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~ < •«*<*• Y*«'/. v>,~i*•' /•» _• y : :H-\ \"*r^ -cv\vf" y ^ , ILL. McHENRT PLAINDEALEH, « irJu,i.SaSisi.all,'.iiK^i'siis. V • " •» >- J^v PI&3&J - M ft«T I I ~t Garden in Which Only Weeds Are Grown ST. PAUL, MINN.--There are 175 varieties of weeds in the garden cultivated by W L. Oswald at University farm, St. Paul. The garden is the largest In the United States which grows only weeds, but is as carefully laid out and ^cultivated as the best gardens rals- ing dahlias, nasturtiums and pansies. .'4 Mr. Oswald is head of the seed- nesting laboratory and assistant proc­ essor of botany at the University 6t Minnesota College of Agriculture. He uses the seeds of all varieties of weeds that grow in Minnesota to put tnto collections that are supplied to agricultural clubs and schools. Be­ fore the garden was started rarely found varieties of weed seeds some­ times cost $200 to collect, Mr. Oswald ealdk A man was oftentimes sent to a distant corner of the state and was #*f$Fed to spend & week collecting the Veeed seeds in sufficient quantities to Meet the demand of the experiment station. Mr. Oswald decided that such was poor economy and planted the weed gardes. The garden also supplies weeds for the school's weed herbarium and for jlabof&iory courses. It is also beneficial to farmers who visit the state farm, aS' ^ may aid them in finding the names of weeds that trouble them -oh their Nq/eed has grown in this garden the spread of whic£ cannot be readily controlled. Quack grass and its troublesome relatives are not permitted in the "beds. Weeds that bear seeds which blow away readily are not allowed. There are, indeed, a few varieties of weeds in the garden that do not grow on the irest of the university's farm, but there has never been & field infested with a ipest weed from the garden. The gardeners say there never will be. Seeds are not left to scatter after they have ripened. Two men work in the garden during the planting and harvesting seasons. They gather the seeds as boon as ripe and dry them carefully to supply next season's planting and to be Sput in cases for exhibit Thi Minnesota weed garden covers about half an acre. The perennials one part, the biennials have another and the annuals, another part, all own. Each variety has a bed in which no other weeds are allowed to dt the Disappearing Goldfish Solved YORK.--The mystery of the disappearing goldfish which has for months 11 interested diners, waiters, cashiers, and porters at a Harlem restaurant was settled definitely as the seven-hundredth victim went cavorting to his fate. As a result there was a Bunrise-shoot- Sng service in the rear of the eatery next morning. For two years one of the principal (attractions at the restaurant has been ithe large aquarium in the left front window. In it German carp, goldfish, icrabs and a couple of real Florida (alligators have waded or swum end­ lessly. attracting attention to a large luterni on which appeared the day's t bets in the matter of fodder. However, during recent months been almost impossible to keep the goldfish in the building. At night would receive their daily dole of fried, chicken and port wine and in the tjttorning they would not be found dying or suffering from indigestion, but ^absolutely absent. Wilitus who were merely waiting took to peering into the aquarium at all hours of the day. The porters stopped cleaning the windows a score of times pane to see if they could solve the mystery, and when it waB reported that 00 goldfish had disappeared a few weeks ago the customers hurried their in order to give the aquarium a thorough investigation on the way out. No evidence developed. The other afternoon a newsboy ran into .the restaurant and called to the ISMfeier: "Hey, mister, yer alligators is eatln' yer goldfish! What's the idea?" The cashier looked quickly and saw the larger of the alligators carelessly munching what appeared to be about 20 goldfish. A count .brought the total up to 700 lost in two months. The alligators were quickly removed with ice tongs, and next day were executed. Husbands of Cardplayers Aided tfy tfe Police NEW YORK.