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HER UTTLE FELLOW VET.
What.tinny creature, mother, are)
I •ortrtlnin Itufh to Me—
'or *yr,nT bigness and B07 »fe—
How- mln. look* after me.
She wants to warm me when I'm cold,
.To dry me when I'm wet
do.teMfcre ibe thlnka me Juet
A little fellow yet!
I'm not a schoolboy any moret ..
With satchel at my back
It wont be many year* before
I don the. haversack.
I'm (ofng ^0 join the volunteers—
My father was a "vet."—
And sorely then I will not be
A little fellow yet! '.'
•Alu^well! the mother's good aa gold,
And kind as kind can be
There's no one else In all the world
Thafa half as kind to me.
80 fet her think It If sho will,,
When I, too, am a "ret."— C:
It may be I will wish I wen 1
Her little fellow yetl
—Christian Work.
I
A Blue Umbrella.
MIIIIIHI»IIIIHIIH.»
OIX NBLi why did you never
marry?" If a cyclone had struck
the sharp featured man who ant
[with his feet elevated upon the Iron
railing of the veranda It could not have
caused him to start up more quickly.
Be snipped the ashes from his cigar,
paced to the farther end of the veran
da, and returning to the questioner's
•Me, be aakl:
"Harry, what made you ask me that
toMMton]"
The young man, upon whose shoul
der th« other's hand rested lightly, lift,
•tfbla eyes. Evidently the Colonel waa
deeply moved.
hy, all men marry that Is, men
ns or^-anyhow, they should
knarry."
"But you have not married."
I "And for a good reason I am not
able."
"But you could support a very com
fortable household if you were not
well, what you are," aald the Colonel,
as he moved away.
"Ah! Hold on, Colonel do hot leave
in* In that—he's gone!"
Tie other, paying no attention to
hla^lrords, went down the broad steps
ana walked slowly away In tM moon
light
know what he means he might
JO*T
as well have told me In so many
words—spendthrift! Hang It all!
know very well that I am careless
about flnancea and all that sort of
thing. If I bad been forced to work
early I'd know the value of dollars and
be "a very different sort of chap now,
iAh, "Veil! Life is too short to fret
ovjr mistake* gone and done for. Edith
-Ugle Is a—here she comes now."
waa.if the tap-tap of tiny feet or the
frou-frou of snowy aklrta that made
H#rry Lancaster's heart throb tumul
tously? It waa both—and the fact
that the woman he loved more than
all'others was Bearing him. Rising, he
tossed his cigar away, lifted his hat,
and offered the charming creature in
white a chair.
"Do not disturb yourself, Mr. Lan
caster I merely came for a brief walk
up and down the veranda. Isn't it a
lovely evening?"
Thep was a witchery In the tone* of
thijjBfcw, sweet voice. Harry's heart
away, more vigorously than
•ver. if the veranda roof hadn't been
cave-fringed with Ivy (he moonlight
would have disclosed the hot (lush that
mantled the young man's face.
"It Is Indeed a delightful evening. If
you will not rest here for a few mo
ments will you permit me to offer you
my arm for the stroll?"
8he laid her dainty band upon his
arm and the pair strolled slowly to the
farther end of the veranda they turn
ed to retrace their ateps when Edith
•aid:
"Was not that a firefly? Over there
among the bushes to the left? Bee,
there It is again, and sucb a glowing
one, tool There, It has disappeared."
"It may be a firefly, but it is my
opinion that Colonel Drake of the reg
ulars is smoking a cigar out there
among the shadows," said Harry.
'Is that charming old bear here?"
she suddenly asked, allowing her band
to slip from the other's arm.
"He came this afternoon."
"And as I was not down to tea I did
not meet blm."
"You seem to be acquainted with the
Colonel, Miss Lisle."
"Fairly, but really I ought not to
have spoken so shockingly about a flne
gentleman. He Is 'qulte engaging, but
I detest that absurd Idea about his
strange umbrella."
"Umbrella? What umbrella, may I
ask?" Inquired Harry, pussled at her
remark.
"Why, have you never beard about
tb* Colonel's umbrella?"
"Never."
'. "Colonel Drake possesses a blue, old
fasbtoned umbrella which Is supposed
to be a very potent love charm or some
thing like that Plainly, so It is told,
when^ he Invites a lady to share Its
against the rain her heart is
forthwith. Strange, Is It not?"
surd! Have you ever
"No" not yet"
"I should not like you to accept Its
shelter ever—though I do not believe
In such silliness," softly said Harry.
If she understood bis meaning she
was coy of acknowledgment, for, lift
ing ber hand to his arm again, the pair
resumed the stroll Just in time to meet
tb* Colonel as he ascended the steps.
The Colonel IMted bis hat and passed
Indoors, while Harry and Edith stroll
ed and chatted the hours away.
Tbe next morning Harry Lancaster's
heart sank when he looked from the
window and saw tbe leaden clouds
•cnrrylng along the darkened Bky.
"Bain! And I was to take her for a
drive! Well, I suppose I must make
the best of It and while away tbe time
In tbe parlors," muttered he, a* he per
formed his toilet.
