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IIome-Made Urmia Box.
Tliere is enough grain stored on every
farm to warrant the building of a grain
box, particularly when one can be built
for a very small sum and with but little
Itibor. Such a box is easily constructed
from dry goods boxes, using a number
of the same size to obtain the desired
capacity and setting them end to end,
fastening theni together or not as de
sired. The fronts are cut so as to ob
tain the proper slant and then a cover
Is made so that the box or boxes may
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TIIE HOME-MADE GRAIN BOX.
be locked if necessary. Divisions are
made in the Inside in accordance with
the quantity of each kind of grain to
be stored. The boxes are set on legs
about fifteen Inches high and ,eaeh of
these legs has an inverted cap of tin
placed on it near where the leg Joins
the box. These tins will prevent vermin
lu the shape of rats and mice from
easily climbing up the box and getting
at the grain. If desired the several
divisions may be lined Inside bo as to
make them more vermin proof. .The Il
lustration shows how simple this grain
box Is. Indianapolis News.
Seed Corn Breeding Pay.
Corn-breeding work, still in Its In
fancy, already has spelled profit for
many growers. Material Increases In
yield, due In large measure to plant
ing Improved tested seed, have been so
general that farmers everywhere are
adopting better methods of seed selec
tion. And other countries, noting what
has been accomplished by American
corn breeders, have taken steps to fol
low their example. Recently an Ameri
can seed-corn breeding company ship
ped 1,300 bushels of corn to the agri
cultural department of the Egyptian
government The same company has
also exported an order of 10,000 pounds
of seed corn to Australia, where it will
'be used In breeding work conducted by
the agricultural authorities of that
country. It Is to the corn belt of
America that the peoples of the earth
come for corn. Our corn crop Is the
envy of all civilized countries which
cannot or do not grow corn.
White Pekln Ducke.
The White Tekln Is a popular duck
which has a distinctive type especially
Us own, and differing from all others
lu the shape and carriage of Its body.
The legs are set far back, which causes
the bird to walk In an upright position.
In size these ducks are very large, some
leaching as high ns twenty pounds to
the pair. Their flesh Is very delicate
and free from grossness, and they are
considered among the best of table
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WniTE PEKIN DUCKS.
fowls. They are excellent layers, aver
aging from 100 to 130 eggs each lu a
season. They are non-setters, hardy,
easily raised and the earliest In matur
ing of any ducks.
Make It a point this summer to find
out some crop or vegetable everybody
seems to want, and that no one has
grown to any extent In your neighbor
hood, and grow'that yourself next year.
It Is quite possible to make a crop of
peppers, cauliflower, spinach or egg
plant or some other unusual thing, one
of the most profitable crops on the
farm. If the demand Is good and the
supply In your neighborhood limited,
the same thing Is often true of squash.
Along In the winter when fresh vegeta
bles are scarce, there Is always a de
mand In the city markets for squash,
Gulneaa.
The Guinea Is said to be a native of
western Africa and Is a very active
bird of a rather wild nature. The wild
nature of the beautiful fowls Is an ob
jection with many poultrymen. There
are two breeds of guineas, the pearl
and the white guinea. The pearl guinea
is of a wilder disposition than the
white guinea. Both breeds are about
the same size. The flesh of the pearl
guinea Is darker than " that of the
white, which makes the white guinea
preferable as a table fowl. Both breeds
of guineas are good summer egg pro
ducers. They begin laying in April or
May and continue to lay until late in
the fall. The pearl guinea Is very sen
sitive about having her nest disturbed
and often leaves the nest If a part of
her eggs ar removed. The white guinea
is not so particular about her nest and
will continue to lay In the nest If only
one egg Is left In It Our white guineas
often lay in the nest boxes in the poul
try house with- the chicken hens.
Guineas are valuable Insect destroyers
iney will eat Insects that the chickens
will not, such as the potato bug and
gooseberry worm. I noticed our guineas
picking the worms off the gooseberry
imsues and not a worm escaped that
lli'j guiueus could leuc-h. Tlu-v uiL-keJf
the worms off as high as they could
jump.
How to Girdle Grape Vlnen.
The girdling or ringing of grapevines
Is done to Increase the size of eni-h
cluster. It Is not done generally, how
ever, although some find the method
prontable. The bark Is entirely re
moved below the fruit cluster about a
month before the period of ripening
which hastens maturity about a week
or two and enlarges the bunch and
berries. The sap ascends through the
pores or tne wood to sustain growth,
but the elaborated sbd descends through
the wood and the bark and can go no
lower than the point at which th rir-
die Is made, where It stops and Is util
ized in reeaing the grapes. Some In
Jury Is done the vine below tha o-irriia
and hence it may not Dav on an eYtpn-
slve scale.
