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Show CHICAGO WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT THE HUMOR OF LIFE. OF INTERNATIONAL KINDERGARTEN UNION. Mrs. Alice H. Putnam o Chicago, has been elected president of the Inunion. The ternational Kindergarten election was held at Boston, where the organization, however, was conferred upon a western woman. The Vice other officers chosen were: Presidents, Mrs. Laliah B. Pingree, Boston, and Miss Nora A. Smith, New York; corresponding secretary and Miss Fanniebell Curtis, treasurer, Brooklyn; recording secretary, Miss Evelyn A. Holmes, Charleston, S. C.; auditor. Miss Harriet Niel, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Putnam has long been prominent in kindergarten work. frodlfloai Fore of a Cyclone. Careful estimates of the force of a cyclone and the energy required to hurricane in ackeep the tive operation reveal the presence of a power that makes the mightiest efforts of man appear as nothing In comparison. A force fully equal to over 400,000,000 horse power was estimated as developed in a West Indian cyclone. This is about fifteen times the power than can be developed by all tile means within the range of mans capabilities during the same time. Bead Speeches of Statesmen. The small attention paid to most speakers in the senate and house of representatives is often commented on by visitors to the galleries. But while speakers are not listened to they are read. A great many senators and representatives read not only newspaper reports of congressional proceedings, but the official report contained In the Record as well. They devote the first hours of the morning to this labor. full-fledg- Alligators and Crocodile. The alligator never leaves fresh water, while the crocodile often goes to sea, and in the West Indies has sometimes been found many miles from land, heading directly for an island, possibly out of sight. GEN. BRUGERE, A Heat from a Star. The star Arcturus, the hottest of celestial bodies, gives us as much heat as a standard candle sis miles away. This fact was ascertained by the radiometer, an instrument which will show the amount of heat given off from a mans face at 2,000 feet HEAD OF THE FRENCH ARMY. TO PAY VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. Worm In Turkey. From Farmers Review; ln answer the first query of Mr. Phelps, the powders administered to turkeys for intestinal worms are not a preventive. Some worm remedies, like arecanut, may kill the tapeworms and thus cause their removal, but they are not a preventive. Second. To my knowledge very little true experimentation has been done with worm remedies upon turkeys or owls of any description, and little is known about it Third. The life history of tapeworms in turkeys is not known and the special secondary host in which the young 'tapeworms may spend the larval portion of their existence is still in doubt Such is the nature of parasitic Id vasions of fowls and turkeys and such the Intricacies of the investigation, that it will be long before any adequate investigation is made. You may assure your correspondent that parasites, however, may be diminished ln number by the care that he takes of his turkeys. In the first place, the hens should be set, if possible, upon grounds that have not been frequented to a great extent by them. If at all. The coops of the turkeys that are used for the first few days should be moved rather frequently. The little ones had best be fed outside the pen that holds the mother or preferably they should be fed ln a separate pen into which the hen could not get. As soon as they begin to be able bo run around to any great extent I believe that they should be either taken to another field or at least not allowed to frequent the places where the larger turkeys are most apt to be. Fields that were in cultivation during the last year would probably be more free from contamination than others. I do not know that your correspondent has such a practice but I regard the feeding of turkeys near the house as a means of concentrating the Infection and enabling the young turkeys to get more of it. I have written above that the parasites the tapeworms necessarily have some secondary host in which they spend their larval existences. It is quite probable that these larvae come from the old tapeworms in the turkeys. It is quite evident therefore that if we try to prevent the old turkeys having so many parasite and handling them so that the chances of theic communicating them are less, they will be handled ln the best manner. That is to say, if the chances of the secondary