When he entered the dtnlng room he
•aw that Ulss Ll»Ie chair was va
cant Ah! the Colonel's chair, to6, was
vacant Over his coffee Hairy made
tBil .resolve to make a break before
nig lit He would ask her for that dain
ty white band. He felt in blr heart of
hearts that she did not dislike him. On
thn contrary, as he recalled the pleas
ant past there was mor* than mere
friendliness In the depth of ber bwutl
fnl blue eyes last night as tbey strolled
along the veranda.
After breakfast be went to the smok
ing room and aeated himself near a
window overlooking the white stretch
if «and, the curling waves, and tbe
loam-capped billows beyond.
Ah! A couple approached, from the
teach. The gentleman carried—a blue
umbrella! Aa the pair drtew near Har
y's heart beat wilder and wilder.
It was thp Colonel's blue umbrella
was the Ooolnei, but—wh*
Mr* ..
'Miss Lisle, by heavens! Pshawl I'm
a fool to think there Is anything
strange about this. What do I car*
about that blue umbrella, and lts\po
tent love charm? But I wish It bad
not been Bdltb," mused Harry and
tossing away bis cigar he ft eat out
upon the veranda just in timo to raise
his bat and say "Good morning," to
Edith, who'tripped by him.
The Colonel closed that quaint um
brella with a click as of satisfaction
as he passed Harry with a polite bow
and a "Good morning."
Two hours afterward Edith Lisle
blushed as Harry Lancaster asked her
a question. She recovered quickly and
said softly
"Mr. Lancaster, tbe potency of tha
blue umbrella Is not a fiction. He 1*
a charming gentleman, and—I always
did like soldiers. I—I—thank you, and
well—I simply said yes under the blue
umbrella and I hope wo shall remain
friends."—Waverly Magazine.
MAMMOTH PIQEON RANCH.
Blsht Frame Sheds Used to Hons*
Ten Thousand of Them.
Situated at the sharp angle whero
the Arroyo Seco, or dry ditch (a ra
vine that extends from Los Angeles to
the Sierra Madre mountains, some four
teen miles away), and the Los Angeles
rlVer (at this point eighteen miles
from the sea) meet. Is ono of the most
curious exhibits of pigeon life over
presented to the eye.
Here ten thousand pigeons, mostly
light In color, are found perched upon
the roots of eight frame sbeds. Tlio
walls of these sheds are composed of
hundreds of empty gasoline cans with
one of the ends taken out and wooden
boards with apertures large enough for
pigeons substituted, and thousands of
wooden fruit boxes furnished wltli
square openings. Tbe ground is gener
ally covered with pigeons until a stran
ger arrives, when there Is a great whir
ring noise, tbe air is full of wings and
thousands of pigeons return to their
brethren on the roofs of. the sheds.
This institution belongs to one of
Los Angeles' enterprising clttxens, and
forms a great attraction to visitors
from all the country round, as well as
to numerous colored thieves, who make
a continual practice of robbing this
vast aggregation of pigeon roosts. Two
large dogs properly qualified to bark
and bite are located at each end of
tbe grounds, about 200 feet from cacb
other. These are secured safely by
long chains to spikes In tbe ground.
But these, fierce as they are, do not
represent tbe entire force for the de
fense from thieves of the 10,000 pig
eons, two young dogs, trained to »ark
and not to bite, are on duty also all
the time these are more sleepless and
It Is the uproar they make upon which
the owner so much depends for tbe dis
covery of the colored thieves. Dis
ease and rats take away a great many
of this multitudinous bird population
daily some young pigeons will be found
on the ground dead, having gone too
far from the family nest—Pearson's
Magazine.
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.
Hiram Proved He Had a Sure Source
of Wealth.
You tnlk very well, and you're not
bad looking," Bnid Mr. Fewscads, tha
village banker, to Hiraui Clover, an
honeBt young farmer, "but you ought
to know that 1 cannot countenance your
attentions to my daughter."
"But, sir—began Hiram.
"1 don't think that I caru to argue th*
matter, Mr. Clover," the banker cut In.
1 know you are about to say that
Mabel loves you and that you can make
a nice home for her and all that but 1
think you're mistaken. Any passing
fancy she may bare for you will be
gone soon. All girls have to go through
three or four sieges of that sort before
their affections are fixed on the man
they ought to marry."
'And yet, sir
'Don't trouble to say anything, Mr.
Clover. I would spare yon ail unneces
sary pain. But tbe fact is, my daughter
would not be satisfied with life on a
farm. And besides, pardon me for men
tioning it but you cannot support her in
the style to which she has been accus
tomed. Mabel has had every advantage.
1 have reared her In tbe lap of luxury,
may say, and 1 cannot think of her
entering upon a life In which she might
miss the comforts with which 1 have
always surrounded her."
The young man smiled a peculiar and
masterful smile, says the Detroit Free
Press, as be broke In:
Do you bappen to know,'sir, that 1
have a flock of fifty bens and that ev
ery hen Is laying one egg a day, sir, and
do you know what fresh eggs are fetch
ing In the market at the present time?"
Is that true?" asked the banker, polo
with emotion.
"It is."
"Toke Mabel and be happy."
MANY 8PIE8 OF THE 8ULTAN.
Turkey Growing Demoralized Under
the Present Vlcioua System.
In no country and at no time of the
world's history has the spy system been
developed to the point It has attained In
Turkey to-day. It Is a most elaborate
organization and costs an Immense
amount of money. There are spies and
counter-spies, and counter-counter
spies to the fourth or fifth degree.
