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New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
DO DOGS REASON?

This dog when let out would never disturb
anything in the poultry yard. but the moment
stray chick lost her way into his yard the
savage got the better OF him: he would catch
the unfortunate straGgler, kill and devour it,
leaving only few feathers as evidence Of the
murder" Punishment always followed. The
remnants of feathers shown to the dog
so as TO impress him his wrongdoing and
make the cause of the punishment clear him.
From time to time young chickens would be
missing. and all efforts TO locate the guilty one
were vain. The dogs yard always scruti-
nized. but nothing found.
My best broilers We're disappearing at a rapid
rate. and l decided to have the dog watched.
Soon he was caught in the act and the mys-
terry solved The moment the dog had finished
his meal he scratched the feathers in heap
and carried them with his teeth 10 corner Of
his yard, where he buried them. The dog had
the most embarrassed and helpless expires zion
at the time he caught that / ever noticed
on dog. An extra severe punishment was dealt
out and do not know IL tine modification of
being trapped or the punishment did the work.
but the dog was cured from that moment
The related observations show reasoning IN
order 10 accomplish something for a set purpose
/ believe most animals possess the quality IN
some degree. more or less. according to their
mental development
In the last case described the dogs instinct
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
A GREAT EARTHQUAKE.

Ast esrtb 10 PeDL.e ~ Sav S%tfS ~ .n"t tne sIesrs
since its settlement was not the destructive
shock at Charleston IN 1886 or even the recent
terrifying manifestation ut San Francisco but
was. on the contrary. the now almost forgotten
earthquake OF New Madrid, the first tremOrs
OF which took place on December 16 1911
Strange Is that trait OF human nature by which
even the most appalling OF natures manifesta-
tons slip rapidly from the memory. so that only
a hundred years later little but tradition re-
mains OF the earthquake which Changed the
cOnnguration OF extensive areas OF the Nissfs.
sippi Valley. raising some portions depressing
others, shifting the course OF streams and
draining old swanAps AZ point and forming
new lakes at others All this and more how
ever, took place during the successive vibrations
which shook the New Madrid region alVnoSs
continuously for a period. OF many months In
1911 and. lS12.-M. L. FUller In The Popular
Science Monthly.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
ENEMIES OF THE GARDEN.

The illusion of paradise of course departed put
the visitation OF potato pests was so slight that
a single dose Of paris green put a practical emo
10 them. Incidentally, the commuter was an
noyed one day when a Ianky native called anu
delivered q lecture the life and habits 0f the
Colorado beetle, showing that 1t was u ditiereIe
creature from the June and lady bugs Al
though the commuter protested that he had Deen
born on q farm and had known the POlySrahlthd
decemlineata since his infancy. the natlVe CON
tinued TO lecture, and caught specimens Ot thc
three insects to illustrate his remarks. AZ ap-
peared later that the lecturer was deaf. his as
sumption of the commuters Ignorance old not
seem so strange when the latter met nelshDOr
hermit q retired policeman who did not KNOW
the name of the pest browsing on his potatoes
and Furthermore cOnnded that he was letting tne
weeds grow during the hot spell so as 10 Shade
his young beet plants.
The first of a quartet Of enemies TO the COM
muter's garden made their appearance in human
form when the f1sn season opened. Since there
was a pond nearby. the youths OF the village
seemed to assume that the garden was the place
scared Off with trespass signs and shouts the
lettuce began to disappear at a faster rate than
the family warranted Wild rabbits were
discovered to be the culprits and their doom
soon sealed by the faithful family dog. The
next mysterious foe cropped off the beets and
pointed back to pleOcene times. Michael had
the honor of effecting this monsters capture.
which he described thus:
Il Thought it was that pail we left out. ma'am.
an agOin' to turn it over. when p-s-s-t! IL
begans TO spit at an / 1t thoOnder-
its mouth an it TUX hold an carried it into
the barn"
The turtle was about eighteen inches in diam
eter, and showed appalling rapidity in dartins
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

