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SLEEPY MANILA
rLi' tr^c
THE CONCEITED COIN8.
"I'm just as good as silverl"
The Nickel proudly cried
,4The
head of Madam Liberty
Is stamped upon my side. dS.
am as white and shining :*i
As any dime can be—
He needn't put on any airs,
I'm twice as thick as he!"
'Tm every bit as good as gold!1
The Penny blustered loud
M/That tiny, thin, gold doll a-
Vor
Bellalrs, for her benefit, recounted
the history of Demon Dandy's ex
ploits.
When he had finished the harrowing
recital with a thrilling account of how
Demon bad beselged a stableman in
the loft for a space of twelve hours,
and bow he had kicked two loose boxes
Into matchwood In the same space ot
time, Diana Huntingdon lifted ber glo
rious dark eyes to his.
"I think I should like to buy that
horse," she said.
"My dear Diana," expostulated ber
brother.
"Don't think ot It," said Mr. Bellalrs.
Diana had a will of ber own. This
slight but ill-timed opposition called It
Into life.
"I'm sure I should like to buy that
hone," sbe reiterated, with a rising
color.
More opposition followed from the
men.
Her brother-grew angry at the idea,
While Bellalrs, who would blmselt
mount and ride anything between
buck-Jumper and a zebra, grew alarm
ed and almost angry with her, whom
he worshiped la private as almost a
divinity.
"I am going to buy that horse," said
Diana Huntingdon at last, with an an
gry flash In ber eyes.
Then out of his love and fear for her
Bellalrs forgot his manners, which, as
a general rule, were perfect Worso
•till, be also forgot diplomacy
"1 don't think you will succeed," be
•aid, coolly.
Then a bot flush came up from his
boots, till be blushed In agony to the
crown of his bead.
"Indeed?"
MANUAL
replied the girl, with a
note
of scornful. Interrogation In her
voice
that caused his heart to sink
within him.
"I am thinking of buying him my
self," said Bellalrs,-desperately.
"Indeed!" replied Diana, with an al
most Imperceptible lift of ber eye
brows.
"To shoot—" exclaimed Bellalrs.
An angry flusb crept across her face
as she swept from the room, gazing
angrily before her.
"You're quite right. Jack," said
Huntingdon, sympathetically, as bis
frWnd returned disconsolately to the
table. "Bat I'm afraid you've upset
Dl die's a bit short-tempered, you
know. Do you really mean to buy the
brute?"
"I do," replied Bellalrs, "and to ride
Mm, too." rt
And he did. $
Diana did not appear at the sale the
nest day, neither did she put In an ap
pea ranee at the dinner table. Where
fore. In the evening, Mr. Bellalrs or
dered the dogcart, bade his friend
farewell, and returned to bis home
with a sorrowful heart
A year elapsed and found him still
'BorrowfuL
All
his
male friends declared him to
have
become a mysogynist, while all
bis
acquaintances of the softer aex,
^wbo might have been his friends but
'"tor this
painful peculiarity, declared
(tat he waa a heartless brute.
DISTRICT
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He needn't feel so proud, .r
all his airs and graces
I do not give a fig
4
'I'm burnished just as bright as he,
And half again as big!"
But when the Pent and Nickel
^~\Vent ouF^jpon their way.
Alas, the w^rld still held them cheap,
Whatever they might say.
2Tie DoUble Eagle smiled. "You'll find/
He said, "that par is par
It doesn't matter how you boast, "&V
But what you really are."
—The Outlook.
Li hi nn 11 it i"i"i"i"H
DEMON DANDY
I I I lli'i 1 Hl»j
URING bis visit to the Hunting
Jlll dons be hod fallen hopelessly in
love with the beautiful and Im
perious sister of his bost. It was the
nlcbt before the sole that the subject
of the Offlngton horse sale was
broached by Huntingdon.
"I see they are going to put up that
brute Demon Dandy," he began Inno
cently.
"Why brute7" queried Diana.
ORB than four years have etopted since the invasion of the Philippines by the American forces. One would 1m
•(Ine, writes a correspondent, that In that time the natives would have picked up and clung to many of the man
ners, customs and habits of their white-faced brethren from over the seas. But stich is not the case. The
American has Infused no fresher blood into the ways of business. He tried it for a while and then nut down under the
•hade of a tree and rested just as the Filipino does.
'ha'SBnl'"ry conditions have been improved somewhat that mercantile establishments display their goods
«»0!» attractively than before that American money is commoner than Spnnlsh coin that some of the women who travel
the stracts peddling fruits, tortillas and tamales have been induced to wear shoes that Kentncky whiskies and spirits
Bade in cellars of Chicago and Denver saloons have, in a measure, substituted the native drink, but otherwise Manila
"V"® sleepy, Indolent, carc-free town that It was ten years ago and will be twenty years hence.