THE OLD-FASHIONED JUMPER.
Jumper to Break Colt.
A Canadian farmer says that thero
is nothing yet discovered so useful .n
breaking a colt In winter as the old
fashioned "Jumper." A Jumper Is sim
ply made of two saplings twenty feet
or more long, weakened about five feet
from the butt ends by shaving the ud-
per sides half through, so that the Doles
sag when the rider Is on the seat and
the colt hitched. The seat Is supported
ny rour posts and the horse is placed
far out in the shafts. A colt cannot m
over backwards with this. '
Good Tonlo for the Hog-.
If the hogs are growlne as fast nnd
doing as well as they can do, nothing
is needed in the" way of medicine. But
If they are a little off In anv wav. n
few doses of the following will straight
en them up.
Wood charcoal. 1 nound: sulnlnir. 1
pound; sodium chloride, 2 pounds; so
dium bicarbonate, 2 pounds; sodium
uyposuipmte, 2 pounds: sodium sul
phate, 1 pound : antimony sulnhlde.. 1
pound. Pulverize and thoroughly mix.
The dose Is a large tablespoonful for
each 200 pounds weight of hogs to be
treated, given once a day. The hogs
will eat tula mixed In their food, unless
very 111, when it should be Doured Into
them, mixed In water.
Great Goat (or Mohair.
The South African goat, Sultan.
sheared eighteen and one-half pounds
of mohair at one clipping. This Is the
record In this country and probably the
world's record. He was barred from
competition at the St Louis Fair be
cause Judges would not believe that the
molmlr then carried was grown within
the time specified by the rules. At the
Portland, Ore., Fair tie took grand prize
for the best buck. He is said to pos
sess wonderful prepotent power.
A calf kept winter and summer In
thrifty growth at 2 years will make as
much more beef than one neglectfully
kept at twice that age. The profit will
all be found on the 2-year-old and the
loss on the 4-year-old; yet owners of
the latter have pursued such system
if system It can be called with the
idea that they were saving money.
Keep the thrifty animal two yeara
longer In the same way, and something
very handsome In the way of beef will
be the result, while the starveling can
never pay tha expense of rearing and
feeding.
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SCENE OF FAMOUS SALON.
Hooae Where Madame neeamler En
tertained I to Be Destroyed.
The Abbaye-aux-Bois, In Hue de
Sevres. Paris. Is soon to be destroyed.
The ancient ahbaye, which will give
way to modern
apartment build
ings, is well worth
a visit as one of the
oldest convents in
Paris a religious
refuge, too, that be
came a Jail during
the revolution. Its
best claim to the In
terest lies In Its
close association
with tha raolrataA
mme. recamikk. Madanle Recamier,
with whose name it Is Inseparably con
nected. In the time of the restoration, the
abbaye, which then had been restored
to Its first use, was transformed by the
nuns Into a sort of pension, where wom
en of the upper classes retired to taste
the sweets of solitude and calm repose,
and there Madame Reeaniler, "the
friend of great men," came to retire
after her husband's ruin, and the death
of her friend, Mme. de Stael. Here It
was, too, that she held her famous
salon .the most envied In Paris where
Chateaubriand reigned as king and to
which all the Illustrious ones of the
restoration solicited the honor of being
received. It was In this historic salon
that Lamnrtine read his Premieses
Meditations, and that, as quite a young
man, Victor lingo was called ' sub
lime child" by Chateaubriand.
In 1848, the hostess of the Abbaye-aux-Bois,
who was then In her 73d year,
received a visit from a man still young,
but with slightly stooped shoulders,
tired features, steel-blue eyes thnt had
a strange look. This was Prince Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte, afterward Napo
leon III, who, Just arrived In Parts,
came to visit Madame Recamier, as one
of the celebrities of the capital. He
wanted to see at close quarters, even In
her decline, the woman who had be
witched with her beauty and charm for
two-thirds of a century.
THE OHIO GOVERNORSHIP.
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AN APOSTLE OF LABOR.
Geora-e E. McNeill, Worklnirmen'a
Chamrlon In New Enitland.