hopeless absurdity to the cOmmuter. hasty
calculation showed that there were enough
stones to break the backs of three Michaels II
seemed opposed TO all garden ethics and imam
cial economy TO have man do the work OF a
horse.
However the unpromisng situation soon
changed to a most rosy outlook. If the ground
was clayey, IL had the virtue OF Smotherlhg
grass and weeds partly turned under. MichaeIs
back was good for an infinite number OF stones;
he spaded many square yards day, and when
the wage fund was exhausted he kept on work
ing for the recOmpense of a few kind words,
some left over food and hot coffee, and some
packets Of seed that he could sell TO city men In
the neighbOrhoOd Michael is now fixture OF
the establishment He has been discharged sew
eral times for intOxicatiOn-the other day he
tOppled over sideways with "a WheeibarrOW load
OF stones and then spaded an extraordinary
zigZag across the feld-but he always comes
back. generally at O'Clock in the morning and
digs out pardon for his m:sdeeds.
When things were ready for the first planting
the cOmmuter ventured to express his wishes as
TO methods and locations
Lave it to me, sorr." said Michael. i've made
gardens for forty years, an always have two
rows av shtring beans. early peas
an four rows petatieS''-
I don't want so many potatoes.
Excuse me, sOrr, ye do that. It's the best
fruit CROWN an ye can't have too much. A
man with a few barrls thin in his cellar
nivir knows hoOnger.'
Michael and so everything was put in according
to the code Of 1860 1t is undeniable that there
has been a slight but constant friction between
the exponent of to-day and of forty years ago.
When the commuter brought out his wheel hoe
and began TO annihilate weeds at the rate Of
three miles an hour, Michael shifted cOntemptu-
ously When the commuter thinned the string
beans to a distance of four inches apart. Michael
told confidant: Seem what he done to thin
fotne plants, shed bitter tears on my pillow the
night" Again Michael became deSpondent be-
cause he thought the potatoes were not hilled
early enough, and then by an inadequate hand
plough while further cause of grief was that
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
NOT TOO LATE TO START YET.
The following table sums up midsummer pos
sibilities using early varieties:
sDays to


sPans like celery tomatoes peppers naturally
cng time in hotbeds before being set out In
open ground
The tragi-comedy of one, commuters garden
In the Orange Mountains would need a book TO
describe in detail. 1t is charming location
between two hills above a deserted millpond
and a mile from the nearest village. The COM
muter was led to believe that the region was
like that of the Garden of Eden before Adams
fall brought in potato bugs and small boys who
filch melons in the night a first shock to the
idyllic dream came when the farmer ploughed
the two years sod and disclosed a stubborn red
clay filled with stones. He made no pretence OF
narrowing, and the half-tuTned burrows were
fringed with grass like tn side whiskers on the
farmers cheeks.
why didn't you manure the land first plough
deeper and harrow il well?" asked the sorrow
fully indignant cOmmuter.
Manure costs to- much.' said the weather.
beaten agrculturist. It's S6 load out here
You want to put it in the furrer. can't plough
sech land no deeper"
You've ruined my garden" said the COM
muter bitterly, and thought of Long Islands
mellow. stOneless loan that he had cultivated
last year.
Eve saved the wreck of paradise and in this
case the commuters wife-all praise to herr
hypnotzed and engaged the services of a wild
eyed periodically drunken. but gentle voiced
mountaneer named Michael This person. with
the indefatigable patience Of his unscientlfc an
cestors, began to spade the entire area and to
pick out all the stones by hand. 1t seemed
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
TEACHING A C1TYs POOR

In the city OF New Orleans are approximate!
one hundred thousand white men and boys. oE
these. 16OO-three out OF every 200 you meet c1
the street-are dependent for their eduCetlc,
this year. for the opportunity TO learn TO READ
and TO write and TO advance their station "a
Nfe-fOr all this absolutely dependent on Ora
woman. This woman. whose Importance % tEs
city is so great that IL by any sad chance ner
activity were to cease IL per cent OF -
white male population would 1ne} itself deprived
OF hope. IS not rich. but poor she Is SO peor
that before she can give an hour and a do..ar
for the he!DleSS ones who need her she Eys.
give another hour to pay her own expenses fo7
the day. She Is 50 poor that she has even ec7''4
studying sometimes but day ahead Of Aer
pupils. She Is fraiL crippled. very weak; : -
goes about IN a steel harness and on crutclrs.
Though she Is Stil under middle age. her h..F
Is white as snow, from days and nights oe ~,
reltev0ble suffering From mOrniuS ul. in'1-
afternoon she teaches In private schoQl - - 60
money for her charities. From Widt!t 49, p
until evening. IL able 20 work she teNe,@s
self 20 the needs OF those poorer than So. 49,,
supper time till ?. tin 10. tilt HidHlsNs y r-
De. she faces the multitude OF men IllN .,.,
BOYS OF nine and men OF hfty-WAO HNsO 49, ~
90 her for help. Sometimes two IN seNSs - 49,. =.
times on boards between the seats. so.-e,' n
on the edges Ot platforms and the ue.s-s -
stairways and against the walls of the hal- ~ - =
they crowd her schOOlhOtse while snc 49, .a-,ox s
assistants are everywhere among theil. Stn,,r
Secitatsons. giving ald and counsel. eN ~ frs
arguing. laughing. eucoures q S-Stti IN.
solid. sodden mass % che citys Door ~.Sn ~..S,,ri.
leaven 0i hope and possthtAtX--t Eel,l - = &. ~
Wright: The Best Citizen Ol New otteasss. -
John IL Mathews, sn Every body MaSaAAn~
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
KEEP oUT-vIsITORs ONLY.H

