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Potato Crop in England.

The counties of Yorkshire and
Lancashire, England, both of them in
the Hull consular district, are the
eastside potato fields of England
Thousands of acres are planted with
potatoes there every year, and in a
good season heavy crops are grown.
While the land is fertile, perhaps the
scientific cultivation and the careful
selection of seed does as much as any.
thing to increase the yield. The to-
tai crop of potatoes in the United
Kingdom averages in value about
500, 900, 900 annually, but when the
crop is poor, owing to an unfayorable
season or a blight, there are large i'm
portations from the Continent.
According to the report of Secre'
tary Wilson, just issued, u~nfavorable
weather made the potato crop only
275, 900 bushels, or more than
As, 1000, 600 tons-fve per cent. be-
low the fve-year average, although
the value, $50, 100000, is eighteen
per cent. above, and was never
equalled by any former crop.-1n.
diana Farmer.
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Daniel Webster's Oxen.

Of oxen Mr.. Webster was always
fond, and was as good a judge Of
them as could anywhere be found.
He knew all his own by name, kept
track of their ages and pe%culiarities.
On his return from Washington they
we're among the first objects of his
thought, and, sometimes, after enter
ing the house and greeting the mem.
bers of his family he would, without
sitting down, go out to the barn to
see those dumb members OF his larg-
er family, going from one to the 9TH
er, patting and stroking their faces
and feeding them from his hands.
Equally fond was he of showing them
to his guests. On one occasion, as he
stood thus with a friend, feeding
them with ears of corn, his son Flet-
cher amused himself by playing with
the dog. my son." said Mr.. Web.
ster, "you do not seem to care much
for this. For my part I like it. !
would rather be here than in the
Senate. I find it better company"
Every one remembers how, only a
week before his death, he had them
driven up into the lane. before the
house, in order that he might see
them for the last time, and as they
came to his window called each by
name. Such glimpses are worth vol
umes in revealing 10 US the real char.
acter of the man.-Providence Jour.
nal
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The Delu8e Of Aliens.
BY DAY ALLEN WILEY.

When the subject of immigration
comes into mind, the thought turns
at once to that great human tide that
has been entering our Atlantic gate
ways. So much of it has been flowing
westward, that We usually associate
the old West and Northwest as the
localities where it finally GIBBS away.
| Years ago the possibility was pointed
out by writer's and speakers of new
Swedens, new Norways, new Hol-
lands and little Hungaries in the ter
ritory around the upper Mississippi
and on the prairies Of Nebraska and
the Dakotas. Following kinsfolk and
acquaintances who had already gone
thither, these races have been coming
by the thousands and tens of thou
sands until there are counties thick
ly settled where one may go a score
of miles and never hear a word OF
English, where the family Bible, if
the household has one, is printed in
some type of the Old Country, where
the first words issuing from the lips
of the child are "Mutter" and Fad
err" Many are the towns and rural
neighborhoods where the holidays OBJ
served are those in Europe's North
Country and where as yet the mean
ing of independence Day is doubtful
or unknown.
Through the gateways facing the
Orient have passed 81 many human
cargoes that the people of the Pa
cifc coast have their problem; for in
town and country the little brown
man" has become so numerous and
so active that he is performing most
Of the work in CALIFORNIA; fields,
orchards and gardens. In the cities
one sees him among the tradesmen,
even the bankers. Fear that the
States beyond the Rockies may be
Asiaticized has become national,-
Putnam's and The Reader.
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THE WOMAN INTERPRETED.
She Wasn't Going to Let Any Flirta'
ton Go On in Her Presence.

