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SIUKY Of THE MAN WHOM SYSTEMATIC EXERCISE HAS MADE TOO STRONG.
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Hie pin" of preventing gates from
wine shown in the illustration, is
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of the let SP(1- Jt nns tlle merit
being cheap and decidedly effectual.
ill be notlceu rroiu me urawing,
cmnlr In tlif prninwl twn
spools mo -
1t or more, anu me ma sei inro a
Yivyslll. This is best done by mortis-
die sill, uotn posts anu sin snouia
L ffen covered with tar to prevent
,pld dceny. on tins sin is men Dunt
'nil of stones to within eight Inches
foot of the surface of the ground,
4 on this wall is laid a heavy piece
I studding which is spiked to the
osts. In the absence or stones, braces
BRACES FOR A GATE.
Id heavy studding may be run from the
Jtottoin of each post next to the sill up
the top piece of studding; the stone
lull, as suggested, makes the stronger
llrandatlon. Built in the manner indi-
Idted, the gate will work for years
Irithout sagging. Indianapolis News.
FRnailna; Hogs for Bacon.
The demand for bacon hogs, a streak
of lean and a streak of fat, is increas
ing yearly. Consumers are less in
clined than ever to eat fat bacon and
their demands must be met If one de
lta to make the maximum of profit
i hog raising. True, the demand for
heavy hogs is great and will continue,
but such animals do not bring the
1 prices that are had for the bacon
tog. Little has been heard of the
Tamworth, the Ideal bacon hog, of
Ite and mainly because breeders have
found that the bacon hog is more a
matter of proper feeding than of breed.
The Tamworths seem peculiarly sult
fd to feeding for bacon at the lowest
cost, though any breed can be properly
fed and at comparatively small cost
For the growing pigs a ration of
two-thirds oats and one-third corn
a good results. Bran combined
with skim milk or whey with ground
W is a good ration for older hogs,
ie milk to be increased as the fat
tening period Is begun. Probably the
mail ration for the bacon hog after
K la half grown Is corn-meal, oats, and
trley mixed with skim milk. This
furnishes the desired streak of lean
nd streak of fat in the bacon and
Jives us an animal of medium weight,
which will bring a good price on the
A Swing Stanchion.
A stanchion which will swinar stde-
and not fnrwnr1 nnrl hnnlr hna
ten asked for by a subscriber. The
WINO STANCHION AND STALL.
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can be nmdo. This is an ordinary
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blook "wing stanchion, witu
"M Oil tlll flout, nnil rrnm tlm nrnua.
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tt iinove 0I Mich side, to prevent
will n Vanl nnd bnck T1,la
tb U t0 l,10ve "Idownys. Rather
K to this trouble, why not tie the
1116 ly the neck Farm and Home.
P. Gradln May.
'aroiers will iinH .mru tn
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Iu lu j ui iiarvesx nine, ijui
th d'ffercut kindq, of qualities by
""utcs, where they can be had as
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h I'anicuiariy uesirauit?
dairies me kept and the best Is
I tor the C3W8, 0n fmni8 where
Cf of hfty 18 6Ccured, early
tonm ot Course- o' the utmost
cdianKe' nBd whcrevex rightly prao
'tin tlto cuKtora of eorly har"
S will be founi best, 6ay a
In almost any section the be di
for sowing crimson clover is tolw ,t
during the ,at cultlvatlon
or, ir necessarv to i-o, u ,
nake an extra cuU.vo" w
a 11 d i W lf the weather T,Tt
and, if possible, obtain American-
re Ao T PmmdS f t0 the
August, and even in stations where It
s d( m Wl,U,Cr k"1S !t X bei-
t.me of sowIn8 to frost time to be
worth all it cost for plowing under In
be spring. The writer has a ,t 5
tit y for flve years t0 a I
iL l ? nnd 01,,y tlle last
the work successful; yet we feel that
the portion turned under in the spring,
hlch passed safely through the win!
ter, was worth to the soil all it cost
A friend was telling me a day or so
ago that when a boy he -lived near
Old Long John" Wentworth, of Chi-
iBu. wno at one time kept a number
of sheep on his lands near that vll
Inge.. He said that once when he had
some of them killed by dogs he had
his help go round and see some of tho
dog owners and they all reported that
they "kept their dogs in the house "
"Very well.'i says John, "it may be
wolves, and we'll put out poison," and
he did so, but got dogs galore, as they
were up against the deadly stuff In
the middle of the night, when they
should have been In their accustomed
places holding down the bed clothes
to the feet of their humane owners.