Ti i* permanently established with all the islands Americans will be more conspicuous but fts a
Batter of fact little American capital is being invested. There have been prospectors and men with money to laud here
looking for places to put in some cash. But in nearly every instance they have returned home with all thoy had when they
«yepti of course, that which they spent for passage and food. The price of all foodstuffs has risen correspondingly
With the reported advances in America No one in ordinary circumstances can afford to patronise the better class of
I restaurants, and as for beefsteak such as one could get in the cheaper restaurants in Chicago they are not here at all.
Pork chops are almost unknown, stuff that ?s called veal tastes like boiled shoestrings, and as for lamb and mutton the
meat smells like a dog pound and has a flavor that 1b a cross between dogwood blossoms and a bunch of jimson weeds
Here one engaged in business usually reaches his office about 8 o'clock at noon he has lunch, after which he takes
"nap," lasting for two or three hours.
All traffic Is practically suspended between 12 and 4 o'clock p. m. Later comes dinner parties, that is among the
nch. The hour Is 8 o'clock. Calls are Idom If ever made except among the closest friends after that time, but are coa
ined to the earlier hours of the evening, when chocolate is served by the lady of the house.
The peculiarity was made all the
more unbearable to the eligible dam
sels of Burghmlnster society by the
fact that Jack was considered a good
"catch."
Burghmlnster mammas, with mar
riageable daughters, were of opinion
that a woman hater had absolutely 110
right to own such a home as Bellalrs
did. and that a heavy tax should be
Instituted to discourage such flagrant
exnmples of cast-Iron bachelorhood.
Ho was decoycd away Into discreet
woods, where dovelike eyes were
Sashed upon him where tiny well
gloved hands grasped_hls with tender
appeals for help at the slightest obsta
cle In the shape of a stile or gurgling
brook.
But all In vain. Only one person sat
on the stile, and the brook gurgled on,
mocking the aspirations of matchmak
ing humanity. The dovelike eyes of
Burghmlnster beauty might have been
the blnckened optics of a borough ama
zon, so small their attractions to the
stony-hearted Bellalrs.
He now took long objectless rides
alone on Demon Dandy, whose natural
depravity of character had almost dis
appeared under the influence of a long
spell of bard work. Sometimes, In the
course of these cJdeB, he would pass
Miss Huntingdon, who would greet
htm with a cold and distant bow, and
who, when he wns safely out of sight
would Indulge In the feminine luxury
of tears.
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"I All OOINQ TO 11UY TI1AT 1IORSE."
Bellalrs, having 110 tears, would,
by touching Demon Daudy with the
spur, Incite him to rebellion.
The fights that followed were of ben
eltt both to man and horse.
Nevertheless, every time I10 met
Diana Huntingdon she could not help
noticing that be was growing thinner
and paler.
He, tab, thought the same of ber, till,
one one occasion, tbe thought proved
too much for him.
She had Just disappeared round a
bend In tbe leafy lane, walking slowly
and with drooping head.
Bellalrs, overcome by his feelings,
clapped both spurs Into Demon Dandy,
STRANGE.
#S'
S
Old Hen (seeing her brood go In water for first time)—Well, that"s queer
I am sure we never did anything like that when I was young.-Ohlcmj
Amariou.
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Little Improvement Since
the Invasion by Amer­
ican Forces, 4/
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a direct challenge for an equine strug
gle of the most violent character.
Demon Dandy answered the chal
lenge by rearing wildly, then falling
backwards with a heavy crash on to
his master.
Bellalrs was conscious of a glimpse
of Demon Dandy's nose against the
sky. Then a flnsh passed before his
eyes and he knew no more.
When he came to himself he found
bis lost divinity bending over him.
He had a vague Idea that she was
calling him "Jack" and her "boy."
A half hour elapsed.
Bellalrs said little. He Just lay there
happily, explaining matters uud recov
ering his breath.
"It Is Just as well that I did not let
you buy Demon Dundy," he said at
last
"Just as well, dearest, Blnco you are
not killed," said Diaua. "But you will
not ride him again?"
"I won't," ejaculated Bellalrs, fer
vently.—Chicago Tribune. tK
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Mysteries of Time.
The two elderly Irish citizens, out
for a Sunday stroll, says the New York
Tribune, paused before a jeweler's
show window In which were displayed
three clocks recording time In various
parts of.the world.
'Tls odd," said one. "lu some parts
of the earth 'tis yesterday and in other
parts 'tis to-morrow, while the United
States Is the only place In all the world
where 'tis to-day."
