either. There are some 250 souls In Overton, If appearances count for anything at ail, these souls don't need savlng,so circumspect are the lives they l' ?Hfrom day to day,-from year to year V people of Overton never go to church; they tre too busy. Thy to be equal to the best Pennsylvania, ! in seams up to forty and nowhare lesi than fifteen feet in thickness. In tte same province is also a rich bituminous bitumi-nous deposit. The southeastern part of the province of Hunan was reported by Richthofen to the Shanghai chamber cham-ber of commerce to be "one great coalfield" coal-field" of 21,700 square miles in extent. Some of the most Important of the recent railway concessions have reference refer-ence to coalfields, though it may be stated that some of the mines are well situated for water carriage. The coal deposits of Szechuen have been frequently fre-quently referred to by travelers, and Mrs. Bishop found an enormous "coal traffic on the Kialing river. All the mines of the interior have been until now worked In a primitive slipshod fashion by the Chinese themselves. At Kaiping, however, in the province of Pe-chi-li, the mines have for some time past been worked under European management, in connection with a railway to the seaboard, and from the Fangshan-hsien mines Peking is supplied sup-plied with coal. Near the coal seam of Shan-si are large deposits of iron ore, which the Chinese have hitherto smelted by native na-tive methods. This primitive conducted con-ducted industry is already of great extent. To what extent it may grow, with railway connection and European technical skill, who can say? In several sev-eral other parts of China coal and iron ore are found in close proximity. SPANISH KNIFE DUELS. Their Frequency Is Something Appalling to Foreigners. The frequency of bloody knife duels in the cities of southern Spain is something appalling to foreigners. Among the lower classes every man carries a murderous knife, the blade of which is usually twelve or thirteen inches long and of razor-like sharpness. sharp-ness. It is called a faca. The entire man and boy population carry whistles, whis-tles, pito de carretilla. These whistles are used for the purpose of announcing that a street fight with knives is about to begin. Everybody within hearing when a whistle blows rushes to the scene and is sure to witness the serious se-rious maiming if not the killing of one or both combatants. Statistics indicate in-dicate that for every 100,000 inhabitants inhabit-ants there is an average of one death per day resulting from these knife duels. I was about 9 years old when I first witnessed a pelea or faca fight. I had been to my father's place of business and was returning home when I heard the shrill notes of a pito de carretilla then another and another. I saw men and boys running toward the intersection of two streets, and I was quickly among the eager and rapidly rap-idly gathering throng. Although I had never witnessed a street duel, I was well aware of the meaning of the blasts upon the whistles, and knew that two men were sure to engage in deadly combat. I was among the first to arrive upon the scene. This is what I saw: Two men of about equal age and physical proportions were engaged en-gaged in tying their left legs together at the ankles with their handkerchiefs; handker-chiefs; and they tied them most effectively. ef-fectively. Each was bareheaded. can remember even now the deadly hatred with which each scowled at the other. Each took off his coat and placed it carefully upon his left arm There was a moment's pause it waa the supreme moment and then both men drew their murderous knives from their sheaths and each began striking, plunging and slashing rt hla opponent, each parrying and gutfciLng as much as possible with the arm pro tected somewhat by the coat whicS hung :pon it. As the men were tied together, it was impossible for the fight to be long continued, and in a very few moments both combatants had fallen. It was found that one had received seventeen wounds- and the other fourteen; but both were living. So stretchers were brought from the Hospital Noble, which was near at hand, and the wounded men were carried car-ried there. The sequel of this pelea was unique in the particular that the combatants were placed upon cots which brought them near each other, and the result was that as soon as they revived sufficiently they renewed their fight and both were killed. Anglo-American Anglo-American Magazine. Sraall Fay of Russian Officers. The pay of a Russian army officer