I
Wall
Was*«*
|*
H*rw«'
Ww*.
It has long b«M known thst nail
prick« and other similar Injuries In
j the bora»'« b<mf may lead to so lafac-
lloti followed by tlie formation of pus
miller tlie horn of the tmof, and a serf
oua general dlseuae of lb* butae, or at
least the losa of the hoof.
■ u a bulletin of tlie Houtb Dakota
Htatlon. Mr. Moore recently reported
reaulta obtained In a number of caaea
from applying a strict antiseptic treat
ment bi Injuries of this sort.
Tbe
method consists In paring away tlie
born of the hoof from tbe affected
|>art until the blood ooze* ouL The
font la then thoroughly washed In a *>
lutlon of bichloride of mercury. In tbe
proportion of one part to 6WI parts of
water, after wblcb abaordent cotton,
saturated In a solution of tbe same
■trengtb. Is applied to th* wound, and
tbe whole hoof la packed Io not ton. our-
rounded by a bawlage and well coated
with tar. This prevents any further
filth from coming In contact with the
wound.
Tb* operation muat usually be don*
by a quallfle*! ve'erlnarlan.
Bubee-
qusnt treatment, however, can be ap
plied by th* average farmer, alve all
tbat la no-eaaary la to pour a little of
th* «olutioo of bichloride of mercury
upoo the cotton whl h projects from
tlie upi*er part of th* bandage. Tb*
cotton will aboorti enough of the aolo-
thm to keeji tbe wound moistened and
hasten tbe healing peoewaa. If a retn '
edy of this sort Is not adopSed Io th*
case of a foot wound In tbe boree, tbe
owner runs considerable risk of **rl-
oua Infection either of blood poslonlng
or lockjaw.
VODTTBM a rriQVKTTK
I
CHINA'« DOOR MUST IE KEPT OPEN
By Sotrofary Tatt.
Our merchants ar« being roused to
the Importance of tbe Cliluras trad«,
and they would view with deep con-
rern any and all political obstacles to
its maintenance and expansion. Thia
••ling la likely to find expression la
Its action of the American govern
u*nL
American manufacturer* today do
.mt taka th« trouble to pack tbelr
■aiaataav tart, goods properly or send them out In tlxs
at«M deal real by the Ublnaae, but this stiff neckqd lack
of bualiies« sense Is disappearing slowly, and our uier
chants ar« becoming aroused to tb« Importance of bls
trade, which has grown without government «ucourag«
nisut and which has a great future.
There La no reason to tvmplaia of tbla governmental
indifference
Th« Lulled Ntales and th« other powers
favor tbe o|>en door, lind If they ere wlae they will «n
courage the empire to take long atr|Mi In administrativ«
■ mi governmental reform, the development of tlis re
amircea of t'blna, and tba Improvement of tb« w«lfar« of
tb« |>«opl«
To do thia will add to t'hina’a atrenugth and poal
lion as a self rest wet I ng gov«rniuent atsl ahi h«r In pro
paring to resist |x>esllil* foreign aggrwaslou lu th« seek
lug of undue and exclusive proprietary privileges, Thus
no foreign «Id will be required Io enforce tbe open duor
and tb* |wllcy of equal opportunity for alL
EVERY MAN IS FOR RENT
By John A Howland
Never before lu (lie blatury of tbe United
Ht h tra as a untimi baa II l>e«ii mure difficult tu
find recruits of first grads fur tbo*« llura of
human rudeavur ehvre the lure of doing «nd
lhe recoin pensee uf a allupi*, earnest Ilf* are
stimulus and reward In one for such a life
“Whst la there lu It?" haa b*>*um* tbe one
•el question of lh« young man beginning the
world, and Dial young man asking th« que»
flou *x|M>*'t« H m * an»*er to l*e In dollars. Nu other an
•wer than Ihm wblcb csrrle* lhe dollar sign with It la
cxxtaldenvl Effort« e hl* h ar« not worth th« dollar meas
ur« are rfforla not worth *v|H-tidlng
Hoiuelseljr made a
million dollars in a certain line of work that la worth
wbll«! Home one else has a salary uf $10o,<aa> a year
to allow fur bls progress «hat are lite ebener« there?