Their number Is legion, and they are
to be found In all classes of society,
from tbe highest to the lowest Be
sides the minister of police, almost ev
ery high dignitary has his own servlcs
of spies, says the London Chronicle.
These are all rival organizations, and
spend most of their time in spying and
denouncing each other. All prominent
persons are closely watched, and fol
lowed even while shopping, and should
they meet another person of note and
exchange a few words, tbe fact Is care
fully noted. QSirks no longer dare as
semble In parties of five or six for the
purpose of spending their evenings to
gether. It Is Impossible for three or
four of them to sit down at a table In
a coffee house without having a spy at
the next On sucb occasions they al
ways speak very loud, so that every
body may hear them. Should a Euro
pean converse with a Turk In tbe
street, a spy will follow tbem and try
to find out what they are saying.
The result of all this Is tbat the
Turks avoid one another's company as
much as possible, and whenever they
do come together tbe conversation Is
on the most futile subjects, and quite
childish. The Turkish nation is grow
ing more and more demoralized under
the present system.
1
Stork* of East Indies.
In a public park at Calcutta are sev
eral birds of the adjutant species. They
are the storks of the East Indies, and
average about six feet In height These
birds parade In a stately way, and at
distance look so much like soldier*
that strangers often mistake them for
grenadiers.
*1^ Irishman says he always shuts
™wb«o be look* at lady** ftudta.
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The Tile Inlet and Outlet.
No ono will question the value of tile
for drainage pipes. In lnylng head end
of tile, It Is a mlstnko to dump in a few
pieces of broken tile and mud dug from
the slough bed with the Idea of packing
to make nearly waterproof. Many have
done that In this section and the water,
S(«ufi3ci
WELL-MADE TILE INLET.
falling to run off, a complaint Is made
that tiling does not pay. I have known
men to dig up whole ditches of tile and
replace with 1 inner ones, when a little
work In tbe right way would have
brought things out all right A correct
ly built tile inlet and outlet are abso
lutely essential f*r success In drainage.
Where sol! Is of a mucky nature, the
Illustration shows a good plnn of filling
in around the inlet This plnn, how
ever, is not necessary where soil Is
mossy. About four or five feet of tile
should be covered with coarse gravel
to within six or eight inches of tbe sur
face, so the plow will not strike the
stone. This will let the water off free
ly, yet keep the soil In good shape. A
largo stone should be placed at end of
tile.
The outlet should also be kept clean
of roots nud bars of netting so placed
that the vermin may be kept out If
this is done and the tile properly laid.
DURABLE WLK OUTLET.
"'liter wll! have easy going and tbe
farmer will go his way rejoicing In
stead of "cussing" the tlio which he
thought was too small.—I' red Rlstrim.
in l'urm and Home. """7/
Good Farm Gate.^'ii
,'l^i
heavy gate that Is opened a 1111
ber of times dnlly is apt to sag In a short
time If not well braced. An excellent
way of overcoming this fault Is shown
In the illustration. The posts arc
longer than those ordinarily used, and
are set a foot deeper in tile ground than
fence posts generally. Heavy flat
stones are placed about tbe bottom of
the post, to which the gate is hung, and
these stones are braced on either side
hy stout oak stakes. Those stakes are
driven so that the tops are just below
the surface of the ground. Three
strong hinges are used to bang the gnte
and a strong rod of Iron is fastened to
the upright of the gate and to the top
bar. This helps greatly In keeping the
gnte from warping or "racking" out nt
the joints. The latch fastcniug, though
simple, is- effective. A slot is cut
through the front upright of the gate
th»-' \VW iMkltStlft,
HANDY KARM QATE.
and the tongue of the latch run through
it. A slot is mortised in the post, as
shown in tho illustration, and the
tougue run in, which gives a secure
fastening. The latch or tongue is hung
from the bar of the gate by means of
two pieces of hard, smooth wood, bolted
together, with the tougue between the
lower ends. The bolt which runs
through the bar of the gate is loose
enough to permit the tongue to be
pushed hackwnrd and forward when
the gate Is to be opened and closed.
Grow Alfatfa.
Considerable lias been said In this de
partment In favor of alfalfa and the
prediction is now made that in less
than live years tho farm where more or
less alfalfa is not grown will be an ex
ception to the general rule. The only
possible objection tbat can be urged
against alfalfa is that it cannot be cut
for hay the lirst season after sowing
the seed. This Is a silly objection, for
certainly one can afford to miss this cut
ting If thereby they establish a per
manent meadow that may be cut, after
the first year, several times during the
season. It has been demonstrated that
the feeding value of alfalfa is very
great, one authority claiming that in a
feeding test 00 piundn of alfalfa gave
tbe same returns as 100 pounds of
wheat bran. "..... ...
Kceplns Butter.
Good butter will keep sweet for many
weeks when it is placed 4n a crock
after being mnde into roi: wrappei.
in strong cheesecloth or old muslin
and then covered with a brine strong
enough to bear up an egg. Saltpeter
and sugar may he added to advantage
while the brine Is still hot in the pro
portion of a teaspoonful of the former
and a tablespoonful of the latter to ev
ery four quarts. The brine must how
ever, not be poured upon the butter un
til it is entirely cold.
Cabbage Hard on Soil.
