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THE LUTHER REGISTER
View of Elwood Haynes' pioneer car at Smltlwontun Institution, Washington.
D, C. This w«» made In the humble home of Haynes at Kokomo, Ind. It was
the Drat mechanleally-aucccssful automobile mude In America, and was built
27 years a«o.
FIRST MILES OF
BIG IMPORTANCE
Greatest Care in Handling of Car
Called for Until Parts Have
Worn In Somewhat.
ENGINE DEMANDS ATTENTION
Make Thorough Study of Instruction
Book and Familiarize Youreelf
With Every Grease Cup-
Drive Intelligently.
T?>e dealer has Just left yotir new
ear at the door, and you Invite the
family to go for a short ride. Doesn't
the engine sound powerful and quiet?
Your teats all are met satisfactorily,
and you realize that It means mm,
flowers and red blood and that It will
pay Its cost In health for you and
yours. But—ore you Interested In
your car's health? I)o you Intend to
keep It fit from the start? Of course
you do.
After the first trip take n wrench
and go over every nut and bolt on the
ear to make certain that all are tight.
The engine parts should get especial
attention, for a defect here will result
In misfiring and poor carburetlon.
Make your Inspections frequently for
the first 1,000 miles, until the cur will
have worn in somewhat.. Then you
can relax your vigilance a hit.
Study Instruction Book.
Make s thorough study of the In-
struction book. Ix>ok at the lubrica-
tion chart and familiarize yourself
with the location of every grease cup
and oil hole. Then see that ail nre
kept filled properly. This will Insure
against worn parts or scored* bearings
and, Iprtdentally, allow you to learu
the lubrication system thoroughly.
When an automobile is built the en
fine has been run hut little, and the
parts are fitted tight to make them
snug after the stiffness has worn off.
The car will not show much speed un-
til these parts wear In. So don’t ex-
ceed 25 miles an hour until your
speedometer registers 1,000 miles. By
so doing each part will “find Itself"
and you will be perfectly safe In ex-
ceeding SO miles an hour. If you force
a car before it has obtained the 1,000
mile* it will resu’.t In a noisy engine
and premature repairs.
Drain off the oil every 500 miles
•nd replace It with fresh. You will be
■urpriHod at the quantity of grit and
dirt that comes from the crank case.
The bearings and pistons throw off
small particles of metal which, unless
you remove them with the old oil, will
work Into the bearings and cause
trouble. Perhaps your engine will
show a tendency to overheat when
new. Don't let this worry you, for Its
merely the friction caused In wearing
off the rough surfaces of the engine.
Drive intelligently and Just give her
plenty of oil and water, and soon the
trouble will disappear.
Remove Looeeneee.
Every now and then the new car
should be Jacked up, the wheelg shaken
and the looseness removed. As the
bearings become accustomed to their
work the need for adjustment will go
away.
Be careful of your gasoline adjust-
ment on the dash. Do not leave It
"rich" any longer than Is necessary,
for this results In an extra amount of
gasollue getting into the engine, which
will, of course, thin the oil.
The body cleaning should he done
very carefully for the first month or
to. Use a simple flow of water with-
out spray or force. If you dou’t the
finish will he marred. The longer you
drive without unnecessary cleaning,
the harder the varnish will become.
DIFFICULT TO DRIVE SCREWS
Trouble May Be Prevented by Apply.
Ing Beeswax to Relieve Friction
Which la Cause.
When driving acrews Into hard wood
breakage Is a trouble frequently en-
countered. This may be prevented by
applying beeswax to the screw, as this
relieves the Intense friction which Is
the cause of breakage.
Pipe Joint Cement.
A mixture of ten parts of Iron filings
with three parts of chloride of lime
mixed to a paste with water makes
an admirable pipe Joint cement. The
mixture Is applied to the Joint and
the clamp and becomes solid In twelve
hours.
Hard Soap la Handy.
Leaks In the gasoline line are not
only annoying, but they may he posi-
tively dangerous. They should be re-
palred without ■ moment's delay when
»re discovered.
Keep Up Compression.
