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.••••.\- Ia.. W.A.% 1041••••••••aa 0.4•P • ' •11.••• ME HARDIN TRIBUNE By E. H. Rathbone HARDIN, • MONTANA Now ta Tell a Good School. Even more indicative of the inner spirit of a school, however, are the lit- tle indications given by the talk of boys at home on their vacations, says Appleton's Magazine. Don't make the mistake of believing what they tell you about the lessons, or the food, or even the prowess of the football team. A boy is an inveterate generalizer and, moreover, you are quite likely to mis- understand his terminology. He will tell you that the food is \rotten.\ that the milk is always sour, that Mr. So-and-so is a \fearful soak,\ and Igives out a hundred lines of Virgil to a lesson right straight along, and that she football team has never been beaten; all of which will only mean that sometimes it has happened that —the food was not above criticism, the milk was sour, Mr. So-and-so gave out et long lesson, and the football team * has won. No, don't try to pump elm about the school, but just notice 'how he talks of it, and of the masters. If be fires up when you suggest that there is anything to criticise in it, if he speaks of this or that master with a gentle suggestion of affection in his voice, and more especially if he does not try to entertain you with stories of how this or that boy \beat cut\ this or that master, then the chances an that he goes to a good school. If the world had not passed beyond the age of myth -making, the disaster an southern Italy would be ascribed to , she turning of Enceladus in his sleep. Enceiadus was one of the giants who rebelled against Jupiter. He was killed by one of Jupiter's thunderbolts, ac- cording to Virgil, and buried under Mount Etna. When he turns in his grave the earth quakes, and when he breathes the mountain belches forth fire and smoke. It was the . peculiar geographical and geological formations round Sicily and the Strait of Messina that gave rise to many of the ancient knyths. The rock of Scylla, dangerous to navigators, was believed to be the home of a monster which seized the saihars from the decks of the ships that passed too near. The whirlpool of Charybdis, across the • strait, was said to be caused by another monster which swallowed the sea and spewea it out again three times a day. The Sirens lived on an island in the neigh- borhood and charmed sailors to their destruction. They were finally foiled by Odysseus, who closed the ears of his sailors with wax and had himself lashed to the mast of his ship. So chagrined were the three sisters that they threw themselves into the sea, and were transformed into rocky is- lands which bear their names. \Alaska is a cold and barren region and is almost useless except as a hunting ground for the seal and other fur -bearing anheals,\ declared a stan- dard school geography published so re- cently as 1875. The discovery of gold 'served materially to broaden that view, !and a representative of the depart- ment of agriculture now reports that 'the territory's agricultural possibilities ha - ve been grievously underestimated. In the Yukon valley he has ripened 'oats, barley and winter wheat for suc- 'cessive seasons, and found them fully ias heavy as the best grain of the 'states. Grasses grow abundantly, as 'do all the hardier vegetables; and when it comes to live stock, Galloway ; cattle, a long-haired, hardy breed, stand the climate well. such facts suggest that it should not be difficult to carry out the aim of the Alaska -Yukon -Paci- fic exposition, \to correct the common impreseion that Alaska and Yukon are nothing but countries of cold and gold.\ England alone of all the great Euro- pean powers has done but little exper- imentation with aerial war -craft. Yet she is of all nations the most threat- ened by the recent inventions and im- provements in aerial work, because she has depended largely for security on her splendid isolation, protected by her powerful navy, says Henry B. Her - ley in the Century. Now she realizes teat this isolation cannot be main- tained against aerial attack by any 'present means of defense, and that such defense must be prepared in the form of a fleet of air cruisers. Concerning that declaration that \woman is man's horse\ it is further 'commented that the gray mare is often the better horse. Besides which cyni- eal persons mew observe that if a man iputs his money on the horses long enough he is apt to go broke. Isidor Wulfson is a city officer to be proud of. As inspector of weights and measures he inspects and has no no- tion that the effice might be used as a mere excuse for drawing a salary. ;Ile earns ,his salary and the public is ibenefited far more than the salary's . worth. ...Those citizens who buy hay land grain Owe hop an es p ec i a l vo t e o f ehanks. The suffiagettes have ceptured the labor vote. Tito , ' are evitit i!ly In fine working trim. CHAIRMAN INAUGURAL COMMITTEE Photograph by Chao:4111st, Wash ng ton , 1) Edward J. Stellwagen, well-known Washington banker, who has been ap- pointed chairman of the inaugural committee. The inauguration of President - Elect Taft promises to be one of the most spectacular affairs of this kind which has ever taken place. FAD OF BIG FAMILY DELAWARE MAN NUMBERS DE- SCENDANTS BY THE SCORE. Five Generations Are Represented in Group and All Are Alive—Pater Recently Celebrated Ninety - Second Birthday. Smyrna, Del.