Tu bini there la i>o,eii in*-* In life thst I« not measured by
th« ixioaltilHtl«« *>f nume y atuve ihr iieevaaltlra uf simple
living.
Andrew Csrnegl« Is «n example of the world s master
of ualilluua. « atnegle will not allow the mention of death
In 111« presence If he can v»*a|*e it.
You young men
who lisie fixed jour bopea In life for tlie accumulation of
a million dollst« lisi* you sny Idea of how many mil
lions this mm Carnegie might give you In exchange fur
your yuulb merely?
Wbnl can it menu when the master of men sud mil
lions In hla old ag« will nul suffer ■ reference to death
In hla presane«? Rlniply that hi thl« old age lie la mm
fessing Io tbe frultlexsnesa of hl« past life. It la a con
feaalon of hla failure In finding those things lu life
whlcb should have rl|«*n*d him. mellowed hliu arid given
♦♦»
llie old man that old man's retrospect of a Ufa well spent,
auch as baa allowed thousands th« death mad« beautiful
by Bryant : "Ulka on« that wrap« lb« drapery of bls
cou* b about him and II«« down to pleasant dream«.'’
WARNINU AOAINST FEDERALISM.
By Alloa B. Parkar.
The Ntntes and tbo people undertook by th«
constitution to fix lb« boundaries of earb of
ths great departments of government, beyond
which neltbvr could pass. Upon th« «xscutlv«
no legislative or Judicial power was conferred,
but he was charged to "take rare that tbs
lews be faithfully «gsculad" and to "protect
ami defend the constitution of It» United
Htste« " By wbst pm* e«« of reasoning the ex-
eeutlva has reached tbo conclusion thst for tt» various
departments of th« federal government to seise j*ow«r
not grante-1 by the Htstes and tb« people is “to protect
and deteivd th« constitution” I know not
With e*fial frankness tbo«« of us who base widely
different views, who love th« constitution ■ nd revere
not alone the memory but tb« wisdom of It* framers.
who believe that the powers ar* wisely distributed be
tween tbe Ktste« and tlie federal government, • od deem
that all past history proves II should speak.
Many of tbe people have not found I Ims to study the
history and the genesis of the constitution. I f, then.
that« were no Immediate danger of an effective seizure
of powers, we should, to protect the future, meet tbe
assault of tlis new federalists with an equal vigor. They
■ re steadily at work teaching and preaching th« doctrines
of their sect
Ho those opposed to tbelr views should aacrlfic« any
|>arty feeling and lntere«t and snt*r ths Hats ■■ open
champions of our constitutional system In Ha Integrity.
Tbe time to do It la now. Horns other year—aye, «v«u
neat year may be too late.
THE UNEQUALED AMERICAN PAY ROLL
By Sot. rotary Cortot you.
Y’lrtnrlee of commerce call for high
ooursge -courage to plan broadly for
the future, courage to stick to a plan
steadfastly to th* end. Pluck and per
sistence are the Inspiring attributes of
American manhood, and they are typi
fied In tba American merchant
No road la too bard for the A meri
can bualnesa man to travel, no ob-
■taele great enough to atop him bo long
a« be sees ahead something to be done.
Hack of him, sharing In bls surceases
uzo a loavaixoo.
nQt drying him hla Just rewards,
stand the thousand* of employe»--the
great army of American wsgeesrner* tbe beat paid body
of men and women In the world.
We hare mui'b to abow the world ■• evidence af Ameri-
.-■’■ material greatness, but I venture to say there la
nothing In that re«iiect that we should regard with as
much pride ■■ tbe American pay roll. It has no equal
auywhere
In a large settee It has made the American
tome, tba American school and tbe American aarluga
batik tbe envy of the world, tempting thousands to our
shore« every day. to shar« our prosperity and our con
tentment.
see»*
CIRCUS LESSONS.
lllaclpllue I« ope of lb* «pokes lu tlx
circus system wheel, aays a writer In
the l'u«iuo|K>lllau. lu th* moderu clr
cua no swearing I« allowed. ■« women
■ nd children may hear IL Carda. dice
and drink »tv prohibited Tbl« I» uot
th«* conception which th* public hold-
concerning clrcxia |H***ple, lull atrengtb
■ nd steady nerves are needed for clr
cus feat«, and dlasipallon of any
would s***m leave the i>erfurmera
out a prufeaalon.
