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Turn flattery wrong side out and you
i
A«ve slander.
Pay as you go, but try to save enough
to get back on.
Why wait until a man's
■peak well of him?
dead to
Should the chauffeur lie arrested for
scorching on a hot day?
If women were allowed to vote, the
best looking man would win.
Boasting of their strong points Is a
weakness with some people.
Ever notice how narrow-minded most
people are who argue with you?
article that the professional woman
has proved a failure. Official data
show that woman has entered into coin
Iietltlwn In practically all the callings
and occupations of men, and in indus
try, at any rate, her "emancipation”
Is now complete. Yet, according to
Mrs.’ Newell, "she lias not made good.”
She has disappointed her champions.
It «eeina that she cannot "stand alone,
successful unanxlous, upon her own
work.” Almost nowhere In high places
do we find women, and now, as in the
pre-etnauclpatlon era, “men are the
great financiers, cooks, teachers, man
agers." The Indictment 1» sweeping
and supported by few facts, What is
the writer's test of success? Freedom
from anxiety? In that case few men
succeed. The occupation of high places?
There are few such places In any call
ing and only a few can reach them.
■The great majority of men must needs
tie satisfied with modest work and mod
est measures of success. Have women
failed as physicians and Burgeons, as
managers of hospitals and clinics and
sanitariums? Certainly not. In the
medical profession women stand very
high, though they have had nothing buz
indifference and opposition from most
men and most women. In teaching men
have almost been superseded by wom
en, and the latter are not regarded as
failures in education even by those
who would like to set* an Increase in
the number of men in that profession.
In letters, in the fine arts, In the thea
ter, on the opera and concert stage
women are succeeding marvelously. It
is unnecessary to name the great wom
en singers, the great actresses, the
pianists and violinists of the fair sex.
It would be equally superfluous to
make a list of women novelists, essay
ists, poets, critics, etc. To say that the
women have no Shakspeare or Beetho
ven or Michael Angelo among them Is
to repeat an overworked and hack
neyed argument that proves nothing—
or too much. II qw many men of such
genius have there been In history?
Have women had sufficient time and
opportunity to demonstrate that first-
rate work Is beyond their powers? Mrs.
Newell herself says that "if brilliant
women got half the mental assistance
from husbands and brothers that many
men get from wives and sisters,” It 1»
probable that she would be called upon
to dwell on their success. What, then,
becomes of the assertion that the pro
fessional woman has failed to make
good?
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RAM S MORN BLASTS.
“lie llluela
IludilliiK
sometimes desirable to bud or
chard trees at a time when cleft graft
ing can not be done. The work call be
done In late August, September and
mly October. The purpose of budding
trees Is very much the same as that
of grafting. The apple, plum and rose
bush particularly, may be operated up
on to advantage and with good results.
The work of budding can be done by
n sharp, round-pointed knife and a
piece of yarn. Usually the best results
follow by selecting a place where the
branch Is from % to
Inch in diame
ter, nnd where the bark is smooth and
healthy
With the rounded part of
the knife cut lengthwise of the branch,
lust through the bark, a slit about 11-j
inches long, and at the top of this
slit cut across about % inch, as shown
at a. Next remove from a branch
of the same season's growth of the de
sired variety one of the strong, healthy
TTo black t.topberrj ?»*■ it« pe<NiV»rl-
t!*s,-.aiid among tliei*» is that *»P eh'-
anntial travel to new »*1? by means of
the tip*. StiK’ks.froiu ♦ n> hill are corn-
paPntlvely worthiest for new planta-
lions; and growers of valuable varieties
must obtain their plants from the til»»
of the present year's growth. The first
part of July, if it has not been attend
ed to sooner, when tlie growing canes
have reached the height of 4 feet, nip
out the point with thumb and finger,
and soon branches will come out along
the cane, increasing the numtier to take
root, and adding to the productiveness
of the plant the next season. Leave
the bearing cane in its place until fall.
Later, when it Is time for the tips to
attach themselves to the soil, the root
ing can be facilitated by a slight cov
ering of dirt, In preparing for the
crop in spring head in the branches to
two or three feet, according to their
strength.
