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into the front door Of which stepped
right from the gondola. For the ar
rival of q stranger In a strange city.
II was all preposterously lovely. And
I may say at once that after nearly a
week here am still TRANQUILITY dazed
with the beauty Of the place.
In practically all respects, save that
of comfort. Venice has kept its medie-
val aspect. This IL due to the absence
of horses or Of wheeled vehicels Of
any kind. All trafic passes through
the waterways in barges or gondolas.
The narrow streets which interiace
between the canals are used only by
pedestrians, and tire spotlessly clean,
somewhat like strips Of courtyard Of
American fiat buildings. save for the
bright display of merchandise and the
endless passing OF the crowds. To
walk about in these streets is a pleas
ant mystery. They wind ceaselessly.
and Just when you think you are
surely coming out somewhere near the
spot you we're foolish enough to aim
for, you are brought up abruptly by a
canal with no bridge. and have to ad-
venture some long detour.
Your recompense is that the Jump
ing of place at which you emerged
was likely to have given you one more
Of the inexhaustible variety Of pic
turesQue views which will never cease
to draw artists to Venice as long as
the sea tides wash the canals and the
stones of the palaces stand.
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VEN|CEADREAM CITY.
Approached by viaduct Over Two
Miles Of Breezy Sea.
Dwelling Place Of the poaes Has
Kept ~ Medieval Aspect Albeit
jts Comforts Have Kept Pace
With Modern Progress.

London.-Venice Is the dream city
OF the world. You cannot imagine It
before seeing 1t and after leaving 1t
think It must be hard to believe In Its
existence. Travelling. while probably
the best brain stimulant and mind en-
larger known, is apt to spell disil-
lusion most Of the time. Foreign
places, after all, are amazingly like
home; foreigners seem to be Just
plain human beings doing common.
place things in queer ways and the
wonders" we have anticipated with
excitement from childhood dwindie
dolefully on being visited.
The only scenery have found
which exactly coincided with my pre-
yious fancy IL In the Highlands of
Scotland. and the only city thus far
which has surpassed my fondest eI-
pectations is Venice.
In these days you usually enter
town by that most depressing Of back
doors. a railroad yard. hemmed about
with dingy trafic and squalid build.
ings. Venice Is approached. not
through desolate wastes of improved
real estate" not through the CRIME
Of manufacturing suburbs. but by .
viaduct, across more than two miles
Of breezy ssa. on whose horizon
seems to lie some fair mirage in the
form Of city-a Jewel city set clean
cut in water and light. Suddenly the
sea is blotted from about you by q
wall. You are in railroad station.
Just like other railroad stations"
you say cynically to yourself. and
drift toward the exit to find q cab.
You step forth and, presto! the dream
begins-or at least It did for me. OF
course, had heard there were canals
for streets and gondolas for transpor.
tation in Venice. but without just real
izing what this meant. Here before
me was beautiful sweep Of green
water which knew. BY the handsome
stone fronted buildings that bordered
It opposite. must be the Grand canal.
Here at my feet was feet of the
most graceful small boats ever de-
signed, long and black and narrow.
each with the scimitar like sword Of
medieval Venice decking its PROV.
each with sunburned. picturesquely
dressed oarsman at its stern.
Quietly. with none Of that clamor
usual in Italy, was motioned aboard
one Of these fairy craft, my baggage
was slowed forward and was pro-
PEELED in silence through shad0wy
lanes Of limpid- water to my hotel.
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went out in sailing boat alone at an
English seaside resort. He took good
care that his departure in the boat was
we'll noticed by people In the vicinity.
Next morning, the boat was found dis
mantled and tossing on the waves
empty. He had disappeared.
His hat and other personal effects
were found foatins on the water. but
no trace Of the man could be found,
and the relatives conveniently as
sumed that he had been drowned and
ciaimed the insurance. money. The In.
surance company. however. refused to
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ing atmospheric nitrogen, so power
full factor in the amelioration of the
land is absent.
A large proportion OF the wneas
grown in the South Central district OF
Russia is exported to England ano
Germany from the port Of Odessa BY
steamers which reach that port wtts
cargoes of coal. On several occasions
on the journey from Moscow to the
Crimea, we saw = dead pig enveloped
in burning straw, and learned that the
pig. as soon as killed, is placed on
straw, which is then set FIRE to in or
der to burn the animals hair. After
the desolate and monotonous coun-
try of the wheat producing district.
one was most favorably impressed by
the Crimea. The Crimea may be said
to be the wine and fruit-producing dis
trict for the whole Of Russia and at
the moment I am writing these lines
(April 27) the vines are Just com.
mencing to shoot. The Crimea is e.
sentially a land of hills, and 1t IL on
these hillsides that the vines are
grown. Cereals are produced only in
sman ,quantities-the climate is too
dry and the soil too rocky to permit OF
extensive operations in this line. A
little wheat and oats are grown. and
occasionally one sees field OF rye
already bursting into ear. while far
up the hillsides orchards with fruit
trees-apple. pear. apricot. plum
laden with blossom. throw their per
fumes far over the land.
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MIX Carrie. Germs.