II saw an odd al Of interference
with other folks business the other
day in the subway" said a young
man. "A very pretty and young girl
got in a local train on the upper West
Side. A couple Of stations further
on, in came a young man who sat
where he could see the girl.
"She was good to look at. too.
He caught her eye and apparently
held her attention. Maybe it wasn't
just the right thing for her to do, but
after a time she moved her head and
obviously tried to smother a smile.
"The young chap wasn't a bit back.
ward and before the train got much
further along he was sitting. in the
cross seat with the girl and chatting
There was a middle aged woman
in the car who apparently had
watched the whole affair just as ]
had. The car was practically empty
and the others in it were reading
newspapers and hadn't paid attention
to what was going on.
First thing I knew the woman
changed from n Of the l~engthwise
seats and took her place in the very
cross seat where the two were sitting.
They didn't notice her until she
leaned over and said something tc
the girl. I could just imagine from
her looks that she was asking: DO
you know this. young man.
"The girl flushed up, looked three
times as pretty and the woman kept
on talking and looking stern.
"The upshot of it was that the
young fellow got out at the next sta
ton, apparently to hide his embar-
rassment, and the girl stayed where
she a
After she'd broken up the little
party the woman moved out Of the
seat and back to where she was be.
fore. 1t made me a little sore and ]
felt like asking her what business 1t
was of hers. But then again 1t wasn't
my business either, so 1 didn't
New York Sun.
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nual show of the army and navy, and
it is believed the army medical corps
will give the idea more than passing
consideration. The work Of the girls
brigade is a revelation to every army
officer who witnesses it.
They are trained to all the arts of
nursing before being advanced to the
brigade service. In this their work is
to bind up the wounds Of any soldier
found helpless in the field, hoist him
upon their horses and ride with him
to the field hospital. All this they do
in their drills with surprising pro-
fciency.
Army officers are already discuss
ing the practicability of the plan.
The most reasonable objection urged
is the question of being able to mount
nurses where every available horse
is needed for fighting and transport
work. Most of the officers admit
that the women would be invaluable
if they could be equipped and so
maintained.
Admittedly it would be out of the
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OVcrtaken.

A wizened little man charged his
wife with cruel and abusive treat
ment. His better half, or in this
case better two-thirds, was a big.
square-jawed woman with a deter
mined eye.
The Judge listened to the plain
tiff's recital or wrongs with interest.
Where did you meet this woman
who, according to your story, treated
YOU so dreadfully?" his honor asked.
We'll, Judge" replied the little
man, making a brave attempt to
glare defantly at his wife, Il never
did meet her. She just kind OF over
took me."-Everybody's Magazine.
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The Lady Dolphins.

A theatre manager at the Players
Club said of the school of classical
dancing that Miss Isadora Duncan
conducts:
Miss Duncan hears some quaint
remarks as she converses with her
child pupils. One day, preparatory
to the first lesson in a dolphin dance,
she delivered to her class a little lee
ture on this fish. She described the
grace of the dolphin, and afterward
she described its habits and mode Of
life.
And children she said. a single
dolphin will have two thousand Off
spring
A little girl gave a start.
And how about the married
ones?' she gasped."-New York Tri-
bune.
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The Origin of Fear.
BY GEORGE T.. KNAPP.

The average man would sooner
face a 2OO-pound human antagonist
than a fifty-pound dog which he
could choke to death in three min
utes. l have cen a charging ram
scatter half a dozen men, any one of
whom could have mastered the brute
in a moment, and not one Of whom
was, in ordinary matters, 4 coward.
There are instances on record of men
who with their bare hands have held
and bafled In ugly bull, but it was
only the pressure of grim necessity
that taught them their powers. Put
a man against an animal, and the
man looks around for weapons or
support, whether he needs them or
not. There was a time when he did.
For man, to-day the most lordly of
animals, was once well nigh the most
humble Of them all. He has come up
out of a state in which fear vas the
normal condition Of existence; fear
of violence, of the dark that gave OPP
portunity for violence; fear of fall
ing, of animals, of being alone. And
into the plastic gray cells of our
brains are stamped these ancient ter
rors; a living record of the upward
climb of man. The baby shows this
record most clearly. In him the
prints of heredity are not yet over
laid by the tracks of use and custom,
and therefore in him we may most
easily read our past history. He is
our ancestor as truly as he is our re-
incarnation. and his every shrinking
gesture and frightened cry are chron-
icles of the Younger World, tales of
the Age of Fear. They tell of the
days when man was not the master
Of the earth, nor ever a highly con-
sidered citizen of the same, but a
runaway subject of the m~eat-eating
monarchs whose sceptre was tooth
and claw; a humble plebian in the
presence of the horned and hoofed
aristocrats of woods and fields. They
speak of the nights when u hairy
sires crouched in the forks of trees
and whimpered softly at the dark;
whimpered because the dark held so
many enemies; whimpered softly lest
those enemies should hear.-Lippin.
colts
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Horse Sense.

