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preparation of a preliminary report is

preparation of a preliminary report is
under way. It will contain state
ments in regard to the composition of
the soils, their physical character, their
holding capacity, their contents
OF humus, and the percentage of nitro
gen, phosphoric acid, and potash con-
tanned therein. both as regards total
content and in respect of the quanti-
ties removed by different solvents.
This report will be illustrated, not
only by analytical tables, but also
graphically in such way as to show
in the most evident manner the rela-
tion which exists between the physical
composition of the soil, its contents OF
moisture, and the quantity of dry or
ganic matter produced.
This is but one Of several investiga-
tions now being conducted under the
| direction of the Chief of the Chemical
Division of the Department Of Agri-
culture. The great value to the
farmer is obvious, for as result of
this investigation a chemical analysis
of given soil will at once determine
what plant foods may be deficient IN
it for the production of a given crop
and at the same time it will show the
farmer how to supply these defcien-
cies when practicable by the judicious
application of fertilizers or by suit
able rotation of crops. Thus in the
end it will demonstrate what crops
grown on given soil will yield the
greatest amount of profit to the farmer.
The slow and even tedious work
necessary for the satisfactory compile
tion of investigations carried on in the
scientific bureaus of our Government
is not always appreciated by the gen
eral public, but when the results that
are ssure to ensue are so far-reach-
ing in effects as those of the investiga-
tion which has just been so briefly out
lined, then, indeed, does the wisdom
of the work become clearly manifest.
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PULLMAN TO BE A FREE CITY.
The Town VIII Be Absorbed bY Chicago
and It's Buildings Sold.

CHICAGO, III. (specinD. dream OF
George NJ, Pulman's life has been shat
tered. The fenced in model town OF Pull
man 1s become a free community. The
anomaly o. city within city Is at an
end. The Pullman Palace Car Company
has accepted the decision OF the Su-
preme Court OF Illinois sustaining the con-
tention Of Attorney General n. T. Maloney.
The Pullman company has instructed its
attorneys to close the suit. The terms OF
the decree are now being prepared. The
decree will divorce the great corporation
from everything save the business for
which 1t was incorporated.
Thus will end. as feudal Institution, the
town of Pullman. Its churches and
schools, its hotel. its magnificent arcade
hall. the market house, the public library
and two thousand brick residences. will be
sold to the highest bidder. The Pullman
Iron and Steel Company will be reorgan-
ized. The brick works will pass from the
control OF the company.
The streets OF Pullman will be given over
to tho authorities OF the city OF Chicago,
and the waterworks will also pass into the
control OF the city. Pullman will cease to
be a, ,hedged In municipality.
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amount of water added to every pot
must be known (so that the conditions
may be identicaD, this improved meth
cd makes it possible to add one por-
ton of water to each of the pots in
the course of two hours. This is ac-
complished by inserting the tin fun
nels containing water in the funnel
holder on the side of the pot, as shown
in the illustration.
Next perhaps in importance to the
addition of water to the soil is the de-
termination of the amount of moisture
contained il the pot at any given
period. For a long time this factor
was determined chiefly by an inspec-
ton of the surface, with an occasional
weighing of the pot. This method,
while capable of yielding excellent re-
suits when under the immediate su-
pervision of an expert, was frequently
interrupted, owing to the absence of
DR.. Wiley, who was liable to be called
elsewhere by other duties. Accord
inely, it was deemed advantageous to
have more rigid control of the quan.
tity of moisture present. Conse-
quently, weekly weighings of the pots
are now made, so that the quantity OF
moisture which has been evaporated
during the seven days may be directly
determined. Knowing the quantity
necessary to produce complete satura-
tion of the soil, a simple calculation
will show the quantity to be added in
order that the amount of moisture in
the soil shall be between sixty and
seventy per cent. of the total quantity
necessary for its complete saturation.
For time the weighing of each in
dividual pot not only consumed alarge
amount of time, but also proved a
very arduous undertaking for the at
tendant in charge of the pots. Ac-
cordingly, the method of weighing
was improved by an ingenious me-
chanical device which renders it pos
sible for one person, without assist
ance and without undue physical ex-
ertion in the way of lifting the pots,
to weigh the entire lot OF 176 in about
four hours. This is shown in one of
the accompanying illustrations, which
is also of special interest rs showing
DR.. Wiley himself in the act of writing
down the weights.
The single-column illustration shows
the screen or hood that has been de-
vised for the purpose of protecting the
plants from the action of the wind and
from the attacks of birds.
The laboratory work includes deter
limitations of the to tai amount of dry
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The Old Testament Standard.