When a big American circus
abrnad the German Emperor came
night Incognito nnd watched them
load the flat care Their ayatetn a**
pre«»*-d him that he had some of
officers of tlie German army a**v It and
adopt aome of tbelr meth**d*
In landing the rlniix outfit the firs'
man there 1« the "Isyer-out." He gen
»rally divide« In about ten minute*
where hi« tenta are to be placed, A-
the building *if the white city pris'eed**
everything «*vni* to |,e In confusion, c
tangled maaw Men are running everv
CAPT. AMUNDSEN.
way ; wagnna «cent Io lie dumping their
Ionita prnmlacnonal.v; but every wagon
< apt. Roald Amundnrn, greatest of Arctic mariner* galued renown by
■ailing a ahsip through the Northwest paasage from the North Atlantic to
la lettered or numbered, ao la every box
or trunk, and all have their proper ths North Pacific Ocean snd locating the magnetic North Pole while on
hl« way.
places. This great Jumble of wagon«
groaning and creaking In the soft turf
In 11110. the captain «ay«, he la going to undertake a trip to the geo
■ nd men shouting and singing 1« all
graphical North Pole
Other explorer«, he any* have failed ixx-auae they
have not given lime enough to tbe task. He will devote six years to IL
working ns one great whole to an end
But although they all work together,
The captain tella a plrtureaque story nbout using trained polar bear» to
each man Is taught to think for hint
pull the aledgca when he goea to the pole. He anya:
self, and when a man showa ability, be
"I am having ».me polar bear« trained by Car! Hagenbeck. the animal
la *xm notli-ed
One Instance of this
trainer. These bear», when properly trained, are «« tra. tabic as oxen and
waa affonlcd by a young man who waa
can pull almlgos well They are at home In the cold of the arctic and can be
atudylng medicine In tlie winter, and
ea«lly cared for nnd fed with seal meat. When near enough to the jvole ft Is
thought a ecason In lhe fresh sir would
my Intention to use these l*ears to make s daah. There will lie «lx of them
harden him for hla next winter's work
and they will haul three aledgiw."
The only Job he could get was as a can
vaa man. But he was able to think for
DO YOU KNOW YOUTl GROCERf
toinera If they called every day to mar
hlniaelf, and promotion soon came.
ket Two-thlrds of our trade la se
The circus child la not taught by
blows, but by ktndne«« and patience, H* H**|»*et« the Wnmnn Wk« la cured either by telephone or by aollclt-
Mar« Io fl*««*.
Ing, and the women never com« to tba
■nd the circus management Insists that
Under the title, "Do You Know Your store except when they happer to be
every child shall go to school In win
Grocer?" th* editor of Woman's Hom* pa«elt>g on some other errand, or when
ter.
Companion makes this comment:
there la sum« mistake In the bill. Y»t
Why ««oxlaag's Soil Is This.
"There ar* a few of the Intimate de It takes half our clerks to wait on the
An English golfer on a Rcottlali links tails of hla buatnesa life which our
remaining one third of th* trade
hit the turf ten time« for every once
obliging gnwer does not wish you to
that he (truck the hall.
Hla caddie know. And that la why he «cuds a ao women who come her* every day. nnd
who waste our time picking over goods,
ventured on a sarcastic remonstrance.
llcitor to your kitchen door every changing their minds, waiting for
“Ha' p«*ety on auld Scotland, air," morning, why he assure« you that your
change, deciding between thia brand
■aid he "Rhe'a suffered ower eneuch
children will tie served as honestly and and that*
at the haunda o' yer countrymen In
promptly aa yourself, and why h* Is
" 'Then you do not care for th* worn
the past that ye and treat her ear sain
highly elated when you put In a tel»- an who want to are what she buys
for
the day Tit the ba', man, an' let the
phon* and Join his Hat of telephone her family to eatr
<run ’alane."
customer*
"Th* man had a saving sense of
"Confound Rcotland!" shouted the
"The telephone and th* order clerk mor. and replied;
exaai>erated golfer, flinging down hla
or solicitor have probably done more
“'I can't »ay that we really care for
club In a rage
“It's Just what Dr. to kill the housewifely Instinct In
her—but I don't mind adding that we
Johnson deecrllied It—'atoue.
waler women and further tbe end« of care-
respect her.'"