Those who attempt to grow cabbage
on a large scale should bear In mind
that the crop uses up large quantities
of plant food and Is especially hard 011
the potash In the soil. Tills being the
case it is necessary to fertilize heavily
for cabbage, and especially using pot-
Muriate of potash \Ue beat to
use and the least expensive. Of course
other fertilizers should nlso be used. A
good plan Is to use tlio stable product
supplementing It with mnrlate of pot
ash, and also to use heavy applications
of lime which releases the plant food
in the soli.
Principles of Pruning
While tho proper pruning of trees
will not, by any means, Insure their
frultfulne8S, It will have more to do
with It than even experienced occhard
Ists think. It Is a lamentable fact that
not ono man in ten knows how to
properly prune a fruiting tree it Is
nlso to be regretted that more fruit
growers do not better understand that
proper pruning largely means yearly
pruning and not a general slaughter of
the limbs and twigs every three or
four years. Tills general prnctico sim
ply means urging the tree to make a
heavy growth of wood which is not
needed. In pruuing, the experienced
orchnrdlst cuts but slightly the strong
limbs, but wields his knife and shears
vigorously on the light branches and
twigs growing on tbe Inside and on
the underside of the tree. This Is tho
general rule and most growers of ex
perlence practice It with all fruit
trees, although in recent years expert
fruit growers seem Inclined to take
out the stronger wood 011 peach trees,
although this plan Is mainly to get tho
tree beaded low still the peach often
requires different treatment from oth
er orchard trees which may best be
determined by experiments with dif
ferent plans, for while general prin
ciples mny be laid down it Is not pos
sible to cover in such directlous local
conditions. .. ._
A Sheep Record.
A Missouri sheep grower lias madA
a record which he thinks stands near
tbe top, If It is not nhead of all others.
Lnst spring bis forty-three Shropshire
ewes dropped eighty-five lambs, among
which were seven sets of triplets, twen
ty-eight sets of twins and eight single
lambs.. Ho lost six by death, and killed
two for bis personal use. The remain
ing seventy-seven Iambs were let to run
on wheat and other pasture last fall,
nnd later were given about twenty
bushels' of corn to put them in market
able condition. When sold they aver
aged 103 pounds each, and were report
ed "fat as butter," selling at 56.25, the
highest price in a year or more at Kan
sas City. An income of nbout $500 be
side tbe Wool from forty-three ewes
makes It look as if well-bred Shrop
shire were a good kind of slicep to in
vest in.—American Cultivator.
Advantages of Lime.
Lime is not a fertilizer in tho sens'
tbat the term is generally understood.
Its best use is to sweeten tho soli al
though It possesses great value because
of Its action 011 the plant foods in tbe
soil, loosening them and making them
available. It Is tills nction that gives
some people the impression that the
lime In itself is a fertilizer. Reallzinr
the action of lime on the plant foods
In the soil It should rarely or never be
applied to sandy soil, for in such sol!
the fertilizers are lost quickly enough
nnd the plant food is easily released bj
nature. On clay soils an application ot
say ten bushels of air-slaked lime pel
acre would doubtless be very beneficial
and one application in this quantity
should be enough for four or five years
longer on soils that were well culti
vated and fertilized.
Use Fresh KKKS Jor Hatching.
Mauy of the poor hatches of chicks
are due to tho eggs belug kept too long
before tbey are given to the hen or
placed in the incubator. I'oultrymcn
consider four weeks about the limit of
keeping eggs for hatching, and when
kept for that period It must be iu a
place where the temperature Is be
tween 45 and 50 degrees and the eggs
turned over twice a week.
lt
kept in
the temperature named for two weeks
and during that period turned several
times, the eggs If fertile, will be all
right, but If the eggs can be set within
a week after tliey are laid, the results
will be better. Only the eggs of norma!
size and shape should be used for
hatching, never tho very large or very
"0r
tl,0Se tI,at
LIVING IN THE COUNTRY.
Oae Gains Advantage! and Escapes
Multitude of Obligations.
If you get ever so rich, what do you
do?* Buy a farm somewhere. If you
have the root of a good matter In you»
you will wnut to poultice a worn spirit
from tlrao to time with healing airs
and tho restful scenes of the country.
If you get ever so poor, what do you
do? Work harder, probably, If you axe
fit to do anythlug and can find any
thing to do. Hut if you have a spirit
of the requisite flber, and have come to
Just the requisite degree of Impecunl
oslty* nnd clrcumstauces and your ex
perience of life favor It, you go and
live In tho country. You can live very
cheaply In the country If you choose,
and possess your soul In complete In
dependence, and wear your old clothes
with a cheerful spirit.
You will be quit of a host of obliga
tions to fashion, to society, which may
vex and otpress you In town, for the
price of snpcrtliMtles Is by far the big
gest Item in the cost of ordinary living.
You will miss opportunities, too, but
not all opportunity. You will live face
to fuce with nature. You will be able
to say your prayers In peace, and de
velop the spiritual side of you, If you
have any, with only the smallest con
cern arbout landlords, grocers, or rai
ment. There are no taxes of any con
sequence In the country think of thatl
The greatest luxury you get there Is
time, and tho next greatest are sights
and sounds and smells. If you have
thoughts to think,* the country gives
you a great chance to think them. If
you have books to read, you can read a
lot of them In the country, eveu with
kerosene at 11 cents a gallon.