A great deal Is said about giving q tenth
OF our income to Gods cause. That Is the
old testament standard, but not the new.
The now testament teaching is that we ara
not our OWN; we belong to God. All that we
are and all that we have are Gods to use e
when He needs it. Some men will never
answer the demands OF the Word BY
giving tenth. Suppose one man has an
income OF $50. 0 and another OF $500; the one
enjoys many luxuries and things not at all
necessary, the .ther can scarcely with the
greatest sacrifice pay the rent, the grocery
bill and the coal bill. Is the law tho samo
to these two men? $500 to ono Is
simply dispensing with few Iuxurfcs: $50
to the other Is sacrifice that often sends
him into his Gcthsemano. The rule OF one
tenth adopted by Christian may be better
than no plan OF giving at all, but 1t is not
the highest. Some are not bound to give SO
much; others have not performed their
duty when they have given only that
Peninsula Methodist.
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How the Rich and Cultured Are Won.

How the Rich and Cultured Are Won.
Not by any novel methods OF effort, nor 6y
treating them as II they were formed OF su-
perior clay can they be won to Christ: In
essentials their human nature is like that
Of any others. Their JOYS, grieis, tempsa'
tions, ambitions and moral histories In gem;
eral are similar in principle to those OF
others. The differences, 30 far as any en-
ist, lie mostly In things external. 1t tsta
blunder not to appreciate their substane
tial likeness to all other men and women
Nor are they to be won by the severe
criticism and harsh condemnation 30 Otter
poured upon them, as sif they were necessax.
fly corroded by selfshness, recklessly tndif.
ferent to the needs Of others. or asuperctN-
ously contemptuous Of the intellectual or m =
terial attainments of all outside OF their OWL
charmed circle. This may be true of soms
among them. It is not true Of all, and the
frequent denunciaticns which they receive
do more harm than good. ls there
no special aim to be kept In View
then, in striving to win them ,tos. the
Christian life? None more than ought TO Dc
cherished In tho case Of others. In any onea
case wise Christian worker socks to use
tact, to study character and conditions, and
to adapt the timo' and manner OF argument
or appeal as closely as possible to the In.
dividual In view. There are circumstances 70
be borne In mind in the case of a rich man
which do not exist in the case Of q poor man.
This Is just as true of tho poor man, how.
ever as Of the rich. The one will be repelled
no more than the other If 1t be idisregarded.
So in regard to cultured mind as compared
with its opposite. Each must be sought
after the manner most likely to be a. eptable
to him and influential with him. The secret
Of success in the cases OF the rich
and cultured. as in those OF all other
men, is genuine and thoughtful sympathy.
heart, provided that good. sense and cour-
tesy control It's manifestations, seldom fails
to win influence. The rich'and cultured, ara
just men or women as others-hoping, re-
joicing, striving, falling, regretting, despair
ing even. like their fellows. To treat them
as II they occupied psdestals is foolish and
useless. Yet their peculiar temptations and
foIbles need to be borne In mind.
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A aUADRUPLE WEDDING.
Four Brothers Court and Marry Four
Sisters In q Village in Ohio.