Don't ask me to back" with blinds
on; I'm afraid to.
Don't let some blockhead drive me
that has got less sense than I have.
Don't run me down a steep hill, for
if anything should give way I might
break your neck.
Don't whip me when I get fright
ened, or 1 will expect it next time
and may make you trouble.
Don't trot me up hill, for I have
you, the buggy and myself to carry.
Try running up hill with a load your
self.
Don't drive me with an "over
check" on; the sun hurts my eyes
and l can't see where to step. It's in
human and cruel.
Teach me to stop when you say
whoa" and this you can do without
jerking my head off or tearing my
mouth. 1t may check me if the lines
should drop or break and save a run
away and smash-up. - California
Voice.
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And That Ended Il.

Two officers nce appeared before
one of the crowned heads Of Europe
to ask permission to fight a duel, as
one had g%rievously insulted the other.
Certainly, my friends said the
King. Il will be present myself at
the encounter
On the day appointed the King ap-
peared on the scene, accompanied by
a sinister-looking person, who proved
to be the public executioner. Point
ing to the two combatants, the King
SAIL:
You see those two men? Immedi-
ately after their duel you will behead
this Survivor. "-Pick-Me-Up
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Bob" found himself with his arms

Bob" found himself with his arms
around her.
James," he said in a tone of au-
thority, go out and hold their heads.'
Yes" he went on, softly, to her
tear wet eyes resting on his coat.
I'm a brute. Most men are. And
you're a woman dear; the woman
love, and | love you far too much to
treat you as an equal. l want to
treat you much better than tina
Will you let me-"
She dried her eyes, and pushing
| him away from her. looked at him
with a smile that vas wavering be-
! tween the JOY Of surprise and the sad
| ness of defeat. But | was to be one
of the New Women"
She shuddered in remembrance.
No? Well. then. I'll treat you as
a woman
He kissed her. Curiously enough
she found herself wishing that bel
lips had been void of the cigarette
faint.
Isn't that BETTER" he laughed.
She smiled at him and readjusted
her veil.
James climbed back to his seat;
the horses broke into a sharp trot,
and in the smoky haze of the coming
evening the clubhouse roof dipped
into sight.
Presently she said, But do you
really talk like that to one another"
He laughed. "M-no. Only the
New Men do that"
Then you deceived me-; you
trapped me-"
No, l sketched the truth. dear, but
I didn't etch it in. Would not you
rather have had it so?"
"Well-yes," she sighed. AFTER
all, I'm only a woman
No, sweetheart, it is II that am
only a man. But I had to give you
back the pedestal you had thrown
away"
James" he said, over his Shout
der, eff you know the value of 81
lence, I'll be glad to keep-the lady
and the ger."-Boston Post.
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Knew Where John Was Going.

Il Gamma leave we thus, Nancy" a
good old Scotchman walled. "Ye're
too auld to work, an We couldna' live
in the ~almshouse. Gin l die, We maun
marry anither man, wha'll keep We in
comfort in yer auld age"
Nay, nay, Andy" answered the
good spouse. Il couldna' wed anither
man, for what wad l do wi twa hus-
bands in heaven" Andy pondered
long over this; but suddenly his face
frightened. =
Il haze it. Nancy" he cried. "Ye
ken auld John Clemmens? He's a
kind man, but he is ma a member O
the kirk. He likes We, Nancy, an gin
yell marry him, twill be all the same
in heaven. Johns ma Christian
Success Magazine.
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Too Many For Him.