host becoming infected are reduced, the chances of the young turkeys becoming infected will be reduced. Medication of the old tirkeys before setting with any successful remedy would help toward this end. Cooper Curtice, Biologist Rhode Island Experiment Station. Poultry Point Picked Up. Mr. Johnston has come to the con- clusion that windows in the roofs are not advisable. Believing them to be the proper thing he used them in the roof of his brooder house. The result was that during much of the winter time the houses were dark on account of the windows being covered with ice or snow. In the warm days of fall and spring the objection is also that the sun pours in and raises the temperature to too high a point, the thermometer in building sometimes registering as high as 120 degrees. He will discard these windows for side windows. The floors of the poultry house are well adapted to keep out moisture and rodents. There Is a board floor some distance above the ground, and on this floor is a layer of eight Inches of sand. This sand is cleaned two or three times a year by running it through a wire screen of fine mesh. The sand does not appear to get filthy. On top of this is a thin layer of chaff, into which the grain is thrown. This is done in the morning, the soft feed being fed the last thing at night. Mr. Johnston used to feed the soft feed in the morning, but found the birds stood around too much for Borne hours after breakfast He wanted them to work more so he reversed his order of feed' ing. The arrangements in the main poultry house are of the best and show an appreciation of the fact that the successful running of a poultry estab lishment requires that all the labor saving devices possible be adopted. The windows are double glazed to keep out the cold ln winter and swing from the top. The roosts are all ad justable, and are mounted on metal standards ln cups of oil. No lice can Since he was discovered by by any possibility pass from the hens President Carnot less than ten years to the floor or from the floor to the hens. Between the two points are ago and made secretary general at ths of oil. This will be Elysee, he has steadily advanced io impassable poolsour poultry readers by positions of great Importance, includ appreciated that have had to fight lice year in and Governor of of that Paris, during ing out The roosts in use consist of the critical times following the returs year sides up. Mr. Johnston of Dreyfus from Devils Island, until he would prefer roosts only three he has become the chief of the army says Inches wide if he could get them, as that width is more suited to the feet of the hens. The nests are under the Chunk of Culeu Information. roosts in closed boxes, and under the Camille Flammarion, n the French astronomer, has an nest boxes are boxes about eight nounced the fact that 1,000,000,000 inches high. This Is the basis of a minutes since the beginning of the scheme to prevent the hens from getThe Christian era had elapsed on Friday ting into their drinking water. last at 6:10 p. m. Nobody probably vessel is at a good height for the purthe hens to experienced any sensation whereby the pose of allowing distance from drink its top billionth minute of the Christian era out of it, but the could be differentiated from any that to the bottom of the nest box above is makes went before or that have come after. only about four Inches and this to use it for The man who knows how many com- It impossible for biddy mas there are in the bllle or how many bathing her feet times the article a is repeated in We notice that some of our conShakespeare will doubtless seize this temporaries are discussing the occhunk of French astronomical wisdom tagonal silos. We think if any one with gusto. tetermlned to build a silo of this or-lwill go to Champaign, and see the Canada Make. Mach Cheese. as an experiment by the There are today in Canada some eld silos built he will change college, agricultural with an 3,000 cheese factories, annual his mind and determine not to build aggregate output of 180,000,000 pounds a silo of that kind. After being used of cheese, or an average of about 60, for some years the silos at the Illinois 000 pounds per factory. Agricultural college are to be torn down and new ones of a different form The Mather rink constructed. A Chicago woman has declined a trusschool for nomination proffered Occasionally a man succeeds In tee on the ground that her two-yethe world, but, unfortunately, startling mires all her time. old baby he eaut keep it startled very long. , m At the head of the French mission to attend the dedication of the