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Walking Diplomacy.

On the outpOsts of empire in India
the tribes are led to loyalty to the
English by variety of measures. some
of which are not only an evidence Of
diplomacy, but are amusing as well.
An instance is given in Indian Pic
lures and Problems"
An English official, thorough mas
ter OF the native character, had a re-
calcitrant head man to deal with. He
desired the man to come to his blnga-
low and speak with him. The agita
tor arrived in patent leather shoes and
European frock coat.
Instead of talking over the matter,
which was serious, in his private room.
our officer started walking with the
head man a little way in front of their
horses, which were led by syces. They
walked through populouS villages,
where both were well known. and talk
ed affably, although the portly chief
tain was becoming more and more ex-
hausted at every step.
He tried in every way to suggest
riding instead of walking, but the willy
British officer would have none of It.
Meanwhile, the sun waxed more power
ful and the road became more stony,
until the native said he must sit down:
but the sahib pointed out the disre-
Spect implied in such suggestion.
Finally, after walking six miles, the
)tilcer preached the matter of conten-
lion, upon which the native unreserved-
y gave in, and declared he would agree
to anything if only he might get ON
MS horse, Thus a reasonable and lust
agreement was ultimately come to. aad
has never been broken. The contract
ng parties are still fast friends. and
he native constantly tells the story
With great good humor against him.
elf.
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There is one episode of the history
Of the Crusades that few people are
familiar with, an episode so unique, so
strange, so pathetic, so tragic wlthal.
that II stands out as a conspicuous H.
lustratlOn of the fever of enthusiasm
then pervadlng Europe. 1t Is called
the "Children's Crusade" and as one
OF the most remarkable events of his
tory It is well worth telling you about.
Ii was In the summer of 1912. Two
boy-prophets, so-called, each about i2
years of age, were preaching a cru
sade, not of arms, but of prayer.
against the Saracens. One of them was
Stephen of Clogs, in France; the other
Nicholas of Cologne, In Germany.
They claimed to be inspired by Heaven
TO raise, each, an army of children TO
go to the Holy Land and convert the
infidels to Christianity. The sea, they
said, would open, as II once did for the
Israelites, and permit them to pass
over to Palestine with dry feet.
Their preaching caused almost
frenzy Of excitement among the chill
dren and soon two armies of them
started for the Holy Land, one from
Cologne. the other from yendome.
France. The German army numbered
about 10000 and the French about So
600.
During the passage over the Alps
nearly 10000 OF the German children
succumbed to cold and exposure. and
10000 of the French children died be-
tween Vendome and Marsellles.
The German army had marched In
two divisions, the first under the IA
nous Nicholas and the second under
boy whose name has not been preserv-
ed. When Nicholas arrived at Genoa
and found that the sea did not open
n permit their passage he dlsbanded
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nnnt fnr he Enrm.

The plank boat illustrated herewith
is made for general farm work and Is
used In winter TO draw manure from
the yard and stable to the field 1t Is
constructed of four ten-inch, crooked
maple planks. two and one-half inches
thick, with an Sx2la-lnch frame pinned
and bOted on for sides. 1t has an
iron clasp made OF old wagon tire, bent
and bolted or cllnched, nailed across
the top Of the back end and top of the
sides, as Indicated, TO hold them firmly
IN place The front end has a 2xS-lnch
piece bottled on top.
It's greatest utility lies In the hinged
or swiveled tongue made with two
clasps or cleyises to hold II to the boat
On each side Is chain brace made of
four long links attached TO the tongue
with bolt swivels. The ends of each
chain brace are dropped onto the bent.
up end Of a five-elghths-inch bolt, ten
inches long before benz up. with the
square head left on which is put
through a hole OF the 2xS-inch nose
piece at each end They are hooked
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among these people, who would bring
them to the mill towns, but their eff
forts have not been greatly successful.
The mountaineer loves his home, rude
and squalid though 1t be, and those
who have come a little southwark or
eastward have In many instances soon
returned to their poverty, their brac-
ing air and the chill waters of the
springs, which Is their chief boast.
When the mill Is built in the noun
tains the mountain dwellers will have
its advantages and will still be az
home. 1t will place schools and church.
es directly among them and will intro,
duce a civilization which agriculture,
1t seems, could hardly bring about.
The manufacturer is doubtless tempt
ed to make the experiment because of
the prospect of an unfailing supply Of
efficient and satisfied labor. Addition
ally unlimited water power will be
available. While the raw cotton is not
grown in the mountains, it is produced
at their feet, and when it is remember
ed that Piedmont, South Carolina and
North Carolina now produce not more
than fourth of the cotton which is
spun in that section it will be seen
that the item of hauling the entire sup
ply instead of the larger portion some
twenty-five or thirty miles farther by
railroad is of no Industrial Importance.
Writers who have made a practice
Of bewalling the horrors of child "a
Dor in the South will have the oppor-
-unity of learning something from a
mountain mill. Much as child labor
IS to be deplored, 1t is possible that in
spite of it the conditions of life In
some parts of the world may be i'm
proved by the building of cotton mills,
md 1t may be that they will eventually
re the instrument for the lifting of n
considerable population from a slough
# despond, from a state which has In
he past seemed hopeless.
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MOUNTAIN COTTON MILL.
Industrial Experiment to BE Triet
In North CnroIInR's Hi Country.

