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'And ^enthe whining achool-bjy,=
with his satchel
And shining face, creeping like sn&il
Unwilling -fa school.
—Denver Sun.
—Shdkespe&re.
AT PARTING
Until we moot again! That is the mean
ing
Of tho familinr words that men repeat
At parting in the street.
)i, yen, till then, but when death inter
vening
Heads asunder, with what ceaseless pain
We wait for thee agam!
The frieuda who leave us do not feel the
sorrow
Of parting an we feel it who must stay,
Lamenting duy by day,
And knowing, when we wake upon the
morrow,
We shall not find In its accustomed place
The one loved face!
—Longfellow.
The Factory Foreman
Hbackground
I was Just such nn American vil
lage us you see In pictures. A
of superb bold moun
tain, all clothed in blue-green cedars,
with a torrent thundering down a deep
gorge and falling iu billows of foam
a river reflecting the azure of tbe sky.
and a knot of houses, with a church
spire at one end nml thicket of fac
tory cblmneys at tlie other, whoso
black smoke wrote ever-changing
hieroglyphics against the brilliancy of
tbe sky. This was Dapplevale. And
Jn the rosy sunset of this blossomy
.Tune day, the girls were all pouring
out of the brond doorway, while Ger
ald Blake, the foreman, sat behind the
FOU WUATr
desk, pen behind Ills ear nml Ills
small, beady-black eyes drawn back,
hk it were, 111 the shelter of a precipice
of Bhaggy eyebrows.
One by one the girls stppped and re
ceived their pay for one week's work,
for this was Saturday night. One by
one tliey filed out, with fretful, dis
contented fnccs, until tlie last one
passed In ut of the desk.
bhe was slight and tall, with large
velvety-blue eyes, and a complexion as
delicately grained and transparent as
rose-colored wax, and an abundance of
glossy hair of so dark a brown that
the casual observer would have pro
nounced It black and there was some
thing In the way ths ribbon at her
throat was tied and the manner In
•which the simple details of her dress
were nrranged that bespoke her of for
eign birth.
"Well, Mile. Annette,' said Mr.
Blake, "and how do you like factory
life?"
"U Is not disagreeable," she answer
ed, a slight accent clinging to her tones,
like fragrance to a flower, as she ox
teullcd her hand for the money the
foreman was counting out.
"You have given me but four dol
Inrs," she said. "It was to be eight
dollars by tbe contract."
"Humph!" he grunted "you ain't
much accustomed to our way of doing
things, are you, mademoiselle? Eight
—of course but we deduct two for
"A fee! For what?" Annette do
mnnded, with flushed cheeks and
sparkling eyes.
"For getting you the situation, mad
emoiselle to be sure." said Mr. Blake,
In a superior sort of way. "Such places
don't grow on every bush. And folks
naturally expect to pay something for
tbe privilege."
"I did not!" flashed out Annette Du
Telle.
"Oh—well—all right. IlecauRe you
know, you ain't obliged to stay unless
you choose."
"Do you mean," hesitated Annette
"that If I dou pay YOU tills money—"
"You can expect to stay In the
works," said Mr. Blnkc, hitching up
his collar.
do a
s: "Oh," said Mr. Make. 'that's..a per
centage the girls all pay."
"But what is it for?'
"Well, It helps out niv salary. Of
course, you know, the girls all expect
to pay something every week for keep
Ing tbelr situations In a place where
there's so many anxious to get In."
"And Mr. Eldersller"
'Oh, Mr. Elderslie,' repeated Blake.
"He hasn't much to do with it. 1 am
master at the Papplcvale Calico
Works."
"Mr. Elderslie owog It, 1 believer
yw, he own* (t- But I mno-
age everything. Mr. Eldcrslie reposes
the utmost conlldeiice in niv capacity,
ability and—aud—responsibility. Mr.
Elderslie is a good business man. He
understands his own Interest. And
now If you ve any more questions to
ask
I have none," said Annette, quietly.
"But—1 want this money myself. I
work Lard for It. 1 earn it righteously.
IIow can I afford, and how can the
others among these poor laboring girls,
to pay It to your greed?"
"Kb?" ejaculated Mr. Blake, jump
ing from his seat as If some insect had
stung him.
"I will not pav it," calmly concluded
Mile. Annette.
ery well—verv well, .lust as YOU
like, mademoiselle." cried the foreman,
turning reil in the face. "Onlv if vou
won conform to the rules of the Dap
plevale works
'Are these the rules?" scornfully de
manded Annette.
