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C • • AIRSHIPS FLY 1116H PLAY TA b AND DO STUNTS IN THEIR FLIOHT. Great Contests in Los Angeles—Great Crowds Interested in Results --Fight Against Bad Weather Victory for Operators—Meet Was Great Success —Entirely Free from Accidents. Aviation Camp, Lots Angeles, Jun. 17. —The wind and the rain conspired Sun- day to test the mettle of the airships lying on Aviation field. The result was victory for Glenn IL Curits and Louis Paulhan. In half a gale of wind Curtiss rose to a height of more than 100 feet and there performed as pretty a piece of aeroplane jockeying as the world has ever seen. Ile described circles in dar- ing fashion, lifting and dipping and beating against the wind, and winding up by cutting the letter S. Pdulhan strove to outdo this, going up 512 feet and circling about like a hawk over a barnyard. But his ex- hibition lucked something of the skill ahown by the Yankee. Another wonder picture was painted: Curtiss, Paulhan and Charles K. Hamil- ton, each in his own mac.hiue, swung round in an aerial marathon. At times they faced together, headlong against the wind. Again they played tag with each other. They flew under, over and around each other, guiding their trem- bling steeds with sure touch. That there were no accidents was a marvel. They knew that the wind strains the delicate silk planes avid pulls at the 'fastenings with cruel fingers. A sud- den blast and the planes might crum- ble and dash the driver to the earth. But the crowd was there and something had to be done to amuse it. Through the rain of the morning the people went in drove to the field, stand- ing in the dripping seats. Frenchman Tries for Speed. Paulhan came up with a rush and sailed past the grandstand in two quali- fying rounds. Ile veered and shot out of the course, back of the grandstand 200 feet high, going over the field again after a short run. When he came down he said that he had intended to try 10 laps for speed but found the wind too strong on the westward course. Then Curtiss came out in a prelimin- ary flight. Hamilton and Paulhan start- ed together in a wind -bucking contest, bit were sent out of the course and landed back of the grandstand. Paul ban, after fielding that his machine was tending the strain well, made another try for speed. Charles F. Willard, in a Curtiss ma- chine, came out for a brief flight, but after feeling the force mantic wind, gave up. Curtiss, who had announced that he would try for a mile speed record, also quit. The crowd *as sent home. Paulhan, the irrepressible, was not content. As the crowds were filing out he appeared on the horizon with two passengers behind him, a difficult and dangerous feat in such a wind. The passengers were mechanics. NEWSBOY TRIES FOR ARMY. \John the Newsboy\ of Chicago, Wanted to Get Away. Desperate from hunger and almost mad from brooding over the loss of an estate of which he had been de- prived when his parents died in Ger- many 15 years ago, Peter Friedenieh, 52 years of age, known to thousands of Chicagoans as \John the News- boy,\ appeared at the South State street recruiting office of the United States army recently and asked to be enlisted as a soldier. \Send Me to some plac.e far away,\ he pleaded in broken English. \Send me to the Philippines or Nicaragua, or any place. I'm sick of die countree. Long time ago I make lots of money, but now I get old and I can't holler 'extra paper' out loud like the young - ones can and I get no businese.\ He was refused. Lieutenant Kinney, touched by the old man's plight, bought him a turkey dinner and sent him home to his frugal lodging in the heart of the slums with money in his pocket. FLOODS DOWN A RAILROAD San Pedro, Los Angelo. & Salt Lake Is Out of Business. Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 113.