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The old double ancient walls extend
entirely across the promontory. A
wall which still remains standing in
many places after more than fifteen
centuries was built at the time of
Constantine the Great. 1t extends
from the famous Seven Towers across
the isthmus to the Sea Of Marmora
and the waters Of the Golden Horn. !.
Seraglio Point, with its domes and
m~inarets, it's hill crowned with dark
cypress, is the first part of the city
seen on arriving and the last glimpse
caught of the city washed by four
seas"
Seraglio means i%nclosure, and the
sultan's seraglio includes vast gardens
and the lovely oriental kiosk of Tschi.
Mill, said to have been erected In the
reign Of Mohammed the Conqueror
and restored by Murad III. 1t Is sit.
uated in the lower part of the grounds
under the hill and has a lovely pill.
Jared portico, domed corridors gay
with gilded ornamentation and walls
lined with exquisite blue Persian tiles.
It's doors are of ancient bronze, inlaid
with mother Of pearl.
Constantinople is full Of imperial
residences. The new palace q Bey'
lerbey, situated on the Asiatic side oil
the lovely Strait Of Bosporus, Is mag
nifcent. 1t is used chiefly as a sum
mer residence, or as q sumptuously
furnished dwelling. which the Sublime
| Porte has ready for any royal guests
who may visit him in Constantinople
The present sultan. Mohammed V,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

the country we're keeping themselves
poor by reason of the excessive cost OF
marketing their products. These prod
ucts could be hauled only at seasons
when everybody had to haul. This
resulted in temporarily oyerworked
railway service, ~congested markets.
and low prices.
The older and wealthier states saw
the point first, and began giving aid
to counties and towns in building Inn
proved roads, SO that produce could be
marketed at any time in the year. The
result was almost electrical in its eff,
feet. Thousands Of farms which, be-
cause Of their relative unprofitableness
under a bad road system. had been
practically abandoned. became pro-
ductive again. The general values Of
farm property were enormously en-
HANGED. This was. accomplished by
the building Of a few town and county
roads purely for local purposes.
Then the automobile became a factor
in the road question, and the road
problem became widened and en-
larged. With vehicles, which would
cover 100 or 200 miles a day. the con-
ditions in each county rapidly became
known to the people in adjoining
counties, and a broader comprehen-
sion of the whole highway question
was inevitable in q country where
intelligence predominates.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
HOLDING AMMONIA
IN STABLE MANURE
Bulk of Value Of Fertilizer win Be
Maintained If Stored in
Cement Bottom Pits.

Land plaster or gypsum has UNI
doubted value In holding the ammonia
or nitrogen in stable manure. al
though some scientists dispute this.
Still kainit Is so much better for this
purpose than the gypsum that It is a
wonder any of the latter Is used. It
is true kainit is more expensive in
first cost, but then 1t not only holds
the ammonia better than the gypsum.
but II adds to It a desirable plant food
which gypsum does not
II one must, for any reason. store
the stable manure for some portion
Of the winter, the bulk Of its value
will be maintained II stored in pits
with cement bottoms. so that the
liquid portions are retained, and the
mass treated with kainit occasionally
during the winter. The cost is small
compared with the increased value Of
the manure Try 1t this winter and
you will become q convert to the prac.
tice.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
TMGHW1
IMPROVEMENT.
ROAD MOVEMENT is GROWING
Question Of Public Highways Now In
wolves Nation 40 Whoi-values
Of Farm Properly Enhanced.

Many Of the southern and western
states have made remarkable progress
within the past two or three years In
the enactment Of laws which provide
for the extension Of their highway
systems, and for the construction and
care of improved roads. The new con-
ditions arising from the development
of automobile traffic have enlarged the
question of public highways from one
Of purely local consideration to an
economic principle involving not only
the entire commonwealth. but the ma
ton as a whole.
When the traffic consisted Of wagons
drawn by oxen, o mules, or horses,
open roads to the nearest railroad
station or boat landing were all that
was required. The fact that even such
roads were not well built, nor kept In
repair, was due to a variety Of causes.
writes Robert p. Hooper. in Farm
Home. Each particular locality had
an explanation, purely local, to account
for the conditions. But, as a rule,
these explanations did not explain,
even to the satisfaction Of those max
ing them.
The fact still remained that nearly,
or quite, 80 per cent Of the farmers Of
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