•nd a little earth.' ”
lea« or unacrupuloua grocers than any
"Sae the docther aald that, did he?" other laboraavlng household Institu
Th« Limit.
Inquired the caddie.
Rigg»—Yon don't seem to be paying
tion of the century. Even the moet
"He did. aud he waa a very wlae competent of housekeepers can always ■a much attention to Mlaa Giggleton as
man, let me teD you," anapped the En- find one thing more to do at home— yon did and she's such a popular lady,
toa What's the matter?
gllahman.
and when the aollcltor take« such a
Grigg» 1 got enough. I didn't mind
"I believe ye." retorted the caddie. friendly Intervet tn her needs and what
"Nae doot the docther waa a verra her family Ilk*«, or the telephone can her popularity ao much, but m be
wlae man, for there le muckle o' atane be used without changing from tbe hanged If 111 stand for mimeograph
an' watter In Hcotland- oor mountains bone* frock to a street suit, she la very love letter« with my name filled |a
an' lochs that ye come aa* far tae aee. apt to drop the habit of marketing. A from any female on earth!—Tnledc
an' It'« a aalr truth that tbe soil la no New York grocer established one year Blade.
verra deep. Ye eee, there'a ale a han In a new am! proaperoue residence dis
“Doe« dentlats go to heaven. Winter*
tie o' English bodies cornea tae Scot trict thus summed up hla trade i
"Sure They let* 'em In ao*» they kin
land tae play gawf."—Glasgow Times
"'We must make special appeal for put gold crowns on the angel*"— De»,
If there la enough love In that kind
•f a letter, tbe orthography doesn't
■utter much
the telephone and aollctted trade, be ver Poet
cause our «tor« and staff of derko 1«
Why should a lu collector bare g
Mt large «sough t« aocomiaodata cus- high oplaloa of M um * nature?
There baa beru a rapid liiTeaae the
last few yeara lu the number and value
of tbe bora«« and mule« In the United
Ntatea.
In UMMl there were 16.(124.000 horses
and mulea In the United Htatea Dur
lug the next Ove years there was an
Increase« of 27 7 per cent, so that on
January 1, 1905. tbe number of bo rare
■ nd mulea bad Increased to lb,IHfl.000,
but tbe Increase did not atop at that
ratei Ou th« first of January, 1907.
23.544,000
there wer« no Iras than
bores« rnd uiulea, showing an Increase
of 18 per cent dui log the two years
subsequent to '905.
Those who are Inclined to talk over
production at tbe preeent are confront
ed with the Indisputable fact that dur
Ing tbe seven yeara when the Increase
In numbers amounted to 50 per cent
there waa also an Increaae In price per
bead amounting to over 50 per cent
Thus on January 1,
our bore*«
■nd mulea were valued at $715.088,0f«>.
while on January 1. 1905. they were
valued at $2.274. <142.000
Thia la a phenomenal record and yet.
notwlthatandlng thia extraordinary In-
creaae In numtier ana value, borer« ar*
tn greater demand to-day than they
have over been before In tbe history of
■bo United State«.
or
“Cbw up! There la a silver lining
to «very cloud!" "Well, what good la
that? I haven't got aa alrahlpi"—
Fick-lie Up.
Howell—You seem to think that I
will loa« if I make tb« investment.
Powell—My boy. It la Ju«t ilka Indore-
Ing a not« for a friend.—Brooklyn Lifa.
Friend—So tbat la your little boy?
Ha looks very latrtllgent Proud Mama
—J Mt ■■ I was at bis age. My daugh
ter, now, la more ilka her father.—
No« Lolalre.
"Youngling la going to marry th«
widow Henpeck." “Why, «be'a twice
as old as be in" "Oh. well, bell ag«
fast enough after tb« wedding."—
Town and Country.
That fisherman la always talking
about th« whoppers he caught" “Ha
doesn't catch them,” answered Miss
Cayenne.
