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Mfm li THE MetfllllT PUINDEALBR, McHINBT, ILI^n -W\ '"'•'.J, ?".., ' -•*.- •,'""•' ,'f •'«*"'! ••*"•> ais-vSi • - v v -. * '^'r ' '••, •••'*..&,-V "-• •* i ?W$jS* i-•-7 .; j«S*» »;EWVIS «&£?• •'••:' *r-y^ v.*** •'•• ' • "C-iN&iivr •'-- '• _ '**$V »' • •.*#; •*:•. , Standardization Benefit &£*•; of Farm Products Attaining Na-r *\ iional Importance, - v , - <*!•*•!»« by th« United Stataa Depart OMat of Acrlcultar*.) v Standardization of (arm products la Shpidly attaining national and lnternatlonal Importance, declares the United States Department of Agriculture. Federal grades are now available for lb kinds of fruits and vegetables, one or more of which grades have been adopted by 25 states for use in Intraitate aa well as in interstate com* jfcerce. Value of Grade*. \ ' The department's standardisation program was started In 1915 with the bfrtablishment of a telegraphic market Hews service covering most of the Ifadlng consuming markets to the War.try. Federal grades wfcre prepared for Bermuda onions and potatoes, use of the latter being made eomffcilsory by the food administration. 3Cbe value of the potato grades was Ibund to be such that with the terml- •atlon of the food admiqistratlon the trade continued the voluntary use of the grades, and it Is estimated that .at least 80 per cent of the total ship* bkents of potatoes in the Un4|ed States •re now quoted on the basis of the federal grades. 'Further stimulus was given the Standardization program when the Ijfnited States food products inspection aprvlce was started in 1917. This Service provided for federal inspection ' Of shipments at receiving points when inch inspection should be requested tp any of the persons Interested In the shipments. Grading laws that had bjeen long dormant were brought out ftjnd shaken to life. By 1921 federal grades had been recommended for 13 different fruits and vegetables, and Itad been widely adopted by the states, 'r 8ervlee Extended. J The following year the Inspection liiurvice was extended to shipping points, and a tremendous demand developed for additional standards for fruits and vegetables. _ The grades Sow cover 80 commodities and the and is not yet, say department officials ID charge of the work. Growers of artichokes, romaine, raspberries, rutabagas. escarolle, garlic and other Commodities are requesting federal grades for their products. The grades •re also now being recognized abroad as evidenced by the trade preference given American products that have 'been officially Inspected and for •Which Inspection certificates as to quality and condition have been lsjped. J:' The recent accession of Interest in Standard grades on the part of east- • im.products is pointed oat as a notfeblte development In the standardlsa- Make Hens Exercise Feed the grain In a deep litter on the floor and make the hens exercise for it The mash may he fed either wet or dry, and should be so regulated that the fowls will get about equal parts of mash and of the scratch grains. It is necessary to give the fowls plenty to eat to get good results, bnt the birds should always he eager for each feed. In cold weather feed • about one-third of the scratchgrains in the morning and twothirds at night. In this way the hens are forced to exercise more than if they receive all the grain they desire at the morning feed. tlon program. In Virginia, fo? example, 500 apple growers this year have organized standardization rings and are collectively advertising their brand In connection with the federal grades. The Georgia peach crop this year for the first time was packed on the United States grades, approximately 8,000 cars being Inspected and certified f shipping point oa this basis. 