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5 the Filipino Cupid PHILLIPS .Copyright, lull, by AtMucuUeU Literary Press.) Snick! Something struck Private Wovor on the breast of his blue flannel t-'hirt and hung there. He lcoU-d down at a tiny arrow and went nick with terror. For In the Filiiiines poisoned arrows are the soldier's bugbear; and about San I5enao there were many tribesmen adept In the use of the deadly dart. Weaver glared tit the wall of greon Jungle along which his beat ran. It quivered under the assault of a ver tical sun. but there was no one in Bight. Hastily he tore open his shirt! und undershirt, and a nrayer of! thanksgiving ascended f.om his heart The skin was not broken; tno virus: could have no effect. Then, cinaerlv. ho untangled the. barb of the arrow, and laughed sheep ishly. It was innocent of the deadly brown statn at the tip; so it was not a poisoned arrow at all. The dart was daintily fashioned, almowt as light as a straw, and was stained a pale blue. At the feathered butt something white was attached a little roll of paper. He smoothed it out, first as suring himself that Meigs on hts right and McCarthy on his left were J" walking their posts and paying no at tention to him. On the hit of paper, f in a round feminine hand, was the sin- J gle word, "amigo?" "Amigo friend," pondered Weaver, his boyish brow wrinkling with per- i plexlty. "With a question mark at- '. tached. A woman wrote that. Am I a friend of a woman in distress? Am ; I game? I am." Turning to the wall vs J of green ho said cautiously, Yes, ; senorita." f Snick! I On the next turn another tiny ar row whizzed out of the Jungle and clung to his breast. He unrolled the note It bore: "I fear lookers and can not talk now. At the church of San Juan at midnight. Throe small whistles." "Twice over the heart," mused Weaver. "That's some shooting, O you Filipino Cupid!" It was dark at midnight at the church of San Juan, and lonesome. The woman had gone down. Private Weaver kept the butt of his revolver within reach. The church was out side the American lines and wander ing bands of Insurgents crisscrossed through the Jungle, looking for un fortunates to cut up. As the sexton beat out the hour pressure. Then she was gone, fok lowed by the faithful duenna. Having been relieved from guard at eight o'clock that night, Weaver had twenty-four hours' liberty. At reveille next morning he slipped away, carry ing two rifles, two bc'ts filled with ammunition, some sandwiche? and a well-filled canteen. Ey the icldd'e of the forenoon he was hidden be..ide a dim trail three miles beyond the church of Sun Juan. A shaggy pony kept him company. Down the trnll had pone the f,c norita, the bent aud wrinkled crone who had been her conniariicn in tnt churchyard, and the Senor Criliia The i-oldi-jr h:ul won his bet with bins-elf. The senorita was pretty--I.e-.viHIeilng.y pretty with darl eyes, creamy chocks and red Mrs. H--pissed the hours most agiceali: thinking of her. About one o'c'ock f:e d Vienna r turned afoot at a spec-:l sui prising ! Winter ftnfe on Ik Farm H How to Improve Them Poultry Management of Fowls f Profitable Returns With HiiiU on Puilclinti , and AppUaucc PROF. J. G. HALl if' WUmuin ColL-ge tj Aencuitutt By fear i 1 ! w USA ,4 f 1 1 t, r-y Wfr fir 'Amigo Friend,' Pondered Weaver." wllti his bamboo hammer on the chimes of San Luis in the village, Weaver gave throe low whistles. A rustle and out from the Jungle stepped two women. They wore fairly out llniul In the starlight a slender girl ahead, an older woman stooping be hind. "Thoos Is the Senor Weaver?" asked the young woman, In curiously accented Kngllsh. "It Is," said the soldier. "I have come to save the life of a countryman of yours," Bhe continued. "Ho was a soldier, too, but the ln surrectos captured. Ho In the village of Oomaro is kept but a few miles from here, but much hidden. The tn surrectos leave It soon; they cannot take him on the march. He must die. With your help, my father and 1 can save hltn. We can to the village go, since the lnsurroetos trust us. You will aid?" "Sure," returned Weaver, heartily. He was peiung wun nimseir mat a girl who owned a low, melodious voice like that must be pretty. "You aren't a Filipino?" ho queried ab ruptly. "I aoi Spanish," returned the girl proudly, "and In your United States was educated. Hut listen," and she talked rapidly for several minutes. "Fine," cried Weaver, admiringly, when she had finished; "that's a good plan, senorita. I