w. j' Good WaKon Jack. A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer thinks that the trouble with many wagon-Jacks Is that they are Inclined to tip toward the end of the lever, if the ground is a little soft or uneven. Another fault is that it takes the greater part of a man's weight to raise a heavy wagon because the lever is made too short. In this wagon-jacK the lever is made long. It projects a foot beyond the bolt, which Is the ful crum, at I. The advantage of this is that the lever does not have to be raised or lowered at I, for the front and hind axle. The base, E, comes well out beyond the end of the lever, A, so there is no tipping over the end of lever. With this wagon-jack one can WAGON-JACK. lift a toa and a half; can take off a wheel with a big load on the wagon. It requires no blacksmith work to make it. The only Iron about It Is a bolt at I, a bolt at D, and a strap-binge at B. The rest is all wood. When to Bprny. The first spraying should be done early lu the spring before the buds open, and It must be done thoroughly. The second should be done after the trees are through blossoming, while the third may come In to twenty days later. The fourth spraying is due about three weeks later. A tree Is sufficiently sprayed when the drops of the mixture are seen hanging from the branches and leaves. Many orchard trees be sides spraying need a thorough scrap ing, as In the case of the elm trees. Then the brush and other waste mat ter, including all dead leaves and rub bish, must be removed from the grounds and burned. Do not leave It near the trees or In' the roadway, for the eggs deposited therein will hatch In the spilng. If there are dead trees or bad ly diseased ones here and there in the orchard cut them down and burn them. M. Goldman, Incubator for Knrly Ch'cks. However resolutely a breeder may re solve to do without incubators, he can not very well dispense with them If he wants the very earliest-hatched chicks, Any one who has tried to get a hen to sit stendlly early In spring for suffi cient time to hatch out the chicks will know that It Is impossible. The brood iest hen after two or three days on the WBt will probably leave the eggs and go to laying agnlu. Yet it Is necessary to have the chicks hatched early, so that they begin laying next fall ln-fore the Cold weather comes, In which case most of them, if well fed aud given a warm, light room, will continue to lay through the winter. Fu flower. In 1842 a Itusslan farmer named BokarelT conceived the Idea of extract ing oil from the seed of the sunflower. Ills neighbor told him it was a vision ary Idea and that he would have his la bor for his pains. lie persevered, how ever, aud from that humble beginning the industry has expanded to enormous proportions. To-day more than 7,000 000 acres of land iu Russia are devoted to the cultivation of tho sunflower. Two kinds are grown, one with small seeds, which are crushed for oil, aud the other with larger seeds, that are consumed by the poorer people lu enor mous quantities. Farm, Field and Fireside. Serve a Double Purpose. The cut shows a hotbed that is built agalust the south side of the poultry house, serving all through the winter as a sunny scratching place for the fowls. These are shut out at the ap proach of spring and the hotbed start- nvruicn AS A rotlLTRV MUX. ed. About the time the plants are started the fowls will be getting out upon the ground, while all through the deep snows of winter they will have an exceedingly sunny space to run. Make the hotbed large euougn to give suffi cient scratching space. The room can well be utilized with early plants lu the sprlng.-Anierlcan Agriculturist. Farly Weeds. There are many different kinds of weeds and some of them start off early la the spring, almost before the frost leaves tho ground. It Is the early weeds that five tho farmer the most trouble. IMIl, ...WH,. n. If the land was plowed last fall cross plow It the coming spring, and then barrow or cultivate It as often as can be done until time to put in the seed. Every time the land Is cultivated more weeds will germinate to be killed and the more weeds that can be destroyed before the regular crop starts the few er there will be to combat later on. The Bite of a Uog. There Is great danger of blood poi soning if a hog bits the flesh. There is no poison In the hog's teeth as there la In the fangs of a poisonous snake. It is rather the poison which comes from the saliva, as the hog is a very indis criminate feeder and not at all cleanly. When a hog Is made angry the amount of this saliva Is greatly Increased, and the danger is greater. Even a slight contusion from a hog's tooth should be promptly washed out with some anti septic. Dilute carbolic acid, one part of the acid to 2,000 of water, is good and always a reliable antiseptic. Some should always be kept where It can be handily procured, to put on cuts or outside Injuries received on any part of the