'Tis odd.'!-.
'Tis so."
1
Now, when' would be me birthday
If I were In Paris?"
"Your birthday is to-day?" S6«J
"Ws."
"And 'tis to-morrow in France^ to
day?"
'Tis."
"Thin yez could never have a birth
day if y* were over there, because your
birthday coines to-day."
'Tls (Rfd."
'Tls so."
"No doubt that's why the population
Is so rayduced In Prance but It has ad
vantages. A man Is always as old as he
is if he Is born over there, but If ,10
lives abroad he Is a year younger 01
his birthday, couutln' he be home."
'Tls Qdd."
'Tls so." iifSf
Lincoln's Hay Crop.
A story of Abraham Lincoln would
huve to be older than the one below to
lose Its characteristic savor.
In the summer of 1857 Mr. Lincoln
wns sitting In bis oflice when he was
visited by one of his neighbors, an ex
ecllent fanner, bnt one Inclined to In
crease the size of Ills crops even after
harvesting. He had given, 011 this par
ticular morning, a skillfully padded ac
count of the hay he had put In.
"I've been cutting bay, too," re.
marked Mr. Lincoln.
"Why, Abe, arc you farming?"
"Yes."
"What you raise?"
"Just hay."
"Good crop this year?" 'vi*
"Excellent."
"How many tons?"
"Well, I don't know just how many
tons, Simpson, but my men stacked all
they could outdoors, and then storea
the rest In the barn."
Opportunity Is said to knock at every
man's door, but It Is the usual experi
ence that he throws a poster over the
gate and runs by.
•1Hf*
younf.—Chicago
The Iaaues Outliued,
The Democrats of the House of Rep
resentatives struck the keynote In out
lining the Issues for the coming con
gressional campaign, and upon the Is
sues presented the Democracy ought
to be able to elect a majority of the
members of the next House of Repre
sentatives.
The Republican party 1b Justly and
severely denounced for Its failure to
fulfill the pledges of the country to
grant relief to Cuba. The platform de
clares that "The bill which passed the
House of Representatives was heartily
supported by the Democratic minority
after the protection to the sugar trust
had been removed by the solid Demo
cratic vote, ulded by a small minority
the Republican members. As It
of
passed the House the bill cnrrled rellel
to Cuba, reduced the price of sugar to
American consumers and struck a
heavy blow at the notorious and ob
noxious sugar trust. The refusal of the
Republican Senators to consider tills
measure unless the protection to the
sugar trust should be restored, gives
evidence that the President and Re
publican party In Congress are willing
to refuse relief to Cuba and totally Ig
nore American consumers rather than
abandon their alliance with the trusts.
The failure of all reciprocity legisla
tion with Cuba rests upon the Republi
can administration, which Is willing
to reduce the duty on the raw sugar of
our producers, but unwilling to destroy
the sugar monopoly."
The House Democrats favor an
amendment of the anti-trust law so as
to protect trade against unlawful res
traints and monopolies, and rightly
declare that the Republican majority
In Congress Is dominated and con
trolled by the trusts and monopolies,
which have the great industries of the
country la their grasp. The Repub
lican Congress has refused to pass an
anti-trust bill, or to take any steps to
suppress trusts or to assist any anti
trust bill Introduced by Democratic
members of Congress.
Trusts and the tariff and failure to
relieve Cuba are tbe paramount Issues
laid down by the House Democrats,
and the discussion of these issues In a
forcible manner will undoubtedly
arouse popular sentiment against the
Republican Congress and party.—Syra
cuse Telegram.
Nation's Honor Sacrificed,
The late session of Congress, acting
for the Republican party, made every
sacrifice demanded by the "protected
Interests."
Cuba and the national honor were
ottered up to them.
And for the snke of the protected in
terests the people of the United States
are to have no protection from the
shoddy swindlers. Touch one protect
ed Interest aiu1. all the protected Inter
ests make Its cause their own..
So the Grosvenor bill was smothered
In committee. Out of deference to the
policy ot protection the rogues who sell
shredded rags for wool are to bo per
mitted to continue their cheating trade
AH the Grosveifor bill demanded was
that cloth made of shoddy should be
labeled and sold for what it-'ls"and not
as something else. But the counter
feiters declared that they would be
ruined if compelled to be honest, and
they threw the usual threat to the
other protected Interests: "If we are
meddled with we shall turn upon you
and see to It that you are also stripped
of protection." The threat was suc
cessful. It always is. The Republican
party Is In the grip of private Interests.