"Pray consider your name crossed
ofl the books,' went on Mr. Blake
•*\on are 110 longer In my employ
tiood-evenlng, Mademoiselle Whatever
you-may-call-yourself."
And Mr. Blake slammed down the
cover of his desk as If it were a patent
guillotine and poor Annette Duvclle's
neck were under It.
1 wo or three of the factory girls,
who had hovered around the open door
to hear the discussion, looked with
awe-stricken fares at Annette as she
came out with the four dollars which
she had received from the cashier In
her hand.
"You've lost your place, ma'mselle,"
whispered Jenny Purton. a pale, dark
eyed little tiling who supported a crip
pied mother and two little sisters out
of her mulcted earnings.
"And he'll never let you In again,"
added Marr Bice. "He's as vindictive
as possible!"
•*it matters not." said Annete "He
Is a rogue, and rogues sometimes out
general themselves.
"But you can starve.-' snk". Jennv
"I^ook h'-re. ma'amsellc. come home
with me. It's a poor place, but we'll
make you welcome till—till you can
write to your friends.
Annette turned and impulsively
kissed Jenny on her lips.
"I thank you," she said, "but I do
not need your kindness. My friends
are nearer than vou think.''
And Annette Duvelle went back to
the little red brick cottage, all thatch
ed with the growth of the woodbine
where she lodged with the wife of the
man who tended the engines iu the
pplevale works.
Does he cheat vou. too. of Your
money!' she asked, when Simon Pet
tcnglll came home, smoke-stained and
grimy, to eat his supper.
'One-sixth I have to pav him.'" said
bimon, with an Involuntary groan, as
he looked i.t the five little ones around
his boar!. ies. miss, lies a villain
but the wc .d is full of such. And I
And It a pretty hard world to get on
with. Mr. Ktrierslle never conies here,
or ma.vle things would be a bit differ
ent. Mr. Klderslie lives abroad in
Paris, thev sav.'
'lie Is in this countrv now. said
Annette. I Intend to write to him."
"'1 won't do no good, miss."
'-Ich. It will, said Annette, quietly.
ihe petals of the .Tune roses had
fallen, a pink carpet all along the edge
of the woods, and the Dapplevale
works wore their holldav guise, even
down to fcrinon Pcttingllls newly
brightened engine, for Mr. tildorslle
and Ills bride were to visit tho works
on their wedding tour.
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Its a pity Ma amselie Annette went
away so soon.' said Simon to his as
sistant cause thev say the master's
•ijmy
1
a*
kind-hearted in the main, and she
might have spoken up for herself."
Gerald Blake, in his best broadcloth
suit, atiu mustache newly dyed, stood
smiling iu the broad doorway as tbe
carriage drove up to tbe entrance, apd
Mr. Elderslie, a handsome, blonde*
haired man, sprang out and assisted a
young lady. .1 a dove-colored traveling
suit, to allgi.t.
"Blake, bow are you?' he said, with
the carelessness of conscious superi
ority. "Annette, mv love, this Is Blake,
m.v foreman."
"Mademoiselle Annette!
And Mr. herald Blake found himself
crlnglug before the slight French girl
whom he had turned from the factory
door a month before.
"I must beg to look at tbe books,
Blake.' said hlderslie. authoritatively.
"Mv wife te.ls me some strange stories
about the wav things are managed
mere. It became so notorious that the
rumors reached her even at Blythes
dale Springs, and she chose to conic
and see for herself. Annette, my dar
ling, the best wedding gift we can
make to the poor working girls is a
new foreman. Blake, vou may con
sider yourself dismissed."
"But. sir
"Not another word." cried Mr. El
derslie. with a lowering brow, and
Gerald Blake crcj)t awiiv, with an un
comfortable consciousness of Annette's
scornful blue eves following him.
Elderslie turned to his wife.
"Ion were right, m.v love. said he.
"The man face Is sufficient evidence
against him.'
And a new reign began for poor
Jenny Burton and the working girls,
as well as for Simon Pettengill.
Annette never regretted her week's
apprenticeship at the Dapplevale Cal
ico Works.- Waverlev Magazine.
Profitable Fellowship.
Among the pleasures and profits of
intelligent travel are tbe companion
ships one forms. lie well-poised trav
eler is never afraid to make new
friends. lie soon learns to read human
nature sufficiently to know whom to
trust, and lie cannot travel, even to a
very limited extent, without meeting
mauy people well worth knowing. The
little home circle is delightful and
often helpful, but the view points and
opportunities of our fellow citizens arc
so nearly Identical that our next-door
neighbors are not apt to furnish as
profitable friendships as persons we
meet whose environments are different
and who have, perhaps, had a wider
range of opportunities and seen more
of the tilings worth while, which are
the heritage of the traveler.