An American travelling in Ger
many was much b%ewildered at the
large number of distinct and appar.
emily independent countries through
which he went.
Just as he became accustomed to
Bavaria, with it's blue-and-white ma.
tional colors, he would find himself,
without warning, in Wurtemberg,
where they have an entirely different
king, and entirely different military
uniforms, and a strikingly different
dialect. Then a few hours ride on a
train whisked him into Saxony, and
then it was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and
then Saxe-Weimar, and then Baden,
and then Hesse Darmstadt. At last
he threw up his hands in despair.
Where are we now?" he inquired.
"Frankfort-on-the-Main."
"Who is the local duke" he asked.
wearily.-New York Times.
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SHZ NCS
5WO KNOWINGA


England's turbine fleet now in
Gludes sixty-two warships and forty
four vessels of the merchant marine.
There is a noticeable increase of
Japanese servants in the rural homes
about New York City on account of
the unwillingness of the others to
live in the suburbs.
A New York woman who is a mem
Der of seven card clubs estimates that
every day in New York City there are
four thousand women playing bridge.
A farmer on Long Island, n. Y,
says that the potatoes he raised last
season were SO big that thirty-six of
them made a bushel.
The largest lump Of anthracite
coal ever mined recently was taken
from a mine in the Panther Creek
Valley of Pennsylvania. 1t weighs
seven tons, and will be placed in a
museum, either in Philadelphia or
Boston.
The seeds of the parasite plant jim
kungo, a native of Mozambique, yield
an oil that is said to be superior to
the salad oil of, commerce.
Mrs. Mary Mcclellan, who wa
LOG last month, has lived on oatmeal
all her life, and works about the
farm at Brockagh, Donegal, Ireland,
with her children and grandchildren.
She is the widow of a tenant farmer
and her faculties are practically un-
impaired.
Being once asked whether he had
read any Of the books Of a populaE,
novelist, Thackeray rejoined: "Well.
no. You see, I am like a pastry cook.
/ bake tarts and sell EN-; but 7 eat
bread and butter"
The survey of the Chining-Chang.
chun line, which is said to be built
jointly by the Chinese and Japanese,
has been completed. The cost of the
line is estimated at 100000 taels
Zone tael about seventy cents).
AS nearly as. can |be ascertained,
the wealthy persons of New York
City receive thirty-flve thousand beg.
ging letters a day from strangers,
and the writer's stand a better chance
of finding money than in getting from
them, for even the most liberal phi.
l~anthropists do not dispense their
charity excepting according to careful
plans and after investigation. ,
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King Cat and the President.

One evening animposing procession
of ambassadors, high officials and dis
tinguished women was advancing
along a White House corridor. Sud-
denly the President. leading, drew to
one side the amazed lady on his arm.
The next couple perforce also
swerved. And the next, and the next,
until at this point the line made a
great ripple. The cause vas a COM
placent gray cat, which had calmly
lain down directly in the way.-From
sThe Aristocracy Of Cats" by Vlr-
pinia Roderick, i'll Everybody's.
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&T-p-

question to have such a mounted
nurse corps in desert fighting, such
as English troops are frequently re-
quired to engage in, but on European
battlefields there is no reason why
they could not be used to distinct adj
vantage.
The Islington Brigade has been Of
icially invited to attend the next mil
itary tournament, and it Is by no
means improbable that they may ulti-
mately be the nucleus of similar
corps throughout the army.
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Dedicate Gift of Mackays.

BY act Of the Legislature a State
holiday was declared to celebrate the
dedication of the Mackay school Of
mines and the Borglum statue Of
John W. MackaY, both. presented. to
the State and university by Clarence
H. Mackay and his mother, Mrs. Ma
RE Louise Mackay. AS an additional
evidence of the appreciation of the
State, Governor Dickerson extended
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THE FAIRY.

