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DUNNE IN APPEAL IW&'e jj -.tti if;>>• CHIEF EXECUTIVE ASKS HOU8E "-1 TO ADOPT PIERCY RE80- T%*jTIONi •••' IN THE PLAN ̂INITIATIVE ?"-;iV. ^ ' . . .' '• •• u ; Declares Last Election Demonstrated pi', 'Tfct the>v People Wish the Amende pl,,; . V.. ment to the. State . ' v Constitution. Springfield, Mky6.--Governor Dunne sued an appeal to the members of the house of representatives to vote „ for the Plercy Initiative and refer­ endum resolution, which Is scheduled 'for consideration in the house this week. The statement follows: "The resolution providing for the initiative and referendum has already passed the senate and has been re­ ported for presage by the Judiciary committee of the house. "Under article 4, of the state con­ stitution, relating to the legislative department, as now phrased, the' in­ stalment right of all self-governing peo­ ple to initiate and veto laws is not reserved to and by the people of Hll- nois. » "For more than eight years the peo- & jple of this state, following .precedents . -*»et by other republics and fourteein *•'. siBter states of the American union, have been insistantly demanding the right to explain directly for them­ selves by the initiative, and the right to veto legislation, passed by the leg­ islature, contrary to the wishes of the people by the referendum Desire for Reform Shown. K •- "Twice within the last eight years the people of Illinois, by overwhelming votes at the ballot box, in the ratio of about 5 to 1, have manifested an . urgent desire for this great , reform. Their demand is insistent and Just, and has been too long denied. "With the control given to the peo- * 'Pie over legislation by the possession of. the initiative and the referendum corruption In the legislature would practically be eliminated and all laws, finally enacted either by the legisla­ ture or by direct vote of the people, would truly express the will of the 3>eople. "The control of the lawmaking power by the people themselves can ' only be secured by amending article 4 of the constitution so as to give jto the people the right by popular petition to originate legislation under ithe initiative and to veto legislation , by the referendum. Hopes Bill Will Pats. f^Confidently hope that at this see- •slon of the legislature the bill already passed in the senate and now pending jin the house to amend article 4 of ithe constitution, so as to secure the jright of direct legislation by the peo- Iple themselves upon a petition of •eight per centum of the voters voting jat. the last general election and to ae- Icure the right of veto in the people !by requiring submission to the people of any law or laws passed by the legislature for their approval of dis­ approval upon the filing of a petition 'of five per centum of the voters vot­ ing at the last general election will ibe passed. "In my campaign for governor the !lnitlatlve and referendum was urged jby me has one of the most vital and i pressing Issues of the campaign, and, 'in my Judgment, my plurality of ap­ proximately 125,000 was largely the result of the persistency with which I pledged myself in favor of the adop- Ition pf this great reform. One of Main Planks. "In the late gubernatorial campaign the Initiative and referendum was one of the main pranks in the platform of the Democratic party. My vote for governor was 443,120. "Likewise, it was one of the main planks in the platform of the Progres­ sive party, Mr. Funk, the Progressive party's candidate for governor, re­ ceived 303,4$1 votes. *' "It was a plank in the' platform of every party except the Republican, and It was a plank in the platform of the Republican party two years ago. "The people have demonstrated tn no uncertain terms three times at the ballot box that they desire this re­ form crysULlised into law, and I say again that, in my judgment, It was mainly upon this issue I was elected governor of this state. "The senate has done Its duty and passed the resolution for this meas­ ure by an almost unanimous vote. The matter has been reported favor­ ably Into the house of representatives by the Judiciary committee. "Ohio adopted this great reform In " Its constitution adopted last year. Let the state of Illinois