When tho man who Is familiar with
the East meets the man who has
learned the great story of the West,
tbe conversation is prettv apt to be
worth listening to.—Four-Track News.
Dressed for tLe Occasion.
ake a good look at all those worn
en in the boxes," said Cltlman, who
had brought his country cousin to the
opera, "swell society people, ail of
them they're all iu tho swim
•Cracky!' exclaimed the country
cousin, "I s'pose that's why they're
wearln' so few clothes.'—Philadelphia
Press.
Tirod of Waiting.
Aimer Slopoak (desperately)—"M
mav I name the (la
Jemima Jones (decisively)—"No!"'
Aimer Sloponk (in alarm)—"Why?"
Jemima Jones (frankly)—"Because.
If you put it off as long as you did
your proposal, we never will be mar
ried. I'll name tbe day myself!"—
Cleveland Leader.
Some people think it a sin to let a
piano alone a minute.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
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The magnificent New \ork Stock Exchange has entrances on three streets
—Bioud, Nevs and Wall, "ihe present building is worth, with the ground on
whtcb It stands, more than $7,000,000. It 1B of white nmrWo aud to
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PROM CLERK TO MAGNATE.
Remarkable Rise to Wealth and Power
of James J. Hill.
Forty-one years ago Jnmes J. Bill,
the great railroad magnate, who re
cently celebrated bla G7th birthday an
niversary, -n ag a mud clerk on a small
steamboat plying up and down the
Mississippi. A mud clerk In Mississip
pi River parlance Is applied to under
clerks, who go ashore at landings and
check baggage and freight. That Is
what Hill was. Not many years later
he controlled the line of steamboats
on which he bad been employed as
mud clerk. He Is a Canadian by birth,
having been born at Ouelph, Ont. In
1888. His father was Irish, his moth
er Scotch, and while the son had the
characteristics of both races, he was
essentially American, first and last
He attended the Rockwood Academy,
a Quaker school, for eight years, and
then the death of his father threw
htm upon his own resources, which
were ample. At the age of 18 he
looked about him, and finally select
ing St Paul as the most likely place
In the West for an ambitious young
man, he went there, taking a position
as mud clerk on the Dubuque and St.
Paul Packet Company's lino of steam
boats. In the next few years he served
with various shipping firms, and in
1868 took the agency of tbe North
western Packet Company. He served
In this capacity for two years, and
then he started in business for him
self, engaging In the fuel and transpor
tation trade. As be once put It, "I
found It better to expend my energies
in my own behalf than In behalf of
others." Among other things he de­
JA11ES J. HILL.
cided In looking about that the rail
road business offered' even greater
fields than that offered by river traffic,
and firm in tills belief he laid plans
to secure the agency for the St. Paul
& Pacific Railroad, and Ills planB did
not miscarry. They seldom have. In
1809 the Hill, Griggs & Co. transpor
tation firm came into existence. This
firm was very successful, but not suffi
ciently successful to fcuit young Hill.
About that time be made many trips
up Into North Dakota, or the Red
River valley, and there he Baw natural
agricultural facilities second to none
In the country. It was a howling wil
derness almost, lint never mind that
the opportunities waited to be takefi
advantage of, and young Hill forth
with did take advantage of them. In
1870 he started the Red River Trans
portation Company, opening up the
northwestern wilds lo the farmer,
and a year later he had bored his way
Into the interests of the Hudson Bay
Company and consolidated with It.
But in tbe meantime he had his eye
on the gradually Increasing railroad
Interests of the country, and In 1872
bis great opportunity presented Itself.
The St Paul & Pacific Railroad
faulted, and Hill, having foreseen It
and laid his plans accordingly, prompt
ly set about Interesting English capi
talists In this road. Lord Mbunt
Stephen and Sir Donald Smith lis
tened, and the end was that In 1878
II111 gained control of the bonds' of
that company. In 1883 he was matte
president. He reorganized the road
and named It the St. Paul, Minneapo
lis & Manitoba Railroad. Slowly but
surely the Great Northern system
came Into existence. In 1890 he be
came president of the Great Northern,
a system extending from Puget sound,
on the Pacific coast, to St. Paul from
Dulutli on the north to Yankton, S. D.,
on the south. He started the Northern
Steamship Company, controlling the
great lake traffic, and not content with
IiIb line of trans-I'aclfic steamships he
is now perfecting plans for additional
Oriental trade through the Nlppon
Yusbon Kalsha Steamship Company.
