f

h EXPERT V

| j Mew Two I Enjoyment V

• for one boy te the d for complete eatis-

s Leading Foret of That Impor- | tant Crop.

RK AT 58 A WEEK

I IN STUDYING NAT Good Old Mother iDvertabty Willing to Give Aeeletance to Induetrieue Mankind. It U enpposed the moletura In the earth mutt bare an Inflneace upon the atmoephere, and eepedally upon the moisture In our air, and there must be some powsr or hidden force that draws more moisture to the surface when there is an approaching condition which Is apt to produce precipita-

tion.

In some mountainous sections tne sudden Increase In streams of water

Cue boj wore one skate on hla foot is more noticeable, and miners who I In conventional fashion. The other i are Marching for gold and other valu-

Two roller s customary demd

faction passer*.

ty-fourth street tl boys and one roller skate in thorough working cooperation They were sliding down «the slope of Murray hill, as happily aa might be. and with a maintenance of balanco truly wonder-

ful t

i. Gathered From Numer-1 Sants and SkHIfuliy E Rank With Thome § the Government. HARD SPILLaNE.' ant to Wall street 11 a stork for |S a week has ted authority i on cotton—a a thousand mill or more a year to the, times, as a ret which she issuer, the iHcw Orleans, New York, d Havre are violently agii buy and sell tens of t bales, risk hundreds of t .dollars and the change s of cotton means millions j to the growers and the ■ Thousands of men accept j with as great a faith aa gt of the United States govthe preparation of which a j a employed In Washington. 1 I alone. She Bits in an office I t that looks out on a | b by aVyacrapeis. The post- j s than 80.000 pieces r a year to her. She correspondents scattered ; the cotton belt She is f of the soil, a student of the 1 a student of cotton, the i is a statistician par triad has made for uerself a B ths business world that Is r one of her aex. t to Wall street r M. Giles. She la a r with the gray beginning She was horn r Orange county. N. Y. She sled In the public schools, r has been to college, as a ( had a bent for mathematics -sltien. The Gtl«>« family s one. There were eight 1. six girl* and two boya. Evf of the girts hai become a aucisineas woman. * She Got Her Start. j»n who gave Kate Giles her » had worked In the agriculuat in Washington. He a New York and opened a atarau to furnish reports on . flax, oats and cotton. I principal work of Misa Odea » rule paper according to the | of this man and then copy the |l ca be worked them oat. She be vas wonderfuir Being f Interested in his business, she y studied bis methods of arrivt Ibg condition of the various R(s health was poor and she j she could to lighten The first recognition jhe ,t her services were appreciated rhen he gave to her the key to T bet In the poet office. That ■trong evidence of cod fide nee. for p statistician must be most care f Ms correspondence. UtUe by ja her duties were enlarged. In the | year of her service her .employer Hi* work was e than he could attend to and he r gave up reporting on corn, let, oats and flax. She took charge ;on. She made up the tells crop and -ect them out e until he died. With the death of her employer she pad to look for another position. She ? with a big cotton firm. Her : there was of a character that iraa delightful to her. Her employers J- wanted her to keep In close toucb with pvery development in the South that j affected cotton. Hawn’ his depended largely on hetself. The reputation of the firm was excellent f ind It had a good many clients In the 'otton belt, but the roost reliable in’ormation about cotton comes from tourcee that are not Intimately eon•erned with tne aixe of the crop. U was left to her to open up new flelon if coit •spundenco. What her employ > jts wanted was accuracy. They judged . ner by results She remained with h this firm for two years and then reg signed to accept a similar position i Charles I). Freeman, who wi r ihe board man for Price, McCormi [ ft Co. in the days when that a perhaps the largest in the col de in the world and who. when n failed, went into business for hi

a of(he

t operators on the exchange. learning more i about cotton each season I broadening mentally. She z of keen perception and t sjid a* exact and pall | Where figure* are -ncerm-d i any laboratory lertakea She was peifectlj siib Mr. Freeman as thi hly mtisfied with her as HEk^Hfter she

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| foot be held slightly aloft, and ! the foot that held the skate eat the other boy—a good-ilxed youngster of I ten or twelve, who ought to grow up 1 to be a tight-rope walker or an acroI bat He aat astride of bit friend'* ; foot aa if It had been e rocking-horse; : his own sturdy legs he stuck straight

able mineral* frequently discover rich deposits by watching stream* that have become dry. until a sudden gush of water bring* to the surface some particles of the valuable metal they

Ewes With Lambs Should Have the Best of Care.

tiy In the Spring.

