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chnge in the regulations of the
school, but 1t has not yet consented
to do SO. This change, II granted.
would raise the bar which now pre-
vents a midshipman from marrying I'M
til he has completed his two years
'cruise, or in other words, has obtained
his commission as ensign.
The prohibition against marrying
until final graduation is based on the
assumption that the midshipman is
not receiving salary enough to enable
him to support wife. The plea is
made that this regulation discrimi-
mates against the midshipmen. There
is no bar to graduate of West Point
marrying as soon as he receives his
commission as second lieutenant.
The board Of visitors to the Naval
academy hopes to be able to persuade
President Taft to recommend in his
December message to congress that
midshipmen be made ensigns on the
day Of graduation f.
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VIZ ASHINGTON.-Ana army Of unem-
W ployed men propose to soon
swoop down on this city following in
the footsteps of Coxey's famous army.
James Eads How of st. Louis, friend
of the proletariat and protector of the
wandering tramp, will head this great
movement that is to overflow Mary
land, sweep into the District of Column
bia and spend it's force against the
walls of the national capitol and the
great buildings Of state along the
Washington thoroughfares. 1t will be
the first march of protest since the ut
ter failure Of the Coxey movement
back in the '90s.
Somewhere between 100000 and 5O0.-
600 Of voorhees, workers are expected
to join in the march Of the discon-
tented. The campaign to gather them
up Is already under way. The first
plans for the great march were made
last spring at the Hobo convention in
Milwaukee. These have since been
perfected and 1t is hoped now that
half a million from the party Of dis
content will join the protesting column
in its march upon the capital city.
James Eads How, the St Louis
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Army Has a Mobile Fireless Kitchen

TYNCLE SAM, like SO many other
u alert and up-to-date housekeepers,
is an advocate Of fireless cooking. To
further satisfy himself Of the efficacy
OF this feature OF preparing meals, he
has set aside. through the war depart
ment, $4,000 for the construction and
testing of the equipment of the mobile
kitchen, which Is the invention of
Capt. Frederick Stopford. Of the coast
artillery corps. post commissary at
the Preside OF San Francisco.
This rolling field kitchen is designed
20 feed men in the field on the march.
And it is owing to the good service 1t
has given, and which elected praise
from the officers in command, that the
device is go highly thought of by
Uncle Sam. The vehicle is equipped
with a sufficient number Of alright
compartments to prepare the rations
for two companies of infantry or
troops of cavalry, the outfit being ar
ranged to mount on any sort Of wagon
or truck
These hreless compartments consist
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Uncle Sam Fights to Save the Salmon

ticular about holding to the average,
as some Of them had exceeded it mate
rally, nor did they bear out the theory
well known to every fisherman that
the bait is first turned by the fish and
swallowed head foremost The blobs,
it seems, eat them both ways.
The destructive average of the blob
is estimated at six salmon a day,
which is maintained for about sixty
days year. This would make the de-
structive capacity of one fish total $50
salmon annually, to say nothing of the
little trout gathered in and sometimes
little blobs. The latter kind of feed
ing, however, meets with the approval
of the fish experts.
Blobs in general are bottom fish and
prefer to remain hidden under stones,
ETC. 1t is just in similar places that
young salmon and trout hide at GER
tain hours Of the day, usually when
the sun is hottest. 1t is then that the
blobs can get them with the least diff
ficulty. For this reason. 1t is believed,
the stomach contents of each Of the
blobs examined represented one days
feeding and that under proper condi-
lions (when the salmon eggs or young
salmon are available) the same
amount would be eaten each day.
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In the interest of Alaskan salmon
the determination of the fresh-wa-
ter sculpin, called also ''miiler's
thumb" ''bullhead." or blob" is
urgently demanded. 1t is worthless
fish, with a tendency to feed on sal
mon fry and salmon eggs, and has a
voracious appetite and wonderful d.
gestive apparatus.
Barton A. Bean and Alfred c. Weed
Of the division of fishes, United States
National museum, recently have inves-
tigated the blob" and find that 1t is
extremely destructive to salmon eggs.
These fish have no trouble gathering
in the fry, two or three inches long,
and occasionally manage to corner
some larger ones
Fourteen blobs were found to have
made way with 80 salmon and As eggs.
an average of almost three salmon
and little over three eggs for each
fish. These blobs were not at all par
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Midshipmen May Early Become Ensigns