Domestic Kcoitomlcs.
The nmn whose thrifty choice of a
wife Is chronicled In the Rochester
Herald will doubtless make a success
In the business of life. His talents
destine him for a wider sphere than
that of a simple farmer's life, lie
was an Alabama youth, and courted
two girls at the same time. One was
Sally the other was Mary.
Sully was a very fine girl, thrifty,
industrious, and of a domestic turn.
She was not so pretty as some other
girls, but Jnmes, the swain In (jues
tlon, had courted lier In his early
years. When he had prospered and
earned a little money, lie became In
fatuated with Mary, sweet, pretty, but
always Idle. The neighbors at first
were puzzled by the double courtship,
but after a while tliey decided that
Mary was the favored one.
Suddenly James married Sally.
Tlie Methodist preacher who per
formed the ceremony had a little of
the curiosity which possesses all man
kind.
"Jnines," lie said, "we all thought
you were going to marry Mary."
"Yes," replied James, "hut I thought
If I married Mary I should have to en
gage Sally to wait on her. If I married
Sally she would wait on herself.
Perhups ilin Time Will Conic.
Visitor—Who Is the benevolent-look
ing convict with the bald head and
slile whiskers'
Warden—That's Steel, the notorious
hank wrecker, who got away with
three millions. He's in for life.
"And (lie gaunt one next to him
"lie's only a ninety-day—er—held
up a man at night and robbed lilin of
$:t to get food for Ills starving family.
—Puck.
One or the Other.
Cobbs (holding up a fish)—"Isn't he
a beauty?"
Dobbs—"Buy It from some kid
1'obhs—"No, sir!"
Dobbs—"Good heavens, old man!
Yon don't mean to say you stole it?"—
Detroit Tribune.
Give a girl a dollar and It will go
jither for a complexion beautlfler,
chocolate caramels, or to a fortune
teller In exchange for peep Into the
future.
A mind reader has a snap when he
encouuters two souls with but a sin*
glo thought.
A spinster says that a stolen klu
Wter tb«n no Wh »t all,
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THE SHEAP'NG
llio day they cut the baby's hair
The ihoitse was all a fidget
Such fuss they made, you would have
saJd
He was a king—the midget!
Some wanted this, some wanted that
Some thought that it was dreadful
To lay a hand upon, one strand
Of all tliat precious lieadful.
While others said to leave 'his curls™
Would be the height of folly,
Unless they put him with tho girls
And called him Sue or Molly.
The barber's shears went snip-a-snip,
The golden fluff was flying
Grandmother had a trembling Hp,
And aunt wa-s almost crying. .,,
The men folks said, "Why, hello,
Boss,
You're looking Ave years older!"
But mother laid the shaven head
Close, close against her shoulder.
Ah. well the nest must lose its birds,
The cradle yield Its treasure
Time will not stay a single day,
For any pleader's pleasure.
And when that hour'« work was
weighed,
The scales were even, maybe
For father gained a 'little man
When mother lost her baby!
—Nancy Byrd Turner, in St. Nicholas.
UNCLE PHIL'S STORY.
"Tell us1 a story. Uncle Phil." said
ftob and.Archie, running to him.
"What about?" said Uncle Phil, as
Rob jlimbed on his right knee and
Archie on his left.
"Oh, about something that happen
ed to you," said Rob.
"Something when you were a little
boy," said Archie.
"On.ce when I was a little boy," said
Uncle Phil, "I asked my mother to
let Roy and myself go out and play
by the river."
"Was Roy jour brother?" asked
Rob.
"No, but he was very fond of play
ing with me. My mother said yes soi
we went and had a great deal of
sport. After a while I took a shingle
for a boat and sailed it along the
hank. At last It began to get into
deep water, where I couldn't reach it
with a stick. Then 1 told Roy to go
and bring it to me. He almost al
ways did whftL I told him, but this
time he did not. I began scolding
him, and he ran toward home.
"Then I was angry. I picked up a
stone and threw it at him as hard as
I
"Oh, Uncle Phil!" cried Archie.
"Just then Roy turned his head and
it Btruok Jilm."
"Oh, Uncle Phil!" cried Rob.
"Yes. He gave a little cry and lay
down on the ground.
