The Winnipeg Tribune from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada • Page 7

HANDLING A GRAIN TRUST. How thfe farmers of Kansas Rrourjht the Grain Combine to Time A Lesson for Our 0ui Farmers. C. H. MntMjii.

i .1 it Ite llew nf Ren lew Killed nil "lirntn Tr it In K.nu," ami telle how the fagraars oT Polonion City orgaiiljN and oierrame the trusrta. He in rut la thW reeult nf evolution. A few years ago, at nil railroad station In the grain count r.t, there were from one to tin liK.wm ml often eev eral elevator, i ndi elcin 4nr owned by an liiiliijs iidi'iit buyer, T1i furmnr made Mm rhoWc of Imy rn, silling In ho one ho offered Mm Aim moMt for IiIm Brain. I'mn s4' Itlon wna Hluvrp I bu.irrs often til iiMirn'tluin Tli ii market ri'nlly warranted, Oftin they could nut pet oars to ship their grain ah fast a the far more would market It. Again, Ih lout through il imIioiii ml commission til on nut) elghfmn.ierH at tbe grain rule, aa will ah from leakage of Kraln from the rare while shipping over the railroads.

Tu ror rwet tbelr erne, the Kraln buyers of Kansas forrmeid an association. They had their own Inspectors and weighers In Kansas City and got better ratrs from tho railroads. Tim track elnnator men, to eminrni tlio track buyers and drive tlmnl nut of business, notified Din Kansas Hty Kraln commission men that the elevators would not consign any Kraln to a firm that tin mil ml grain for the track Hm yore. Nothing daunted the track Iniy er began shipping their grain to mills and other mnrkcte beyond Knn Niia City. To Htill fnrtlnr Ktop tho business of trark buying, tlio nsso rlntlon asked the railroads to mnkn a niln refuMng rara to Mbippcra iuh less the gnairt to be h)i Fu 4 1 was on the right of way of the railroad reany tor loaning wnin tin enrs were ordered, a ropiest to which the railroads acceded.

Thia order off track liuyors. I HUT OFF AJUj After the track buyers were forced oiil of business It wah reasoned that need not bid against melt other to enenre the wheat, ah the Xarmera would have to sell to them anyway and at whatever price they those to fix. Ho the association I net run ted Ita members in each town to meet every dAy and fix the price of grain. Thia shut off all competition. Thla h.rrfttigemient, It in thought, would have worked 111 lo hardship Ao tha farnvors aa tlie own era of thfl elevatora were fair men and were disposed to give he larmiers a living for t'heir Rrain.

Hut mjon a nuirtbnr of grain synili ratea began to do biiMinens in Kan Kaa, who wero ha keil by large tnl. Thlr objeot was eliminate Mil middlemen and expoi the grain direot from the producer. ayndica te operates on one linn of railway and controls the grain Iniiinen8 on tluut jiartlcular ayatein, soinK of tlwm operating more than fift.V elevators. Thesi s.vniiicates jufuitlrally dictate lo tlw farmer the jrlce be will receive for his grain in thoir territory. At nil points wbere ithere was already an elevator thy offered to buy lit at a prk'o much below the cost of tho elevator.

If ithfl owner did not accept thlr bill they would run up the price of ktaIti nAi that town until he was plad to OttTrto to thkr terms. Aa b. roauilti of tli evolution of the Kraln buainoHa the farmers of the Kanaaa whoait belt discovered when they harvested thai Vmmenso crop of 190C1 tlvat they could not get as mch for It aa they thought it was worth. Tliiey reasoned that IT they took the freVgtrt and a profit of 1 cent a bushel from Kansas City price their grain omglut to ho worth 70 cents In Kansas Ciity they Khould re celvo 59 cents for It. Instead they An Exposure of Frauds Perpetrated on the Public by Imitators of Dr.

Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine. A Warning to Druggists and to the People Generally Aftlnst Fraudulent Parties Who are Trying to Deal on tbe Reputation of This Famous Remedy. At tha mention of Dr. Chase's Hrrrlpt Book, the memory travels back to rhiUI hood'a day when the book took the place of a consulting physician, anl when Dr. Chase's Nyrup of Linsrrd and Turpentine and other remedies were kipi constantly on hand as naff guarcia Against ois ease.