Note* < u III iik tl«e W Icked
to Heiieiitnuee.
Faith takes the
step from the crea
tion to the Urea-
The truly re
fitled man is lie
has
been
who
purged from the
dross of self
The hope of im
mortality Is man's
morning star and Christ his full orbed
day.
1 he saloon Is lalsir's greatest foe, be-
ause it steals the laboring man's capi
tal.
Some churches ought to put a colb>e-
tion box on their steeples. Instead of a
cross.
I he church that is seeking the rich
may get their riches, but it will lose its
reward.
Originality blazes a new track while
eccentricity runs on one wheel in an
old rut.
God makes the poisons of life work
together and antidote one another for
the good of His people.
It Is triit* that many can find “ser
mons In stones," but they don't want
stones in their sermons.
True love would rather wound Itself
by the loss of pleasure than hurt oth
ers by indulgence therein.
The pursuitof pleasure is but the pol
ishing of pebbles, while Christ is offer
ing the pearl of great price.
Abraham is an example <>f moral
courage in leaving Chaldea, but of inor>
al cowardice in leaving the truth.
Eli had been a prophet for many
years, and yet the Lord said some
things about him that made his ears
tingle.
If some folk spent as much time In
knowing men as they do In finding out
things about them, they would-make a
better business of life.
Te.tluic the Henllh of an Animal.
The pulse of a horse when at rest
beats forty times per minute; of an
ox from fifty to fifty-five; of a sheep
and a pig about seventy to eighty.
The pulse may be felt wherever a
big artery crosses a bone. It is gener
ally examined in the horse on the cord
which passes over the bone of the lower
jaw in front of its curved position, or
In the bony ridge above the eye; and
in cattle over the middle of the first
rib; in sheep by placing the hand on
the left side, where the beating of the
heart may be felt.
Any material variations of the pulse
from the figures given above-may be
considered as a sign’ of disease. If
rapid, hard and full it is an indica
tion of high fever or inflamnration; if
rapid, small and weak, low fever, loss
<>f blood or weakness. If slow the pos
sibilities point to brain disease, and if
irregular to heart troubles.
1388—Earl of Douglas killed at the bat
tie of Otterbourne, Northumberland.
It's easier for a woman to talk on
14(59—Edward IV. defeated the Laneas-
trians at Banbury.
any subject than It Is for her to atop.
1554—Queen Mary of England married
A confidence man naturally has no
to Philip of Spain.
confidence In any man but himself.
1G03—Coronation of James I. of Eng-
land.
A man must have an awful lot of
1609—Battle between Champlain and the
money to enable him to dress as well
Indians in Essex county. New York.
as his wife does.
IG57—The first Sulplcians arrived iv
Canada.
A cranky bachelor says that heaven
10(51—Schenectady purchased from the
is probably so called because there are
Indians.
no marriages there.
1089—Forces of William 111. defeated by
adherents of James II. of Killecran-
John D. Rockefeller is writing his
kie.
own biography. Wonder if he Is burn
1766- Treaty of Oswego, making peace
ing the midnight oil over it?
with Pontiac.
1711—A British nnd Colonial fleet sailed
Many a married woman's idea of a
from Boston for the conquest of Can
stylish lint is one that costs more than
ada.
her husband can afford to pay.
1722—New England colonies declared
war against the Indians.
Sow Fall Wheat Furlg.
It’s a lucky turn for the theatrical
1758— Amherst and Wolfe captured
In the great corn belt of the Middle
manager when he Is compelled to turn
Louisburg.
West most farmers are afraid their 1759— Crown Point abandoned by the
people away from the box otliee.
wheat will make too much top in the
French on the approach of the Brit
THE STEPS IN BUDDING.
fall and sow very late In order to avoid
“Is strawberry shortcake healthy?”
ish. . .English took Ticonderoga from
asks a correspondent. Who cares as
the French.
buds by cutting from below the bud up the Hessian By. As a rule, however, It
THE COLD-BATH PROBLEM.
long as It's possible to experiment with
and under it. Start about 1 Inch be is better to sow early enough to get 17(52—Moro fort, at the entrance to Ila-
eight or ten inches growth. Harrow
vnna harbor, stormed by the English How It Win Solved for One Shrink«
it?
low the bud and come out again 1 inch
the seed bed frequently, making a fine
under Admiral I’ococke.
in tg Soul.
above
the
bud,
as
at
b.
