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An Improved and Finished
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A HOME SONG.
I turned an ancient poet's book,
And found upon the page :
"Stan walls do not a prison make,
Nor Iron bars a cage."
l"s, that is true, and something more;
You'll And, where'er you roam,
That marble floors and glided walls
Can nwver make a home.
But every house where Love abides
And Friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home, sweet home,
For there the heaifvah 'St,- -
Country .Life.
A Girl's Success
They were brother and sister, the
children of an inventor, whose life story
had been the old one of an inventor's
woes, the lack of appreciation, the fail
ure of practical acknowledgment of his
powers, aud the struggle with poverty,
hlch was ended by his early death.
The wife, brave little woman, who
had eaten uncomplainingly the unbut
tered bread that her husband's efforts
hud provided, now set forth, as many
another earnest mother has done, and
earned, not only bread enough to satis
fy their hunger, but totter with which
to make it pnlatuble.
By tbo time that Ida short for
Idaho was old enough to study United
'(states History in the public school,
Mrs. Allan could look with satisfac
tion around their pleasant home, and
rejoice In the fact that she had much
to live for.
But about this time she had vague
misgivings, for both Clarence and
Idaho had evidently Inherited their
father's inventive genius, and all at
once it seemed to develop.
Clarence, who was approaching the
final year of his high school course,
could scarcely give sulllclent time and
attention- to his studios to pass his ex
aminations creditably, while Ida, who
had not yet entered the ueademlc de
partment, found tlio pusslon contagious.
Clarence laughed in bis boyish fashion
at his quaint, quiet little sister, and
more than once hurt her feelings by his
frankness.
"Girls are beginning to think they
can do anything that boys can. They
are a type of the 'new woman,'" he
would Bay. "Discovery and invention
ore only for masculine intellects. Isn't
that so, Jim?" turning to his friend.
"Well, I don't know," answered Jim,
who privately admired Idaho Allan Im
mensely. Whether her presence biased Jim's
Judgment on this topic, or whether he
was, from principle, champion of wom
an's rights, I do not dure to say, but he
proceeded to expatiate upon woman's
powers and the recognition that the
world was beginning to give them.
"Do you ineau to say," said Clarence
scornfully, "that you really think a girl,
say Ida, for instance, Is capable of in
venting anything equal to this?"
And he held up for inspection his
work for the time being, a wonderful
construction of perforated tin, which
was to be fastened on the stovepipe to
save fuel.
Ida answered before Jim could find
words, thereby saving him much em
barrassment. "1 doubt whether I am capable of
anything equal to that, but if you would
lessen the angle of the upper wing, you
would And that you had improved your
device."
Clarence saw that the girl's sugges
tion was a good one, and lie lapsed Into
silence, while Jim laughed.
For a long time afterwards, this mat
ter weighed on Idaho Allan's mind. She
had only slight faith In Clarence's in
genuity, and that she was Just as capa
ble of Inventing something practical
as ho was, became her firm convlctlou,
which she longed to prove.
Her mind dwelt upon the subject, and
she found that she could not attend to
her work, as she had heretofore done.
Every day sluv lost grades in her
studies, and the teachers expressed
their wonder.
Her appetite failed and the nights
TEE MOVEMENT FOR GOOD E0AD9,
Boad in New York State, Showing
brought only restless snatches of fever
ish .sleep. Her mother became anxious
and spoke several times of consulting a
physician.
This state of things could not last
very long, however, and one Friday
morning Idaho Allan's seat in the
school room was vacant, a most unusual
occurrence, and Idaho Allan herself
was locked up In her own room with
the key on the inside. .When it was
discovered that the girl had no inten
tion of coming down to breakfast her
mother's voice was heard, with quiet
authority, demanding the reason.
"Oh, mother, do let ine fight it out
alone !"
"What Is It, Ida? I must know what
the trouble Is."
Reluctantly, yet submissively, Ida
opened the door.
"I have been thinking, mamma," she
began hesitatingly, "and I really must
get it out of my head. I can't go to
school don't make me go, mamma, un
til I have tried to work out my ideas.
It won't amount to anything, I know,
but I can't stand it any longer."