George E. McNeill, who died in Bos
ton, recently, was the foremost labor
leader In New England and one of the
most distinguished
men connected with
organized labor. He
was born seventy
years ago and In
early life become
identified with the
Sons of Temper
ance. Before at
taining his major!
ty he bad achieved
A ' roniltatlnn a a n
writer on temper- okokok e. m'keili.
ance, religious questions and politics.
He assisted in the organization of the
Workiugman's Institute, was president
of the Eight-Hour League and secretary
of the Sovereigns of Industry. He was
one of the organizers of the American
Federation of Labor. For a time he
was prominent In the Knights of La
bor and represented that body before
Congress. He ran for Mayor of Boston
on a labor ticket and was defeated.
Mr. McNeill did not confine himself
to the irksome task of poring over la
bor statistics, economics and kindred
dry subjects, but read widely the emi
nent English authors and wrote
thoughtful poems. His works, ."The
Labor Movement" "The Problems of
To-day," mid "Unfrequented' Paths,"
have been widely read by people Inter
ested in this vital subject of capital
and labor.
Mr. McNeill achieved much distinc
tion in the street car strike of 1885,
when he acted as arbitrator. In 1901
he was tendered a reception and ban
quet by the Twentieth Century Club,
when many prominent persons said
many kind words of the apostle of la
bor. He always mnde a proud boast
of the fuct that he carried a curd of a
lubor organization.
On the Spot.
A New York publisher directed one
of his clerks to bang out a sign, "Boy
wanted." Five minutes later, says a
writer In the New York Sun, a red
headed little "tad" appeared in tha
office with the sign. under his arm.
"Say, mister,' he demanded, "did yon
hang dls out?"
"I did," replied the publisher, stern
ly. "Why did you tear It down?"
Back of his freckles the boy gazed In
wonder at the man's stupidity.
"Why," he replied, "I'm de boy."
A Champion.
Ma Twaddles Tommy Twaddles,
what do you mean by cursing and
swearing In that horrible manner at
that little boy?
Tommy Twaddles Well, ma, he was
makln fun of our church 1 Cleveland
Leader.
Slightly Ambla-nona.
"It Is not true, is It that they are
going to try to float that stock on tha
market?"
"The truth. No ; It won't hold water."
Baltimore American,
Death Brtnara Abont a Far-Reachlnft
Chance.
Death baa brought about a change In
the Governorship of Ohio, which not
alone affects Individuals but parties.
In the election last
November John M.
Pattlson, former
Congressman, was
elected Governor
over Myron T. Her-
rick and was the
only Democrat cho
sen. But bis vic
tory was enough to
bring large benefits
to his party both in
the wav of annoint-
ANOREW U HARRIS. menU and the veto
power by which purely Republican leg
lslatlon could be thwarted. The stren
uous campaign, however, was too much
for Mr. Pattlson. He broke down and
when the time for his Inauguration
came he had to review the parade in a
glass cage specially provided. He grad
ually recovered and was filling his of
fice when a relapse came.
The Republican Lieutenant Governor,
Andrew Llntner Harris, has now be
come acting Governor and 'will serve
until 1909, enjoying all the emoluments
of the office, but being deprived of the
full title, Governor. He took the place
upon the ticket last year In response
to the united call of both Republican
factions. He Is a civil war veteran and
was Lieutenant Governor under Gov
ernor McKlnley.
Governor Pattlson was born on a
farm In Claremont County, Ohio, In
1S47, where his home was until re-
cently. At the age of 10 years he en
listed and served during the last days
of the civil war. He taught school for
funds with which to attend the Ohio
Wesleyan University and he continued
teaching while a student to pay his col
lege expenses. After he was graduated,
in 1809, he went west to write Insur
ance for the same company of which
he was later elected President While
JOHIf M. PATTISOJC.
writing Insurance he studied law and
was admitted to the Ohio bar In 1872.
At the end of ten years' practice he was
invited to enter his old Insurance com
panythe Union Mutual Life as Vice
President and General Manager. He
was elected President In 1891, and held
the office at the time of his death.
As a young lawyer he was put on
the Hamilton County (Ohio) ticket for
the State Legislature and he 'won, al
though that was a bad year for the
Democratic party. In 1890 Judge Ash
burn, representing the Clermont-Brown
district in the State Senate, died, and
Mr. Pattlson was elected to fill the va
cancy. His work In the Senate sent
him to Congress when Cleveland was
President By the time his term was
out a Republican Legislature had re
districted Ohio and his new district had
a normal Republican plurality of sev
eral thousand. He then took up his
work In the Insurance business.