"But 1 was still angry with blm. 1 I
did not go to him, but waded into the
water for my boat.
"But it was deeper than I thought.
"Before I knew It I was in a strong
current. I screamed as it carried me
down the stream, but no men were
near to help me.
"But as I went down under the
deep waters, something took hold of
me and dragged me towards shore. It
was Roy. He saved my life."
"Good fellow! Was he your cous
in?" asked Rob.
"No," replied Uncle Phil..
"What did you say to him?" asked
Archie.
"I put my arms around the dear
fellow's neck and cried and asked
him to forgive me."
"What did he say?" adiced Rob.
"He said, 'Bow, wow, wow!'"
"Why, who was Roy, anyway?"
aeked Archie, in great astonishment.
'He was my dog," said Uncle Phil—
"tJh© best doz I ever saw. I have
never been unkind to a dog or to
any other animal since, and I hope
you will never be."—Sydney Dayre,
fn Our Dumb Animals.
MASCOT OF THE GALVESTON.
The cruiser Galveston, which sailed
for Havre with Admiral Slgsbee's
squadron to bring the body of Paul
Jones to the United States, has a live
ly and energetic ma-cot. He was
shipped at Hampton Roads, says the
New York Sun, and he made the
cruise to Galveston, with the ship
when she went there to receive a gift
of silver plate from the municipality.
He is now quite familiar with the
routine of man-o'-war life and he has
got his sea legs. He is regularly car
ried on the ship's muster roll as
Patrick Spike. His rating is "butter."
Patrick draws his ration daily, like
any other member of the ship's com
pany, and, to supplement it, he strolls
from mess to mess at meal times to
pick up what he can. Soft tack is
always welcome, and in port he en
Joys green vegetables as much as any
one.
At all the regular drills he is
among the busiest. At quarters he
appears in charg? of tlie master of
arms. When the men race about the
decks at the double quick he capers
along beside them.
During exercises with the guns he
usually takes a spell of vigorous but
tings. At first lie made a target of
any old thing, but he soon found out
that a steel bulkhead was too hard
for comfort and now he selects a coll
of firehose in preference.
Between watches Patrick Spike
has a good time with the men. They
keep him beautifully washed and
combed, and they make all sorts of
finery for him from pilot cloth, buut
ing. yarns and brass 'buttons.
A QUEER EXPRESS
Not many years ago, on the high
roads about Wittenberg, in Germany,
travelers frequently met an old wom
an trudging slowly along, pushing be
fore her light wheelbarrow loaded
with bundles and parcels. The old
woman wa& at least vixfy. but she was
BO cheerful and uncomplaining that
tbe people had no hesitation In em
ftay'o* 8h) bad maoy knlqk-
Sfitftliili
knacks and parcels to -carry1 to' and
from the city, into which, three or
four times a week, she pushed her
barrow, which folks called the "Wit
tenberg Express." Thi5 plucky old
woman walked with her express
wheelbarrow at least ten miles each
trip, and her earnings, a small fee
for each' parcel, served to support
herself and two invalid daughters,
who could do only a little sewing. The
old woman would allow no o: to
pity her she liked the work, *he
said, and was- only sorry that as :she
grew older she could not make such
frequent trips, for her earnings were
helping herself and her children.—St.
Nicholas.
BLUEBIRDS AS PETS.
The bluebird makes a very playfu*
and affectionate IJttle pet. Mr.
RadclyfTe Dugmore tells of a very lt
teresting one he possessed. "While
am writing," he says, "a pet one
but three months old, is sitting ot
my paper, seeming to wonder what 1
am doing and why I do not play with
him. He nips my pencil, but I pay
no attention to him then he tries to
creep up my sleeve, and still I pay
no attention so, disgusted, he flies
off in search of ants and other small
insects. After a time I raise my
hand and call back he comes, like a
flash, and hovering, more like a large
moth than a bird, he perches on my
finger, singing at the same time a
soft little song that is Ms method of
speech."—St. Nicholas.
A JAPANESE BIRTHDAY CUSTOM.
On the anniversary of a boy's birth
day his parents present him with a
huge paper flfc'n, made of a piyly
pale
.ted bag, with a hoop of proper
dimensions forming tiie mouth. A
string is tied to the hoop, and ths
fish Is hoi 5ted to a pole on the roof
of the house. Then the wind rusSilng
through causes the flsh to swell out
to the proper slzs and shape, and
gives to it the appearance of swim
ming in the air.