Milk may convey the active agent
of some Of our transmissible diseases.
Cows having tuberculosis OF the udder
give of tubercle bacilli in the milk.
This milk may be sent to a creamery
and there be mixed with the milk
coming from large number Of herds.
which may be free from tuberculosis.
All the milk Is then contaminated.
Hogs are frequently fed on skim milk
from creameries, and this may be the
reason why so many hogs are CON
demned by the meat inspectors every
year from tuberculosis.
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the staple crop. and 1t il from this
cereal that the peasant makes his
bread. The rye Is put into the ground
in September, and thus is able to
make start before the advent Of
the winter snow. early in November.
Between Petersburg and Moscow az
rtculture IL In q primitive condition.
The fields are extremely small and
have neglected appearance. while
the houses of the villagers are in
a dirty condition, the cattle and pigs
In some instances sharing the DWELL
ings with their owners. The ro-
tatton here practised II rye. oats
and then fallow. to allow the
land to recover somewhat Proceed.
ing south. however. one finds better
conditions prevailing. The fields be-
come larger, wheat takes the place Of
rye. and one gradually enters the enor-
nous wheat producing district Of
Russia. Passing through this district.
which extends from KharkoR to the
beginning of the Crimean peninsula,
for hundreds Of miles the country, ~
far as the eye can reach. is given
over almost entirely to the raising of
cereal crops. The fields are enormous.
more than one field stretching for sew
eral miles by the railway line, and
as the whole district is sparsely pop
ulated. the problem at once presents
itself: From where are the landown-
ers to obtain an adequate supply Of
labor? They must depend entirely on
the services OF the villagers, and a.
hn lott f-A NJ
them, they have NO power to force
them to work should they be diain-
clined to do so. An instance Of this
occurred short time back. A land
lord who owned farm of 10000 acres
had a fine crop OF 900 acres Of beets-
When the time arrived for the har.
vesting of these roots the peasants Of
the village-on the excuse that. as
their own harvest was an abundant
one, there was no necessity for them
to work-point blank refused to- do
the harvesting Of the beets. and the
whole of the country had to be secured
naturally. at considerable expense
to procure laborers. Throughout the
extensive corn-growing district re-
ferred to above there Is an almost
cAtii dpoCuCC ok A0Ol CIopc, Will kA6
exception of beets, and only q very
small proportion OF the land Is under
grass or hay. How the stock can
be maintained under these conditions
through the winter months is difficult
to understand. but the animals seen
were in roor condition as compared
with the English cattle. The most i'm
portant breed OF Russian COW Is the
Yaroslav, but on the estate where the
writer has been staying the stock con-
sisted of Jersey cattle, and crosses be-
tween these latter and the Yaroslav are
looked on favorably. English pigs,
Yorkshire and Tamworth, are also
kept Very little stock is kept on the
majority Of Russian farms. As well
as the cereal crops, one frequently
noted fields given over to the raising
Of sunfiowers. These are reared for
the production Of salad oil. which is
used extensively during Lent, and
the seeds are also eaten largely by
the poorer classes. The farm land Of
a village community is easy to dis
tinguish from that owned by the
landlord. from the fact that the former
is invariably in narrow strips. On
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Lacking Humus.