Jso remerty for coughs, colds and kin rtre1 allmpnts ever had aoything like Km eraln In Oanafla that l)r. Chase's tvrup Unoeed and Turpentine has. and was bo much of It bo id as during lh preaeot season. Hut. notwithMxnd lti this fact, there are scores and hun rtredH of people who go to the store for this remwty.

and who are given other preparations of linseed or turpentine, nvhich are put up in fimilar package with th object of deceiving the pui lle These rwnertles were never heard of urrtll Dr. Chaaw's fyrup of Lineri ard Turpenslna keoame famous. Tney aie ItnlLatUms, and soma of tnem are dan garous vo ua. on acrount of containing morphia ami other poisonous drugi. which firm temporary relief by deadu tng th nerwea.

and which ultlma'ely ruirt thA ttniMrti snel digestive system. Tow knorw tram personal eiperlence. rrorn the enieice 01 iner.de anil ne'gnBora. what tr Chase's yrup of l.lriiieert and Turpentine is, and whit it win rt. mi know that it Is trut w'iy atMt reliable, having stond the lew of years.

Tou know that it actually rvire the rrytst serious cases of bror, eM'is. cm" i p. wriooplrg rough ashma. Tou htv in this remedy 10 ims ef results wnich have enen yhyft wntlce. Are you going to ew derairaa.

rr to acretv irr an irrra 1nr oewit? likelv. mt en rrc fntsr terioT fiaa been drawn to aw at frm rfr test wMrh rou nt arcJy. 1" aut frr portra'r anl tntr, rw A. W. 'h.

Ti is arrr of Pr. ci'i pre paration OarvtwiriT is famil ar irn thw of Lr su a tre gwiii1ne eTery time, aid tre fesss the fraudulent sni'i'fr mil it ts fvrun of Jiss ami Twrrine. ren's a h' Tare It rt limes as rr h. esi At til dealers, or ticinAr.so.. iit A CO Torvat.

tinl.r cot front tu rrnta a huhi txiii mil mf it ol (rout it tu i i iit a lur tlm hii.trr. tin I It wtia iin lenn tu tr.v In K't liisiivi.l oi Ijumn lin. era pftther mun i 4j iirdii no litvl Hgnliml nun iiiiithir, na they I I forim rlv dune, lie lui'l to limit nn ulie lu era In In 1 (rflri mil unK kiii the lie. I.t er. I 1 1 i li'ni the nun dcuro niwl tl win i iitl to lli liu.Mi a liii one the hint.

Tlien they triel to thi lr nun f.rln. Iml often I'oiil I not: i hih. Whi tin Hit no cMiiiniH Jidii fliiu iIiiimI to ri ieive thin ni.111 fur fenr he woull the Iiiin ih hs of Ilie nilU a The fiiriiu hict tiliHil iii l.v no nlli liiktive i ii'i it to ki II hla Kitiln to the local iliiili or kii'; lu IiIh hlns. I'AUMI IIS IX) Will I i RAIN. It ri'lnlel that the n.

mlli iite imule it of tut tui nt.v farloiicla o( lieat from wi t( rn town. It miiN nt thla trine, the Hummer of )Mtt the farmers of Solomon it.v I to alikt their frnilti. Tln were (ortttiMttm In Iia Intf tlrree runic llnea of railway rtin inni; (tliiiniisli their town. TJiree rlif ferent s. mlicnteM of elevator men were tu.

Inn wlieat, one cm eni'h roiul, nil iiviiih the Hii.me i Ice, which wua 1 I renin lielnw the Kjiiinhn price. When the fnrinera elmnvtor wna punily for liitinsi they ywM within cent of Kiiiikjij City tltiiH rtitnkitit! a i tufit of tt ei nta on every IniNliel of wheat for the far Wlirn the (. iium'I'H orminiieil wna I in ii orking in Hluirea of Pll nu ll. Offic era were elc tel nml nn einerienreil urn In ninn hire I lis ninnairer. I here wna a rmvihlon in their Ii.v Iiiwn whereby nnv nveinher conn aell wlient oui Rlde of the iiHNorintiuii hy onyinu I rent a IiiikIii I the nswociatioii.