A Japanese boy carefully preserves
every fish thus given to Mm. One
can. tell by the number of them that
swim from the same pole how many
birthdays the little fellow has had.
Japanese Spies.
Japan has endeavored to raise the
business of espionage to the standing
of an honorable profession. It re
gards its own spiej with the same
pride that It feels for its soldiers.
Every one rememlers tbe incident ot
the Japanese officers who, disguised
as Chinese, were arrested in the early
days of the war, wiien they were
about to make an attempt to blow up
I he brldgre over Hie Sungafi River,
"the rank of the senior officer, says
Mr. Douglass Story, in "Tho Cam
paign With Kuropatltin," was a col
onel.
Before they went out to stanl
against the Russian pla'oon of infan
try, they specially beiueathed the
money in the'r pockets to the uses of
the Russian Red Cross.
To mark their appreciation of es
pionage as a dlst'nct branch of hon
orable warfare, the Japanese did a
curious thing after the Battle of Lieu
yang. They captured a Russian spy,
dressed as a Ch'naman, and after
shooting him, passed into the Russian
lines a communication in which they
hailed him as a brave man, and ex
pressed the hope that the Russian
troops held many others such as he.
When one remembers the execra
tion with which spies have been
hailed by other nationalities, this
Eastern exaltation of the calling is
to say the least of it, curious.
English House Gardens. ...s
American children learn that Lon
don Is a centre of trade with a dense
population, and they grow up with the
Idea that It is a mart perpetually over
hung with fog and smoke. To have
a private residence in New York City
Is a luxury possible only to the rich,
and none but a multl-mllllonatre could
live In a house with a garden.
When the American girl, therefore,
went to have tea with some friends
in moderate circumstances she was
astonished to find them living in a
large house with a little garden In
front and a spacious one In the rear.
Tea was served in the garden.
Her mind reverted to a suburban
house at home that had about as
much land as this English one. The
"backyard' was used as a drying place
for clothes. The front yard was a
smoothly clipped, over-bedded lawn
kept for show, so open to the street
It was of no use to the family.
"No, it is not lfke home," said the
American girl, wondering if every one
in London had a garden or a terrace
or a park.—London Telepraph.
Pa/sage Intlme.
The portrait or a landscape may re
produce the sentiment which attracts
to the country-side—the love of the
painter for it, the attachment of those
who live in It, whwat it is to them
as part of their lives. Such a land
scape is In a measure ideal. The
modern French have coined a phrase
for It—paysage Intlme—for which I
can find no better translation than
"the well-known, well-beloved coun
try-side." They coined it to describe
the kind of land-scape that was paint
ed by Rousseau, Dupre, Corot, and
some other French artists, who made
their headquarters at the little village
of Barbizon on the borders of the
forest of Fontainebleau and these
men were followers of Hobbema and
the other Dutch artists who bad lived
two hundred years before.—St. Nich
olas.
The empire of Japan comprises
nearly one hundred main and nearly
five hundred adjacent small islands.
Tridacna shells are very common
ly used in churches in Europe for
holy water basins and even fonts.
A few months ago the pearl button
Industry of Birmingham, was practi
cally d««4, Today la SourUWitc.
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The cholern-proof hog has not yet
been found.
Poor seed Is the cause of much of
the failure in the garden.
Nothing will Increase egg production
quicker than green bone freshly cut
The early killed Is the easy killed
weed and the weed that robs the crop
tha least.
Charcoal Is good for hens. An ear
of corn charred In the oven supplies
it In convenient form.
If you expect good cows to take
good care of the heifers, give them
feed that will properly nourish and
develop them.
It costs less money to make the
meat that Is In a fat lamb than it
costa to make weight afterwards, and
the lamb will bring more money per
pound.
An Indiana orchnrdlst sits that In
localities where there Is a thin soil
over an Impervious clay, the subsoil
plow should be UBed before planting
out an orchard.
Every pound of flesh lost will have
to be made up again when the pas
tures supply food but with growing
stock this means often more than a
loss of flesh it means a loss of
growth.
Giving the fowls too much corn re
sults In weak bones. The fowl that
has a ration rich In protein and has
lime In some form with plenty of grit
will develop a bone that will stand al
most any ordinary use. .Tumping from
high porch .will not then result In a
broken leg.
finuflles or running at the nose is
found in all flocks, especially at this
time of year, and is only the effects of
a bad cold, but if not given attention
may develop Into roup. Tour Into the
nostrils a few drops of sweet oil.
Feed soft food and usually they will
come out all right.