IF congress acts favorably on a
j recommendation made by the board
of visitors to the United States Naval
academy and Endorsed by the secre-
tary of the navy, young man who
has completed the course at the acade-
my will be commissioned an ensign on
graduation. Under the present law a
graduate does not get his commission
as an ensign until he has completed
the two years cruise at sea. This law,
1t is asserted, discriminates against
the graduates Of the Naval academy.
A graduate from the Military academy
at West Point gets his commission as
a second lieutenant on the day of grad
uation. and salary. which a graduate
of the Naval academy cannot obtain
until he has taken his two years
cruise.
Midshipmen receive 5000 year
while at the Naval academy, under the
new pay table, and during the two
years they spend at sea they receive
400 annually. Not until they have
passed their final graduation-that is
TO say, not until they have completed
their two years. cruise can they get
the s1,700 which is paid to graduates
from West Point to become second
lieutenants and rank with ensigns.
The board of visitors to the acade
my has been urged to favor another
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|BoypQ33le(Vz2)|
BY DRLSKRTLH n Y1lI
His Failings
BY DR. JSKIRTLE

His failings are exclusively his He
them. Some are due to his immatur-
lty and will disappear with the pass
ing of mumps and measles and warts
and freckles and gosling feathers
unless they are detained by some fool
ish older person who insists that pass
ing phases of his development are
permanent forms OF devilment and
succeed in turning the changing hues
into fast colors, all red. That boy
showed his quality who defined
hypocrite as "a boy wot comes to
school wild smile on his face" When
the nervous Sunday school teacher
said to the miscellaneous lad. "Tommie.
I'm afraid won't see you in heaven"
1t was due entirely to his sense of
humor, that had not yet gained its So
cial perspective and propriety. that he
asked. without hesitation. why, what
have you been doing?"
Some are due to his being an imma-
ture human. some due to his being
an immature man and, In the latter
case, will not slough of at all. We
will have to classify them as among
his unavoidable limitations not to be
outlawed. but to be harnessed up and
put to work, drawing his personality
through boys and over mountains.
We are not to look on them as hope
less liabilities but as productive en-
dowments. And yet they will always
be idiosyncrasies. II not faults.
Some of his faults are imaginary,
exist only in the mind of those who
look upon these ebullitions of his boy
fish nature as streams Of vice and as
indication of hopeless depravity. The
best things In him may come out Just
that way. That effervescence is de-
signed to be relief to him and a
recreation to the family. The only
alternative of effervescence is fer
mentation. Imagine him bad and you
are sure to tell him SO. And there Is
a very accommodating suggestibility
in boy. He is usually slow to accept
the rating he is given, when he is
we'll berated, yet he often uncon
sciously lives down to the reputation
he is given in his home.
| But many of his failings are real
whether due to inheritance or bad
general environment or bad treat
ment. In almost every case it is moi
his fault at first. DR.. Merrill is almost
| exactly right in saying that the boy
Is all right and that the problem o.
the bad boy is the problem Of those
who have him in charge. The par
ents ought to confess the handicap
they put on him in giving him theil
dispositions and then get to work t.
save him from the natural conse
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quences of 1t. till he can be led to
choose something higher and better
for himself
And If his inherited disposition Isl
not so hopelessly bad. he may be
tempted Into badness by the public
The city life Is in an environment
created for business purposes and not
with a view to his interests. Every
fault of boy seems to be appealed
to in the average city. with it's crowd
ed homes and poor Fairgrounds. and
the appeals to both his love Of un-
wholesome pleasure and of money
with which to pay for them. Some
times he Is suddenly overwhelmed In
the results of some blunder that he
never meant to be a crime which is
construed as a crime and he is made
criminal
There are crime ages, when every
boy finds it easier to do wrong, and q
surprising amount of outside assist
ance in doing it. The running away
age is from six to eight, the lawlesS
age from eight to twelve, and then tho
sense of law begins to awaken in re-
Spouse to the laws Of the gang. Dur
ing those critical days, It is criminal
and often fatal to be irritable with
him. His boyhood weaknesses aid the
temptations-glutton vanity and
often laziness. All the crudities and
contradictions make him more open
! to evil. Imitation and imagination
and. later. the development Of the sex
instincts all seem on the side OF
temptation; and they are. unless he Ia
we'll cared for.
And yet nature has made provision
for his protection and q special provi-
dence aids those who are responsible
for him. He has no reinforcing memo
ries of former victories. though he In
accommodating them, yet his father has
them and holds them for his benefit
He has a yearning for companionship
and his father has been elected tn
supply him with all he needs.
Sometimes the sense of being In
jured Is so acute and 40 just, he IL
borne beyond all self.control and
eventually becomes hardened man.
IL not criminal. When some evil
deed sweeps him on his feet. he only
needs some one to help BIN back to
seif-respecting. yet self-distrusting
purity. He needs to be told Of his vir-
tues and supported by an admirable
and contagious example. If the home
were half way right. also the schools.
also the public in its provisions for
the physical and mental and artistic
and ethical welfare Of children. there
would be no bad boys, for heredity
would soon become as correct al en-
vironment.
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of large improved field range with
hot water attachments. large tank
for carrying hot water. and compart-
ments for meat and utensils. About
three hundred men, or squadron Of
cavalry or battalion Of infantry, can
be provided for by this kitchen. the
manner of preparation being to ar
range meals for two companies by
first bringing to boiling on the range,
and then putting the food into the
asbestos-lined compartments on the
rear Of the platform.
The rations for two more organiza-
tons are next cooked ON the range
until done. and instead OF 20 men. n
10 usual in company cooking. nine do
the work with the areless.
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post to a rock or half sound fence
post buried deep In the earth. Such
a brace as this can never lift or give
way. Another point worth consider
ing: It Is far better to bore holes
through the posts and run the wires
through rather than to staple them to
the posts especially II one uses wood
that Is apt to split and that does not
hold staples well. I have seen thou.
sands OF miles of fence built In this
manner. so do not tell me that II Ia
too much trouble to bore for the
wires.
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the dyes uniformly with the finer
mohair. AS the number of goats in
crease this problem will be solved
to great extent by a market classifi-
cation of the product.
Goat mutton has been usually OBJ
jected to because of the wild flavor
of the flesh. The extreme wild fla
yor Of the flesh is usually due to
the fact that the animals are raised
largely on noxious weeds. Goats pas
tured on grass or fattened on grains
or forage crops produce quality Of
mutton that Is number one. Only
slight wild flavor can be detected
and this but adds to the palatability
lands in this state are paying fair
of the meat. Most of the cultivated
lands in his state are paying fair
dividends on the investment. but q
large per cent. of the lands used for
pasturing are bringing very poor re-
turns. This is due to a great preva-
lence of noxious weeds found through
out the south. Goats seem to have a
preference for weeds instead OF grass
and a few goats will readily clean
farm Of weeds. thereby doubling
the grass yield per acre and at the
same time will actually make q
profit off the weeds,
Goats are especially fond Of under
brush. and a few goats will absolute
ly clean out all underbrush In pas
ture in a very short time. This
makes the land easy to clear, or IL
the land Is to be used for pasture
grass will readily spring up under
the large trees. At the same time a
profit may be made on the goat crop
and the land will be fortified as in
other stock farming. The greatest
objection probably to the raising OF
goats Is their ability to climb fences.
and It is pretty nearly impossible to
keep them inclosed In anything less
than a seven-wire fence or a fence
made Of woven wire. In that case all
braces for corner posts and gates will
need to be placed on the outside OF
the wire, as they seem to take an
especial pleasure In running up any
kind of a brace and jumping over In
! the neighbor's lot
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GOOD BRACE FOR WIRE FENCE
proved Construction and Thor
ouphly Well Done.