is said to be very small. A general gets from $1,500 to $2,000 a year In English money, according to the length of service; serv-ice; a lieutenant general from 51,175 to $1,750; a major general from $780 to $1,240, and a colonel commanding a three-battalion regiment gets $600. Things have changed in the Fiji Islands. There are 40,000 native Sunday Sun-day school scholars there now contributing con-tributing to the missionary box. OVERTON. never do anything wicked. They ara too bufcy. They have no religious preferences. pref-erences. They have no sinful tendencies. tenden-cies. They are contented healthy and industrious and work seven days in the week. Overton is likewise unique in the fact that its entire sanitary and business system ia under the control of an individual employed by a cerpo-"ration. cerpo-"ration. Captain J. B. Overton is superintendent su-perintendent of the big sawmill and factory slant which dally hums a merry mer-ry tune of mechanical industry, pausing paus-ing occasionally on a Sunday not for praytrs, but for repairs THE SAGEOfHIS AKT. HAS SEEN PICTURE MAKING TAKE ALL ADVANCE STEPS. l-he Nestor of Photoampoerj0,uh j. Hawes, of Boston, 8 Taken Pictures of Famous Amerln. for Half . Century. - (Boston letter.) Josiah Johnson HaM is, undoubtedly, undoubted-ly, the oldest workinc photographer in the world. His age ad length of service ser-vice in his trade rubstantiate this claim. He has passel his 91st birthday, birth-day, and has occupies the same business busi-ness rooms on Tremcnt Row for more than half a century. in raia or shine. In heat or cold, he still goes to his famous Old Studio evrv dav fnr the fascinating rooms nd th priceless treasures they contaii are the most important im-portant part Of his life. His wnrV with the camera has always been exception ally nne, and his career is associated closely with the history of photographic photo-graphic art In this country. Few noted not-ed men or women of the last generation genera-tion visited Boston without climbing the narrow, winding stairs that lead to these rooms, and the sun's ravs through this same little skylight have helped make counterfeit presentments of statesmen, preachers, poets, lawyers, singers, actors and many other whose names will long be remembered. Charles Dickens used to revel in thi3 charming place. He could never be Induced In-duced to have his likeness made, but he and JamJLFwta were frequent vis- itoraTways joltiWchattinS to gether like happy schoolboys, so re-kites re-kites Mr. Hawes. Daniel Webster was a patron. He appeared in the "saloon" (that was what they called it then) on th morning of the- day he delivered his remarkable address on Anthony Burns, the fugitive slave, and made a fw inquiries as if on a matter of state importance, and then took a seat before be-fore the camera, glaring at it as if to penetrate the mystery within. The tak-lag tak-lag of pictures was a mystery in those days, for up to that time the only portraits were made with the brush. Tha world has been hearing a great 4al of Daguerre's discovery with the las and sunlight, and, when his demonstrator, dem-onstrator, Gouraud, came to this country, coun-try, Mr. Hawes was one of his first pupils. pu-pils. The process was only for landscapes, land-scapes, as the time of exposure was so long, bnt Dr. Draper of New York carried car-ried Daguerre's experiments still further, fur-ther, and succeeded in getting llke-neese llke-neese ia from twenty-five to thirty econds, and that w3 the real beginning begin-ning of photography. Every one who could aSord it went to have his own picture made, and the studi of Mr. Hawes became the center of fashionable fashion-able interest In Boston. Fifteen dollars was the price oharged for a daguerreotype daguerreo-type about the size of a cabinet of today. to-day. There was no such thing as ordering or-dering a dozen from the same print. There had to be a sitting for each picture. pic-ture. The process was expensive and the work laborious, but the result was perfection in the hands of such an artist ar-tist aa Mr. Hawes. Even now he has a fiae scorn of retouching and filling p hollow cheeks and smoothing out wrinkle on a negative. The daguerreotype, daguer-reotype, he declares, is a true likeness, like-ness, and he deplores the fact that it has been superseded by cheaper methods. meth-ods. A comparison of one of these beautiful old pictures, fadeless and soft in every line, puts to shame the finest photograph of today. Henry W, Longfellow, John