Tlie KviKlh ntea trtcl to drive out of IiukI Hlitit I neaw by rniKinir Ihe price of wlient. When the fnnunrn' ilcvntor tuieneil the k.v inlicatcH wi re cents a bushel fop wlient ami the fnrinera' elevator ralail the flirice to cents. Tlien it ho Hvinlleate nuule it centa. At tliiw price nil the wheat that enme to the fmnnerM elevsitnr wna weiRlt nml Hcnt over to Ihe ty mliirnle. wiit'iv tlie farnu pot hi cents.

Heturninii, he pail" the fnrinera' elevator 1 cent on each bushel, leaving liim renil.s. ti centa more thnn the price when there wns no competi tion. For three weeka the N.viicli en.to received nil the. wheat, nnd the farmer' elevator recivel' toll of 1 cent a IiumIm'I on nil they bought At tlie end of thia time the syndicate locked Ita elevator nnd went out of the Km in hiisineKH In Solomon City The farmers' elevntor nfterwnn hhliied buahcla of whea.t. Tli dif ficully moat framl by the farmers wan that tlie aynllcate would have enouh influence with the railroad coiinpnniea to prevent them from cutting cara to ship their crnin.

The iiwi miner of the elevator waa not KimiriKel that two days panned nnd no cars came on orders. The innmmi then ordered rara on another line. Tlie other rond, enucr to take busiiieaa frtiin a rival, quickly furnialied tlie cars. Tlie crain wns loaded on wnpiinl frotu the regular elevator lnitea and tratiKferred to the rival cara. IXext, day a train of loailinl i oal cars were run in on the elevator sidetrack, completely block in the chutea.

Still no complaint waa made. Carpenters built new chutes on the) other side of Uie elevator and the loadinc; went on merrily. About this time one of tho freight agents of tlio other road came along and saw that his rival wns geitting nil the freight. Tlie result was that the next day the coal cars were removed' from the Hiding an I pJlemt.v of jrniin cars put In, and they always had cars for tho farmers' elevator the rest tlie ea h'OU. niRKfT; to Another fiviture of the plan pursued hy ilie rMiloinon City J'n fillers' asMicialion and one which, should it become general, would revolutionizo the grain business of tlie I nited Mates and eliminate the grain exchange feji.tiire an 1 gambling In fu titrea on tlie boards of trade, is the policy of selling direct to the mills lnsiead of sliijing to grain centers.

The mills like l.his plan because they can nernre a. betiter grade of tieat than from the great elevators, where tliev mux oor wheat witii tJm betli grades. This mixing process has hurt the reputation of Kansas high grade wheat. Kaivtrrn milllers ate wid I i to pay a premium on wheat hlii'i ili rent from tlie farm over that that has been througll terminal elevators. The Solomon City IM ople have completed arrangements whereby they will eJjort their wheat direct to co ojeratlve Koeictiea in lii i'iiiimv.

Tlie wheat is billed direct from Solomon City to IVilin. This saves the fanners not only the profit of the com mission men anil the exporter. The Irermans own their ti mills in I'erlin nml alilpping elevator iti New York. This virtually brings the roducer and ronsnmer together nnd eliminates all speculation in 1 manipulation of the niaiket. Tlie Solomon City oi gnniza ion attri IniteK its success to tlirre things, l'irst, its bii.

iness pdiry of ahipiing direct to mills', si cond. making friends of the railroads; third, to the drawback of 1 cent bushel on wheat sold by farmers to outside buyers. The profits of the grain business nre enormous. With an investment of only 1OO the Vnrtfiers' association at Solomon City handled bushels of wheat in ten weeks. Theiir net mfits were 2 cents a htishel, or more thnn the capital invested.