"He n«BU* tails them.”—
Washington Star
Boarder—You «a* divide a chicken
with matbetmatlcal accuracy, Mrs.
Haablngton. Mrs. Hashington—Divid
ing It la eaay enough. I wish I could
multiply IL—Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Mamma.” said Jamie, mysteriously,
“did I ever have a little brother tbat
fell Into the well?" “No." said mamma.
"Why?"
“Why, when I looked down
In the well I aaw a little boy aom»
thing like me."
Av* «*■■• Tbl*«s f»e
i« k «*» in xat*a.
Tber« la no fixed age at which a
girl should ba "brought out,” ih * any
at which she should be taken In -
more’s tb« pity, says th« Bohemian.
As to a man. b« can be "brought out"
any time and "taken in” tnuot every
time.
A correspondent Inquire« on which
»Id* of ■ lady he should walk on th«
street.
W« do not see why a maq
should want to walk on a lady's ahi*,
and we cannot advise hie walking on
sltlwr. No real lady would permit It.
A gentleman should always raise hla
bat to • lady—not his foot
No man should permit a girl to lake
liberties with him.
A man should not enter a house be
fore a lady. A burglar wouldn't do It
—not if be saw her. In leaving, th»
gentleman shonld go first. If he doe«
not he will lose an hour or more wbll»
tbe lady is saying another good bye to
her dear friend.
No lady will allow a man she doesn't
know to kiss her, but If be does even
Christianity does not require her to
present tbs other cheek.
A young man wants to know In
which pocket be should carry hla <-lgnr
ease. In tbe pocket on the other sl<i«
from that on which you sqneczc your
girl—if the cigars are any good.
If a gentleman falls Into a lady'«
lap he should not remain there until
he la through apologizing.
No real
lady will ask him to.
Should a gentleman or a lady fflr«
way In an argument? We don't know
which should, but wa can guexsi which
does.
No real lady who pays tbe c«r far»
of a friend will ask her for the nickel
back when they quarrel.
On a first call on a girl a gentleman
should not remain later than 2 a. m.
A married woman should not In com
pany call her husband a "dear old
man." It makes him look cheap. Nor
should a married man address his wife
in company ns tbe "old woman.” It
may confirm some of her friend's opin
ions.
No gentleman will spend bls former
wife's alimony for presents to another
woman. Th* courta do not recognlzo
thia excuse. And no lady will tell her
second divorced husband how mix-h
better No. 1 was to her from the «IU
mony standpoint
"Mias Pechla." said Mr. Tlmmld. at
the other end of the sofa, “If I were to
throw you a kiss I wonder wbat you'd
■ay." "Well," replied Miss Pecbte. "I'd
say you were the laziest man I ever
K••«!*« It*«« I* ■•**««.
aaw."—Philadelphia Pres*
Here Is an easy plan of keeping bogs
from going from hog pasture« to cow
Tom—But perhaps she doesn't love
p««ture«. and at the same time allowing
yon. Jack—Ob. yea. she does! Tom—
tbe cattle to go from one pasture to
How do yon know? Jack—When I told
tbo other at will.
As shown In tbe
her that I bad no money to get married
■ketch, th* opening In tbe fence may
on she offered to borrow aom* from her
be ■■ wide ■« desired. Two by twelve
father.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Inch plank are nailed to tbe fence poets
"Dear me, Jobn. tbla la dreadful with
about four or six Inches from tbe
hot weather on ua and no money to go
gruuod, and two extra poata are aet out
anywhere. Haven't you any country
from th* fence about ■ foot. Tbe plank
relations you can acare up?" “That's
la nailed to the lualde of three poets,
tbe trouble. I've scared aU I’ve got
■nd this plank should be about four
already.”—Baltimore American.
feet longer than the one (■«tened to
"Tea.” said the young man, pensive
tbe fence so ■■ to go by tbe opening at
ly. “a dog I once bad saved my life."
each end about two feet. Tbe bogs
"Tell me about IL” said the young
woman, with eager Interest. T sold
him for $4." aald the young man, "when
Ne Nera* f ro» fur Alfalfa.
I was nearly starving."—Tlt-Btta.