Sheep Are Gentle Animal* and Are Easily Injured When They Come in Contact With More** a <d

The ewe* that are to lamb should have special cxre. They should b» separated from the flock and given an extra grain rat km. Oats, bran and crushed conj make a good feed for the ewe. She will grow strong and the lacteal organa win be baalth) . The ewe* should not be turned out very muddy weather, for If the

is done propexty. > aa old aa 15 years, ft irciaeary to cut back the lew severely sad leave aa muck of a root ayalesn aa possible It may bwsomewhat difficult to take up a rise of that age aa tke roots have quite a ’ sprred A Urge bole xhoald be deg

mil

be wen

Iclcs of the valuable metal they u ^ ar * uable to mire looking for, Indicating rlcffi de- j down ind ^ unable to extricate P 0 * ttl , ' themselves. At least they are liable Nature quite frequently assists In- > lo ^ y,,.,,, w00 , bedraggled with

out in front of him, and with both dustrlous mankind in finding the rju< j«jj water, bo’ it is host to keep hands he clung vaUantly to hU 1 things sought after, and unless nature llje|n j n m dry | ol when turned 6i

with tbe food. snspUnna* may be done vtthar la the fall or .erly spring before (be sap begin* to flow if It is no* desired to move the oMw vine* tbey can be propagated fdtbar by cuttings or by layering, and a targ* number of new plants secured at small

friend's knee.

How the other led balanced himself It la impossible to guess. But balance himself he did—trith one hand thrown out Just a trifle. He pushed himself atong when necessary with the skateless fool, and with that. too. be guided himself and his load. And there, in the busy part of the day—it was about eleven In the morning—on the busiest stretch of Fifth avenue, the two of them slid merrily along down the alope of the hill, and along the flat stretch toward Madison square.—New

York Times.

la carefully studied we are apt to over water lhey ghonl( i be guarded care- 1 look some very Important leads along jnjjj, k allowed to run to branch o the path* we are traversing In search for drlnll They may elip Ini of the better things of this wonderful tha water cr fet dowD tn uie muddy

old world. — Philadelphia National wtlcr

American. ; j The successful sheep raiser keep* NEAR DEATH IN UTAH DESERT ; ea, etc. Ewes are gentle animal*:

they are easily Injured when they

REPAIR OUTFIT ON WHEELS Portable Seep In Which Tools, Nall* ' I innumerable Other Things Caa

Be Placed Is Convenient.

“So You 1

Mr. Freeman iisicned thought for a moment. H a fair uiicniut to her and a trifle annoyed bccaui his clerks had asked fur

“So y«#u are

larked. I dismissed eeka ago for being She assured him she

ttsfled." He Remarked.

• i hr Gulf with as much intensity as girl does the clouds on the day of - picnic. There isn't a shower In [u*of; the South of which she doesn't keep record. There Isn't a place In any

I ht

fled. She waa anyth

■d.

He shook hi* bead. A little later he 1< desk saying that he from her engaged< ‘ ty. In other words,; The holiday v waa a sad one as she told Her mother right back and !ng had happen* turned to the about speaking toj told him If he continue "When you “you leave, work for me. ycurself. You ing ludepent >ss for yoi Mr. Freemi ntshed all Giles with of particular

aubaerti paid fo:

subscript acriptiona h kind and g ployer i_ future wiU( to have i

each i

luck as t

of the southern ftziet of which she cannot tell yon the amount of rain-

g ~ fall any day. any week or any month . dlssat- <** whole cotton year. She keep* dlssatls detailed records in regard to tempera-

ture. She keeps track of tne acreage to roiton in every county In the South

on her ! land. She watches everything In the ..ase her way of improvement In plantation the hob- work Just as she does the ravages of ;ht go. the boll weevil tad the army worm, day. It Shr knot* s the amount of fertiliser Giles. Of ihit la purchased each spring and over

r all about *hai section it la distributed,

her to gc She is conservative. She knows as if noth- • her correspondents are honeat and Giles re- sell intentioued. Probably no one was timid in the cotton world ever had a better ■man. She! lot. But she know*, as everyon# she would knows w ho has had as; thing to do bid her no. vith agricultural correspondent*, that jte," be said, the vision of the reporter is colored four ticelknt at lime* by the »entiment it the bedo better for lief of the people in hi* neighborhood.