monument in Washington, as officially announced, is the name of Gen. Brugere, the commander-inchie- f of Frances army, and vice president of the superior council of war. Gen. Brugere is regarded as the strongest man in the French army of JimN Settled It. in a rural Scotch district were one day discussing what sign it was when the cuckoo is heard for the first time in the year. One of them said it was a sign of getting married, while the other said it was a sign that you were going to be rich. A farmer, overhearing them, said, That cannot be true, because I have heard it many times, and I am not married yet, and I am certainly not rich. Just then a local worthy, known as Daft Jamie, was passing by, and the farmer said: Jamie, can you tell us what sign it is when you hear the Yes, cuckoo for the first timet said Jamie, as he took his pipe from his mouth, tls a sign youre not Two boys deaf. as 1 Hmnlnc of Butt's By A small boy in London was asked to give the various meanings of the expression bulls eye." Having written down all the ordinary meanings quite accurately, he continued: There Is yet another bulls eye, as when you go up in a balloon you are said to have w--?. bun1 "ye everything. to-da- y. And Bo Cot - I. I You have a lovely hand, remarked the youth, as he grasped the fair maidJOKES AND JESTS GROUND OUT BY en's hash mixer. THE OFFICIAL HUMORISTS. Do you really think so?" she queried in a tone that was calculated to push him over the hurdle. Sea Captain Ha Bis Own Uaa of Thats what, answered the unsusPirate Pst Explains Bis Seeming i pecting victim of circumstances, Professional Hen Tell of admire a beautiful hand, but mine is Discourtesy a Troublesome Tr.o. apt to be mistaken for a ham. I wish I had one like yours. Then, suggested the willing maid, Bad a Use for Him. what's the matter with bracing up The photographer labored Indusand asking for it? triously. He got out a jumping-jac- k P. S They are now selecting the and various other toys, and in the v course of half an hour or so he had furniture. the baby crowing and laughing. Then Th Proper Adjective. he took the picture. Miss Mobile Well, Martha, how is Youre a wonder, said the father. I flatter myself, returned the phoyour husband now? Martha Poly, miss, po'ly. Hes got tographer, that I am pretty good at that exclamatory rheumatism. my business. Miss Mobile You mean inflammaThe best ever, asserted the father. 'If you can do that with the baby as tory rheumatism, Martha. Exclamaregular thing, Id give you board and tory is to cry out. Martha (with solemn conviction) lodging free just to have you ln my Thats it, mum, thats It! He dont do house nights. Christian Regisnothing but holler. ter. Netnrally He Was Interested. You talk mighty glib about the corruption in this ward, Interrupted a Ready for the Dramatist sallow faced man in the audience. Here Husband That is strange! What business is it of yours? Have are four of Clyde Fitchs plays printyou got any permanent Investments in ed in this morning's paper. this ward? Wife How is that? Yes, I have, thundered the orator. Husband Well, theres a kleptoFellow citizens, I once lent that man maniac story on the front page, a will a dollar. contest on the second, a funeral on He was not Interrupted again. the third, and a christening on the fourth. , Talk Over tha Telephone. Do you believe that man will ever be able to talk over the telephone without wires? Pshaw, man! Whats the matter with you? I beat that all hollow yesterday when the local companys agent called to persuade me to put one ln my house. We talked over the telephone for an hour without even talking on the same line! yrfffnr A Troublesome Trio. The most troublesome member of my flock, said the parson, is a young woman who wants a husband. My most troublesome client, said woman the lawyer, is a middle-age- d who wants a divorce. The most troublesome patient I have, said the physician, is a spinster of uncertain age who doesn't know what she wants. Thought Money Mot Lost. Mr. Lakeside (gloomily) The bookkeeper has run off with all my money, and we may have to go to the No need of that, It my you of Pat. River-enc- drink. ar Odd Drinking Cnp. When every man got drunk and was proud of it, in olden days, much ingenuity was expended In the construction of queer and elaborate drinking vessels, and many such are yet to be found in museums, especially in Germany. One, preserved ln a Berlin museum, represents Diana mounted on a stag and surrounded by hounds and huntsmen. The cup consists of the hollow bodjr of the silver stag, the head of which Is removable. The piece stands 14 Inches high. It