--The police as the refuge of the hubby whose wife insists on gambling away her allowance is the latest product of "fertile. Washington Heights brains. It seems a group of young married women started a friendly afternoon poker game among them- <yi®®ip (igilhiiirsdi fi? ItSDanmsirs) m THE ENDLESS HUNT MAN'S 4EARCH FOR HAPPINESS ? TOUCHES ALL PEOPLES. : Ohthbhmkcm selves. It was very quiet and all that at first, and the limit was ten cents. Hubbies raised their- eyebrows but said little. The* the "girfe" be­ gan to get reckless. ThS'ten-cent limit was dashed aside. Many and many a young wi(e returned to her little flat and reported herself "b.pke." The furor spread. Promises to pay, an invention 'of the devil him­ self, were introduced by some wife whose husband is in Wall street. Oh, yes, there was also a "kitty." It fepajd the woman holding the session for expenses and damage, if any. There was a hubbies' mass meeting. The next quiet little wives' gathering was startled by the si: The police are at the door." Chips and money were quickly swept into hiding The police were very gentlemanly. "We are Just seeing that no law is violated, ladies. Of course, you know, ladles, 'kitties' are not allowed." Then they departed and the game went on, but without quite its accus­ tomed zest. The next day, in another home, the same thing happened. It was very annoying, really. The police juriFstood around and did no more harnp tfyw a well-disciplined butler. But it looked bad. Attendance at the games, as the days went by and the police remained steady visitors, diminished quickly; and finally felt to zero. It is remarkable how many Washington Heights policemea smoking AJMI cigars of the quarter-each kind when off duty. Ate 36 Feel of Clothesline [of the most remarkable veterinary operations /ever ed here when a horse belonging to Nicholas BTazi, a ar more rope than he could chew and swalldW. The dates as comfortably. cannot sleep IF THERE lis one place on earth more conservative than all the rest, that place is the little Dutch island of Marken, in the Zuyder Zee. There are only five hundred inhabi­ tants on the island, and all are, in a measure, related. For centuries no stranger has ever been permitted to settle and live there. So unfriendly are the Markenites even toward tour­ ists that an inn or hotel is not per­ mitted on the island. To stay all night you must bribe an unscrupulous Mar- kenite to let you sleep in his fiood attic. The people have an Indescribable dialect of their own which staggers even a Dutchman. Although they can reach Amster­ dam in less than two hours by gaso­ line launch, the women never leave the island, and the men leave only on business. Their attitude toward the people of Holland and the inhabitants of any other country is one of antipathy and strict isolation. In addition to being the cleanest people on earth, they are most peace­ ful. No alien power has ever had any perceptible influence on them. Fashions Dont Change. Fashions of men and women do not change in Marken. They are wearing the same styles today that their great- grandmothers and great-grandfathers wore. From infants to old women, all dress alike. Women never wear mourn­ ing, but add a piece of black material .either to the left or the right side of the sleeve, or to some part of the skirt to designate the relationship to the member of the family deceased. Boys and girls are dressed alike un­ til they are six years old, and can be distinguished only by a button on the cap of the boy, and a rose on the cap of the girl. The sixth birthday is a great event in the life of every boy, for it is at this time that he doffs his corset and dress and puts on male garb. The only change that girls make in the mode of dress is that on the day of marriage corsets are laid aside never to be worn again, and it becomes stylish to wear many under­ skirts. This gives a hoop-skirt effect. The men and the boys over six years old habitually wear 'what Americans would call bloomers, and a loose plain jacket with a couple of gold or silver buttons on the collar. The Markenites are tall, heavy of frame, have eyes of bluish gray, sand colored hair, conspicuously poor teeth and large lips. * which they seldom close. This description applies to both men and women who, according to our Standards, would be called stupid look­ ing. Women's Ages Uncertain. It is difficult to tell the age of the women. One little woman, her face a network of wrinkles and most of her teeth gone, proudly held up a three- weeks-old baby for inspection. It was dressed exactly like her. To one who did not know, she would have been taken for the grandmother, but as mat­ ter of fact, she was only twenty-eight .years old, and this was her first child. Their houses are all pretty much alike. There is never more than two rooms downstairs, a dining room which is also kitchen, and a living room and bedroom combined. There is always a fireplace of old blue tiles. From the rafters hang jugs, dried fish and hams. The Markenites are not meat eaters. The ordinary diet consists of fish-- cod or herring--dried peas or beans, and cheese. The cheese is made of goat milk. The people use the street as a sit­ ting room. Outside the door of each house is a bench,. where the house­ wife knits woolen socks and jackets. 