—When President Roosevelt issued his celebrated fulmi- nation against race suicide it caused Samuel Bendier of this town no prick- ings of cOnscience. He squared his shoulders, stroked his gray beard complacently and gazed with undaunt- ed eye toward the White House. Bend- ier was the proud possessor of an earth -peopling record he felt sure no Roosevelt could equal. \The president isn't talking to me,\ he said, and be went on his way re- joicing. The old man has seven children, 36 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren, one great -great-grandchild, eight sons- in-law and daughters-in-law and 22 grandsons -in-law and granddaughters - in -law. That makes a total of 128, and the best of it is that they are all liv- ing. Members of the family say it is likely there will be a material increase in the number before the old man is a year older. He was 92 years old on December 1 last, and celebrated his birthday quitely in the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Webb, in this town. One of his granddaughters is Mrs. Frances Bendier Morrison, wife of Al- vin R. Morrison, president of the Mor- rison Dredging Company in Newark, N. J. Two of his great-grandchildren, Alma H. Morrison and Hay H. Morri- son, also live in that city. Herman Webb, a grandson, is assistant super- intendent of the Pennsylvania insti- tute for the Deaf and Dumb in Phila- delphia. Samuel Bendier, another grandson, of Port Penn, is an inspector for the United States government, and so is Joseph Yearsley, a grandson -in-law, In that town. Three of the old man's granddaughters, Carrie, Lizzie and Jennie Bendier, all sisters, are Dela- ware school teachers. The old man, who can look Presi- dent Roosevelt straight in the eye oil the race suicide question, was born in Haddonaeld, N. J., on December 1. 1817. .1n, early manhood he was asso- ciated with Samuel Roe in the nursery business there. In that connection he superintended the planting of hundreds of elm trees in Haddonfleid,...,Gainden and Woodbury, N. J., which now evoke much admiration from lovers of 'large trees. Bendier also planted many of the trees in Pitman grove and in the low lands in Buritngton and Cumberland counties, New Jersey, One of his most cherished recollections is thal in 1848 he carted potatoes across the Dela- ware river on the ice from Cooper's Creek. Camden, to the present site of Cramp's shipyard in Philadelphia. BIG HORN FOR ROOSEVELT. Unearthly Toots Sure to Put Any Rhi noceros Ihto Trance. Waterbury, Conn.—Residents of this town who have passed sleepless nights recently trying to fathom unearthly tooting sounds emanating from a fac- tory here have been relieved to learn that the weird toots were merely the rehearsal efforts of a bugle inventor who has built a 17 -inch hunting horn, supposedly for President Rooseveles use on his African trip. The horn is formed like a clarinet and has five keys which, when proper- ly manipulated,.. produre a musical melange guaranteed to put a white rhinoceros into a trance. Inhabitants who have heard the horn say it can make a noise that would frighten a trust magnate. The man who discovered the com- bination of reeds that produce the musical melange stowed away in the horn is sarid to be \Tody\ Hamilton. The report 14 that he discovered it while trying to find some musical com- bination that would keep order in a circus menagerie. Whether this is true or not, the horn can certainly emit the strangest and most terrifying bunch of notes that ever gave a music lover the \hypos.\ Maine Socks for Teddy. Boston.—When Theodore Roosevelt starts on his African journey he will take with him a pair of the warmest of Maine hose—Aroostook county knit socks. They were made from yarn carded and spun in an Aroostook county mill, and one of the two wom- en _who worked on the knitting is blind. The president has sent a personal letter of thanks, with his photograph to Mrs. Fiavilla E. Caldwell of Sher- man Mills. Weed Caused \Rheumatism.\ Richmond, Ind.—After suffering with what she thought was rheumatism for five years, Miss Mabel Hunicutt of Economy learned the affliction in her wrist was due to a piece cif ragweed that had imbedded itself there. Five years ago Miss Hunnicutt was playing basket -ball in an open field, at which time her hand was injured, but the presence of, the ragweed was not dis- covered. PEANKru' OF COMPA33 FAITH IN NEEDLE HAS BROUGHT WOE TO MANY LAKE SHIPS. Vessels to the Number of 217 Struck Bottom Last Year—Steel Hulks and Magnetic Cargoes Make Trouble. Chicago.