Industrial Experiment to De Tried
In North CaroiinR's Hill Country.
A cotton mill In the heart of the
Blue Ridge mountains and remote from
a town will be an experiment in textile
manufacturing with novel features in
the South, says the Charleston News
and Courier. Such mill, 1t Is said,
is to be built on Green River near Zlr-
con, n. G. The mill and its village
will be of interest to students of social
affairs as well as to manufacturers.
Only those familiar with the North
Carolina mountalneers, using the term
in the strsrt sense and not including
the dweGcrS In the fertile coves and
valleys, can comprehend the depths of
their poverty. Perhaps the cottager
on the steep declivlty or rocky shelf
of the mountain itself, with his cab
bage patch and stunted apple trees,
has less of the comforts of American
life than any other white man IN
America enjoys. For a number OF
years since the scarcity of mill labor
has been felt the South Carolina manu-
facturers of the Piedmont section have
been In the habit OF sending agents
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LITERARY TREASURES IN FEE.
May Become Accessible Through
French Military Operations.

May Become Accessible Through
French Military Operations.
There Is small but not unimportant
class of men who are following events
in Morocco with the keenest interest,
says the New York Times London ca
BILE. BY these 1t is hoped that the
| French occupation Of Casablanca Will
| prove to be the prelude to real OPEN
ing up of Morocco, by which the road
to Fee will be made free to the stu
dent as well as to the merchant.
At Fee there is a library which Is
believed to contain numberless manu-
scripts of the highest value, together
with copies of Greek and Latin classics
which have been lost to European stu
dents.
Chief among these latter are said to
be the lost books OF the historian Taci-
tus. Ever since the revival of learning
in Europe scholars have looked for
ward to the time when these treasures
will be brought to the light of day.
But even should the hopes that are
now entertained of a French advance
in Morocco be borne out, and the IL
brary at Fee placed within reach OF
the deliver after historical and CLASH
cal lore, there is too great possible
ity that the passage Of time and the
neglect which has undoubtedly been
their portion may have caused irrepar-
able damage to the documents.
DR.. Leared, who visited Fee in 1877. |
made determined attempt to gain ac.
cess to the libraries in connection with
some of the mosques, but had to give
up the effort after the native authori-
ties had repealed every advance. In
ancient days the city was the great
seat of learning of Western Africa, and
had the largest library in that part Of
the world The only reason for the
belief that a good many of the treas
ures have been preserved Is the we'll
known unwillingness of the Mohamme>
dams to destroy any. scrap of paper
with writing on it, for fear that 1t may
bear the name of God.
At one time the schools of learning
ut Fee were so famous that even
Christians from Europe attended them.
The city was built in the eighth cen
Jury and rose to be the capital of the
States of Western Afri- ]
n. In the sixteenth century 1t was |
resort of pilgrims and the {
eat of the principal Arabic university I
If the world 1t was to Fee that many 7
#. the Moors fled when they were ex- I
,elled from Spain
Fee is about 100 miles from Tangier, Z
nd the road is fairly good one. But p
his does not mean that the French =
would not have enormous difficulty In +
to the city, which is still +
egarded as a most sacred place, ana r
which would doubtless be defended h
With desperation by the Moors. h
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Hog for sInnghterInE.

