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HAVE HARD L,Fe.
Men Starving on Torpedo soats Arr
Crampsd and Roastsd.


Norfolk landmark: Each of the tnrpedo
craft carries a crew of from sixty to sew
enty men. and when ono considers the size
Of the space in which II is necessary for
these men to move about in operating the
powerful yet Intricate machinery and find
sleeping space also. one must marvel at
the life aboard q vessel OF this class.
To live in quarters the size Of an ordin-
airy dry goods box e not the life that tho
everyday American cares to essay. To en-
dure such life for hours at a stretch with
out sleep or food. M to stand exposed in
all climates-avchSis life aboard a torpedo
craft for officers and men alike. There is
no discrimination; hat is why one sees
beardless faces and slender figures behind
the coming towers when these long, three
and four-stacked flyers run into pert for
coal n water at frequent intervals.
which is necessary on account of. their
limited space for carrying these necessi-
ties. In the comparatively smooth wa
ters of this harbor the torpedoboats look
very much like the motor racers in dis
guise. but they are far from being the
pleasure craft that the autoboats are. and
they go where the helmsman of a motor
boat would not dare to venture.
The ocean Is the place to see the torpe-
doboat under way, and then life on board
che craft can be seen in its true light.
Sticking their BOWS into the long, green
wv 49, kAAS - AAAo SAAe SAe
statfs forward and the solid green water
washing the low decks continually, is but
one picture of life on the rolling deep in q
mere shell of a boat. In the harbor and
when at sea in fair weather the torpedo
boats run with matches open, the COM
handing officer stands on watch clear OF
the forward coming tower, and the crew
lounge on deck, but when the little craft
begins to roll Inc plunge in the seaway
the matches are closed, and, barring the
stumpy smokestack. the vessels resemble
crew suffer most while at sea. All must
remain below decks, or place themselves
III Jeopardy. To venture above while the
vessel Is plunging about the sea with
decks awash would be extremely
hazardous. Sometimes the Japanese stew
ard will essay to climb along the deck
from stern to the forward hatch with a
smoking dish clasped tightly In his hands.
He is in a race with the seas. II he reaches
his destination forward he is lucky. II the
seas get there first the fishes get the food.
In the event the seas overtake him then
ne mas to scramble back to the galley and
await another chance. This is an anus
ing incident Of life aboard, to watch the
steward essay the trip forward in rough
weather.
Intense heat prevails below decks when
the craft Is under way, with matches
closed, and the humidity Is one Of the in
conveniences to which the crew of q tor
pedoboat is subjected, and is one OF the
most Objectionable features of life aboard
the torpedo craft. as the heat is oppres.
sive and fearful at times, with all four
boilers under full draught and ponderous
engines throbbing and %pulsating at full
speed of perhaps twenty-five or thirty
knots,
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Trad. Condition. in Morocco.

Tor Perdicaris in International Quar-
terly: What critics ignorant Of trade
conditions In Morocco do not realize is
that the entire trade, both imports and
exports, amounts only to about $15,-
600, 900 per annum, and that the full
fllment of government orders for pub
lie works required to develop rams
port and other constitutes
the only important financial operation
Of the immediate future. II France
were willing to the RESPONSE
bility or expense of maintaining order,
she might have been entitled to reserve
for French syndicates alone such adj
vantages; but as it Is, the kaiser In
amply justified in insisting hat Ger
merchants shall have a share in
placing tenders for these Moorish or
1ers, tenders or bids which, unless thus
by the predominant influence which the
French profess the right to assert by
virtue Of the A~nglo-French agreement
Of April, 1904. and the subsequent
F'ranco-Spanish agreement. The only
way to secure this right to a share
IN such enterprises ts for the various
governments represented at the Madrid
conference in 1880 to hold the sultan
20 that agreement, n to refuse to
recognize any right on the part Of
France, England or Spain to guarantee
TO France or to any power an exclusive
Of p~reQOmlnat1ng influence In Morocco.
The authorities at Washington who
scored brilliantly by the energy they
displayed in securing the release Of
Rafsuli's hostages from SO painful q
predicament have now, also, taken up
q position which, in view of this lat
er and still more dramatic incident of
the sudden appearance Of William Of
dohenzollern on the Tangier stage,
would seem equally well considered
and advantageous. The department of
state asserts that should France an
mex Morocco the government of the
United States might accept without de-
muir an effective occupation 81 the sui
tan's dominions assumed in the inter-
est Of law and order, which 1t has
seemed Of late beyond the sultan's own
unaided power to maintain efficiently;
yet, falling such effective annexation,
the United States. as one Of the sign
ers of the Madrid convention, must
look to the sultan himself to guarantee
the rights n liberty Of American
citizens throughout the territory over
which Mulai-Abd-el-Aziz, or his Mex.
hazen claims jurisdiction.
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You viii say with good reason tina,
I am but a sorry jockey for \ friends
to fly out at You like q mailman AZ !
did, he added. by way OF fitting cpl.
logNe: and to-thfs I gave him the an.
swer he wished. bidding him never let
a thought of 1t spoil him Of the rest he
needed.
'gThe debt Of obligation and forgive.
ness Is all upon the other side. as you
will some day know Dick, my lad.
said I, lowering. as a coward alvyays
will. upon the inusndo-edge OF the con.
fesston he 1NlN never make.
He misto6ENth pointing Of this pro.
test. as he "a bound to.
Never say that, Jack. 'Twould be
q Observation-Disclosures trick in me te
blame you for loving her. And since
you speak OF debts::lI sdoaprotestI owe
you somewhat, too. With 30 fair Q
chazsce to cut a clean swath in that
fair-weather month at Appleby Hun.
dred. another man would have left ms
scant gleantngs In the field. I'll be
bound; whereas"
Damn you'll" I broke in roughly,
will you never have done and go to
sleep?" Ard so, taking surly harsh
ness for a mask when my heart waa
nigh bursting with shame and grief, ]
turned my back and cut him OFF.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11
HARVESTING CORN.

