Admlrw o' His Music Ocrt Him Job As FftJsht Hsndlsr and Mow Ho' la PnrsMont at Big Rail Lino, but Still Unprstantleus. By CSBORN MARSHALL. ■CopyrtaLt. ^ McCluro NowspoSome forty-Ore years n*o a young boy. fresh of face and bright of eye, tpplied tar work at the copper mines »ncxted at Fort Howard, on Steen bay.

Wisconsin.

"Brer h-d a Job before? - demanded •be mine foreman as be scrutinized the

boy's face.

"No." admitted the boy frankly. “1 have cerer worked tor wages anywbsrs before. I have Inst come from school at Way land academy." ••Schoolboys aren't fit to work In mines," said the foreman bluntly. "Why dont your folks support you and give yon a chance to stay at school and amount to something some time? This Is no place for a green horn, anyway* “Wall, yon see." the boy explained, "my father cant afford to keep me In rtbool any longer. He ta a minister in tbs country near Milwaukee. His salary isn't much, and It Isn't always paid at that- Thera are a food man) of us children, and so I thought I'd go to work. I guess I am not so green as 1 look." The boy stretched out his muscular young arms to show bow much work they were capable of doing. *1 know a lot about work, even It I have been to school. I can sa«r wood sad drive a nail. My grandfather taught me that-" "You do look pretty husky." agreed tbs foreman, and then be looked over tbs list of vacancies In the mind. "Did yos say. boy, that you can drive a bores?" ue asked "What I said eras that I could drive a nail." admitted the boy He heal la ted a moment before giving the an swsr that might oort him the chance of employment “Well. 1 bonesU> haven't had much experience at driving horses, bat l don't mind trying. You sew, we nevsr could afford to keep horses at bom*. Will you give me a

try at Itr

Promoted By s Runaway. The foreman consented and the next day Fred Underwood—for that was the young fellow's name—arrived •arty at the entrance of the mice and. after the proper credentials had been presented, he was assigned his cart and horse and told the simple duties of a mins cart driver. Fred took his seat on th* cart with elation and confidence. ‘ Anyone could drive a horse like that," ba thought as be looked at the mute oc re panic o of his toll. "Don't bsllsv* that a cannon ball could start

, U was easy enough, th* work. and. •side from tbs dirt and th* grime, it •as not unpleasant Then, some time the second day—tradition does not say exactly what hour it was—an Inspiration cam* to th* bore*—an intuitive knowledge that the man at the end of the reins was a greenhorn: that be didn't i sally know anything about a torse and therefore bad no right to be driving cue. The horse accordingly prlck*d up his ewrs ud-wRh a »P-'*d tbit belled bis wore appearance— dstbed away, with poor Fred Usdsr- « aod helplessly tugging *t the reins. Whs* Fred gathered himself together after tbs ninawsy and went to th* foreman to report the mishap be we» convinced that his services would no longer be needed at the mine An unexpected greet.ag was In stor.' tor him. You had bad luck with that horse" said the foreman, “but don't give up yet There la room for a gun* ,<>r *' man in th* min*. Can you boss a gang °t tn'ners bettor than you bossed that

horse?"

l>eo weft to work at his second Job with enthusiasm He used to work hard all day and at night at the cheap hoarding bouse be would get out hh fiddle, which be hau learned to 1>>»: ln his father's home near Milwaukee. »nd he would play for his companions till they forgot their trouble* sad »h* dirt and the gr.me *nd the 'oil of the

mineo.

Whet His Fiddle Did Tor I Among Fred's best friends mine was a man who ca.ri*d the mall trom the railroad to Ibe mine* This

older than himself

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‘*ra. was on* of the most eager ad ‘‘'era of the newcomer # simple me ■dloax playing, and ao * * ,ro “* ndsUp had grown up between “oe day when he was at the rail id station getting the mail hags the 'eight master offered him a poalihm * freight handler. 11* was eager to "wpt (h«- position, fur It carried wit the munificent wage of a dollar a •y. but w?^w It came t< the real Is '■'• toe mail canter bad to admit that '» sole knowledge of the art of wrlt1 x was limited to the shaping of the

"‘res of hi* oww osme-

B« I know c ou.y that will “**. said th# mall carrier to

■Why, Hello. Jim!" H* Said, Stretching Out His Hand to th* Brakeman

freight master. “The fellow that play* the violin at the boarding houac. He's i to school and his father is a parse I guess he can do more reading and writing than he'll ever need to dc In handling freight. Just gi*e him a chuce for the Job, and 1 know you will

want him.''