Rightly interpreted. the leading phrase IS apra5i,
20 the boys OF other cottages alone. and the ssco-s
phrase is an invitation the stranger within IN.
gates
As for the specimens OF vegetation that GH r..
boys own gardens. they include practically every
recognized product Of the temperate zone. Raj
fishes great favOrite. because I'VE can eat 'e
right up" One boy owns a whole stTaWts--v
patch. but HonOpOIes are found mOnotnnous ana
not many OF the gardeners specialize IN a slusls
product The strawberry king was recently hard
opening negotiations with q companion to "sWop
row OF me strawbs fer two Of your tOmates aul
couple bean plants" The exchange was effected
with trOwel and exceeding care and the trans
ferred crops are thriving nicely.
A house mother. on q recent sunday evening
giving a little sermon talk 20 the boys as they
sat around her in the library At the end she SAID:
''And so. boys unless you feel sorry when 20.
have done wrong, and make up your mind frr1Ir
never 20 do Il again. you viii never STOW % -
''EIot air. came IN familiar accents from
corner. where the newest arrival sat Ast.ri,s
gaTninSs and his reform had 90 come By degrees
SO The house mother only said quietly:
What do you mean by hot air. Sammy
'L don't care: done wrong. and amt sOr-y.'
what tt1 you do that wrong. S1Innlys'
played hOOkey. and I'm glad And dye wan.
20 know vhyS Cause the cop catched ne aat
the Kids Court got a hold Of me, and got cent
up here, and now have a garden with al th!lgs
planted In. and I hain't never seen no grass Is-
fOre.F
His loslc was unassallable It eraohssfres tAs
truth Of what President Moruay Williams ot rs
asylum once said: What the street boy needs IS
breath OF Nature on his cheek. the calm Eatlsnce
OF leE SLOW processes.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
SMALL SPACE ENOUGH.

The enthusiastic gardener went on to speak
Of economy in ground by having succession of
crops. A patch 30 by 100 feet will grow enough
vegetables for small family if the space used
for early products be repanted. Many amateurs
fancy that a garden is to be planted just once
IN the spring, and the result IS that their harvest
extends over brief period. September and Oc-
tOber ought TO afford bountiful delights to the
table with enough left over to last into the win
ter Even if the latest vegetables do not ripen
OF attain full size before frost comes they are
useful for making pickles Wise nature how
ever, has way of hustIing things to maturity
when the nights begin to be cold
Since midsummer soil is generally dry, crumbly
and unfavorable TO termination the careful
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
CONFESSION.

This is the man you love. No stainless
knight
Cnbemished by the world, no paragon
Moved by pure impulse only, no eremite
Lost in lone penances from dawn to dawn;
But such seeker after truth as scOrns
The cant OF custom. such an erring heart
AS drums to beautys Challenge-ay. and mourns
For beauty vanQuished one who bears his part
In the indifferent tumult OF the hour
!ndinerently veil; best, one who knows
Whither, when adverse currents sap his power.
He may creep hOmeward to assured repose-
Even to your feet, that you may bend above
HIS hufnblsd head This is the man you
love.
Lee Wilson DOdd. I'm the Atlantic Monthly.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
NEWSPAPER STORIES" AND FICTION.