The time to cut corn that is raised
for both fodder and grain Is as soon
as the ears are nearly all denied. II
it is raised for fodder principally, il
may be cut while the ears are in the
milk If there Is danger Of frost. Cus
all corn before frost If it is ripe
enough, as a frost reduces the value
Of he fodder. II a killing frost shout
come early, cut the corn and put in
shock as quickly as possible.
A corn binder that will cut and bind
thick corn that is planted bushel
OF SO on an acre. on rich mellow soil,
without clogging, and i field corn
without knocking off the ears, is the
one to use, says r. j. Brooks in the
Northwestern Agriculturist. Use either
two OF four horses On the harvester.
as three horses abreast tramp the bun
dies too much. Cut as near the ground
as you can SO stubble won't bother
plow. Shock the corn just as fast as
1t Is cut, never leave it to lie on the
ground over night or through a rain
storm, II you a possibly avoid 1t,
It needs two men to shock to advan-
tage using a shock horse, SO that you
can see through the shock n foot
from the ground after 1t is finished.
thus allowing the air to blow through.
Every shock should be tied with
binding twine before you move the
sAioch tiuise' Use d lAree-Aourtns men
rope with a knot in each end to tight
put h rope around the shock
about two feet from top. Let each
man pull at an end as they stand fac
ing each other on opposite sides, n
pull hard. Then n man takes hold
holds tight while the other ties the
twine: Don't use a rope with a ring
or pulley in one end and pull from one
end In tightening shock, or every
shock will be twisted and more liable
to go down before stacking time. Set
team can follow it more easily in
stacking time.
Stack n corn as soon as thorough
~ dry, In small round stacks, keeping
the middle of the stack real full and
solid from the ground to tip 80 that
should come either when you are
stacking or feeding it out. Build one
stack In a place, SO you can get at it
on either side when feeding 1t out. II
you are going to thrash or shred don't
put more than two small stacks in a
setting, as a very large stack Of shred
ded fodder won't keep as we'll.
Don't tramp the fodder any more
than you can possibly help after it is
thrashed or shredded, as it is more
liable to heat and spoil, the more solid
1t is packed.
Don't put shredded or thrashed fod-
der by means Of a blower into a barn
that IS partly full Of horse hay, as it
fills the hay with dirt more thar 1t
would II a carrier were used.
Don't put any quantity of shel1ed
corn as it m from the machine in
to a tight bin, OF it will surely spoil:
rather spread it thin on a large foo,
SO 1t may be shoVeled over and aired.
And last, but not least, don't let the
corn stand In the shock till winter, so
you will have to shovel it u of tho
snow and chop 1t loose from thu
ground. These don'ts all save dollars
In handling corn.
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Continued Next Week.,
What a square-Jawed Man Is Doine