Cut
deep
Even when James Hazen Ilyde was
dust mulch, which will conserve moist 1773—The city of Guatemala laid in ruin
"I
always
did
Hay the cold bath
enough into the wood so as not to in
running things the Equitable didn't fly
ure and cause regular germination.
by an earthquake and the eruption of Would be a great boon if it could be
jure
the
bud,
and
cut
it
so
as
not
to
quite as high as a sixty two story build
Wheat put in this way makes a strong
a volcano.
taken in warm weather.” remarked an
Lave too much wood under the bud.
er growth in the spring and matures at 1780- Rocky Mount, a British post on East Side man recently to a Cleveland
ing.
Then place the bud, c, on the end of
least a week earlier. Il’ early and late
the Catawba, taken by the Ameri Plain Dealer writer. "And now I’ve
the knife and push down Into the slit,
Young man, don't express a willing
seeded wheat come through the winter
cans under Gen. Sumter.
solved the cold-bath proposition to a
as above described. Push securely In
ness to die for a girl during courtship
without Injury the early wheat will al 1789—The department and secretary of nicety or, rather, I had it solved for
place,
so
that
the
bud
is
about
1
Inch
lier
after
and then refuse to work for
ways outyleld the other, although it
"Foreign Affairs" created by act of me.
below the upper cut. Then wrap care
marriage.
Congress, but changed to the depart
may have a tendency to lodge. Watch
"I had lieen feeling sort of ‘punk’
fully with yarn, as at d. In two or your own wheat next spring and see
ment and secretary of state soon ever since the hot weather came on
and
run
A man's collar may wilt
three weeks examine and see if the bud how it comes out and then sow next
after.
down the tiack of ills neck, but he is
has grown fast and so that the yarn fall at a time to make it better the fol 1804—Tlie American squadron began the and I went to the doctor to find out
whether I had cirrhosis of the liver or
still all right if his temper only re
Is not injuring it. Should the yarn lowing year.
siege of Tripoli... .The New Y’ork merely bubonic plague. He told me
mains Intact.
be loose, retie. The bud should start
State Society of the Cincinnati de-
to grow the following spring.
Curtnlai Front Poultry House.
cided to erect a monument to Alex- that a good cold bath the first thing
In the morning was about all I needed,
Some people, it seems, can celebrate
ander Hamilton.
Success largely depends upon wheth
The style of curtain front house
the glorious Fourth of July in an un
er the stock is growing vigorously or shown Is of the shanty roof type. 8 feet 1800—Buenos Ayres taken by the Brit- lie said that it was a good tinio to
sjart in while the weather was warm.
safe and insane manner without a pen-
ish.
whether the bud Is healthy. The bud (I Inches high at the front and 4 feet 6
“The next morning I started in. I
ny’s worth of explosives.
Occasionally a couple marry and live serves the same purpose as the scion Inches at the rear. The width of this 1818—Duke of Richmond became Gov-
put
my great toe in the water and then
in grafting. From it springs a limb
ernor of Canada.
happily ever after they are divorced.
withdrew to think the thing over. I
And now it is said that Mrs. Iletty
which
will
produce
the
kind
of
fruit
1821
—
San
Martin
proclaimed
the
Inde-
A girl should never sit in a man’s
wondered if cold baths were really all
Green is not tho richest woman in the
pendence of Peru.
lap without his asking her permission. borne by the tree from which the
they were cracked up to be. It seemed
world. Still, she doesn't have to worry
was
taken.
—
W.
II.
Underwood,
1828 —Gilbert Stuart, American portrait to me that I had
One of the easiest things 1 b to marry
never come into con-
every time the price of meat makes one
painter, died in Boston. Born in
a girl because she made you think you Fa rm and Home.
tact with a body of water that so 1in
of its phenomenal Jumps.
It. I., Dec. 3, 1765.
Narragansett,
wanted to.
pfessisl me with a desire not to got
Protect the Bird*.
