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-.^•l:;i^-\j;.*k;.: Firmer Should Not Waste „, His Time or Money on Doubtful Cultures. a 'MiLmpmrmA to tb* United StitN DapfertiMBt v7\ of A*rlcultar«.) Worthless preparations calculated to rifitnulate nitrogen fixation la such nonlegumes as corn, cotton, and tobacco, are being offered the farmer at the rate of a dollar a pound, says the United States Department of Agriculture. The farmer should not waste his tt®e or money on such doubtful preparations, cautions the department. Even the most alluring advertisements "and claims should fall on deaf ears All efforts to inoculate the seeds of aonlegumes with nitrogen-fixing bacteria have failed, sa.vs the department. Corn, wheat, oats, rye, cotton, tobacco, and other nonlegumlcous plants do not harbor such nitrogen-fixing bacteria in their stems and leaves, although such is the assertion of some commercial concerns engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling commercial cultures for inoculating the 4Mfd of these nonlegumes. v ^ Cultures for Legumea. .-•On the other hand, the use of com- . mercial cultures for inoculating the legumes-- such as alfalfa, clover, vetch, peas, soy beans, and cow peas--is often to be recommended. These and other legumes attain their best development If their roots have many well-developed nodules In which the nitrogenfixing bacteria are present In large numbers. Not all soils contain these desirable bacteria in the right quantity or quality to assure a normal natural inoculation, but fortunately this lack can be supplied by the use of properly prepared commercial cultures. Many investigators have tried to •elect and cultivate useful bacteria In the laboratory for the artificial inoculation of the soil or seeds of nonlegumltious plants, hoping that results would be similar to those secured when the legumes are Inoculated artificially. However, all efforts made in this direction have failed thus far and all such commercial cultures have been found to be without value to the farmer. Composition of Cultures. Usually these cultures prepared for the nonlegumes have been found to contain such substances as dried animal manure, compost, guano, phosphates. lime, and prepared humus. Alt of these substances are In the nature of a fertilizer and may, if relatively large amounts of them are applied in pot "or i>mall plot tests, stimulate noticeable growth. This apparently beneficial effect from the substance will be as a fertiliser and not aa a nitrogen-fixing agent. Deep Cultivation Cuts Yield of the Corn Crop "Stir as shallow as possible when cultivating corn," Is the advice of soils men at the New York State Collage of Agriculture at Ithaca. Within recent years it has been found that deep cultivation of corn injures the roots and reduces the yield of the crop. In wet seasons, when the weeds get a big start, deep cultivation may be the only way to kill them, but It nips the corn roots, too, and holds back'the growth of the crop. Another reason for deep cultivation has been the theory that a soil mulewas a great moisture-saver. This Is only partly true, and it is only In dry seasons that this mulch conserves much moisture with New York's normal rainfall. Cultivation before planting the crop is the most effective, say the soils men, and it can be done more cheaply and easily then than later. Proper preparation of the seed bed Is necessary for later cultivation to be effective. If the seed bed has been properly worked, shallow cultivation should do the business later on when the crop gets up above the ground. Wet weather may interfere, of course, but the same rule holds: The best cultivation is that which Injures the crop roots least and still kills the weeds. These principles of cultivation apply to all weed crops, such as corn, beans, potatoes and cabbage. SHALLOW CULTIVATION FAVORED TO KILL WEEDS IN CORNFIELD #-- Conservation Not Chief Object U Producing corn at the lowest possible cost requires that it be cultivated only enough to keep down weeds, according to D. C. Wimer, University of Illinois. It is now well established that weed control and not moisture conservation is the chief object of corn cultivation and consequently cultivating weed-free corn with the idea of conserving moisture by creating a mulch only swells the cost of produethe crop. Experimental results show that weedy corn probably suffer* more from lack of nlitrlents than from- lack of moisture. Consequently It would seem that moisture conservation is not a reason for cultivating corn, except possibly in the case of heavy soils that check badly. Cultivation may be necessary on such soils to fill large cracks and thus stop the direct loss of moisture from the sut surface or even the subsoil. On soils that do not check badly the loss of moisture i om the immediate surface Is of Utv tle significance. Since cultivation