An I when it is known that tha regular tletlers a prof of from 4 to i mts on each bushel the large prof i is of the hu incss a re apparent. IT RE MII.K COMPANY. Another enti compinT hta mg up iprtee recrnt'y in thin citv nt' I i known as the Winnipeg IMir Milk inpiiiy. At the l.cad of the inst'tulior ns manager 'M Mr C. M.i.

l. ti'l. late d.Tr of ti nnd nt one time mw nf tlie ntnent f.f ititry mni rr stjrr at ttaw.i. Mr. fc.

nt hi bis Imd many vears pr.eri. and hno mule i'fe studT of ni Ik nnd it ir'htcti. and his ptandTe expr.tn,.R are a sufficient i.irintw tli.it eff.rt II b. srr.r I carry out the object of the n. ri and the i.nhl ni.

tt ap. sim ti ompnry lT. an ehtt to auii THE WTNXITEO DAILY TflUlUEt WEDNESDAY. MATtCll 3. wo AMERICAN Wl 10 WILL ASSIST AT KING EDWARD'S CORONATION kJ(H4 i.V Ik v'rlj 1.

or st.utoro. Jewels, they will amply get the wupply of milk from farms wheri the military arrangement is fciitif.facti.ry. and no milk will lui taken when the conditions' are othcr wine. milk upnti arrival at tlio coiiiany' depot vv.ll Iw iiispreted by an of the conqKitiy who has had considerable experience and one who thoroughly understands th The Kalx ock and th Iocto denM metre tevts will be used in the inspection of the milk. The office of tlie company i nitu ated nt ITiH l'ortag avenue, and already they have made a very favorable impression in the business world Uxn the Btreetfl to day may hn noticed fivo Imndfnine.white, wrvk" able igs manufacture I by lidwaril ltoyce, carriage makeT, Kos street, for tlie above company.

Tlio rigs are light nnd durable and arn 1 specially adapted for the work in which they ari to he employed, nnd reflex a gretit mount of credit upon the maker, Mr. IWiyce, and upon tho enterprising firm for which they wire uianufiu tureil. TO HELP CUBA. Senator Orvillc II. Piatt Willing to Aid COUNTESS OF, ESSEX.

GORILLA HUNTING, West Africans the Say the Soul of Man. small gains. A little gain in 1 I Gorilla a Has cacn ciay a nuie gain in weight each day if continued for weeks, amounts to something. Scott's Emulsion can he taken for weeks and montfi3 without the leat disturbance. It gives itelf time to doj good.

It makes new flesh and strengthens the lungs. i Serf Free Sample, SCOTT EOW Clvjt Tarosto 1 j. 1 1 fir ti 7' i' 1, OF t'UAVEV. xai 4 2 f. i' 'iiv i i'Sei A 1 1M('11ISS Mr, Bailgcly, nf Cleveland, to Arrive Here on Saturday Next.

15. Badgely, architect, of Cleveland, Ohio, is expected ill tlie city oil Saturday to meet the committee having in charge the erection of the proposed church for Stephen's congregation. iAs yet the style of church that will bii Infill has not been decided on but tlie mo lei that has been chosen is church nt Matlnon, 11 inula. This church is thoroughly inuipped for rarrying on all branches of church work, a I is thoroughly up to date in every respect but the question that remains to solve. I Is whether or not it wnul I In too an 1 1 i t.

pnen Cimregatioll to undertake. SPRING ASSIZE CALENDAR. The Salamoa Murder, Hurst Forgery. the Most Important on the 1. in.

The assizes for the eastern Judicial district will op ti next Tuesday nt 1 o'clock fore Mr. Justice H. iin. Among the cases to come up for trial will be charge of murder I preferred nguiiHt theiiili iui I s'ph Snlamon, who Is rh irci with kil ling his wife at Stuartlsirn. a short time ago.

'rnncis Cnrriere, the former tren I surer of the rural municip ilitv of St. Boniface, is rluirged with mis. Appropriating Kil' the niiini 1 ripal funds. cvimuel it. Hurst, who nn con vide I nt the last jiHsir.es of efr Hiding an insurance cuipaey.

tins time tie ehiirff witu P.ririnii a clie iine upon wheh he obtained from V. T. Iicvehti. boil ani shoe I merchant. 1 W.