1830—Charles X of France suspended
Into it.
It's awfully hard to be popular with
Russia lias secured a toe-hoM In Per
The farmer is liable to forget
the liberty of the press.
"I don't know when I have felt RO
sia and is quite certain to insert her yourself nnd please your neighbors at bird friends. I wish to tell some
1833—Lisbon surrendered to Dom Pedro.
worried or when tin* world seemed so
foot. Meanwhile Europe will go right the snme time.
of my farmer friends what I have done
1838—Bolivian troops entered Idina.
cold as during the time that I stixsl
on being tilled with fear that Germany
When the average man falls to make this spring, in regard to our quails.
CUBTAIN FRONT POULTRY HOUSE.
1852 Hudson river steamer Henry Cla.v there fleering into the calm half-foot
■will grab something somewhere unless good he begins to look around for some When our assessor came around I
burned near Yonkers, with loss of 52 of water in that bathtub. I would
she Is constantly watched.
gave in some quails, ns well as do oi any of the houses may be varied to
one to blame It on.
lives.
Maybe tile reason some women don’t mestic fowls for taxation, ns I knew suit the builder. The front of this 1854—The cholera mnde its appearance reach in to see if It really was so
cold and then think it over further.
For reasons that have been discussed hesitate to color their hair Is because about how many we had on our farm house consists of a curtain on a frame
in the Massachusetts State prison at
"Finally I made a leap into the tub,
thousands of times nnd* perhaps for generally It Isn't theirs.
when winter was over. Some will siy hinged in such a way that it may be
Charlestown.
gave two or three convulsive splashes
swung to the roof to allow the sunshine
thousands of years without reaching n
that
you
could
not
tell
how
many
One of the most intelligent things
The plans of the curtain 1850 Robert Alexander Schumann, com and jumped out again. Thank good-
satisfactory conclusion men who nre
birds you have, because they will be to enter.
poser, died. Born June 8, 1810.
ness it was over! Then I inserted
honest in all other business relations about a widow is she can learn vhat cn your farm one day, and on your front houses lend themselves to the
she knows all over again.
18(58
—Territory of Alaska organized.... myself into m.v clothes rapidly ami I
will client in taxes of any nnd all kinds.
neighbor's the next. While that Is construction of an enclosed house by
Military government ceased in Ar must confess that I felt first rate.
Just because a married man does the true, do not our domestic fowls go using lumber Instead of cotton.
The municipality, the State and the
kansas. North Carolina, South Caro When I sat down at the breakfast table
The roosts, nest boxes, drop boards
nation, real and personal estate, tariff things his wife wants him to do Is no over on our neighbor’s place, also,
lina, Alalmma, Louisiana, Georgia my wife made some disparaging remark
and internal levies, all are clipped of sign that he is stuck on the job.
if you give them opportunity to do and in fact all interior fixtures, should
and Florida.
alsiut the time it took me to take my
When a man can tell the truth to so? Which most people do that 1 be constructed and put up In such a
their fair proportions by men whom'
1870—Benjamin Nathan, a wealthy II» bath and get dressed.
their closest friends implicitly trust. ills wife about where he spent the even know of. But do they not come back
brew citizen of New York, found
“The next morning the water didn't
The suggestion that comes nearest to ing It's because he stayed home with home every evening to roost? It is
murdered in his home; the mystery seem cold at all. 'Ah.' I thought to
an explanation of the all pervading her.
the same with the quail, and he will
of the crime never solved.
myself, ‘it's only the first time that'll
idea that It is permissible In an honest
The maddest girl in the world Is the roost on the farm where he was bred
1877—Statue of Richard Colslen unveiled tough.’
man to cheat the government Is that It one who ate onions because she was nnd hatched, providing he is unmolest
in Bradford, England.
“And now, just when I had got t<*
Is natural to regard the individual in sure nolaxly was going to call, and ed by hunters, hawks, etc.
If you
18S3 ('apt. Matthew Webb drowned in feeling good and chesty over the way
a very different light from that in then he came.
were to chase your domestic fowls
attempt to swim the Niagara whirl I had overcome the cold bath, my wife
which an organization of individuals
pool rapids.