"Old John" went further, and if the
wolves were in it, got them also.
Catching a young one, he put it with
some dogs having the mange, inoculat
ing it thoroughly. He turned it loose
and it wasn't long until they, too, were
"good" dead ones. Upland Letter la
Indiana Farmer.
Cheap Wny to Pnbsoll.
Have your blacksmith make you an
Iron foot from an old wagon tire, in
shape as you see in cut. Bore a small
holo through beam
44- in your two-horse
plow, behind where
the upright joins
beam, at A, also,
have a fork made
in the brace, so one
hole through the beam will be suffi
cient. Then have a clamp made, B,
with threads cut on each end so you
can tighten; this clamp to be placed
Just in front of cross bar between han
dles. By using iron wedges you can
set to any depth desired. Use a 7 or 8
inch shovel on this foot as you would
on common single stock. W. T. Oliver
In Epitomlst.
The Pest of Wild Carrot.
The wild carrot is causing the farm
ers a great deal of difficulty. It is in
creasing in many sections. In a bulletin
issued by the Maine Experiment Sta
tion it Is stated that as this weed is a
biennial plant, if it can be prevented
from going to seed for a term of two
yer.rs, it will be eradicated. This would
mean mowing it as often as it came
into bloom, two or three times in the
season. Some have been quite success
ful in killing it out by pasturing the
fields with sheep. Cows do not like car
roty hay. Horses will eat it, even if
containing a very large proportion of
the weed. But it injures health and
spirit if fed to excess.
Savins Tomato Feeds.
Discard large, gross fruits, which,
although they contain a number of
seeeds, generally produce a large pro
portion of rough tomatoes. Having
chosen good specimens, squeeze ont the
seeds into a vessel, and stand in a
warm place. In a few days the mass
will have undergone fermentation, and
pulp and seeds will have separated.
Cleanse thoroughly by throwing the
whole into a large basin and adding
water, skimming off the skins and pulp
and any seeds which rise to the sur
face. Afterwards dry the seeds in the
sun, sprinkle with sulphur and store in
a dry place.
Philippine Gardening.
Recent attempts to raise garden veg
etables In the Philippine Islands have
met with brilliant success In the case
of eggiilant, tomntocs and peppers,
while beets, turnips, lettuce, endives,
anwil fill il radishes do fairly well.
n'tiior kinds wore tried without
much success. Ornpes and some other
c.tta nrnmlse well, and mere is some
hope for new Industries In cotton, Jute,
and coffee.
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T A iVnli ett. dnirrmnn. Utah Agri
cultural College, has recently sent out
warning to the butter makers of his
Slate against a "dairy shark" who Is
disposing of a process whereby he
claims the yield of butter Is Increased
from CO to 100 per cent in excess of
that made In the ordinary manner.
Same old fraud that bobs up now and
again. All farmers and dairymen
should leave all such fellows and their
"process" alone. Dairy and Creamery.
I'm growing weak I must take
some systematic exercise.
Why, I feel like a boy again.
SONQ OF THE DERELICTS.
From ocean to ocean we wander,
From, polnr to trouicnl tide;
Alone, nnd forlorn, and' forsnken,
The wraiths of our time-faded pride.
Through the tumult and surge of the
tempest,
Wave beaten and bnttered we churn,
The ships of no name and no haven,
The ships that shall never return.
Boston Transcript
T A ROMANCE OF ACADIA.