1 Marken has no street lights. The extravagant burn gasoline, others, candles. The customary hour of re­ tiring is nine o'clock In summer and seven in winter, There are np old maids in Marken. Girls have only one sweetheart. Each suitor is a Markenite. He has to be. A girl could not be married on the island to anyone else. And If she left the ^Island and married she would never be permitted to return. "Are you adept at fishing?" This la the only thing a father asks when a young man is seeking his daughter in marriage, if he can qualify in that iverlng a con- tatoes at the Hoyt, and left in he came out \ his head at an ing a noise like bicycle pump. The e last of the new general direction of just punting Mr. Brest's business coat over the barn, when 'ed Mr. Brazi that Gladiola had eaten a strip of clothesline, r by the briule, ii« bavkcu the 6mlr6 wor»s into the street, lge which he will have to pay for, and putting in the last [the failing vegetable business. When 36 feet of rope had Gladiola's maw the Incident was closed, likewise the liola yved that Mrs. Hoyt puts sugar in the starch used for ale.amount of this, substance had got ontfj^iothesline LITTLE, MAIDS TROW SCHOOL respect, personal likings-are not con­ sidered. , Unless engaged a young woman is never seen promenading with a young man. After the announcement of the engagement it is perfectly proper for the couple to walk wherever they choose holding hands--in fact, that is the custom. There are no secret or broken en­ gagements on that island of queer cus­ toms and traditions. The Markenites have an engagement rite. The young man and his affianced sit up all night with a large candle lighted on the table between them. After the house Is closed, the parents leave the couple each in a straight uncomfortable chair on either side of the table. Not a word can be spoken until the candle has burned and gone out. The assumption is that they must be sincerely in love, or they could not endure the ordeal. When the sun has risen, the respective parents drink boiled wine together, and the young man is welcomed Into the girl's family. They are then con­ sidered engaged for good and all. The people have married and inter­ married for so many years that they are not only becoming degenerate, but there is scarcely a family on the whole island which does not have at least one member suffering from tubercu­ losis. They have been able to endure as long as they have because the great­ er part of their time is spent outdoors in the sunshine. m- Dependent on Irrigation. Except along the Caspian coast. Per* sian agriculture is dependent aitwnut entirely on Irrigation. The Pretty Girt. Give the pretty girl her due. Why should she not have her share ot honest praise? Too often when one comes to investigate he finds a half- contemptuous note in the description of some girl whose beauty Btands out so prominently that it blinds the ob­ server to her other virtues. Yes, other virtues. In itself beauty is a virtue, Just as cheerfulness and unselfishness and sincerity are virtues. It is almost as hard to cultivate these others as it is to take thought and add a degree to beauty. Often they are natural gifts, and yet a gin with these natural gi£ia is given credit for cultivating them, while the one who is "onty pretty" is condemned on the ground that she has had nothing to do with her looks, that heredity or luck or something else hes. pretty, and that she Is sat- pretty and nothing else, girl her due. Admit sung but usually unappreciated, she is doing something for the good of humanity.--Columbia State. Remittances Wanted. For hours the sympathetic mother had listened to her son's tirade against the college that had expelled him in •disgrace and against his father for abetting them In it. "But, dear," she said at.^pt. 