Four Brothers Court and Marry Four
Sisters In q Village in Ohio.
In Trail, little place ten miles north OF
Canal Dover, Ohio four brothers married
four sisters on New Year g Day.
James Hochstettler has long been re-
garded as one Of the most prosperous
farmers in Coshocton County, and is re.
ters-Amanda, Ethel. Helen and Arabelle,
ranging in age from thirty to twenty years.
John Summers, neighbor Of Hochstet-
tier, has four sons-Jonn, Harry, Howard
and Frank. John Is thirty-fire, and Frank
not yet twenty-five years old. They occa-
sionally called on the Hochstettler girls,
but excited no comment, US there were no
other girls to visit
Frank Summers and Arabelle Hochstet-
tier set their elders an example by becom-
ing engaged, bringing the others into closer
acuuainlanceship. Gradually it leaked out
that Howard Summers and Helen HOch-
stettler were engaged. Frank and Howard
decided to be married on New Years Day.
"If two brothers can marry two sisters,
why emit four brothers marry four Sis
ters2" Howard remarked In a jest one night
ut the family table. John Summers began
to think about it, and soon Amanda's en-
gagement to him was announced. That
hurried Harry Summers and Ethel Hoeh-
stettler into an engagement.
Every one in the ncighborhood was in
vited to the weddings on New Years Day.
The full Episcopal service was used, and it
required the greater part of the afternoon
to solemnise the four weddings. An elab-
crate supper was served. The four BROTH
ers will continue TO live in Trail.
spanish rapers Cease Publication.
, The papers at Santandor. Spain. have
ceased publication, owing to the severity
Of the censorship.
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"Eiteth Like a SERPENT"

Few things are 80 much dreaded as SER
pents. They are so stealthy, and, except
the rattlesnake, so silent, and some Of
them, at least, are so deadly. There Is no
cure known for the bite OF some snakes;
the only chance Is to cut out the piece OF
flesh which has been bitten or to burn it
out with u red-hot iron, and even this will
be OF no use unless it is done directly after
the bite Is received. Now, this Is very like
what alcohol does to the drinker, who has
only very faint chance of getting rid OF
his thirst for drink when that thirst has
once been formed In him. His only chance
is to get the drink out, and keep 1t out Of
his body. He cannot cut it out or burn it
out; he has patiently to abstain from 1t
until he has ceased to long for 1t. Some
times 1t Is many years before this can be
done, and sometimes the thirst comes back
time after time for the whole Of mans
life, and keeps him In danger and anxiety.
What goodIeason We have to avoid being
bitten by this serpent OF strong drink.
The mischief comes at last like many
other bad things, the drink comes to US with
smiling face; it is pretty to look at as it
sparkles in the glass; we see some OF our
friends taking it; we know that many good
people not only take 1t, but even praise 1t.
II We were to take soma. very likely at first
it would seem to be doing US good, and We
it would all be mistake; every kind of
strong drink is "a mocker," and soon after
We had got into the habit of taking it we
should find that we had more or less diff
Guilty in leaving it of. The 6rst prick OF
the serpent's tooth would be felt. and II We
had wisdom enough left We should cast the
habit away from US in fear and horror. II
we did not the tooth would enter more
deeply and the poison would flow through
our veins; we should become tue prey Of
the serpent. Wise men look we'll ahead,
and so do wise boys and girls; they do not
ant just now; they want to know how 1t
will be in the end. They know better than
to buy an ounce Of present pleasure with
pound OF future pain. It is because the
! worst OF drink comes at the last instead OF
ut the first that We so hate and fear It,
It must be terrible 20 feel the poison
spreading through ones body after the bite
Of a snake. In some cases IN about quar-.
ter OF an hour 1t Is oil over, and death has
come. But 1t Is worse still to live the liv-
ing death OF a drunkard, to feel one good
thing after another going out OF you, that
you love those about you less and have less
OF their love: that your good name is 60
ing, that you are In every way getting
worse and worse, further and further from
God and goodness and everything that Is
beautiful and pleasant, that you are surely
dying not only in your body, but your soul
as we'll. Better by far be killed by a SER
pent than endure such fate as this. But
II you neglect the warning Of the motto, II
you break your pledge, such fate may be
yours.-Farher Mathew Herald.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.
A Wife Orders Mcr Husband to Kill Him
self SO She Can Have Money.