to come Constantinople will
become much more familiar to world
travellers than 1t has been in the past,
because 1t will be more accessible.
Always 1t has been a fascinating
place, but the more .timid travellers
have avoided 1t.
The capital of the sultan Of Turkey
is unique among the cities of the
world. 1t is superbly situated on the
shores Of the Sea Of Marmora and the
waters of the Golden Horn. separate
the old Moslem quarter of Stamboul
from the modern European section
known as Pera, which lies upon the
hill opposite, above the peninsula Of
Galata, which is connected with STAN
boul by the famous Galata bridge.
The third portion Of Constantinople is
the typical little Moslem town Of Sou
tart in Asia, on the opposite shore Of
the Bosporus, which is Of little i'm.
p~ortance commercially, and which
really hardly constitutes a portion Of
the city, being reached only by ferry
boats which ply to and fro across the
Bosporus at certain intervals.
Constantinople is the chief CONNER
cial center of the Levant, but has had
| railroad communication with the rest
of Europe only since 1888.
Walls Centuries Old.
The city is surrounded by water on
all sides. except to the west. where
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

like his brother and predecessor. Alb
dull Hamid II, resides in the splendid
Yildiz Kiosk, his palace on the Galata
side of the Golden Horn, opposite Sc
raglio point. The kiosk is situated on
a lovely wooded hill above the Bos-
porus and Is surrounded with bar
racks. 1t is a miniature city in itself,
containing many buildings, among
which Is a white marble mosque. in
which the sultan performs his devo-
lions without being under the neces-
sity of leaving his palace grounds.
The Sea of Marmora is decidedly
disappointing, for the banks are gen.
orally fat and low. The Princes isles
are Constantinople's Coney island.
They lie a couple OF hours away by
steamer. Before Prinkipo, the princi-
pal resort, is reached, the desolate
little island to which the dogs Of Con-
stantinople were banished a few years
ago, is passed.
Turks Are Abstemious.
At Prinkipo there is a long board
wharf, at the inner end of which Is q
line of small restaurants and dilapi.
dated hotels. Forlorn little donkeys
are driven to and from by the water
sellers, for aqua fresca Is the only
Turkish beverage. besides coffee. the
Moslem INDUCES in. With all his
many admitted faults, the Turk is the
most abstemious of men, no orthodox
Mohammedan Of any class ever i'm
bibing intoxicants.
In Pera there are saloons, but they
are never patronized by the Turks
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

There is no occasion for being en-
vious Of others, no matter what our
station in life and circumstances may
be. The best joys are in reach Of US
all; study, and the reading Of good
and useful books, and inquiry into the
wonders of nature all about US, are
among the chief of these, and nj one
holds a monopoly of them. They
have their practical, wen cash value,
too, and may prove Of much benefit to
our fellows.
It is related Of a certain w~ellintend.
ing but poorly informed Englishman,
a great many years ago, that he de-
termined to set to digging for coal in
the vicinity of the hamlet where he
lived. His judgment was poor, OF
course, for no traces of coal had ever
been found in that localityfx> ut his
courage was good, and he ce kned to
bore with a will, until at las1 kaaofart.
ed an ~artesian well, which has pntin.
! ued to run to this day, and which has
proved Of great value to the neighbor
hood ever since.
Was 1t not 80, too. with that foolish
old Spaniard, De Soto, who set out tc
find the fountain of perpetual youth
His first purpose failed, but he never
theless discovered to the world F1ori
da, the land of sunshine and Of flowers
still in its youth, with a magnificent
future yet before 1t. Who can say
what good shall not come of any ear
nest effort, no matter how mistakenl!
directed?
The soil Is a vast storehouse, as We
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
NOT WISDOM TO FOLLOW POE
Gifted Authors Course Of Reading
Hardly One to Commend
Itself to All.