He bad fnr« dean of Miss

arai ru Ml cat loo to them The papers he bgd

He gave this

id the paid Bub *. He was as

o her l

aay e

fcut »te faced the |b<*. It's one thing

imlag In

service J bit of |

scribe

■ fora *o.-.jh.

pied lea -ubscrlbers

Uoa to such a .-'wla a good

I She the ten nubid feared the fart tbit to mixit make aome of

„esltate. It

1 her i; predation of «s Ui come to know • from Charlo* D. •err the wrrk of a h»t lie toman waa Kata ter ten subscriber* :t**]y thing. She

f Frr-ijn and told him

hid to her th»t ahe i me service to him Hr checked her before

M ’rn f*r in her speech er i. bad given his aub-

u a stert in business i another word from

f H* :f Corraspundents. 1- aa Mias Giles has done

i her own idnas.

. district of any impor'gtou belt In which ahe - apondeut. She has *e- - jrresi’ondent* with rare, it. are cottonseed oil ttfcn. • anker*, some are mer-

^ are cotton growers some

hi gtnuers. Twelve time* a

to each of them for

o (be situation regard f in their particular neigbt coats nothing to them to i Information except the

as well as the elements of nature lo her calculation*. She- take* her tMiO reports and studies them, putting down figures and comparing them with others that ahe has already prepared. Then the has to consider these figures in the light of the acreage, tha precipitation. the amount of fertFlxer and the various other things that enter Into the making of the cofon crop. With all her figures and all her Information in hand ahe has to make her own deductions based upon her own special reasoning and her individual

Judgment

Twelve Umaa a year ahe has to do this She send* out one report tn May. two in June, two In July, two in August, two In September, ope In October. one In November and one In December. She gets out her rej*»rt from three lo five day* In advance of that of the United Slates government. bOmetlmea the government •latlatlcla.is hare blundered egregioualy. Mix Giles, working alone, has been right more times than has the agricultural department with all ll* facilities. In 1805 her reputation waa established throughout the world by reason of the verification of her prediction* by the outturn of the crop. Shu Immediately became a market factor. Since then the Giles report Is watched for with deep Interest. She has to go to extremes to safeguard it from being made public before her subscriber., receive It and before they can take

advantage of its information. Only Fourteen Subscriber*.

ONE THING HE ACCOMPUSHED ! Inebriated Bailor Got a Little 8ati*faction aa a Result of Hla Heavy Potations. Marines are eon of flroi cousins to oldie**. Mighty little difference bo- » eer. them, excepting that a marine -oesnt get seasick as a reoerrl thing, and soldier* always do when they S*t

chance.

At a local hotel where they sell tittle libation* at two-MM per, they are telling a pretty good story, abort a marine who came ashore from one of the American warship* recently end started to Invert a lot of hi* mortht pay in things they sell over the bar. says the San Frar.cisco Chronicle. He started to do this thing at the water front, where libations are a dim# apiece, and gradually worked hla way uptown to thl# hotel, where IF# twobtU a shot And In the hotel cafe he butted into hla lieutenant The lieutenant called him down In front of the entire crowd. “Brown." he aald. "you left the ship two hour* ago cold sober, end now you're lit up like e torchlight parade. Have you got any Idea you can drink all the boose In town?" “No. sbnr.” aald Brown, saluting respectfully. but unsteadily. “Town's too big to drink ll all np. sbur. but I've done sho well they're steadily raisin' the pr.ee the farther I go." Pet Colt Figure# In Divorce. A pet colt was Introduced into 'Vjj complaint of Mr*. Sarah T. Law don for divorce from Leslie I-angdon. ll was act up a# contributing to one of the many act* of cruelty charged against Mr Langdon. H# la thirtythroe and Mr* I-angdon nineteen. In the trial of her divorce action before Judge Monroe the other day M.-a Langdon said her besband threatened to sell the colt She wanted to keep It because ahe had raised 1L His threat to dispose of the colt waa to annoy her. ahe said, and thereby ahe suffered mentallyBut you can't alwayi keep the colt a pet; It will grow too big for thaL" commented the court. But In her mind, mcc a pet. always a peL The decree was granted on the ground of desertion and nonaupport.—Loa Angeles Time*.