Fowls arc naturally averse to dark
ness. A dark poultry house Is a breed
er of disease. Some with windows
only two feet square can be made
light by cutting out some of tha side
of the bouse and putting In glass.
Fowls can stand cold much better
than they can stand darkness and dis
ease.
On the farm where poultry Is made
something of a specialty, and where
most of the grain raised Is fed to
them, It becomes a matter of prac
tical Importance to make the most of
the manure product. A hen Is said
to produce twelve pounds of dry man
ure In a year, the value of which, ac
cording to chcmlcnl composition, Is
about eight ccnts.
Crimson clovcr, either green or cured
Into' hay, ninkefl an excellent forage
for Sheep, ft Is rich in the elemeuts
which go to form flesh, milk and
wool. For the best quality of bay It
should be cut when In early bloom
If cut late the .leaves are more apt
to fall oft and the luilrs on the heads
become hardened Into stiff spines,
which are sometimes dangerous,
though more so with horses than with
ruminants.
The profit from the milk sold de
pends upon the quantity yielded by
the herd In proportion to the amount
of feed allowed and the capital Invest
ed In the shape of labor and buildings
but tbe larger the yield of each cow
the greater the Investment, for the
reason that the productive animal re
quires no more room, shelter and care
than does one yielding a smaller quan
tity. In the production of butter tbe
cows will afford a profit In proportion,
not solely to the quantity of milk giv
en, but also to the amount of cream
contained In the milk.
Artichokes*
Artichokes are frequently placed
among the lists of garden plautM,
which Is due to the fact that there art
two species—the globe, which la. not
tuberous rooted, growing only from
the seed, the blossom only of which
Is used the other, Improperly called
the Jerusalem artichoke, Is tuberous
rooted, and grown chiefly for its roots.
There are two varieties of the latter—
the white hnd red. Any land suitable
for com will produce artichokes. Cut
the tubers and plant them In tbe same
manner as for potatoes. They do not
keep well If dug out of the ground.
The usual method is not disturb them,
as freezing does them no hnrm. The
hogs will root them out, but enough
tubers will always be left for next
season's seeding.
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The Hand 8eparator«.
When local conditions arc *ucb that
It pays to take the milk to a cream
ery then It may be policy to save the
cost of a hand separator, but where
one has worked on thin plan for a
number of years and gotten but little
out of it, tbe band separator question
ought to Interest them. Here are some
of the advantages of this machine of
which there are several reliable makes
on the market. There Is no wasting
of the butter fat as when the separa
tion is done by hand In the old-fash
ioned way. Yon get the warm, sweet
milk to feed to swine and poultry in
stead of carting home a lot of mixed
skim milk from the creamery as now.
The amount of butter you can make
and sell will not a much greater re
turn than will be received from the
creamery. Wo believe that if one has
six cows or more and lot of poultry
or swine that the cost of the machine
will be saved In the value of the
sweet milk for feeding purposes, say
ing nothing at all about the Increased
value of the butter product. Better
look into the matter, friend
fP
bmoked Goote Ham*?
In many parts of Europe and here
In America quite an industry In smok
ed goose hams has been worked up,
tays the National Provisioned Goose
hame are a luxury, and they are not
dear, considering the holiday prices
of prime geese. Tbe goose bam is
worth about thirty cunts apiece, and
each ham weighs ubout twelve ounces.
It makes the smoked bom come to
tbout forty ccuts per pound. These
fKf twtyl W
as to look much like a Westphalia
ham, and are thoroughly cored.
that they can be kept anywhere
for a long time. They are lean
can be sliced. Tbe viand has a da
llghtfnl taste and the flesh 1a ntl
hard. There are hundreda of thovt
sands of smoked goose bama sold is
this country annually, largely to tM
Hebrew trade. I-
Dnal Porpoee Cow.
Several writers are advocating tha
so-called dual-purpose cow for the uaa
of feeding them afterward, there la
no doubt that the cow which riiay le
converted Into beef of a satisfactory
grade when her usefulness In tha
dairy Is over is desirable, when tha
carcass Is to be consumed at bomai
there Is serious doubt as to the proflt
in raising such an animal for market,
It seems as sensible to advocate tha
cow for the specific purpose aa tha
crop for that purpose. That la, If a
cow is wanted for tbe milk supply
the breed which should furnish It
should be the one selected and not
a breed which will finally make good
beef. When we want wheat we raise
the kind that will give us the best
results for the purpose Intended. Tha
dairyman wants a cow that will sup
ply tbe milk most valuable an& ha
should carry that Idea In mind not
only with the present herd, but arith
the Increase that are to be addgl to
It and have the males which will bring
Ubout that result. So the man who
wants a beef animal should breed
with that single purpose befora hint
and reap the result accordingly :—In*
dlanapolls News.