On the other hand, If you have
money to spend, what a chance to
spend It the country offers you I Gar
dens, cows, horses, houses, stables,
roads, milk at a dollar a gallon If you
like, sheep, and dogs, and, most of all,
children. It Is no trouble at all to
spend $00,000 a year on roadB alone, if
only you start with a fairly sharp land
hunger and push out your borders
with due energy. You can get more
for your money In roads than In dia
monds or pictures, and roads are a
permauent Investment. They don't
burn down you don't have to keep
them insured you don't have even to
keep them clean, for If you build them
well, let the weeds grow never BO
thick on them, the roads will bo there
still. And once you put your money
Into them, It stays. You can never get
tt out, nor cau any one else. You can
not even be taxed adequately on them,
for no assessor presumes to see much
value In a road. Indeed, a very large
sum of money can be hid In a country
place where tbe assessors won't find
It—In water pipes, drains, nnd such
things.—Harper's Magazine.
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Crows and Corn.
My experience is that one cannot
keep crows from cornQelds any easier
or more snrely than hy stringing up
twine about the fields, occasionally
adding a crossline. From my earliest
recollection this was our practice, and
w© suffered very little from crows
while our neighbors, who depended on
scarecrows, guns, tinware or corn
soaked in tar, came out much worse.
•We always saved the twine from year
to year, as it has to come down with
the first cultivation, and It Is still
strong. As to watching a field with a
shotgun. It sometimes needs grit that
would go through South African war,
especially If a colony of crows'gct It
"In" for a field. A neighbor two years
ngoopenedsucb a campaign, and- had to
shoot eighteen crows, fairly finishing
the entire flock, before what was left
of tho field was saved. It Is safe to say
that the crop was a good many bushels
cut down by what was taken, even
then. I believe In crows, as t|cy live
on insects and mice from preference
but they must live or die, and if pre
ferred food is not plentiful, they will
do crops harm. Better, then, adopt a
harmless way of driving them from
cornfields.—Correspondence Country
Gentleman.
TREE STOLE SHEEP'S HORNS
Firmly Imbedded In a tree, a section
of which has been sent to the Smith
sonian Institution, are both horns of a
moufflon or Rocky Mountain sheep.
The horns must have gotten there so
long ago that the tree has grown
iround them. The section was taken
at some distance from the grouud, and
the conjecture that someone placed tbe
horns In the crotch of the tree does uot
seem at all likely. It seems more prob
nble that the auimal was caught by
the horns in this position In one of its
prodigious leaps from the cliff above.
Messages to a Druggist.
A Philadelphia druggist has made tlie
following collection of amusing mis
sives that have been sent to hlui from
time to time:
4I
have a cute pain In my baby's
stummlck. Please give bearer some
thing to cure it."
"My little girl has eat up a lot of but
tons. Please send a nemetic by the
enclosed boy."
"Deer doctor a dog bit my child on
the leg please Bend some cork plaster
and cutter eyes."
Pleaso send by bearer ono postal
card. Also kindly give bearer, my son,
some licorice root."
Deer doctor wot Is good for tlrefoy
fever send some quick I got It."
Let my Johnny have a glass of sody
water. I wul come myself but I am
washing. P. S. the live cents is for the
sody water."
If you can fill the enclosed prescrip
tion for twenty-five ceuts, do so. If
not, return by bearer."
New Way to Mnko Writers.
•Dls boy," cxplaiued the old colored
farmer, "wants to bo a writer—lak
dem what writes do 'Pontic's Prog
ress,' en de 'Robinson Crowso.'
Tho black pickaninny stood In the
corner, fumbling with his frayed hat
briui.
Well, what evidence has he given
of it? Has he ever wrltteu anything?"
"No, sub lie can't write he name.
Dat's what fotch Mm up hear fer—
ter make a writer er 'im! He 'lows
mebbe you could sorter beat It inter
'lm—des frail Mm out, lak, 'twell he tuk
ter It nacbul! He already been hit
side de head wld a dictionary, an de
blgges' sort er words Is been runuln' In
his head ever since! I think dat ef
you'd lainin Mm rouu' wid some er dem
books you got dar he'd fetch up all
right. Hit's my bones' beliefs dat all
dat boy needs Is a fair showln', eu he'll
gprise de worn"—Atlanta Constitution.
mis
Keep Pigs in Barn.
At'the Kansas station n^kept iu a
warm barn during cold weather ato
more shelled corn and gained more
that is, pigs In the open yard ate 2 "!)I
pounds of shelled corn and gnlned'418
pounds pigs kept in the bam ate 2 487
pounds of shelled corn and gained 481
pounds. This is in line with a number
of experiments.
Better Crops, More Profit
The indications are that far
do more reading und thinking
than ever before. The results
that they will raise better
make more profit. The tenden
will be to have better sustained
the result of the agitation
tion that are going on from
rectlons.
farmers will
lis year
will be
crops and
tendency also
prices,
educn
veral dl-
ond
1 sevt
Salt the Cows Regularly
Sometimes for different
ter after it comes will not
lly. Neglecting to salt the
larly will sometimes p
effect. Keeping the milk or
Jt is too old is a very common
Sometimes too much wheat
chop «s ft feed \y)U 1)? thp
Wr
reasons but
gather read
cows regu
produce thii
cream until
cause,
or barley
Yellow Glasses. '.
