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UNCLE SAM’S GRASS FARM.
Where Specimens from All Lands
Are Experimented With.
Thousands of Plants Raised Every Year
for Distribution Throughout the
States — Scientific Research '
in Agriculture.
‘ Back of the big brick seed barn of
the department of agriculture is a very
funny kind of garden, which has just
begun to sprout. It covers about half
an acre, which is divided up into ever
so many little rectangular patches. 0f
the latter there are four hundred and
fifty in all, which are sown with as
many different kinds of grasses. The
seeds for most of these have been ob-
tained from foreign countries, through
United States consuls, who have re-
sponded to a circular sent out by the de-
partment of state requesting them to
send samples. In fact, says the Wash-
ington Star, they come from all over
the world, and the purpose of the
garden described is to make a fairly
comprehensive exhibit of the grasses of
all lands.
Included among the four hundred
and fifty species are various kinds of
forage plants. The idea of this novel
exhibit is original with Prof. Scribner,
the agrostologist recently engaged by
the department of agriculture. When
all of the plants are fully developed,
along towards the autumn, the garden
will be very pretty to look upon. There
will even be bamboos, which belong to
the family of grasses. Adjoining the
garden is L. O. Howard’s insect-rear-
"ing establishment, in which bugs of
multitudinous varieties are bred render
glass. The latter gentleman jocularly
threatened to let out his bugs to browse
upon Prof. Scribner’s grasses, not to
mention the plants of different kinds
which Prof. Wiley is cultivating in the
immediate vicinity.
Prof. Wiley has an outfit of a very
peculiar sort. It consists of a shed
‘with a glass roof out from. under which
run a series of parallel railway tracks
for a distance of about sixty or seventy
feet. On the rails are miniature flat
cars, which carry huge earthen pots
and wooden tubs. In each tub is a
growing plant. There are a number of
specimens of each kind of plant—po~
tato, pea or what not—each growing in
a different kind of soil. The purpose in
view is to find out just how much avail-
able food is contained in various soils.
The soils employed have previously
been analyzed. The quantity of plant
food in a soil may not determine its
usefulness for producing crops, in-
asmuch as it may not be’ in such shape
as to be easily absorbed.
Feeding plants is like feeding babies;
the diet has got to be not merely nu-
tritious, but easily digestible. Having
ascertained by analysis just how much
plant food is contained in each kind of
soil, Prof. Wiley wants to know how
much of it is assimilated in the process
of vegetable growth. rThe soils experi-
mented with are from all parts of the
United States, and the information ob-
tained is expected to be of much use to
farmers. The days of farming by
guesswork have nearly passed by, and
agriculture is a scientific pursuit. The
_ rails and ears enable Prof. Wiley to
run his plants under shelter when it
Rain water contains nitrogen,
which, being added in undetermined
quantities, would interfere with the
accuracy of his experiments. Only
distilled water is furnished to the
plants.
The department of agriculture raises
every year on its farm many thousands
of plants for distribution through mem-
bers of congress and to applicants gen-
erally. This season it willtake eighty-
five thousand cuttings of grape vines,
comprising twenty-five varieties. Of
course, the grape vines were grown out
Of doors. Twenty-two varieties of
olives will be grown under glass for the
same purpose, to be distributed in the
south. Of these ten thousand will be
produced, some varieties being best for
oil and others most suitable for pickles.
Out of doors will be grown thirty va-
rieties of figs, from which, perhaps,
fifteen hundred cuttings will be taken.
To the list will be added one hundred
‘thousand strawberry plants of forty
varieties; also five thousand camphor
plants raised from seed, and pineapples;
guavas, oranges and lemons. Olives
and figs are distributed only south of
North Carolina, camphor plants south
of Savannah, and pineapples in south-
eastern Florida, due regard being bad-
for the climatic conditions suitable for
the raising of these products;
“RABBIT DOGS.” .