Millions are Invested In the shoddy
business. It has corrupted nenrly the
whole cloth-making trade. Behind the
tariff fence It Is found more profitable
to manufacture counterfeit than real
cloth. Hence the proposal to Interfere
with shoddy alarmed one of the most
highly protected interests in the coun
try. Though there was no attempt to
touch the tariff on materials from
which shoddy Is manufactured, the
fight In shoddy's behalf was waged by
tariff-sheltered cloth-makers.
No open argument could be offered
against the Grosvenor bill. It was ob
viously a simple measure to put a stop
to a fraud which has for Its victims
the masses who cannot afford to buy
clothing made of Imported cloth. Com
mon honesty has been given up to the
"protected interests" along with the
national honor. Such are the Inevita
ble fruits of Protection, as fostered
and developed by the Republican party.
—Chicago American.
Uclnt«(l Roofieveltian Thunder*
Now that Congress, the only power
that can (leal with the trusts, has ad
journed, President Roosevelt Is awfully
mad at the big combines nnd he 1b go
ing to do terrible things. The simple
method of dealing with the trusts was
pointed out not alone by Democratic
statesmen and uowspnpers, but by
many of the ablest Republicans and
Republican newspapers in the country,
but President Roosevelt wns so busy
not listening that he failed to hear of
It, and so Congress escaped before the
proposed remedy could be forced be
fore It for consideration. The remedy
proposed was to put all articles manu
factured or produced by the trusts on
the free list. If Congress had taken
•that step It would have smashed the
trusts at ouee and there's the secret of
Congress not taking that step and
there's the secret of Teddy's failure to
thunder In tills direction while Con
gress was In session.—Johnstown (Pa.)
Engineer.
The Trnsts Are 111 Command*
The trusts command the situation
and there Is no chance for effective re
lief from the Republican President or
Republican Congress. All the 'truSts
have to do Is to threaten to shut off the
supplies for political purposes In the
next Presidential campaign, a matter
which the President has very much at
heart. No doubt there will be a vig
orous beating of tam-tams and "stren
uous" words from the President, but
there It will end. It Is a game of de
ception and humbug. The President
could not If he would and he would not
he could.—Pittsburg Post.
United for Public Robbery.
The Cuban reciprocity fiasco has
demonstrated again the unity of the
protected interests. At th« beginning
of this session of Congress many Re
publican leaders even did not under
stand what a powerful bond existed in
the greed for government aid No
sooner was the issue fairly before Con
gress than the "Infant" industries"
came trooping to the aid of the beet
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THE DAY
or
us all hang together or assuredly wo
shall all hang separately," became tbe
motto of the protected industries. The
strength of organized greed has been
alarmingly proved .n the events of tho
last few weeks. The Cuban reciproci
ty leaders llnd that the Republican
party has created an artificial monster
which it cannot control.—Kansas City
Star.
Prosperity Under Free Trade.
That since the free trade system
went Into operation (1810) British ship
ping and commerce have thrived as
never before seems to be proved by
the following table of the total value
of British imports and exports at the
different dates named:
1850. .£260,000,000 1880. .£01)7,000,000
1800.. 378,000,000 1890.. 740,000,000
1870.. 517,000,000 1900.. 877,000,000
This shows that, expressed in oui
money, from a total value of $1,300,
000,000 a year In 1855 British com
merce, untarlffed and unbountled, ex
panded in forty-five years to the yearly
value of fi,385,000,000. The no less
Impressive Increase of British tonnage
in tho same period is shown In the ta
ble following:
Tons. Tons.
1850... 32.034,000 1880... 132.250,000
1800... 58,707,000 1890... 104,840,000
1870... 73,108,000 1000... 208,707,000
An Unnecessary Jnnkct*
It is refreshing to find United States
Senators refusing to participate in atl
unnecessary junket at the expense of
the government. It is an example that
might be profitably followed by all the
members of both houses. Tho partic
ular investigation which has been re
Jected by a majority of tbd Senators
designated—that to Inquire idto the
financial and political conditions Irt
Hawaii—was wholly without warrant
of necessity. To have conducted It
would have had no other result than
the expenditure of $10,000 of the Fed
eral funds In furnishing a number of
Senators with a trip which most ot
them do not want. The financial and
political conditions In Hawaii can be
learned with equal accuracy and much
less expense in the ordinary course of
governmental administration. Fitts
burg Dispatch.
Taking? Chanccs on the Tariff.