'you really cannot blame your father for being angry. You must see that you have made a very bad return for all his unremitting kind­ ness." "Ah, that's just it," retorted iue inue oiuueul. "IT ii utwiii'i utteu so confoundedly 'unremitting' I oould have pulled through." There's Theme for Poet or Moralist . In Strange Guatemala Indian 4 '• } Ifr , * Vl ***• Surest Way. "V t , Among the Indians of Guatemala, ao- cording to the Christian Herald^ who possess many remarkable traditions, a legend has been reserved which might form a theme for the poet or the mor­ alist. At the foot of Mount Sucareno lies a lake, placid and beautiful in its BOlitude -- a huge, glittering, gold maned serpent and a water maiden, who is the counterpart of the Lorelei. Her singing has an irresistible cherm to draw the casual listener, who is promptly seized by the golden serpent and dragged down to the lake's bot­ tom. There he is delivered to a giant, who is the guardian of a secret treas­ ure hidden in a cave. What the treas­ ure is no one knows; but it is some­ thing for which all men seek. Some bolieve it to be a mass of priceless Jewels; others aver that it is a charm which is capable of curing all human ills. But the oldest and wisest of the tribesmen wag' their heads knowingly and say that the hidden treasure, which no human power has ever suc­ ceeded in grasping, is happiness, and that the great deity who directs the lives of men has, placed it beyond their reach. All through the ages men have sought for it but failed to grasp it, and many have perished in the attempt. It is only an old heathen legend, yet it pictures the ceaseless search for happiness which has gripped the hu­ man heart ever since time began--a search in which love and wealth are the lures that woo to danger and even death. Those who are wiser and whose understandings have bee" en­ lightened know that happiness comes unasked to him who serves God and his fellowmen, and who makes his life a blessing to others. To such a one there comes, some day, an ex­ perience like that of the humble tiller of the soil who, having been true and faithful and kind, found happiness standing beside him at the plow, a serene and comforting heavenly com­ rade. Both are legends and strangely beautiful, but our own hearts tells Us which of the two has the real charm of spiritual truth. * • " Bostonians Save Words. "Ever hear of Boston brevity?" asked the room clerk, holding up a telegram. It simply read, "Tonight." .."That means," explained the clerk, "that the signer will arrive on a cer­ tain train, that a porter is to meet him, that a room with bath on the eighth floor, with southern exposure, with a bath already drawn, is to be* in readi­ ness." "That's nothing for brevity," remind­ ed an assistant manager who stood near. "We have a man from Boston here who doesn't have to say a word when he giyes an order. When he is about to go away, he catches the eye of the head porter and holds up one finger, and the head porter knows that the Bostonian wants a ticket on the five o'clock train, a seat in the second Pullman and a seat midway on the right side of the dining car."--New York Times. The Whole Thing Right There. During its early days, John Fox, Jr., was once taking a trip over Arkan­ sas' now leading railroad. But it was not the proverbial "slow train" in which he ^as traveling. On the con­ trary, he was very much concerned at the tremendous rate of speed at which it rounded the sharp curves for which that road is famous. He was a little consoled, however by the calm manner in which a fellow-passenger across the aisle surveyed the whirl­ ing landscape. Finally, unable to control himself longer, the novelist leaned across the swaying car and Inquired: "Say, don't you think thiB is a bit reckless--going so fast? What if we'd meet another train around one of these curves!" "No feah, suh!" as­ sured the calm one. "We've got the road's engine on this heah train, suh." Must Be Torn to Be Opened. An envelope that cannot be opened except by tearing or cutting the paper can be made by substituting aioumen for the mucilage with which the flap is sealed. An ordinary envelope can be opened by exposing it to steam for a few moments or moistening it with water. Albumen becomes insoluble when heated. Of course one must put the albumen on an ungummed envel­ ope. If this be not easily obtained, it can be made from any good paper, cutting this to the proper size and shape. To apply the albumen, take some white of egg and spread it with a brush, a feather or the tip of the finger on the flap. Close this before the albumen has time to dry and pass a hot iron over it. This coagulates the albumen, and the paper must be torn before the envelope can be opened. Judged by His Talk. "Is it possible to become