Is the only practical method of controlling weeds, the depth and frequency of cultivation Several Crop Varieties Are Tested at Illinois Several new varieties of crops have been introduced in the experimental tests which are being conducted at the University of Illinois. The alfalfa tests which were started in 1923 Include six varieties which are now In their second crop season. These are Grimm, Cossack. South Dakota No. 12, Common Kansas grown. Common Idaho grown under Irrigation, and Argentine grown seed. These varieties present some interesting comparisons. In the oat tests a new variety. Kanota, is making an Interesting showing. This is an early oat Introduced -from the Kansas experimental station. It appears that It may prove to be a better variety than Iowa 108. Nova, a* variety introduced from Denmark, promises to be a good late variety. The most Interesting varieties of Wheat are two hybrids, Mlchlkoff, a Purdue variety, and Minnmrkl. Both are hard wheats. The Mlchlkoff Is smooth and the Minnturkl is bearded. Twenty-six other varieties of winter and spring wheat are being tested. These tests are helpful in determining the best varieties for termers of the corn belt to use In their crop rota- I: Ridding Farm Lands of « Different Rodent Pests should be determined by their growth. so far as possible the growth of weeds should be prevented byshallow r„ther than deep cultivation, nbee the latter generally injures the corn roots and thereby cuts the yield. On soils that are reasonably free from weeds and where the seed bed has been well prepared, corn needs little or dj cultivation. Unless cultivation kills weeds, closes large openings in soils that are, subject to excessive cracking or puts soils in rendition to absorb more water. It can hardly be Justified in the face of experimental evidence. Good Feed for Stallion During Breeding Season A few combinations of rations which are suitable for a stallion during the breeding season are as follows: 1. Oats, timothy or prairie hay. 2. Oats, four parts; corn, six parts, and bran, three parts by weight; timothy or prairie hay. 3. Oats, four parts; com, six parts; linseed meal, one part; timothy or prairie hay. 4. Corn, seven parts; bran, three parts; Unseed meal, one part; Hmnfhy or prairie hay. 5. Corn; alfalfa hay one-third and prairie hay two-thirds. No specific directions can be given as to the total amount of feed required, since this depends on the exercise the animal gets and whether he Is a "hard" or "easy" keeper. A safe rule Is to keep the stallion In good flesh, but not "hog fat," for this will Injure Rls breeding powers. Most horsemen advise thai In the breeding season he tye kept gaining Just a bit, rather than allowed to run down In flesh. While some recommend feeding three times a day, four is preferred by others. In either case no more should- be fed Phan will be promptly cleaned up. plenty Qf^«xercise is very essential. • /Turkeys for Holidays Turkeys for the Thanksgiving and Christmas trade should be fat, yet producing this fat condition and saving the turkeys is not an" easy matter, for it Is well to cemember no fat turkey is long a healthy one. To produce a fat turkey, therefore, and at the same time a healthy turkey, «bne must bring about this fat condition, by degrees, and not abruptly-;, "/ BRKJXDTES of control work can be seen from a report to the biological survey. United 8tates Department of Agriculture, of what was accomplished in Arizona in a single month. Rodent-control campaigns in this state in April were directed against prairie dogs, pocket gophers and rabbits. About 12,000 rodents a day were killed, or 360,000, ajv proxlmately, for the month. Nearly 30,000 acres of infested lands were treated with about 8,000 quarts of poisoned bait by 379 co-operating farmers and stockmen. No matter how conservative the estimate of the value per acre of ridding lands of rodent It must be evident that the re- Eat, can, or sell the slacker uens. • • • April chicks are likely to live ln any other Waste oH fqwn the tractorr<ar, er truck eennggiinnee ccrraannkk case works Has as oiler. • • • A little sweet clover for pasture may ecome a "lifesaver" In seasons of ronffht or in other emergencies. • • « should be dean. cultivated like any row crop. If the vines are In line crossways as well aa In rows, cross cultivation can be practhis will pave much hoeing. Calves kept Indoors in the summer Bhould have their pens cleaned out frequently. Change them about If there is plenty of pen room. Darken the windows to the calf gens to save the calves annoyance from files. Dotty Exercise for Ottnen of M&liom» Clipping Coupons: Strip, dm grm trunks and take bonds and adMtt Into steam room of Turkish bath. Raise bonds and scissors over head, inhaling slowly, and elevate right knee as high as It will (If left-handed, elevate left knee.) Lower bonds and scissors to level