never would have thought of It." "Your praises please me, senor," said the girl, quaintly. "Until to morrow, then. Jt was a slim, smooth hand which anawered -or did It? his own quick fTry pouted in pass above the village. It had worked out perfectly, but even as they talked faint sounds came from the trail below. The insurrectos had discovered the deception and were In angry pursuit. The senor and his daughter hurried up the trail, tak ing Mnllory's pony with them. The Uo soldiers, each with his Krag cud dled to his shoulder, lay down at a turn of tho path to cover their re treat. The f ght that followed Is an army tradition. Hearing the firing, Captain Carter, commandant at San Benao, rushed out two companies to do a lit tle Investigating. Near the search of San Juan the troops encountered a Spanish gentleman mounted and lead; ing an extra pony. His pretty daugh ter, from whose cheeks the roses had fled, piteously Implored them la quaint English to hurry to the aid of Senor Weaver, who was hurt. Down the trail they went at the double to stumble onto Weaver, ly ing prone in the dust and firing vi ciously, a red stain growing on his legging. Beside him lay apparently a little old Filipino woman, gaudy skirt tucked up to show a pair of faded and tattered khaki breeches. "She" was emptying a long-nosed Krag with deadly effect Into a cloud of advancing Insurgents, and swear ing comprehensively while tho blood from a wounded arm dripped off her" finger tips. At sight of the howling reinforce ments the Filipinos fired one more fu tile volley and disappeared with great celerity. Weaver and Mallory lay nt ease In the dust as their comrades charged over them and grinned at one another as men win gnn wno nave done a good day's work. Some evenings later, Weaver, a cane between his knees, sat beside tho Senorita Orillia, on the porch of a house In the village. For obvious reasons, the senor and his daughter had abandoned their home outside the lines, beyond the church of San Juan. "Tho regiment has been ordered homo." raid Weaver; "we sail in three weeks from Manila." "Is It so?" replied the senorita, de murely; "Mien we will together go. For my father Is decided to live in America. He has all his lands sold here." Weaver gathered one of the little hands into his own strong fingers. "Isabella," he murmured, "can't we al ways be together? That first arrow you fired pierced my heart; you alone can heal the wound. There Is a priest in the village. We can be married before we sail." With a sigh of utter content, the girl drooped her head against his shoulder. "There must be a Filipino what you call Cupid," she said. "For my heart was pierce, too, at first sight of you, tall, brave Americano. So I kiss the arrow before I fire him, and pray he reach his mark." Poultry can be made to pay a much larger return on most farms with good winter management, since the fowls consume much feed that would other wise be wasted. During the summer farm poultry keeping is comparatively easy, and the fowls earn a good liv ing and give profitable returns In growth and eggs, but during the win ter periods the farm flock is olten poorly cared for and returns are far less than they should be under falight !v tmnroved methods. A small flock, rightly managed, will lay more eggs than several hundred hens allowed to roam free, hunting for their living with the 'exception of an occasional feed of whole corn or table scraps. When laying hen3 crowd Into draughty stables or under the corn crlt for shelter, the egg crop is bound to be bhort. Colony House System. Tho best poultry house for the aver ago farmer Is a small movable col ony house, which will accommodate 25 to 30 hens as a laying flock. The advantages of the movable house are that It is more sanitary, particularly in summer, when It can be dragged about flolds and cleaning is made unneces sary. Fowls are given an increased range over new territory each time the house la moved. Less poultry feed Is needed to keep the fowls In active condition and the benefits of the birds as insect destroyers may be secured by bringing the movable iouse Into the orchard. During wln er the movable house is less advan ageous, but by locating It on a warm south slope and providing ample space, It serves this purpose fully as well as a fixed house. A good colony house, shown In the Illustration, is used at the Wisconsin College of Agriculture poultry depart ment for summer chick raising, and with slight modifications may