G. Whit-tier, Whit-tier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, A. Bron-eon Bron-eon Alcett, William Ellery Channing, Jared Sparks and Phillips Brooks have at within the embrace of the old mahogany ma-hogany chair that is still used in the operating room. Louis Kossuth and Baron Rothschild had several pictures taken there. Jenny Lind often stood before the little mirror In the adjoining room, under the eaves, smoothing her yellow hair. Her lover, Otto Gold-chmldt, Gold-chmldt, whom she aftewaras married, tat hand in hand with her one day and the picture is one of the gems in this unrivaled collection. Charles Bumner, cold and dignified; Oliver Wendell Holmes, wreathed ia smiles; Thomas Starr King, of noble bearing; Beecher, the father of many gifted children; Lucy Larcom, the sweet poet; Dorothea Dix, whose face was a benediction; bene-diction; Theodore Parker, the fearless preacher; Dr. Warren, one of the mo?t noted surgeons of his time; William Warren, the actor these and many more whose fame still lives honored Mr. Hawes with their patronage. A group of Freesollers Henry Wilson, Aneon BtirlJ&game, Nathaniel P.Banks, George S. Boutwell and Mr. Hopkins elalma attention. So also does the picture pic-ture ihowing the first surgical operation opera-tion with ether. It represents Dr. Warren War-ren in the theater of the Massachusetts General Hjospltal surrounded by a large company of physicians and students. stu-dents. "There is a charming Madonna-like Madonna-like portrait of Julia Ward Howe when she was 120 or thereabouts, also one of Cella TKaxter, whose verses have the fragran of the country and ocean miBfleii Rufus Choate, the famous J.. J.AWES. lawyer, had an effic in i fame building, build-ing, and one dt:y he rt; xed in to ait for his picture, leaving a number of clients wondering at hlr lbsence. Copies Cop-ies of the pictu- of tl 3 remarkable man taken at th t time re seen often -in libraries and :w schc Is In various parts of the country. Shief Justic Shaw was an i dmlrablt subject, and his face, as rep-educed from the original orig-inal daguerreot vie by Mr. Hawes, adorns many a 1 Lrary wa 1. These ar considered the perfection of photographic photo-graphic art. Benjamin F. Butler't pleasantries still linger in the mind of the old photographer. 'hen he was posing and told to look .i raight at the camera he remaned t" t one of his eyes was telescoj c anc he other mi croscopic. Ferht is the nost valuaoie of all the treasi es pi luced by Mr. Hawes' skill is te one of Fanny Carter, Car-ter, now Mrs. Rcna'ds, of London, once a fa mous American belle. The faultless fault-less face is del'neated with accuracy and delicacy, a. 1 it is exactly as it appeared when iken forty years ago on the enduring not spent all hi: ing pictures, wfc ness with Mr. invented many which are In u ers of today a etal. Mr. Hawes hat time since 1143 mak-n mak-n he started in bu9l-'-outhworth. He has practical applla,9f8 - among photograph-weighted photograph-weighted triple lens. a head screw, a multiplying camera, a clamp for polishing, the vignette, etc. His were the frst stereoscopic views shown in America. He has an intensely in-tensely interesting personality, and his enthusiasm for tl'e great men and women wo-men he has known is undiminished by the busy years that have intervened. With abundant snow-white hair and flowing beard semblance to pictures of William Cul-len Cul-len Bryant and Walt W.itman. Ask Mr. Hawes for his impressions erf the famous people who have at before his camera and he chuckles d-yly. He says he has been so intent .pon making good pictures that he dio rot pay much attention to the peop' themselves. His partner, Mr. i ;uthw - th, met them outside tae studio and die all the talking talk-ing with the celt .rities. WHO WILL SAIL THE SHAMROCK There is no dcubt at all that C. Oliver Iselin and Skipper Barr will have foemen woithy of their steel in the skilled amateurs and professional CAPT. HOGARTH, who are slated to sail the Shamrock ia her races against America's cup defender. de-fender. Like the man behind the gun in a sea battle, the man at the wheel plays an important part in a conflict of racing yachts'. The "talent" that is to be aboard the Shamrock is in every way disciplined in the smart handling of sails and the maneuvering of a big cutter. Captain Archie Hogarth, who will be the skipper of the Shamrock, is one cf the most skilful sailors that Ireland has ever produced. He is an Irishman bred and born and will have an entire Irish crew. Every stick in the Shamrock came from Ireland, likewise