LONDON (By Cable).-The Vienna corre-
spondent Of the Mail teleSraphs:
can extraordinary story Of cold-biooded
crime is published In Mondays papers.
John and Anna Braune were middle.class
couple with three children. private in
come and prosperous business. Braune
squandered his monev, let the business go
to ruin and became bankrupt. One even
Ing his wife said to him: John, I am starv-
ing. Shoot yourself 80 that can ges the
insurance on your life.'
"The husband went into the next room
and shot himself. but, although desperate
ly wounded, eventually he reeoyored.
"Soon after his recovery his wife said to
him:
"'John, you were too stupid to shoot
yourself properly. Go and hang yourself
somewhere
"The next morning the obedient husband
was found hanging from rafter, this time
dead.
Gamma B-aune then tried to get rid Of her
mother, whose sole heir she WAS. She hired
Q workman TO murder her, explained to him
how he could got into her mothers house;
where he could find hammer, with which
to do tho deed; where he could hide the
body. and other horrible details. She
promised the workman generous payment
for numbering her mother, but he reported
the matter to the police, and the inhuman
daughter was arrested on: Saturday."
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Mans Ingratitule to His Horse.

Spokane, the horse that beat Proc
tor Knott in one of the finest Derbys
that was ever run, winning his owner
$50, ,OCO and the feeting but bright re-
nown of the turf, has been brought
back to the scene of his former tri-
umphs and sold at auction for paltry
Sl7O. Once a horse that kings would
have been proud to own, now he
stands the chance of becoming q niser-
able hack in a road-wagon. The in
gratitude that men who own race
horses show to the animals which
served them so we'll is an old story
Louisville Courier j ournal.
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Felt He Was Strong.

A brilliant young man, thirty years ago,
was beginning to form the habit OF indul-
gence in the wine cup. He knew that other
men were drunkards, but he felt that he
himself was strong, and would never be
anything but clear-syed and strong Of
nerve and firm of flesh. The years went
by. He has had honor and position. He
has become a drunkard, with 1t all, and
bis honors have been ior nothing. Whisky
and wine. have done for him what they
have done for all the rest, and what they
will do for all who are foolish enough to
be deceived by them. II he could he would
deter young men from following in his
footsteps, but he will not influence them.
They will think OF him simply as an old
drunkard, and say that he was fool not to
have controlled himself little. And they
will follow him on to death.-Herald and
Presbyter.
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not taken away after time the dog
would work himself into such a pas
sion that the press would be torn to
pieces by the speed. Gyp has been
doing the work for two years, never
missing day, aud seems to enjoy the
work, frequently getting into the
wheel in the middle of the night and
running half ON hour or more just to
warm up" as it were. When COM
manded, the dog will start up or stop
like q horse,
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A TREADMlLL DOG.
One That Runs n Printing Press in a
Wisconsin Establishment.

Wisconsin Establishment.
4 dog which runs press is curl
osity in Plymouth, Wis, and is prob
ably the only animal in the world do
ing this kind of service. "Gyp," as
the dog is known, is owned by the
Plymouth Review Company, and not
only runs off the edition of the paper
once week, but is also employed to
run large job press.
The dog IS an English mastiff,
weighing $50 pounds, and formerly
belonged to a Snowman VINO became
stranded there and left the animal OF
eone of the hotels. The proprietors of
the Review secured him, and his
tricks of operating wheel were de-
veloped.
A wooden wheel, eight feet in di-
ameter and four feet wide, was con-
structed and balanced on q shaft on
the end of which was placed pully to
drive O main shaft. This shaft was
connected with niue-columV power
press, capable of carrying the forms
of six.column qusrto paper. In the
wheel Gyp was placed aud in short
time taught to tread. Though usually
tractable, there are two things which
throw the dog into rage. The first
is to have any one turn the wheel,
which Gyp has come to look upon as
his own, and second the sight of
particular cat. The latter fact is
taken advantage of wher the dog does
not tread fast enough. A glimpse of
the cat is sufficient to increase the
speed of the wheel, and if the cat is
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM TH9
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