Attorney Wandered for FWa Dxy# Without Water and With Very

Littl# Sustenance.

Famishing, crawling on hla hands anq kno's like an animal, and close

Samuel H. Baker,

prominent Denver attorney, real ee- i janjbing time. .■to ■nil mining hmker arrived nt .

come In contact with strong, rough horse* and mule*. The owner sbouM endeavor to keep the flock healthy and in prime condition, then when lambing arrives he will have a flock of strong lamb*. Ewes that are neg lected will not give good reaulta at

tate and mining broker, arrived Thompson, Utah, recently after having been lost five day* in the Utah desert, says the Denver Poet. He had been without food or water and hla onlv su-tenance camo from a small can of milk which he had put In hla pocket when he started out. Baker and M. J. Gill of Denver had gone to Salt Valley. 22 miles southeast of Thompson, to Inspect aome radium propertlea. Baker, provided only with a light Innch, hired a.horse and cart and set out alone across the

deem. Saturday night he reached a sheep camp and turned the horse out

to grass. Tha animal returned to

Thompson.

Sunda; morning Baker, falling to find hla Lorme, started out on foot In search of the animal. He i-eached his uranium claims, hut. continuing hla search for the animal, became Lope-

lessly loet.

The Woman and tha Emergency. Not now and thim, but over and over again, women prove that In emergencies they can rise to the occasion. Undtr stress of conditions that are likely to paralyse men's minds, women quickly act Instantly, and effectually achieve results that e owerTilted men would never hare thought of attempting. This waa Illustrated anew In the exploit of Mrs. Edison In rescuing the Inventor'* papers and records. To her alone, among all the throng lending willing hands, did It occur lhaf the contents of the wizard'! laboratory ere far more valuable than the 17,000,000 manufacturing plant—that hla note# of Inventions In process'of perfection were priceless. So. while the flames threatened the wife, unknown lo her husband, led the salrag* brigade that carried to safety treasure* that could not have been replaced.

One advantage of keeping aheep

the farm la that sheep manure is one of the most valuable of fertlllxcra. Its stands to reason that the more bedding that can be worked Into the manure, the larger the supply of avail-

able fertilizer will become.

Give the sheep plenty of exercise, but keep them In when It storm* A wet fleece la a sure cause of alcknes*. Sheep feel neglect more than other animals, and respond more quickly to

crreful attention

Once a week la not -mooch to salt the aheep. Hav* It where they can get what they want every day. Aa eoco aa the ewe* have all been served get the ram out He will be a nnlaar.ee from that time on Sort out the dry awe# now and aell them. They will no« pay for wintering at pre*en: price* of feed If you are pUnnlng for early lamb# flx up a good warm place for the mother eheep Don't let them out In the cold when the critical time co Sheep and young Block should never be yarded together. The young stork will be pretty sure to .base the sheep and that means trouble every time. Never drive a sheep body-deep into the snow, if you do make up your mind loss will follow. It simply takes the *uck out of a aheep to wade deep

In snow.

Hay scattered about on the ground for aheep la largely bay thrown away.

Holding thi Rabb'ts for a Hansom. A porter at the Hotel Baltimore went out rabbit hunting last week- He ‘ waa short of change and borrowed from the other porter# to buy hi# ammunition. He promised each on% s rabbit or two. The next day he put the bundle of rabbits, about a doaen. In the checkroom. Then he went to the other porter# and told them the rabbits were there and they could divide them between themselves. "We's come aftah the rabbits what

Prized Relic* for Muoeum.