'SCRAP OF PAPER" FATAL TO CRIMINAL Two-Year-Old Ayrshire Has High Year's Record B. M.'s CaTiary Bell, a two-year-old Ayrshire owned by the Kansas State Agricultural college, has just completed a year's record of 9,315 pounds of milk containing 329.73 pounds ef but* terfat. She Is the fifth daughter of the senior herd sire. Bell's Melrose, to complete a year's test, thus awarding to this remarkable sire the honor of five daughters *that, as two-yearolds, average 11,007 pounds of milk and 411.24 pounds of butterfat. B. M.'s Canary Bell Is a daughter of Melrose Canary Bell II, former world's record two-year-old. and a granddaughter of the famous old Canary Bell that made 744 pounds of batterfat in a year. The college Ayrshire herd la nationally known for its high-producing cows, having developed more class leaders and world record cows than any other institutional Ayrshire herd in America. Two world record cows and three French cup winners have been developed here. Of the 16 Kansas class records for 300 and 305 days, ten are held by K. S. A. C. Ayrshires. There are 12 Ayrshires In the cSllege herd at present that during three years averaged 12,139 pounds of milk and 448 pounds of butterfat A fouryear- old Ayrshire produced 1,862 pounds of milk and 68.73 pounds of butterfat daring September. MAILING VARIOUS KINDS OF ^ : SEED AND PLANT MATERIAL per Selection and Packing Are Most Essential. " k (Tilj«ill » tha United SUtw •t Asricaltur*.) Seeds, plants, scions, grafts and * bther plant material Intended for -propagating purposes may be shipped r r kmj^ distances if properly selected •nd packed. Long sea voyages through the tropics are particularly Itevere on plant material, so that great «are most be exercised where sQCh journeys are Involved. ' The United States Department of r J ^Agriculture has prepared a new clr- " V "jjjular, Department Circular 323, for *-* the Information of persons who are the habit of mailing various kinds . seed and plant material--to show - low to collect, label and pack living " flant material for long-distance ship- Blent. It Is based largely on the obi. •« Serrations made from a great number of shipments which the depart- " " fhent has received from all over the #rorld, packed In many different ways 7^-j|nd by many different people. The "ij^anner of 'packing the particular Shipments which have come through X Hevere conditions of climate and dis- • twee in • satisfactory manner Is ^ ftoted and recommended for practice. I v" - It may not seem important, says the * . Circular, to follow some of the di- ' jJiectlons given. But so many failures .J^iind disastrous results have occurred .from variations from the directions 5 -^hat the department feels compelled 1™ J3j|o urge that they be followed as close- |y as-practicable in all cases. Neglect to sew the doth coverings on the . packages properly may result in a : <. total loss of the .valuable material. Leaving off the dry burlap wrapper and substituting newspaper therefor may cause the sweating and moldtng of a collection of valuable scions or bud wood. Too much care cannot be given to the selection of clean. h<»ni»hT plant material. A copy of the circular may be aecured while the supply lasts from the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ^Legume Hay Is Favored for Farm Flock of There is no better feed for sheep (han good legume hay. Alfalfa is perhaps the best. Red clover and Al- |ike nearly as good, and sweet clover fine If well cured. Sweet clover rather difficult to cure, however, «nd moldy, sweet clover hay has paused a»och trouble and deaths. Wild hay la good for part of the bay. Some millet fa good, but should bot be fed to excess. Com stover is Vrell liked by sheep, bat corn fod ier should be fed sparingly lest they get too much grain. One ear of corn fer day is enough for a ewe, and eeping to that limit will not permit *he feeding of many stalks where there ~fls much yield of corn. Straw is good , tor a part of the roughage, bat sheep Should not be allowed to run to *traw stacks, for straw, chaff and Jbeards will get Into the fleece and Injure the sheep and lower the value of the wool. Timothy hay is one of the poorjest feeds for sheep on account of Its constipating effects, and constipation is one of the. enemies of pregbant ewea. Forcing Rhubarb During Winter Is Easy Problem Itorcing rhubarb In winter either commercially or for home use is comparatively easy, and should be carried on much more generally than it Is at the present time, as a supply of this very appetising dish can by this means be had from January until the early spring. The roots for forcing are dug In th« late autumn~ before the ground freeces, care being taken to preserve buds on the crowns, and tc keep as much of the earth adhering to the roots as possible. Past experience has proven that roots that have been completely frozen force rauct quicker. It will require at least tea da^s of quite severe freezing to put the roots In good condition for forcing. When the time comes to bring In the plants, a dark cellar