Mrs. Allan was a wise woman. This
girl of 15 was not to be treated as a
child any longer, so she said :
"You may have your own way, dear,
and fight your bnttle in your own fash
Ion. Lode your door, If you choose. I
will not come In again until you want
me, but on one thing, no, two I Insist.
You must eat the meals I bring you,
and go to bed at your usual hour."
Ida promised readily and the mother
went away.
Soon after she returned, bringing to
the door a tra containing Idaho's
"MAY I ASK WHAT YOUB TERMS ABE?"
breakfast. After the girl had eaten !t
she sat for a long time In intense
thought. She forgot everything; she
was at last an inventor!
Her books and her fancy work, the
dainty belongings that girls delight in,
were recklessly pushed aside. She
needed her table for sterner occupation.
Shortly before tea-time on Saturday
evening, the key turned In the lock, and
a slender, pale-faced girl descended the
stairs wearily but unfalteringly.
"Is the battle fought, little daugh
ter?" "Fought and won, mother; you shall
see my Invention to-morrow .I
It was not of Intricate mechanism,
but underneath Its simplicity lay a
thought. Mrs. Allan saw that it was
of practical value, but she did not say
so Just then.
A few days later, Mr. Glllman, him
self a mechanic, and a tried and trusted
friend of the family's, came In, and the
Invention was shown to him.
"That's a first-class idea. .I'll send
Harper around to see it, the next time
he Is in town."
By the time Mr. Harper made his ap
pearance, Ida was ready to talk freely
about her Improved lamp-burner.
"I will give you one hundred dollars
for the right to get it patented, and the
use of the patent," said Mr. Harper.
Idaho refused the offer.
, 'Two hundred then," said Mr. Har
per. Mrs. Allan was a silent figure in the
conference, betng. as I have said before,
a wise woman, but she could not keep
from sending Ida a look, which entreat
ed her to accept the offer.
"I must refuse that also," was
Idaho's response.
"May I "ask what your terms are?"
asked Mr. Harper, looking, as he felt,
a trifle nettled.
"I will take one thousand dollars for
all my rights to the use of it," was
Ida's response.
"Theu you will have to look else
where for a customer," and Mr. Harper
took his departure.
Mrs. Allan plainly showed her disap
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the Concrtte Retaining Wall, Bitch
pointment, and for several days nothing
was said on the subject. Before Mr.
Harper left town, he sent word by Mr.
Gillman that he would give five hun
dred dollars, but this offer was also re
fused. -
Three months passed away before he
came to town again, and the invention
slept quietly in Idaho's room. Every
night she lifted the cover and took a
peep at her treasure.
One day, In response to the ringing
of the bell, during her mother's absence,
Ida opened the door to find Mr. Har
per smiling genially into her face.
"I have concluded to accept your
terms. Where is the burner?"
A few moments later the deed was
done, and Mr. Harper was gone, but
Ida was sitting with a bit of paper In
her hands, which represented one
thousand dollars. . .
Mrs. Allan and Clarence could hardly
believe it possible.
One thousand dollars ! They did not
know until long afterwards that the lit
tle invention netted Mr. Harper many
thousands of dollars.
But with that little slip of paper Ida
educated herself, leaving her mother
free to help Clarence in his study of
civil engineering.
One day a schoolmate inquired why,
having been successful once, she did not
try again.
"I shall never do any more invent
ing," laughed Ida, "I proved the capa
bility of the feminine mind, and that
is all I set out to do." Chicago Daily
News.
VIEWING WEDDING PRESENTS.
DemarUa by thu Goeata Wblvh Are
Snueeptlble of Mlareprewentatlon.
"Women viewing another woman's
wedding presents say things which are
liable to 'be misinterpreted," said the
bachelor who declares he hates wed
dings but always goes when invited, to
a New York Sun man.
J'Now, why is it that the most com
mon remark of the women who are
inspecting the lay-out of silver and cut
glass and other gifts more or less use
ful is: 'What a lot of presents she
got!' They don't mean anything un
kind, but the inference an uninitiated
eavesdropper would draw is that they
wonder why she got so many.
"Of course, they vary the remark.
'What a lucky girl !' says one, as If she
would like to add, 'Some persons have
too much luck.' And another says, 'I
wonder where they all came from,' lm-'
plying almost that the bride couldn't
have enough friends to make so many
gifts and must have sent some of them
to herself Just to make a showing.