With the waning of the honeymoon with dog and gun one-tenth as much
has confessed to me that she has been
is viewed. Just as a soldier who would Cupid again gets busy and substitutes as you do the poor little quail, in the
INTUMOR FIXTURES.
1884—The Imperial Federation of Great putting some warm water In with the
hesitate to shoot a single soldier of the a pair of green goggles for the rose-col fall of the year, do you think that
Britain
and
Her
Colonies
formed
in
way that they may be easily removed
cold every morning before I go Into
enemy's force unless conqs'lled to do ored glasses.—New York Press.
Ixindon.
there would be many chickens on the
for cleaning and disinfection. The dia
the bathroom. She says that it took
so by peril of life will cheerfully fire
roost
In
your
chicken
house
at
night?
People would like to save money by
gram illustrates how they may be ar 1889—Insurrection in Honolulu.
me too long to make up iny mind th
at a line of battle, so a man who sa
The writer has known coveys that
using it on things that are worth while
ranged with advantage In any bouse. 1807—United States Congress passed th« get in when the water was cold nnd
credly respects Individual property
Dingley tariff act.
so as to be able to spend it on tilings after being chased nnd shot at all The roosts should rest In sockets, and
that breakfast got cold by the time I
rights will cheat Ills government.
that are not worth while.—New York day, would be whistling the call just the drop boards should not be nailed 1898— City of Ponce, Porto Rico, surren was ready.”
at dusk, and after getting back to
Press.
dered to the Americans.. .The Amer
In place, but simply rest on the cleats
In describing ills own career Joel
gether would fly to roost.
ican
troops advanced on Yuaco, Porto (lor Cricketer E«|tinl* Two lllahopn.
nt the ends.
Kent. In City of Mexico.
Chandler Harris said: “It was an ac
I think that anything that is hr
Ilico.... Prince Karl Otto von Bis
W. G. Grace, tin* famous cricketer,
cident that I went to The Countryman,
“The prices that are asked for rental valuable ns the quail and stays with
marck. German statesman, died. Born has been photographed as often as a
Intensive Fnrutlrig,
an accident that I wrote'Uncle Remus' of bouses In the City of Mexico are you through
April 1, 1815.... Pugwash, Nova
such
circumstances.
The possibilities of a small farm un
popular actor, and In England at least
Scotia, totally destroyed by fire.
and an accident that the stories put something appalling to Americans,” should be protected better than most der Intensive cultivation are strikingly
Inis found his autograph almost In a de
forth under that name struck the pop said George T. Lessing, of St. Louis.
of our farmers nre doing.—J. II. T., in shown In the following record of pro 1899— Gen. Ileureaux, ex-president ot mand equal to that of a premier or a
ular fancy.” He added that he had
“1 expected to remain there the bet the Indiana Farmer.
Hayti, assassinated by Ramon Ca- great author.
duction from eleven acres, located near
had no literary training tliat he knew ter part of the year nnd thought I'd
ceres. ... Final sitting of the Pence
Reading, Pa.: Three thousand six hun
But an entirely new light was thrown
Conference of The Hague.... Reci
nothing nt all of what was termed get a house and send for my family.
Getting n Start with Sheep.
dred and fifteen bunches of radishes,
on
all such iletails the other day, which
procity treaty between France and
When the farmers in the corn nnd 30 bushels of white China radishes,
literary art and that he had had no With this Idea I went forth In search
may help settle the inixit question of
the United States signed.
opportunity to nourish literary ambi of a domicile, but was staggered at grass states reach the point where they 775 bushels of onions. 1,800 boxes of
tions. But lie did have a keen eye for the cost. For the commonest kind of have their fields all fenced hog tight, strawberries, 675 bunches and 20 bush- 1900— Russian^ captured the forts at the relative value of sport ami study.
