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Developing Milking Strain.
Experiments in developing a milkr
lng strain of short horn cattle have
been begun by the dairy division of
the United States Department of
Agriculture in co-operation with the
Minnesota Ecperiment Station and
with nine Minnesota breeders, the lat
ter having agreed to allow their herds
to be used and to manage them ac
cording to the instructions of the de
. partaient.-Epitomist.
Care of Horses.
The hide and flesh of a young horse
are more tender than those of an old
work horse. If the shoulders of the
young horse are allowed to become
sore during the first season's work it
is likely that, they will be sore or ten
der all the rest of the animal's life.
If the young horse passes through the
first season without injury the shoul
ders become toughened, and with
good.treatment are likely never to be
come sore.-Epitomist.
About Bnttcr-Making.
'A lady who seems to know a good
deal about practical dairy matters
contributes the following items to the
Farm Journal:
Sprinkle the salt in tho butter and j
let it stand one-half hour and then
work.
You will find all the salt dissolved
and the butter will be moist and have
plenty of grain.
Many people work butter too much.
It should be pressed together. Never
use a rubbing motion.
If-worked as scon as salten the but- j
ter will be dry, as,all the water willi
be worked out. will consequently |
weigh less and the flavor will not bc
so fine.
If butter ii to be used at once one
washing is s.if?cieni; i" Ii is to be
kept a long tlae wasiv two or three j
limes.
Never churn until the last nddsd !
cream has been mixo.l twenty-four j
hours in winier.
Churn in a room as near sixty de-,
grecs as possible. Never ia a very j
hot or a very coM room. Never fill
the churn mere than half fal!.
Never attempt to chura without
hising a th'irmoxcler.
Soils Arc Improving.
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crops is increasing, particularly ' in j
. the older State?, where the soil has I
been worked the longest. There has
been, he states, an increase of two j
bushels in the average yield of wheat i
per acre in the last forty.years, al-!
though thc yield of corn has decreased
one-half a bushel.
"The scils cf New England have
materially increased in yields of corn
and wheat during forty years," says
thc, professor, "but, what ?s more
startling, they are producing consid
erably heavier yields than the soils of
the Mississippi River States." I
He adds that an examinr.iicn of the i
records shows that the leading Euro
pean nations are not cniy producing
greater, crops now than at an earlier j
period, buL the crops are larger than .
those produced by the comparatively '
new soils of the United States. I
Crap? Fed Dee?.
Professor Humford in referring to
his six months' observations while in !
Argentina, South America, says that j
very fine herd3 ot cattle are produced I
in Argentina without a mouthful of I
grain. These cattle are fed simply
'grass and alfalfa and were never in a
stable. He saw breeding cattle in '
extra fine flesh on alfalfa pasture. I
Grass fed mutton has gone from
Argentina to London market too fat j
to sell. On one ranch of 100,000
acres there are 18,600 cattle, 10,000 ?
sheep and 2000 horses-all market
fat without a pound of grain. Most i
of the cattle country is flat and level I
and the climate is ideai for growing, I
as blizzards and sevcie weather are
unknown.
Argentina is a real competitor* of
the United States and has during the
past three years-shipped considerable
more beef to Great Britain than has
our own country. The beef can be
delivered in London from Argentina
as cheaply as it can from Chicago.
Our beef growers have not awak
ened to the dangerous competition of
. the South American country, but the
. facts i.re indisputable. Our great
ranges have practically disappeared
and new methods of beef raising are
coming into practice. But still bet
ter methods must be adopted, else it
will be impossible for our farmers to
raise cattle profitably on our high
priced lands in competition with our
southern competitors.
Heavier Farm Horse.
We are more than ever convinced
that many farm horses are entirely
too light for the work required of
them. On nearly every farm we sse
horses of different sizes, and while all
may be good for certain uses, fer
heavy work and much of the work on
a farm properly tilled, ia heavy, the
stronger hoi ses not only do the work
easier than the others, but they do it
more effectively. For instance, sup
pose a farmer wants to use his spring
tooth harrow. When horses are
strong enough to do this work prop
erly the teeth can be put down much
deeper, and consequently they do tho
work just that much more effectively.