Possibly Attorney General Knox is
doing as well as any man could In the
prosecution of the trusts. Possibly
Congress might have been of assist
ance to the Attorney General by pass
ing new and more strenuous laws. It
would have been still more effective,
though, had It attacked the foundation
of the trusts—viz., the monopolistic
features of the tariff law. The Repub
lican leaders were afraid to open the
tariff question. There was danger that
a small aperture would be taken ad
vantage of to push In a general revis
ion. They preferred to stick to the
batons and take the chances on the
tariff issue. It sometimes looks as If it
would be best for the Democrats to
assume a rest.'ul attitude nnd wn\t fo?
victory to be carried to their very
.ddors.—Cincinnati Enquirer
Bay of Reckoning to Comc
Rebuke and punishment await the
Republican party in the near future.
The settlement with the people
will be a settlement
costly to the political
which has surrendered
to the oppression of
This truth of treaclicry
known to voters that there Is no way
uy which Republican speakers or ma
chine organs can longer distort its
meaning. The majority party in the
Congress now just ended has, Indeed,
the bust of reasons for alarm. That
party has wrought its own undoing in
so blindly obeying the evil commands
of the trusts.—St. Louis Republic.
exceedingly
organization
the people
the trusts.
Is so well
Democracy Needs a Leader.
The instincts of the masses of tho
party have brought them together on
certain main issues now before the
people. It Is possible that before tho
next great contest a national leader
will arise who will be free from fac
tional entanglements, with nothing to
explain and no revenge to wreak. Such
a leader will have the loyal support of
Democrats who have been wasting
their strength in party feuds. It Is de
sirable that there should be harmony,
but It Is altogether likely to be remote
until a leader arises who cau compel It.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Democratic Slogan.
A cardinal principle of American
democracy declares in favor of equal
rights for all, special privileges for
none. This principle cQntrols the Dem
ocratic party in the fight against the
trusts and the high tariff. It will also
be the people's slogan in the approach
ing campaigns. The Republican party
Itself Is working out Republican de
struction. The trusts, the tariff and
the party of trusts and tariff stand
condemned by the people. A tariff for
revenue only will relieve the people of
tho trust burden.—St. Louis Republic.
Congress and the President.
The Philippines bill was the only
partisan measure the President did ob
tain, for the canal bill, the Irrigation
bill and the creation of a permanent
census bureau were non-partisan acts
and cannot figure as Presidential vic
tories. Really, Congress seems to have
been In a decidedly auti-Roosevelt hu
mor all the way through the session
and the President cannot very well
"point with pride" to his achievements
in his first endeavors to lead the party
and maintain its prestige.—Atlanta
Constitution.
1'
Actious Speak Louder than Words.
After his Pittsburg speech In which
be spoke against the (rusts Mr. Roose
velt attended a luncheou and reception
at the residence of II. C. Frick and a
dlnuer given by Attorney General Knox
to 200 of "Pittsburg's captains of in
dustry." Mr. Frick was oue of the
prime movers in the greatest trust ever
organized and the 200 captains of in
dustry are in the trust tureen up to
their noses.—Memphis Commercial-Ap
peal.
Worse than a Drunken Sailor.
Congress does not spend money ex
actly like a drunken sailor because
the drunken sailor spends his owi
money, and stops when he has finished
it.—Detroit Free Press.
More Promise than Fulfillment.
What Mr. Roosevelt going to do to
the trusts sounds better for campaign
purposes than what he has done to the
trwta.—Bopbester (N. Y.) Herald.
Treatment of Corn Smut.
The illustration shows the effect of
the corn smut on the growing ears, and
It is evident that the disease needs at
tention each season If the corn fields
of following years are to be free froiri
this troublesome difficulty. Probably
the only way of getting rid of the trou
ble entirely is to gather the smut pus
tules before they break and scatter the
spores. This work should be doue us
soon as the trouble is noticed, going
over the field two or three times dur
ing the summer and gathering the pus
tules carefully, then burning them. In
this manner the disease will be grad
ually stamped out. It must be remem
bered, however, that if the spores are
scattered over the field the crop of
smut next year will be corresponding
ly greater. Spraying with Bordeaux
mixture has not been fruitful of re-
con* AFFECTED WITH SMUT.
suits largely because the plants could
hot l*e sprayed'at the proper time with
out danger to the pollen fertilization of
the plant. Go through the corn field
early and follow the plan suggested
during the season, getting neighboring
corn growers to do the same thing, and
It will be comparatively easy to stamp
out the disease in a section.—Indian
apolis News.
Feeding Bran.
With mo stock always thrives when
bran Is fed in conjunction with grain.