Vigorous Pica Agtdnstfl'l‘heir Persecution
by a Florida. Legislator. _
Among the amusing discussions dur-
ing the legislative session at Tallahas-
see was that on a bill of Sullivan’s of ,
Escambia, providing for the prompt
slaughter of rabid dogs. The reading
l clerk, says the Florida Times-Union,
had just read the title when an old
gentleman, a representative from... one
of the interior counties, arose and with
great gravity and dignity said:
“Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to that
-bill. I am opposed to it because I don’t
see why rabbit dogs should be killed
any quicker than any other kind of
dogs. I’ve got a rabbit dog. He ain’t
much on looks, but I tell you, when
that dog gets on "a hot trail in the
broom sedge and a little later you hear
his voice a-yelping in a high key and
the yelps gettin’ fainter and fainter,
till by and by you can just hear ’em dowu
in the holler, and you go there and you
see the little bench-legged yeller rascal
barkin’, his eyes bright and his fore-
head wrinkled with excitement, under
a sartin tree, jes’ get. you a pole and
meat is your’n for dinner.”
There was breathless silence during
the eloquent appeal for the rabbit dog.
'When it had been concluded others rose
up and paid glowing tributes to the
qualities of the rabbit dogs they owned,
until one would have believed that a
thing necessary to a man’s candidacy
in the state of Florida is a first-class
rabbit dog. The bill, by the way, was
killed by a, large majority.
SIDEBOARD SCARFS.
Suitable Covers Hlfifor Smooth Articles of
Furniture. .
A dainty scarf for the sideboard may
be made of a piece of linen lawn meas-
uring one and three-quarters, or two
yards, in length, by fi "teen to eighteen
inches in width. lemstitch the edge
one inch and a half in depth, and an
inch from the hemstitching embroider
a design of sweet peas in the natural
size and with the natural colors of pink
and white Asiatic filo floss.
Work the flowers in long and short
stitch and the stems and tendrils in
stem stitch with gray-green Asiatic
filo. This scarf will be found very
satisfactory placed upon a highly pol-
ished surface, but is not a suitable
cover for a coarse piece of furniture.
The same size and kind of scarf will be
very satisfactory worked with a design
of carnations etched with black Asiatic
filo. Represent the blossoms in groups
of two and three in a place with crossed
stems or as if dropped on.
A heavier linen scarf may be em-
broidered with yellow Chrysanthe-
mums, or even with “black-eyed-SuJ
sans.” Work the petals with Roman
floss in satin stitch and the center with
dark brown or black Asiatic rope silk
in French knot stitch.——Womankind.
Legend of Tell of 'Uri Explained.
Swiss papers have of late been full
of the legend of William Tell. Did
he exist, or was he a pure myth? At
the Altorf commemoration and the
Fetspiel then given, History and Le-
gend, personified by two beautiful
women, discussed the question with
critical acumen. History accepted the
role of Mrs. Betsy Prig, and “didn’tbe-
lieve there never was no sich a per-
son.” Legend seemed to be of the
opinion that even if he did not exist,
it was well to invent him, as he repre-
sented the life of nations in their
struggle against tyrants: A Swedish
savant of Upsala has, however, set-
tled the vexed question much to his
own satisfaction. The hero is the spirit
of the pine forests. This seems quite
natural. Pines have hitherto yielded
chiefly turpentine, but there is no rea-
son why they should not produce a
spirit of their own. The east wind is
the fee from the east (Austria), which
bows their lofty heads, and Tell’s
enemy is merely Geiseler, the German
for a seourger. Another name for the
east wind is Eurus, and this in some
war got mixed with the Canton of Uri.
Now Uri was proud of its archery, and
this small conceit was the genesis of
the record-breaking apple trick. And
thus the whole legend is explained.—
Pall Mall Gazette.
Conscientious.
The best college scrape story,although
it isn’t at all medicated, and there-
fore objectionable from some points
of view, is told in the_Bath Independ-
ent by Dr. Snipe. In his. class at Yale,
he says, was a student who climbed
street lamp-posts and removed street
signs for his room ornamentation.
The chief of police at New Haven hap-
pened by accident one day to see the
signs in his room, and after informing
him that the fine for removing such
articles was five dollars per sign, in-
quired how many he had. The youth
replied: “Forty.” The chief said if he
would return them the mischief would
be overlooked. On hunting up the
signs the student discovered that he
had but thirty-two, and that night he
stole eight more in order to return, as
he did next day, precisely forty signs!