at the thrice expressed mandate of the people do the same at this session of the leg­ islature. Let us be loyal to the will of the people expressed ft the polls." • * ---- o Incorporation*. Secretary of State Woods issued certificates o* Incorporation to the following: Chicago Electrotype and Stereo- typo company, ̂ Chicago; capital, $1,- 000. Incorporators--George T. Schus­ ter, Mary We-ch and Frank J. Welch. Trusty Tool company, Robinson; capital, $5,000. Incorporators--Thom­ as 8. Apgar, OrMn H. Kirk and George 5 - Russell. Chicago Refrigerator Dispatch line, L f5TChIcago; capital. |6,000. Incorpora­ tors--Theodore Brent, J. E. Clark Clayton Bottling company, Clayton; •capital, $5,000. Incorporators--A. P. -Wisehart, M. J. Lindsey and^ P. W. „ ^ Burgesser. S By-Products' Realization company, Chicago; capital, $2,500. Incorpora­ tors--Thomas P. Octlgan, William A Anderson and Kdward B. Zahn. - Modern Garage, Chicago; capital, j$3,000. Incorporators--Albert C- »L- jHanke, Jujius N. Hanks and Henry F. £,*|3Borchert. K P a x t o n G a s c o m p a n y , P a v t o n ; c a p - -y^ital. $40,000. Incorporators--P. M. W A^Thotopson. W. H. Hunter and T. J. Xar«o«. • i Praise Illinois for Flood Relief. Governor Duhne, back from * Sonal inspection of conditions from Cairo to Shawneetown, subsequent to the recent floods, is convinced that Illinois, through her representa­ tive* has done a good {work in pro­ viding for persons who'tiave ^suffered from the floods. The governor's im­ pression has been substantiated by the flood sufferers themselves, who have sent to him several sets of reso­ lutions. commending the state's work, and expressing their appreciation and satisfaction. One of (he resolutions came * from citizens or Cairo. Special mention was made in this of the work of Adjt. Gen. £rank S. Dickson and Col. S. O. Tripp, assistant quartermaster gen­ eral. The communication is signed by a committee Including Rev. H. H.'- Loar, chairman; E. D. Kennedy, Dr. Henry A. Davis, John Tlppitt, Edwin Bond, W. P. Crowley and O. L. jier* bert. A resolution from citizens of Mound City, growing out of a mass convention of citizens of the place, commends Company >H of the Fourth Infantry, Company I of the Fifth, Capt. William Klauser, Lieutenants Stewardson and Miller of Company H, Capt. George Bushong and Lieu­ tenant Reynolds of Company I. This resolution is addressed to the gover­ nor and is signed by a committee, in­ cluding Charles Curren, chairman; W. A. Wall, If.-F. Browner and Wil­ liam Bertyen. ' Another resolution came from Shawneetown, In which the work of Assistant Adjutant General Richings J. Shand, Col. Edward J. Lang of the Fourth Infantry, members of the Illi­ nois naval reserve, Lieutenant Max- fleld, Captains Taylor and Austin. Lieutenant Gravenhorst, Adjutant General Dickson and Major Frank is especially commended. The Shaw-t neetown committee Includes M. P. Strickland, acting mayor and "chair­ man; William F. Walter, secretary; D. E. Thoelich, J. L. Rowsen and Wil­ liam H. Brinkley. The copy of a unique^ letter, writ­ ten by Rev. R. D. Kennedy of Cairo to Governor Major of Missouri, was sent to the governor of Illinois by the writer. Kennedy is pastor of the M. E, church, South, at Cairo, and states he is a southern Mlssourian. He praises the impartial vway in which the Illinois envoys of rescue and sus­ tenance did their work, giving Missouri nigger," as he said, as much attention as anyone else. Special mention is made in this letter of Ad­ jutant General Dickson, Colonel Tripp, Claud E. Ryan of Springfield, Com­ mander William N. McMunn, Col. Daniel Mortality of the Seventh regi­ ment, and the naval reserves. Another letter was from MaJ. P. W. Hutton of the United States A^my Medical corps, stationed at Vlcks- burg. Miss., in which the work of In­ spector C. E. Crawford and others of the Illinois state board of health la lauded. Governdr Dunne expressed himself as particularly pleased with the ab­ sence of disease in the devastated section. Shawneetown, he said, was in a particularly unfortunate plight, though disease there thus far has been averted. The governor, with the adjutant general and the governor's private secretary, spent three daya In the flood regions. ' * Old Soldiers' Day