WE 10 1Olnos
New York Telegram to the Pittsburg
Gazette: It takes power and engineer
ing skill to raise q row Of ten houses at
one operation and to throw them high
enough to build stores under them. This
is the undertaking begun today in
Harlem. Engineers and contractors
who are watching the job declare 1t
will be impossible. but the men bossing
the performance say they will get the
houses up In the way intended or
bust To add to the remarkable
character Of h whole affair all the
families in the houses continue to live
In them. The raising process will be
done only a fraction Of an inch at q
time. Inc it is thought it will be ac-
complished without damage Of n
kind. When the block has been put up
about fifteen feet On stills. stores will
be built under them. and the former
habitue OF the neighborhood who has
been away a few weeks will not rec
ognize the street when he comes back.
That is the promise Of the contractor,
n he is a square-jawed, sturdy fellow.
who seems to understand his business,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11
NOTES ON sILAGE
BY w. J. Fraser.

An example OF great loss owing to
the form and faulty construction came
un1er the writer's notice q few days
ago. when a square. silo. with a capac-
lty OF Atty tons was built, with alr
tight. but rigid walls. Simply ths
lowed the air to gain access to the
silage, to such an extent that the en-
tire fifty o N spoiled completely. since.
Tor mechanical reasons, 1t Is practically
Impossible to build a square wood silo
with perfectly rigid walls, the round
To obtain satisfactory results silags
must be in perfect condition when fed.
Since, fermentation soon takes place
when silage Is exposed to the air, the
silo should not be Of too great diameter.
face should be allowed for each COW in
winter: then. when feeding forty
pounds of sllage per COW, a layer IN
Inches deep would be fed off daily.
When silage Is fed in summer, 1t Is adj
visable that the exposed area be not
over half this size. 80 that q layer three
Inches deep may be used daily: How
ever. much stock is to be fed, a silo
20 to 20 feet in diameter is as large
as should be built. II a silo is of great
er diameter than this, much of the sill
age is at too great distance from the
uOOr, increasing the laOOr O1 TeIIloNaA-
The deeper the silo the greater the
pressure and the more compactly will
the silage be pressed together, hence
the larger the amount that can be
stored per cubic foot. For example, a
silo twenty feet in diameter and forty
feet deep will hold twice as much as
one OF the same diameter and twenty
ave feet deep. This shows h economy
Of reasonably deep silos. To be we'll
proportional the height should not be
more than twice the diameter. No silo
should be less than thirty feet deep and
to get sufficient depth for q sllo not
over twelve feet in diameter, it may
be placed four or five feet into the
ground.
The number Of tons Of silage needed
can readily be estimated from the size
Of the herd and the amount to be fed
daily. Even when 1t Ia desired to feed
as much silage as possible, not more
than forty pounds per COW should be
fed daily. In Illinois silage will usually
be needed from about october 20 to
May 10, OF 200 days. Each COW should
have an allowance then Of 200 times
forty pounds, which is 5000 pounds of
silage, or four tons per COW for the
year. A herd Of ten cows will require
= silo holding forty tons; a herd OF
thirty cows, 100 tons: fifty cows, 200
tons, and 100 cows, 400 tor Where
young stock Is raised an allowance
should be made for them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11
Walnuts in Washington State,

Seattle Post Intelligencer: Ten prom
inent farmers of the Wentachee valley
have decided to conduct a series Of ex-
periments in the cultivation of English
walnuts. They have secured sufficient
seed to plant forty-five acres. One
man proposes to devote twenty acres
to nut trees. The promoters hope to
demonstrate that the soil n climatic
conditions of that section are adapted
to successful nut culture. The market
is at their doors, and success is assured
when the crops are harvested. The new
Industry promises a profitable invest
ment, and will add much to advertising
the country as a desirable location for
diversified tree culture. Walnut grow
ing is comparatively new to the orch
ardists of this state. 1t is not In the
experimental stage. One farm in Chel-
m county has produced excellent nuts.
The trees We're grown from seed and
began bearing nuts lei five years
old. Last season they gave better
profits than any fruits in that section.
Similar results have been attained in
CLARKE county inc other localities in
the Puget sound region. The only rea-
son why home grown nuts have not
been placed on the general market is
that no large areas have been planted.
Now that Wenatchee has made a be-
ginning it remains for other districts
to follow.
The use Of nuts as food is increasing
every year throughout the United
States. Physicians recommend a nut
diet in many instances as a meat sub
stitute. Scientists claim that much Of
the sickness of the people originates in
the use of improper foods that can be
remedied by eating more nuts. To
supply the increasing demand eur coun-
try must import large quantities Of
nuts from foreign lands every year.
The money sent to South America and
other places for these necessities could
be used at home in building up the
farms n identifying the residences
if the farmers produced the nuts. Here,
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A Yankee Trick il Matches,