optimistic?" "That depends a great deal on a per­ son's environment and the ' way In, ie earns a living." "As Long as We Love." As long as we can love and be loved we are of service in life, for there is nothing the human creature so needs as affection and faith; nothing the human creature so desires to ex­ pend, if only he can, as love and sym­ pathy. But it is not easy to keep hu­ man contacts fair and lovely. We are born into the world with the sense of a separate self, and that self- desires possessions and powers and trappings and ease. We are set into a seething mass of conflicting wills, intersecting and opposing, and there is little har­ mony Ainept where a group" can be gathered together under the flag of a common cause or a common ideal; where a number of people are will­ ing to bear deprivations and exertions for what they believe to be a common good.--Louise Collier Wilcox. $ Source of Inspiration* Lift your eyes unto the hills and,' eoMnaptring, divinely awf^et and beau- Utm will be your spiritual experiences L sforioww 50 ^ MOTOR TRUCKS Oft RAILROAD LINES if , ' I I &w::' The obstinacy of Carrai>za in refusing American troops the use of thf Mexican railroads is being overcome by the new motor trucks which havC reached Mexico. These trucks are equipped with specially constructed wheels, fitting over the railroad tracks. In the European war zone trucks similarly equipped have been used antf are still in service with satisfactory results. The motors are carried a!On§, the tracks aa smoothly «s are the regulation railroad carriages, and can bt utilized as well on the ordinary roada traversed by motor trucks. AIITO BOON ID ALL Places Means of Transportation Within the Cpntrol of c Individuals. TIME TABLE THIM* OF PAST Day of - Fixed Routes and Schedules That Must Be Observed Is No More--Automobile , Haa Also Brought City and Country > Together. "One of the greatest advantages of the modern, small, light automobile lies in the fact that it places at the hands of mil: lions of people a means of trans­ portation entirely within their indi­ vidual control," said a man prominently identified with the automobile industry. "Time, speed and direction are aii controlled by the man at the wheel and no'matter whether the objective point is one or 100 miles distant, he can go when he pleases, as he pleases, and how he pleases. ' "The automobile has developed all classes of transportation. Street cars, railroads and boat lines all travel over fixed routes and their running time depends on the schedules mapped out for them. "Miss a train, and there is nothing to do but wait for the next one. You are governed entirely by the time table. A motor car puts you nearer, in time, to your train, no matter where you live. With a motor car, you can take a short cut and speed up, if necessary, to keep an appoint­ ment or make a train connection. You are the master and the car waits for you; and,' after pressing the starting button, you can go as far and as fast as you please. "Fifteen years ago the horsfe and railroads were depended upon almost entirely for transportation. -Then the motor car began to forge rapidly to the front as a means of carrying peo­ ple and merchandise and it was not long before it had relegated the horse to the background. "The automobile, more than any oth­ er transportation agency, has brought city and country together. It is the only thing that has made suburban life away from the railroads possible. Where the railroads touch only the high spots of civilization, the motor car weaves its way among fafms and villages in the most obscure parts of the world. "Motor cars have Quickened Ihe dis­ tribution of farm products and have Increased the radius of the merchants' delivery system. Traveling salesmen now find it possible to double theilr territory and cover the ground in one- half the time it used to take them with horse an 1 railroad facilities. "In fact the automobile has been a boon to all mankind and If any one class has been benefited mord than another, It is the farmers. This is especially noticeable since the small, light, economical car haa been per­ fected, as is shown by the increasing number of our new light models that are finding their way into the rural district!. Increase Capital Stock. ' That automobile manufacturers have great confidence In the future of the industry in the United States is shown by the fact that during 1915 ten of the leading companies increased their capital stock from 135,675,000 to 1204,900,000. New