"Now, these women don't mean any
harm. It's Just their way of . express
ing admiration usually. But there are
others who surely evince an unchar
itable, petty spirit.
"They pick up and examine every
article and appraise it in loud whis
pers. They express voluble wonder as
to whether the bllver Is solid and doubt
the genuineness of the cut glass. Even
If they do like a thing, they will de
cide that it won't wear well. 'Pretty
silver, but how it will scratch,' says
one, while another knows the china Is
lovely, but is to break easily.
"And so the tongues wag, while the
quiet man in the corner keeps a watch
ful je. He is a detective, and dis
trusts everyone."
Th Wrong Queatlon.v
An interviewer having obtained ac
cess to the presence of a famous actor
asked the great man if he would be
kind enough to describe some of his
early failures.
"Sir," snapped the tragedian, "I never
had any! James the door!" Human
Life.
Make One Friend Day.
One of the busiest men in a busy city
says "I try to make at least one friend
a day." That seems more than most of
us can manage and yet the wayside
spring of a country road makes a frleiid
of every passerby. Woman's Horn
Companion.
And the lack of money makes the
mare go hungry.
Au humble lorer often makes a ver
domineering husband.
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A Lifting Jack.
When one is alone on a farm with
perhaps no help around it Is almost
impossible to lift hay racks or grain
tanks off the wagons.
With a device like the cut,
one man can take off any
kind of a hay rack with
ease. This lifting Jack is
seven feet high. The two
uprights are 2x1 at the
base and 2x2 at the upper
end. They can be ripped
out of 2x6. Have the
wooden block out of
an old hay iork pulley,
bolted to the upper end of
the uprights with a half
Inch bolt for the rope to
work on. Thirty Inches from the
base Is an offset to which Is r.t
tnched a spindle for the rope to wind
on. The need of the offset will easily
be seen In operating; the crank will
always be In the clear. The crank is
14 Inches long. The spindle Is one Inch
in diameter. A piece of good one inch
gas pipe makes a good one. The up
rights are spread 20 or 22 Inches at the
base. It also needs a few light wooden
braces to strengthen and stiffen It. It
should be made quite strong and light,
so that one man can carry It handily.
On the end of the three-quarter inch
rope is a flve-elghtbs Inch iron hook,
LirriNo
JACK.
AMERICAN REAPERS IN ASIA.
American farm machinery is rapidly finding its way into foreign coun
tries, but our American farmers would not know how to use the machines
that are sent over there. They are built to meet the demands of Asiatic
farmers, who are slow to grasp up-to-date methods. ; -w .-. 4 . . .
shaped so as to draw Itself into the
wood and not sIId off. This hook needs
one or two links. A hardwood peg is
placed in the upright back of the crann,
thus holdlne the load at any height.
To take the hay rack off the wagon
place the lifting Jack in an uprignt
Dosltion at one end as near the center
as possible. Place the hook beneath
some part of the rack, turn the crank,
and It will surprise you how light the
rack seems. When high enough so as
to clear the wheels, have a 4x4 or otner
fa iris etrone timber to put under the
rack, the ends resting on two well se
cured posts. Raise the other end in
the same manner and you will have
your hay rack or grain tank where the
weeds will not erow over them and
without any lifting to speak of. Mon
treal Star."'
Farmer' Poultry Home.
The accompanying Illustration of a
poultry house Is largely self-explanatory.
Both a window and curtain
front is provided. The window slides
back and in place' of it a- cotton screen
enn be let down to fill the opening.
The pens are built 12 ft x 13 ft. and
the coop Is placed beneath the drop-
POUI.TBY HOUSE.
ping board. Rough boards are used for
sheeting together with tar paper and
cheap shingles. The inside may Le
plastered. ,
Homemade Barometer. ,
Those who love experimentation may
try the following method of making a
cheap barometer, as practiced In
France; Take S grams of pulverized
camphor, 4 grams of pulverized nitrate
of potassium, 2 grams of pulverized
nitrate of ammonia and dissolve in 60
grams of alcohol. Put the whole in a
long, slender bottle, closed at the top
with a piece of bladder containing a
pinhole to admit the air. When rain is
coming the solid particles will tend
gradually to mount, little star crystals
forming in the liquid, which otherwise
remains clear; if high. winds are ap
proaching, the liquid will become thick
as If fermenting, while a film of solid
particles forms on the surface; during
fair weather the liquid will remain
clear and the solid particles will rest
it the bottom, ,
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unairidnailtr ot Cow.