Girdod of God-How the Rich nnd Cub
tured Are won-Look to the GiveB-
The Souls Immortality-The Old Tes,
lament Standard-Faith Like Granttek
70 be girded of God
Oh, divine preparation
For conflict, for sorrow,
For work daily done!
To be flttedwith strength
Oh, blest separation
From akness, from failure,
To victories won! ./
o God! for such girding
My heart pleads with aching;
To stand more than conqueror.
When pressed by the foe;
To Jean on Thy strength,
Yes, Thy strength my shield making,
Would rob earth OF anguish
And life Of its woe.
Such strength from the Master
My poor self unfolding
Must maze my way perfect,
Aye, perfect in Him.
Dear Lord, give Thyself;
Take myself for the molding
A vessel perfected\
Without and within.
Mrs. E. F. A. Drake, in Advance.
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ing soils. In fact, the investigation
may be designated as study of typical
soils, and is perhaps the first attempt
ever made in this country to study any
number of soils under like conditions.
In way the work is an extension
of that most excellent series of studies
that have been carried on at the cele.
brated Experiment Station in Rotham-
sted, England, under the direction of
Sir John Henry Gilbert and Sir John
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PICAL SCENES At
l'HE DEPARTMENT. ;
! OF AGRICULTURE !
STUDYING SArlPLE SOILS.

The Department Of Agriculture in
ashington has been wise in retain
3 during several successive admin
Erations its able Chief of the Division
Chemistry. The result has been,
declares the Scientific American, from
which this article is taken, that dur
ling the years CT his tenure Of Office,
DIR. Harvey W. Wiley has been able to
plan and complete several valuable
series of experiments. None of these,
perhaps, has occupied his closer in
terest and attention more than those
which have had for their object the
study OF the growth of various plants
under similar conditions but with vary
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A CANADA MOUNTAIN FALLS.
Great Chunk of Earth Dams River,
Causing Flood.

VANCOUVER. 3. G. (speciaD.-The recent
thaw had the OBJECT OF loesening the sides
Of a small mountain which orerhangs the
Fraser River, near Spencer Bridge.
Shortly after midnight few days ago
with roar that could be heard over
mile, fully hundred acres Of tho hill, any
where from twenty to fifty feet in depth,
crashed into the Fraser, damming it COM
pletely and sending the water In torrents
over tho fertile Nicola Valley. The course
OF the river was changed completely. Now
the Frazer, which, owing to the fiat nature
Of the country, has grown into O broad,
majestic, but shallow stream, is fully half
a mile out Of its former course. The dis
trlct is sparsely settled, and no lives were
lost.
Barns and houses, however, were carried
away and thousands Of acres OF valuable
land will never be reclaimed from the
waters of the Fraser in its new course.
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HUSBANDS RIGHT TO WIFE:S ESTATE.
Judge Holds That the Common-Law
Theory No Longer Exists.

Judge Wood. in the Circuit Court at st.
Louis, Mo-, has reversed the ruling of the
Probate Court in regard 10 the adminissra-
tion of the estate OF Mrs. Mary B. McPher-
son, holding that the common law, that
gave tho husband absolute right over the
personal estate OF his wife, has ceased to
exist. In his decision Judge Wood said:
"The comm on-law theory OF marriage has
long since ceased to exist every ywhere, espe.
cially In this State; the law has long since
recognized the wife as having q separate
existence and separate rights and separate
interests"
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Bennett Lawes, who for more than
half century have had charge Of the
scientific work in that place.
Typical soils from between thirty
and forty places scattered throughout
the United States were procured
through the agencies of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and a direct COM
parison was instituted with samples of
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Bismarck Denounced Beer.

Those people who have been looking
with favor upon the increased consump-
ton OF beer In this country as an indica-
ton that that drink is displacing whisky
will hardly be comforted by remark OF
Prince Bismarck, related by his physician,
DR.. Busch, in his recently published book,
Bismarck: Some Secret Pages OF His His
tory" DR.. Busch tells how some one at
table once lamented the absence OF beer,
and the Iron Chancellor replied:
THAT Is no loss! The excessive con-
sumption OF beer is deplorable. 1t makes
men stupid, lazy and useless"
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Sent to Prison For Life.

Colonel Julison San Martin, who was in
command Of the Spanish garrison at Ponce
Porto Rico, when the United States tcooIs
under General Miles landed in the Island,
and who abandoned the place without
-esistance, has been sentenced to imprison-
,eat for life at Madrid, Spain. He will be
n"a-cerated at Ceuta, the Spanish penal
,,lony in Morocco, opposite Gibraltar.