IF YOU walk in Tipperary,
BY a certain castle gray,
Like as not YOU IL meet a talry
Somewhere there along the way.
He's a grabbed little fellow
In 4 quaint. old-fashioned suit,
Scarlet coat and waistcOat yellow,
And Il three-cocked hat to boot.
All his fingers to his knucklcs
Crusted thick with glitt ring rings,
And a pair of silver buckles
On his shoes, like any kings!
Well, perhaps he'll be reclining
Fair an aisy" in the sun,
Feeling drOwSy after dining
And not much disposed TO run.
Faith, It's then's your chance TO nab MIN
Steal up softly in the shade,
Steal up cautiously and grab him
And you fortunes surely made!
Yes. your fortune made forever
If you look him in the eyes,
Eowing he'll escape YOU never
Till he tells YOU where it lies
Where it lies. the hidden treasure.
Good gold pieces fair and round,
Minted in no Stlnted measure
By the fairies underground!
He'll be turning. he'll be twisting,
He'll be peevish as 4 cat,
He'll deny the Colds existing.
He'll be saying this and that.
He'll be hooking, he'll be crying.
He'll be grave and he'll be gay
Every trick will he be trying
Just to make YOU look away.
But whatever thing he's saying,
And whatever trick he tries,
And whatever game he's playing
Look him straight between the eyes!
Ave, be wary and be steady,
For it's oft the rogue has laughed
At the mortals fooled already
By his cunning and his craft.
Aye, be steady and be wary,
For the culver of a lash
Will releases-the Fortune Fairy,
And hen vanish like a flash!
Dennis A. Mccarthy, in Youths Com
panion.
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Disappointing.

al mean TO be conscientious" said
the noted artist, and the problem
that faces me is a very unpleasant
one"
whats the trouble?" inquired the
loiterer in the studio.
The artist sighed.
Il have been reading here that Pro-
lessor Ferrero asserts that Cleo
natra was no beauty-and only a mo-
ment ago | planned to use her on a
hook beer calendar!" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Mounted Nurses.

Army nursing will be revolution
lied as the result Of a course of train,
ing instituted at the North London
Riding School where the 1slingtor
Drill Brigade Girls Yeomanry, TWEEN,
ty-fve strong, is showing what
mounted nurses could do in the field
The innovation will be brought un'
officially to the notice of the British
Military Department at the next an
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Did 1t On Purpose.

Mrs. Grimshaw (while the visitor
IS removing his wraps)-"What did
YOU bring that man out here to dinner
for, when the house is all torn up
and full of the smell of paint? Be.
sides, you've told me a thousand
times that he's a bore and you don't
like him."
Mr.. Grimshaw-"I know it, my
dear. That's why ! brought him. ~
Chicago Tribune.
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dies being acted on by the motion Of
the water. AS the wheel is turned
the water is taken up in the buckets
and raised to a point where it is de-
posted in a trough and carried away
to some point where it may be availed
of. as Observation-Disclosures Star.
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In the Same Boat.

Newly-Wed Husband-"The time
has come, dearest, when I shall have
the painful task of acquainting your
father with the fact that I am heavily
in debt"
Wife-"Don't mind that. I'm sure
he'll give you the sympathy of a com.
panion in adversely" - Fliegende
Blaetter.
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Was He @ FIirt?s

Lady Photographer-"Turn your
head. a little, please"
Susceptible Gentleman-"Ah, you
have already turned it!"-Boston
Transcript. =.
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He Was in the Cast.

Mother-"How in the world did
YOU come to knock Archie down with
your sled, Tommy"
Tommy-"We were playing it was
an automobile" -
Mother-"Is that any reason why
you should run owe your little
brother?"
Tommy-"Yes'm. He was the po-
liceman."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Whv ArmIesS,

The Venus of Milo explained.
pulled 'em off hanging on car
straps" she said, briefly. Thus we
learn beauty does not always obtain
q seat.-New York Sun. 4"
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One Way.

II don't seem to be able toNbreak
into literature" said the discouraged
amateur. I,
Buck up" advised the sympathetic
friend. "See if you can't write 5000
words on a single post card. Pitts.
Durg Post.
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Power of Suggestion.

Don't you think" asked the
psychologist, that some crimes are
due entirely to SUGGESTION"
EYES," answered Mr.. Dustin Stax;
Il have known men who would do
anything if you suggested a sufficient
ly large figure as compensation
Washington Star. T.
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The One-Horsepower Kind.

walk more" said the physician.
But" he protested, II already.
have an automobile"
"Get another" was the stern
iictum.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Correct.

"Pa, what's the difference between
a sport and a Bohemian"
"A sport takes a bath every now
and then. cleveland Leader.
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Matter of Taste.

"She never misses an opportunity
to glance into a mirror"
"All I have to say is she likes to
look at that face a lot more than I
do. kansas City Times. y