like-wise the sails. She was put together by a Scotchman, but otherwise the race from owner down will be Ireland against America How He Convinced Them. A famous artisi once wandering In the mountains of Switzerland, met some officials who demanded his passport, pass-port, writes Rev. H. W. Lathe, In Chosen of God. "It is not with me, but my name is Dore." "Pr ve it, If you are," replied the incred ;.ous officers. Taking a piece of papei Dore hastily sketched a grou of p- 3ants standing stand-ing by .with such grace ad skill that the men of '. ae la. exclaimed: "Enough, you nvjst he ore." "Write your name," is the chal snge of the world to the fo' lower o Christ. No awkward 6crawl cf a wr idly life will do. Nothing but the grc 3 and beauty of a character bcrn of 1 3d will convince con-vince men that ur prof ; sion ia true. The Mean Th' g. A woman th.aks tl t when she gpeaks of the M. a. O., thv A. R. L., or the G. K. Y. "club to whicli she belongs, that the men wl o hear her lie awake all night for a k trying to find out what the letter stand for: Women are such mysteriv.! Atch son Globe. An Appreciable It-sra. The engines of a first-class man-of-war COSt about $700,000. , he bears a striking r- FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READERS. "What Frightened Isabella," a Juvenile Sketch "Mother Goose's Dinner Frty" an Amnslng Story for the J unU-rs A ConTersatlon Without Words. The Land Beyond the Blue. (Written for the Family Herald and Weekly Siar.) Fair land beyond the blue. Where the flowers unla-dint; grow. Where the tree oi life is blooming In beauty all untold. There are pastures green and smilin; where the quiet waters How. And the saints in white are walkin on the streets of shining gold. By faith thy shores arise to view. Fair land beyond the blue! Calm land beyond the blue. Where the sound of strife is still. Where no storms of grief or terror can the peaceful joys molest. And the melody of music from the many harp-strings thrill! There tha weary hands are folded, and the weary feet have rest. We dream of thee when falls the dew, Calm land beyond the blue! . Dear land beyond the blue. Where our loved and lost ones dwell! Though we miss them, oh, we miss them for a little weary while. Yet to earth we would not call them, for we know that all is well, And when there, too, we have gathered we shall see and share their smile. When shall we meet those hearts so true , Dear land beyond the blue? Home-land beyond the blue. We are only strangers here; rilgrims. onward still we journey to that home which waits afar. Sometimes, when our footsiep falter and the way seems lone and drear. Faint sweet echoes of the music float from out the gates ajar. "Tis thus our hearts rind strength anew. Home-land beyond the blue! What Frightened Isabella. Dorothy has a beautiful doll named Isabella, with the pinkest cheeks, the brownest eyes, the curliest hair, and best of all. with two little strings hang ing from her back, whica will make her speak if they are pulled. She can say only two words, "Mamma" and "Papa," one for each string, but that is enough to give a great deal of amusement to Dorothy and her little friends. Isabella is dressed in baby clothes, so Dorothy plays that she is not old enough to say any other words yet. Isabella says "Pa-pa" quite slowly with a funny little jerk in the middle of the word, but she says"Mamma very fast, and as if she really wanted her mamma very much. When she says that. Dorothy always feel like taking her in her arms to comfort her, it sounds so much like a real child's cry. One day Dorothy put Isabella to sleep, and laid her in the doll's cradle which just fits her, and then she herself her-self went out of doors to play with the two little girls who live next door Dorothy's mamma was sitting down stairs, when she heard some one call ing, "Mamma! Mamma! Mamma!' over and over, very loudly and very fast It did not seem like Dorothy's voice, but it sounded so frightened that mamma thought something dreadful must have happened to Dorothy, to make her call In that way. What could it be? She ran up-stairs as fast a3 she could to the play room, from which the cries came, and opened the door. She could not see any one in the room, and for a moment everything was quiet; then suddenly she heard again, from the corner where Isabella lay in her cradle Mamma! Mamma! It was no one but Isabella, calling as fast as she ould, as if she could not get along without her mamma another minute! Dorothy's mamma did not know what to make of it she could not