Wire fences are valuable when the
wires are tight. useless when they are
slack. Not one fence In fifty has end
posts properly braced. Often great ex-
pense Is incurred In bracing posts
with long diagonal braces. the ulti-
mate result of which. is usually to lift
the posts out Of the ground, says a
writer In the Breeders Gazette. The
illustration shows a method of most
approved construction where the wire
fencing Is most In use and most thor
oughly well done. 1t will be seen that
near the end of the fence are set two
posts, about thirty inches apart, with
short brace between them at the
top. A twisted wire cable of several
good strands runs from the second
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Il Is easier to organize boys IMAM
any other kind of business. They are
standing around waiting to be organ
lied into almost any kind Of band that
they or their kind friends can think
of, for almost any kind OF purpose
boys can be used for. The boy has
the honor OF having inspired as many
movements" as any one OF the otner
groups in whose behalf the various
historic movements have been start
ed-Young Men, Young Women. Won
en-, Young People, Men and the rest
He also has the satisfaction Of hav-
ing precipitated crisis" now and
then, OF more or less large dimensions,
and he can get up local crisis" any
morning, before he gets up himself.
He was the main child In the Chill
dren's Crusade" centuries ago, and ne
almost started the modern Sunday
school movement, single handed and
alone.
He can excite more kinds of inter-
est than anyone else and a great deal
of anxiety as well. For him all kinds
Of factories are at work, with day and
night shifts, turning out shoes and
caps and pants and medicine and sur
gical instruments and school books
and doctors and teachers and bread
and meat and musical instruments
and sweethearts and all the other
products needed by him in his all
absorbing business of being boy. He
is an unconscious patron Of all the
industries and starts a few himself
But of all the lines Of business
which his presence with us has stim-
ulated, that Of organizing him Is one
of the most fourishing. And he needs
all we have ever done for him, and
more. But what il more to the point,
he likes It even better than we do.
Something like twenty years ago
the Boys Brigade was started for his
benefit and served with great effec-
tiveness. 1t caught hold Of him by his
military and millinery hgaments. put
regimentals on him and held him to a
course Of instruction in the manual
of arms and field practise, as SOL
der of righteousness. 1t failed to ad-
dress itself TO all his interests or ad.
dressed them In a defective way, and
1t has gone. But each movement. as
It passed, left him a wiser and better
equipped boy and left its place vacant
for another movement, still better
adapted to his needs. Local modifica
lions OF the main ideas are still used
effectively. The Knights of King
Arthur" with each lodge castle
founded by DR.. Forbush Of Boston, II
popular In the east. The Order Of
the American Boy Is a growing or
| ganization. The "Seton-Woodcraft IN
dians." started by Ernest Thomson
| Seton. has some vogue. Dan Beard'I
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GENEpALFAprl.
8 5 .N,0IES 8