A. McM I'. 1 ciirixel vcit'i f' rcing a cheque in the tiim" of Thomas Montgi iner.v of the in 1 nipe hotel. i John 'houe it r' red witn stealing Ss rrntii U. I.iiih'oll.

John (onniilk lias charge of nssanlt neainsi him A firmer from vet. irn nimel jamuet i.ri.v will have to answer to seven rharges of fnraine mil nt tertne jrrain tickets an. I i tt.imirg money ni on them by fr iul. W. Fresette.

wh i clerk fnf royaner, fur llain street. lie 1 ft W'lf OF, irAxniEsTF.ro Ann rlcnn leautieH who bold rank In tho Eritlsh peerage as wives of British perR. Their rank will hold llieir own wun iin ir iiiiiinn mm. id. ply the citizen" of Winnipeg with the bast quality of milk that can lie produced.

For a long time tlie attention of the public as well a.s the physicians lias been turned to the function of impure milk the nune of a re. it many diseases ami in many can's epidemics of fever been traced ti milk an impure quality. Tim Winnipeg Pure Milk company Iw installing nn expensive and to dato fr anitary plant for the purn of clarifying and preparing th milk. Arrangements have bete 11 made to l'rotci(e. Washington, Feb.

23. Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, although a strong rotectionist, nnnouncea that Bern, he will f.trrr granting Cuba re diction r.f duTp as will enahle her l.ti A her :e.i fl.tnting nn I te bsieiia industries rn a profitable ba i. Tbe Tr.buca and gsi all lb Allen Snngiee In Ainslee's: Gorilla hunting is a distinct sensation even for tth( veteran hunter. This animal, which has become confused s.uuewhat Willi fable and fiction, is a. reality, nnd a lcildl.v unpleasant one to engage.

The West Africnna nre mortally afraid of it, IsMieving that ithe brute contains tlio spirit of ai man. They attribute to it all sorts of feriK itles, like the carrying off of a. human being, who is permitted to return after being deprived of tcsi and finger nails. "Skilled hunters have never o1 served ntiy of these doings, but they testify to the brute's strength and ferocity. According to a French sportsman, a full grown gorilla can bite tthrongh a tree six inches thick In order to secure the sap, and twist a gun barrel with tlie swollen bunches of muscle that servo for arms.

His roar is terrir.ving, ami can bo heard for a distance, of three miles. "'I Miall never forget how the first one. impressed says the FrenclMiian, 'for I had a Ixid attack of shakes. The woods had Ikms filled some time with a barking roar, but I saw nothing until my guide. ciucKiti Homy, niMi iKiinted to a tree.

alongside which stood an immense male gorilla. There he remained, but twelve yards nway, boldly facing is, with his huge chest, muscular arms, fiercely glaring deejvgrey eyes, and a hellish expression, miti'l I niovett. "'At that he dropped to nil fonra and came six yards nearer, sitting tip to his breasts with his huge ADD UP THE GAINS. In consumption, as in other diseases, the results secured from continued treatment with Scott's Kmulsion come from the accumulation of many strength fists a defiance so tliat it sounded like an immense drum. His roar was most singular, beginning with a kind of bark an 1 deepening into a liass roll that literally rrsi mble I thunder.

The short hair on Ids forehead was twitching. hiH powerful fangs show ed tinplcasantly, and, feeling he wns about to attack, mil Incidentally Ix ing scare I green, I shot him through the In art. With a groan something human and yet brutish, he fell on his face, and diiil quickly, like a man. He measured five feet nine inches in length, his cin si was sixty two inches, and his arms spread nine feet. I was glad to have tlio Hpecimcn, but somehow after that mevcr cared to kill a gorilla unless be actually lnenaciil ST.