should be available where a temperature of 50 d» fee* to 60 degrees Fahrenheit can maintained. b* Iapm fomfc Drain barn lots with ditch«s or Ule. FUi la low places with rock or gravel • • • Burning woods Is double economic murder; It kills trees and humus. • • • Feeding high-value feed to lowvalue live stock is like walking on quicksand. • • • If you wish to get the moat fer your money oat of fertilise^ pa u upon snalysls. * - • • '• • ~ Sanitation. admlnl»teae4<-ta regular doses. Is the best medicine for peeltry, sheep and pigs. • • •* Use clean straw for banking around the cellar wall; It's Just as effective as anything else and worlda H^tar for sanitary reaaona. • • • It Is better to let the pullets roost la the trees than to crowd them la the laying house. A mature pull«| needs at leaat seven Inches of roost Gather eggs for hatching at least three times dally. Keep them In a well-ventilated room and turn then every day. Do not keep them either In a hot or a cold room. A temperature of about 00 degrees Is about rlehL identification by Typewrit' ing Not Uncommon, Bvery day scienca la performing fteata that owrxhtdow thnae of the famous detectives of fiction. Take, for example, the seemingly Impossible task of identifying a man by Us typewriting-- running dowa a machine-made i-l ue. That a criminal can be traced, captured and convicted through a scrap of typed paper, which apparently is just like any other piece ok typing Jn the world, almost challenges credence; yet to the expert on "questioned documents" such accomplishments -are merely In the day's work. Typewriting Is almost as personal as penmanship sometimes, due to certain pecuiiarites or mannerisms that the typist has developed, says Loren CL Morton, typewriting expert of New York, In Popular Science Monthly. Such clues may be found In spacing, spelling or punctuation. Some time ago an office ef the Department of Justice was astonished to find a confidential Setter from Its flies printed in a nmgnzlnc The letter that had been sold to the magazine was ob^. talned, and was found to be a typewritten copy of the original, the latter having been In longhand. This typewritten copy had so many individual characteristics that the copyist might almost as well have signed his name to It. In breaking a word at the end of a line, for example, he Invariably Inserted a second dash at the beginning of the next line. AISJ he had a habit of following each semicolon with a dash. With such personal characteristics as a guide, finding the seller of the letter was a matter merely of elimlnatlon among those who bad acceas to the copied letter. A very slight difference In tha length of the cross bars of the "t'sw once helped expose as a forgery an alleged will offered for probate In an estate involving many hundred thousands of dollars. The company that made the typewriter on which this document was written only recently had lengthened the cross bars of its "t's." while the ••will" was typed on a machine with short cross bars. An attempt apparently had been made to remedy this discrepancy by penciling over the typewriting, but there were so many suspicious points connected with the document that It was not admitted to probate. In a somewhat almllar caae a man who tried to alter a document with a machine of later date that that with which the original typing was done attempted to change the length of the cross bar on the Mt" by grinding li down with an emery wheel. He succeeded, bat only partly, for in doing the work he accidentally shaved the little carl at the bottom of the letter. The odd appearance of the resultant letter aroused suspicion, aiyl magnl fled photographs of the type showed plainly the marks of the abrasive. •Mutt-Proof Wheat Found? A new variety of wheat which will resist all attacks of rust, a species of marquis which is said to yield from four to rfix bushels to the acre more than the ordinary variety, hab been developed by Samuel La room be. a prominent grain grower of Blrtle, Man. The new wheat, says a Winnipeg dispatch tj the New York World, has been tried out In areas In western Canada Infested with rust and came through without damage, according to Larcombe. Larcombe has been a Manitoba farmer for 30 yeaip and In that time has won 3.0Q0 prizes on wheat at Canadian and American expositions. He won the world's championship for wheat at the Peoria International fnl.