—.Faith in the popular super- stition that the needle of the compass points to the north was the cause of 217 unpremeditated encounters be- tween lake steamers and the lake bot- tom last year. Compass point north, indeed! Why, as long ago as Columbus' time it was discovered that the needle was will- ful, and America came near not being discovered for a century or two more In consequence. But it has remained for modern mariners to discover the true pranks of the magnetic bit of steel. When they boxed the compass on the United States battleship Maine II. It was found that the supposedly trust- worthy needle pointed southeast. If the helmsman had laid out a course for Greenland by that compass he might have brought up all standing on the Cape of Good Hope. The perversion of the magnet was explained by the undue attraction of a couple of steel turrets and a 12 -inch elm. The mariner thereupon made allowance for this untoward influence and sailed the seas with, entire preci- sion. The growth of the merchant marine on the great lakes, the introduction of steel hulls and the hugeness of such cargoes as are carried in ore. usually magnetic, has disturbed the accuracy of the compasses on these inland waters, hence the increasing number of bumps on the subaqueous landscape. A chart of the strandings for the last year has been forwarded from Washington to the local hydrographic office. It shows that groundings occur most frequently in the straits, the narrows where Lakes Superior, Michi- gan and Huron grow neighborly. White Fish point, in Lake Superior, has wit- nessed more than its share of strand- ings at that. The south . end of Lake Michigan has been rather free from these un- seemly happenings, though one boat went hard aground in the north branch of the Chicago river and a couple touched bottom with more or less vio- lence near Indiana harbor during the year. The 217 instances noted by the gov- ernment cartographers were all of a serious nature. Only two strandings were accompanied by loss of life, but all of them occasioned damage of some measure of costliness. Ignorance of the compass is given as the direct cause of these difficul- ties. It is pointed out that loss of life and money, not to mention un- warranted delays, would be saved year- ly if the seamen knew of a few more of the fine points about the deviation of the compass from the magnetic north. The Chicago hedrographic office now is given credit for doing more than any other for the training of seamen. Large numbers are given instruction every winter, and the office already has an enviable record for turning out competent shipmasters. Milk Town's Only PrOduct. Spokane, Wash.—Fairbanks, Wash., a new town in the Palouse wheat belt,' south of Spokane, will have the dis- tinction of being the may cominunityi in the Pacific northwest devoted ex, elusively to dairying. GUARDING THE BANK OF FRANCE The Bank of France, like the Bank of England, is guarded wiei the greatest care. Watchmen patrol its roof day and night, and at night the guards take It in turn to slee3 upon the roof. The roof itseif is divided into sections by means of stout iron railings. and each section is separately patrolled. Most Of the guardians are ex -firemen. 1. The sirest iron railings that divide the roof f 'he hank into parts, each of which is guarded. 2. Twa oi the watch- men who are on guard day and night on the roof of thl bank. 3. The watch- tower of the hark and the staircases which give access to the different quer ters of the roof. GRADES OF CHEEP AS KNOWN ON THE MAPK 1 Z 1 Information for the Farmer Who Would Market His Sheep Intelligently—By W. C. Coffey, First Asst. in Sheep Husbandry, Illinois. The grower or feeder offering sheep for sale often forms a very imperfect estimate of their market value, and chiefly because his contact with the open market has not been sufficient to familiarize him with the factors em- bodied by the various terms in mar- ket reports. It may be that he is ig- norant of the meaning of certain terms; he may have a mistaken or hazy notion of others, and both obser- vation and experience show that any- thing short of a fairly accurate con- ception of what a certain market term stands for is a source of disappoint- ment and annoyance. Because his judgment as to the true market worth of his sheep is uncertain, the owner may suffer a financial loss in dealing with a local buyer by selling under the market value or by missing a sale by asking too much for them. If, at the time of sale, the owner could definite- ly determine the value of his sheep, he would experience. less difficulty in coming to an early understanding with the local buyer, or in ease he yeieliugs. wethers, eau's, bucks and stags. Lambs. --About 80 per cent. of `the shep sent to slaughter are lambs. The grades are prime, choice, good, medi- um and common or culls. Quality, condition, form and weight are the factors considered iu determining the grade to which lambs belong. Both quality and condition are very impor- tant and lambs without high develop- ment in both are not placed in the higher grades, Form, especially the feature of paunchiness, is significant In grading lambs. Weight is a fac- tor that yam k's somewhat with the dif- ferent times in the year, but lambs weighing 80 pounds amid prime in quality, condition and form wfll al- ways grade as prime. Yearlings. --Yearlings are used as a substitute for lambs in the meat trade. The grades are prime, choice, good. Prime yearlings are light in weight, immatire, and very highly de- veloped in quality and condition. Wethers.