—Never in the history of transportation in the United States has a great railroad been stricken so seriouely as was the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake by the midwinter thaw. In a twinkling the desert -born torrents lapped up a hun- dred miles of rails and embankmentn, severed the steel bond .between the mountain and sea, and made of a busy avenue of commerce two dieorganized branches whose ends are lost in the wilderness. Millions el dollars of investment tem- porarily profitless, and hnndreds of cap- able railroad men without employmept are two results of the disaster. • Investigate Mine Disaster. Dunren McDonehl, president of the United Mine Workers of Illinois, is In Chieegn to take up the work of com- piling the evidenee against the St. Panl Mining company in the Cherry mine disaster, says that when the convention of the United Mine Workers of Amer - lea convenes in Indianapolis for a two weeks' session, beginning January 18, steps will be taken to force the federal gnveTnmnen to eetablisil a litirenn of mines and make the mining laws of the various states uniform. SPOKANE MARKET. Wholesale. Dairy products—Eggs, fresh eastern, $11 case; local ranch, recandled, $14 else; carton eggs, April carton, $9 case; SHORT ITEMS FROM EVERY - butter, fresh \ miehington state cream- ery, 38e lb.; fresh easteru extras, 36e; Wisconsin cream cheese, 18%@19e; Wisconsin limburger, 19e lb.; block and wheel domestic cheese, 20@21e lb.; im- ported Swiss cheese, 28c lb.; Edam cheese, $10.50 doz.; Roquefort cheese, 40c lb.; Canadian cream cheese, $1.25 doz., Flour—First patent, $5.75 bbl.; sec- ond patents, $5.50 bbl. Fancy Yakinfk Loney, $3.50 case; Idaho, $3.25@3.50 case. Figs—Dried, 80@90c 10 -lb. box; figs in hulk, 6@7e lb.; raisins, fancy, 6 3-4c lb.; raisins, bulk, 5 1•2c lb.; currants, 100 lb. Seeds, Wholesale. lied clover, $17@t8 per cwt.; fancy Kentucky bluegrass, $180n20 cwt.; tim- othy, prime, $5.50@6 cwt.; white clover, $22@23 ewt.; alfalfa, $190420 cwt.; winter rye, $1..90@2 ewt.awinter wheat, $1.75@1.85 cwt. Sugar—Cane, $8.40; fruit sugar, $6.40. Coffee—Common package goods, $16 cwt. Prices Paid to Producers. Timothy hay $20 ton; grain hay, $16 @17 ton; alfalfa, $17 ton; oats, $1.50 cwt.; feed wheat, $1.50. Hides—Green, 8 1-2c lb; green bulk, Sc lb.; green calf, 14c lb.; green kips, 9c lb.; green salt steer hides, 10c lb.; dry butchered hides, good, 16@18c dry country hides, good, 15c lb.; wool, 16@20c lb.; sheartinge, 25@30c each; city butchers' steers, 10c lb. Live stock—Steers, live weight, 4(a) 4 1-2e lb.; cows, live weight, 3@3 1-2c lb.; sheep, live weight, Sc lb.; hogs, live weight, 8 1-4@8 1-2c lb.; veal, rough and heavy, 4@4 1-2c lb. Poultry—Live hens, 12e lb.; dressed hens, 13c lb.; live roosters, 9e, dreasd, lie lb,; spring chickens, dressed, 13e lb.; turkeys, live„ 21e lb.; turkeys dressed, 24c lb.; spring ducks, 14c lb.; dressed, 16c lb. Ranch eggs—Case, $12@13, case count. Butter --Good ranch, 25P30c l. OTHER MARKETS Dispatches concerning market quota- tions, conditions and phases are as fol- lows: Chicago Flows—Market firm. Itry- 7. No. 2, 79t4c. Barley—Feed or mixing, 65.®68c; fair - to choice malting, 70@73e. Flax Seed—No. 1 southwestern, $2.16; No. 1 northwestern, $2.26. Timothy See—$3.90. Clover—$15. Mess Pork—Per bbl., $22.25@22,37 1 / 2 . Lard—Per 100 lbs., $12.77 1 / 2 @12.80. Short Ribs—Sides, loose, $11.50 I1.87%; short, clear sides, boxed, $12 12.25. Butter—Steady. Creameries, 26@ 34e; dairies, 25@30e. Eggs—Steady at mark, cases, includ- ed, 24 1 / 2 0n30 1 ,Se; firsts, 35c; prime firsts, 38c. Cheese—Steady. Daisies, 16%@17e; twins, 164@l6 1 / 2 c; Young ymericar, 16 1 / 2 e; long horns, 16 1 / 2 e. Cattle—Market steady. Beeves, $4@ 7.85; western steers, $4.1046.10; stock- ers and feeders, $3@5.10; tows and heif- ers, $2.1045.50; calves $7.75@9.75. Hogs—Receipts estimated at $18,000; market 10@15c higher. Light, $8.300n 8.65; mixed, $8.30@8.85; heavy $8.25(g) 8.35; rough, $8.35@8.55; good to choice heavy, $8.55@8.85; pigs $7.30@8.25; bulk of sales, $8.550t8.70. Sheep—Receipts estimated at 12,000; Market steady. Native, $4@6; western, $446.10; yearlings, $6.75@8; lambs, na- tive, $6.25@ s 8.75; western, $6.25@8.70. New York Flour—Firmly held, with a slow trade. Spring patents, $5.50@5.75; win- ter