* In 1017 and In 1918. the sweepstakes for the best Individual farmer's exhibit as well as sweepstakes for wheat in the dry funning section of the International Soil Products exposition in Kanaar City. Thrift in Italy Savings "tlepoelth in Italy, according to the last report available, show a total of 21.."500,000,000 lire. Of this amount 11.300.000,000 lire were In savings banks. 9.400.000.- 000 in postnI savings and 750,000. 000 in the pawn Institutions called the Monti dl Pleta. This total compares with a total of savings deposits of 600,000.000 lire in June. 1914. The Increase In deposits st the popular postal savings office has been 842 per cent, which is vastly greater than the depreciation of the currency and It taken to show how greatly the lower classes have Improved their standard of living.--From Thrift Magazine. Portable X-Ray a Boon ' Dr. W. D. Coolidge. formerly a; professor ai Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has invented a portable X-ray machine, which will be a boon to rural residents besides being valuable in commercial life. The machine may be carried around like a small band grip. It will enable plumbers to see pl|>es hidden in walls, gem buyers to detect fake gems, and will enab1< tLe country doctor to carry modern curative sclem* lata. Ute, laland home. V* Such ft Life "J.other,'* baid the fair young thing, with a simper, "Mr. Uiggu^t \tH imr -I'm not surprised at that.*^ 1 ^ -Would you accept him?" - -Why notr "But, mother, Fve only known him two weeks." "We mujt all take a chance, dearie I've been married to your father tor thirty years and I don't half k him.uitlsvllle Courier-Journal. Embezzled to Help Firm pleading guilty to a charge of emberaiement made by her employers an eighteen-year-old girl in Scotland recently showed that sl>e ran the shop, waited on customers and kepi the books, all for $3.50 a week, and took the money to make herself more ggassntaiwa as customer*. . LANDLORD AMB TENANT BOTH KILLED IN DUEL Dbpmtm Over Bumne*$ At* hdrs Cantet Tragedy in North Carolina. Charlotte, N. C.--G. Locke Meffnlght, business man and farmer of Mooresville, and Grover Stutts, a tenant, from Mooresville, are dead as the result of a shotgun and pistol duel at Stutts' home. McKnlght died within an hour from the result of a wound from a shotgun fired by Stutts, while the latter died instantly from a pia tol shot fired by McKnlght. The shooting took place In front of Stutts' house on McKnight's farm, about four miles east of Mooresville. Who fired the first shot was not determined by the eye-witnesses to the affair. Bad feeling, owing to business affairs between the two men, was considered responsible for the shooting. Some time ago trouble arose between two sons of McKnlght and (Jrover Stutts, who warned the McKnlght boys to stay away from his place. McKnlght had communicated with his attorney Jn Statesville, H. P. Grier, and tile tatter wrote a letter to Stutta. Brings Shotguns. 3-. A. Craven, one of the witnesses to the tragedy, said he was asked by McKnlght to go with him to the Stutts hum to toek at some hay ta tin The bhoatlng Started. meadows. After an lnsp«H?tion of the crop, McKnlght and Craven 'walked toward their automobile, near the Stutts home. As they passed the rear of the Statts house, Grover Stutts appeared with the attorney's letter in his hand and words passed between Stutts and McKnlght. Quiet was restored between the two men by Mr. Craven, and he and McKnight passed around the house, Stutts going Inside the back door. As the three men met again at the front of the house, Stutta appeared with two shotguns. He was prevailed upon to put them aside by. Mr. Craven who, with McKnight, stopped in the front yard when they saw Stutts armed. When Craven started back toward McKnight, h^sald later, the shooting started. He was not able to determine who fired the first shot. Felon Earn* $5,000 While in Prison; Learns Trade Philadelphia.