Xha Mani? in true .with nuerence ty,
using a disk. Of course, there ma.?
be some instances where light horsei
will have the advantage, as, for in
stance, when drawing a harrow, or
weeder. But the number of instances
when the lig%t horses of the farm
will do work as well as heavy horses
are comparatively few. Very much
will depend upon the kind of land
and upon the nature of the farming
that is being carried on, but on nearly
all kinds o? soils good strong horse:,
will be found preferable to those of
light weights; On clay farms it fc>
simply indispensable to keep horses
ab!.e to do work that calls for much
strength to do it properly. This ques
tion is sufficiently important to en
gage the attention of those who ap
parently have not thought of it, or
having thought of it have not been
duly influenced by its great impor*
tance.-Weekly Witness.
Hog Feeding Test.
One of the State experiment sta
tions has made a careful test in feed
ing hogs certain fcods, and gives the
results in the following summary:
1. That it. required eighteen per
cent, more barley by weight than corn
to produce the same gain in feeding
pigs when both grains were fed in thc
proportion of four parts of grain to
one of shorts by weight.
2. That it is profitable to feed bar
ley to hogs if pork is selling at an
average price.
3. That the carcasses of the pigs
fed barley and shorts showed a great
er distribution of lean and firmer flesh
than the carcasses of pigs fed corn
and shorts.
4. That pgis fed on corn and
shorts wilJ dress a higher per cent,
than pigs fed on barbey and shorts.
C<. '"hai cross bree1 Yorkshirc
Uerkch.'~?s made more grain than the
other cross breds or pure breds used
in this trial.
Anoiher test at feeding other foods
is given as follows:
1. We can conclude from the re
sults of this trial that ground reject
; cd wheat is capable of producing good
j gains when fed to swine in connection
j with shorts.
2. In comparison with corn it re
I quires S.9 per cent, more rejected
wheat than corn to produce the same
gains.
?,. The quality of pork produced is
even better than that produced by
[ DRstm v.. .
Federal law regulating the manufac
ture and sale of adulterated butter
have been calling on H. E. Barnard,
State food and drug commissioner, in
considerable numbers recently for in
formation as to how to avoid trouble
at the hands of the Federal inspect
ors. The answer invariably is, "Make
good butter."
Under the Federal law any butter
which contains sixteen per cent, or
more of water is adulterated butter.
A license tax of $600 is required for
its manufacture; license for dealing
in tho material at wholesale costs
$480, while a retailer's license costs
$4S, In addition a tas: of ten cents a
pound is imposed on all such adulter
ated butter manufactured.
.'It is easy foi the farmer and the
small butter maker to make butter
which will ;tand the Government
test," said Mr. Barnard. "Tht, chief
point is to remove all th? buttermilk
contained in the butter when the
churning is complete. This can be
done by washing the product repeat
edly through clear, cool or cold water
until no traces of the buttermilk re
main. Then the butter should be
worked, either by p. machine worker
or by the old fashioned paddle such
as our grandmothers used lo use. By
washing and working any batch of
butter which a faVmer's wife may
make may be made as solid and firm
as creamery butter, and will easily
meet all the requirements of the Fed
eral food law.
"Many farmers' wiver. whe have
prided themselves foi years on mak
ing good butter really make only a
fair grade of axle grease. Their but
ter contains so much water that it
would not pass Federal inspection,
and under strict interpretation of the
law, the maker would be subject to
fine if an attempt were made to sell lt
as pure butter. Much of the butter
that comes from the farms to the In
dianapolis and other markets is
washed through perhaps only one
wate., molded into patties and rushed
to market.
"Under the most favorable condi
tions it will not remain sweet more
than a few days, because of the but
termilk it contains. This butter com
mands o^ly a comparatively low price,
whereas its value can be greatly en
hanced if properly treated. At thc
same time the danger of the maker's
being called to account by the Fed
eral inspectors will be removed.
"Moreover, many farmers' wives
makes the mistake of churning their
cream before it is 'ripe' enough. The
cream should be permitted to stand
until fully ripened before the butter
making process is staffed."-Indian
apolis News.
Good Sflieme.
Tall Office Boy-"What's the old
man giving you his good cigars to
smoke for? Does he want you to cut
out cigarettes?"
Short Office Boy-"Naw! His wife
is coming down to make a touch be
fore she goes shopping, and lie wanta
her to think bo is outr*-Boston post
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CORNSTALK FIBRE.