"While there are slight individual
differences in digestive efficiency
among cows, extensive experiments
have shown that these are insufficient
to account for the widely variable re
turns made by similar cowsfrom like
quantities of the samelilnd of food.
The results obtained in tests of this
kind are emphatic. It has been
shown that, of two cows of apparently
the same merit, from superficial exam
(nation one may return three times as
much as the other from & given
amount of similar foods. They digest
ed their food equally well. It is a
well known fact that there are indi
vidual likes and flislikes among cows,
which necessitates an Intimate knowl
edge of each cow if best results are to
follow. Occasionally a cow will make
her best performance upon a ration
not suited to the other members of
the herd. These matters are of con
tinual Intesest to the dalryrnen, who
should safeguard himself at all times
by keeping at least approximate rec
ords of food consumed and product
yielded by each individual. Kansas
Farmer.
Profit From Dairy Products.
The Maryland Experiment Station
has been making tests as to profits
In selling dairy products, as milk, cream
and butter. This test shows that cream
Is one of the most profitable forms of
sale, when 20 per cent cream can be
sold at 50 cents a gallon, and even at
this low price returns 23V6 cents per
pound for the butter in the milk, be
sides leaving the sklmmllk for use on
the farm. Of course, cream can be us
ually sold for more than 50 cents per
gallon. It appears that milk shipping
Is ordinarily more profitable than but
ter. Thus 12 cents per gallon for 3
per cent milk is equal to 23 cents per
pound for butter, while at .15 cents per
gallon for 3.G per cent milk the but
ter is sold at 32 cents per pound.
In selling cream at 70 cents per gal
lon the price obtained Is equal to 33
cents for the butter, but creameries
never pay this amount, and no home
made butter brings any such price ex
cept for a very few gilt-edge makes.
Detecting DUeaae in Horses.
An irregular pulse in a horse is a
strong symptom of grave disease, in
a healthy horse the pulse beats 32 tj
38 per minute, but 48 per minute may
not denote disease in some horses. To
take the pulse place the finger below
the Jaws holding the watch in the left
hand, and Count the beats. A rise of
temperature above 100 degrees denotes
that something is wrong. To take the
temperature use a thermometer insert
ed lu the rectum. By practice, a bigb
temperature can be easily detected by
Inserting the hand in the mouth of the
animal. Cold legs and cold ears and
cold sweat are bad symptoms. Difficult
and quick breathing indicate lung
trouble, and "snoring" is caused by dis
ease of the brain. A rough coat is a
bad symptom, denoting indigestion.
Fever in a borse Is Indicated by dull
ness, a quick pulse, high temperature,
extended and Inflamed nostrils and u
ually great desire for water.
Dairying and Farming,
Butter has a market value of $50 a
ton, and It removes less than 50 cents'
worth of fertilizer from the soli. On
the other hand, a ton of wheat has a
market value of $22 aud removes $7.50
of fertilizer from the Boil. Anyone can
see by this that dairying is worta a
good deal more to a new country thau
the growing of wheat if the value of
keeping up the fertility of the soil is
fully appreciated. Field and Farm.
White Spots on Horses.
A white spot on the forehead of a
horse is called a "star." A white face
from eye to eye is a "bald face." A
strip between the nostrils Is a "snipe."
A white eye is a "glass eye." A horse
has pasterns, not aukles. White around
the top of the hoof is a "white coro
net' White above the pasterna ia a
"white leg"
Kansas Cora Crop.
In 1905 Kansas raised about an av
erage crop of corn, but the yield was
more than that of all South America,
which, of course, Includes the much
advertised Argentina ; was over 80,
000,000 bushels greater than the com
bined crops of Canada and Mexico, and
exceeded the same year's crops of
Egypt, Italy, France, Bulgaria and
Itussla proper together. F. D, Coburn.
1433 Treaty of Arras concluded between
the King of France and the Duke of
. Burgundy.
1589 Henry IV. defeated the Leaguers
' at Arques.
1600 Hudson, the explorer, reached the
present site of the city of Albany.