Modern cars are equipped
with electric self starters and do
not have the crank handle In-
stalled. Without a crank han-
dle It Is difficult properly to test
the compression of each cylin-
der. Oftentimes n motor Is run
with poor compression because It
Is too much trouble to attach the
crank handle and test the com-
pression of each cylinder. If the
compression of each cylinder Is
not kept up to standard there Is
bound to be more or less of a
pound In the engine, which Is
injurious to all the working
parts, and especially to the
bearings.
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GATE WORKS AUTOMATICALLY
Dsvlce Drops Across Road While Red
Lights on Posts Are Dis-
played and Bell Rings.
To reduce the too-heavy toll of ac-
cidents at railroad crossings which are
not guarded by gatemen a western In-
ventor has developed a set of gates
made of heavy woven wire, which au-
tomatically drop across the road on
Spring Gates for Railroad Crossings,
Which Drop Across the Road While
the Lamps on the Posts Light Up.
either side of the tracks, when a train
approaches. The gates slide In posts,
cupped with red lights ; a warning bell,
also, Is provided. A single electric mo-
tor drops and raises the gates. They
nre spring suspended In such a way
that an auto running Into them care-
lessly, would be little damaged.
AUTOMOBILE
gossip M
Any dent or bend In a rim should be
corrected as soon as discovered.
• • •
The speed limit for automobiles In
Japan la from 20 to 30 miles an hour.
• • •
Driving more carefully will do a
great deal toward lowering deprecia-
tion.
• • •
The holding down nuts of the cylin-
der head should be tightened periodi-
cally.
• • •
The average sales of gasoline In Lou-
isville, Ky., dally are placed at 60.0U0
gallons.
• • •
The proper time to examine push
rods is when the engine Is still hoi
after a ruu.
• • •
Europeans claim that In America the
Incentive behind the sales of i)0 per
cent of the automobiles Is woman.
• • •
One cause of Insufficient lubrication
In the bearings Is found In obstructions
In the grooves In the bearing holder.
• • •
Montevideo, the capital and chief
city of Uruguay, takes more than half
of all the autouiobileu imported Into
that country.
• i •
Iron rust eats Into canvas very
quickly, and for this reason rims should
be examined and cleaned a few times
each season.
• • •
Two parts of Iron or steel that have
become rusted firmly together may be
separated by soaking them for several
hours In a mixture of one-third lubri-
cating oil and two-thirds kerosene.
• • •
This la the time of year when own-
ers of new cars need to be reminded
that more barm may result to the ve-
hicle In the first 500 miles of running
than In all the rest of It* life.
• • •
Glance both ways on each cross
street, and If you're not on the main
thoroughfare slow down before you
cross. It’s safest to drive alowly
enough to have the car well under con-
trol where buildings hide the Inter-
sect lug streets.
• • •
When the drive wheels of a car ars
looked through breakage In the differ-
ential or In the universal Joint, the car
can be placed in position to be towed
home by removing the keys that hold
the rear wheels to the axles, allowing
Uit wheels to turn freely.
AVOID WASTE AT
THRASHING TIME
Many Little Leaks Result in To-
tal Loss of Many Millions of
Bushels Each Year.
MACHINES NEED ADJUSTING
Estimated Total Saving In Dakotas,
Minnesota and Montana Placed at
21,903,600 Bushels—Tight-
Bottom Wagons Best.
Probnbly the most Important Indi-
rect means for Increasing production
Is the avoidance of waste. This should
be borne In mind with regard to wheat
at thrashing time. Tills operation
should be conducted with the greatest
care, and measures should be taken to
see that as little grain as possible is
lost or allowed to escape through
faulty operation of the machines or mi-
wlse methods of thrashing. This year
there Is a particular necessity for a
more enrefnl hnndllng of the grain In
the fields and In thrashing to Increase
the production.
Observations made by specialists of
the United States department of agri-
culture show that a surprising amount
of wheat Is wasted In the thrashing
operation. In North Dakota, for In-
stance, the average waste a day on
about 26 per cent of the rigs In opera-
tion was 14.03 bushels for each rig.