When the green stalks are givei
to hogs care should be used to pre
vent cattle from having access to tin
woody fibre which the swine will leav?
after chewing the stalks. Pigs relisl
the stalk for thc sweetness in it, bu;
leave enough saccharine matter it
the fibre to make it attractive to cat
tie, especially the younger stock
This fibre is indigestible, and tht
cattle, if allowed to pick it up, will
frequently eat a sufficient quantit.3
to cause impaction and harmful il
not fatal results. It is not safe tc
let cattle into yards where swine arc
given green cornstalks.-Swino il
America.
CHEAP WATERING VESSEL.
The cheapest and most satisfactory
watering vessel I have been able tc
find, writes Mrs. J. C. Deaton, is as
follows: For a pen of a dozen fowls,
take a half gallon bucket or coffee
can; make hole with nail one inch
from top and invert this, filled with
water, in an earthenware dish
saucers for one gallon flower pots are
good for this.
This fountain supplies the wat."i
in the dish just as needed. It should
be placed ou a box or frame ten
inches high, or in back part of pen
to keep the litter out of it.
Always empty water vessels at
night and keep them scuded once a
week.
WEAN THE PIGS.
It is not a good piar to take all the
pigs from the sow unless one or two
cf them can be turned with her some
hour's after, to draw the milk she will
have at that time, and again, say af
ter a lapse of twenty-four hours. The
preferred way is to leave two of the
smallest with her for several da;.s, and
after that leave only one for two or
three days, by which time the flow
of milk will have been so gradually
dim'uished that no injury will result
to the sow by keeping them entirely
away from h?r. This extra supply of
milk helps also to push the smaller
pigs along in growth and put then
more nearly on an equality in size
with their thriftier.mates.-From Co
burn's "Swine in America."
THE SILO AND ALFALFA.
Professor W. J. Fraser, of the Illi
nois Agricultural College, in referring
lo silage and alfalfa as great helps
for the dairy farmer sr.ys:
The summer silo gives the best and
mose economical protection of all
against drouth.
One of the very greatest crops for
the dairyman, and one which is now
being successfully grown on thou
sands of farms in Illinois, is alfalfa.
i^iri>rv dairyman should have a patch
ever date the pasture n.....
it is difficult to have a constant sup
ply of other soiling crops in the right
stage of maturity at and during the
uncertain time of the drouth.
Never, under any conditions, allow
the cows to go hungry and suffer loss
of milk during the summer drouth,
which for several reasons is the most
trying season for the dairy herd.
HOG FEEDING TEST.
One ot the State experiment sta
tions has made a careful test in feed
ing hogs certain foods, and gives the
results in the following summary:
1. That it required eighteen per
cent, more barley by weight than corn
to produce tho same gain in feeding
pigs when both grains were fed in the
proportion of four parts of grain to
one of shorts by weight.
2. That it is profitable to feed
barley to hogs if pork is selling at an
average price.
3. That the carcasses ci' the pigs
fed barley and shorts showed a great
er distribution of lean and firmer
flesh than the carcasses of pigs fed
corn and shorts.
4. That pigs fed on corn and
shorts will dress a higher per cent,
than pigs fed on barley and shorts.
5. That cross-bred Yorkshire
Berkshires made more gain than the
other cross-breds or pure-breds, used
in this trial.
Another test at feeding other foods
is given as follows:
1. We can conclude from the re
sults of this trial that ground rejected
wheat is capable of producing good
gains when fed to swine in connection
with shorts.
2. In comparison with corn it re
quires S.9 per cent, more rejected
wheat than corn to produce the same
gains.
3. The quality of pork produced
is even better than that produced by
corn.
4. If pork is selling for a reason
able price, a fairly good price may bc
expected from feeding the rejected
wheat to swine.-Weekly Witness.
Keflections of a Bachelor.
The way to learn to hate a man Is
for him to succeed where you fail.
We fix our eye so intently on our
little virtues that we can't see our
big faults.
A woman would rather have you
make love to her and not meau it
than mean it and not do it.
Where a farmer has a grand lime
is being able to put all the blame for
his mistakes on the weather.
All women's feet would be very
tiny if they were up around their
knees, where nobody could possibly
see them.-New York Press.
Horrible Example.
Mrs. Harriman now is said to be
the richest widow in the world. If
Hetty Green had saved her money in
stead of blowing it recklessly for ?1S
flats and thirty-nine-cent hats she
might have been able to make a
showing ip that line,-Chicago Nc/ws,
FOR PREVENTING BLIGHT.
To prevent the loss of muskmelon
and cucumber crops by blight spray
the vines frequently with Bordeaux
mixture, to be had at any drug store.