of knee, exhaling slowly, and use knee-cap for a desk, resting bond upon it and clipping coupon. Repeat until day's supply of bonds is exhausted. Opening Safe Deposit BOCK: This exercise, if faithfully followed, is s certain reducer of waist measure. Select safe deposit box on tier of boxes nearest floor and, refusing proffered aid of vault attendant, lean down, bending from the waist, with knees rigid and feet together, insert key and unlock box yourself. Do this dally ontii apoplexy claims Its victim. Poshing Push Buttons: Have large flat-top desk In private office fitted with row of push-buttons within convenient reach of your chair. Inhaling slowly. Instruct your secretary to carry chair around to opposite side of desk. Lean forward flat across inkwell and puah buttons, calling in turn production manager (exhaling), sales manager (Inhaling), efficiency engineer (exhaling), building engineer (Inhaling), and special cop in the main hall (exhaling). Note: Care should be taken to Inhale only after exhaling, otherwise half the benefit of this exercise will be lost. Pounding Desk: This exercise may be taken alone, but more satisfactory results are obtained In the presence of a room full of people, preferably your employees. Inhaling slowly, summon employees, and, clenching fist, pound desk. Exhaling, raise arm, bending at elbow, and pound desk again. Keep this up ten minutes, or until employees are mildly fatigued. If deemed desirable, words may be spoken briskly during this exercise. Develop ego. Picking Petals: An admirable exercise, especially for back, shoulder and arm muscles while riding to and from business conferences in limousine. Lean back In padded seat and, -reaching forward with right arm, pick petal from rose In vase across the car. Alternate right, left, right, left, until no petals remain. As you become proficient, and your muscle and wind warrant it, daisies may be substituted for roses. They hsve more petals sad more resistance.--A. H. T, In Kansas Gtty Star. • a *U. . - Unconscious Prejudice Senator Edwards said In a prohibition argument In Trenton: "We can't argue prohibition fairly and squarely because we are all prejudiced about it one way or . another. We claim we're unbiased, but we soon give ourselves away. "We're like the man whose same was drawn for the murder Jury. "'Mr. Jones,' they said to him, "before we take you on this Jury we must find out whether you have formed any prejudice about the defendant's guilt or innocence.' * "No,* said Jones 'No, I ain't farmed no prejudice whatever.* "'And, Mr. Jones, have yon, or have yon not, any conscientious objections to capital punishment T "•No objections at all.' said Joaea, la a case like this.'* KNOWS MAN IN HliS ,^mMTE VARIETY Coed Writes OM the Spirit HOM Moved Her; There may be a lot of them over at the University of California, and there probably are, bat I KNOW of ONE gay young coed whe certainly knows about men. Just listen to her: "Once upon a time 1 thought 1 understood Man, and could marry one with one hand tied behind me aad My eyes shut -But I have discovered: "If you flatter • man. It frightens him to death. If you permit him to make love to you, he soon tires of you. "If you don't be is offended from the start. "If yon agree with him on everything, yon soon cease to interest htm. "If yoa doaft you cease to charm him. If you don't believe all he tells yoa, he thinks you are a cynic. "If you do, he tbfnks you are a fooL "If you wear gay colors and rough and startling bats, he hesitatea to take you out "If yoa wear a little brown toque and a tailored suit, he takes you out but gazes all evening at some other woman in gay colors "If you are Jealous of him, be cant endure you. "If you are not he cant understand you. "If yoa share in his gayetles and approve of his smoking, he vows you are leading him to the deviL -If you disapprove of his gayetles and urge him to give up smoking, yon are driving him to the devil. "If you are affectionate he soon ttree of your kisses and seeks consolation in some other woman's. "If you are a sweet old-fashioned clinging vine, he doubts If you have any brains. "If you are modern, advanced and Independent he doubts if you have sera* pies or a heart "If you are cut® and boyish, he longs for a souimate. "If you are brilliant he longs for s playmate. f # "If you are temperamental and poetic, he longs for a helpmate. And all the time he's falling In love with you he's trying to make you into what you are not never were or never will be. "Now, please do not ask me how I discovered all these things about --San Francisco Chronicle. Caltivation of thm Sntdl The harvest of the succulent snail of the cultivated species for European consumption haa begun la Switzerland and France, and thousands of men and women will be busy throughout the summer in this curloos industry. The annual production in both countries