Show FARM PRODUCE VALUES the american agriculturist has pro pared a comparative table of farm ial ui s acreage production and prices of the staple crops for a series of the three deaia taken tor special comparison are 1904 1901 and 1901 is taken as an average year as a low year and 1904 is the r prosperous year that american agriculture has ever known there ly a difference in value be the receipts to the farmer and t n bulling price ai bbown by the pro duc exchange quotations in chicago find new york the chicago exchange being nearer the primary marle fixes the selling price which Is lean than the new york selling price iv ie average freight rate eastern ta mars shipping direct to new york e h 0 er the western farm e whatever the difference differ enca in gu may be but they have little to rio h fixing ahe prices as their pro buc ion of the si aple crops I 1 a minor adf tor the loial value at the farm of tha staple crops was in 1896 in 1901 and n thus the total of tho dav seasons crops la almost double ibar 0 the 1898 yield an increase in bajue out p all proportion to the increase in production the comparison of bushel farm values this mare marked corn is eeling tor twice what it did in 1836 wheat for one third more potatoes tor two thirds more hay tor a third more the values at the farm of cattle hogs ano sheep have not increased la proportion to values of crops the increased value of the horses on tho farms in eight years about equals the national debt since cattle and chrep have decreased in farm va ue and the number of cows hogs and shepp is less than it was three years ago this ia an indication Indi cAtlon that tho tarm ara not satisfied with the prices uey are getting tor meat mill butter and cheese aej that the supply of uese will diminish until there is an equalization of alues to the farmer it pys the farmer better in cash re iuna 0 o beell all his grain and hay at tao present prices than to teed them to live stock except horses it would seem from these figures that the policy of the meat trust in Jo the prices it charges tor beef corb and mutton will result in a continued diminution of the meat supply 01 ahe united stales and will thus insure the continuance of higher aal higher prices to be paid by the con umer american agriculturists figure the value of farm products m aw a almost equally d idad between crops and alvo stock i tip remarkable conclusion of this crop 3 that in ten years there has been hardly any appreciable increase in the quantity of staple crops produced except iri cotton even in such products ot leaa total value as onions hops and cranberries the quantity produced in tho past year Is almost exactly alie same as tho production ot ten years ago the prosperity of the farmer ha has s not come from larger production but from higher prices THE ART OP EATING A scientist has lately established the physiological importance of the mental state on digestion and has shown that delicacies produce secretion of gastric juice as eoon as they arc perceived by the eye even before they are eaten the food must bot only be palatable but must be served in an attractive atti active manner with fine dishes table decorations ac in eating lie feaks take time to chew our cooj thoroughly tins a double purpose 1 through tho act ot mastication tho coarser particles ot food are broken up more saliva is secreted and thoroughly mixed alth the food the digestion 0 starch is thus materially aided and the prote ids are made moro easily accessible to the action of tha gastric juice water should accompany each meal it increases the appetite and the enjoyment of food after eating we should rest a little while benoie to our work such directions as these are dictated in that scientific spirit which huxley has called the spirit of organized followers ot them are more likely to enjoy life than many 0 the cranks whose ideas on food aro so strict and exclusive that very little palatable food can conscientiously be eaten by them WELL EARNED REST mr christian D hagerty the associated press correspondent at port arthur during the last eleven months has been granted a rest and wa directed to come home and take it easy for a while he is the man that had to run the gauntlet of the japanese army and navy in sending liis als latches to america he carried his life in his hands at all times and that he was not killed or captured li a miracle lie will undoubtedly tell some interesting stories when he reaches american soil again probably not acte halt 0 his dispatches ever crossed the atlantic ocean mr george denny who has been the associated press correspondent with the russian army commanded by gen kuropatkin also has been granted a ls predecessor waa killed at liao yang and while dying wrote ha famous dispatch telling ot the russian defeat and retreat to mukden the associated press Is the only news gathering concern on earth that has its agents with both the japanese and russian armies all the other news gathering concerns pilfer the important news from the associated press dispatches the standard examiner are the only papers diftler one management that receive both the day and night the dispatches ot the associated press PRESIDENT MOTHER the respect shown by dent loubet of franco to his mother has been likened to that ot president carfield and president mckenley ame mme loubet was only a peasant her mode of life and manner ot thought forbade that she should ever be anything else but M loubet never forgot eliat whatever she might be to the rest cf the world she was his mother cicero replied to sneers at his bumble family by saying ho was his own ancestor napoleon asked by the austrian courte whose princess he had asked in marriage tha date of bl patent of nobility replied that it dates froin the battle ol 01 montenotte I 1 am the rudolph ot of my jine montenotte Montc notte was the first battle ill which be had been an absolute commander and hla luckless foe had afon the austrian lord bulwer a een student ot the social bide ot life said it was vulgar to cut ones family but bow luany successful men do it to mrs garfield her always james to mrs kanley her boy was always william to ame mme loubet the president was only aenlle an excel lent sermon against snobbishness are these exhibitions ot sano and homely affection you heavy for contempt atlanta constitution what 1 cant unpei aland said uncle uben is hy a magdat bets on dream tips takes so much credit tor ense when he happens to win washington star HIS SAD FEIGHT she stood with a stone paperweight paper weight and soaked him three times on the it Is just striking three my dear hubby said slie dij you know it was getting so houston post POSTEn iTYS REVENGE foreign visitor in ho year 2050 you dont seem to have any family tn es in this country native american no our ancestors destroyed the last of our forests moie than a hundred years ago chicago tribune HER LAUDABLE DESIRE ah said the earl 1 I am afraid you are marrying me merely for my title oh dear no lepied the heiress its merely because i want to see that dear oll c aatlo of youia impaired be foie it Is an utter ru ln chicago fcc ord |