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'Mm® Skim} rmmriMixsiJ? ed tii> the makin I E past few years has witnessed the de- velopnient of a unique activity, the pur JlfJ pose of which is to satisfy public curios / \ »tv regarding men an<i women who are I JNiL l prominent in one or another of the con -Mictions walks of life. This particularly dp-to-daie vocation might be denominat .u 'jotting" of celebrities, which means : i if instantaneous photographs of the people v, ho ure temporarily or permanently in the public eye and wbese personal appearance is conse­ quently a matter of interest to the people of all parts of the country. Few ntWRpaper readers who take delight in the mass of picti'.res spread nowadays over every print ed page, ever stop to reflect what a comparatively short time ago it was that first saw such embellish­ ment of the cbroniclp of the day's happenings. Most of our readers can doubtless remember distinctly the time when pictures were unknown in their favor­ ite newspaper, and even arter crude cuts began to make their appearance in the advertising columns of the weeklies, and later in the dailies, it was a long lapse ere the pictures were to be found In the read­ ing columns and a yet longer time before the reader came to expect not mere scenic subjects but graphic pictures of the current happenings of the busy world. The vocation of snapshotting celebrities has been the outgrowth--the very latest outgrowth, it might be termed--of the practise of recording in pic­ ture as well as in story the doings of all the world. When the newspaper-reading public came to expect the quick reflection in picture form of great happen iiifMlaPfti iJift(vn^: i! r,v „ ))M$p - \ \ y i ¥as6Aj:)GA W>J IJC/TiJcs/t HfEKiTC HPSi WUAD«»«*E4RMI IMPROVEMEWT iBACK TO HOLD PITCH FORKS m riace tor Everything and Everything In Its Place"--How Made. (By JOHN W. GRAHAM.) Having occasion to be in the hay- loft after dark several times I haie run over a fork and once I struck iay ankle against a prong and it came very near. causing serious trouble. + ~ .. -imo icu tu me wuatruciion or tne holder shown In the drawing. The rack is made of an Inch board, one GOOD ROADS ARE BEMEFIC1AL A MARVELOUS WOMAN M£YFX P/TCW/SYG THF iwrn TH.r rt.n.f* *r>.R * £OC/£TY BALL trated many a time during the colonel's trip through the west Several professional photographers accompanied him, and a number of the press correspondents also car­ ried cameras, and often it was a wild race for them to keep up with Mr. Roosevelt and be on hand at the time when the good "human Interest" pic­ tures were to be had. Whenever Colonel Roose- velt appeared, unleBs the po­ lice arrangements prevented, he was at once surrounded by a cheering crowd, every man, woman and child of which was tfying to get close enough to grasp his hand or at least to say "Hello, Teddy." At such times a snap-shot usually yielded only a mass of heads and backs surrounding a set of gleaming teeth. If Mr. Roose­ velt was carefully guarded by police or soldiers, as was the case in some cities, the task of the photographer was al­ most as difficult, for the "cop­ pers" and ^leputy sheriffs of ** ' r ' <. -t s fliPi; ... ju:cj?£7~a/?y or rjr j&tax /yw M/?S. f*C. Jt/YOX > i Pitch iFork Rack. foot long and eight inches wide. One side of the board is cut to a half cir­ cle. Near the circle edge of the board, five hol^s are bored, the holes large enough to admit a large fork- handle. This board is nailed to a post 4 feet from the floor. The support (for the end of the handles) is the same shape as the one with the holes but only half as large and it has no holes in It. It is nailed to the post, cne foot from the floor. A piece o£ hoop-iron is nailed to the post six inches above the lower piece, forming a circle which holds the end of the handles in place. This is another example of "A place for everything and everything In its place." r4/>v Qf J7XTI H'/VQX. BAJ?0// H0l/1£S AND %/QK/V 3A/?/?£~Tr. 2 ° Ings all over the world it speedily progressed from Interest in places and things to curiosity regarding the actual appearance of the people regarding whose doings the papers had much to say. It was not enough that the newspapers should print as a coun­ terfeit presentment of this or that public man a carefully posed bust portrait, touched up to show the subject as ne wanted to appear rather than as he actually did appear. Newspaper readers with a thirst for accurate Information came to demand pictures that would show the subjects as they actually appeared. Moreover, they wanted not a commonplace bust photo, but a full-length pic­ ture that would represent Its object as he would appear to one who met him on the street and with a hint as to his distinctive characteristics as to dress, etc. From this demand was born the personal "snap shot." Nowadays the snap-shot Is to a large extent displacing the stereotyped visa?