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experlmaai
Atklnton at
Bow Much WUI Corn BhrloM
In the fall of 1898 an
was undertaken by Prof.
the Iowa experiment station to
tain the amount of moisture contain*^
In ear corn. A crib was constructed
upon the platform of a pair of scales
the scales so constructed that an ex
act register of the weight could al
ways be made. Seven thousand
pounds of corn were husked and plao*
cd In the crib October 19, 189&
This crib was 18tt feet long by
feet wide. The corn waa than
weighed once each week for a year.
During the first three months tha loaa
was 630 pounds, or 9 per cent of tha
original weight. During the next
three months, from January 19 to April
19, the loss was 890 pounds, or per
cent of tbe original weight. During
the next three months the loss waa
220 pounds during the last throe
months the loss was 190 pounda. Tha
loss dnring the full year waa 1,490
pounds, or a trifle more than 30 par
cent. This means that a bushel of
corn weighing 80 pounds when nnakad
like this sample will weight 64 pounda
at the end ot the year.
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Increased tbe Yield of Wheat,
The results of twelve separate teata
made at the Ontario Agricultural Col^
l$ge, sbo.w an^averaga increase in yMV
ojf grain per acre of 6.8 bushed
of wheat from large as compared
with small seed, of 7.8 busheia
from plump as compared wlthJ?
shrunken seed, and of 85 6 bush
rti from sound as compared iwlth.
broken seed. Seed which was allowed
to become very ripe before It waa cut,
produced a greater yield of both grain
and straw and a heavier weight of v
grain per measured bushel than that
produced from wheat which waa cut
at any one of four earlier atagea of
maturity. In 1807 and again In 1902,
a large amount of the winter wheat
In Ontario became sprouted before It
was harvested, owing to the wet
weather. Carefully conducted teata
showed thnt nn average of only 76
per cent of the slightly sprouted and
18 per cent of tbe badly sprouted aead
would grow and produce plants. Sure
ly he is the wise farmer who will
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sow none but large, plump, sound, ripe
seed of good vitality.—New England
Homestead.
Corn 8mnt,
Because It Is generally known that
the losses from smuts of wheat and
oats may be prevented, or greately re
duced, by various treatments of seed,
the Oklahoma experiment station a't
Stillwater is frequently asked wheth
er there Is not some way In whleli
smut of corn may be prevented by
treating the seed. The answer to this c,
question is, that not only Is there no
such remedy known, but from the na
ttire of the case, such a remedy la
not possible. Smuts of wheat and
oats are caused by fungi which en
ter the plants at the time of germlna- -Ac
tion ot the seed, and which are* pre- .in
vented by treatments which kill the
smut pores which cling to the seed.
But the smut of corn develops from
spores which fall on the plants dur
ing the growing season. So the corn
plants may become smutted even
though grown from seed on which
there are no living spores. Though
no method of preventing corn smut
Is known, It Is doubtless true that, by
gathering aud burning the sipifttcA
ears at the time of husking, the
chances of Infection with smut may
be lessened for corn grown in the fol
lowing year.
Wu.hed-Oir Land.
Here Is one of the hardest qnestlona
we have bad to answer in yeara- "In
dlanlan" writes: "I have lately bought
fifty acres of land, and at one cArner
Is a four-acre plat that Is washed
badly. In many places the soil Is all
gone and the whole of tlie four acree
Is full of gullies. I do not care much
about tlie expense so that I get the
land leveled ugaln and down In grasa."
We should plow the land as deeply
as possible, grading It down until tha
washes were all filled up. Then wa
would disk and cross disk It, and ap
ply 400 pounds per acre 16 per cent
dissolved bone, dragging It In well
with spike drag. In May plant it to
cow-peas in drills thirty Inches apart,
twelve to fifteen peas to the foot. If
tlie laud Ix very thin you mlght-ase
100 pounds rhi to of potash and
seventy-five pounds dried blood per
acre broadcast before planting tha
peas. Cultivate the peas, keeping all
weeds down, and in September cut
tbem In with disk harrow sowing one
bushel of rye pur acre. Sow one gal
Ion of timothy seed per acre In the
fall and the same amount of red clOTaa
•ead tu March, and wa think yog win
a a a a a a
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