De, otees Of Edgar Allen Poe revere
October Z, his anniversary. and for
a month or so flowers ARD seen grow
Ing and blooming on Faystte street,
Baltimore. It was a popularity Of Poe
that when he was most melancholy he
read the most lugubrious books, and
being a sort Of Mark Tapley, he raj
happiest when he was most miserable.
But Poe's rule would not be q good
one for the average man to adopt.
Don't read Schopenhauer, Hartman,
Byron, nor even the misanthropic Poe
himself. Read Sterne's "Tristram
Slandy." Thackeray's 'Newcomes,"
.Innocents Abroad" Barry Lyndon
and for quiet, restful humor read any
OF the works Of Anthony Trollope. But
whatever you read, by all means adopt
a reading habit tn. %antlthesis Of Poe's.
philadelphia Ledger.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

half unexplored, in which the farmer
delves, and the more industriously and
intelligently, the more to the benefit OF
his fellow men. Many q humble tiller
of the soil has left behind him infor-
nation of untold value, sometimes dis
covered largely as the result of mere
accident.
How much, after all, do we know
about the elements which go to make
up the soil as yet? The %geologist, for
instance, has been able to tell us much,
and yet is there not as much that he
can in no way explain? Hugh Miller
observes that the richest corn lands OF
England, those at Strathmore, and the
poorest, those at Milbury, are both
underlaid by the same rock. the old
red sandstone. Yet many a man Will
stoutly affirm that the character OF
the underlying rock determines in a
great measure the character Of the
soil above.
Some say that certain soils are abso-
lutely essential for certain crops, yet
a learned scientist utterly disproved
the statement by growing grapevines
upon as many different varieties OF
soil as he could obtain, and drying and
burning their leaves and submitting
their ashes to chemical analysis. SO
demonstrating that they contained the
same substances in almost precisely
the same proportions. no matter what
the circumstances under which they
had been grown. Is the composition
of the soil in reality vastly more com
pick than we realize?
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
WEEDS USEFUL IN
MAKING A COMPOST
Pile Them in Garden Between
Layers Of Soil--Add Poultry
Manure and Soapsuds.

The best way to care for the weeds,
crabgrass and purslane is to pile them
in some out of the way spot in the gar
den between layers Of soil. The poul-
try manure may be spread over the
weeds. Make a square, compact heap.
Tramp the weeds down. Spread on
the hen droppings and then a four-inch
layer of earth. The soapsuds from the
family wash and the dish water are
valuable, as they contain considerable
potash and soda. The weeds should be
composted when green. The wood and
coal ashes and the sweepings from the
walks may be added to the heap. The
refuse from an acre garden, II proper
ly composted, will make several loads
Of rich compost to spread over the
vegetables and to spread around the
fruit trees and bushes. II the weeds
are allowed to remain in the rows after
being cut up with the hoe, many Of
them will root and start to grow after
the first warm rain. Plantains, crab
grass and purslane are hard to kill; un-
less dug up by the roots and compost
ed or fed to the pigs. they will ripen
seed. These seeds have an oily skin,
are not injured by wet weather nor by
freezing and thawing during the win
ter. Crabgrass and pigeon weeds are
two pests in the onion and strawberry
beds, and purslane among the celery
plants and in the kale and spinach
beds. II the weeds get q fair start
and there comes a week or SO of hot
moist weather, they will make an as
tonishing growth and soon completely
cover the small plants. BY thorough
culture and careful wedding and the use
Of well-rotted manure, the larger por-
ton Of these weeds may be held in
check and no ground should be left to
grow up in weeds. As 500 as one
crop Is gathered, plow up the ground
and plant a second crop or SOW in mil.
let or Amler sugar cane.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
couldn,t rake the Money.

A benevolent old gentleman was
passing down a back street In one of
our football-ioving towns. when<he saw
a number OF boys playing the great
game. One Of the boys was far smart.
er than his companions with the ball,
and at last scored q good goal by
kicking the ball through a space
marked by two tin cans. The old
gentleman thought he would like to
reward the boy for his smartness, and
with this intention called the boy to
him, and asked whether he would Hike
a sixpence or a box Of sweets. Let's
have the sweets. mister. please" he
said; "for IL I take the tanner l shall
be q professional. and ! don't want to
be one Of them for a bit"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
san for MIX Gown.

Experiments have proved the aver
age mich COW requires about an
ounce Of salt per day. Heavy mixers
should have more Keeping salt where
the dairy cows can reach 1t at all
times maintains their good health and
encourages q heavy milk yield by pro-
noting thorough digestion and assimi-
lation and having q cooling effect on
the whole system Of the animals, at
the same time making 1t easier to
bring butter of q superior flavor and
color at churning time.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
les.on to the ThouahtfuI.