Hogs to be slaughtered should moi
be fed twenty-four hours before slaugh-
terlng. They Will not bleed freely,
Nor should they become heated by
chasing, or any other cause. 1t like
wise has a tendency to check the flow
Of blood. Nor should hog be scald-
ed until fully expired. After the hog
is hung up and the lntestlnes, lungs.
heart and all are removed and washed
out, split the hog right through the
center, leaving small attachment
near the tail and mt the end of the
snout, so as not TO overbaIance 1t
and as soon as the leaf lard is cold
enough to be principally removed, take
1t out This viii insure the perfect
cooling Of the meat. This last precau-
tion we learned from large numbering
and packers in the early days,
when selling dressed hogs. We have
found 1t safe practice. The heavier
the hog the more essential its quick
and perfect cooling Never allow meat
to freeze solid, or pack it in frozen
for 1t is sure to spoil
Nebraska Farmer
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his army. Many OF rho children were
sent back home by the klnd-hearted
Genoese, but others pressed on to Pisa
and took passage by ship for Palestine.
Meanwhile the army under the un-
known boy had reached Brlndisl,
whence they departed for the Holy
Land, and about 5000 Of the French
children were shipped from Marseillcs
for the same destination.
But alas for the fatuous preaching
of the boy-prophets and the equally
fatuous credulity Of their followers
All the children that survived the yoy-
age were sold as slaves to the Turks,
and OF the 10000 that started out on
that crusade of prayer at feast $4,000
were never heard of by their parents
afterward.
What must have been the condition
Of the public mind, when 10000 chill
dren, nearly all of them less than IL
years Of age, were permitted to take
part In so wild and fatal an enter
Drisel
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In the majority OF cases II pays TO
stack grain ia the corn belt. or in sec
tions where diversified farming, in dis
tinction from all small grain or one
crop farming, Is conducted The differ
ence in the cost Of shock-thrashing and
stacking and stack-thrashing is COM
paratlyely small, smaller than the aver
age farmer realizes. We have few
figures on the subject from the Min.
nesota Experiment Station which viii
be OF special interest IN this connec.
tion. The cost per bushel of shock
thrashing wheat WIS "a cents, wh'c
the cost Of stacking and stack.thrash.
ing was l0.l cents per bushel, DIR
ference Of - cents per bushel On
the per bushel cost mentioned an iahor.
machine cost, etc Is taken into con.
sideratlon Let as see what this means
Under ordinary conditions stacked
grain viii grade At least one grade
above grain that Is thrashed from the
shock, aud Ia wet seuson the digpf
enee may De great deal more than
that II you watch the markets YOU
will find there Is usually a difference
OF 2 cents Ia the price OF No. 1 North.
ern and No. Northern wheat. This
means that the gain OF one grade IN
wheat nearly pays the extra cost ia
cldent 10 stacking aud stack thrashIng
as compared with shoek-thrashing
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How She Got Even.

A West Side young woman was CON-
missioned by her father the other day
to buy some neckties, says a writer in
the Chicago Record Herald.
She thought she knew exactly what
he wanted She was sure she knew
what she wanted him to have, and in
any event she did not need the assist
ance of the clerk. But the clerk had
a great deal of advice to give and he
gave 1t in hlppant, aggressive man
ner which was most obnoxious to the
Young woman. Finally he brought out
a line of gorgeous Ascots.
"There," he said. with an imperti-
nently knowing smile, Pm sure he'll
like one of those. All the young men
like them"
The girl glanced at them Indifferent
ly. and then at the young man, as II
she saw him for the first time "Oh,
he's not as young as you are" she said.
Hes a full-grown man."
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A Tng for snIh,crs.