The young growth should be kept
covered with the mixture until it is
well up.-Indianapolis News.
PLOW DEEPLY.
Plow deeply in the fall and apply a
liberal dressing of well rotted manure
on the garden plat. Then plow and
thoroughly pulverize the soil early in
the spring, remembering that "ground
well prepared is half cultivated." Buy
seed from a re'liable seedsman and
the possibility of disappointment in
results will be remote. - Farmers*
Home Journal.
CORNES CANADENSIS.
The dogwoods are, with but one
exception^fcrees and tall shrubs, and
this exc?pmfiTis a lew growing and
extremely pretty plant every hardy
plantsman admires. The Canadians
call it bunch berry, and it has two
distinct values in the garden, one as a
spring flojvering plant, another as a
berried plantain autumn. In early
spring one gets a good display of ex
quisitely formed white flowers that
are modeled on the line of anemone,
and they are borne on prostrate
woody stems a few inches. In au
tumn the leaves color a good yellow,
and the berries a good red, and there
is more beauty in its autumn garb
than one considers possible in so low
ly a plant. It wants using to good
advantage, however, and one must
group it in some quantity-forming
a "torrent" in the cooler positions of
the garden. In such form it is ad<
mirable.-Indianapolis News.
RASPBERRY ANTHRACXOSE.
What is the trouble with my rasp
berry vines? The leaves die and
drop off as though they had been cut.
Last year the vines did not die until
berries were half grown; then they
commenced to turn yellow at or near
the end of the canes. Only tho pre
ceding year's growth is affected each
year. Is there a remedy for this
pest? If so, what is it?-0. R. B.
Answer-It was impossible to de
termine from the small twig you sent
what the trouble is with your rasp
berry canes, but anthracnose is most
likely the disease that affects them,
Cut off the diseased limbs and burn
them, and spray with Bordeaux mix
ture early_n?xL.srjring. This disease
Georgia and Connects uw, _
Rural New Yorker when to pick
peaches for distant shipping. He
says: "Neither by size nor feeling
can you tell anything about it, but
just lift up the^branches and look at
the under or shady side of the peach.
In white-fleshed sorts like the Car
man and Belle of Georgia when tho
shady side nearest to the stem end
begins to take on a whitish or cream
color in place of the green color, then
the 'critter' is ready, and you can
pull it; you want to got them good
and solid and firm, rh the yellow
varieties, the green hue will begin to
turn to a lemon-yellow, and it is
ready'to be picked. Above all things,
do not have anybody feeling your
fruit; that will mak9 a brown or
bruised spot a little later on. Use
your eyes when taking them from the
trees, and after they get in the
baskets you are all right. Be sure
they are not soft enough for good eat
ing when they come off the trees, 07
you will be up against a loss."
LAYING OUT THE LILAC.
One of the first shrubs to blossom
in the spring will bs the lilac, which is
deservedly among the most popular
of plants. It may well be called a
"queen of shrubs," and is a favorite
because of its remarkable hardihood,
the showy clusters of its abundant
and fragrant blossoms and Us pa
tience under cultural abuse.
The common lilac (syringla vul
garis) is the most common in the
gardens,' and from lt have sprung a
large number of showy forms which
are grown in parks by more expert
gardeners. While the lilac grows in
almost any soil, to obtain the best re
sults it should be planted in rich,
well drained soil, somewhat heavy
with a little clay in it if possible.
The Amoor lilac is one of the moro
shov/y varieties which should have
more general favor. It is a tall, slen
der shrubs, ten to twelve feet in
height, which unfo'ds its leaves very
early in the spring and produces large
clusters of yellowish white flowers
very early in June. It retains its
deep green foliage well through the
season.
The Fersian lilac is the lowest
growing variety, which is weil known
in this country. It grows from four
to seven feet in height, and has very
slender branches, which form r. grace
ful outline. The flowers are pale pur
ple, and there is also a white flower?
lng form.-Washington Star.
To His Wife.
Perhaps the wife whose remains lie
beneath the following epitaph would
be pleased at the sentiment, could she
read it once; could she read it twice,
Bhe would probably look for th?
broomstick-and her husband:
"Thou haat Rone before me
To thy last, lonj; sleep;
Teal's cannot restore thee
Therefore T weep.
P.y her husband."
-LippincoUV,
Special Training For Highway En
gineers.