straights, *504.45. Receipts, 15,600 bble.; shipments, 1999 bbls. Wheat—Spot easy. No. 2 red, $1.33, elevator, and $1.32 f o b afloat, nominal; No. 1 northern Duluth, $1.26%, and No. 2 hard winter, 0.27%, nominal, f o b afloat. Options --Wheat advanced in sympathy with corn and on the firm cables, predictions of small ehipmente from Argentina, and cleaned sharpy later under profit-taking, closing % to li j e net higher. May closed at $1.20%; July closed at $1.11%. Butter—Steady. Process first to spe- cial, 26 1 / 2 @29 1 / 2 e. Unease—Firm; unchanged. Eggs—Barely steady; white fancy, 4-0 (ns50c. Bar silver, 52%e; Mexican dollars 44e. Local dealers quote lake copper at $13 75@)14; electrolytic at $13.68SS@ 13.75; casting at $13.3744@13.62%. Tin—Weak, with spot closing at $32.50@32.75; January, $32.50@32.70; February, March and April, $32.60@ 32.75. The decline here was in syrnpa thy with loss abroad. Lead—Quiet, with spot quoted at $4.67%@4.72% in New York and $4.60 (S4.80 in East St. Louis. Spelter quiet, with spot quoted at $8.tog6.25 in New York and $5.95qn, 6.05 in East St. Louis. Iron higher, at 51. 9d for Cleveland, warrants in the London market. Lo- cally, no change reported. No. 1 foun- dry northern $18.75019.28; No. 2 $18.500)19; do. 1 southern and No. I southern soft, $18.6()®19.25. • Pacific Coast Wheat. Portland, Ore—Track prices: Club, $1.11; bluestem, $1.21; red Russian, $1.10; turkey red, $1.12; forty -fold, $1.15; valley, $1.10. Tacoma.—Bluestem, $1.180/1.19; club, $1.09; red Russian, $1.07. TRAINS IN HEAD ON COLLISION One Killed, Ten Injured in a Bad Wreck In State of Illinois. Pinckneyville, Ill., Jan. 18.—One per- son was killed and 10 other., eight of whom were passengers living in the mid dle west, were injured in a collision near here between the St. Louis and Memphis Central, bound for St. Louise, d a freight train. NEWS OF THE WORLD WHERE, ALL THE TIME. A Review of Happenings in Both East- ern and Western Hemisphg,res During the Past Week—National, Historical Political and Personal Events Told in Short Paragraphs. E. Henry Wenue of Portland, Ore., hae closed 'a contract with the Curtiss - Herring company l'or the purchase of what is believed to be tbe first aero- plane to be owned by a resident of Ore- gon. Mr. Wenne secured his machine for $5,000 and will have it shipped to Portland at the close of the aviation meeting in Los Angeles. The Barber Asphalt company, already incorporated in Virginia, has ineorpor ated in California. The affairs of John R. Walsh, con- victed of misapplication of the funds of the Chicago National bank, may not be adjusted as outlined in the plans of the Chicago Clearing House association, and Walsh may go to prison—if the su- preme court holds that he must—with out settling the $7,121,000 note held by the banks of Chicago. In what is claimed to be part of a plan to gain control of all the transit facilities of New York, J. P. Morgan and T. P. Shouts have taken over the Fifth Avenue Automobile bus line and the Green and Red Taxicabs company, operating 80 motor buses and 600 taxi cabs in New York. The deal is said to have involved about $5,000,000. King Alfonso, sitting as president of the council, ruled with an iron hand in putting down the internal evils threatened by revelations in a news- paper. The last chapter of Thaw's life seems about to be written. His family have abandoned all hope of getting him out of Matteawan insane asylum, and an application has been made by a ref eree for the right to. dispose of all his personal property. Alice Copley Thaw, his sister, has agreed to purchase all of the interest he may have in the Thaw estate. Representative G. J. Diekma of Mich igen has formally announced his can didacy for speaker of the house of rep- resentatives to succeed Mr. Cannon at the end of the present session.. The vatican announces the promotion of the Right Rev. Neil McNeil, bishop of St. George, Newfoundland, to the of- fice of archbishop of Vancouver, B. C. \Tex\ Rickard, the principal pro- moter of the Jeffries -Johnson fight, de- clares that the contest will be held in Salt Lake City, July 4. Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the president, in lending her aid to the sev- eral thousand shirtwaist strikers in Philadelphia. PRISON SACKS, SIX CENTS. 37,A3IT1 07 THE HCBDG11310d• D eartnoyew of Cockroaches—Dein He Clete Die Better of Adders.. The hedgehog, that butt of juvenile Board of Control Fixes Price of Grain Bags in Washington. The state board of control has fixed six cents as the retail price of peniten- tiary grain sacks for this year or five and nine -tenth cents when... the appli- cants combine orders to make a carload shipment. These prices are for the bags delivered at any railroad station in the state. Based upon the estimate of crop made by' the state grain commissioners, the board apportioned the 1,500,000 bags to be manufactured this spring to grain - growing counties in quantities as fol- lows; Garfield, 82,205; Columbia, 91,- 845; Walla Walla, 179,035; Whitman, 365,395; Spokane, 59,365; Lincoln, 249,- 685; Adams, 95,905; Douglas 79,165; Franklin, 28,915; Benton, 38,055; Klick- itat, 37,295; Yakima, 18,265; /twain, 13,- 695; all other counties, 161,375. Applications must be made before April 1 to the superintendent at time pen- itentiary and prickle not applied for at that date may be sold to oyster grow- ers on the West Side. The plan of sell- ing the bags at a fiat rate delivered at any railroad point in the state was in- augurated last slimmer to work off the accumulated hags in the warehouse. TRAIN PLUNGES DOWN MOUNTAIN Four Men Were Killed When Trains Leaves the Track at Terrific Speed At Leadville. Leadville, Col:, Jan. 17.—In a freight wreck early Sunday on the Colorado Midland, near Flask tunnel, four men were killed and three others injured. The dead: H. C. Smith, Leadville, con- ductor; Mamba] Rich, Cardiff, fireman; H. D. Fair, Cardiff, brakeman; Edward Davenport, Michigan. The injured: Henry F'ore'st, Leadville, leg broken; -W. E. Landlois, Leadville, brakeman, body bruised; Bert Harter, Grand Rapid., Mich., shoulder injured. An extra freight consisting of 11 cars !darted down the steep grade from the east portal of the 'look -Ivanhoe tunnel to Arknnsam .1unction. The train had gone three miles when the air failed to work proper/y. The speed soon became terrific and the train raced down the mountain side. At Windy point there is a sharp curve and the engine and ear* left the trek and plunged down the steep declivity. Fuel Paden Most. Western PUP) ammeistion, composed of retail coal dealers in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming and Utah, will have ita Snit annual conven tion is Maponie temple, January 22. Street lighting by gas was done for the first time in London In 1814. rustle horseplay, is the Possessor or tastes Which, like fiamn Weller's knowl- edge of London, are \extensive and Peculiar.\ Scorning fastidiousness It ran make a hearty meal of nearly any Insect and is one of the few verte- brates which can tackle the repulsive? cock roac h. For effectual exte r n a - Lion of beetles and crickets it is as useful as a mongoose among the rats, but s its - fii not generally known that It has a partiality toward snakes and adders. The methods it employs for the attack are interesting. Having come upon the adder it goads that reptile to the offensive and at the first dart immediately rolls into a ball, the. Edinburgh Scotchman says. The adder is then left to attack the spii;es, in which encounter it natural- ly comes off second best. After a tittle, when the hedgehog feels that his antagonist has exhausted his pow- er, it once more opens out and makes t bite at the adder's back, thereby breaking Its spine. It then proceeds to crunch the whole of the reptile's body by means of its powerful jaws, and after that it is said to start at the tail and devour its prey. Of eggs the hedgehog is also very fond, there- by giving just cause t0- keepers and farmers to destroy it on sight. Cases have been known where hedgehogs actually forced the hen pheasant off her nest and then pro