STEPHEN'S CHURCH. Is charged with stealing furs from his employer. John N. Pednrd is charged with stealing clothing from 1'inklesteln'g warehouse. Adoljilie 1 in got got into a.

row at Fannyst I'uring a pnrl meeting with a neighbor named Cole, an I 11, charge of nssault has been preferred against him. There are other cases to come up for trial whore the accused persons have been al'owed out on hail. 1 A Terrible Disease that Comes Un suspectingly, and When Unheeded It Drags Its Victims to Death. PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND HAS WROUGHT THOUSANDS OF CURES AFTER FAILURES OF Tiwlay kidney diwawn is as eom 111:111 jik rheumatism. Thousands of men jind nin ii living In faiicieil eur.ty have kidney tr mlile, in nomn 1111 Ih it must devolop from day to d.i.v and end in nth unlive wise and 1 jier treatment is at taken advantage of.

Have you any of Ik following H.Mnptoms. I'aeknche. fre pinit uriii atiiig. fluttering of th" heart, nail uniting, lnrs.li skin, fev ir. coated tongue, extreme thirs aiM tite.

acid bitter taste, i of iiiu in nftitr urination, sour stoiiirieli ilropeinl swcllinir. loim of niemir.v.wi niliiig nsatioris nnd con jytip itUm? If ex pi ric nee any of the r.vmptoms bgin nt mire with 1'nine'if l' iiry (Vinnicsinil, wh rh wl: ipikkly put to flicht all nymptorrm of Iis kidnej. It Is nature's tru r. nifdj, the only oik. you can rely up with orrtainty of cure.

Mr. M. Mnhr. nlrnr, of St. Jnhn's.

gratefully writ a follows "I mffrr terribly for twrn yeirn fr kidnei and dtirr eifia. I wiv down and r'ouhi I nt or se p. ablest ss Uten'VM to me. but no ol rp follow his work Happily. fr I a.l'i"l mei 'to ilm I'ame'n I ei re I eii p'y and the firt ileal.

rn. 1 1 me I haeiiei eijrlit h' ttlee and is well, npp'tit i a 'l Jind I am a as ever beiir I I'aine ry oni oun. to all." 1 TH? P.OTAI. TRAIN. thro inh ihe I n'M of r' H'firr of t'r'ip 1 Ire fo of ui fi Th i i emt of r1 r.

ir n. rc Tre 'xr r.a biMi ia fr I cij tx e'r i A WALKING STICK. Tha nr I illit 11 MMirla( PIN (rent llllil. A mulktiiii kluk invuabU i In le to i i)iiiiuii Jim tm walk, lor it tun u.M ,1 ynii in other Ways than in aiilinn your I'Ihricmi. Hun pimu you want lo lucihuio tho height, of a I ilT, churili ntceplo or annul 111 her lull obji't nnd tha un ahinra lint, ami theiefoin no alinrlnw In 1 ,0.1 Tho uulkmi; miik will nooo thu lr nssi.l )uu in tell it height.

Thin time take dutaiue. nine i feci from the obj.it whicU you wih tu measure, nnd in thu ground at th.tt point (irmly plant your itlck. Then move nloiig frma it In a ktmiKl't line until bv I.Mng (IniTn on mother cm ih the top of your ktiek mil the. top of the object to lie mea. Killed will to jour eve Imj on a line.

This will murk. Thia lives you threo pomtk ono where you laid down, two jour planted nick and) threa the nbierl to be iueurt, No the ilisinnco from tho point where you laid down to the htick ia to tlu: distance from the stick to tha object, to be measured us the height of the htick is to the height of that objeci. Thus, suppose the point you laid down is six yards from tho stick mid thirty six yards from the object, then the object ia six times the height of tlio sllrk. Now, the slick you know to lie threa feet hixh: the object measured is therefore approximately eighteen feet. People who live iniich in tho open, ns do ranchers and farmers, can generally tell tinm fairly nccurntely by tho sun.

nnd soiiie, iillhougri ths feat is Rcemingly more dillkull, ran tell time from the length of ths khadow thrown by tho aim. The shadow is, however, an easy way of determining heights. Tor example, suppose you wished to ascertain the height of a tree when walking. Tace the Khndnw of the tree inado hy the sun nnd then plant your walking slick and pnee its shadow. Aa many morn or less times its length as the shallow is will give you tho distance of shndow thrown by the sun.