--Several weeks ago a prisoner at the Eastern penitentiary was released, and when he was about to leave the Institution Col. John C. Groome, warden, handed him a check for more than $5,000, Ills earnings while an inmate. The released prisoner was reconciled jvith his wife, who had worked to support their two children while he was serving his sentence, and opened a small store. This man bad taken one of the many educational courses at the penitentiary when he first entered the institution!. He showed adaptability and was permitted to do some work "on the side." Soon he was turning out beaded pocketbooks and other novelties which were sold outside the prison. The authorities kept the money obtained until he was ready to leave,. He had entered it untrained and penniless and seven years later left the prison with thousands of dollars. Schooling is going on inside the walls of the "pen" under the tutelage of several institutions. Some of these may be correspondence school courses. One of the most popular courses with the men In the institution is engineering, which was started two years ago by the engineering extemUoa*4ajiartment of the state college. ' --• Miraculous Escapes as Auto Falls Five Stories New York.--Despite the fact that he backed his automobile into an open elevator shaft in a garage and fell five stories with it to land on another automobile just entering the shaft, Llndley M. Franklin of Flushing is suffering only from minor bruises. Archibald Nesbett of Bayslde, the occupant of the second car, a sedan, also escaped serious injuries, although his hurts required hospital treatment. Both cars were wrecked in such a manner as to protect the drivers from being crushed. SAiLORS HAVE FIRM RELIEF IN OMENS Deep Sea Seems to Breed Quaint Superstitions. There la no place in the world where aoperstltion is ao powerful aa on the ses, F Bsrry ftHriwi. writing In the Washington Post, asserts. Let an absent-minded sailor whistle oa board ship and his mates will curse him for bringing oa a stiff breese when It Is not wanted. But for a sailor to whistle when the ship is enveloped in dense fog It permissible, since the occuit wiiid may disperse the very material fog. Until comparatively recently, undei no circumstances, was a young steamship- trained helmsman allowed t« mount the "weather side of th* bridge." This privilege was reserved for old shellbacks who had been seven timet round Cape Horn. Bnt as few seamen can claim such distinction in these days of "iron abips and wooden men" the ""leeside" Is now universally used. Parsons ate never popular afloat They are supposed to bring bad luck, and are therefore blamed by the crew for any misfortune that occurs. Seamen no longer beileva that rati leave an ill-fated ship before she sails But they still regard the arrival of • corpse for shipment as a very bad omen, and I have known them to de- Bert sooner than sail with it. Strangely enough, the extent ol their apprehension on this account varies with the social standing of the deceased, the remains of a celebrity being more unlucky than those of a humble citizen. 80 strong was this superstition in bygone days that the packing case containing the casket had to be labeled and stowed as ordinary cargo. The luck of black fats Is proverbial But what Is not so well known Is thf reason why seamen are so over-indulg ent In them. This is to prevent theli bringing ill-lack to the ship by running away. During the war black cats were ai a premium. With so much extra toanage afloat there waa not enough t« go around. Sometimes a young midshipman wonld be sent a3hore in search of one And a certain youth, sooner than retarn empty-handed, dyed the white patches of a black and white "atray". with ink. -- Those Smart Children "My three-year-old nephew Anaxl mander, hurried breathlessly into thi living room where we were entertain lng the minister and his wlfa "Vamma I" he cried without* regard for consequences, "Bruvver's gone an<!- torn his rubber rompers and now you'll have to vulcanise them." Little Willie, my elghteen-month-ol< cousin, was earnestly watching hli father (my uncle) repair hla automo bile. "What seems to be the matter?" h« finally asked his dad. "I'm afraid the differential's gont wrong," said his daddy, wiping th< grease off his forehead with hla $8 silk shirt. "Heck!" ejaculated Willie. "A fel low's got to understand calculus t« run a car these days!" Ermyntrude Is a trifle precocious an< for that reason her parents temporise with her. At the dinner table the other ntghi she brusquely asked her mother tc pass the mustard. Mother smiled wearily and said ex pectantly, "If yon--?" Imagine our embarrassment whet the little darling retorted, "If yot know what's good for you!"