The demand for practical business
sense in both the system of supervis
ion and the work of construction of
road building grows apace.
From the New Orleans Item, of re
cent date, is this excerpt: "So long
as we continue to dissipate our money
and time on roads and levees and
similar public works, through many
channels, and thus divide the re
sponsibility for lt, and encourage its
dispersion into utterly unfit and in
competent hands on a vicious scheme
of political preference, we shall mere
ly continue to pour ont our money,
like water into the great river,
through so many pipes."
And from the Portland, Ore., Ore
gonian, thia paragraph is ts.ken, Il
lustrating a similar demand for re
form In the road building system of
that State: "The principal element
In a good road is brains. Sir Joshua
Reynolds used them to mix his paint
with. The lack of them is the chief
fault in our highvays. Consider tho
myriads of idiots who have been tink
ering at American roads for OOO
years and then wonder, if you can,
that the work has been foolish and
the money wasted."
Why is it thai the idea that any
one who coull lift one end of a dump
board could build a road came to be
so generally accepted in the past, any
more than that r?nyone who could
throw a .plank across a stream could
build a bridge, or that anyone who
could carry a hod could build a house,
is difficult to conceive. It is an idea
that has cost the people of this coun
try an immense amount of money.
Road building is a branch of en
gineering as much'as land surveying
or railroad construction, or bridge
building, or mining, or any nf the oth
er specialties of the profession. It
requires training and field experience
in the engineer and an organization
with a responsible head and efficient
subordinates for the department
work.
How little the necessity for special
education for road work is under
stood even at the present is illustra
ted in the recent remark of an engi
neer, who has slood for yea-s i:i the
front rank of highway bui'.dfrs, to
th? effect that ene of his most trying
experiences has been to secure field
assistants who could, comprehend a
cross section, lt is believed that this
is a condition co nmon in all the
States where improved roads are be
ing constructed on an ettendal scale.
It is not just, however, to class all
these men as "idio'.s," for they are
intelligent enough Li other direc
tions; they have nader taken work for
v,nvR not freen trained and
. As the demano xor ingn vi o, j ti i. pi
ncers increases the same question of
fitness wiil intrude itself that is being
agitated in other branches cf the pro
fession-that cf eliminating tho
quacks through a system cf State li
censes. As doctors and lawyers are
required by statute to satisfy tho
State of their fitness to practice, it is
being demanded that civil engineers
be similarly required to attain a more
uniform standard of efficiency than is
Indicated by a mere degree from
some of the technical schools. This
eligibility test should be extended to
highway engineers,
Road building 13 public work-?
there is Int one employer In the busi
ness. A man in seeking a position In
this line l|aa no choice, except as to
locality, as to whether he will work
for this man or that and no oppor
tunity to change from one business
concern to another, such as prevails
hi other occupations. The people
have a monoply of thc highway im
provement business. To Induce,
therefore, intelligent and efficient men
to enter this service it is essential
not only to make the pay liberal but
to offer a reasonable guarantee that
the position shall be permanent. Tho
best talent cannot be secured for road
engineering : J longvas a man Is likely
to lose his position as the result ot
the next ?lection,-Good Ror:ds Mag?
azine.
Blaine's Old Mansion.
Washington Is wondering whether
the Westinghouse mansion at Dupont
circle will next winter be thrown open
and so dispense again it3 lavish hos
pitality. It is a substantiol looking
brick house, and ia the days when it
was built for Mr. Blaine it was re
garded as one of the palaces of the
city and pictures of it were used
against Blaine in his canvass for the
Presidency, and thc question was
asked where did he get the where
withal to build it. He actually had
to establish his residence elsewhere.
The Westinghouse family finally came
Into possession of it and was lavish
with social functions, but .Mrs. West
inghouse has lately been fender of
London and Parisian residence, and,
further, tho Westinghouse residence
has been quite outclassed by houses
or rather palaces erected since.
Young Westinghouse ha:; lately
married an English girl and it is
hoped that he will establish a winter
residence in this city, or at least that
Mrs. Westinghouse will care to live
once more in America now that her
son will establish himself in an Amer
ican home.-Boston Advertiser.
Within two years from the great
earthquake which undid San Fran
cisco, that heroic city has put $100,
000,OOO into building operations, of
which, according to trustworthy state
ment, all bul ?4.000.000 came from
local sources?
CHILD BOTANISTS.