* In the public prints. Almost everybody who achieves fame or notoriety must must needs fall victims to the sharpshooters of the camera. The snap-shotter Is no respecter of persons or callings BO long as "hu­ man Interest" Is present, and everybody, from preachers to pugilists and from statesmen to suffragists, Is the quarry of the camera scout at one time or another. Some of the people who are snap-shotted manifestly relish it; a great number accept it as a matter of course and a minority wriggle and squirm and even fight at sight of a camera. Conspicuous among the latter are Harry Lehr, the Newport society pet of monkey dinner fame, and J. Pierpont Morgan, the finan­ cier. It must be admitted that the father of trusts does not make a pretty picture when taken unawares and he evidently realizes this, for he is usually guarded by several private detectives when he appears in publtc and carries a cane which he is quick to use on any offending camera that he can reach. SENSIBLE DEVICE ON SPOUT 8trainer Composed of Mesh Fabric or Wire Screen Preventi Leaves and Trash from Entering. This is an excellent device for pre­ venting any leaves, twigs and other trash from entering the down spout of a leader from the roofs of houses and barns. The strainer is composed of mesh fabric or wire screen and it Public officials, headed by the president of the United States, are usually the most satisfactory subjects for snap-shots because, whatever may be their natural inclination in the matter, they quickly learn to submit gracefully to this sort of attention. A leading statesman or army or navy official who realizes that at public functions be is liable to be continually in the camera eye is likely to instinctively avoid those awkward attitudes and facial grimaces that sometimes spoil things in the case of a celebrity who is new to the game and self-conscious in consequence. From the standpoint of the snap-shotterB perhaps the most satisfactory subjects in this country are the diplomats at Washington--that is. the alien offi­ cials who are stationed at our seat of government as the ambassadors or ministers of foreign pow­ ers. For one thing, these titled foreigners are possessed of gorgeous uniforms that show up well in unconventional pictures, and then again they are accustomed to being constantly on dress parade. The snap-shotter must "quick on the trigger" and he cultivates ability in this direction almost aa earnestly as the gun fighter of the west did in the old days. The newspaper snap shots are made by means of special cameras made specially lor the purpose, and costing as much as $250 ^ apiece. Only a fraction of a second is required, ' of course, to make a snap-shot, once the lens is focused upon a celebrity in a desired position, but the uncertainty lies in the fact that the celebrity la seldom actually posing for his picture. More tHan likely he may not realize that he is being CftUgbt by the camera or mayhap may be trying to dodge the glass eye pointed toward him. In any event quick action is necessary at the crit­ ical moment if the subject sought is to be caught ere he moves away, turns his head or otherwise spoils the picture. Indeed the snap-shotter who would "catch on the wing" such restless spirits as Colonel Roosevelt must develop a sort of sixth sense that will enable him to anticipate with rea­ sonable certainty the future moves of his subject No other American of the day is BO much pho­ tographed as Is Colonel Roosevelt, and yet he Is by no means an easy subject for good pictures. It is not that h« object* to the operation; indeed, he seems to utterly ignore the cameras that are pointed at him a dozen times a day. But the colonel is one of the most active and sudden of men, and the snap-shotter must be on the alert every minute of the time or he loses the golden opportunity to catch the ex-president at the "psy­ chological moment" This was admirably illus- ************ * * * " ENTERTAINING THE BLIND. "In these days of specialists you can't JuBt step out and help your fellow humans in haphaz­ ard fashion," said the matron on an institution for the blind. "You have to take a course of training before you can even do good in the world. In this position the task that requires most di­ plomacy is declining the services of people who offer to entertain the blind. All sorts of incom­ petents volunteer. Their intentions are good, but their achievements are deplorable. Poor readers are most numerous and are hardest to manage. They have had no practise in reading aloud since they left the lower grades in the grammar school, yet when the fires pf benevolence break out that is the first thing they want to do. "The blind are particularly sensitive to the quality of a voice. A harsh, high pitched voice that rambles on without rhyme or reason gets on their nerves, and it is our duty to shut out all such readers. They have to be handled with care because their hearts are in the right place, and with tact their good intentions may be de­ flected into some useful channel." KINO'S BEARD MODEL FOR ENGLISHMEN. Beards are at present the order of the day among London's fashionable "men-about-town.** In remarking about the prevalence of facial hir­ sute adornments, a prominent hairdresser said: "One would not have thought that the coming of King George to the throne would have made much difference to the fashion of current hair- dressing, in view of the fact that his father wore a beard for so many years, but I can assure you it has, and a very great difference at that. "In all probability the present fashion of the point beard is due in a great measure to so young a man affecting one. I have been told that there was a great rage for beards among 'men-about- town' when King Edward first grew a beard many years ago. "In my opinion the average Englishman Is tremendously imitative. The Btyle of beard King George wears is appropriately named the 'torpedo' in the navy, and since the king's ac­ cession many of the younger men in the service have started to grow them." SHOT 0/~ TBf B/?