was made at Augsburg in 1610. It Is also an automobile, propelled by clockwork concealed ln the base. Trick cups, which drenched the uninitiated, were very popular. Another variety contained wine and water in separate compartments. The drinker who did not know how to manage them filled his mouth with water, though the cup was apparently full of wine. The glass with the fighting hares, In The Inventor's Modern Way. strug- gling Inventor." It wont do, answered the abruptInventors dont ly critical friend. struggle nowadays. They let the people who are eager to buy stocks do the struggling. Bis Heart, Cassidy Phwere did ye git that pipeful o terbacker? .Casey From Clancy, beyanL Cassidy Well, well, did he open his heart t ye? Casey Open his heart? My, oh! my! has he got a terbacker heart? A Boston Girl. You would hardly call Granger d Miss Pole a very person? On the Farmer Warm-heartecontrary, she is awfully cold. If she should shed a tear, you may be sure it would be a hailstone. warm-hearte- All In Imagination. Young Husband Im just about dead putting down this carpet Wife The carpet Is not heavy. No, but I have to work ln such a cramped position. Nonsense! Just imagine you are on your bicycle. ' Thrown Against It. He is satisfied now that this is a hard, hard world. Why, hes rich, and has everything he could wish for. I know, but hes been thrown out of his automobile several times lately." Plrato. bad, so as to have something Interesting to talk about when you grow up. Life. The Cost of Flog Poo. She What does a game of ping pong cost? He Well, the last game I know any thing about cost me $4 for plate glase, $2 for gas globes, and the friendship of a sweet girl I chanced to hit in the eye. ' Mo Intention to IiCATS Stern Parent I suppose you are aware, young man, that I cease to provide for my daughter when she leaves my roof? Suitor Oh yes; we have settled about that Berthan and I. We have decided to make our home with you. , Too Late. When I was your age I didnt have the advantages you have, said the father sagely. Well, father, replied the son, Its too late to kick about it now. Yoiij those should have thought about things at the time. NumUmAtle Notes friend Upson Downes (showing through Wall street) See that elderly gentleman over there? Hes one of tha greatest coin collectors ln the country. Thats so? Who Is he? Russell Sage. New York Times. Mews and Basin ess. Mrs. Jones (new member) Is your sewing society lively? Mrs. Brown (the secretary) I think so; sometimes the ladles gossip so that I dont get to read the minutes for three meetings. Detroit Free Press. On the BUlvIUe Border. You were horn in Georgia? Yes, suh. Dat what dey tells me. And raised there? "Well, suh, dey tried ter raise me once, but de rope broke. Atlanta Constitution. Miss Romantlque (on shipboard) Oh! by the way, captain, were you ever boarded by a pirate? Capt. G ruffe Yes, and she charged me $6 a day for a room on the sixth floor. The Very Cremm. Friend You had a very fashionable audience, didnt you? Pianist Yes; at one time there was not a single person in the room who waa listening. The Count's Impression. Aeeoontd For. Edith They say her husband, the Gladys Why is it that ministers count, acts dreadfully. , usually marry so young? Ethel Yes; seems to think he waa Harold Oh, thats the only game of admitted to the United States free of chance theyre allowed to play. Puck. duty. Life. STldant Relationship. The father of the three children, Alice May Burst, James Wood Burst and Henry Will Burst 1b evidently lated to a dynamite factory. Hnd Mot Ronehod tho Limit, Customer This steak is the tough est thing Ive ever had here, waiter. Walter (confidentially) Then you1 aint tried our roast chicken, sir. the same museum, belonged to Fred-ric- h Wilhelm I. 'the hares represent two of his ministers and boon com- panions.' ht ss si Waste In Writing. In typewriting 500 letters you waste Dear Sir and one hour in writing Yours very truly. Now the total annual number of letters sent through the post all over the world la 8,000,000,-00- 0. Of course this is not all commercial correspondence, nor is It all typewritten, but for the purpose of having some statistical starting point it will be assumed that it Is. To write Dear Sir and Yours very truly for this number of letters would take one typist 16,000,000 hours, allowing 300 working days to the year, about 6,700 years. To translate this into an approximation of Its money value, allowing $10 as the salary of the typist and eight hours as the average days work, the cost would be $3,350,000. Gold In an Onion Patch. George Martin has