at State Pair The Illinois state board of agricul­ ture is nipking very complete and satisfactory arrangements for the ob­ servance of Old Soldiers' day at the somln^ state fair. Hon. J. T. Montgomery, the presi­ dent of the state fair, has appointed a committee of old soldiers that are members of the state board of agri­ culture to co-operate with a commit­ tee of Stephenson Post No. 30, G. A. R., in completing arrangements for the fitting observance of Old Soldiers' day at the 1913 state fair.' The committee appointed by Presi­ dent Montgomery consists of Com­ rades Martin Conrad, J. K. Culp, Charles F. Dike and J. K. Dlckirson. Col. Elijah Jones, the commander of Stephenson post, Grand Army of the Republic, has appointed the fol­ lowing old soldiers of the city to co­ operate with the committee of the state board, viz.: Col. James A. Con nelley, Col. John B. Inman, Col. B. S- Lincoln Dubois and Col. Charles P. Mills. The two committees named above will have an early meeting to consider , complete arrangements for the entertainment and the enjoyment of the veterans on Old Soldiers' day at the 1913 state fair. Illinois Manufacturers to Mset. Directors of the Illinois Manufac­ turers' association in Chicago voted to call a convention of manufacturers and producers of the United States, at Washington, May 8, for the purpose of formulating an amendment to the tariff bill to give President Wilson power to negotiate trade agreementa with foreign nations Upon articles which, it is proposed, shall be placed on the free list. 8tate Moosers Close Meeting. Addresses delivered at the state arsenal by former United States Sen­ ator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana and former Qov. W. R. Stubbs of Kansas closed the conference of the Progressive party i>i Springfield. Beverldge declared the Republlcana had three times turned down a tariff commission, which was the only true solution of the tariff question, and that a bipartisan combination of the Democrats and Republicans in the house in the present congress had done the same. TRAMWAY THROUGH THE AIR Animals Not Adapted to Dairying ; r* Cause Aortal Tramway Connecting Rio da Janeiro With Top of Sugar Loaf Hill. From the top of Sugar Loaf Hill, the famous cdnlcal mountain that rises to a height of 1,260 feet from the promon­ tory Mono da Urea to the west of Rio de Janeiro bay, a magnificent view is presented of this most beautiful nat­ ural harbor, but Its ascent is very dif­ ficult and dangerous, no that the great majority of tourists must necessarily miss the sight For this reason the aerial tramway shown in the illustra­ tion was recently installed. It has two WITH DEATH AT HAND BAGGAGEMASTER PERSISTED -IN EFFORT TO SAVE TRAIM, Decatur Man President. ' At the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Central Illinois District Medical society in the town of Pana, officer* were elected as follows: President, Dr. C: M. Jack of Decatur; vicf-presl- dents. Dr. L. C. Littlejohn, Oconee, and Dr. F. Mortln, Taylorville; secre­ tary. Dr. Walter Burgess of Pana; treasurer, Dr. J. N. Nelms of Taylor­ ville. The semi-annual meeting will be held in Pana in October. Dr. P. P. Norberry of Springfield, and C. M Lack of Decatur were the principal Unable to Lift Iron Door of Freight Car, Fallen on Track, Hia Escape Soomed Almost a , Mlraolo. Accidents on the line always breed caution along the whole system, and anything In the least out of the way comes In tor prompt attention. As an example of this, they tell the story of Carl Gill, baggagemaster. It was the night before Thanksgiv­ ing, and Gill was kept busy late into the evening looking after the trunks of people who were taking advantage of the holiday, when he heard a strange noise mixed in with the rat­ tling of a passing freight.