/rJSN AMBASSADOR 'A/v/J M/?S. JAMfJ BJ?YCr the western towns seemed to have much more self- importance than common sepse. In Denver two of the camera men were left behind when the , colonel and his party went to the auditorium and arrived to find that building packed to the doors and surrounded by a ring of mounted police. To one of these they appealed in vain. "But we are supposed to be with Mr. Roosevelt's party," said onB of them finally. "Well," was the chilly re­ sponse, "if you are supposed to be with them, why aren't you?" And the officer's horse scornfully switched his tall in their faces. It was in Denver, too, that one of the most amusing scenes of the trip was witnessed. The Press club gave a "chuck-wagon" luncheon to the colonel in a park. "Here," said the camera men, "is our chance for some good stuff." So they put in fresh films or plates and hustled out there by the dozen. The colonel, In the midst of a throng of self-invited Colorado deputy sheriffs, stood at the rough board table and every time he reached for a bit of meat or put a morsel of food into his mouth there was a perfect fusillade of clicks from the cameras that surrounded him. The photog­ raphers were ranged in a triple ring about the chuck wHgou, Lhasa with little cameras in front, stooping low; next, the men with the larger hand cameras, and in the rear the local artists, who had big machines on high tripods. It was in truth a comical sight, but the colonel did not seem to mind it a bit, and went on eating and talking with the utmost enthusiasm. The visit to Cheyenne, of course, gave the snap- shotters their best chances for picturesque views, for there the colonel could be caught almost any time shaking hands with the cowboys, cowgirls and gaudily painted Indians, or applauding the work of the broncho-busters. There is a Chicago newspaper man who once had the unique experience of being the only person with a camera present at the coronation of a king. The monarch in question was Mataafa, who had been elected king of Samoa by a majority of the Inhabitants of those delectable islands in 1898. His reign, to be sure, lasted but a few months, for after a gallant struggle he was most unjustly deposed by the Americans and British, who thereupon parti­ tioned the islands with Germany. The perform­ ance took place in the open, but the king and the chiefs who anointed him were not to be ap­ proached within some fifty yards. Sb rigid is Sa- moan etiquette that the one man with the camera did not dare to break through the surrounding ring of natives, and had perforce to be content with such views as could be had from a distance. Spout Screen. is equally effective whether the down spout connects with the eaves-trough at one end or at a point intermediate of the ends, as all refuse may be car­ ried by the force of the water, over tke edge of the trough, therefore ren­ dering the latter self-cleaning. Making ot a Great Novel Many Things Other Than Powers of , Description Enter Irto Its Com­ position. The commonest fault of novels Ib of knowledge and It is Just be­ cause of this lack they fall in Ira agination. For imagination is encour­ aged and enriched by knowledge of aH kinds, and flags for the want of ft. Knowledge is, as it were; the soli if which th» flower of imagination is nourished; and the greater the writer the greater his passion for knowl­ edge and the more use he can make of all that he knows. Scott is per­ haps the most Imaginative of all our novelists, and none of them has had a knowledge so vast and diverse it is the same with Tolstoi. His novels interest us so much, even when the story seems lost in them, because he Is always telling us of what he knows. He can interest us as in Levin mow­ ing, because he had mowed himself, or in Andrew Bolkousky fighting, be­ cause he has fought himself. If In ^ these cases be were not writing out I of his own experience, his narrative would be empty of detail and illusion. And BO it is with stories of poems of passion. They are dull if the writer can only tell us how be or some one else is very powerfully moved. He must, even In poetry, tell us facts about passion if we are to listen to what he says, though he may tell them indirectly; and they must not be second-hand facts that he has learned from other writers. For it la easier to detect "cramming" In lit­ erature than in examination papers; and when the reader detects it he loses interest. There is this fault in many of Zola's novels. He was thor­ oughly aware of the value of knowl­ edge In a novelist; but he thought ha could cram it. His books are full of facts, but they are often facts too easily come by and acquired ftr a particular purpose. STORE ROOTS OVER WINTER Careful Treatment Is Needed to In­ sure Beauty of Plants Next Sea­ son--Some Suggestions. When frost has cut down the glory of the flaming canna, has withered the late blooming dahlia, has seared the huge leaves of caladiums, and has left scarcely a memory of the rich coloring of gloxinias, it is time to think of their winter welfare. The roots of all these plants need careful treatment If they are to give of their