Hitherto workmen and others who
had to bear very strong white light in
"their work or profession have been In
the habit of wearing blue glasses to
relieve their eyes from the possibility
of being blinded. This is the case with
sailors who operate the powerful
searchlights that are now so necessary
an adjunct to the war vessels and com
mercial craft, especially If their eyes
happen to be blue or gray. But re
cently it has been demonstrated tha(
yellow-colored glasses will servo their
purpose better, and It is expected that
they will be used'hereafter
Telephones In Europe.
Western Europe will soon nave as
omplete a long-distance telephone ser
rlco is
f'
United States now have.
POLITICS® a
How to Check the Beef Trnst.
Hit tho beef trust through the tariff.
Representative McDermott has made a
beginning by Introducing a resolution
Instructing the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the House to report a bill to
remove the duty on beef. But the reso
lution does not go far enough. The du
ties should be taken off mutton and
pork nud everything eatable In which
the beef trust deals.
Inquiries instituted by Attorney Gen
eral Knox to ascertain whether or not
the beef trust has gone outside the law
In Its operations will amount to noth
ing. The people can be robbed under
the forms of law quite as effectually as
when those forms are defied. Suppose
It should be found that the beef trust
has been proceeding illegally In some
particulars, what will It do? Just fol
low the example of the Standard Oil
and other trusts and reorganize in von
fortuity with tho statutes.
It Is hard that monopolists should be
able by any means to raise the prices
of food nt will, as the beef trust does.
But It Is Intolerable that the govern
ment should help these exploiters of
the people by protecting them against
the one thing that is fatal to monopoly
—competition. By levying duties on
foreign beef, mutton and pork the gov
ernment employs the power of federal
law In the interest of the beef trust.
That Is, tho government becomes a
partner of the beef trust—not a partner
In Its profits, but a partner who stands
around with a tariff gun to keep off
anybody who wants to undersell the
trust.
Will the people of the Unted States,
all of whom must eat, and all of whom,
therefore, are being robbed by the beef
trust, continue to endure this partner
ship between tbe government and their
despollers?
Off with the duties! The remedy for
the thieving prices to which the neces
saries of life have been forced up by
tbe tariff-shielded monopolists lies with
Congress.
The Republican party Is in full con
trol of House and Senate and has the
Presidency. Therefore the Republican
party has plenary and immediate power
over the tariff, to alter it as it chooses.
Monop&ly which corners tho neces
saries of life deserves no favor at the
hands of the government. Tariff fa
vors to the beef trust are favors to cold
blooded and systematic oppressors and
plunderers of the poor. Let the people
demand of Congress that It strip the
beef trust of tariff protection, and do it
at once.—Chicago American.
Secretary Root Should Resign.
The damaging evidence of atrocities
In the Philippines has been In Secre
tary Root's hands—in the report of Ma
jor Gardner, civil Governor of the
Tayabas—since early in February. This
report was not only held from publi
cation by the Secretary, but was con
cealed from the committee of the Sen
ate investigating the very matter con
cerned. Had not General.Miles forced
the hand of^the-Secretary tile veqr ex
istence of this testimony would~rtot
have been suspected. Secretary Root's
usefulness is nt an end. He has for
feited tbe Confidence of the public.
Will lie retire gracefully or will be re
pent the painful experience of his pre
decessor, Alger?—Boston Post.
Trouble in Roosevelt's School.
The President" has ordered General
Fred Funstou to hold his tongue. What
Is the matter with the administration
school? The boys are all out of or
der. The head master finds it neces
sary to box somebody's ears every day
or two, but discipline doesn't seem to
improve. The boy£ simply would not
keep still. Unless tho head master
succeeds better iu keeping order a
change will become necessary. No
school can be run without some kind
of discipline. The author of the San
tiago round robin will have to sup
press the spirit of mutiny and restore
the old-fashioned respect for authority.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Wrong Ouce, Wrong at AU Times.
It Is announced that at a conference
of the Republican leaders of both
houses at Washington It was decided
to shelve the ship subsidy bill passed
by the Senate. It Is not doubted that
the bill could be put through if made a
party measure, but It is said to be the
majority opinion that "it would be bet
ter to allow lt to go over until after the
Congressional elections." This is prob
ably a prudent decision, but it raises
the question: If the subsidy bill is
right nnd just why not pass it now?
If it is wrong and unjust why plnu to
pass It after getting a nev lease of
power?—New York World.
New Official Is Handicapped,
The auspices uuder which the young
Ivausas poet enters upon tlie duties of
pension commissioner are all unfavor
able. He is selected to fill the place of
a capable and honest official, who is re
moved because he was honest and capa
ble enough to make his honesty of some
value In the service of the people. He
Is backed by an element whose very
antagonism has been a decoration of
honor to the objects of their enmity, and
he conies from a State in which that
element has obtained au ascendancy In
the affairs of his party.—Rochester Her
ald.
Where the Poor Man Can Protest.
Every time there is an advance in the
price of foodstuffs a nail is added to
the coffin prepared for future Repub
lican political hopes. It is uot neces
sary to argue whether or not as to the
justice of this course. The Republicans
hare been in power for years the trusts
have grown up uuder their rule they
make the tariff laws that have fostered
the trusts the polls are the only remedy
for a poor man who can no longer afford
meat and the party in power must take
the responsibility. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Issues for 1004.