For many years he lived at Mllford,
Ohio, a few miles from Cincinnati. He
married a Miss Williams, a daughter
of Prof. Williams, who held the chair
of Greek in the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity for many years. Governor Pat
tlson leaves a wife, a son, who has Just
been graduated from college, and two
daughters.
Altered In Repairing-.
A man In Chicago, says a writer in
Judge, found himself In the chair of a
strange barber, to whom his features,
although unfamiliar, seemed to carry
some reminiscent suggestion.
"Have you been here before?" asked
the hair-cutter.
"Once," said the man. .
"Strange I do not recognize your
face." ,
"Not at all," said the man. , "it
changed a good deal as it healed.'
A Great Bargain.
"Gwendolyn Porkpaeker certainly got
her title cheap. She made that Italian
count take only one hundred thousand
dollars for marrying her."
"Angelina Ollgusher did better even
than that She got an Austrian prince
to mark down his coronet to ninety-nine
thousand dollars and ninety-eight
cents." Baltimore American.
There li at least one .thing to be said
to the credit of the men: They do not
vUIt their kin much.
A PRETTY MILKMAID
Thinks Pe-ru na Is a Wonderful
Medicine,
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MISS ANNIE HENDREN. !
.Mies Anuie tienuren, Kocklyn,
WaBh., writes:
"I feel better than I have for over
four years. I have taken several bot
tles of Peruna and one bottle of Mana
lin.
"I can now do all of my work in tha
hoiiFe, milk the cows, take care of the
milk, and so forth. I think Peruna is a
most wonderful medicine.
"I believe I would be in bed today if
I had not written to you for advice.
I had taken all kinds of medicine, but
none did me any good.
"Peruna has made me a well and trap
py girl. I can never say too much lor
Peurna."
Not only women of rank and leisure
praise Peruna, but the wholesome, use
ful women engaged in honest toil would
not be without Dr. Hartman'a world
renowned remedy.
The doctor has prescribed it (or many
thousand women every year and he
never fails to receive a multitude of
letters like the above, thanking Lim
for his advice, and especially for the
wonderful benefits received from Pe-rnna.
Monaleur Hyde.
"M. James Hyde," says the Paris
Figaro, "the exceedingly rich American
who appertains to the most high society
of New York, comes from commanding
at Paris a carriage electric. It Is to
the French industry that M. James
Hyde is addressed himself for to hava
the most comfortable, the most commo
dious and the most elegant of the vehl-
cles of the city." Translated by Har-
oeri Weeklv.
Ide Ltchta on History.
Ths Hessians at Trenton had .nrr.n.
dered.
"Ah. well." thev said, "thint m..k
more disastrous it might have been if we
bad had to make a hurried retreat !"
Later, as if to verify their wnrrl.
the Hessian fly.
TERRIBLE TO RECALL.
Five Weeks in Bed With
Painful Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Mary Waener. of 13R7
Ave., Bridgeport, Conn., says: "I was
bo weakened and
generally run down
with kidney dis
ease that for a long
time I could not do
my work and was
five weeks in bed.
There was contin
ual bearing down
pain, terrible back
aches, headaches
and at times dizzy
spells when every
thing waa a
before me. The passages of the kidney
secretions were irregular and painful,
and there was conniHr.hii .oi.-
-J couiliJVUb
and odor. I don't know what r
have done but for TWn'a v,a d:u.
- -.. i 1110.
1 could see an improvement from the
first box, and five boxes brought a final
cure."
Sold by all rinalnra Rn . i
- v i.. c 1 1 1 a n uox.
FoBter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Carl Schnra.
No Other mi
v CiSu uirm ever
showed such fine command of the Ene-
llak In. . ..
uUSuuBo or usea u so lellcltously.
A man who objected strongly to his
DOlitlCfl hllf flimti-Ail hi- i i ,
".ucu uia isienis as a
writer once said : "I wish Mr. Schura
couldn't write so well; I could hate
nlm V-a---i fl T -e . .
. ucnei. ia 1011 uari schurz vis
ited Boston to make a speech against
- j . "uuer, wuo was running
for Governor of Massachusetts. While
arguing on the question of the resumo-
payments, an issue that
was Dammnnnt at
umi iime, Mr.
Schurz likened "Inflation" to a balloon
filled that had carried the American
llB iee, At tnat tlm
made use of the following expression,'
which bronc-ht tho im ..
" .uiuicusu auuienca
that greeted him to its feet: "We hava
Placed our feet on solid ground .gala
and wa propose to keep them there."