No fewer than 109 different spec!
mens of wild flowers were shown by a
Walberton (England) child at the lo
;al flower show. Another child had
107 kinds.-Philadelphia Record.
MOTHER TO A CHICKEN.
One day last summer my mother
md I went for a drive in the country,
and on our way home (which was at
dusk) we found a small chicken in
the middle of the road. As there were
lio farmhouses in sight, we decided
io take it home, and after tea I se
cured a small grocery box from our
man and lined lt with hay, and into?
this I put the chicken, which was
?bout two weeks old. The next morn
ing, much to my surprise, I found the
?hickcn had crept into another box,
where a cat and her kittens were,
and seemed to have found both a
home and a mother there. The chick
I sn stayed there under the cat's pro
tection until she became so large
'we were compelled to take her from
her foster mother. The hen ls laying
nearly every day now.-E. M. Taylor,
In the New York Tribune.
NICK.
I am going to tell you about my
I cat Nick. He is all black, with the
(exception of one little white spot on
his neck.
There are a number of trees near
our house and consequently many
sparrows. Last Saturday while moth
er and I were on the veranda Nick
came up the steps and began to rub
against me. I took no notice of him
until mother exclaimed: "Why, Nick
has a bird in his mouth!" I took the
bird away and whipped him severely.
I The bird was stiil living, so mother
I wrapped him up nice and warm. He
was a little bird, so I think probably
he was learning to fly when Nick
caught him.
In the afternoon the bird was hop
ping around as lively as ever. After
he had eaten some bread and milk I
began to think he had been more j
frightened than hurt. That night my {
brother mace Dick (for that was
w-hat. I had named him) a bed in a
basket. He hopped in and nestled
down.
The next morning, when I went to
see how my little bird was, I found
him dead. I think probably he had
been hurt more seriously than I
thought.-Janet N. Murray, in the
New York Tribune.
GOING BERRYING.
The pleasure of huckleberrying is
due to the season, the late summer
time. The poignant joys of early
spring are passed, and the exuberance
of early summer, while the keen
stimulus of ' early fall has not yet
come. Things are at poise. The hay
ing is over, the meadows, shorn of
their rich grass, lie tawny-green un
- - *-V.?.T.
while the" sun has stu, nu cn?
of summer. Choose a day that has
clouds in it, too, for you will f^el
their movement even when j-ou do
not look up. Then take your pail
and set out. Do not be in a hurry,
and do not promise to be back at any
definite time. And, finally, either go
alone or with just the right com
panion, I do not know any circum
stances wherein the choice of a com
panion needs moro care than In berry
ing. It may make or mar the whole
adventure.-Atlantic,
Ti HAT DOGS KNOW,
Dogs have tho brains, but whether
they give proof of lt depends entirely
upon our treatment of them. We had
a collie given to us when a puppy
that learned to do many things; one
was to go up stairs every afternoon
and bring down a shawl that waa
done up in a strap and laid on a cer
tain chair. When he grew to a big
dog our lawn was too small for him
to get the necessary exercise, so we
ga\*fe him back to his former cwr.er.
After being away for three months,
he was brought back to see us. I
j felt curious to know whether he
j would remember some of the things
j that had been taught him, and con
j eluded to test him with the shawl,
I had it placed in the same chair and
room where he had been in fie habit
of getting lt. After he had been in
the house a fer/ minutes I said, "Rob
in, you go up stairs and get my
shawl." He looked at me, but did
move. Then I repeated what I had
said. He darted off up stairs and
came running down with it in his
mouth and handed it to me. We all
felt like applauding him.
Another proof that animals think
was given by a little skye terrier who
did everything but talk. There was
a fence around the lawn and he was
I never allowed to go out alone, but in
1 the spring when the ground was soft
he would dig a hole under the fence
and go on a little outing. One day
he was discovered digging. I knocked ?
on the window and saidt "No, Tat- j
ters." He looked up at me, then de-I
liberately went around back of the j
house and began to make another
hole. In front of his home was an j
open field and across that was a
house where this same little dog had
a fancy for calling, and where he
knew we objected to his going. He
was scolded for disobeying, and final
ly given a gentle chastisement. We
flattered ourselves he was conquered
at last, but his fertile brain was equal
to the occasion. Missing him one
day, we saw him going up the street.
Then he went around the block till
he got to the house, where he stayed
for half an hour, then came hack
home the same way, instead of taking
a short cut across the field as he had
been In the habit of doing, and whore
he knew we would be sure to s^a
bim.-H. V., in Our Dumb Animals.