Cleanliness is the keynote of sue
cessful dairying.
Keep the best eve lambs to in
crease the flock
Fatten and sell all inferior ewes as
soon as their lambs are sold.
Keep a close watch on the lambs
and sell as soon as they are fit for
market
Now is the time to look after your
poultry houses. to see that they are
free from vermin.
1t doesn't pay to use old, WORKOUT
cultivator teeth when new ones can be
bought so cheaply.
One advantage in keeping poultry
is that the start can be made with a
very small investment.
The larger amount of feed an animal
will consume all things considered,
the more profitable will the animal
be.
Do not let the pregnant ewes push
and crowd each other in the door,
ways. A loss of lambs is sure to re-
suit.
We can kill weeds by spraying, but
they will not stay dead without rota-
ton, moving and pasturage Of the
land.
Pigs should not be too fat for the
first six months. Development of
bone and muscle should be the first
consideration.
Roses of all kinds should be thor
oughly MANFRED with well rotted COW
manure and mulched with lawn cut
tings and leaves.
Farmers make more clear money
from a flock Of hens than from any
other live stock, but they are more
| careless with them.
II Is not too early to select future
dairy cows from among this spring
heifer calves. Good dairy stock show
| their possibilities early.
II the onions are not growing well
a little nitrate of soda or hen manure
sown broadcast, before or during
rain, often helps them to fill out.
When a hen must divide her time
between laying eggs and fighting
mites, the chances are the former 4:
usually sighted.
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millionaire worker in the realms OF
trampdom, the man who laid aside the
dress shirt for the blue flannel of the
worker, is the moving spirit in this
movement. He has been in the val
ley towns along the Ohio for weeks
pushing the propaganda of this latter
day crusade that is expected to shake
the walls of Indifference and make 1t
possible for every man who wants 1t
to have a job.
Coxey was the leader of the first
of the great marches of protest. His
men marched SO far that the spirit Of
the column was gone long before 1t
came within striking distance Of
Washington. 1t was failure. The
army dwindled away, and but hand
full of those that started on the move
ment stuck until the end. How and
his lieutenants are studying the his
tory Of this march and hope to profit
by the mistakes of Coxey and his
aids. How hopes to make this march
a crusade against things as they are.
Such an army as he leads How be-
lieves will show the nation the need Of
some action. Men have promised to
join him from every part of the coun-
try. Already the hobo tribes have re-
ceived the call and are being notified
to concentrate In the valley in easy
distance Of the actual starting place.
which is to be settled upon later. Ar
rangements have been made whereby
the cohorts from the west will start
earlier than those from the Ohio val
ley.
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Chief USES OF GOAT
Angora Is Small Animal Of Espe-
cially Fine Silky Hair.
Suitable Prices for Mohair Have Not
Prevailed Because Of Large Num-
Der of Cross-Breeds-Excell
for Cleaning Up Weeds.

c M. Evans, superintendent of COL
lcge extension work at the A. and
NJ. college of Texas, has an inquiry
as to the chief uses of the Angora
goat, and under what conditions
would he advise the growing OF
same? Mr.. Evans answers that the
chief uses are:
/. The production of mohair.
2. The production of mutton.
8. Clearing land of noxious weeds.
4. Clearing land of underbrush by
browsing.
The Angora goat originated in
Angora, Asia Minor, and is small
goat of especially fine silky hair.
The greater number of the goats of
the United States have been imported
from Asia Minor. Turkey and South
Africa. A great many of the finest
goats in the world today may be
found in the United States. scattered
from Texas to Washington.
Suitable prices for mohair have not
generally prevailed. This is proba-
bly, explained by the fact that large
number Of the goats which We have
today are cross-bred goats gotten
by top cross of Angora on the old
short-haired Spanish goat. This has
not only caused a shortage In the
length of the fiber, but has caused
great deal of kemp to be found
over the body of the fleece. Kemp
Is coarse straight hair found scat
tered over the body, and is objected
to by millers because of its coarse
ness and because It does not take