I had a young mare that got out of con
dltlon during summer, and I tried to
fatten her on corn. I gave ten cars
three times a day. She did not do well
at all. I cut the corn down to six cars,
with a quart of bran, three times a day,
and I saw improvement at once. I
drove her to buggy right along, and In
three months she was fat nnd in splen
did condition. I am careful never to
use stale feed. That is what does the
mischief. Young stock do better on a
mixed feeding in which bran plays a
one-third part I have known a great
many extravagant feeders who are
careless about watering stock.—Cor.
Rural New Yorker.
Typical Dairy Cow.
An Agricultural Department bulletin
shows an illustration of a dairy cow,
whose general features, it is claimed,
are almost perfect. She has a medium
sized head and neck and a well defined
shoulder and neck vein. The body or
barrel Is medium to long, but with a
great depth through tho digestive re
gion and with a long, well developed
hind quarter and a nicely shaped ud
der. She is short legged, close to tho
ground, angular and free from fleshi
ness. Her body shows symmetry,
quality, correlation of parts aud there
fore stamina and great digestive ca
pacity, and she exhibits every indica
tion of the power to give a large quan
tity of milk. It Is rare that auy person
purchasing a cow having such apparent
constitution and conformation, and yet
being a rangy, open jointed animal,
will be disappointed in her as a money
maker. There are exceptions to all
rules, however, aud no type can be de-
AW IDEAL DAIRY COW.
Bcrlbed that will meet every contin
gency and pass every swlrmlsh line un
challenged.
Irrigating the Garden.
The usual method of watering plants
of auy kind is by surface watering and
in normal seasons this seems to answer
the purpose, although It involves con
siderable labor. In dry seasous or in
any season where it is possible to carry
on the plan at moderate cost, a plan of
Irrigation which will carry the mois
ture under the surface of the soil so
that the plants may use It as desired
will be found most advantageous. Such
a plan can be carried out by a system
of tiles, as it is doue in arid sections,
but when small areas are to be watered
a number of trenches will answer the
purpose if the water can be pumped
into them at small expense
Cover Crops in Orchards.
Instead of the usual cover crops.In
orchards some farmers prefer to have
the land cultivated in summer, thus
killing weeds and permitting moisture
and air to enter the soil, the Stirling of
the soli protecting tbe roots of trees.
Late in the summer, about August or
after danger of drought is over, clover
is seoded and left until spring, the scar
let or crimson clover being preferred.
If the land is left in sod as a cover
crop It is claimed that the demands of
the grass crop for moisture and plant
food In summer injures the trees.
Rust in Wheat.
Rust In wheat may be prevented by
destroying the spores In the seed. One
plan is to soak the seed In a solution
made by dissolving a pound of sulphate
of copper in ten gallons of hot water,
allowing the seed to remain In the solu
tion twenty-four hours, then drying the
seed with fine land plaster and sowing
or drilling as soon as dry. Wheat that
showed indications of rust last year
should be avoided, however, and new
seed procured. It should also be plant
ed on a dlffereut field from that on
which wheat was grown last \cir
Watch Growing Chich».
If one Is in the poultry business iu
earnest, with a view to making a profit
from it, due attention uust be paid to
tfift growing chicks nut only tv keep
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them In the best possible condition, but
to know which are the most promising
for future work, and to treat them ac
cordingly. If one has a number of
chicks that are of better ancestry than
the others, or chicks that are showing
gotifl growth, aiul bear the earmarks
of good layers, they should be marked
in some way to identify them.
Wuste Products on the Farm.
The work done on the farm just be
fore tho busy sptlng planting begins
is very important, if proper considera
tion is given the matter of saving that
which Is usually lost by inattention to
details. The great waste of unsalable
farm products amounts to millions of
dollars annually, for farmers do not
seeiii to understand that it is not al
ways necessary td sefnd produce away
from the farms In order to find mar
kets. The farm Is the best market, In
fact, that a farmer can have, for if
he keeps live stock he will be able to
sell his raw products by converting
them into the forms of meat, milk,
butter and wool. The difficulty is that
the waste products on the farms are
not properly utilized. One product,
that tff corn fodder, has been wasted
for years, though now it is being
put to use with the aid of the shred
der, but it Is in the manipulation and
handling of the manure and weeds that
the lessening of expense occurs.
Fattening Old Cows.
There are those who think It does
not pay to fatten old cows, but we do
not agree with them. Given one fresh
or farrow in the spring, a good pasture,
and a regular grain feed every day
during the summer, and they can be
made to pay for their grain until fall,
and they will continue to gain in flesh
all the season. Then a little succulent
food, as soft or immature corn, waste
vegetables, pumpkins and such stuff as
seems to cost nothing on the farm, and
they will be in condition to take on
fat very rapidlr when the grain feed is
increased. We know this because we
Lave tried It. Beef that is made in
that way may not bring the highest
price when sold to the slaugherer, but
when put on the bench to be retailed
out It will be as good as much of the
steer beef that the mflrketmeh handle,
and it will be sold at the same prices.—
American Cultivate*.