Quite beyond any surface likeness there is a
subtle display of relation between Journalism
and fiction OF which little account is currently
taken. The story quality Of much that passes
for news mOdifeS the reading habits Of q con-
stituency including almost all the reading pub
lie. This is 1 quality peculiarly American. The
American newspaper, acute French OBJ
server has said, ''s a huge collection Of short
stories" The aptneSS of the description finds
justification in the accepted slang term Of
story applied, in newspaper parance with
out discrimination to whatever may be printed
3t length be il serious. sensational or humorous.
an affair of state, catastrophe or a street
incident. ReCiprOcally, such is the automatic
working oe habit, even the reader who takes his
newspaper seriously may often find himself
passing over matter of moment FOR the
story Of some trivalty amusngly sketched.
This eEcroachment of the newspaper on the
province of ordinary storytelling vitiating the
popular taste and 70 some extent that Of the
more thoughtful. has also had it's part In de-
limiting the sphere Of fiction as art It has led
to emphasis on the difference between the clever
Photography of journalism and that suggestive
ness of impressonism which distinguishes the
picture from the photograph: all the more II the
subject be an episode, as in some short stories
OF the great masters. The natural trend toward
this latter has been undoubtedly strengthened
by the revolt from the Philistinism OF q news
paper age. and appears III various breaks from
the old conventions: for example. in the matter
of the traditional HAPPY ending" and the en-
deavor TO reproduce, sometimes dramatically
sometimes incidentally, tho incOmpleteness OF
Iife.-From The Point Of View" in Scribner's
Magazine
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

amateur firms the earth above the seeds either
with his feet. a roller or board. Thus there is
a chance for the sprouting prisoner TO get
moisture But afterward the surface must be
lightly scratched with a rake so that the
moisture will not escape into the air and an
impossible crust form above the seeds. These
two points. contact and cultivation. are the main
secrets of gardening Any plant that is set out
must have the earth pressed around its roots
with rude violence.
Surface watering is a delusion of the dark
ages. The soil itself is generally full of water
and it is the gardeners business to see, by
hoeing or raking the surface, that il does not
escape After every rain, and few times be-
tween, the ground ought to be broken up. thus
not only saving moisture but letting in air to
the roots 1t is presumed that no serious person
expects to grow anything but lettuce in a shady
place nor win try 10 crowd hundred plants
into the space for ten. OF course, a beginner
even when he knows better is tempted to let
every beloved plant grow along. Like the au-
thor he must learn to sacrifice quantity for
quality, leaves for fruits.
Some amateurs like those plutocrats who
think they buy anything for money Be
slowing much water and fertilizer on a plant,
regardless of its nature and seasons, they sue
ceed only in producing a pauper luxuriance Of
foliage
For those who have gardens already estab-
lished, July is the month to wage active war on
bugs and beetles. Potatoes require paris green
in water, the currant worms succumb to helle-
bore and the striped beetles that attack melons,
1ucumbers and squash routed by sftings
of wood ashes or chimney SCOT Young tomatoes
and eggpIants are also protected by little SCOT.
Squashes do better when the joints are covered
with fresh soil. The tips of young blackberry
and raspberry should be pinched back to
about three feet. Currants last a month longer
if the bushes with unripe fruit are covered with
muslin burlap Tomatoes need to be support
ed by homemade stakes four feet TALL with two
cross pieces, or the more ornamental round wire
supports kept by dealers. Side shoots of a
few plants may be nipped off for an early crop.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
PAMPERED POULTRY.

At the national stockyards at East ST. Louis
chickens lead life of luxury. IL is not for
them 10 scratch I'm the dirt for worms and run
eagerly after They are placed, as IL were
under the Weir Mitchell treatment They live
chiefly on a milk diet, and are carefully ex-
cluded from any undue excitement. Two meals
are given them daily. and after each meal the
house IS daTkened. that nothing may interfere
with their after-dnneT nap. The food given g.
a careful combination OF buttermilk, ground
cereals ard ground meats. To insure Impair
talty. large quantities are prepared at a time
To each bird Is allotted a certain amount At
tached to the feeding stand IL a rubber tube
which is pushed through the coop; next, chicken
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
KossUTH IN LONDON

When now, delaying his journey to America,
he arrived in London the enthusiasm OF the
English people seemed TO know bounds His
entry was like that of national hero return
Ing from a victorious campaign: the multi
tudes crOwding the streets were immense. He
appeared in his picturesque Hungarian Sarb.
standing upright in his carriage. with his sabre
az bis side. and surrounded by equally pictu-
rescue retinue. But when he began 10 speak,
and his voice, with its resonant and at the same
time mellow sound. poured forth its harmony
over the heads of the throngs in classic English.
deriving a peculiar charm from. the soft tinge
Of foreign accent, then the enthusiasm of the
listeners Knocked all description.
KOssuth had been offered the hospitality Of
the house Of a private citizen of London who
took an especial interest in the Hungarian cause.
and there during mis- sojOurn in the British capi
tal he received his admirers and friends.
kind Of court surrounded him; his companions,
always IN their Hungarian national dress. main
tained in a ceremonious way his pretension Of
his stI being the rightfUl Governor of Hun
gary. He granted audiences like a prince. and
when he entered the room he was announced by
an aide-de-camp the Governor" All persons
rose, and Kossuth saluted them with grave
solemnity. Among the eNiles Of other nations
these undemocratic formalities created no little
6sspleasure But i: KOssuths intention TO
produce certain effects upon public opinion, not
in his own but ia his peoples. behalf; and as
20 that end il may have seemed to him neces-
sar-y to impress upon the imagination Of the
Englishmen the picture OF Hungary under her
own Governor, and also 10 illustrate 10 them
the firm faith OF the Hungarians themselves in
the justice of their cause. II was not improper
that lac should have used such picturesque dis
plays as means for the accomplishment OF his
l,urnose.-Carl schurz, in McClure's Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