For instance, suppose, the shndow to be threo times the length of the stick, then it is nino feet, for tho stick is three, nnd if yo then divide your pared distnnro of the tree's shadow by three you will get fairly near the nctiml height of the tree. 1 1 SEES WITH RABBIT'S EYE. Itemarlcrvle, Operation Bring! Bak Sl(lt an lowan. William Strickell of Clinton, Iowa, ran ace through the eye of a rabbit that has been inserted in the place of one he had removed. Recently Dr.

l'ntil Walker, to whom Strickell went in nn effort to recover his lost sight, put his patient under anesthetics, cut the cornea from the eye of a live Belgian hare, removed a leathery growth which had taken the place of the cornea of the blind! man's eye and inserted the rabbit's eye. The other day, when the bandages wero removed, Strickell said he could see light once more, and though tho ej'c is still inflamed, it i possible the patient will soon be ahlo to read. Strickell was injured by an explo sion in tho Klevudn mine, San Diego, tal. I ho blast destroyed tho sight ol one ej'o and caused a heavy film to) grow over tho other. He could not well enough tdi go about unassisted.

The fact, that ho cojld see light persuaded the physicians that tho retina was still sound, so tho operation with the rah bit's eye was performed. The grafted cornea wns stitched td the patient's eye with four stitches; after the removal of tho illm. Eartnwvrms. We are askod some Questions about earthworms, what their method ol propagation and several other1 things. Reproduction in tho case ot the earthworm is by eggs, which, are produced in great quantities, ths young incubated just as in tho cass of the oviparous snakes.

The worm, lives on dirt; that is, he eats It and manages to extract sufficient nutriment from it to enuble him to eat more dirt, in which respect bo is like some people. He is partial to rich soils and damp plnces, bores deep in the earth in a dry timo and as winter comes on and often takes a look at the old world outsidts st night after a warm rnin, He is a aavory food for almost all ground animals and birds, is almost the sole food of tho mole and is liked by fish of nil kinds as well as flesh fcnd fowl. He dovs a wonderful rorlc In mellowing, nitrifying nnd enrtrli ing tlie soil and, while among the very lowest of all tiod's creatures, uorensingly toils for ttvc good of all. If the boys and gir4 who read this will give an adult worm a careful examination under a good microscope, they will get a valuable lesson in nature study. reaell and ChlMl.

(Jeorge Meredith, the author. writing his autobiography. It Is will be ready in 1U03. Mr. (Jeorge Wade, the sculptor who is carving a statue of King Edward for Mudrns.

is a self taught man in nrt who has risen rapidly toj (list taction. Itrnnder Matthews, after eighteen! years of waiting, has finally elected a member of the London Athenaeum Club. He wns originally named for membership by Matthew nearly a score of years ago. Although Mnxime Gorki hns been known as a writer only eight yean, more criticisms have been devoted te him thnn to any Rusian author except Tolstoi. He is only thtrty thres) yeara of a Re.

was born in Nijni Novgorod, lost his father and mothen before he was nine veers old and set out to make his way in the world at a very early age. ttatlatlea Akeat the Lakes. The following figures obtained front reliable sources show tbe mean level of the lake surfaces shove the mesa tide at New Tork and their maximum lepths respectively: Lake Ontario, 246. Cl feet, 1Z feet deep; Lake Erie, CT2.84 feet and 210 feet deep; Lake Michigan, VH.CS feet 870 feet deep; Lake Huron, feet, 750 feet deep; Lske Superior. C01.78 feet.

feet deep. Tho deepest witer runt very fairly la mid lake throughout tbe chain. The area of water surface la square miles sccordlng to Cross nan's delineation Is ss follows: Lake Superior, 31.. J1: Lake Hiron. 23.

Lake Mlchl nn. 22.4.V); Lake Erie. Ls Ontario. 7.240. or a total srea of H0 square miles.

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