To 8tretch Barbed Wire.
Barbed wire is uncomfortable stuff
at the best. One of the easiest ways,
perhaps, to handle it when placing it
rpon posts Is with tho device shown
In the accompanying Illustration. This
FOB STBETCHINQ BARBED WIBE.
frame can be quickly made and from
it the wire can be uurceled as rapidly
a& a man can walk, pulling the frame
work after him. When his companion
is ready to staple the wire to a stake,
the pin is put through the side ot the
frame, locking the "eel, when the wire
can be.pulled up as taut as desired.—
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Englaud Homestead. -c
Swindling the Farmer.
Still another signature swindle is re
ported from Indiana. Sharpers from
Chicago went through country dis
tricts, representing themselves as
hunters. They would approach a farm
er, tell him they wished to hunt ou his
land, and cheerfully pay ?5 for a per
mit to do so. The farmer would sign
a receipt for the money, aud this
turned up later as a promissory note
for $500. It Is said that the swindlers
secured $5,000 in one county by this
process. It is noticeable that most of
the swindling schemes now worked to
the detriment of the farmers, begin
with the payment of a small sum,
which disarms the suspicions of the
victim.—Rural New Yorker.
A Dairy School's Record.
The practical and effective work of
the dairy school of the Ohio State uni
versity will be seen at a glance when
Its record is made known. In brief, out
of the limited total of fifty admitted to
the school thirty students are now pre
pared to take permanent places In
cheese factories and creameries, and
calls have already been received for
twenty of these young mcu. According
to Indications every graduate will find
a place awaiting him at tho close of
the school. Truly, here is a field for
technical labor and for good business
management which is not overcrowded.
—American Agriculturist.
More Silos.
Reports from the corn-growing sec
tlons say that there will be a large
number of stlos built this year. The
corn growers are saying that the
drought does not allow the corn to
mature and ripen tbe grain they enn
at least save tbe stalks and immature
ears, and fatten their stock on ensi
lage, wheat oil-meal and other fod
ders. Tbose who were prepared with
silos Inst year succeeded In doing this,
even some whose silos were put up In
such haste as to be very Imperfect,
nnd some who only trampled their fod
der Into pits dug In the ground.
Utilize the Springs.
A good spring In a field is always val
uable. It will pay to pnt It in order
by cleaning It out, enlarging tbe stor
age capacity by walling in, and cover
ing to protect from sun and washes of
dirt from the lnnd. It Is better to
make a box or trough just below the
spring, arranging pipe, covered, to
supply the water for the use of the
stock. If they drink from the spring
It cannot bo properly protected and If
It Is not, the stoek are liable to tramp
In It and do damage. •v-?'
Clean tho Well.
The fall Is the time to clean tho well.
Because water is clear is no reason for
supposing it to bo absolutely free from
impurities. All surface water should
drain nwny from the well, and It should
be protected against toads and Insects.
Anything that will dissolve In water
will go wherever the water goes. The
filter removes only the suspended mat
ter.
Feeding Lambs Beet Pulp.
During the past season the feeding
of lambs on b:et pulp has been very
satisfactory. At Lausing, Mich., some
3,000 were fed. Although at first the
pulp was not relished and several died
from eating it, later they did well. It
seems that the pulp gives the best sat
Xacttou n-hen fermented a little.
Heredity: "Do you believe In hered
ity?" "Certainly I know a barber who
bas tbree little shavers."—Ex.
Youngman—I wonder what's the best
way to find out what a woman think*
of you? Henpeck—Marry her.—Phila
delphia Press.
Dawson—Bjenks Is a great believer
In fate. Isn't he? Lawson—Yes, ho baa
to blame his incompetency on some
thing.— Somervllle Journal.
An Insinuation. Flora—Yes, I sing in
a church where they have an awfully
small congregation. Dora—Then why
don't you stop singing?—Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Mrs. Swelluian—I drenmed last night
that I wns with a box party at tho
opera. Mr. Swellman—I wondered why
you Were talking so loud In your sleep.
—Philadelphia Press.
Miss Eastside—That is a lovely
gown, but bnven't I seen It before?
Miss Westslde—No, I think not I have
only worn It at a few smart affairs this
season—Town and Country.
"It says here, Samantby, thot Itever
end Toogood was a saloon passenger
on the Majestic. Beats all bow them
preachers do cut up when they git
away from bum."—Judge.