New York Times: will you let me
have a few matches?" asked the cigar
ct smoker at a bar up in Connecticut
the other day, and the bartender passed
out a long box containing matches
twice the usual length.
What are these big sticks for?" ask.
ed the youth.
ITO make the maches awkward to
carry away" explained the bartender.
Every smoker who spends q nickel for
a drink used to fill his vest pocket with
Matches and 1t cost me a pretty penny.
I tried safety Matches and each one
would take q box Of them. Then I
caught on to this Yankee trick. These
matches won't go into q vest pocket.
and a box of them lasts as long as a
gross Of the others. My match bin
amounts to almost nothing now
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A Shampoo for Dry Scalp.

A splendid tonic shampoo for a dry
scalp can be made as follows: Take
two ounces OF white CASTLE soap, one
eight ounces of alcohol, two ounces Of
tincture Of quillaija, twenty drops Of
OIL Of lavender and eight ounces Of
water. Dissolve in the water the potas-
SUM carbonate and soap. then add the
other ingredients. Rub well into the
roots Of the hair and then rinse well
In several waters Dry, IL possible, In
the sun, never In front Of a nre, A
this will make the hair brittle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11
SHABBY FARMING.

About the shabbiest piece of farrnfna
I have seen in many a day was a v
field, where the corn stalks from last
years crop were standing. The owner
was trying to cut that rye, and the
trouble he had with the stalks viii
ance Of the season. But the lesson
has been a good one, even If it vas
costly. I will venture that the next
time that man sows rye in standing
corn he will get the stalks down before
harvest time.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11
When Does a Man Die7

Albert p. Mathews in the World To.
lay for July: In the first place there
IS no definite ONE of death
We all are gradually dying fol
years. The moment which is or.
dinarily ascribed to death is when the
breath stops, but his is purely arbi.
trary and the survival of an old belief
that life was drawn in in the breath
and the soul passed out with the
breath. The heart may continue tc
beat many minutes, and in animals
under experimental conditions even fol
hours after respiration has stopped;
he muscles are still irritable; the
nerves are still able to carry nerve i'm.
pulses. Blu while the cessation of res
piration cannot be called the moment
Of death, it is the cause of it, because
the body cannot live without air; the
heart accordingly stops and the tissues
die Of s~uffocation.
How arbitrary it is to call a mar
dead when his heart ase to beat and
he no longer breathes will be apparent
when it is remembered that dogs may
easily be revived after they have lain
lin this state for six or more minutes. II
the dogs chest is opened and artificial
respiration begun, and If the heart is
taken in the hand and rhythmically
squeezed, gradually it begins to beat
again, the dog begins to breathe. in fact
he RECEIVERS normal life. I believe the
same experiment has not been tried In
men for the reason that in illness the
system is generally so poisoned by the
toxins of disease as to make it impos-
sible spontaneously to recover, even
though the heart should be kept beat
Ing. The heart of a nan may in some
cases be made to beat again outside the
body If defibrinated blood is circulated
through it.
We cannot therefore answer the ques-
ton. when does a man die? If we mean
by a man his body, his dies piecemeal,
one g after another; if We mean
the mans personality, this evidently
disappears when he loses consciousness,
and from this point of view he may be
Der, certainly when he is a~nesthetized.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11
Another One for Pa.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Say, pa queried
little Johnny .Bumpernickle, have guns
got legs?"
Certainly not. my son. replied the old
man.
Then why dc they nave breeches. pap.
asked the youthful inQuisiror.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11

Russian officers In camp receive
money to pay for their meals, but in
many cases they keep this for other
purposes, and eat with the common.
soldiers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11

Brother Clarke finds his DISCOURAGE
ments among his bees and we have
ours in the poultry business. We keen
a few bees as we'll and find what he
says is true. Our bees have loafed a
good deal this spring.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11

Tired of bad treatment. the NURSING
sisters employed at San Isidro, Spain.
went on strike, wrecked one Of the
Of the medical supplies.
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Reeiunation.

Yonkers Statesman: The waiter-Hov
will you have our steak today?
The Crank-Oh. I suppose burned, -
usual