'1’ Banner Diamond V'v’oddlng. ‘
This remarkable item comes from
Kennebunkport, Me. The Manuel dia-
mond wedding was celebrated there
recently, and was a notable affair. Mr.
Manuel is nearly one hundred and ten
years old, and his Wife is nearly as old.
The wedding march consisted of a pro-
ccssion of ccntenarians, there being a
number of Kennebunkport people who
were over one hundred years old. The
children, grandchildren and great-
graudchildrcn joined in the march.
The ceremony was followed by an old--
fashioned dance upon the green.
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Beautiful new Spring Jackets, for
$2.50, $4, $5, $6.50, $7.50 and $8.
Fashionable garments in fashionable
colors and fashionable fabrics—i
'coverts and light tan kerseys, with
handsome pearl buttons.
The best jacket house in the
country! having more goods than. they
cared to carry over to another season
have askedius to help, them dispose
of as many as possible. They have
given us the privilege of putting these
extraordinary low prices upon them in
order to make as little trouble for us
as possible and to quicken, the selling.
As they cannot be duplicated, either
in sizes or styles, it will more than
repay anyone to hasten their choosing
and thus secure one of the GREATEST
BARGAINS OF THlE SEASON. First
come first fitted.
One of the surprises of the Uphol-
stery department is the quantities of.
Cotton Tapestries, Satin Derby,
Brocatelle, Silk Damask and Cordu-
roy which have been sold this season;
sold, cut up and delivered. People
have realized the advantages of buy—
ing here, both in regard to the goods
and also the prices.
This week We shall sell a small lot
of Figured Cotton Flannel, worth 25
bents, for 121.0. a yard.
Anyone can get more individuality
out of our Silk a'nd Dress Goods
departments than from any other
source. One of the bright partichldl
charms of these selections is the
ability to make a fashionable success
out of anything that can be chosen;
possibilities unlimited rather than.
limited. ‘
Dolls and Doll Carriages, down
stairs in the Toy department. ‘ Out;
door beauties that will tickle the fancy
of every lit-file girl who delights in such
things.
And Wagons, Carts, Velocipedes
and Tricycles, for the little boys.
Things 1that will take 1 Te vigorous
little chaps out into the sunlight and
balmy air and put a lovely and
healthy color into their bright faces——
inexpensive but healthgiving play-
things. ‘ ,
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Beam Down Upon the Visitors at
the National Museum.
Plaster Casts of Noted Persons and Queer
Mann-Kins of tho' Various Races— ’
An Interesting Col-
lectlon. g"
Some queer likenesses 0f human be-
ings of many nationalities and coun-
tries have been collected in plaster by
the scientists atvthe National museum.
In sizes these range from the heroic to
miniature, the last class including a
large number of dolls which illustrate
the different races of mankind. The
dolls of savages in this group are per-
haps the most instructive of all. These,
to savage people, are something more
than toys, for with‘them the savage
mothers instruct their offspring in the
domestic arts. Several curious stories
are told ofthe work done by sculptors
at the museum in the construction of
manikins. '
The collection, ' says the National
Tribune, includes a number of heads
which have an interesting history.
From one of the shelves there looks
down a plaster mask of the late Joseph
Francis. It is in one of the less-fre~
quented corners, and attracts no atten-
tion from the thousands of visitors who.
pass through the building weekly. He
was the inventor of lifeboats, and the
museum has several valuable specimens
of his invention. He was a friend of
the museum, and the mask was taken
.only a short while before he died. The
eyes are closed, and, just as in a death
mask, there is a lack of expression.
A companion mask near that of Mr.
Francis is one from Gen. Greely, the
present head of the signal corps, dis-
tinguished for his, travels in the far.
north. The reproduction of the features
is well-nigh perfect, except for a slight
distortion of the muscles, caused by
the pulling down of the plaster. The
mask is of the entire head, except the
lower part, which is omitted, that the
mask may be taken off entire. These
masks were made by Theodore A. Mills,
the sculptor, who. has done considera—
ble creditable work of this kind at the
museum. ‘He makes them very quick-
ly, each occupying only about fifteen
minutes. ’ .
One advantage in leaving off the
lower part ofgthe face is that it allows the
person to breathe freely, and this part
can be added afterward without difl'i-
culty. Most sculptors, however, spread
the plaster down over the lower part of
the face, and insert straws in the nos-
trils to allow the subject to breathe.