After testing the machine and making
adjustments this loss was cut down to
4.03 bushels a day. or a saving of 10.60
bushels, with a total saving of 1,000.-
000 bushels In the entire state for the
season.
More Than 21,900,000 Bushels Saved.
In South Dakota the testing and re-
adjustment of the machines effected a
saving of 13.3 bushels a day on 18 per
cent of the machines tested, or 1,500,-
000 bushels for the stnte. In Montana,
through proper adjustment of the ma-
chines and avoidance of waste, the sav-
ing on 15 per cent of the rigs was 700.-
The Blanket Test—A Waste of 8 Pints
of Grain Out of Every 2H Bushels
Thrashed Reduced to 1 Pint After
Readjustment of Machine.
925 bushels for the senson ; and in Min-
nesota. on 32 per cent of the rigs,
1,000,000 bushels. The estimated total
saving for 21 states In which the work
was carried on was 21,393,000 bushels.
This movement should Interest both
thrashermen and farmers. The thrash-
ernian by means of the tests is better
able to check up the work being done
by his machine and enn turn out more
grain a day. which means more money
both to himself and to the fanner.
After the faults of the machine are
once located and corrected It Is nn
easy matter to check up occasionally
and keep the machine running with the
least waste.
The farmer can save a great deal of
grain by the following methods: Bak-
ing the shock rows: using tight-bottom
bundle wagons for shock thrashing: by
a careful and thorough clean up around
the machine and the use of a large
canvas spread on the ground under the
feeder to catch the grain which shat-
ters out in the process of feeding and
that which leaks out around the front
end of the machine. As to raking, the
scatterings along the shock rows. In
Wisconsin one field of 22 acres gave
a yield of 185 bushels. In Oklahoma
90 acres gave 110 bushels In one case
and In another 70 acres gave 55 bush-
els. Oklahoma reported a saving of
5,063 bushels for the raking of scatter-
ings on 141 farms. Kansas reported a
saving of 1*4 bushels nn acre, and Illi-
nois one-half bushel an acre.
Tight-Bottom Wagons Prevent Waste.
The use of tight-bottom bundle wag-
ons In North Ihikota saved between
600 and 800 bushels In thrashing 2,000
acres. In Wisconsin It la estimated
that 280,000 bushels were saved by
tight-bottom wagons. The Idea of
using the canvas on the ground under
the feeder not only saves grain but
saves time on the clean-up, and should
certainly be considered by both thrash-
erroen and farmers.
A very definite notion of the amount
of grain wasted about the rig may be
had from making a so-called blanket
test. This consists of spreading a
sheet of canvas or other suitable cloth
about 18 by 24 feet In area convenient
to the stacker of the thrashing ma-
chine. A man is stationed on the top
of the machine near the weighing de-
Splendld Pasture for Stock.
Sudan and cow peas will make a
splendid pasture for cattle, using 15
pounds of sudan aud one bnshel of
peas per acre.
Cutting Clover Hay.
Cut clover hay when about half the
blossoms are brown. Cut It as soon as
the dew Is off In the morning.
Appearance of Sudan Grass.
Sudan grass In appearance La very
, similar to Jobnsan grass.
rice. Immediately after a trip of the
weigher, drop the hood, so that all the
straw, etc., passe* on to the sheet
Allow the straw to deposit there until
the weighing device trips five com-
plete times, Indicating that the ma-
cAJue baa thrashed 2V4 bushels. Use
t fork to winnow off the straw from
the canvas, shaking as much as pos-
sible for any wheat that may be In It
This leaves a mass of small particles
of straw and chuff and wheat on the
sheet. Use the screen to sift off the
small particles of straw and put
through a fanning mill to blow out the
chaff, leaving the quantity of wheat
that has been wasted. Measure this In
pint measure. One pint gleaned In this
operation might be considered unavoid-
able waste; two pints, poor operation,
to be corrected at the earliest opportu-
nity: and three pints or more wasteful
practice, and the machine closed down
until Improvement Is obtained.
Watch Machine Closely.