a little plot of ground back of his home at Jeffersonville, Ind., in which he planted onion sets a short time ago. The sunshine of Sunday started them to growing. Thinking the freeze of Monday night might have killed his little patch, Martin went out to see what damage had been done. To his surprise he e gold dollar wedged found an ln one of the onion tops and being pushed up out of the ground. The coin bore the date of 1858, but when or how it got Into the garden is not . ) known. Tortoise Is a Monser. A Philadelphia woman who dislikes both cats and mice has discovered a novel substitute for one as an exterminator of the other. This substitute Is nothing more or less than an ordinary land tortoise. Ever since last summer, when the tortoise was added to the family circle by the womans youngest son, aged 9, she has noticed that the mice, with which the house had previously been overrun, were gradually disappearing. It was not until the other day, how ever, that she discovered the cause, About Pegasus. She was sitting very quietly with some was a winged horse which Pegasus and the which tortoise, fancy workj and -has the liberty of the house, was ap- sprung from the blood of Medusa, Muses. and the to Apollo parently asleep In a corner. Presently belonged a stroke of his hoof the fountain a little mouse made Its appearance, Fj-oMount on and the tortoise opened its beady eyes. Klppocrene burst forth He was caught by Bellero-pho- n Round and round ran the mouse, get- Helicon. who destroyed the Chlmaera ting nearer and nearer the tortoise as though fascinated. Finally it was with his aid. But when Bellerophon on his within striking distance. The tortoise attempted to ride to heaven darted out its head, there was a snap back he threw him off and ascended he was of the jaws, a tiny little squeak, tnd alone to the skies, where constellation. a changed Into the mouse was dead. Then the tortoise calmly and dellb Church Belt erately set to work, says the Phlladel Stole Tbousand-Ponn- d phia Record, to eat its victim. The young ladles of the Parkville (L. I.) Congregational church by givSea. the la Piece Deep ing a long series of oyster suppers Some surprising ocean depths ancT entertainments finally raised $60J, around Porto Rico have been discov- with which they purchased a thousand ered by officers of the United States pound bell. The bell was left standdispatch boat Dolphin, who are mak- ing In front of the church awaiting its elevation to the tower, but ln ths ing soundings. These seem to confirm the theory night it was stolen. Now the girls are looking for the man who walked-ofheld by hydrographers that the Atlan beiL Porto of Rico with that half-to-n ln the vicinity tic and Bermuda is of the greatest known Host Mot Play BlUlard. depressed area, except that in some few places in thaPaciflc. Reports reThs playing of billiards by student ceived at the navy department in has been prohibited by the State AgWashington from the Dolphin state ricultural college of Oregon. The was by resolution of the faculty, that the record of 4.561 fathoms obtained by the Blake in 1882 has been and makes suspensiun the penalty, surpassed by one made about seventy of violation of the rule. In making miles westward of the position of the the announcement in chapel President greatest previously discovered depth Gatch said an examination of the colin the North Atlantic. The Dolphin lege records showed that 80 per cent found bottom after 4,662 fathoms (over of the failures In class work were by five miles) of wire had been run out students who frequented billiard halls. This Is said to be the deepest spot so As Intelligent Bird. far found ln the entire Atlantic. The yakamik, or trumpeter, of VeneAs compared with depths ascertained ln other parts of the world, these zuela, a fowl of the crane species. Is soundings indicate that the next deep- a bird of extraordinary lntelligeace. est places found In the Atlantic are ln The natives use It Instead of sheep the Caribbean Sea south of the Great dogs for guarding and herding theta Cayman, where the oceans bottom wa3 flocks. It is said that, however far ths touched at 3,284 fathoms. yakamik may wander with the flock The deepest known spot ln the it never falle to find Its way home at South Atlantic ocean is a place of night, driving before it all the crea4,030 fathoms, lying eleven miles south ture Intrusted to its care. i of the equator off the Brazilian coast i Move! Scheme of Dentist. The most depressed portion of the A Berlin dentist was sentenced the crust of the earth so far recorded is ln other day to five years Imprisonment.' the