be made to serve for winter use. This house is 8x12 feet on the floor, which is of matched hard pine laid upon two 4x4 Inch runners. It is sided on studs with plain mill lumber and where used only for summer colonies no lining is required. Where such a house is used In the winter, it should be well lined, so that it is perfectly air tight on all sides, except the front, where tho 2 open windows are placed. The h Is 7V4 feet high on front and slopes CowiiJ". ty We.it.ru ui-.." . e u nnA day will give tee sens some iron iccu to pick over 3lnco they will eat a large number of the green clover leaves. A good method la to place gome strnw in the poultry house and arid a little clover hay regularly Ciovor chaff and second grade ha may be used to good advantage. It is ui necessary to chop straw or other iitter for hens, if it is in mod erate lengths, since they will soon break it up if the building is kept dry. Bedding down hens with clovir or a! fa if a hay avcids the necessity o t-oaking chaff for feeding, and fits intc the syotam of the average farm much better. It is Important to providi. sufficient litter at least 8 to 12 inches deep, in order to make the hens work to get their grains. A small amount of litter will soon be scratched over and the hens will need more exer cise. Pure Water Essential. Plenty of clean water above the freezing temperature in winter is quite important A large part of the com pobition of the egg is water and the hens need a regular and ample sup Piy to do their best work. If water Is Dlaced in the poultry house while slightly warm, the necessity of making arrangements to prevent freezing will be avoided. The prime essential Is to keep drinking vesselB clean. Scald them frequently and rinse out every day. The drinking vessels should be placed on a platform 12 to 18 Inches above t!ic " n .-ral level of the floor, so th;:t iitier v. i:. i:ot be scratched Into the v-i-.;.ol As ci-uiuary No. 12 gal vanized ivon r, -.: U t, ost practical for the ordinal ry house. It is easy to handle ini c c.n and can be car ried without d'Kiojlty better than a shallow pan or one of the patented drinking fountains. ' Best Form of Feed Troughs. For feeding a wet mash a flat trough 4 feet 5 inches wide, with sides 4 inches high 8 feet long, is ample for a fiock of 40 hens. This flat trough is bettor than the V-shaped, so com monly used, as it is much easier to clean and is not upset so readily. For feeding a dry mash, the main hopper is about the best arrangement ever devised. It consists of a square flat box 4 Inches wide slatted on the eide with perpendicular slats 2 inches apart and has a sloping top ant! y- IS TMTT mtMI I i!3 ENUNCIATION -ostmaster Had No Letter for Farm er's Cow When Asked for Mail for Mike Howe. The burly farmer strode anxiously ato the postofflce. "Have you got any letter for Mike . Iowe?" he asked. The new postmaster looked him up md down. "For who?" he snapped. "Mike Howe!" repeated the farmer. The postmaster turned aside. "I don't understand," he returned, stiffly. "Don't understand!" roared the ap plicant. "Can't you understand plain iSngiish? 1 asked if you've got any letter for Mike Howe!" "Well, I haven't!" snorted the post master. "Neither have I a letter for :inybody else's cow!" THAT AWFUL BACKACHE ar - Amenities. A solicitor who had been asked out to dinner and was delicately "pumped" tor legal Information by his host sent in a bill for "advice." To this the host responded with a demand for payment for the dinner eaten by the solicitor. Equal to the occasion, however, the latter promptly threatened a prosecu tion for selling wine without a li cense, thus effectually silencing the layman. Tit-Bits. ' ' ' ' ' a; 4 in a A pood type of colony house set built of plain milled lumber at moderate cost small openings In the rear. young orc-iara. i nis may d The fowls enter through down to 4V4 feet on the back. A roost ing closet, In front of which is hung a muslin curtain, must be provided in one end for winter use. This curtain should be hung upon a rod supported by cleats so that It may be removed in summer when the curtain 13 not needed. A fixed or permanent laying house for farm flock may be constructed about as follows: The building should be 14 feet wide and as long as Is necessary to provide 12 feet compartments which will hold 40 to 60 hens each. The partitions between these compart ments may be made of netting. This building should have a long and short slope roof about 7 feet high on