seeded to demolish the contents. There is a tradition among country people to the effect that the hedgehog will suck the milk from cows, who s,ertainly show strong aversion to the hedgehog, but eminent naturalists scout the idea, their explanation be- ing that it is the heat of the cow which attracts the hedgehog, the cow's dislike being no doubt caused by un- pleasant contact with the prickly spines. Hedgehogs are invulnerable to most of their enemies except man, although the wily fox has been known to get the better of them occasionally. Leual Information When it is a general rule that a dis- charge of the principal releases the surety, it Is held, in Gates vs. Teb- betts (Neb.) 119 N. W. 1120, 20 L. ft. A. (N. S.) 1,000, that an exception to the rule exists when one becomes surety for a mai-pied woman, minor or other person incapable of contracting. That a public official who has col- lected fees under statutory authority In violation of the constitution cannot be compelled to turn them over to the state, where the legislature has made no provision therefor, is declared in state ex rel. McNary vs. Dunbar (Ore.) 98 l'ac. 878, 20 I... R. A. (N. EL) 1,015. The plaintiff in a suit for ma/prac- tice who fully describes his injury and the operation to which he was compelled to submit because of the defendant's alleged failure properly to care for it, is held, in Capron vs. Douglas, 193 N. Y. 11, 85 N. E. 827, 20 L. R. A. (N. B.) 1,003, to waive the statutory privilege of excluding from evidence the testimony of the surgeon performing the operation. It any officer whose duty It shall be to summon a jury or to select and summon talesmen when the regular panel of jurors has been exhausted, shall be guilty of unlawful, partial or Improper conduct in selecting or summoning such jurors or talesmen, be Is held, in United States vs. 'largo (Okla.) 98 Pac. 1,021, 20 L. R. A. (N. 5.1 1 013, to commit an act of gross contempt of court and to be punish- able for such conduct. Not Aptly Worded. An absurdly worded statement of a fact which was not in itself remark- able recently tried the gravity of the listeners. It was on the occasion of the funeral of an elderly woman In a New england town. She had left an old mother, nearly ninety years of age. and an only son who we* well on to- ward fifty. The services were conducted by a timid young clergyman recently set- tled over the parish. After praying for many and various thing., he said: \And two we especially pray that the Lord will comfort and sustain In their loss and sorrow. One Is the or- phan, who, although no longer young, is an orphan still and must so con- tinue. The other is the mother, far advanced in years., who has survived her elaughte6, although considerably ber senlor.\—Youth's Companion. A Remarkable Dieerovery. The efficacy of the old-fashioned household duties as means of physical development is again hinted at by this bit from Success: \Physical culture, father, is perfect- ly lovely!\ exclaimed an enthusiastic young miss just home from college. \Look! To develop the arms I grasp the rod by one end and move it slow- ly from right to itift.e \Well well!\ exclaimed her father \What won't irclene• discover next! If that rod had straw at the other end, you'd be sweeping.\ i t i s every efoorien'e Ottitikso that the way to make wives more saving is to Wet ever' all th• money Into theft keeping. 1441 gas esti kr claim to being genuinely old fashioned who doesal Ms hair ad. For Cream Tent Balance. A simple and sensitive weighing in- strument to be known as the Wiscon- sin hydrostatic cream balance has been devised at the agricultural experi- ment station of the University of Wis- consin. This in- strument meets the long recognized need for a simple and accurate meth - of weighing cream In the Babcock test bottle for test- ing. The ordinary cheap scales are inaccurate, and the more delicate bal- ances are too ex- pensive for general use by farmers. The new inven- tion consists of a specially devised brass float, similar to a dydrometer, which is placed in a cylinder of wa- ter. The instru- ment floats stead- ily in a vertical position, and sup- ports a platform on which a cream bottle and a nine - gram weight are are placed. Small, one - tenth gram weights are placed on the platform until the float sinks to a line °IMAM \LAN et- marked on the spindle. 