is about three million pounds, but as the demand Is far greater than the supply the devices of the adulterator supplement nature, and pieces of meat generally veal, are Introduced Into the empty sheila The large fields which are prepared for the propagation of the snail generally lie at the edge of a wood or forest sheltered from the sun. The soli of the farm Is well ssndod and limed, and round it Is built a wall two or three feet high. Foolish Suicide Walter S. Gifford, who at forty Is president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company with its payroll of 340,000 employees, said la a recent interview In New York: "I saw in today's paper an account of the suicide of a young lawyer. He bad a good future before him, but he permitted one or two failures fo drive him to despair. Yet the most successful men have more failures than saccesses to their credit. < "This sad case," Mr. Gifford ended, "Is just another proof that a man Is never too old to learn, bat often toe young to realize It" Looking to the Future A gymnasium will be provided for the dormitory which Harvard unlver- »lty Is erecting for its medical school. In presenting $125,000 for the gymna* lium, the donor, Mr. H. 3. Vanderbilt itated: "The students will learn from experience of the good which it h»f done their own minds and bodies, the benefit which would accrue to their future patients and mankind by prescribing and encouraging exercises of s similar nature." Face on Ten-Dollar Bill The man whose face adorns the tendollar bill Is that of Michael Hlllegaa. first treasurer of fhe United States. Some of us are not very familiar with that face because our $10 bills doat remain with us long enough to get well '^yintfi1--Thrift Magazine. Marble* With Toe» Found guilty of bad postrre. Improper shoes and other foot defects, (tore than 100 girls at the Colorado Agricultural college have been ordered by the athletic department to play marbles with their toes as a corrective exercise. Heavy Mortality Dam to Little I meet* The famous scientist. Prof. A. 11. Wallace, was once asked what was the most dangerous beast be had encountered in the course of his tropical travels. Though he had roamed through the haunts of the jaguar, the peccary and the giant anaconda, he declared that he was most afraid of the wild bee. Kipling haa a story about the terror of the wild bee, when It is numbered by countless'millions, which gives a graphic picture of what that danger can mean. There are certain species of ants, both in Africa and South America, before the march of which nothing can live. The fiercest and strongest snd most agile beasts must give way to them. Though many thousands of deaths are attributed to snake bites in India every year, this mortality is slight compared with the toll taken of human life by malarial mosquitoes In various parts of the world. Had the neighborhood of the Panama canal been Infested with Hons or tigers, the work would have gone on merrily, but the awful mortality caused by these tiny insects defeated Its first builders. South Africa has suffered from locusts a thousand times more than it ever suffered by reason of all the wild beasts within Its borders. SAVES PASSENGER, .. fUEN FAILS DEAD s Plane to Earth After Suffering Heart Attach, Chinese Palaces Cheap Hard times and the rising cost of living art having a mournful effect upon survivors of the late Imperial house of China. Princely mansions and royal Manchu heirlooms are freely being offered on the market with only a mild response. Owing to financial pressure. Prince Tsal Tao,1 uncle of the boy ex-emperor, 11 sun Tung, has disposed of his palace and extensive grounds In the north city to a foreigner for a sum reported rib $150,- <000 Mex.--about $80,000 in American money. That price is remarkably low. Prince Tsal Haun, another uncle of the deposed young monarch, haa sold his residence to a foreigner and several other palaces are to be had from Manchu princes who either need the money or are afraid that a radical change In the government may bring about the confiscation of <$fea)f properties. V A Great Scheme "Are there many snakes In this legion?" asked a tourist "Well--p'tu!--yes," replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "Some fellers raise 'em for use st picnics. They promote matrimony right sharply." "How is that?" "If a feller has been keeping company with a girl, or for that matter, a gent with an old maid, about so long, she goes to the snake-man and pays him. He turns a mess of snakes loose at the next picnic, and directly all over the place you see girls and old maids Jumping right Into young ^tellers' and older gents' arms, a-hollerln', 'Save me, Roy!' and so forth. And about the next thing you know they're married."