1655 Fort Casimlr, the Swedish settle
ment on the Delaware, surrendered
to the Dutch forces under Gov. Stuy
vesant. 1675 Duohesneau appointed Intendant
of New France. '
1692 Two men and seven women ex
ecuted at Salem for witchcraft. .
1705 Jacques Francois da Brouillon,
governor of Acadia, died at sea.
1759 The French surrendered Quebeg
1 to the English. ' .
1772 First dismemberment of Poland.
1776' British made an unsuccessful ab
tack on the Americans on Harlem
Heights.
1777 American force under Gen.
Wayne defeated by the British under
Gen. Grey. . . .Washington and his
army crossed the Schuylkill, deter-
' ' mined to give battle to Gen. Howe's
troops.
1788 The Oneida Indians ceded air their
lands to the State of New York "
1792 -France declared a republic. The '
President issued proglamation or
dering all persons" to submit to the
excise lawV .V.-V '.'.'.
1800 The - Concordat "between Bona-
- , parte and the Pope ratified.' .
1804 The rice crop of South Carolina
completely destroyed by a great hur
, rieane . , . . Mr. Dearborn, son of the
Secretary of War, left for Algiers
with presents- for the ruler of that
country. ';
1814 The British ship Forth destroyed
the American brig Regent.... United
States troops defeated the English la
battle at Tort Bowyer,
1822 Moses Rogers, captain of the first
steam vessel to cross the Atlantic,
died at Cheraw, S. C. Born in New
London, Conn., In 1780. ,
1829 Slavery abolished in Mexico.-
1833 The boundary -line between New
York and New Jersey settled. -
1845 Americans defeated the Mexicans
at battle of Monterey. :
1862 United States troops defeated th
Indians at battle of Wood Lake; -
1863 President Lincoln suspended the
' habeas corpus act;
1864 John C. Fremont withdrew as
candidate for President of the United
States. ; . .The.' Federal forces "were '
victorious in the battje at Opequan,
Va....A McClellan meeting ia the
Llndell hotel, St. Louis, broken op by
a party of, Union soldiers.
J868 Outbreak of the Spanish revolu
tion .... Lieut. Beeoher and: Dr.
Moore killed in battle with Indians
tipar the Rpnnhlican river.
1 QT 1 T .tnyi1n't, li rA it mn . mm sti?Ait tA im
, nnai resting, place at pringneiv Hi. ' .
1881 Body of President Garfield lay in
state in the capital at Washington. '
1882 Arabl Pasha, the leader of th
military insurrection in Egypt, sur
rendered after his defeat at Tel-el-Kebir.
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1884 A party of several hundred Cana- -diaa
boatmen left Quebec to take part
In the Nile expedition for the relief
of Gen. Gordon. . .Earthquake shocks
were felt in Michigan, Ohio and In
diana. . . i
1887 The centenary of the constitution
of- the United States was celebrated
in Philadelphia.
1893 The Earl of Aberdeen assumed
. office as governor general of Canada.
1 CO 7 TTtira man apmiaod nt hnnvlan
lynched at Versailles, Ind.
1898 Statue of .Samuel de Champlain
unveiled at Quebec by Lord Aberdeen.
lOQOr-Mucb destruction caused ' by
' " heavy rains in Texas.'-'.
lyui ine uuice ana idleness oi Corn
wall and York welcomed in Montreal.
....The funeral of President McKin
ley was held at Canton, Ohio. "
1902 Marie Henriette, Queen of the Bel
gians, died, aged 66 years.
1906 Fatal race riots in Atlanta, Ga. . . .
Rock Island train plunged Into the
Cimarron river in Oklahoma and a
number of lives were lost .... Secre
tary of War Taft and Acting Sec
retary of State Bacon left Washing
ton for Cuba.
1907 Explosion on a Japanese battle
ship killed thirty-four offices and
men. . . .The new " trxtr "tween
France and Canada was eigne at
Paris. , "
An Kxpianaf"'
"How long has this pStaurant been
open?" asked .the wtiedlner- :
Two years,-' saia tne proprietor. - "
"I am sorry I did not know It," said
the guest "I should be better off if
"Yes?" smiled the proprietor, very
much pleased. "How is that?"
."I should probably have been served
by this time If I had," said the guest,
twI the entente mrilliilA vanlahrwi .
Harper's Weekly.
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