—Only a small percentage 4111104.. A Prime Native We ther in shipped them direct to the °Pen mar- ket, the chances for disappointment and dissatisfaction would be greatly reduced. While it is the privilege of a few to visit the markets often and there learn the requirements and the demands for the different grades in the various classes, the great majority of sheep owners, and many feeders, must depend largely upon the market reports for such information, and the value of these reports to the man who proposes to buy or sell sheep is deter- mined by the extent to which he can apply them to his particular purchase or sale. Native sheep are those produced— ordinarily in small flocks—on the farms of the central, southern and eastern states. Western sheep are those produced—usually in large bands—on the ranges of the western states. As a rule western sheep have enough merino blood to make them markedly different in appearance from natives which are mostly from mut- ton -bred parents. But even were they identical in breeding, buyers and sales- men on the market could easily distin- the Fleece. of the sheep sent to market are weth- ers. This perceutage is small because both growers and consumers prefer lambs to older sheep. The grades are prime, choice, good, common. Prime wethers have the same requirements in quality and condition as prime yearlings. They may be either light, weighing from 95 to 110 pounds, or heavy, weighing 140 pounds or more. Ewes.—Ewes do not sell on a par with wethers because they have pro- portionately a greater amount of offal and a smaller amount of lean meat. The grades are prime, choice, good, medium and common or culls. The re-. quirements in condition, quality and weight are practically the same as fox wethers. Bucks and Stags.—Choice bucks are fat and resemble wethers in -form and quality. 4. Feeder Sheep.—Feeder sheep are almost exclusively western sheep. The sub -classes are lambs, yearlings, weth- ers aml ewes. Lambs.—The grades are fancy se- lected, choice, good, medium, common. Choice feeder lambs show thrifty con - The Same Sheep as Shown Above Out of the Fleece. guish Betweep them because of differ- ences resulting from the way in which they are fed and managed. On mar- kets where both native and western sheep are received, the daily reports nearly always distinguish betWeen them. While thin natives are often bought up in the country and success- fully fed, those that reach the mar- ket in low condition do not sell as feeders because they are usually in- fested with internal parasites, thus making it difficult and in many in- stances impossible M fatten them. 1. The market classes of sheep are minion, feeder and breeding sheep. The name of a class indicates the use to which sheep in that class are put. 2. Each class is divided into sub- classes and these again into grades. In general the names of the sub -classes suggest differences of either age or sex between sheep put to the same use. The grades refer to differences between the best and the less desir- able animals in the various sub- classes. In the mutton class these dif- ferences are based on quality, form, constitution, condition and weight; and in the breeding class. on age, con- stitution, form, breeding, quality and coedition. 3. Mutton Sheep.- The mutton class includes both native * and tventern sheep. The sub -classes are lambs, dition, a high degree of quality and weigh between 55 and 62 pounds. Yearlings.—The grades are choice, good. common. The choice feeder year- ling must be of good form, highly de- veloped in quality and light in weight. Wethers.—The grades are choice, good, medium, common. In general the requirements are the same as for yearlings. Ewes.—The grades are choice, good, medium, and common. Choice feeder ewes are young and choice in quality. 5. Breeding Sheep.—The sub -classes are bucks and ewes. Ewes.—Breeding ewer; are selected from both native and western offer- ings. The grades are fancy selected, choiee, goo(l, common. Choice breed- ing ewes are from two to four years old, sound, well formed and well bred. Bucks.—Breeding bucks are not sub- divided into grades. All offerings are natives. A Good Sign.—One of the surest signs of improved agriculture is a dry clean hog pen. The up-to-date farmer has discovered that a pig wallows in mire only when he can not help him self. Good Ineestment.—A dollar invest. I ed in live stock is worth $5‘) investee in mining stocks.. di • • \C't. a , •