--Kansas City Star. Many U$e Elevators Nearly every one rides In America. In addition to the large number of people who use horizontal transit such as railroads, trolley cars and subways, one of every ten persons in the United States takes a vertical ride every day. This means that the passenger elevators in the various buildings of the country carry up and bring down about 14,000,000 persons every day. Study made by the National Association of Building Managers and Owners' Associations Bhows that for every 15.9 square feet of rental space a passenger must be carried. The office space area of the United States Is placed at 22,600.000 feet Preserve Old lisnrfitenil Old headsi. hes In a cemetery la Vermont are coated Wth Mm«nt t* ^ -V The Wrong Method ' "The French expect to pay their war debts, and all this pretense of refusing to pay Is Just bargaining-- the Latin method. But to try such s method on as Americans Is certainly tactless." The speaker was Mayor Hilary Bowse, of Nashville. He went on: "Such tactlessness reminds me of the Nashville man who used to go round saying to people in trouble: " Tm not as old as you a ret bat my advice to you Is--etc.*" Message of Centuries Long Past Discovered The British museum has come into possession of a group of ancient manuscripts which Include two of the oldest pieces of paper known to exist on the earth. These letters are supposed to have been Indited 1,900 years ago and were found by Sir M. Aurel Stein In the ruina of military stations along the ancient wall dividing the Chinese empire from Turkestan. The two scraps of paper in question are tattered fragments, one about as big as s street car ticket the other twice as big. Parts of two sentences of Chinese characters are legible on one--" . . . making a profound salutation (kowtow) says . . ." and " . . . hoping that Mr. Hsleh Yung-ssu may under all circumstances enjoy good health ..." On the second fragment are the words "... as soon as the foot soldiers arrived, he sent . ." The other pieces were found In different' parts of China. One of these, thought to be 1,500 years old, seems to have been written by a wife complaining of the shortcomings of her husband who, she says, haa ruined a bright career by his debauchery. Washington.---The pluck of Lieut Ten Eyck der Yeeder, naval aviator. In bringing his plane and passenger safely to earth recently after he had been aelzed with a heart attack which rendered him unconscious as the machine came to rest is regarded as heroic by his flying companions here. Lieutenant Veeder collapsed- In his seat as the plane, carrying Richard Barthelmess, movie actor, halted at the end of the flight from Norfolk to Anacostla, near here. He died soon afterward. Barthelmess, a bit shaken at the tragedy which produced a greater sensation than any movie thriller of his career, declared Yeeder had given the "finest exhibition of pluck and courage I have ever seeh." He was convinced, he said, that the pilot was stricken before he landed. Yeeder knew "that he bad a passenger behind him and that he had to bring the plane in," the actor said. Lieutenant Stone, who accompanied Yeeder In another plane, declared bis companion "just came in on his nerve, that's all." As the airplane neared Anacostia, Barthelmess said Veeder waved toward the ground and the machine nosed down. It came to a perfect landing, tut the engine continued running. The actor spoke to Veeder and when there was no reply he touched him. The pilot's head had fallen back and Barthelmess realized that he was 111. He summoned aid but the flyer died while naval physicians were trying to revive him. Death was ascribed to a heart attack, but the aviator's heart continued to beat after he had stopped breathing, doctors said. Lieutenant Veeder was a SOU of Commodore E. Veeder, retired. SUICIDES JUMP JH DULL YEARS, ' SURVEY SHOWS Men Are Prone to End Lives Daring Period* of ne** Depression. New York.--Why do men kill tha». solves In increasing numtiers during times of business depression* while women have other reasons and other occasions for self-destruction? It Is that men are sentimental about their failure as family providers or that they cannot endure idleness? The woman's task when unemployment comes for her husband is only the more complex and absorbing tn SSTM to make ends meet. No Definite Clue. There Is no definite clue to these questions in the cold statistics which show only the fact that the suicide rate among white males rove sharply following each period of business depression between the years 1910 and 1923 and dropped as responstvcly when conditions eased. The correspondence showed what the statisticians call a "lag" of about three months, Indicating that the depressions and the revivals preceded the rise and fall in the suicide death rate for males regularly by this period. The findings are contained fl§ -• " • f t ? Raining Fish and Frogs A gentleman visiting In the East some years ago tells a remarkable story of a rainfall of grown frogs, tadpoles