Roma people etili think alfalfa should
BOTS WHO AHE WANTED-
“What mail* Brown
marry that
t*e sown with a nurse crop. Those who
widow?” “Did you ever drop a penny
have bad experience with it know bet
in a weighing machine and then find
A recent publication of tbe Arl-
A man recently advertised In the
the thing won't work?" “Tee." "That'»
Experlment Station sums up tbe
tbe reason." "What do you mean?” New Bedford Standard for a boy who
facto ■a follows:
"do«« not smoke cigarette« or drink,
Couldn't get a weigh."—Denver PoeL
Nurse crops hinder the development |
Wife (during tbe quarrel)—I don't who goes to bed nights, and Is willing
of tope and roots of alfalfa, especially
and able to get up in the morning." It
when by reason of ■ thick stand or believe you ever did a charitable act
reminded the editor of a conversation
In
your
life.
Husband
—
I
did
one.
at
rank growth shading effects are exces
be had heard on the street
sive. After tbe removal of the nurse least, that I have lived to regret. Wife
Raid one prosperous marketman to
crop tbe weakened and undeveloped al-I —Indeed! What was IL pray? Hus
band—I saved you from dying an old another, "Do you know a good man -o
cannot Jump tbe two planks, and small falfa plants are poorly fitted to with-'
go on a delivery wagon?"
maid.—Illuatrated Bits.
Jump over, as they are lengthwise of stand drought and tbe stand may be
"I don't know a good man.” was the
Friend
—
I
am
afraid
your
husband
hogs thst go tx-tween them cannot lost. In the average Instance tbe loss 1
reply. “So-and-so wants a Job.”
live opening. Tbe catti» will readily In yield of alfalfa dne to a nurse crop baa a very bad cold; be'a continually
“What Is he worth?"
<t*p over. Tbe same plan may he used probably more than offsets return from sneezing. It’s quite painful to bear
“Oh, maybe Are or six dollars *
him. Why don't you ask a doctor to
for slveep, only tbr*« planks may be tbe nurse crop Itself.
Fee him? Matron—Well. I'm waiting week."
necessary to retain them, although tb*
“Don’t want him. I can get plenty
Just a tew iLiys because It amuses baby
writer uses only two for them also.—
Tr*R-vnrtatln. Clisrwea.
of that sort."
ao to aee bls father sneeze.—Tlt Blta.
Fa rm re.
The
freight
and
transportation
To be sure he can. They are nuaitlv
'You may not remember me. Miss
charges on a full car of strawberries
Molrhlug llrlpa.
In the classes which the advertiser
from southern points are often from Summers," be aald. "but I was engaged
A very Intelligent and observing
wonld not bare. They have some
$200 to $300. while on a car of soutb- to you once." “Indeed?” the summer
farmer say»: The Importance of a
wasteful, demoralizing habit which un
ern peaches the cost of refrigeration girl replied coldly, “you have quite a
mulch to counteract a drought was
fit« them for putting their best lnt>
and the high priced packages that have memory for face«. ’No." he replied,
presented to me In a rather forcible
to be used run tbe cont up above $300 glancing at her fair hand, “but I have their work. They may be willing to go
manner last spring. We had planted
to bed when it comes night, hut they arw
on each car that comes Into the State; for the rings I buy."—Philadelphia
a few rows of early beans and after
reluctant to get up in tbe morning.
f loo of this would be profit or Increased Press.
they had come up we bad a cold spell,
They are especially reluctant to get ut>
Income to the local grower.
protested
the
space
writer.
“
BuL"
and In artier to save the hean« from the
The local grower can often sell di “perhaps you could use this article If I for any work which does not exactly
frost, they were covered with planks
rect to consumer; there are no heavy were to boil It down?" “Nothing doing." suit their fancies; and when they do
kfter the danger from frost had passed,
or refrigerator charges to pay, and rejoined the man behind the blue pen go about their work, they do It in «
at one end of tbe rows the planks wen-
these two Items alone often eat up over cil. “If you were to take a gallon of half-hearted way. with no enthusiasm
laid between the rows and left for
one-half to two-thlrds of the gross sales wate' and boll It down to a pint. It except for tbe time to stop. They earn
about two weeks, which was a dry sea
of fruit brought from a distance, while would atlll be water."—Chicago Daily what they are worth—but the employer
son. At the other end tlie planks were
who wants good work cannot atTord to
the local grower saves It.—J. II. Hale, Newa.
moved clear away. The part where the
hire them even at that
Connecticut, In American Cultivator.