North Pacific ocean, and was a fine of 1,000 marks ($238) and flvi by Lieut Commander H. M. years loss of titles and privileges for, Hodges in the Nero, who measured a overcharging, cheating and Injuring depth of 6,269 fathoms. This deprespatients, as well as compelling them sion is nearly equalled ln depth by an to sign contracts while under the inarea lying a short distance east of the fluence of anaesthetics. !, Kermadec Islands in the South Pacific ocean, where the British ship Penguin No man wars for God at his owUj ran out 6,142 fathoms of line in 1895. charges. old-tim- ' ao-tl- on I f. On a Grant Oeaan Linar. The Oceanic, says a London newspaper, recently had her full complement of passengers. She carried ni fewer than 357 first class passengers, thirty-eigmaids and valets, 251 second class and 1,300 third class pasThe first-clasengers. passengersi 40 a head, reckoning them at amounted to 14,280. The maids and valets, reckoning them at 12 a head, amounted to 456. The second-clapassengers, reckoning them at 10 a 2,590, and th head, amounted to third-clai passengers, who pay The totai 7,800. apiece, realized 25,126. reaches This, of course, i independent of the profit on wines, spirits, cigars and the like. The cost of running the Oceanic is about x 7,000. Useleif Expense, "I am writing a story of a dians held full sway these birds decid- - ' ed upon this spot as a summer resort As time went on and no white man had the temerity to disturb them they became sole owners, until now this Island is pointed out from passing boats as one of the curiosities of the . J country. It Is estimated that 3,000 cranes make there home there in the summer season, and they can be seen wading out in the water, ducking their long necks, and heard emitting a peculiar squawk to warn off Intruders. The nests are made of very large sticks and are often the size of a bushel basket They are usually built on some substantial tree. In the years that have passed since this region was first settled by white men only one oi two attempts have been made to land on the Island, and these have resulted disastrously. ss Drug Clerk We dont happen td have the drugs named In this prescription, but we have others just as good. Customer I suppose thats all right;, but what a fool I was to pay the doctor $3 for that prescription. Thats what bothers me. well-know- er one-four- th three-fourt- for church, $689? asked the treasurer of the official board. That is for the Easter flowers, explained the chairman. "What did you do? Try to get a hat for the building? Judge. e, price All Kinds of Like tew set erround th fire Glowin, warm an' red. After all th fambilee Hev gone off tew bed; Like tew set an tank an nod Tord th' sparks thet leap awake Jes erobut An' asleep. Was Millinery. To flowers Priest Pat, didnt you see me hurFor Future Reference rying, after you before you ran lifto were you very bad when Aunt Alice,, that saloon? Why didnt you stop you were little? long enough for me to speak to you? No, indeed, my dear! I tried to be Pat (wiping his mouth with the good. very back of his hand) Sure, your Well, I think its much better to be I had the of one only In Minnesota there Is a picturesque Island that is uninhabited by man and given up to the cranes. When the In- e. dear. Well get a divorce, and marry the woman who got $50,000 out of you in that breach of promise suit, and Ill marry the bookkeeper. The Discretion Cranes the Only Inhabitants. Jes a little sting; Like tew watch th children play 'Round me on th floor, Whlle I eat my apples up Clean down tew th' core. Whats that bill: Charley, dear, said young Mrs. Tor-kin- s, for me to pay several dollars to watch an actress for a few hours. Well, to be candid, it does strike me as a little steep. But It Isnt so bad, Charley, dear, as paying $40 or $50 to see a horse run once around a race track, is it, honestly? Mrs. Lakeside baicherated thru. Like tew set erround th' fire: Warm es fast. Drinkln cider when It's got Clerk Here Is some delicious cough , candy. Miss Wlseleigh But I havent a delicious cough. And Charles Was Silent. I suppose you think it is very silly, poor-hous- The deepest place ln the Indian ocean, according to United Seates surveys Is where about 3,293 fatbomi have been found. In the Antarctic regions the greatest soundings taken show 1,995 fathoms, and ln the ArctU ocean a depth of 2,650 fathoms has been reported. Aroond the Hearth. Like tew set erround th fire These here chilly nights. When th dafiblame wind outside Kind o' snarls an bites; Lika tew kind o set and soak In th heat, I do, Tel I'm kind o natcherly t |