and fish of all sort. Including varieties hitherto unknown In that neighborhood. He Bays: "One, mors lively than the rest, drew my attention and I picked It up, only to relinquish It immediately, as I experienced what felt like an electric shock. Naturally, we discussed the matter. My explanation of thia phenomenon was that the fish and frogs had been drawn up by 'whirlwinds,' which drew their contents from the open sea and from the tracts of fresh water at the mouths of the Ganges and Brahmaputra. The terrific force of the upper currents of air had swept the living freight through the skies and deposited it with equal precipitancy, in the heart of the jungle. The odd thing about the matter was that the frogs and fish Were alive." . Funny Fare wefts Whatever dallying may have preceded it the actual parting of a Briton and his sweetheart Is usually sealed with a kiss. To us this seems the natural thing to do, but other nations have different ideas. The Turkish lover bows low, bis hands crossed reverently on his breast. This is a dignified farewell compared with that of the amorous Japanese, who. on leaving his sweetheart, removes a slipper and brandishes it in the air I Lovers in New Guinea have the pleasing habit on parting of exchanging slabs of chocolate, while the lovesick man of the Philippine isles vigorously rubs his sweetheart's cheeks before leaving her. --. English Bird Sanctuary ' SeTsdon sanctuary for birds and flowers which is being handed over to the National Trust comprises 120 acres of beautiful woodland In the chalk hills of Surrey. There are no fewer than 73 different kinds of birds In the sanctuary. This district, which Is but 12 miles from the metropolis, Is rapidly developing, and the committee of the Commons and Footpaths Preservation society, who are the prime movers in the scheme, recalled the prime minister's words emphasizing the need of sanctuaries If any of the wild life of the country Is to be preserved near to the large and growing centers of pooulatlon.-- London Mail. intimidated Bachelors*•;£ ^ In Athens, says a legend, women kept canes for a peculiar purpose. Marriage was considered so honorable that when a bachelor passed In the street "women had a right--which they used--to run after him and beat him with a stick; so either through patriot- Ism or fear of the bastinado, nil bachelors married sooner or later.9 Here's Cause of War For nothing but the body nn<l Its desires causes wars, seditions and tight «ng.--Pi#to. Entitled to Honor Every Memorial day Mrs. Emma Ooocb goes out and puts a wreath on the grave of the late Emll Gooch. People got to noticing It and somebody asked Mrs. Gooch what war the late Emil had fought in. "He never fought In any war," the widow replied. "Then why do you put a wreath on bis grave on Memorial day?' "Wasn't he my husband?" retorted Mrs. Gooch, and went up and laid her wreath on the grave of the "Heroic Dead."---Detroit Saturday Night Cause and Effect Mrs. Blowitt--John, I believe yea are having financial trouble and are keeping It from me. Husband--My dear. If I conld keep anything from yoa. T weatdat <|Me financial troubles. • Put on the Brahem "Met your new neighbors, have yeaY What kind of people are they?" New Stat is BeLieved to Be Burning World Buenos Aires.--The new star In the southern sky, Nova Plctoris, first seen by the Capetown and La Plata observatory some weeks ago, and now visible here to the naked eye, may be a burning world, according to local astronomers. It Is pointed out that while other new stars have shown their maximum Intensity of light within one or two days of their appearance. Nova Pietorls steadily Increased in brilliance during a period of 15 days, attaining Its maximum on June 9, when It appeared as a star of the first magnitude. Its brilliance Is now diminishing and it Is expected that within a few weeks telescopes will again be necessary to locate it. During the period of Increasing brilliance its spectrum was not very different from other blue stars, but at the time of passing its maximum brll llance the spectrum became modified, showing, instead of lines of absorption, numerous lines of emission, among which was an especially noticeable red line Indicative of the presence of hydrogen. It is this which has given astronomers the Impression they are viewing g burning world. ^ ' Teaches on Site Where He Was Sold a* Slave Morriston, Tenn.--The curiously varied history of a building on the school campus of Normal and Industrial institute here was brought sharply into relief by the recent statement of President Judson S. Hill that one of the faculty, Prof. A. F. Fulton, was "worth many times over the $1,190" for which he was sold on the very ground of the trades building where he is now instructor. In the days of secession the site was a slave market The school has been giving instruction to young negro students for nearly half a century. Other and more modern buildings have sprung up beside the original one, which still stands on the school campus and is used as a trades building. Professor Fulton, one of the faculty of the Institute, was the little negro boy who was purchased for $1,196, when the trades building was a slave market Deadly Snakes, Loose on Ship, Terrorize Seamen Boston.