The collection of Egyptian an-

tiques in Dundee museum haa Just Jimmie left here." the porter spokes

been enriched by a aelectlon of Inter* j mac said to the checkroom man. “He

ertlng article* prevented by the Rev. Dr. Colin Campbell. In a letter to the committee. Doctor Campbell aald that be could vouch for all the articles being genuine, as he bad got most n» them himself, and they were found at Thebe*. Included In the gift are

She limits htr subscribers to twelve ! u lne Inscribed funeral ccna*. 18 ospersons in the United Slates and two ; traca. or potsherds, consisting of letin India. One of her foreign aub- ter*, petition*, receipt* for taxes, center, be r* is In Bombay and the other in | tracts, accounts, etc . written with Vlramgum. To the foreign aubecrib- black Ink In Coptic and Demotic, sever* the report is cabled. To her 1 ,. ra i fragment* and stripe of mummy American subscribers the report is de- j linen cloth, inscribed in hlerallc writlivered at 8:30 a. m. on the day it ia | ing to serve as charms for the deissued. All get the report at the same j ceased, and other similar objects. time, their representative* meeting at j Miss Giles' office at that hour and re- iron Cross for a Gypsy, ctlvlng the staled paper from her Oypsle* of Europe are the outcasts of hands. She has a secondary service. | outcast*. For centuries they have wanwhlch 1* sent by mail to live tubsenb- I dered. refusing to be absorbed by ere. This I* simply her regular report, the populations of the countries where All aorta of aubterfuges are retorted their tent* have been pitched. The

told us we could divide them here. "There'* no rabbits goes out of here until that hunting porter pays me the ddlar and a half he borrowed from me about a month ago." so said the

checkroom man.

The rabbit# are still In the checkroom.—Kansas City Star.

Hampshire Down •hearting Ew«. They will tread It down and waste it Pul it Into good rack* Give only what they will eat up clesn. Other stock do not like to eat hay that sheep

have noeed over.

It Isn't much trouble to count the aheep every day. Better do It and be sure that ell of them are all tight. PREPARED SOIL FOR ALFALFA Inoculation or Previous Crop of Sweet Clover Are Essential* Required

for Success With Plant.

Alfalfa will not grow in a noil in which It has never been grown or in which its near relative, sweet clover.

grown, or unless the soil haa

"Work Bench and Tool Box lost In healing up mislaid tooia. < Ircting materials and the like, remedy this I have a portable repair shop in which all kinds of tools, a bolts nuts, washer*, wire, and t rruble other thing* are kept, i Frank Eberwole of Lecompton, 1 Farmers' Mali and E Include* a work bench The wbt are from an old cultivated atm blacksmith can cut down an old but axle to suit tha wriuth desired, ihe frame to the axle with T Make the work bench any length 4 sired and have the handle* and leffii: ihe end The tool box has a roof e It. both sides being hinged. FEEDING TROUGH FOR FOWL Arrangement Dcscribeu to Bov* I end Protect It From Droppings and Other Filth. The majority of poultry dirt are picked up with the food or «' from the drinking pans It K cult to kMfp* luod .clean a Ing bad weather wnrtc.jl on the ground or even In E tills exposure is nearly < using troughs with slatted ■ detachable roofs The trough from six to ten feet long, with I aides five Inches high; the lath a are two Inches apart and t sixteen inches from the floor So ( The roof should project two ti the aides to protect I weather. The roof 1* easily r. by lifting one end and alldtnff (EG wise on the opposite gable < which It rests. The trough e

place without lining 11

merit roves feed as well as 1 clean ft- j droppings and-other A PRFPIRE SOIL FOR ALP*

The Lost Million.

In a recent address on “The Lost — .