Humus Is the one factor that is lack
Ing In practically all Of our old titled
lands. Under the methods OF farming
generally practiced in the Northwest
the drain on the humus content has
been steady and persistent. In many
cases even the straw from the fields
has been burned year after year. Such
methods have greatly reduced the pro-
ductiveness Of the land. aided soil
blowing and the waste of rain waters.
1t is time to be putting some humus
In our older lands and stop wasting 1t
In our newer lands.
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farm the same strip
two seasons run
ming. but a rotation
is practised where
by each member of
the village In time
goes over the whole
land Of the COM
munity. The birth
of a son 10 q source
OF great Joy ON the
part Of q Russian
peasant, for on such
an occasion an extra
grant OF land is
given to him. In
the north OF Russia
wheat 10 n ever
grown. Oats are,
produced, but rye IN
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'pled fiow Of the cles. green

deep. unrippled fow Of the cles. green
river.
can look back now, however, and
see that the river gained in depth
and serenity-in poise. SO to speak-
as 1t neared this great crisis Of Its
course. which, involved rocks and
chasms to shelter It's evenness and to
tear its spooth green color into a
million rsihbows.
Our tfst view Of the canyon itself
was Y)Arred as an impression. because
It wAs taken in company with q coach
rh6ad Of fellow travellers. Inspiration
Point was the high far aerie from
which We took that first comprehen-
sive gaze up canyon and down, from
the man-made platform overhanging
Its bewildering dazzle and depth.
Inspiration Pointr' chartered one
inconsequent girl. as she leaned over
the railing to measure the spaces with
her eye. How long does 1t take to
get inspired?"
Nature issues no guarantees for in.
spiration for the mere asking. how
ever. At her booth Inspirations are
sold. and the most vital inspiration
6oSu " hth WIZ hhB ulkutbL III
deep quietness OF mind and reverent
simplicity of spirit.
But nothing could mar the canyon as
a fact. And 1t was In our unhurried
separate studies Of 1t that Its magni-
flcence made Its lasting imprint, not
to be outdone for splendor by oriental
visions Of seas Of jasper and walls of
| garnet and sardonyx.
Golden Sea Of Air.
Looking up the gorge from Inspira.
tion Point. between the walls OF rent
sulphur cliffs. we could see the foam
ing descent Of the great falls-nearly
400 feet of frothy white. viewed
through dazzle of prismatic lights
Down the gorge there were green
peaks covered with pines. and beyond
them one tall mountain wrapped in
deep violet mist. Below the wall, up-
on the rim of which we were frailly
perched, tall needles of rock thrust
up their points, colored like the gar
ments of Cleopatra, and upon one or
two Of the pinnacles the ospreys had
found them nests where they might
lay their young. Even now the soar
ing birds foated near the nests, black
specks In golden sea of air far be-
meath US.
1t was from Artist Point, on the op.
posite side, that we were best able to
study the bewildering canyon color.
At varied hours Of the day the ef
fects were strengthened or softened,
but the bewilderment of the beauty
did not alter. Here the walls were
nearly 1000 feet high, and every foot
of the way dabbed with lengthwise
streaks Of color-rose, terra Gotta, sui.
phur, chrome. orange. burnt orange,
brown. green. gray.green. lavender.
The blendings were ineffably soft.
The atmosphere was like velvet. The
river was an emerald thread below. It
was flashing knife which had cut
down through sheer mountain of
sulphur. leaving ragged places on the
sides where the rainbows of all the
gods had snagged and been drained
OF their tints to warm the soil.
The falls were magnificent as they
dashed over the titanic rocks. clear
green and glittering In the sun, torn
into the finest foam Of white. The
spray rose in clouds. swept by some
continuous air-current against the
north wall of the canyon. which was
covered with plush Of emerald moss
wherever thus watered.
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4 N1NY an z1E k0eHO
W @Ry>@WS

making embank-
ments over gullies.
I b Q . 9 embank-
ments being ironi-
cally 4 n o " n as
golden bridges"
The Russians de-
pend mainly on
leaving their fields
periodically fallow
for the recupera-
tion Of the soil.
and a certain n
amount Of good is
also effected by the
grazing of the rye
by the stock in
early spring-he
wheat and oats are
never put into the
land in the autumn.
and SO are not
graxed. A point per-
haps worth noting
is the fact that lit
tie land IN under
leguminous crops.
which enrich the
soil by virtue OF
their power OF hx-
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z THEIR grateful
shade trees screen
US from the too
fervid heat Of the
sun. They abate
the winds a n d
protect from the
chilling blasts Of
W l n I er. Their
leaves prevent the
spread Of germ
laden dust and
help to purify the
air. They encour-
age the birds and
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secret. Of Eoa Getting.