* He knew the sounds of trains, and he realized there was something wrong with this one, but, even as ho tried to distin­ guish what it was, there was a rattle and a slight thump, and the train con­ tinued with Its usual noises. Gill was busy, but after the freight passed he could not help thinking about the odd sound it made. Finally be stepped to thfc door and looked down the track. He had no particular purpose ex­ cept to ease his mind, but he saw nothing and was turning back when something glistening in the distance caught his eye. He looked again, fancied ho could make out an object in the distance, and even stepped over on the tracks. The action was altogether unusual. He had probably Lever done such a thing before, but he felt impelled to Investigate further. So he walked down the track, a*d the more he looked the more certain he grew there was something on the rails. He had baggage to check out. and hurried the faster in order to be back. No. 5, the limited, was almost due, but he did not consider that at first, aa he never had occasion to check bag­ gage upon it. He even heard it whistling in the distance before he realised that It was coming in on that track. At the thought he started to run, but by the time he had come up with the object he could see the headlight of the engine down the track. la 30 sec­ onds it would be upon hink The obstruction remained hardly mo^e than a dark shadow until be was alm6st to It, and then he saw it was the iron door of a freight car. It had < evidently broken loose at one end, and the pounding against the side of the car was the first sound he had heard. When it broke away altogether came the thump. He seized the end of it to lift it off the track, but it weighed more than he bargained for. , He could hardly raise it from the ground. As he strained, his back was turned to the approaching train, and, struggling un­ der the weight, he could hear it pound­ ing down upon him, but, lifting with all the strength in him, he could not raise it high enough to balance It off the track. • Within a few seconds the situation had become crucial. The train was practically upon him, and he had the door raised so high he could neither drop it and save his own skin, even if he had wished to, or push it over. The roa^of the drivers was In his ears, but there he was on the track, helpless nnder the load. The train struck the end of tjie door and, upon one end as It was, simply turned It over out of the way. As it turned, Gill felt the sudden Jerk and, holding tight to the edge, turned, a complete somersault and landed in the ditch without having been touched by the engine. To Aid Spokine Working Girls. t The Philanthropic society of Spo­ kane has just been organized by a number of club women, with the co­ operation of about 2,000 working girls. The object of the organization is to bufld and conduct a home hotel for working girls and girl students on the plan of the Franklin Square house, in Boston. spatfr, the first from the beach of the bs/ to a bluff near the mainland and the other from this point to the top of the Sugar Loaf, being, respectively, ls- 886 and 2,624 feet long and Independ* ently operated. The car -ecommodates 16 passengers and the conductor. Particular attention has been paid to tho safety' of the passengers, the car in this case running along two cables, each of which is strong enough to carry the loaded car alone.--Popu­ lar Mechanics. FIRST TO DRIVE LOCOMOTIVE Edward Entwietle Made Initial Trip With the Famous "Rocket" |p September, 183a - « C ^ Strictly speaking, of course, Stephen­ son was the first driver of a locomo­ tive, but he only drove the "Rocket" upon trial trips by way of experiment. The first official driver--that is the man who was regularly employed to take the train between Liverpool and Manchester on the first track ever laid down--was a young man named Ed­ ward Entwistle, who was born at Tyl- desley Banks, near Wigan, In 1815. At the age of eleven Entwistle was made an apprentice in the large machine shops belonging to the Brldgewater trust in Manchester, his parents hav­ ing decided that he should be an en­ gineer. It was in these works that the "Rocket," the first passenger locomo­ tive, was built under the direction and according to the plans of its inventor, George Stephenson, and yohng Entwis­ tle took the keenest Interest in the progress of the engine. When the Liverpool and Manchester railway was finished and the "Rocket" completed, Stephenson looked about for a^driver. The foreman «of the shop was consult­ ed, says Mr/ Frank Hird, In "Lanca­ shire Stories," but after a day or two, reported that he had no man he could suggest, but that, If the great Inventor