Arthur—Yes. I think Minnie lores
me very much. She's a dear girl she
has a large heart Harry—A heart like
a London omnibus always room far
one more.—Boston Transcript
Clergyman (lately come to parish)—
Your neighbor, Smith, says my ser
mons are rubbish. Farmer—Ah, ya
needn't mind Mm, Blr 'e's a mouth
piece for other folks.—Tlt-Blts.
Flossie—I'm afraid, Bridget, that
mamma is dissatisfied with you.
Bridget Is she, now? Faith, thin,
she'll soon bave a chance to bo dlwat
Isfied wit' somebody else!—Puck.
Inducements Held Out. Harriet—
What shall I say In the advertisement
for a cook? Harry—Well, say that we'll
take her with us to any summer resort
sl:i may prefer.—Detroit Free Press.
Nothing to Show. "What Is your na
tivity?" asked the magistrate. "I ain't
got any, y'r honor," said tbe blear-eyed
inebriate, feeling in his pockets "the
police took everything I had."—Chicago
Tribune.
She—You wouldn't mind saying this
over again to-morrow, would you,
dearie? I am a member of the M. P.
D. C. Club. "Why, what does that
mean?" "Moonlight proposals don't
count"—Life.
Convincing Troof: May—I had no
idea before last nlgbt that Mr. Pllchef
was a man of such lofty ambitions and
exalted ideals. Maud—How did yon
come to find It out? May—He proposed
to me.—Bazar.
Mother—There were two apples IB
the cupboard, Tommy, and now therer
Is only one. How's that? Tommy (wbo
sees no way of escape)—Well, ma, it
was so dark In there I dldu't see .the
otber one.—Glasgow Evening Times."
Sure Test: "How can you tell real cut
glass from the Imitation?" asked Mi*.
Gaswell. "You can't, always," said
Mr. GaBwell, "but when anybody offer*
you a piece of real cut glass for fifteen
cents, don't buy It."—Chicago Tribune.
"Will you please raise my salary?"
"Why, I gave you a raise only last
week, because you told me that you
bad your mother to support." "I know,
but my mother got married and now I
have two to support."—Ohio State Jour
nal.
Farmer (in cart)—HI, stop! Stop,
you fool! Don't you see my horse l»
running away? Driver of motor car
(hired by the hour)—Yes, it's all very
well for you to say "stop," but I've for
gotten how the blooming thing workst
—Punch. 1
Bobble—You know them preserve#
out In tb' pnntry wot you told mo not
to eat? Mother—Yes. Bobble—You
know you said they'd make mc sick If
et 'em, didn't you? Mother—Yes.
Bobble—Well, they didn't.—Ohio State
Journal.
Belinda, your brother Goorgle tells
me that you were sitting on that little
Mr. Thomklns' knees last evening. I.
it true?" "Yes, papa but I'm sure you
will forgive me. It was Just one of
those little moral lapses, you know."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Haddock—I met poor old lluyns
creeping towards his office to-dny, nnd
he complained bitterly of being all tun
down this spring. Juddock (defensive
ly)_WelI, confound blm, ho had no
business getting In front of an auto
mobile.—Harper's Bazar.
Tbe Floor Walker: First Clerk—Poor
Jim! It will be a long time before he
gets another place. Second Clerk—
Don't you believe it Why, be got
place as floor walker. First Clerk—
You don't say so? Second Clerk—Yes
he's got new baby.—Judge.
Sir. Williams (Fanny's admirer)—Is
your sistah going to the seaside this
summar, Tommy? Tommy—That all
depends on you. I beard ma say If
you and Fanny were engaged before
the season opened, there wouldn't bo
any sense In her going.—Stray Stories.
TUe-Klnd That Get Away: "That lit
tle minnow," said the first fish, "seems
to have got a big opinion of himself all
of a sudden." "Yes," replied the other,
'he managed to wriggle off a hook
this morning, and then beard the fish
erman bragging about bis size."—Phil-.
adelphla Press.
Honest Tenant.
Tho father of Earl FltzwUliam, who
died recently, was an excellent land
lord. A London paper relates how
once a farmer went to him with the
complaint that tho Earl's fox huuters
had ruined afield of«corn, or, as we
should call It, wheat
The Earl gave the man fifty pounds
In payment for damage. After harvest
tlino tho farmer returned the money,
saying that the wheat had turned out
well, after all.
Earl Fltzwilliam drew a check foe
one hundred pounds and gave It to his
tenant. "This is as things should be
between man and man," said he.
"When your eldest son comes of age,
give him this, and tell him how and
why you got it."
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Brown—Come on with tbe explana
tion.
Green—I have discovered a new kind
of cloth for cheap clothing that will
fade alike all over.
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