Million" Hon. M. Beck tells o' the dlf- loen Inoculated. This Is for the reason Acuities that beset Washington In cn tha’t the little germs or bacteria which deavorlng to secure gunpowder for*the produce the knot* or nodulea on tha Revolutionary army. "When he as- roots of the alfalfa must be present sumed control at Cambridge,'' say* | n the soil before the crop will thrive. Mr. Beck. “Washington bad kegs of These nodule# arc Impurtant In the sand labeled 'Powder' In order to de- ; development and thrlftlnea* of the lude hi* soldiers into the apparent *c- crvPi gnd It I* through them that curity that they bad plenty of am . nitrogen is added to the soil The In munition.'' Franklin even advised the oculatlon of the soli with throe germs use of bow* and arrow* to repel the may be done by spreading a little to. British. To get ammunition Aroeri- ; from an old alfalfa or sweet clover agents appealed to Franc*-, and field at the tiro# the alfalfa seed 1*

Important That Preparation mf G Be Uniformly Good—Young P

of Tender Naturoi

The tender nature of the you falfa plant makes a well-prepared l»-d accessary. The root of the y plant strikes down Immediately, I It w 111 be seriously Injured If U alii a layer of dry, loose soil at tha fel tom of an old furrow, or If the g has inroy hard, unbroken clod* A very good plan 1* to let the | settle for a few .weeks before a it U also Important that the p Ion of the ground be uniformly f is the poorly prepared spots are H ly to fall, and these bare place* x form center* from which wertte spread and perhaps Injure the e

by persons who want to get Miss | bestowal of the Iron Croea ou

Ollro* opinion regarding cotta#. So ; b fr 0 f thl* deeplsed race lor gaUantre ■ “.he lost million" was taunpaid debt planted, or by Inoculating the eeod • elf. j in action upsets a whole sbolfful of du. to Beaumarchais'for money with * commercial culture of the or-

far aa pusslW* “h* secludes herself, i

J trouble in the writing. She You won't find her name In the tele- ( l printed blank* for them to ; phooe directory. She had It taken out

r the I

s so many men called her up

But some day the idea 1* going to filter through men's heads that all roank! d la at least 80 per cent hu-

man—and maybe 95.

- loan d by him for procuring muni ! ganlsm before It is sown.

moderate compensation, j to get seme idea from her regarding

to answering each quee- ! the crop To her subscriber* her re- . a. the correspondent la In- j ports may be of great value at time# Somber Procession.

'such retnsrx* a* he sec* of grave doubt a* to tne crop. If kept j Somebody In connection with the

I from the knowledge of other*. j public health exhibition at the City _

Yam 2.VFI plc.ed corre ' Mis* G:lee l« the only woman who I c i ob i,t Chicago has eatltaated that risen three hundred per cent

lave decided value. But Is a »otton crop forecaster or stalls- H t fc* victims of tuberculnaU tn Chicago. '

source of Infor ; tlcian. Another woman entered the l if u,ey marched four feel apart, would

I . .. , *—* 1 form fc procession reaching from Lln-

-otn park to South Chicago Fbc!* like these arc being used to promote

the battle agniast phthiais

The intelligent termer 1* the t

who succeedu

All soils are not adapted to

growing of all crops.

Book farming la excellent. balB$ experience la the real thing-

I

Another woman entered the

She watchee 1 field, but didn't last She had been In

»cr report# fur every part of tko agticultnral dapartnaeot tad

i. from Cape Hattei de and hem the C

a to the fa

capable, but ahe couldn't mnfca|

id way.

■ — | Ideal Feed for Ram*.

India'* Indigo Industry o*t* make an Ideal feed 'or the ram Indigo la a minor industry of In- ' during the winter, but be needs about i

dll. that Is becoming In a marked de- : „tdy a pound a day to keep In fine j It ia jnst aa necessary to use t grer by the conditions brought about ( -ondlUon. In addition he must have [ In farming a* In mercantile llto.J

by the war, thr genuine dye being in clover hay or alfalfa or corn (odder or 1

groat demand. Its price having already ; turnips and other root* at least threr I Neyer leave home without a I

— j Uine* a week. blanket, and cover year bore* «f

dearer* will no doubt be made to In I you only atop a very abort time.

crease the area under cultivation next j Makes Butter Streaked.

season as ter as i* possible, but much j if the sail 1* not well mixed through [ A ilx-t*ned fork la good to 1 land formerly appropriated to indigo t he butter it will crystallize on the cut- j enallage w ith. Don'; dig tr* haa been relinquished, and con Tact* ,ide and piobehly make the butter Take the top off In Cakea an-, for its cultivation canceled 1 rtroaked. I the rest uudnwuiUd.