In the middle West, where more
moisture prevails, the adjustment of
the machine should he watched closely
throughout the day. In the morning
the grain Is apt to he moist and not
easily shelled. If the machine Is ad- j
Justed to overcome this condition it
should be readjusted In the afternoon
to provide for the dryer condition of
the grain. If not so adjusted to meet i
the changing condition grain will be
wasted.
Thrashing Is looked upon generally j
as a very distasteful operation. This
fact Is to blame for waste In many In-
stances. The farmer Is anxious to
have it over with and speeds up the
work as much ns possible. Haste
makes waste In thrashing In many
ways. Care should be taken In pitch-
ing from the wagon. If the machine
is fed too fast or carelessly, It can-
not function properly.
Probably more grain Is wasted from
failure to clean up at the end of a
setting than from any other single
cause. Just as much care should be
taken In cleaning up all the un-
thrashed straw and loose grain that
has accumulated around the machine
ns has been taken with the rest of the
Job. Even with the best of care a con-
siderable amount of unthrashed straw
will accumulate around the feeder In
the course of the day’s work. If the
straw Is very dry much grain will shat-
ter from the heads as It Is being
pitched from the wagons or stacks onto
the feeder.
COST OF 1919 WHEAT
ABOUT $2,15 BUSHEL
COSTLINESS OF HUMAN NEGLECT IN
CARE OF TUBERCULOUS BROOD SOW
Healthy Pigs Kept Under Sanitary Conditions Are Better Able to With-
stand Diseases.
They were only pigs, but the man-
ner In which they were handled illus-
trates the costliness of human care-
lessness*. The story of how they lost
their lives Is worth the telling be-
cause the United States department of
agriculture believes that similar
carelessness constantly endangers hu-
man lives.
The story begins with a Florida
fnrmer who recently sent a load of
hogs to market. Upon post-mortem
examination by a government Inspector
at the slaughter house where federal
meat Inspection Is maintained a
large proportion of the swine were
found badly nffected with tuberculosis.
To locate the source of Infection re-
sponsible for the condition, the fed-
eral bureau of animal Industry—
which among Its other duties aids
states In eradicating tuberculosis—be-
gan an Investigation.
Found Source of Disease.
Tests of the Florida farmer's live
stock showed no tuberculosis among
the cattle, but four of his brood sows
reacted when tested, showing that
probably they were diseased. De-
termined to find the source of this dis-
ease, the history of the hogs was In-
vestigated. The trail led to New
Orleans, where it was learned that
two of the sows had come from Iowa,
one from Illinois, and one from Maine.
The federal Inspector In charge com-
municated with the Iowa breeder from
whom two of the sows had been se-
cured, and who was a veterinarian.
He was Induced to apply the tuber-
culin test to his drove of hogs. There
was n large number of "reactors” In
the pens, all of which, on post-mortem
examination were found to be tuber-
culous. On the same farm there was
a herd of cattle that had passed a tu-
berculin test several years before, but
had since been on a show circuit, where
they ware associated with untested
stock.
Upon applying a retest to find the
source of infection several of the cat-
tle reacted. When slaughtered they,
too, disclosed lesions of tuberculosis.
Here Is how the malady had spread
to the diseased brood sows on the
Florida farm: As pigs they had been
fed on the raw inllk from the Infected
herd of cattle In Iowa.
Evidence Summed Up.
Summing up the evidence. Dr. J. O.
Fish, federal Inspector, states: "The
point I wish to make Is this: That the
milk or by-products that produce tu-
berculosis In pigs would produce the
same disease In babies uslug the same
milk.”
The trail of Infection Is now be-
ing followed to Illinois and Maine to
locate and. If possible, stamp out the
disease at the other sources. In the
case mentioned the tuberculous stock
menaced Florida. There is no way of
telling what state might he endan-
gered the next time. The United
states department of agriculture ad-
vises the greatest care In purchasing
breeding stock and It states that even
then before any animals are brought
Into direct contact with a healthy herd
they Rhould be kept In quarantine un-
til known to be free from Infectious
disease.