would take the young apprentice Ent­ wietle, he could recommend him highly. Entwistle was approached, and glad­ ly agreed to assist Stephenson. The opening of the new railway, which at­ tracted the attention of the whole country, was fixed for Monday, Sep­ tember 15, 1830. On Sunday Stephen-, sou and youug Entwistle took the "Rocket" for a trial trip, running over about one-half of the track. The fol­ lowing 'day both were on the engine which made that historic Journey from Liverpool to Manchester, drawing be­ hind it some of the most distinguished people in the land, a journey whose triumph was marred by the tragic ac­ cident to'Mr. Huskieson. During the return journey from Manchester the young apprentice's hand was on" the throttle. When the line was opened for gen­ eral traffic Entwistle was given sole charge of the "Rocket," and for two years made two round trips every day, between Liverpool and Manches­ ter, one In the morning and the other in the afternoon. ' Ultimately, however, Entwistle found the work was too much of a strain, and after completing his apprentice- Ship emigrated to America, where ha ultimately acquired a farm, on which he died at the age of eighty-one. Why the Train Was Late. If the railway guaia who held his train half a minute beyonu the sched­ ule time should be reprimanded at headquarters a hundred passengers who know why he did it will sign a petition for* his pardon. Sentiment was back of it Somebody wanted to kiss. A tt)t of people want to do Women kiss each other, men kiss their wives. The guards have no patience with sentiment of that kind. They flaunt their contempt by bawling; "Break away, there; no time for that!" and refuse^ to hold the train half a second for the tender- est salute. But this case was different. It was easy to see how it was. A mother was giving away her child. The lit­ tle fellow was In good hands. The cquple who had adopted him were wholesome, kindly people; the moth er was wretchedly poor. No doubt it was best all around to give hirii away. She and the boy stood tbe parting like majort up to tbe last minute, then the baby broke down. "Mom--mon--mom." he blubbered from the car platform. Before tbe guard could close the door or give the signal she had reached through the crowd and snatched him from the man's arms. "I can't, I can't," she said. And then the kissing began. The guard didn't even try to say, "Break away!" He gulped; so did everybody else. Presently tbe woman handed the .boy back, and the train started on amid the deepest silence that had ever hung over that subway station. --Now York Press. ' Mall That Drlfta Aero as the Sea- Probably the most wonderful postal system In the world is the post office of Great Britain, which has brought almoatf every part of the world within a month's Journey of London. At the same time it is astonitfUiiig id think' that there, are actually parts of the British Isles without any regular service. For instance, tbe island of St. Kilda. off the west coaat of Scot­ land, is cnt off from the msfnland each year from August to May. ! The islanders, howerer, oAm ostab- KIND OF COWS TO BUY '•I To Obtsin Best Results It Is Essential That Strict Dairy Type Be Kept 5. .• *" Isef Valve of Secondary " • Importance. (Br A. MARKKA M. Idaho dpsri-* . t .. inept Station.), It is not difficult to find men, even In the most prosperous dairy com­ munities, who do not believe that dairying pays. They have tried it and failed. Some have purchased good stock, but poor management or false economy in housing or feeding pre­ vented them from getting the results they expected, but by far the largest, number of these failures are due to the- use of animals that are npt adapted to dairying. Those who purchase a few joows when the price of butter fat is high and sell them off when the price goes down naturally have a rather poor opinion of the dairy business. To ob- There'ls Money In •utter Making: tain the best results It Is essential that the animals purchased for the dairy should be of the strict dairy type, and be made a permanent part of the farm live stock. Those who purchase cows with the Intention of milking them but a short time and then selling them off when the price of buttei>fat drops or when the ani­ mal