The United States War Department
has Issued general order directing
that, in future, all officers and soldiers
OF the army shall wear, whenever in
field uniform, an Identification tag. to
be furnished by the Quartermaster's
Department. The tag is Of aluminium,
about the size of half-dollar, and
will be worn suspended from the neck
under the clothing. On the tag will
appear the name, rank, company, regi-
ment and corps of the wearer, and ii
is ordered that when not worn as di-
rected, it shall be regarded as part of
the uniform, and be habiually kept In
of the owner 1t is scarcely
worth while to point out the value of
his tag, especially In time of war.
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bk,lMNSCienCe
8 SInveantion

Railway engines which were built in
England over fifty years ago are still
in use on the Swedish lines.
II you write twelve noughts after
$240 you have In figures the number
of tons representing the weight of the
atmosphere surrounding the earth.
Sir David Gill recently communicated
to the Royal Society paper by Joseph
Lunt, in which the author shows that
the rare chemical element europlum is
represented by strong lines in the spec
ira of the light from the stars Arcturus
and Pollux. Mr. Lunt also confirms the
previous conclusion Of Prof. Dyson that
| europlum is one of the elements rep
resented in the lines of the spectrum
Of the chromosphere of the sun.
Henry Abraham has calculated the
maximum effectiveness of the telephone
for a sound of given pitch and cur
rent of measured intensity. The re
suit shows that there is great room for
Improvement in this respect Notwith-
standing the apparent extreme sensi-
tiveness of the best telephones, they
are, after all, surprisingly ineffective,
since they transmit to the ear in the
form of sound-waves less than thou
sandth part of the energy received from
the line.
According to an English contempt |
rary the short ends of arc lamp car |
bons may be Joined together and utll-
lied again. They should be cut square,
and the ends should be coated with a
cement formed of a mixture to a pasty
of potassium silicate and
carbon dust, and then pressed together
by hand. Carbon rods made in this
way of a number of pieces are said to
burn well on continuous or alternating
and to be no more brittle than
ordinary carbons.
The French government has approved
the use of submarine signaling, and has
ordered submarine signal bells actu-
ated by pneumatic power to be placed
at the ends of the piers at Calais, Bou-
ogne and Havre, and submarine sig
nal buoy 10 De placeu LOT IIldl Oil
Havre. A submarine signal bell has
been fitted to the Sandette lightship,
,ff Dunkirk, for some time. When
.hese bells are working there will be
practically a continuous system of sub
marine signals from Havre TO the Elbe.
The Swedish government has begun
he identification of the system of rail
'oads controlled by 1t. A regular SER
ice of electric trains is first to be es-
ablIshed between Stockholm and Jar
ra. The trains will be lighted and
leated as we'll as driven by electricity,
nut compressed air will be employed for
raking. Before extending the electri- :
Ication to the entire railroad system, ,
he government is seeking a sufficient :
nd reliable supply Of motive power ;,
rom waterfalls 1t is believed that ;
his will be found, and If so it will :
esult in great economy, because coal
as to be imported to run the steam en- .
ines now In use In Sweden. n
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There are several varieties OF smat
that are known as the "stlnking" smut,
or bunt, attacking the kernels of
wheat, while the variety known ms
loose" smut attacks the whole head
converting It into mass of loose,
dusty spores. The loose smut of oats
Is also another variety. and is very
similar TO that of wheat. Barley IS
attacked by two smuts aud rye by one.
Corn smut does not do as much dam.
age as the other kinds, but Is more wide
spread There Is no known remedy
for corn smut Experiments made In
treating the seeds of wheat, oats, bar
ley, etc, show that by preventing smut
the yield Of crops Is greater, even when
the disease Is light, thus demonstrat.
ing that there is an effect exerted on
the producing capacity of the plants
when smut Is not apparently present
10 do some damage. All
the SHUTS except that which attack
'orn can be prevented by the farmer
II he will carefully treat his seed In
some manner so as to destroy the
spores. but. unfortunately, the majority |
" farmers do not use precautionary !
and thus the negligence Of
'nly one or two persons In n commun-
~ may neutrallze the efforts of many.
I should be the aim OF every farmer
o do his part in the matter OF rid
ling the community of nests
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Two cO-workers in Brussels, after
six years research, have perfected the
art of metalizlng flowers and other oh.
jects for decorative purposes. Heavier
objects were metaliZed as long ago rs
1861, but all efforts to treat fruit and
flowers in that way have failed up to
the time of the recent discovery. BY
the new method, the secret of which
the discoveries have not made known,
it is possible to turn into bronze, ap-
parently, even so delicate a thing as a
piece OF lace or full-blown rose.
Fruits and insects are treated in the
same way. thus fixing the forms that
nature gives to her productions, and
at about one-eighth the cost of cast
bronze
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The insect that deposits the eggs
which hatch the peach borers is u
waspllke insect, with transparent
wings and richly-ornamented body,
banded and striped with gold, which
deposits It's eggs about the base of
the trunk The eggs hatch out the
larvae. bore into the sap wood and
cause an cxudatlon OF gummy matter,
which appears in masses about the
base of the tree. The larvae seems
partly to live IN this gummy substance
aud partly In the sap wood OF the
tree. Sometimes three or four are
found on the same tree, occasionally
girdlng and destroying 1t, but always
inducing more or less OF diseased
condition and impalring its yigor. Al
together, II is very Objectionable and
destructive insect. and the eggs are
deposited both in the fall and spring
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The nroIsen Toy soldier.