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VANGELINE WEST was rid
ing on an errand of grave im
port but stopped long enough at
the foot of a steep declivity leading to
a babbling brook to give her tired
horse a long cool draught of the clear,
swirling water before he forded the
stream. He was a livery horse, hired
at the railway station, no other means
of rapid conveyance being available. .
The young woman was home again
after several years of absence, during
which she had improved her time and
opportunities, and she was glad to re
turn to her native heath, the land of
Evangeline, the Acadia of her heart
She looked far up the woodland brook
with a fond appreciation of its en
chanted beauty. Evergreen trees,
pendent willows, silver birches nnd
graceful elms fringed the banks,
speckled trout leaped and splashed un
afraid in the sparkling water. To
complete the symphony a single musi
cal note at intervals pierced the odor
ous silence, the call of the bell-bird to
its mate.
"Oh," cried the girl, longing to hear
a human voice, "surely
This is the forest primeval,
In the Acadian land on the shores of
the basin of Minns.
"Here, too, is Evangeline, but where
is her Gabriel?"
"At your service," said a strong,
masculine voice at her eur, startling
her so that she dropped her bridle
rein over her horse's head. She turned
and saw a man in clerical garb, ono
of the traveling preachers of the prov
ince, and looked at him ungraciously,
annoyed at lis quick application of
her impromptu question addressed
solely to herself. Giving him a cool
nod. she attempted to secure her ori
dle, which was entirely beyond her
reach. Her horse, feeling Its free
dom, sprang forward, fording the
brook with a rapid bound and gallop
ing up the further side at a pace that
nearly unseated his rider.
It would have served her right if
the new Gabrirfl had left her to her
fate, but after a lapse of time enough
for him to observe her plight and as
she thought angrily enjoy It ho rode
up gently, not to hasten the speed of
Evangeline's horse, and caught the er
rant bridle and restored it to her hand.
"Peter Grant at your service," he
fin id. touching his bat stlffiy. "I am
' on my way to visit a very sick wom
an. Pardon me," and with a leap his
horse shot ahead and was gone.
1 "He knows how to ride a horse if he
is a minister," thought Evangeline.
"Peter Grant! Why, we were school
mates, but he has forgotten me."
Then she urged her horse forward,
for she. too, was going to see a sick
woman, her dearest friend, Aunt Mag
uriA. who bad been ailing for some
That's rieht we start out llcht nn
easy
Three weeks of this bas certainly
made a new man of me.
time, and she had been delayed and
had heard no tidings for some days.
But such is the power of hopeful youth
to look on the bright side and throw
off dark foreboding that she found her
self wondering how Peter Grant had
succeeded In changing his trouble
some red hair of their school days to a
bronze brown, and what had become
of the freckles that had marred his
face as a youth before he went away
to the college at Wolfvllle.
'I must ask Aunt Maggie about
him," she concluded. "He's a good
looking sort although he did not prom
ise much in the old days, and he
knows how to ride and he did not
recognize me that pleases me."
A few more miles of hard riding
and Miss West reached a farm-house
of the old Acadian type, with flfty
year mosses on its unpointed roof and
a well sweep of antiquated pattern,
picturesquely adorning the yard. An
other horse was picketed there, and it
saluted her with a whinny it was the
animal Peter Grant so vigorously be
strode. "Oh!" she cried out in sudden
alarm, "can it be possible that Aunt
Maggie is the very sick woman he
was coming to visit? I pray that I
may not be too late!"
As she hurried into the kitchen she
found it filled with women of the type
of many of Aunt Maggie's' neighbors,
and a murmur of strange unmusical
voices saluted her unwilling ears.
They had never in their lives had a
chance to peer Into the cupboard of
this house before; Aunt Maggie was
not of their sort, and to Evangeline
their presence savored of sacrilege.
They all started at the stylish figure
in the tailor-mado costume, and they
failed to recognize Vangle West.
"How is she? My Aunt Maggie is
she very ill?"
"Jest alive that's all. Tho preacher
he's up there now be you her sis
ter's gal what she brung up?"