The freight master did give Fred the chsnce. and after his first day in the freight office there was no Question his fitness, as freight handlers went, and for a dollar a day he was a good bargain. In the next thirty years clrtutnstances changed much with the gang foreman of Fort Howard who got his first Job with the rmtlroud as freight handler After aeverel years of apprwntioeshlp in railroad matters, during which he rose from hit first position as freight handler In Fort Howard to s position as brakeman and clerk, be was promoted to the position of superintendent of the Chicago. Milwaukee k St. Paul railroad From that position he was appointed general superintendent of the Minneapolis. St. Paul k Bault Sic. Marie railroad, then rice-president of the Baltimore k Ohio and now. for a dozen yea re. he has been president of th# Erie rwilroadIn the offices of the Erie railroad Frederick D. Underwood Is known ss the most democratic and unpretentious of men. Ute toll'-fhougt b# doe# not boast of It himself—that he never for gets the face of anyone whom he has

rer known.

In the passenger station of the Erie railroad station tn Jersey City, one mcrnlng a few years ago. a giixxled man in overalls stood waiting on the platform He wta a brakeman in Lie employ of tbe company »nd he watched nervously, anxiously, the men and women who thronged the station from the incoming train*. "Are you waiting for friends?" asked the gateman. who had noticed his

eagerness.

-No. it Isn't that." said the other. "I happened to have a little time between run* and 1 heard that Mr. Underwood ws* passing through the station 1 worked out at Fort Howard alongside of him In the day* before he got a dollar a day. ! dont suppose be would speak to me. even If he did remember me. but 1 would like to say

area him."

•Veil. I dont know." said the gateman "Mr Cederwood doesn't put on uny lug* He might speak to you If he remember* you." Then the two men stopped talking.

for far down the platform, with firm, quick stops, came the man of whom they were speaking. The eyes of many of the employees who recognised him as their chief were turned to him. and he nodded to them as he paaaed. The brakeman. recognizing him. shrank back as he approached. But Mr. Underwood's keen eyes—as keen as they were when be asked for bis first Job out ut Fort Howard—had been obaervanL ~Wh>. hello. Jim!" he said, stretohing out his hand to th* brakeman. "Where did you come from?" "Glad to ace you remember me. Mr. Underwood." said the man. embarrassed. but beaming with pleasure "Don't you 'Mr. Underwood' me." was the railroad president's reply. "I'd like to know how I could forget you after all those years ws worked together out at Fort Howard." And Mr. Underwood broke Into a laugh that made bis companion tn overalls feel that, after all. there wasn't such a wide gulf between a railroad brakeman and tbe president of the road.

Song of the Frog. The song of the frogs Is rs wonderful ts their clothing. The raucous bellow of th* bloated male of the species may not be a Beethoven symphony, but It was anoegh to Inspire Aristophanes to make a failure of human verbal Imitation when he wrote "bek-•k-kekko-ax-koax" The genii# trill of th* liule tree toad is not quits th* note of the nightingale, but It ts more soothing than that of the whippoorwill or th* cuckoo, end the chorus ot the little froggies which will In a short time be one of the orchestras of spring, has a charm in th* rural silence* which hardly has a parallel In any of the songs without words.

Hsr Full Duty. Miss Brightman kept a very attractive little tea room, and when sway on a busmens trip recently she left It tn charge of a young woman cleric The morning she returned she did not think things looked quite as neat and atuactlve as usual. ' You know. Miss Bristol.” remarked the proprietress, ns she glanced around, "there Is a great deal In having your sandwiches look attractive." "Yes. Miss Brightman. I know It." was th« reply. "I hare done everything I could while you were away. I have dusted those sandwiches every morning for the las' ten days."—Harper’s Magazine

rov' with a layer of sliced ip< utoes, a layer of ’ onions and on two sliced peppers, i and add s it of boiling wacover and bake With 'nlons.—Brown a slice of veal In buttn until well browned on both aide*. HU the frying pan with sliced onions, add two bsy leaves, four pepper -corns and c .ough boiling water to cover the meat Cook until tbe meet Is tender. Noodles and Ham.—Butter a quart mold, sprinkle thickly with fine bread crumbs and line with cooked noodlez which should be cold. Then put a layer of chopped ham. blgbly seasoned, a layer of noodles until the dish Is fcJL Cover with a plate and bake on* hour. Turn oat on s platter and serve with spinach or sauerkraut. Spiced Carrots.—Cook until tender young carrots, sprinkl* with flour, powdered cloves, butter, lemon Juice, reheat and serve with parsley as a garnish. Apple* and Onions (Flemish Onions).—Slice thinly green appiee and onions, sprinkle with flour and brown in batter, using equal quantities of apple and onion. Place in layers in a baking dish with buttered crambo, season with lemon Juice finish the top with but'.ereu cnnalj When the cromhs are broom the dish b ready to serte. May Day Caks.—Soften half a cupful of batter, add a cupful of sugar, two-third* of a cap of milk alternately with two and a half cupfuls ot flour orhlcb has bean sifted, with two taw spoonfuls of baking power and a halt a teas poor ful of salt. Fold In the whites of three eggs. Divide Into three portions. Color one portion rose, and Davor with rose extract, odor one green and flavor with pistachio. Bake Is layer#, patting the layers together with boiled Icing to which Is added chopped raisins and □sta. Frost with white icing and decorate with pink and green candiss. quick dessert and on* always liked b this—cut fine two or three kinds of fruit, ser with a little sugar strep to