--Kosweii J. Powers In Judge. Dead Spots at See While we hsve come to accept "dead spots" on land, there Is another form of "dead spot" to be found right In mid-ocean, hundreds of miles from land, for which no adequate explanation has yet been given, according tc A. DInsdale, member of the Radio Society of Great Britain. Some scientists maintain that they are caused hj large mineral deposits on the ocear floor, but this explanation hardij seems satisfactory, though It Is true that such dead spots can also be over come by Increasing the wavelength f0« communication. There are several such spots in the different oceans, and they cause quite an amount of inconvenience to ships st times, althougb the study of them Is interesting.--Scientific American. Something New in History She was proud of her kindergarten elnss and was anxious to shew off the little ones to a number of visiting ^mothers. "Who discovered Amerteay-tbc teacher asked. * "Columbia." shouted a little girl, easily beating her classmates to thf answer. Overlooking the error, the teacbei went on: "And what was his first nnmeT* "Hail," was the quick reply that sent teacher and mother into spasms ol laughter. Marriage in France Regarded as a Duty A few months ago, giri students st the University of Minnesota replied to a questionnaire asking their notion of an ideal husband. According to the replies, he must be "moderately goodlooking, athletically inclined, morally clean, respectful toward religion, healthy unniwInrt^B of th« good and beautiful in life, well trained socially, chivalrous, optimistic and good-natured"; bat such qualities as patience, courage, industry, sound judgment, love of children and an infinite capacity for self-sacrifice--these they failed to emphasize. In other words, each young woman was seeking an agreeable mate. He must be "charming." Then the young woman In her turn would be "happy." Whereas, no one Is ever "happy," and those who marry in order to win "happiness" meet with disillusionment. They ought ta i In France, wltere marriages are arranged by the old folks, no one thinks of marriage as bringing "happiness." No one thinks of marriage as a personal Indulgence. In France, marriage Is a duty. Such prerequisites as patience, courage, industry, sound Judgment, love of chl!dren and an infinite capacity for self-sacrifice are not nn derrated. Except in rare cases, interesting to the novelist because of their rarity, French marriage succeeds. Very few French couples seek divorce --BO few. Indeed, that France was ihocked when Americans began to seek divorce In Paris, and applauded the ministry of Justice for somewhat abating the scandal. Inasmuch as- we are not Latins and have neither the background nor the shrewd, calculating, businesslike and socially dutiful inclinations of the French, who arrange marriages for their children as deliberately as they finance those marriages, we shall never adopt the French system. Instead of arranging marriages for our children, we" are much more likely to find our children arranging divorces for us.-- Rollln Lynde Hartt In World's Work. Reforestation Goes On A traveler through New England. If observant, may have noted In recent years the springing up of little patches of new forest here and there. He may notice also that old forests, perfectly ready to cat under temptation, are left standing. He may notice also that the ground under the trees is in many cases cleaned up so that Inflammable material for quick fires has been removed. Small as these evidences arc In the country as a whole, they art numerous enough in some places to show that the forestry propaganda la beginr'ng to accomplish results. It Ir sure to grow in strength and the work of protection and reforestation is sure to progress faster as It acquires momentum, says tbe Waterbury (Conn.) American. The dedication of a people's foreafe on the banks of the Farmlngton river, where several hundred acres of forest land were placed In the hands of the state as a memorial and an addition to the system of parks which the state has provided. Is one small but signlfl-' cant Item In such work. As the habit grows much Connecticut land now running to waste, but suitable for forest growth, will be covered with trees, and tlie next generation will see quite a different face on the state of Connecticut. Mahogany First Known Sir Walter Raleigh has to be commended for other things than merely his well-known act of placing his coat In a mud puddle so that the queen would not have to ruin her slippers. He Is reported to have been the first white man to make use of mahogany, the noted and beloved cabinet wood In 1597 he had to guide his ships into a port of the West Indies to obtain materials to repair the damages caused by storms. The natives showed him the durable mahogany trees, which he felled, cut Into planks, and-placed In the decks of his ships. After his return to England he invited Queen Elizabeth to inspect his hardy little vessels, and when the queen saw the beautiful and strange red-brown wood, she expressed her admiration so emphatically that Sir Walter ordered the deck of his own ship torn up and had a table made for the queen. 