body. It will greatly hasten their healing. The Hull of Oat. All who have fed oats know ' that there is the greatest difference In their feeding qualities. It is largojy depend ent on the character of the hull. It has been thought that black hulled oats had not only a greater amount of hull, but that it was also coarser and rough er than white hulled oats. But there aro some comparatively new varieties with white hulls that are as coarse and rough as barley hulls. Most new kinds of oats originate In cold or at least cool climates. If they are also moist, as Ireland and Scotland are, the hulls will be large but not rough. The roughest hulled oats have their origin in Nor way, Sweden and Russia. Too Good to e a Farmer, - The cause of the scarcity of agricul tural students goes about as far back as total depravity. The trouble doe not begin In the college, but In the kindergarten. Almost as soon as the boy goes Into school he finds a school ma'am who tells him he is too good a fellow to be a farmer. If be is bright he must go to college and be a minis ter. So he goes to a classical college, and In just about sixty cases out of 100 turns out a nonentity. It Is to be feared that some of the teachers In the agri cultural colleges exert the samo Influ ence as the schoolma'am alluded to. Orange Judd Farmer. To Keep Milk Clean. Wishing to keep my milk as clean as possible, says a Hoard's Dairyman correspondent, I got the tinner to make a cover for the pall, which I have found answers the purpose very well. The cover fits the pall closely, so as not to be easily jarred off, has a slightly convex upper surface and has two tubes about an Inch and a half in diameter and three or foui PAIL COVKB. Inches high extending upward. The tubes are placed about two Inches and a half apart aud about the same dis tance from the edge of. tho cover. The milkman holds the pall between his knees, with tubes of the cover on the opposite side from him, and milks with each band directly Into the tubes. Making Clay Land Pay, A rundown farm of any kind of soil Is bard to reclaim, but if the soli be heavy it probably has much unused fertility, that only requires thorough working to develop. Almost all clay soils have a surplus of water, and they mist be undordralned before any suc cess can be made of them. It Is a good plan, after laying a tile drain, to fill up half the depth of the ditch above It with loose stone. Through this the water will run Into the tile, and each year, for at least ten or fifteen years, the area of drained soil on either side will be extended. , Fmallest Tree. The smallest tree in the world is the Greenland birch. Its height is less than three Inches, yet It covers a radlua of two or three feet. F-heep shearing. Cull out the poor rams. Keep a good dip near at hand. Arrange to sell your feeders early. Have salt constantly before the sheep. Ho thoroughly posted on the market before shipping. Culls which are not fat should not be shipped to market. Dou't feed corn but twice a day. Too much Is worse than too little. Be certain that there are not ticks or lice ou the sheep. Be sure that tho water supply for the flock Is out of reach of the frost, and Is pure. A close watch should be kept by feed ers that there are no signs of scab la the flock. To fatten lambs they should be kept In pens which will not allow of a groat amouut of exercise. There should be a thorough Inspec tion of the feet of every member of the flock, and the proper trlmmlug should be uoue. MOLLY IN THE CHOIR. In blaze of golden sunshine, Sabbath morning sunshine gay, Laughed a girl with hair all glory, Jresh young face and eyes of gray, Head uplifted, red lips parted, Caroled she of faith's desire, Sang she with a voice of heaven That was Molly in the choir. In a flood of chastened glory, Great white light from out the West, Stood a woman, loveliest, fairest, . In her face her soul expressed. With a voice that pierced the stillness, ' Chastened sweetness rising higher, Sang she with a voice of heaven That was Molly in the choir. In the gloom of winter, beating 'Gainst the pane fierce storm and sleet, Stands a woman, sorrow-laden. With a face resigned and sweet. Still that voice that rises clearly Thrills all hearts with holy fire; Well she's used her gift from heaven That is Molly in the choir. American Farmer. A HUNDHED- - DOLLAR BILL. HELF ELP me think. I have got to do something. I feel so so responsible," Peggy said to Mabel, who answered, sticking out her chin: "I do hope,' Peggy Cray stiaw, nobody else won't never die and leave you a hundred-dollar bill. You ain't good for anything In the world since your father brought it home." "If he had just taken It with him!" Peggy sighed; "mother wanted him to, but he said it was safer here. As if anybody would think of picking pock ets at a wedding! And they won't be back until almost midnight. It's ten miles at least to Cousin Fanny Gor ham's." . "I never saw a hundred-dollar