goes dry naturally look more for beef producers rather than milk pro­ ducers. It is impossible to build up a good dairy herd by this method. Dual-purpose animals may be used in some localities to good advantage, but to get the best results one of the special dairy breeds Bhould be used. This does not mean that only thor­ oughbred animals should be used, but animals that are bred for milk pro­ duction. A good dairy cow should produce enough butter-fat in her best days that the value of the beef may be of secondary importance, if. not entirely ignored. A person purchasing an Implement considers first how much servloe he can get out of it and not its value as scrap iron when worn out Those who purchase a dairy oow should con­ sider how much butter-fat she will produce and not the value of her hide and carcaBS. HOED CROPS IN THE ORCHARD practice Results In Severe Damage to i Annual Plantings--How to Reckon the Distance. p One of the moat prolific causes of toss of nursery stock after trans­ planting, or for several years there­ after is this common practice of too close growing of hoed crops. This practice, says Rural Life, results In severe damages to the annual plant lngs. The loss amounts possibly to 10 per cent. The too common prac­ tice Is to allow no more space be­ tween the tree row and the Inter-crop rows than between two inter-crop rows, be the inter-crops cabbage, beans, potatoes or corn. Such dis­ tances vary from SO Inches to 3Mi feet, according to crop used or planted. In the first plaoe, tho distance should be reckoned from the expand­ ed top of the tree, rather than from the trunk at base. The outside of top is a limiting factor, since the allow* ance should be made for leaning of the same, or possibly all of the tree on the leeward side. The nearest row to the tree rorr should be far enough from the row to permit, the horse In cultivating to pass freely and without letting har­ ness catch into or come in contact with branches of tree. It will sur­ prise those who hav»> never given the subject much thought, the difference that the lean or incline of a tree makes, when tt deviates from a plumb or to a vertical line. In the writer's opinion -the space between tree row and the nearest winter-crop row should not be less than four feet the year trees are planted, If two years old, 6r branched trees are used, and farther each succeeding year. PAPER POT IS INEXPENSIVE Little Device Easily Mads and Suc­ cessfully Serves Many PurpooOo In Starting Seeda. V Hebe Is a little device, so Inexpen­ sive and so easily made, and which successfully serves so many purposes In starting seeds and plants, that every one should atall himself of/Its help. Take a piece of stiff paper (not necessarily cardboard) and on It draw two circles, one within the other; the outer circle should be six Inches ra­ dius, and the inner one three. Cut out the portion of paper inside the smaller circle, and trim to the line of the outer circle, thus having a shape like a doughnut. Cut this round piece of paper Into 'three equal area (or it may be halved for large PUCE FOR HENS TO SCRATCH Loaves Make Excellent Material If Gathered When Perfectly Dry-* Oat Straw la Cheap. There are a number of different ma­ terials which furnish ' an excellent place for the hens to scratch in, %ays a writer in the Poultry Journal. Leaves are probably the stuff most used by the small poultrymen. These are good If gathered when perfectly dry. They must be put Into the pens every few days, because the poultry will break them Into dust by their continual scratching. I find oat straw about as cheap in the long run, be­ cause it lasts quite a while and furn­ ishes some feed if fed before thresh­ ing. Some of my neighbors have. tried feeding buckwheat aa a scratching material and a feed combined. Buck­ wheat is too fattening and should be used only occasionally. Corn husks make an excellent scratching material Shredded or cut corn fodder does very well if there is nothing elBe on band. I do not like any form of meadow grass or swale for scratching ma­ terial because it mats down too much when cut and not enough when not cut. Paper Pot at Two Staged. plants). Use one of these parts as a pattern, and cat as many like It as you want. On one end of