the front and 44 feet on the rear. In the front a window, covered with one-inch netting, open the year around, will furnish ample ventilation and light Perches should be put in at the rear over a dropping board. In front of which is hung the muslin curtain to be dropped in severely cold weather to confine the heat from the bodies of the fowls Into a small space. Suffi cient ventilation will be secured In the roosting compartment through the muslin. Mixed gravel furnishes the best material for the floor of a house for laying hens, and if changed each year is quite sanitary. This gravel should be at least six Inches deep upon a firm If rats are troublesome She Knew. One day, when Molly was about foul years old, she was sent to feed the ! foundation. pigs. When she came back she said: j the foundation under the walls of the "That stuff isn't fit to give to pigs." j house should be made of concrete "How do you kuow?" asked her ! and a tight bottom of concrete over mother. which four Inches of gravel may be cause i laoieu m me uunne- spread. This gravel Is covered with ator. Exacting. "8o you have broken your engagi ment with that charming suffragette." said one young man. "Yes." replied the other. "She re fused to promise that when we were married she would give up her club." six Inches of litter, which must be changed as rapidly as it becomes damp or dirty. Clover Good Litter. While straw la quite universally used as a scratching litter In poultry houses, clover hay will prove more efficient and but little more expensive t (arms. A forkful added each Had a Tough Foot. A bare-footed negro wandered into a blacksmith shop in a little southern town. While ' watching the smith pound the iron into shape he uncon sciously stepped on a red hot coal. After several minutes had passed he sniffed his nose once or twice and re marked in an incidental way: " 'Pears to me, san, dat I smells rubbah burnin'." National Monthly. His Share. , "I wish you would tear a little plecs off the corner of one of those bills in your pay envelope," she said, as her husband passed over his wages to her. "Why, dear?" he asked with some surprise. "Because I don't want you to be able to say that I get all your money!" An Interference. "How many ducks did you shoot Pat?" "The divll a wan!" "Weren't there any there?" "Sure! The lake wor full av thlm. But iv'ry time I'd point me gun at wan, d'ye molnd, another wan w'd get betwixt me an' him an' spoil mo a'm!" SHE KNEW. which will not permit the fowls to roost upon it When used In a house this hopper has openings only on one side, and is hung against the wall. The narrow openings permit the hens to eat the dry mash, but not to scratch it out into the litter. Dark Nests Preferable. The darkened nest has several ad vantages In that hens are less liable to break and eat their eggs or to dis turb each other. The nest should be at least 12x14 inches in size and enough nests should be provided so that there is at least one nest for each six hens. Make the top and sides sep arate from the bottom, so that it may be removed and easily cleansed. Such nests should be taken out at least once a month and thoroughly cleaned. The sloping top is neces sary to prevent the hens roosting upon the nest. In providing perches many farmers make the common mistake of not plac ing them on the same level. Hens naturally like the highest roost, and will crowd each other off often, with serious injury. Six Inches of roost ing space for a hen is ample. Under the perches a tight, removable drop ping board should be provided, which may be regularly cleaned in winter and may be removed entirely In sum mer, while the fowls are not using the house so constantly. The prime es sential In handling poultry for suc cess is to keep them clean. Most farm poultry houses are not tight enough to keep the fowls suffi ciently warm; are stuffy and poorly ventilated, and soon become filled with fumes from the droppings until they are decidedly unhealthy. Two extremes are commonly oDservea. either a large number of fowls are crowded into a small, poorly constructed hen house or they are left to seek their roosting places as beet they can on either a piece of farm machinery or a stable partit . y Cured by;Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Morton's Gap, Kentucky. -"I But. . fered two years with female disorders. my neaitn was very baa ana i had a continual backache which was simply awful. 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