think how Isabella could talk all by herself, with no one anywhere near her. But as mamma went closer to the cradle she suddenly saw what was tho matter with Isabella, and then she went to the window and called Dorothy, whom she saw playing in the yard, to come and see. When Dorothy and her playmates came running up-stairs, mamma told them to come into the room very quietly, quiet-ly, and what do you think they saw? On his back behind the cradle was Do rothy's Maltese kitten, Pussy-Willow having such a fine time in kicking and biting at a little string which hung through the side of the cradle! It was Isabella's "mamma" string, and every time Pussy pulled it Isabella cried "Mamma!" as if sin were very much frightened, and Pussy-Willow seemed to think that that was part of the fun. The little girls all laughed neartily, but Dorothy could not bear it very long, the cries were so pitiful, so she caught Isabella up and hugged her, and Pussy-Willow scampered off to find something else to plaj with. Ruth Tangier Smith in Youth's Companion. Mother Goose's Dinner Party. It was the 12th of February. Twenty-five guests had been Invited. "Tom Tucker." "Jack" and "Jill," and the rest of the guests came in squads and platoons. There were three "Boy blues," and three "Miss Muffets," and the "maids of the kitchen." The "Queen of Hearts," decorated with fifty blood-red hearts made a sensation. And "Boy Blue" became at once her devoted slav and when "Bobby Shaftoe" arrived the "Queen" paid more attention to him, and poor "Boy Blue" felt very badly. "Bobby Shaftoe" presented his card, and then began to comb down his yellow yel-low hair. The "Queen" was very much impressed, im-pressed, and "Bo Peep" told the "Blue Bird" In a whisper that he was her lover forever more. "Little Red Riding Hood" did not like to hear this, for she thought "Bobby" "Bob-by" belonged to her, li Just then "Johnny Green" came In and made everybody ev-erybody laugh trying to ring his little ailver bell and at the same time keep his large pussy cat swinging. "Mistress Mary" was quite contrary as usual, especially when "Georgie Por-gie" Por-gie" tried to kiss her. but then he kissed kiss-ed all the girls, and strange to say, none of them cried ; they rather seemed to like it "Jack Horner" with his Christmas pie, which was a real mince pie, was a great favorite, and many a time would be seen in a corner with & pretty pret-ty girl to pull out a plum. "Nancy Etticote" with her golden curls and pretty white gown was the belle of th6 evening, i 'Simple Simon" was bright enough to knew her, but" she thought "Tom" the "Piper's fkm" was more attractive -as he let her taste of his chocolate pig as he played on his pipe for them to dance. "Peter Pumpkin-Eater" was so late L with his wife, whom he drew in a pumpkin shell, that there was little time to introduce them, and they all mareted to supper singing to the tuna of "Mistress Mary's bells." . It was a real "Mother Goose" Supper Sup-per with "whlU bread and butter, "hot cross buns," pink slices of ham, a large plate of tarts, candied plums, and a pail of water. "Curly Locks' could not bring strawberries and cream, so they bad strawberry ice cream with pat-a-cakes that the "Baker Man" made. At a signal from "Mother Goose" "Boy Blue" blew his horn, and everybody every-body went upstairs. Curtains were drawn across the doorway leading into the library. The curtains parted, and there was a big nest with a monstrous goose sitting sit-ting upon it, then "Mother Goose" made a little speech which made them all laugh. The goose put her bill into the nest and pulled out a little golden egg. The nest must have been full, for there was an egg for every one of the children. When they went home they all said that there was nothing quite so nice as a "Mother Goose" nartv. Conversation Without Words. The traveler in a foreign land is not necessarily helpless because he does not know the language. Nor was a correspondent of the Chicago Record, who admits that when he entered Italy his nine words of French and fifteen fif-teen words of German were of no great use to him. He says: In Genoa I went Into a photograph er s shop and selected a dozen photo graphs. I pointed at the photographs and looked at him inquiringly, which meant, 'How much?" He nodded his head and wrote "14" on a slip of paper. I nodded, signifying, "I will take them." He walked over to calendar hanging hang-ing on the wall and pointed to 29; then he walked back and picked up the photographs and shook his head, which clearly meant that