“Well, anyhow." said Casaldy. “the
planks were between the row« made
There Is another type of boy. how
new mill Is fitted up fine. Shure, every
louble the growth of the others The
ever. who does not have to waste time
Fruit I’lckln« Basket.
thing's in Its right place." "Not at all."
r row th was evidently due to th« tools-
studying advertisements.
Employer«
This basket Is made from an ordi
replied Casey, “whin I wint through .
ture saved by the planks
nary Deleware fruit basket A strap
who are not willing to pay him for bl«
there th’ other day I seen a lot o' red
goea over tbe shoulder of the picker
time—to pay a good price for good
I.oa« of Manure.
buckets marked 'Fur Fire Only,' an’,
An authority claims that fully one- and leaves both hands free for gatber- falz. there was wather in thlui!"—Phil work—need not hope to get him. He
is up. bright and alert, looking out to
third of the manure rolded on the
adelphia Press.
do best the Job he is put to. He gets a
farina of the United States Is lost. The
Friend—One of your clerks telle me
good Job, and goes from that into a bet
fernientntfon of manure Is caused by
you raised bls salary and told him to
ter. and by and by he and bis kind hold
th* action of two form« of organisms
get married, under pannlty of dis-
all tbe good Jobe.
One form Is that which requires an
charge. Business Man—Yes; I do that
Keep close watch ow tbe boy of that
abundance of oxygen nnd die* when ex
to all my clerks when they get old
type. He Is going to be the mau who
posed to It. The former thrives on the
enough to marry. I don't want any
will have the handling of affairs.
outside of tbe heap and the latter In
of your independent, conceited men
the Interior. The latter's office seem«
about my place.—Tit-Bits.
Sheridan*« Double Marriage.
to break up the more complex particles
Landlady (to new boarder who la
It was In 1857 that the Gretna Green
and prepare them for the action of tbe
rather stout). I am glad to hear that marriages were made Illegal. A glance
former. If the action of the former
one of my former boarders recommend at Its registers may yet Inspire tbo
BASKET rOB IBI IT riCKIXU.
la too rapid a great deal of the nltrro-
ed you to my house. 8tout Boarder— novelist of the future. One entry will
gen pasaen off Into the air In the form
if ammonia or free nitrogen, and la lost Ing the fruit It Is bad practice tv Yea, be spoke very highly of it. After be sure to puzale. Twice within a few
shake any kind of fruit from the tree. telling him that I bad tried all klnda days occurs the record of the marriage
'o ths soil from whence It came.
It should always be picked by hand of antifat without success he advised a of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to Mira
and carefully placed In the package In abort stay here.—Ally Sloper.
Th»
Cow.
Grant There was only one R. B. S.,
The Improved cow. says tbe American which It Is sent to market, By this
Mistress—Norah. I told yon to give only one bride for the same gentleman.
Farmer, la tbe cow that continually Im method Injury to the extent of 10 to that man with tbe band organ a quar The double entries are not the result of
proves In her milking qualities. She Is 23 per cent may be avoided.
ter to go down to the next block and any blunder on the part of the Rev.
not the .only Improved cow, for the pro-
grind bls machine in front of Mr. Mr. Vulcan. The parties were really
Wintering Rees.
lucer of good beef stock and of the Im
I'ppe-Tart’s bouse—and tie's out here twice married at Gretna Green. Arriv
D. H. Stovall says a neighbor who on the sidewalk again! Norah—Yla, ing on a Sunday they were duly wed
proved steer la an Improved row. It Is
not only necessary to have the Improv make« a good living from bls apiary mum. He says th' leddy in tbe next ded. and sped away to Edinburgh.
’d dam. but the sire should also be successfully winters his bees through block gave '1m half a dollar to com* There, however, Sbertdan chanced to
mproved. If the Improvement Is made the cold months In a cellar provided back here. mum.—Chicago Tribune.
glance at a newspaper In which ap
that la necessary. Keep up the Im for the purpose. He states that bees
peared the lucubrations of a lawyer.