The calm sea says o to the
thoughtful soul than the same e in
storm and tumult. But NO need the
understanding of eternal things and
the sentiment Of the infinite to be able
to feel this. The divine state is that
Of silence and repose, because all
speech and all actions are in them.
selves limited and fugitive.--Amiel's
Journal.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

and In the whole Moslem quarter OF
STEAMBOAT there are no drinking places.
In connection with the sobriety Of
the Turks as a nation, the matter Is
of the utmost Importance. particularly
in time of war. The Turkish soldiers
are gathered from all parts Of the
sultan's domain, and the majority Of
them, Judging from their appearance,
are apparently uncouth and fanatical
barbarians.
At the town of Dardanelles. the
small city on the Asiatic side of the
Strait of Dardanelles, which connects
the Sea Of Marmora with the Aegean
sea, during the recent war between
Italy and Turkey over Tripoli. thou.
sands Of unmanageable Turkish troops
were massed Just outside the town. 1t
is said that the Ottoman government
did not dare have the undisciplined
soldiers any nearer Constantinople,
fearing what they might do.
Forts Of the D~ardanelies.
The Dardanelles is strongly fortified
on both the European and Asiatic
sides, the principal forts being known
as Khilid.bahri, the Castle OF Eu'
rope" or Lock of the Sea-" and
Tchanak.K alessi, the e~arthenware cas-
tie Of a celebrated manufacturer, or
Sultanieh-K alessi, on the Asiatic side.
The town Of Tchanak-K alessi. In Eng.
lish known as Dardanelles, is situated
on a fiat point Just opposite the great
fortress, now equipped with powerful
Krupp guns.
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Important Duty Of People.

The making Of good roads is one Of
the most important duties OF the peo-
pie and their prompt repair and care
ful maintenance is essential. There
is probably no subject In which the
progressive farmer Is more deeply In
terested than that Of having. roads
connecting him with his markets over
which he may be able to haul the
greatest possible load. Good roads.
like all other good things. are too az
pensive to build and Of too much value
70 be neglected.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

Ill condition when We are sur that
thu blame rests entirely with some
one else. and the spirit that Is salts
fed with Its own goodness and attain
ments ceases to grow. The struggle
to overcome faults and weaknesses is
hard, but to feel nc need for such
struggle Is death.
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imperial, Rome.

There are various estimates Of the
population of ancient Rome. One fig-
ure given by Gibbon was 100000,
Baker, In his notes to Montesquieu's
"arandeur and D%ecadence of the
Romans" gives good reasons for think.
ing that RoIe,s population was 2,000.-
900. The city had within its walls, in
the time Of, Theodosius. 4s.3S2 habita-
tons. built. as q rule. with several
stories.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
Who ssked ThemY

"A little girl was sent to a neigh.
boris with q plate Of fresh cookies
that her mother had just baked. In a
little while she came running back to
her mother and said: "0h, mother,
Mrs. Weeks thought the cookies were
lust fine and she wants the address
for them"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
Protect the nIrde.

Protect and shelter the birds as
much as possible, flew wind breaks
or thickets of brush on the farm give
the birds a nesting place. and they
pay for 1t BY catching many injurious
insects.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
displaying ysostahlss

When displaying vegetables at the
county fair or elsewhere It lie impor.
tant that the. various Glasses be ar
ranged by themselves. otherwise moth
ing shows or to advantage. Some
Of the horticultural exhibits at county
fairs have absolutely no system or
order. There is really no excuse for
such haphazard arrangements. This
matter should have serious considera-
ton By boards Of management
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
Mutton material.

Nothing need be wasted on the farm
where sheep are k%ept--tufts OF grass.
weeds and aftermaths and odd bits Of
feed can all be utilized and converted
into wool and mutton.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
N~apoIeon,s Time Of Happiness.

In the days of the First Consulate,
life tripped merrily at Malmaison.
Those we're the happiest days OF Ma
poleon and Josephine. Often they
visited Malmaison. sometimes quietly.
sometimes surrounded by a brilliant
crowd, but always accompanied by
Hortense, the consul's beautiful step.
daughter, who was to become his sis
.ter-in.law and the mother of the third
Napoleon.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
weedlno Aspsraaus.

It does not pay to let the weeds get
a start In the asparagus plantation.
Use the hoe and ~cuftivator as much
as may be necessary to control the
weeds. Thorough tillage 10 one Of the
essentials Of success.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
Crown the Roassed.