1 Falls to Death Hammond. Ind.--While booking hla tackle to a steel band on the Iteid* Murdoch smokestack here, Alex Erickson, who refused to marry because of his perilous job. fell to his death from the top of the stack. Erickson had thrilled thousands with his daring work in scaling church steeples and smokestacks. Name Like Fire Alarm An Indian chief visited Muskogee Okla., recently and stayed over nigh) i at the hotel. Going to his room thai night he decided to call his wife, wbc lived at Dewar, a few miles away. He took down the phone recelvei and started in: "This Is Big Flr< Chief Fire--" bnt tbe telephone op erator let bim get no further. 8h< sounded the general fire alarm, anc when the department arrived the In dian was still trying to get in hb call and verbally losing his tempo through the phone. Crass Crowing by Electricity Electric lights have been used successfully at the Jumping Brook golf club. In New Jersey, to grow grass on the greeni. at night, and thus shorten the delay In putting the course Into service. Grass lighted at night grew four Inches In three weeks, while grass on the unltghted portion of the green grew but one inch In the same period. Twenty-four thousand-watt globes with special reflectors were hung four feet from the ground to give a continuous, even spread of light. On the lighted portion the seed came through In five days, while seed sown on the unllghted part of the same green did not germinate' until twp days later.-- Popular Mechanics Magazine. • Chile's Drought Worst Tbe drought in Chile this the worst there la 00 yeara. r- Stars in Pairs r-7-7-- Hwae are many stars <b*t "an doable says Nature Magazine--tba la, they are made ap of stars revolv ing around one another. Most a these pairs are of contrasting color one blue and the other gold, or om red and the other green. Alblreo L considered to be one of the finest o the pairs that are visible In smpU Still Worse "Great guns. Gapejaculated an acquaintance. "What 'pears to be the matter? Has yore wife had a back set. or something that a-way?" "Worse than that." sadly replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "The doc^ tor says she mustn't do a lick of work for two months, anyhow. And I don't know who in the nation is going to get the winter's wood In--the Vhildren say they wont, and I'm all down in the back till I cant turn a tap. Tear* like we^e got to freeze and starve whilst we're adoing it"--Kanaas City Star. Buddhists Resent Hymn A formal protest has been made by an influential Ituddhist committee In Ceylon aKnlnst the continued singing. In Its present form, of the famous missionary hymn, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains." The hymn, ss everybody knows, re-, grets <hat "Ceylon's Isle" Is a spot where "every- prospect pleases." and "only man is vile." The Cingalese naturally object to being called "vile/ tod request that the offending words be aUrolnatad from Um» •I 1 I I I 1 I 1 I I I I I I I 1 I imillM If Bee Woe Mad at Him, Why Sting Her? Menominee Falls. Wis.--Charging that her neighbor, Phillip Rudolph, owner of an apiary, "harbors and keeps vicious bees, well knowing them to be of such disposition," Mrs. Angusta Muehi ban KtnrtPd «nlt n^ninnt Rttdnlnh for $2,000 damages. She alleges she suffered untold agony when one of the bees maliciously stung her on the arm, although she gave It no cause. The complaint says that the bee "did leave home duly incensed because it was recklessly and wantonly abused, harassed. annoyed and pestered by Its owner." % ' « ^^5^ ^ ' " •' '3Si i i i i r i i r r i i i i i i i i i m m i i TEMPTATION WINS AFTER 16YEARS\ Negro Janitor in Bank Walhm Home With $2,500. Lexington, Ky.--Jim Gant, negro> ftor 16 years Janitor at the First City National bank, swept and dusted!