The secrets Of egg production con-
sist Of a good supply Of grit. good
health. plenty of exercise. pure food.
green food. fresh water. green cut
bones, freedom from lice. regularity
In feeding, cool houses in summer and
warm ones In winter. and breeding
only from the bestlaying stock.
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TREES WARD OFF HEAT AND COLD

2. Don't overcrowd trees IN plant
Ing.
8. Don't plant trees In straight lines.
4. Don't plant shade or ornamental
trees In anything except good soil.
8. Don't plant a tree in bowl
shaped hole that is deeper in the cen
ter than elsewhere
6. Don't forget to cut OF all mangled
or broken roots.
z. Don't fail to apply mulch to q
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PLAY FOR INSURANCE MONEY t
Companies Have to Be Constantly on
the Watch to Prevent Heavy
Losses Through sWindlers,

One Of the lodges that insurance
companies have to guard against IL
that of the man who insures his life
for q large sum and then disappears.
his relatives subsequently claiming the
money.
Some time ago man insured him
self for $4,000, and . month later
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pay. They made diligent inquiries. and
discovered that man greatly resem.
bling the deceased" had landed IN
= NOT iar distant island. had caught
me next boat to the mainland, and
nao tnen taken a passage for America.
me matter came to court, and. owing
70 the suspicious circumstances, a ver.
dict was found in the company's favor.
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Cold Rains Hurt sheep.

Warm summer showers will not
hurt sheep. but cold spring rains are
quite different. II you are too busy
to go after the sheep when you see
storm coming up. why not build
them come sort Of shelter out In the
pasture fleldf
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Wed, on Death Bed.

Camden, N. Although told that
he had less than twenty-four hours to
live. Howard Schemley was married
to Miss May Connolly.
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savlno Stamp Money,

Patience-She says her husband is
trying to economize now.
Petr!ce-How, I wonder?
by forgetting to mail her letters- +"
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Dog Gets Medal for Rescue.
New York.-For rescuing his mas.
ter, Jim. great Dane dog. was pre-
sented with medal at the banquet
Of the Canadian camp Of New York
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deal of the methods Of the Russian
peasant and landowner.
In the Petersburg district scientific
agriculture is practically unknown.
Here the summer IL too short to allow
the successful raising Of crops. and
tillage Is confined to the lands be-
longing to the village communities. In
Russia practically every village is
state-owned-that is. under the control
OF no landlord. and every village has
within its bounds certain acreage OF
common land. The inhabitants Of the
village have each one a fixed amount
OF this land assigned to them: but. to
avoid favoritism. peasant does not
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He who plants q tree. he plants love:
-Larcom.
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Cambria.

On what supposition could . hor.o
% nunt with pocket handkerchief
IL 1t became brick fcambric,
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AkGI2lCU[aI>[UIRIE I'M RUSSIA.
! . country Of such vast d.

! . country Of such vast d.
mensions a. that ruled
over By the car. the
methods of agriculture
naturally vary enormous
ly in the different dis
tricts: but during q visit
Of three weeks duration
"a visit now Just draw
ing to . close-I have
been able to see q good
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
NESS-HYSTERIA
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
by Samuel q. Dixon, M. D.. LII.
D., Commissioner Of Health

One cannot say that selfs'hness is re-
sponslble for nervousness and yet un-
questionably it is often a considerable
factor in causing nervous ailments
The self-centered individual who is
continually thinking of his own comfort
and who manifests annoyance over ev-
cry trife which interferes with his par
ticular occupation or activity, is run
ming decided risk. With advancing
age marked degree of irritability is
almost sure. to follow.
If a selfish attitude is cultivated and
consideration is demanded for individ-
ual whims without consideration for
Others, this readily grows to be little
less than mania. Our nervous systems
are delicately adjusted and once the
mind weakens its control it is apt to
become factor for pain and discom-
fort.
In the beginning many of the things
which get on our nerves" do not
really distress US. We note them
casually. With their repetition comes
the selfish wish to have our individual
comfort considered without regard for
general conditions. If we give way to
this, the most trifing occurrences hold
the possibility of causing infinite an
ncvance.
The greatest number of sufferers from
nervous diseases are not as might be
expected, overwolked individuals, but
are commonly enough, people who have
little or nothing to do and for want
of activity devote too much time to
thinking of self.
1t is common to hear some irritaitNe
individual say, $50 and so gets on my
nerves. and the very manner of the
speaker has an equally irritating effect
upon the unfortunate auditors. Nervous
irritabihty and seifshness beget their
like. They are contagious.
Let us be unselfish and avoid the
sireading of this all too common com.
plairt.
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STOP SUFFERING FROM
ASTHMA OR hay FEVER