the arc cnt into the outer end, three-quarters of an Inch from the end, a slit half way across the paper; on the other end cut the same from the Inner edge. Then bend the strip and lock the slits together to hold each other as fastenings to the pot Tbe little paper pot will be bottom­ less and will have set in sand or soil, whichever is to be used as ground to grow the things in, and filled as any pot, putting the seed, cutting or plant it in the usual way. The soil into which the pot Is plunged must of course, be kept moist. When the plant is ready to be shifted to a larger, or transplanted, the paper can be torn off, leaving the ball of soil undisturbed, and the plant will feel no shock of removal. Many plants cannot stand trans­ planting by the usual way, and for such these little paper pots are found to be Invaluable. Qive them a trial.-- H. W. M. Ush communication by constructing a sheepskin buoy, to which they attach a tin canister inclosidg letters and money to pay postage. A wooden label Is also fixed bearing the Inscrip­ tion: "St. Kllda mall. Please open." The mail is generally launched during a northwest gale, which drives it across to the inland of Lewis, 60 ihiles away, where it is picked up by fisher­ men. who open it fix stamps on the letters inclosed and post them In the usual way to the parties to whom if adflrqyodl . Economical Hog Trough. When rough lumber is $18 a thou­ sand, a six-foot hog trough made of two-inch plank costs about 50 cents for lumber. Labor, and nails add 25 cents to the cost. My hogs destroy from one to three such troughs in a year, says a writer in an exchange. Feed gets wasted, too, for a new trough Is seldom made till the old one is poor­ er tfcan it ought to be. Three troughs at the above estimate cost $2.25. An iron trough six feet long costs $2.2G, and will last a lifetime. Much think ing is not needed to decide which kind of trough is the cheaper. Salting Cabbagea. For several years I have raised cab­ bages and found It advantageous, after setting out the plant,' to drop a little salt on the heart of the cab­ bage, says a writer in the Fruit Grow­ er. When the salt is dissolved by rain or some other agent, it should be renewed, and the process continued until all danger from cabbage worms is past A cabbage treated In this way will grow much larger, and when the head is cut open It will not be found honeycombed with wormholesi. Necessity for Testing 8smL Good seed corn is the key to getting good stands of corn. A good stand of corn ia necessary to secure good ylelds> .Owing to the wet fall of 1911 there- is now much doubtful seed corn in the country. One cannot afford to plant corn any years, much less this year, wltL- out testing. The single-ear method of testing seed corn is the only prao- method. , Whitewash In Dairy Barn. Dr. Marshall, a Pennsylvania insti­ tute speaker, says that whitewashing of dairy barns should be done for the sake of general sanitation, but the main point In the fight against tuberculosis Is the elimination of the dark stables and filthy stall condi­ tions. Where dean methods are used In the keeping of cows, he advises the use of a compound made from one poupd of chloride of lime and five gallons of whitewash, which, when put on the walls and stable partitiona, acta as an effective preventive, ot dis­ ease. BANSHEE CHASES A SHIP ACROSS SEAS Much Burning of Incense s Scattering of Red Paper; r _ jy SQUEALS OF TERROR1 A Ghost of Drowned Coolie Preasheo on the bow of Freighter and Chow Dog Is Thrown Overboard pitiate Him.. / Philadelphia,*"" Psu--^riio->v • rii> eoHvw " merits of a chow dog and a snatch- block In l&rtng a Chinese banshee in the Indian ocean were brought to|', light the other day when the British; steamship Schuylkill arrived here. * f ^ Just why a banshee should wandejr ^ so far from the mist-shrouded moan-- 4;-^ ,'•] tains of Kerry, and that, too, en ac-f 4* count of a "heathen Chinee," is at | question hard to solve, but, take K from the officers of the Schuylkill, d,d< £# % Like all far eastern steamships th«•*. Schuylkill's osww consists principally' ^j-'f of Chinese coolies, 42 of whom calif. * her fo'c'sle home. While in the China^ sea last December, one Wei Tok fell Atl J overboard and was drowned. 