beauty next season. Remove the tops of the roots that are to be saved, especially if they heve been badly nipped with frost, as the decay may spread to the bulbs. These may be left to ripen In the earth for a few days and should be dug on a bright, sunny day. Dry in the sun for several days, or, if the weather be cold, spread on the floor of a sunny room and cover at night with blankets to protect from frost. When dry, shake off the loose earth and pack in boxes of sand, pa­ per bags, or on the shelves of frost­ proof cellars, according to the nature of the roots. Caladium bulbs can be easily win­ tered in a dry, frost-proof cellar. The chief danger is decay of the center sboot. Keep a sharp watch for this, and, if it Is noticed, pull off the de­ cayed parts down to where it is sound. Store in flour hags or in boxes of sand. " An Excellent Roller. During your leisure this winter make a roller for the garden and lawn next spring. " A very good one may be made of a length of glazed tile, say two feet in diameter, filled with concrete. Be­ fore filling, fix in the center of the tile a piece of inch eiid a quarter gas pipe, allowing the ends to project two or three inches from each side of the tile, to which an iron handle may be attached. Any blacksmith can make the handle at small cost. Fill the cylinder with small stones and pour in a mortar composed of one part cement to six parts sand, thoroughly mixed and then made so thin with water that It will fill all the Bpaces between the stones. When the ce­ ment has become hard and dry, you will have a cheap and handy Imple­ ment with which to roll your garden after planting. Comprehensive System Would Great­ ly Lessen Cost of Transportation of Products. (By JAMES O. HARRI80N.) A comprehensive system of good roads would confer many substantial benefits upon the farmers of the United States. Better roads would greatly lessen the cost of transporting produce to market, and as soon as the farmers learn how to make good roads, uuu uiuke liiecu, lue sioalci will be their profits. When farmers learn that on each mile of highway, three rods wide, ap­ proximately 27,000 tons of water fail annually, they will begin to appre- ^ciate-the necessity of highway drain­ age, and learn that a hard road can­ not be made out of mud. No plan of road work, ne amount of labor and machinery, will make a good dirt rbad that will stay good until some plan is adopted to get rid of the water. It has been satisfactorily demon­ strated that a fairly gratifying road for hauling heavy loads should be rounded up in the center, so that water may quickly flow into ditches at the side and be carried off through properly constructed channels. Cul­ verts should be provided to conduct water under the roadway and thus prevent gullying the roadway with running water. Nothing will give farmers better ideas of how a good road should be built, or show them the losses they are sustaining traveling to market over poor roads, than Farmers' Bul­ letin No. 95, which may be had free of cost by writing a postal card to the department of agriculture, Wash­ ington, D. C., and asking for it. It is one of the most practical helps a farmer can have in solving the trans­ portation question in the country. Good roads help both the farmers and the city people. Therefore any proposition which looks to endowing the country with good roads is en­ titled, if not to acceptance, at all events to a respectful hearing. An Account of a Remarkabis WoaUB^ Whose Soul Power la Won­ derfully Developed. Do you believe that anyone can tall the future? Seen Margaret Graham yet? There seems to be A A# VI |W;VUlBiU sweeping over the country. remaps that's the reason that Margaret Gra­ ham, the well knows Psychic who resides at 2918 Michigan Ave., Chicago. 111., Is exciting such com­ ment and interest in Chicago and vicinity. Have you seen her yet? woman with marvelous UnlhOOK DOOR FROM OUTSIDE Convenient Way Illustrated of Un­ fastening Ooor by Fastening Cord to Staple on Inside. A cord is fastened to the hook and then passed through a hole in the dror and tied to the knob outside. Here's a psychic faculty. There are truly won­ derful things reported about her pow­ ers. Margaret Graham states that everyone, old or young, has a sort of aura, which Is an ethereal envelope of various colors, sizes and shapes, ac­ cording to the constitution, thoughts, life and general aspects of his being. Within this aura ijjgoc be read the his­ tory of one's past llfo, and likewise the things that are" prearranged for the future. Everything we do is in answer to a thought. If we are plan­ ning something of importance we think of it considerably. Therefore a deep impression is made upon our aura and whether the thoughts have been realized in actualities or not, or whether they are yet to be realized Is a matter of no* great importance to the psychic, who may read the aura for the future as well as for the past. Those who need advice on any subject ihould see her at once, as her counsel is worth going miles. There may never again be a chance to consult one of the Soul Vision of such a remarkable Psychic as is Margaret Graham, who Is permanently located in her own private residence. 2918 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. A mother makes a fatal mistake when she leads her children to be­ lieve that they are wingless angels. 