Crown the roadbed up SO that water
Will run to. the bitches at once, The
bitches need not be ver "A feet apart
and the crowned part 10 feet wide.
Keep this crowned surface In shape
with q -srlt-log drag"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

Why judo johnson 10 JobIess.
1t has been discovered why Jude
Johnson has never been able to land
q Job In Atchison. He is a s~hipbuild-
or by trade.-Atchison Globe.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
Our Eault..

Our worst fault. says o great writer,
10 not seeing that we have any. There
can be no repentance over wrongs and
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

The man who has the most money
tied up In his stock Is the man who
ought to take the best car Of 1t.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

Where All Attend Church.
The letter carriers In Portugal save
themselves much walking on Sundays
by delivering letters at church.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

Lessen Distance - Town.
Good roads lessens the distance %
town and cheaper the cost Of living.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24
Excellent for Poultry.

Red beets are excellent for poultry
and can be fed either cooked or raw.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

The Transvaal gold output for 1913
is valued at $1S5. 900. 900.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

Some girlssbreak into song because
they are unable to find the key.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

Concrete poorly put In 10 no good.
When properly put In It lasts forsvsr.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-24

~ YHATEvER may be the fate
W. Of the Ottoman empire as
WV a result Of the great war. 1t
Is probable that In the years
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J Kende$ fremtid.

- ibnen Hdnoen itrrfebc ii9 I'll Oct
met f~ritiifc Cieblif / III gin,
inet han ifiGnfeoe lia enoHn en- hnlp
Gop Safe % uoIatc ii9 cnonn en-
N~aponociQnr Al SeIrciQorfoHicL
iom hans Iierer itile6e 'ornr ham.
San hnpoc heitcnlt ia I'll 'ontn1e
Cod al benc aote @analep blipe I'm
Nuitru "a ocIe bcn RilOom, Der bar
iiIfnIot ban pcs TnoercnS 500.
Ga Sc mtitel1be N%slifncr bclaeoc
ON ban. inntcs Safes Nniigt at ln1i'
Ic opmurtrenoc I'll hom 9lennem
sem. 6or Sihrcn pnr bcnocs Graf
al f~ulbfonmcr Sfienbeo.
= @trfcIi1hercn rar sc life imltffc
cftcr oImin0cIige @egre6cr, men
hoiIfcr anbcr ING Pige hopSe 'on
ubtrnfsinIbe Zine 90 en- ioa ~iriItcn-
Sc Wunh? Scn clifcbe lclp 6rc9'
uerne ooo berries rp@oiic lille NTic
"a hcrbcs Scars brinrcoc @Ioric
blrroebe hnnt.
San imlilehc, ga Fan minoeoc@, at
hot hoobc bdnfct en- @itt / 2folcrl
ser hauSe pouct at fnI6c @nte "NoS-
bone6". SIM mnattc Sen @nng hare
oprct ii Nnr oq ban tolu.
San ifnnhte fla no al Siiet til lit
@citcmmcIIcSitcN, ct Deficient %
ctn9es Sn& / sen on6en gnbc al
@ncn. Safes Stem par en- nigiort
Wooirtrirl til hans cgcn proQtiuIoc
ScrifobSboIiQ, men set ~ifirnfcoe ban
life en- Eanfc, ga ban Ietiooct LOB on
oo Srinerc % mes bnnfcn0c Nicrte
trnffcoc pnn aIoffrn.
Gen unae Fige iel0 nobncoc d.
rer.
"Sib," uobrc6 hirr QIo6 opcrrn.
ffet "a has ham Qoa inb / Sen lille
S~neIipitnc.
On pentcSe mig rel life i6oQ?"
fol,ratc Sen unle Maro poa en- list
feitet WuoSe, Der forronoer Ct itiuIt
gGrirbe.
~Tei, set aior6e ieq life, ipareNc
aatr, lea pentcNe 0ig isrit igien !
npite llQe."
Seq ueo SET. men "a, ban funhe
fife fnbc Croerc, men inu iig biUlpc.
Lott ON.
"Gr ser roqet ipcier mes BIO
SiS2 Suao er set? aon ic9 life
big2"
Set er nctop set bu fan Safe,
Tor set ro al hon "ou fan Qierc cn
bel Gel. Sea nil 6eoe Dig cite Big
meN MIG"
"@iite uiQ nleb Nig!" uobroo Den
rnlc NiQe iorbnuiet