Unless we read the signs of the times
altogether incorrectly all efforts to
make anti-imperialism tho paramount
Issue will fail, although it will be an
Important issue. On the tariff reform
proposition all Democrats can get to
gether, no matter how widely they
split In 1890. And when they get to
gether on a sane platform they Will be
re-enforced by thousands of Republi
cans who now see the error of their
protection waya-Toledo Bee.
Would Improve the Senute."
Deppw follows the lead of Senator
Hoar in «rrouiwlless *''tjiat
to ele*
w*y
«ff
/W/Wi. KS
or THE DAY
unfavorably affect the character of tho
Seriate and Is therefore an obnoxious
Innovation. There is no more danger
in electing Senators by popular vote In
States with limited franchise than
there Is in electing representative#.
Whatever change the amendment
would make In the character of th*
Senate would be for the better.—Port
land Oregonian.
Picas Upset by the Facts,
Itlsurgedtliat tho United States must
pay a sufficient subsidy to encourage
the trust to build Its vessels at home,
otherwise it will buy foreign shipyards
and build them abroad. The plea is
made that it costs more to build a ves
sel here, nnd much more to operate It
under American laws. If It costs so
much more to build vessels here why
do Russia and Japan place orders in
American yards? As to the difference
In cost of operation it has not been no
ticed that there has boon an Influx of
foreign seamen upon American steam-,
ers In consequence.—Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Destruction the Only Treatment**
The solution of the trust problem will
be provided once the Intelligence of the
American people is thoroughly aroused
to the necessity of grappling with this
great evil. It Is not to bo "controlled,"
because give the selfish few an ell and
they will take a mile. (Jive them the
power to organize In '•communities of
Interest" led by "eaptalus of Industry"
nnd when tho people become thorough
ly aroused they will loosen the screws
a bit only to tighten them up again
when the people once more slumber.
Destruction, no£ regulation, is tbe rem
edy for the trusts.—Omaha World-Her
ald.
The People Will Be Aronsed*
So long as the trusts confined their,
operations to such commodities as steel
and Iron, glass, oil, manufactured ar
ticles of vurlous kinds and other pro
ducts that affected hut a limited num
ber of people or the majority but sights
ly, the people have been patient, but
let these combines continue their en
croachments on staples of food required
by all the people, dictating the supply
nnd arbitrarily fixing prices, nnd tho
government will find itself face to face
with a situation that has not been
paralleled In gravity In the history of
tlie republic.—Rochester Herald.
One-third of Them in Revolt*
The Republican party has been so
anxious to have au effective opposition
that it has developed one within its own
ranks. With more than one-third of the
Republican membership of the House
deliberately voting to defeat the wishes
of tlio organization and of tho President
himself what Is left of the far-famed
"Republican discipline?" After four
mouths of unremitting effort to devise a
measure of Cuban legislation consistent
with party harmony, we see the party
toru in two and the legislation further
off from cuactmcnt than. ever.—N"eTT
York Evening Post.
British and American Food Taxes.
The beef trust and the dairy trust
could not keet the retail prices ofjneat
and butter at their present extortionate
height if it were not for the fencing In
of the home market for them by the
import duties. So that In fact the dally
food of the American people Is taxed
much more heavily than that of the
British. The chief difference is that tho
British food taxes will yield revenue
that Is needed to tho government our
food taxes yield next to nothing to the
government and simply bleed the peo
ple to fatten the trusts.—St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Day of Reckoning Will Come.
Times, are good and tho Americans
are long-suffering. For the time being
the politicians may find it safe to fool
the people by juggling with tho trust
question. But should there couie a
geueral busluess depression the party
in power would have to give a strict
account of its stewardship. Neither
the party that had permitted them to
usurp unlimited power nor tho trusts
themselves could expect to escape un
scathed from the ordeal.—Philadelphia
North American.
Urging the Wrong Remedy/
Republican papers all over the coun
try have been advising the people to
curtail their consumption of food as a
method of fighting the trusts, but what
Republican paper has urged the Repub
lican Congress to remove the tariff on
trust products? What Republican pa
per has urged the administration to en
force the federal anti-trust law in every
district throughout the United States
wherever that law was belug violated?
—Omaha. World-Herald.
The llcginning of Reform.
Tariff revision is declared to be in the
air in Cougressional circles at Wash
ington and undoubtedly got a great
send-off In the vote of the House on the
Cuban bill, on which sixty-two Repub
licans put themselves on record in fa
vor of romovlug the Diugley tariff on
refined sugar, it Is believed to be the
beginning of an effort within the Re
publican party to make a general te
vision of the Dingley schedules.—Pitts
burg Post
The Stock Ticker Aguin Working.
It looks as If the sugar trust would
again become a Congressional football.
There was a time when the wide fluctu
ations in the quotations for tho stock
on account of Congressional action with
regard to sugar enabled the statesmen
in Washington to speculate advantage
ously In sugar and this cutting off the
differential, gives them another chance.
There's still a stock ticker in the cap
ital.—Boston Herald.
Cheap Beef Kaslly Obtainable.
There is a duty of $3.75 a head on
cattle worth not more than $14 a head
and of *21^2 per cent on cattle valued at
a higher price. The repeal of the duty
would bring iu cheap Mexican cattle to
restock the Western ranges, and It
would let In Canadian cattle ready for
the butcher.—Boston Herald.
Between Friends*
Fair Critic—Some one has insinuated
that you stole the plot of your last
novel.