5) V ^ Unhooking Door. Pulling the string will remove tho hook; slip the string off the hook, and the door cannot be < opened from the outside. Bees In Winter. Bees can endure diy cold, but not dampness. More bees are lost in wintering than by disease. Lack of ventilation is the cause of dampness in many hives. The use of foundation saves a great deal of time and labor to the bees. Combs cost the bees about ten pounds of honey for every pound of comb. Bees should not be moved during the winter, nor should they be disturbed or molested in any way. The worst enemy to empty combs in winter mice and if allowed ao- cess to them they will destroy them. If colonies are found short of provi­ sions during the winter they may be supplied with food in the shape of candy. Bees seldom, If ever, take a fly while there is much snow on the gro.und. If they are in proper condi­ tion they will not fly at all. Heavy snows should be allowed to remain about the hives just as it fell, even If it covers the hives entirely. One result of disturbing the bees in win­ ter is that it causes them instinctive­ ly to fill themselves with honey and ae a result they become unhealthy. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti­ pation. Constipation is the cause of many diseases. Cure the cause and you cure the disease. Easy to take. Sharp. "She's wonderfully sharp." "Yes, whenever she cuts for a prize rfhe always wins." WEIGHED ONLY 80 POUNDS. How a Severe Case of Kidney Trouble Was Finally Conquered. Byron Bennette, 1018 St. Clair Ave., East Liverpool, O., says: "Six months I was helpless in bed with kidney trouble. Kidney secre­ tions were painful, my head ached terribly and my body bloated. I ran down until I weighed but 80 pounds and everyone thought I had consumption. A specialist gave me up and so did my home physician. Surprising aB it may Beem, I was able to leave my bed after using six boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills and for six years I have remained free from kidney trouble. rI confidently be­ lieve Doan's Kidney Pills saved mjr life." Remember the name--Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Fo8ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Pedigree Seeds. Just about thirty years ago I wrote an article for a farm paper entitled, "Breeding Beans," telling how I had bred a strain of beans of high quality, and the way some of the agricultural sharps jumped on me was plenty, says a writer in an exchange. Now we talk about pedigree seeds without startling anybody, and every good farmer wants well bred seeds as well as well bred live stock. '"T> --_ Fall Mulching of Vegetables. Any time during the fall the mulch­ ing of rhubarb, asparagus, and all of the vegetable and flowering peren­ nials may be done. Any kind of flue or coarse manure will do. The fall and early winter, rains will dissolve out richness of the manure and carry it to the roots of the plants before freezing. It is best to mulch the lawn some time in December or January. There is nothing saved by fall set­ ting of asparagus. The sweet potato crop has grown wonderfully in the last few years. Many failures occurred froni plant­ ing poor seed potatoes last spring. Teach the hired man the best meth­ ods of farming, for his knowledge will prove your gain. Now is the time wnen the man who kept his cornfield clear of weeds reaps his reward. It IB as important to have a fine seed bed for grass as any other crop, a fact that many do not seem to be aware of. If barn-yard manures are to be used to fertilize, they should be evenly ap­ plied and w-ell miied with the soil by frequent harrowings. Plowing under leguminous crops like clover and cow peas. ID addition to making humus, supplies nitrogen, one of the most- important elementa of fertility. Bound to a Cur." NEWSPAPERS TAKING IT UP Metropolitan Dailies Giving Advice How to Check Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble. This is a simple home recipe now being made known in all the larger cities through the newspapers. It is Intended to check the many cases of Rheumatism and dread kidney trouble which have made so many cripples, invalids and weaklings of some of our brightest and strongest people. The druggists everywhere, even in the smallest communities, have been notified to supply themselves with the Ingredients, and the sufferer will have no trouble to obtain them. The pre- icription is as follows: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce, and Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bottle. The dose is one teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime. Recent experiments in hospital cases prove this simple mixture ef­ fective in Rheumatism Because of Its positive action upon the elimina- tlve tissues of the kidneys, it compels these most vital organs to filter from tbe blood and system the waste im­ purities and uric aeid which are the cause of rheumatism. It cleanses th® kidneys, strengthens them and pa- moves quickly such symptoms aa backache, blood disorders, bladder weakness, frequent urination, painful scalding and discolored urine Tt acta as a gentle, thorough regulator to the entire kidney structure. Those who suffer and are accus­ tomed to purchase a bottle of medi­ cine should not let a little Incon­ venience interfere with maklnsr thla up, or have your druggist do it for ytML