'The nine -gram weight is then put into the bottle with a pipette in a sufficient amount to again sink the float to a line of the spindle. This gives the weight accurately and the devise le so sensitive that it is affected by a mingle drop of cream. The weighing can be done rapidly, however. Skim Milk. At the West Virginia experiment station it has been found that skim milk for feeding laying hens is worth from 1 1 / 2 to 2 cents a quart. Other experiments have fully proved that it has equally as great value for feed- ing pigs. Figuring at this rate, the milkman who sells whole milk Is selling from 60 to 80 cents' worth of skim milk to each can, and the general market prices of a can of milk Is close around $1.25. Now, this can of milk contains enough cream to make four pounds :of butter, which is worth about $1, leaving only about 25 rents for the skim milk sold, or a loss of from 35 to 55 cents on each can over making the cream into butter and feeding the skim milk. Also, when the milk is fed on the farm more fertilizer is made, which makes the difference still greater In favor of keeping and feeding the skim milk. Where Me can secure select trade for whole milk at extra price it will pay to sell the whole milk and buy extra feeds and fertilizers, but sell- ing whole milk at leg, than $1 for a 10 -quart can Is not profitable when one considers the future of the land on which he is dairying. New Corn Feeding. Not all farmers appreciate the value of feeding new cofn When handled properly more good results can be ob- tained from it than from any other crop grown. When fed In the green stage, from the time when grains are in the mill, till they become hard and the blades dry up, horses and cattle will eat almost, if not all, of the en- tire plant, and sheep and hogs will eat much of it, utilizing to advantage all there is in the crop. New corn. Just after it has passed the roasting ear stage, is one of the best feeds for poultry, both young and old, and hens will lay eggs much better than on old wen. There is no feed much better for fattening horses and colts, as well as cattle, than new corn. We always plant some very early, medium and the patches of corn to be cut and fed whole in late summer and fall. in this way we have the hest of feed for the stock in August, Sep- tember and October. one-fourth of the year. While the new corn is being rod none of the stock requires much ether feed, and the pain In the bin and the hay 111 the mow areitaved Farm Note.. with the wobbly colt and teach t busy Ii4fltthat you are his friend and master. It will he easy. The average ewe requires from I to 5 pounds of salt a year, the variation depending largely upon the amount of natural salts contained in the paa. three. The bees should have plenty of we tar. They oodsurne a great deal, and will travel a long distance to get it. Should there be no running stream or lake of pure water near, it Is well to place a pail of fresh water near th e apiary every day. Water is used by the bees to dilute the heavy, thick, henry left over from winter to make It suitable for the young larvae and shoe to make the cell was pliable. Wasteful Ifeossossfr• .The number of peeple is small, we believe, who, knowing that through their fault some mistake of an injuri- ous nature has been made, would v.ant only to attach the blame to innocent parties. This l generally done thoughtlessly and ignorantly, albeit In good faith. The idea is to examine - ourselves and methods before coudemo ing another. A patron of a Wisconsin creamery recently sent in some vigorous pro tests against its products. It traits spired that the creamery was not in the wrong, except so far as the mars agement put faith in a few of the po trona of the creamery. Several ot them had