No pension bureau offers us reward for
service done;
We wear no medals on our breast for gal
liant battles won.
Yet no one of Napoleon's nor one OF
Cgsar's host,
Has made himself record such as even
| can boast.
They work toy soldiers harder than real
soldier-men, you see;
A march of fifty thousand miles Is moth
ing much to me.
/ lost a leg at Marathon, an arm at
Monterey;
Was left for dead at Gettysburg on
the self-same day.
And as / lie forgotten now, no longer fit
TO roam,
wish some millionaire would found
poor Toy Soldiers Home.
st. Nicholas.
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When new island Of coral forma-
tion makes Its appearance in tropical
seas, the cocoanut palm Is one Of the
first large plants to grow there. Tho
reason may be found In the fact that
cocoanut will float on the waves for an
indefinite time and distance, because Of
the thickness and general formation
of the shell. They drop from the trees,
are washed into the sea by the rains,
and then go off on cruise in search
of a resting place where there Is soil
enough to make them grow.
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Saie or Kerosene, applied after the
clump of thistles Is cut down, will de-
stroy them, but such method Is slow
and costly where the field Is in posses
sion of the pest Many other methods
have been suggested for their appli-
cation. A piece Of root grock an inch
long IL left In the soil will make Il
foundation for new crop. piece
inches long will grow to 10 feet
In six months and weigh or 4 pounds
and from each small piece from forty
20 fifty heads VIII grow. An old rule
is 10 pillow the land I'm June, drag
twice In July, pillow or inches deep
two or three times In August and har.
row each time" Any tool that will
cut or the tops in August or early in
September win destroy them. MS they
cannot live II the tops are cut down.
Experiments made at the Illinois sta
ton succeeded I'm completely exterml-
mating them by observing the follow.
Ing rules: C) Cut the thistles when
IN full bloom, as close to the ground |
as possible, and then pillow 3 inches
deep. sowing mile, or Hungarian grass,
seeding heavily, and then harrow 90 |
In September pillow the millct under
and then seed heavily with rye. Plow
the rye under in May and again seed
10 millet or Hungarian grass COR plant
a hoe crop, such as cabbnges or pota-
tocs). (3) Continue the close cult
walton. being careful to keep the weeds
cut down from July until frost II
frost is not here too soon the con-
slant cutting down Of the thistles as
fast as they appear will greatly re-
duce their number or extermlne them.
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u must confess growls the dlssatis
fled tourist, that cent see why so
many people want to come here. No
scenery, no amusements, no good
things to eat-absolutely no attrac-
lions ~
"Ah, slgnor," said the lnnkeeper,
"zey come because we ave re gran
label to stick on re luggage. Success
Magazine.
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up for a still tongue and unlocked
when desiring 10 make a short turn.
Being links, they will not bend or
break when turning; therefore. are al
lowed 10 drag until wanted up again.
with this attachment, one can 90 down
lill without humping the teams heels;
and the boat can be turned or backed
up to a desired place better than "A
sled
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An leehouse should be 50 constructed
as TO have double wall (or air space
surrounding that portion above ground.
and the cost OF such Is but little com
pared with the protection afforded
There should also be double doors. II
is not difficult to keep ice In a building
above ground II the double walls are
used and the Ice securely packed.