"Yes, yes. Whnt room is she In?
Oh, takes me to her. It Is so long
since I was here I feel like a stran
ger." "What honderod ye from comln
sooner, miss?" asked a rasping voice,
which Evangeline remembered as be
longing to a layer-out of the commun
ity. Threading her wny through the
crowd, the girl sought the room where
her sick relative lay, a strange sound
of monotonous singing leading her
thither. There, tossing and delirious,
lay the sick woman, burning with fe
ver. The room was crowded with
neighbors women who gathered at a
death with the scent of hawks, yet
who felt each of them that theirs
was a religious duty. There, too, was
Peter Grant lining out n hymn, which
was only sung to the dying. As Evan
geline entered they were chanting mo
notonously these hopeful lines:
"For while the lamp holds out to
burn,
The vilest sinner may return."
Women with corrugated brows and
nasal tones sang the words In a weird
discord, to which the preacher added
a robust and melodious bass.
Evangeline held up a vigorous hand
and bade them stop.
"Don't you see that she Is far too
ill for this sort of thing? All leave
the room, please, and let her have air.
I will take care of her now."
"She should be permitted to make
her peace with God," the Rev. Peter
Grant spoke, partly from habit and
A ...v,.
i, " suujn'll""u'"
Oh, don't bother me with a little
thing like that Get a boy to carrT
them out, lf you don't want to.
Minneapolis Journal.
partly from conviction. He knew who
this young woman was now, and dui-eu
to combat her aggressive action.
"She never had any failing out with
Him," Evangeline said reverently,
"but now that you know who I am
and why I am here, you will leave her
to me. I am her nearest relative, but
more than that I am a trained nurse
and thoroughly familinr with fever
case. Where Is the doctor she surely
has medical care?"
"He has given her up," said one of
the retreating women, with a sly satis
faction. "Given her up! How dared he? And
why do you speak of such a possibility
before her?"
"Oh, she doesn't sense anything
that is said now," complained one of
the cronies, taking a reluctant depart
ure. The preacher. took himself off with
the others, but he gained a reluctant
consent to call the next day to learn
how the sick woman was doing. He
did not really expect to find her alive,
and his slow, well-regulated faculties
received a healthy shock when Vangie,
Ideal in her nurse's gown and white
cap and apron, Informed him that she
had moved the sick woman from the
south room to the north room, from
which the stuffy carpet and obstruct
ing furniture had been removed.
"I have telegraphed for ice and a
modem doctor, and she Is drinking
cool spring water, and is better al
ready. Have you never heard of Aunt
Maggie's goodness and charity to all
who need help and consolation how
she brought up a poor orphan child,
gave her a home and the love of a
mother, teaching her the value of
right living and unselfishness? I was
that child. And I am not going to let
her die not yet."
"And may I not see her again?"
"Oh, yes. You may come and
preach the gospel of cheerfulness to
her when I think her strong enough,"
nnd Evangeline gave her would-be
Gabriel a wicked little smile, that the
man not the minister understood
perfectly. It certainly is wonderful
how that rascally god Cupid delivers
his darts regardless of time and place.
Chicago Itecord Herald.
Hho Had to Have It Oat.
"What do you know about women?"
asked the thin young man.
"Nothing," nld the fat man with
the lmid head.
"I guess I don't, either, and I have
been married three months, too. Yes
terday my wife asked me how I liked
the dinner. She does the cooking, you
know." '
The fat man didn't know, but he
nodded.
"And when I began to pratoo the
dinner she began to cry and said she
feared I loved her only for her cook
ing." "Oh," said the fat man, "she had a
cry coming. That was all." New
York Times.
Tribe Are Ilelatett.
Mr. Jochelson, chief of the Jcssup
North raclllc exploring expedition,
states that the tribes which he studied
In Siberia poBwnsscd characteristics In
common with the Indians of North
America.
Own Half tho Hhlp.
Nearly half of the 17,701 eteamshlps
and 12,182 sailing vessels La the world
are Brltl&h.
rarmer.