1 W This was considered by the crew a# - ^ a most unlucky circumstance, r:f$ probably would have been for a sea* r" | man of any race, but the Chinese de-^ clared that as Wei Tok's bones coulter * not be brQught to the land of his an«;* cestors to rest peacefully evil spirits would follow the Schuylkill. Them scattering of little red * papers over* • board. The evil spirits would havarf to stop to collect each piece of redjf: paper and would be so much delayed ' that they could not catch up with theff vessel. They scattered so much that up to the time the Schuylkill left gapore, on January 26, the evil spirit*, had not yet cqpght up. Then t&ejr pnt on a sprint On the night of February IS, whllo[fi the Schuylkill was reeling off six*' ^ knots through the calm waters of the-" v?- Indian ocean, the officer on wafteh was aroused by squeals of terror an#k ^ a moment later Vou Tee bounded up the ladder to the bridge, and with! teeth chattering like castanets points ed out a mysterious phosphoreooent glow off the port bow. A weird whist-' ' 'i. "fe t '£ if.* M £jfj •' ̂ •.1 ̂ o% I'-?/ M i f p - '0! ii.„. ft:! ling and groaning came from the di-s v.?£ - lection of the unearthly light. ' • The squealing Chinese began throw over flurries of red paper devil . stoppers, but without result. As a- i final meaaure Von Tee picked up tho Diseases of Beans. The diseases of beans and tomatotes may be held in check by spraying with fungicides. Those of egg plants and cucumbers are more difficult to oon- troL A sick hen is never a paying invest­ ment Dry coops are cheaper than sick chicks. . For the egg eating habit try darken­ ing the nests. Little and often is a good feeding rule for chicks. Poultry suocess depends mora on condition than on breed. - Crossing breeds is a step backward in the chicken business. ' If chickens are worth raising at all they are worth raising well. It Is better to cut a chicken's head off than to let him eat it off. v Sell, kill or confine all male birds when the hatching season is over. Overheating is responsible for more incubator troubles than underheatlng. Feed the little chicks what they need, not what yon happen to hava on hand. Don't forget to have a row of sun­ flowers; the seeds are excellent for poultry. Remember that water glaas solution will keep this summer's eggs untH **SJ ?e! mM , ,, -Mqriw Cast the Animal Into the pet Chow dog of William Fitigihbona» ,'v !>• - the second officer, and cast the hovt» l% i ing animal into the sea. The aeeoBd.^,^^'; officer came on deck Just in time toftT; - •>; see his pet disappear. And when tha ^ snatchblock came Into action. Wleld> Y:. « ed by his brawny arm the heavy •>...."j'. -S' * block cpse and fell on the heads of 'J scuttling Chinese, who promptly for- ; got Wei Tok in their efforts to escape. ^ As the last man disappeared through the fo'c'sle door the whist­ ling stopped. The Bubdued Celestials declared that the chow dog had been 1 accepted by the evil spirits, but Fits- gibbons holds that the timely lnte*r( jp vention of his snatchblock saved tho . " £41" d»y- jU M QUICK ACTION IN ACCIDENTS ; 51 ̂ Clifornta Woman Braak. Fo<*. Ant r -4 .. | and Leg After Drep*|0i y, Soup Tureen. . •-$£. Pasadena, Cal.--Miss Belle Sams or this city was the victim of a peculiar series of accidents the other day, all occurring within a couple of seconds. While washing dishes Miss Sams dropped a soup tureen on her fooJ. breaking one of the bones. She pnt out an arm to save herself from fall­ ing, and struck the edge of the kitch­ en sink so violently that the arm was broken. Collapsing in a faint, the young woman fell to the floor in snob a manner that one of her legs fM twisted under her a&d broken. •\4$1 *r Unique Suit London.--Regimental sued an artillery man for damages done to his uniform, which was ruin­ ed when he plunged Into the Thssw and rescued a drowning woman. His Flrstjpar Ride. ig.--John Beckky, flf%» seven, farmer, raised a large temliy back in the bills and never visited a town until this week, wheat he took . hi* test street car ride hef* ,, • •. . Remarkable Recer*. . ^ London.--Sir Thomas Do war Ifflig tour running cheetahs in three fl ntes, which sportsmen consider a markable recoup Cheetahs s'prtnters. „ irA-i, rt; v*