Grace was ap;
wee
Newehwang.
character, a keen sense of humor. He a two-story dwelling the agents want they should not deluy for any consider els of beets, 500 quarts of lima beans,
maiden
with
note
Ills
knew the negroes and lie knew hls own ed from $150 to $200 a month, ami able length of time getting a start in 12 bushels of soup beans, 75 bushels of 1901— Free trade between the United
autograph? Of
was
States and Porto Rico proclaimed.
people. He knew children also and from that up to $2,400 a month for sheep, says Wallace's Farmer. It is peas, 03 bushels of string beans, 125
gisst
had the gift of story telling and imag those of more pretentions architecture. not necessary to have a large flock. It bushels of potatoes. 440 baskets of to '807 The foundation stone laid for the written with a c
matured
manner,
later,
Is
a
good
deal
better
not
to
have
It
for
ination that carried a charm with it.
“It Is true that these figures are In
Carnegie Palace of Pence at Th«
matoes, 1,000 heads of lettuce, 5,000
So lie became an interpreter of a time Mexican money, which Is just half the two or three reasons: One Is that sheep heads of cabbage, 600 dozen ears of
Hague. ... Edmund W. Pettus, Unit much to his surprise, the selfsame girl
do
not
do
well
with
hogs
and
cattle.
ed States Senator from Alabama, sidled up to Gran*, anil shyly reached
and of types that are passing away and value of our own currency, but even
corn, 125 baskets of egg plant, 100,000
died. Bom July fl, 1821....Japn toward him the necessary Implements
wrote stories that hnve delighted thou with this allowance the rents are far This Is the reason why so few sheep are pickles, 40 bushels of turnips, 12 bush
for another signature.
assumed control of Korea.
sands and that will live. The import In excess of those charged in the cities kept In the hog and cattle country. els of carrots, 35 bushels of parsnips,
“But didn't I give It to you only a
ant thing is tliat he wrote as he did be of the United States. In many other Another reason is that those who have 1,000 roots of horseradish, 2,000 stalk«
Other Harmful Fond Adulterant*.
couple
of days ago?” laughingly asked
had
no
experience
in
sheep
would
do
cause he had something to say. In respects living In Mexico Is very rea
of endive, 20,000 stelks of celery, 25
Hr. Wiley, the government chemist, the veteran.
well to advance slowly, and, If need be
tills respect he was like the author of stumble."—Baltimore American.
bushels of artichokes, and 8 bushel« of says .that the poison squad experiments
“Oh,” enme the answer, “I changed
retreat rapidly. Twenty-fire ewes and
a famous classic In natural history who
have shown that both benzole acid and that one for two bishops."
a good buck are as many as the inex popcorn.
Absent Minded.
did not know that a line of Ills Immor
benzoate of sods should be excluded from
Ilo Not Hob Yourself.
•‘But how did Hortense come to re perienced farmer should start with. The
tal letters would be published when he
foods as being Injurious to digestion and
A Mysfery.
Have you ever noticed that the farm to genera) health.
exjiense of these Is comparatively small,
penned them. Such writers nre few. fuse Albert?”
“What time will the train from St.
“You know she Is private stenogra the possible loss therefore not great In ers who buy corn, clover, hay and oil
The' writers of literary training nre
Louis arrive?” •
Illnrr« Uphold Untanlau«,
many, but their art Is of little avail un pher to an editor, and when he propis case the man should prove not te be a cake for feeding their stock always
"You mean what time is It due?"
Tli* contention of th» Western Fedsra-
less back of It there Is iTnl substance. cd by mall, from fotve of habit she fit man to handle sheep. There are some have the most fertile farms? The man
"No, I mean What time will It nN
sent his letter back with a slip saying: men of this kind. .The-chances of loss who pra**tl'‘»* selling hl« grain ’crop» Is tfnn óf Miners at Denver reaffirmed It« rbg."
however,
ore
very
small
where
the
•allegiance
to
»be
ptlnclple«
of
Industrial
taklj'ig Just that much fertility from ills
Mrs. Mary >» ■ «umor Newell, a wrltm 'We regret that the Inclosed is unsuit
"Von'd better consult a clairvoyant,*
farmer has any kind of sheep,gumption own fartu and selling It at the pries of unionisti» nnd to aid In the »lidifyjsf
h professi*
declares ill a uiagtzlne able,' etc.”—Kausas City Times
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of
the
working
clast
t
•
♦
abont him.
grain. It la* Wf bad practice
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