If Asthmador does not instantly re-
lieve the very worst attacks of Asthma,
Bronchial Asthma and the Asthmatic
symptoms accompanying Hay Fever
your money will be returned, is the
terms upon which George A. Gorgas,
16 North Third street and Pennsylvania
Railroad Station, announces he is SELL
ing DIR. Rudolph Schiffmann's Asthma
dor and Asthmador Cigarettes. No
matter how inveterate or obstinate your
case, or how often or violent the at
tacks, Asthmador will instantly relieve
you, usually in ten seconds but always
within fifteen minutes.
These Druggists have been author
lied by the. Doctor to sell every pack
age of his Asthmador on guarantee to
return the money in every single ease
where it does not give instantaneous
relief, or is not found the very best
remedy ever used. You will be the sole
judge yourself and under this positive
guarantee by George A. Gorgas abso-
lutely no risk is run IN buying this
remedy.
Persons living elsewhere will be sup
piled under the same guarantee by their
local druggist or direct by DR.. R. ,Schiff-
mani, st. Paul, MINI.
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RESULTS FROM
new REMEDY

Amolox, the new scientific prescrip-
ton, will positively cure eczema, acne,
pimples and all skin eruptions. 1t stops
all itch and burning instantly Simply
apply or wash the diseased skin with
this penetrating, mild, soothing solu-
tion and all agonizing itch will stop,
and restless, sleepless nights will be q
thing of the past. Sufferers from &C.
zema and other disfguring skin diseases,
go to-day and get bottle of Amolox.
Remember Geo. A. Gorgas and H. G.
Kennedy and dealers everywhere will
refund your money if Amolox doesn't
do all we claim for it. Trial size SO
cents. Chronic cases that have suffered
for years should use both ointment and
liquid. Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
VACCINATION SUIT UPSET
Judge Decides Girl Has No Claim
Against Health Officer

Lebanon, Pa, Dec. S.-Judge Charles
V. Henry yesterday ordered compul-
sorry non-suit in the $2,5OO damage
case brought by Oscar Peff1ey and
daughter, Beulah, against DIR. Edwin H.
Gingrich, city health officer during the
smallpox epidemic last year.
The Peffiey girl claimed she was
compelled by DR.. Gingrich to undergo
vaccination. The testimony showed that
the girl had not refused to be vacci
mated and also failed to show that she
had suffered any damage.
A month ago Judge Henry, specially
presiding in the trial of a case in the
Philadelphia Courts, upset a $4,000
verdict awarded negro against the
city of Philadelphia for the loss of a
leg, resulting from negligence on the
part of the doctor who vaecinated him.
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This-And Five Cents

Don u miss this. Cut out this slip,
enclose five cents to Foley s. Co., Chi
cago, ILL.,, writing your name and ad-
dress clearly. You will receive in re-
turn a free trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for
coughs, colds and Group; Foley Kidney
Pills, for pain in sides and back, rheu-
matism, backache, kidney and bladder
ailments, and Foley Cathartic Tablets,
a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing
cathartic, especially comfortable to
stout persons. For sale in your town by
George A. Gorgas, 16 North Third
street and P. r. R. Station. adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
ELECTED CURATOR OF MUSEUM
DR.. Levi w. Mengel Will Head Read
ing Institution :. :.

Reading, Pa, Dec. S.-Dr. Levi w.
Mengel, vice principal of the Reading
High School and a member of the Peary
Arctic Expedition in 1891, was yester-
day elected curator of the Reading Nat
ural Museum.
DR.. Mengef is member of the Penn
sylvania Museum, the Academy of Art
and Sciences, of Philadelphia, and is
well known in scientific circles through
out the country.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-08
PRISON TURNS HIM AWAY
Convicted Man Forgets His Papers
Is ANNOYED at DELAY

Salem, Ore, Dec. 8.-R. N. Gibson
sentenced from Multnomah county to
serve from one to five years in the
renitentiary for obtaining money by
false pretenses, was refused admittance
when he arrived at the prison, unat.
tended, yesterday. He had been au-
thorized by Sheriff Word, Of Portland
to make the trip alone, but had forgot,
ter to bring his commitment papers.
He was told to return and get them
and started for Portland again, express
ing annoyance at the delay.