thoughtlessly turned their herds into cabbage, rape and turnip patches immediately aher the first heavy frosts, and the milk thus tainted was sent in, with the result of causing inferiority in the creamery's output. Aside from the fact that we should not judge too hastily or be too ready to charge moral turpitude, the discern.. tog farmer will understand from the case in point that feeding the stocis any old thing to prevent waste may be the memo of producing greater de. struction. Dairying in Winter. There are many advantages in hal- ing cows come fresh in winter, when all dairy products sell at a high prices In many places the price of butte? is from 25 to 50 per cent higher is winter than in summer. When the cows calve in the spring they generally milk well until the pas- tures dry up, when the flow of milli quickly fails off, so that by the time stable feeds begin the cows are almost dried up. Now, if the cows come fresh in the fall, they produce a good flow of milk during the winter montbe. and in the spring, when they are turned on the grass, this acts as a second freshening and thus lengthens the period of milk production. Another distinct advantage in ter dairying Is that during this sea. son the farmer is not so busy with other work, consequently he can give more time to the care of the costs, the milk and the cream than is lsossdk We during the busy season of the year. When winter dairying become. more generally practiced, the subject of winter feeds will be given more at tuition. Of these silage is one of the most Important, since one acre of good silage material will yield as much feed as three acres of pasture. Forms of Combs. No matter how poultry may excel in shape, color, and size, a malform- ed comb and bad lobes will detract from the chances of success, especial- ly in the non -sitting or Mediterranean breeds, where the ornamental head- gear, or comb, is so conspicuously at- tractive. There are many kinds or combs, an will be seen In the accom- panying Illustrations, which are de- serving of notice, chief of which are _ the single serrated comb, as seen is such breeds as Minorcas, Leghorn.,, Orpingtons, Plymouth Rocks, Lang - shuns, Dorking, In different sizes, the rose -comb, beautifully worked, or cos.. rugated, and full of small points, as seen chieflf In the Redcap, Hamburg, and Wyandotte family. Then there is the pea comb, or triple comb, that is, three parallel ridges (or very small combs), as seen in the Brahman or the Indian Game. Water sad Alr is Soil. There must be a proper balance cot air and water to have the boll wonli go on. Exclude either and there I. failure. Soil work le stopped when the soil becomes so dry that the water films around the soil particles a -re stroyed. Then is when the plant food ceases to be elaborated, and what plant food there is in the soil is ne longer carried to the roots of the plants. Great losses In crops are annual?) , recorded because these simple funds. mental facts are not fully understood. There must be a balance. Drsdiage will often do much to bring abeut • good condition of aeration of soil; but in some soils something else is needed. Thus a sandy soil that la so light that the moisture film soon disappears te a depth of a foot or more will pro. duce nothing. In such a ease otiose things must he incorporated with the sand of the soil, Ruch as muck, lima humus, fertiliser. to give It the Pawed to retain the moisture fil KepI Sweet Potatoes. There are several different methods for storing and keeping sweet potatoes which have proved successful. P. talons, when first dug, have a largo amount of moisture In them. whelk must evaporate. When the weather le good they should be left out in tits field lint!) this ovapnration is 001110. pieta; otherwise the moisture and the Intense heat generated by their (trying in a hill will cause rot. When Usk Is not possible they should be piled lees*. ly In a dry bowie for • week or twe. They . may then be stered In the len of a building or in • room_ inter* the temperature will be snob that they de not trees.