bill. Let me look at yours if you know where It is," Mabel said, almost pens ively. Peggy gave her red skirts an airy flirt, saying: "Of course I know where it is. Do you reckon they would not tell me, so I couldn't get It first thing if the house should catch Are?" "I thought maybe they hid It until they could buy you those two cows with it,"' Mabel answered, meekly. Peggy smiled, but said, aust'erely: "Mother said I must not be vain and purseproud, and I don't mean to be; but it will be nice to have $1,000 all my own when I'm 21. And father says he will give me the keep of the cows for the calves, so the milk and butter in eight years will make me a nice little fortune " "Oho! You're like the milkmaid over In he back of the spelling book," Mabel broke In. Feggy grew very sober. "It's thlnkin' about hey makes me- so un easy," she said. "Suppose something should go with the mouey. You know In the story books something always does happen to the mouey, when It is left at home with nobody but girls to take care of It." "You surely ain't 'fraid of robbers?" Mabel laughed. "There never was one in the county, father says. Nor tramps neither " "You never can tell what's going to happen," Peggy said. "Anyway, I'm goln' to get out the mouey, and we'll study up where we'll put It, so it shall be perfectly safe." ' "Why! It's just like any other bill. I thought It would be ever so big," Mabel said, as Peggy unlocked her fa ther's desk, touched the spring of the secret drawer nud drew out a bit of crisp green paper. Together they spread It flat ou the desk and traced the figures with eager, happy fingers. "You see It's hundred all right!" Peggy said, with a note of triumph which she tried vainly to Biibdue. Mabel squinted at It critically. "If I was you I'd pin It tight to my unilerl)ody,' she said, "then it couldn't get lost, and nobody could find It." "That won't do at all. Of course, rob bers would look In our clothes first thing, after they didn't find It In the desk," Peggy answered. "Besides, we're goln' in the orchard for a basket of sweetings, and It might work loose." "Oh, I know where it'll be safe! Let's put it under Seraphlne's new face be fore we sew It ou. Nobody In the world would ever find It there," Mabel cried. Teggy heard her almost with envy. Seraphlne was her biggest doll, a stout, bunchy rag damsel, who had a nfew staring, clean, white countenance every year of her life. If the bill, neatly folded, made her face somewhat bloat ed, as Mabel said, nobody that ever lived would guess the reason for it. Peggy added, "We mustn't put her away in the closet, or a drawer. That might moke the robbers thluk we'll Just throw her there ou the window seat, where we can keep an eye on her, aud we will look like we hud been play ing with her and had dropped her." "Yes," Mabel nodded, "and If any thing comes we'll pick her up and slip out to the orchard. They never can find us If we get up high where the leaves are so thick In the tops of the trees." "Let's go there right now! I'm apple hungry," Peggy said, reaching for the basket. Mabel picked up Seraphlne, but Teggy said with emphasis, "Mabel Bert, Is that all the sense you have got? Suppose we met the robbers right at the door as we came back? They'd know right off we had a reason for lugging Seraphlne around!" "They'd just think we were fond of her. I am!" Mabel said stoutly, cud dling Seraphlne and smoothing her red skirts offectlduately. But Peggy snatch ed the doll and flung her against the window seat with a resounding tbunip, then banged the door behind her jutl ran with Mabel for the apples. They were gone only a minute at least It seemed so to themselves, but when they got back a tall man hallooed lustily at the gate. "Say! Come hero, jou young misses! Are the people at this place all deaa or asleep? My name Is John Dutch I've come twenty miles to fetch 'Squire Crayshaw that Ally he said he'd buy last week." "You'll have to come in and wait, Mr. Dutch. He won't be home for ever so long," Peggy said, hospitably, setting open the door. Mr. Dutch shook his head. "Can't wait," he said, but got down from his horse and led through the yard gate a haltered filly, the very prettiest thing on four hoofs Peggy had ever seen. The filly pulled back, then nipped at Dutch as though angry, but when Mabel ran up to her she put down her dainty head to be stroked. "She is mad with you because you made her come too fast. See how her flanks heave," Peggy said. Dutch smiled oddly as he answered: "I had to come fast. I am bound to go back to-night, and the days are short now. Say, miss, didn't your father leave the money for me? I can't well go with out it the filly, you see, Is just partly mine, and 'tother fellow's a cross-grained chap that don't trust anybody." "He didn't leave any money at all but my hundred dollars," Peggy said, try ing to speak carelessly. Dutch laughed again. "Funny!" he said, "but that's Just the price of this beauty. She's