These masks, taken while the subject
is in excellent health, are the best
means knownflfor preserving the fea-
tures. :Death masks are usually unsatis-
factory, because the face is then
usually emaciated and the eyes sunken.
The expression then is far from satis-
factory. Life would also be of great
assistance to sculptors in molding
busts and statues. ,
People visiting. the museum. some-
times marvel at the life-like propor-
tions of the many lay figures which
adorn the different collections. The
scientists have acquired a great profi-
ciency in this kind of work, and it is not
far from the truth to say that a close
inspection of the delicately-formed
hands and feet, as well as arms and
lower limbs, would show intimate
friends that prominent people in Wash-
ington have been utilized to grace the.
collections of Indian peoples, wild
tribes of Borneo, and other races. That
has come to be one of the penalties of
being a seulptor’s friend, for he will
insist upon casts with which to frame
his manikins. The different parts of
the body of a man or a Woman can be
taken separately, and then joined to-
gether with putty. A very lifelike ef-
fect is produced in this way. The ,only
part of the body which cannot be taken
in a cast is the abdomen, and this is be-
cause the breathing would interfere
with the formingof the plaster.
The sculptor has to exercise much
care in preparing his casts from living
subjects. Take the hand as an exam-
ple. It has first‘to be carefully oiled,
that all the hairs may be smoothed
down. If this were not done, they
would become fastened in the plaster,
and the process of taking ofi the mold
would be little short of torture. The
molds are cut open and sometimes
broken in being taken off, but they can“
then be glued together, when plaster”
is poured in and an exact likeness of
the hand obtained. The oil on the in-
side of the mold prevents the new
plaster from adhering to it. There are
several preparations for making casts,
some of which are flexible. This flexi-
ble material was used for making casts
of snakes, of which the museum has a
large and extensive collection. For
the dark or red-skinned races the casts
are easily tinted or painted to repre-
sent the desired color.
The collection of dolls at the museum
is the largest in the world. Some of
the Esquimau dolls are probably the
most valuable, and they certainly are
instructivez' Ameng these is a trick
doll. with a' string attachment to move
its head from one side to the other.
One of these dolls is from Point Bar-
row, Alaska, and it is fashioned from
driftwood which the natives of that
region picked up on the beach. The
dress of the doll is made of seal gut.
Some of the dolls are made out of
ivory, Whole Esquimau families inter-
esting themSelves during the long
‘ northern nights in doll manufacturing.
The collection also includes many dolls
to teach their children religion.
{Quick Retort of a Carpenter.
A carpenter-sent to make some re-
pairs in a private house entered the
apartment of the lady of the house with
his apprentice. “Mary,” the lady
called to 'her servant, “see that my
jewel case is locked at once.” The car-
penter und :rstood. Ile removed his
watch and chain from his vest with a
significant air and gave them to hisap—
prentice. “J ohn,” he said, “take these
right back to the shop. It seems that
the house isn’t safe!”
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weak kidneys-ton greater or less ex-
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very mistaken policy of “saying noth-
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r~hould he and can he the. resting place
bv night for on: little ones. Some
molhers attribute lt- “to habit.” It. is
not a habit at .all. Why ‘ere children
who bi ve this habit thirsty at. bed-time.
Let us tell you. Weak kidneys bi come
somewhrt inflammated hv the daily we-
tivity of the child and demands some-
thing cooling. The result is the same,
whether they drink or not—Wet beds.
We write our school teachers, asking
them to always and quickly nerm’t
Fred or Nellie to retire on request, as
thelr kidneys are weak. Let us set
you right in this matter. Give such
children one Doan’s Kidney Pill ..twice
a day, and as sure as you do their kid-
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Dean’s Kidney Pills until the kidneys
are sound and strong. It is only out of
gratitude that I permit publication but
the trouble is a. very prevalent one and
most people from modesty or diflidence
do not speak of it. Physicians do not
’“nppear to be able to cope with the
trouble and I consider it a mother’s
duty to tell others about it when she
has found a specific for this terrible
annoyance. '
Dean’s Kidney Pills are sold for 50
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