--A three days' reign of terror in midocean with a cobra at large was described by officers of the freighter Sandon Hall on her arrival here from India and Ceylon, with a cargo of wild animals, birds,and reptiles. A cage containing tw6 cobras and a green whip snake was smashed by the pitching of the vessel during heavy weather, it was related, and one of the cobras escaped and was soon roaming the ship. Frightened lascar sailors cowered in their bunks or huddled against the ship's rail in fear, and refused to work for two days until an engineer found It curled around a wlnchsteam pipe, and Charlie Franks, In charge of the shipment noosed and caged It 16-Word Will Cleveland, Ohio.--A 16-word will was held legal by court authorities here, despite Its brevity. Dated March 31, 1925, it read: "I hereby bequeath all my property, both real and personal, to my sister, Ina May Clark." The will Involved $690 In cash and $2,000 In property. Suicide Rate Among White Males Roes between the Years 1910 and 1*23. study by the statistical bureau of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company. While the new study Is based on the suicides of Massachusetts only, there Is nothing to indicate that the experience of the Bay state does not hold for the country at large. "The suicide curve for males shows a marked response between January and December, 1914, to the slacking In business conditions," the report states. "The recovery of business In 1915 and 1916 was accompanied by a definite drop in the suicide death rata for males. Below-normal rates prevailed throughout most of 191& A temporary rise occurred early in 1917, followed by a gradual and then a Sharp fall In suicide rate among mea. Number Increase In 1920-21. "With the advent of the 1920 21 depression, male suicide rates rose again and reached an above-normal peak tn 1921. With the Improvement of business and employment conditions la 1922 and 1923, the suicide rate among men again diminished." The economic factor of suicide seems Inescapable from the experience of men, while that of wosssa ahpva no such correspondence. * Three Million Crook* in U. 5. Investigator Says . Atlantic City, N. J.--Three million swindlers are operating In the United States, getting $500,000,000 every year and only one out of every forty-four is caught and convicted, according to Maj. Morgan K. Harris of -New York city, head of the legal department of the bureau for investigation of financial frauds, in an address before the Lions' club here. "The percentage is all In favor of the crooks," said Major Harris. "Only one in ten persons has the courage to admit he has been defrauded and to make a demand upon the swindler for restitution, and yet swindlers, such as fake stock brokers, put aside from one-tenth to one-third of the money they get to refund to persons who demand an adjustment "More worthless stocks than evsr are being peddled today. Swindlers take at least $500,000 out of AHaatfte City alone each year." Crow Strike* Two Wires; Dozen Homes Set Afhre Towanda, Pa.--Short circuiting of a high-tension 83,000-volt power Baa when a crow struck two wires at the same time with Its wings caused heavy damage at Milan, near here. A warehouse of the Farmers* Supply company and a barn were destroyed with a loss of approximately $9,00& Fires were started in a doaen hosMB when the power line burned off sad fell across a telephone wire. Three cows were electrocuted when they stuck their heads through a wire fence that had also come la contact with the high-voltage line. Several persons were shocked and telephone and light and power senfcss were Interrupted for hours. Candles Burn Body New York--The body of Mrs. Mary Kenyon, eighty-five. 1092 Second avenue, was burned by a lire caused by candles placed about the coffin. The fipmam started while her son was making arrangements for bar funeral. Blows House Away Quebec.--Two houses were blown away and Wilfred Dessureaux was se- "Newly rich and sporty. They know riously Injured when a heavy wind- Che parts of an auto better tbaa the I storm swept the village of Stite, la ' \ . % r : . L i ' ~ * 2 L . . 'fl" Wheel Chair Trip todlaBaiH>lis.--James Thompson, SB 'invalid for ten years, Is propelling bis own way across the country from vis. N. M.. to New York, in a wheel chair. On arriving here he said.te,. sometimes ntakee^K miles a day. tm Lightning KiB* Fond Du Lac, Wis.--Mra Joseph & Schneider, forty, was tnsrtntly UW by lightning at her home la Stockbridge during a ssvare electric ,