Production Study Made by De- FOOD PRICES DEPEND
partment of Agriculture. LARGELY ON SUPPLY
Fourteen Representative Districts
Were Visited by Field Men in
Making Investigation—481
Records Were Taken.
The cost of producing wheat of the
1919 crop was as low* as $1 a bushel
on Just two farms out of 481 Included
In a cost of production study just com-
pleted by the United States depart-
ment of agriculture. On 20 farms It
was $5 or over. The bulk of the
farms produced wheat at a cost some-
what less thnn midway between these
two extremes. The average cost per
bushel for all farms was $2.15. At
such a price half the farmers In ques-
tion would have lost money on their
wheat.
Fourteen representative districts In
the wheat belt were visited by the
field men of the office of farm man-
agement In making this Investigation,
u preliminary report of which has Just
been issued. Nine winter wheat areas
were surveyed In Kansas, Nebraska
and Missouri, and five spring wheat
areas In Minnesota, North Dakota and
South Dakota. For winter wheat 284
records were taken, for spring wheat
197.
In the winter wheat area costa
ranged from $1 a bushel for two farms
to $8.20 on one farm. The average cost
was $1.87. If the price received had
been $1.87 more than half of these
winter wheat growers would have pro-
duced wheat at a loss.
In the spring wheat areas the aver-
age cost was much higher—$2.65—
the range running from $1.10 for one
farm vo $5 or over for 17 farms. If
the price received had equaled the
average cost, between 50 and 55 per
cent of these spring wheat growers
would have failed to break even.
Yields averaged 14.9 bushels per
acre for the winter wheat farms, and
8.4 bushels for the spring wheat
farms, and the cost per acre $27.80 for
winter wheat, as against $22.40 for
spring wheat.
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Lbwest Prices Reached After
Heavy Shipments Begin.
Careful Study of Market Conditions
Should Enable Fairly Good Judg-
ment to Be Made of Outcome,
Experts Say.
The man engaged In either selling
or buying perishable produce will do
well to familiarize himself with the
usual course of the market In such
lines during a season. The natural
market course, according to market-
ing experts of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, Is somewhat
as follows:
It starts high with active movement
even for the Inferior stock, because
the demand has the sharp edge of
novelty and appetite. The price grad-
ually declines and poor stock becomes
harder to sell as the supply increases.
Lowest prices arrive soon after the
heaviest shipments begin, and a glut
may occur, especially If many sections
are shipping at once and there Is
much poor stock. Then, w’ith a de-
creasing suppiy, prices advance,
sometimes recovering much of the
early decline, but usually not reach-
ing the opening prices, because de-
mand Is far less keen at the end of a
long season. If the last of the ship-
ments are Inferior, as happens fre-
quently with many perishable crops,
the senson may close at or near bot-
tom prices.
The common or natural market de-
velopments do not always take place
as might be expected. Quite fre-
quently superior quality of the main
crop or absence of general competition
; will bring higher prices In mid-season.
Unexpected shortage may cause the
reserve stock In storage to sell at high
prices at the close of the season, es-
pecially the less perishable crops like
potatoes, onions, apples, cabhnge, etc.
Careful study of crop shortage, sup-
ply and shipment should enable a
fairly good Judgment to be made of
the outcome. However, quickly per-
ishable short season crops, like straw-
berries or melons, nre very irregular,
so It Is difficult to form a reliable
market Judgment of them.
Make plantings of vegetables for
early fall use.
• • •
Baled hay and straw should bring a
good price this year.
• • •
Keep the tractor under cover, even j
In the months of little rain.
• • •
Spraying Is necessary to control In-
sect pefts and to prevent blight.
» • •
Peas and oats should be cut for hay
when the peas are well podded.
• • •
Clover Is ready to cut for seed when
most of the heads have turned bnnvn.
• • •
It la the dealer's business to label
all seeds as to purity, germination and
presence of noxious weeds.
• • •
Sunlight in the poultry house Is a
good disinfectant; hut the careful poul-
trytnan will not rely on sunlight alone.