additions have been built at almost every plant It is estimated that at least 255 acres of floor space have been added to the fac- tories by reason of the additions. It is an expensive proposition to save money by buying a low-grade au­ tomobile oil because it is cheap. » iBhould Tighten Nuta Slowly. Itf 'overhaullng a car, when it comes1 to putting on the intake and exhaust manifolds, take caro to draw up the nuts gradually. Don't tighten the top row first and then the lower set--if you do, you are liable to cause the lugs to snap off because of the uneven strain. Some manufacturers forestall this sort of trouble by hold^&S the rijianlfoldB on with clamps. . use the throttle mo brakes less in centrollin both tiie lixaa and Never use oil to clean rubber tires water see that none SOLDIERS USING AUTO AMERICAN TROOPS IN MEXIO# WELCOME ITS HELP. 1/ * •. '• . Artlllerynien Mount Maofilne Quite o»; the Vehicles and Report Satisfac­ tory Results. The usfe of motor trucks and a*- mofed automobiles haa already been demonstrated in actual warfare, but it remained for the American troops ers chasing Pancho Villa In Mexico, or guarding the border, to demon­ strate the feasibility of putting ordi­ nary touring Cars to military use. A few days ago a touring car wll driven north of Columbus, N. M., by United States artillerymen. A ma­ chine gun was mounted in the ton- neau and targets were fired at, with, the machine traveling and at a stand* still. The test was reported to be veiy successful. It was found that a tour­ ing car was fully as logical and as fear slble as a truck for the purpose. The demonstration proved that the vibra­ tion of a gun being fired does not swerve iiij8 aim a particle. In fact, the car barely is shaken. The objec­ tion to cramped quarters was also con­ clusively dismissed when it was shows that four men could ride comXor&bly in the car with a gun. *' 'j4 GIVE YOUR CAR A CHANCE During the First Few Months It Is ill Use It Needs a Great Deal of Attention. "Cars, like children, require a certain amount of care," says an automobile expert. Then he continues: "An au­ tomobile is a complicated piece of mechanism which comes in for more hard usage and' abuse through lack of knowledge on the part of its opera­ tors than any other piece of machinery I know of. "A new automobile, due to the wear­ ing in of the newly assembled parts, requires a little more careful atten-, tion during the first few months of its career ttian it will thereafter. For this reason all new cars should be in­ spected within their first 500 or 600 miles of usage. A second inspection should be made after 1,000 or 1,500 miles of service or within not more than two months' time, irrespective of mileage. Thereafter at periods Of every 1,500 miles of running. "Every owner of an automobile to' interested in keeping down the ex­ penses of his car, especially those items of replacement of parts. A good modern automobile is designed with built-in adjustments and facilities for lubrication which permit ItB beinff maintained for many years with little or no care outside of periodical in­ spection. "The manufacturer's guaranty fir based on the owner taking a certain amount of care of his car, and an in­ spection every month or so is little to ask in view of the fact that a locomotive is gone over by a skilled force of mechanics as soon as it com­ pletes a 100 or 250-mile run." The GasoiMriatic. "Who la that pale, sad man, chained^ to the wall, in the violent ward?" in­ quired the visitor to the local bug em­ porium. "What brought llim to this. He asked me a minute ago if I could, tell him how many millimeters of transmission grease it would take to run a wind shield up a 20 per grade, if the wheels were locked." -- "It's just like this," replied the il- tendant, "they brought that guy here direct from the automobile show. He went there to find out which was the best car to buy and 47 different sales­ men told him that all of the other makes ot cars were no good. He sat down in a corner and tried to figure it out and when we found him, he was drawing spark plugs on his cuffs and, seating the covers off souvenir logues." Moral--Never ask--learn by exj ence.--Bthridge Automobile News. . j Missing Motor. If sftotor persists in missing only a light load is being carric fore resorting to adjustments carburetor try making sparkj little wider, presuming, ot coi the magneto is being used. nfhgy if Ihn jjjAfAf rrHc there is a heavy load on poBsibly be obviated Jay •park gap slightly.