SOME DISHES OF CURRY. Carry b made up ot various spice# bazaar stuff." In our markets may be bought various combinations called curry powder which suit different tastes. Those put up by reliable firms are satisfactory. Curried Cauliflower.— Have ready a wellcooked, seasoned cauliflower. Place it on a and season with a dash of caypepper. Pour over the cauliflower a sauce prepared as follows: Msl: a half cupful of butter, add two tablespoonfub of flour and two teaspoonfub of carry powder. Cook together until well blended, stir In a cupful of hot milk and a shaving of onion, adding salt to season Mushrooms are delicious served with curry In the sauce. Mulligatawny-—Fry a minced onion till brown In half a cupful of butter, with a chopped green pepper and a few chillis ana a clove of garlic Add any bits ot cold fowl cut lu dice and half a cupful of cold minced lamb or mutton. Allow tbe mixture to brown, add half a cupful of boiled rice, one tabljepoonful of curry powde-. a chopped green apple, half a cupful of finely sliced egg plant or "quash or other vegetable, and equal amounts of green peas or beans cooked. Cover with a pint of chicken gravy and eeason well. Serve hot. Curried Engs—Mince a green npplr and fry with an onion in a little butter until brown. Stir tn three teatpoonfub of curry powder, add half a dozen pouudod brazil nuts or almonds. Mix a teaspoonful of fiour with a cupful of seasoned stock, add to the curry and simmer ten minutes. Have ready six hard cooked eggi cut In halves: add them carefully to the sauce and let stand to gel well btated Serve with crisp crackers or toast well buttered Curry and rice b such a standard dish that it hardly needs to be mm Uoned. Cocoanut sad curry with a

A most crisp and refreshing salad U that of head lettuce and cucumber* with a garnish of red pepper, cat In strips. Hub the salad bowl with the cut tide of a clove of garlic, arrange tbi crisp leaves of lettuce, well dried In It. then sliced cucumber*, sprinkled with a bit of bopped onion and pepper. Cover with French. dressing made cf four tablespoonfuls of olive oil. one of vinegar and salt, and paprika to taste. Sparrlsh Rice and Chgeae.—Cook a half cupful of rice In a quart of boiling water, drain and dash on cold water so that each grain stands out ftul anu white. Put Into a bowl a glass of currant Jelly, pour over It a cupful of boiling water and stir rapidly until the Jelly b dissolved. Pour o.er the rice and cook twenty minutes. Then take from the fire, add two cupfuls ot walnuts, chopped fine, one-half cupful of grated cheese, one-half cupful of cream, whipped. Arrange lettuce leaves for Individual salad dishes. Put two heaping, tablespoonfuls of the rice on each, and garnish with a table spoonful of whipped cream. Salmon Salad-—Tak* a can of salmon. add equal measures of chopped celery, a few olives finely mlrced. and a sour pickle also chopped, a half capful of freshly grated cocoanut and nerve on lettuce with a plain boiled

by the addition of whipped cream. Quick Graham Bread.—Beat together one egg and two tablespooefuis of sagar. and a cupful of sweet milk In which a teaspoonful of soda Is dissolved Melt a taMespoonful of butter and add one-half cupful of sifted fiour and two teaspooufuln of cream of tartar. 81ft and add one and a h-lf cup Ms of graham flour. Beat well and bake In a single loaf bread pan. TbU b beet eaten warm. Water cress often, with no dressing bat salt, makes a delicious and especially wholesome spring salad.