after chicken Is taken out and fed by inserting
rubber tube into each beak. When the chick
ems become accustomed TO this they open their
mouths eagerly for the nursing bottle as the
FEEDER passes from to the other After
tWenty-One days OF this diet the pamBered fowls
are usually ready to go down the elevator 10 the
Killing department IL is asserted that chickens
which have been fattened by this process are
equally tender all over when they reach the
table-that the drumstick Is as toothsOme as the
breast This elaborate plant has capacity OF
12,UD0 birds at time.-COuntry Lie in America
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

be In sight OF the three states OF IOv
and Missouri. the Legislature OF each
ing adopted resolutions approving the
promising all possible assistance. The
cost of the work will be SG.OsD.ON-
500 a horsepower on the minimum Z.
pactty OF G0.O40 horsepower. The &C
plying power, including all fixed char
teDance. operation and all expenses.
estimated at IS a horsepower year,
steam power In the territory within
dFed miles now being from $50 10 S.,
power year. with $50 as a conservative
The World To-day.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
HARVESTING THE MISSISSIPPI.

Work will be begun before the wear Is out on
a dam across the Mississippi River az the foot
OF the Des Mosnes Rapids. for the development
OF water power. IL Will De the greatest project
OF the kind except the combined works at Mag
ara. the dam the greatest in the world except
those built by the British in the Nile. A rninl-
mum OF 0D.olo horsepower is 20 be obtained and
transmitted TO factories tn the heart OF The as-
ricultural centre OF the nation. Tho dam Will
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

led him to catch and kill the chicken but men,
ory told him that punishment would follow if
lound out; he reasoned that by hiding the evil
dence Of his guilt he would escape punishment
for his actions. which he understood to be
wrong. The very fact OF being able to diScrim-
mate between right and wrong and trying to
check the consequences of the latter shows the
necessity Of thinking. and therefore Of reasoning
powers L. De Fabry. IN The Outing Maga-
zine.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
SONG OF THE PEARL

was made for the smallest hands to PISS.
For the sOftest kiss and the still caress.
For the whispered peace OF a night In June,
For tired eyes that watch the moon
was made for grief and for hearts that break
TO passionate tears for the loved ones sakes
My soul is mist, my heart a sea,
And pave the floors OF eternity
Archie Sullivan. IN Appletor's
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
DECLINED A sENAToRsHIP.

NJ T. D. Coburn, who declined the United
States SenatOrship from Kansas, is a practical
farmer who has enriched the worlds crops with
Lessons from the farmers Of his state he
started when boy from his home in Wisconsin
10 make a career in the West One cold morn
ang in February he walked across the Missouri
River into Kansas and got job as cattle herder
On a farm In five years he owned a little farm
81 hls own. He began 10 study cattle raising
and agriculture. The State Board OF Agricuh-
are Impressed By an article stock raising
qhat he had written, engaged him to taouIate
some reports These proved so accurate ana
COMPREHENSIVE that when vacancy occurred
ne was made State Secretary Of Agriculture.
Then began his remarkable work as reconstruc-
tor and upbuilder Of agriculture not cnly IN
Kansas, but in the whole country. Mr.. Coburn
was not satisfied with the ordinary methods OF
collecting facts about farms and crops. what
the state needs IS farm census" he said. he
got the Legislature 10 enact farm census law
making every county clerk responsible for the
gathering Of facts in his county. He devised
system of blanks adaptable for every kind OF
New-York tribune., 1906-07-01
DRY FARMING.

What Western people have become accus-
toned 10 call the Campbell system OF dry
farming consists simply in the exercise OF in
telligence, case, patience and tiTeless industry.