Literary
Chiekena.
provement lest there be a retrogression. may be succeaafllly wintered In cellars
In these plainly stated was the fact
An Indiana novelist with a love for
provided the cellar Is given fver entire
that no contract executed on a Sunday
Meets«* is Versa«««.
ly to the bees and used for no other the simple life moved to a farm, says a
Is binding. Clearly, then, their wed
The merino sheep Industry In Ver purpose.
There la always an un writer in Lippincott's Magazine, and
mont Is again entering an era of pros healthy odor, that Is ns disastrous to began raising chickens. When be had ding was not legal. Back to Gretna
perity that presages a t>oom.
While bees as anything else, emitted from de some batched ouL he soon noticed that Green they scurried, to be remarried
t»y no means approaching the palmy cayed fruits, vegetables and such things they were languishing In their coop« on a week day and leave the dual rec
lays of thirty years ago, the ' Industry as are usually stored In cellars. The and apparently about to die. He con ord to perplex later generation« ot
sympathetic searchers of the re-ord«.—.
la reviving and each year for a decade bee cellar should not be entered nor sulted a neighbor.
St. James’ Gazette.
past has shown an Increase ' In ship- disturbed any more than Is absolutely
"What do you feed them?" asked th«
nenta of fancy strains of merino- necessary; It should be made a quiet, neighbor.
Th* Proper Wag,
breeding sheep to Africa i ■nJ Aus- unmolested home for tbe little honey
"Feed them!" exclaimed the novelist
"Ro Wiseman Is married at last. Ha
tralla.
"Why, I don't feed them anything!"
makers
used to say that If be ever got married
Then bow do you suppose they are
Mta.onrl She*».
he'd manage his wife, all right."
Rock Bait for Horae«.
going
to
live?"
A new breed of sheep Is said to have
"Well, ha's pretty shrewd. He's go
presumed."
replied
the
novelist,
"I
For cattle and horse* rock salt been developed by William Buckman
ing about it In tbe right way."
plaeed In boxes or troughs In winter near Clapper, Ma _ Tbe new breed has with dignity, "that the old bens bad
“Is be? How?”
■nd scattered about the pastures on all the best points of Rambouillet*. milk enough for them now."
"Letting her have her own way."—
th» grass In summer Is preferable to Shropshire« and Cotswold«. To start
Philadelphia Press.
H*w M« Got 1«,
any other way. Raina have little ef- with he used twenty Shropshire ewes
"How did you get Into this country?"
fact upon It and this will be fonnd ■nd crossed them with a Rambouillet
Terrlhl« W««aa«.
both convenient and economical, For buck, and the ewes secured from this asked a reporter of a Chinaman. “Was
"My vrif«," growled Kadley, "la th»
it
through
the
open
door?"
tbeep, however, this plan does Mt cross were then crossed with a Cot»-
"No; through a chink." replied tba Boat forgetful woman."
work so well. Th* rock salt la ao slow wold buck. It la claimed that they In
“Yea?" mildly Inquired tbe polite vte
to dlaoolv* that they are not able to herit the hardy traita of the Rambouil Mongolian tersely.—Judge.
Itor.
let a sufficient quantity of It to satisfy let* tbe mutton qualifie« of tbe Rhrop-
"Yea; aba can never remember In th*
their wants, hence It la necessary to ■hire« and tbe heavy fleece* of th« Cot«-
morning where I left my pipe tbe aigb»
aee tbs loose salt for them.
volte
we*« -__praoo.
tor IB* Beas Cra*.
Beans may tie planted late and ma
ture before a probably froat. For sev
eral years beans have t^.zue a good
price, and if the wheat ftf proves to
be as short ■■ threatened at thia writ
ing tbe consumption of them la likely
to be larger than usual. Tba planting,
harvesting and thrashing of beans may
be done by machinery now, which re
moves a former serlona objection to
tbelr culture; and If tbe crop area on
a farm baa been made «mailer than
desired, by reason of the cold spring, a
field of beans might be sdvsntageously
used tn extending tbe season’s crops.
Good corn land Is excellent for beans.
■ nd their cultivation does not differ
materially from that of corn, hence it
does not require any special Instructln
or aklll to grow them successfully.
torn
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