If there were no such thing as display la the wodd we might get on a great deal better that, we do. and might be Infinitely mar* agreeable

TOOTHSOME DISHES. For the vegetarian here are some good d lehrs to add to the list: Carrots With Psss— Cat carrots In threeinch siloes and cook unfl the center, leaving a WM well-shaped receptacle VB to bold the seasoned ■ peas. Use these as a ■ garnish around any loaf or aronnd pecan loaf. Pecan Loaf. — Take half cupful of rice, cover with ccld water, and let stand over night Drain and add slowly three pint# of boiling water; cook until soft throughout. Take a cupful of the drained rice, add a cupful ot pecan nuts, finely chopped, one cupful of cracker crambo, one cupful of milk and one egg slightly beaten, one and a half teaspocnfula of salt and a few dashes of pepper Turn Into a small buttered bread pan. smooth and spread with a lablcapoonfut of melted butter Bake Ini a moderate oven one hour. Remove Vo a hot platter and surround with white sauce and carrot timbales. For the sauce use two tabtespoonfula each of flour and but.rr and a cupful of thin cream. When the butler It melted and bubbling hot add the flour, and when well mixed add the cream Cook until smooth Season with salt and pepper. Psa Roast.—Taka three erpfut* of dry bread that has been rolled and put through a slcvr. Drain a can of pea* and rlnae well with cold water. Pul tn a saucepan and cover with cold water: bring to the boiling point and boll three minutes Drain and fore* through a sieve (there should Ik- b half cupful of pulp). Mix the crumb* and pulp, add a fourth ot a cupfv 1 ol chopped walnut meats, one egg slightly beaten, one tablcapoonful of augar. salt. p«“per. a fourth of a cupful of melted butter and three-fourths of a cupful of milk. When well blended tarn Into a paraffin lined bread pan. cover with buttered paper and bakr forty minutes tn n slow oven. Serve with tomato sauce If so desired 7)1^. vcdl£L

Although the attention of scientific men was first called to powdery scab In 1841, th* disease bad already been known to German farmers for several years. The first report of the disease In the United States was made In 1>13. pot*toe from widely separated sections of the country being fonnd to he affected. Investigation shows that, ns yet. the disease has not made grest headway In thlr country and potato growers everywhere should be continually on the watch for It so the disease may be quickly stamped out Severe attacks occur when potatoes are planted year after year on Infected land. It la claimed that healthy potatoes which hare been in contact with diseased ones may carry powdery scab. This naturally leads to the supposition that It may be spread by means of sacks or other containers or by means such as planters, etc. Another possibility is that plows, barrows or other tools used for working Infected land may carry with them tne germs of the disease to contaminate portions ot the farm now free from powdery scab. Perhaps the most important fact from tbe economic standpoint is that the disease. In addition to being carried by the seed tuber*, may persist in infected soil for some time, thus making It worthless for potato culture. Oue writer claims that manure of a pig fed with potatoes affected with powdery scab carried the gems of the disease. Other writers have pointed oat the fact that contamlaatad manors may be a means of spreading the infection. No potatoes should be piloted without first disinfecting them with formaldehyde or corrosive sublimate, for if by chance the healthy seed has become contaminated this would tend to eliminate danger from this source. By careful selection of only sound.

When He's Homs for a Holiday. Borne men on s boms holiday tinker all day long, others bring with them a great m*n> books which they never read, and the result In both rase* ts that housekeeping becomes s prolonged picking up. All men at home on a vacation rat a great deal more than other men. or than at other times; but with the sole exception of _h* anomalous academic, who la alays concerned for his gastronomy, they will rat »•:> tlf'.ug ami enjoy It.

for hi*

1 rat snytljlng a •" * " 1

holidays is always vociferously appre dative. ilia happiness |« almost enough to repay a woman for tbe noise be makes, ard the mess; yet statistics could show that during any man's home vacation the womon of the house lose Just about as many pounds ss the man gains. But what are women for. or h> mea?—Atlantic. Eph Wiley say* the reason a suit of clothes never lasts him through the season Is that b.s wife picks It to pi-or* In ’icr search for ravdlnga