• • •
Sudan grass Is an annual, and will
grow to a height of from 3 to 0 feet If
allowed to grow the full season. It is
also good to cut for hay, If planted
alone.
• • •
It's true you can’t do much along
this line, but whenever you can sell
direct to the consumer you have
helped to Scotch the high cost of mid-
dlemen.
better sires as an asset
High Grade Steer, Drees Out Higher
Percentage of Beef Than Is
True of Scrubs.
In a rnront circular, “Better Sire,
for Virginia." the following statement
appears: The question which the
farmer la asking la not "Can I afford
to use a purebred buliT" hut "Cun I
afford not to uae onef The point
raised Is directed principally at the
replacement of Inferior beef sires with
good purebred,. High grade steers,
the circular explains, dress out a high-
er percentage of beef and a larger
part of It Is In the region of the ex-
pensive cuts than la true of scrub
■teers.
Plan for County Fair,
rian and work for a good exhibit
of fruits, flowers and vegetables at
your county or state fair. Preparing
and exhibiting for prlr.es is a good
method of learning something about
your crop.
Trying Time for Horwes.
Harvest is one of the most trying
times of the year for both horses and
man on the farm, for there la a never
ending amount of work to do In order
to save the cropk
VALUE OF BETTER BREEDING
Striking Example of Improvement Ob-
tained by Use of Purebred
Sire In Georgia.
In support of the “Better Sires—
Better Stock” campaign. Milton P.
Jarnngin. animal husbandman of the
Georgia Stnte College of Agriculture,
has furnished the United States de-
partment of agriculture with the fol-
lowing striking example of Improved
breeding:
At fifteen months of age a heifer
from a native scrub cow, sired by a
purebred Shorthorn hull, weighed 610
pounds. Its nlne-vear-old mature ’dam
weighed 605 pounds. Although the
heifer was but a half-bred Shorthorn
It quickly exceeded its dam in weight
because of better breeding.
FEEDING STOCK IN TRANSIT
Animal* Must Be Unloaded and Cared
for If Destination Not Reached
Within 24 Hours.
When the distance Is such that a
livestock shipment to destination can
not he made within the time provided
under the federal 28-hour law, ani-
mals must be unloaded, fed. and wa-
tered. The railroads which have the
heaviest long distance shipments pro-
vide feed-in-transit stations for this
purpose at Intervals along their lines.
Railroads which do a small livestock
business often nre without feed-ln-
trnnsit stations, and the shipper pat-
ronlzlng these lines must make his
own arrangements for feeding and
watering.
Live Stock
Noties
Change of pasture will often pre-
vent a change In the robust health of
the sheep flock.
• • •
There Is a steady and growing de-
mand for lamb In the hotels and res-
taurants of all cities.
• • •
Hogs should weigh about 200 pounds
or more when they reach the age of
eight to twelve months.
• • •
Lamb Is the most healthful of all
the meats. It feeds daintily and picks
out the choicest herbage.
* • •
The raising of sheep for wool alone
Is no longer profitable. There must
he a market for the meat as well.
• • •
Every grade and scrub sire that Is
discontinued for breeding purposes In-
creases the demand and price of pure-
bred sires.
• • •
The outlook for horses of the heavy
draft type Is bright. The demand In
Europe at the present time Is paid to
be enormous.
• • •
Rape may he the cause of sores on
the ears or bodies of pigs. These may
he avoided largely by not turning In
the animals when the rape plants are
wet.
• • •
Sheep have heen called the sheet
anchor of British prosperity. They
are found on almost every farm there.
• • •
The care-taker of the brood sow
should be a close observer and a good
Judge of the animal’s condition and
needs, and know how and what to do
for her.
* • •
For years we have had no trouble
with the once dreaded foot rot In
sheep. The dry pastures seem ta be
n cure for this trouble even when It
does exist
DADDY! EVENING
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MWEE.J
AN INDIAN BIRD.
"I’m an Indian bird,” said Mr. Ad>s-
tant.
“So am I," said Mrs. Adjutant
“Do you suppose creatures know
what that means?" asked Mr. Adju-
tant.