?POLOGIES TO PURPLE COW.
Although it's bound lo raise our ire
Each time we hear or see one,
There's this about the poor umpire:
We'd rather see than be one.
-Boston Herald,
LITERAL.
Dentist-"When did your teeth be
gin troubling you?"
Patient-"When I was cutting;
them."-Boston Transcript.
HE'S NOT TALL.
"You're going to marry the baron?
Why, he's up to his ears In debt."
"That doesn't matter. He's not
very tall."-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
DOUBTLESS.
Mother (to son, a student)-"My!
Emil, how fat you have grown!"
Student-"Yes, and it has cost me
many sleepless nights, too." - File?
gende Blaetter.
CLIMBING BIRD.
Herr Schulzer-"I am trying to
make your parrot talk, but he won't."
Newly Knighted Parvenu-"Ah, ho
won't talk to ordinary people now."
-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
DOES THIS REFER TO-?
"I hear that De Millyuns is looking
for a divorce from his wife."
"Indeed. On what grounds?"
"On the grounds of economy, I
fancy."-Boston Transcript.
HARDLY COMPLIMENTARY'.'
Griggs-"Hickson wants to borrow
some money of me. Do you know
anything about, him?"
Briggs-"I know him as well as I
do you. I wouldn't let him have a
cent."
BANG WENT TUPPENCE.
? Frugal North Briton (in his first
experience of a taxi)-"Here, mon,
stop! I hae a weak heart. I canna
stand that hang't wee machine o'
yours markin' up thae tuppences."-.*
Punch.
FIERY PARTICULARS.
"Here, this writer in describing tho
fire says the flames ran along at a
rapid pace. I wonder what sort of a
path they ran on?"
"Must have been a cinder path."--?
Baltimore American.
PAINLESS.
"Do you think that man is suffer
ing from 'exaggerated ego?' "
"A man never suffers from exag
gerated ego," answered the emineK
o Ton ?st. "He always appears to en
."-Washington Star.
TRYING TO PLACE HIM.
o what scaool does that novelist
lg?" ;
don't know. But from the re
cable theories he presents I should
i that he Is a Chicago college
?ssor."-Washington Star.
ACCEPTED ON ITS MERITS.
"My money is as good as any
body's," said the aggressive citizen.
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne,
"fortunately for our commercial sys
tem, a dollar is not judged by the
company it keeps." - Washington
Star. .
RUDE INSINUATION:
Miss Young-"Next week I cele
brate my twenty-fourth birthday."
Miss Jubious-"That's singular/So
do I."
Miss Young-"But I celebrate mino
for the first time."-Bostou Trans*
crlpt,
BEATEN TO A FRAZZLE.
"I don't notice so many references
to the Man In the Iron Mask as I used
to."
"No; those automobile goggles
have made him seem quite a common
place personage." - Boston Trans?
cript.
HOT FOOT.
"Just saw Deadbeat hurrying for
the train."
"Off to escape thc summer heat,
eh?"
"More likely to escape the man
who supplied his winter heat."-3os?
ton Trauscript,
LAPSUS LINGUAE.
Curate-"Well, Mrs. Jones, are you
coming to the temperance meeting in
the Pari6h Hall this evening?"
Mrs. Jones (suffering from obesi
ty)-"I'm afraid not, sir. I 'as to do
exercises every night to keep down
my obscenity!"-London Opinion.
PRESENCE OF MIND.
"Well, sir," said the aviator, "we
had reached the height of a thousand
feet when our motor broke-"
"Good heavens!" cried an excited
listener.
"Down, down we rushed at tre
mendous speed. It seemed as if noth
ing could save us from destruction,
nothing. Suddenly I had an inspira
tion. Reaching aloft, I grasped the
skyline and hung on for dear life. A
cheer broke from the crowd below.
We were saved."-Boston Transcript
She Never Let Go.
It was a wizened little man who
appeared before the judge and
charged his wife with .cruel and
abusive treatment. His ?stter half
was a big, square-jawed ,woman with
a determined eye.
"In the first place, where did you
meet this woman who, according to
your story, has treated you so dread
fully?" asked .the judge.
"Well," replied the little man, mak
ing a brave attempt to glare defiantly
at his wife, "I never did meet her.
She just kind of overtook me."-*
New York Jo '.raak --~~