* around stacks of money without yleid-| ing to temptation, but finally fell. Jin^r> picked up five packages of bills cou-| \ "tl. taining $500 each and walked hornet, one afternoon recently with the a in his pockets. P i When he was arrested three day# - j-*j • later the pile had dwindled to $1,625? ,« But the bank was insured and won'ti • lose a cent. Jim says he bad a wonl derful time. "I was just sweeping around ba^- hind the teller's desk." he says, "an#'- *"'"; these packages had fallen on the floorX I picked them up and then I just; ' - dldnt put them back on the shelf,jj ;; that's all." • ~; It was Jim's celebration that r»| . ^ suited In his arrest. When a rtiecfcT5 f made at the close of business showed! that the bank was short $2,500, police!. ^ were notified and an investigation waa^ ': begun by detectives working with thai bank officials. J";': The next day they heard Jim Gant| - was creating a stir in colored society ^5 by prodigal spending of money. The*. .> thing was a sensation among the ne-„ groes and detectlvea were not long In hearing about It. ' Assistant Chief of police Ernest^ Thompson and Detectives R. P. Mo- 'AJ loney, Dudley Veal and Joe Grant took? Jim Into custody. He had $125 In his? • pocket and three of the $500 packages' x were found unbroken at his home. He admitted his guilt and J. E. Me-> Farland, vice president of the bank."- swore out a warrant, charging , kla with grand larceny. a -^§1 .'"1# Love on Lonely Isle Costs Romeo His "PUs St. Paal, Minn.--Another scenario^ of love, intrigue and luring to a lone-^ ly isle (Harriet Island) has ^>een un-'^~ folded In District court before Judge Charles Bechhoefer. Oscar Peterson, twenty-three yeara^ old. big and brawny and formerly of Zumbrota, Minn., was the "villain." He was sentenced to a term of front® . w %. ^ J one to ten years In the state reformat tory at St. Cloud. '*- ' Helen Dahlr, Oscar's beloved, wasfe- "jH1 the vamp. She will stand trial. Oscar*. will be called as a witness for the' state. Robert A. Berns, 791 Jackson street,., was the victim. He got lured $9% worth. Oscar and Helen, as the plot thlck-s ened in court recently, had a who was arrested for fighting. didn't have any money to bail him^ out, but Helen said she knew s uhum who had money and she knew how to^ get it. So Helen lured Berns, the man with > the money, down to Harriet island. where Oscar lay In wait. Then Oscar. emerging from his ambush, pounced on the victim and took his money-- $30. Oscar said he had only been in Jail t w i c e b e f o r e and anyhow he only g o t ' $7 out of It for himself. Bat the said that was enough. ;# M) 1 !;#? I- • 5- i . . ' L* Science Expects to Produce Perfect Man PKIladeiphla.--The production of the perfect man by regulation of glands la predicted by Dr. E. Rodney Flske of New York. Speaking at the convention of the Eastern Homeopathic Medical association he said that recent discoveries concerning the function of glands of the human body had paved the way for production of the perfect man. Dr. \Villlai» H. Diffenhach, an X-ray specialist, also of New York, sail) that by proper control of the function off ; glands a "fountain of youth" would bet>* discovered, as failure of the glands to function was the caase of old age. "By properly regulating man'a» glands," said Doctor Fiske, "w»- will'v not only be able to control Ma-iu&itaiy^ characteristics, but also Ms'pbjgiieaii^' appearance; it will be within oorfceuK^- er to fay whether he shall 6c baB or~.. short, fat or thin; whether his vak« shall be tenor or bass. "By increasing tbe action of alugglali glands and slowing dowu the over-active glands, remarkable results havei , been accomplished and we are on the 5 verge of even greater achievements which will make possible the productlon of the perfect man." ' '* Doctor Dlffenhach expressed the opinion that control of the ductless glands was far superior to implants- - tlon of monkey glanda for tbe rsatora ' tlon of youth. « m Find Fifty-Two Snakes York, Pa.--A den of 52 snakes waa unearthed by David Wallace of Hopewell township at Stewartstown the otber day. Wallace was prying up a 4 rock and tbe snakes were found an- > derneath. The reptltae were of tba^ copperhead variety. , Poetical Jtearnest ' * ; If we must part forever, give iw'ni i ne kind word to think upon and pleaaa uiyself with, while my heart Is break- -l J"