“I’m sure I don’t know," said Mrs.
Adjutant. "I don’t really know just
how much creatures do understand of
the nnimuls and of the birds and of the
creatures who walk on four legs or two
legs, besides themselves.
"Of course, no people walk on four
legs, but they walk on two legs. And
people haven’t wings, which we have.
I know quite a lot about them, yoo
see."
“I see you do," sold Mr. Adjutant.
"But what I wonder Is just how much
do they know?"
‘"I wonder, too," said Mrs. Adjutant.
"I wonder particularly If they know
one thing,” said Mr. Adjutant.
"What Is that?" asked Mrs. Adju-
tant.
"I wonder If they would understand
what we called ourselves. I wonder if
they would," said Mr. Adjutant
"Do you mean you wonder If they
would understand what our family
name meant?" asked Mrs. Adjutant.
"That Is partly what I wonder. In
fact, I wonder Just what they de un-
derstand about me. And also about
you," he added.
"I wonder," he went on, “If they
know that not only are we called the
Adjutant family, but we are alao
called the Marabou family and that we
are a kind of stork.
"I wonder If they know we’re birds
and that we’re tall as some people.
"We’re about five feet In height la
our bare feet."
"What?" asked Mrs. Adjutant.
"When did we ever wear shoes and
stockings, I’d like to know?”
"Oh, I was Just saying that so folks
would understand. I was Just explain-
ing that we were about five feet In
height. You see, most creatures
wouldn’t know that. They would have
to he told.
"And people ore always saying how
tall they are In hare feet and .stocking
feet, aud how tall they are In their
shoes. For their shoes add to their
heights, naturally."
"Naturally," agreed Mrs. Adjutant,
"Yes," Mr. Adjutant went on; "I
wonder about all of these things. I
wonder If they know that our wings
are very large indeed, that they can he
Tell a Few Facts.
spread way, way out? That Is another
thing I wonder.
"And ns I wonder I like to tell a few
facts about myself.
"And at the same time I like to t*ll
a few facts about you, too."
"Thank you, thank you," said Mrs.
Adjutant.
"And," said Mr. Adjutant, ‘Tin now
coming to my most Important won-
der."
"What do you mean by that?" asked
Mrs. Adjutant.
"I mean that I’m coming to the thing
I have heen wondering about most of
all.
"I wonder if, when I said I was nn
Indian bird and when you said that
you were. If people would think wo
were like birds of Indians who possibly
lived in tents and sat around great
fires and who carried tomahawks.
“I hope they know that when I said
we were Indian birds that I meant we
were birds who came from a country
called India."
"I Imagine they would know that,”
said Mrs. Adjutant. "For a good many
animals and birds belong to onr coun-
try. So you needn’t wonder about that
any more.”
"One wonder less," said Mr. Adju-
tant. "Do you suppose they know that
we could eat a delicate little rabbit or
a cat whole—not the way people cat
an egg, for example, a bite at a time,
or the way they eat bread or whatever
else they do eat?
"We eat our food whole.”
"Perhaps,” said Mrs. Adjutant, "the
less said about that the better, as I
believe the rabbits and the pussy oats
nre better known and better liked than
we are."
"It’s hard to believe," said Mr. Adju-
tant, "when one Is an adjutant and not
a rabbit or a cat.”
"It Is hard to believe," agreed Mrs.
Adjutant. "Very hard, Indeed," sin*
ended.
What?
First Scout—Say! What Is It that
you can put In a barrel and the morw
you put In the lighter It gets?
Second Scout—Don’t know.
First Scout—Holes.—Boys’ Life.
Clock Without Hand*.
One of the cleverest of foreign
clocks now common among the ex-
doughboys who had the opportunity
to go shopping abroad, la the clock
without hands. It In nowise resembles
the ordinary clock with round fare,
hut Is made with two groups of clev-
erly arranged clusters of celluloid
leaves. The leaves In one cluster
turn every hour—In the other, every
; minute—so It takes hut a glance to
see the exact time In plain Arabic flg-
i ores.
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