worth double, but I well, I don't like to be partner with a skinflint. Suppose you buy the beast, seeln' the 'Squire ain't here and then tell him If he wants ber, why! he must give you two hundred." "Oh, Peggy! Don't!" Mabel said eagerly, but Peggy frowned at her. "Don't you mind her, Mr. Dutch," she said. "Of course, I'll give you the money. Father must have forgotten you were coming, but I won't make him pay me quite two hundred. That wouldn't be fair would it?" "Anything's fair in a horse trade," Dutch said. "But let's finish our bar gain.1 I must be movln' fast. Get the money, please, while I write a receipt." "In just a minute," Peggy said, lead ing the way to her father's desk. As Dutch sat down he looked apprehens ively over his shoulder through the open door, and said almost In a whis per: "Make haste." Hand in hand, Peggy and Mabel ran to find Seraphlne. Seraphlne had van ished. Yet the room was undisturbed, the windows fast, the door securely latched, Tipsy, the white kitten, sleep ing peacefully beside the fire. The children looked at each other, awe struck, then began to cry. Dutch dart ed In to them. "If you've been fooling me you'll be sorry for it," he said sav agely. "You had that hundred dollars I know It I know about your aunt's will. Give It to me. Quick! Quick! Do you hear? I'm bound to get away." "Hardly when you leave a stolen filly plain to view," a man said, step ping behind Dutch and seizing both wrists. Dutch struggled bard, but was promptly knocked down by the Sheriff and bis deputies, who had been hot on the trail. "I really thought better of you, Hankins," the Sheriff said, as he snapped the handcuffs on bis prisoner. "It Isn't like you to botch things thia way. I suppose, though, you have grown careless as you had stolen sev en horses and got away with them, you thought you'd make the riffle with the eighth, no matter what you did." "How did he get my hundred dollar bill? Make him tell. Make him give It back. He stole it while we were In the orchard," Peggy cried,' shrilly. The Sheriff looked significantly at Hank ins. Hankins shook his head. "I came after It," he said, defiantly, "but sure ns I'm In these bracelets, If it's gone, somebody else got it. If I had got It, you'd a-never caught me. The stock's dead beat I'd a-left It and struck for the railroad. I knew you were not two miles behind." Search proved that he told the truth. When the Sheriff had taken him away, Peggy and Mabel ransacked the prem ises. They looked under the beds, in every drawer and cuddy, the kitchen closet, the woodshed, even the pigeon house, the chicken coop and the pump shed. "I don't believe it could have got to the barn," Peggy said despair ingly, "and the cellar door Is locked fast and tight," Mabel added, through sympathetic tears. Still they searched spasmodically, with no appetite for anything but sweetcake, until 'Squire Crayshaw and his wife came home from the wedding. They brought a great bundle of goodies, the sight of which consoled Mabel to such an ex tent that Peggy said, between sobs: "I wouldn't sit there and gorge Iced pound-cake, Mabel Bert, If you had had lost your whole fortune." Just as she said It there came a queer lumbering pit-pat on the kitchen stairs, which ran up in one corner and led to a low, dark closet. Peggy and Mabel had looked it through as best they might by light of the stable lantern, turning Inside out everything but Bose'a box bed beside the warm chim ney, In which Bose himself, most wag gish of shepherd puppies, lay curled into a fuzzy ball. Bose was coming down the stairs now, moving sldewlse, with something scarlet and heavylsh In his mouth. At sight of his master he tumbled down the last three steps, dashed across the floor and laid the something at his feet, wagging his tall aud looking up, as if for a word of praise. 1 "Why, It's Seraphlne! lie carried her off to his bed!" Mabel screamed. Peggy bad her arms about the puppy's neck. "Oh, you darling! You saved my huu dred dollar bill!" she cried. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. When a woman has mashed potatoes for dinner, It Indicates that she has worked awfully hard: potatoes have to be peeled and boiled and mashed, aa they don't come In cans. There Is always a quarrel going on as to which Is the more fickle, men or women. Both are so fickle that they fthould be ashamed of themselves. C. 0. APPLEGATH, S run hi.o outtc WITH ILVIHrilLO.. APPLEGATH & PRASIL FASHIONABLE FURRIERS Sealskin Garments a Specialty CMODIUNO AND RIPAISINO AT MODCKATI PRICES All WORK QUA ANTECD OTTO SCHUMANN , x MANUFACTURER OP Honuments and Headstones Estimates furnished on all kinds of Marble, Granite and Building Work. : i Drawings made by description. No. 204 THIRDSTREET, NEAR TAYLOR, Silver Medal Awarded at Portland Mechanics' Fair - I have a plant of pneumatic tools, . times in ten that is the trouble. It you will A. N. 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