he could not allow me to take the ones I had' selected, se-lected, but would have others printed by the 29th. Thereupon I pointed to 25 on the cal endar, and said "Roma," which meant that I should depart for Rome on that date. He nodded and then pointed to 30 and asked, "Eh?" which meant, "Shall you be in Rome until the 30th?" I nodded violently. "Hotel?" he asked. I wrote my Rome address on a slip of paper. In making change he held out one lira. "Poste," he explained. Then I departed. Ordinarily a shopper shop-per selecting a dozen photographs to be printed to order and forwarded to him at the next town would spend ten minutes or more in making inquiries and giving directions. Our total of conversation was just five words. New Use for Blotting. The use of blotting-paper for cleaning clean-ing machinery iSta new idea, but It has been tried In the German workshops, and found to answer well, says-Ahe Engineering En-gineering and Mining Journal. - Tow, woolen refuse, sponge cloths and jute waste are the materials usually us-ually employed for the cleaning of machines ma-chines and parts of engines which are soiled by dust and lubricating substances. sub-stances. The better varieties of cotton waste are very good for scouring purposes, pur-poses, but the cheaper grades are charged with dust, and in using them a sponge cloth, specially manufactured for the purpose, has to be resorted to. In employing blotting paper for scouring purposes the use of cotton waste Is decreased, and the sponge cloths are entirely dispensed with. On an average the German workman received re-ceived under the former system two hundred and fifty grams of cotton waste, one new sponge cloth, and one or two renovated ones every week. Now he is supplied with one hundred and fifty grams of cotton waste and about eight or ten sheets of blotting paper, at a cost of two and a half cents, or one-third the cost of the cotton cot-ton waste. t The paper is not only chap-.but it does not soil the machinery wL ves and dust, as do thwoolen reiv6 the sponge cloths. It is also lesscom"-bustible lesscom"-bustible than other cleanirur materials, and if it ghould be caught in the machinery ma-chinery while engines in motion are being cleaned, it tears easily, and the workmen run no risk of having their hands drawn Into the machinery. Numeral Names. In view of the abundance of material mate-rial from which to select and the illimitable il-limitable field of invention, there seems to be no good reason for descending de-scending to the numerals to designate towns and villages in this country, yet there are at least thirteen post-offices post-offices jp the United States that possess pos-sess no other official name than that of a common numeral: Here they are: Seven, Tenn.; Fourteen, W. Va.; Fifteen, Fif-teen, O.; Sixteen, Mont.; Seventeen, O.; Thirtynine, Ala.; Fortyeight, Tenn.; Seventysix, Ky.; Seventysix, Mo.; Seventysix, Pa.; Eightyfour, Pa.; Eightyeight, Ky., and ninetysix, S. C. This list does not include Quarter, Quar-ter, Tenn.; Duo, Tenn.; Duo, W. Va., or Ninetimes, S. C. To Operate a Kite Camera. The camera is pointed at the earth before it is sent Into the air, and when aloft a special very thin line, distinct om the kite cable, pulls the lever that snaps the shutter. The camera, which Is rigidly braced into a fixed position by an inclosing frame, is suspended sus-pended about 100 feet below the group of tandem kites, which radiate or branch from the main kite cable like the branches of a tree. When a sufficient suffi-cient number of kites have been added to produce a maximum lift of seventy pounds then the camera Is sent aloft and the shutter ,line i3 pulled when he operator thinks it opportune. The World's 860 Languages. Statistics gathered by a French geog-rsepher geog-rsepher show that 860 different languages lan-guages are used in the world now and that these are subdivided into 5,000 dialects. Europe has 89 languages; Africa, 114; Asia, 123, and America, 417. The remaining 117 belong to the large and small islands of the world, particularly those of the south seas. Many of those islands have their own distinctive language, although they are close to others in many instances i fa To Catch the Public. - First Capitalist I understand are forming a trust for the ir ture of a new bicycle. Secc 1st Yes, that's so. First rppe? Second Capitalist Yo' 1 1 if-' i First Capitalist Cer"" ond Capitalist We'l Trust." Cincinnati 4H.i- - V "Where shall wr TT-ui k '-?5'.'S' Uici t til BJJ UC, J conversation. - f I V t 13 M 1 C - |