Young Novelist—Well—er—would you
blame me if such were the case?
Fair Critic—I certainly would. If it
was necessary to steal one you should
have stolen a good one.
All that Is. human must retrograde if
do not advance.—Gibbon.
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SMALL BUT GOOD TEACHER.
Young Illinois Schoo1ma*am Only
Little Over Four Feet TalL
Teaching In one of the largest coun
ty schools In Illinois Is Miss Lena Ar
nold, a ilotite and pretty young woman
whose stature Is just above four feet
She enjoys the distinction of being the
smallest schoolma'am In the country
and has the reputation also of being
one ot the best. She presides over the
scholars nt the Rhodes school, Ave
miles east of Alta Pass, iu Union coun
ty. Many of her pupils are much
larger than she, yet she rules with a
firm hand and directs the young mind
In the way It should grow with a skill
fully satisfying the school directors,
And there Is no recollection of a time
when she did not.
ft
The fact of the matter is tbat the
country school of this day is not the
country school of another. The trucu
lent gladiators of the countryside who
waged war on the teacher as an Igor-
iS:--
$
Miss LENA ARNOLD.
rote wages war on people who wear
clothes has been long away.
In the seat of .the erstwhile teacher
trouneer sits now a youth that even
this little lady from Lllliput may
rule. He will build the fire for her.
Ho will sweep the schoolroom for her.
He will wind the clock nnd operate tho
windows, nnd there Is no big or little
thing to serve her that he will not
count it Ills good pleasure to do.
Miss Arnold boards at a farmhouse
near tho school. There is a creek be
tween and recently this creek was
swollen after a rain. The little school
ma'am could not cross nt the usual
ford. So she called upon her boys. A
couple of them lifted her between
them and splashed across with her,
setting her down high nnd dry, and Sir
Walter Raleigh did not spread his
cloak for the queen's sake with a bet
ter grace than these young gentlemen
wet their feet that the little school
teacher might keep her own dry. Lit
tle men rule the world. Look out for
the little woman!
FLAGS AT THE CAPITOL.
When and How the National Emblems
Arc Put at Hulf-Mast.
The flying of flags over the capital
at half-mast is regulated by tho strict
est rules. Whenever tlieso Hags are
seen floating down the staff Is a sure
indication that a Vice President, Sena
tor or Representative is lying dead, or
that the action is taken In response to
a presidential proclamation ordering
flags on public buildings nt half-mast
In respect to the memory of some
promlucnt official of tho government
who has passed away.
When the sergeant-at-aruis of tho
Senate or House of Representatives
learns of the death of a member of
cither of those bodies they at once or
der that tho flags over the Senate
chamber and Hall of Representatives
bo half-masted. This is often done be
.for the houses of Congress themselves
are officially notified of the death. A
good deal of discretion is exercised In
the manner of placing the news of a
death of this kind officially before the
Senate or the House. Upon such an
announcement It is customary for the
houses to adjourn in respect to the de
censed Senator or Representative, and
In order that current busluess mny not
be stopped early In the day the an
nouncement 's generally made just be
fore the houses are ready to concludo
their day's work.
Officers of the Senate and House,
when they fly the flags at half-mast In
response to a proclamation by tho
President, regard their action as ono
of courtesy, ns they do not recognizo
the power of tho President to order
Congress to do anything except to as
semble in extraordinary session. They
have always responded to the requests
of such proclamation. It would be a
nice question if one could Imagine that
It could ever be raised to know to
what exteut the President's authority
would allow him to order flags at half
mast ou the capital. While his author
ity would uot extend over the employ
es of the Senate and House, yet the
capital for many years was In fact
controlled exclusively by him so far
as the care of the building Is con
cerned, nud the superintendent of the
building is to-day appointed by him
without conflrmatory action oi* the
part of tlio Senate.
As a matter of fact, the capital has
for years been under the direct con
trol of the committees on appropria
tions of the two houses of Congress,
but that control has been accorded
them by the failure of the President
to give any orders 4:o the architect or
more lately to the superintendent of
the capltoi. If he should order that
official to fly flags over the capltoi at
half-mast and the order should be dis
obeyed he would have power to dis
miss him nnd appoint somo one else in
his place without the concurrence of
either branch of Congress, except so
far as the appropriation for tlio offi
cial's salary would be involved.
These are practically moot questions,
says the Washington Star, but they
occasionally form interesting subjects
for hrcside talks when flags aro half
masted in response to presidential
proclamations.
A Reform Idea.
"My aunt Is awfully fussy since she
joined tbe Woman's Reform Club."
"In what way?"
"Sho scolded mo roundly for giving
up my seat in the car to a woman
younger than myself."
"But how were you to tell about their
ages.'"
"That's what I asked my aunt'1 •••£«&
"What did she say?'1
"She told me not to get up at all."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
s*
'.v
Wealth in I'tntlnum Minos.
arc all going to be millionaires
out 111 my fetate," salil Senator Clark
of joining. Not only liavo wo ills
covcrrd oil, liut In a copper mine, as
I learn from a letter I received to-lay,
a vein ot pure platinum has been dis
covered. It is tbe only Instance of the
kind oil tho United States." Platinum
Is worth a great deal more than gold.
An Amazon.
Among a band of revolutionists whq
recently fought with Turkish troops
near Monastlr was woman dressed aa
S(ie ivaa killed li) tho fighting.
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