Illustration at Top Shows Powdery Scab, th* Usual Appearance When Taken From Sin* In Winter—Lower Left Hand. Powdery Sc*b, Warty Stag*—Lower Right Hand. Powdery Scab, Canker Stags. thoroughly healthy seed tubers, and then disinfecting It Is possible to en tlrely eliminate blackleg, prevent th* spread of ordinary scab, and also to overcome some of the looses from seed decay and so-called Imperfect germination. After the sound, healthy tubers have been disinfected great care should be taken not to contaminate them by allowing them to come In contact w ith aacka. barrels or planters, etc., which may carry the germ* of the disease. Special attentl m should also be given to storage house* After all dirt, potato culls and rubbish have been removed from the i >ot it to bouse, tbe Interior walls and floors should be thoroughly aprayed with a solution of copper sulphate, five pounds to fifty gallons of water. The amounts of disinfectants to use and the length of time for treating seed potatoes are as follows (1) Formaldehyde. 40 per cent, one pint: water. !0 gallons; soak tubers in this eolation for two hours. (S) Corrosive sublimate, four ounces; water. 30 gallons: soak tubers one and one-half hours In this solution MANAGEMENT OF BROOD SOW Keep Animal Growing Thriftily, but Do Not Fatten—Othsr Cardinal Points tc Observe. The essentials of brood sow management may be briefly summarised: 1. Provide suitable food, but do not overfeed. !. Emphasize the protein and ash constituents of the ration 3. Keep the sow growing thriftily, but do not fatten. 4. Devise schemes to induce <-xrr5. Provide warm. dry. well bedded, well ventilated and sunlit quarters. f. Avoid constipation by nafttral feeding methods, but resort to t gent-y remedies if necessary 7. Kill off lice with crude oil, and drive out worms with santonin and calomel. 8. Practice gentian*** at ail time* Hoc men cannot al.'ord to ney l any of the*., cardinal point* when coat of nroductioa la ao high

Sometime* the investment in a certain article for uie on the faro may not seem worth while because tbe service it can perform is limited to a brief period during the year. By the exercise of a little ingenuity, however, an outflt supposed to serve a given purpose can be turned to account In other ways. Take a sprayer, for instance; It can be used In many ways besides the ono for which It was made. Did ydu ever try spraying the chicken house with insecticides, or whitewash properly strained and thinned? I have found another use for tbe sprayer that has added much to the practical value of tbe outfit, says a writer In Successful Farming Wall paper needs to be replaced from time to time and It is ununitary to place a new paper on an Id one. A sprayer Is fine as * helper in reT.-'-rtng the old paper. Fill the tank half full of hot water, then create enough air pressure to produce a fine misty spray. Apply this to the paper in two applications, the first one Just enough to dampen the paper. If the water Is applied freely at first H win run down too quickly from the aurface of the dry paper. But 't it 1- first dampened the second application will be quickly absorbed. The paper «.T1 then psal off easily and the saving In time and money ought to pay for an a mospray and a good nozzle.

SOLVING THE MEAT PROBLEM Cattle Must Be Considered With General Agricultural Interests—-Keep All B-ceding Cows.

If the government can take op the rttle business and make beef by statute, then the meat sbortaga la solved. If not. we muet aid and depend upon the citizenship of the nation. The cattle must not be thought of as something apart fine but considered rathwith the general agricultural interests of tbe country. Stock farming should he everywhere. The calves ai will be needed at the silo* and farms and ranches. There is no reason between the stockman and the farmer, and when conditions admit of it on* should be both, says a writer in Hoover Field and Farm. They need tbe same protective legislation for their premise*, for the health of their stock, preservation of bird life and the destruction of predatory wild animals. We would advise every man who caa > ao to hold hi* good breeding cows off the market, because there is good grass on the range, and it* * the farms going to waste lions oi people In the Unltod States' will go without beef in the mxt ton years. The cow In t?- hands of the mas now able to bolii her la the only eouret of relief in sight and she will retnra her owner a good profit.

DEVICE FOR TYING UP WOOL Flu* Pieces of One-Inch Beards, Hinged Together. Will Be Found Quite Serviceable. A oevlea for tying ap the fleece* after sheep shearing may be made by taking five pieces of one-inch board* II or 14 Inches square and hinging them 'ogether ao when folded up they will make a equate box. writes F. W. Eirhraeyr- In Missouri Valley Farmer. Using a saw. make a cut at the center of the outer edge ot each leaf Fasten four half hooks on two leave* opposite each other. But tour syss i tbe remaining two leaves, and the t la complete. To operate It lay if

Wool Tyer Spread Out. fiat on a table, and lay down two lengths of twine, crossing them In the center and drawing tht-m down U the saw cuts wado on the odget to hold them In place, allowing enough end to tie. Ijiy or. the fleece. pcH side down, gather all •crap* and rot! the wool to center from all sides, then bring up the sldeu of box and hook them together. Tic your twtne erose ways, and you will have i

I'ae ths Cultivator. Farmers who watched their crop* parch and shrivel during last year's long drought, while neighbors who cul Uvatcd pertinently made good yields, will no d,u w * be more Inclined this year to the use of the cultivator, one of the most valuable of agricultural Implements. Mike up your mind now that you are going to keep your land constant!)' '•stiirw*. up" and cot allow your plant* to be hundliappi-d by un satisfied thirst Soft-Mrsted Fowl. The only way to secure a soft-meat rd bird is to keep thsm growing tlon. hatch lo hatch."